DAYBOOK, June 15
Today
• Evergreen Water and Sewer District board meets at 7 a.m. at the district office, 130 Nicholson Dr.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5 p.m. June 15, Troy Baptist Church.
• Agape Home Care Caring for Caregivers support group meets noon to 1 p.m., 40 Appleway Dr., Kalispell. Email Julie Brubaker at julie.agapehomecare@yahoo.com.
• “Fight Senior Financial Fraud” event, 2-4 p.m., room 139, Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. The film “Fleeced” will be shown followed by a panel discussion. Call 758-2471 or the Agency on Aging, 758-5730.
• Evergreen School board meets 4:30 p.m., administration boardroom.
• Whitefish Women of the Moose host a patio hamburger/hot dog barbecue fundraiser, 5-7 p.m., 230 W. 10th St., Whitefish.
Thursday
• Kalispell Public Schools Policy and Communications Committee meets 8:30 a.m., district office, 233 First Ave. E.
• Whitefish Community Library launches its Summer Reading Challenge with bike rodeo, 10:30 a.m. to noon, library parking lot. Safety checks, skills course. Call 862-9914.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Libby VFW.
• Two free workshops for nonprofits ImagineIF Library, Kalispell: “Before You Seek a Grant” 10:30 a.m. to noon; Overview of Foundation Directory Online, 1-2:30 p.m. RSVP to npdp.org/event or call 756-3618.
• Lake County Park board hosts a public meeting at 4 p.m., for input on Rainbow Drive Swan River Access Site. Off Montana 35, turn east on Montana 209 to flashing light on South Ferndale Drive and turn right to Community Center.
• Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Energizer, 5-6:30 p.m., Plant Land, 1008 U.S. 2 E. Food, beverages, door prizes. Call 885-1212.
• Polson Chamber of Commerce Splash, 5-7 p.m. Mission Valley Physical Therapy, Nunlist Enterprises and Caselli’s Therapeutic Massage, 51657 U.S. 93 S. Open to public. Call 883-5969.
• Shanti Yoga Studio celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a free yoga class, 6 p.m., Depot Park, downtown Whitefish, rain or shine. Cellist Lee Zimmerman performs. All welcome. Bring a mat or beach towel.
• Guided 1- to 2-mile wildflower walk, Whitefish Trail. Meet at 6 p.m. at Lion Mountain Trailhead. Hand lenses and field guides provided. Free.
• Cayuse Prairie School board special meeting, 6:30 p.m., clerk’s office.
• Cayuse Prairie School board Needs Assessment Committee meets at 7 p.m. school lunchroom.
• Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead Valley meet at 7 p.m. lower level of Eagles building, 37 first St. W., Kalispell. Call 881-4288.
Friday
• Kalispell Senior Center is selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts for a fundraiser, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., corner of U.S. 93 and U.S. 2. Glazed doughnuts $10/dozen.
• Flathead Basin Commission’s mussel sniffing dogs give a demonstration, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Captain’s Marine, Kalispell. Public invited.
• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. KRMC.
• The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center brown bag luncheon presentation by watercolor Artist-in-Resident Suze Woolf, noon to 1 p.m., Glacier Park Community Building, West Glacier. Free. Open to the public.
Saturday
• Ride 4 Life bike ride/fundraiser, 8 a.m., in honor of Richard Thomas in support of Nate Chute Foundation for youth suicide prevention. Collect pledges and meet at Bojangles Restaurant, U.S. 2 West, Kalispell. Ride all or part of 64-mile bike path route to Somers; pcmwccc@hotmail.com.
Thought
“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.” • Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (1902-1983).