Today

3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., at the bloodmobile at Lowe's, Kalispell.

3 Kalispell Regional Medical Center hosts a presentation by Hal Joseph on "Diabetes: A New Chronic Approach to an Old Chronic Illness." Lunch at noon, followed by program 12:30-1:30 P.M., Paintbrush Room, KRMC. At 5:30 p.m. Joseph gives a presentation at The Summit, Kalispell. Public welcome. Call 751-5454.

3 Kalispell Planning Department Technical Advisory Committee meets 1:45 p.m. Kalispell Chamber of Commerce. Call 751-1850.

3 Flathead County Library board meets at 3 p.m. at the Flathead County Library meeting room, Kalispell. Contact Kim Crowley, library director, at 758-5826.

3 Somers School board Policy Committee meets at 4 p.m. at Somers Middle School.

3 Kalispell Senior Citizens business meeting and potluck supper, 5 p.m. Kalispell Senior Center, 403 Second Ave. W. All area seniors welcome. Call 257-1598.

3 New Kalispell Toastmasters Club meets 6:30-7:30 p.m., Perkins Restaurant. Public invited. Call Catherine, 755-4884.

3 The public is invited to meet students from Chile, Peru, Brazil and other countries who are working at Big Mountain this winter, 7 p.m. Whitefish branch of Flathead County Library. Call 862-1629.

Friday

3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., at the bloodmobile, Wal-Mart, Kalispell.

3 Whitefish Winter Carnival Skijoring competition, registration 5-8 p.m. tonight, Blue Moon Bar; competition noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 27, Whitefish Airport; calcutta 6 p.m. Great Northern Bar; competition noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 28, Whitefish Airport, followed by awards ceremony.

3 Hockaday Museum in Kalispell hosts a ceremonial opening of the Traveling Medicine Show education trunks, 5:30-8 p.m. Blackfeet artists will be on hand. Traditional food, dance and song. Members free; visitors, $5.

3 Boomers Singles Group dinner, Red Lion Hotel Kalispell, Fireside Room. Social hour, 6 p.m.; dinner buffet 7 p.m.; meeting 8 p.m. Cost $20. Call Marla at 752-1467 for reservations. All singles welcome.

3 Screening of "The Education of Shelby Knox" a film that focuses on a Lubbock, Texas, teen's choices between sex education versus abstinence, 7 p.m. KM Theater, Kalispell. Suggested donation $3.

Saturday

3 Ninth annual Winterfest, Somers/Lakeside and Blacktail Mountain Ski Area. Pancake breakfast 7-10 a.m. Lakeside Chapel, $5 per person or $15 per family; Blacktail Mountain pancake breakfast 8:30-11 a.m.

3 Creative Memories scrapbooking workshop 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Flathead Valley Community College Eagles Nest. Learn how to work with digital photos to create online storybooks. RSVP to Joyce Workman, 755-4922.

3 Fifth annual Family Cup Ski and Snowboard races at Blacktail Mountain. Registration 9 a.m. Races begin at noon. Awards ceremony 4:30 p.m. Free sleigh rides 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 844-3715.

3 Winterfest snowmobile poker run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Lake Mary Ronan to Blacktail Mountain, call 849-5483; sporting clays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Somers, call Tom or Rex Brown at 857-3306; snow golf 1-3 p.m. call Breeze or Savannah at 844-3625

3 Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the bloodmobile, Borders, Kalispell.

3 Human Rights Film Series presents "The Concrete Revolution," a film about the cost of creating "New China" for the 2008 Olympics, 2 p.m., Whitefish Branch Library Community Room. Free. All invited. Parental discretion advised.

3 Whitefish Winter Carnival Skijoring competition noon to 4 p.m., Whitefish Airport; calcutta 6 p.m. Great Northern Bar; competition noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Whitefish Airport, followed by awards ceremony.

3 Whitefish Winter Carnival disco party, 9 p.m., Bierstube, Big Mountain. Button required. $3 with disco clothes; prizes for best costume.

Sunday

3 Whitefish Winter Carnival Skijoring competition noon to 4 p.m., Whitefish Airport, followed by awards ceremony.

3 John White Lecture Series presents radio personality and journalist, G. George Ostrom on the topic, "Mining and Oil Exploration in Northwest Montana," 2 p.m., Jan. 28, Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Tickets $7.50 for museum members; $10 for non-members. Call 756-8381.