ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEEK

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 13, 1993                   TAG: 9304130150
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Medium
ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEEK
Tours of Pulaski County's restored stone courthouse and a youth "drug-less" fair are among the activities planned for national County Government Week starting Saturday.
The activities, coordinated by the county Office on Youth, will start with courthouse tours at 2 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.
Terri Gregory, office director, said she hopes tours will continue every weekend through September. They will include a 12 1/2-minute video on the courthouse from its 1989 fire to its rebuilding. Private tours may be arranged by calling the Office on Youth (980-7797) or county administrator's office (980-7705).
Also planned for the week is a countywide cleanup sponsored by the county's Clean Community Council.
County Administrator Joe Morgan and a crew of cooks will serve Carolina Cajun pork at the fourth annual Employee Day picnic, noon-1:30 p.m. at the Woman's Club Annex. The picnic is $5 per person, with proceeds going to the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley. For reservations, call the county Chamber of Commerce at 980-1991.
The grand finale April 24 will be the Youth and Drug-less Fair by the Office on Youth and the Commonwealth Alliance for Drug Rehabilitation and Education, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the old central gym in the County Administration Building.
It will feature cars from the 1993 season at the Pulaski County Speedway, a fire truck with Sparky the Fire Dog, demonstrations ranging from karate to how to use fire extinguishers, a mime show by the Pulaski County High School Players, a country and western line dance with some instruction provided, a pet show by the New River Community College Human Services Organization and participation by the Troupe of Christiansburg with clowns, jugglers and mimes.
Bob Thomas will present music of the '50s and '60s. A candy-bar walk (like a cakewalk), will be held every 10 minutes. Information booths will be set up for community organizations, along with carnival-style games.
The only charges will be for hot dogs from the Pulaski Main Street cart and 25 cents to have face-painting by students from the high-school art class.
Another activity scheduled April 24 will be van tours of county facilities, leaving from the County Administration Building at 10 and 11:30 a.m.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB