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* The Casper Antique and Collector's Club's Super Flea Market continues 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TODAY at the Fairgrounds Industrial Building. This year, it is bigger and better than ever. Features 60 dealers from Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, all four corners of Wyoming and Casper. Admission is $2, 25 percent of which will be donated to the American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents and the rest will be used to fund museums around the state, plus other nonprofit organizations in Natrona County. Info: Call Betty Hazen at 234-2963.

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* St. Stephen's Episcopal Church's craft fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. NOV. 14. For more information, please contact Deb at 797-2189.

* The Natrona County Make It With Wool contest is 9 a.m. NOV. 21 at the ARLC Building, 2011 Fairgrounds Road. Contest categories are pre-teen, junior, senior (adult), made for others, accessories and a new category called wool crafts. Winning contestants go on to compete at the state level. Entry forms are available at area fabric stores or the ARLC Building. For more information, call Brandi Forgey at 237-0050.

* Central Wyoming Model Railroad Association will host an open house from 6 to 10 p.m. NOV. 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NOV. 28 and from noon to 5 p.m. NOV. 29 at 1356 N. Center. November is National Model Railroad Month and the association is constructing a new HO Scale layout that allows up to 22 trains to be controlled simultaneously with a computer-control system. The display boasts a double-track main line with some branch line operations. A turntable enables trains to drive into the roundhouse. This is your chance to see it up and running. Info: Call Mike Ward at 259-1785, Harry Buhler at 235-4950 or Homer Whitlock at 266-6439.

* Caps for Kids meets at 12:30 p.m. on the fourth WEDNESDAY of each month to crochet and knit caps. Volunteers who know how to knit or crochet are welcome. Bring your own needles and hooks, they'll supply the yarn. If you have yarn you'd like to donate, please drop it off at RSVP, Senior Center, 1831 E Fourth St. Caps for Kids has provided more than 3,000 caps to keep kids, young and old, a little warmer. The caps have been delivered to more than 40 different agencies in Wyoming and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For more information, call Margo at 237-7561, or Alice, 237-0350.

* The Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc., is looking for local members. Embroidery is an art form using a variety of threads, a needle and different types of stitches to achieve texture, embellishment and ornamental interest on fabric. Want to learn more? Join the local Casper Needle Guild. For more information you can contact Nancy Pawlowski, program co-chairman at 259-3538. You can also check out the Casper Needle Guild page at http://www.rmrega.org/id44.html.

* If you have an upcoming craft fair, farmers' market, hobby workshop or other Home and Garden news, send it to Features Editor Kristy Gray at kristy.gray@trib.com to have it listed here.

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