Keep Moore County Beautiful, Inc. is sponsoring a mixed paper recycling drive Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kangaroo Station in the Fresh Market Shopping Center, Southern Pines.

Acceptable items include anything that is paper: flattened boxes, paper grocery bags, telephone books, paperback books, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, shredded paper, flattened corrugated cardboard, office paper and newspapers.

Also accepted are any type of household and rechargeable batteries, inkjet cartridges, cameras, cell phones, diskettes, CDs, DVDs and laptop computers.

For information, visit www.keepmoorecountybeautiful.org or call (910) 947-3478.

‘Something Moore’

Arts Council of Moore County presents “Something Moore,” a treasure chest sale, Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Campbell House, in Southern Pines.

For information, call (910) 692-2787.

Jazz Concert

Sandhills Community College will hold the second of its summer outdoor jazz band concerts Monday, July 11, at 6:30 p.m. on the Boyd Library Green.

The event is free.

“Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on,” says a spokesman.

Book Signings

The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines, will host John Milliken Thompson, author of “The Reservoir,” Monday, July 11, at 7 p.m., and Sheri Castle, author of “The New Southern Garden Cook-book: Enjoying the Best from Homegrown Gardens, Farmers Markets, Roadside Stands, and CSA Farm Boxes,” Saturday, July 16, at 2 p.m.

Call (910) 692-3211 or visit www.thecountrybookshop.biz.

‘Turtle Talk’

“Turtle Talk” will be presented at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve.

“Escape the heat and come celebrate the ‘Year of the Turtle’ by attending this ­program on our shelled critters of the Sandhills,” says a spokesman. “Learn to recognize different species, hear some fun facts and hold empty turtle shells. This program is fun for all ages.”

For information, call (910) 692-2167 or visit www.weymouth.woods @ncdenr.gov.