POLSON — The show "Sketch the Sculpture" will open at Sandpiper Art Gallery on Friday, Jan. 15. There will be drinks and hors d'oeuvres from 5-7 p.m. The display runs until Feb. 19.

PABLO — New this spring The Peoples Center will offer a 12-week Youth Dance Performance Circle. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:30 p.m. The first class and sign up will be Tuesday, Feb. 16. Please call the office at 406-675-0160 with questions. This is a SAMHSA Grant project.

POLSON — Join us for All In Stitches’ 15th Annual Walk Around Polson Quilt Show. Quilts will hang in businesses on Main Street from Saturday, Feb. 13, through Saturday, Feb. 27. Plan some time to pick up a ballot and walk around Polson to vote on your favorite quilts by Feb. 23. Ribbons will be hung Feb. 24. Feel free to call All In Stitches at 406-883-3643, if you have any questions.

POLSON — Ash Wednesday and Lenten soup suppers and worship services will be held each Wednesday, Feb. 10-March 16, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Suppers are at 5:30 p.m., followed by the worship services at 6:30 p.m. Good Shepherd is located at 409 Fourth Ave. For more information, call 406-883-5864 or visit the website: www.gslcpolsonmt.com.

POLSON — Blue Smoke will headline Polson’s Seventh Annual Winter Fest, Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Elks Club Ball Room, beginning at 5 p.m. “Soup’s On,” a free food program relies on this yearly fundraiser to support these efforts. Admission is only $10, which includes a Montana Feast in the Spirit of the Valley. Desserts will feature our finest bakers who volunteer weekly at Soup’s On. Children under 10 are free. A silent auction and 50/50 drawing are also on tap. Donation items for the auction are greatly appreciated. If you have any questions you may contact the Wander Inn between 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Thursday at 406-883-5160 or 406-871-1109.

RONAN — The final day of Ronan/Pablo softball signups will be Feb. 22 at the Ronan Event Center from 5-7 p.m. There will be no late signups. If you have questions, please call Fontella Webster at 406-274-0543 

PABLO — The 2016 Career Fair at Salish Kootenai College will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Joe McDonald Health and Wellness Center (SKC gym). For free rides to the Career Fair, contact 406-275-2792 by Friday, Feb. 19.

POLSON — Partners in Suicide Prevention and Intervention will meet at the Tribal Health Building, third floor conference room on Feb. 24 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Presenters will be Erika Weber, director of Lake House Mental Health Crisis Center and Diane Conti, Director of Mental Health Services.

ST. IGNATIUS — Celebrate the opening of The Nest, 410 St. Mary’s Drive, on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Come see how the house looks and enjoy appetizers and hugs. The Nest is registered at Target.

POLSON — A free community dinner will be served on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. at the Fellowship Baptist Church, 2 Seventh Ave. E. The menu will include a potato bar, salads and desserts. All are welcome.

POLSON — The Miracle of America Museum’s free night at the museum has been moved to the fourth Thursday evening of each month. Programs start at 6:30 p.m. Treats and donations are accepted. 

ST. IGNATIUS — Come one, come all! Eat, drink, and play bingo for books … all free of charge. To encourage community in the school and to promote reading, Mission’s annual “Bingo for Books” will be held on Feb. 25 from 6-8 p.m. in the Elementary School Cafeteria. Play Bingo and win free books. There will be free hot dogs, chips, cookies, popcorn (donated by the Dupuis’ Showboat Theatre), and drinks (compliments of Jerry Kirschenheiter of Pepsi-Cola of Missoula). Come join in the free dinner and free fun. Be sure that an adult accompanies middle and elementary school students. Hope to see you there.

HOT SPRINGS — Good old-fashioned bluegrass music will be played at the Symes Hotel from 8-10 p.m

PABLO — Kathy Tapia and the Two Eagle River School home cultures class is offering a how-to seminar on Feb. 26-27 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. This event is open to the public. Instructors are Larry and Jolene Gauthier of Grey Wolf Embroidery. A grant has provided the materials for two tipis. The school will keep the finished products. Come join us in learning this art.

POLSON — John Fuller, Northwest Montana Field Director for Congressman Ryan Zinke, will speak at the Friday, Feb. 26, noon meeting of the Pachyderm Club at the Polson Rural Fire Department meeting room. Fuller will discuss Congressman Zinke’s position on matters of interest to the community. All are cordially invited to attend this meeting and to bring their questions for Fuller. This is your opportunity to give feedback to Congressman Zinke on how you feel about various problems facing Montana and the nation.

