This Week in Pictures December 12-18

<p>RV parks such as this one near Sidney have become homes for many of the influx of workers in the oil fields of Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota.</p>

<p>Salesman Brad Dykes unlocks the door of a Wildwood Travel Trailer at Gardner RV & Trailer Center in Kalispell on Friday afternoon.</p>

<p>Enduring winter in a fifth-wheel trailer has been a challenge for Shawnee and Scott Barge since they moved from the Flathead Valley to the oilfields of North Dakota.</p>

<p>Casey Malmquist of Malmquist Construction in Whitefish has been building houses for Halliburton in Williston, N.D., for the past year and a half.</p>

<p>Glacier’s Andy Boyer (3) splits a group of defenders to take a shot underneath the basket during the Wolfpack’s victory over Whitefish Friday night at Whitefish High School.</p>

<p>Flathead forward Emma Andrews (10) drives past Columbia Falls guard Kathryn Jetty (15) during Flathead’s victory over the Wildkats at Columbia Falls Friday night.</p>

<p>Jim Wagar says hello to his three-year-old daughter Eva when he arrives home from North Dakota on Friday morning in Kila.</p>

<p>Laney Wilson and the other Oompa Loompas rehearse the Bubble Room scene of Willy Wonka Junior on Thursday afternoon at Evergreen Junior High. In this scene Willy Wonka shows off his Fizzy Lifting Drink to the five golden ticket holders. Students will perfrom Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka Junior twice today at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and once on Sunday at 2 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to help with the school food drive by bringing canned food items to the performances.</p>

<p>Linda and Dave Smith stand together in their living room on Friday, December 9, as they pause from packing for Dave's next trip to North Dakota. Dave left early the next day.</p>

<p>Owner of Expressions Inc., Patricia Zinke, right, hugs resident Liz Nelson Thursday afternoon. Expressions Inc. is a care home specializing in helping people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.</p>

<p>Bigfork's Ian Lorang (5) drains a three-point shot over Eureka's Chris Ibach (31) and Ryan Holder (23) during the Vikings' win at home over the Eureka Lions Thursday night.</p>

<p>From left, Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies Logan Shawback, Caleb Pleasants and Scott McConnell walk back to the hangar after their flight training with Jim Bob Pierce, owner of Red Eagle Aviation, Monday afternoon in Kalispell. The deputies received helicopter training with Flathead Emergency Aviation Resources, a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides air support to emergency service providers.</p>

<p>Foys Lake Road glints in the afternoon sunlight on Monday afternoon, December 12, just west of Kalispell.</p>

<p>View of the newly renovated Courthouse under freshly fallen snow on Monday afternoon in downtown Kalispel..</p>

<p>Sophia Smith, right, and Arvilene Pearson react to knocking toys off the shelf Wednesday afternoon at Target during the ninth annual Shop with a Cop event.</p>

<p>Skiiers and snowboarders ride Chair Six at Whitefish Mountain Resort Thursday morning.</p>

<p>Knife River Corp. continues to clean up its 40-acre property between Whitefish Stage Road and a spur of the railroad line that runs in Kalispell. Flathead County Economic Development Authority wants to purchase the gravel pit property to develop a new shovel-ready industrial park with rail access over the next 18 months, using a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The development authority has indicated that it hopes to be able to close on a sale by year's end.</p>

<p>John Schanck is chairman of Stellar Recovery Inc. </p>

<p>Duane Dierenfield, owner/installer of New Creation, Inc. looks over the floor he recently finished installing at the Flathead Animal Shelter with Director Cliff Bennett and Animal Keeper Niki Barton on Wednesday morning in Kalispell. The shelter got a grant for the floor for $19,900 dollars from The Petco Foundation for the new floors. The floors in one bay are complete, Dierenfield is scheduled to start work tearing out the old flooring in the second bay on Monday morning.</p>

<p>Glacier senior Breana Larson plays violin during the rehearsal of the Choir and Orchestra Combined Holiday Concert Wednesday morning. The concert is free to the public and will be performed two times today at 4 and 7 p.m.</p>

<p>The Rockin' Ropers Jump Rope Team prepares before their halftime performance at a Glacier High School basketball game Friday, Dec. 12.</p>

<p>Marissa Keenan, owner of Sweet Peaks Ice Cream, scoops huckleberry ice cream into a cone Wednesday afternoon at her shop in Whitefish.</p>

<p>Kennedy Grove, left, and Olivia Olson, both of Whitefish, look over the various toppin options at Twisted Bliss on Monday night in Kalispell.</p>