Most of us have forgotten to return an overdue library book, but Robert Somaduroff may have set a record for tardiness at the Sunnyvale Public Library when he returned “Midget Motoring and Karting” last Friday — about 45 years after he checked it out.

Somaduroff, an engineer who now lives in Indianapolis, told library staff that he checked out the book before he could drive because he wanted to build his own car. The 1961 book includes techniques to build and operate “midget” cars and Go-Karts — one photo in the book pictures a 4-year-old, helmet-free boy posing in a DIY vehicle. Somaduroff didn’t finish his project, and as for the book, if you’ve ever been a teenager, you know how things sometimes disappear for a while. Like decades.

As he moved from city to city over the years, the book went with him, but on a recent trip home to visit his family, he decided it was time to bring it back. The returned volume still included the original library circulation card — an IBM punch card, which was used at high-tech libraries back in the ’70s — as well as a pink slip with a due date of Sept. 25, probably 1974. Honesty does come at a price, though: Somaduroff had to pay the library’s maximum fine for an overdue book: $10.

STROKE WALK RETURNS TO ROSE GARDEN: The Stroke Awareness Foundation’s eighth annual Fight Stroke Walk is Sunday and it comes at a time when strokes are again in the news because of the recent deaths of both actor Luke Perry and filmmaker John Singleton.

About 800 walkers are expected to make the 5K stroll around the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, and there’s still time to join them by registering at www.strokeinfo.org before Thursday. Harold Martin‘s HMQ band is providing musical encouragement for walkers at the event, which starts at 9 a.m.

Stroke Awareness Foundation board member Bill Baron says the foundation has raised more than $1.25 million since 2012 and puts nearly 92 percent of that money back into the community through education and awareness efforts.

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Tickets on sale for this year’s drive-thru Christmas in the Park “The key, though, for us is to make sure that the assembled walkers learn just a bit more about stroke while they’re with us — so we take a few moments to share some awareness tips,” Baron said. “In many cases, stroke is preventable and treatable — but the public needs to know the symptoms and take fast action.”

SEASONAL FAVORITES RETURN: The Taylor Street Night Market returns Thursday to the courtyard at the Gordon Biersch Brewery in San Jose’s Japantown. The evening of food trucks, games, music and beer runs from 5 to 9 p.m. and will feature Noah and the Arkiteks at the San Jose Jazz Boom Box Stage. A new addition to this season’s lineup is the Bay Area Photo Bus, which is just what it sounds like: a photo booth in a classic VW bus. Get food truck lineups and updates at www.facebook.com/nightmrkt.

And the Downtown San Jose Farmers Market kicks off its six-month run beginning Friday at San Pedro Square. The market — with fruits, veggies, flowers, music, craft vendors and more — runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Friday.

GOTTA GET AWAY?: If you haven’t flown by St. James Park lately, Southwest Airlines has planted a stage there to promote its upcoming flights to Hawaii. Music and other activities are happening between 4:45 and 7 p.m. through Saturday, and visitors can enter a contest to win prize packages including round-trip air travel. And I love Southwest and St. James Park as much as the next guy, but I’m not sure the regular denizens of the downtown San Jose park are the airline’s target audience. Maybe they’re hoping some of the judges and attorneys working at the nearby courthouses are itching for a vacation.