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| Pam Bauer serves students their lunch at Edgerton Elementary School in Kalispell. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Five days a week throughout the school year, the Kalispell Public Schools Food Service dishes out almost 4,500 meals to students in 11 schools, making it the largest restaurant in town. This year the program is trying to improve those students’ diets one meal at a time.
Under new director Jenny Montague, the Food Service is being revamped with a healthier, homemade mindset. Gone are the frequent days of nacho cheese, Pop-Tarts and corn dogs. Goodbye trans fatty acids, highly processed foods and sources of high sodium, sugar and fructose corn syrup. Welcome fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and regional meats, an unlimited salad bar, real juice and smoothies, and yogurt parfaits for breakfast.
Under new director Jenny Montague, the Food Service is being revamped with a healthier, homemade mindset. Gone are the frequent days of nacho cheese, Pop-Tarts and corn dogs. Goodbye trans fatty acids, highly processed foods and sources of high sodium, sugar and fructose corn syrup. Welcome fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and regional meats, an unlimited salad bar, real juice and smoothies, and yogurt parfaits for breakfast.
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| Chuck Gailey, with OTB Designworks, removes one of the first jack rafters from a timber frame home fabricated on Webster Lane near Whitefish. The home was disassembled and prepared for shipment to New York. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
WHITEFISH – In Chuck Gailey’s basement office, what he believes is the future of home design and building sits on a computer screen. Various windows are open on the screen, all displaying the complex workings of a timber frame home that is being constructed a few miles away along KM Ranch Road, just west of Whitefish. But the frame won’t be staying there long.
This week, the frame, roof structure and other parts will be loaded into three semi-trucks and transported more than 2,000 miles to New York where the final product will be assembled with the help of home builders and designers. That is what makes Gailey’s company, OTB Designworks, unique.
This week, the frame, roof structure and other parts will be loaded into three semi-trucks and transported more than 2,000 miles to New York where the final product will be assembled with the help of home builders and designers. That is what makes Gailey’s company, OTB Designworks, unique.
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| Polson’s Heidi Rausch, right, jumps to spike the ball as Columbia Falls’ Jessie Gist extends her arms to defend during the Lady Pirates’ win over the Wildkats to advance in the Northwest A divisional volleyball tournament in Whitefish. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
After watching all but one of her granddaughter’s volleyball games this season, Carolyn Hagadorn felt confident enough to make a reservation at a Bozeman hotel almost two weeks before the state tournament.
The Polson girls made sure Hagadorn won’t need to cancel it.
For the fourth year in a row, the Polson Lady Pirates are playing at the Class A state tournament. The well-rounded squad capped another impressive regular season with a victory over Whitefish for the second straight year in the Northwestern A divisional championship on Nov. 5. Both teams advance to Bozeman for the eight-team state tournament, which begins on Nov. 10.
The Polson girls made sure Hagadorn won’t need to cancel it.
For the fourth year in a row, the Polson Lady Pirates are playing at the Class A state tournament. The well-rounded squad capped another impressive regular season with a victory over Whitefish for the second straight year in the Northwestern A divisional championship on Nov. 5. Both teams advance to Bozeman for the eight-team state tournament, which begins on Nov. 10.
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| An air tanker drops retardant as the Emerald Hills Fire crosses Interstate 90 in this aerial view. - Photo courtesy of Larry Mayer, Aerial Photographics |
A nearly decade-long battle over the use of fire retardant now centers on the effectiveness of the wildfire suppressant.
The group responsible for initially suing the U.S. Forest Service over the chemical’s environmental impact believes the agency’s latest assessment raises doubts about whether retardant is even proven useful, an opinion local fire officials and the leader of the assessment disagree with.
The group responsible for initially suing the U.S. Forest Service over the chemical’s environmental impact believes the agency’s latest assessment raises doubts about whether retardant is even proven useful, an opinion local fire officials and the leader of the assessment disagree with.
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| Iraq veteran Apollo Child, center, reaches for his son, Nathan, while talking about the difficulties of finding a job as his wife, Tamara Child, and Army veteran Dale Merrill, right, look on at the Flathead Job Service. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Apollo Child spent a year fighting for his country in Iraq. When he returned home to Kalispell, a happy wife and newborn baby were waiting for him, but a job wasn’t. He’s been unemployed for two months now and he’s beginning to have flashbacks to his poverty-stricken childhood.
“I can’t let Nathan go through the same thing I did growing up,” Child said, gesturing to his 3-month-old son while sitting in a room at the Flathead Job Service last week.
