Events
Tuesday, March 6
10 a.m. Photographer Doug Ohman presenting lecture on Minnesota's vanishing landmarks at BSU CRI. Free and open to public. 755-4900.
3:30-5 p.m. Photoshop Class offered to students at Laporte School in Community Room. TJ Design Studio at 444-4936 or Laporte School at 224-2288.
7:30 p.m. Production of "Children of War" presented in Beaux Arts Ballroom of Hobson Memorial Union at BSU. Open to public at no charge. 755-2066.
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7:30-10 p.m. Friendly Squares hosting square dance at Century School Cafetorium in Park Rapids. Potluck lunch provided. All dancers and spectators welcome to attend.
8-10 p.m. Texas Hold Em Poker at Brigid's Cross Irish Pub in Bemidji. Always free to play. Prizes for winners.
Wednesday, March 7
6-8 p.m. Bemidji Area Indian Center/Greater MN Racial Justice Program (ACLU-MN) sponsoring Ojibwe Table Talk and Potluck at Warehouse District, 303 Railroad Street, Bemidji.
6-8 p.m. Boys and Girls Club of Bemidji Area hosting open gym at Club. Bemidji area middle and high school students only. Open gym free to Club members and $2 for all others. 444-4171.
7 p.m. Bemidji State University Students for the Environment and Center for Environment, Earth, and Space Studies presents "Climate Change and Potential Impacts on Minnesota Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems" at BSU American Indian Resource Center in Bemidji. Free and open to public. Tessa Haagenson at 444-0200 or Robert Shimek at 760-0284.
8 p.m. Listen to traditional Irish session music at Brigid's Cross Irish Pub in Bemidji. Musicians playing Irish music gather to play jigs and reels. Listeners welcome.
Education
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Tuesday, March 6
6:30-8 p.m. Kindergarten Orientation for Parents at Early Childhood Family Education classroom. No charge. Register at 333-8329.
7 p.m. PhotoTech and MusicTech programs at the Boys and Girls Club of Cass Lake.
Wednesday, March 7
4 p.m. Red Lake Schools/I.S.D. No. 38 holding Title VII Parent Advisory Committee meeting at I.S.D. No. 38 boardroom.
Government
Tuesday, March 6
3 p.m. Beltrami County Board work session at County Administration Building, 701 Minnesota Avenue.
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5 p.m. Beltrami County Board regular meeting at County Administration Building, 701 Minnesota Avenue.
7 p.m. Sugar Bush Township Board meets at township hall.
Wednesday, March 7
9 a.m. Hubbard County Board of Commissioners, board room, Hubbard County Courthouse, 301 Court Ave., Park Rapids.
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Beltrami County Mental Health Advisory Council meets at Hope House, 700 Lake Ave. S.E.
7:30 p.m. Port Hope Township Board meets at township hall.
Organizations
Tuesday, March 6
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6:45 a.m. Bemidji Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Hampton Inn.
Noon Bemidji Area Toastmasters meet at Lueken's Village Foods North. Kim at 556-1598 or Paul at 751-2222.
1 p.m. Open whist at Bemidji Senior Citizens Center, 216 Third St. N.W.
1 p.m. Bemidji Caregivers Group meets at Calvary Lutheran Church. 751-1324.
2 p.m. VFW Post 1260 and Ladies Auxiliary meet downstairs at American Legion. 243-2824.
5:30 p.m. Closed AA meeting. No elevator group. People's Church.
5:30 p.m. Free to Choose open AA meeting (non-smoking) at Alano Club, 1225 Anne Street (across from hospital). 444-2525.
6 p.m. League of Women Voters Minnesota meeting at Park Rapids Library basement meeting room.
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6 p.m. Insulin Pumpers Support Group meeting in North Country Regional Hospital's Education Center (use east entrance). DRC at 333-5860.
7 p.m. Duplicate Bridge at American Legion Club.
7 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous meets downstairs at Alano Club, 1225 Anne Street in Bemidji.
Wednesday, March 7
9 a.m.-noon Bemidji Woodcarvers' Club meets at Bemidji Senior Center. Beginning, intermediate and expert carvers welcome to attend. Cost is $2 a session.
11:30 a.m. Retired railroad employees and spouses meet for lunch at Bonanza Family Restaurant, 824 Paul Bunyan Drive N.E.
Noon AA meeting at Alano Club.
Noon Women's Al-anon at Trinity Lutheran Church, 29th and Bemidji Avenue, downstairs. Verna at 444-2959.
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Noon Bemidji Lions Club meets at Eagles Club in Bemidji.
5:30 p.m. Free to Choose open AA meeting (non-smoking) at Alano Club, 1225 Anne Street (across from hospital). 444-2525.
6 p.m. Paul Bunyan Lions Club meets at American Legion Club, 217 Minnesota Ave. N.W.
6:30 p.m. Retired Military Club meets for dinner. Spouses are invited. Helen Glen, 759-1096.
7 p.m. Al-anon downstairs at Alano Club, 1225 Anne Street N.W.
7 p.m. Closed AA meeting at Alano Club, 1225 Anne Street N.W. 444-2525.
7 p.m. Bemidji Lodge 233 AF and AM meet at Masonic Temple, 501 Bemidji Ave N.W.
7:30 p.m. Fraternal Order of Eagles meet at Eagles Club, 1270 Neilson Ave. S.E. Officers meet at 7 p.m.
Religion
Wednesday, March 7
9-11 a.m. Women's Bible study at Evangelical Free Church in Bemidji. 751-8834 or e-mail Vicky Hoffmann at dhoffman@paulbunyan.net ).
Services
Wednesday, March 7
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Beltrami County WIC (women/infants/children) clinic at the Community Service Center, 616 America Ave. NW, Suite 130.
9-11:30 a.m. Cass Lake Food Shelf open for walk-ins (no appointments).
9:30-11:30 a.m. Cass County public health nurse performing senior health screening at Whistle Stop in Walker. Blood pressure screenings also available.
9:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Seventh-day Adventist Clothing Center offers used clothing, quilting and craft material free or at bargain prices at the center, 810 15th St. N.W.
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Philip's Clothing Depot offers free and low-priced clothing, linens, toys and household items, and accepts donations.
12:30-4:30 p.m. Friends of the Bemidji Library Bookstore open. 751-3963.
