Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 22, 1993 TAG: 9307210092
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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Mark your calendar. The New River Valley Agency on Aging will make senior citizen identification and discount cards at several sites during August and September.
If you're 60 or older and would like a card, visit the location in your area and bring proof of age, such as a driver's license, birth certificate or Social Security card, and your Social Security number.
Each card will have the individual's photograph, name, address, birth date and Social Security number and may be used to obtain discounts or other special services available to seniors.
It also may serve as a form of identification.
A $1.50 donation is requested to cover the cost of making the card.
Here's the schedule:
\ Giles County Senior Center, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg: Aug. 2., from 9 until 11 a.m.
\ Radford Senior Center, 27 First St., Aug. 12, from 10 a.m. until noon.
\ Pulaski Senior Center, 106 N. Washington Ave., Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. until noon.
\ Blacksburg Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive, Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. until noon.
\ Floyd Community Center, Community Action Building, Aug. 30, from 10 a.m. until noon.
\ Christiansburg Senior Center, 655 Montgomery St., Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. until noon.
People who are restricted to their homes should contact the New River Valley Agency on Aging to make arrangements to have a card made.
For further information, please call 980-7720 or 639-9677.
The sponsors of the MS. VIRGINIA SENIOR CITIZEN PAGEANT like to hear from Southwest Virginia candidates:
The deadline to enter has been extended until Aug. 1, and the pageant will be Aug. 20-21 at the Roanoke Airport Sheraton Inn.
The sponsors hope to make this an annual event.
Women ages 55 and over are eligible.
Competition categories include poise, personal interview, talent and evening gown.
The sponsors emphasize this is not a beauty contest, but will instead stress age, talent and grace.
In addition to cash prizes, the Virginia winner will get an all-expense-paid trip to the National Senior Citizen Pageant in Joliet, Ill. in October.
Runners-up also receive cash prizes.
If you're interested or want to find out more, please call Dotty Talbott at 674-5534, or write her at P.O. Box 239, Dublin, Va. 24084.
Good news for OLDER JOB SEEKERS:
If you're 55 or older and meet certain income guidelines, the New River Valley Agency on Aging is accepting applications for their program that offers classroom training in several job skills.
Training is available in Certified Nursing Assistant, clerical, computer, home repair and several other fields.
You also can get $4.25 an hour for work experience while you're taking classes.
The program also offers job referrals and placement and will help you improve your job-seeking skills.
To find out more, please call Angie Burleson at 980-7720 or 639-9677, or visit the New River Valley Agency on Aging at 141 E. Main St. in Pulaski.
Take a break and enjoy one of these TRIPS FOR SENIORS:
\ CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., will sponsor a trip Friday to Hungry Mother State Park in Marion.
The cost is $7, which includes transportation and lunch.
Transportation leaves the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets at 9 a.m.
The center will sponsor a trip July 30 to the P. Buckley Moss Museum in Waynesboro.
There's a $4 fee. Transportation leaves the armory at 8 a.m.
The center still is taking reservations for a trip to St. Simons Island, Ga., Aug. 2-6.
The cost is $260.
For further information, please call Sherry Kostric at 382-8173.
\ PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave., will sponsor another "Picnic with the Pops" trip to see the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and guest Roberta Flack on Oct. 30.
These trips fill up fast, so call 980-1000 if you're interested.
At the CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, Montgomery St.:
Line dancing classes start Tuesday and will continue for the next seven weeks, 11 a.m. until noon, at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets.
The cost is $8.
Registration forms for the 1993 Legacy Quilt Show will be accepted until Aug. 27 at the center.
Participants also can mail forms to the Christiansburg Senior Center, P.O. Box 599, Christiansburg Va. 24073, or to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, P.O. Box 806, Christiansburg, Va. 24073.
The show will be Sept. 11 at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets.
Senior aerobics are offered each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8-9 a.m., at the armory. The class is free.
The less-strenuous exercise class for seniors, "Easy Motions," will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m., at the armory.
The senior choir meets each Thursday, 3:30 p.m. with director Mary Dotson.
New voices always are welcome.
It's "card night" the second and fourth Monday of each month, 6:30-9 p.m., offering all levels of bridge and other games.
To find out more about these and other Christiansburg Senior Center activities, please call Sherry Kostric at 382-8173.
At the RADFORD SENIOR CENTER 27 First St.:
This week's free concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Bisset Park gazebo will feature the Blacksburg Community Band.
The walking group meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Radford Recreation Center gym at 9 a.m.
There's no fee. Wear comfortable sneakers.
There will be canasta Monday at 12:30 p.m.
The ceramics class, taught by Mary Jane Harmon and Jackie Stephens, will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. Bring a sandwich for lunch.
There's a $2 table fee plus the cost of your ceramic item.
The creative writing class meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
To learn more about these and other Radford Senior Center activities, please call Mary Jane Harmon at 731-3634.
At the PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, N. Washington Ave.:
There will be a coffee hour today at 9:30 a.m.
The Dine 'Round Club will meet Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the center for a visit to Nickleby's in Radford.
Ceramics will be offered Mondays, 1-3 p.m.
Housecall Home Health Agency in Dublin will check blood pressures on the first Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Housecall and the Pulaski Kiwanis Club sponsor these clinics. The next clinic will be Aug. 3.
Seniors can make free copies every third Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon.
At other times, copies cost 10 cents for seniors and 20 cents for everyone else.
For details on these and other Pulaski Senior Center activities, please call 980-1000.
At the GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg:
There will be free water aerobics or recreational swimming every day, weather permitting, 11 a.m. until noon, at the Pearisburg town swimming pool.
The center offers free legal aid the first Tuesday of each month, by appointment only, 2-5 p.m.
The next session will be Aug. 3.
For card lovers, rubber bridge is played Mondays, 1-4 p.m., and party bridge Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m.
There's canasta on Tuesday.
Free hearing-aid checks will be offered on the second Wednesday of each month, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
The center is closed Thursday afternoons for cleaning.
Please call 921-3924 for further information on these and other Giles County Senior Center activities.
The Hensel Eckman YMCA, 615 Oakhurst Ave., Pulaski, offers a free\ SENIOR CITIZEN FITNESS CLASS each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9-10 a.m.
There also is a 20-minute workout every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4:30 p.m.
For more information, call 980-3671.
The entry deadline is July 31 for the LEGACIES II NATIONAL WRITING CONTEST FOR SENIORS, which gives those who are over 60 and enjoy writing a chance to win cash prizes.
Funded by the Leibovitz Foundation, the contest offers 53 prizes from $100 to $2,500 for winning essays on aging.
The contest challenges writers to answer one of these questions:
What are the challenges you face as an older person and how do you deal with them?
Given the breadth of your experience, how do you use your knowledge to benefit yourself and others?
Are there roads still untaken that beckon you? How could these roads enhance the dignity, meaning, and sense of joy in your life?
Submit only one entry, up to three pages long; include your name, address and birth date.
For more information, call 980-7720 or 639-9677.
For Seniors is a regular Thursday feature of the New River Current. If you have news of interest to senior citizens, write in care of Rick Lindquist at the New River Current, Roanoke Times & World-News New River Valley Bureau, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073. Clear, sharp photographs accompanying news items are welcome.
by CNB