Daybook
TODAY
— Flathead County Agency on Aging and Kalispell Senior Center open house, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Oct. 14, at the new location, 40 11th St. W., Kalispell. Door prizes, refreshments, information. Today — Ribbon cutting, cake and coffee 1:15 p.m.; Oct. 13 — Medicare 101 presentation 10 a.m., bingo 1:30 p.m., football party 6:30 p.m. Oct. 14 — Healthy Aging activities 10 a.m.
— Red Cross blood drive,10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Elks Lodge, Kalispell.
— Parkinson’s disease support group meets 3-4:30 p.m., Gateway Community Center, north conference room, Kalispell. Physical therapist Lynnell Finley and Lois Wagner talk about the World Parkinson’s Congress. All welcome. Call Lois, 871-3767 or Inga, 756-5514.
— Coaches with Kalispell Regional Health Care’s One2One weight-loss program answer questions and give gift bags, 5-7 p.m., Whitefish Therapy and Sports Center, 2006 Hospital Way, Whitefish. Refreshments, raffles. Call 751-4509.
— Coffee with the Chief, 5:30 p.m. Lewis and Clark Room, Sykes’, 202 Second Ave. W. Kalispell. Chief of Police Roger Nasset discusses community issues over free coffee. Public welcome.
— Flathead Beekeepers meet 6:30 p.m., North Valley Hospital Community Center, 235 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls. Open to anyone with an interest. Call Kathy, 752-9642.
— Evergreen School board meets 6:30 p.m., administration boardroom.
— City of Kalispell Water Department will temporarily shut off water main in area of Sixth Street East south to 10th Street East, and Eighth and Ninth Streets East from First Avenue East to First Avenue West, from 11 p.m. today to 7 a.m. Thursday. Residents should plan accordingly. Call Public Works Office, 758-7720.
— Bad Rock Rural Fire District board meets 7:30 p.m., north fire hall, 23 Columbia Pines Court. Call 892-0438.
THURSDAY
— Volunteer Garden Work Days today through Oct. 16, Montana Veterans Home, Columbia Falls. Construction of raised bed, paved walk ways and corrals. Bring work gloves. Call 406-253-4369.
— Red Cross blood drive, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., National Flood.
— ACT for America meets 6 p.m., FairBridge Inn & Suites, Kalispell. Program by the Rev. Shahram Hadian on “Chrislam Exposed: The Seductive Lie of a Common God Between Christianity and Islam.” Admission $20 (18 and under, free). Call 837-4525 or email 59911actforamerica@gmail.com
— Flathead Valley Genealogical Society meets, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1380 Whitefish Stage Road, Kalispell. Mini class on DAR records at 5:30 p.m. Business meeting 6:30 p.m. Christ Despain presents a program on “Zoning: Extracting Info from Newspaper Records” at 7 p.m. Free and open to public. Call Lynne Bradley, 756-9245.
— Flathead Valley Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) group meets 7 p.m., Bohemian Hall, 125 Blanchard Lake Road, Whitefish. New documentary “Vaxxed: The Movie,” about childhood vaccines and autism, will be shown www.ionsflathead.org
— Flathead Wildlife meets 7 p.m. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Building, Meridian Road, Kalispell. Wes and Jeremy Plummer of Lower Valley Meat Supply give a presentation of proper handling of big game animals for quality meat. Bruce Babcock talks about proper handling of trophy deer in preparation for wall mount. Raffle. Refreshments.
FRIDAY
— Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. KRMC.
— Kalispell Public Schools Governance Committee meets 10 a.m., district office, 233 First Ave. E.
— Flathead Chapter of National Active and Retired Federal Employees meets at noon, Buffalo Hill Terrace, Kalispell. Social time, 11:30 a.m. Lunch available for $8. Call Doris Warrant, 752-8026.
— Glacier Pachyderm Club meets noon to 1 p.m., Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. Speakers are candidates Greg Gianforte, Corey Stapleton, Elsie Arntzen, Matt Rosendale, Tim Fox and Frank Garner. Lunch available. Public invited; www.gcpachy.org
— Gateway to Glacier Trail grand opening celebration, noon, Glacier Distillery patio, Coram. Refreshments. Call 387-5282.
— Western States Constitutional Rights LLC sponsors a program by Attorney Lawrence Kogan and author Elaine Willman on “Federal and Tribal Takeover of Private Land and Water Rights?” 7 p.m. Eagles, 37 First St. W., Kalispell. Admission $10 and includes dinner. Open to everyone.
THOUGHT
“To know one’s self is wisdom, but not to know one’s neighbors is genius.”
— Minna Antrim, American writer (1861-1950).