Today

¢Sixth Annual Chocolate Festival for Teens, 11- to 18-year-olds, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Auditorium, 707 Vt., no registration required.

¢”The Civil War Started Here: The National Impact of Events in Territorial Kansas,” by John Sacher, Emporia State University, as part of the Bleeding Kansas 2006 Lecture Series, 2 p.m., Constitution Hall, Lecompton, free.

¢Family storytime, 3:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 707 Vt., free, no registration required, 843-3833, ext. 117.

¢Drug Policy Lecture Series, with Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C., 4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

Monday

¢Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (flu shots available), 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-8 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

¢Douglas County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., county courthouse, 1100 Mass.

¢Medicare information, 10 a.m., studio of Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vt., 842-0543.

¢”Post Cold War: Can the All-Volunteer Army Wage the War on Terrorism, or Do We Need a Draft?” Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior adviser to the Center for Defense Information, 3:30 p.m.5 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union.

¢Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St.

¢Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Tuesday

¢Screenings for people 60 and older by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Lecompton United Methodist Church, 402 Elmore St.

¢Immunization clinic by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (flu shots available), 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

¢Toddler storytime, 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., for 2-year-olds with an accompanying adult, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., free, registration required, 843-3833, ext. 117.

¢Storytime, 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 707 Vt., free, no registration required, 843-3833, ext. 117.

¢”Culture, Religion and Violence,” Pauletta Otis, senior fellow in Religion and International Affairs at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 3 p.m.-4 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union.

¢Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County informational meeting, 5:15 p.m., 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A, 843-7359.

¢Exhibit entry submissions, Douglas County Science Fair, 6 p.m.-10 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Building 21, 766-2136.

¢Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

¢Civil Air Patrol informational meeting, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Kansas National Guard Armory, 200 Iowa, 841-0752.

¢”A Woman President: If Not Now, When?” speech by former presidential candidate Carol Moseley-Braun, 8 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, Kansas University’s west campus.

Wednesday

¢Exhibit entry submissions, Douglas County Science Fair, 8 a.m.-noon, Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Building 21, 766-2136.

¢Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (flu shots available), 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

¢Health screenings for people 60 and older by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., Babcock Place, 1700 Mass.

¢Joint study session of city, county and school district leaders, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.