Local Events

Jim Jam 2008 will begin with live music at the Troubadour music park this Sunday, June 22 at 1 p.m. It promises to be the biggest jam ever.

Music will continue all day with Joel Wilt and The Rambling Fever band and host Laredo; Hot Waxx from Winchester, Va;, Sandy Utley, Jimmy Miller, Bobby Edenton, Bob Culpepper, Elaine Arthur, David Artz, R. Lee Gray and others.

The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will sponsor a guided walk of the new Eidolon Nature Preserve in Morgan County on Saturday, July 5.

The walk will begin at 10 a.m. and last about an hour and a half. It will be led by local naturalist Joe Gentile.

Special programs are scheduled at various park and forest locations including Cacapon State Park in addition to weekly activities organized and conducted by naturalists and programmers.

Performers for this summer include the magic of Garry Boothe, Mountain Echoes, variety entertainer Tom King; champion liar Bil Lepp; Lou Maiuri's traditional Appalachian dance; music by Jim

Victory gardening nutrition classes will be held at the Senior Center, 187 Green Street, Berkeley Springs.

Instructor is Karin Kozlowski, nutrition specialist from Berkeley County WVU extension.

An outstanding ensemble cast of local actors explores relationships in the dark comedy, Crimes of the Heart which opens at the Ice House on Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. and continues for two weekends. The Putlizer Prize play by Beth Henley has additional shows on Friday, June 20; Saturday, June 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. and a pay-what-you-can performance on Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m.

The story is set in 1974, small town Mississippi and reflects the home decor, fashions and political sensibilities of the times and place. Three sisters come together to deal with family secrets on the occasion of the youngest shooting her husband. Things have changed culturally since then, says Tamme Marggraf, who plays Lenny, the oldest sister, like attitudes about smoking and interracial dating. What the audience feels though are the timeless emotions of being a family.

Governor Joe Manchin welcomes state citizens and visitors to celebrate West Virginia Day with a splash. On Friday, June 20, the state is offering free swimming at outdoor pools and designated swimming areas in West Virginia state parks.

It is a fun way for residents and visitors to our wonderful state parks to celebrate our great state's 145th birthday, Governor Manchin said. We invite everyone to get outdoors on June 20 to make a splash and have fun in the outdoor swimming areas available at our parks and forests.

Hundreds of people in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle will have the opportunities for a free two-day Mission of Mercy dental clinic organized in part by West Virginia University's Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center.

The clinic is scheduled for June 27 and 28 at Hedgesville High School in Hedgesville.

The 2008 Relay for Life event being held June 7-8 at the Widmyer track in Berkeley Springs, will have something for everyone.

As the teams compete in events throughout the day to win the covenant spirit stick. The public is welcome to participate in the rubber duckie race, party hardy inflatables for a minimal donation, as well as campsite fund raisers that will be held during the event.

Bob Rose will be guest speaker at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 180 South Washington, after their 9 a.m. service on Sunday, May 18.

Rose is Co-Planned Giving Officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. He will speak on ways of planned giving to the church.

The annual memorial service of the Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Cemetery Association will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2:30 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Paul Ostoich, Associate Pastor of family ministry at Tri-State Fellowship church in Hagerstown.