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Nov. 26-29

Monday



Community

-- Register for Winter Safari Camp; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 2 and Jan. 3 at Miller Park Zoo. Registration and prepayment required. Forms at www.millerparkzoo.org. Costs: $22 per child for zoo members and $27 per child for nonmembers. Call (309) 434-2824.

-- Midstate Podiatry Associates’ 2007 Annual Holiday Shoe Drive, “Put Your Shoes and Socks Under the Mistletoe”; donations of new or gently used shoes and socks made at their office, 2708 McGraw Drive, Bloomington. Call (309) 663-2306.

-- World AIDS Day speaker Gail Wyatt; 7 p.m., Old Main Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University, Normal. Topic: “Why is Sex So Dangerous for Women?: Implications for HIV/AIDS and STDs.” Followed by a symposium at noon Tuesday at the same location on “Controversies in Mental Health Interventions for People Living with HIV.”

Tuesday



Community

-- Rural libraries of Delavan, Mackinaw, Tremont and Brimfield offer free paperback books at 26th annual Greater Peoria Farm Show; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Peoria Civic Center.

-- YWCA Senior Services free walk-in Medicare insurance counseling; 2 to 3 p.m., Normal Township Community Activity Center, 1 Normal Plaza, Normal. For in-home appointments, call (309) 454-1451 or (800) 227-2509.

-- League of Women Voters of McLean County forum, “Fighting Terrorism: Effective Alternatives to Military Solutions”; 7 p.m., Bone Student Center’s Old Main Room, Illinois State University, Normal. Speakers: Melvin Goodman, former CID and State Department analyst on Russian affairs, and Suraya Sadeed, founder and executive director of Help The Afghan Children.

-- Free lecture by Benjamin Franklin portrayed by Larry Pennie of Normal; 7 p.m., McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington.

-- “Chews Wisely: Do Good and Eat Well,” lecture on benefits of organic foods by Terra Brockman; 7:30 p.m., Cerf Center, Eureka College. Call (309) 467-6335.

For kids

-- Family movie, “Ratatouille”; 3:30 p.m., Mount Hope-Funks Grove Library, McLean. Call (309) 874-2291.

Wednesday



Community

-- Distinguished Professorship Lecture by Scott K. Sakaluk; 7 p.m., Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, Illinois State University, Normal. Topic: “Evolutionary battles of the sexes.”

Thursday



Community

-- U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson’s mobile office hours; 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Clinton City Hall; 1 to 2:30 p.m., Weldon Library; and 3 to 4:30 p.m., Farmer City City Hall.

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