Thursday

| August 30, 2009 12:00 AM

• Red Cross blood drive, 12:30-5:30 p.m., Columbia Falls Community Center, Nucleus Avenue.

• 21st annual Bigfork Ducks Unlimited banquet, 6 p.m., BruMar Estate, Bigfork. Social hour at 5 p.m. Life auction, raffles. Cost $50 single; $75 couple. Call John Robinson, 249-4146; or Mark Manders, 837-3242.

A Look Ahead

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 4, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• 12 annual Bead Stampede, Sept. 4-6, Flathead County Fairgrounds grandstand building, Kalispell. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission $3 for all three days. Featured artist is Paula Johnson. Call 208-676-9957.

• Bigfork Rumble in the Bay Car Show, Sept. 5-6, Electric Avenue. Poker run around Flathead Lake, Sept. 5; Car show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 6. Registration 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Live music. Call Jill or Brian, 837-5669; or JoAnn, 837-1604 or 871-1619.

3 Montana Dahlia Society flower show, Sept. 5-6, Kalispell Center Mall. Call 257-2540.

• Jack Gladstone and Dave Griffith in concert, 7 p.m., Sept. 5, Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Coincides with Glacier National Park Centennial art show. Tickets $15. Call 837-6927.

• AARP Driver Safety class, 1 to 5 p.m., Sept. 6., St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Kalispell. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 752-6788 pr 752-0786/

• Columbia Falls Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon to welcome new teachers, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 8, North Valley Community Room, 235 Nucleus Ave. No reservations required. Lunch available for $10. Call Carol Pike, 892-2072.

• AARP Driver Safety class, 1 to 5 p.m., Sept. 8, Risen Christ Parish, Kalispell. Call 752-4219 pr 752-0786.

• Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., Sept. 8, Trinity Church.

• Kila School board meets at 5:15 p.m., Sept. 8, at the school.

• Glacier Stamp Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in the basement meeting room of the Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Visitors welcome. Call Gail Long, 752-6110.

• ETHIC free consumer program for home buyers and sellers, titled, " Successful Buying and Selling," 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 8, The Summit, Kalispell. Pre-register by calling Cal Scott, 885-6318.

• GriefShare fall session begins 7-8:30 p.m., Sept. 8, Christ Lutheran Church, 5150 River Lakes Parkway, Whitefish. Share with others who are grieving death of someone close and learn ways to cope. All welcome. Use northwest entrance. Call 862-2615.

• Mission Audubon's program will be by fisheries biologist Barry Hansen, on "Flathead Lake Fisheries: Balancing Native Species Protection with Sportfishing Opportunity," 7 p.m. Sept. 8, Polson City Library meeting room. Free. Public invited.

• Free blood pressure screening by Frontier Hospice, 10:30-11 a.m. Sept. 9, North Valley Senior Center, 204 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Call 892-4087 or 755-4923.

• Free blood pressure screening by Frontier Hospice, 11:30 a.m. to noon, Sept. 9, Whitefish Community Center, 121 Second St. E. Call 892-4087 or 755-4923.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Sept. 9, Pope John Paul II Church, Bigfork. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus.

• Evergreen School District board meets at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 9, administration building boardroom.

• Center for Restorative Youth Justice hosts a free presentation by mediator and author Mark Umbreit titled, "Restorative Justice and Peacemaking in the Global Community," 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 9, Room 203, Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. All welcome. Refreshments provided. Call Catherine Gunderson, 257-7400.

• Museum at Central School History Book Club meets 6:30 p.m., Sept. 10, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Book discussion will be on "Father Peter John DeSmet: Jesuit in the West," by Robert Carriker. Call 756-8381.