Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, November 5, 1994 TAG: 9411070024
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BLACKSBURG - Hillel and the Judaic Studies program at Virginia Tech will sponsor a video presentation and comments by David Barzilai Thursday 7:30 p.m., Colonial Hall, Squires Student Center, to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht, "Night of Shattered Glass," that marked the start of open persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and led up to the Holocaust.
The public is welcome. For more information, call Barzilai at 231-7665.
New River workshops
CHRISTIANSBURG - The National Committee for the New River and Partners for the New River have scheduled the third and final round of public workshops on the development of the Giles County New River Greenway:
Nov. 14, 7-9 p.m., Narrows High School.
Nov. 16, 7-9 p.m., Eastern Elementary School, Pembroke.
Nov. 17, 7-9 p.m., Giles High School, Pearisburg.
Workshops provide county residents a chance to review and comment on revisions to the greenway map and draft text and to suggest changes to the final plan, set for completion next spring.
Geology program
BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History will offer the program "A Billion Years of History: The Geology of the Central Appalachians" Thursday 7:30 p.m., at the museum, 428 N. Main St.
The feature speaker will be Richard Bambach, professor of geology at Virginia Tech and curator of paleontology at the museum.
The program is free.
For more information, call 231-3001.
Daughters to visit
CHRISTIANSBURG - Sen. Charles Robb's three daughters - Cathy, Lucinda and Jennifer - will stand in for their father at a Montgomery County Democratic Party rally today , 9 a.m., at the Montgomery County Courthouse. Robb will not attend the rally, as had been earlier announced.
Cathy Robb; Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon; Lt. Gov. Don Beyer; former Gov. Gerald Baliles; and state Democratic Party Chairman Mark Warner will address the gathering. State Sen. Madison Marye, D-Shawsville; Del. Jim Shuler, D-Blacksburg; and local party officials also plan to be on hand.
The rally marks the first stop for Boucher's traditional 9th District tour the weekend before the election. He also plans stops in Pulaski, Wytheville, Marion, Abingdon and Honaker.
The public is invited, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call Lindsay West, 552-2023, or Steve Cochran, 382-5695.
No trash collection
RADFORD - There will be no trash collection Friday, in observance of Veterans Day. Trash normally collected Friday will be picked up starting at 7 a.m. Thursday.
For more information, call 731-3607.
Nursing society
RADFORD - Radford University's Epsilon Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, will hold its annual induction Nov. 12, 11:30 a.m., at the Farmhouse Restaurant, Cambria Street.
The keynote speaker will be Judy Carlson-Catalano, who recently joined the university's faculty. She will discuss "Empowerment: The Link Between the Honor Society and Leadership."
Reservations are required and should be sent by Nov. 9 to Ellen Linkenhoker, 203 Roanoke St., Christiansburg, Va. 24073.
Campground hosts
RICHMOND - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has declared its state park campground host program a success. Under the program, introduced last summer, volunteer camp hosts spend 30 to 90 days camping for free at a state park. In exchange, they perform a variety of duties, such as greeting campers, providing information, reporting problems and keeping the campground and bath houses clean.
Plans are being made to double the program next year and add a new program - called "7 for 7" - for people wishing to volunteer for just one week in return for free camping. The department will recruit volunteers with specific skills in carpentry, plumbing, painting, electrical work and landscaping.
Eight state parks participated: Bear Creek Lake, Claytor Lake, Douthat, Fairy Stone, Kiptopeke, Natural Tunnel, Occoneechee and Westmoreland.
"Campers as well as park staff found the campground hosts invaluable," said Richard Johnson, park manager at Claytor Lake State Park. "By serving as a contact for campers and cleaning up around the campgrounds, the hosts freed us up to do other projects that would further benefit our visitors."
Next season, six more parks will take part: Grayson Highlands, Hungry Mother, Southwest Virginia Museum, Twin Lakes, Staunton River and Seashore. Virginia State Parks hope to recruit more than 100 individuals, couples or families to the positions.
For more information, call or write Paige Tucker, state parks volunteer program manager, 2425 Boissevain Road, Richmond, Va. 23229, (804) 371-2675.
by CNB