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

DATE: FRIDAY, November 4, 1994                   TAG: 9411040136
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

PEMBROKE - The Eastern-Giles Fall Arts and Crafts Festival will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Eastern Elementary School, on U.S. 460.

There will many craft items and lots of food. The event is sponsored by the Pembroke Montage Association.

For more information, call Dreama Williams, 626-3385.

\ Financial lecture

RADFORD - Financial whiz and author Laura Pedersen will speak at Radford University's Preston Auditorium Friday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m.

Pedersen is the author of "Play Money: My Brief But Brilliant Career on Wall Street" and "Street-Smart Career Guide: Success Through the Back Door." At 20, she became the youngest person to get a seat in stock market history. She was a partner in a Wall Street firm by 21, and a millionaire by the next year.

Admission is free.

Big Brothers, Sisters

CHRISTIANSBURG - Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New River Valley will hold a volunteer orientation Tuesday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m., at the Christiansburg Library, 125 Sheltman St.

Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age, have access to a vehicle and be able to serve four hours a week for one year or three semesters if a student. Two forms of photographic identification are required.

For more information, call 381-0662.