AROUND TOWN

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, January 23, 1992                   TAG: 9201290335
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W4   EDITION: METRO  
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AROUND TOWN
Squad elects officers, gives service awards
The Cave Spring First Aid & Rescue Squad has elected officers for 1992 and has honored members for service to the community and to the squad.
New operating officers are Robert N. Cox, captain; Daniel M. Minnix, first lieutenant; Mike L. Garnett, second lieutenant (day); Karen D. Waltz, second lieutenant (training); T. Lee Taylor, building sergeant; and Ronald A. Milan, equipment sergeant.
Business officers are Ronnie R. Cooper, president; Richard L. Arnold, vice president; Sharon Bruce, secretary; Thomas W. Lamons, treasurer; Malcolm B. Woods, historian; Douglas K. Wirt, chaplain; and Theodore J. Morris, Board of Governors representative.
Arnold, the crew's captain for 1991, was named Member of the Year, and Adam D. Thompson was named Junior Member of the Year. Sharon Campbell received the honor for the squad's Ladies Auxiliary.
Service awards were presented to Wirt for 25 years, to Waltz for 15 years and to Jan Byrum for five years of continuous membership and participation.

Roanoke man returns from Peace Corps stint
Steven Springer of Roanoke recently returned from a two-year assignment in Guatemala with the Peace Corps.
Springer worked in youth program development as an extension agent with the Ministry of Agriculture. He helped form after-school 4-H groups in rural, indigenous communities, involving youths in gardening, athletic and fund-raising activities.
Springer, who has a degree in animal science and biology from Virginia Tech, plans to use his experiences in Guatemal as the basis of a teaching career, working with at-risk youths in Los Angeles.
He has been accepted in a Los Angeles program that grants him teaching credentials on an emergency basis so that he can begin teaching Spanish-speaking students without first having to complete the normal certification process. He starts in February.
Springer, a 1983 graduate of Cave Spring High School, is the son of Donna J. Springer of Southwest Roanoke County and the late James W. Springer.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB