Lawrence Datebook

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American Red Cross blood drive, noon-6 p.m., First Christian Church, 10th and Kentucky streets, 843-3550 or (888) 719-8929 (for eligibility questions).

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

Lecture: “August Bondi, Soldier and Settler,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 7 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., free, 841-4109.

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