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SUMMIT ON HEALTHY AGING: The African-American Healthy Aging Summit, organized by Cheryl Waites and the Health Promotion Research Advisory Council, will share the results from the African-American Healthy Aging Project conducted from November 2006 to July 2007. Speakers will discuss the health environment of the African-American aging population in Southeast Raleigh and Zebulon and discuss strategies for reducing health disparities. Keynote speaker will be Leroy Darkes, medical director of the Rex Senior Health Center. There will also be a presentation of the study findings, a panel discussion and a question-and-answer period. 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, registration at 8:30 a.m. JC Raulston Arboretum, 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh. Free. Book signing by Iris-Carlton LaNey, professor of social work at UNC-Chapel Hill, whose most recent book is "African Americans Aging in the Rural South." For information, call Diana Urieta at 559-9884 or send e-mail to ncsusoc19@ yahoo.com; or Cheryl Waites at ccwaites@wayne.edu.

REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: Representatives of the Free Burma Rangers, several local immigration resettlement agencies, and Karen members of the Raleigh community talk about the plight of the Karen people of Myanmar and provide information for helping them resettle in the Triangle community. 7 p.m. Friday, Christ Covenant Church, 6501 Fox Road, Raleigh. For information, call the church at 878-2070 or RuthAnn Marenyi, 521-6232.

BOOK SALE: Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library book sale. Member sale hours are from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday; the public sale is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. At the library, 100 Library Drive. Bag sale from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday For information, call 968-2780.