Daybook

TODAY

— 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.

— Columbia Falls School board Insurance Committee meets at 4 p.m., assistant superintendent’s office.

— USMC Happy Hour for Marines and Navy who served with Marines, 5-7 p.m., Kalispell VFW, 330 First Ave. W. Cash bar. Spouses welcome. 2016 Marine Corps Ball tickets available for purchase, $45 each. Call 406-249-2448.

— Photographer Lee Silliman gives an illustrated lecture titled “The Rocks Speak: Rock Art of the American West” 6-7:30 p.m., Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Members free; nonmembers $10.

— 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.

THURSDAY

— Montana Land Reliance hosts sixth annual Flathead Agricultural Forum titled “GMOs — How Do They Work?” 8-11:30 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Kalispell. Panel discussion on local and national issues. Free. Open to public, Call Mark Schiltz, 837-2178.

— Transportation Advisory Committee meets 8:30-10 a.m., South Campus/ Agency on Aging Building at 40 11th St. W., Kalispell. Public invited.

— Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applied Materials, Kalispell.

— Montana Code Girls free after-school program to teach girls ages 9-19 how to code, starts 4 p.m., Sykes’ Diner, Lewis and Clark Room 202 Second Ave. W., Kalispell. Bring a laptop. Sign up at www.mtcodegirls.org/register

— Whitefish Oktoberfest today through Oct. 8, Depot Park. Tonight is Bavarian Business Night. Free admission 5-7 p.m. with your business card. Oct. 7 hours 5-11 p.m. Oct. 8 is Seniors Day — 60 and older admitted free until 5 p.m. Hours noon to 11 p.m.; Children’s House Montessori annual Pumpkin Patch fundraiser, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

FRIDAY

— Kalispell Public Schools Finance Committee meets 7:30 a.m.; Personnel Committee meets 9 a.m., district office, 233 First Ave. E.

— Annual Friends of the Library book sale, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 8, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 9, Kalispell Center Mall. Books $1.50 per inch. Sunday only: books $3 per bag; $5 for two bags; $2 three or more bags.

— Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Community Action Partnership.

— Glacier Pachyderm Club meets noon to 1 p.m., Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. Speakers are candidates Keith Regier, Chet Billi and Carl Glimm. Lunch available. Public invited; www.gcpachy.org

— Ghost Tours, 7 p.m. today and Oct. 8, Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell. One-hour tours every 15 minutes until 9 p.m. $17 per person; $15 members. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.

SATURDAY

— Paint It Pink Half Marathon 8 a.m.; 5K/10K fun run 9 a.m. Libby. Call Kate Stephens at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center, 406-283-7140.

— Nooks and Crannies Tour, 9 a.m., Conrad Mansion Museum, 330 Woodland Ave., Kalispell, $28 per person, $25 for members. Reservations required. Call 755-2166.

— Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fellowship Alliance Church, Columbia Falls.

Thought

“My friends are my ‘estate.’ Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.” u Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-1886).