Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, May 9, 1993 TAG: 9305100358
SECTION: DISCOVER PAGE: 56 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
But sometimes you long for the simpler forms of entertainment - like bowling, miniature golf, drive-in theaters and, yes, bingo.
All these are available in the New River Valley and are as easy to find as driving down the road and reading the signs.
Cheap family entertainment can be found at the Starlite Drive-In on Roanoke Street in Christiansburg. Located across from Hills Plaza, it's the only revmaining drive-in theater in the New River Valley. Call 382-2202 for prices, show times and movie information.
If bowling is your game, there are two bowling alleys in the New River Valley, one in Christiansburg and the other in Pulaski.
Triangle Lanes on U.S. 460 near New River Valley mall has 32 lanes equipped with computerized scoring.
Call 382-2385 for information on hours, leagues and prices.
Leisure Lanes on Dublin Road in Pulaski has 16 lanes. Call 980-6721 for information on hours, leagues and prices.
For golfers and would-be golfvers, Cox's Golf Driving Range, 3500 Prices Fork Road in Blacksburg, has Putt-A-Round Golf, a driving range, golf instruction and golf club repairs.
Call 951-0948 for information.
Playing-A-Round, an indoor miniature golf course, video arcade and snack bar, is at 272 Peppers Ferry Road (Virginia 114) near the New River Valley Mall. The video arcade room also has a pool table. Party facilities are available.
For information on hours and prices, call 381-0342.
Outdoor miniature golf is available at Putt-A-Round on North Franklin Street in Christiansburg.
Tired of the state lottery? Odds are, playing bingo will give you quicker returns on your gambling money. Bingo players can find a game practically every night somewhere in the New River Valley.
Where you want to play depends on where you live, how much you want to spend and how much you'd like to win. Here's a list of some of the places you can play bingo. Ask other players for information on other places to play.
\ Montgomery County:
Bingo Palace, Hills Plaza, Roanoke Street, Christiansburg, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 6 p.m.
Bingo USA, former Heck's building, Roanoke Street, Christiansburg, Fridays, 7 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m.
Blacksburg High School Boosters, Holiday Inn, Blacksburg, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Montgomery County Moose Lodge, Ridinger Street near the Farmhouse Restaurant, Christiansburg, Thursdays and Sundays, 7 p.m.
Knights of Columbus, Radford Street beside former New River Nissan, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
\ Pulaski County:
Dublin Moose Lodge, off Virginia 100, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
VFW Hall, downtown Pulaski, Fridays, 7 p.m.
\ Giles County:
Tri-County CB Club-REACT, beside Texaco Food Mart on U.S. 460, Narrows, Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, former Western Auto building, Wenonah Avenue, Pearisburg, Fridays, 6:30 p.m.
Pembroke Fire Department, fire hall, Mondays, 6:30 p.m.
Giles County Rescue Squad, Saturdays, 6 p.m., beside Giles High School beginning in May.
VFW Hall, Narrows, Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
Newport Ruritan Club, community center, Fridays, 6:30 p.m.
Rich Creek Lions Club, Friday, 6:30 p.m.
by CNB