Thursday, July 2
American Legion meeting
American Legion Harvey-Howe-Carper Post 30 will meet on Thursday, July 2, at 7 p.m. at the VFW Post Home on 102 Watts St. in Radford. For further information, please call 250-2283 or 239-9864.
Sunday July 5
First Missionary Baptist Church New River to reopen
Bless be the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we will initiate the reopening of our church at 10:30 a.m. We ask that our church family and visitors wear masks and practice social distancing during the service. To God be the glory for carrying us during this pandemic, but we are not out of the woods yet; we are in his loving care.
We look forward to seeing you on the first Sunday in July, and until then, we will see you on
Facebook live on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m.
Thursday, July 9
Radford Army Ammunition Plant community meeting
A Facebook live community meeting will discuss modernization and environmental projects and compliance and corrective actions at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Staff members from the U.S. Army and BAE Systems will be on hand to engage with the public at 6:30 p.m. on Facebook Live www.facebook.com/RadfordArmyAmmunitionPlant.
Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting
The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Stuart Horse Artillery Camp #1784 will meet at 7 p.m. at Ray’s Restaurant on Rt. 221, north of Floyd. Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) are also invited to attend. For further information. Please call 320-4315 or 239-9864.
Ongoing
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library is open.
All branches of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library are now open to the public. This includes public computers, notary services, and first time passport processing. At this time, the library will not have in-person programming, accept donations, or have any community room reservations. Checked-out items that would have been due during the closure now have an extended due date of July 6. MFRL is not assessing fines on overdue days between March 16 and September 1. Children’s items are always fine-free.
Upcoming
RU art exhibit seeks entries about leaves
“More Leaves of the Tree,” a juried exhibition at the Radford University Art Museum’s off-campus Tyler Gallery will be featured in September. This exhibition invites regional artists to submit works made of leaves, depicting leaves, referring to leaves, or metaphorically about leaves. The renowned environmental sculptor Patrick Dougherty will serve as juror. The exhibition’s “Call for Entries” can be found at ruarboreal.com/tree-news/. The online submission deadline is July 20.
