Daybook, May 6

| May 6, 2016 6:00 AM

Today

• Kila School board negotiation meeting 7:30 a.m.

• Flathead Spay & Neuter Task Force Cash for Critters annual indoor yard sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 7, Gateway Community Center (east side of mall), Kalispell. Call Mimi, 261-5175.

• Carry the Future and Operation Refugee Child fundraiser and rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Blank Space, 235 United Drive, Kalispell. Accepting clothing and rummage donations, bake goods. Silent auction, Raffles. Call Debbie Ingram, 885-7714.

• Disabled American Veterans Mobile Service Office will be at Kalispell VA Medical Clinic, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. , 31 Three Mile Dr., Kalispell. No appointment needed. Call 752-2357.

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Montana Athletic Club.

• Seventh annual FVCC Student Research Conference, 12:15 p.m., Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Opening addresses 12:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. Poster exhibitions from 10-2 p.m. Student presentations from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Awards ceremony, 3:45 p.m. in room 144.

• Columbia Falls High School Academic Endowment annual spring fundraiser at 6 p.m., Montana Veterans Home old chapel in Columbia Falls, to help fund academic and arts programs and projects at Columbia Falls High School. Live and silent auctions, food and beverages. Call George Scherman at 406-270-5210 for tickets or to donate auction items.

• Pie and dessert auction, 7 p.m., Swan River Community Hall, corner of Echo Lake and Swan River Road, Bigfork. Admission one pie or $5 per family. Pie for sale by the slice, with ice cream, coffee and lemonade.

Saturday

• Plant and pie sale, 8 a.m. to noon, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 401 Seventh St. W., Columbia Falls. Hot breakfast dishes for sale and whole pies or by the slice. Call 892-3784.

• AKC sanctioned B-OB Match Marantette Park, Columbia Falls. Registration 8-9:30 a.m., Judging and conformation 10 a.m. Call Peggy Atchley, 837-5105.

• Family Forestry Expo, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Trumbull Creek Educational Forest, two miles north of the junction of U.S. 2 and Montana 40, just west of Columbia Falls. Educational stations, demonstrations. Grandstand show on logging at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Free camp lunch. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Call 758-5218.

• Spartan races Saturday and Sunday Averill’s Quarter Circle Ranch, Bigfork. Spartan Beast Saturday; Spartan Sprint Sunday. Parking $10, at corner of Montana 35 and 82; Free shuttles run all day from race site to parking; spartan.com/montana

• Wildflower Walk 10 to 11 a.m. Lone Pine State Park, near Kalispell. Botanist and AmeriCorps volunteer Dr. Joan West discusses wildflower identification. Cost is $4. Good shoes are recommended. Call 755-2706.

• Montana Health Journal’s fifth annual spring Health Expo, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. Guest speakers are Montana farmer Jim Barngrover and Dr. Chip Halverson. Vendors, music. Free. All ages welcome. Call 406-250-3309.

• North Valley Hospital presents “Postpartum Tales,” storytelling workshop with Melissa Bangs, 1 to 5:30 p.m., North Valley Professional Office Building, 713 13th St. E., Whitefish. $100 per person; pre-registration required. Call 863-3632.

Flathead County Animal Shelter volunteer orientation, 1-2 p.m., 225 Cemetery Road, Kalispell. Children under 18must be with an adult. Call 752-1310.

• Whitefish Legacy Partners guided wild mushroom hike. Meet at Swift Creek Trailhead at 2 p.m. or at Depot Park by the Whitefish Library at 1:30 p.m. Bring a basket and collect mushrooms with Dale Johnson. Call 862-3880.

• Sean Gaskell gives a musical performance on a West African kora 21-stringed harp, 3 p.m., ImagineIF, Kalispell. Free.

• “Go Red for Kira,” fundraiser for local 10-year-old needing heart surgery, 5 to 8 p.m., Epworth United Methodist Church, 329 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free will spaghetti dinner, silent auction, raffle baskets, photo booth, face painting, rock climbing wall, family-friendly activities. Call Meghan, 406-261-1205.

• Valley Voices presents “An American Tribute” free concert, 7 p.m., Flathead High School auditorium.

• Bibler Home and Garden Spring Tours, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets $15; $5 for children. Mother’s Day brunch, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Tickets $60 per person or $110 per couple. Advance purchase required. Call FVCC Foundation office, 756-3632.

Thought

“To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.”

• Richard Whately, English clergyman (1787-1863).