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

DATE: TUESDAY, July 11, 1995                   TAG: 9507110057
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

PULASKI - The town of Pulaski is featured in the first issue of Southern Inns magazine, a publication covering interesting locations and bed-and-breakfast facilities in Virginia and North and South Carolina.

"If ever there were a current-day Mayberry - as in the down-home, quaint, almost-perfect 'Andy Griffith Show' town - Pulaski, Va., would most certainly be a prime candidate," writes Emily Sarah Lineback, the publisher and editor of the magazine, in the opening of her article.

The piece is lavishly illustrated with color photos of stores along Pulaski's Main Street, its restored Old Pulaski County Courthouse and train station, its gazebo in Jackson Park and more.

A separate article covers the Count Casimir Pulaski Bed and Breakfast at 821 N. Jefferson Ave., showing and describing its various rooms, unique decorations, cuisine.

Sprinkled among those main articles are tidbits on New River Trail State Park, historic attractions in the old courthouse, a listing of such nearby attractions as Claytor Lake and George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, and some places to visit in downtown Pulaski.

Copies of the magazine are available at The Casimir Company store at 69 W. Main St., which, like the town's only bed and breakfast, is named for the Polish Revolutionary War hero for whom the town and county are also named. They are also available at the Pulaski Antique Center at 80 W. Main St. The cost of the magazine is $2.50.

Count Pulaski Day on agenda

PULASKI - The future of the Count Pulaski Day Festival will be the main topic on the agenda of the Pulaski Business Alliance at 8:30 a.m. today at the Renaissance Restaurant.

The organization of Pulaski businesses took charge of last October's 17th annual Count Pulaski Day when it seemed that the arts, crafts, music and entertainment enterprise might come to a halt. Its members will discuss what their participation should be this October.

Last year, Pulaski Town Council provided $1,600 toward the festival.

This year, council's Public Operations Committee briefly considered combining the Count Pulaski Festival with its Depot Day Festival, the second of which was held a little more than two weeks ago.

The committee backed away from that idea, at least temporarily, after hearing from merchants who support keeping the fall festival as well. It decided to make no decision until town officials could meet with Business Alliance representatives on the matter.