Week in Pictures: December 9-15
<p>As snow begins to fly a couple takes an evening stroll Monday through Lawrence Park. Dec. 9, 2013 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Emergency vehicles line up where a small plane crashed near the runway Monday morning at Glacier Park International Airport. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Joyce Moon has done several hikes in Glacier National Park. The pictures on the wall were taken on one of the many hikes Moon has completed.</p>
<p>A heard of elk cross Middle Road in East Valley on Saturday evening, December 7. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>George Ostrom is shown outside his home in Kalispell.</p>
<p>A snow grader gets a jump start at the intersection of Main and Center streets in downtown Kalispell on Tuesday. Road crews were kept busy plowing heavy snow across Northwest Montana. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Julian Cunningham, campus farm manager at Flathead Valley Community College, cuts steel bars for the agricultural programs new greenhouse on Dec. 10. Cunningham hopes to have the structure up by the first week of January and to have the greenhouse enclosed and ready for the students by the first of the semester.</p>
<p>Jerri Swenson poses at her Whitefish home with one of the dogs she rescued from Browning. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Flathead's Tommie Owens grabs a rebound underneath the Whitefish basket Tuesday night during Flathead's victory over Whitefish at Whitefish High School. Dec. 10, 2013 in Whitefish, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Pat Conner sweeps the sidewalk clear of snow on Wednesday, December 11, in Kalispell. This portion of the sidewalk is in front of her neighbor's home. Conner said he normally takes care of the sidewalks for her, today, she wanted to beat him to them and to take care of his as well as hers. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>The remains of a house that burned down in Columbia Falls. Dec. 11, 2013 in Columbia Falls, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Gary Stanberry and Braden Kearney, 7, pick out items at the annual Shop with a Cop event on Wednesday, December 11, at Target in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Steve Hughes of the Columbia Falls Police Department gives a badge sticker to Tory Lewis, 6, before the police officers and children split up to go shopping on Wednesday at Target during the annual Shop with a Cop outing. (Brenda Ahearn photo/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Michelle Gentry is pictured in court on Dec. 12, 2013, in Kalispell. Prosecution has been deferred for Gentry on a charge of assault on a peace officer.</p>
<p>Children decorate snowman drawings at Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country's Evergreen location.</p>
<p>David Pickeral, behind, films Whitefish High School choirs perform We Wish You a Merry Christmas Wednesday evening at the Whitefish Performance Arts center. The U.S. Troop Fund set up the performance to be filmed to send to troops overseas. Dec. 11, 2013 in Whitefish, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Dr. David Keim, right, extracts a tooth from Angela Suttons mouth Monday night during the Shepherds Hand Clinic at Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Great Falls Americans defenseman Donovan Mattfeldt (13) checks Glacier Nationals defenseman Corbin Emery (right) Thursday night in the second period of an American West Hockey League game at the Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish.</p>
<p>Jim Vashro, regional fisheries manager. Dec. 13, 2013 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Darren Fix, a computer programmer with Flathead Electric Cooperative, works with Madison Hammett, a sixth-grader at St. Matthews School, during the Hour of Code on Thursday.</p>
<p>Rob Hedstrom of Columbia Falls carries wreaths to lay on the graves of veterans on Friday afternoon, December 13, at the Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Glacier senior Evan Epperly (10) makes a mid-air pass to junior Truman Pisk (42) during the game against CMR on Friday, December 13, in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Students from Trinity Lutheran School peel potatoes Friday morning in preparation for Christmas at Our House at the National Guard Armory north of Kalispell. The free annual event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Armed Forces Reserve Center off U.S. 93 north of Kalispell. No reservation is needed. Call 871-7604 for more information.</p>
<p>Bob Miller of Columbia Falls, right, goes through the lunch line on Saturday, December 14, at the 24th Annual Christmas at Our House. On the left is volunteer Tina Malkuch of Kalipsell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Flathead senior Will Cronk (22) attempts to pass the ball while pressured by Great Falls Matthew Wyman (24) and Bryce Clark (left) during Saturdays Class AA nonconference basketball game at Flathead High School.</p>