DAYBOOK, May 26
Today
• 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 of Bethany Lutheran Church, Montana 35, just south of Montana 209. Call Gwen Sutherland, 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. Public welcome.
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. Spectators welcome.
• 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
• United Veterans of the Flathead Valley Memorial Day ceremonies: 9:30 a.m. Bigfork Cemetery; 10 a.m. Lone Pine Cemetery, Bigfork; 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.
• 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.
• Fairview Cemetery annual Memorial Day service, 2 p.m. 1225 Fairview Cemetery Road, Columbia Falls. Joel Heckmann officiates. Honor Guard 1:45 p.m.
Tuesday
• Red Cross blood drive, 2-5 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Swan River School board hiring committee meets 3:15 p.m.
• Lakeside-Somers Chamber of Commerce meets 4-5 p.m. Flathead Bank and Alliance Title, 7265 U.S. 93 S. Free for chamber members; $5 nonmembers. Call 844-3715.
Thought
“I am never afraid of what I know.” u Anna Sewell, English author (1820-1878).