2~-rHE CAROLINA TifflES SAT., AUGUST 22,1981 Calendar And Aruioiincements CALENDAR ITEMS AND AN NOUNCEMENTS for this column should reach us no later than Friday before the desired publication week. Two to three weeks prior is even better! Mail to: Calendar, The Carolina Times, P. O. Box 3825, Durham, NC 27702. No charge. KERR DAM ARTS AND CRAFTS JAM BOREE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will sponsor the third annual John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir Arts and Crafts Jamboree on Sunday, September 6, from 12 noon until 6 p.m., in the Old Picnic Area across from the Resource Manager’s Office at Kerr Dam on Virginia Highway No. 4. All amateur and professional artists and craftsmen are invited to participate in the display and sale of items. There will be no entry fee, and prize ribbons will be awarded. Craftsmen from several states are expected to enter their work in pottery, leather- work, crochet, stained glass, painting, and wood crafts. The “Porch Swing Band” from Raleigh will kick off the festivities with a Bluegrass concert Saturday night at 8 p.m., in the North Bend Park Am phitheater at Kerr Dam. The concert is free and open to the public. Camping facilities are available at nearby North Bend Campground. Craftsmen interested in participating in this event may write to; Sherrill Storm, Park Interpreter, Resource Manager’s Office, Rt. 1, Box 76, Boyd- ton, Va. 23917. Or, call 804-738-6662 for more in formation. MODIFIED PITCH SOFTBALL TOURNA MENT — The Durham Athletic Officials Associa tion and the Durham Parks and Recreation Depart ment are co-sponsoring the State Modified Pitch Softball Tournament. The tournament will involve sanctioned teams from throughout North Carolina and the tournament champion will advance directly to the national championships. The national charn- pionships are to be held in Marietta, Georgia September 4-7. The State tournament will be double elimination and will be played at Southern Boun daries Park in Durham on August 20-24. For more information concerning the tournament, call George Leach or Gene Tomlinson, tournament directors, at 493-1777 or 683-9355, respectively. PEER COUNSFXING-LIFE WORK PLANN ING CENTER — at the Office of Continuing Education, Duke University, is now offering the 1981 revised Strong Campbell Interest Inventory, in addition to other services. The Strong Campbell is a measuring instrument used to assist people in mak ing career and life-work decisions. For further information, contact Peer Counseling-Life Work Planning, 684-6259. THE DURHAM DART LEAGUE will set a world’s record on August 21 and 22 in Northgate Mall to benefit the N.C. Museum of Life and Science. The Dart League will allow visitors to the mall to throw darts for prizes, with a $1 fee being donated to the museum. Anyone throwing a bull’s eye will receive a prize. The Dart League also plans to use the competition to set a world’s record of 1,000,001 points scored in E.c fewest throws. The dart throwing will begin at 10 a.m. Friday in front of Durham Sporting Goods and end Saturday at 6 p.m. The Dart League, composed of 17 teams in Durham, will donate the $1 entry fee to build a new wolf habitat at the museum. EDISON JOHNSON FALL PROGRAM SCHEDULE — Registration for Fall Classes will be held Monday, August 24, for city residents and Monday, August 31, for non-city residents. Listed are classes and events that will be held this fall: ADULT CLASSES: Ceramics, Ballet, Calligraphy, Karate, Home Decorating, Special Workshops, Modern Dance, Painting, Partner Dance, Slimnastics, Pottery, Rollerskating, Stretch and Relaxation, Belly Dance, Jazz and Tap Dance. YOUTH AND PRESCHOOL CLASSES: Creative Movements, Gymnastics, Karate, Pottery, Preschool Art, A Trek Program, Jewelry Making, Outdoor Camping, Preschool Morning Program, Basketball Skills, Rollerskating. LILLIAN HELLMAN PLAY# Theatie In The Park’s next play by Lillian H'elljnan: “Another Part Of The Forest” August 21-23. Adults $4; students $3. Call 755-6058 or 755-6936. SENIOR CITIZENS CLASSES: Physical Exer cise, Beginning Bridge, Nutrition and Health, Beginning Square Dance, Macrame, Investments and Tax Planning, Speedreading, Quilting, Chinese Cooking, Silk Flower Making, and leisure ac tivities. Call 683-4270 for further information concerning cost, beginning dates and times. OPEN AUDITIONS for Durham’s Eighth An nual Street Arts Celebration will be held Sunday, August 30, from 3-4 p.m., and on Monday, August 31, from 7-8 p.m., at the Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St., Durham. For more information, please call 682-5519. NEW CLUB FORMING — A club is being organized in Durham for physically handicapped persons between the ages of 20 and 40. All in terested persons are asked to write Ms. L. Edwards, P.O. Box 1599, Durham, N.C. 27702, giving your name and address. Information will be sent to you regarding the time and place of the first meeting. BLACK CHILD CONFERENCE — The Eleventh Annual Conference of the National Black Child Development Institute will be held October 8-10, at the Capitol Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. A special block of rooms at the Hilton has been reserved at greatly reduced rates for conference par ticipants. This block will be released for general reservations after September 16. Deadline for pre registration for the conference is September 18. For registration forms and/or further informa tion, contact NBCDI, 1463 