![Furrier Brian Osterday at his shop in Kila on Jan. 27, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3629,2438,3629,1200/0-0-0/0516b287-3441-4bfc-8aaf-21a50958b43d/1/1/20210127_FURRIER_341.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=2fd4f90dfb62b6e3154ae6bfe6674508aa0a01ab507105ee38e9a697f46ef597)
Furrier Brian Osterday at his shop in Kila on Jan. 27, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
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Laura Chenier swims in Yellow Bay on Flathead Lake on Aug. 7, 2023. Chenier made the first known swim of the widest section of the lake, swimming from Elmo to Yellow Bay.
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Marvin Weatherwax Jr., a Blackfeet leader and Montana legislator, pictured near Babb on June 26, 2023.
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Avery Chouinard, Flathead High School basketball player. March 14, 2023.
![Kalispell potato farmer Steve Streich stands on a mound of potatoes twenty feet deep inside one of his climate controlled warehouses which are designed to keep millions of pounds of product fresh and cool on Sept. 25, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Bea](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3775,2344,3775,1200/0-0-0/265ea96f-f807-43de-9214-0b2b4485ab99/1/1/20200925_POTATOES_138.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=771ecd20b6e4b242112ba12c97d94e3151613ae90dd7b892018edcae72936e1e)
![U.S. Attorney General William Barr attends a roundtable discussion with local law enforcement on combatting Montana’s meth crisis in Kalispell on Nov. 22, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/371fe9be-8cc1-468e-abdd-853991d56926/1/1/191122_BARR_998.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=4e0c506e1701bc8785f2434e91ca42fec5edfe557f75e1f512fd0ae06dbc2934)
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Olivia Genovese, Norah Schmidt and Isabelle Cooke of the Whitefish High School soccer team pictured in Kalispell on Nov. 11, 2023. Whitefish won the 2023 Class A state championship.
![Rep. Sharon Stewart-Peregoy (D-Crow Agency), poses for a portrait in Crow Agency, Montana on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/ff56dd4c-7e65-4229-a614-b49065bd3461/1/1/8K0A6353.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=a2cd0fef9c72224f49381891d9661980476870c3bc62f89a821e4e3c1760f3aa)
Rep. Sharon Stewart-Peregoy (D-Crow Agency), poses for a portrait in Crow Agency, Montana on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.
![Artist Victor Aquino is pictured at the Remington Bar in his handmade chainmail and furs in downtown Whitefish on Jan. 15, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3501,2527,3501,1200/0-0-0/b963997b-eda4-4c90-acd8-a1d14cf6b324/1/1/20210115_VICTOR_024.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=2dc32b247a275dfdce2da7686cd5d51057d1ea79df138ac051e65a511bf74f6b)
![Aurora Darling of Ephemera Confection in downtown Kalipsell on Feb. 17, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3342,2647,3342,1200/0-0-0/6256f73f-3d21-449d-8dc7-cb4f593a92f9/1/1/20210217_EPHEMERA_097.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=19635a538c4419c44dc5cb51ab6f72ab54f62f4081d42c0dcd41baadef807222)
![From left to right, back to front, Jan Metzmaker, Lynn Grossman, Christine Rossi, Sheryl Toal, Nancy Kaumeyer and Chris Toal are dressed in zombie costumes for a flash mob performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller in downtown Whitefish. Hunter D’Antuono |](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3213,2754,3213,1200/0-0-0/b69f8c0d-8989-419c-87f7-7e34aa70cbd4/1/1/20191018_THRILLER_082.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=2982f1f4e2ec5de1a567a76265a3f667c6290bcd4f12ef211b02663c6c49c528)
![Skyleigh Thompson, senior soccer player for Flathead High School. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/c07856cb-9a74-4f05-b076-6083ec3372d7/1/1/20201202_BOP_336.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=4e0c506e1701bc8785f2434e91ca42fec5edfe557f75e1f512fd0ae06dbc2934)
![Musician Nick Spear of Whitefish stands with a broken guitar near his home on March 26, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3616,2447,3616,1200/0-0-0/3412e482-b3e8-40e7-bcb7-0e76aa6488b6/1/1/20200326_NICK_SPEAR_COVID-19_076.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=b7fda0c49be87cb12946853c53e64c7a319c7278d70d358bdb808e8ec9610f0d)
