The Jefferson Ruritan Club will hold a paper shredding and electronics recycling event from 10 a.m. to noon today at the Jefferson Ruritan Center, Lander Road at U.S. 340.

Residents are invited to bring sensitive documents to be shredded. Electronics such as televisions, computers, monitors, printers and old cell phones will be accepted.

A donation of $10 per box of documents or electronic equipment is suggested. All money raised will benefit the Willing and Able International Education Foundation, based in Frederick .

For information, call Jim Carpenter at 301-685-3282.

Bike safety rodeo today

A free Bike Safety Rodeo will be held from noon to 4 p.m. today at Parkway Elementary School, 300 Carroll Parkway.

More people are riding bikes and more children are biking to and from school, so State Farm Insurance agent Darius Mark and the Bike Doctor of Frederick are sponsoring the event to help keep children safe.

The rodeo will include bike and helmet inspections, a bike safety quiz and skills stations.

Anyone who can ride a bike is invited to attend. Parents may bring their children with bikes and helmets anytime between noon and 4 p.m. Loaner helmets will be available.

The rodeo satisfies Cub Scout Bike Safety Achievement requirements. All Scouts are encouraged to participate.

For information, call Mark, 301-418-6370.

Fall Fun Day at Friends Meeting School

Friends Meeting School, 3232 Green Valley Road in Ijamsville, will hold its annual Fall Fun Day from 2 to 6 p.m. today.

Scheduled activities include carnival games, hay and pony rides, a pumpkin patch, a gourd launch, a moon bounce and a petting zoo. Live music will be played throughout the event, and food will be available for purchase. Pie-eating and seed-spitting contests will be held. New this year is a family fun run.

In past years, inclement weather canceled the festivities. This year, in the case of rain, the event -- minus the pony rides, organizers said -- will move inside the new, 21,000-square-foot high school building.

Admission to this family-friendly event is free. For information, visit the Quaker-based school's website, www.friendsmeetingschool.org.

Afghan woman to speak here Sunday

A 28-year-old woman from Afghanistan will visit the Frederick Friends Meeting, 723 N. Market St., from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Zoya lost both parents when she was 14 and lived for years in a refugee camp in Pakistan. After attending a school funded by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, she joined the underground women's organization and continues their work resisting fundamentalism and war today. Her life is the subject of a book, "Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom."

This event is sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Friends Meeting and Women In Black Frederick . A light lunch will be served, and Zoya will discuss the work of RAWA and the effects of U.S. military intervention in her country. Please RSVP to help organizers plan the food: info@wibfrederick.org or call 301-834-7581.

Handmade jewelry and embroidered items from Afghanistan will be sold to benefit humanitarian projects such as orphanages and schools. Cash, checks or credit cards will be accepted.

For information about Zoya's visit across the U.S., including a calendar of public events, visit www.afghanwomensmission.org.--

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