Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, September 14, 1993 TAG: 9309140172
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Rick Lindquist
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The results of Thursday's efforts will be available at the RSVP booth during the Wilderness Trail Festival in downtown Christiansburg, Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., for $4.50 a quart or $3 a pint.
RSVP also will sell baked goods and its "world-famous" cookbook at the festival. A copy costs $7 and it contains recipes "handed down from generation to generation." The books come highly recommended as holiday or birthday gifts. You also can order one through the RSVP office; call 382-5775.
If you have any wide-mouth rings and lids you'd care to donate, please take them to RSVP in the courthouse annex in Christiansburg or call 382-5775.
Several hundred folks turned out last weekend for the 1993 LEGACY QUILT SHOW at the National Guard Armory in Christiansburg. This marked the show's first appearance since 1988, but its sponsors, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Christiansburg Senior Center, hope to make it an annual occasion from now on.
Seventy one quilts and "many, many" quilted items were on display.
Jane Brotherton of McCoy won the "Best of Show" award for her "Morning Glory" quilt, a 35-year-old hand-appliqued item that had been made by her late mother. The "Best of Show" quilt was picked from among the top winners in the various judging categories.
The "People's Choice" award went to Kathleen McCoy of Christiansburg for her new "Bird of Paradise" quilt which was based on an 1800s pattern.
Other first-place awards included:
Antique Quilt: Eloise Heatherington, McCoy, for her 120-year old quilt made by her great-grandmother.
Novelty: Virginia Webb, Christiansburg
Machine-Pieced: Karen and Tim Kelly
Quilted Items: Grace Karnes, Christiansburg
Registration deadline is Sept. 24. to participate in the 15th annual\ SENIOR CRAFT FAIR, Oct. 1-2 at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets, Christiansburg. Sponsored by the Christiansburg Senior Center, this event will feature more than 50 booths of handmade crafts by seniors.
There will be plenty of food, with lunch and homemade goodies on sale Oct. 2 by the Montgomery County Senior Athletes. They'll also be glad to take a donation on a handmade quilt they plan to give away. Donations are $1.
Sherry Kostric has more information at 382-8173.
Joan Rowe of Montgomery County Social Services will discuss "How Seniors Can Help Children in Stress" when Blacksburg chapter 2613,\ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS, meets Tuesday, 11:30 a.m., at the Blacksburg Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive.
Bring your own brown-bag lunch. Makings for hot coffee or tea will be provided.
To find out more, call Janice Palmer, 951-2886.
Unless she wins the Miss America pageant Saturday,\ NANCY GLISSON, MISS VIRGINIA 1993, will be on hand later this month and late October for open houses for family caregivers and professionals at the Virginia Tech Adult Day Care Center.
A tour, a slide show, service information and refreshments will be provided.
The events are set for 10-11:30 a.m. on Sept. 28 and 2-3:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 at the center, 102 Wallace Hall on the Virginia Tech campus.
As a student at Virginia Tech, Glisson, an advocate for the elderly, was a volunteer at the center. During her reign as Miss Virginia, she's made promotion of adult day care centers a focal point.
For more information, call 231-3160.
Among the TRIPS FOR SENIORS this week's calendar:
Pulaski Senior Center, 106 N. Washington Ave., Sept. 24: Southern Women's Show, which will include fashion, "freebies," food, hair care and much more. Breakfast and dinner will be on the road. The cost is $18 for transportation and show admission. Transportation leaves the center at 8 a.m.
Sept. 29: A "mystery trip" will leave the center at 9 a.m. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes and don't forget your lunch money. The cost is $5 for transportation.
Call 980-1000.
Christiansburg Senior Center, 655 Montgomery St., Thursday: The "fall hayride" leaves the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets, at 10:30 a.m. Register at the Recreation Center. The fee is $5.
Friday: Tour of historic Lewisburg, W.Va. Transportation is $4, and the van leaves the armory at 8:30 a.m.
Sept. 24: Southern Women's Show. Transportation is $4 and leaves the armory at 8 a.m.
Call 382-8173.
