Events with the tag: Polson

POLSON — The Polson Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us at noon for our August general meeting and luncheon on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at the KwaTaqNuk Resort. The cost is $10.50. Our featured speaker will be Matt Seeley, race director of the Polson Triathlon.

POLSON — Cruisen by the Bay events begin Friday, Aug. 9 and continue through Saturday, Aug. 11. Friday registration takes place at the Walmart parking lot. The actual car show continues on Main Street Saturday. Events include a “Poker Run” and “cruise” on Main Street Friday afternoon and evening. The car show continues Saturday from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. when awards are given out. That evening a free concert is at Riverside Park. 

POLSON — A free dinner at Polson Presbyterian Church, across from Linderman School, will take place on Aug. 9 from 5-7 p.m. This “Friendship Table Dinner” is free and open to all.

POLSON — A 60-year class reunion for 1953 Polson High School classmates is being planned for Saturday, August 10. Social time will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $20 for singles and $40 for couples. The Elks will provide a no-host bar. We invite any Polson High graduate, or friends from the early-to-mid 1950s, to join the class for social time and dinner. Contact Darryl Dupuis for more information at (406)-249-7045. 

POLSON — The 42nd annual Outdoor Art Festival is Saturday, August 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Lake County Courthouse Lawn. View fine art originals in all media; jewelry; handmade furniture; birdhouses; hand-sewn items; stained glass; rose maling; pottery; candles; sculptures and many other interesting and unique items. Various musical entertainment and food concessions are included. Call the gallery at (406) 883-5956 or visit their website at Sandpiperartgallery.com, for more information or for a participant application.

POLSON — There will be a Polson School board meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 12, at the district office, 111 Fourth Ave., E.

POLSON — The next gathering of the “Thyme for Herbs Group” will be Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. at the North Lake County Public Library meeting room, 2 First Ave., E. (use the east side door). 

Our topic for the evening will be “Herbal 911.” Learn which herbs you need to have in your home and how to use them when you have a health issue. 

We will also discuss harvesting herbs, saving seeds, and storage of herbs. Bring your questions for discussion.

Anyone interested in learning to use herbs for better health is invited to join us. If you have questions, please call Linda Peterson (406) 319-2446.

POLSON — The Polson Rural Fire District trustees’ monthly meeting is Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Polson Fairgrounds Station. All residents of the Polson Rural Fire District and are encouraged to attend. Any member of the public wishing to submit items for Board review/consideration needs to submit them to the board clerk at least ten days in advance of the meeting. For a full text of approved minutes and the agenda, please go to www.polsonfire.org.

POLSON — Support Polson Late Afternoon Social Hour is held on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 5-7 p.m. Your host is Glacier Bank, 49430 Highway 93.

POLSON — A tour of the Bibler home and gardens near Kalispell is Thursday, Aug. 15. We travel up Flathead Lake’s west shore to the Bibler home and their five acres of manicured gardens. En route home via the east shore, we’ll lunch at an historic restaurant. Departure times from Community Bank branch parking lots are: Ronan-8 a.m. and Polson-8:30 a.m. We return at 3:30 p.m. The cost for Community Bank Customers is $75 and for guests $90.

POLSON — The third annual Flathead Lake Blues Festival is Friday and Saturday, August 16-17 on the lakeshore of the new Polson fishing dock. For more information, contact David Venters at (406) 885-2377. 

POLSON —Wings For Wishes Over Montana, a radio-controlled airplane fun fly event, benefits The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Montana on Aug. 17-18. There is a $25 landing fee/weekend pass for pilots. Spectators are free. Donations for the silent auction and raffles are needed and appreciated. All funds raised go to Make-A-Wish Montana. Visit www.wingsforwishes.weebly.com for more details, or call Eric Kendall at (406) 499-0116.

POLSON —The Polson Triathlon held on Saturday, Aug. 17, begins at 8:40 a.m. at Riverside Park. Standard entry fee until Aug. 1 is $75 online only and team fees are $150. Late entry fees (Aug. 2-13) are $95 online and teams are $195. No race registration after Tuesday, Aug. 13. Race capacity is 200 competitors (teams count as one). This year’s prize purse increased to $5000 (5 deep), there’s a bigger field, a new race shirt, water bottles, more awards, a kids’ race, faster lunches, safer courses, better aid stations, a clear refund policy and more. For more information, call (406) 883-9264 or go to: polsontriathlon.com.

POLSON — A safety class takes place at the Polson Area Senior Center on Aug. 20 from 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. and 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Call 883-4735, for a reservation.