DAYBOOK, Aug. 10

Today

• Montana spectrUM Science Experience (MosSE) visits ImagineIF library in Kalispell from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ImagineIF Columbia Falls from 3 to 5 p.m. Physics and engineering experiments geared or children ages 3 to 10 and families.

• Red Cross blood drives: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Elks Lodge; 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Sponsored by International Baccalaureate Program.

• Singer-songwriter Jeff Wedel performs at Lemonade on the Lawn, Lincoln County Library, at 220 W. Sixth St., Libby. Lunch can be purchased for $5 or bring your own. Free. Lemonade and cookies.

• Parkinson’s disease support group meets 3-7 p.m., Lone Pine State Park Pavilion, near Kalispell. Dinner at 5 p.m. All welcome. Call Lois, 871-3767 or Inga, 756-5514.

• Fair-Mont-Egan School board meets 5 p.m.

• Coffee with the Chief, 5:30 p.m. Sykes’, Kalispell. Kalispell Chief of Police Roger Nasset talks about community issues and events with the public. All welcome.

• Flathead Beekeepers meet 6:30 p.m. North Valley Hospital Community Center, 235 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Open to anyone with an interest. Call Kathy, 752-9642.

• First Presbyterian Church hosts a community ice cream social in celebration of its 125th anniversary, 7 p.m., 540 S. Main St., Kalispell. All welcome.

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

• Bad Rock Rural Fire District board meets 7:30 p.m., north fire hall, 23 Columbia Pines Court. Call 892-0438.

Thursday

• AARP Smart Driver Course, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Eureka High School. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 293-0100.

• Painting in Nature youth guided hike, 10 a.m. to noon, Whitefish Trail. Meet at Lion Mountain Trailhead and walk one mile to Learning Pavilion. Local artists will paint group observations. Free. No RSVP required

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Professional Therapy Associates (formerly Polson Physical Therapy), blood mobile.

Friday

• Nurturing Center yard sale 8:30 a.m. today and Aug. 13, 146 3rd Avenue West in Kalispell. Donations of gently used items needed. Call 756-1414.

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; noon to 5 p.m. K-Mart, blood mobile.

• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival, today through Aug. 14, Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. Festival hours 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; free admission. Huckleberry pancake and sausage feed, 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Mountain Mall parking lot. Huckleberry dessert bake-off, 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday; 406-862-3501; www.whitefishchamber.org

• Summerfest on Flathead Lake, today and Saturday, Polson. Today — car show registration, noon to 5 p.m. Sacajawea Park; poker run, 6-8 p.m.; free live music and dancing, 8 p.m. to midnight Finley Point Grill. Saturday — Car show, 9 a.m. Main Street; Sandpiper Art Festival, 9 a.m. Courthouse lawn; Family Fun day, water activities. Call Anderson Radio Broadcasting, 406-883-5255; www.andersonbroadcasting.com

• Glacier Symphony and Chorale’s Festival Amadeus student concert noon to 1:30 p.m. Camp FA Student Concert, Whitefish Performing Arts Center, featuring the full orchestra and ensembles. Free. Public invited.

Thought

“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.” • President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964).