DAYBOOK, July 1
Today
• Kalispell Senior Center will be selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts beginning at 7 a.m. at corner of U.S. 93 and U.S. 2 as a fundraiser.
• 37th annual Whitefish Arts Festival, today through Sunday, Depot Park. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. One-of-a-kind arts and crafts, entertainment, food vendors. Benefit for Whitefish Christian Academy. Free admission. Call 406-862-5875.
• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Fourth annual femme/VELO women’s bike expo and gran fondo today through July 3, Whitefish. 160K, 100K and 50K routes. Dinner roundtable with Selene Yeager from Bicycling Magazine, workshops, clinics, bicycle rodeo for children and youth skills workshops; www.femmevelo.cc
• God’s Ten Commandments Park open house, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Monday, 7401 U.S. 2 E., Columbia Heights. Free hot dogs, snacks and drinks, Ten Commandments magnets and stickers.
Saturday
• Montana Wilderness Association sponsors a free guided hike to the Klatawa Fire Area just outside Libby. Meet at 9 a.m., Town Pump, 1315 Minnesota Ave., Libby. Led by Jon Jeresek and Paul Leimbach. Register at wildmontana.org
• 37th annual Whitefish Arts Festival, today and Sunday, Depot Park. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday One-of-a-kind arts and crafts, entertainment, food vendors. Benefit for Whitefish Christian Academy. Free admission. Call 862-5875.
• Free fitness boot camp at 10 a.m. (and every Saturday in July), Lawrence Park, Kalispell. To sign up, visit danholguinfitness.com/free-on-saturday.
• God’s Ten Commandments Park open house, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Monday, 7401 U.S. 2 E., Columbia Heights. Free hot dogs, snacks and drinks, Ten Commandments magnets and stickers.
• Inspire Hope 406 adventure date/art auction and rock concert by NED “No Evidence of Disease” benefiting Flathead Cancer Aid Services, 5:30 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish. Catered reception, aerial show. Tickets $50 or $100 at National Parks Realty, Whitefish or call 406-250-6644.
Sunday
• 37th annual Whitefish Arts Festival, today and Sunday, Depot Park. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday One-of-a-kind arts and crafts, entertainment, food vendors. Benefit for Whitefish Christian Academy. Free admission. Call 406-862-5875.
• God’s Ten Commandments Park open house, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Monday, 7401 U.S. 2 E., Columbia Heights. Free hot dogs, snacks and drinks, Ten Commandments magnets and stickers.
Monday
• Kalispell Fourth of July Parade, 10 a.m. Main St. To enter, call 758-2803. Free ice cream social follows at Conrad Mansion Museum lawn; donations appreciated. Free face painting, live music. Barbecue concession. Self-guided tours of mansion $5 per person. Call 755-2166.
• God’s Ten Commandments Park open house, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Monday, 7401 U.S. 2 E., Columbia Heights. Free hot dogs, snacks and drinks, Ten Commandments magnets and stickers.
• Sixth annual Red, White and Boom community celebration, Indian Springs Ranch, 3082 U.S. 93 N., Eureka. Show and shine car show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; kids’ zone 2-8 p.m.; food court 5-9 p.m.; beer garden 5-10:30 p.m.; live music starting at 5 p.m. Fireworks show, 10-11 p.m. Admission $1.
Thought
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
• L.P. Hartley, British author (1895-1972).