In brief: Sali to hold veterans meeting

Congressman Bill Sali will hold a Veterans Town Hall meeting 5 to 6 p.m. Friday at American Legion Post 143, 1138 E. Poleline Ave.

Congressman Sali will be on hand to listen and hear your experience, concerns and questions regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs or any issue veterans would like to bring up.

For more information please contact Josh Callihan in Sali’s Coeur d’Alene office at 667-0127.

Coeur d’Alene

Regional spelling bee Saturday

A total of 44 fourth- through eighth-graders from the five northern counties of Idaho will participate in the fifth annual North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee at 10 a.m. Saturday, in North Idaho College’s Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center. Registration begins at 9 a.m.

The winner of the regional bee will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., compliments of sponsor Hagadone Newspapers to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee May 29 and 30. Each contestant was the winner of his or her respective grade level in district qualifying bees held in public school districts as well as a home school and private school district throughout North Idaho.

Cheney

Author speaking at EWU

Tim Flannery, an international global warming authority who has gained prominence through his scientific achievements and books, will speak at Eastern Washington University at 10 a.m. April 5 in EWU’s Showalter Auditorium.

Flannery’s latest book, “The Weather Makers,” looks at how man is changing the climate and what it means to our planet.

“Dr. Flannery is an international voice on climate change, and climate change is the single biggest challenge our students will face in their lifetime,” said Dana Elder, director of the EWU Honors Program, who is bringing Flannery to campus through a grant received from the Strategic Planning Council. The EWU College of Science, Health and Engineering, is co-sponsoring the speech.

In addition to his books, Flannery is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and has frequently been interviewed on ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC. He is currently a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

For more information, or to make arrangements for special needs, call Mary Benham by Wednesday at (509) 359-2822.

– From staff reports