Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 1, 1994 TAG: 9406010061
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Joanne Anderson
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Discussions groups will meet on the first and third Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at the community center on Patrick Henry Drive. The Thursday meeting this week will be "Investment for the Beginner." The June 16 discussion will be on "How Our Welfare System Works."
Anyone with ideas, suggestions or questions about seniors in Blacksburg can call Jim Moore at 552-4688.
The American Association for Retired Persons chapter 53 will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday at noon in the fellowship hall of the Cambria Baptist Church. Bob Fleet, investigator with the Montgomery County Sheriff Department, will speak on "Scams and Forgeries."
It's a brown bag lunch with drinks and desserts furnished. All AARP national members are welcome. For more information, call Nancy Walker at 382-7139.
A summer bowling league for seniors 55 and older will begin on June 8 at Triangle Lanes in Christiansburg and run for ten weeks at 10 a.m. each Wednesday. The league will be composed of two-person teams and, the cost is $3.75 per week.
For more information or to sign up, call 382-2385.
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Courthouse Annex, Christiansburg, 382-5775:
Essays on favorite holiday memories from childhood are being solicited for a special book of memories of RSVP members. For more information, call Victoria Scott at RSVP.
The CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., 382-8173:
A free blood pressure screening will be held today at the senior center between 10 and 11 a.m.
If you like the shortcake associated with strawberries, you better plan to go strawberry picking at Crow's Nest Farm in Blacksburg on June 8. Van leaves the National Guard Armory at 9:30 a.m. It's $2 for the ride.
The PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave., 980-3969:
Sign up for trips begins Tuesday, so adjust your schedules accordingly.
June 11, Pulaski Train Station dedication and activities. The senior center will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. You can ride the rails from Pulaski to Glade Spring for $49. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
June 15, Lime Kiln Theatre and dinner on your own in Lexington. Cost is $10 for transportation plus admission.
June 23, Wytheville festival and dinner on your own.
The GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg, 921-3924:
The center is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and all seniors over 50 may drop by and join whatever is going on. There are books to read, a television to watch and a VCR to use.
New programs are always welcome, so anyway who wishes to share a skill or talent with others, speak up. A monthly calendar of events is printed, and some of the activities are listed in this column each week.
The AARP chapter 445 pot luck and pie luncheon is Friday at 12:30 p.m. AARP chapter 502 is invited. Certified Public Accountant Vickie McFall will speak about investments.
The RADFORD SENIOR CENTER, 27 First St., 731-3634:
Marie Abee, Frankie Bowyer, Daisy Graham, Glada Hall, Mary Jane Harmon, Marie Jackson, Cathy Jeuck and Jackie Stephens won awards for ceramics at the 24th Annual Virginia Hobby Ceramics and Craft Show in Richmond in May. Ceramics classes meet each Tuesday at 10 a.m. Participants bring a sandwich and pay a $2 table fee plus cost of ceramic items.
Beginning bridge classes will be held each Monday in June at 9:30 a.m. Lessons are free.
Friday travel adventures for June include trips to Mabry Mill Restaurant on the Blue Ridge Parkway, stopping at an outlet and a country store. On Friday and June 24, the van will depart at 9:15 a.m. Transportation fee is $2.
Joanne Anderson is an editorial assistant in the New River Valley bureau of the Roanoke Times & World-News.
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