Happenings for the week of Jan. 21
AG Expo FEb. 7
The 25th annual Lake County Expo and Agriculture trade show is Feb. 7 in Ronan.
The Expo is at the Ronan Community Center next to Ronan High School.
The show, sponsored by the Lake County Leader, features vendors of farming, ranching and related products. There will be several giveaways at the Expo, which is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served by the Lake County 4-H Shooting Club.
For vendor information call 883-4343.
Water compact presentation
The Republican Women and Lake County Democrats present an informational program called “The CSKT Water Compact and You” at the Confederated Salish and Kootenai College Theatre on Jan. 29.
Rhonda Swaney, acting managing attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, will be the presenter, along with Melissa Hornbein, staff attorney for the Montana Reserved Water Rights Commission. The program will include a brief history of Montana Water Rights, key points of the newly negotiated water compact agreement, and consequences of a negotiated settlement versus litigation.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 p.m.
Bridal fair feb. 7
The Mission Mountain Bridal Fair is Feb. 7 at the Kwa Taq Nuk in Polson.
Local vendors will be showcasing their wedding services, and there will be a fashion show, cake and champagne tasting and door prizes. The fair is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Geography bee
Jan. 31 in polson
Mission Valley Home Educators will have a geography bee on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. at the North Lake County Public Library in Polson.
This event is for grades 4 through 8.
For more information call Ann Murphy at 849-5413.
Computer training
North Lake County Public Library will offer a computer training session on Jan. 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the meeting room.
The public is invited to join the library’s technology trainer for this drop-in event. Refreshments will be served. Anyone who is unable to attend, but would like technology instruction, can call 883-8225. The library is at #2 First Ave. E. in Polson.
Barron featured
Bill Barron will be the featured speaker at the Jan. 23 meeting of the Lake County Pachyderm Club.
Barron will be giving a general “State of the County” report discussing such issues as the planned courthouse expansion and sources of tax revenue when Kerr Dam ownership transfers to the Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
Pachyderms meet at the Polson Rural Fire Department Building on Regatta Road in Polson. The meeting starts at noon and adjourns at 1 p.m. Brown bag lunches are encouraged during the social time, which begins at 11:30 a.m.
Bood drive
The American Red Cross will be at St. Luke Community Hospital on Jan. 22 for a semi-annual blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4:45.
Call 528-5269 to schedule your appointment.
Big Arm dinner
The Big Arm Association is holding their January pot luck at the historic Big Arm School on Jan. 23. Dinner begins at 6 p.m.
Bring a favorite board game, card game, Scrabble, cribbage boards, to play with others. For more information call 849-5064.
Polson film fest
The public is invited to join emerging and veteran filmmakers at Polson’s third-annual Flathead Lake International Cinemafest Jan. 23-25.
An opening night party starts the festival on Jan. 23 at 5 p.m. at the KwaTaqNuk Resort in Polson. Friday’s films begin at 7 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. at the Showboat Cinema in Polson.
The 2015 festival schedule of films and events can be viewed and tickets purchased online at www.flicpolson.com.
Tickets can also be purchased at Showboat Cinema, 416 Main St., Polson, 406-883-5606.
Literacy Center of Northwest Montana has two upcoming seminars.
The first is Feb. 4 from 6-8pm at Gateway Community Center, Suite 30.
Grammar Refresher It’s hard to remember back to middle school, but that’s probably when we learned about sentence fragments and run-ons, subject-verb agreement, and the proper use of commas, colons, and semi-colons. Often when we write, we know what sounds and looks right, without understanding why. This workshop will help you remember the “why” of grammar. Leave with practical and easy to remember rules for checking and correcting sentences, verb agreement, commas, colons, and semi-colons. Kathy Dunnehoff, national bestselling and Zola award winning author has taught writing at FVCC for over 20 years. Call 257-7323 to RSVP.
Literacy Center of NW Montana (formerly Literacy Volunteers of Flathead County) will offer a general volunteer training on February 21 at the Gateway Community Center from 9-1pm. Training is open to the general public and will discuss the organization’s mission and provide a general overview of adult education, a profile of prospective learners and conclude with instruction regarding learning activities/strategies that can be used during initial tutoring sessions. Please call 406-257-7323 to RSVP and/or if you have any questions.