Spokane Calendar

Sat., Sept. 9, 2006

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Growing our Heritage – Gala art auction by the Friends of Paulsen House. Artwork by local artists will be auctioned to raise money for the preservation and maintenance of Paulsen House, part of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. Gourmet hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar, 6 p.m., in the Great Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. Tickets are $35 per person. Call Gloria Waggoner at (509) 455-6661 for reservations.

Upcoming

Tsunami relief volunteer talk – Dawn Hayden, who was among several Spokane area volunteers helping the village of Komari in Sri Lanka, will speak from 3:45-5 p.m. Monday at the Gonzaga University Jepson Center, Room 104, 502 E. Boone. (509) 323-6856.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Mary Tracey of the House of Charity will discuss the Jesuit Volunteers and AmeriCorps Volunteers programs at the House of Charity, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

GU Business Forum – Guest speaker Stacey Cowles, publisher of The Spokesman-Review, will speak on “Newspapering in the 21st Century,” 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Gonzaga University Jepson Center auditorium, 502 E. Boone. The cost of $12.50 includes breakfast at 7 a.m. Call (509) 323-5991 for reservations.

Constitution Day lecture – David Mindich, former CNN assignment editor and professor of journalism at St. Michael’s College, will speak on “Tuning Out and Dropping Out: How Disengagement Challenges our Democracy and Weakens Constitutional Protections,” 7 p.m. Friday at Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. Admission is free. (509) 777-3707.

Bicycling clinic – Bicyclist Ruth Thomas, who is in her 80s, will speak on her recently completed journey riding through all 50 states and discuss the benefits of bicycling, 2:30 p.m. next Saturday at Rockwood Retirement Community-Hawthorne, 101 E. Hawthorne Road. (509) 466-0411.

Sons of Norway Lodge – The lodge will host breakfast 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 17, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. The cost is $4.50 adults and $2.50 for children under 6. The lodge will also host an ice cream social from 1-3 p.m. the same day. Prices vary. (509) 326-9211.

Community development lecture – Mary Nelson, president emeritus of the faith-based community development corporation Bethel New Life in Chicago, will speak on “Challenges and Opportunities in Creating Shalom Community,” 7 p.m. Sept. 19 in Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. (509) 777-4345.

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