Spokane Calendar

Fri., Feb. 17, 2006

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American Association of University Women – Guest Kathy Carman will speak on the culture of the Cuna Indians, Saturday, 10 a.m., Chic-A-Ria, 1812 W. Francis; reservations are required; lunch is $15; 487-1080.

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Charity Benefit Auction – Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Heroes and Legends, Lincoln and Riverside; 880-2785.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Monday, noon, Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive; guest speaker will be Jayne Singleton, curator of Spokane Valley Heritage Museum; lunch is $12; 244-3467.

Spokane College Women’s Association – “Is Our Aquifer in Danger?”will be topic Wednesday, 11 a.m., Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division; presented by Marlene Guhlke of the engineering firm CH2M Hill; reservations are required by Saturday; lunch is $13; 465-0362.

Oil supply lecture – “Global Oil Depletion and Implications for Community Health and Sustainability” will be topic Wednesday, noon, Washington State University Phase I Auditorium, WSU Spokane, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd.; presented by Melissa Ahern, WSU associate professor of health policy and administration;(509) 358-7982.

Gonzaga Spring Lecture Series – “The Philosophy of Terror” will be topic Wednesday, noon, GU’s Jundt Art Museum Auditorium, 500 E. Boone; presented by GU philosophy professors Tom Jeannot, Doug Kries and Richard McClelland; 323-6679.

Slave Spirituality – Rev. Moses Berry, curator of the Ozarks African-American Heritage Museum, will present two lectures: “Slave Spirituality and the Ancient African Church” Thursday, 9:30 a.m., and “Slave Spirituality and the African American Experience Today,” 10:30 a.m., at Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene St.; 533-7185.

Eastern Edge Luncheon – with guest speaker Neal Sealock, retired brigadier general and current director of the Spokane International Airport, Feb. 28, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division; reservations due by Feb. 28; $15; 235-5034.

Historic women of Central Asia – will be topic of lecture by Dildora Abidjanova, a Fulbright Fellow at Boston University, March 1, noon, Eastern Washington University Monroe Hall, Cheney; 359-2898.

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