COMMUNITY CALENDAR
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
WHAT: Free Italian dinner
WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Fellowship Baptist Church, 2 Seventh Ave. E.
DETAILS: The menu is Italian and all are welcome.
WHAT: Iron Dog Wrestling Camp
WHEN: Registration 4 p.m. Thursday followed by the first session 5:30m to 8 p.m.
WHERE: St. Ignatius High School
DETAILS: Open to grades K-12 from Thursday CONTACT: Coach Cronk at 210-0874
WHAT: Transportation committee meeting
WHEN: 10 a.m.
WHERE: Lake County Courthouse
DETAILS: Adjustments needed in bus routes will be discussed. Guests are welcome.
CONTACT: Michelle Wood at 883-7262.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
WHAT: Little Big Band Dance
WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m.
WHERE: Ronan VFW Hall on Round Butte Road.
DETAILS: Refreshments are provided and bring a favorite snack.
CONTACT: Jim Pettit at 676-8224.
WHAT: Polson Fairgrounds Rodeo
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
WHERE: Polson Fairgrounds
DETAILS: Mission Mountain NRA Rodeo will begin with youth mutton bustin’ and youth miniature bull riding beginning at 6:30 p.m. The NRA Rodeo begins at 7:30 p.m. Live music by Montana Darkhorse Band will be played on Friday night after the rodeo.
CONTACT: 883-1100.
WHAT: Port Polson Players presents Neil Simon’s ‘Fools’
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Polson Theatre On the Lake
CONTACT: (406) 883-9212.
SATURDAY, JUNE 28
WHAT: Life Savers Animal Rescue
WHEN: Business Hours
WHERE: Downtown Polson Merchants
DETAILS: The Polson Business Community is partnering with Life Savers Animal Rescue in a fundraiser for the animals. Participating businesses are donating a percentage of that day’s sales or making cash donations. Participating businesses will have posters in their windows. The folks from Life Savers Animal Rescue will be downtown letting people know about their mission for helping animals.
WHAT: People’s Market
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: People’s Center’s in Pablo
DETAILS: This event is open to all vendors: crafts, food, art, and music etc.
CONTACT: Marie or Loushie at 675-0160.
WHAT: Shooting Clinic
DETAILS: The Polson Chamber of Commerce’s annual Chamber Blast at Big Sky Sporting Clays. A beginner’s shooting clinic, shooter’s safety briefing and Sporting Clays Tournament. A barbecue lunch and awards ceremony will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Bring your shotgun, eye protection, and ear protection. No experience is necessary.
WHAT: Second People’s Center Art Market’
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Pablo People’s Center
DETAILS: Cultural Arts and Crafts Family Day is open to everyone who wants to work on dance regalia, bead, drum, sing or to practice dance.
CONTACT: 675-0160.
WHAT: St. Ignatius fire department picnic
WHEN: Lunch 2 to 4 p.m.; Auction 4 p.m.; Raffle Drawings 6 p.m.
WHERE: St. Ignatius Firehouse
DETAILS: Bake and rummage sale. Safety demonstrations. Lots of food.
CONTACT: Joe Mitchell 531-4082
WHAT: Finley Point Open Firehouse
WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Finley Point
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2
WHAT: Polson Chamber luncheon
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE: KwaTaqNuk Resort
THURSDAY, JULY 3
WHAT: Arlee hoops tournament
WHEN: All Day
WHERE: Thomas Lyles Memorial Courts at the Arlee Powwow grounds.
DETAILS: 2014 Arlee Celebration 3-on-3 games registration deadline is June 25.
CONTACT: www.missionvalley3on3.com.
WHAT: Egg Drop Contest
WHEN: 10 a.m.
WHERE: Polson Library
DETAILS: Summer Reading Program weekly activities are on Thursday at 10 a.m. for school age children accompanied by an adult. On July 3 there will be an egg drop contest.
FRIDAY, JULY 4
WHAT: Arlee PowWow Celebration
WHEN: All Day
WHERE: Arlee
DETAILS: Open to the public and free. Arts, Crafts, Stick Games, Dance Competitions; Native American and other ethnic foods. Sponsored by the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Nation and Yamncut (Drum Groups).
WHAT: Fourth of July Concert
WHEN: TBA
WHERE: Polson
DETALS: The Mission Mountain Wood Band will be performing.
WHAT: Arlee firemen Breakfast
WHEN: 7 to 11 a.m.
WHERE: Old Arlee Fire Hall
DETAILS: The cost is $5 for adults and $4 for children and is “all you can eat.”
CONTACT: 210-4144.
WHAT: Library closes for holiday
DETAILS: North Lake County Public Library will be closed on Friday and Saturday, July 4 and 5.
WHAT: Polson Fourth of July Parade
WHEN: Noon
WHERE: Downtown Polson
CONTACT: Polson Chamber at 883-5969.
WHAT: Arlee Rodeo
WHEN: TBA
WHERE: Arlee rodeo grounds.
DETAILS: This popular rodeo features a mix of local and regional cowboys and cowgirls competing in traditional rodeo events.
CONTACT: 726-3762
WHAT: Firecracker Fun Run
WHEN: 11:45 a.m.
WHERE: St. Joseph Medical Center
DETAILS: The sixth annual. Participants walk or run down Main Street in red, white and blue just prior to the 4th of July parade at noon. Cost is a non-perishable food item to be donated to Polson Loaves and Fish.
CONTACT: www.polsonrunning.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 5
WHAT: Ninepipes Museum Art Display
WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. the first Saturday every month through September
WHERE: Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana gift shop in Charlo
DETAILS: Polson’s Guy Rowbury.
CONTACT: 644-3435.
WHAT: Museum opens for summer
WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. every other Saturday
WHERE: Arlee Jocko Valley Museum.
DETAILS: Run by the Arlee Historical Society, the museum is open every other Saturday until Labor Day. The museum has many historical displays including a copy of the 1855 Hellgate Treaty, Dawes Act (1887), The Flathead Allotment Act (1904), and many photographs of Native and homesteading families. The Arlee Museum is located at the corner of Bouch and Fyant (by the grade school).
CONTACT: 726-3167.
WHAT: Vacation Bible School
WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon, July 7 to 9
WHERE: Fellowship Baptist Church
DETAILS: Children and youth from 1st to 12th grade.
Crafts and Games, Small snacks being served.
CONTACT: Jan Crowl at 883-0124 or 883-0800 or www.fbcpolson.org
TUESDAY, JULY 8
WHAT: Mission Mountain Quilt Guild Meeting
WHEN: 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Terrace Lake Community Church in Ronan
DETAILS: The show and tell will be your finished challenge UFO’s and any vintage quilts you might have. Bring four fat-quarters for the raffle basket, and items for the Country Store to be held at our Quilt Show. Raffle tickets will be available to buy or resell. Light refreshments.
on a volunteer basis. The Quilt Show will be our main order of business, please sign up to help set up, work the show, and take down afterwards.