Spokane calendar

Today

25 cent bingo day – noon-4 p.m. at the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post 1474, 3004 E. Queen. Call 487-3784 for more information.

Expo ‘74 30th anniversary walking tour – Tour will meet at the northwest corner of Division and Riverside at 1 p.m., and will take a look at the city after 30 years by visiting important sites downtown and in Riverfront Park. Cost is $9, includes snack. Call 625-6200.

Free home improvement workshops – Offered at Home Depot stores through October. Workshops include: “Power Tools 101: You Can Use a Drill Press to Build Adjustable Shelving,” Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; “You Can Install a Thermostat,” Thursdays, 7 p.m.; “You Can Turn Your Home into a Safety Zone,” Fridays, 7 p.m.; “You Can Install Easy Flooring Solutions,” Saturdays, 10 a.m.; “You Can Install Tile with Trafficmaster Stainproof Grout,” Saturdays, 2 p.m.; and “You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting,” Sundays, 2 p.m. Call (800) 430-3376 or visit www.homedepot.com.

Upcoming

Sons of Norway pancake breakfast – Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. All the pancakes you can eat with scrambled eggs, sausage, juice, and coffee. Tickets: $4/adults, $2.50/children ages 12 and under. Call 326-9211.

Candidate Forum – With 3rd District senate candidates Lisa Brown and Mike Casey, Sunday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. in Cataldo Hall, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone. Sponsored by the St. Aloysius Parish Ministry Committee. Contact Amberg Waldref at 323-7003.

Interfaith Council Guatemalan talk – Luisa Xinico, a Mayan-Kaqchikel land activist, will speak Sunday, 3-5 p.m., in the chapel at Whitworth College, and Tuesday, 7-8 p.m., in Room 101 of the Administration Building at Gonzaga University. Xinico will discuss Guatemala’s economic, social and political development as well as land rights for indigenous Mayan peasant farmers. For more information, call 329-1410 or visit www.interfaithnw.org.

SCC Career Center Rock ‘n’ Roll Extravaganza – Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon, Spokane Community College Lair-Student Center, Building 6, 1810 N. Greene St. Receive information regarding employment opportunities, career counseling and assessment services, with live music and games. Contact Bonnie Wilmot at 533-8009 for more information.

Terri Dobler Symposium on Domestic Violence – Monday, 8 a.m.-noon in the Sasquatch Room of the Lair-Student Center, building 6, Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. This year’s theme will be “My Eyes Are on You: Stalking and Sexual Assault,” and includes lectures by Karen Boone, prevention coordinator at Lutheran Community Services; Jennifer Stapleton, executive director at Spokane County Domestic Violence Consortium; Cindy North-Jones, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office; and Patty Wheeler, director of the YMCA of Spokane’s Alternatives to Domestic Violence programs. For more information, call 533-7185 or 533-8836.

Spokane City Forum – Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar. 5th District Congressional candidates, Don Barbieri and Cathy McMorris, will debate issues and share their plans and visions for Eastern Washington. Debate begins at 12:15 p.m.; lunch is available at 11:45 a.m. for $8.50. Registration must be made by 10 a.m. Monday by calling 777-1555, visiting www.spokanecityforum.org or e-mailing spokanecityforum@yahoo.com.

Spokane Community College marijuana legalization debate – Monday, 11:30 a.m., in the auditorium of the Lair-Student Center, SCC campus, 1810 N. Greene. Arguments will be presented by Steve Hagar, editor of High Times Magazine, and Robert Stutman, veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. For more information, call 533-7081.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Topic will be “Technical Developments at Eastern Washington University,” presented by Dr. Robert Schwartz, professor of entrepreneurship at EWU. Lunch will be served at noon for $11, program begins at 12:30 p.m. For more information, call 244-3467 or e-mail EngineersForumInfo@att.net.

Spokane Chiefs Hockey’s mascot “Boomer” appearances – At the following Supercuts stores: Monday, 5-6 p.m., 2927 E. 29th Ave.; and Nov. 15, 6-7 p.m., 922 N. Division. Includes autographs, special drawings, and hair care giveaways. Call 326-1891 for more information.

Washington State University Spokane lecture – “The Medicare Drug Benefit: Threat or Opportunity – or Both,” presented by Susan Winckler, RPh, vice presenident for policy and communications and staff counsel of the American Pharmacists Association, Monday, 6:30 p.m. in the Phase I Classroom building auditorium, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are required by contacting Joyce Harbison at 358-7667 or harbison@mail.wsu.edu.

Spokane Mountaineers slideshow and meeting – Monday, 7 p.m. at the Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland. Slide show topic will be on Thailand, presented by Scot Nass. For more information, call 838-4974 or visit www.spokanemountaineers.org.

Whitworth College lecture – Monday, 7:30 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre in Weyerhaeuser Hall on the Whitworth campus, 300 W. Hawthorne. Topic will be “Who Will Win the Election: A Political-Science Analysis,” presented by Michael Le Roy, political science professor, Whitworth College. A reception will follow discussion. Call 777-4269 for more information.

“Sweeteners that Harm, Sweeteners that Heal” lecture – Tuesday, noon-1 p.m. in room 207, Monroe Hall, Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Discussion of the pros and cons of sugars, the variety of artificial sweeteners, sugar alcohols, stevia, presented by Dr. Elizabeth Hesse, DC, certified nutritionist and owner of Experience Health! Popular diets will also be addressed. Contact Carol Vines at 359-2898 for more information.

Spokane Community College’s president’s speakers series – Tuesday, 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lair-Student Center, building 6 on the SCC campus, 1810 N. Greene. Topic will be “Diversity and Democracy: Transcending America’s Racial Divide,” presented by Manning Marable, professor of public affairs, political science and history at Columbia University, founding director of the university’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies, author, political theorist and human rights activist. For more information, call 533-7042 or 533-8017.

Global Credit Union lecture – “Housing Discrimination: Recognizing and Addressing Discrimination,” presented by Thomas McGarry, attorney, Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m. and Thursday, 1:30-3 p.m., in the meeting room on the lower level at Global Credit Union, 1520 W. Third Ave. Reservations must be made by calling 327-2637.

Archaeology Society free lecture – Wednesday, 7 p.m. in the auditorium at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First. Topic will be “Streets, Neighborhoods and Social Order in Imperial Rome,” presented by Dr. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, director of the British School at Rome and one of England’s leading classicists. For more information, call 326-3442.

Eastern Washington University women’s studies lecture – Thursday, noon-1 p.m., at Eastern Washington University’s Monroe Hall, Room 207, Cheney. Topic will be “Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research – Representation of the Nation and the Female Spain in the Modern and Postmodern Age,” presented by Jose Garcia-Sanchez, Ph.D., modern languages and literatures. Call 359-2898 for more information.