Spokane calendar
Today
Masquerade ball – Spokane Valley Senior Center hosts a Mardi Gras masquerade ball from 7:30-9:45 p.m. 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; $5; 926-1937.
Upcoming
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. Wednesday at the Central Grange Hall, 7001 E. Bigelow Gulch; 483-4077.
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, gang identification and preventing identity theft, 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shadle Park High School, 4327 N. Ash; 354-7387.
Child safety – The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will host a Smart Parent and Safe Baby event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at local 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.
World of Ice – 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. next Tuesday at the 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, 1 1 a.m. next Tuesday, Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1 100 N. Sullivan Road; lunch is $19; reservations are required; 465-8163.
Black History Month – SCC presents Loretta Ross, founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, who will speak on “Human Rights Violations in the United States,” 1 1:30 a.m. Feb. 8 at the 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. Feb. 8 at the Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-8017.
Terrorism debate – SFCC faculty and students debate whether terrorism in response to terrorism is justified, 1 1:30 a.m. Feb. 8, SFCC SUB Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 533-3698.
Spaghetti dinner – St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church hosts its annual spaghetti dinner, 1 1:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the church, 503 N. Walnut. Tickets are $20 per family (6 people); $6 adults, $5 seniors and children 6-12, free for children under 6; 926-5428.