June 29-July 2

Monday

-- Reservations for Elkhart Hill historical tours; July 18, Elkhart Hill; $5-$10; (217) 947-2046 or www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org. Tours of Gillett Mansion; $20; (217) 947-2346 for tour times and reservations.

-- Register for "Don't Blame the Plant" workshop; 1 p.m. Tuesday or 7 p.m. July 2; teleconference at McLean County Extension office, Bloomington; Four Seasons gardening program; $5; (309) 663-8306.

-- Tickets available for Prairieland Koi & Pond Society 2009 Water Garden Tour; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 11 and noon to 5 p.m. July 12, various ponds in loop from Bartonville to Delavan; $10; portion of proceeds to local food pantries; purchase tickets from various garden stores, including Dutch Landscaping, Metamora; (217) 737-3625.

Tuesday

-- Ecology Action Center presents "A Pig Tale"; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room.

-- Eureka Rotary Club; noon, Eureka College Cerf Center; Anna Laible, administrator of Eureka Community Hospital, will be installed as president; $6.50; (309) 467-2247.

-- Face painting by Zoo Lady Mickey Lower; 2 p.m., Mount Hope-Funks Grove Library summer reading program.

-- 2009 Crop Walk organizational meeting; 7 p.m. St. John United Church of Christ, Lincoln.

Wednesday

-- Register by July 12 for Native American Animal Tales; 11 a.m. July 18, old Town Township Hall; storyteller: Arthur Avery; (309) 828-6091, ext. 251.

-- Jungle Buddies stories and songs; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room; young children accompanied by adult.

Thursday

-- Deer Creek District Library summer reading program; 10 a.m., at library; activity: face painting; (309) 447-6724.

-- Twin City Tale Spinners; 10 a.m., Normal Parks and Recreation Outdoor Theatre, behind the Normal Parks and Recreation office on Linden Street; topic: boat stories; free.

-- Nonfiction Book Club; noon, Lincoln Leisure Center, Bloomington; "King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War" by Catrine Clay.

-- Afternoon movie series; 2 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room; "Finding Nemo."