Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, October 1, 1994                   TAG: 9410220025
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery Museum will sponsor a tour of historic homes including Fotheringay, a Virginia state landmark, on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The tour group will travel in two vans with tour guides. Participants may also bring their own cars. The tour fee is $10.

For more information or to make reservations, call the museum at 382-5644, Carole Anderson at 382-2799 or Ann Bailey at 382-2298.

Landfill to close

CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery County Landfill will be closed Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, to permit construction and installation of new scales.

The landfill will re-open Oct. 10 at 8 a.m.

For more information, call 382-5796.

Wheels for Life

PULASKI - First Church of the Brethren will sponsor a Wheels for Life bikeathon to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Saturday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m at the Pulaski County High School driving range.

For more information, call Judy Ratcliff at 980-1341 or 674-3607.

Babies into Books

RADFORD - The Women's Club of Radford will sponsor a bridge-a-rama to raise money for Babies into Books.

Babies into Books is a club project that provides books and family reading information to each baby born at Radford Community Hospital.

Participants may register for ladies one- or two-table day bridge or ladies or couples evening bridge. The play will begin in October and continue through April.

For more information, call coordinator Linda Jamison at 633-1134.