March 20 Community Events

Easter Egg Hunt

The Bigfork Masonic Lodge’s annual Bigfork Easter Egg Hunt will be held at Bigfork Elementary School at noon on March 30. The toddlers’ hunt will take place on the playground. Older children will hunt on the hillside behind the school.

Community

conversation

A three-hour workshop and community conversation for all ages called “100 Days Past Sandy Hook” will take place at the Flathead Valley Community College’s Arts and Technology Building on Tuesday, March 26, from 6-9 p.m. There will be an open discussion about how to create safety in the community.

Pachyderm Club

The Glacier Pachyderm Club will meet on March 22 and 29 at the Hilton Garden Inn on the south end of Kalispell from noon to 1 p.m.

Duncan Scott will speak about the on-going “donut” debate facing Whitefish and the county as well as right to work issues on March 22.

Dr. Jane Karas, President of Flathead Valley Community College, will speak on March 29. Karas will have updates on the changes at the college such as enrollment in the new nursing building and four-year degree programs.

For more information, contact Club President Mark Johnson at 253-7467.

Wildfire Speaker

Rick Trembath will give a speech about wildfire safety at the Bigfork Emergency Response Team’s free monthly meeting at Bigfork Middle School on March 21 from 7-8 p.m.

Trembath, past Bigfork fire chief, will give a presentation related to the risk of wildfire to homes in the greater Bigfork area. This comes as a result of working for the Bigfork Fire District on implementing a grant for private property owner wildfire risk reduction.

For more information, call Beverly at 420-2210.

Friendship Force

Friendship Force of the Flathead Valley will meet on March 21 at Vista Linda. Social hour will begin at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.

Lisa Poler will give a presentation on her recent trip to Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium. All interested in travel and meeting people from other countries are invited.

For reservations, call Lavonne Larson, 756-7082.

Swan River School eighth grade seeks funding for annual History Trip

Swan River School’s eighth-grade class is seeking donations for their annual History Trip on May 21-24. During this trip, SRS students will visit historical sites around the state including: Helena, Deer Lodge, Virginia City and Yellowstone.

Donations will be put into a raffle, silent auction or spaghetti dinner. All the money raised from the donations will help pay for the students’ entrance fees to state parks, tours, meals, and lodging.

The spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be April 19 from 5-7 p.m. in the SRS cafeteria.

For more information, call eighth-grade teacher Todd Emslie at 837-4528.

Bigfork Middle School D.C. Trip seeks funding

Bigfork Middle School students are seeking donations for their annual trip to Washington D.C. on April 21. It costs $1,857 per student to go, and BMS has 38 students signed up and not all of them can afford it.

While there, BMS students will debate with others, participate in workshops, and experience U.S. government in action.

Donations are tax deductable. For more information, contact Mia Charity at mcharity@closeup.org or Bigfork Middle School at 837-7412.