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Events scheduled from Sept. 3 to Sept. 6.

Monday



Community

-- Bloomington Labor Day Parade, “Save the American Dream”; 10 a.m., from Center and Madison streets, west on Front Street to Lee Street, south on Lee to Wood Street and west on Wood to Miller Park. Picnic for union members at Miller Park Pavilion. Admission to picnic: $3 raffle ticket per person.

-- Hudson Fire Department’s open house for new station; 2 to 4 p.m., 402 N. Broadway, Hudson.

-- Franklin Park jazz concert; 4 p.m., Franklin Park, Bloomington. Check on cancellation due to weather at (309) 434-2FUN.

-- Annual Delavan Fall Festival duck race; 5 p.m., large lake in Lake Park. Cost for ducks: $1 each or six for $5.

Tuesday



Community

-- Tickets still available for Lincoln College Museum’s The Grand Soiree; 6 p.m. Sept. 8, Davidson-Sheffer Gymnasium, Lincoln College. Cost: $85 per person. Call Jean Ann Miller at (217) 732-3155, ext. 251.

-- Tickets available for Elkhart Hill Tour, by reservation only; Sept. 15, Elkhart Hill. Sponsor: Elkhart Historical Society. Tickets: $5. Call (217) 947-2238.

-- Clinton Christian Academy first day of school; begins 8:30 a.m. in the gymnasium facilities of Clinton Assembly of God, Clinton. Dismisses at 3:10 p.m. each day. Call (217) 935-9414.

-- Illinois State University’s Hibbert R. Roberts Lecture by Manfred Steger, professor of global studies; 7 p.m., Old Main Room, Bone Student Center, Normal.

-- “Tell Your Story!” with Linda Garbe; 7 to 8 p.m., Towanda District Library 301 S. Taylor, Towanda. To register, call (309) 728-2176.

Wednesday



Community

-- Hot Solutions to Climate Change class through Sept. 26; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Workforce Development Center, Heartland Community College, Normal. Course Fee: $61. To register, call (309) 268-8160.

-- Illinois Wesleyan University’s community chapel hour, 11 a.m., Evelyn Chapel, 1301 N. Park St., Bloomington. University Chaplain Hope Luckie’s sermon: “We Get by with a Little Help from Our Friends.”

Thursday



Community

-- Share Foods of Central Illinois signup day; 2:30 to 4 p.m., The Salvation Army, 611 W. Washington St., Bloomington. Pickup day: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 22, same location. Cost: $16.50 or $9.50, with additional meat for $9.

-- Global Review, Gilbert Mulamba on “Street Children of Kinshasa”; 7 p.m., Eleanor Kong Room, Walker Hall, Illinois State University, Normal.

-- Chenoa Historical Society’s speaker Richard Whitver, “Wartime Music”; 7:30 p.m., Chenoa Heartland Bank.
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