Today
• Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative management board meets 8:30-10:30 a.m., 124 Third Ave. E, Kalispell (Linderman School). Call 752-3302.
• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bigfork Area Senior Center. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 837-4157.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., The Wave, Whitefish. Sponsored by Whitefish Rotary.
• 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.
• Flathead County Library, Kalispell branch, Teen Action event 4-5 p.m. Teens 12-18 invited to play Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution, and provide input for books, movies and music library selection. No registration required. Call Martha Furman, 758-5713.
• Whitefish Chamber of Commerce Gone Fishin' 5-7 p.m., at Glacier Outdoor Center, 12400 U.S. 2 E., West Glacier. Refreshments served. Public welcome. Call 862-3501.
• Kalispell Curves hosts a free weight management class, 5:15 p.m., 200 E. Idaho St., Suite A. Call 257-2878 to reserve a space.
• Center for Restorative Youth Justice hosts a peer court mock hearing, 6 p.m., Kalispell City Hall. Public invited.
• Kila School board special meeting, 6 p.m.
• Somers School District Negotiations Committee meets with Somers Education Association Negotiation Committee at 6 p.m., Somers Middle School.
• Somers Neighborhood Plan organizational meeting, 6:30 p.m., Somers Middle School cafeteria, 315 School Addition Road. Public welcome. Call Flathead County Planning and Zoning, 751-8200.
• Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead meets at 7 p.m. at the Eagles, 37 First St. W., Kalispell. Guests welcome.
Friday
• Swan River School board meets at 8:30 a.m., school library.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Glacier Country Pachyderm meets noon to 1 p.m., Fireside Room, Red Lion Hotel. Topic is "Pachyderm - What's it all About?" Lunch available. Public invited.
• Scott Vallely Soldiers Memorial Fund volunteers will be packing boxes to ship to troops, 1:30-2:30 p.m. barbecue area of Flathead Lake Lodge, Bigfork.
• Fair-Mont-Egan School board negotiations committee meets with Teacher's Association, 3:45 p.m.; followed by special meeting at 4:45 p.m.
• Sixth annual Spring for Glacier fundraising event, Lake McDonald Lodge, Glacier National Park. Hors d'oeuvres at 4 p.m., Belton Chalet; Red Bus ride to lodge 5:30-6:30 p.m.; buffet dinner, boat rides, live entertainment, silent, live auctions. Tickets $125 per person, advance purchase required. Call 888-5000 or 892-6733.
Saturday
• West Valley Fire and Rescue pancake breakfast fundraiser, 8 a.m. to noon at the fire hall. Menu also includes sausage, eggs, coffee, juice and milk. Free bike helmets to first 16 kids. Car seat safety inspections.
• Beginner/intermediate yoga class 9-10:30 a.m., cost $10; or gentle yoga, 11 a.m. to noon, cost $8; Lone Pine State Park Visitor Center, Kalispell. Call Mary Beth Pendley, 755-2706, ext. 2.
• 17th annual Alpine Artisans Loon and Fish Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Seeley Lake Community Hall. Art sale, demonstrations, programs, children's activities; bird and wildflower walks. Call Martha, 406-793-5706.
• Adult workshop with herbalist Tom Tracy of Swan Valley Herbs for an educational hike for edible and medicinal herbs, 10 a.m. to noon, Lone Pine State Park, Kalispell. Cost $5 per person. Meet at Visitor Center. Call Mary Beth Pendley, 755-2706, ext. 2.
• Over 500 antique and collectible dolls on display 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. historic Big Arm School, U.S. 93, just north of mile marker 73. Tickets $4 each; $2 for children under 10. Proceeds to school restoration fund. Call 849-6628.
• Humane Society of Northwest Montana Volunteer Orientation 11 a.m., Humane Society, 3499 U.S. 93 N., Kalispell. Call 752-PAWS.
