Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 5, 1995 TAG: 9504060032
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-16 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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PULASKI - The fourth in a series of programs on "Parenting for Success" is set for Thursday at 1:45 p.m. in Pulaski County High School's Vocational Building.
The session will deal with "Confident Parenting." For more information or to obtain child care, call 674-4605 or 980-7761.
Dobro players wanted
Area Dobro players who want to see their names in the record books should mark their calendars now: organizers of a mountain music festival in Caretta, W.Va., will try to set a world record for Dobro players Saturday, July 8.
Musicians will gather at 4 p.m. for the event. The song will be "The Great Speckled Bird," and all performers will get a chance to lead - and get their picture taken.
Also occurring that weekend will be music in a variety of other styles, including blue grass, old time, gospel and country, all during the McDowell County Mountain Music Festival.
Contact Carl Rutherford for more information at P.O. Box 30, Warriormine, W.Va. 24894, or call (304) 875-4483.
Community center
FLOYD - The people who want to organize a Floyd Community Center for the Arts will sponsor two information meetings on Saturday, April 8, at 10 a.m. and Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Floyd Elementary School Library.
Artists and teachers are invited, as is anyone who wants to learn more.
For more information, call 745-RT4U or write to Katie Gwin, Interim Director, P.O. Box 032, Floyd, Va. 24091.
Humane society
BLACKSBURG - Two fund-raisers for the Humane Society of Montgomery County will occur Sunday, April 9.
One will be a car wash, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Travelmasters on South Main Street. The other is a recital at 3 p.m. in Squires Student Center.
Vet school open house
BLACKSBURG - The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine will have an open house Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Veterinary students will conduct hour-long tours, and there will be a variety of displays. Also included will be a discussion on how to put together a competitive application packet.
Most important, however, will be a "Teddy Bear Repair Clinic," in which children who need surgery done on their stuffed animals can have that performed by qualified veterinary physicians.
For more information, call 231-4699.
Conflict resolution|
BLACKSBURG - An organizing group interested in conflict resolution meets today, 7 p.m., in the community room, Blacksburg Police Department, Clay Street.
All interested in creating a dispute resolution-mediation center to mediate workplace, domestic or community conflicts are invited.
For more information, call 231-4720, 552-2258 or 231-9652.
by CNB