Community news
Historical calendars
The Columbia Falls Historical Society is now selling 2012 calendars depicting scenes from the city's past. They are available for $15 at Super 1 Foods, Freedom Bank and Glacier Bank. For more information, call 892-5953 or 892-3722.
Night of Lights
Registration forms for the Dec. 2 Night of Lights parade are available at Glacier Bank, Glacier Discovery Square, NAPA Auto Columbia Falls and Roger Newman's dentist office. For general information about the event, contact Peggy at 892-3113. For vendor information, contact Cindy Shaw at 892-0318. For more information, visit online at www.firstbestplace.org/nightoflights.
Planning board
The Columbia Falls City-County Planning Board will start reviewing the city's growth policy starting in January, but they want a full representative board in place with nine members. There currently are two openings for county representatives who live outside the city but inside the city's two-mile planning and zoning "doughnut" jurisdiction. Letters of interest including name, address, daytime phone number and qualifications should be mailed to Diana Kile, Flathead County Clerk & Recorders Office, 800 South Main Street, Kalispell MT 59901. For additional information, call 758-5537.
Church bazaar
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 640 Seventh Street West, in Columbia Falls, will hold its annual bazaar, cookie walk and homemade soup and pie luncheon on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Handcrafted items and a large assortment of Christmas cookies sold by the pound will be available. Proceeds from the sale will go to several mission projects within the Flathead Valley and overseas.
CASA for Kids
The Flathead County Republican Women will meet at the Red Lion Inn, in Kalispell, on Monday, Nov. 21, at noon. Jamie Campbell, program director for CASA for Kids, will talk about the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, which advocates for abused and neglected children and works exclusively with foster children throughout Flathead County. Donations for Christmas gifts for the children can be dropped off at the meeting. For more information, call Caroline Solomon at 837-4525.
Book sale
The Columbia Falls Library Association will hold a book sale at Glacier Discovery Square on Friday, Nov. 18, from noon to 5 p.m. with fiction and nonfiction, old and new books. Proceeds will benefit the library.