Spokane Calendar

Sat., March 18, 2006

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Today

Community dinner – Dine on corned beef and cabbage, 5-7 p.m. at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 51, 300 W. Mission. There will be music from 6-10 p.m. Dinner is $6.50; 327-9847.

American Association of University Women – The topic is community project mini-grant awards, 10 a.m. at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, 4000 W. Randolph Road. Lunch is $11, and reservations are required; 448-7994.

Upcoming

Pancake breakfast – All the flapjacks you can eat, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday at the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd.; $4.50 for adults and $2.50 for children 12 and under; 326-9211.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – The guest speaker is Robin Ball, owner of the Sharp Shooting Indoor Range, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $12; 244-3467.

Mountain climbing – A slide show presentation on Cho Oyu, the sixth highest peak in the world, by a member of the Spokane Mountaineers, 7 p.m. Monday at the Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland; 838-4974.

Documentary film – A showing of “Loose Change: A 9/11 Documentary,” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Building, 35 W. Main.; $5; 747-3012.

Spokane College Women’s Association – James McDevitt, U.S. district attorney for Eastern Washington, will speak on the Patriot Act, 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. Lunch is $13 and reservations are required by today; 464-0362.

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