Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 26, 1995 TAG: 9503010033
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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WYTHEVILLE - ``Cotton Patch Gospel,'' a musical, will be presented at a March 10 dinner theater in Grayson Commons on the Wytheville Community College campus.
A buffet dinner will start at 6:30 p.m., with the play getting under way at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and must be requested by Wednesday because seating is limited.
The event is sponsored by the WCC Educational Foundation's Council for the Support of the Performing and Creative Arts. Janice Scudder is the director.
``Cotton Patch Gospel'' is based on Clarence Jordan's book``The Greatest Story Ever Retold.'' The 14-member cast will be accompanied by a five-piece band performing the last country music composed by the late Harry Chapin.
Tickets can be purchased by sending a check payable to the WCC Educational Foundation to 1000 E. Main St., Wytheville 24382, along with the customer's address, a daytime telephone number and a request for the number of tickets desired. Proceeds will go toward the work of the foundation's council.
Heart drugs donated
WYTHEVILLE - King Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Bristol, Tenn., has donated a drug to Wythe County Community Hospital used in dissolving blood clots in patients suffering heart attacks.
The donation of four doses of the expensive drug, commonly known as Alteplase, will be earmarked for indigent patients.
``We have a commitment to the Wytheville community,'' said King Pharmaceuticals President John Gregory, ``because many King employees live in this community and, of course, we have corporate offices in the First Union building" in Wytheville.
Peeble's coming
WYTHEVILLE - The Wytheville Rose's Store, closed last July after 15 years of operation in Evansham Shopping Center, will become the new home of a Peeble's clothing store.
The Peeble's store will occupy about two-thirds, or 18,600 square feet, of the former Rose's building. The rest already is being used for storage by Wythe County Community Hospital.
The Peeble's store is scheduled to open in October or November, according to Steve Clark of the Greensboro, N.C.-based Forest Properties, which owns the shopping center. He said Forest Properties hopes to rent two smaller unoccupied buildings in the center to businesses compatible with the clothing store.
Peeble's offers men's, women's and children's clothing.
by CNB