The Jefferson Ruritan Club conducts its annual Turkey Shoot at the Jeffersonton Community Center, 5073 Jeffersonton Rd., Jeffersonton ,VA  22724 (Rts. 802 & 621, east of Rt. 229). Starts at 7 p.m. Shoot for prizes.  Winchester 12-gauge steel #7 shot is covered in target fees.  Steel shot can be used safely in any gun with choke designated ‘modified’ or larger.  For both safety and fair competition, other designations, or barrels tighter than 0.69”, may not be used.  All barrels/chokes gauged on site.  Max 36-inch barrel length; no scopes.  For more info, call 937-4541

Boy Scout Troop 196 will be doing their annual fund-raising door-to- door sale of poinsettias on Saturday, Dec. 3rd. The 6-inch pots are available for $6.00 each, and the 8” pots are $13.00 each. There will also be a limited number of plants for sale at St. Luke’s Church Old Rixeyville Road, the day of the sale. The Scouts are also pre-selling poinsettias to businesses. For more information please email us at BSTroop196@aol.com or call 540-623-5503.

(Columbia, 1953) Daniel Taradash earned an Oscar for his adaptation of James Jones unadaptable explicitly gritty best-selling novel set in Hawaii just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Starts at 2 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.

(MGM, 1945) John Ford directed this true story of a U.S. Navy squadron of PT boats who fought a rearguard action against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in the months after Pearl Harbor. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery star as the Navy lieutenants in charge of the mission. Film historian Lou Sabini, author of “Behind the Scenes of They Were Expendable: A Pictorial History” which features a collection of candid shots taken during filming by U.S. Navy photographer Nick Scutti, will introduce the film. Starts at 7:30 p.m.  Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.

Note new service times. Join us at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. Live Stream available at 10 a.m. via our website www.mountainviewcc.net.  Children’s programs available for birth – 5th grade. We are located at 16088 Rogers Road, behind Brusters Ice Cream.  Small groups also meet throughout the week.  540-727-0297

“Surviving the Holidays” is a one night seminar for those who are dealing with the loss of a loved one during the Christmas season.  The workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Worship Center at Culpeper Baptist Church located at 318 S. West Street.  The workshop is free and open to the public. For more information about these and other Christmas events go to www.culpeperbaptist.org, e-mail office@culpeperbaptist.org or call the church office 540-825-8192.

(CBS-TV, 1971). This made for television movie about a family in depression era rural Virginia was the inspiration for popular series “The Waltons” that aired on CBS for nine seasons. Starts at 7:30 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.

(Paramount, 1954). Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye star as a top song-and-dance act who accompanies Betty and Judy Haynes, a pair of sister entertainers (played by Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney) to the Columbia Inn in Vermont where the women are scheduled to perform during the Christmas holidays. Starts at 7:30 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.