Neighborhood news: Celebrate National Nutrition Month

March is National Nutrition Month and Gainesville Health and Rehab Center will host "Spring into a Sensible Diet" on March 25 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the rehab dining room.

Registered Dietician Nancy Wright will speak on various ways to live a healthy lifestyle; how to manage diseases such as diabetes, renal and cardiac through various diets; and answer ques-tions. A variety of healthy snacks with recipes will be available.

The Gainesville Health and Rehab Center is also sponsoring a food drive to support a local food bank. Donations may be dropped off at the center.

Call 571-248-6100, Ext. 217, for more information.

Gainesville Health and Rehab Center is located at 7501 Heritage Village Plaza, Gainesville.

Joint town hall planned

Gainesville District County Supervisor John Stirrup, will hold a quarterly town hall meeting March 25 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Bristow Run Elementary School, 8990 Worthington Drive, Bris-tow.

This will be a joint event with Brentsville District Supervisor Wally Covington.

The topic is the proposed Prince William County fiscal 2011 budget.

For more information, contact Karen Ulrich, Gainesville District Communications Director, at kul-rich@pwcgov.org.

Mission coming to Holy Trinity

Father Larry Richards, a national conference speaker and a pastor from Erie, Pa., will conduct a four-day parish mission at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville.

Richards is the founder of "The Reason for Our Hope Foundation" and has pre-sented on "The Truth," "The Mass explained" and "Confession."

Richards promises that at his missions, "You will never be bored," and "Your life will be changed forever."

Themes will include knowing God's love, practical information on how to pray, the gift of the Mass, love for others, the passion of Jesus Christ and freedom from sin. The event will close with a healing service.

The mission will be held March 22 through March 25 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 8213 Linton Hall Road, Gainesville.

Free-will offerings will be accepted.

The mission is open to the public.

For more information, e-mail LaraineBennett@yahoo.com or call Holy Trinity at 703-753-6700.

Budding thespians

Spring forward and into the arts with fun, drama and a great opportunity to learn new skills.

The Actor's Studio at the Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory, 9419 Battle St., Manas-sas, begins a new series of classes in April.

Registration is now open for Imagination Express, ages 5 through 7; Center Stage, ages 8 through 12; Acting and Improvisation, ages 12 through 20; Acting for Adults, ages 17 and older; Voice Training, ages 12 and older; and Behind the Scenes Technical Workshop, ages 12 and older.

Class descriptions, dates and hours are available at www.center-for-the-arts.org or by calling 703-330-ARTS.

Katherine Gotthardt reports your neighborhood news from the Gainesville and Haymarket area every Wednesday in the News & Messenger. If you have news about birthdays, your family, your club or your HOA's activities, please send it to Katherine at kgot-thardt@comcast.net.