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Veterans seminar Oct. 15 - Veterans seminar on “Five- and 10-Point Hiring Preference.” To attend the seminar, call John Hamilton at 301-393-8221 or send an email to jrhamilton@dllr.state.md.us. Alliance of Small Businesses Oct. 15 - Alliance of Small Businesses networking event. The program will be on Kids Are Heroes, a nonprofit organization that inspires children to become leaders. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mimi's Cafe, 5120 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, Md. Free.

Bookmobiles Shiningtree Home in Smithsburg, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. Edgemont Road area, 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. Call 301-739-3250, ext. 155, for stop locations. Seminole Drive at Jefferson Boulevard, 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. Call 301-739-3250, ext. 155, for stop locations. Woodland Trailer Court, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. St. James Village, 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. St. James North area, 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. Call 301-739-3250, ext. 155, for stop locations.

Some Tri-state chapters of the American Red Cross are training volunteers to go south to help Hurricane Katrina victims. Washington County: Sept. 20, Oct. 13 and 14 - call 301-739-0717, ext. 201 Frederick County, Md.: Sept. 5 - call 301-662-5131 Winchester-Frederick County (Va.): Sept. 6, 10, 12 and 20 - call 540-662-5412 Berkeley County: today - call 304-263-5241 Harrisburg: today, Saturday, Sunday - call 717-234-3101

There will be no trash collection in the City of Hagerstown on Monday, and the Washington County Landfill will be closed. All trash and recycling collection will be delayed one day. Garbage may be placed at the curb after 4 p.m. For information, call the City of Hagerstown Engineering Department at 301-739-8577, ext. 126.

No driving classes until February AARP 55 Alive/Mature Driving Course There will not be any AARP 55 Alive/Mature Driving Course classes scheduled in December and January, according to the Washington County Commission on Aging, sponsor. Classes will resume in February. For information, call Washington County Commission on Aging at 1-301-790-0275, ext. 149.

Caregivers forum Washington County CARES Caregivers Forum will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at Ravenwood Assisted Living. Cindy Brown, program director at Otterbein United Methodist Church will present, "How Can I Organize My Life When I'm too Tired to Brush My Teeth. " Lunch costs $5. For information, call Sheri Evans at 301-791-9221, ext. 213. Caregiving is available.

A seminar about breast, colon and and lung cancer will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the new Hampton Inn and Suites in Charles Town. The program is from 7 to 8 p.m. Reservations are recommended. For more information or to register, call 304-264-1287, ext. 1760.

The annual general membership meeting of the Washington County Commission on Aging Inc./Area Agency on Aging will be Friday, Jan. 18, at 1:30 p.m. in the commissioners room of the Commission on Aging offices at 140 W. Franklin St., fourth floor. The public is invited. For more information, call 301-790-0275, ext. 236.

Police ask that anyone with information on any of their cold cases call them at the following numbers: · For the Washington County Sheriff's Department's cold case, call 240-313-2100. · For the Hagerstown Police Department's cold cases, call 301-739-8577, ext. 234. · For Maryland State Police in Hagerstown's cold cases, call Maryland State Police's Cold Case Unit at 410-290-0050.

Bookmobiles Samples Manor at the church, 11 to 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22. Fairview Road area, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22. Call 301-739-3250, ext. 155, for stop locations. Yarrowsburg/Brownsville area, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23. Call 301-739-3250, ext. 155, for stop locations. Toddler Time Central Library, 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21. Ages 18 to 36 months. By registration only, call 301-739-3250, ext. 132. Story Time L.P. Snyder Library, Clear Spring, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22. Grades kindergarten through four.