The Real Estate Brokers for Stokes County (REBSC) group will be hosting educational seminars during the months of January and February. The classes will be held at the three public libraries in Stokes County: January 24 in Danbury, February 7 in King and February 21 in Walnut Cove. These seminars will educate people who may be interested in buying or selling real estate properties in 2013. Each class will begin at 6 p.m. For more information, go to www.stokeshomesandland.com.

The Stokes County Arts Council has a selection of books available for sale. For more information go to http://historyalivegwh.blogspot.com and georgehicks@publishedauthors.net.

Gain as much as you lose with a YMCA membership. “Pay The Day” Membership offer ends January 31. (For example — if you join today, January 17, you will pay $17. If you join tomorrow the 18th it will be $18, and so on.) Even if you wait until the last day of the month you will still save money, and you’ll get lots of positive change in return.

Papanana Classes Scheduled — The following classes will be held at 145 Retail Circle in Mountain View Plaza: 1/17 – Advanced Beginner Knitting Class (Knitted Shrug), 2 week class; 1/18 — Beginning Knitting, 4 week class; 1/21 — Beginning Quilting, 3 week class; 1/22 — Crochet 101; 1/24 — Beginning Sewing Basics; 2/2 — Cake Decorating, 3 week class; 2/13 — Second Installment of Papanana Potpourri for pre-teens; 2/15 — Knitting in the Round (Seyfert Shawl), 4 week class. Please visit their website www.papananas.com or their Facebook page for the latest listing. Call the shop at 336-983-0400 or drop by to reserve your space.

Stokes County Cooperative Extension’s Youth Development Program — 4-H — will be holding a “4-H Fiesta” Achievement Night on January 25 at 6 p.m. at the First Christian Church in King. Awards will be presented for club officer recognitions, club/leader/volunteer recognitions, club chartering recognitions, a guest speaker and refreshments. Please call 336-593-8179 for further information.

Northwestern Regional Library Quiz Bowl 2013 — Please come out to support South Stokes High School and Stokes Early College High School students as they participate in this exciting competition on Saturday, January 19th at 10 a.m. at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mount Airy.

The King Public Library Book Lover’s Book Club — Tuesday evening, February 12th at 7 p.m. This month’s title — “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt.

King Public Library Teen Game Night will be Thursday, January 17th from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be fun games and great food. All teens are welcome.