DAYBOOK, May 25

| May 25, 2016 6:00 AM

TODAY

• FVCC Nursing Department hosts Montana HOPE Conference symposium on Parkinson’s disease, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free, with suggested donation of $10. Open to public. To preregister, call 1-877-980-7500.

• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell. Sponsored by Mrs. Montana and Peterson School.

• Autoimmune disease support group meets 2-3 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Speaker is Dr. Pam Roberts. All welcome. Call Shirley, 257-2780.

• Deer Park School board Negotiation Team meets at 4 p.m.

• Somers School District board special meeting 6 p.m., Somers Middle School.

• Bad Rock Rural Fire District board meets 7 p.m., north firehall, 23 Columbia Pines Court. Call 892-0438.

Thursday

• Red Cross blood drives: 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Glacier Bank, Main Street, Kalispell; 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marion Fire Department, sponsored by Pleasant Valley Aviaries.

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative Executive Council meets 11:15 a.m., 15 Meridian Court, Kalispell. Call 257-1857.

• Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee meets 4 p.m., downstairs, Bethany Lutheran Church, Montana 35, south of Montana 209. Call Gwen, 250-5457.

• Canyon Community Dinner, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Hungry Horse School. Menu includes pork loin roast, baked potatoes, vegetables and strawberry shortcake. All welcome. Call Flo, 250-3406; or Luann, 261-1083.

• Marion Fire District board meets 7 p.m., Marion Community Center, 180 Gopher Lane.

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 and meeting follows at Perkins Restaurant. For information, call Jan Olson at 837-4732.

• Celebrity Bartending event with singer/songwriter John Dunnigan, 4-7 p.m., The Lodge at Whitefish Lake, 130 Wisconsin Ave., Whitefish. Silent auction benefits Humane Society of Northwest Montana. Free admission. Public invited.

Saturday

• “Celebrating 100 Years of Fashion 1868-1968” Historic Clothing Tour, 9 a.m., Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell, $28 per person, $25 for members. Price includes a 14-page booklet of the collection. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.

• Mini-Event and Working Equitation Horse Show, 9 a.m., Herron Park, near Kalispell. Arena and cross-country jumping, open and Western Dressage, obstacle challenge.

• Mission Mountain Winery Muscat Madness free program to learn about food and wine pairings, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 82420 U.S. 93 S., Dayton. All welcome.

• Stomp the Stigma 5K run/walk 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Western Montana Mental Health Center, 410 Windward Way, Kalispell. Preregistration $25; $30 day of race. Call Sabrina Amundson, 751-8390.

Monday

• Memorial Day Parade, 10 a.m., Polson. Veterans welcome. Leave Elks parking lost at Sixth and Main Streets. Short ceremony in bank parking lot with Veterans Honor Guard and local speaker, followed by wreath laying ceremony at Polson Cemetery Veterans Section.

• Columbia Falls American Legion Freedom Post 72 conducts a Remembrance and Honor Walk for its Vietnam veterans, 10:45 a.m., from City Welcome Park to the bridge for its third annual Missing at Sea ceremony, finishing at Marantette Park Memorial Wall at 1 p.m. Public invited to walk with post members. Call Post Commander Michael Shepard, 250-9806.

• United Veterans of the Flathead Valley Memorial Day ceremonies: 10:30 a.m. Glacier Memorial Gardens Cemetery; 11 a.m. Veterans Memorial, Depot Park, Kalispell; 11:45 a.m. VFW Post 2252 luncheon; 12:45 p.m. C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery with flag raising; 1:45 p.m. Fairview Cemetery, Columbia Falls; 2:30 p.m. Veterans Memorial, Marantette Park, Columbia Falls; 3 p.m. Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls; 3:30 p.m. Montana Veterans Home Cemetery, Columbia Falls.

Thought

“History is something that never happened, written by someone who wasn’t there.” • Author unknown.