AARP Smart Driver Safety Course continues

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WEEKLY CRUISE-INS

THURSDAY NIGHT AT AIRLINE DAIRY CRÈME, 224 N. Dixie Drive, Vandalia, through October, 5 p.m. to dark. Door prizes, 50/50 raffle. 937-898-3100

RIP RAP ROADHOUSE CRUISE-IN, every Friday evening through October, starting at 5 p.m., 6024 Rip Rap Road, Dayton. Park in the three-acre field and enjoy good food and free music.

AARP SMART DRIVER SAFETY COURSE

This four-hour course helps keep drivers updated, safe, confident and mobile. It includes strategies that can reduce the likelihood of a crash and to understand the links between driver, vehicle and road environments. It also includes strategies for adapting to changes in individuals, roads and the vehicles. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Classes are being conducted throughout the Miami Valley during the year. Find a nearby class at www.AARPdriversafety.org. Pre-registration is required. An online course is also available. Each participant receives a certificate of completion which may result in discounted vehicle insurance rates.

NOV. 4

28TH ANNIVERSARY CARBS (COLLECTORS AND REPLICA BUILDERS SOCIETY) FALL FEST, public welcome 9 a.m., contest registration 9:30 a.m. to noon, Abiding Christ Lutheran Church, 326 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, Fairborn. Judging noon to 2:30 p.m., awards at 3 p.m. Vendor tables $20 plus one unopened model kit, breakfast and lunch food. Barry Payne, 937-235-3114; Vern Hezier, 937-878-1077. www.carbsmodelcar.com.

NOV. 5

43rd ANNUAL INDOOR/OUTDOOR SWAP MEET, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Reichard Chevrolet, 575 Arlington Road, Brookville, hosted by the Dayton Buckeye Model A Ford Club. All makes antique and classic cars, parts and related items. Antique cars on display in showroom. Hot breakfast, lunch available. Spectator fee $3; indoor 10-by-10 vendor space $15, unlimited outdoor vendor spaces, $15. Saturday (day before), vendors only 4 to 6 p.m., set-up for indoor spaces. Free car corral for sellers of collector cars. Mike Bogart, 175 Marybill Drive S, Troy OH 45373 or 937-335-9353.

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