Lakeside QRU holds annual fundraiser dinner
The Lakeside Ambulance/QRU (Quick Response Unit) is having its seventh annual Ham Dinner fundraiser from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the QRU Community Hall in Lakeside, 201 Bills Road. The Lakeside QRU is a nonprofit organization with an executive director, 20 emergency responders, two modern, fully-equipped ambulances and an aid car. The QRU volunteers have been responding to the emergency medical needs of the community for 38 years.
Vista Linda Catering of Somers will be serving dinner featuring ham, homemade scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, vegetable, rolls, dessert and beverage. Tickets are $10, available at the door; children under 6 eat free.
A raffle of prizes donated by area merchants will begin at 5 p.m. Tickets are $1 each. You do not need to be present to win.
Lakeside QRU responders will be on hand for questions and information.
The organization recently formed Lakeside Ambulance Auxiliary, a group of community members supporting the Lakeside QRU through community outreach, fundraising and pubic relation activities. Volunteers are always needed for emergent and non-emergent roles. For more information, call Lois Lauman at 857-3512 or 253-2841.
Plant-Wise Flathead has potluck meal
Plant-Wise Flathead will host its bimonthly potluck at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at Northridge Lutheran Church, 323 Northridge Drive in Kalispell.
The local PlantPure group encourages a whole food, plant-based eating pattern and reduced consumption of processed foods.
After the meal, Diana Blend will explain how to re-invent most any recipe with what you may have on hand. Blend is a certified plant-based cooking instructor who experienced a shift in her health since adopting a plant-based diet nearly 10 years ago.
Attendees are asked to bring a plant-based dish to share. (No meat, fish, dairy or eggs.) The public is welcome. RSVP by calling Blend at 406-253-0498 or RSVP on their Kalispell-Plant-Wise-Meet-up page online.
Yard sale at Big Arm School
The Big Arm Association will be holding a community yard sale on Saturday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the historic Big Arm School.
On Saturday June 8 the yard sale will continue from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.
Donation of items are welcome. For more information contact Jeff or Nancy Foster at 406-849-5064.
Hike at Lone Pine focuses on edible plants
Montana State Parks will host a “Can I Eat This?” hike at Lone Pine State Park from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 31.
The world around us is full of amazing edible flowers and shrubs. Join a Lone Pine State Park ranger on a 2-mile hike to look for edible plants. The hike is not intended as a survival class.
Wear sturdy shoes, weather-appropriate clothing and bring water; cameras are welcome. Space is limited. Call 755-2706, ext. 0 to reserve your spot. The cost is $4 for hikers 13 and older; 12 and younger are free.
For more infomation, call the park visitor center at 755-2706.
ImagineIF holds events for all ages in June
It’s all about the bees at ImagineIF Libraries in June. Learn about beekeeping, make a beeswax candle and sweeten a smoothie with honey.
Here’s a look at the special events planned.
For more information visit www.imagineiflibraries.org and www.facebook.com/imagineiflibraries.
For Adults
Beekeeping Basics — Visit an interactive beekeeping station and learn what it takes to keep bees. Find out more about building hives and try on a beekeeper suit.
Bigfork: June 4-8
Kalispell: June 14-21
Columbia Falls: June 25-29
Summer Fun — Roasting marshmallows, watching a summer blockbuster, cooling your feet in a stream — what’s on your summer bucket list? Use the connection board to lay out your plans and see where they overlap with others.
Columbia Falls: May 28-June 1
For Teens — Registration is required at imagineiflibraries.eventbrite.com. All workshops are limited to 15 participants.
“Stranger Things” Escape Room — Eleven needs a demigorgon-defeating sustenance, but Hawkins National Laboratory scientists have hidden her Eggos in a lockbox in the AV Club room. Help the party solve clues to unlock the waffles before it’s too late. (“Stranger Things” attire encouraged.)
Kalispell: June 13, 12 to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Columbia Falls: June 24, 12 to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Candy Explosion — Become a confectioner, a chemist and demolition expert all at once, and cook up batches of exploding candy. Take your crackling creations to the next level by designing a logo for the packaging.
Kalispell: June 20, 12 to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Stop-Motion Film Festival — Animate your own stop-motion film using miniatures, lighting and set design to tell a short story. Screen your flick at a pop-up film festival and compete for the coveted Golden Popcorn Award.
