Spokane calendar

Thu., Jan. 26, 2006

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Wedding seminar – Free seminar for brides-to-be, 3-5 p.m. Saturday at Sun Rental Center, 315 S. Dishman Road. Brides will receive a complimentary wedding planning book. Reservations are required; (877) 522-1630.

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, gang identification and preventing identity theft, 7-8:30 p.m. 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. The public is welcome; 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 SCC Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-8017.

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