Daybook

| June 27, 2020 2:53 PM

• Sandry Construction is closing a portion of Armory Road beginning at 8 a.m. at intersections of Dodger Lane and Second Street East. Water service in the area may be interrupted. Work is not expected to exceed four hours.

• Red Cross blood drive, 1-6 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

• Retirement party for Mark Flatau, Kalispell Public Schools superintended, 5-7 p.m., front lawn of Conrad Mansion, Kalispell. All invited.

• Fair-Mont-Egan School District board meets 6 p.m. Join on Google or call (US)+1 475-277-0132, pin 833 130 277

• Free pop-up library for bubbles and bubble wand making, 3-5 p.m., Whitefish Community Library west lawn. Call 862-9914.

• Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5:30 p.m., Olney-Bissell School.

• Fair-Mont-Egan board work session 6 p.m.

• Friendship Force Flathead Valley meets for breakfast 9 a.m., Sykes Restaurant, Kalispell. Learn about unique travel experiences and opportunities. To reserve a seat, call Priscilla, 756-9332.

• West Glacier community wildfire meeting, 6-8 p.m., Apgar Amphitheater, Glacier National Park. Call Monica Jungster to sign up at 406-888-5646.

• Whitefish Arts Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and July 4; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 5, Depot Park, Whitefish. Quality handmade arts and crafts, fine jewelry and home decor. Food vendors, entertainment. Free admission.

• Whitefish Arts Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 4; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 5, Depot Park, Whitefish. Quality handmade arts and crafts, fine jewelry and home decor. Food vendors, entertainment. Free admission.

• Lakeside Fourth of July fireworks show at dusk July 4.

• Annual Lakeside Community Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 11, Lakeside Elementary School, 255 Adams St., Lakeside. Attic treasures sale and more.

• Flathead Conservation District budget meeting 9 a.m. July 14, 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.

• Flathead Conservation District business meeting 7 p.m. July 27, 133 Interstate Lane, in Evergreen. Call 752-4220.

• Bigfork Festival of the Arts, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2, downtown Bigfork.

• Annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival, Aug. 7-9, Depot Park, Whitefish. Arts and crafts, activities, food, music. Free admission.

• Arts in the Park, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 29, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 30, Depot Park, Kalispell. Daily admission $5.

• Lakeside QRU board meets 7 p.m. Aug. 21, QRU Community Room, 201 Bills Road, Lakeside. Call Lois Lauman, 253-2841.

• Lakeside QRU board meets 7 p.m. Sept. 18, QRU Community Room, 201 Bills Road, Lakeside. Call Lois Lauman, 253-2841.

• Lakeside QRU board meets 7 p.m. Oct. 16, QRU Community Room, 201 Bills Road, Lakeside. Call Lois Lauman, 253-2841.

• Lakeside QRU board meets 7 p.m. Nov. 20, QRU Community Room, 201 Bills Road, Lakeside. Call Lois Lauman, 253-2841.

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas A. Edison, American inventor and businessman (1847-1931).