ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, March 28, 1996 TAG: 9603280022
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
Historical society
The Franklin County Historical Society will meet Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Longwood Restaurant on U.S. 220 south of Rocky Mount.
Frank Coffey, president of the Virginia Native Plant Society, will give a slide presentation .
For more information, call 721-8189 or 483-7585.
E&H poetry reading
EMORY - E. Ethelbert Miller, director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University and visiting professor of English at Emory & Henry College, will read selections from his award-winning poetry and fiction at 7 p.m. Monday in Emory's Kelly Library.
On April 23, he will speak at E&H on "The Image of the African-American Male" at 8:15 p.m. in the Van Dyke Center.
Both presentations, during National Poetry Month, are open to the public at no charge.
Author of seven volumes of poetry, Miller is a former radio program host and frequent National Public Radio commentator.
Hospice program
Roanoke Memorial Hospital's Hospice is sponsoring a six-week series for parents who have experienced the death of a child.
The group will meet Tuesday nights beginning April 16 and continuing through May 21, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Ronald McDonald House of Southwest Virginia.
The series will provide emotional support and information about the grieving process.
Registration deadline is April 9.
For more information, call 981-7641.
Conscious quiescence
``Conscious Quiescence: The Art of Quieting the Mind,'' a course on ``whole mind'' development, will begin Tuesday and run four consecutive Tuesday nights, 7-9 p.m., at the Lifestream Center, 2028 Brandon Ave. S.W. in Roanoke.
For more information, call 774-6517 or 989-0114.
Aleutian veterans
Aleutian Island veterans, families and guests from all service branches, are invited to attend the second annual reunion May 5-7 in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
For more information, send a self addressed stamped envelope to A.F. King, P.O. Box 130327, Sunrise, Fla. 33313.
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