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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO: $20 for 60 chances to win (three chances per game, raffle tickets, door prizes, concessions available, proceeds go Hunter's Chapel Assembly to build a picnic shelter; doors open at 6 p.m., bingo begins at 7 p.m., Ararat Ruritan Building, Ararat Hwy.

CARING HEARTS FREE CLINIC OPEN: open each Tuesday and Friday for scheduled appointments and walk-ins, call 694-3410 to schedule an appointment, new and established patients may schedule appointments with preference given to second shift workers, students taking evening classes, pediatric patients and patients with acute needs; for medication assistance call April Campbell, MAPP caseworker, at 694-8662; 9 a.m. to noon, clinic located at 835 Woodland Drive, Stuart.

MUSIC NIGHT: music by Sue Nester and Friends, 2 Old 2 Young, and Jason Harris and Friends, free admission, donations accepted, call (276) 957-5757 for information, concessions open at 5 p.m., open mic at 5:30 p.m., bands begin at 6:30 p.m., Spencer-Penn Centre, Spencer.

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9

CARING HEARTS FREE CLINIC DINNER AND AUCTION: tickets are $25 each, call the free clinic at 694-3410 for tickets, information or to donate items, catered dinner followed by auction of donated items, music by The Southern Prophets, 6 p.m., Historic Star Theatre, Downtown Stuart.

BLACK POT CHICKEN DINNER: menu: chicken, baked potato, green beans, roll, dessert and drink, sponsored by the fire department and ladies' auxiliary, donated desserts appreciated, 4 to 7 p.m., Moorefield Store Fire Department.

VARIETY DANCE: music by Flashback, 7:30 to 11 p.m., American Legion Post 105, American Legion Rd., Stuart.

SPAGHETTI DINNER: sponsored by Cub Scout Pack 33, adult plates: $6, children's plates: $4, 5:30 p.m., The Fellowship Church, Ararat Hwy., Ararat.

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11

SURRY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING: speaker: Emma Jean Tucker, topic: the Tucker family; for information call (336) 786-2545 or (336) 755-9462 or email epdj1@embarqmail.com, 7 p.m., Surry Community College teaching auditorium, Dobson, N.C.

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

CARING HEARTS FREE CLINIC OPEN: no appointments, clients seen on first-come, first-serve basis; eligibility includes those with no insurance, who are out of work, or at or below poverty level or students without insurance; clients needing medication assistance will be referred to April Campbell, MAPP caseworker, clinic may close due to inclement weather, opens at 5 p.m., 835 Woodland Dr., Stuart.

COVERED DISH DINNER/MEETING: 50-year Veterans Award will be presented, ladies invited, dinner at 6:30 p.m., Mountain Home Lodge No. 263, Stuart.

 

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The J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Presents

1st Annual Laurel Hill Highland Games & Festival

2008

 

Cead Mile Failte “One Hundred Thousand Welcomes”

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Location: Laurel Hill “The J.E.B Stuart Birthplace”

1091 Ararat Hwy, Ararat VA 24053

Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm  “rain or shine”

Gate Admission $5:00 per adult, children 12 yrs & under free, Parking free

 

Please Join us for this day of family fun as we celebrate Scottish culture.

 

Attractions

Scottish Heavy Athletics                Celtic Music By: The Celthics       Jamestown Pipes & Drums

                                                                                                                                          

                             

 

Other Attractions

Living History exhibits / Scottish & Celtic Vendors

Wide Variety of Foods / Scottish Clans & Associations

Children activities By: The Scottish Heritage Society Of The Blue Ridge

For more information, contact Glenn King @930-1171, glenking@swva.net
 
 

There is no charge for exhibitions or booths.  Gate will be opening at 9:30 . I would like for everyone to be setup by 9:00 . I will be there the day before and as early as 6:00 the day of setting up . I look forward to seeing you all there , Glenn

Please Note

To have your event posted, please submit at least two weeks in advance of date.  Mail to:

Patrick County Historical Society

P.O. Box 1045

Stuart, VA 24171    or e-mail    pcvhistory@embarqmail.com