Daybook, May 18

Today

• 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.

• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., The Wave, Whitefish.

• Friends of the Library meet at noon, ImagineIF Library meeting room, Kalispell. All welcome.

• Teen social for grades 6-12, 4-5:30 p.m., ImagineIF Library, Kalispell. Crafts, food, Wii gaming. Crafts is Sharpie tie-dye wearables.

• Opening reception for Paul Surber’s “Native Sons of the American West” and Dwayne Wiilcox’s “Above the Fruited Plain” Native Ledger Art exhibits 5-7 p.m., Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Free admission. Public welcome. Call 755-5268.

• Friendship Force of the Flathead meets at Vista Linda, Somers. Social hour 5 p.m., dinner/meeting/program 6 p.m. Dan and Leah Benesch talk about their travels to Australia, Thailand and Malaysia. All interested in travel and meeting new people welcome. For reservations, call 756 9332.

• Polson Chamber of Commerce Splash, noon to 1 p.m., Polson Health, 106 Ridgewater Dr. Open to public. Call 883-5969.

• Somers School District Trustees Negotiation and Somers Education Association Committees meet 5 p.m. Somers Middle School.

• “Bear Aware” family-friendly guided hike and workshop, 6-8 p.m., Whitefish Trail. Kim Corette leads an easy one to two mile hike and discuss safety and hands-on use of bear spray. Meet at Lion Mountain trailhead. Contact 862-3880.

• Act! for America presentation by Bill Whitsitt titled “American Energy Independence: Factoids and Facts - Why the Difference is Important,” 6 p.m. Outlaw Convention Center,1701 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. RSVP to 59911actforamerica@gmail.com.

• Plant-Wise Flathead presents dinner and movie, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Northridge Lutheran Church, 323 Northridge Dr. Bring a whole food plant-based potluck dish and recipe to share. “Ted Talk” by Dr. Dean Ornish on “What’s Good for You is Good for the Planet” shown.

• Artists and Craftsmen of the Flathead Valley meet at 7 p.m. lower level of Eagles building, 37 first St. W., Kalispell. Call 881-4288.

Friday

• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, Chief Ignace Chapter, place flags on graves of deceased members, 10 a.m. C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Lunch, meeting follows at Perkins Restaurant. For information, call Jan Olson at 837-4732.

Thought

“Never do anything you wouldn’t want to explain to the paramedics.” • Author unknown