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July 21, 2011
News & Events
- Around the Valley
- This Week's Picks
- This Week's Calendar
- Plan Ahead
- July 20th is national Moon Day!
- Simple Moon Craft
- Geneology for Children
- "Kids Helping in the Kitchen"
- Plan Ahead for the Shawsville Tomato Festival
- Win tickets to the New River Junction!
- Picasso Exhibition Generated $30 Million for VA!
- Glass Magnet Craft
- Jelly Fish Stings
- Donation Wish List
- Summer Camp Programs
- KIDS EAT FREE!
- Winners Page
Around the Valley
by Jennifer Chasse
After two weeks in New England visiting we are home and happy to be back in Virginia. Joe commented that is really seems like home, which seems right as we have lived here just about a year now. We even brought cousin Ethan with us to visit! We arrived looking like a clown car with 5 people plus a dog and all our belongings in a Pruis, which was laughable except when we gassed up only once, in NY where gas cost $4.09. In RI, gas cost close to $4 most days and I was glad we took the Prius as the trip was over 3,000 miles. It was cozy in the car, but a stop at Hershey’s Chocolate World got us all jazzed for the ride home and we’ve been enjoying goodies ever since.
We kicked off our homecoming by going tubing at The New River Junction. What a perfect way to cool off! They graded the entrance to the river so it is easier to get in, and the water was warm and only waist deep or less in most places. It was Ethan’s first time tubing and a really a fun outing. In fact, The Junction gave us four tickets to give away this week, so be sure to enter!
The boys and I went picking blackberries at 3 Birds Farm, and we made berry coffee cake and have been just enjoying them straight! They also took an art class at Main Lee Art, as part of Children's Week which runs through Saturday. My daughter meanwhile has been having a great time at drama camp this week. The performance is Friday night and we can’t wait to see her! This child is overly dramatic at the drop of a hat so hopefully we can channel some of that energy to good! We also went to Hand in Hand playground for a bit which stays pretty shady even on hot days. Lisa brought the kids bowling at VA Tech inside Squires Hall while I caught up with my job. Did you know the lanes and game room are open to the public?
I had just moved the week before we left for RI, so I’ve been trying to get organized and finish unpacking. Some of our art and belongings were in storage the past year and its so good to see them again! I love the layout of the new house, and slowly I am getting things done. I'm a fresh air type of gal, but some of the window screens have holes big enough for owls to fly in, so Heavener Hardwear is working on them for me. The ants are slowly losing in their battle to control the house, as I had left them “treats” all over before we left.
I hope you are enjoying NRV Macaroni Kid, and will take a moment to forward this newsletter to a friend and ask them to subscribe. Be sure to read my blog this week if you like naps as much as I do! I’ll see you around the valley! I'm hoping to head out to the NRV Fair in Dublin later this week and view all the 4H exhibits.
Monday, July 18 through Saturday, July 23 - NRV Fair
Where: Dublin, VA Interstate 81, Exit 98, 4 Miles North on RT. 100When: 9:30 AM - 10:30 PMWho: All welcomeHow: Just show up!Cost: Varies; see websiteFor more info: http://nrvfair.com/
Friday, July 22 - Children's Week at Main Lee Art
Stained Glass Cookies: Ages 4-7 (9-11 AM)-Cookie dough, crushed sour balls and guidance are provided and along with creativity, we will produce art that can be eaten or displayed in a window! Single Line Wire Art: Ages 8 and up (1-3 PM)-Using a single piece of wire, we will create faces, creatures and objects and mount them to throw shadows and mimic motion. All materials and tools provided.
Where: 201 South Main Street, BlacksburgWhen: see times belowWho: Ages: 4 -7 (9-11 AM) and Ages: 8 and up (1-3 PM)How: Register in advanceCost: $10For more info:
http://mainleeart.org/classes-and-workshops/classes-and-workshopschildrens-art-classes-2/ Phone: (540) 961-0754
Friday, July 22 - Scrapbooking for Kids
Bring photos, etc. and tell the story of your favorite vacation as you create a page to add to your scrapbook! Friday, July 22, both at 2 p.m. @ Pulaski Library. Sign up by contacting Jena Hardy, or there will also be a sign–up sheet at the front desk in Pulaski.
