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Wed., Jan. 25, 2006

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Today

Neighborhood Alliance meeting – The Neighborhood Alliance of Spokane County will have its annual meeting featuring guest speaker John Roskelly, former Spokane County commissioner, 7-9 p.m. at the Community Building, 35 W. Main; 466-0576.

Women’s Association Luncheon – The Spokane College Women’s association hosts Judge Shannen Rosmiller speaking on “Counter-Intelligence on the Internet,” 11 a.m. today at the Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. Reservations required; 465-0362.

Upcoming

Supper and social dance – The Scottish St. Andrew’s Society of Spokane hosts an evening of haggis, whisky, dinner and dancing to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns, 6 p.m. Saturday, Mukogawa Fort Wright Commons, 4000 W. Randolph Road. Reservations are required, $35; 922-3661.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – The group hosts its annual meeting followed by a narrated slide show on trekking the hills of Nepal, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $11; 244-3467.

Masquerade ball – Spokane Valley Senior Center hosts a Mardi Gras masquerade ball from 7:30-9:45 p.m. Tuesday at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place. Wear purple, green and/or gold and wear a mask. Refreshments will be served. Music will be by Uncle Harold’s Dance Band, 18 and over only. Tickets are $5; 926-1937.

Community Forum – The event sponsored by Spokane Public Schools, the Spokane Police Department and the Safe Schools, Healthy Students program will address traffic safety, pedestrian safety, Internet safety, preventing identity theft and gang identification, 7-8:30 p.m. next Wednesday at Shadle Park High School, 4327 N. Ash; 354-7387.

World of ice – The Cheney Palouse Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host guest speaker Eugene Kiver, professor emeritus of geology at EWU, with a presentation on “Glaciers 101: The World of Ice,” 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Science Building, Eastern Washington University, Cheney campus; 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. Feb. 7, Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road. Lunch is $19; reservations are required; 465-8163.

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. Feb. 8 at the 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. Feb. 8, SFCC SUB Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 533-3698.

Networking night – The Spokane Home Builders Association hosts a networking night, 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at University Appliance, 3916 N. Division. There will be refreshments and product demonstrations; 922-2713.

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.

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. It is free and open to the public. Reservations must be made by Feb. 1; 533-7266.

AmeriCorps – offering on-the-job training in the housing construction industry to those ages 18-25; also seeking tutors for at-risk high school students and a volunteer coordinator/trainer; 456-7660.

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