3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Libby VFW.
3 Public invited to wish Columbia Falls Chief Dispatcher Joann Archibald a happy retirement, 1-3 p.m. City Council Chambers.
3 Flathead City-County Board of Health meets 2-4 p.m., second floor conference room of the Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W. Kalispell.
3 Conrad Mansion will host a visit from Santa from 3-7 p.m. Photos available by Karen Weyer Photography. Cost $6 per child, $3 per adult. All proceeds support Conrad Mansion Museum. Call 755-2166 to reserve a time.
3 State Representative Doug Cordier and State Senator Dan Weinberg co-host a town meeting for Columbia Falls/Canyon/North Fork areas, 5-6:30 p.m. Columbia Falls High School cafeteria. Public input on local issues for upcoming legislative session is requested. Summary of bills, question/answer session. All welcome. Call Cordier, 892-6500, ext. 230.
3 Polson Chamber of Commerce Splash, 5-7 p.m. Best Western KwaTaqNuk Resort, Call Michelle, 883-5969.
Friday
3 Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
3 Crossroads Christian Fellowship of Bigfork presents "One Bethlehem Night," a Broadway-style musical theater production with children and adults, 7:30 p.m., Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Free and all are invited.
Saturday
3 Friendship House, 606 Second Ave. W., Light the Walk with Luminarias fundraiser today and Sunday. For $10 a luminaria will be lit with your name or the name of someone you choose. Call Sherry, 257-8375.
3 Stillwater Estates luminaria display, "Light up the Night," beginning 5 p.m. Tour the neighborhood to view 6,000-plus luminarias. One quarter mile west of U.S. 93, off West Reserve Drive. Turn north into neighborhood.
Sunday
3 Rose Crossing residents and friends will display 1,500 luminarias from 5 p.m. until midnight Dec. 24. on the two mile stretch between LaSalle and Whitefish Stage. Public is invited to drive the route.
3 Friendship House, 606 Second Ave. W., Light the Walk with Luminarias fundraiser today. For $10 a luminaria will be lit with your name or the name of someone you choose. Call Sherry, 257-8375.
3 Crossroads Christian Fellowship of Bigfork presents "One Bethlehem Night," a Broadway-style musical theater production with children and adults, 6 p.m., Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Free and all are invited.
Monday
3 The City of Kalispell Solid Waste Division will not be picking up the 90-gallon containers today due to the Christmas holiday. Today's route will be picked up on Tuesday. Have containers out by 7 a.m.
Tuesday
3 Red Cross blood drive, 2-5 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
3 Wellness Education Center's Healthy Potluck Supper Christmas celebration, 6-7 p.m., 103 Ponderosa Lane, Kalispell. Families welcome. Bring a healthy dish to share. Call the Wellness Center, 755-8423.
Wednesday
3 Children's Story Hour is at 10:30 a.m., in the children's department of the Flathead County Library in Kalispell, 247 First Ave. E. Call 758-5822.
3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., at Three Rivers Bank, Meridian Road, Kalispell.
3 Kalispell Parks and Recreation Community Day 1-3 p.m. Dec. 27, Woodland Park ice skating pond. Free hot chocolate, games for kids. Bring your ice skates, weather permitting. Call 758-7717.
A Look Ahead
3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Dec. 28, Eureka Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
3 Books and Knits evening 7 p.m. Dec. 28, Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Book lovers have tea and knit while hearing recommendations on great books by librarians Martha Furman and Jocelyne Bodden. Call 758-5823.
3 Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec. 29 at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
3 Boomers Singles Group dinner, Dec. 29, Red Lion Hotel Kalispell, Fireside Lodge. Social hour, 6 p.m.; dinner buffet 7 p.m.; meeting 8 p.m. RSVP Terry, 314-4044; Judy, 253-7187. All singles welcome.
Thought
"Winter comes but once a year,
And when it comes it brings the doctor good cheer."
. Ogden Nash, American humorist (1902-1971).