Daybook, April 2
Today
• 50th annual Creston Auction Country Fair, 9 a.m. today. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Call 406-250-7396.
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Falls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos, $4.
• Lakeside Community Garden hosts program by a Hooper’s Garden Center representative, 10 a.m. Lakeside Community Church. Raised beds available for rent; lakesidegarden59922@gmail.com
• Peace Corps volunteer Terri Nichols to give a presentation titled, “Two Years in Zambia: Perspectives on Cultural Exchange and Service in the Peace Corps,” 1 p.m., Whitefish Community Library. Public welcome.
• Big Mountain Commercial Association spring SNOWbus Brewfest, 1-5 p.m. Whitefish Mountain Resort Village. Sixteen microbrewers. Advance tickets $20 at Kalispell Sportsman Ski Haus, Great Northern Brewery and at resort Info Center; $25 at door. ID required. SNOWbus runs every half hour to/from Mountain Mall starting at 12:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Call 862-2900.
• Sarah Goedert of Ronan signs her book, “A Day at the Ranch,” 1-3 p.m. Dobson Creek Coffee Company, 319 Main St. SW., Ronan.
• Flathead County Animal Shelter volunteer orientation, 1-2 p.m., 225 Cemetery Road, south of Kalispell. All welcome; children under 18 need to be accompanied by an adult. Call 752-1310.
• Hawaiian luau dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 301 16th Ave. E., Polson. Tickets $12.50 each, $6 for children ages 6-10. Call Dee Walker, 883-0099. All invited.
• Eagles host an International Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m., downstairs of lodge, 37 First St. W., Kalispell. Eight different cuisines featured. Cost is $12 for adults, and $6 for those under 12. Proceeds go toward Eagles charities.
• Sons of Norway meet 7 p.m., Buffalo Hill Terrace meeting room, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Call 752-2357.
Sunday
• Spring meeting of American Legion of Montana District No. 4, April 3, Ronan Senior Center, Main Street West, Ronan. District 4 Legionaires across Northwest Montana will attend. Registration 9 a.m. Joint banquet at noon with Cmdr. Jim Grosset of Calgary as guest speaker. Business meeting 1:10 p.m.
• 50th annual Creston Auction Country Fair, 9 a.m. today. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Call 406-250-7396.
Monday
• City of Kalispell Street Division performs asphalt overlay operations today through Thursday, weather permitting, at intersections of Liberty Street with Hawthorn Avenue and Glenwood Drive. Both lanes will be closed to traffic with flaggers and minimal local access. Motorists should expect delays. Call 758-7720.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.
u Pleasant Valley School hosts an open house for new junior kindergarten and kindergarten students 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7975 Pleasant Valley Road, Marion. Call 406-858-2343.
• Red Cross blood drives: 12:30-6 p.m. West Kootenai Community; 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
Tuesday
• Creston School board meets at 7:30 a.m.
u AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 863-3627.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5:30 p.m. Bigfork Church of Latter Day Saints.
• Somers School District Disciplinary Committee meets 1:30 p.m., Somers Middle School.
• Open house for Big Sky Family Medicine, 4-7 p.m. April 5, 160 Heritage Way, Suite 202, Kalispell. Free food. Open to public . Call 752-8433.
• Somers School District Personnel Committee meets 5 p.m. today and April 6, Somers Middle School to conduct superintendent interviews.
• Farm Hands/Nourish the Flathead hosts a free educational Farm Hands Farm Finance Workshop, Natural Grocers, 2395 U.S. 93, Kalispell, near Home Depot. Potluck at 5:30 p.m. (Bring a dish to share if attending). Aimee Roberts with Northwest Farm Credit Services and local food distributor Casey Anderson of Produce Depot speak at 5:45 p.m. All interested welcome; pre-registration recommended. Call Tawnya Rourke Kelly, 406-471-0022.
Thought
“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.” • Agnes de Mille, American dancer-choreographer (1905-1993).