Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 2, 1994                   TAG: 9411020057
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
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AROUND NEW RIVER

CHRISTIANSBURG - Burger King in the Marketplace Shopping Center will sponsor Cash-O-La Thursday, Nov. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m.

The store will donate 20 percent of all purchases made during these hours to the Humane Society of Montgomery County.

Tree-loss loans

ABINGDON - Christmas tree growers in many Virginia counties are eligible for emergency loans through the Farmers Home Administration to offset losses resulting from a late freeze in May.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and established farm operators in business at the time of the disaster.

For more information, contact your local Farmers Home Administration or Virginia Cooperative Extension office.

`Heads vs. Feds'

BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech Union will sponsor "The Heads Vs. the Feds: The Debate to Legalize Marijuana" Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Colonial Hall, Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech.

Richard Cowan, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and Peter Bensinger, former director of the Drug Enforcement Agency will debate marijuana legalization at the free event.

Coat collection

BLACKSBURG - The Greater Blacksburg Chamber of Commerce is collecting unwanted coats for its second annual Give a Coat for Christmas Campaign.

A Cleaner World Drycleaners will clean and repair the coats and give them to the Montgomery County Christmas store to distribute.

Coats should be delivered to A Cleaner World at South Main and King streets by Nov. 12.

For more information, call Marla Kemsey at Chantilly Lace, 951-5361 or Norman Fitzwater at A Cleaner World, 951-9506.

Fuel assistance

BLACKSBURG - The Montgomery County Department of Social Services is accepting applications for fuel and crisis assistance. The assistance will be offered until funds are no longer available.

Applicants must live in Montgomery County and meet eligibility guidelines.

Applications will be accepted until Nov. 14.

For more information, call 382-6990.

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