United Blood Services Blood Drive at Minot Air Force Base: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5th Security Forces Squadron blood drive. The Bloodmobile will be in the law enforcement parking lot at Minot AFB. Call Staff Sgt. Jennifer Fioramonti at 723-4954 or send e-mail to her at jennifer.mcmanus@minot.af.mil for an appointment.
United Blood Services Blood Drive in Makoti: 9:30 a.m,. to 2:30 p.m., Makoti community. Contact Lewis and Clark Northshore School at 726-5591 or Bette Wold at 497-3326 or e-mail her at bejo@restel.net for an appointment.
Soup Kitchen: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church.
Public hockey: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Maysa Arena.
Public ice skating: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Maysa Arena.
"Understanding Mental Health Recovery" a class sponsored by the North Dakota Mental Health Consumer/Family Network: Today, 1 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 1 to 4:30 p.m., Minot Public Library. People interested in attending should preregister as soon as possible by calling Janet at 852-8202 or sending e-mail to Sara at shighum@srt.com.
Minot State Univeristy NOTSTOCK. a collaboration of art, music and business: Today through Thursday, MSU's Student Center. The event will feature four nationally-known rock poster artists and performances by 20 modern, alternative and local rock bands. There will be a roundtable/presentation by the artists Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Beaver Dam. Thursday the artists will present "The Artist as Entrepreneur" from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Center. The three-day event is free and open to the public. The artists will have posters for sale and will be available to sign other collected works. Visit (msunotstock.org) for an event schedule and band and artist links.
MSU Choirs Concert: 7:30 p.m., MSU's Ann Nicole Nelson Hall.
2nd Story Social Club's life topics night: 8 p.m., 13-1st Ave. SW.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Minot City Council's Finance and Improvements Committee meeting: 4:15 p.m., City Hall, council chambers.
YOUTH EVENTS
Side by Side Story Time for children and their caregivers: Tuesdays at 10 a.m. through Dec. 9, Minot Public Library's Imagination Station. Call 838-0606 for more information.
Teddy Bear Time, a story time for parents and children: Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. through Nov. 11, Minot Public Library. Call 838-0606 for more information.
Youth For Christ Campus Life/JV for junior high and middle school students: 7:17 p.m., The Rock, 318-5th Ave. NW.
OTHER EVENTS
"Preventing and Responding to Injuries" Conference: Today through Thursday, Seven Seas Motel and Conference Center, Mandan. The conference is sponsored by The N.D. Department of Health's Division of Injury Prevention and Control. Visit the Web site at (www.ndhealth.gov/injury/trainings.htm) or call Diana Read at 328-4537 for more information.