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NEWS
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W•O•R•D•S of the Week
AN INDEX OF RECENT NEWSMAKERS
SIMMONS
J.K. Simmons, a University of Montana graduate, won an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at Sunday’s Oscars. The UM grad earned his first Oscar for his role in “Whiplash.”
NORTH BAY
Popular downtown Kalispell restaurant North Bay Grille has closed and is being reopened in early March as 406 Bar and Grille, according to new executive chef Brian Scotti-Belli.
MALL OF AMERICA
A new video from the Al Shabaab terror group earlier this week called for terrorist attacks in the United States and Canada, including at Minnesota’s Mall of America. Security at the mall was increased in response to the threat.
CLOSED
Turner Mountain in Libby closed earlier this month due to a lack of snowpack. Ski area managers say the small resort needs at least 10 more inches of snow to reopen.
Jeremy Juntunen holds his daughter Takara Juntunen during a candlelight vigil in honor of Takara’s son, Forrest Groshelle, the 2-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his mother’s boyfriend last week. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
Friends, Family Gather to Remember Slain Toddler
Brandon Lee Walter Newber- ry was arrested and charged with deliberate homicide in the death of 2-year-old Forrest Groshelle
By JUSTIN FRANZ of the Beacon
On a rainy evening in Kalispell’s Law-
rence Park, more than 100 friends, family and community members gathered to re- member Forrest Groshelle, the 2-year-old boy who was allegedly killed last week by his mother’s boyfriend.
The emotional event, held Feb. 20, came two days after Brandon Lee Walter Newberry, 21, was arrested and charged with deliberate homicide.
The mother, Takara Juntunen, also 21, had been dating Newberry for less than three months when he allegedly assault-
ed the 2-year-old boy some time between Feb. 11 and 17. The assault led to a perien- teritis, a laceration of the small intestine, which slowly poisoned the boy. According to court documents and family members, Forrest was vomiting blood in the days be- fore he died on Feb. 17.
During the memorial, family members remembered a precocious young boy who was full of energy.
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Chef Dominic Orsini Silver Oak Cellars creates
MARCH 21
Tickets: 756-3632 www.fvcc.edu/festival
Proceeds benefit FVCC scholarships.
The Foundation Flathead Valley Community College
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Wine Dinner
in bloom