DAYBOOK, June 8

| June 8, 2016 6:00 AM

Today

• Flathead Nonprofit Development Partnership hosts a seminar, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Museum at Central. National speaker Steve Patty of Dialogues in Action discusses effective data evaluation, impact reporting and a culture of intention for nonprofits. To register, visit npdp.org/event or call 756-3618; or at door.

• Parkinson’s disease support group meets 3-4:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Joe and Katy Jackson facilitate. All welcome. Call Lois, 871-3767 or Inga, 756-5514.

• Red Cross blood drive, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kalispell Elks Lodge.

• “Coffee with the Chief” with Kalispell Chief of Police Roger Nasset, 5:30 p.m. Clark Room, Sykes’, 202 Second Ave. W., Kalispell. Discuss community issues over free coffee.

• Historian Bruce Ruby presents “Boats on the Flathead,” 6 p.m., West Shore Community Library, 100 Bierney Creek Road, Lakeside. Free; donations accepted.

• Flathead Beekeepers meet 6:30 p.m., North Valley Hospital Community Center, 235 Nucleus Ave, Columbia Falls.

• 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

• Sprunger-Whitney Nature Trail guided hike with naturalist/botanist Anne Morley, 10 a.m., 1/2 mile south of mile marker 64, Montana 83 south of Swan Lake. Public invited. Call Morley, 886-2242.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m., 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Flathead Audubon hosts Warbler Weekend today to Saturday, Tally Lake Campground. Focus on bird identification and photography. Free camping. Call Jill or Mike Fanning, 862-8070.

• Flathead Audubon’s Bruce Tannehill and Gail Cleveland lead a birding hike, Whitefish Trail. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at Grouse Mountain Lodge tennis courts to carpool; or at 6 p.m. at Dollar Lake Trailhead. Binoculars provided. Short walk.

• Flathead Valley Genealogical Society meets at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1380 Whitefish Stage Road, Kalispell. Business meeting 6:30 p.m. Program at 7 p.m. Webinar by D. Joshua Taylor, “30 Pieces of Tech I Can’t Do Without.” Mini-class prior to meeting at 5:30 p.m. on “Setting up a Research Log.” Free. Open to public. Call Lynne Bradley, 756-9245.

• Lake County Democrats 2016 Democratic Delegate Selection County Convention, 7 p.m., at Journey Be (Soups On) 101 Seventh Ave. W., Polson. Free, disability accessible, and open to all Democrats who are registered voters in Lake County. Call Craig McClure, 406-599-4087.

• Flathead County Democrats 2016 Democratic Delegate Selection County Convention, 7 p.m., community room, Kalispell VFW, Post 2252, 330 First Ave. W. Free, disability accessible, and open to all Democrats who are registered voters in Flathead County. Call Lynn Stanley, 471-8317.

• Mission Mountain Audubon meets 7 p.m., Polson Library meeting room. Natural resource and environmental consultant Barry Flamm’s topic is”The Marvelous Diversity of Life.” All are welcome.

• Flathead Valley Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) group meets 7 p.m., Bohemian Hall, 125 Blanchard Lake Road, Whitefish. Kathleen Rosenblatt presents “How to Activate Our Electromagnetic Laser Body for True Brain-Body Bliss.” All welcome; www.ionsflathead.org

Thought

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn’t. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.” • Horace Walpole, English author (1717-1797).