Amateur radio class

Amateur radio class
SALEM -- The Salem Area Amateur Radio Association will offer classes leading to the technician's class license from 6 to 8 p.m. weekly for 10 weeks beginning Jan. 5 at the Salvation Army, 1249 N. Ellsworth Ave.
Basic theory and Federal Communications Commission rules will be taught and a license exam held at the end of the class. The technician's class does not require Morse code, although Morse code will be taught if there is enough interest. A $19 fee covers the cost of a study guide. For more information, call (330) 337-6544.
Free breakfast in Hubbard
HUBBARD -- First Presbyterian Church, 22 Westview Ave., will offer free breakfasts to the public the last Saturday of every month, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Sausage, pancakes, juice, coffee and tea will be available. Call (330) 534-9721 for more information.
Households without gas
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- More than 3,000 households in western Pennsylvania's three largest natural gas companies' service areas started the winter heating season without gas, up almost 16 percent from last year, according to a state survey. According to the state Public Utility Commission's annual cold weather survey, 3,101 households served by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Dominion Peoples Gas Co. and Equitable Gas Co. did not have natural gas service as of Dec. 15.
Last year, about 2,700 began the heating season without the service. Statewide, about 12,100 households did not have natural gas service last month -- up from about 11,230 during the same time last year. According to the survey, most of those households -- 9,061 -- were natural gas customers.