Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 22, 1994 TAG: 9407200007
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY METRO
SOURCE: Joanne Anderson
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Gone far away into the silent land.
-"Remember"
Christina Georgina Rosetti,
1830-1894
One of the best ways to be remembered and share your life with family members in the present and the future is to organize and preserve your photographs. You can start today by collecting 15 or 20 photos and going to a class on photo preservation on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Christiansburg Senior Center, 655 Montgomery St.
Participants will learn about different types of photo albums, ways to display photos, and journaling techniques so you can write some captions and present information with the pictures. The instructor will help you with ideas for arranging the photos you bring.
Cost is $8 for Christiansburg residents and $13 for nonresidents. Call 382-2349 for more information.
You've still got time to write a line! Don't forget the POETRY CONTEST for seniors 60 and older. Poems must be original, unpublished and less than 60 lines. Three entries per person allowed. Deadline is July 29.
Send poems to Poetry, Office of Continuing Education, New River Community College, P.O. Box 1127, Dublin, VA 24084.
The RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, Courthouse Annex, Christiansburg, 382-5775:
The Christiansburg morning group will host a birthday party today at English Meadow at 1:30 p.m., and the afternoon group will go to SHARE and have lunch out at 1 p.m. On Thursday, the Blacksburg group will go to SHARE and have lunch out at 1 p.m.
The Shawsville group will visit at English Meadow at 10 a.m. on Monday. On Tuesday, the McCoy group will go to Heritage Hall at 2 p.m., and the Warm Hearth group will host a birthday party at Brookmeade at 2 p.m.
The PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave., 980-3969:
The Dine 'Round Club will dine at the Alleghany Cafe in Radford today at 12:30 p.m.
Plan to take a lawn chair, sweater and, if you're sweet, some bug spray to the Chautauqua Festival in Wytheville on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Dinner will be on your own, and there will be time to stroll through the festival and listen to the big band sounds of Dennis Reiser.
A trip to the Mercer Mall is planned for Tuesday. The van leaves the center at 10 a.m., and transportation fee is $3.
The GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg, 921-3924:
Swim therapy times have changed to Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. and Fridays at 9:15 a.m. for the summer.
The center is open every weekday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and all county folks older than 50 are welcome to stop in.
The RADFORD SENIOR CENTER, 27 First St., 731-3634:
The van trip to Mabry Mill on Friday begins at 9:15 a.m. when the van leaves the center. Lunch is on your own at Mabry Mill Restaurant, and there will be time at outlet stores before coming home. Transportation is $2.
A free band concert is being held at Bisset Park on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., 382-8173:
A van trip to Bluestone State Park in Hinton, W.Va. is planned for Friday at 8 a.m. Lunch and transportation are included in the $7.50 fee.
Senior identification cards for seniors age 60 and older will be made on Tuesday between 10 a.m. and noon for a $1.50 donation.
A watermelon massacre is scheduled for 1 p.m. on June 29. Cost is $1 and registration is required. You ought to show up just to see what this is all about.
Joanne Anderson is an editorial assistant in the New River Valley bureau.
by CNB