• Fundraiser for 10-month old Shelbie Elizabeth Peterson who will be undergoing a second surgery in June to rectify Hirshsprung's disease, a disease of the large and small intestine, 3-7 p.m. North Valley Eagles No. 4081, 1640 U.S. 2 W., Columbia Falls. Silent auction and tacos. Call 892-4081.
Sunday
• 17th annual Alpine Artisans Loon and Fish Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Seeley Lake Community Hall. Art sale, demonstrations, programs, children's activities; bird and wildflower walks. Call Martha, 406-793-5706.
• Flathead Valley Marine Corps Ladies Auxiliary's annual salute to veterans, 6 p.m. veterans section of C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell. Public welcome.
Monday
• United Veterans of the Flathead Valley Memorial Day ceremonies: Whitefish - parade, 9:30 a.m., Second Street Bridge, 9:45 a.m., Whitefish Cemetery 10:15 a.m.; Kalispell - Glacier Memorial Gardens Cemetery 11:30 a.m., Depot Park noon, C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery 1 p.m. with flag raising; Columbia Falls - Fairview Cemetery 1:45 p.m., Marantette Park 2:30 p.m., Woodlawn Cemetery 3 p.m., Veterans Home 3:30 p.m.
• Fairview Cemetery annual Memorial Day service. Honor Guard at 1:30 p.m.; ceremony 2 p.m., 1225 Fairview Cemetery Road, Columbia Falls.
• Evergreen Disposal will be picking up trash today, Memorial Day.
• The City of Kalispell Solid Waste Division will not be picking up 90-gallon containers today due to the Memorial Day holiday. Today's route will be picked up on Tuesday. Have containers out by 7 a.m.
Tuesday
• Wellness Workshop to improve quality of life, 9 a.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 603 Main St., Kalispell. Call 752-9624 to make a lunch reservation.
• "Help is Here Express' bus tour to provide information on prescription drug programs for uninsured and needy, 10-11 a.m., Flathead Community Health Center, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Call Leslie Wilcox, 651-353-1818.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Polson Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Wellness Education Center's Healthy Potluck Supper, 5:30-6:30 p.m., 103 Ponderosa Lane, Kalispell. Families welcome. Bring a healthy dish to share. Call the Wellness Center at 755-8423.
• The Flathead Conservation District meets at 6 p.m., 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.
• Whitefish School board special meeting, 6 p.m., followed by work session, district board room, 600 E. Second St.
• Museum at Central School Historic Film Club presents "To Kill a Mockingbird," 7 p.m., 124 Second Ave. , Kalispell. Free. Donations accepted. Bring portable chairs, pillows, blankets. Call 756-8381.
Wednesday
• Red Cross blood drive, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., West Kootenai.
Senior Health Fair, noon to 4 p.m. Kalispell Senior Citizens Center, 403 Second Ave. W.
• Essential Stuff Project (ESP) meets 7 p.m., Clementine's 265 Bridge St., Bigfork. Presentation by Luc Tunkel on "Making Bows and Arrows." Free; donations accepted. Call Edd Blackler, 837-5196; or Catherine Haug, 837-4577.
• Introduction to Vibrational Drum Therapy, 7-8:30 p.m. Deep Bay Center, 104 Deep Bay Dr., Lakeside. Call 844-2611.
A Look Ahead
• Flathead Special Education Cooperative executive council meets, 8:30 a.m., May 28, Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W., second floor conference room.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 28, Merlin's.
• Glacier Park Brown Bag lunchtime seminar, noon to 1 p.m. May 28, Glacier National Park Community Building, West Glacier. John Fraley gives a presentation on his newest book and pioneer history of the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, in "Wild River Pioneers." Free. Public welcome.
• Kalispell Senior Citizens business meeting and potluck supper, 5 p.m. May 28, Kalispell Senior Center, 403 Second Ave. W. Memorial service for departed members will be conducted. Bring a potluck dish if you can. All area seniors 55 and older welcome. Call 257-1598.
