Area Calendar for the week of Aug. 2, 2009:

MONDAY

Register for water gardening workshop; 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10, Eureka Public Library; topic: types of water gardens, ponds, types of containers, fish or no fish; free; (309) 467-2922.

Register for gardening class; 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13, McLean County Extension Office, 402 N. Hershey Road, Bloomington; topic: "Herbs: They Make a Lot of Scents;" $10; (309) 663-8306.

Book Showers for Literacy of McLean book drive; today until Aug.14; drop-off sites: The Alamo II, Babbitt's Books, Children's Discovery Museum, The Garlic Press and Normal Public Library; sponsor: Bloomington-Normal Jaycees and Uptown Normal Business Association; books for toddler-age children through young adults.

Teen summer reading program closing party; 6:30 p.m. Bloomington Public Library; movie: "Twilight."

TUESDAY

Eureka Rotary Club; noon, Eureka College Cerf Center; Doug Allan, executive director, Counseling and Family Services of Peoria; $6.50; (309) 467-2247.

Bloomington Junior High School registration; 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 4, Western Avenue Community Center; students that are new to the district, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 5; all student who have not yet registered by mail, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6 and 11; sixth grade open house for 6B and 6H, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17; sixth grade open house for 6J and 6S, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18; eighth grade open house, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25; and seventh grade open house, 6:45 p.m. Aug. 27.

WEDNESDAY

Bloomington High School registration; ninth grade registration, 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 5; open registration for all grades, 7:30 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 6; 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 7; and 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 8.

U.S. Rep. Timothy Johnson town hall meeting; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Normal Public Library Community Room.

Winn Claybaugh, author "Be Nice (Or Else): And What's In It for You"; 7 p.m., Paul Mitchell the School, 1503 E. College Ave., Normal; book signing afterward.

THURSDAY

District 87 elementary school registration; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bent; 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m., Irving, Oakland and Washington; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m., Sheridan; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stevenson.

Nonfiction Book Club; noon, Lincoln Leisure Center, Bloomington; "The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible" by A.J. Jacobs.

Bollywood Movie Series; 6:30 p.m. Bloomington Public Library Community Room; "Picture Perfect."

Discovering Pieces of the World: International Culture Night; 6:30 p.m., Community Commons Building, Heartland Community College, Normal; (309) 268-8433.