Spokane calendar

Today

Engineers Forum of Spokane – at the Airport Holiday Inn, 1616 Windsor Drive. Topic will be “Why is Your Assessment So Low?” presented by Ralph Baker, Spokane County tax assessor. Lunch will be served at noon for $11; program begins at 12:30 p.m.; 244-3467; EngineersForumInfo@att.net.

Amateur Radio License testing session – 6 p.m., conference room of Hearth and Home, Colville; Norm (509) 684-6491 or Wilse (509) 738-4248.

United Nations Association, Spokane Chapter presentation – 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort Wright Drive. Topic will be “The World Water Decade 2005-2015: Water for Life,” presented by Rachel Osborn, director of the Columbia Institute for Water Policy and instructor on water/environment at Gonzaga University; 624-3608.

“African Americans and Africans: The Vagaries of a Twentieth Century Relationship,” lecture – Presented by Ibrahim Sundiata, Ph.D., leading historian on slavery and forced labor, and author, 7:30 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre in Weyerhaeuser Hall at Whitworth College; 777-3270.

Upcoming

Home Depot Free Weekly Clinics – At Home Depot stores through April: “You Can Build a Deck,” Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; “You Can Maintain Your Lawn,” Thursdays, 7 p.m.; “You Can Lay Ceramic Tile,” Fridays, 7 p.m.; “You Can Organize Your Closets,” Saturdays, 10 a.m.; “You Can Create an Outdoor Living Space,” Saturdays, 2 p.m.; “You Can Have Fun with Faux Painting: Basic and New Techniques,” Sundays, 2 p.m.; (800) 430-3376; www.homedepot.com.

North Spokane County Democratic Party meeting – Tuesday, 7 p.m. at the Deer Park Library, 208 S. Forest. Topic will be on Social Security reform; 276-2006; democrat.meetup.com/508/.

Eastern Washington University Women’s Studies lecture – Tuesday, noon-1 p.m., Room 207 of Monroe Hall, EWU campus, Cheney. Topic will be “Redefining Boundaries: Creating New Worlds,” presented by Nike Imoru, Ph.D., Spokane Interplayers artistic director; 359-2898.

Spokane Audubon Society meeting – Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Retirement Home, 181 N. Upriver Drive. David Schneider will speak on the birds and wildlife of New Zealand and Australia; LeiLanie Peters, 466-3098.

Jane Jefferson Democrats meeting – Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. at Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division. Political issues and information for all voters; contact Irene, 535-0171.

Eastern Washington University Women’s Studies lecture – Wendesday, noon-1 p.m., Room 207 of Monroe Hall, EWU campus, Cheney. Topic will be “Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research – Women as Masters of the World: The Pre-Indo-European Mother Goddess in Ancient Cyprus,” presented by Bonnie Bazemore, Ph.D., history; 359-2898.