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Thursday

| January 14, 2010 10:00 PM

Whitefish Chamber of Commerce’s Gone Fishin’ social will take place at FishchWorks Building Services, 201 Second Street, on Thursday, Jan. 21, from 5-7 p.m. The Tulikivi soapstone masonry wood heater and bake oven will be fired up with Truby’s Wood-Fired Pizza. Fondue For You Catering and Piggy Back BBQ will be on-hand with methods and materials.

Friday

Whitefish Theatre Company will present “Unmasked and Uncorked,” an evening of backstage tours at the O’Shaughnessy, wine and cheeses, door prizes and dinner discounts at the Buffalo Cafe and Pescado Blanco, on Friday, Jan. 22, from 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $25. Space is limited, so call 862-5371 to reserve a ticket.

Saturday

WealthMasters, a two-day finance course based on biblical principles, will be offered by Joe and Linda Coco at New Covenant Fellowship, 436 Birch Grove Road, in Kalispell, on Friday, Jan. 22, from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 23, from 9-5 p.m. The course will cover goal setting, budgeting, getting out of debt, super saving and smart shopping. Cost is $15 to cover materials. Contact Joe or Linda Coco at 862-2288 to register.

Glacier Institute will present a wildlife course called “Stories in the Snow” on Saturday, Jan. 23. The course will focus on forest carnivores that remain active in winter, such as lynx, fisher, pine marten, mountain lion and wolverine. Students will learn to interpret the tracks, signs and stories these species and their prey leave behind. They will snowshoe 3-4 miles roundtrip into Glacier National Park’s wildlife-rich Middle Fork of the Flathead River area. The course will be led by Brian Baxter, a wildlife researcher and project coordinator for Silver Cloud Associates, a natural resource information company based in Libby. The $75 fee includes the use of snowshoes. For more information, call 755-1211 or visit online at www.glacierinstitute.org.

Sunday

Volunteers are needed to take down the Whitefish city Christmas decorations. The crew will meet at the corner of Central Avenue and Second Street on Sunday, Jan. 24, at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers are asked to dress warm, wear gloves and bring small wire cutters or pliers. For more information, call 862-4888.

The Glacier Nordic Club will hold the Glacier Glide Nordic Ski Race on Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Whitefish Lake Golf Course cross-country skiing track with 1, 5, 10 and 20 kilometer races for individuals of all ages. The club will also hold weekly relay races at the same location through Feb. 23 on Tuesdays starting at 6 p.m. Relay teams will be selected each evening. Registration will take place at the Outback Ski Shack, and proceeds will go to the Glacier Nordic Club Ski Team. For more information, visit online at www.glaciernordicclub.com or call 862-5321.

Montana Old Time Fiddlers will host a fiddle jam at the Kalispell Eagles Club on Sunday, Jan. 24, from 2-5:30 p.m. Cover charge is $3 nonmembers, $2 nonplaying members and free for playing members. All fiddlers, pickers and other musicians are welcome. For more information, call 883-3382, 849-5099 or 892-5507.

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Wednesday

The U.S. National Telemark Team will hold a fundraiser at the Great Northern Bar and Grill on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 7-10 p.m. with music by Moonshine Mountain, a silent auction and a raffle. The silent auction will include raft trips, skis, a round of golf at Iron Horse and more. The grand raffle prize will be a day of catskiing for two with Valhalla Adventures. Donations are always welcome. This year’s U.S. National Championships race will be held at Whitefish Mountain Resort on March 18-21. Local national team members include Kelsey Schmid-Sommer, Peter McMahon, David Hobbs and Eric Lamb, along with regional team member Cole Schneider. For more information, contact Linda Hobbs at 862-3303 or visit online at www.ustsa.org.

The Whitefish Library Book Discussion Group will meet in the library’s community room at 7 p.m. to discuss “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, on Wednesday, Jan. 27; “Teacher Man,” by Frank McCourt, on Wednesday, Feb. 24; and “People of the Book,” by Geraldine Brooks, on Wednesday, March 31. Books may be avilable for checkout. For more information, call 862-6657.