Good morning and happy birthday to Elizabeth Taylor.
On the Beacon today, the Northwest A Divisional Basketball tournament is in full swing. Check out this Lido Vizzutti slide show for photos from the first day of action. It looks like Whitefish’s Lady Bulldogs had the game of the day, with senior star Kate Klundt scoring an improbable eight consecutive points in a little more than a minute to lead her team to an upset. Check back throughout the day for more tourney coverage: Beacon reporter Myers Reece will be living on corn dogs and nachos all weekend to bring you updates after each game.
In other news, Susan Christofferson, executive director of The Nurturing Center, a child-care resource and referral agency in Kalispell, died Wednesday from cancer. An Environmental Protection Agency official says employees of W.R. Grace & Co. misled the government and obstructed efforts to clean up a mine site in Montana. Carbon County Attorney Robert Lyman Eddleman intends to plead guilty to federal cocaine charges, court records indicate. And an FBI probe into an assisted suicide ring involves Montanans.
Finally, a Connecticut man was so engrossed with the tunes on his iPod that he didn’t realize his house was on fire. Have a good weekend, everyone!