Today

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

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

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

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department board meeting, 5:30 p.m., Community Health Facility’s first-floor meeting room, 200 Maine.

Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meeting, 5:30 p.m., Edgewood Homes, main conference room, 1600 Haskell Ave.

Vickers Memorial Lecture: Jack Kemp, former vice presidential candidate for Bob Dole, 7 p.m., Lied Center, free.

Eudora City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St.

Tuesday

Immunization clinic by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 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.

Study group: “Politics in an Age of Entertainment & Instant Information,” led by Fellow John Toohey, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, Kansas University’s west campus, open to the public.

Chili dinner benefit for Central Junior High School, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., Aimee’s Coffeehouse, 1025 Mass.

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

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Author reading and signing, with romance novelist Kathleen Gilles Seidel, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

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

Wakarusa Township Board meeting, 7 p.m., 300 W. 31st St.

“Catching Lightning in a Bottle: The Rise and Fall of the Dean Campaign,” by Joe Trippi, former Howard Dean presidential campaign manager, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s west campus, 864-4900.

Wednesday

Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 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.

Books & Babies, for 8- to 23-month-olds with adults, 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., free, no registration required, 843-3833 ext. 117.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County informational meeting, noon, 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A, 843-7359.

University Forum: Readings from the “Aeneid,” noon, Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., optional lunch $3-$5.50.

Study group: “Citizens vs. The Man,” led by Fellow Alan Cobb, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s west campus, open to the public.

Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., county courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Thursday

Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-7 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

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.

Brown Bag Roundtable for KU Student Labor Week, 12:30 p.m., Kansas Union.

Friends of the Public Library Book Sale, Members Night, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

Lecompton kindergarten roundup, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., Lecompton Elementary School, (785) 887-6343.

Books & Babies, for 8- to 23-month-olds with adults, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., free, no registration required, 843-3833 ext. 117.

Thursday Evening Storytime for all ages, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 707 Vt., free, no registration required, 843-3833, ext. 117.

Lecture: “The Ethics of Using Genetics to Make Better People,” Dan Brock of Harvard University, 7:30 p.m., Centennial Room, Kansas Union, KU.

Lecture: “Time to Give Up on Russia?” by Paul Saunders, director of the Nixon Center in Washington, D.C., 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s west campus, 864-4900.

Friday

Immunization clinic by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 8:30 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.