Week in Pictures July 19-25
Emily Von Jentzen removes her goggles as she begins to walk onto shore at Boettcher Park in Polson after swimming across Flathead Lake Saturday evening. Von Jentzen, the first woman to swim across Flathead Lake, started her swim in Somers, completing the feat in 18 hours and 26 minutes.
Domingo Guerrero, who moved to Montana from Napa, Calif., in 2003, discovered soon after that he had Jewish roots dating back to the persecution of Sephardic Jews in Spain and resettlement from Mexico to Arizona. Seen here with a draped Jewish prayer shawl and Bible, Guerrero now pastors Spirit of Truth Apostolic Church in Ronan.
Ryan Stanley leads Olympic equestrian Phillp Dutton’s horse In Mid Air from a charter plane at Glacier Park International Airport on Monday afternoon. Eighteen horses were flown from Baltimore to the Flathead Valley to compete in The Event at Rebecca Farm this week.
Clouds partially obscure Mount Cannon in this view from Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
Kirsten Raas jumps into Flathead Lake while her son Kellen looks on from Lakeside’s public dock. The two were taking full advantage of the clear weather before driving back to Edmonton, Alberta, where it had been rainy.
Chip Weber, the new supervisor of the Flathead National Forest, comes to the position with 26 years experience with the Forest Service, most recently as a district ranger for five years on the Willamette National Forest in Oregon.
Krysta Dawson, 15, of Issaquah, Wash., gets a congratulations from her coach Katrina Bradley after completing her turn in the Open Novice Dressage competition on Thursday at The Event at Rebecca Farm.
A proposed 16-foot-wide, 325-foot-long private bridge over the Flathead River near Hungry Horse would be put next to Craig and Susan Drynan’s home at right.
Erika MacGregor, pictured with a fan she bought in a night market in Hong Kong, made the trip to China as a student with Concordia University this past spring. She hopes to return overseas to student teach at an international school.
Shari Courser examines the cottonwood tree that fell down in her back yard in Thursday night's storm. "It couldn't have fallen in a better place," said Courser. The tree, which Courser said she had considered getting rid of, missed both the house and a backyard gazebo.
<p>Kate Opre, 6, of Condon, has her face painted by Kathleen Francis of Fancy Face Design at Arts in the Park in Kalispell in 2010.</p>
Chisholm Christensen of Hinsdale competes in the Saddle Bronc Riding event on Friday evening in Columbia Falls. Christensen scored a 67 on this run and of three competitors he was the only one to advance on to the competition on Saturday night.
Maley Coombs rides Land Hope out of the pond while running the Cross-Country in the Advanced division at The Event Saturday afternoon.
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