Sally Ball Conover, a licensed real estate broker with the Olear Team at MJ Peterson, will participate in a Wellness Fair at Eden Heights of Eden, an assisted-living community located at 4071 Hardt Road. The Wellness Fair will be held on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. 

The fair will feature a variety of vendors offering helpful information and services for older adults. As a Seniors Real Estate Specialist, Sally Ball Conover will be present to talk with attendees and provide insight and advice on the real estate needs of older adults. A presentation on dementia will also be given by the Alzheimer’s Association of WNY. The event will feature refreshments and a basket raffle. 

The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting rural poverty, will host its fourth annual “ROCtober” event from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at Elm Street Bakery, 72 Elm St., East Aurora.

The event will feature food by Elm Street Bakery, wine provided by Reed’s Wines and Liquors, beer, music by Doug Yeomans, and a custom-made cherry coffee table handcrafted by local artisan Jim Conell-Cordes and valued at $2,800. Raffle tickets for the coffee table are available for $10 each or three for $25. The drawing will take place the night of the event.

Dave Bauer made a career out of teaching environmental science to teenagers, and now that he’s retired, he wants to cut back a little bit. No, not on teaching students about his love for the environment and the great outdoors. That will never change.

What he would like to do is cut back on the age of the students a wee bit, and bring his message to the kindergarten through grade three population … and their parents, teachers, librarians, principals and school administrators.