Monday Daybook

| February 22, 2010 2:00 AM

Today

• Kalispell Public Schools Personnel Committee meets at 7 a.m., district administration building, 233 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

• West Valley School board meets at 7 a.m., school library.

• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 862-3630.

• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. John Lutheran Hospital, Libby. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 293-0100.

• Flathead County Democratic Women meet 11:45 a.m., Outlaw Inn, Kalispell. Speaker is Brad Eldridge, director of institutional research assessments and planning at FVCC. Reservations not required. Public welcome.

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

• The Flathead Conservation District meets at 6 p.m., 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.

• Glacier National Park Associates Winter Speaker Series presents park restoration biologist Joyce Lapp on “Partners in Restoration and Education in Glacier Park,” 7 p.m., Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free. All welcome. Call Rosie, 862-6616.

• Ron and Carren Clem, authors of “Loss of Innocence” and “Sins of the Father,” give a presentation on teen drug and alcohol abuse, 7 p.m., Polson High School auditorium. Public invited. Call Toni Young, 883-1676.

• Fair-Mont-Egan School board meets 7 p.m. in the library.

• Columbia Falls School board meets at 7 p.m., administration offices boardroom, 501 Sixth Ave. W. Columbia Falls.

• Lakeside Parks Advisory Committee workshop to discuss Ben Williams Park tennis court project, 7 p.m., Lakeside Chapel meeting room.

Tuesday

• Fifth national Pancake Day 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., IHOP, 2425 U.S. 93 N., Kalispell. Free short stack with donation requested to Montana Children’s Miracle Network.

• Preschooler art time for ages 2-5 with adult guardian, 11:30 a.m. to noon every Tuesday, Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. $3 suggested donation for nonmembers.

• 2010 Career/Job Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Joe McDonald Health and Wellness Center, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo. Call 406-275-4824.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Our Lady of Mercy, Eureka.

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

• Flathead Building Association Raise the Roof public social, 5 p.m., The Fireplace Center, 117 E. Reserve Dr., Kalispell. Refreshments, prizes. Call 752-2422.

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

• School District 5 and Flathead County High School district board meets at 5:30 p.m., Kalispell Middle School.

• West Valley Land Use Advisory Committee public hearing, 7 p.m., Stillwater Grange Hall, 1810 W. Reserve Dr., Kalispell.

• Robert Brown, Montana state field coordinator for the John Birch Society, gives part one of a two-part program titled, “An Overview of the Constitution, 7-9 p.m., Glacier High School Performance Hall. All welcome. Call 755-3141.

• Lakeside Community Council meets 7 p.m., Lakeside Sewer District office, 253 Bierney Creek Road. Open to public.

• Whitefish School District board meets at 7 p.m., district board meeting room, 600 E. Second St., Whitefish.

Wednesday

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

• Kalispell Public Schools Policy and Public Relations Committee meets 7:30 a.m., district administration building, 233 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

• Home school art classes for grades 1-8, 10:30 a.m. to noon every Wednesday, Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. $3 suggested donation for nonmembers.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., Kalispell Toyota, in the blood mobile.

• Dr. Alex Bokor gives a presentation titled, “Meditate Your Stress Away,” noon to 1 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Cost $5 per person. No registration required.

• Youth 12-18 invited to open gaming on Guitar Hero, 2:30-4 p.m., Discovery Square, 540 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls; snacks, no registration required. Free. Call 892-5919.

• Dog owners and kennel owners invited to a free kennel management meeting with dinner included, 6:30 p.m., Jagz Restaurant, Kalispell. Topic is neo-natal care. RSVP Debi Buchholz, 270-5382.

• Public invited to showing of the film, “Furious Love,” 7 p.m., Headwaters Church, 6500 U.S. 93 S., Whitefish. Doors open 6:45 p.m. Tickets $5 each or $15 per family; proceeds go to Haiti relief. Parental advisors for children under 10. Call 862-6843.

• Glacier Park museum manager Deirdre Shaw gives a Celebrate the Centennial series presentation, “A Glacier Scrapbook: People, Places and Memories,” 7-8:30 p.m., Grouse Mountain Lodge, Whitefish. Free. Refreshments. Call 892-3250.

• Essential Stuff Project (ESP) free presentation, 7 p.m., Clementine’s 265 Bridge St., Bigfork. Topic is raising small animals for meat and eggs. Donations accepted. Call Edd Blackler, 837-5196; or Catherine Haug, 837-4577.

• Free Falun Dafa Qigong class, 7 p.m., community room of Kalispell branch of Flathead County Library. A self-cultivation meditation with gentle, easy exercises. Call Katherine, 257-9798.

Thursday

• Flathead County Library board meets at 9 a.m. Whitefish branch Library, 9 Spokane Ave. Call Kim Crowley, 758-5826.

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Interstate Bank, Hutton Ranch Plaza, in the bloodmobile.