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This month ActiveRain is hosting a challenge - ActiveRain Point Store - Points, Points, Points. Our challenge, should we choose to accept it, is to spend our points (1,000,000 points = $100,000) on any goals we want. We can spend them on the community, hobbies, retirement, personal, familial, alt...

This month ActiveRain is hosting a challenge - ActiveRain Point Store - Points, Points, Points. Our challenge, should we choose to accept it, is to spend our points (1,000,000 points = $100,000) on any goals we want. We can spend them on the community, hobbies, retirement, personal, familial, alt...

The May 2025 ActiveRain Challenge asks us what we would do differently if we were just starting a real estate career now, knowing what we know now, and using today's tools.I've thought about this all month, and I have come up with only one thing that I would have done differently if I were starti...

What a wonderful weekend!The Flathead Valley Exchange Club's 2025 Field of Honor® is winding down, but there is still time to honor a loved one with a flying American flag.Monday at 1pm the 2025 event will end, and the 1,000 flags that are flying for personal heroes, will be taken down, folded, a...

The April 2025 ActiveRain Challenge is called "Are you blooming or being a fool?." Our challenge, should we accept it, is to share an example of something in our life that bloomed, and/or to share an April fool's type story. After thinking about this nearly all month, this particular writer will ...

The Flathead Valley Exchange Club is holding a Field of Honor® from Friday May 23rd at 10:30am to Monday May 26th at 1:00pm. The free event will be held at Glacier High School, 375 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, MT 59901. The event will officially kick off on Friday May 23rd, with an opening ceremony ...

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1938 ordinance that related to regulation and licensing of electric wiring.This time, I'm sharing a 1939 ordinance which officia...

Patricia Feager and Lew Corcoran are hosting a March challenge which is about Sharing the Gift of Who You Are. Our challenge is to share the impact someone had which helped shape who we are today. Similar to several other posters, I've just got to start this challenge by talking about my dad, Pat...

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1937 ordinance that related to "Inner Fire Limits" . As I was looking at the 1938 ordinances, I saw the Inner Fire Limits were r...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Good morning! Our Second Chance Saturday hostess, Carol Williams , has been under the weather again a...