Where: Pulaski LibraryWhen: 2:00 PMWho: All welcomeHow: Register with Jena Hardy: 994-2458 or email [email protected]Cost: Free!For more info: Contact Jena Hardy: 994-2458 or email [email protected]
Saturday, July 23 - Newport Jamboree
Where: Village of Newport Ruritan Park. 640 Bluegrass Trail, Newport, VA. From 460 west, turn right on 42 and the park is 1.3 miles on the right. It's a beautiful outdoor park with a creek!When: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMWho: All welcomeHow: Bring a chair and a friend!Cost: Adults $5 donation and children 12 & under free. The Ruritans sell light concessions.For more info: www.halfacrepromo.com
Thursday, July 21 - Children's Week at Main Lee Art
Tee-shirt/Art-smock: Ages 4 -7 (9-11 AM)-Using pipe cleaners and various other safe odd tools we will press, paint and squeeze onto white t-shirts to be used as t-shirts, art smocks or pajamas when finished. People Pens: Ages 8 and up (1-3 PM)-A work on art you can use every day! Plastic clay sculpted onto a real pen with a face and props provided by
Where: 201 South Main Street, BlacksburgWhen: see times belowWho: Ages: 4 -7 (9-11 AM) and Ages: 8 and up (1-3 PM)How: Register in advanceCost: $10For more info:
http://mainleeart.org/classes-and-workshops/classes-and-workshopschildrens-art-classes-2/ Phone: (540) 961-0754
Thursday, July 21 - Make It & Take It Passport event
Embrace the crafts of the ancient world. Make your own Grecian urn and Olympic torch. Make-It Take-It with purchase of clay pot. While supplies last.
Where: Micheals Crafts 140 Constock Ave in ChristiansburgWhen: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM (while supplies last)Who: Ages 3 and upHow: Just show up.Cost: FreeFor more info: call 540.381.0648
Thursday, July 21 - Explore the Taubman Galleries
Where: the Taubman Museum of Art, RoanokeWhen: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PMWho: Designed for ages 6-10.How: Just show up!Cost: Free for Friends, regular admission price for everyone else.For more info: For more information, please call 540.342.5760.
Thursday, July 21 - Cinderella Around the World Party at the Pulaski Library
Where: The Pulaski libraryWhen: 6:00 PMWho: For ages 4 to 9How: Just show up!Cost: Free!For more info: Pulaski County Library
[email protected]
994-2458
Friday, July 22 - Friday Afternoon Art
Every Friday from 3pm-5pm through August 12th, students ages 11-14 can explore, learn, and create.
Just show up! For more information, please call 540.342.5760.
Where: the Taubman Museum of Art, RoanokeWhen: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMWho: Designed for ages 11-14How: Just show up!Cost: $5 for Friends of the Museum, $7 for everyone else.For more info: For more information, please call 540.342.5760.
Friday, July 22 - Summer Arts Concert
Where: The Henderson Lawn at VT. Rain moves it inside to the Old Dominion Ballroom in Squires Student CenterWhen: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Crossties ( Bluegrass))Who: All welcomeHow: Just show up with blankets and chairs.Cost: Free!For more info: www.sopac.vt.edu
Saturday, July 23 - Children's Week at Main Lee Art
Where: 201 South Main Street, BlacksburgWhen: see times belowWho: Ages: 4 -7 (9-11 AM) and Ages: 8 and up (1-3 PM)How: Register in advanceCost: $10For more info:
http://mainleeart.org/classes-and-workshops/classes-and-workshopschildrens-art-classes-2/ Phone: (540) 961-0754
Saturday, July 23 - Draper Valley Farmer's & Artisan's Market
Where: Draper Merchantile, 3054 Greenbriar Road - Draper, VAWhen: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PMWho: All welcome!How: Just show up!Cost: No charge to attend, goods for sale.For more info: www.drapermerc.com
Saturday, July 23 - Go Outside and Play at Glen Alton
Where: Glen Alton http://gilescounty.org/glenalton.htmlWhen: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMWho: All people welcome. No dogs please.How: Just show up. Chairs, sunscreen and picnics welcome.Cost: Free!For more info: 550-552-4641
Saturday, July 23 - Old Time Country Dance
Where: Floyd Country Store
206 South Locust St.
Floyd VA 24091When: 7:00 PMWho: All welcomeHow: Just show up!Cost: $8 at the doorFor more info: [email protected]
Telephone (540) 745-4563
Saturday, July 23 - Motor Mile Speedway Racing
Where: Motor Mile Speedway. Route 11, off Interstate 81, two miles south of Radford, VA.
Mailing Address: 6749 Lee Highway, Radford, VA 24141When: 7:00 PM (gates open earlier)Who: All welcome!How: Tickets are available at the gate.Cost: Adults $10, Children 12 & under are Free!
