From left, Graham Rennie, Noah Carter, and Samuel Burns, along with other students in Susan Junk's afternoon kindergarten class at Trinity Lutheran sing Christmas carols to residents at Welcov Healthcare Assisted Living on Friday, December 16, in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Author Angela Townsend at McGarvy and Townsend offices on Friday, Dec. 16, in Kalispell. Townsend is donating copies of her book to kids at Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia.
The hundreds of Nativity sets on display represent the work of artists from around the world. They’re offered for display by residents from the greater Flathead Valley area, as far south as Paradise and as far north as Eureka. Some crèche collectors share their collections for the event. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily …
Columbia Falls City Councilman Dave Petersen uses money from Smith's to match a donation from Leeann Lantrip at the Smith's grocery store in Columbia Falls on Thursday, December 15. Bell ringers were at locations around the valley including Columbia Falls, Whitefish, Evergreen, Bigfork and Lakeside competing to see who can …
Detail of the Christmas house collection of Connie Blasdel. The collection consists of more than 350 pieces and is so large she only sets it up every few years rather than every year. The collection will be up until at least the end of January. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
From right, Megan Keenan and Ingrid Anderson take to the trails at the Glacier Nordic Club on Tuesday, December 13, in Whitefish. Anderson is pulling her 7-month-old daughter Eloise along for the ride. The club opened to the public on Monday, December 5. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Daniel Erickson, “Dan the Salsa Man” chops tomatoes as he does the prep work for a batch of his Blaine Mountain Salsa on Friday morning, December 9, in the commercial kitchen at Sykes’ in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
THE HUCKLEBERRY Hot Chocolate at The Lodge at Whitefish Lake is made with huckleberry vodka, hot chocolate, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and topped with a mint leaf. (Brenda Ahearn/This Week in the Flathead)
Stephanie Marin, wife of the pastor of Whitefish Foursquare Church, shovels snow and plays with her children along the front walk of the church on Monday afternoon, December 5. Evelyn, 5, and Jack, 2, kept her company as they played in the snow. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Kalispell Middle School eighth-grader Madison Becker smiles as she learn the art of stage combat in a workshop with performers from the Shakespeare in the Schools program on Friday, Dec. 2. The day began with a performance of "Hamlet" and continued with workshops including soliloquy, theatrical relevance/improv and fencing.
