Ace Hardware of Mount Airy will have an opening celebration tomorrow and Sunday at 1312 S. Main St. in the Food Lion Shopping Center.

Activities will include a hot-air balloon tomorrow morning, a water and rock garden demonstration by Linganore High School students from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days, and free blood pressure checks by the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days.

Paint and decorating demonstrations and how-to seminars will be given from noon to 3 p.m. both days.

Drawings will be held for prizes. Radio station WFRE-FM will broadcast from the store from noon to 2 p.m. tomorrow.

Information: 410-795-6767.

Fire

Mount Airy: Firefighters responded at 3: 58 p.m. Wednesday to a fire alarm in the 13000 block of Old Annapolis Road. Units were out two minutes.

Pub Date: 7/10/98