Lawrence Datebook
TODAY
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.
AARP Driver Safety Course, day one of two, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Gallery, $10 workbook fee, register at 843-3833.
Lawrence Technology Assn. luncheon, 11:45 a.m., Pachamama’s, 800 N.H., $12-$15, register at 832-2824 or e-mail events@lawrencetech.org.
Lawrence Farmers Market, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 1020 Vt.
Gaming Tourneys, for sixth- through 12th-graders, 4 p.m.-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., no registration required.
Political Power Hour: “Bob Dole: The Senate Years,” with Lew Ferguson and Jim McLean, 4 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, west campus, 864-4900, free.
Chicks with Sticks, knitting for sixth- through 12th-graders (beginners welcome), 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Teen Zone, 707 Vt., no registration required.
Historic Resources Commission meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Thursday Evening Storytime, for all ages, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 707 Vt., no registration required.
Books & Babies Storytime, for 8- to 23-month-olds with parent, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt., no registration required.
“General James G. Blunt: Tarnished Glory,” speech by author Robert Collins, Sons of the Union Veterans meeting, 7:30 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., public welcome.
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 for 2-year-olds and an accompanying adult, preregistration requested, 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.
AARP Driver Safety Course, day two of two, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Gallery, register at 843-3833.
Storytime for all ages, 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 707 Vt., no registration required.
Saturday
Lawrence Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-11 a.m., 824 N.H.
Walk to D’Feet ALS, a fundraiser for the ALS Association, registration at 1 p.m., walk at 2 p.m., Kansas University Union.
Flu shot clinic, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds Building 21, $16-$21 per person, but nobody will be turned away.
Jayhawk Audubon Society birdseed and plant sale, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa.
White Glove Tour of the Dole Archive, 10:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, west campus, free, 864-1420.
Bookworms Unite, book club for 8- to 12-year-olds, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Gallery, registration requested, 843-3833 ext. 121.
After Hours Poetry Cafe, for 11- to 18-year-olds, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., admittance ends at 6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
Sunday
Lawrence High School Spirit Squad Little Lion Clinic, for K- Sixth graders, 12:30 p.m. walk-in registration, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. clinic, LHS East Gym. Registration forms available at the Athletic Office at LHS.
Monday
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.
Douglas County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., county courthouse, 1100 Mass.
Public meeting to discuss Coordinated public Transportation Development Plan, 5 p.m.-6:50 p.m., Tom Wilkerson Room, Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center, Free State High School, 4706 Overland Drive. This location served by Route 6 clockwise and Route 6 counter-clockwise of the Lawrence Transit System.
Kansas University’s Tunnel of Oppression, multimedia experience (not appropriate for children), 6 p.m.-9 p.m., KU’s Lewis Hall.
Lawrence school board meeting, 7 p.m., district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.
Eudora City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St., Eudora.
Lecture: “American Grass Roots Democracy in an Anti-American World,” by Kenton Keith, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, Kansas University’s west campus, 864-4900, free.
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 for 2-year-olds and an accompanying adult, preregistration requested, 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.
Storytime for all ages, 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 707 Vt., no registration required.
Public meeting to discuss Coordinated public Transportation Development Plan, 4 p.m.-5:50 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union, KU campus. This location served by Route 8 of the Lawrence Transit System.
Lawrence Farmers Market, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 1020 Vt.
Grant information session, by the Douglas County Community Foundation, 4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., www.dccfoundation.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County informational meeting, 5:15 p.m., 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A, 843-7359.
Kansas State Nurses Association District 17 continuing education: “Which Came First – The Chicken or the Plague?”, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Conference Room E, Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Registration: 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Kansas University’s Tunnel of Oppression, multimedia experience (not appropriate for children), 6 p.m.-9 p.m., KU’s Lewis Hall.
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.
Wakarusa Township Board meeting, 7 p.m., 300 W. 31st St.
Muncie Journalism and Politics Lecture: “Politics & The Media: What We Do Right … What We Could Do Better,” Neal Shapiro, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s west campus.