Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 6, 1995                   TAG: 9501060084
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-10   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Commission will not meet in January.

The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, Feb. 2.

For more information, call 382-6975.

Sign up for SHARE

CHRISTIANSBURG - For $13.59 in cash or $13 in food stamps - plus two hours of volunteering - participants in SHARE get over $30 worth of groceries each month.

The non-profit SHARE food distribution and community service program is open to everyone. If you eat, you qualify.

For more information or to sign up, call 381-1185.

Rainbow Games

CHRISTIANSBURG - The 1995 Rainbow Games are recruiting athletes for the annual competition, Saturday and Sunday, March 18 and 19, in Richmond. Youth ages 7 to 21 with physical or visual disabilities and normal intelligence are eligible to take part. Competition includes track and field and swimming events at various levels.

Registration ends March 6. For a registration packet or more information, call (804) 744-5419.

Car show in March

ROANOKE - The Roanoke Valley Charity Car Show Committee is accepting entries for the 15th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Car Show March 3-5 at the Roanoke Civic Center.

Custom cars, street rods, racers, antiques and classics, as well as pro-streets, motorcycles, pick-ups, muscle cars, four-wheel drives, vans and off-road vehicles are eligible.

There is no entry fee. Commercial booth space also is available.

For an application, call 772-3237.

Electronic village

BLACKSBURG - Registration for free Blacksburg Electronic Village demonstrations and workshops begins Sunday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m., at the Blacksburg Branch Library, 400 Draper Road. Registration continues until all spaces are filled.

Blacksburg Electronic Village demonstrations are set for Wednesday, Jan. 11, and Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Blacksburg Branch Library.

Mosaic workshops for those age 16 and older are offered on the following schedule:

Friday, Jan. 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 20, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 29, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Those signing up for Mosaic workshops must know how to use a mouse. All participants must register in person at the Blacksburg Branch Library. Enrollments are limited.

For more information, call Walter Zicko (e-mail, wzickovt.edu) or Brack Stovall (e-mail, brackvt.edu) at 552-8246.