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

DATE: FRIDAY, September 23, 1994                   TAG: 9411030133
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-13   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
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AROUND NEW RIVER

Count Pulaski

PULASKI - The 17th Annual Count Pulaski Festival seeks exhibitors for this years event to be held Saturday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The festival features artisans and craftsmen whose crafts and handworks are carefully reviewed and juried. The media is open to all crafts, traditional and contemporary, including photography and paintings. All work must be original to the exhibitor.

The deadline for accepting applications is Friday, Sept. 23 and must include three standard slides or color photographs of different works to be exhibited.

Booth fee is $20.00.

For more information call 980-4809 or 980-8932.

Community dogwash

BLACKSBURG - Students of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine will present a community dogwash and animal care clinic on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the Phase III Building on the Virginia Tech campus.

The dogwash fee is $8. Nail trimming is $2 extra. Dogs must be on a leash and at least 5 months old with current vaccinations.

The rain location is is the MDL area of the Phase II Building.

For more information, call 552-8315.

Even Start program

CHRISTIANSBURG - Montgomery County Public Schools' Even Start program is accepting applications for the 1994-95 school year.

To be eligible, a family must live in Montgomery County, include one parent who has not finished high school or high school equivalency, and have a child or children age 7 or under.

Even Start provides provides adult and preschool education and includes meals and transportation.

For more information, call Even Start at 381-6168.



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