Sunday

-- Holy Apostles Annual Ethnic Bake Sale; Greek and Ukrainian pastries and cookies; order by Dec. 6.; pick up at church on Dec. 12; 309-827-2452.

-- Baked potato dinner; 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Colfax United Methodist Church; sponsored by Mission Committee; free-will donation; items for Thanksgiving food baskets will be accepted to be distributed to people in the Ridgeview District.

-- The "Seasons of Central" Fashion Show: 1 p.m., Central Catholic High School, Bloomington; $30; www.blmcchs.org or 309-661-7000.

-- Habitat for Humanity, DeWitt County, Happy House Blessing; 2:30 p.m., 920 E. Johnson St., Clinton; cake and punch to be served; 217-519-2166.

-- Suicide Prevention Night for parents and youth; 5 to 7 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington; staff of Twin Cities Behavioral Health and The Jason Foundation will address parents and Agape Counseling will address students; 309-828-6297.

-- Veteran Celebration and Recognition Dance; 5 to 8 p.m., American Legion, Lincoln; sponsored by St. John United Church of Christ youth; for veterans and their spouses living in or deployed from Logan County; 217-732-9796.

-- Register for Gardening Class on terrariums; 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12, McLean County Extension Office, 402 N. Hershey Road, Bloomington; $10; contact Sharon Becker at 309-663-8306.

-- "ISU Idol"; 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Brown Ball Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University, Normal; hosts: American Marketing Association and Epsilon Sigma Alpha; tickets $3 prior to event, $5 at door, contact Marketing Department, College of

Business; www.cob.ilstu.edu/ama.

Monday

-- Wind Turbines in Illinois; 6 to 8 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room; Randal Lloyd, agriculture awareness coordinator for McLean County.

-- Second Monday Story Club; 6:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room; for children in first, second and third grades.

Tuesday

-- Lapsit for Infants; 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room; for parents and infants up to 18 months old.

-- Eureka Rotary; noon, Cerf Center, Eureka College; speaker Chip Wilde, head basketball coach at Eureka College.

-- Anime Now; 4 to 5:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room.

-- Mystery Book Club: Under the Magnifying Glass; 7 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room; "Restless: A Novel" by William Boyd.

-- Tazewell County Genealogical Society; 7 p.m., Erlicher Library, Pekin; speaker: Maryann Russell, volunteer for the New Salem Historic Site; topic, the rebuilding of the village of New Salem by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1940s.

Wednesday

-- Preschool Story time; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room; for ages 3 to 5.

-- Veterans Day Program; 10:30 a.m., Washburn American Post 661; speaker: Col. James J. Baldi, commander of 182nd Medical Group, ILANG, Peoria; hosts: Washburn American Legion and its Auxiliary.

-- 2nd Annual Veterans Day Agent Orange Balloon Release; noon, Korea-Vietnam Memorial, Miller Park, Bloomington; to write a name in memory or dedication on a balloon call 309-829-9071.

-- Illinois State University's annual Veterans Day ceremony; noon, Bone Student Center Prairie Room-North; free; speaker: Sgt. Maj. Vern Wilfinger of the Bloomington-based Illinois Army National Guard 33rd Military Police Battalion; veterans may pick up commemorative yellow ribbons from 9- 11 a.m. in 112 Moulton Hall and at the entrance to the Prairie Room.

-- Veterans Day Assemby; 1:45 p.m., east gymnasium, Flanagan-Cornell Unit 74, Flanagan.

-- Veterans Day ceremony; 2:15 p.m., Prairie Central School Gymnasium, Fairbury; speaker: Terry Vance, past state commander VFW.

Thursday

-- Toddler Time; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room; for parents or grandparents and toddlers age 19 months to 35 months.

-- Rules of the Road Review course; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Normal Activity Center, One Normal Plaza, Normal.

-- Homeschool: Let's Sort This Out!; 1 to 3 p.m.; Sugar Grove Nature Center, Funks Grove; ages 6 and up; $8-10; registration required, 309-874-2174.

-- "Meet & Greet" with Tazewell County Treasurer candidate Mary Burress; 5 to 8 p.m., Red Rock Grill, Morton; invited: GOP candidates running for Tazewell County, State and Federal Offices.

-- Archaeology of Food; 7 p.m., McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington; speaker: Floyd Mansberger, archaeologist.

-- Woodford County Historical Society; 7 p.m., Snyder Village Community Room, Metamora; speaker: Robin Robinson; topic, Mid-19th Century Fabric Arts.

-- Gridley Library 1850s cooking class; 7 p.m., Gridley Library; cooking demonstration by Ellie Carlson, an Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar.