Today

3 AARP Driver Safety Program for all drivers age 50 and older, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and Jan. 18, Heron Community Center. $10 course fee. Call 847-5585 to register.

3 MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets 9:15-11:15 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Preschool fair. Learn about local area preschools. Child care provided. Call 257-LOVE (5683).

3 Brunch is offered the public at 9:30 a.m., Los Caporales, Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls. Theme is "Last Year's Leftovers." Guest speaker Mary Wallace will talk about starting the new year off right. Lorene Masters will talk about "Changing Costumes: Dressing for the Season of Life." Cost is $7.50 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.

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, 1-5 p.m., Kalispell Center Mall. All donors will be entered to win one of three $25 mall gift certificates. Call 751-5052 to schedule an appointment.

3 Lakeside County Water and Sewer District meets 2 p.m. at their meeting room, 253 Bierney Creek Road.

3 Lincoln Conservation District meets 4 p.m. Plum Creek Timber Company board room, Libby.

3 Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative offers training for current and future substitute teachers 5-8 p.m., West Valley School basement, 2290 Farm to Market Road, Kalispell. Bring your own dinner if you wish. Register by calling 752-3302.

3 Red Cross Infant and Child CPR certification training, 6:30 p.m., at the office, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Call 752-6433 to pre-register.

3 Olduvai Forum meets 7 p.m., Clementine's, near Sliter's Park in Bigfork. The film "The Future of Food" will be shown regarding GMO (genetically modified organism) foods, corporate seed control and future of food supply. Discussion will follow. No admission. Donations accepted to cover cost of evening building rental. Coffee and tea provided. All welcome. Call Edmund Fitzgerald, 837-5548.

3 Free Falun Dafa Quigong class, 7 p.m. community room of Kalispell branch of Flathead County Library. A self-cultivation meditation with gentle, easy exercises. Call Katherine Combes, 257-9798.

Thursday

3 Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative executive council meets 8:30-10 a.m. in the basement at West Valley School. Call 752-3302.

3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m. Jan. 18, North Valley Hospital, Whitefish.

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 Whitefish Chamber of Commerce Gone Fishin' 5-7 p.m., at The Wave. Refreshments served. Call 862-3501.

3 Diabetes Support Group information session 6-9 p.m., Hampton Inn, Spring Creek Room, 1140 U.S. W., Kalispell. Topic is "Managing Your Diabetes through the Use of an Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring." Free and open to public. Refreshments. Call Shelli Hilde, 755-3592 or 1-800-MINIMED (646-4633) Ext. 2788.

3 Mothers of Multiples meet 6-8 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. The topic will be on benefits of massage for entire family. Demonstrations. Raffles. Members free, non-members $3. All welcome.

3 DREAM Adaptive Ski Program volunteer orientation, 7 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Call 862-1817.

3 The Northwest Montana Fair board meets at 7 p.m. in the fairgrounds office.

3 Human Rights Film Series presents "Life and Debt," a film about the tourism industry's and the International Monetary Fund's troubling effects on the local economy of developing countries such as Jamaica, 7 p.m., Kalispell branch of Flathead County Library, Community Room. Discussion to follow, led by Flathead County Commissioner and local dairy farmer Joe Brenneman. Free. All invited. Parental discretion advised.

3 Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead meet 7 p.m. basement of the Eagles, 37 First St. W., Kalispell. 2007 memberships collected. Discussion of spring show. All crafters welcome. Call Sharon, 752-8404.

Friday

3 Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Home Depot employee drive.