Daybook

Wednesday

• FVCC Art Club holiday art sale, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Arts and Technology Building lobby. Call David Regan, 756-3993.

• ImagineIF Libraries board meets at 9 a.m., Bigfork branch, 525 Electric Ave. Call Kim Crowley, 758-5826.

• Presentation of new resident bus, 10 a.m. Immanuel Lutheran Home, 185 Crestline Ave., Kalispell. Call Jeff Bell, 913-317-2243.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., Montana Department of Transportation, in the blood mobile.

• Parkinson’s disease support group meets 3-4:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. All welcome. Call Lois, 871-3767 or Inga, 756-5514.

• Evergreen School board meets 6:30 p.m., administration boardroom.

• Bigfork County Water and Sewer District meets 7 p.m., 108 Harbor Heights Blvd., Bigfork. Public welcome.

• Bad Rock Fire District board meets 7:30 p.m., north firehall, 23 Columbia Pines Court. Call Carol Daly, 892-0438.

Thursday

• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.

• Senior Tour and Tea, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free admission for senior citizens. Coffee, tea and cookies served 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 755-5268.

• Red Cross blood drives: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cold Stone Creamery; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Interstate Bank, in the blood mobile.

• Health Insurance Open Enrollment event, 3-7 p.m., Teakettle Room, North Valley Hospital Community Center, 235 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Certified application counselors assist public in applying for or renewing coverage through Health Insurance Marketplace. Call 758-2165.

• Conrad Mansion in Kalispell celebrates Children’s Christmas, 4-7 p.m. Children meet Santa and receive a small gift. $10 for keepsake photo. Call 755-2166.

• Montana Wilderness Association holiday party, 6-9 p.m. Crush Lounge, downtown Whitefish. Free admission, light refreshments. Live music by Leftover Biscuits. Presentation by Adam Lieberg, Northwest Connections conservation program coordinator. All welcome. Call Amy Robinson, 406-730-2006.

• Free “Night at the Museum” and showing of the feature film, “Tora! Tora! Tora!, 6:30 p.m., Miracle of America Museum, Polson. Tour of Pearl Harbor and World War II memorabilia precede film. Call Gil, 882-6804.

• Flathead Valley Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) group meets 7 p.m., Bohemian Hall, 125 Blanchard Lake Road, Whitefish. Carla/Jamilla Nur will lead Dances of Universal Peace. All welcome; www.ionsflathead.org

• The Rev. Bradley S. Wirth presents the 11th annual reading of Christmas Offertory, 7 p.m., All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 2048 Conn Road, Columbia Falls. Offering taken for Humane Society of Northwest Montana, Flathead County Animal Shelter, Flathead Spay and Neuter Task Force.

Friday

• Volunteers needed to help Civil Air Patrol Squadron 53 lay wreaths on veterans graves. Meet at 8 a.m. at Glacier Memorial Cemetery, U.S. 93 north of Reserve, Kalispell. Call 714-815-8243.

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Daily Inter Lake; 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. West Valley School.

• Ribbon cutting ceremony for new Lake House mental health services, 11 a.m., 7 13th Ave. E., Polson. Gov. Steve Bullock special guest.

• Flathead Youth Home holiday open house, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 825 E. Oregon St., Kalispell. Enjoy hot cocoa, soup and treats. Gifts for the residents are welcome such as socks, gloves, earrings, gift cards, movie passes, toiletries.

• Pachyderm Club meets noon to 1 p.m., Red Lion Inn, Kalispell. Congressmen Ryan Zinke and Steve Daines are guest speakers. Lunch available. Public invited. Call Mark Johnson, 253-7467.

• Kalispell Vet Center has its fifth annual holiday open house, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the lobby, 690 N. Meridian Dr. Civil Air Patrol presents colors. Refreshments. Non-perishable food donations accepted for Northwest Veterans Food Pantry.

• Flathead Chapter of National Active and Retired Federal Employees holiday social, 4:30 p.m. at the home of Vicki and Leland “Wally” Walbruch, 134 Fairway Blvd., Kalispell. RSVP to 758-0170.

• Whitefish Christmas Stroll, 5:30-9 p.m. Wagon rides, craft vendors, face painting, fire jugglers, live music. Tree lighting 6:15 p.m. outside O’Shaughnessy Center.

• Glacier Institute offers a fly tying workshop, 68 p.m. Lary’s Fly and Supply, 604 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Cost $15. All materials provided. Beginners and experts welcome.

• Whitefish Wolverines Kids Night, 7:05 p.m. Stumptown Ice Den. Face painting, bear mascot, games. Toy for Tots benefit.

Saturday

• Whitefish Moose Lodge annual Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m. to noon, 240 W. 10 St. Children 12 and under eat free. Each child will receive a gift. Everyone welcome.

• Holiday bazaar, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kila School. More than 20 vendors. Live music, food, children’s activities and photos with Santa.

• St. Matthew’s fourth annual Cookie Carousel, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., school gym, 602 S. Main St., Kalispell. Homemade Christmas cookies and candies. Free family photo shoot with purchase of 2 pounds of goodies. 50/50 raffles. Visit with St. Nick and treats for children, 1-4 p.m. Call 752-6303.

• Wreaths Across America ceremony, 10-11 a.m., Veterans Memorial, Depot Park, Kalispell.

• Annual Wreaths Across America ceremony, 10 a.m., Montana Veterans Home, Columbia Falls. Keynote speaker is Brig. Gen. Robert Sparing from Helena. Reception follows for everyone. Car caravan to cemetery to place wreaths on veterans’ graves at 10:45 a.m.