Radford Senior Center, 27 First St., Sept. 24: Van trip to Mabry Mill and the outlet stores. Transportation leaves the center at 9:15 a.m.. Lunch will be on your own at the Mabry Mill Restaurant. Then, free time at the outlets. The fee is $2. (If you miss this trip, there will be another to Mabry Mill and the outlets on Oct. 8.)
Oct. 1: Mercer Mall, W.Va. Transportation costs $2 and leaves the center at 9:15 a.m. Lunch is on your own at K&W Cafeteria.
All trips are first-come, first-served.
The center also has itineraries and information on Road Runner Trips with All America Tours Inc. A Road Runner trip is set for Sept. 24 through Oct. 1 to Mackinac Island, Mich. Another in early October will take in the Ozarks, including Branson, Mo., as well as Eureka Springs and Hot Springs, Ark.
Call 731-3634.
At the CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, Montgomery St., 382-8173:
Register by Friday for "Intermediate Sign Language," which begins Sept. 21, 6:30-8 p.m. Register by Sept. 24 for "Beginning Sign Language" class, starts Sept. 28, 6:30-8 p.m. Both classes run eight weeks; each costs $26.
Sherry Kostric joins host Bob Smith for "Senior Outlook" Monday on WKEX 1430-AM.
The "Bingo Bash" will be Sept. 23, 1:30 p.m.
The Senior Choir meets every Thursday, 1:30 p.m. The director is Mary Dotson. New voices are welcome. There's also a nondenominational Bible study every Thursday, 10:15-10:45 a.m.
Senior aerobics 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 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m., at the armory.
At the RADFORD SENIOR CENTER 27 First St., 731-3634:
Play canasta every Monday at 12:30 p.m.
The walking group meets in the Radford Recreation gym Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. Wear comfortable tennis shoes. There's no fee.
The ceramics class meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Bring a sandwich for lunch. The fee is $2 plus the cost of your ceramic item.
The quilting group meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Newcomers and beginners are welcome.
The creative writing class meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
At the PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, N. Washington Ave., 980-1000:
Enjoy coffee hour Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
The American Association of Retired Persons meets Thursday at 2 p.m.
A roundtable and luncheon will be held Tuesday, 11 a.m. Debbie Sullivan from Housecall Home Health Agency will speak. It's $2 for a light lunch following the program. Register by noon Monday.
The Dine 'Round Club will visit the Morning Glory Cafe in Cambria Sept. 22. The van leaves the center at 11 a.m. Menues are available at the center.
Count Pulaski Day is Oct. 2, and RSVP will have a booth to sell baked goods and popcorn. The organization is looking for donations of baked goods as well as a few volunteers to help work the booth.
At the GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg, 921-3924:
Narrows Chapter 502, American Association of Retired Persons, meets at noon Friday.
Play rubber bridge Mondays, 1-4 p.m., and party bridge Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. Anyone who would like to learn to play bridge - or who wants to learn some new bidding techniques - should call the center.
Enjoy ceramics and crafts all day Friday.
\ JIM ROBERTS, a member of the AARP Virginia State Legislative Committee recently attended a meeting in Richmond. The committee heard Dr. Clare Jarvis, AARP Area 3 vice president, discuss a new program to assist people who need help to stay in their homes instead of entering a nursing home.
The committee also heard from Rodney Johnson, a law professor from the University of Richmond, who talked about a proposal to permit transfer of securities, securities accounts and mutual funds on the death of the owner to designated heirs without the need for probate.
For more information, call Jim Roberts at 552-7655.
The VIRGINIA CENTER FOR ACTIVE RETIREMENT will present "Why Do People Volunteer?" Oct. 6, 9-11 a.m., in Conference Room F of the Donaldson Brown Center at Virginia Tech.
R. Bennett Crawford, a specialist with the Institute for Leadership and Volunteer Development at Virginia Tech, will speak. Cost is $5. To register, call J.C. Gordon, 231-9446 or 231-5241.
The Virginia Center for Active Retirement offers continuing education and information on services and volunteer opportunities for area retirees.
by CNB