Events with the tag: Polson

POLSON - Western Montana Stockmen’s Association will hold their annual winter meeting on Saturday, Jan. 19. at the KwaTaqNuq Resort and Casino.

The business meeting will begin at 2 p.m. followed by happy hour at 5 p.m. Dinner is served at 6 p.m. and then there will be music for dancing. 

Although the event is almost sold out, a few tickets are available at the door. 

LONE PINE — Flathead Irrigation Project irrigators and other interested parties are invited to a meeting called by the Western Montana Water Users Association on Monday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Lone Pine Hall. The meeting presentation will provide information on the proposals put forth by the Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission relative to the quantification of the reserved water rights for the Confedrated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the WMWUA efforts to protect the water rights of irrigators and others that will adversely be affected by the existing proposal. The water compact will affect not only project irrigators but, as presently written, will impact almost all water users in Western Montana.

POLSON — The regular meeting of the Polson Board of Education will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at the district office, 111 Fourth Ave. E.

BIG ARM — The Big Arm Association will host the Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “The Fur Trade in Montana” with Dr. E. B. Eiselein on Friday, Jan. 25. The program will be at Big Arm Historic School, starting with a potluck at 6 p.m. and the presentation at 7 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. Partial funding for the speakers bureau program is provided by a legislative grant from Montana’s Cultural Trust and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

Eiselein teaches Native American Studies at Flathead Valley Community College. Writing under his Indian name “Speaks Lightning,” he has produced about 20 books dealing with various aspects of Indian culture, history and spirituality. His books about Montana’s Indian nations include “Montana’s Indian Cultures” and “Indian Montana: A Winter Count.” He currently serves as the senior historian for Native American Netroots. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona. He is of Canadian Anishinabe descent. 

For more information, please call Alison at (406) 849-6628.

POLSON — Tickets are still available for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Big Game Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Best Western KwaTaqNuk Resort in Polson. Join us for raffles, games, and the silent auction beginning at 5 p.m., with dinner starting at 7 p.m. and the live auction following shortly thereafter. 

Join the Mission Valley Chapter, where fun and fundraising combine for a memorable event all in a spirit of camaraderie shared by folks who love the outdoors. For more information and tickets, please contact Kelly Kost at (406) 240-1325 or Clint Sohr at (406) 531-8493, or call the Les Schwab store in Ronan.

POLSON — Flathead Lake International Cinemafest and its many events are Feb. 1-3 in Polson.

Filmmakers from around the world will showcase their films, while the general public will have the opportunity to view them. Students 18 years and younger are invited to show short to feature-length films in FLIC Jr.

Films will be shown and tickets may be purchased at the Showboat Cinemas in Polson. Other event tickets are available online.

Guest filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, an international award winning animation and documentary filmmaker from Vancouver, B.C., will be present to share and discuss his work.  

Thirty-year film and television producer David W. King, who moved to Polson in 2012 and formed his production company, David W. King Pictures, will also give a special presentation and talk with the audience.  

Volunteers are needed to work on the festival. To volunteer for FLIC, call (406) 883-4160 or (406) 883-5908, or for more information visit flicpolson.com or email flic@montanasky.net.