Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, May 9, 1994 TAG: 9405100036
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Friends of the Bedford Public Library will hold their semi-annual booksale on May 14 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on the sidewalk of Bedford Middle School.
Friends are asking for donations of books, specifically children's, mysteries, romances, novels, current college texbooks, nonfiction, cookbooks, craft books and how-to books - hardcover or paperback - in good shape. Magazines such as National Geographic and Smithsonian, CDs, video and cassette tapes also will be accepted.
Proceeds will go toward the library's building fund, programming, training and book purchasing. For information, call K. Nuzzo at 586-6319.
Science Museum grant
The Science Museum of Western Virginia has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Beirne Carter Foundation in Richmond.
``It's a big one,'' said museum executive director Ken Schutz. ``We were real happy.''
The grant is the single largest capital contribution the Roanoke museum has ever received from a private foundation. The money will be used to develop a new physics gallery on the Roanoke museum's fourth floor.
``What's so special about the Beirne Carter grant is that it's the first grant we've received to match state funds,'' Schutz said. The Virginia legislature granted $625,000 to the museum in its budget this year. Those dollars, though, must be matched by local dollars. ``I hope it sets the tone for the rest of our [fund-raising] campaign.''
The Beirne Carter grant comes on the heels of a $100,000 grant to the museum by the National Science Foundation. All the funding will be used to update and renovate the 10-year-old exhibits in the fourth floor galleries. The opening of the new physics gallery is set for early 1995 - coincidentally the museum's 25th anniversary.
Greenvale School
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Greenvale School will hold a picnic June 25 from noon to 2 p.m. on the school grounds in Roanoke. All who have been associated with the school are welcome. For more information, call Sandra Carroll at 342-4716 by June 1.
Master's program
Hollins College will hold an informational meeting on May 9 for its new master of arts in teaching degree. The meeting will be held in the Green Drawing Room from 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Participants in the masters program will focus on areas of learning, writing, inquiry, instructional design, leadership and contemporary issues in education.
Creative writing contest
The Virginia Highlands Festival of Abingdon is seeking entries in its 42nd Creative Writing Contest in the categories of short stories under 2,000 words, short stories under 6,000 words, novels, essays and poems. Cash will be awarded to both adult and youth category winners.
The entry fee is $5 per adult manuscript and $2 for youths'. Entries must be postmarked by May 13. For contest rules and an entry blank, call 628-8141.
Also, the 46th annual festival is seeking patrons to help underwrite both new and ongoing programs. All contributors will receive season passes to the Antiques Market and tickets to a performing arts event and reception held for festival patrons on July 25. For more information, call 628-9718.
Pastor to get award
Total Action Against Poverty will present the third annual Noel C. Taylor Humanitarian Award on May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Henry Street Music Center in Roanoke.
James A. Allison Jr., pastor of Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church for 31 years, will receive this year's award. Allison served on the Roanoke City School Board for six years and was president of the Roanoke Valley Ministers Conference in 1968. He also served on the boards of the American Red Cross in the Roanoke Valley and TAP.
For reservations, call 345-6781.
Woodstock reunion
Tickets for the Woodstock Reunion of Richie Havens, members of the original Jefferson Airplane, John Sebastian and Sha Na Na in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 6-7 will be available beginning June 21 through TicketMaster by calling (800) 736-1420.
Tickets cost $7 for one day or $13 for two. Music, food and festivities run noon to 10 p.m. each day with headlining acts beginning at 6 pm. Woodstock Reunion will be on the waterfront at Gardner's Basin.
For more information, call Atlantic City's Convention and Visitors Bureau at (609) 348-7100.
Train excursion
The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society's spring train excursion featuring the Norfolk & Western Class J, No. 611 will be June 11-12.
On June 11 at 7:30 a.m., the train will travel from Roanoke to Glade Spring, with a stop in Pulaski. It will return to Roanoke at 8:30 p.m. Round trip tickets are $79 for adults and $59 for children 12 and under. Round trip tickets from Roanoke to Pulaski are $49 and $35, and from Pulaski to Glade Spring, $45 and $32.
On June 12, the train will leave Roanoke at 11 a.m. and travel through the Shenandoah Valley to Glasgow and Lynchburg before returning to Roanoke at 6 p.m. Round trip fare is $55 and $42.
Some first class tickets are available for $99-$179. These include soft drinks and snacks and seating in the chapter's round-end observation lounge car, ``Mardi Gras.'' For more information or to order tickets, call 366-0916 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., or 366-5211 between 6 and 10 p.m.
Kandinsky Trio
The Kandinsky Trio will perform in concert Sunday at 4 p.m. at Greene Memorial United Methodist Church in downtown Roanoke. The program is titled ``A Celebration of Mental Health and the Arts.'' It will feature works by composers who struggled with mental illness. Tickets are $10, and proceeds will benefit the Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley.
The trio - Elizabeth Bachelder, piano, Alan Weinstein, cello, and Benedict Goodfriend, violin - was formed in 1987 and is ensemble-in-residence at Roanoke College.
To obtain tickets, call 344-0931. They also will be sold at the door.
by CNB