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NEWS
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 | 5
W•O•R•D•S of the Week
AN INDEX OF RECENT NEWSMAKERS
BUTTE SEAL
Retired Navy SEAL who says he shot al-Qaida leader Osa- ma bin Laden in the forehead publicly identified himself last week. Robert O’Neill, 38, was born and raised in Butte.
WINTER WEATHER
Temperatures dropped precipitously this week as a winter storm moved in. It was expected to fall below zero on Wednesday. Bundle up.
GOP
Across the country and across the state, Republican candidates were elected in large numbers. The GOP wrested back control of the U.S. Senate and head into next year’s state Legislature with majorities in both cham- bers.
STATE FOOTBALL
Glacier, Whitefish and Big- fork high schools all won their quarterfinal matchups and host semifinal football games this weekend. Good luck to all of them!
OBAMACARE
The Supreme Court last week agreed to hear a new chal- lenge to President Barack Obama’s health care law that could derail the Affordable Care Act.
Jerry Quinn butchers meat at North Valley Food Bank in Whitefish. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
Food Bank Feeds Families
By JUSTIN FRANZ of the Beacon WHITEFISH – With a pair of blood-
covered gloves and a blood-splattered apron, Jerry Quinn looked more like a horror movie extra than a happy and helpful food bank volunteer on a recent Friday morning. But, as Quinn and his
team of butchers will remind you, some- times volunteer work is messy.
Quinn has been helping butcher do- nated meat and game for the Whitefish nonprofit for nearly three decades, after a local game warden called food bank founder June Munski-Feenan and asked if she wanted some meat.
“She said ‘yes’ and then June called me and asked if I would butcher up the meat for the food bank,” said Quinn, who also serves on the board of directors. “I’ve been doing it ever since.”
About once a week, three or four
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One Cut at a Time
Every week local volunteers butcher and package meat at the North Valley Food Bank
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