HA WL to hold jund raiser

HA WL to hold jund raiser

The Rappahannock Animal Welfare League (RAWL) is holding its 2000 fundraising event on Saturday, Oct. 14. The event will be a dinner with dancing and a silent auction. This will be RAWL's major fund-raising effort for this year. Tickets to the dinner, dance and silent auction will be $75 per person, all of which is tax-deductible. For information about the dinner, dance and silent auction call 636-3308.

Meeting set for support group

Warren Memorial Hospital will host an organizational meeting for a Parkinson's Disease support group on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 1 p.m. in the hospital's first floor conference room. For more information contact the Education Department at 636-0314.

Health Screening programs set

The Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board invites persons 60 years of age and older to participate in the following Health Promotion/Screening Programs to be held at the Rappahannock Senior Nutrition Center: Aug. 28 at 1 p.m., program on Nutrition for the Elderly by Christine Kastan of the Virginia Cooperative Extension.

Aug. 30 at 11:30 a.m., blood pressure check by Melinda Beach.

If interested in attending any of these programs, contact Anita Richards at 825-3100, extension 3321.

Grass/Quail workshop slated

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will sponsor a workshop on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Shenandoah County. Topics will include Quail ecology and recent research findings, timber management for early succession species and native warm season grass establishment and management.

Participants will be able to take part in a hands-on quail management exercise. The workshop will include an afternoon field trip of examples of good quail habitat management near the primary location. An added attraction is a bird dog demonstration. To register fax, 804-598-4934 or mail Tricia Butcher VDGIF, 4792 Anderson Highway, Powhatan, Va. 23139.

Nursing Assistant training set

If you've been thinking about a new career and enjoy working as part of a team, consider becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant. Warren Memorial Hospital's Education Department will offer a nursing assistant training program beginning on Monday, Sept. 11. The 120-hour course includes 70 hours of classroom training and 50 hours of clinical experience in a longterm care facility. Those who successfully complete the training program are eligible to take the state certification exam to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. Enrollment in the nursing course is limited. For more information or to register call the Education Department at 636-0318 or 636-0314.