Daybook

| October 6, 2009 2:00 AM

Today

-- AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.

-- Local author Judy Guralchuk talks about her book, "A Life Preserver in a Sea of Debt," 10 a.m., Kalispell Senior Center. Open to public.

-- Glacier National Park Humanities Speakers Bureau Program by Jack Nisbet titled, "The Large Unknown Animals: David Thompson and the Fauna of the Continental Divide," noon to 1 p.m., park headquarters community building. Free. Public invited.

-- Red Cross blood drive, 1-6 p.m., Bigfork Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

-- Creston School board meets at 4:30 p.m. Public welcome.

-- FVCC's 2009 Crown of the Continent Lecture Series presents "Seeing Across the Rockies,: Reaching for Montana 1787-1812," 7 p.m., Arts and Technology Building Room 139. Free. All welcome.

-- AARP gives a 90-minute free presentation on "We Need to Talk - Family Conversations with Older Drivers," 7 p.m., The Summit Kalispell. Call 751-4500 to reserve a seat.

-- Whitefish Lake community forum, 7 p.m. The Lodge at Whitefish Lake. Local experts from Whitefish Lake Institute, Flathead Lake Biological Station and Environmental Protection Agency will present updated information on ecology of the lake. Question/answer session included. Public welcome.

-- Breast surgical oncologist Dr. Melissa Hulyat and radiologist Dr. Richard Freeman give a lecture titled, "Breast Health 101," 7 p.m. The Wave, Whitefish. Public welcome. Call 751-6488.

-- Lakeside Parks Advisory Committee meets 7 p.m. Lakeside Chapel meeting room, U.S. 93.

-- Whitefish City Council candidates forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Whitefish City Hall; sponsored by Whitefish Chamber of Commerce.

Wednesday

-- Flu shot clinic, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Flathead County Fairgrounds, Kalispell. Call the United Way Volunteer Center, 752-7266.

-- Somers School District Policy Committee meets 8 a.m., Somers Middle School.

-- Evergreen School District invites students and parents to participate in International Walk to School Day by walking/biking to schoool. Call Darla Harmon, 752-3255.

-- AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.

-- MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets every other Monday, 9:15-11:15 a.m.; today's program by Julie Bates on post-partum depression. Oct. 21 program by Michelle Reime of Hope Pregnancy Center, Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Child care provided. Call Heidi Durban, 253-4886.

-- Red Cross blood drive drives today, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; noon to 5 p.m. Troy High School.

-- Kalispell Public Schools Education Committee meets 4 p.m., district administration building, 233 First Ave. E.

-- USMC Happy Hour for all active and former Marines, 5-7 p.m. Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Cash bar. Spouses welcome. Call 471-3295 or 871-2759.

-- Breast surgical oncologist Dr. Melissa Hulyat gives a lecture titled, "Beyond Breast Cancer: From Early Detection to Successful Treatment, 5:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Public welcome. Call 751-4500.

-- Lakeside Neighborhood Plan Committee and Lakeside Community Council meet with Flathead County Planning board to review revised Neighborhood Plan, 6 p.m., Earl Bennett Building second floor conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell.

-- Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Auxiliary meet at 6:30 p.m., VFW meeting room, Kalispell. Call 752-2357 or 897-2742.