Police gay, lesbian unit plans open house

D.C. police have scheduled an open house to discuss changes to its Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit.

Assistant Police Chief Diane Groomes and other leaders of the unit will answer questions at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Reeves Center's Edna Frazier Community Room, 2000 14th St. NW. For information, call 202-727-9493. To register, visit http://glbt.dc.gov.

Doctors, others to discuss macular degeneration

The Prevention of Blindness Society is having a town meeting on macular degeneration from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Sibley Memorial Hospital's Ernst Auditorium, 5255 Loughboro Rd. NW.

The event is free and open to the public.

Doctors and researchers will discuss how neurological diseases and drug treatments might be related to age-related macular degeneration, among other topics.

For information, call 202-234-1010 or e-mail jheilman@youreyes.org.

Family Court ceremony to honor Adoption Day

The D.C. Superior Court's Family Court and the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency will celebrate National Adoption Day with a ceremony Nov. 21.

More than 30 children and their adoptive families will get their final adoption decree at the event from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 21 in the third-floor atrium of the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave. NW.

In addition, prospective foster or adoptive parents can talk with social workers. Children's activities are planned.

For information, visit http://www.dccourts.gov and click on "Adoption Day page." For adoption and foster parenting information, call 202-671-5683.

D.C. students to write to authors in contest

D.C. students in grades one to 12 will write letters to authors explaining how their books influenced them for the national Letters About Literature contest.

Six national winners will get a $10,000 grant for their community or school library. The deadline is Dec. 7. For information, go to http://www.dclibrary.org.