Today

Kalispell Women's Connection buffet luncheon 11:30 a.m., New Outlaw Inn, Kalispell. Theme is an "Old-Fashioned Christmas." Music by Ron and Carol Pierce of Bigfork. Sing-along. Guest speaker is Arden Holmes. Cost is $12. RSVP to Jan at 857-2467. Complimentary child care by reservation. Affiliated with Stonecroft International Inc.

Columbia Falls Chamber of Commerce annual Christmas luncheon, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Valley Community Room, 235 Nucleus Ave. No reservations required. Lunch available for $9. Call Carol Pike, 892-2072.

Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

Curly Neal and Harlem Globetrotters Alumni All-Stars charity basketball game, 6 p.m., Flathead High School gym. Proceeds to Kalispell Police Department's Flathead CARE Youth Program. Tickets available at Super 1, Albertsons, McDonald's, Town Pumps, Coffee Traders, Army/Navy.

School District 5 and Flathead County high school district board meets at 6 p.m., Kalispell Middle School Library Media Center.

Helena Flats School board meets at 7 p.m., school library.

Smith Valley School board meets at 7 p.m., school library.

DREAM Adaptive Ski Program for disabled skiers, volunteer orientation, 7 p.m. Whitefish Library boardroom. Intermediate to advance skills recommended. No other experience required. Call 862-1817.

FVCC's Multicultural Services Program on "A Photographer's view of India," by Lyle Olson of Whitefish, 7:30 p.m., Blake Hall. Free. Public invited. Call E.B. Eiselein, 756-3945.

West Valley Fire District trustees meet at 7:30 p.m., at the West Valley Fire Station on Farm to Market Road.

Free Avalanche Awareness Clinic, 8-9 p.m. Penco Power Products, 2310 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. Co-sponsored by Penco, Forest Service and Glacier Country Avalanche Center. Call 758-5204.

Wednesday

Columbia Falls Women's Connection Christmas Celebrations brunch, 9:30 a.m., Los Caporales, Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls. Guest speaker Arden Holmes of Kimberly, B.C. Cathy Alton shares candle decorating ideas. Cost $7.50. Free child care by reservation. Call Candy at 387-4119; Janet at 892-3621. Affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries.

Children's Story Hour at 10:30 a.m., Children's Department of the Flathead County Library in Kalispell, 247 First Ave. E. Call 758-5822.

Somers School District Curriculum Committee meets 1 p.m. at Somers Middle School.

Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., Pope John Paul II Church, Bigfork. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus.

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.

Whitefish School District board meets 3:45 p.m., district board room.

North Valley Music School children's choir performs at 4 p.m. at Riverside Senior Living in Whitefish. Public welcome.

Somers School board Financial Committee meets at 4 p.m. at Somers Middle School.

Marion School board meets at 6 p.m.

Evergreen School District board meets at 6:30 p.m. in the administration building boardroom.

Mission Mountain Audubon Society meets 7 p.m., Tribes' Natural Resources Conference Room, 316 First St. E., Polson. Tom McDonald, tribal Natural Resources Department division manager, and Brian Upton, tribal attorney, present a program on "Tribal Connections to the National Bison Range" Free. Public invited.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Citizens Advisory Committee meets 7 p.m., at FWP headquarters, 490 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Topic is hunting regulation proposals for coming year Public invited. Call 752-5501.

City of Whitefish public meeting to discuss proposed parking structure at Second Street and Spokane Avenue, 7 p.m. Roy Duff Memorial Armory, Armory Road.

DREAM Adaptive Ski Program for disabled skiers, volunteer orientation, 7 p.m. Realty Executives, (northwest corner of Main and Idaho) in Kalispell. Intermediate to advance skills recommended. No other experience required. Call 862-1817.