Today

Kalispell Police Department conducts a saturation patrol for compliance in school zones on Kalispell's south side.

Some Flathead Electric Cooperative customers will experience brief outages today due to repair of vandalized glass insulators between West Reserve to the north, U.S. 2 to the south, West Valley Drive to the east, and just outside Libby to the west.

Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Sponsored by Polson Soroptimists.

Swan River School Book Fair 5-7:30 p.m. today; and 2-6 p.m. Sept. 26, school art room. Donations welcome. All books and CDs are 50 cents. Call 837-2488 for drop-off places or to arrange a pick up. Proceeds support the school.

Flathead County Solid Waste District board meets 5 p.m. at the landfill office.

School District 5 and Flathead High School district special board meeting and work session at 5:30 p.m., Glacier High School Room B104.

Big Sky Specialty Compounding pharmacist Kiersten Braig-Alton conducts a lecture titled, "Issues Surrounding Natural Hormone Replacement," 6 p.m. Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Registration is $25 and includes handouts. Call 752-0499 to reserve a space.

Red Cross certified course in Standard First Aid, 6:30 p.m., at the office, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Call 752-6433 to pre-register.

Whitefish School board work session 7 p.m. board meeting room.

Wednesday

Kalispell Police Department conducts a saturation patrol for speeders, seat belts and equipment violations, East Idaho.

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

Swan River School Book Fair 2-6 p.m., school art room. Donations welcome. All books and CDs are 50 cents. Call 837-2488 for drop-off places or to arrange a pick up. Proceeds support the school.

Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Troy High School.

Lincoln Conservation District board meets at 4 p.m., North County Annex, Eureka.

Flathead Spay & Neuter Task Force organizational meeting for a new capital campaign, 6:30 p.m. at the Spay & Neuter Clinic, 3491 Trumble Creek Road. Call 892-7387 or Mimi at 261-5175.

Whitefish Garden Club meets 7 p.m., Whitefish Public Library. Topic is on spring and summer bulbs with an emphasis on deer resistant varieties. Public welcome.

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

Kalispell Police Department conducts a saturation patrol for speeding, stop light and seat belt violations, school zones on Kalispell's north side.

P.E.O. Luncheon/Bridge, 11 a.m., Swan River Inn, Bigfork. Tickets $20. Call Kathie Ackerly, 837-4195.

Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., Three Rivers Bank, North Meridian Road.

Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., West Kootenai Church.

Flathead affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness meets 12:30-2 p.m., The Summit conference room. Organization objectives and NAMI-Walks will be discussed. Public welcome.

Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition meets 3-4 p.m., Flathead City-County Health Department conference room, Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.

Somers School District Faculty Advisory meets 3:45 p.m., Somers Middle School.

Kalispell Senior Citizens business meeting and potluck supper, 5 p.m., Kalispell Senior Center, 403 Second Ave. W. Bring a potluck dish or $3 toward meal. A representative from Big Sky RX will discuss problems and solution related to Medicare Part D prescription drug program. All area seniors welcome. Call 257-1598.