This Week in Pictures December 19-25

<p>Volunteer Firefighter Glen Hartman of the Evergreen Fire Department and a group of volunteers from the fire department and the community place luminarias at the bridge at Rose Crossing Road on Saturday evening. The Evergreen Fire Department decided to revive the tradition of lining the road with luminarias after the Lister family decided they needed to discontinue the tradition in 2010.</p>

<p>From left, Cadet Capt. Tor Jackola and Cadet 2nd Lt. Chris Rodwick prepare to lay a wreath at the grave of a veteran on Friday morning at Glacier Memorial Gardens cemetery north of Kalispell. In early December wreaths were placed by members of the Flathead Composite Squadron MT053 of the U.S. Civil Air Patrol as part of the national Wreaths Across America campaign. Shortly thereafter 175 wreaths were stolen from the grave sites.</p>

<p>Karin Holder stands near a mounted whitetail deer on display at her office in Whitefish. The mount is made from the antlers of a deer Holder's father shot and the cape is from a deer she took.</p>

<p>Diane Ward feeds Spencer the ram a bottle Tuesday afternoon.</p>

<p>Glacier senior Karl Hellwig, 33, prepares to shoot for two during the game against Lake City on Thursday night in Kalispell.</p>

<p>Matteus Thorsen, 6 months, plays with Santa's beard on Thursday afternoon as he and his brother Rorik, 3, get their picture taken at the Kalispell Center Mall.</p>

<p><strong>Jack Gladstone is pictured in 2011.</strong></p>

<p>Law officers and firefighters respond to an accident Thursday afternoon in front of Kalispell Center Mall. An elderly Kalispell pedestrian died after she was struck by a vehicle.</p>

<p>Sunti Pichetchaiyakul places the finished bronze sculpture of Jesus, the first of the Legends of the World collection at his gallery on Wednesday, December 21, in Bigfork.</p>

<p>Blaine Wright uses his computer while resting in his bed at his home in Whitefish Tuesday afternoon. Wright is still recovering from his Oct. 29 skydiving crash at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.</p>

<p>Wayne Mosbarger frames one of his paintings at the Smoke Haus Emporium in Evergreen Wednesday morning.</p>

<p>Curt Lamm of Lakeside, assistant director of Samaritan House, serves a cup of chili as the crowd begins to gather at the start of the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day ceremony on Wednesday afternoon at Depot Park in Kalispell.</p>

<p>Diane Ward feeds Spencer, a late-season merino lamb, a bottle of milk at Round Prairie Farms outside Whitefish on Tuesday afternoon. Bags of processed merino wool rest against the fence of the sheep barn.</p>

<p>Illi says she bought most of her miniature houses from Department 56.</p>

<p>Glacier's Zach Dennehy, right, is taken airborne by Sentinel's Matt Brownlow during the Wolfpack's home dual against Missoula Sentinel Tuesday night.</p>

<p>Early oil exploration also took place on the east side of Glacier National Park. This drilling operation was set up along Sherburne Reservoir around 1912.</p>

<p>Rainbow Restoration and Cleaning service technician Scott Alsbury adjusts fans drying the carpet of an office in the Flathead County Courthouse on Tuesday morning. A sprinkler problem early Tuesday morning caused flooding and water damage to the recently remodeled courthouse.</p>

<p>Tomy Parker displays a hand-crafted cane made for him by a fellow Marine he met in Maryland. The cane is decorated with images Parker requested, including the American flag, the Purple Heart, the Marine Corps seal, his unit seal and the soldier’s memorial.</p>

<p>Stillwater Christian’s Josh Bray (center) tips in a shot during the first quarter of Monday’s nonconference basketball game with Mt. Baker at Stillwater Christian School.</p>

<p>Eagle Transit driver Storm Yetter, dressed as Mrs. Claus, checks her route schedule inside of her Christmas themed bus Monday morning.</p>