VILLAGERS HOLD BLOCK PARTY
NEWPORT NEWS - The second annual Historic Hilton Village Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 with an old-fashioned block party in Hilton Village.
The comedy clown team, Fuzzle and Wuzzle, will perform for the children from noon until 1 p.m. After that, Lance Smith, the magician, will do tricks, tell jokes and stories and, of course, do magic. Artist Barclay Sheaks will offer his print ''Assateague Ponies 1 and 2'' for $10, and will include an autograph. Antique cars roll into the village area for a special display, and the Village Theatre will show free historic Hilton Village films from noon until 4 p.m.
For more information, call Faye Goad, Hilton Village Goldsmith, 599-6300; or Judy Cowling, Painted Ponies, 599-0664.
FARMERS MARKET EXPANDS OPERATION
NEWPORT NEWS - Although only a month old, Patrick Henry Mall's Farmers Market is adding an extra day of operation. The market will be open from 9 a.m. to sunset every Friday as well as every Tuesday through October.
''The Old World market atmosphere has great appeal for the public as well as the vendors. Our fresh produce, fruit, plants, flowers and related items are definite drawing cards for the market,'' says Jere Colbert, helped organize the market.
''Depending on the weather, we may keep the market open even later in the year.''
Colbert says that farmers and other vendors at the market are pleased with the reception they have received. Besides local participation, there are vendors from Gloucester, Williamsburg, Toano, Eastern Shore and other Virginia communities.
FEET TO TAKE FORT FOR HEART WALK
HAMPTON - Walkers in the Peninsula area will join thousands of walkers throughout the state in the annual American Heart Association's American Heart Walk at 9 a.m. Saturday at Fort Monroe.
The event is sponsored locally by the Virginia Peninsula Division of the American Heart Association and Riverside Regional Medical Center.
The goal of the walk is to support the fight against heart disease through raising funds to support heart research and community education programs, says Mark Gedro, event chairman. The walk also is a way of pointing out that walking or some type of regular exercise can help people get physically fit and condition their heart and lungs.
Cardiovascular disease is Virginia's number one killer, according to the association.
For information about the American Heart Walk, call Allison Nelson at the Peninsula office of the American Heart Association, 873-8703.
TOUR WIND TUNNEL DURING OPEN HOUSE
HAMPTON - The NASA Langley Research Center will celebrate its 75th anniversary with an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17.
Visitors will see dynamic flight simulators, tour real wind tunnels where future aircraft concepts are being tested, see the futuristic HL-20 space taxi, see different displays, including space exploration, future cockpits and windshear avoidance, and see laboratories for structures, acoustics and robotics. Admission is free.
For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs, 864-6124.
SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON 18TH CENTURY
''The Planter and the Parish,'' a seminar focusing on Linden Farm and Farnham Episcopal Church in Richmond County, will be presented to members of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 in Richmond County.
The program is being sponsored by the Northern Neck Branch of the association.
Box lunches will be served under a tent at the farm. The two properties are less than a mile apart and a shuttle bus will run between the two locations.
Tickets are $20 each and include the box lunch and shuttle service.
Registration is limited to members of the association and can be made by calling Adeline Voorhees at 462-7081 before Oct. 16.