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| March 5, 2017 9:06 PM

TODay

• Special Olympics Montana 2017 State Winter Games competition today and March 7, Whitefish Mountain Resort. Spectators welcome.

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

• Pleasant Valley School board meets 4:15 p.m.

• Glacier Stamp Club meets 6:30-8 p.m., Buffalo Room, Buffalo Hill Terrace, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Topic is “Christmas Seals Through the Ages.” All welcome; glacierstampclubmt@gmail.com

Tuesday

• Special Olympics Montana 2017 State Winter Games competition concludes, Whitefish Mountain Resort. Spectators welcome.

• Creston School District Board of Trustees regular meeting, 7:30 a.m.

• Red Cross blood drive, 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Libby High School.

• Retired Mayo Clinic eldercare specialist and author Dick Edwards, gives a free lunch presentation, “Mom, Dad ... Can We Talk?” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Buffalo Hill Terrace, 40 Claremont St., Kalispell. Public invited.

• West Valley School fundraiser (grades kindergarten through fourth), 5 to 7 p.m., Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Proceeds to help fund school’s new electronic outside sign.

• “Science on Tap: The Art and Science of Managing Our National Parks,” with Jeff Mow, superintendent of Glacier National Park. 6 p.m. at Flathead Lake Brewing Co. $1 from every pint of beer sold between 5 and 8 p.m. will be donated to the Flathead Lakers and the Flathead Lake Biological Station.

• Bigfork Middle School presents a free screening of the documentary, “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age,” 6-7:30 p.m., Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Cost $10.

• Columbia Falls School board meets at 6 p.m., administration offices boardroom, 501 Sixth Ave. W.

• Suicide Support Group, Surviving Our Loss after Suicide, (SOLAS) meets 7-8:30 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. Call Joan Schmidt, 871-1008.

• Bad Rock Rural Fire District board meeting, 7:30 p.m. at north firehall, 23 Columbia Pines Court.

Wednesday

• Red Cross blood drive, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kalispell Elks.

• Parkinson’s disease support group meets 3-4:30 p.m., Gateway Community Center, north conference room, Kalispell. Lisa Sheppard discusses resources with Agency on Aging. All welcome. Call Katie, 434-964-7558.

• Montana Conversations program presents “American Art and American Democracy: It All Comes Together in Jazz” with musician Wilbur Rehmann, 5:30 p.m., North Lake County Public Library, Polson. Free and open to the public.

• Evergreen School District regular school board meeting, 6:30 p.m.

• Bigfork County Water and Sewer District meets at 7 p.m., district office, 108 Harbor Heights Blvd. Public welcome.

• Bad Rock Rural Fire District board meeting, 7:30 p.m. at north firehall, 23 Columbia Pines Court. Call 892-0438

Thursday

• Red Cross blood drive, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 9, Eureka High School.

• Agency on Aging Advisory Council meets at 2-3:30 p.m. March 9, South Campus building, 40 11th St. W., Kalispell. Public invited. Call 758-5730.

• West Valley School fundraiser (grades kindergarten through fourth), 5 to 7 p.m., Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Proceeds to help fund school’s new electronic outside sign.

• Act for America presents a program titled, “The Erosion of Free Speech in Europe” by Austrian human rights activist Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, 6:30-8 p.m. March 9, FairBridge Inn & Suites-Outlaw Convention Center, 1701 U.S. 93, S. Kalispell.

• Act for America presents a return program by Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff titled “The Erosion of Free Speech in Europe: What Does it Mean for America?” 6:30-8 p.m. March 9, Fairbridge Inn and Suites (former Outlaw Convention Center), 1701 U.S. 93 S., Kalispell. Tickets $10; free for full-time students with valid student ID. For tickets go to https://www.eventbrite.com

• Tellluride Mountain Film Festival, March 9, O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish. Doors open at 6 p.m.; films start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, available online at www.bmwf.org/events or at Rocky Mountain Outfitter, Kalispell and Sportsman & Ski Haus, Whitefish.

Thought

“Learn by others’ mistakes because you do not live long enough to make them all yourself.” — Author unknown.

• FVCC Honors Symposium free lecture series featuring Judith Liu, professor of sociology at University of San Diego, on the topic, “Intersections: The Tale of Cultural Fusion at St. Hilda’s School for Girls, Wuchang, China” 7 p.m. March 9, Arts and Technology Building, FVCC. Open to public. Call Relyea, 756-3946.

Friday

• Red Cross blood drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell; 11:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Gateway Community Center., Kalispell.

• Glacier Pachyderm Club meets noon to 1 p.m., Sykes’ Diner, 202 Second Ave. W., Kalispell. Highway Patrol Capt. Duane Bowers discusses medical marijuana and public safety. Lunch may be purchased. Visitors welcome. Call Todd Bernhardt, 270-6908.

• Good Grief Camp soup dinner and carnival fundraiser, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Northridge Lutheran Church, 323 Northridge Dr., Kalispell. Cost $7 for ages 13 and up; $5 ages 6-12; 6 and under, free. Proceeds benefit children who have experienced death of loved one.

• Salvation Army annual Spring Swing Fling Thing, 6 p.m., Salvation Army Community Center, 110 Bountiful Drive, Kalispell. Live Big Band dance music by BJ Lupton’s Swingin’ on High Band and Stillwater Christian Band. Free, family-friendly. Refreshments. Call 257-4357.

• Flathead Valley Gospel Music Association annual Ken Dutter Home Grown Concert, 7 p.m., Family Life Christian Church, 1075 Foys Lake Road, Kalispell. Free admission.