Missoula WildWalk

The WildWalk parade happens in Missoula to mark to beginning of the Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula.

Missoula Debutante, Georgia Mann, holds a sign during the WildWalk parade that went through downtown Missoula Sunday morning. The Missoula Debutantes all dressed as bees and danced their way through the parade.

WildWalk participant, Adelaide Bangingson, gets ready to walk in the parade Sunday morning. Adelaide came with her family who walked with her.

WildWalk participants get ready for the parade to start Sunday morning. 

Best friends Wilder Wright, left, and Soren Cloud-Schaedel prepare for the WildWalk Sunday Morning. 

A family walks in the WildWalk parade in downtown Missoula Sunday morning. The parade went from the red X's at the north end of Higgins Avenue and continued down to Caras Park. It marks the beginning of the Wild Life Film Festival in Missoula. 

A WildWalk participant waves ribbons during the parade Sunday morning. 

Two boys sit on a curb on Higgins Avenue Sunday morning as the WildWalk parade goes by.

A WildWalk participant dresses as a cardinal for the parade Sunday morning. 

A giant elephant puppet is led down Higgins Avenue Sunday morning during the WildWalk parade. The puppet took 5 to 6 people to operate with 4 of them used as legs. 

The elephant puppet casts a large shadow over Higgins Avenue during the WildWalk parade Sunday morning. 

Two girls play in the Caras Park Gazebo Sunday morning during the WildFest celebration. WildFest was held immediately after WildWalk.

A small crowd of people finish up the last few minutes of WildFest with some wild dancing. 

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Missoula Avalanche Images

A fire fighter probes the snow for the 8 year-old boy that was buried in Friday's avalanche. The boy was found about an hour after being buried. 

Volunteers and fire fighters pull apart a fence during their search for the buried eight-year-old boy. 

The eight-year-old boy that was buried in Friday's avalanche is moved to a nearby ambulance by EMS workers and police officers.

People gather at the base of Mt. Jumbo to watch as volunteers and emergency crews continue to search for the three victims in Friday's avalanche. Police stopped people from joining in the search as more people flooded in to help.

Neighborhood volunteers, police officers and firemen scrape Van Buren with shovels while searching for a gas shut off valve. 

Missoula fire fighters chip away pavement to search for the block's gas shut off valve. Gas flowed from the destroyed house, slowing the teams from finding the buried couple. 

My Missoulian Images

Danica Winters, local romance novelist, sits at her home outside of Frenchtown Wednesday morning. Winters' novels are often inspired by events that have happened in her life. She began writing children’s books but moved to romance novels because “I like the challenge that writing novels offers,” says Winters. 

Josh Clark, candidate for Missoula County Sheriff, announces to a small group of Missoula County residents that he is running for sheriff in the 2014 elections. Elections will be held June 3rd, 2014. 

Monica Roscoe scopes out a sled run for her daughters on the hills above the east side of the University of Montana Golf Course. 

From left, Isadora Welzenbach and Jane Roscoe share a sled pulled my Hillary Welzenbach while her daughter, Alena, and Monica Roscoe and her daughter, Ruby, lead the group to the top of a small sled hill on the east end of the University of Montana Golf Course friday morning.

Alena Welzenbach and Ruby Roscoe take a short break after their first sled run Friday Morning. Heavy snowfall Friday morning allowed for people to sled, cross country ski, and snow shoe at the University of Montana Golf Course. 

Ruby Roscoe and Alena Welzenbach, from left, walk their sleds to their next run on the University of Montana Golf Course Friday morning. 

Brent Gyuricza talks about his plans for his new business, Maverick Motorsports. Gyuricza says he wants to almost quadruple the size of the business space and increase his inventory. He plans on having the move to 4950 North Reserve Street complete by late spring.

Mike Tingley started Mike Tingley's Motorsports 44 years ago on South Avenue in Missoula. Tingley and his wife, Betty, plan to volunteer and pursue their hobbies now that they have sold their business to Brent Gyuricza.

Recent Maverick Motorsport's customer, Brian Rogers chats with salesman, Wyatt Blevins and sales manager, Scott McLinden, from left, last week. Rogers recently bought a 2013 Suzuki DRE  400 from Maverick Motorsports. 

Preslie and her mother, Shanda Richards, take a short break from shopping to throw a penny into the fountain at the Southgate mall in Missoula. 

These are what I have been producing while I've been working at the Missoulian. 

Captions to come later.