Monday Daybook
Today
• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran
Hospital, Libby. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call
406-293-0100.
• Flathead County Democratic Women meet at 11:45 a.m., New Outlaw
Inn, Kalispell. Lunch available. No reservations required. All
welcome. Call President Jeannie Sherlock, 752-6151.
• AARP Driver Safety class, noon to 4 p.m., North Valley Senior
Center, Columbia Falls. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding
members.) Call 892-4087.
• Mission Valley Aquatics community meeting, noon, Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Polson.
• Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian
Road, Kalispell.
• Valley Voices Community Choir begins new semester, Flathead High
School choir room. Registration at 5:30 p.m. Rehearsal 6-8 p.m. No
auditions needed. All high school age and up welcome. Concert May
15. Call Patty Louden, 752-3160 or Allyson Keuchmann,
756-8208.
• The Flathead Conservation District meets at 6 p.m., 133
Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.
• Lakeside Neighborhood Plan Committee meets 6:30-8:30 p.m., West
Shore Library, U.S. 93, Lakeside. Public welcome. Call Debbie
Spaulding, 844-2479.
• Glacier National Park Associates Winter Speaker Series, 7 p.m.,
Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Ranger
Bill Schustrom will talk about “100 Years of Wilderness.” Call
Rosie, 862-6616.
• Columbia Falls School board meets at 7 p.m., administration
offices boardroom, 501 Sixth Ave. W. Columbia Falls.
• Smith Valley Fire District special meeting, 7 p.m., Smith Valley
Fire Station.
• Fair-Mont-Egan School board meets 7 p.m., and will include voted
on bond resolution, in the library.
Tuesday
3 Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m., Polson Methodist
Church.
• Lakeside-Somers Chamber of Commerce meets at noon at Vista Linda.
Speaker Winnie Greenshields of Flathead County Area Agency on Aging
will talk about Medicare fraud. Reservations required. Call
844-3715.
• Flathead Food Bank will deliver monthly senior commodities to
outlying areas 1-3 p.m. today; and to Kalispell and Evergreen 1-3
p.m. Jan. 27. Seniors 60 and older may also sign up for future
deliveries. Call 752-3663.
• Teen arcade open gaming for youth ages 12-18, 4-5 p.m., Whitefish
Public Library. Refreshments. Call Martha Furman, 758-5713.
• 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.
• Kalispell Public Schools special board meeting 5:30 p.m. with
closed executive session until 6:10 p.m., Middle School Media
Center.
• Columbia Falls Speaks Toastmasters Club open house, 6:30 p.m.,
Discovery Square, 540 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Guest speaker
is Cindy Shaw. Hors d’oeuvres served. Everyone welcome.
• Flathead County Solid Waste District board meets 5 p.m. at the
landfill office.
• Museum at Central School Historic Film Club presents “All the
President’s Men,” 7 p.m., 124 Second Ave. E, Kalispell. Free.
Donations accepted. Bring portable chairs, pillows, blankets;
756-8381.
• Lakeside Community Council meets 7-8:30 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.
• Author Jon Turk will give a reading and slideshow from his latest
book, “The Raven’s Gift,” 8 p.m., Crush Wine Bar, Whitefish.
• Todd Tanner, longtime fly fishing columnist for Sporting Classics
magazine, teaches a weekly Intro to Fly Casting class beginning
tonight, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Swan River School, Bigfork. Free; $2 fee
for use of gym. Call 837-6261.
• Flathead County River Commission meets 7 p.m. Earl Bennett
Building third floor conference room , 1035 First Ave. W.,
Kalispell.
Wednesday
• Evergreen School District board meets at 6:30 a.m.,
administration building boardroom.
• Kalispell Public School Policy and Public Relations Committee
meets 7:30-9 a.m., district administration building, 233 First Ave.
E., Kalispell.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Glacier Bank, Main
Street, Kalispell.
• Glacier Park Brown Bag seminar by ranger Gary Moses on “Search
and Rescue in Glacier National Park: Then and Now,” noon to 12:45
p.m., West Glacier Community Building. Free. Public invited.
• Flathead Food Bank will deliver monthly senior commodities to
Kalispell and Evergreen 1-3 p.m. Seniors 60 and older may also sign
up for future deliveries. Call 752-3663.
• Free kennel management meeting for dog lovers and kennel owners,
6:30 p.m., Jagz Restaurant, Kalispell. Free and dinner included.
Sponsored by Royal Canin. To register, call Debi Buchholz,
270-5382.
• Guitar Hero gaming for youth ages 12-18, 2:30-4 p.m., Discovery
Square, 540 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Refreshments. Call Martha
Furman, 758-5713.
• Creston School board meets at 4:30 p.m. Public welcome.
• Lake County Democrats meet tonight, Polson City Library. Social
time 6:30 p.m.; meeting 7 p.m. Cynthia Forsch on “Sustainable
Packaging and Producer Responsibility,” Judy Preston on “What, How
and Where to Recycle in Lake County,” Mark Nelson on Recycle
Montana statewide progress. Public welcome.
• Columbia Falls School District hosts public meetings to discuss
projected budget shortfall and possible closure of Canyon
Elementary, 7 p.m. today and Jan. 28, district office, 501 Sixth
Ave. W.