Daybook, May 8

| May 8, 2016 6:15 AM

Today

• Internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir gives two performances: at 9:45 a.m. Whitefish Church of the Nazarene, 600 E. Second St.; and 7 p.m. Whitefish Performing Arts Center. Free will offering. Call 862-2433.

• Bibler Home and Garden Mother’s Day brunch, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tickets $60 per person or $110 per couple. Call FVCC Foundation office, 756-3632.

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

• Kalispell Compline Choir presents “Nightcap for the Soul,” 9-9:45 p.m., Christ Church Episcopal, 215 Third Ave. E., Kalispell. Medieval chant, a cappella choral music, meditative readings by candlelight. All welcome.

Monday

• Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Somers School District Trustees Negotiation Committee Somers Education Association Committee meet 4 p.m.,Somers Middle School on May 9, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.

• Flathead Audubon meets at Whitefish Community Center, 121 Second St. Marco Restani gives a presentation on migration ecology of saw-whet owls. Enter from west side of building. Doors open 5 p.m.; potluck dinner 6 p.m. Program begins 7 p.m. Silent auction. Bring your own table service. All welcome.

• Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group potluck 6 p.m., Earl Colbry’s house, Bitterroot Lake. Those whose last name begins with A-M bring pasta salad or chips and salsa; N-Z, bring desserts, fruit. Meet at 5:15 p.m. at Summit parking lot to carpool. Survivors, family, friends are welcome. Refreshments. Call Sue, 756-4725.

• Somers School District community presentation for District 5 School plans/survey questions, 6 p.m.

• Columbia Falls School board meets at 7 p.m., administration offices boardroom, 501 Sixth Ave. W.

• The Flathead Conservation District meets at 7 p.m., 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.

Tuesday

• Creston School District Board of Trustees will hold a reorganization/regular meeting at 7:30 a.m.

• Red Cross blood drive, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Communities, Kalispell.

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)/Local Advisory Council meets 1 p.m., Gateway Community Center, Kalispell. Call 253-7880

• Grand opening for Cancer Support Community, 4-7 p.m., 37 W. Washington St., Kalispell. Hors d’oeuvres, refreshments. Public invited. Call 752-0130.

• Flathead Area Secular Humanist Association hosts Kalispell Skeptics in the Club, 5:30 p.m., Scotty’s Bar, 2205 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. Open to everyone.

• Veterinarian Becky Jessup of Ashley Creek Animal Clinic gives a free presentation on canine first aid and CPR, 6-7:30 p.m., Walk Your Dog Club, 111 W. Idaho St., Kalispell. Call 406-890-2220.

• Kalispell Public Schools district board meets 6 p.m., Kalispell Middle School Library.

• Suicide prevention training, 6-8:30 p.m., today, Whitefish United Methodist Church, 1150 Wisconsin Ave; or 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 12, City-County Health Department, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. To register, call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.

• Swan River School board meets at 5:30 p.m.

• Smith Valley School board meets 6 p.m., library.

• Somers Rural Fire District Board meets 6 p.m., Lakeside Fire Department. 125 Bills Road.

• Deer Park School board reorganization meeting 6:30 p.m., followed by regular meeting.

• FVCC Music Department student concert, 7 p.m., Arts and Technology Building. Free. Open to public. Call Nicole Sanford, 756-4813.

Wednesday

• Youth Mental Health First Aid course, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 540 S. Main St., Kalispell. To register, call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.

• Red Cross blood drives: 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Lakeview Healthcare Communities; 12:30-6 p.m. Proof Research.

• Parkinson’s disease support group meets 3-4:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Dr. Cameron Gardner presents “How PD and other Health Issues Interact.” All welcome. Call Lois, 871-3767 or Inga, 756-5514.

Thought

“What you see is news, what you know is background, what you feel is opinion.” • Lester Markel, American editor (1894-1977).