Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 29, 1993 TAG: 9307280052
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Violets are blue.
Here's a POETRY CONTEST,
Just for you:
The deadline is Aug. 6 for the 15th annual New River Community College poetry contest for senior citizens. You must be 60 or older to enter.
Poems should not be over 60 lines long, but you may submit up to three.
Ten winners will be picked from poems by residents of Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd and Giles counties and the City of Radford. One poetry winner will be selected from outside those areas. Winners get a plaque and a booklet of the poems submitted for the contest. An awards reception will be held in late September.
Seniors who have a way with words should submit their original, unpublished works to: Poetry, Office of Continuing Education, New River Community College, Box 1127, Dublin, Va. 24084.
It's not too early to think about the 1993 LEGACY QUILT SHOW September:
The registration deadline is less than a month away. Forms are available at the Christiansburg Senior Center, but do not have to be a senior to participate in the show.
This show is restricted to quilts, quilted items, quilting supplies or merchandise related to quilting. There's a category for antique quilts. A set of show rules is attached to the registration form.
Completed forms should be returned by Aug. 27 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, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets. Call 382-8173 or 382-5775.
Applications for the 15th annual ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR in October will be available Monday at the Christiansburg Senior Center. Participants must be 55 or older, and items displayed and sold must be handmade. Tables are $10, and there's a two-table limit.
The fair will be Oct. 2, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets. Call Sherry Kostric, 382-8173.
\ The RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM looking for a few good seniors:
Anyone 60 or older who wants to do volunteer work, meet new people and have fun is eligible. Seniors interested in joining the Retired Senior Volunteer Program are welcome to attend a picnic luncheon Aug. 10 at noon at the Montgomery County Park, off U.S. 460 (right across from the Corning plant). The hamburgers are free, but those attending should bring along a picnic-type side dish.
The program has plenty of volunteer work, including visiting local nursing homes, working in the schools, helping with mailings and pitching in at the SHARE warehouse. The Retired Senior Volunteer Program often can provide transportation for volunteers who do not drive.
If you plan to attend the picnic, or need more information, call Victoria Scott at 382-5775.
RSVP and the Christiansburg Senior Center will jointly sponsor an end-of-summer, covered-dish picnic for area seniors Aug. 27, 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the No. 1 shelter at Bisset Park in Radford. Dessert and drinks will be furnished. Transportation is available. Call 382-5775 or 382-8173.
Thanks to the New River Valley Agency on Aging, SENIOR IDENTIFICATION DISCOUNT CARDS are available in the New River Valley:
If you're 60 or older and want a card, visit one of the locations below 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 ID. A $1.50 donation is requested to cover the cost of the card; the schedule:
\ Giles County Senior Center, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg: Monday, 9-11 a.m.
\ Radford Senior Center, 27 First St., Aug. 12, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Pulaski Senior Center, 106 N. Washington Ave., Aug. 17, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Blacksburg Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive, Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Floyd Community Center, Community Action Building, Aug. 30, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Christiansburg Senior Center, 655 Montgomery St., Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-noon.
People who are shut-in should contact the New River Valley Agency on Aging to make arrangements to have a card made. Call 980-7720 or 639-9677.
Check out one of these TRIPS FOR SENIORS:
\ CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., will sponsor a trip Friday to the P. Buckley Moss Museum in Waynesboro. There's a $4 fee; transportation leaves the armory at 8 a.m.
The center's trip to St. Simons Island, Ga., will be Monday-Friday. The cost is $260. Call 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; call 980-1000.
At the CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, Montgomery St.:
There will be a coffee hour Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. A gospel sing follows at 11 a.m. It's all free.
A free blood-pressure screening will be held Wednesday 10-11 a.m.
A free blood-sugar screening will be offered Aug. 10, 10:30 a.m.-noon.
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 has a new meeting time. The choir now meets each Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with director Mary Dotson. New voices 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.
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 Bisset Park's gazebo features the Blue Sky 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. Call Mary Jane Harmon, 731-3634.
At the PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, N. Washington Ave.:
There will be a coffee hour today at 9:30 a.m.
Housecall Home Health Agency in Dublin will check blood pressures Tuesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Housecall and the Pulaski Kiwanis Club sponsor these clinics, the first Tuesday of each month.
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. Call 980-1000.
At the GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg:
The Pearisburg AARP chapter meets Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the center.
There will be free water aerobics or recreational swimming every day, weather permitting, 11 a.m. until noon, at the Pearisburg town swimming pool.
Transportation for the swimming program at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center pool leaves the center Mondays at 11:15 a.m. and Fridays at 9:15 a.m.
Ceramics will be offered all day Friday.
The center will offer free legal aid, by appointment only, Tuesday, 2-5 p.m.
For card lovers, there's party bridge Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m.
Call 921-3924.
by CNB