Week in Pictures May 17-23
The Flathead County Courthouse, built in 1903, is slated for a $1.8 million renovation that will update and preserve the historic building. A May 25 public hearing has been scheduled to consider an environmental assessment for the project.
Brittany Franklin (left) pushes her way through her huddled teammates as she crosses home plate after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of Tuesday’s Western AA play-in game against Flathead at Kidsports Complex.
Rod Douglas of Kalispell and members of the Montana Highlanders Pipeband take part in a parade and prayer walk as part of Peace Officers Memorial day on Saturday in downtown Kalispell.
Edgerton Second Grader Delaney Ogle reaches out to grab an x-ray strip as her classmates reach out to grab other x-rays of bones as part of the University of Montana's spectrUM Discovery Area's Hands on Health exhibition Tuesday morning. The organization, which travels the state with a mobile science center, had yesterday's exhibition sponsored by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, the Western Montana Area Health Education Center, Kalispell Regional Medical Center, and Edgerton School.
Kalispell Middle School sixth-grader Kateland Benafield looks through a Flathead CARE leadership camp brochure given to her Tuesday by Kasey Haugan, a camp counselor. The camp costs $175 for those who sign up before June 1 or $200 after that date.
Sofia Pickering of Kalispell, 1, holds the hand of her mother, Leah Pickering, as she makes her way down the red carpet at the dress rehearsal for the Fashion Goes Green II on Monday at Jack and Jill in downtown Kalispell.
A wolf makes his way through the woods north of Whitefish on Thursday.
Colby Lorch, 14, prepares to swing at a stuffed animal dangled by Savannah Fraleigh and Julia Thompson while brothers Beau and Maxwell Fraleigh look on Wednesday evening in Kalispell.
Conrad Museum Director Mike Kofford speaks with members of the audience after performing the part of Charles Conrad in the dramatic reading of a short version "Charlie: In Celebration of an Extraordinary Life" by Jan Hardesty of Kalispell. Kofford said they hope to put on a full performance of the play in July.
Detail of a tie-dye shirt created by students in Lynette Johnson's Organic Chemistry class on Friday at Flathead High School. The annual experiment is run to examine the reaction that occurs between the dye and the cotton. This year students purchased extra shirts which will be donated to children in the Haiti Mercy Mission Orphanage.
Whitefish shortstop Madison Tveidt, 12, and outfielder Madisen Cross, 9, get blinded by the bright sun and cannot avoid a collision during the game against Libby on Thursday.
Libby’s Jackie Mee takes a break between sets during the Western A divisional singles championship match on Friday at Flathead Valley Community College. Mee went on to win her fourth-straight divisional championship.
Kevin Calnan, director of Laser School, gets a hug from Carmina Lopez as her son Alfonso Lopez looks on following a meeting discussing Alfonso’s remaining academic credits. Calnan, the director at the alternative school for 12 years, is retiring at the end of the school year.
Deepak and Kamala look on as Bal Monger signs paperwork at Flathead Bank in Lakeside on their first full day in the Flathead Valley in mid-April.
Glacier Twins player Wade Martinson tags Sherwood Athletics player Tom Chodan with an empty glove during the Canadian Days Tournament at the Kidsport Complex Saturday afternoon.
Kevin Malloy of Kalispell, with Carver Engineering, performs a test to make sure that there is sufficient oxygen in the concrete mix on Friday at the site of the new Evergreen water tank on Mission Trail Road in Kalispell. The first of six walls is up, according to Project Superintendent Kermit Johnsrud of DYK Incorporated they hope to have the tank completed in September.
Stephanie Henson of Columbia Falls working at Norms News on Friday in Kalispell.
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