DAYBOOK, Aug. 13
Today
• Big Arm Association community pancake breakfast, 8-11 a.m., Big Arm School. Sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee included; donations appreciated. Call 849-5064.
• Nurturing Center yard sale 8:30 a.m., 146 3rd Avenue West in Kalispell. Donations of gently used items needed. Call 756-1414.
• 35th annual Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Swan Lake Day Park, mile marker 72, Montana 35. Music, huckleberry treats, arts and crafts, silent auction, children’s games. Pancake breakfast 8 a.m.; terry.rolsen@gmail.com
• Nooks and Crannies Tour, 9 a.m., Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell, $28 per person, $25 for members. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.
• Summerfest on Flathead Lake, Polson. 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
• Free chuckwagon breakfast hosted by Dr. Tom Pittaway and team, 9-11 a.m., 124 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, orange juice, milk, coffee and more. All welcome.
• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival continues today and Sunday, Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. Festival hours 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
Sunday
• 27th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Depot Park, Whitefish. More than 100 vendors of fine art, food, entertainment. 406-862-3501; www.whitefishchamber.org
Monday
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 8 a.m. to noon, Troy United Methodist Church. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 293-0100.
• Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• West Valley School board meets 5 p.m. in the library.
• Northwest Montana Posse of Westerners presents a program by American history professor, author and Smithsonian battlefield tour guide Gregg S. Clemmer of Hunt Valley, Maryland, titled, “Why the Civil War Still Lives,” Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. Greeting time 5:30 p.m.; dinner 6:15 p.m. Cost $19 includes presentation. Program starts at 7 p.m., free for posse members and youth under 16; $5 for nondinner walk-in nonmembers. For dinner reservations, call 755-7339.
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family Support Group meets 6 p.m., Gateway Community Center, north conference room, Kalispell. Call 854-2323.
• Somers School District Trustees Negotiation Committee meets at 5:30 p.m.; followed by regular board meeting 6 p.m., Somers Middle School.
• Columbia Falls School board meets at 6 p.m., administration offices boardroom, 501 Sixth Ave. W.
• Death Cafe Flathead meets 7-9 p.m., Bohemian Hall, 125 Blanchard Lake Road, U.S. 93 behind Montana Coffee Traders. Open, respectful discussion on all aspects of death and dying. All welcome. Call Nancy Reece Jones, 257-1840.
• Flathead River Commission meets 7 p.m., Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Contact Flathead Conservation District at 752-4220.
Tuesday
• Fair-Mont-Egan School board meets 9:30 a.m.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 4:15 p.m., Lakeside QRU.
Thought
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe... Yet, clumsily or smoothly, the world, it seems, progresses and will progress.” • H.G. Wells (1866-1946).