Tuesday, July 26 - Summer Movie Express
Where: NRV Stadium 14, 110 New River Road in Christiansburg, VAWhen: 10:00 AMWho: All who can sit quietly in a movie welcomeHow: Just show up.Cost: $1For more info: http://www.regmovies.com/summermovieexpress/default.aspx?zip=24060 for listings 540-381-0854
Tuesday, July 26 - Dublin Preschool Storytime
Where: Dublin LibraryWhen: 10:30 AMWho: Preschool aged children and their caregivers.How: Just show upCost: Free!For more info: Pulaski County Library
[email protected]
994-2458
Tuesday, July 26 - Make It & Take It Passport event
Experience Mexican heritage through craft. Create your own Mexican Sun and Tissue Paper Flowers.
Where: Micheals Crafts 140 Constock Ave in ChristiansburgWhen: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM (while supplies last)Who: Ages 3 and upHow: Just show up.Cost: FreeFor more info: call 540.381.0648
Wednesday, July 27 - Sprouting Success - Professional Development Workshop for K-5 teachers
Where: Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion at VTWhen: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PMWho: For K-5 teachersHow: Register at the contact belowCost: Free!
Wednesday, July 27 - Summer Movie Express
Where: NRV Stadium 14, 110 New River Road in Christiansburg, VAWhen: 10:00 AMWho: All who can sit quietly in a movie welcomeHow: Just show up.Cost: $1For more info: http://www.regmovies.com/summermovieexpress/default.aspx?zip=24060 for listings 540-381-0854
Wednesday, July 27 - Night Nature Walk at Caldwell Fields
Where: Caldwell Fields, Contact us for directions.When: 7:45 PM (weather permitting)Who: All welcomeHow: RSVP to Barbara Walker, Eastern Divide Ranger District 540-552-4641Cost: Free!For more info: RSVP to Barbara Walker, Eastern Divide Ranger District 540-552-4641
Friday, July 29 through Saturday, July 30 - Willy Wontka Junior on stage!
Where: Blacksburg United Methodist Church's Christian Life Center, 706 Harding Avenue, Blacksburg VA.When: 7:00 PM (see times below)Who: All welcome!How: Tickets are available at the doorCost: $5 donationFor more info: http://www.newriverstage.com/camp.html
July 20th is national Moon Day!
July 20th is national Moon Day! It commemorates the day in 1969 that Armstong and Aldrin landed on the moon and proclaimed "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
In President Kennedy's speech to Congress, on May 25, 1961, he expressed a concern that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union in technology and prestige. He challenged the nation to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 launched from ...
Simple Moon Craft
Sara McGill Macaroni Kid Brandon
This is an easy, fast and fun way to get your kids' creative juices going without a lot of mess or stress!
Here's what you need:
- Paper plate
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Marker/crayon
- Googly eye (optional)
- Glitter, sequins or other embellishments (optional)
Directions:
Carefully draw a silhouette of a crescent moon's face (see photo) and cut along the line. Have your child glue a googly eye or draw one on. Color in a sleeping cap, or glue on a fabric scrap to create one. Add glittler glue or sequins ...
Geneology for Children
by Phyllis Ollinger
This wonderful family project will guide you to create your family history with your child(ren) in easy sections. This newsletter contains one chapter (11), and if you look in the "Past NRV News" archives you will find past pieces of the history to print.
Phyllis suggests we store pages in a binder so we can always be adding to our work. This is a great project to do over the summer as a family.
Get started here to read more!
You may not copy or share multiple copies of ...
"Kids Helping in the Kitchen"
Danielle Moore Findlay, OH
Like all busy moms, I find myself relying on prepared and processed foods too much at times. I decided to ignore the prices of fresh produce during my last supermarket visit and bring home some very nutritious choices for my family. I didn't realize how much my kids had been missing these healthy foods until they started chopping up veggies immediately following breakfast. To make it more fun, we found a serving platter from the back of the cabinet and my 9 year old decided to "make it fancy ...
Plan Ahead for the Shawsville Tomato Festival
Volunteers and Contestants needed!
Join us August 13, from 10am – 3pm at the 4th Annual EastMont Tomato Festival at the Meadowbrook Center in Shawsville!
Celebrating “all things tomato,” the festival offers a fun filled day for young and old. You
can eat classic dishes like Fried Green Tomatoes or Tomato Sandwiches (with Duke’s
mayo on white bread, of course) or go for the gusto in a tomato eating contest. Other
contests will select the biggest and ugliest tomatoes as well as the best art inspired by
tomatoes and made with tomatoes.
A highlight ...
Win tickets to the New River Junction!
