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Aug. 12-16 SundayCommunity -- Sign up for program on weed control; 1 p.m. Aug. 14 or 7 p.m. Aug. 16, McLean County Extension, 402 N. Hershey Road, Bloomington. Call (309) 663-8306. -- Annual Streator R/C Flyers radio-controlled fly-in breakfast; 8 a.m. to noon, club field, two miles west and a half-mile south of Streator. Cost: $5, adults; $2.50, children age 12 and younger. MondayCommunity -- Tickets available, McLean County Democratic Party fundraising dinner; 5 p.m., Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom, ISU Normal. Social hour, 4 p.m. Tickets: $25 ($20 for students) Call (309) 827-3934. -- YWCA Rules of the Road review course; 9 a.m., Calvary United Methodist Church, 1700 N. Towanda Ave., Normal. Call (309) 454-1451. For kids -- Appointments taken, Tremont District early childhood screening; Aug. 23, Tremont Grade School. Call (309) 925-3823, Ext. 252. -- Appointments taken, Deer Creek-Mackinaw early childhood screening; Aug. 21-22, Deer Creek-Mackinaw Primary/Junior High. Call (309) 359-5480. -- Unit 5 make-up registration for elementary (PK-5); 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m., at the student’s school. -- Unit 5 registration for 12th grade; 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 7:30 p.m., at the student’s school. -- Registration, Blue Ridge school district ECSE, pre-K, kindergarten, grades 1-12; noon to 7:30 p.m., Blue Ridge High School, Farmer City. Also Tuesday. TuesdayCommunity -- Eureka Rotary Club speaker Kurt Barth, head football coach Eureka High School; noon, Eureka College Cerf Center. -- Walk-in Medicare insurance counseling for seniors; 2 to 3 p.m., BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Call (309) 454-1451 or (800) 227-2509 for in-home appoint-ments. -- Visit by NASA AeroSpace bus; 3 to 8 p.m., Towanda District Library. -- LeRoy Fall Festival, downtown LeRoy; carnival opens nightly at 6 p.m.; Saturday matinee, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, queen pageant with Cattle Bandits; Wednesday, Sin-cerity quartet; Thursday, Andy Dallas & Co. (hypnotist); Friday, Scott Dubose & 101 Ranch; Saturday, Riverbilly. All stage shows at 7 p.m. -- Bill Wilson, Hill’s Fort Society, Bond County, to speak; 7 p.m., Tazewell County Ge-nealogical and Historical Society’s Erlicher Library, Pekin. Call (309) 477-3044. For kids -- Unit 5 registration for ninth grade; 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 7:30 p.m., at the student’s school. -- McDonald’s 17th annual McKids’ Day; 2 to 6 p.m., Oakland Avenue McDonald’s, Bloomington. -- Unit 5 registration for junior high (grades 6-8); 3 to 7 p.m., at the student’s school. -- Eureka Middle School new student orientation; 6 p.m., at the school. WednesdayCommunity -- Chenoa Public Library open house; regular library hours. Also Aug. 16. -- Lunchtime concert, Brian Choban Quintet; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., free show on the lawn of McLean County Museum of History, downtown Bloomington. For kids -- Registration, Blue Ridge school district ECSE, pre-K, kindergarten, grades 1-3; 8 a.m. to noon, Schneider Elementary, Farmer City. -- Registration, Blue Ridge school district grades 4-6; 8 a.m. to noon, Blue Ridge Mans-field Elementary. -- Registration, Blue Ridge school district grades 7-8; 8 a.m. to noon, Blue Ridge Junior High, Mansfield. -- Unit 5 registration for 10th grade; 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 7:30 p.m., at the student’s school. ThursdayCommunity -- Community storytelling concert; 6:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library community room, 205 E. Olive St., Bloomington. With members of Twin City Tale Spinners. Call (309) 828-6091. -- Woodford County Sewing Guild topic, “Dressing Up Little Girls’ Dresses,” by Karen Fyke; 7 p.m., Farm Bureau, Eureka. Call (309) 467-4525. -- Washburn Festival -- “There’s A Party Goin’ On”; Friday night: grand marshal presen-tation, baked good auction, hypnotist Ken Sorrells and Battle of the Bands; Saturday: lawn mower poker run, Gladioli Society Show, parade and ATV pulls; Saturday evening: Kentucky Sisters. All three days: carnival rides, displays and beer garden with Wolfe DJ on Friday night and Southern Cross on Saturday night. For kids -- Unit 5 registration for 11th grade; 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 7:30 p.m., at the student’s school. -- Eureka High School new student orientation; 6 p.m., at the school. |
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