BIG ARM — The Big Arm Association will sponsor a second “Game Day” at our historic Big Arm School on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 2-4 p.m. Bring your favorite card game, board game, cribbage board, dominoes, etc. to play with neighbors and friends. You are welcomed to bring along a snack or dessert to share. Come and join the fun. For more information call Nancy Foster at 406-849-5064.

HOT SPRINGS — Bluegrass music played by the Montucky Hillbillies will take place at the Symes Hotel from 8-10 p.m.

POLSON — The free seminar, “Drug Endangered Children, Phase I, II and III,” will be held at the Polson Tribal Health Building third floor conference room on March 1 and 2 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information contact Melanie Smith at 406-675-2700 ext 6128 or melanie.smith@cskt.org.

POLSON — February is Heart Health Month and Providence St. Joseph Medical Center is celebrating with free CPR classes. The classes are every Saturday in February from 9-11 a.m. and again from 1-3 p.m. in the Grandview lobby, west of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, #6 Thirteenth Ave. E. Call Cindy Hagen at 406-883-7488 to sign up.

POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center is offering a free Bereavement Support Group, an eight-week series for adults grieving the death of a loved one. The group includes education about grief and loss and provides participants an opportunity to share their experiences. It is recommended that participants wait at least two months after a death before attending a group. This group is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.

The group will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. each Thursday, Feb. 11- March 31, in the O’Malley conference room on the second floor of

St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson. Registration is required by Feb. 5. To register or to get more information, call Mary Martin, LCSW, at 406-883-8914.

POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center is celebrating Heart Health Month during February with heart screenings for $49. Please do not eat or drink anything for 10 hours before the test. No appointments necessary. Please check in at the front desk. The center is also offering baseline EKGs for only $30. Please call 406-883-8453 to schedule your EKG appointment. These tests are offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7-10 a.m. through February at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, 6 Thirteenth Ave. E.

POLSON — The art exhibit, Totally Fowl, features the works of Lynn Johnson – felting; Donna Miller – jewelry; Julie Christopher – sculpter/painter; Susie McNatt – photographer; and invited artist Alex Wright – multimedia; plus a special display from Viola Deputy, a memorial exhibit. The show runs through April 1. 

RONAN — Mission Valley Back Country Horsemen will hold their next monthly meeting on March 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW on Round Butte Rd, in Ronan.

Our program will be a 45-minute version of: The NRA’s “Refuse to be a Victim” class taught by certified instructor Tracy Plaiss. There will be time after for questions. She will talk about how to stay aware out in the backcountry or at a trailhead. She will also address suspicious phone calls and credit card use. She is an engaging speaker with tons of details that we may not have thought of before. As always, the public is invited to attend.

RONAN — Mission Mountain Quilt Guild will have their regular guild meeting March 1 at the Terrace Lake Community Church at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. Bring your show and tell to share. There will be three classes in March: March 3, 5, 30 and 31. The April meeting will be our annual potato social.

RONAN — Ronan School District adult education winter session is on. The walking track and weight room at the Ronan Middle School Event Center will be open Monday-Thursday at 6 a.m.- 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. The K. William Harvey Gym will be open for the community to play basketball on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m., beginning Jan. 26 and ending March 15. The Event Center will be open for the community to play volleyball on Wednesday nights from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., beginning Jan. 27 and ending March 16. All facilities will be closed when in use for other events. A full schedule is available online at tinyurl.com/RonanAdultEd. Contact Nicki Jimenez, Adult Ed Coordinator at 406-676-3390 x 7728 or nicki.jimenez@ronank12.edu with questions.

POLSON — The Wednesday dance will be at the Elks on March 2. We still need more dancers so please come out from 7-10 p.m. and enjoy Ken’s Country Combo.

POLSON — The Polson Kiwanis Club meet the first and third Thursday each month at KwaTaqNuk Resort, Koostatah room from noon-1 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Our speaker on March 3 will be Brian Lipscomb, the CEO of Energy Keepers, who was the lead person in the acquisition of the Kerr Dam. He will speak about the dam transition and where we are today.

RONAN — A “Stitch and Fold Wreath/Tabletopper” class will be held on March 3 from 6-10 p.m. at the Terrace Lake Community Church. This class is offered by the Mission Mountain Quilt Guild. For more information contact Kay Krantz at 406-544-2084 or kayz@stignatius.net.

CHARLO — The Ronan Chamber of Commerce member general meeting will take place Thursday, March 3, from noon–1 p.m. at Allentown Bar and Restaurant.