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Blue Ridge Christmas

The Sperryville Business Council is organizing its annual Blue Ridge Christmas this weekend, Nov. 23, 24 and 25. The celebration will involve shops throughout the town, from! 0 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. There will be seasonal sales, gift ideas, door prizes, refreshments, wreaths and trees, country Christmas decoractions and much more. “For gifts with a rich traditional heritage, come to Sperryvi I le and celebrate a Blue Ridge Christmas," said an organizer. For more information, call (703) 987-8235 or (703) 987-8058 (evenings).

. Woman's Club meets Nov. 27 ! The Rappahannock Woman's Club | will meetTuesday, Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at ; the home of Toni Updike outside ! Washington. This month's program will ! include Christmas ornament making by ; Helen Smith and a bow making I demonstration by Barbara Burke. All ! members are encouraged to attend.

: Seventh grade fundraisers

In the coming weeks, the ! Rappahannock County Elementary School • seventh grade class will hold several , fundraisers for its spring trip to 1 Williamsburg. On Thursday, Dec. 13, there • will be a spaghetti dinner a the elementary ; school from 5-7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 all; you-can-eat, $5 single serving. On I Saturday, Jan. 19, Trapezoid will appear in ; a benefit concert for the class trip. Tickets ; are available in advance. For more ' information about these events, call Arthur | Neufeld at RCES (987-8259).

• AA meeting each week ; ' Alcoholics Anonymous meets each j Thursday evening at 8:30 at the Trinity ; Episcopal Church parish hall in ; Washington. All interested people are • invited to attend this gathering of • recovering alcoholics, who serve as a 1 mutual support group.

Artists at Trading Post , The Trading Post will host two Native American artists this weekend at the store ; on U.S. 211 just west of Washington. ; Mitchell “Pretty Voice Hawk," a Zephier ! Sioux metalsmith, and Marcelino Parisien, • a Turtle Mountain Chippewa sculptor, will ; be at the shop on Saturday and Sunday, ! Nov. 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. I

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