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AARP thanks veterans for service

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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Driver Safety Program is offering a free, four-hour classroom course to all veterans and their spouses, regardless of age, from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30.

It will update participants’ knowledge of roads, traffic laws, vehicles, identify the most common crash situations and cover how to reduce the chances of having a crash.

The class is open to non-veterans at a cost of $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. Instructors will set up a class at a veterans’ meeting place, a local church or community center, if there are at least six participants.

Call the following instructors: Sandra Waltzek, Jackson County, 828.743.7910; Ardis Thomas, Swain County, 828.488.2523; Robert Justin, Macon County, 828.369.2829; and Carol Kashmer, Haywood County, 828.926.8948.

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