Naomi Berenice Proud celebrated her 100th birthday April 11 with friends and family at Heritage Place in Kalispell. Proud attributes her long life and good health to never smoking, rarely drinking and staying active.
Austin Monk, a crusty Pleasant Valley rancher, didn’t win for dying with the most guns, he took top honors for leaving some of the most important rifles and engaging stories.
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If you have patience and a passion for wellness and working with people, Flathead Valley Community College’s new physical therapy assistant program may offer that dream job of your New Year’s resolution.
Lucille Deborah “Debbie” Wilson, a resident of Buffalo Hill Terrace in Kalispell, turned 100 Sunday. “All in all, my 100 years have been varied and rewarding,” she says. “I will still try to make the best of every day for myself as well as others, whenever possible.”
Lucille Hammer, 90, of Kalispell, proudly displays the medal she was awarded after taking first place in her age group at this year's Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane.
Jeana Roose King, a former Lincoln County resident, shows the Kiondo Bags of Hope and coffee products from Kenya that she sells to help support the educational and economic development projects that she has started in Kenya with her partner Debra Akre.
Polly Nikolaisen, 91, collects canceled stamps to send to a Norwegian institution called Tubfrim, which sells the stamps to collectors to raise money for tuberculosis research as well as to help handicapped children.
Photographer Valerie McIntyre has teamed up with Kelli McMahon-Staats, manager of Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s birthing center, to present new mothers the gift that lasts a lifetime: professional photos of their newborn babies.
Joe Jackson, brother of famed basketball coach Phil Jackson, grew up in an active family. He remains active even now, as he lives with Parkinson’s disease, a chronic and progressive movement disorder.