Week in Pictures: September 9-15
<p>The sun sets on Legends Stadium at the close of the first half Friday night during Flatheads Class AA football game with second-ranked Helena Capital. </p>
<p>Alexa Cote will perform with the All-National Choir on Oct. 30 in Nashville.</p>
<p>Racers in the competitive category of the 2013 Montana Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday morning, September 7, at the Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Flathead County Sheriff's Deputy Sam Cox and members of the Evergreen Fire Department respond to the scene of a rollover accident on Helena Flats Road on Monday morning, Sept. 9, north of Kalispell. The driver of the truck was temporarily pinned and extricated from the wreck. He was able to walk away from the scene after answering questions about the wreck, but was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center for formal evaluation. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>The rising sun is framed between two statues of the Buddha on Tuesday, September 10, at the Ewam Garden of One Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, Mont. There will be two fundraising events in the Flathead this week featuring the band, Naked Soul. The benefit concerts will begin at 7 p.m. at The Raven in Bigfork tonight, and again at 7 p.m. at the Great Northern Brewery in Whitefish on Thursday. There will also be a free community presentation at noon in the board room inside Blake Hall at Flathead Valley Community College at noon which will include Buddhist devotional singing and chanting. (…
<p>The East Side Park was once named Thompson Field after Gus Thompson who pitched in the first World Series. Sept. 10, 2013 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Mark Ogle adds name cards to art work on Monday, September 9, at the Glacier Art Academy in the KM Building in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>From left, Carey Dill and Jerry Steward of the Veterans of Foreign Wars salute as the flag is raised at the flag pole dedication on Wednesday, September 11, at Smith Valley School. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Ron Bauer of the American Legion carries the American flag from the American Legion to Depot Park during the annual Freedom Walk on Wednesday, September 11, in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Charlie Strong delivers mail along N Mission Drive on Tuesday, September 10, in Kalispell.</p>
<p>A view of the North Fork road Thursday afternoon from the Glacier View Mountain Trail. Aug. 8, 2013 in North Fork, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Columbia Falls senior Baylee Brinton hits out of a bunker on Hole 3 on Wednesday afternoon during the Columbia Falls Invitational at Meadow Lake Resort in Columbia Falls. Sept. 11, 2013 in Columbia Falls, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Jim Driscoll is the Medicare specialist for New West Heath Services in Kalispell. New West, with a customer service office in Kalispell and corporate headquarters in Helena, has seen 60 percent growth year to date.</p>
<p>Columbia Falls junior Dalton Halden cheers after a point Thursday night during the Wildkats victory over the Libby Loggers at Columbia Falls High School.</p>
<p>Members of the embassies of Germany and Peru take a tour of the Applied Materials facility Friday morning in Kalispell.</p>
<p>This pickup was one of several vehicles damaged by vandals with a BB gun Sunday morning on Third Street East. More than 70 incidents were reported to Kalispell Police from all over the city.</p>
<p>Glenn Young at Kalispell Middle School on Friday, August 30, in Kalispell. Young is entering his 15th year as a substitute teacher. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>