Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 14, 1995 TAG: 9507180024
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS BANKS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Get-down brown dirty.
Sticky, icky dirty.
It's called mud wrestling!
The Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring it Saturday at The Sportsman on Little River Road in Snowville. The grubby grappling runs from noon to 4 p.m.
Terry Caldwell, the recreation department's event organizer, said competition will be held for men, women and coed teams.
Hmmm ... wonder if those muddy males are planning to shave their legs so they'll slip right out of that cross-ankle pickup?
"It's an event for everyone," Caldwell said. "It's not anything sleazy. We were looking for a summer event that would be lots of fun, so we decided to go for the mud wrestling. It's going to be normal people just like you and I."
Hmmm ...say WHAT?
"We haven't had many sign up to wrestle so far," Caldwell noted. "I think they're waiting 'til the last minute. I don't know if everybody's scared of it or what."
Caldwell said door prizes, trophies and cash awards will be given in all events. Wrestling registration will be accepted at the recreation department and at The Sportsman before 11 a.m. Saturday. The entry fee is $10.
In addition to the sloppy fun, there will be flea market vendors and lots of food for you to sample at the event. It's a family affair, Caldwell says, so bring the half pints, too.
To get to The Sportsman from Interstate 81, take Exit 105 and turn left on Little River Road.
For more information or to sign up for the wrestling, call Caldwell at the Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department, 382-6977. Don't make her twist your arm.
TABLE D'HOTE: The host's table has a spread you can't resist: roast beef, chicken casserole, green beans, corn with green pepper sprinkles, assorted melons, pickles, relishes, jams, jellies and homemade breads.
Care to sample the smearcase (cottage cheese)? How about dessert?
You can choose from fruit cups, lemon tarts and homemade mints.
The annual Colonial dinner at the Wilderness Road Regional Museum in Newbern is happening Saturday. The all-you-can-eat buffet meal will be served at two times. You may make reservations for dinner at 5:30 or 7:30 p.m.
The museum is decorated with fresh summer flowers and items are now on display for the silent auction which ends Oct. 15. While you're there, place bids for your favorite things.
The cost for the evening is $12.50 for adults. Children 12 and under eat for half-price. Carry-out dinners are available, too.
For reservations, call Ann Bailey at 639-0351, Geraldine Mathews at 980-7499 or the museum at 674-4835.
PIPES OF PORTER: Organist Dorothy Porter, a student of Katherine Burkhart, will give a recital Wednesday at Virginia Tech's Memorial Chapel. The noonday concert is part of the Bach's Lunch series at the university.
Porter's program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johannes Brahms, Dale Wood and other organ maestros.
The free recital runs from noon to 1 p.m. You're invited to pack a lunch and enjoy the music.
NOW OR NEVER: Now's your last chance to see the summer production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" at Virginia Tech. The waggish show wraps up with performances tonight and Saturday in Squires Studio Theatre. Curtain time is 8 p.m. and admission is free.
Emily Berger, James Dale, Jennifer Jurlando, Charles Lattimer, Helen R.M. Pafumi, Kelly Shoger and Eric Wolfrey make up the cast. Greg Justice and Jack Dudley of Tech's theater department are the directors.
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: Beautiful and graceful - even poets are inspired by butterflies!
These insects the bards have called "flying gems" and "winged flowers" are a source of fascination.
The Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History is sponsoring a series of "Butterfly Forays" this summer. Each Tuesday at noon, you can learn more about the migrating creatures and their habits.
Meetings are at the Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens on Washington Street. The butterflies drop by to sample the sweet nectar of the colorful flowers there.
For more information, call the museum at 231-3001.
by CNB