Area in Brief

Cast members of the Miyamura High School drama society production of "James and the Giant Peach," Anna DeLong, Ellie Langston, Sara Maynerich, Isaiah Gjeltema, LaZandra Tabatha and Emily Moore, rehearse a scene Wednesday at JFK middle school auditorium. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 each evening, and ticket prices are $4 for adults and $2 for children. [photo by Jeff Jones / Independent]

• Home/Garden Show — GALLUP
• Birth Certificates — NAVAJO
• Parent Training — SHIPROCK
• Parent/Teacher Conferences — DALTON PASS

Home/Garden Show

GALLUP — UNM-Gallup Home and Garden Show will be April 25-26, in Gurley Hall. Tables will be in Gurley Hall April 25, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. with UNMG Construction Technology program, Professor Jeanne Martinez-Welles’ seed exchange group, Holiday Nursery, Gallup Solar, Shelter plus Design, Habitat for Humanity, Krouth Construction Company, Hunger Grow Away and Gallup Lumber. April 26 at 12 p.m., Krouth Construction Co. will give the seminar “Passive Adobe,” which will include green building topics on solar adobe, and more. 2 p.m. April 26, there will be home tours, demos and field trips, including a presentation by Shelter plus Design on Alternative Energy-Structural Insulated Panels or SIPS, in the Construction Technology Building Room 107. Call Chris Chavez for more details at 863-7544.

Birth Certificates

NAVAJO — Navajo county vital records office can provide Arizona birth certificates. Office hours are Mondays and Fridays 8:30 a.m.- noon, 1-4 p.m. This Friday April 25, and next Friday, May 2, the Navajo County Vital Records Office will be closed. Can do Arizona birth certificates up to the birth year 1950, for those born in a hospital. Also, can do death certificates from 2000 to present and must have occurred in Navajo County. Questions call Karen Tsinnie 928-524-4750 x 40.

Parent Training

SHIPROCK — Training for parents with special-needs children will be 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 8, in the Shiprock Board Room in cooperation with the EPICS Project. Parents need to pre-register by May 2 by calling Sandra Ration 505-368-5163.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

DALTON PASS — Dalton Pass Headstart Parent/Teacher Conference will be 1-3 p.m., April 21-24. The conference is to review your child’s progress.