Daybook
TODAY
— 17th annual North West Montana Veterans Stand Down, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., VFW Post 1548, 110 W. Second St., Libby. Services and resources for veterans, haircuts, clothing giveaway, refreshments, pet services and more. Bring military ID. Call Allen W. Erickson Sr., 756-7304 or 250-0698.
— Fourth annual 1K/5K Pink Me Up! color celebration, 2 p.m., FVCC. Non-timed course; optional obstacles. Dance party and giveaways after race. Open to all ages. $20 per person; $50 per family; Teams of four or more, $18 per member; www.krh.org/events
— Kalispell Parks and Recreation guided bicycle tour of Kalispell’s unique trees, 2-4 p.m. Starts and ends at Museum at Central School. Games, refreshments. Free. Call 758-7849.
— Guided wild mushroom hike with Dale Johnson, 2 p.m. Woods Lake Trailhead. Meet at trailhead. Bring a basket. Guide books provided. Call Whitefish Legacy Partners, 862-3880.
MONDAY
— AARP Driver Safety Course, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. $20 fee ($15 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.
— Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
— Pleasant Valley School board meets 4:15 p.m.; open house 5:30-7:30 p.m.
— Fair-Mont-Egan School board Finance Committee meets 5:30 p.m.
— Glacier Stamp Club meets 6:30-8 p.m., Billiards Room, Buffalo Hill Terrace, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Topic is “Presidential Trivia Quiz.” All welcome; glacierstampclubmt@gmail.com
TUESDAY
— Creston School board meets at 7:30 a.m.
— Flathead City-County Health Department annual flu shot clinic, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Flathead County Fairgrounds Expo Building. Drive up service for those with special needs. Other vaccines also available. Most insurance plans, Medicaid, Medicare accepted; children will not be turned away due to inability to pay. Call 751-8110.
— Red Cross blood drive, 11:30-5:30 P.M. Bigfork Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
— Flathead County Solid Waste District board meets 1 p.m., landfill office.
— Bigfork author Leslie Budewitz talks about mystery writing, 3-5 p.m., ImagineIF Library, Bigfork. Public invited.
— Women Who Wine Flathead annual “Red, Wine and You!” giving banquet and auctions, 6-9 p.m., Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. Tickets $65 each or two for $120, available at Kalispell Grand Hotel. Proceeds benefit Flathead Community Foundation. Call 756-9047.
— Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets 7-8:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Call Denise, 407-4110.
— Northwest Liberty News and Concerned Citizens of Northwest Montana host Lord Christopher Monckton of the United Kingdom. He speaks on the topics of climate change and Brexit, 7 p.m. FairBridge Inn’s Outlaw Convention Center, 1701 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. Admission $10 per person at door. Doors open 6:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
— Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Flathead Electric, Kalispell.
— Free Falun Dafa Qigong instruction easy-to-learn exercise instruction for all ages, 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays in October, new Kalispell Senior Center, 40 11th St. W. Call Katherine, 257-9798.
— Polson Chamber of Commerce meets noon to 1 p.m., KwaTaqNuk Resort. Speaker is Judy Preston of Skill Builders. Lunch available for $14.50. Public welcome. Call 883-5969.
— Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center Park brown bag seminar, noon to 1 p.m. West Glacier Community Building, Glacier Park. Photographer and author Chris Peterson, editor of Hungry Horse News, retraces Mary Roberts Rhinehart’s 1915 journey in Glacier Park. Free. Open to public. Call 888-5827.
— Whitefish Shines volunteers prepare Christmas decorations for the season 6-8 p.m., Roy Duff Armory, Whitefish. New volunteers welcome. Call Chris Schustrom, 406-260-1198.
Thought
“Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.” — Graham Greene, English writer (1904-1991).