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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 11, 1995                   TAG: 9501110094
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

BLACKSBURG - A general membership meeting of the Montgomery County Christmas Store will be held Monday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m., in the cafeteria of Montgomery Regional Hospital on South Main Street.

Anyone interested in helping with the 1995 Christmas Store is welcome.

For further information, please call 382-0363.

The Montgomery County Christmas Store is still accepting cash donations to pay for the 1994 Christmas Store.

Mail donations to: Montgomery County Christmas Store, P.O. Box 221, Blacksburg, Va. 24063.

Nutrition study at Tech

BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech's Department of Human Nutrition and Foods needs participants for a nutrition study. The department's study will compare two popular diets - the Food Guide Pyramid vs. the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. The Food Guide diet includes beef, while the Mediterranean diet excludes it.

Participants must be healthy, non-smoking females between the ages of 25 and 45. Participants will be paid and will receive regular cholesterol screenings.

The study begins mid-January and will continue through June.

For more information, call Kirsten Wilson today at 552-3590.

Clinic needs patient screeners

CHRISTIANSBURG - The Free Clinic of the New River Valley needs volunteers to screen patients for medical and dental eligibility. The Clinic will hold a training session for new screeners Sunday, Jan. 22, 2-6 p.m., at its office, 106-B South Franklin Street.

For more information, call Beth Ashe, 381-0820.