Daybook, April 1
TODAY
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday, 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Fallls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos; $4.
• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Screening of “Suffragettes,” 6:30 p.m. Museum at Central School, Kalispell. Doors open 6 p.m. Suggested minimum donation $5 for Flathead County Democratic Women’s scholarship fund.
• 50th annual Creston Auction and County Fair, today through Sunday. Consignment Day, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. Creston Auction and Country Fair, 9 a.m. Saturday. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Volunteers needed. Call 406-250-7396.
Saturday
• 50th annual Creston Auction Country Fair, 9 a.m. today. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Call 406-250-7396.
• Columbia Falls Library Association Bookstore bag sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 39 Sixth St. W., Columbia Fallls. Fill a plastic grocery bag with books, CDs and videos; $4.
• Lakeside Community Garden hosts program by a Hooper’s Garden Center representative, 10 a.m. Lakeside Community Church. Raised beds available for rent; lakesidegarden59922@gmail.com
• Peace Corps volunteer Terri Nichols give a presentation titled, “Two Years in Zambia: Perspectives on Cultural Exchange and Service in the Peace Corps,” 1 p.m., Whitefish Community Library. Public welcome.
• Big Mountain Commercial Association spring SNOW bus Brewfest, 1-5 p.m. Whitefish Mountain Resort Village. Sixteen microbrewers. Advance tickets $20 at Kalispell Sportsman Ski Haus, Great Northern Brewery and at resort Info Center; $25 at door. ID required. SNOW bus runs every half hour to/from Mountain Mall starting at 12:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Call 862-2900.
• Flathead County Animal Shelter volunteer orientation, 1-2 p.m., 225 Cemetery Road, south Kalispell. All welcome; children under 18 need to be accompanied by an adult. Call 752-1310.
• Hawaiian luau dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 301 16th Ave. E., Polson. Tickets $12.50 each, $6 for children ages 6-10. Call Dee Walker, 883-0099. All invited.
• Eagles host an International Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m., downstairs of lodge, 37 First St. W., Kalispell. Eight different cuisines featured. Cost is $12 for adults, and $6 for those under 12. Proceeds go toward Eagles charities.
• Sons of Norway meet 7 p.m., Buffalo Hill Terrace meeting room, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Call 752-2357.
Sunday
• Spring meeting of American Legion of Montana District No. 4, April 3, Ronan Senior Center, Main Street West, Ronan. District 4 Legionaires across Northwest Montana will attend. Registration 9 a.m. Joint banquet at noon with Cmdr. Jim Grosset of Calgary as guest speaker. Business meeting 1:10 p.m.
• 50th annual Creston Auction Country Fair, 9 a.m. today. Auto, marine, RV and equipment sale, noon Sunday. Call 406-250-7396.
Monday
• 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.
• Pleasant Valley School hosts an open house for new junior kindergarten and kindergarten students 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7975 Pleasant Valley Road, Marion. Call 406-858-2343.
• Red Cross blood drives: 12:30-6 p.m. West Kootenai Community; 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. M eridian Road, Kalispell.
Tuesday
• Creston School board meets at 7:30 a.m.
• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Valley Hospital, Whitefish. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 863-3627.
• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5:30 p.m. Bigfork Church of Latter Day Saints.
• Somers School District Disciplinary Committee meets 1:30 p.m., Somers Middle School.
• Open house for Big Sky Family Medicine, 4-7 p.m. April 5, 160 Heritage Way, Suite 202, Kalispell. Free food. Open to public. Call 752-8433.
• Somers School District Personnel Committee meets 5 p.m. today and April 6, Somers Middle School to do superintendent interviews.
Thought
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” • Attributed to President Abraham Lincoln.