Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 10, 1994 TAG: 9411100053
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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PULASKI - The Pulaski County Public Service Authority will provide regular garbage service on Friday, Nov. 11.
Garbage trucks will follow their regular routes.
'94 election study
BLACKSBURG - The University of Michigan Survey Research Center selected Montgomery County as one of 61 geographic areas around the country to participate in the 1994 National Election Study through Dec. 31.
The study began Wednesday. It creates an opportunity for scholars and policy makers to understand the political decisions of United States citizens.
The researchers will contact local households and ask to set up an appointment for an interview. Participation is voluntary.
Environment talk at RU
RADFORD - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak on environmental challenges Thursday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. in Preston Auditorium, Radford University.
Kennedy is a clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University Law School in New York.
He also serves as chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, a private organization promoting the the clean up of the Hudson River.
Admission is free with Radford University student identification and $3 for the general public.
Creative Expressions
BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech Department of Art and Art History will sponsor an exhibition of art created by the Creative Expressions program of Shawnee HIlls, a mental health center in Charleston, W.Va.
The exhibition will open at 4 p.m. on Nov. 10 and run through Dec. 7 at the Armory Art Gallery at Virginia Tech.
The gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Music festival
BLACKSBURG - The New River-Roanoke Valley Meet the Composer Festival concert, featuring musicians from 13 participating area churches, will be held Saturday, Nov. 12, 5 p.m., at Blacksburg United Methodist Church.
Austin Lovelace will conduct the massed choir of children, youth and adults, accompanied by brass, tympani, handbells, organ and piano.
Lovelace, a native of North Carolina, has over 700 compositions to his credit.
For further information, please call 552-5424.
Branch open house
CHRISTIANSBURG - New River Community College will hold an open house at its new Christiansburg site Tuesday, Nov. 15, 3-6 p.m.
The branch campus is at the former Appalachian Power Co. building, 412 Roanoke St.
The facility, convenient to students in Montgomery and Floyd counties, offers courses in accounting, computer science, English, math and several other areas, and provides for delivery of independent and distance learning courses via audiotape and videotape.
Building renovations include a 40-seat classroom, a seminar room, computer lab and an independent learning area equipped with computers and media viewing stations.
The college plans to have an independent and distance learning science lab ready by spring.
Eventually, the school will make use of a two-way telecommunications system being built between the main campus in Dublin and the Christiansburg site, Montgomery County and Floyd County to deliver live, interactive "telecourses" that let students and instructors in far-flung classrooms see and talk to each other.
The Christiansburg site also hopes to take advantage of course materials delivered via satellite from other colleges and universities.
Tours of the site will be available during the open house, and the public is welcome.
For more information, call 381-7126 or 381-7127.
$220,000 museum goal
PEARISBURG - A goal of $220,000 has been set to build a new Giles County Historical Museum and to restore the interior of the Andrew Johnston House, the Giles County Historical Society has announced.
The new museum will be near the Johnston House on North Main Street.
The fund drive was launched Sunday by Johnston heir Fowler Johnston of Roanoke, who donated $25,000 as a memorial to family members. Johnston gave the property to the Giles County Historical Society in 1985.
Restoration committee head Alex Davis explained the process of carefully restoring the interior of the 1829 house Sunday at a dinner gathering at Anna's Restaurant in Narrows.
He said the committee will enlist the help of an architectural historian to plan and carry out the project, which includes restoring the white frame doctors' office built in 1857.
The two-level museum - to be build at the rear of the main house - will have 2,400 square feet of space on each level.
The committee hopes to start construction early next year. The work will take approximately one year.
Contributions to the Museum and Restoration Fund may be sent to the Giles County Historical Society, P.O. Box 404, Pearisburg, Va. 24134.
Fuel and crisis assistance
CHRISTIANSBURG - Today is the last day to submit applications for fuel and crisis assistance to the Montgomery County Department of Social Services office.
Applicants must reside in Montgomery County, meet eligibility guidelines and have a heating emergency.
For more information, call 382-6990.
by CNB