Visit Mother Nature's Water Park! New River Junction Campground offers tubing, fishing and more. Located at 2591 Big Falls Road in Blacksburg, it is easy to get to! Bring a picnic and plan to spend a few hours, or a few days.
A shuttle service allows you to float all day, and tube and life jacket rentals are available. I like that the river is usually quite shallow and you can stand in most parts. The water is crystal clear and warm, too!
Have you been? Tell us below ...
Picasso Exhibition Generated $30 Million for VA!
Nearly a quarter million visited VMFA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ landmark exhibition Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée Picasso, Paris brought more than just visitors to the Commonwealth. The exhibition brought $26.6 million to the Richmond region and a further $2.3 million across Virginia, totaling nearly $30 million.
Combining the exhibition’s staging expenses with visitor spending from nearly a quarter million visitors, the economic study showed primary and secondary benefits to the region and the state. “The Picasso exhibition was not only a blockbuster for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ...
Glass Magnet Craft
by Jody Lynn Chin
Here is an easy craft to keep the kids busy when that summer boredom hits. Glass magnets
Here is what you need:
. Glue that dries clear
. Glass beads that you can find in the floral section at craft stores
. Magnets any size really just as long as they are small enough not to be seen when you glue it to the glass
. A circle hole punch I’ve been using a ¾’
. Any picture that you would like to use. Out of the newspaper, magazines, print outs, etc………….
. All these things ...
Jelly Fish Stings
Macaroni Remedies
Jellyfish stings are a nuisance, plain and simple! Of course they are a valuable part of the oceanic world, but for swimmers, well I am sure they could do without them! Jellyfish are composed of a transparent gelatin material and most jellyfish have tentacles and stingers that emit venom when touched. Swimmers should be prepared to treat an allergic reaction when a jellyfish sting occurs.
Stung?
Cleanse the area with salt water; do not use fresh water to rinse the infected area. Avoid using rubbing alcohol, bleach or ammonia, as ...
Donation Wish List
Can you help some local Non- Profits?
Can You Help?
The Music School-Performing Arts Institute of Virginia is a nonprofit organization in need of gently used instruments for needy children in southwest Virginia. Needed: keyboards, pianos, music, basically any related music items. All donations are tax deductable. Pick up available: Phone: 540.552.4501 Email: [email protected]
The Humane Society of Montgomery County on 1183 Flanagan Drive in Christiansburg is always in need of dry cat, dog, kitten, and puppy food, non-clumping cat litter, paper towels, bleach, and liquid laundry detergent. These supplies will help the ...
Summer Camp Programs
ATLANTIS Summer Fantasy Camp
Atlantis, Paradise Islands, the Bahamas
Week long residential summer fantasy programs including LEGO, Marine Adventure, Mermaid & more.
1-800-ATLANTIS or visit www.atlantis.com
Camp Alta Mons
Christian resident camps
2842 Crockett Springs Road
Shawsville, VA
540-268-2409
www.altamons.org
Camp Bethel
Christian resident and day camp
328 Bethel Road
Fincastle, VA
540-992-2940
www.campbethelvirginia.org
Camp A- Palooza at Virginia Techniques
Full and half day themed camps
1550 Roanoke Street
Christiansburg, VA
540-381-5151
www.vatechniques.com
Camp Roanoke
Day and residential programs
6498 Dry Hollow Road ...
KIDS EAT FREE!
Family Bargains In & Around the Valley
If you know of other area restaurants offering family specials please let me know.
Blacksburg
BUFFALO WILD WINGS
211 Prices Fork Road
540-552-9464
Mondays from 4-9 pm kids under 12 eat free from the kid's menu
CHU CHO'S
400 Turner Street
540-552-0095
Sundays kids eat free from kid's menu with adult purchase
JOE'S DINER
212 N. Main Street
540-961-4194
Tuesday night - one free kid's meal with adult purchase
MACADO'S
922 University City Blvd
540.953.2700
Tuesday nights - one free kid's meal with ...
Winners Page
Reba won the 4 passes to the Radford Plaza Cinema. She likes the popcorn!
7/6 Jessica, Tabitha and Sussi all picked up ice cream gift certificates to Sinkland Farms for both subscribing and liking us on Facebook.
6/29 Tammy of Blacksburg picks up 4 ride all day passes to the Salem Fair. Tammy is super lucky- her second NRVMK win! Congrats Tammy and have fun.
6/22 Congratulations to Jamie of Christiansburg for winning 5 passes to the Blacksburg Aquatic Center!
6/15 The Golf newsletter has four ...
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