Monday Daybook

| February 1, 2010 2:00 AM

Today

• AARP Taxaide Monday sessions for seniors and low income begin, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. , Northridge Lutheran Church, Kalispell. By appointment only; call 257-1296.

• Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Anime Club for youth 12-18, 4-5:30 p.m., Flathead County Library, Kalispell. Refreshments. Call Martha, 758-5713.

• Fair-Mont-Egan School bond campaign committee meets 3:30 p.m. Public welcome.

• Rails to Trails meets at 5:15 p.m. at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks building, 490 N. Meridian Road. All welcome. Call 257-4486.

• Kalispell Sunriser Lions, serving Flathead Valley youth, meet every Monday, 6:30 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, Kalispell. All welcome. Call Ron Hoye, 257-1860.

• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets at 7 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. All those affected by suicide welcome. Call 871-1008.

Tuesday

• Kalispell Public Schools Policy and Public Relations Committee and Finance Committee meet 7 a.m., district administration building, 233 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

• 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.

• AARP Taxaide Tuesday sessions for seniors and low income begin noon to 4 p.m., Columbia Falls Senior Center. By appointment only; call 892-4087.

• USGS ecologist Daniel Fagre presents ongoing research on climate change issues in alpine landscape, noon to 1 p.m., West Glacier community building near park headquarters. Free.

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

• First Best Place Trails organizational meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Glacier Discovery Center, Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls. Call 387-5282.

Wednesday

• MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets 9:15-11:15 a.m. every other Wednesday, Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Today’s program by the Rev. Darold Reiner on “Love Languages.” Feb. 17 program by Barbara Bledsoe on “Parenting with Dignity.” Call Heidi Durban, 253-4886.

• AARP Taxaide Wednesday sessions for seniors and low income begin 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bigfork Senior Center. By appointment only; call 837-4157.

• Red Cross blood drive, 12:30-4:30 p.m., Flathead Electric, Kalispell.

• 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.

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

• Whitefish Carnival documentary film showing, 7:30 p.m. today; 4 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish. $5 minimum donation at door. Proceeds benefit Stumptown Historical Society.

Thursday

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 3 p.m., KwaTaqNuk Resort, Polson.

• Kalispell Public School Curriculum Committee meets 4 p.m., district administration building, 233 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

• Whitefish Carnival documentary film showing, 4 and 7:30 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish. $5 minimum donation at door. Proceeds benefit Stumptown Historical Society.

• Flathead Valley Chapter of Grizzly Scholarship Association hosts a social to celebrate signing of new players, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn, Kalispell. Tickets at the door are $10 per person, includes hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. Call 243-6481.

Friday

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

A Look Ahead

• Footloose Montana presentation, “Why Montanans Should Support Montana Trap-free Public Lands Initiative 160, followed by Trapped Pet Release workshop, 1-3:30 p.m., Feb. 6, Flathead County Library basement conference room, Kalispell. Call 274-7878.

• Fundraiser for Central Asia Institute for schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 7 p.m. Feb. 6, Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1515 Trumble Creek Road, Kalispell. Tea, desserts, live music by Tra le Gael. Suggested minimum donation $5 per person. Call Julie Stone, 257-7576.

• Sons of Norway meet 7 p.m. Feb. 6, Buffalo Hill Terrace meeting room, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Call 752-2357.

• Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., Feb. 8, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• AARP Taxaide Thursday sessions for seniors and low income begin 1-5 p.m. Whitefish Senior Center. By appointment only; call 862-4923.

• Flathead Audubon meets 7 p.m. Feb. 8, The Summit, Kalispell. Entomologist Joe Giersch presents a photographic program about, “Glacier’s Underwater Wildlife: Aquatic Insects in Glacier National Park.” Free. Public welcome.

• The Flathead Conservation District meets at 7 p.m., Feb. 8, 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., Feb. 9, KRMC.

• Deer Park School board meets 5 p.m. Feb. 9, at the school.

• AARP Driver Safety class, 9:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., Feb. 10, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kalispell $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 257-5683.

• American Cancer Society Road to Recovery Program training class for driver volunteers, 11 a.m. Feb. 10, Flathead City-County Health Department, Kalispell. Call Judy Pfaff, 406-728-1004.

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 am. to 2 p.m., Feb. 10, Merlin Information Services.