You can refresh your driving skills with AARP’s Smart Driver Safety Course that will be held Monday, Oct. 21, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Northern Regional Center on East Holding Avenue. It is a classroom course, and the cost is $15 for AARP members, $20 for nonmembers. Registration is required; Call the Northern Wake Senior Center at 919-554-4111. * * * * Thursday, Nov. 7, the center will mark the day with its annual Veterans Celebration and the senior center’s anniversary. You are encouraged to sign up early. The Northern Wake Senior Center Quilting Group has made a beautiful queen-sized quilt that will be raffled off at the Nov. 7 celebration. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Stop by the senior center to purchase tickets or check with our instructors. You do not need to be present to win. * * * * All Senior Center

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*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Oct. 19, in the employee parking lot along South Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall. Local farmers and artisans will have meats, seasonal vegetables, bread, baked good and other local wares for sale. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors and sign up for a weekly notice about the offerings that Saturday. Remember the Wake Forest Farmers Market is unusual in that it is owned by the farmers who sell their wares there. *Monday Night Bingo at The Factory is hosted by the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club in the Mill Room from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information. *Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry at 149 East Holding Avenue is now open from 9 to 11 a.m. every third