Week in Pictures January 18 - 24
Principal Mike Welling stops for a moment to talk with Hannah Stremel, a third-grader, during the morning rush into classes on Friday at Smith Valley School. In the background Camicia Douglas, center, a third-grader and Dalen Duren, a fourth-grader, make their way to classes. Smith Valley, the most recently consolidated district in Flathead County, formed when the Batavia and Boorman districts merged in 1989.
Paul McKenzie stands in the log yard at F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Co.
Deer Park School Principal Denny Haverlandt, stacks chairs following a school board meeting Tuesday evening after starting his day at the school nearly 12 hours earlier.
Fifth-graders Montana Kelly, left, and Cassaundra Wilson climb the jungle gym at recess on Tuesday at Kila School. The school gives Kila identity, according to Principal Renee Boisseau.
Brendon Limpo cuts limbs from a tree infected with Dutch elm disease on Second Avenue East on Tuesday morning in Kalispell. Limpo is part of the crew from Aspen Urban Forestry that will take down about five infected trees per day, depending on the size and location of the trees. Crews will work in one-block areas along Second Avenue this week and into early next week, according to Mike Baker, Kalispell Parks and Recreation director. He said that after that crews would begin working on Third Avenue East. Tree work will continue into April to remove 75 to 90 trees in Kalispell.
Libby junior Cree Maloney (20) makes a mid-air pass around Glacier senior Connor Fuller (33) during their game on Saturday afternoon.
Glacier senior Brooke Watkins (25) pushes her way toward the basket around Columbia Falls senior Kelsey DeWit (40) during their game on Friday. Glacier won 48-45.
Attendees of the event were invited to play bridge and mahjong following the luncheon.
Roberts checks the tautness of his lines before moving across the width of the truck bay during a demonstration as James Boyce, left, and Kevin Wise look on. Firefighters will be on hand at today’s open house to demonstrate various training features.
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Shelly Whitman dips a section of yarn Friday morning into a custom mixture of dye in an old sheep feeding pan. The yarns retail from $11.95 to $28.95 a skein, depending on texture and fiber. Whitman models her colors after the flora and fauna of Northwest Montana.
From left, Smith Valley Assistant Fire Chief Doug Scarff, Bigfork Fire Chief Wayne Loeffler and Evergreen Fire Chief Craig Williams inspect the outside of a Columbia Falls-area home where three bodies were found during a fire Friday morning. These firefighters were part of a county team investigating the fatal fire.
Glacier junior Boyce Ballard wrestles Jace Prideaux, a senior at Sentinel, in the 189-pound class on Thursday at Glacier. Prideaux won by decision.
Brynn Ingraham, a freshman at Whitefish High School, keeps close watch on her timer as she works on an impromptu speech based on the Edgar Allen Poe quote "All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream," on Tuesday. Ingraham and members of the speech and debate team have been practicing this week preparing for their divisional tournament on Saturday.
From left, Jessa Baker, Anne Martin-Giblin and Tammy Paskvan-Bowles share a laugh after meeting Sunday for the first time since Baker and Paskvan-Bowles helped save Martin-Giblin after she went into cardiac arrest in her car on Dec. 3. Paskvan-Bowles and her husband, Mark Bowles, pulled Martin-Giblin out of her car and Baker performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived. They were meeting to honor Baker in Bigfork.
Gordy Emmert uses an excavator to pull out burned portions of a home at 210 E. Bowman Lane north of Kalispell on Wednesday afternoon. The house belonging to Thomas and Michelle Shaffer caught fire on Jan. 10. A three-car garage, loft bedroom and laundry room were lost in the fire. It will take approximately four to six months before the home is ready to be occupied again.
Kaleb Johnson of Columbia Falls eyes the basket before taking a shot while Whitefish’s Connor Silliker (34) looks on during last Saturday’s game in Columbia Falls. Johnson leads Northwestern A in rebounding (8.5 per game) and is in the Top 10 in scoring (10 per game).
Flathead’s Karl Ingram maneuvers through Polson defenders Cody Fischer (24), Derrick Rathe (right), and Tyler Krell (back) during Tuesday evening’s nonconference game in Kalispell.
