Community Notes
PACHYDERM CLUB MEETING
The Lake County Pachyderm Club will meet Friday, Jan. 13 at noon in the Rural Polson Fire Department building on Regatta Road in Polson.
District Judge Kim Christopher will be the featured speaker. She will be explaining the need for a separate criminal justice building that would house a jail and courtrooms totally separate from the current courthouse. In addition to showing its age, the format of the current court house requires highly emotional trials to take place in the same facility in which the public comes to get information and transact civil law needs such as vehicle registration and paying taxes.
FREE DINNER AT POLSON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The January Friendship Table Dinner is coming up on Jan. 13 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. Polson Presbyterian Church is located across from the Linderman School. Come join us! This dinner is free and open to all.
FT. CONNAH RESTORATION SOCIETY MEETING
Please mark your calendars as the Fort Connah Restoration Society Annual Membership Meeting will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Ninepipes Allentown Restaurant in Charlo on U.S. Highway 93 at 7 p.m. There will be a no-host bar starting at 5:30 p.m. with the option of ordering a meal prior to the meeting. Everyone is invited to attend.
For more info. contact secretary, Carolyn Corey, 4winds@blackfoot.net or 745-4336
JANUARY SPLASH TO BE HELD AT MONTANA CO-OP
The first Polson Chamber of Commerce SPLASH of 2017 will be held on Thursday, Jan. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Montana Co-Op, 401 Main Street, Polson.
The monthly Support Polson Late Afternoon Social Hour offers participants the chance to network and learn more about the featured business every month. For additional information about this and other Chamber programs, visit www.polsonchamber.com or call 883-5969.
RONAN CLASS OF ’77 TO MEET
The 1977 Class of Ronan will have a reunion meeting Saturday Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. at the Ronan Cafe. Please let any classmates know. For more info, contact Kelly Bailey at 883-2910.
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID CLASS
Polson Foursquare Church will host a youth mental health first aid class Saturday, Jan. 21 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
The free eight-hour training teaches a five-step action plan to offer initial help to young people showing signs of mental illness in a crisis, and connect them with appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.
The class is designed for adults who work with young people ages 12-18 and is intended for teachers, coaches, leaders of faith communities, social workers, etc.
To register call 406-300-7011 or 406-261-8723. or visit www.youthdynamics.org/events/polson-mt-youth-mental-first-aid/
Training offered by Youth Dynamics through a partnership with MT office of Public Instruction
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteer help for the Flathead Lake Int’l Cinemafest, FLIC, is needed to work two-hour shifts during the weekend of January 21-22, 2017. To sign up, please call 883-0744.
FREE COMPUTER CLASS AT THE POLSON LIBRARY
North Lake County Public Library in Polson will offer a free computer class on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. and again at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room. Library Specialist Heather Miles will teach the session, entitled “E-mail and E-mail Systems.” The class is intended for those who are new to email or anyone who would like to learn more. Registration is required. Please call the circulation desk at 406-883-8225 to sign up. Everyone is welcome, and refreshments will be served. The library is located at No. 2 First Avenue East.
FREE NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
The Miracle of America Museum in Polson will host its monthly “Free Night at the Museum” Thursday, Jan. 26 beginning at 6:30 p.m. This month features the National Archives traveling exhibit of “The Bill of Rights and You.” The exhibit celebrates the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights.
WINTER BOOK CHAT
A Winter Book Chat sponsored by Ninepipes Museum of Early MT will begin Thursday, Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ronan Public Library, located at 203 Main Street. Dave Kaufmann, former Charlo History teacher will be hosting the chat about the book Tough Trip Through Paradise by Andrew Garcia.
Dave loved sharing this book with his students and with others. Andrew Garcia, the author of the book was a packer and mountain man. Garcia tells the story of the end of the era of vast open ranges before barbed wire fences from his own unique viewpoint. Garcia resisted all efforts to put his work into publishable form during his lifetime, feeling the accuracy and facts would be compromised by western fiction market of the time.
The book itself is divided into four parts. Part One will be discussed the first night. Discussion about the last three parts of the book will follow on consecutive Thursdays: Feb 2, 9, and 16. Join us for conversation and a great read.
Call Donna at 676-2837 if you need to purchase a book.