Numerous weekend events set
Several events are scheduled for the weekend, including the annual Be Happy, Be Healthy event at the hospital, and a reception for Penland glass artists at the Sparta Teapot Museum of Craft and Design.
Be Happy Be Healthy
The annual Be Happy, Be Healthy event will kick off weekend activities Friday. The community health fair, held at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in conjunction with Alleghany Wellness Center, will take place between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Visitors will have the opportunity to attain health care information such as dental and tobacco education. Blood pressure checks, hearing screenings and sugar checks will also available. In addition, free sports physicals will be provided between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the office of Dr. Denise Bryant.
During the festivities, children will have the opportunity to have their face painted, listen to stories, watch a magic show, have train rides, participate in a sack race and fishing game and visit with a clown.
Musical entertainment will be provided during the afternoon and a drawing for door prizes provided by the hospital and Wellness Center will take place.
Reception
The Sparta Teapot Museum of Craft and Design will host a reception Saturday for Penland glass artists Jan Williams and Richard Ritter from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 at its location on Main Street in Sparta. It will include a presentation by Ritter at 4 p.m.
According to a press release from the museum, Ritter, who "explores patterned images within solid glass sculptures, currently has a piece from the floral core series—through which crystal and color batch is mixed to create a murinni sculpture— on display locally.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Ritter trained at the College for Creative Studies and Penland School of Crafts. His works can be found in the Cabinet of Germany, the White House Crafts Collection of the Smithsonian Institution, the Detroit Institute of the Arts, the JB Speed Museum in Louisville, Kent., and the Corning Museum of Glass.
Ritter maintains a studio in Mitchell County, along with his wife, Williams.
Also on tap are:
Alleghany Mower Racing Association will sponsor a fund-raiser for the Sparta-Alleghany Volunteer Fire Department with a race at the county fairgrounds (located on U.S. 21, a mile-and-a-half north of Sparta). The race will begin at 5 p.m. and cost of admission is $6;
The New River Shrine Club's annual duck race and family fun day will be held Saturday from noon until 4 p.m. at Una's River Bottom off Memorial Park Drive in Sparta. Tickets for the race, slated to begin at 1 p.m., are $10 a piece and are available from any Shriner. Food and drinks will be available during the event. For more information, call 657-2036;
Family Fun Day will be held Sunday in Trojan Village Shopping Center from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. The event will include hayrides, a bounce house, music, face painting and more. Watermelon will be available during the event as well. "It will be a fun day for families," Susan Reinhardt assures;
The area tent revival in the parking lot of Village Park, formerly Charleston Forge, on Memorial Park Drive, will continue until Saturday night. Organizer J.B. Boyer said the event has drawn close to 200 people every night. Ministers and singing groups for the event have been mostly local people, Boyer said. "So far, there have been five people saved," he said. "We want to thank D.W. Miles for giving us the location, and Clint Bedsaul, John Miller and Blevins Building Supply for donating needed materials," Boyer said. "We also appreciate all the ministers and singing groups who came out because everyone did it at no charge because they love the Lord." For more information, call Boyer at 657-1515; and
Go Skate Day, a youth festival, will be held Saturday at Razor's Edge Skate Park, located in Crouse Park from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 372-2942.
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