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Pirate Adventure

Ben Hirsch, left, and his younger brother, Avery Hirsch, wait to be “rescued” from a rock encircled the waters of Whitefish Lake. The brothers became “marooned” after paddling out to the rock, a few feet of shore, on a section of floating dock with their younger sisters. Mom and a few passers by easily rescued the brothers, who likened themselves to pirates. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon