<p>Sweetiepie, the dark brown and orange tortoise-shell calico cat
at the Conrad Mansion, sits on the corner of Michael Kofford's
desk.</p>
<p>Cheryl Bergerson inspects a large sore on the back of Rosie, an
Arabian mix mare she rescued, at her ranch in Columbia Falls
Saturday morning.</p>
<p>Glacier forward Danny Roe (3) challenges Yellowstone's Josh
Little (8) during the Glacier Nationals' loss to the Yellowstone
Quake Friday night at the Stumptown Ice Den.</p>
<p> Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake</p><p>Debate prep</p><p>Glacier High School senior Elliott VanAllen goes over his notes
with a highlighter in preparation for a debate round Friday in the
Kalispell Western Regional Speech and Debate Tournament. The
tournament was conducted at both Glacier and Flathead high schools
Friday and Saturday. VanAllen took fifth place in the varsity
Lincoln-Douglas debate.</p>
<p>From left, single mother Hayley Matthews and her children,
Darien, 12, and Kaden, 10, survey the damage to their home Friday
afternoon.</p>
<p>Brian Hunt makes his way down the main staircase at the newly
renovated Flathead County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>Anita Webb adds labels to items in the deli case on Tuesday
morning at Sykes Market.</p>
<p>From right, Liz Jones, Margaret Baylinson, and Jessica Trefz
sing Bless the Lord, O My Soul from the Russian Liturgy by Mikail
Ippolitov-Ivanov at rehearsal on Wednesday night at the Gateway
West Mall in Kalispell. "We're thinking globally and acting
locally," said choir member Wendy Marshall. "We care about the
Flathead Valley and teh whole world and we want to do something for
hungry people, especially at Thanksgiving time."</p>
<p>A Caterpillar 627E Motor Scrapper is silhouetted against a
stormy sky on Thursday morning at the site of the Hutton Ranch
Connector or Reserve Drive South project on Thursday morning in
Kalispell.</p>
<p>From left, Skip Stout, Lori Botkin, Sunny Miller, Errin
Glencross, Robert Glencross and Whitney Spencer at the Flathead
Food Bank Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<p>Joe Testa of the Badrock Fire Department sprays water as an
excavator works to expose hot spots in the basement of a two-story
house that burned Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>Ron Clark of Lakeside uses a snowblower to clear his driveway on
Monday morning.</p>
<p>Flathead senior Nelson Fortenberry, left, gets called to the
front by guest director Geoffrey Boers, a choral professor at the
University of Washington in Seattle, at rehearsal on Monday
afternoon at Flathead. One hundred and ten choral students from
both Glacier and Flathead will are joining forces for the Kalispell
AA Cross Town Choral Festival concert at Flathead High School
tonight at 7:30. Admission to the event is free.</p>
<p>Cheryl Bergerson inspects a large sore on the back of Rosie, an
Arabian mix mare she rescued, at her ranch in Columbia Falls
Saturday morning.</p>
<p>Glacier forward Danny Roe (3) challenges Yellowstone's Josh
Little (8) during the Glacier Nationals' loss to the Yellowstone
Quake Friday night at the Stumptown Ice Den.</p>
<p> Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake</p><p>Debate prep</p><p>Glacier High School senior Elliott VanAllen goes over his notes
with a highlighter in preparation for a debate round Friday in the
Kalispell Western Regional Speech and Debate Tournament. The
tournament was conducted at both Glacier and Flathead high schools
Friday and Saturday. VanAllen took fifth place in the varsity
Lincoln-Douglas debate.</p>
<p>From left, single mother Hayley Matthews and her children,
Darien, 12, and Kaden, 10, survey the damage to their home Friday
afternoon.</p>
<p>Brian Hunt makes his way down the main staircase at the newly
renovated Flathead County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>Anita Webb adds labels to items in the deli case on Tuesday
morning at Sykes’ Market.</p>
<p>From right, Liz Jones, Margaret Baylinson, and Jessica Trefz
sing Bless the Lord, O My Soul from the Russian Liturgy by Mikail
Ippolitov-Ivanov at rehearsal on Wednesday night at the Gateway
West Mall in Kalispell. "We're thinking globally and acting
locally," said choir member Wendy Marshall. "We care about the
Flathead Valley and teh whole world and we want to do something for
hungry people, especially at Thanksgiving time."</p>
<p>A Caterpillar 627E Motor Scrapper is silhouetted against a
stormy sky on Thursday morning at the site of the Hutton Ranch
Connector or Reserve Drive South project on Thursday morning in
Kalispell.</p>
<p>From left, Skip Stout, Lori Botkin, Sunny Miller, Errin
Glencross, Robert Glencross and Whitney Spencer at the Flathead
Food Bank Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<p>Joe Testa of the Badrock Fire Department sprays water as an
excavator works to expose hot spots in the basement of a two-story
house that burned Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>Ron Clark of Lakeside uses a snowblower to clear his driveway on
Monday morning.</p>
<p>Flathead senior Nelson Fortenberry, left, gets called to the
front by guest director Geoffrey Boers, a choral professor at the
University of Washington in Seattle, at rehearsal on Monday
afternoon at Flathead. One hundred and ten choral students from
both Glacier and Flathead will are joining forces for the Kalispell
AA Cross Town Choral Festival concert at Flathead High School
tonight at 7:30. Admission to the event is free.</p>