DAYBOOK, May 17

| May 17, 2016 12:07 PM

Today

• Kila School board meets, 10 a.m.

• Kalispell Women’s Connection buffet lunch,11:30 a.m., meeting room of Victory Baptist Church, 1830 Montana 35. Speaker is Paula Abbott. Cost $8 per person. Call Rosainne, 257-8098 for lunch and free child care reservations. Affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries.

• Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Red Lion Hotel, Kalispell. Luncheon tickets $19. For reservations, call 758-2801.

• Red Cross blood drives: 1-5:15 p.m. Bethlehem Lutheran; 1:30-5:45 p.m. Trinity Lutheran.

• Lakeside County Water and Sewer district board meets 2 p.m., district meeting room, 253 Bierney Creek Road.

• Community Night 5-7 p.m. Five Guys, Burgers and Fries, Hutton Ranch, Kalispell. Portion of proceeds benefits Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana.

• Pints for Preservation Night, 5-8 p.m. Kalispell Brewing Co., Main Street. $1 of every pint sold benefits Northwest Montana Chapter of Forest Fire Lookout Association.

• Dr. Thomas Flass, a pediatric gastroenterologist with Kalispell Gastroenterology at Kalispell Regional Healthcare, gives a presentation titled, “Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity: Fact or Fad?” 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Buffalo Hill Conference Center, KRMC. All welcome. Call 752-7441.

• Savvy Social Security for Women Seminar on “What You Need to Know about Claiming Benefits,” 6 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. What baby boomers need to know to maximize retirement income. Free. Call Kim Taylor, 752-7232.

• Cayuse Prairie School board meets at 7 p.m. school library. u Helena Flats School board meets at 7 p.m., school library.

• Flathead County Democratic Party Central Committee meets 7 p.m., Kalispell VFW Post 2252 meeting room. 330 first Ave. W. Bring a nonperishable food item or donation for Northwest Montana Veterans food Pantry. Call Lynne Stanley, 471-8317.

Wednesday

• Evergreen Water and Sewer District board meets at 7 a.m. at the district office, 130 Nicholson Dr.

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Park Side Credit Union, Whitefish; noon to 4:15 p.m. Kalispell Center Mall.

• Senior brunch and learn program 10-11:30 a.m., First Interstate Bank, downtown Kalispell. Local professionals discuss “How to Age in Place — How to Plan for a Transition When Staying in Your Home is not an Option.” Wheelchair access and parking on west side. RSVP by May 17 to Clint Ekern, 751-2572.

• Polson Peace Officers Memorial Day Parade, 11:30 a.m., beginning at Walmart and ending at Linderman Elementary School. Ceremony follows at 12:30 p.m. in the school gym.

• Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Unwind, 5-6:30 p.m. Professional Therapy Associates, 1234 Whitefish Stage, Giveaways. All welcome. Call 758-2800.

• Centennial celebration of National Park Service, 5-7 p.m. Glacier Outdoor Center Pavilion, 12400 U.S. 2, West Glacier. Speakers include Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, Glacier Park Superintendent Jeff Mow and Expedia’s head of Global Corporate Citizenship Katherine Cheng. Appetizers, cocktails. Open to public.

• Center for Native Plants in Whitefish hosts a free workshop on various planting techniques, soil preparation, and plant selection, 5:30 p.m., 5605 US 93 S., one mile south of Montana 40 on the east side of road. Public invited.

• Community Foundation for a Better Bigfork dinner, Flathead Lake Lodge. No host social hour 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m. Silent auction. $30 per person. RSVP by May 6 to Gretchen, 837-4356.

• Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Payton Boyce, Justin Gardner, Cole Hudson, Jonathan Oftedahl and Noah Raish, 6 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1380 Whitefish Stage Road, Kalispell. All welcome.

• Conservation educator Lisa Flowers gives a Flathead Audubon presentation on birding in the Flathead Valley, 7 p.m., West Shore Community Library, 100 Bierney Creek Road, Lakeside. Call 844-3917.

Thursday

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

• AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bigfork Senior Center. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 837-4157.

Thought

“If an article is attractive, or useful, or inexpensive, they’ll stop making it tomorrow; if it’s all three, they stopped making it yesterday.” • Mignon McLaughlin, American journalist (1913-1983)