Daybook, May 11
Today
• 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.
• Deer Park School board Negotiating Team meets at 4 p.m. in the library.
• Flathead Beekeepers meet 6:30 p.m., North Valley Hospital Community Center, 235 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Open to anyone with an interest. Call Kathy, 752-9642.
• Evergreen School board meets 6:30 p.m., administration boardroom.
u Bigfork County Water and Sewer District meets 7 p.m., 108 Harbor Heights Blvd., Bigfork. Public welcome.
• Bad Rock Rural Fire District board meets 7:30 p.m., north fire hall, 23 Columbia Pines Court. Call 892-0438.
Thursday
• Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center hosts a series of one-day citizen science training workshop and field trip on common loons, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 12, Park Headquarters, West Glacier. Call 888-7986.
• Senior Tour and Tea, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free admission for senior citizens. Coffee, tea and cookies served 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 755-5268.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Super 1, blood mobile.
• Flathead Nonprofit Development Partnership hosts a free brown bag workshop by Kim Crowley and Connie Behe of ImagineIF Libraries, “Play Your Way to an Engaged Staff,” 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. All welcome. RSVP requested to 756-3618.
• Agency on Aging Advisory Council meets at 2-3:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Public invited. Call 758-5730.
• Open house for Fresenius Medical Care new dialysis facility, 5-7 p.m., 305 Ridgewater Dr., Polson. Tours. Refreshments. Public invited.
• Five Guys Burgers and Fries donates 15 percent of meal cost from 5-7 p.m. to Discovery Developmental Center.
• Suicide prevention training 5:30-7:30 p.m., City-County Health Department, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. To register, call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.
• Whitefish Legacy Partners and Whitefish Therapy and Sport Center host a hands-on bike-fitting workshop, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Lion Mountain Trailhead, Whitefish Trail. Physical therapist Gabe Murphy covers the basics on bike fit for optimal posture and power. Call 862-3880.
• Flathead Valley Genealogical Society meets at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1380 Whitefish Stage Road, Kalispell. Business meeting 6:30 p.m. Joan Shaw presents “How Do Genealogical Records Gel: Granite Mountain Vault and Indexing,” 7 p.m. Free. Open to public. Call Lynne Bradley, 756-9245.
• Mission Mountain Audubon meets 7 p.m., Polson City Library meeting room. Bear DNA research scientist Kate Kendall presents “The Great Grizzly Migrant Crisis: Bear Movements and Population Changes.” Free. All welcome.
• Kalispell City Council sponsors a primary-election local candidates forum at 7 p.m., Council Chambers, Kalispell City Hall, 201 First Ave. E. Moderator is Mayor Mark Johnson. Public invited.
• Flathead Valley Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) group meets 7 p.m., Bohemian Hall, 125 Blanchard Lake Road, Whitefish. Denise Dryden presents “How to Understand the Gifts of the Millennial Generation.” All welcome; www.ionsflathead.org
Friday
• Kila School negotiation meetings at 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
• Adult Mental Health First Aid course, 9 a.m. to 4p.m., Flathead City-County Health Department, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. To register, call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.
• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Best Buy, blood mobile.
Thought
“Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.” u Irving Berlin, American songwriter (born this date in 1888, died 1989).