DAYBOOK, May 27
Today
• 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.
• Rocky Mountain Elks Foundation Bulls and Brews Night, 5-8 p.m., Kalispell Brewery. $1 of every beer sold will be donated to the foundation. Call 261-4111.
• Somers School District board Negotiation Committee meets 5 p.m., Somers Middle School.
• Healthy potluck supper, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wellness Education Center, 103 Ponderosa Lane, Kalispell. Bring a healthy dish to share if you like. Families welcome. Call 755-8423.
• Lakeside Community Council meets 7 p.m., QRU Building, 201 Bills Road. Open to public.
Wednesday
• Fairview Cemetery board annual meeting, 8 a.m. at the chapel, 1225 Fairview Cemetery Road, Columbia Falls.
• ImagineIF Libraries board planning session, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Jane Lopp & Associates, 295 Third Ave. EN, Kalispell. Call Kim Crowley, 758-5826.
Thought
“Responsibility educates.” • Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist (1811-1884).