• Friendship House 13th annual yard sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 29; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 30, 606 Second Ave. W., Kalispell.
• Fourth annual Rags to Riches rummage sale, Pope John Paul II Catholic Church, 195 Coverdell Road, Bigfork. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 29; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 30. Call Daniel and Donna Danz, 892-2435.
• Multi-family yard sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 29; 8 a.m. to noon May 30, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church , 640 Seventh St. W., Columbia Falls. Proceeds to preschool scholarships.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 29, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Flathead Audubon birding field trip to Glacier Park May 30. Meet at 6 a.m. at Alberta Visitor Center and return at noon. Bring binoculars or scope. Park entrance fee required. Everyone welcome. Call Steve Gniadek, 892-7406.
• Fifth annual Great Northern 5K, May 30, Great Northern Trail near Meridian Road and Center Street, Kalispell. Pre-registration available; race day registration at 8 a.m. Call 471-1949 or greatnorthern5k@gmail.com.
• Flathead Fishing Fair, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 30, Snappy Sports Senter, Kalispell.
• Glacier Babies group hosts a Doula Tea, 10 a.m. May 30, Glacier Maternity, 135 Commons Way. Call 471-9231.
• Thirty-minute guided wildflower walks, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., May 30, Lone Pine State Park, Kalispell. Dress for weather. Call Mary Beth Pendley, 755-2706, ext. 2.
• Cherokee author James Medicine Tree gives a free presentation titled, "Current World Situations in Light of Indigenous Prophecies," 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 30, Deep Bay Center, 104 Deep Bay Dr., Lakeside. Call 844-2611.
• Flathead County Animal Shelter open house 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 30, 225 Cemetery Road, Kalispell. Adoption specials, vaccination clinic, mini-seminars. Refreshments. Call 752-1310.
• Photographer Sumio Harada will show his winter wildlife photography of the Many Glacier area at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 30, Montana House, Apgar Village, Glacier Park. Free. Reservations required. Call 888-5393.
• Celebration of life for Susan Christofferson who died Feb. 25 will be held at 2 p.m. May 30, Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Refreshments. Public welcome. Call Peg Rice, 755-1430, or Diane Clark, 756-1414.
Kalispell Moose Lodge chicken fried steak and eggs breakfast 9-11 a.m. May 31, 2158 U.S. 2 E., Kalispell. Proceeds to Moose charities and building fund. Public and families welcome. Call Bill, 858-2304, or 212-3798 after 5 p.m.; or Mike 257-0266.
• Glacier Stamp Club meets at 6:30 p.m. June 1 in the basement meeting room of the Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Visitors welcome. Call Gail Long, 752-6110.
• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 2, The Summit, Kalispell. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.
• Kila School trustees meet to canvass election results, June 3.
• New Parkinson's support group meets 5:30-7 p.m. June 4, The Summit, Kalispell. Neurologist Dr. John Schaeffer will give a seminar on living with Parkinson's disease. Call Katy Saisbury at 751-4501 to pre-register. All welcome.
• Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Kids' Fishing Day, 9 a.m. to noon, June 5, Shady Land Pond, Kalispell.
• Trinity Lutheran School rummage sale, 4:30-8:30 p.m. June 5; 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6, in the gym 435 Fifth Ave. WN, Kalispell.
• Foys to Blacktail Trails volunteer work day June 6. Meet at 9 a.m. in Herron Park parking lot. Bring water, lunch, long pants and sturdy shoes. Everyone welcome. RSVP to Matt Brake, 250-5958 or just show up.
• Free community reiki share, 6-8 p.m. June 9, Whitefish BodyTalk Center, 211 Central Ave. Call 862-2608.
• Myrna Whitworth, former program director of Voice of America will speak on topics of Al Jazeera and Arab media and impacts in Middle East, 7 p.m. June 11, Whitefish Library. Free. Everyone welcome. Call 755-3704.
• Fairview Cemetery annual meeting 1 p.m. June 12, at the chapel, Columbia Falls.
