Lyle Burke of Alberta, Canada, poses with the statue of Jesus Christ near the top of Chair 2 at the Whitefish Mountain Resort in February. The statue, erected in 1953 to honor World War II veterans, may have to be removed after the Uinted States Forest Service recently denied a special use permit allowing the stone statue. AP story here. (AP Photo/The Missoulian, Linda Thompson)

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