Monday

Community

-- Auction items being solicited for Senior High Youth’s ninth annual mission benefit supper and auction; 5 p.m. Nov. 10, Waynesville American Legion. To donate, call (217) 949-5751.

-- Tickets available for Crossroads Chapel youth chili supper; 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 2, Crossroads Chapel, 2007 W. Washington St., Bloomington. Cost: $5. Call (309) 828-7554.

-- Register for free education program on identity theft; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Memorial Hall, Maple Lawn Homes, Eureka. Presenter: Mike Hughes, community outreach coordinator for Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office. Call (309) 467-2922.

-- Registration required for GED testing in Tazewell County; 5 p.m. Nov. 2 and 8 a.m. Nov. 3 at Tazewell County Justice Center, Community Room, Pekin. Costs: $35. Register at Regional Office of Education, Pekin, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call (309) 477-2290.

-- McLean County Republican Party monthly breakfast; 7 to 8 a.m., Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center, Veterans Parkway, Bloomington. Speakers: U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller of Morris, and New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann, who is running to succeed Weller. Call (309) 663-6323.

-- Free walk-in Medicare insurance counseling for senior citizens and their families; 1 to 2 p.m., Lincoln Towers, 202 S. Roosevelt Ave., Bloomington. Call (309) 454-1451 or (800) 227-2509.

-- Illinois State University’s seventh annual School of Art pumpkin carving party; 4 p.m. in the sculpture yard, east side of the Center for the Visual Arts, Normal. In case of rain, moved to Room 130 of Center for the Visual Arts.

-- Tickets available for Heartland Area Special Olympics’ seventh annual celebrity waiter dinner and auction; 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 22, Central Station, Bloomington. Cost: $35 per person. Call (309) 888-2012.

For kids

-- Registration deadline Friday for Discovery Day Camps; Science Extravaganza, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 25; and Dinosaurs, Oct. 26. Cost: $30 members and $35 for others. Call (309) 433-3444.

Tuesday

Community

-- Advance tickets available for San Jose United Methodist Women’s annual bazaar and turkey supper; 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7, church fellowship hall. Call (309) 247-3272.

-- Robin Santra of Argonne National Laboratory to speak;

4 p.m. Room 214, Moulton Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, Department of Physics Colloquium Series.

-- McLean County Genealogical Society meeting; 7 p.m., McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington. Speakers: Bruce and Susan Anderson from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Call (309) 454-2688.

-- Illinois State University’s Paul Garris, “The Chemistry-Biology Interface: Bridging Rat and Human to Understand Parkinson’s Disease”; 7:30 p.m., Old Main Room, Bone Student Center, Normal, part of College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series.

For kids

-- Earth Science activity led by Ed Landiss; 10 to 11 a.m. second floor, Children’s Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal. Free with paid admission of $4 per person ages 2 and older. Call (309) 433-3448.

Wednesday

Community

-- Free Rules of the Road review course; 9 a.m., Miller Park Senior Center, lower level of Pavilion, 1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington. Call (309) 454-1451.

-- Sheriff Mike Emery and State’s Attorney Bill Yoder to discuss the Saybrook-based patrol office; 7 p.m., Township Building, Saybrook.

For kids

-- Awesome Earth Science activities led by ISU Prism students; 9 to 11 a.m., second floor, Children’s Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal. Free with paid admission of $4 per person ages 2 and older. Call (309) 433-3448.

Thursday

Community

-- Holiday open house at The Depot; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Depot, Mackinaw. Reservations recommended for lunch at the Tearoom. Call (309) 359-4TEA.

-- “Things You Should Know About Internet Safety” by state police Trooper Joe Dittmer; 6:30 p.m., Mount Hope-Funks Grove Township Public Library, McLean. Call (309) 874-2291.

-- Woodford County Sewing Guild meeting, making soft shoes for children; 7 p.m., Farm Bureau Building, Eureka.

For kids

-- Awesome Earth Science activities led by ISU Prism students; 9 to noon, second floor, Children’s Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal. Free with paid admission of $4 per person ages 2 and older. Call (309) 433-3448.

-- Weather activities and demonstrations by ISU Physics Club; 10 to 11 a.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., first floor by elevators, Children’s Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal. Free with paid admission of $4 per person ages 2 and older. Call (309) 433-3448.

-- Lights-on after-school rally for after-school programs; 4 to 7 p.m., Unity Community Center, 632 Orlando Ave., Normal. Call (309) 663-8306 or visit www.

normalunitycenter.org.

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