Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 15, 1995 TAG: 9503020003
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The annual convention of the Virginia Herb Growers and Marketers Association will be held Feb. 3-4 at the Radisson Patrick Henry Hotel, Roanoke.
On Feb. 3, at 1:45 p.m., conference speakers will discuss ``The Essence of Herbs.'' Ethnobotanist Jim Duke will speak on ``Essential Oils'' and will discuss his travels through tropical rain forests.
Seminars will include such topics as ``Aromatherapy,'' ``Using Fragrant Plants,'' ``Nature's Healing Herbs as Food and Medicine'' and ``Wine and Herbs.''
More than 100 herb growers, retailers and manufacturers are expected to attend the conference.
An Herbal Marketplace will be open to the public on both days from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. with no admission charge. Exhibitors will offer plants, wreaths, books, medicinals, lotions and potions and fragrant herb jewelry.
For more information, call (304) 466-0498.
Author to visit
Bill Berdine, author and columnist from Princeton, W.Va., will be at Books-a-Million at the old Kroger store at Crossroads Mall, Roanoke, on Jan. 27-29 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. to autograph his book, ``The Berdine Un-Theory of Evolution and Other Scientific Studies Including Hunting, Fishing, and Sex.''
Berdine writes a twice-weekly column for the ``Bluefield Daily Telegraph'' and a daily column for ``The Hillbilly.''
Monthly meeting
The Franklin County Historical Society's monthly meeting will be Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m., at the Longwood Restaurant on U.S. 220 north of Rocky Mount.
Guests speakers will be Herman and Helen Melton, authors of historical novels.
For more information, call 483-7585.
Benefit for Hopi
A benefit for the Hopi people of Big Mountain, Ariz., will be held Thursday, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at the Iroquois Club, Roanoke.
The event will include music by Hop Swing Baby, poetry readings and a presentation by Michael Raven Horse on conditions at Big Mountain.
Fund-raising items will be available for purchase.
The Hopi live without electricity or running water, and some walk 20 miles for fresh water. Their 20-year fight to remain on their ancestral homeland has involved Congress.
The event is co-sponsored by the SEDAR Foundation, the Rockbridge Greens, the Rockbridge Center for Peace and Reconciliation and the Association for human awareness.
The Iroquois is at 324 Salem Ave. For more information, call 464-8441.
by CNB