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Four-year-old Alina Johnson ice fishes at Smith Lake during the annual ice fishing derby. Youngsters made up about half of those in attendance. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
Dane Reynolds, a fourth-grader in the Edgerton School Hooked on Fishing Program, caught the largest pike of the day, a 2.84-pounder. (Photo courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks)
Reece Banner, 4, carries the pike he caught during the during the Kalispell Sunriser Lions Club’s 46th annual ice fishing derby on Saturday at Smith Lake. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)
ARTICLES BY FRANK MIELE DAILY INTER LAKE
Pivotal police chief Ted Waggener dies at 93
Ted W. Waggener, who died on April 18 at the age of 93, was police chief of Kalispell for seven years and made some significant improvements in the department during his tenure.
Media personality Mike Stocklin dies at 74
Mike Stocklin, a longtime presence in Flathead Valley media and business, died Saturday in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he had lived for a number of years. He was 74.
Kalispell home to many black standout athletes
Major League Baseball didn’t see desegregation until 1947. The National Football League had some black players before 1933, but from 1934 until 1946, the leagues followed a whites-only policy. Even the NBA kept blacks out until 1950.