“I can’t let Nathan go through the same thing I did growing up,” Child said, gesturing to his 3-month-old son while sitting in a room at the Flathead Job Service last week.
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| A Columbia Falls resident casts his vote in the Columbia Falls City Council election at City Hall. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
The final unofficial election results are in. Muhlfeld elected mayor in Whitefish. Anderson, Hildner and Sweeney elected to Whitefish City Council. Saverud and Guiffrida elected in Kalispell. Karper, Plevel and Fisher elected in Columbia Falls.
Whitefish unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 53 percent
WHITEFISH MAYOR
(Projected winner) John Muhlfeld – 1,481 (64%)
Turner Askew – 812 (35%)
WHITEFISH CITY COUNCIL (top three elected to council)
(Projected winner) John Anderson – 1,316
(Projected winner) Richard Hildner – 1,316
Life Noell – 503
(Projected winner) Frank Sweeney – 1,263
Mary Vail – 1,057
Doug Wise – 1,014
WHITEFISH REFERENDUM 1
(Projected winner) Yes – 1,444
No – 738
Kalispell unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 28 percent
WARD 2
(Projected winner) Wayne Saverud (incumbent) – 671 (53%)
Chad Graham – 562 (44%)
Erik Jerde – 34 (3%)
WARD 4
(Projected winner) Phil Guiffrida III – 531 (66%)
Cecilia Lee – 270 (34%)
Councilor Kari Gabriel (WARD 1) ran unopposed. Randy Kenyon's (WARD 3) challenger, Walter Keathley, stopped actively campaigning for health reasons.
Columbia Falls unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 16 percent
COLUMBIA FALLS CITY COUNCIL (top three elected to council)
(Projected winner) Julie Plevel (incumbent) – 250
Harvey Reikofski Jr. (incumbent) – 194
(Projected winner) Doug Karper (incumbent) – 270
(Projected winner) Darin Fisher – 248
Samantha Johnson – 225
Whitefish unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 53 percent
WHITEFISH MAYOR
(Projected winner) John Muhlfeld – 1,481 (64%)
Turner Askew – 812 (35%)
WHITEFISH CITY COUNCIL (top three elected to council)
(Projected winner) John Anderson – 1,316
(Projected winner) Richard Hildner – 1,316
Life Noell – 503
(Projected winner) Frank Sweeney – 1,263
Mary Vail – 1,057
Doug Wise – 1,014
WHITEFISH REFERENDUM 1
(Projected winner) Yes – 1,444
No – 738
Kalispell unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 28 percent
WARD 2
(Projected winner) Wayne Saverud (incumbent) – 671 (53%)
Chad Graham – 562 (44%)
Erik Jerde – 34 (3%)
WARD 4
(Projected winner) Phil Guiffrida III – 531 (66%)
Cecilia Lee – 270 (34%)
Councilor Kari Gabriel (WARD 1) ran unopposed. Randy Kenyon's (WARD 3) challenger, Walter Keathley, stopped actively campaigning for health reasons.
Columbia Falls unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 16 percent
COLUMBIA FALLS CITY COUNCIL (top three elected to council)
(Projected winner) Julie Plevel (incumbent) – 250
Harvey Reikofski Jr. (incumbent) – 194
(Projected winner) Doug Karper (incumbent) – 270
(Projected winner) Darin Fisher – 248
Samantha Johnson – 225
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| Glacier quarterback Taylor Hulslander, second from right, pull pack for a throw while warming up with his teammates during a practice at Glacier High School. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Bigfork finally lost in the state football playoffs and Glacier finally won.
The Wolfpack won the first playoff game in school history on Nov. 4, defeating Billings Senior 24-10 at home in the first round of the Class AA playoffs. The following day, defending Class B champion Bigfork fell to Malta 42-0, ending the Vikings’ five-game playoff winning streak dating back to last season.
The Wolfpack won the first playoff game in school history on Nov. 4, defeating Billings Senior 24-10 at home in the first round of the Class AA playoffs. The following day, defending Class B champion Bigfork fell to Malta 42-0, ending the Vikings’ five-game playoff winning streak dating back to last season.
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| Kalispell Public Works employees blast snow from the center of First Avenue East into the back of a dump truck to be hauled away. - File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Winter weather poses myriad challenges for road crews in Northwest Montana, but next year crews will have a new weapon to battle the snow and ice.
On Nov. 1, the Flathead County Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with the state Department of Transportation to facilitate the purchase of brine anti-icing solution.
On Nov. 1, the Flathead County Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with the state Department of Transportation to facilitate the purchase of brine anti-icing solution.
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