
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 12, 1990                   TAG: 9007130079
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Joel Turner
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

PH GRAD WINS CITY SCHOLARSHIP

Aricka R. Fisher, a recent graduate of Patrick Henry High School, has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Fisher will use the money to attend Virginia Commonwealth University, where she plans to study history. She hopes to become a lawyer.

The scholarship program was established by the authority several years ago to benefit residents in the city's public housing projects or in federally subsidized units in privately owned housing.

Fisher lives in a federally subsidized housing unit.

Earlier, the authority awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Vangie L. Wallace, a Patrick Henry graduate who plans to attend Virginia Western Community College. Wallace, who lives in the Highland Manor housing development, plans a career in business.

The authority usually awards four scholarships each year: two to students who live in public housing projects and two who live in subsidized housing.

But the agency received only a few applications this year despite an extensive campaign to inform residents about the availability of the scholarships.

Herbert McBride, executive director of the authority, said he's not sure why there is so little interest. The agency will try to recruit more applicants for the scholarships next year, he said.

In other action this week, the authority's Board of Commissioners voted to:

Apply for 50 additional certificates for federally subsidized housing units in privately owned housing. Under this program, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides federal funds to subsidize the rent of low- and middle-income residents to live in private housing.

Condemn a tract of land in the Fairfax Avenue clearance project. The owner has refused the authority's offer for the property. Under the condemnation procedure, the Roanoke Circuit Court will determine the fair market value of the land.

by CNB