TODAY
9 a.m.: Flag-raising to commemorate start of POW/MIA Week, Douglas County Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts streets, conducted by Alford-Clark Post 852 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, South Park.
MONDAY
9 a.m.: Douglas County Commission, county courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts.
3 p.m.-8 p.m.: Community meeting on the city's proposal for a fixed-route bus system, Union Pacific Depot theater room, 402 N. Second. Citizens are invited to drop in during those hours to review the routes and talk with city staff, transit consultants and members of the city's transit advisory committee. Rout information also available at the public library, 707 Vt., and the city manager's office, Sixth and Massachusetts.
6:30 p.m.: North Lawrence Improvement Association picnic, John Taylor Park. Program: Margene Swartz of the City staff will be there to talk about what members want in north Lawrence.
7 p.m.: Lawrence High School parent open house, 19th and Louisiana.
7 p.m.: Lawrence school board meeting, school district service center, 3705 Clinton Pkwy.
7 p.m.: "Zen Master's Enno's Zen," lecture by Fukishima Keido Roshi, 7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, Kansas University.
Lawrence Public Library Bookmobile: 9 a.m.-10 a.m. at Prairie Commons, 5121 Congressional; 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Babcock Place, 1700 Mass.
TUESDAY
12:30 p.m.: Calligraphy demonstration and talk by Fukishima Keido Roshi, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art; seated Zen meditation, 5:30 p.m., room 207, Robinson Gymnasium, both at Kansas University.
4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Farmers' Market, city parking lot in the 1000 block of Vermont.
6:35 p.m.: Lawrence City Commission, city hall, Sixth and Massachusetts.
Lawrence Public Library Bookmobile: 9 a.m.-10 a.m. at Adult Learning Center, 1919 Del.; 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Vermont Towers, 1101 Vt.; 1 p.m.-1:30 p.m. at Brandon Woods Assisted Care, 1501 Inverness Dr.; 2 p.m.-3 p.m. at Peterson Acres, 2930 Peterson Rd.
WEDNESDAY
9 a.m.-noon: Health screening for people 60 and older, Babcock Place, 1700 Mass. A fee will be charged. Sponsored by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
9 a.m.: Lawrence Memorial Hospital board meeting, auditorium, LMH, 325 Maine.
Noon-1 p.m.: University Forum, Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1204 Oread. Speaker: Larry Martin, curator of the Museum of Natural History at Kansas University, on "Science as Magic: Is Teaching of Science and Religion Compatible in the Classroom?"
6:35 p.m.: Douglas County Commission, county courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts.
Lawrence Public Library Bookmobile: 9 a.m.-10 a.m. at Brandon Woods, 1501 Inverness Dr.; 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Dr.; 1 p.m.-2 p.m. at Drury Place, 1510 St. Andrews Dr.
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: Historic Resources Commission, city hall, Sixth and Massachusetts.
7:30 p.m.: Kanwaka Township Board meeting, Kanwaka Township Hall, 548 N. 1700 Rd.
FRIDAY
6 p.m.: Ceremony to mark the conclusion of POW/MIA week, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 852, 138 Ala., with the reading of POWs and MIAs from Kansas.
SATURDAY
6:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Farmers' Market, city parking lot in the 1000 block of Vermont.
8 a.m.-noon: Household hazardous waste collection, 711 E. 23rd. To schedule a drop-off appointment on another day, call 832-3030.
10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Parks and Recreation Department's brush and tree branch collection site open, 1110 Haskell.
11 a.m.: Grand opening of Lawrence Nature Center, 2730 Harper. Events scheduled during the day.
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