![Angie Tennison on her riverfront property south of Kalispell at dusk on Oct. 23, 2019. Tennison is a contestant in the “Ultimate Extreme Huntress” competition. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/3cd6733d-5289-4419-abdc-7fc5806b439b/1/1/20191023_EXTREME_HUNTRESS_101.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=4e0c506e1701bc8785f2434e91ca42fec5edfe557f75e1f512fd0ae06dbc2934)
![Stand-up paddle boarder Jonni Pekus with her 14-foot racing board on Whitefish Lake on Oct. 2, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3687,2399,3687,1200/0-0-0/f28ff32d-48e8-4552-ae43-2af9866ee2da/1/1/20201002_SUP_RACER_122.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=49781aa3030d6833bbc761ef0965e411a39217d7d73996e4a6a6e74197c831cd)
![Window light reflects on the piece of plexiglass that will be propped up between Kalispell Middle School counselor Deb Burfeind and her students during the school year, as seen on August 21, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3540,2499,3540,1200/0-0-0/5ee29b8d-64c0-453f-bd8c-4a278e6a27b0/1/1/20200821_KMS_COUNSELOR_0054.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=d5d442b88b3d2d95072bdb87226fb34850457c39c3bea0eb4a405dd91b6a49e0)
Window light reflects on the piece of plexiglass that will be propped up between Kalispell Middle School counselor Deb Burfeind and her students during the school year, as seen on August 21, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
![Nicole Heavirland, captain of the United States women’s national rugby team poses for a portrait at Smith Field’s in Whitefish on July 31, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/e3dda09c-1348-401e-a3bf-95ddf51edba5/1/1/190731_NICOLE_HEAVIRLAND_042.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=4e0c506e1701bc8785f2434e91ca42fec5edfe557f75e1f512fd0ae06dbc2934)
Nicole Heavirland, co-captain of the United States women’s national rugby team, poses for a portrait at Smith Fields in Whitefish on July 31, 2019.
![Makena Morley poses on the Bigfork High School Track on July 3, 2019. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3621,2443,3621,1200/0-0-0/40b6f720-b88e-489b-a6a0-a2b44bd37d7e/1/1/190703_MAKENA_MORLEY_087.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=d3f93a38e2fb0cc22c15f4cf7b28ed04b2c1f4b1cb6b0587ba37d174d0ffa7fe)
![Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is pictured at his campaign headquarters in downtown Helena after announcing his run for president on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. He is the 22nd Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential race. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3063,2888,3063,1200/0-0-0/882e5fd9-edcd-453e-929f-faa6b7898383/1/1/20190514_BULLOCK_PRESIDENTIAL_RUN_513.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=ff353b09bf2249e56dcbb17b236b6eacb4a66a7b02a997752d6168f0609e84b3)
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock as seen at his campaign headquarters in downtown Helena after announcing his run for president on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. He is the 22nd Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential race.
![Blackfoot's cap features an array of U.S. military pins and the flag of Israel. He is a Vietnam war veteran and comes from a Russain-Jewish family. Here, Blackfoot, a man known for his whittled walking sticks, sits at a bench front of The Office Bar in do](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3904,2266,3904,1200/0-0-0/ebc0f316-2bca-4367-b473-4aa0e0197a16/1/1/8K0A9207_EDIT.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=a85f641f79617ed0b0431b3bbe508860c9d9186a5383b70fc704aaf731bbb13f)
![Adam Clark, a lifelong mountaineer and climbing guide, stands with his first ice axe at his Whitefish home on June 13, 2019. In May, Clark lead a Mount Everest expedition. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon](https://format.creatorcdn.com/5b783be8-67a0-4a9f-a963-c07898a0a5ed/0/0/0/0,0,3643,2429,3643,1200/0-0-0/d6533f36-8eac-4e47-94b6-884cbd0bba35/1/1/190613_ADAM_CLARK_EVEREST_040.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040670351~hmac=4e0c506e1701bc8785f2434e91ca42fec5edfe557f75e1f512fd0ae06dbc2934)
Adam Clark, a lifelong mountaineer and climbing guide, stands with his first ice axe at his Whitefish home on June 13, 2019. In May, Clark lead a successful Mount Everest expedition.