Today

Columbia Falls Community Choir begins weekly practices. Sign up at 1:30 p.m. Practice 2-4 p.m. at Columbia Falls Junior High School until spring concert April 9. Call Ron Bond at 892-5174.

Monday

City of Kalispell Solid Waste Division will not pick up 90-gallon containers today due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Today's route will be picked up on Tuesday. Have containers out by 7 a.m.

Flathead Valley Republican Women meet at The Bulldog at noon. Former Lewistown legislator Larry Grinde is the guest speaker.

Free puppy or dog training class 6:30 to 8 p.m., covering housebreaking, jumping, barking and more. Space is limited. To reserve a seat, call Ellie Bell at Best Friends Dog Training, 755-4818.

Kalispell City Council meets at 7 p.m., Kalispell City Hall.

Columbia City Council meets at 7 p.m., Columbia Falls City Hall.

Whitefish City Council meets at 7:10 p.m., Whitefish City Hall.

Deer Park School Board special meeting, 7 p.m. at the school.

Tuesday

Whitefish Chamber of Commerce presents a free business seminar by Marge Fisher based on her new book, "A Business of My Own: 21 Steps to Successfully Starting and Running a Small Business, 8-9:30 a.m. Mountain West Bank, 601 Spokane Ave., Whitefish. RSVP to 862-3501.

Starting today, Center Avenue in Whitefish between First and Second streets will be closed for construction work for at least two days. After those two days, work will continue in the alley east of Casey's Bar. The alley will be closed until Friday.

Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Columbia Falls.

Public growth policy meeting 6 p.m., Moving Image, Columbia Falls.

Red Cross Adult CPR certification training, 6:30 p.m. Call 752-6433 to pre-register.

Public invited to a showing of the film, "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin," about the activist who led the peace march in Washington, D.C., in March 1963 and influenced Martin Luther King Jr., 7 p.m., Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Sponsored by the library and the Montana Sustainability Fund. Free.

Cayuse Prairie School Board meets at 7 p.m. in the school library.

Somers School Board meets at 6 p.m. at Somers Middle School for budget and levy work session; regular meeting at 7 p.m.

Trout Unlimited meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Bohemian Grange Hall, Whitefish, with program on Blackfoot River rehabilitation.

Wednesday

MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets 9:30-11:30 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Berta Duncan from the Transportation Awareness Program talks about Amber Alert and MDOT. Child care provided. Call 257-LOVE (5683).

Alpine Spinners and Weavers meet at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Kalispell. Bring a sack lunch. Call 257-9119.

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.

Red Cross blood drive, 2- 6 p.m., Kalispell Center Mall.

Fair-Mont-Egan School board holds a special negotiations mediation meeting at 5:15 p.m. in the library.

Public growth policy meeting 6 p.m., Swan River School.

Big Sky Bonsai Society meets at 7 p.m. at the Flathead County Library in Kalispell. Free and the public is invited. Jerry Meislick will lecture on the classic and non-classic styles of bonsai. Contact Mieslik at 862-0387.

Montana Veterans Home Family and Alzheimer's Support Group will meet at noon in the main conference room. Lunch at 11:30 a.m., followed by the meeting. Contact Suzanne Dickenson, 892-3256.

Thursday

Red Cross blood drive, 12:30-5:30 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish.

Flathead County Fair board meets at 7 p.m. in the fairgrounds office.

Whitefish Chamber of Commerce Gone Fishin' 5-7 p.m., Midway Rental, 6078 U.S. 93 S. All are welcome. Call 862-3501.

Red Cross Infant and Child CPR certification training, 6:30 p.m.Call 752-6433 to preregister.

West Valley Neighborhood Planning Committee meets 7 p.m., West Valley School library.

Dr. Kristin Veneman, pediatrician discusses sleep problems in all ages of children at 7 p.m., North Valley Hospital Lake Room, Whitefish. Free and all are welcome. Call 863-3630.

Amateur Radio Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., United Way meeting room at Gateway West Mall. Call 756-2527.

Beyond the Flathead film series presents "Roads of Koktebel," at 7 p.m., Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Free. Call 758-5713.

Friday

Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 17A First Ave. E., Kalispell.

The Greater Woods Bay Sewer Committee, Woods Bay and Sheaver's Creek Water and Sewer Districts will hold a public meeting on the proposed wastewater project at 7 p.m. in the basement of Bethany Lutheran Church, 8559 Montana 35, in Bigfork.

A Look Ahead

Flathead Audubon sponsors a birding field trip to the Mission Valley. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Park 'n Ride at corner of U.S. 93 South and Montana 82. Bring lunch, binoculars or scope, and walkie-talkies. Dress warmly. Call Bob Rost at 837-2255.

AARP Seniors Driver Safety Program for all drivers 50 and over, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Jan. 21, at The Summit, Kalispell. Instructors Art Buckley, Jim Smith and John Babcock. Cost is $10. Call 751-4500.

CPR/First Aid instruction 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21, Glacier Room, North Valley Hospital. Cost $50, Call 863-3513 to pre-register.

Montana Wilderness Association sponsors a free Introduction to Winter Survival workshop 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21. Dress for the weather, Bring a lunch, cup for hot beverages, small notebook, sturdy knife. To register call Roger Sherman at 862-0438. For information only, call Susie Waldron at 756-6027.

Ruder Elementary School students and the Missoula Children's Theater present "Robin Hood," at 3 and 7 p.m. Jan. 21, Columbia Falls High School's Little Theater. Tickets are $3 for children; $5 adult; $15 for a group of six.

Orientation meeting for anyone interested in volunteering at the Humane Society of Northwest Montana, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 21 at the adoption center, 3499 U.S. 93 N., Kalispell. Additional session on Jan. 24 is for those who want to do hands-on work with animals. Call 752-7297.

Scandinavian gifts, crafts, lefse and sweater sale, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 21 at Sons of Norway Hall, 347 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

Montana Wilderness Association sponsors a free Intermediate Winter Survival workshop 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 22. Dress for the weather, Bring a lunch, cup for hot beverages, small notebook, sturdy knife. To register call Roger Sherman at 862-0438. For information only, call Susie Waldron at 756-6027.

Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., Jan. 23, at the center, 17A First Ave., Kalispell.

Flathead County Democratic Women meet at noon Jan. 23 at the WestCoast Kalispell Center Hotel. Susan Christofferson, executive director of the Nurturing Center, will discuss her work and share her experience as a cancer survivor. Cost of lunch is $8. No reservations required. All interested are welcome. Call JoLynn Yenne at 756-8992.