Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990 TAG: 9004130870
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Donna Alvis
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
hippety-hop
Yes, it's time to gather up your wiggly wabbits and bounce over to Caboose Park for the annual Easter Egg Hunt organized by the Blacksburg Parks and Recreation Department and the Virginia Tech chapter of Circle K. The fun starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday and children ages 3 to 7 are invited to join in.
Mr. E. Bunny will be there to give out the warm fuzzies and there will be lots of colorful candy eggs stashed under the tent set up at the park, located on Turner Street in Blacksburg.
All the kids need to bring are Easter baskets and some of their boundless energy. With all of the egg-citement this time of year, that should be nooooo problem!
\ VERSATILE AND VIVACIOUS: She played the cunning Catwoman in the original "Batman" movie.
You've probably seen her on a classic TV show - remember "Dr. Kildare," "Mission Impossible," "The FBI" and "12 O'Clock High"?
She captured Emmy and Golden Globe awards nominations for her role as Buddy Ebsen's daughter-in-law in that all-time favorite "Barnaby Jones."
She was Miss America 35 years ago and she's as beautiful now as she was then.
Actress Lee Meriwether is in Radford this week starring in the University Theatre production of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Picnic." The production continues in Porterfield Theatre through Saturday with performances at 8 p.m.
Meriwether plays the part of Rosemary Sidney, a school teacher, in this play about a widow's problems as she tries to raise two teenage daughters in a small mid-Western town. Rosemary is a boarder living with the family.
Charles Hayes is directing the Radford production.
"Rosemary is the meatiest role in the play," Hayes said. "Since `Picnic' first opened on Broadway, Rosemary was seen as the best-developed character. Meriwether is able to handle the maturity of the role."
Tickets, available at the Porterfield Theatre box office, are $3 for the public and free for Radford University students.
\ PEACE IN OUR TIME: "If only . . . ."
If only the dream of peace in our time was a reality of our time.
For those dedicated to achieving world peace, the dream be a reality - with commitment, hard work and a whole lot of faith.
The Africa Peace Tour, a group of African and American educators and religious representatives, was formed with the belief that peace can be achieved. The group is affiliated with the Africa Peace Committee, an organization that came together in 1986 to conduct a campaign of public education on war and militarism in Africa.
The Africa Peace Tour will visit Blacksburg on Thursday as part of a two-week public education focus in the state. Three informed speakers will offer an up-to-date description of events in South Africa and the Horn of Africa.
The speakers include Nomonde Ngubo, a native of South Africa who now works for the United Mine Workers of America as a special international representative; Shuping Coapoge, a South African who is a spokesman for the African National Congress Observer Mission to the United Nations; and Lou Witherite, an American who is responsible for the Africa and Caribbean programs of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee with 20 years experience in social work and development in South Africa.
Thursday's schedule begins at noon with a brown bag lunch at the Cranwell International Center on the Virginia Tech campus. At 6 p.m. there will be a potluck supper at the Wesley Foundation, 209 West Roanoke Street, followed by music and presentations by the Africa Peace Tour speakers.
The public is invited to all of the events.
For more information, call Monica Appleby at 951-8031 or Nancy Alexander at 552-2473.
by CNB