Chess Playing

TODAY — Winchester Empty Bowls Project, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Windridge Drive. — Winchester Rotary Club meeting, noon, Winchester Country Club. — Senior Seminar for veterans, Rose Mary C. Brooks Place, 2 p.m....

More than a hundred chess players, ranging in age from kindergarten to 12th graders, faced off at the American Chess Academy Holiday Championship Sunday at the Maple Community Center in Glendale. Armen Ambarsoumian, president of the academy, said the...

TODAY — Gingerbread party, Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation Department, 6 p.m., $5 per child. All materials to build a gingerbread house will be provided. MONDAY, DEC. 17 — Winchester Chess Club free chess session,...

TODAY — Harry Enoch signing new book “Pioneer Voices,” 5:30-7:30 p.m., Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 217 S. Main St. — Winchester Chess Club free chess session, College Park Library building, 6 p.m., www.winchesster.com.  &...

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County chess team tied four other college teams for first place at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship on Sunday — maintaining its record as one of two colleges with the most top finishes in...

MONDAY, DEC. 17 — Harry Enoch signing new book “Pioneer Voices,” 5:30-7:30 p.m., Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 217 S. Main St. — Winchester Chess Club free chess session, College Park Library building, 6 p.m., www.winchesster....

TODAY — Hannah McClure Elementary School Christmas program, 6 p.m., school gym. — Second Thursday Program, Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 6:30 p.m. Randolph Hollingsworth will speak about the life of Mary Todd Lincoln. Admission is free....

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (AP) — Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth.   Nestled in a part of Chester County...

THURSDAY, DEC. 13 — Hannah McClure Elementary School Christmas program, 6 p.m., school gym. — Second Thursday Program, Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 6:30 p.m. Randolph Hollingsworth will speak about the life of Mary Todd Lincoln....

TODAY — Blood drive, Palmer Engineering, 400 Shoppers Drive, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. To donate, call 744-1218 ot 1-800-775-2522 to schedule an appointment. —¿Hannah McClure Elementary School-based Council meeting, 5 p.m., school library. —...

TODAY — Hannah McClure Elementary PTO¿meeting, 6 p.m., school library. TUESDAY, DEC. 11 — Blood drive, Palmer Engineering, 400 Shoppers Drive, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. To donate, call 744-1218 ot 1-800-775-2522 to schedule an appointment. —...

TODAY — Academic Steering Committee for Combined Middle Schools meeting, 4:30 p.m., Conkwright Middle School. — Clark County Democratic Woman’s Club meeting, Clark County Public Library. Refreshments served at 6 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p....