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Daybook, June 22

| June 21, 2016 6:15 AM

Today

• ImagineIF Libraries board meets at 9 a.m., meeting room, Kalispell. Call Kim Crowley, 758-5826.

• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Flathead County Health Department.

• Autoimmune disease support group meets 2-3 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. All welcome. Call Shirley, 257-2780.

• Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Unwind, 5-6:30 p.m. Marina Cay, Bigfork. Giveaways. All welcome. Call 758-2800.

• Native plant gardener Teresa Geyer Stump leads a tour of the gardens at The Museum at Central School 7 p.m. Meet on north side of museum, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Wheelchair accessible. Free. Public invited. Call 471-3786.

• Joe Coco presents a free seminar “Setting the College Bound Up for Success,” 7-8:30 p.m., Coco Enterprises Conference Center, 6438 U.S. 93 S., Whitefish. Free. RSVP to 862-9400.


Thursday

• Kalispell Public Schools Policy and Communications Committee meets 8:30 a.m., district office, 233 First Ave. E.

• Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Glacier Park.

• Flathead City-County Board of Health meets 1 p.m., administration office, Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

• Culinary Institute of Montana invites public to taste wedding cakes made by students, 5 p.m., Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Cake and homemade ice cream served.

• Glacial Forum presents Maj. Gen Paul Vallely U.S. Army (Ret.), 6:30-8:30 p.m., Outlaw Inn Conference Center, 1701 U.S. 93 S. Kalispell.

• U.S. Air Force Academy Band performs 7 p.m. June 23, Glacier High School auditorium, Kalispell. Free tickets available at Snappy Sport Senter, 1400U.S. 2 E., Call 257-7525.

• Free “Night at the Museum,” Miracle of America Museum, 36094 Memory Lane, Polson. Programs start at 6:30 pm. “Smoke on the Waters” documentary on steamboats on Flathead Lake; and a short film covering early day logging. Treats and donations accepted. Call 883-6804.


Friday

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 11:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Gateway Community Center.

• Free guitar workshop taught by Carl Dixon, lead singer of the rock band The Guess Who, noon to 3 p.m., Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. All skill levels invited. Bring a guitar if you want to participated hands-on. Co-sponsored by Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival. Call Amelia Thornton, 855-855-5900, ext. 3.

• Pleasant Valley School board meets 3:15 p.m.

• Whitefish Woody Weekend V, today through Sunday, The Lodge at Whitefish Lake. Cruise/parade this evening. Public display of classic wood boats, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. Poker run Sunday. Spectators welcome. Free. Call Tim Salt, 862-5085.

• Big Arm community potluck, 6 p.m., Historic Big Arm School. Call Nancy Foster, 849-5064.

• Singer/songwriter Jessica Lynn and her nine-piece band in concert, 7-10 p.m. Finley Point Grill, mile marker 6, Montana 35, Polson. Tickets $20; $25 at gate, includes beverage. Portion of proceeds benefits Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop. Call 406-270-1559.


Saturday

• “Celebrating 100 Years of Fashion 1868-1968” Historic Clothing Tour, 9 a.m., Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell, $28 per person, $25 for members. Price includes a 14-page booklet of the collection. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.

• Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Guest House Convention Center.

• Fibers on the Flathead open market and visitors’ day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Flathead Lake Methodist Camp. Follow sign at milepost 89 off U.S. 93 south of Lakeside. Vendors, yarn, spinning, weaving supplies. No pets.


Thought

“There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side: the fear of a defeat on the useful side.” • Alfred Adler, Austraian psychotherapist (1870-1937).