Calendar

Spokane Today

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Guest speaker David Bond, a columnist for Metals Magazine, will speak on “Metals Around the World,” noon today at the Holiday Inn Airport, 161 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $12; 244-3467

Upcoming

Energy use lecture – Whitworth College political studies professor Patrick Van Inwegen will speak on “Just Energy Use: The Local-Global Connection,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Road. The lecture is part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series; 777-3270.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner – There will be raffle prizes with tickets sold for $1 each or six for $5, 5-9 p.m. Thursday at Longhorn Barbecue, 2315 N. Argonne Road. The evening is a fund-raiser for the Evergreen Club and Kiwanis. The buffet dinner is $15.95; 458-7454.

Idaho Today

Global Day of Prayers for Peace – 3 p.m. at Todd Lecture Hall in the Molstead Library at North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; 769-7819.

The Many Uses of Lavender Workshop – 7-9 p.m. at the University of Idaho Kootenai County Extension Office, 1000 W. Hubbard, Suite 142; $5 preregistration required; 446-1680.

Insect Diagnostics Workshop – today and March 20, 1-3 p.m. at the University of Idaho Kootenai County Extension Office, 1000 W. Hubbard, Suite 142; $5 preregistration required; 446-1680.

East Bonner County Library Board of Trustees – 5:45 p.m., at the Sandpoint branch library, rooms 102-103, 1407 W. Cedar St.; 263-6930.