Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, May 1, 1994 TAG: 9405020132
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WYTHEVILLE - A forum on water quality including New River will be held at 7 p.m. May 24 in Wytheville Community College's Bland Hall auditorium.
Jean White, director of the National Committee on the New River, will discuss that organization's work in restoring and preserving the river. She will also talk about the impacts of communities in the region on the well-being of New River.
Mark Stanley, a Wytheville botanist and naturalist, will present the evolution of a Wythe stream by examining the changes a creek undergoes as it travels from Sand Mountain to Reed Creek and into New River.
Stanley will also discuss the national Save Our Streams program in which young people, churches, teachers and others can help monitor and preserve local streams.
Other topics to be covered at the meeting include whether New River is an endangered body of water, why so many creeks are flooding quickly during rain, and how parking lots, highways, farms and yards affect streams, wildlife, drinking water and New River.
Further information is available by calling Clare McBrien at 686-5039.
WCC band concert
WYTHEVILLE - The 90-member Wytheville Community College Concert Band will have its fifth annual spring concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the George Wythe High School auditorium.
The program, under the direction of Jack White, will include marches, Latin American numbers, Civil War and folk music, and Hoagy Carmichael standards such as ``Stardust,'' ``The Nearness of You'' and ``Heart and Soul.''
Band member Craig Allison will be master of ceremonies.
The band is concluding its fifth year under White, who served as director of bands at Elon College for 25 years before his retirement and as band director at George Wythe before that. He is now an adjunct professor of music at Wytheville Community College, teaching music appreciation and fine arts courses.
The band has performed throughout the region this year and will also participate in the college's May 13 graduation program and the June 26 closing of the annual Wytheville Chautauqua Festival.
Rehearsals are held each Tuesday evening in the George Wythe band room. Many band members played an instrument in school and are continuing their musical interest and development through the band.
Further information about the concert or joining the band is available from Dan Jones at 228-5541 or toll-free 1-800-468-1195, extension 235.
Clearcutting book
WYTHEVILLE - The Wythe office of the U.S. Forest Service is making a book on the clear-cutting of North American forests available to visitors at its office off U.S. 11 in west Wytheville.
The book, ``Clearcut,'' was written by botanist and naturalist Mark Stanley of Wytheville. It was published as an educational endeavor by the Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Earth Island Institute and other organizations.
More than 50 national conservation groups joined smaller groups this year to distribute the book to legislators, government officials and foresters across the continent. They hope it will show policy-makers some effects of clear-cutting.
``With the publication of `Clearcut,' the Sierra Club and Earth Island Institute aremaking clear that North America's forests are crying out for help,'' said David Brower, chairman of Earth Island Institute.
Copies of the book are also on display at Wordsprint on Tazewell Avenue where copies can be obtained by any business or organization interested in making it available to public perusal. A third copy will be provided to the Wythe County Regional Library.
10th Chautauqua
WYTHEVILLE - The 10th anniversary of the annual nine-day Wytheville Chautauqua Festival in the Park will be June 18-26 in the Elizabeth Brown Park and adjacent Wytheville Community Center.
Exhibitors, crafts people, performing groups and others participate each year in the community-wide celebration which is free to the public and run entirely by volunteers.
The Indoor Art Show has added a new Master's Category to its standard divisions this year specifically for entries from previous art show grand prize and first-place winners. Entry forms are available by calling Tracey Holliday at 228-4991.
Booth space for the Outdoor Art Show is being booked by Belle Neighbors (228-5094).
The Youth Art Show will again be held at the Farmer's Daughter shop on Main Street, for artists up to age 18. Further information is available from Cindy Tabor (228-6002).
The seventh annual quilt, needlework and fiber art show will be held in conjunction with the festival by the Wythe Arts Council Ltd., Sew What Fabrics, Ye Olde Shetland Shoppe and Mountain Homespun Fiber Guild.
Entries will be received June 20 and judging will be the next day. The fee is $1 per entry. Forms and guidelines for entering are available from Sew What Fabrics at 155 W. Main St., Ye Olde Shetland Shoppe at 285 S. 6th St., or by writing to the Quilt, Needlework & Fiber Art Show, P.O. Box 911, Wytheville, Va. 24382.
Mall fashion trends
FORT CHISWELL - Janet Blair, general manager of Factory Merchants Fort Chiswell mall, said casual, comfortable and brightly-colored clothing seems to be the rule for this spring.
Blair has been visiting the mall's many stores to see how clothing styles are changing as the recent harsh winter runs out of steam and makes way for sunshine and short sleeves.
``I'm seeing stripes, polka dots, florals,'' she said. ``Cotton knit is everywhere, except that children prefer nylon shorts because they're so light and dry so quickly.''
She said there is a new look this season for women, with casual wear including overalls in pants and shorts, and apron dresses. Grunge and the layered look are fading, she said.
Skirts are generally short, but the big news is pants which are in for work, play and evening wear, she said. They are wide, comfortable and won with cropped sweaters or jackets.
Men are no longer locked into traditional, conservative fashion, she said. Big sellers include bright sport shirts, funky floral and geometric-patterned ties, along with stripes, plaids and polka dots.
More information on style offerings is available by calling the mall office at 637-6214.
by CNB