Spokane calendar

Today

Engineers Forum of Spokane – at the Airport Holiday Inn, 1616 Windsor Drive. Topic will be “Cleanup of the Spokane River – All the Way,” presented by Marlena Guhrke, CH2M Hill. Lunch will be served at noon for $11; program begins at 12:30 p.m.; 244-3467; e-mail EngineersForumInfo@att.net.

“Bioterrorism, Global Health and You” lecture – Presented by Laurie Garrett, winner of the Peabody award, the Polk award, and a Pulitzer prize, and a correspondent for NPR, noon-1 p.m., in the Pence Union Building on the Eastern Washington University campus, Cheney; 359-2898.

Upcoming

Free Scoop Day at Ben and Jerry’s - Tuesday, 12-8 p.m., River Park Square, Atrium level three. Customers can select a free, four ounce scoop in a cup or cone, dished-up by special guest scoopers. Students from Spokane Public Schools will perform musical selections throughout the day. Scheduled acts include the Whitman Elementary marimba ensemble, Ferris High School quartet, North Central High School choir, Cooper Elementary African drumming ensemble and Garry Middle School instrumental ensemble, among others. Donations will be accepted to benefit Spokane Public Schools music programs, including district-wide performances and instruments for low-income students; 744-3350.

SCC Job Fair - “Unlock Your Future;” 65 area employers will be on hand to discuss employment opportunities, Tuesday, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St.; 533-8906.

“Our Ugly Past Revisited? World War II Japanese-American Internment and 2005 Guantanamo Bay” – Lecture presented by the Spokane Community College’s Leadership Awareness League, Wednesday, 8-11 a.m., Lair-Student Center Auditorium, SCC campus, 1810 N. Greene St.; 533-7185.

Spokane City Forum – Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar. Topic will be “Community Oriented Policing – How Can We Get Involved in Reducing Crime,” presented by Roger Bragdon, Spokane Chief of Police. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. for $8.50; program begins at 12:15 p.m. Reservations must be made by Monday; 777-1555; or e-mail to spokanecityforum@yahoo.com or visit www.spokanecityforum.org.

EWU Women’s Studies Center lecture - “Responding to Victims of Sexual Assault,” presented by Sandi Goodwin, M.S.W., and Leslie Larsen, B.S., with the Spokane Sexual Assault and Family Trauma (SAFeT), Wednesday, noon-1 p.m., Room 207, Monroe Hall, Eastern Washington University campus, Cheney; 359-2898.

Whitworth College lecture - Edward B. Lindaman Chair, Jim Waller, will speak on “Never Again?: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding in a Genocidal World,” Wednesday, 7 p.m., Whitworth College, Music Recital Hall; 777-4738.

H.O.M.E. Childcare Scholarship Fund-raiser Tea - (Helping Ourselves Means Education) seventh annual tea sponsored by EWU Women’s Studies Center, Thursday, 2-4 p.m., Eastern Washington University, Monroe 207, Cheney; $20 at the door; 359-2847.