Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, April 12, 1990 TAG: 9004130880
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The Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley is accepting nominations for awards recognizing individuals and organizations for accomplishments in the field of mental health.
The award categories are Community Service, Employer of the Year, Media, Robert A. Croxson Award, Unsung Hero, MHA Distinguished Service, MHA Committee Chair of the Year and MHA Volunteer of the Year.
Nominations must be received by Friday. Awards will be presented at the annual awards luncheon May 10. Call 344-0931 for further information. Council gives awards to individuals, groups
Several individuals, businesses and organizations received awards recently from the Safety Council of Southwest Virginia.
Carey M. Arthur was the posthumous recipient of the Julian Wise Award. Arthur, a former Virginia state trooper, was recognized for his efforts in safety through education and training. After leaving the state police, he became a safety specialist for the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, teaching people how to avoid car accidents. The award was named for Wise, the founder of the first volunteer rescue squad in the United States.
Charles A. "Buddy" Helms, a former Roanoke firefighter, was given the Instructor Award. Helms volunteered evenings and weekends teaching defensive driving to more than 600 students in 1988-89.
The Times-World Corp. received the Horace Hood Award for its efforts to promote safety among its employees and by publishing articles and editorials on various safety-related topics. Hood, who served as the Safety Council's second president, is a retired vice president and former safety director of Times-World Corp.
Certificates of recognition for efforts in transportation, occupational and off-the-job safety were presented to the Roanoke Valley Alcohol Safety Action Program, the U.S. Postal Service and the Rotary Club of Roanoke Valley.
Five get appointments at state lodge meeting
Five members of Roanoke Valley Court 13, Order of the Amaranth, received appointments at the 35th annual session of the Grand Court of Virginia, held recently in Williamsburg.
Roanoke delegates elected are: Frank Dodge, grand prelate; Lera Pylant, grand representative to Alabama; Marsha Malcom, grand representative to Maine; Rose Dodge, grand representative to Washington; and Roderick Dew, grand representative to the Phillipines.
Pylant and Malcom were named to the publicity committee; Audrey Sutherland was named to the ways and means committee; and Rose Dodge was named to registration.
The lodge also has elected officers for 1990-91. Linnae Hedgbeth was named royal matron and James Perdieu royal patron.
Other elected officers are Audrey Sutherland, associate matron; Timothy Fitzgerald, associate patron; Lourine Davis, treasurer; Jeanne Hall, secretary; Audrey Fitzgerald, conductress; and Susan Davis, associate conductress. March of Dimes sets WalkAmerica April 29
The 1990 March of Dimes WalkAmerica, a nine-mile walking event to benefit the Greater Blue Ridge chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, will be held April 29.
Participants, walking as individuals or as teams representing businesses or clubs, collect pledges of donations based on the distance walked. For more information or to register, call LaVerne Snow at 989-8030. Union member cited for work with Scouts
John H. Hannabass has received the George Meany Award from Local 161 of the International Union of Electrical Workers of the AFL-CIO.
The award is given to recognize union members who perform outstanding service to youth as volunteer Boy Scout leaders.
Hannabass has been a volunteer Scout leader for 33 years, serving in various capacities, and currently is chief executive officer and chartered organization representative of Pack and Troop 18 at Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Vinton. Sorority to raise funds for Literacy Volunteers
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority is raising funds for Literacy Volunteers of America, Roanoke Valley, through a "Pennies for Literacy" campaign.
Canisters for pennies will be placed in Roanoke-area grocery and convenience stores through April 20. Proceeds will go to the Roanoke Valley chapter of Literacy Volunteers, which provides confidential tutoring in basic reading and writing skills to illiterate adults. Older Worker Job Fair seeks employers
The League of Older Americans is seeking businesses and agencies to participate in the 1990 Older Worker Job Fair.
The fair, scheduled May 18 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Crossroads Mall, is an opportunity for businesses to hire workers over the age of 55 for full-time, part-time or temporary work.
A $25-per-table fee will be used to promote the event. For more information, call Ron Boyd at 345-0451. Art majors hold exhibit at Roanoke College
Roanoke College art majors are staging an exhibit of their senior projects through April 30 in the Olin Hall Gallery.
Project categories and the exhibitors are:
Printmaking - Ann Merchant, Julia Morgan and David Worland.
Ceramics - Katherine Van Winkle, Troy Vernon and Todd Wahlstrom.
Painting - Mimi Eanes, James Huffard and Ellen Oostdyk.
Drawing - Tony Clifford and Todd Killinger.
Advertising design - Lori Dudley, Kirsten Erickson and Anne Nitzel.
Photography - Topher Paterno.
Art history - Holly Cooper, Paul Creech, Kristine McBride, Nancy Orrick and Shannon Parker.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 1 until 4 p.m. Association accredits computer school
The Electronic Computer Programming Institute has received approval to offer the associate of applied science in computer electronics degree from the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools. Roanoke man named conference president
Thomas Chapman of Roanoke has been elected Chapman president of the Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics.
Chapman, who has been director of administration for Mental Health Services of Roanoke Valley since 1977, has 19 years' experience in the planning, evaluation and administration of mental-health, mental-retardation and substance-abuse program.
The conference meets annually to provide a forum for the exchange of information on the collection and analysis of mental-health data for use in planning, evaluation and program management. Fashion show to fund Links' civic projects
The Roanoke chapter of Links Inc. will hold its annual fashion show and card party April 21 at noon at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood.
Tickets cost $15 and must be purchased before Saturday. Call 989-3262 or 389-1793 for tickets. Proceeds will be used for educational and civic projects. Pet adoptions stopped a week before holidays
The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has a new policy of being closed for adoptions for one week before each gift-giving holiday.
The intent of the policy, according to SPCA officials, is to ensure that animals adopted from the shelter are not being given as gifts. The animals may not be cared for properly once the novelty of having a baby animal wears off.
The SPCA also encourages parents not to give their children live animals, such as baby chicks and rabbits, as Easter presents. The animals may carry salmonella, which causes illness in humans. There also is a danger of young children injuring or killing the frail animals unintentionally. Such animals also require special diets and environments, responsibilities that most children cannot handle. Thought also must be given to what will become of the animals when they grow up. Crystal Spring alumni invited to May 5 event
Crystal Spring Elementary School is trying to locate former students and teachers to participate in a "Step Back to Crystal Spring" event to be held during the school's Fun Day, May 5.
Alumni are being asked to gather that day for one final picture to be taken on the school's steps. The school will close for renovation next year and will reopen in 1991 without the steps.
Those interested should call Laura Elliott at 982-1689 or Cathy Bear at 344-5064. Head Start programs enrolling preschoolers
Head Start, a program of Total Action Against Poverty, is recruiting 3- and 4-year-old children for enrollment in part- and full-time day-care centers in Roanoke and Vinton.
A comprehensive developmental program is offered, designed to meet children's individual needs. For more information, call 345-3534. Applications accepted at Christian school
Grace Academy, a Christian elementary school at 2731 Edgewood St. S.W., is accepting applications for enrollment for the 1990-91 school year.
Classes are available for preschool, kindergarten and grades one through five. Each class is limited to 20 pupils.
For further information, call 982-0104 weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
by CNB