Week in Pictures: September 17-23
<p>Kalispell voters face a decision Tuesday on the future of Kalispell City Airport. In this September 2012 file photo, flight instructor Lanny Gorman takes off from the airport.</p>
<p>Portrait of Bud Koppy, Democrat, on Monday, September 17.</p>
<p>Glacier’s Teigan Avery chips over the water on the 11th hole Saturday morning during the Flatfish Invitational golf tournament at Buffalo HIll Golf Club. </p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Glacier students, from right, Ryan Porch, Sean O'Connell and Dillon Eaves paint their chests Friday night before the homecoming parade. Eight students painted letters on their chests to spell out "Wolfpack." Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Flathead's Cassie Krueger (14) and Makayla Moore (10) celebrate Saturday afternoon after Flathead's crosstown victory over the Wolfpack at Glacier High School. </p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Gabe Nelson, 8, right, shows the contents of his "Hero Packs" to his parents Kate and Eric on Saturday afternoon during the Yellow Ribbon Ceremony at the Red Lion in Kalispell. Eric, a member of the Montana Army National Guard Unit 495, will be deploying to Afghanistan in November. Children of National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve service members received the "Hero Packs" put together by Adopt A Troop and "Operation: Military Kids." Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Glacier defenders Dawson Day (19), Shelton Todd (46) and others stop Bozeman running back Hunter Gappmayer (28) Friday night during the Wolfpack's 7-3 homecoming victory over No. 1 ranked Bozeman at Legends Stadium. Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>A Village Greens Golf Course employee is swarmed by gulls as he aerates the fairway on Friday morning.</p>
<p>Dr. Karen Perser of Northwest Orthopedics & Sports Medicine moved to the Flathead Valley two years ago.</p>
<p>Mason Niblack works on the "Never More" on Thursday, August 9, in Polson. He hopes to have the boat out on the lake next spring.</p>
<p>Glacier sophomore Hannah Liss digs the ball Thursday night during Glacier’s home victory over Missoula Sentinel.</p>
<p>A mountain goat forages recently near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.</p>
<p>Volunteer Elder Jairl organizes boxes of food Thursday afternoon at the North Valley Food Bank in Whitefish. Operations at the food bank have outgrown the current facility and plans are being made to build a new building.</p>
<p>Renovation of Rising Sun Bistro in Kalispell began Wednesday as part of the Food Network’s “Restaurant Impossible” show. The two-day makeover overseen by Chef Robert Irvine and crew concludes with a grand reopening dinner tonight. The Rising Sun Bistro project will be featured in an episode of “Restaurant Impossible” in December.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Flathead junior Iris Matulevich celebrates after a point Tuesday night during the Bravette's victory over Hellgate at Flathead High School. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>A total of 32 people — candidates for state auditor, superintendent of public instruction, the Supreme Court, District Court, county commissioner and the Legislature — spoke at a forum in Kalispell on Tuesday.</p>
