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Meetings
Tuesday, April 2
The Henry County Board of Supervisors will hold a special budget meeting at 5 p.m. in the 4th floor conference room, Henry County Administration Building, Kings Mountain Road, Collinsville.
Thursday, April 4
The Henry County Board of Supervisors will hold a special budget work session, 5 p.m. in the 4th floor conference room, Henry County Administration Building on Kings Mountain Road, Collinsville.
Thursday, April 11
Henry County School Board School meets at 5:30 p.m., 1st Floor, Summerlin Room, Henry County Administration Building, Collinsville. Closed session meeting to follow.
Events
Friday, March 29
Exhibit Opening Reception, 5:30 p.m. – Salvador Dali, Citizens and Soldiers, and Works by Meritha Alderman at Piedmont Arts. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education Michael R. Taylor, PhD will present a gallery talk at 6:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. Complimentary wine and light refreshments. Live music.
Books and Bunnies 2024 starts at 11 a.m. at the Smith River Sports Complex, 1000 Irisburg Road, Axton.
Easter Egg Hunt, 3 p.m., Jack Dalton Park, 130 Jack Dalton Road, Collinsville.
Easter Egg Hunt, 4 p.m., Stanleytown Health & Rehabilitation Center, 240 Riverside Dr., Bassett.
Saturday, March 30
The Barrow Center Fundraiser Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at The Barrow Center, 231 Church St E # 4, Martinsville.
Square Dance with Big Fat Gap at 7:00 p.m. at the Forest Park Country Club located at 1821 Mulberry Road, Martinsville.
Family Easter Celebration, Fort Trial Baptist Church, 10 a.m. 170 Oak Level Road, Stanleytown.
Thursday, April 4
Mobile Marketplace, 12:30 to 2 p.m., 3289 Riverside Dr, Bassett.
Track Laps For Charity at 6:30 p.m. at the Martinsville Speedway located at 340 Speedway Road, Ridgeway.
Career Fair, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., P&HCC Stone Hall Gym.
Friday, April 5 – Saturday, April 6
BIG BASEMENT SALE at Fido’s Finds at 119 East Main Street in Uptown Martinsville, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday. Rock bottom basement prices. ALL proceeds go to the SPCA of Martinsville and Henry County. Call Fido’s Finds at (276) 656-1101 for more information.
Saturday, April 6
Free Shred Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., ValleyStar Credit Union, 41 Wheeler Ave, Collinsville.
Board Game Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Blue Ridge Regional Library, at 310 Church St E, Martinsville.
Saturday, April 20
Spring Craft Show, 9-5 at Bassett High School, 85 Riverside Drive, Bassett. Tickets are $5. Children 5 and under are admitted free.
ONGOING
The Martinsville-Henry County Lions Club regularly meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Bay Restaurant, 530 Commonwealth Blvd, Martinsville.
The Bassett Ruritan Club hosts breakfast on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 6 – 10 a.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All you can eat sausage, fried bologna, eggs, cooked apples, sausage gravy, made from scratch biscuits, made to order pancakes, coffee and juice. Dine in or carry out.
AWANA meets at Blackberry Baptist Church on Sundays, from 4-6 p.m.
TOPS FIELDALE VA 0626 meets each Tuesday at 5:45 pm at the Rangeley Ruritan Building on 134 Calloway Drive, Fieldale, VA. New members are welcome. For more information, call Patti at (276) 358-0489.
The Bassett Ruritan Club hosts Rook Music & More on Fridays from 10 a.m. – noon. Play Rook, work puzzles, make a craft and listen to a mixture of bluegrass, country & gospel music by different bands each week. If you want, bring a snack to share. This event is free to the public. Any donations received will go to the Bassett Ruritan Club to pay for electricity etc.
The Blue Ridge Regional Library offers free one-day passes to the Virginia Museum of Natural History and the Henry County YMCA with your library card. The passes are good for one day and exclude special events. There is a wait period before you can check out the pass again. For more details and exclusions, visit brrl.lib.va.us.
The Fontaine Ruritan Club hosts Bingo every Tuesday at 1903 Joseph Martin Highway, Martinsville. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and games begin at 7. Money from Bingo supports community service awards, scholarships, and other community efforts.
Book Bingo on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Martinsville Branch of the Blue Ridge Regional Library, 11 a.m. to noon. Call (276) 403-5430 to register.
Medicaid eligibility renewals have resumed. Martinsville-Henry County Coalition for Health and Wellness (MHCCHW) offers Medicaid/FAMIS application and renewal assistance for Virginia residents from birth to 64 years of age in-person: Wednesdays 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Community Storehouse, 128 E. Church St (lower level of the old Leggett Building) in Martinsville, or by phone, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MHCCHW’s specially trained Medicaid/FAMIS Outreach Advocate is available to help. Call or text Ann Walker at (276) 732-0509 to learn more or for an appointment.
The Henry County Adult Learning Center offers free in-house and online classes to help prepare for college, career, or earn your high school equivalency or GED. Call (276) 647-9585.
Neighbors in the Know. Join staff and volunteers in the Hylton Library at the Spencer Penn Centre for activities and socializing on the first and third Monday of each month. Hour long program – activities for children are provided. Every third Monday, 10-11 a.m., a music program will be provided. Free. No registration is required.
Monday – April 11, at 11 a.m., Holly Kozelsky, executive director of MHC Historical Society, will teach others how to use microfilm to read old newspaper articles at the Martinsville branch of the Blue Ridge Regional Library.
