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Week in Pictures: May 7-13

| May 15, 2012 10:53 AM

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<p>Jamie Newman looks out from behind the curtain of the staging area before Flathead Valley Community College's graduation ceremony Friday night at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.</p>

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<p>Students at Fair-Mont-Egan School watch illustrator Ben Clanton draw during a presentation Thursday morning. Clanton attended Fair-Mont-Egan from third through eighth grade and graduated from Flathead High School.</p>

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<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Valerie McIntyre gets the attention of two-day-old Avery Lacy during a new born photography session Wednesday afternoon at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>

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<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Team Les Schwab's Caylie Williams fields a ball Saturday afternoon during a matchup against team Dairy Queen at a softball tournament at Kidsports Complex. Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>

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<p>Bigfork’s Austin Jordt eyes the bar as he clears 5-6 in the high jump during the District 7B track meet Saturday morning at Bigfork High School.</p>

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<p>After 30 years with the Lakeside Quick Response Unit, Carol Curry has retired as a first responder.</p>

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<p>Glacier’s Shayna Atlee delivers a pitch Thursday afternoon during the first game of the crosstown doubleheader at Kidsports Complex. The Wolfpack beat Flathead twice to move to 3-1 versus the Bravettes this spring.</p>

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<p>Kalispell Lakers' catcher Brendan Windauer (left) tags out Loggers runner Micah Germany at home to get the last out of the top of the fifth inning during the Lakers matchup against Libby Wednesday night at Griffin Field. </p>

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<p>Stagehand Daniel Beaman checks over the script backstage.</p>

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<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake A hen mallard sits on her nest underneath a playground structure Wednesday afternoon at the Courtyard East Apartments. Residents of the apartment complex have named the bird "Daisy Duck" and have flagged off the area around her nest with caution tape. Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>

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<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Kurt Hill and his son Wes make adjustments Monday afternoon on the hydroponic system they built for Somers Middle School. With 74 slots for plants, Robin Vogler, food service director for the school, plans to grow the lettuce in cycles to be able to harvest greens each week for lunches. "We are going to be growing lettuce anytime we want," said Vogler. Monday, April 23, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>

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<p>Don Clapper, owner of Don's Country Smokehouse, sorts through a variety of meats and sausages Tuesday afternoon in the processing area of his shop in east Evergreen. Clapper has won several state cured meat championships.</p>