• Glacier Park Brown Bag lunchtime seminar, noon to 1 p.m. June 18, Glacier National Park Community Building, West Glacier. Editor Chris Peterson gives a photographic presentation, "Confessions of a Wildlife Observer." Free. Public welcome.
• Columbia Falls farmers market every Thursday from 4-7:30 p.m. beginning June 18 through Sept. 17, Glacier Discovery Square.
• Community Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 20, First United Methodist Church, 301 16th Ave. E., Polson. Crafts, quilts, jewelry, antiques, tools, sports equipment and more. Call 883-2063.
• Montana Gay Pride parade, 10 a.m., June 20, downtown Kalispell, followed by afternoon fair at Depot Park.
• Herron Hustle five-mile run starting at Herron Park, June 20; www.herronhustle.com.
• 13th annual Lake County Relay for Life, June 20-21, Polson High School track. Opening ceremony 6 p.m. June 20. Call Gayle Wilhelm, 471-1452; or Etta Moore, 883-3077.
• Flathead Special Education Cooperative executive council meets, 8:30 a.m., June 25, Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W., second floor conference room.
• AARP Driver Safety class, 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. June 25, Polson Area Senior Center. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 883-4735.
• Thirty-minute guided wildflower walks, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., June 27, Lone Pine State Park, Kalispell. Dress for weather. Call Mary Beth Pendley, 755-2706, ext. 2.
• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 29, St John's Lutheran Hospital, Libby. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.
• Glacier Park Brown Bag lunchtime seminar, noon to 1 p.m. July 2, Glacier National Park Community Building, West Glacier Kassandra Hardy, Glacier Park Centennial coordinator, will give an update on events and programs being scheduled to celebrated the Park's 100th birthday. Free. Public welcome.
• Learn fly fishing basics at a seminar titled, "Reading Holding Water and Choosing Flies for Fly Fishing, 5-8 p.m. July 2, Glacier Outdoor Center Pavilion, West Glacier. Pre-register by June 30. $10 donation requested for FWP Hooked on Fishing Program. E-mail rachelv@glacierraftco.com.
• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m. July 6, The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.
• Glacier Challenge multi-sport race, 7:30 a.m. July 11. Fundraiser for Flathead Youth Home. Call Hannah Plumb, 755-4622.
• Free community reiki share, 6-8 p.m. July 14, Whitefish BodyTalk Center, 211 Central Ave. Call 862-2608.
• Annual Montana Native Plant Society statewide meeting July 17, Hungry Horse. Call Betty at 892-0129.
• Bibler Garden summer tours kick off reception, 6-8 p.m. July 27. Hors d'oeuvres, guided tour with FVCC art instructor John Rawlings. Tickets $50 or $90 per couple. Call 756-3963.
• Bibler Garden summer tours July 28-31, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Tickets $10 adults, $3, children; advance purchase required. Call 756-3963.
• Paddlethon Aug. 2. Kayak race across Foy's Lake. Bike and run for Foy's to Blacktail Trails Project; www.foystoblacktailtrails.org.
• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m. Aug. 3, The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.
• Free community reiki share, 6-8 p.m. Aug. 11, Whitefish BodyTalk Center, 211 Central Ave. Call 862-2608.
• Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition meets noon to 1 p.m., Aug. 27, Flathead City-County Health Department conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.
• 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 837-1604.
• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 7, The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.
• Foys Fest, Sept. 12, in celebration of National Pubic Lands Day. Barbecue, outdoor concert, guided tours.
• Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition meets noon to 1 p.m., Sept. 24, Flathead City-County Health Department conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.
• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m. Oct. 5, The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.
• Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition meets noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 22, Flathead City-County Health Department conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.
• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.
• Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition meets noon to 1 p.m., Nov. 19, Flathead City-County Health Department conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.
• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m. Dec. 7, The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.
• Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition meets noon to 1 p.m., Dec. 17, Flathead City-County Health Department conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.