Daybook

TODAY

— 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.

SATURDAY

— Spartan Race Fitness Revolution Day, 10 a.m., The Wave, Whitefish. Join 100 gyms around the world and join a free work out. All fitness levels welcome. Need not be a gym member. Space limited; http://www.spartan.com/en/training/workout-tour/revolution-workout

— Glacier Woodturners meet 9 a.m., Hanson Trucking, Columbia Falls. Call 755-1795.

— Glacier Stamp Club annual stamp show, GLAPEX XXXIII, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell.

— Ben Long, author of “Great Montana Bear Stories,” tells stories by campfire, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lone Pine State Park picnic area, near Kalispell. Limited to 30 people; register at http://www.eventbrite.com/o/imagineif-libraries-6523451735

— Whitefish Review hosts author Jon Turk for a reading of his latest book “Crocodiles and Ice,” and slideshow, Casey’s, Whitefish. Doors open 7 p.m.; program 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

SUNDAY

— Glacier Stamp Club annual stamp show, GLAPEX XXXIII, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Museum at Central School, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell.

— Whitefish Fire Department annual open house, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Public invited. Call 871-5285.

— “240 Minutes for Healing, Health and Hope” charity bike ride for cross-country cyclist Shelli Snyder who was is recovering from severe injuries after being struck by a car at high speed near West Glacier in September, 12:30 p.m. Riders will meet at Alberta Visitors Center near Glacier Park and ride either on new bike path to Hungry Horse or toward Logan Pass. Pledges of 10 cents per mile suggested. Contact Patrick Malone, 509-279-5107; pcmwccc@hotmail.com.

MONDAY

— U.S. Small Business Administration Boots to Business Reboot, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gateway Community Center, room 26, 1203 U.S. 2 W., Kalispell. Entrepreneurship training program for veterans and their spouses. Call Sara Hudson, 406-869-8408.

— Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

— Fair-Mont-Egan School board meets 5 p.m.

— Northwest Montana Posse of Westerners presents a program by former senator and Montana State Historical Society president Bob Brown titled, “Fred Whiteside: Montana’s Unsung Hero,” Red Lion Hotel Kalispell. Greeting time 5:30 p.m.; dinner 6:15 p.m. Cost $19 includes presentation. Program starts at 7 p.m., free for posse members and youth under 16; $5 for nondinner walk-in nonmembers. For dinner reservations, call 755-7339.

— Kila School Curriculum meeting 5:30 p.m.

— Somers School District board meets 6 p.m., Somers Middle School.

— Columbia Falls Historical Society meets 7 p.m., Ol’ River Bridge building, Columbia Heights. Public invited. Call Clarence, 892-3722; or Dorothy, 892-5894.

— Candidate forum with both Democrat and Republican candidates for local and state officer, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Performance Center, Ronan Middle School. Public invited. Refreshments.

THOUGHT

Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” u George Washington Carver, American botanist (1864-1943).