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This Week in the Flathead: Glacier Symphony

Brenda Ahearn | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 7 months AGO
by Brenda Ahearn
| February 11, 2014 10:40 AM

View of the Bass Cellos from backstage as the Glacier Symphony performs on Saturday, January 18, at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

ARTICLES BY BRENDA AHEARN

July 8, 2018 2 a.m.

Vietnam veterans rekindle lost friendships

Gathered together under a perfect blue sky, a group of Marines shared smiles and told tales on a long-awaited Sunday afternoon in Columbia Falls. Next to the camp fire, James Cooper, aka “Coop,” stood up to tell the story of how he pulled the wool over “Hawk’s” eyes with a complete piece of fiction about his first wife and the mafia and “an offer he couldn’t refuse.” As the crowd leaned in close they were all smiles (except for Hawk) as the yarn unwound.

Vietnam veterans rekindle lost friendships
July 8, 2018 4 a.m.

Vietnam veterans rekindle lost friendships

Gathered together under a perfect blue sky, a group of Marines shared smiles and told tales on a long-awaited Sunday afternoon in Columbia Falls. Next to the camp fire, James Cooper, aka “Coop,” stood up to tell the story of how he pulled the wool over “Hawk’s” eyes with a complete piece of fiction about his first wife and the mafia and “an offer he couldn’t refuse.” As the crowd leaned in close they were all smiles (except for Hawk) as the yarn unwound.

Photographer reflects on modern-day Jekyll and Hyde
October 29, 2015 12:15 p.m.

Photographer reflects on modern-day Jekyll and Hyde

Beautiful monsters

Oh, Bridezilla.