Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 5, 1995 TAG: 9501050025
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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CHRISTIANSBURG - The Miss New River Scholarship Pageant Committee seeks contestants for its annual pageant March 4 at Christiansburg High School.
Eligible contestants must be 17 to 25 years old and be residents of the New River Valley or attend a local college or university.
The pageant includes a private interview, talent, swimsuit and evening gown competition.
The new Miss New River Valley receives a $1,000 scholarship and competes in the Miss Virginia Pageant, a preliminary to the Miss America Pageant.
For more information, call 382-1337 after 6 p.m. or write to the Miss New River Scholarship Pageant, 625 Mountainview Drive, Christiansburg, Va. 24073.
Early-childhood grant
RICHMOND - The New River Valley Association for the Education of Young Children will award a $375 scholarship to an early childhood professional.
The scholarship will cover registration, transportation and lodging expenses for the annual Virginia Association of Early Childhood Education conference, March 22-25, in Richmond.
The scholarship recipient will also receive membership in the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Southern Early Childhood Association, the Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education and the New River Valley Association for the Education of Young Children.
Applicants must be able to attend the conference and work directly with children 15 or more hours a week.
Applications need to be submitted by Jan.16 and should include two letters of recommendation.
For more information or an application packet, call Louise Ridenour, 552-5424, before noon.
Story times resume
CHRISTIANSBURG - Story times resume Monday, Jan. 16, at the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library. Sessions are free and registration is not required. Youngsters visiting the area are welcome.
Story times are organized by age group:
Ages 2-3 meet Tuesdays, 11 a.m., at the Headquarters Library, 125 Sheltman St., and Thursdays, 11 a.m., at the Blacksburg Area Branch Library, 400 Draper Road.
Ages 4-5 meet Mondays, 11 a.m., at the Blacksburg Area Branch Library, 400 Draper Road, and Thursdays, 1 p.m., at the Headquarters Library, 125 Sheltman St.
Ages 21/2-5 meet Tuesdays, 2 p.m., at the Blacksburg Area Branch Library, 400 Draper Road, Wednesdays, 11 a.m., at the Headquarters Library, 125 Sheltman St., and Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m., at the Jessie Peterman Branch Library, Floyd.
For more information, call Dot Ogburn, 382-6970.
Tourism loans
CHRISTIANSBURG - Southwest Development Financing Inc. is accepting loan applications from businesses and organizations that need money to make tourism-related ideas work.
The nonprofit organization, funded by $1 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Farmers Home Administration, provides loans at below-market interest rates.
Businesses, local government and other groups may be eligible for $50,000 to $90,000 loans depending on the type of project, the number of jobs created and other factors, said Jerry Brown, the corporation's director. So far, the corporation has received only two applications, but expects more by spring at the start of the tourism season.
For more information, call Bob Thomas at 633-0081 or Howard Barrett at 674-9344.
Tree pickups
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Christiansburg Public Works Department will collect discarded Christmas trees along with regular trash service Jan. 9 through 13.
Residents are asked to place trees at the edge of the street by 8 a.m. with trash on their regular collection day.
The department will also collect trees discarded in the recycling centers in the New River Valley Mall parking lot near Peebles.
State park passes
RICHMOND - Annual passes for parking, swimming and boat launching at Virginia State Parks are now on sale at the Department of Conservation and Recreation and selected parks.
For more information, call (800) 933-7275.
by CNB