CARROLL COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN will have their holiday meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Carroll Manor. Guests are welcome and the meal is catered. Rservations need to be in by Nov. 11 by calling Lois Wallace at (574) 859- 2695 or Wanda Duff at (765) 564-3349 with the number attending. The cost is $10 per person.

PROMOTING WILDCAT VALLEY will meet on Nov 12 in the social room of the Cutler Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m. Anyone interested in preserving the area and the history of the area is invited to attend.

FALL CLEAN-UP at Pretty Prairie Cemetery will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. All those helping are asked to bring gloves and tools. For more information, call (574) 859- 4486.

FLORA CABLEVISION CHANNEL 2 is in need of volunteers who are interested in doing interviews and producing special programs featuring local organizations and events. For more information, call (765) 967-4475 or e-mail cablevision@ffni.com.

Carroll County Master Gardeners Club is hosting a PRESENTATION ON BEES by Master Gardener Diane Wheeler at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Flora Community Center, 115 N. Division St., Flora. Refreshments will be provided. The presentation is open to all interested persons.

SPOTLIGHT ON CERAMICS exhibit, sponsored by the Delphi Preservation Society, will open Nov. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Opera House Gallery of Contemporary Art in Delphi. Raku and other ceramic works by artists Angie Peterson and Diana May will be featured. The gallery will begin its extended holiday hours.

CARROLL COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE OPEN HOUSE will be held Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the 4-H Community Building in Flora. A breakfast will be served for a donation. All donations will benefit Carroll County 4-H and Extension Homemakers scholarship funds. Various projects and programs will be presented. For information, contact Joanne Lytton at (765) 564- 3169.

A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH meeting with presentation by Carroll County Sheriff Tony Burns will be held Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Deer Creek Community Center. The community is invited to attend.

FESTIVAL OF TREES, sponsored by the Delphi Chamber of Commerce, will begin Nov. 23. Businesses are needed to sponsor a tree and a silent auction item. For information, call Anita Hartman at the Chamber office, (765) 564-3034.

An educational program entitled WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW TO RUN FOR AN ELECTED OFFICE? will be held Nov. 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Richter Room at the Flora-Monroe Public Library. Sponsored by Leadership Carroll County, the informational session will be moderated by LCC committee member Todd Ladd. All interested persons are invited to attend this non-partisan event.

Winners of the Vianco Annual

CHILI BURN are returning champ, Renee Kinsler; first place; Brad German, second place; and Bill Vianco; third place.