Week in Pictures June 28 - July 4

“The Amazing Asante” balances himself on a towering stack of chairs in front of the crowd at the Flathead County Fairgrounds on Friday afternoon during the Shrine Circus.

From left, Kayla Kjos, Amy Snipstead, Mike Druesdow, Cheri Nelson and Ashley Sonju of Faith Lutheran Church helped rescue a man from a smoking car near St. Regis on Wednesday.

Kayla DeWit runs across the court during the Northwestern A Championship this past February. DeWit recently verbally committed to play basketball at MSU this coming academic year.

Kalispell Police Special Response Team officers approach a home on Fourth Avenue West North on Friday afternoon. Police officers arrived on scene at 11:30 a.m. and were on hand until the man voluntarily surrendered at 5 p.m. Nearby homes were evacuated and streets blocked off. The man, who was not charged with a crime, was treated for minor self-inflicted wounds.

Pilot Larry Ashcraft, who flew in this week’s search effort, was unable on Thursday to find the crash site of the small plane despite making several passes over the rugged terrain.

Shawn Tucker of Whitefish at the 74th annual Whitefish Lake Fourth of July Tournament on Thursday.

Crews gather Thursday morning on a forest road in Sanders County about two miles away from the site of a plane crash near Dixon. They were preparing for an arduous trek to retrieve four victims of Sunday’s crash.

Brennan Sandusky of Kalispell, left, and Reed Gregerson of Kila ride north on Stillwater Road on Thursday as they make their morning commute to Whtiefish.

A helicopter from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls takes off from the Polson Airport early Wednesday afternoon. The Malmstrom helicopter was dispatched to the crash site southwest of Dixon.

Dick Sauerbier's barn is lit up against the evening sky on Tuesday in Kalispell. In the summer and fall of 2009 Sauerbier painted the barn and put the sign up. The barn can be seen from W. Reserve Drive near Cherry Lynn.

Julie Robinson pats Spice, one of the Moorit quadruplets, as Brownie, their mother and the other lambs gather around her on Tuesday evening on her farm in Kalispell. According to Robinson having quadruplets is rare for these sheep, twins or triplets is the norm. Adding to the unlikeliness of these lambs is that all four are the same sex, female, and all four are true Moorits, meaning they have brown faces, legs and fleece.

Claire Bradley, 10, and Lauryl Himsl, 10, both of Kalispell, left to right, making cinnamon, poppy, banana muffins at the Kids College Junior Chefs Training on Monday at FVCC.

David Mitchell displays his returned class ring.

A Mineral County Search and Rescue crew maneuvers on the lower Flathead River on Tuesday afternoon. At least four boats fitted with sonar equipment searched the river between the town of Dixon and the river’s confluence with the Clark Fork River, searching for a missing small plane.

Montana State Trooper Glen Barcus of Kalispell explains the photographs he took at the scene of the fatal accident involving Evergreen teen Justine Ellen Winter and Erin Julie Thompson, 35, of Columbia Falls, and her son, Caden Vincent Odell.

A layer of native soil is applied to the North Closer Slope on Monday at the Flathead County Landfill. Once the native soil layer is complete work will begin on adding a layer of low permeability soil to bring the area up to Department of Environmental Quality standards for final closure.

Randy Siemens prepares to pilot one of the search planes Monday going to look for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.

Montana native and 11-time NBA Championship Coach Phil Jackson delivers the keynote speech at the start of the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center at Whitefish Middle School Sunday afternoon.