Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 21, 1994 TAG: 9404220081
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``Friends of Emily'' - a group working to raise funds for a bone marrow transplant for 43-year-old Emily Naff - has set up an account for donations at the Roanoke Postal Employees Federal Credit Union (P.O. Box 12405, Roanoke, Va., 24025).
Naff, a network specialist with the U.S. Postal Service in Roanoke, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1991. After treatment, her cancer was in remission until an inoperable tumor was found on her lung in February.
Naff is currently a patient at the Sloan Kettering treatment center in New York City.
The fund-raising group has established a goal of $100,000 - the estimated cost of the bone marrow procedure. To date, the group has raised $7,000.
The group has put together a cookbook that has been mailed to a publisher and will be available for sale in June.
For more information, call 985-8737.
Roanoke Boy Scouts 9,000 pounds of food
Roanoke Valley Boy Scout troops collected about 9,000 pounds of food under their ``Scouting for Food'' project.
The Scouts delivered plastic bags, donated by Kroger, to neighbors and gave them a week to fill the bags with nonperishable food items. Although Scouts picked up most of the bags in late March, Kroger stores continued collecting canned goods into early April.
The canned goods were given to the Southwestern Virginia Food Bank, which will provide the food to agencies that feed people with low incomes.
Thirty-five scout units participated. Those scouts collecting 50 pounds or more received patches and community service hours for their efforts.
Members at the food bank say they are pleased with the amount of food collected. This is the first time in six years that the project has been carried out.
``As we continue the project and people can anticipate it every March, we will hope to get much more food each year in the future,'' said Michael Hepler, head of the project for the food bank.
-CONNIE FREEMAN
Roanoker is president of development group
Wayne Strickland, executive director of the Fifth Planing District Commission, has been elected president of the Development District Association of Appalachia. He was chosen at a recent association meeting in Arlington.
The association assists planning and developmental groups that serve Appalachian communities by providing leadership support and guidance.
Libraries offer classes on computerized index
Roanoke Valley library personnel are teaching patrons how to use the computerized catalog index.
Group or individual instruction is offered at the Salem Public Library on Tuesdays at 10 a.m and 5 p.m., and on Fridays at 10 a.m.
Lisa Bachelder, reference librarian in Salem, said those interested can fill out a registration sheet at the library's front desk or call the library at 375-3089.
In Roanoke County, those seeking instruction are asked to call the library's reference department at 772-7507 to make an appointment.
Roanoke library personnel works with patrons on an individual basis.
Computers in all libraries in the Roanoke Valley are on the same system so that patrons in any branch office can access a central catalog index to learn what is available in any other public library branch.
Vinton church enrolling children for its school
Registration for the fall session is being taken for the Christian school operated by Mineral Springs Baptist Church near Vinton. The school includes programs for children 3 years old through third grade level. Renee Harris is the director.
A Tuesday and Thursday morning program from 9 to noon is available for 3-year-olds. Children 4 and 5 attend the same hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Those on kindergarten level will go from 8 a.m. to noon five days weekly. Children in the first through third grades are enrolled for classes from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuition varies with the child's level.
For more information, call 890-4465 or 890-2483.
Center needs tutors for newly arriving refugees
Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services in Roanoke need volunteers to teach English to newly arriving refugees from Iraq, Bosnia, Haiti and Vietnam.
The program supplies training and books for volunteers. For more information, call Alice Duehl at 342-7561.
Fincastle SAR receives awards, elects officers
The Fincastle Resolutions Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution recently received three awards from the SAR Virginia Society.
The chapter received the Law Enforcement Award for its efforts to recognize outstanding public officials. The group also won the best chapter newsletter and the the highest increases in membership.
New officers for the Roanoke chapter are: Michael K. Smeltzer, president; James T. Lucas Jr., first vice president; Lucian Y. Grove, second vice president; William P. Carter Jr., secretary-treasurer; and Dr. Warren L. Moorman Jr., historian.
Lt. Col. Donald E. Dye Jr., past president of the chapter, was named president-elect of the society for the 1995 year.
Science museum giving free passes for exhibit
The Science Museum of Western Virginia is now offering free passes for its new exhibit, ``Mind Play.''
The ``Feed Your Mind'' passes are available with any purchase at the following downtown retailers: Espresso Rush, Mr. Su's, Brothers Bakery, Burger in the Square, Three Li'l Piggs Barbeque, Ward's Rock Cafe, Corned Beef & Co., Howard's Soup Kitchen, Macado's, 309 First Street, Eden Way Bakery, Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, Buddy's, and Mason & Hanabass Meats & the Greedy Pig Deli.
Passes are good every workday through May 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Top Hat dancers place third in dance festival
The senior group of the Top Hat Dancers recently placed third at the Paramount's King's Dominion Dance Festival in Richmond.
The group's members include: Tina Desai, Colleen Wagner, Kate Gogerty, Anna Asher, Missy Robertson, Kendra Curtiss, Kerri Gunn, Amanda Grinnell and Jamey Dilley.
Members of the junior group who also participated in the festival are: Amy Clark, Sarah Roberts, Emily Heller, Jessica Hill, Brooklynn Ridgeway and Trisha Theis.
DeEtte Allen is the dancer's instructor.
by CNB