Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 16, 1995 TAG: 9508160116
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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BLACKSBURG - Peggy Crawford will sign copies of her book, "Stitching the Wildflowers," Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. until noon at University Volume Two Bookstore at the University Mall.
Crawford specializes in Brazilian needlework.
For further information, please call Mary Hamlin at 268-5402.
All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast
BLACKSBURG - ERA Townside's ninth annual benefit all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast is Sept. 1, from 6:30 until 9:30 a.m. at the Townside offices at 2803 S. Main St.
Proceeds will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Last year, the company collected more than $5,000 to win the association's President's Club Trophy.
Tickets are $5, available from any Townside agent or employee.
A $1,000 door prize will be awarded, and ticketholders need not be present to win.
For further information, please call Pam Crow at 552-6500.
Christiansburg sidewalk sales
CHRISTIANSBURG - Downtown Christiansburg businesses are invited to participate in three sidewalk sales sponsored by the Christiansburg-Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.
A "Back to School" sale is scheduled for Aug. 25 and 26, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day.
A sale on Sept. 15 and 16, will kick off the town's annual Wilderness Trail festival.
The third sale will be Oct. 13 and 14.
For further information, please call 382-4251.
Environmental talk Monday
BLACKSBURG - David Sligh, formerly a senior engineer at the state Department of Environmental quality's Roanoke water division and now director of the Virginia chapter of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, will talk about a draft permit from DEQ for the management of dairy waste Virginia Tech on Monday.
He will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Virginia Museum of Natural History on Main Street.
His talk is sponsored by the Sierra Club's New River group.
The meeting will prepare citizens for a DEQ public information meeting and hearing on the draft proposal set for Aug. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech's Donaldson Brown Continuing Education Center.
For further information, please call 381-1576.
by CNB