Local Calendar (Daily Record)

BUILDING AND FINANCING A BUSINESS with the U.S. Small Business Administration at Centenary College, 400 Jefferson St., in the Seay Administration Building, front parlor, 9 to 11:30 a.m. After approximately one hour of presentations, attendees are free to meet lenders and other small-business organizations one-on-one in a trade-show format.

Community Calendar (Northbrook Star)

Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com.

St. John'sAnglican Church hosts annual NewYear's contra dance (The Peterborough Examiner)

The annual New Year's Eve Contra Dance takes place at St. John's Anglican Church on Brock Street on Wednesday, Dec. 31. A contra-dancing basics session [...]

Calendar of Events (Waller County News Citizen)

Brookwood Open House The Brookwood Community located at 1752 FM 1489 in Brookshire is hosting its annual Open House complete with tours of the campus, holiday snacks and performances by the Brookwood Community citizens. Open house is Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6; 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. Citizen performances will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on both days. Additionally, guests will receive ...

A special type of collagen may help protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease (PhysOrg)

Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND), UCSF, and Stanford have discovered that a certain type of collagen, collagen VI, protects brain cells against amyloid-beta (Aâ ) proteins, which are widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD). While the functions of collagens in cartilage and muscle are well established, before this study it was unknown that collagen ...

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