spokane calendar
Today
Orchard Prairie Community Meeting – Paul Jensen of the Spokane County Planning Department and Ross Kelley, Spokane County Engineer, will speak on the Bigelow Gulch expansion project, 7 p.m., Central Grange Hall, 7001 E. Bigelow Gulch; 483-4077.
Community Forum – Spokane Public Schools, the Spokane Police Department and the Safe Schools, Healthy Students Program address traffic safety, pedestrian safety, Internet safety, preventing identity theft and gang identification, 7-8:30 p.m., Shadle Park High School, 4327 N. Ash; 354-7387.
Upcoming
Child safety – The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children host a Smart Parent and Safe Baby event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at area Wal-Mart stores; 1527 E. Broadway, 9212 N. Colton, 2301 W. Wellesley. Parents will be given information on child safety and free child identification kits; (800) THE-LOST.
Urban Forest – The Neighborhood Alliance of Spokane County hosts guest speaker Carrie Anderson of the Urban Forest Council, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Community Building, 35 W. Main; 466-0576.
World of Ice – Cheney Palouse Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host guest speaker Eugene Kiver, professor emeritus of geology at Eastern Washington University, with a presentation on “Glaciers 101: The World of Ice,” 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Science Building, EWU, Cheney; 559-5818.
Compass Club luncheon – The women’s club for welcoming newcomers to the area hosts guest speaker Julia McHugh of the Spokane Aquifer Board, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road; lunch is $19; reservations are required; 465-8163.
Birds of the Galapagos Islands – The Spoken Audubon Society hosts bird photographer Bart Whelton, who will present a slide show, 7 p.m. next Wednesday Riverview Retirement Home, 1801 N. Upriver Drive.
Black History Month – Spokane Community College presents Loretta Ross, founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, who will speak on “Human Rights Violations in the United States,” 11:30 a.m. next Wednesday, SCC Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-8114.
Geology lecture – Katrin Iken, assistant professor at the School of Fisheries and Ocean Studies at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, will speak on “Arctic Ocean Exploration in Light of a Changing Environment,” 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-8017.
Terrorism debate – Spokane Falls Community College faculty and students debate whether terrorism in response to terrorism is justified, 11:30 a.m. next Wednesday, SFCC SUB Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 533-3698.
Great Decisions lecture series – Whitworth College hosts Vandana Asthana speaking on “China and India: Partners or Competitors?,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at Weyerhaeuser Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Road. Asthana heads up the Christ Church College Political Science Department and Environmental Studies Unit in Kanpur, India; 777-3270.
Regional lakes conference – The fifth annual Eastern Washington/North Idaho Regional Lakes Conference for residents and lake associations to discuss local lakes and watersheds, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; free and open to the public; reservations must be made by today; 533-7266.