Symposium Concludes Look At Impact Of Dams

A three-month project of the Cheney Cowles Museum culminates Friday at the Ag Trade Center with a free, public symposium called “Rivers & Dams: Conflicts and Values.”

More than 20 speakers, with a keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Dietrich, will discuss the history and future of Northwest rivers, wildlife and river-dependent industries. Other speakers include Dave Clinton, chairman of the Columbia River Alliance; William Stelle Jr., regional director of the National Marine Fisheries Service; and Glen Hiemstra, author and futurist with Hiemstra International in Seattle.

The museum, 2316 W. First, has since June 24 conducted one of its largest projects ever, with major art exhibits, aquariums and other displays showing the effects of dams on Northwest rivers. The exhibit ends with the symposium.

The symposium runs from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lunch costs $8.50, but the all-day roster of speakers is free. Call Cheney Cowles Museum, 456-3931 for more information.

In other events this week:

Today

Labor Day. U.S. financial markets closed.

Tuesday

Detroit automakers continue reporting sales for August.

Wednesday

The Inland Northwest Society of Consulting Professionals meets at 7:30 a.m. in Cavanaugh’s on Fourth Avenue to discuss “Marketing your consulting practice.” Call William Olson, 455-8244.

The annual Agricultural Showcase opens at the Yakima Valley SunDome with an appearance by astronaut and Yakima native Bonnie Dunbar. Gene Moos, undersecretary of U.S. Department of Agriculture, speaks at 1:30 p.m. The show continues Thursday. Call 509-452-2474.

Washington Potato Commission holds its quarterly meeting in Moses Lake. Call 509-765-8845.

Congress returns from August break.

Thursday

The U.S. Department of Labor releases figures on second quarter productivity.

Friday

Spokane Interstate Fair opens at Havana and Broadway, running through Sept. 17.

Quincy Valley Chamber of Commerce holds Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day. Call 509-787-2140.

Sentencing in Seattle scheduled for Michael C. Cameron, former owner of Foremost Dairies in Spokane who plead guilty to evading $642,000 in federal income taxes. Cameron faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Success Forum ‘95, the annual convention of the International Association for Financial Planning, opens in Seattle, running through Sept. 12. National economists Robert Goodman and Barry Asmus, as well as Microsoft Corp. executive Lewis Levin, will speak at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center. Call 800-945-4237 for information.

The Federal Reserve releases consumer credit report for July.

Sunday

Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena conducts an open house from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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