RONAN — Ronan Library will host a bookmark contest for children and teenagers from Dec. 14-Jan. 15. Prizes will be awarded the winners based on originality, creativity and neatness. Pick up entry forms at the library. Please call 406-676-3682 for more information.

RONAN — Ronan is hosting “throwback old school night” in the Ronan High School gym on Monday, Jan. 4. 

The Ronan vs. Loyola games include: freshmen at 4 p.m., junior varsity at 5:30 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m. Tickets are less expensive if you wear your old high school uniforms or letter jackets. Come cheer on the Chiefs on this special occasion, the second year for this Ronan High School athletics event.

RONAN — On Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Mission Mountain Quilt Guild will hold its regular meeting at the Terrace Lake Community Church at 6:30 p.m. Please bring your “Drunkard’s Path Challenge” blocks and any show and tell you might have. 

Our Quilter’s Challenge this year is to find a child to mentor on how to quilt and to do a quilt for the quilt show in August. Sometime in January we will have a “ribbon work” meeting to get started on the Quilt Show Ribbons for 2016. 

Refreshments for January are Kay Wall, Jessie Merwin, Debbie Thingelstad and Dana Merwin.

POLSON — The Polson Kiwanis Club meets the first and third Thursday each month at KwaTaqNuk Resort, Koostatah Room from noon to 1 p.m. Our guest speaker on Jan. 7 will be Morgan Hahn from Navigator Travel who will host a nine-day trip to Ireland in June 2016. If the snow has you blue, come and hear Morgan talk about this educational trip to Ireland; land of lakes, hills of green, the ruins of towers, keeps, castles and abbeys, Cliffs of Moher and much, much more. 

POLSON — Bill Barron, who is starting his seventh year serving as Lake County Commissioner, will be the featured speaker at the Friday, Jan. 8, meeting of the Lake County Pachyderm Club.

He will give a recap of the challenges and solutions Lake County government has dealt with during the past year. He also will outline some of the issues he foresees in the months ahead. For example: How to provide county services now that tax revenue has been significantly reduced.

Anyone interested in learning about our government and important issues are always welcome at Pachyderm meetings held the second and fourth Fridays of the month in the meeting room of the Polson Rural Fire Department on Regatta Road near the Polson fairgrounds. Social time is from 11:30 a.m.-noon and our meetings are from noon-1 p.m.

POLSON — The January Friendship Table Dinner is coming up on Jan. 11 from 5-6:30 p.m. Polson Presbyterian Church is located across from the Linderman School. Come join us. This dinner is free and open to all.

ST. IGNATIUS – Who doesn’t like rubber duckies? The January Parents as Teachers Community Connection at The Nest will be all about rubber duckies. Open to the public, this fun event will include a light lunch, rubber duckie races and storytime. Kids will be able to take a book home with them too. Come join us from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Nest, 410 St. Mary’s Drive. Call 406-546-0199, if you have any questions. Pregnant moms and families with children under the age of 5 are welcome to attend this free program. This is a good chance to meet other families with young children, and to learn more about the Parents as Teachers Home Visiting program.

POLSON — The next Polson School Board meeting will take place on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. in the Polson District office, 111 Fourth Ave. E. 

POLSON — Attorney Doug Wold, a recognized authority on Sharia Law, will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, at the Polson Red Lion. His title is one that all citizens must take seriously, “Will You Let Sharia Law Replace Our Constitution?” For more information, call 406-849-5167.

POLSON — The Lake County Job Service Executive Committee general meeting for January will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 8:30 a.m. at First Interstate Bank in Polson. Lyn Hellegaard, executive director of Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management Association and Montana Transit Association, will discuss the findings of a transportation study that identifies local needs, transit service provider coordination and barriers, and a new voucher program.

In her 16 years in transportation, she’s helped develop tribal transportation, assisted regional providers to obtain financial and technical assistance, worked on veteran transportation issues and collaborated to pass legislation favorable to Montana.

RONAN — Vince and Mindi will perform at the Ronan Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. Vince and Mindi are a musical duet performing Western and American Roots music. They draw from swing, cowboy, bluegrass and old-time with some original material. Tickets may be purchased in Ronan at True Value and R & R Health Care Solutions and in Polson at First Interstate Bank and The Vine and Tap. For more information call 406-887-2739.

POLSON – Who doesn’t like rubber duckies? The January Parents as Teachers Community Connection will be all about rubber duckies. Open to the public, this fun event will include snacks, rubber duckie races and storytime. Kids will be able to take a book home with them too. Come join us from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Lake County Public Health Department, 802 Main St. Call LCPH at 406-883-7288, for more information.

POLSON – A Resource Roundtable will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at noon. Our meeting will include new ideas, new opportunities, and some surprises for the New Year. Come join the conversation at the Lake County Health Department Conference Room. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to help us with the meal count.

RONAN — The VFW Auxiliary meeting is scheduled the second Wednesday of the month, Jan. 13, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Ronan. 

New members welcome.  For more information, call 406-676-3380.

POLSON — Come out and support the Polson Pirate Wrestlers for a meet at the Polson High School Gymnasium on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. against Columbia Falls. This is the Pirate Wrestlers last home meet.

POLSON — Come to the Masumola Club Winterfest on Thursday, Jan. 14. Social hour starts at 5:45 p.m. and dinner will commence around 6:30 p.m. Hosts will provide sloppy Joes, buns, beer and ice. Please bring a dish to share. Suggested food distribution is: A-H: “Favorite” Super Bowl appetizer; 

I-O: salad or side dish; 

P-Z: dessert.

POLSON — Give blood in Polson at St. Joseph Medical Center’s Byrnes Conference Room, 6 Thirteenth Ave. E, on Friday, Jan. 15, from 10:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Call to schedule your appointment at 406-883-8273-ext. 87273. The need is constant and the gratification is instant.

BIG ARM — The Big Arm Association will sponsor a Game Day on Saturday, Jan. 16, from 2-4 p.m. at the historic Big Arm School. Bring your favorite board game or card game to play with friends and neighbors. You are welcomed to bring a dessert or snack to share. If games aren’t your thing, just come on down and socialize. For more information, please call Nancy Foster at 406-849-5064

ST. IGNATIUS —  The Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition announces a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday will be held on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at 2 p.m. at the Mission Valley United Methodist Church, top of Post Creek Hill. Dustin Monroe, CEO of Native Generational Change will be the keynote speaker and The Crown of the Continent Choir of Kalispell will provide music. Winners of the MLK Essay Contest will be announced and after the program, a reception will be held in the Friendship Hall where refreshments will be served and prizes will be awarded. The public is cordially invited to attend this free event.

POLSON — Come out and support the Polson Pirates basketball teams on Saturday, Jan. 16 against Libby High School at Linderman Gymnasium. Freshman game starts at 1 p.m. and JV game is at 2:30 p.m. and varsity basketball begins at 4 p.m. Freshman and JV games may be played at other sites. For more information, go to the Polson High School website.

POLSON — Come out and support the Polson Lady Pirates basketball teams on Saturday, Jan. 16 against Libby High School in the Linderman Gymnasium. Freshman game starts at 1 p.m. and the JV game begins at 2:30 p.m. with the varsity game at 5:30 p.m. Freshman and JV games may be played at other sites. For more information, go to the Polson High School website.