Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 15, 1994 TAG: 9411150064
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LAURA ZIVKOVICH
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
With the help of Virginia Deal Lawrence, the PTA organized "Early Riner," a 1995 CALENDAR featuring old photos and a brief history of the Riner/Auburn area.
Lawrence, a Riner historian who taught second grade in Riner for 42 years, provided the calendar's photos taken between 1890 and 1920. The calendar's text is a summary of information she collected for her work "Memories of Riner" published in Mountainside in 1981.
The calendar, which started out this summer as a fund-raising project, serves as a piece of Riner history and a tribute to the older members of the community, said PTA president Tom Kegley. "It's taken on a greater aura," he said.
Longtime Riner residents may use the calendar to show their grandchildren how the hill they walked up to and from school each day, regardless of rain, snow and hail, looked when they were children.
The calendars are on sale for $5 at Riner Elementary School.
For more information, call the school at 382-5165.
Gilbert Linkous Elementary School is launching the ACCELERATED READING PROGRAM this week in honor of Children's Book Week.
After reading books from a selected list, participating pupils will take a computer test. The computer will keep track of each pupil's reading record. The students will earn points that may be cashed in for prizes.
This program has received national recognition for the advancement of children's reading skills.
Margaret Beeks Elementary's Odyssey of the Mind Program is sponsoring two WORKSHOPS on problem solving and group dynamics for all Montgomery County kindergarten through fifth-grade pupils from 7 to 7:45 p.m. tonight and Tuesday Nov. 22 in Beeks' multipurpose room.
Pupils may attend both workshops.
To register for the workshops, contact the Odyssey of the Mind coordinator at your child's school.
Belview Elementary will hold its annual HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school.
Over 30 crafters will display their wares. The fair also includes face painting and pictures with Santa for children.
Two Christiansburg High School students are newly elected officers of District VII of Vocational and Industrial Clubs of America. CRYSTAL TOLER is the president; ELESHA HOWARD is the vice president.
The two are also president and vice president of the Christiansburg High School branch of the club.
The Blacksburg High School Warrior Band rocked and jazzed its way through the fall season winning three SUPERIOR RATINGS at band competitions.
The band also won an award for highest music score at the Clinch River Marching Festival.
The Warrior Drumline placed second in its class at the Chilhowie Community Apple Festival.
Pulaski Middle School will sponsor an evening of ARTS, DRAMA and INFORMATION for parents at 7 p.m. Monday.
The Pulaski Middle School Players will perform; Pamela Simpson, Nancy Ballinger and Stephen Hale will speak on curriculum issues, the gifted program and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
Art students will display their work in the cafeteria where refreshments will be served after the program.
Harding Avenue Elementary fourth- and fifth-graders recently shared knowledge learned in an eight-week owl study unit at an OWL FAIR.
The pupils set up information centers where they demonstrated what they had learned from live owl visits, guest speakers, videos, owl pellet dissection and many other activities.
Radford City Schools seeks donations of outgrown COMPUTER EQUIPMENT still in good condition to help homebound students or teachers with special needs.
Receipts for tax purposes will be given in exchange for the equipment.
For more information, call 731-3669 or 639-2202.
Meetings & Workshops
The Kipps Elementary Parent Teacher Association will hold an OPEN HOUSE during its general meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Parents and students may tour the school and visit classrooms.
The Montgomery County Council of PTAs will hold its FALL BANQUET Thursday at Christiansburg Elementary School. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
Thomas DeBolt, principal of Pulaski County High School, will speak on the restructuring of American schools.
For more information, call Glenda Thomas at 382-1090.
The Margaret Beeks Parent Teacher Association will offer PARENTING MINI-WORKSHOPS at its general meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the school. Parents may choose to attend two of the six workshops offered.
Topics include attention deficit disorder, self-esteem, single parenting, and dealing with loss.
The Montgomery County School Board seeks public input for HEARINGS on the development of the 1995-96 school year's operating budget. The board will meet at the following times:
7:30 p.m. Tonight, Blacksburg High School auditorium
7:30 p.m. November 22, Christiansburg High School auditorium
7:30 p.m. November 29, Shawsville High School auditorium
To sign up in advance to speak at a meeting, call Revonda Brumfield, clerk of the board, at 382-5138.
Stephen Hale, psychologist for Pulaski County schools, will present a free workshop on ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Dublin's Free Memorial Library.
The Pulaski County High School Parent Teacher Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the school's Little Theatre.
For more information, call the Pulaski County parent Resource Center at 674-2534.
The Christiansburg High School AFTER-PROM PARTY COMMITTEE will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Girls Health Room.
The committee is looking for parent volunteers.
For more information, call 381-0059 or 382-3283.
Fund-Raising Activities
Kipps Elementary pupils will participate in an hour-long read-a-thon to raise money for the Montgomery County Christmas Store. To make a pledge, call the school at 951-5760. The school will also collect canned food and children's books until Thursday.
Blacksburg High School's sophomore class is taking orders for See's Candies to be delivered in time for the holidays. Place your order with any 10th-grader or by calling the class sponsor, Karen Stipes, at 951-5607, ext. 214.
Eastern Elementary School is accepting donations of money or items to be sold for its annual Christmas Store. The store provides a place for pupils to shop for parents, friends and families.
For more information, call Dianna DiRico at 626-7459 or the school at 626-7281.
The Blacksburg High School Band is selling cheesecakes to raise money for a trip to Orlando. To place an order, call the school at 382-5178.
If you have an interesting school-related item for the paper, send it to Laura Zivkovich at the Roanoke Times & World News, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va., 24073.
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