Community news

by Hungry Horse News
| June 4, 2014 8:19 AM

Seniors sale

Donations are needed for the North Valley Senior Center’s garage sale in June. The garage sale will take place at the center, 205 Nucleus Avenue, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, June 27, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 28. For more information, contact Roxy at 892-4087.

FVCC meet

Flathead Valley Community College president Jane Karas will meet the public for a lunch time public forum at the Nite Owl in Columbia Falls on Friday, June 13, from noon to 1 p.m. Those planning on attending are asked to contact Monica Settles at 406-756-3801.

Oil trains

BNSF Railway and the Whitefish fire and police departments will host a public information gathering to address the safe transportation of oil from the Bakken that passes through the Flathead at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish on Tuesday, June 10, at 7 p.m. There will be a presentation addressing the precautions taken for safe transportation of oil and the types of response that will occur in the unlikely event of a rail mishap.

Bible school

The North Valley Baptist Church, 1750 Talbott Road in Columbia Falls, will offer a Treasure Island vacation Bible school for children 4 years old to sixth grade on Monday, June 16, through Thursday, June 19, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 406-892-3141.

Board opening

The Flathead County Commissioners are seeking citizens to serve on the Flathead County Library Board of Trustees for one five-year term from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2018. For more information, visit online at http://imagineiflibraries.org/about-us/board-of-trustees. Deadline for letters of interest and application is June 16. Mail to Flathead County Commissioners Office, 800 South Main, Room 302, Kalispell MT 59901-5420.