• 26th annual Christmas at Our House dinner, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Montana Army National Guard, 2989 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. Free holiday dinner. Visit by Santa. All welcome. Bring canned food for veterans food pantry. Call 406-261-1398.

• Big Arm children’s Christmas event, 2-4 p.m. Food, crafts, games. Theme is “Minions.” Call Nancy Foster, 849-5064.

• “When the Night Comes” sleep out fundraiser for Sparrow’s Nest of Northwest Montana, 7 p.m. today to 7 a.m. Sunday, Gateway Community Center, 1203 U.S. 2 W., Kalispell. Call 406-309-5196.

• Whitefish Wolverines game 7:05 p.m. Stumptown Ice Den. Toy for Tots benefit.

Sunday

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m., Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

• Whitefish Wolverines Family Day. Gametime 1:35 p.m. Bring an unwrapped toy for Toy for Tots doe $5 adult admission. Children admitted free with toy gift.

Monday

• Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, Chief Ignace Chapter, meet for potluck lunch at noon Dec. 14, at home of Carol White. Program By Cathy Lane on DAR building renovation in Washington, D.C. follows at 1 p.m. For information, call Jan Olson at 837-4732.

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

• 17th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count in the Flathead general meeting for the public, 7 p.m., United Way Conference Room, Gateway Community Center, U.S. 2 West, Kalispell. Peter Fisher and Craig Hohenberger discuss early winter birds and show photos. Sign up for area counts.

Tuesday

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m., Lakeside QRU.

• Whitefish Winter Market 5-7:30 p.m., Roy Duff Memorial Armory. Local arts and crafts, prepared food items. Local vendors should call Liz Records, 862-1392.

• Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited Christmas social, 5 p.m., Kalispell Brewery, 412 Main St., Kalispell. Food, door prizes, raffles. Fifty cents of each pint sold donated to organization. Call Larry Timchak, 250-7473.

• Columbia Falls Historical Society meets 7 p.m., Old Chapel building, Montana Veterans Home, Columbia Falls. All interested in local history or establishing a museum invited.

• Cayuse Prairie School board meets at 7 p.m., school library. Public welcome.

A look ahead

• Red Cross blood drives Dec. 16: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Plum Creek; noon to 5 p.m. Troy Baptist Church.

• Author and photographer Chris Peterson, editor Hungry Horse News, give a presentation on Mary Roberts Rineharts book, “Through Glacier Park in 1915, 7 p.m. Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Free. Open to public. Call 892-3250.

• Flathead Valley Community Band annual free “Fun for the Holidays” concert, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16, Red Lion Hotel ballroom, Kalispell. All welcome.

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 17, Libby VFW.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. Dec. 17, 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Bigfork Area Association of Senior Citizens Christmas Tea and bingo, 1:30 p.m., Dec. 17, Bigfork Community Center, across from Bigfork Elementary School. Members, $2; others, $4. Reservations required by 2 p.m. Dec. 16. Call 837-4157.

• Author/photographer Chris Peterson reads from and signs copies of his new book, “Through Glacier Park,” 6-8 p.m. Dec. 17, Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free admission. Public invited. Call 755-5268.

• Conrad Mansion in Kalispell hosts a Christmas Choir 7 p.m. Dec. 17. Holiday music performed in the Great Hall by Valley Voices Choral Evensong. $15 per person. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.

• Chuck Haney presents a program titled “2015 Coast to Coast,” at Northwest Montana Nature Photographers meeting, 7 p.m. Dec. 17, The Summit, Kalispell.

• Red Cross blood drives Dec. 18: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. KRMC.

• Pachyderm Club meets noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 18, Red Lion Inn, Kalispell. Topic is the CASA program. Lunch available. Public invited. Call Mark Johnson, 253-7467.

• Flathead Area Secular Humanist Association annual solstice celebration, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 18, Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free. Open to public. Cash bar, potluck finger food.

• Family Life Christian Church live Nativity scene, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 18-19, 1075 Foys Lake Road, Kalispell. Cookies and hot cocoa served. Public invited.

• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 19, The Summit, Kalispell. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.

  • Red Cross blood drives Dec. 21: 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Natural Resources Department, Polson; 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Red Cross blood drive, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 22, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Sponsored by Fresh Life Church.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 23, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 24 at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• North Valley Refuse will be closed Dec. 25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Friday customers will be picked up on Dec. 24. Call Janice, 862-4381.

• Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m. Dec. 28, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Red Cross blood drives Dec. 29: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Springs at Whitefish; noon to 5 p.m. Eureka Baptist Church.

• Red Cross blood drives Dec. 30: noon to 5 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church; 1-4:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 31, at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• 17th annual First Night Flathead, downtown Kalispell. Free family-friendly activities 1-4 p.m. Kalispell Center Mall. New Year’s Eve gala Admission buttons for live entertainment $12 advance; $15 at door. Children 12 and under, free.

• First Day Hike, Jan. 1, Lone Pine State Park, near Kalispell. Free, guided hike.

• Polar Bear Plunge, 2 p.m. Woods Bay, Flathead Lake. Plungers parade from The Raven and The Islander Inn at 1:45 p.m.

• Footloose Montana presents a trap release/pet safety workshop, 6 p.m. Jan. 6, Whitefish Public Library, 9 Spokane Ave. Learn how to act quickly to save your pet’s life. Bring a can of food for food bank or animal shelter. Call Chris Justice, 406-274-1069.

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. Jan. 10, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Management board and Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. Jan. 21, former Linderman School building, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. Feb. 14, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. Feb. 18, former Linderman School building, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. March 13, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. March 24, former Linderman School building, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. April 10, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Management board and Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. April 28, former Linderman School building, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m. May 8, Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. May 26, 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m. June 9, 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.