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Mon., Nov. 13, 2006

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Spokane Today

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Jody Graves, assistant professor at Eastern Washington University, will speak on “An American Pianist in the Middle East,” noon at Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Winsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

Medicine and marketing lecture – Dr. Thomas Schaaf, assistant medical director of the Group Health Cooperative Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Health Care Center, will speak on “The Color Purple: Why TV Drug Ads Should Give You Hearburn,” 7 p.m. in the Weyerhaeuser Hall on the Whitworth College Campus, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-3707.

Upcoming

Spokane City Forum – Guest speaker Bob Scarfo, associate professor of landscape architecture at Washington State University, will speak on “The Writing is on the Wall: Coming Changes to Downtown and Daily Life,” 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian, 318 S. Cedar. Admission is $10, $5 for students. Lunch is included. Reservations are required by today. (509) 777-1555.

Archaeology lecture – The Cheney Palouse Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute presents Jerry Galm, professor of anthropology and archaeology at Easttern Washington University, will speak on “Mima Mounds Revisited: An Archaeological Perspective,” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the EWU Science Building Room 137, Cheney. (509) 559-5818.

Parade kickoff – The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick will host a parade kickoff event to organize volunteers, 6 p.m. Wednesday at O’Doherty’s Irish Grille, 525 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Refreshments will be served. (509) 880-2785.

Cheney Community Fall Festival – Free event includes games, food and prizes with an outer space theme, 3-5 p.m. Thursday at Salnave Elementary, 1015 Salnave Road, Cheney. (509) 498-9295.

American Association of University Women – Barbara Thisted will speak on “The Ninety Nines: An International Organization of Women Pilots,” 10 a.m. Saturday at the Waterford, 2929 S. Waterford. Lunch is $13. Reservations are required. (509) 448-7994.

Idaho Today

Coeur d’Alene City Leaf Pick-up – begins today, on streets South of Sherman Avenue with crews working north until Nov. 28; rake leaves onto the street with one-foot clearance between the curb and leaf pile to allow water drainage; do not bag leaves or include debris in piles; (208) 769-2233.

East Bonner County Library Board of Trustees – meets 5:15 p.m. at the Sandpoint Branch Library, 1407 Cedar St.; (208) 263-6930.

“Trudell” American Indian Film – 6:30 p.m. in Molstead Library’s Todd Lecture Hall, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; (208) 769-3397.

Catholic Daughters Our Lady of the Lake Court Memorial Mass – noon at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, 625 E. Haycraft Ave., followed by potluck luncheon reception; Mass is in remembrance of all the deceased Catholic Daughters from the court; contact Ada May Foster at 667-0471.

“The Key to a Joyous Holiday Season for Dementia Caregivers” – 6:30 p.m. at Bestland Retirement, 606 Best Ave.; speaker is Joel Loiacono, executive director of Inland Northwest Alzheimer’s Association; free; (208) 666-2996.

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