Today

Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Kalispell Job Service.

Red Cross public challenge certification in Adult/Infant/Child CPR, AED, Professional Rescuer and Standard First Aid, 6 p.m., at the office, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Call 752-6433 to pre-register.

Humane Society of Northwest Montana Volunteer Orientation 10:30 a.m., at the Humane Society, 3499 U.S. 93 N., Kalispell. Call 752-PAWS.

School District 5 and Flathead County high school district board special meeting and work session, 5 p.m., Kalispell Middle School Media Center.

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

Montana State University Flathead County Extension sponsors a radon awareness meeting 6:30 p.m. Northwest Montana Head Start building, 79 Seventh EN., Kalispell (behind Bitney's Furniture). Learn about risk of radon gas and how to reduce your exposure. Public welcome. Call 758-5553.

Wednesday

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

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

Red Cross blood drive, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Bigfork High School.

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

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

Town meeting and Republican caucus 7 p.m., Whitefish Golden Agers, West Second St. All interested Republican welcome. Call Mitzi Anderson, 862-6357; or Ottsen, 862-1857.

Thursday

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

Flathead Special Education Cooperative executive council meets, 2 p.m. Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W., second floor conference room.

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

NAMI-Flathead meets 1-2:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Psychologist Robert T. Brierley will speak on topic "Anosognosia: The lack of insight or unawareness of illness." Public welcome.

Flathead Municipal Airport Authority meets at 4 p.m., Glacier Park International Airport board room.

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

Free public tour of Whitefish High School to publicize renovation bond issue, 6-7 p.m. Call Linda Maetzold, 862-5158; or Lin Akey, 862-3747.

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

Basic avalanche clinic sponsored by Flathead National Forest and Glacier Country Avalanche Center, 7-8:30 p.m., The Wave, Whitefish. Free. Public invited. Call 758-5208.

Glacier Institute sponsors a free lecture by Brian Baxter on "Animal Tracking," 7-8:30 p.m., Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Public welcome.

Free lecture titled, "Introduction to Tracking," by wildlife researcher Brian Baxter, 7-8:30 p.m., Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. No registration required.

Flathead County Library board meets at 7 p.m., at the Flathead County Library meeting room, Kalispell. Contact Kim Crowley, library director, at 758-5826.

Flathead Civil War Roundtable meets 7 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Topic is "The Neighbor's War." New members welcome. Call Ron Juno, 862-2239.

Friday

Whitefish Figure Skating Club hosts a USFSA-sanctioned skating competition 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today; exhibition 7 p.m. Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Stumptown Ice Den, Whitefish. Call 212-4294.