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Unacceptable items include yard waste placed in plastic bags, trash cans, cardboard boxes, bundles tied with wire, nylon rope, and synthetic line of any kind or in other containers, will be skipped.

… Costa Pescador glasses, a Huk Icon shirt, a pair of AFTCO gloves, a Shimano Saragosa, a pair of Cuda pliers, an Okuma Solterra, a Columbia hoodie and a Penn Battle II spinning reel.

Greensboro Amateur Radio Association: 6:30 p.m. dinner; 7 p.m. meeting, fourth Monday, Captain Bill’s, 6108 W. Market St., GB. For anyone interested in amateur radio and related subjects. info@w4gso.org or www.w4gso.org.

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The group meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 10 to 11 a.m. Those who care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia will be able to learn useful skills while voicing their concerns. Topics include communication techniques, caregiver support, safety issues, benefits of activities and daily routine, family dynamics, stages of the disease process, behavior management and more. Facilitators are Michelle Wyman, LSW, CDP, dementia specialist, Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, and Elaine Reid, CDP, director of client services, Companions for Living.

Route 209 was closed more than three hours for several miles from Route 248 to near the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the dispatcher said.

Honorably Discharged Veterans Needed for Honor Guard, provide complimentary military honors to veterans families. Fifty percent of honors in Guilford County. Transportation, uniforms and accessories furnished. Monthly meetings. Vern Sieg, 336-420-1697l or www.randolphcountyhonorguard.vpweb.com.

It is looking likely that the FCC’s 28 GHz auction is winding down or, more in the holiday spirit, wrapping up. In the latest round (the 77th), for the ninth time in a row no new licenses drew bids, the longest such stretch since the auction began Nov. 14 and, over the 2,939 licenses that currently have provisionally winning bids (PWBs), the aggregate bid increase for the round was under $100,000, a new low.

• First United Methodist—1007 Osage (across from Marrs Elem.)• First Baptist Church—940 W. Oak (Oak St. Campus)• Lighthouse Church—709 E. 4th St. (behind Tastee Freeze)• First Presbyterian Church—300 E. 2nd St. (across from Post Office)• Tri-County Baptist Church –397930 W. 4100 Rd.• Ascension Church & Family Worship Center will deliver meals to the area behind Mr. Bass and Country Road.  Please call FWC at 918-798-3102 if you  are not on the list and would like meals delivered. 

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved the technical scope, cost estimate and plan of work for an upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source, a major storage-ring X-ray source at Argonne.

Today, outside of the black powder used in them, most muzzleloaders sold aren’t so primitive anymore. The evolution of the break-action, in-line muzzleloader has been remarkable. Vast improvements include easier, more reliable methods of igniting the powder, modifications to enable more rapid repeated shots, and far greater accuracy. Though the very earliest models made hitting a barn door a challenge — and an impossibility in wet weather — today, we can purchase muzzleloaders like CVA’s Accura, which can be rifle-sharp up to 200 yards.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. In case of bad weather, we will cancel. Please check the www.musclepowered.org/calendar or our Facebook page for last minute changes, or contact the hike coordinator Jo Foster at jf.prairie@gmail.com, or (319) 504-3309, call or text.