Today
Evergreen Water and Sewer District board meets at 7 a.m. at the district office, 130 Nicholson Dr.
MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets 9:15-11:15 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Topic is Christmas craft creations. Child care provided. Call 257-LOVE (5683).
Brunch is offered the public at 9:30 a.m., Los Caporales, Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls. Theme is "Gifts Galore." Sami Shelley of Columbia Falls will offer gift ideas from her shop, Outback …The Cabin. Lisa and Gavin Lamach provide violin and flute music. Guest speaker is Barb Madden. Cost is $7 per person. Free child care by reservation. Call Candy at 387-4119, or Sherry at 892-5990. Sponsored by the Columbia Falls Women's Connection and Stonecroft Ministries.
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.
Flathead County GIS Department 2006 GIS Day Open House 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 800 S. Main St., Kalispell. Refreshments. Presentations at noon and 2:30 p.m. Staff will discuss interactive mapping site and downloadable data and answer questions. Limited seating.
Red Cross blood drive, 2-5 p.m., Flathead Electric Cooperative, Kalispell.
Lakeside County Water and Sewer district board meets 2 p.m., district meeting room, 253 Bierney Creek Road, Lakeside.
Kalispell Elks Lodge No. 725 annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Cocktails at 5 p.m.; turkey with all the trimmings served starting at 6 p.m. Everyone invited.
Red Cross certified course in First Aid Basics, 6:30 p.m., at the office, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Call 752-6433 to pre-register.
Thursday
Flathead City-County Health Department offers flu shots 10 a.m. to noon, Bethany Lutheran Church, 8559 Montana 35, Bigfork. Cost $25 adults, $15 children; or bring Medicaid or Medicare card. Call 751-8110.
Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish.
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. Sanding material specification policy action required to be discussed.
Flathead Special Education Cooperative meets 2 p.m. in the downtown office, 1001 S. Main St., Kalispell.
Whitefish Chamber of Commerce Gone Fishin' 5-8 p.m. at Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery, 305 Baker Ave. Participate in making a tile for Community Spirit Monument. Artist reception with Danny Krause. Refreshments served. Call 862-3501.
Friendship Force of Flathead Valley meets at Vista Linda, Boon Road, Somers. Cocktails 5 p.m.; dinner 6 p.m. Bruce and Winogene McIntyre will present a program on the oil fields north of Edmonton, Alberta. Call Joyce Hrouda, 756-1443.
Grace Hospice Project Bereavement Support Group meets 5:30 p.m. at Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Discussion will be based on the work of author Kenneth J. Doka about "The 3 Cs of Coping with the Holidays." Anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one is encouraged to attend. Call Director Ann Staggs, 755-4923.
Kalispell Toastmasters Evening Club organizational meeting, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m., Workplace, Inc., 1310 S. Main St., Kalispell. Learn effective communication, leadership skills. All welcome. Call 755-4884.
Flathead County Fair board meets 7 p.m., fairgrounds office.
Friday
Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Home Depot; an employee drive.
Glacier Country Pachyderm meets noon to 1 p.m. at the Bulldog, Kalispell. Guest speaker is Elaine Gravely, Elections Bureau deputy for the Montana Secretary of State's office. Lunch $9. Public welcome.
Kitchen Store Galore Culinary Classics class featuring gifts from the kitchen, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 550 E. First St., Whitefish. Cost $35 per person with $5 going to Northwest Montana Humane Society. Call Chris Brock, 862-3050, for reservation. Seating limited.
Big Sky Astronomy Club meets at 7 p.m., at its new meeting place at the West Valley Fire Department fire house, 2412 Farm to Market Road. All welcome. Call Bruce at 857-3753 or Russ, 214-4248.