Spokane calendar
Today
“The Bicycle Corps” – A film on the creation of the Bicycle Corps in 1897 by the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry, 12:30 p.m., Spokane Community College Learning Resource Center, 1810 N. Greene; 533-7382.
Black History Month – Spokane Falls Community College hosts Dan John, director of student programs and multicultural student services at Lower Columbia College, at 11:30 a.m., Sub Lounges A and B, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive; 533-3240.
Spokane City Forum – 11:45 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar; guest speaker Theresa Sanders, executive vice president-business development for the Spokane Area Economic Development Council, will present discussion on “Spokane’s Economic Development Succeeds with Leaps of Faith,” reservations are required; lunch $8.50, $5 for students; child care available by reservation; 777-1555.
Upcoming
“Democratization and Elections: Perspectives on Liberia” – will be topic Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Weyerhaeuser Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Road, by presentor John Yoder, professor of political studies at Whitworth who served on the Carter Center International Monitoring Team that observed the elections in Liberia; part of Whitworth College Great Decisions Lecture series; 777-3270.
American Association of University Women – Saturday, 10 a.m., Chic-A-Ria, 1812 W. Francis; guest speaker Kathy Carman, who lived in South America, will give a presentation about the Cuna Indians; reservations are required; lunch is $15; 487-1080.
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Charity Benefit Auction – Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Heroes and Legends, Lincoln and Riverside; 880-2785.
Engineers Forum of Spokane – Monday, noon, Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive; guest speaker: Jayne Singleton, curator of the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum; lunch is $12; 244-3467.
“Is Our Aquifer in Danger?” – will be topic of lecture next Wednesday, 11 a.m., Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division, by Marlene Guhlke, project manager and environmental services manager for the engineering firm CH2M Hill; hosted by Spokane College Women’s Association; reservations required by Saturday; lunch is $13; 465-0362.
Pancake breakfast – Feb. 26, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Millwood Masonic Temple, 3219 N. Argonne Road; presented by the Jewel of the Valley Court, Order of the Amaranth; $5 for adults, $3 children 8 and under.
“Physics and the God of Abraham” – Feb. 27-March 1, 7 p.m., joint lecture series by Gonzaga University and Whitworth College: The Rev. William Stoeger will present “The Beginnings of the Universe: Big Band Cosmology and Creation,” Feb. 27, Gonzaga School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati; Rev. William Stoeger will present “God as Creator: Divine Immanence, Evolution and the Laws of Nature,” Feb. 28, Weyerhaueuser Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Road; Rev. Robert Spitzer will present “Philosophical Implications for Creation and Design Arising out of Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology,” March 1, 721 N. Cincinnati; 323-6744.
Soul Food Awareness Day – Feb. 28, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Spokane Community College Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene, hosted by the SCC Black Student Union; menu will include barbecued chicken, collard greens, cornbread; $7; 533-8114.