Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 24, 1995 TAG: 9501240093
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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CHRISTIANSBURG - Plans to widen Peppers Ferry Road (Virginia 114) are the focus of a joint meeting of the 114 Citizens' Network and Friends of Christiansburg tonight at 7:30 p.m., in the New River Valley Mall community room.
Members of Christiansburg Town Council and Virginia Department of Transportation Resident Engineer Dan Brugh have been invited to the gathering.
Ann Hess, chairman of the 114 Citizens' Network, urged town residents who would like to see bikeways and sidewalks along Peppers Ferry Road to make their desires known now, so VDOT can build them into its plans. "If some of the traffic can be reduced through sidewalks and bike lanes, it will benefit everyone," she said.
Hess said current plans to widen the busy highway include a five-lane thoroughfare with a center turning lane and no median starting at the intersection of Peppers Ferry Road with North Franklin Street. Construction is slated to start in 1999.
For more information, call Hess at 382-8235.
Income tax help|
CHRISTIANSBURG - Free income tax assistance is available Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon, at New River Community Action, 106-B S. Franklin St.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is aimed at helping those with special needs - including people with disabilities, senior citizens and those who cannot speak English - to prepare basic tax returns.
Trained volunteers will help fill out Internal Revenue Service forms 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ. Those seeking help should bring the 1994 tax package they got in the mail, plus wage and earnings statements from employers (Form W-2), interest statements from banks (Form 1099 ), a copy of last year's tax return, if available, and other relevant income information.
For more information, call Helen Kapalka, 382-6186.
Crop insurance
CHRISTIANSBURG - All farmers complying with the conservation provision of the 1985 Farm Bill are eligible for catastrophic crop insurance through the Consolidated Farm Service Agency for a $50 processing fee per crop.
The insurance will compensate farmers for crop yield losses greater than 50 percent at a payment rate of 60 percent of the expected market price.
For more information, call 382-3961 in Montgomery County or 921-3051 in Giles County.
E&H gets grant
EMORY - Emory & Henry College is getting an annual $25,000 grant for four years from the C.E. Richardson Benevolent Foundation of Pulaski to renovate a men's dormitory.
The total grant of $100,000 will renovate Waterhouse-Carriger Hall, built between 1904 and 1908 as the first dormitory on the 150-acre campus.
The foundation was established in 1979 through Richardson's estate. He was a former member of the Holston Conference of Colleges board. The foundation provided a grant for the renovation of the college's Van Dyke Student Union in 1985.
Nominees sought
WYTHEVILLE - Nominations are being sought for the annual Wytheville Community College Distinguished Service Awards program.
It includes a Distinguished Teaching Award to a full-time or part-time faculty member and a Distinguished Service Award acknowledging outstanding service to the college. Each award carries a cash prize, and the teaching award winner gets a special fund for personal academic enrichment.
The program was established in 1990 by Nathaniel W. Pendleton Jr. and his family in memory of his father, Nathaniel W. Pendleton Sr., who was instrumental as a legislator in establishing the college and getting it funded.
NRCC scholarships
DUBLIN - The New River Community College Educational Foundation is offering more than 40 endowed scholarships of up to $1000 each to attend New River Community College in the 1995-96 academic year.
The foundation distributes the awards on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.
Applicants must be residents of Giles, Floyd, Montgomery or Pulaski counties or the city of Radford and must enroll in a program of study or declare a major.
The application deadline is Feb. 15.
For more information, call 674-3600 ext. 245.
The completed forms are due Feb.10.
by CNB