Expert Panel Will Discuss Ways To Protect Spokane Aquifer
Officials today will hold a public forum about threats to the Spokane aquifer, the county’s sole source of drinking water.
“A Tapestry of Life” opens at 10 a.m. in the IMAX Theater in Riverfront Park, with a televised “national town meeting” produced by Renew America, a non-profit organization involved in environmental issues.
Local experts later will discuss how to protect the aquifer against excessive growth and pollution.
Panelists include Spokane County Commissioner John Roskelley; Jim Correll of CH2M Hill; Irv Reed, Spokane’s planning services director; and John Buchanan of Eastern Washington University.
The restored original Expo ‘74 IMAX film, “Man Belongs to the Earth,” also will be shown, according to Associated Industries, one of the events’ sponsors.
Registration is $25 at the door. The conference closes at 5 p.m. Call 358-2049.
In other events this week:
Today
Spokane attorney Stephen Eugster’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against the city of Spokane will be heard at 8:30 a.m. by Judge Kenneth Kato in Spokane Superior Court. Eugster will argue that the formation of a downtown business self-taxing district violates state law.
McGregor Co. holds 1996 Ag Information Day for its customers at the Whelan Grange Hall near Pullman.
Tuesday
American Business Women’s Association, Spokane Falls Chapter, meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Puerto Vallarta restaurant.
Spokane-based AgAmerica Farm Credit Bank and the Northwest Farm Credit Services association release financial results for 1995.
Cowman’s Classic All Breed Bull Sale begins at noon at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds. Call Gary Kendall at 208-858-2163.
Presidential primaries held in Arizona and North and South Dakota.
Wednesday
Piper Jaffray Inc.’s annual Pacific Northwest Investor Conference opens at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Seattle with reports from Boeing, Key Tronic, Sterling Financial, Micron Technology and others, continuing Thursday. Call 206-343-1543.
Washington State Fruit Commission board meets in Wenatchee.
Commerce Department releases December international trade figures and business inventories.
Labor Department releases January consumer price index.
Friday
Hispanic Business and Professional Association meets at 11:30 a.m. at Cavanaugh’s Fourth Avenue, 110 E. Fourth.
Saturday
Washington State University Swine Information Center conducts farrowing management school. Cost: $30. Call 509-397-6290.
21st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular & International Radiology opens in Seattle.
South Carolina holds Republican presidential primary.
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NAFTA supporters A survey of North American business executives showed strong support for the North American Free Trade Agreement. The survey was conducted Dec. 29. Survey highlights: Fifty-one percent of respondents think NAFTA made it easier to get their products to customers, compared with nine percent who felt the opposite. Seventy-eight percent said more NAFTA benefits will emerge once further reductions and tariffs are implemented. Eighty percent said NAFTA should be expanded to include Central America and South America.