Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 12, 1993 TAG: 9301120016
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MELISSA DeVAUGHN
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
PUPPETS TO ADD NEW TWIST TO `CINDERELLA'
Discovery Works children's museum in Radford offers all sorts of programs, classes and special projects for children in the New River Valley.This week there will be performances of the BOB BROWN PUPPETS of Washington at schools, sponsored by Discovery Works.
"We have had the Bob Brown Puppets here before and had very good luck with them," said Judi Quesenberry, performing arts coordinator for Discovery Works.
"Now, since we're serving more schools than in past years, we can bring this performance to those schools."
The Bob Brown Puppets have performed at Wolf Trap Farm Park, the White House, the Kennedy Center, the National Theatre and hundreds of schools and community centers.
They have appeared on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," "The Wordshop" and "Mulligan Stew."
Discovery Works' goal is to help enhance performing arts programs at public schools. Programs such as the Bob Brown Puppets are an example of this cooperation.
Earlier in the year, Discovery Works brought Walt Michael and Company, an Appalachian music group, to several schools.
Theatre Four, a theater arts group from Richmond, will perform later in the year.
Discovery Works seeks "high quality performance, age appropriateness, cultural enrichment and educational value" when selecting programs, Quesenberry said.
This week's puppet performance will be an adaptation of "Cinderella," with a new character, Humphrey the dog.
Performances will be at Belview Elementary, Eastern Elementary, Falling Branch Elementary and Christiansburg Primary.
David Hamilton, director of the Child and Adolescent program at Saint Albans Psychiatric Hospital, and Paul Hlusko, child and adolescent psychiatrist and medical director, will give a presentation on ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE in response to concerns of school officials and parents in the New River area.
The presentation will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the C-2 conference room of the main building at Saint Albans Psychiatric Hospital in Radford.
The program is free.
For further information, call 633-4523 or 633-4531.
January is Financial Aid Awareness Month in Virginia. As part of this initiative, a financial aid hotline will operate through the month.
Toll-free calls may be made to (800) 552-3006, 7-10 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays until Jan. 28.
\ RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL will hold a financial aid workshop Wednesday night at 7 for parents of juniors and seniors.
Buddy Johnston will explain sources of financial aid and the Financial Aid Form.
The PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Band Boosters will meet Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the band room of the high school in Dublin.
For further information, call Vangie Shockley at 674-8993.
Schools in Giles County were closed twice in December because of snow and ice.
The county has scheduled Feb. 15 and May 31 as makeup days.
The first semester ends Jan. 29 with 30 days in the grading period and 89 days total for the semester.
The following days are early-release days for students only:
\ Jan. 21: two-hour early release.
\ Jan. 29: four hours.
\ Feb. 25: two hours.
\ April 22: two hours.
\ May 20: two hours.
For those interested in learning to play the organ, the Virginia Highlands Chapter, American Guild of Organists, will hold its fifth annual ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION Sunday, 2-5 p.m., in Powell Hall 101, Radford University.
Registration ends Wednesday.
There will be two levels of competition: one for students who have not yet graduated from high school and another for post-high school musicians who have not had previous organ training.
The competition is free.
Two participants will win 10 free one-hour organ lessons, plus a free organ book. The awards are worth about $250.
Applications are available from any American Guild of Organist member or by calling Kathryn Obenshain at Radford University at 831-5177.
The Parent-Teacher Association at GILBERT LINKOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL will sponsor a health-fair open house for the entire family Thursday, 7-8:30 p.m., in the multipurpose room.
Professionals from the health-care field will be on hand to check aches and pains or answer health-related questions.
Some of the services and advice that will be available are dental screening, bike safety, bike-helmet fitting, child-rearing, nervous habits in children, fitness tests, height and weight measurements and body-fat percentage measurements.
For further information, call 951-8676.
The BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL boosters club will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the teachers' lounge at the high school.
For further information, call 951-4455.
Carol Tomlinson will speak on "Ability: Grouping for Gifted Students" at the January meeting of\ PARENTS ADVOCATING GIFTED EDUCATION tonight at 7 in the Blacksburg Middle School auditorium.
Tomlinson was a member of the Virginia Department of Education team to review and revise state regulations for programs for the gifted.
She also was president of the Virginia Association for Education of the Gifted and is Virginia Legislative Liaison for the Council for Exceptional Children.
For further information, call 552-7226.
The Montgomery County Public Schools' SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the Special Programs Center in front of Christiansburg High School.
\ COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY will hold its Science Fair for fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders Thursday, 7-8 p.m.
The academy is on Patricia Lane in Christiansburg.
For further information, call 382-5674.
Emily Slayton, a senior at BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, is the December student of the month.
She is in the marching band, symphonic band and jazz band and is on the varsity tennis team.
She also is in the international club, music club, peer counseling, Students Against Drunk Driving and the National Honor Society.
Joann Lineburg, Physical Education Teacher at McHARG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Radford, has been named the elementary physical education teacher of the year for 1992 by the Virginia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Lineburg has been a teacher at McHarg for 16 years.
She was chosen for her contributions to her school, community and profession.