Bigfork High School: June 27, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
For Children
Play Expo — Drop in at one of the library locations for a sneak preview into a summer of play and enjoy some favorite blasts from the past too.
Kalispell: June 11-12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Columbia Falls: June 12-13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bigfork: June 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Timber! — Sand, drill and paint your own block of lumber to be something terrific. Build a tower and demolish it with a wrecking ball.
Kalispell: June 18-19, 3 to 4 p.m.
Bubble Wonderful — What makes a bubble so special? Pop into play with a dazzling display of spectacular soapsuds.
Bigfork: June 19, 3 to 4 p.m.
Kalispell: June 25 and 26, 3-4 p.m.
Simple Mechanics — Can you name the six basic simple machines? Experience these mechanisms first hand and change the.
Columbia Falls: June 19 and 20, 3-4 p.m.
Moved By Art — Test Newton’s law of motion and see the result in a work of art. Doesn’t matter if you are dancing or painting, this program will move you to create.
Bigfork: June 26, 3 to 4 p.m.
Wobblerama — Weigh, stack and topple a menagerie of materials. Bonus points for doing it while standing on one foot.
Columbia Falls: June 26-27, 3 to 4 p.m.
Kids get to run big equipment at Rotary Day
Kalispell’s Noon and Daybreak Rotary clubs are joining forces for Dig Rotary Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8.
Kalispell Rotarians will be helping families get a safe, up-close, hands-on experience with heavy equipment like excavators, dump
trucks, graders, bulldozers, skid-steer loaders and more. The event is located at Kalispell North Town Center near the intersection of U.S. 93 and Rose Crossing.
Children of all ages will get the chance operate the equipment themselves with help from operators. The first 500 children will also get to make a wooden toolbox from Home Depot.
Food trucks will be available for refreshments.
“We know that kids and parents are going to get a kick out of being around big equipment that they usually have to see from a distance,” said Kelly Bilau, Dig Rotary Day co-chair. “We’re excited that so many local companies jumped in to provide equipment, fuel and a location for this event.”
Admission is $5 per person or $20 for a family of five or more. All funds raised will be invested in a splash pad planned along the new proposed Kalispell Trail through downtown. The exact location is still being determined, but plans will be moving forward once initial funding is in place. This public water park will feature a non-slip surface and lots of water and shower features in the shape of trees, flowers and other inventive shapes. Because there is no pool or standing water, splash parks are safe for all ages and accessible to people of diverse physical abilities.
Flathead Valley Bridge Center
May 17 Swiss Team Game
Carole Koch – Anne Gentry – Andrew Koch Jr. – Charrisse Bourquin 1st A 1st B
Linda Malvin – Laura Bean – Pauline Murray – Caryl Miller 2nd A 2nd B 1st C
Bob Gerhard – Bob Sleadd – Judy Martinson – George Miller 2nd C
May 18 Novice Game
Edwin Harris – Linda Walker 1st A 1st B 1st C
Helen Cates – Maxine Arnold 2nd A 2nd B
May 20
North/South pairs
Cathy Brown – Porki Harris 1st A
Peter Tracy – Sherry Tracy 2nd A
Marjorie Simpson – Shirley Dean 1st B
Anne Gentry – Caryl Miller 2nd B
Bob Gerhard – Judy Martinson 1st C
Roger Brown – Marilee Wood 2nd C
East/West pairs
Frances Ollendike – Lise Bailey 1st A
Pauline Murray – Linda Malvin 2nd A 1st B
Charrisse Bourquin – Nancy Idler 2nd B 2nd C
May 22
North/South pairs
Ann Zorn – Joe Barrett 1st A
Bill Pellett – Bill Bradshaw 2nd A
Andrew Koch – Carole Koch 1st B
Roger Brown – Bob Gerhard 2nd B1st C
Deb Johnson – Marion Streich 2nd C
East/West pairs
Julie Cassetta – Porki Harris 1st A 1st B
Michael Boreson – Cathy Brown 2nd A
Charrisse Bourquin – Marjorie Simpson 2nd B
Fred Sego – Emile Kimmet 1st C
Deb Johnson – Marion Streich 2nd C
May 22 evening results
North/South
1. Tie: Patty Daniels - Jeff Daniels; Ursula Pappas - Mary Ann Chestnut
3. Christie Deck - Robin Krogstad
East/West
1. Trish Eaton - Alden Boreson
2. Shirley Dean - Delane Duffy
3. Frank Wesolovski - Susie Robley