Daybook

SUNDAY

—Toastmasters Area Humorous and Table Topics Contest, 2 p.m., Evergreen Fire Hall. Free. Public invited.

MONDAY

—Flathead County Republican Women, noon at Hilton Garden Inn, Kalispell. Mark Agather will explain ballot initiatives; call 250-5098 for lunch reservations.

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

—Northwest Montana Posse of Westerners presents “Angus and Duncan McDonald, the Extended McDonald Family and the History of Fort Connah,” at Red Lion, 20 North Main, Kalispell; meet at 5:30 p.m. for Grab ’n’ Greet and book signings, 6:15 p.m. for dinner, and 7 p.m. for presentation. Call 406-407-6189 for dinner reservations.

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

—The National Alliance on Mental Illness family support group meets at 6 p.m. at Gateway Community Center; use north entrance. Call 406-854-2323.

—Flathead River Commission meets at 7 p.m. at the Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell. Contact Flathead Conservation District at 752-4220 for more information.

—Columbia Falls Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. at Ol’ River Bridge building. All members and those who have expressed an interest in volunteering should attend. Contact Clarence Taber at 892-3722 or Dorothy Downen at 892-5894.

TUESDAY

—Kalispell Women’s Connection buffet lunch, April show and kitchen towel exchange,11:30 a.m., meeting room of Victory Baptist Church, 1830 Montana 35. Speaker is Cynthia Leibrock. Cost $8 per person. Call Jan, 857-2467, or Rosainne, 257-8098 for lunch and free child care reservations.

—Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing Day Kick Off luncheon, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Red Lion Hotel, Kalispell. Luncheon tickets $19. For reservations, call 758-2801.

—Red Cross blood drive, 1-5:15 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

—Lakeside County Water and Sewer District board meets at 2 p.m., at 253 Bierney Creek Rd., Lakeside.

—Joint board meeting for ImagineIF Library and ImagineIF Library Foundation, 2 to 5 p.m. at McGarvey, Heberling, Sullivanand Lacey Law Offices, 345 First Ave. E., Kalispell.

—Foy’s to Blacktail Trails’ Ales for Trails event is 5 to 8 p.m. at Kalispell Brewing Company. All proceeds of the Benefit Brews night go to support the trail group’s work in Herron Park and beyond.

—Helena Flats school board meets at 7 p.m. in the school library, 1000 Helena Flats Road. Call District Clerk Tonnie Decker at 257-2301.

WEDNESDAY

—Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Village Greens Community Center.

—Columbia Falls Women’s Connection, 11:30 a.m. lunch and program at North Valley Hospital Community Room on Nucleus Avenue in Columbia Falls; all women welcome; $8; call 387-4119 or 892-3621.

—Whitefish Women of the Moose hosts a spaghetti feed with garlic bread, salad and desserts, 5-7 p.m., Whitefish Moose Lodge.

—Joe Coco presents a free seminar “Government and Economics” 7-8:30 p.m., Coco Enterprises Conference Center, 6438 U.S. 93 S., Whitefish. Free. RSVP to 862-9400.

THURSDAY

—Red Cross blood drives: 12:30-6 p.m. West Kootenai; noon to 5:15 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, sponsored by Daybreak Rotary.

—Teen social for grades 6-12, 4-5:30 p.m., ImagineIF Library, Kalispell. Crafts, food, Wii gaming. Free. Craft is “Fluffy Notebooks.”