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DAYBOOK, July 16

| July 16, 2016 6:00 AM

Today

• Rocky Mountain Rollers Good Sam RV Chapter July Campout continues today and Sunday, Lake Mary Ronan State Park group camp area. Camp games and cards today; fish fry 1 p.m. Guests welcome. RSVP to Tanya at 858-336-1538.

• First Montana Bank Flathead Valley Kids Triathlon for youth ages 4 to 13, 9 a.m. to noon, Woodland Park. Registration $20 prior to June 13; $25 thereafter. Call 751-4133.

• 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.

• Polson’s Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. More than 100 local arts and crafts vendors, food courts, farmers market, cherry-themed games and contests. Great Scotts Bagpipers perform this afternoon. Free admission. Call 883-3667.

• 48th annual Arts in the Park continues this weekend, Depot Park, Kalispell. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. More than 100 juried fine arts and crafts booths, food, beer, wine, entertainment, children’s activity area; Admission $3 daily or $5 weekend pass includes museum admission, free for 6 and under; 755-5268.

• Montana Open Land Month Haskill Basin celebration, 10 a.m. to noon, Depot Park, Whitefish.

• Glacier Rally in the Rockies, Kalispell. Parade 10 a.m. Main Street; Show and Shine 10:20 a.m. to 2 p.m. First Avenue West. Free to spectators. Fundraiser for Flathead Care. Call 751-3971 or 249-7800.

• Whitefish Garden Tour to benefit Sparrow’s Nest Northwest Montana homeless shelter for teens, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets $20 to tour four private gardens. Bigfork artist Lee Proctor features his glass and metal lawn art. Call 253-4062.

• Humane Society of Northwest Montana Volunteer Orientation, 11 a.m., Adoption Center, 110 Adopt a Pet Way, U.S. 93 between Kalispell and Whitefish. Open to anyone age 18 or older. Call 752-PAWS (7297).

• Sixth annual Pints to Paths Brewfest, 5-10 p.m., Heavens Peak Lodge, West Glacier. Sixteen breweries, soda tent, food vendors, live music. $15 pre-sale tickets, available at West Glacier Bar; Stonefly Lounge, Coram; Hungry Horse Liquor Store; O’Brians Liquor and Freedom Bank, Columbia Falls; $20 day of the event and at the gate.

• Miracle of America Live History Days, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Sunday, 36094 Memory Lane, Kalispell. Demonstrations, old-time music, miniature train and military vehicle rides and more. Food concessions available. Call Gil, 406-883-6804.


Sunday

• 48th annual Arts in the Park, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Depot Park, Kalispell. More than 100 juried fine arts and crafts booths, food, beer and wine, entertainment, children’s activity area. Admission $3; free for 6 and under; 406-755-5268.

• Polson’s Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 100 local arts and crafts vendors, food courts, farmers market, cherry-themed games and contests. Great Scotts Free admission. Call 883-3667.

• Miracle of America Live History Days, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 36094 Memory Lane, Kalispell. Demonstrations, old-time music, miniature train and military vehicle rides and more. Food concessions available. Call Gil, 406-883-6804.

• Rocky Mountain Rollers Good Sam RV Chapter July Campout continues today, Lake Mary Ronan State Park group camp area. Guests welcome. RSVP to Tanya at 858-336-1538.


Monday

• Kalispell Chamber and U.S. Chamber of Commerces host a round table discussion with Sen. Steve Daines on trade and intellectual property, 10-11:15 a.m., Applied Materials, 655 W. Reserve Dr., Kalispell.

• Red Cross blood drives: 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 1:30-5:45 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church.

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


Thought

“If sentiment doesn’t ultimately make fibbers of some people, their natural abominable memories almost certainly will.” • J.D. Salinger (1919-2010).