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Marine Corps veteran Jon Vander Ark will instruct the Kalispell LightBenders course, beginning July 8 at the Kalispell Vet Center. Vander Ark discovered photography helped him reconnect with his family after four years of military service. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)
June 26, 2019
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June 26, 2019 7:35 p.m.
Photography program helps vets find light in the darkness
As Christopher Chaffee sets down a hefty Nikon digital camera on the table before him, he makes an observation: “They carry one of these, heavy like a weapon.