We need more guys like Don 'K'
Andy Palchak | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 11 months AGO
Perhaps starstruck by his days in front of the camera filming the “Don’t you buy no ugly truck!” commercials, Don “K” Kaltschmidt has for decades been a top-level supporter of the performing arts in the Flathead.
He is also clearly a level-headed, good-hearted problem solver with the rare knack of getting along with all stripes, left and right, up and down. Now he’s running for state Senate.
Government could sure use more folks like him.
— Andy Palchak, Kalispell
ARTICLES BY ANDY PALCHAK
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It's time to work out auditorium issues
Major kudos to the Whitefish Pilot for a timely, well researched and lucidly presented forum regarding the desire of the Glacier Symphony and Chorale (GSC) to offer Festival Amadeus performances at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center (PAC) during the summer season, usually booked by the Alpine Theatre Project (ATP). A number of citizens have registered both valid complaints and detailed explanations concerning the status quo.
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