Today
• Kalispell Public Schools Finance Committee meets 7 a.m., Administration Building.
• AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Summit, Kalispell. $14 fee ($12 for AARP card-holding members.) Call 751-4500.
• Red Cross blood drive, 2-5 p.m., West Kootenai.
• Flathead National Forest Avalanche Awareness Program, 6:30-8 p.m. The Wave, Whitefish. Free. No registration necessary.
Wednesday
• MOMS (Mothers Offering Moms Support) meets 9:15-11:15 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 400 W. California St., Kalispell. Todd Widman will discuss the "Crossfit Challenge." Child care provided. Call Heidi Durban, 253-4886.
• Alpine Spinners meets 10:30 a.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Bring spinning wheel and sack lunch. Call Donna Carlson, 257-9119.
• Red Cross blood drive, 2-5 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Documentary photographer Janet Killeen gives an illustrated program on her experiences in Afghanistan, Uganda and the Congo, and Ruth and Sam Neff show slides from their trip to Iran, 6:30 p.m. Heritage of Faith Christian Church, 101 Seventh Ave. W., Polson. All welcome. Call 862-1629 or 471-6682.
Thursday
• Flathead Nonprofit Development Partnership free brown bag seminar, "Nonprofit Funding and Budgeting in Today's World," 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Museum at Central School, Kalispell. RSVP to 755-1135.
• Red Cross blood drive, 12:30-5:30 p.m., North Valley Community Center, Columbia Falls.
3 Flathead Municipal Airport Authority meets at 4 p.m., Glacier Park International Airport board room. A master plan update workshop begins at 11:30 a.m.
• Museum at Central School History Book Club meets 6:30 p.m. at the museum, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Part two of Stephen Ambrose's book, "Undaunted Courage" will be discussed. All welcome to attend. Call 756-8381.
• Local institute of Noetic Sciences Community Group meets 7 p.m., Bohemian Grange, 125 Blanchard Lake Road, Whitefish. Steven Gordon, owner of The Bridge Medical Center, will talk about cellular processes affecting degenerative disease. All welcome. Donations appreciated. Call 862-9591 or 862-7711.
Friday
• Evergreen Special Services Child Find screening for children 0 to 5 years old, 9 a.m. to noon, East Evergreen Elementary School. All welcome. Call 751-1113, ext. 23 to make an appointment.
• Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.
• Flathead Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees meets at noon, Perkins Restaurant, Kalispell. Lunch is $8. For reservations, call Bill Driver at 837-2744.
• The Glacier Country Pachyderm meets noon to 1 p.m., Fireside Room, Red Lion Hotel. Guest speaker is Charles Cartwright, Glacier Park superintendent. Lunch available. Public invited.
• Summit Independent Living Center offers advanced beginner's level sign language classes weekly at 2 p.m. Fridays, beginning today. Cost $5 per class or $25 for all six. Call 257-0048.
• Polson Orchards Apartments holds a public informational meeting and design review, 5:30 p.m., Polson City Library Community Room. Lake County and Polson residents welcome.
Saturday
• Flathead Spay & Neuter Task Force Cat Adoption Days, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Sunday, 3491 Trumble Creek Road, Columbia Falls. Adoption fee $35 includes altering and vaccinations. Baked goods sale. Call 892-7387.
• Rocky Mountain Rollers Good Sams RV Club no-host lunch, 11:30 a.m. Pin & Cue, Whitefish. Bring food for food bank, old eyeglasses for chapter project. Call Phyllis, 755-6093.
• 50th annual Whitefish Winter Carnival Merry Maker, 6 p.m., Great Northern Bar and Grill, Central Avenue, Whitefish. Dinner tickets $15 available at bar and Whitefish Chamber of Commerce, 520 E. Second. St. Call 862-3501.
Thought
"What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism." n Pauline Kael, American movie critic (1919-2001).