Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 21, 1994 TAG: 9409230015
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER CURRENT
SOURCE: Rick Lindquist
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
"We only sold about half of it," said RSVP's Jo Lambert, who reports that the volunteers stayed at the festival until about 1:30 p.m. before packing it in. Last week's APPLE BUTTER JAMBOREE produced 160 pints and 50 quarts of the spicy condiment, at least one-third more than last year's cookoff, Lambert said.
Lambert is confident the remaining jars will sell. Pints are $3, and quarts are $5. Call RSVP at 382-5775 or stop by the office in the Courthouse Annex.
Those attending the LEGACY QUILT SHOW indoors at the National Guard Armory may have fared better during the Wilderness Road Festival. More than 80 quilts and quilted entries were judged. Top winners in each category were:
Best of show: Grace Karnes
Hand-pieced patchwork: Lorraine Stepp
Machine-pieced patchwork: Judy Albert
Appliqued: Lorraine Stepp
Novelty: Judy Albert
Quilted items: Judy Albert
Sherry Kostric of the Christiansburg Senior Center has additional details - including names of runners-up - at 382-8173.
SENIOR GATHERINGS
Fall bowling league for seniors, age 55 and older, meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at Triangle Lanes, North Franklin Street, Christiansburg. Two-person teams. $3.75 a week. 382-2385.
The Radford AARP potluck dinner is tonight at 5 at the Radford Senior Center, 27 First St. Dr. Carl Stark speaks on various health care plans. Anyone 50 or older is invited to bring a favorite dish. John Jeuck, 382-7969, or Mary Jane Harmon, 731-3634.
The Walk-a-Roos Senior Walking Club meets Thursdays, 8 a.m., at Hardee's, U.S. 460, Christiansburg. Members walk regularly and individually to reach a common goal. The new goal is Australia, 10,846 miles.
A coffee for seniors is held the last two Thursdays of each month (that's Thursday and Sept. 29), 10:30 a.m., at the Free Memorial Library, Giles Avenue, Dublin, sponsored by Pulaski County Friends of the Library. 674-2855.
Nondenominational Bible study group meets Thursdays, 10:15 a.m., at the Christiansburg Senior Center, 655 Montgomery St.
Meadowbrooke Nursing Home, Shawsville, holds a yard sale in the front yard Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Their cookbooks also will be on sale. Proceeds benefit the resident fund.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 12:30 p.m., the Dine 'Round Club from Pulaski meets at Fazoli's next to the Market Place in Christiansburg.
Sept. 30, 10 a.m-noon, a coffee brunch and get-together is set at the Blacksburg Community Center activity room. If you can make it, let Joy Herbert know by Tuesday. 961-1134.
Sign-up is under way for the New River Valley Senior Classic on Oct. 15 at Blacksburg Municipal Golf Course. It's a two-man captain's choice affair, and teams consist of one senior, 50 years or older, and one "super-senior," 60 or older. The $60 fee includes greens fee, cart and prizes, and space is limited. Bill Harrison, 731-1475.
GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg, 921-3924:
Play party bridge today from 1 to 4. Play rubber bridge Monday, 1-4.
The swim therapy program meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:15 a.m., at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center.
Do ceramics Tuesday all day and Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and ceramics and crafts Friday all day.
PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave., 980-3969:
Thursday, coffee hour is 9:30 a.m.
Sign up for the mystery trip Tuesday. It's $8, and transportation leaves the center at 9 a.m. for parts unknown.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 8:30-11:30 a.m., the Pulaski County Health Department offers flu shots for seniors 55 and older. Participants should bring Medicaid or Medicare cards. There is a charge. Tina Faiszt, 980-1000, has details. Another session is set for Oct. 25, but the one originally scheduled for Oct. 5 has been cancelled.
Sept. 29, travel to Bristol for senior night at Old West Dinner Theatre to see "Wait Until Dark." It's $20 for admission and transportation, which leaves the center at 4 p.m.
BLACKSBURG SENIOR PROGRAMS, Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive, 961-1134:
Volume 1, No. 1 of Good Times News has been published by the Blacksburg Seniors Association. If you'd like to be on the mailing list, call Joy Herbert, 961-1134.
Senior golfers can tee off every morning at 9 at the Municipal or Virginia Tech golf courses. Vernon Baldwin, 552-5845.
Fridays, play Canasta at 9:30 a.m. in the game room. Felix Sorrentino, 552-0216.
Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon, play bridge. Bill Burgess, 552-4716.
Sign up now for the trip to Explore Park in Roanoke on Oct. 15. The van leaves the Community Center at 8:30 a.m. and returns about 2 p.m. It's $4 for the trip plus $5.50 for a boxed lunch from the Roanoker. Travelers can bring their own lunches if they wish. Space is limited. Joy Herbert, 961-1134.
CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., 382-8173:
The Hands Group for hearing impaired and signers meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. There is no fee. Instructors are Kathleen Gilbert and Sonia Oliphant.
Senior Aerobics class meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8-9 a.m., at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets. The less-strenuous Easy Motions exercise group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m.
Friday, the center is organizing a trip to the plant sale and giveaway at the Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden. Transportation is $2 and leaves the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets, at 4 p.m.
Travel to Explore Park in Roanoke on Monday. Transportation leaves the armory at 8:30 a.m. Admission is $4.
Tuesday, identification cards for seniors age 60 and older will be processed at the center, 10 a.m.-noon. $1.50 donation.
RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, 1 Franklin St., Courthouse Annex, Christiansburg, 382-5775:
Today, the Christiansburg morning group goes to SHARE at 10 a.m. Lunch follows. The Christiansburg afternoon group has lunch, then goes to SHARE at 1 p.m.
Thursday, the Blacksburg group has lunch, then works in the SHARE warehouse in Pulaski at 1 p.m.
Monday, the Shawsville group works on a mailing at the Courthouse Annex at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, the Warm Hearth Group travels to Brookmeade at 2 p.m. for a birthday party and visit. The McCoy group visits the Courthouse Annex at 2 p.m. to help with a mailing.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, the Christiansburg morning group helps with a mailing at 10 a.m. at the Courthouse Annex. The Christiansburg afternoon group travels to English Meadow at 1:30 p.m. for a birthday party.
RADFORD SENIOR CENTER, 27 First St., 731-3634:
Friday, travel to Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The van leaves the center at 9:15 a.m. Lunch is on your own at the Mabry Mill Restaurant, and there will be free time at outlet stores. Transportation is $2. The center is closed Fridays.
Sept. 30, travel to Mercer Mall in West Virginia. Transportation is $2 and leaves the center at 9:15 a.m. Lunch is on your own at K&W Cafeteria.
Oct. 3-9, the next Road Runner trip with All America Tours goes to Branson, Mo., to see Barbara Mandrel, Mel Tillis, Andy Williams, Charley Pride, Glen Campbell and other entertainers.
Chances are $1 on the tumbling blocks quilt made by the center's quilting group. Proceeds go to the van fund. The drawing is Oct. 19
by CNB