Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 30, 1993 TAG: 9311300191
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RAY REED
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A: It becomes a new home for four agencies and a teen center.
Parks and Recreation will move there, as will Leisure Arts, the Ogden Senior Center and Cooperative Extension Service.
There's a gym in that former schoolhouse, although for the past 11 years it has been the meeting room where the Board of Supervisors held court. Soon, though, youngsters will return to shoot hoops on that court.
The teen center will include traditional equipment such as pingpong, video games and pool tables, said Anne Marie Green, Roanoke County spokeswoman.
Leisure Arts moves there from the old Pinkard Court School, which becomes a location for Total Action Against Poverty. The Ogden Senior Center's home in a former school on Ogden Road is for sale, Green said.
The county administration moved Nov. 19 from the former Mount Vernon Elementary School at 3738 Brambleton Ave. into new quarters on Virginia 419 at Bernard Drive.
Korean War memorial
Q: During the recent Veterans Day festivities I noticed again the lack of a monument to Korean War veterans. I've heard there's a movement somewhere to put up a memorial to veterans of this war. Is there a phone number or address where I can work for this cause? J.J., Vinton.
A: A Korean War memorial is almost in sight. Ground has been prepared on the Mall in Washington, and a construction contract has been awarded.
Dedication is scheduled for July 27, 1995 - the 42nd anniversary of the armistice signing.
The $16 million memorial will depict 19 combat soldiers marching uphill toward an American flag. At its base will be a pool surrounded by benches and plantings.
The cause is pretty much a done deal, with $15 million of the funds raised from private sources, said Col. William Ryan, director of operations and finance for the American Battle Monuments Commission. The federal government allotted $1 million.
The commission's address is 20 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington 20314.
Q: I parked at the Roanoke Civic Center, almost in front of the main entrance, for a hockey game and came out to find my car vandalized and the one next to me also damaged. How come you're required to pay $2 to park and they don't provide security in the lot? W.L., Hardy
A: Security is provided. There are 10 to 14 people in the parking lot and two vehicles cruising it during hockey games, said Robert Chapman, civic center manager.
Incidents still occur, though. Access to the lot is unlimited on three sides, and there is no single vantage point for watching over it.
In the past six months, nine incidents of car vandalism or property theft on the civic center lot were reported to Roanoke police, who were a bit surprised when a computer check showed the number was that low.
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by CNB