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Pancake breakfast

The Columbia Falls Lions Club will hold a pancake breakfast Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. at the The Coop. Cost is $6 for adults, $5 kids 12 and under, $20 for family (two adults, two children). The event is tied in with the annual clean the falls event. So clean up the town and then head over for breakfast. Special thanks to GPI, Thrivent Financial and the Coop for support.

Legion spaghetti dinner

The Columbia Falls American Legion is having a spaghetti feed fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. April 27 at the Columbia Falls Fire Hall. Cost is $8 per person, $20 per family. A state of Montana Veterans Service officer will be there to help with veteran issues, such as having VETERAN put on your driver’s license. Bring your military ID. Questions? Call Bill at 212-8687.

Canyon dinner

The monthly free Canyon dinner is 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Canyon Elementary and features Paula’s fantastic chicken pie with biscuits and jam on the side with a surprise green salad and topped off with strawberry shortcake. Come early and enjoy a cup of coffee and mingle with your neighbors.

Community meeting

Sheriff Brian Heino and Undersheriff Wayne BuBois will host a community meeting at Columbia Falls High School from 6-7 p.m. Friday, May 3. Topics of discussion will include school resource officers, the K9 program, future needs for service, community relations, crime statistics, citizen advisory board and more. Come be a part of the future direction of the Sheriff’s Office.

Arbor Day celebration

The Columbia Falls Tree Board and the city of Columbia Falls is having a Arbor Day celebration at noon on May 3 at Riverside Park near the new fish pond. There will be tree planting,demonstrations by USFS and state DNRC and seedlings provided to third graders from Glacier Gateway. Public is welcome!

Cinco de Mayo

St. Richard’s Catholic Church will host a Cinco de Mayo celebration Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m. The event will feature a free-will offering concert by Wai Mizutani and friends to benefit the Farming for the Future Academy. Refreshments will be served.

Fire meeting

The Glacier Hills/Martin City/Coram/West Glacier communities will have a “Wildfire and Evacuation Readiness” meeting Wednesday, May 8 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Lietz Hall, Martin City Presentations will be given by the American Red Cross and the Flathead County Office of Emergency Services. A time for questions from the audience will follow the presentations

Closing remarks by the Martin City Fire Chief, Tom Torpen.