Today

MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets 9:15-11:15 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Child care provided. Call Kirsten Kerr, 756-9668.

Columbia Falls Women's Connection brunch 9:30 a.m., Los Caporales Restaurant, Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls. Marolyn McLeod, a Merrill Lynch broker, will talk about importance of investing. Featured speaker is Wanda Dresser of Hobson. Cost $7.50 per person. Free child care by reservation. Call Candy at 387-4119, or Janet at 892-3621. Affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries.

Children's Story Hour at 10 a.m., Bigfork Branch Library. Call 837-6976.

Children's Story Hour at 10:30 a.m., Columbia Falls Branch Library. Call 892-5919.

Children's Story Hour at 10:30 a.m., Flathead County Library in Kalispell. Call 758-5822.

Kalispell Toasmasters Club presents discusses pros and cons of voting for third party candidates noon to 1 p.m., First National Bank, Main Street, Kalispell, next to Pizza Hut. Public invited. Call 755-4884.

Red Cross blood drive, 1-4 p.m., West Valley School.

Lakeside County Water and Sewer district board meets 2 p.m., district meeting room, 253 Bierney Creek Road, Lakeside.

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

Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead meet at 7 p.m. at the Eagles, in Kalispell.

Thursday

Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative executive council meets 8:30-10:30 a.m., 124 third Ave. E, Kalispell (Linderman School). Call 752-3302.

Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., The Wave, Whitefish.

"Changing Your Cholesterol Numbers … with Food Choices" lecture, noon, The Summit, Kalispell. Fee $10. Call 751-4500 to pre-register.

Friends of the Flathead County Library meet at noon in the library meeting room, Kalispell. Election of officers and 2008 budget discussed. New members encouraged to attend. Call Wendy, 257-8719.

Wings 12th annual fundraiser for local cancer patients and their families, Jan. 17-18, Sportsman and Ski Haus, Hutton Plaza, Kalispell.

Children's Story Hour at 1 p.m., Whitefish Branch Library. Call 862-6657.

Polson Chamber of Commerce Splash social 5-7 p.m., Vet Care Montana in Polson. Open to public.

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.

PBS Point-of-View (P.O.V.) documentary, "Lomax the Songhunter" shown 6:30 p.m., Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Admission free. Not rated-parental discretion advised. Call Public Services Librarian Jocelyne Bodden, 758-8523.

Northwest Montana Rock Chucks rockhounding club meets 7 p.m., meeting room at Semitool on West Reserve Drive. Program features microscopic rocks and minerals using binocular microscope with digital camera to project images onto screen for viewing. Bring your own specimens. Use main entrance on west side of building. Public welcome. Call 212-1300.

Friday

Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., in the blood mobile, Hutton Ranch, sponsored by First Interstate and AAA.

The Glacier Country Pachyderm meets noon to 1 p.m. at the Bulldog. Lunch available. Public invited.

Fair-Mont-Egan School's drama class presents two short plays and has the eighth grade's pie auction and fund raiser 6:30 p.m.

Cayuse Prairie School board meets at 7 p.m. in the school library.

Whitefish Winter Carnival coronation of Prince Frey and Princess Freya at 7:15 p.m. during half-time at basketball game.

Saturday

AARP Driver Safety Program for all drivers age 50 and older, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. $10 course fee. Call 751-4500 to register.