Community news
Candidates speak
Two Republican candidates for Montana Attorney General, Tim Fox of Helena and Jim Shockley of Victor, will speak at the Glacier Pachyderm Club’s luncheon at the Hilton Garden Hotel in Kalispell on Friday, May 18, from noon to 1 p.m. They will also take questions from the floor as time permits. Lunch is available for purchase. The public is welcome to attend. For more information, call Pachyderm president Mark Johnson at 253-4767.
Motorcycle show
The second annual S.M.E.G. Motorcycle Show will be held at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Expo Building on Saturday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. with fabulous custom motorcycles. Admission to the family-friendly event is $10 adults and free for children under-12. For more information, visit online at www.smeg406.com or www.facebook.com/seriousmotorcycleenthusiastgroup or call 406-857-3119 or e-mail smeg406@yahoo.com.
Memorial Day services
Memorial Day ceremonies for Monday, May 28, are announced by United Veterans of the Flathead County. The public is invited to attend these observances at any location.
Ceremony schedule follows:
10:30 a.m. Glacier Memorial Gardens Cemetery
11-Noon: Veterans Memorial Depot Park, Kalispell
Noon: VFW Post 2252, Kalispell, luncheon
1 p.m. Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, retire flag and raise new flag
1:45 p.m. Fairview Cemetery
2:30 p.m. Veterans Memorial, Marantette Park, Columbia Falls
3 p.m. Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls
3:30 p.m. Veterans’ Home Cemetery.
Fairview eventTraditional Memorial Day service will be held in the chapel at Fairview Cemetery, Monday, May 28. The public is invited to attend the observance at 2 p.m. Kelly Hartman will be speaker and soloist. Flags will be placed on graves of veterans with service dates back to the Civil War. Merkel goodbye
The Columbia Falls United Methodist Church will have an open house for outgoing pastor David Merkel on May 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the church. Merkel is leaving the congregation to serve a church in Billings.
Prospectors
The Northwest Montana Gold Prospectors will have their spring kick-off at 11 a.m. May 19. For more information call 253-6200.
Soccer signups
Sign up for Columbia Falls youth soccer from 10 a.m. to noon May 19 at Glacier Disovery Square. Please use the back entrance.
Learn native plant landscaping
The Flathead Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society will present a talk by Laura Law on tips, tricks and inexpensive ways to add native plants to landscaping at Glacier Discovery Square on Wednesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Law will also show her home garden.