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JANUARY 15, 2014 | VOL. 8 NO. 3 








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DREAMS





ON ICE









Figure skating is gaining popularity in the Flathead, 

due in large part to the eforts of the Whiteish Figure 

Skating Club and its passionate founder PAGE 14

Muriel Mercer practices 
with the Glacier 
Skate Academy at the 
Stumptown Ice Den. 
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON




NEWS
NEWS

Teaching
Skier Dies in 

with Technology
Big Mountain 
Tree Well
Evergreen School 

District launches new 54-year-old 

program embracing Douglas Spring 

iPads and smartphones becomes third 
in the classroom
person to die in a 
tree well in three 
PAGE 6
years PAGE 13


LIBRARY REBRANDING 5 | CONTESTED FLATHEAD PRIMARIES 8 | POLSON FILM FESTIVAL 9


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