Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, September 24, 1994                   TAG: 9409260033
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

RADFORD - Radford University's department of media studies will sponsor a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign editor Jeff Sommer, Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. in Heth Hall Lounges A and B.

Sommer, who reported from China on events leading to the crackdown in Tiananmen Square, originally scheduled to discuss human rights in China will instead speak on the crisis in Haiti.

Sommer became Newsday-New York Newsday's foreign editor in 1989. He directed Newsday's coverage of the Gulf War that won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.

Water to be shut off

ELLISTON - Montgomery County Public Service Authority plans to shut off water to its Elliston customers as part of the ongoing improvements to the Elliston Water System.

Water will be shut off for four to six hours Wednesday, Sept. 28, 11:45 p.m. with service being restored Thursday, Sept. 29, 5:45 a.m.

For more information, call 382-6930.

82nd Airborne Division

ROANOKE - The Roanoke Valley Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association wants to locate all former paratroopers and glidermen who served in the 82nd Airborne Division.

The group holds monthly meetings, dinners, picnics, dances and other get-togethers. An annual national convention will be held in Salt Lake City in August 1995.

For more information, write to, 82nd Airborne Division Association Inc., Roanoke Valley All Airborne Chapter, P.O. Box 1044, Salem, Va. 24153.

SHARE Virginia

CHRISTIANSBURG - SHARE Virginia, a private, non-profit program of New River Community Action, established to encourage and reward volunteerism.

SHARE is open to people who volunteer two hours of more each month with a school, church, a neighbor or anywhere in the community. There are no dues, no forms and no income restrictions. Each month you have the opportunity to purchase a high quality, nutritious food package for less that the retail cost.

For more information, call 381-1185.

Shooting Sports Club

CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports Club seeks members ages 12-18.

The club will hold an organizational meeting on Monday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the New River Valley conference room.

For more information, call 382-5790.