ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, May 10, 1996 TAG: 9605100019
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
BATTEAUX LATE THAN NEVER: Eagle Rock's boat, the John Marshall, will be afloat for the second annual Batteaux on the James, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday in Lock Park, Eagle Rock. Also on hand will be miniature horses and wagons, Confederate re-enactors and American Indian dancers, as well as period A crafters, lock demonstrations and lots of food and entertainment, all helping to show the way things were 100 years ago when rolling on the river was routine. Call 884-2531.
ARCHITECTS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS: Hear about and see the painstaking details involved in restoring the roof of Thomas Jefferson's self-designed Poplar Forest retreat. This first program of an interactive series will include a demonstration of the complex task of timber framing - in this case, with heart pine and oak timbers - and should lead to a better understanding of the times during which Jefferson lived.
The program begins Saturday at Poplar Forest at 10:30 a.m. Reservations are required. Admission costs $5; discounts on the house tour also will be offered. Call (804) 525-1806.
THE OTTER WOMAN: Woman Who Speaks to Otters in the Winter, a Western Cherokee, will be among several storytellers participating in the Franklin County Native American Heritage Festival and Pow Wow, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday at Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount. The gathering will include cultural activities, crafts booths, food vendors, ceremonial dancing and demonstrations. Admission costs $3 for Scouts in uniform, $4 for senior citizens and $5 for adults. Call 489-4162 or 483-9211.
MELODIES FOR MONGRELS: Recording artists Pole, Trafidlo and Phillips; Kim Person; Lana Puckett; and members of the Southwest Virginia Songwriters Association will perform to benefit the primarily nonpurebred population of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Reservations are required for the 8 p.m. show on May 18. Admission costs $10. Donations of bagged and boxed pet food also are welcome. Call Hank and Pat Pfister, 929-5071.
FISH AND FESTS: Ernest "Pig" Robertson Trout Fishing Rodeos will be going on all week, starting with a rodeo Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., for children ages 3-8. A rodeo for handicapped children will be held Monday 10 a.m.-noon. A rodeo for nursing home patients will be held Wednesday, 10 a.m.-noon, and a rodeo for children ages 9-12 will be held May 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. All events will be at Lake Spring Park, Main Street, Salem (next to Burger King). Call 375-3057.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation's Family Days will be held Saturday, 10 a.m-5 p.m. and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. The event will feature clowns, a petting zoo, face painting, a circus car-building contest and parade, and more. Admission to the event, part of the monthlong Star City Circus Spectacular, is $3 for children, $4 for seniors and $5 for adults. Call 342-5670.
North Cross School's Field Day means children's games and activities, raffle drawings, art and sporting goods for sale, toys, books, food and crafts. The event will be Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 989-6641.
STUDENTS DO STAGE: City School students are the playwrights of this month's Centerpieces staged readings, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Mill Mountain Theatre. The three short plays being presented grew out of a workshop led by "The Christmas Cup" author and City School director Nancy Ruth Patterson and the theater's playwright-in residence and dramaturge Jo Weinstein. Members of the theater's youth ensemble will participate in the topical treatments of teen-age drinking, familial decisions when grandparents become ill, and the crisis of a rebellious student. There is no admission charge. Bring lunch if you wish. Call 342-5740.
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