Community Briefs: Great Fish awards in Whitefish Oct. 10
The Whitefish Community Foundation will host a Great Fish awards celebration Monday, Oct. 10, at Casey’s in Whitefish. A reception with no-host bar will be held at 5 p.m., followed by the awards presentation at 6 p.m.
The amount of the final match and percentage from the annual fundraising challenge will be unveiled at the event. Several special awards and the final incentive grants will be announced. Special awards that will be announced, each accompanied by a $2,500 grant, include the Great Fish Award, the Doris Schumm Community Spirit Award, Russ and Mary Jane Street Community Service Award and the Jean Howard Memorial Award.
The Great Fish Community Challenge raised more than $1.1 million for the nonprofits in the challenge, not including the match.
Kalispell leaf cleanup begins
Kalispell city crews are scheduled to begin fall leaf removal Monday, Oct. 10.
Residents and business owners are encouraged to rake the leaves from the boulevard onto the street approximately two feet away from the curb. Vehicles must be removed from curbsides during leaf pickup operations.
Leaf removal on avenues occurs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; streets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Once completed on removal days, crews will move to the next area.
Pick-up times for outlying residential areas vary and are designated by the areas with the highest volume of leaves.
This schedule is contingent on weather conditions, workload and equipment availability. City street personnel will make every effort to remove leaves as quickly as possible.
Leaves will not be picked up outside of the leaf removal season, dependent on snowfall. Contact Public Works for proper leaf disposal after the leaf removal season.
Bagged leaves should be placed in the alley behind your residence and will be removed with alley clean up.
Do not put rocks, dirt, cans, bottles, branches and items of this nature in the leaf piles because they may cause bodily injury and damage to machinery.
For further information contact the City of Kalispell Public Works Department at 758-7720.
Bookmark contest
Bike Walk Montana and AAA MountainWest are partnering on a bookmark contest for grades K-5 throughout Montana. The contest kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 5, Walk to School Day, and extends through Friday, Oct.14.
Students are encouraged to enter the contest by drawing/coloring a picture or writing a poem or creative phrase that represents a safety tip for walking or biking to school.
One design from each of the grade levels statewide will be selected and printed as a bookmark, with walking and biking safety tips printed on the back. The bookmarks will then be distributed to all K-5 students.
All artwork must use the template located on http://www.bikewalkmontana.org/
Flathead ACT presentation
Tickets are still available for the new Flathead ACT for America presentation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Fairbridge Inn and Suites (formerly the Outlaw Inn), 1701 U.S. 93 S., in Kalispell.
Christian pastor and former Muslim Shahram Hadian will discuss the topic, “Chrislam Exposed — The Seductive Lie of a Common God between Christianity and Islam.”
Hadian was born in Iran and came to America at the age of 7 to escape an oppressive Islamic regime. A U.S. citizen, he experienced a transformational life change when he committed his life to Jesus Christ in 1999. He has served his local community as a pastor, police officer, teacher and coach and was a candidate for Washington state governor in 2012.
Tickets are $20 per person; those 18 and under are admitted free.
For tickets, email 59911actforamerica@gmail.com; call 837-4525; or reserve online at www.eventbrite.com/e/chrislam-exposed-tickets-27233462018.