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20005. HAVE A SPARE PIANO? The Mental Health Association in Durham County is looking for a good used piano for the use of the patients at John Umstead Hospital. If you have such a piano, call the Mental Health Association at 683-2052. Dona tions for this piano should be sent to the office at 212 Albemarle Street and marked for the piano fund. They also need a good used sewing machine which sews just simple stitches. No extras to be used by the patients. You can also donate to this project at the address above. “IMAGES IN WATERCOLOR,” an exhibition of four watercolor artists from the Chapel Hill area will open September 13 at the Durham Art Guild Galleries, 120 Morris St. The featured artists are Missie Dickens, JoAnne Rose, Frances Calhoon, and Stephanie B. Carleton. All represent familiar subject matter but each provides her own unique in terpretations. A reception will be held Sunday, September 13, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free. The show will run through October 6. The public is welcome. DAISY AUTOMATIC SCHEDULE - DAISY is a 24 hour telephone/tape service provided by Durham Technical Institute. During the hours 1-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 1-5 p.m. on Friday, any tape in the DAISY program is available by call ing the DAISY Operator at 596-0611. When the DAISY Operator is not on duty, ten tapes are available. Dial the phone number listed and the tape will play automatically. August 24 - 30 596-0610 — Top Ten Records 596-0611 — DAISY: Weekly Automatic Schedule 596-0612 — Job Service: Openings Available Thru Employment Security Commission 596-0613 — Spelling Lesson No. 7 596-0614 — lUD Facts 596-0615 — Message from Durham Tech’s Personnel Department 596-0616 — Is AA For You? 596-0617 — Telecourses: What Are They? 596-0618 — Shorthand: 90, 100, 110 WPM 596-0619 — Great Gildersleeve: Jolly Boys Meeting For a brochure that lists approximately 500 tapes, send a self-addressed, stamped, regular business envelope to DAISY, Durham Technical Institute, P.O. Box 11307, Durham, NC 27703. DURHAM COUNTY EMPLOYEES are to a meeting of the Durham County Em Association on Monday, August 31, 7:30 ( the auditorium of the Durham County Libi HASSLE HOUSE CRISIS COlNl TRAINING — Hassle House, Durham’; Center, will hold its fall training for coi beginning September 19. No prior exper needed to volunteer for this training, which on mental health counseling, suicide prc and relationship counseling. The experienc and challenging, with the opportunity to teresting and lively people. Older and retii sons with time during the day are espedall mand. To talk about taking this training, ca Kramer or Dusty Staub at 688-0417. THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS Burgess representing the theme of “Landsc the Mind” will be on display through Augu Center/Gallery, 118-A E. Main St., G Hours are Fri. & Sat., 11-5, Sun. 2-5. Fori formation, call 967-1316 or 919/944-1735. HEARING AIDS NEEDED - The County Mental Health Association has a dri collect hearing aids for the patients a Umstead Hospital. If you have a good used aid you would like to donate, call 683-1 pickup, or drop them by the office at 212 Al St. If you don’t have a hearing aid, but w( to make a donation to this project, ma check payable to the Mental Association u for the Hearing Aid fund. CIRCLE DEVELOPMENT — The pub vited to attend the opening reception August 30, 2-4 p.m., of Nan Gressman; one-person exhibilion, entitled “Circle I ment.” The exhibition, at the Planetarium, North Gallery, UNC-Chap runs through September 30. “Circle Development” is a dramatic ex in exploring the circle in two and three dim paintings, both on and off the wall. At 3p ing the opening reception, a premiere danc mance, in and around circular paintings performed by the new Dance Outreach C choreographed by Beverly Shalomith oi Hill. RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE sub* tickets now on sale for the 1981-82 seaso^ Do!”, “The Diary of Anne frank”, ‘ Take It With You”, “Angel Street” and ' For brochure and information, call 82h- FALL LEISURE CLASSES sponsored Carrboro Recreation and Parks Departmen open for registration. They are: Adult am Piano, Baton, Karate, Women’s Fitn® Caning, Aerobic Dance, Adult Tennis (nj and Advanced Beginner and Intermediate) for Fun (ages 3-14), Couples Dance, Yog For more information, call 942-8541. FALL CLASS REGISTRATION is now the Durham YWCA, 809 Proctor St. ue fered in the categories of “Women On in “Parenting”, and “Learn Something New Some Fun”. Call 688-4396 for detaied tion, or pick up your copy of the fall class at the YWCA, Vickers & Proctor. , MUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENtJs Murray Avenue, Durham, is open lu p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; l-n F day. Call 477-0431 for information. Matinee Activities - On Friday, Aug 3:30 p.m., the Museum will have an ‘‘Am Week” demonstration On Saturday, August 22 at 3:30 P ® V “Balthazar the Lion” and “Squeak the ,the( will be shown. On Sunday, August 23 at 3:30 p.m a Harmonograph demonstration. Corner colorful pattern on the swinging drawing Exhibit - “Encounter With Saturn, tion of 35 up-to-date and ' photographs of Saturn taken during m by, will be on display through August * _ tion, a slide-tape prraentation counters Saturn” will be shoxw P throughout August. Call 477-0431 fof

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