Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, August 7, 1995 TAG: 9508070094
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The Virginia Explore Park will sponsor a canoe trip on the Roanoke River Sunday from 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Bring your own canoe. All participants must be experienced canoeists and sign a release form. The cost is $12 per person. Participants must be 12 years or older.
For more information, call 427-1800.
Ride-A-Thon
The fifth annual "Homestead Spirit" Ride-A-Thon will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs. The Ride-A-Thon participants will ride on marked trails of 5,10 and 20 miles. The benefit will provide adaptive equipment, program horses and scholarships for Ride with Pride, a nonprofit therapeutic horseback riding program that serves disabled persons.
For more information, call 886-0640.
Historic documents
Newly discovered historical documents signed by Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Monroe and Benjamin Harrison will be available for public viewing at an open house tonight from 6-9 p.m. in the Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office at the court house in Fincastle.
The documents were found hidden in a file drawer earlier this year.
For more information, call 473-8274.
by CNB