Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 7, 1995 TAG: 9502070050
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LAURA ZIVKOVICH
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The play, an experimental piece from the '60s, is a collage of famous moments from biblical stories and 20th century history mixed with scenes from everyday life.
Twenty-seven students perform in the production; six more make up the technical crew.
Tickets will be available at the door. Admission is $2.
The players will perform the piece again Saturday, when they welcome their competitors at the district's Virginia High School League Theatre Competition at 9 a.m. in the Little Theatre.
They will compete against students from William Fleming High School, a magnet school for the performing arts in Roanoke; Patrick Henry High School; Cave Spring High School; and Franklin County HIgh School. The top two schools will move on to a regional competition.
Chuck Hayes, an assistant professor of theater at Radford University, and David Johnson and Barbara Carlisle, assistant professors of theater arts at Virginia Tech, will judge the competition.
The Pulaski County High School Players have reached state-level competition the past five years, a record for a Group AAA Virginia High School League Competition.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Spacemobile has landed in the Radford High School Auditorium.
Elementary school classes from Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford and Giles County will commute to the school this week to view hour-long presentations by the Spacemobile crew.
The demonstrations include an overview of satellites and planetary probes, the space shuttle and Spacelab, and aeronautics research and development.
New River Community College is offering a Scholastic Aptitude Test PREPARATION COURSE Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Feb. 11-March 18, 102 Godbey Hall, Dublin campus.
Instructors Wayne Wooten and Veda Boyd explain test topics and provide hints, tips and shortcuts to help students solve problems quickly.
The course fee is $65, not including textbook.
For more information, call 674-3600, ext. 292.
In Vocational Education
Kevan Harris, a vocational education teacher at Auburn High School, started a project to teach students how businesses operate.
Twelve business owners participated, granting interviews, speaking at the schools and inviting students for on-site visits.
Harris hopes the project will help students make realistic career decisions based on firsthand knowledge of what various jobs involve.
Participating businesses include Hill-Thomas Builders, Ideal Cabinets, Blue Ridge Timberwrights, JSK Construction, Construction Unlimited, Timber Truss Housing Systems, Eastern Repair and Fabrication and Appalachian Power Co.
Christiansburg High School students Monica Dingus, Julie Gunter, Davina Irvin, Jessica Ratliff, Farrah Royal, Dendy Shepherd and Stacey Willis have been inducted into the National Vocational-Technical Honor Society.
Wright Business Machines of Roanoke donated a Casio cash register to the Christiansburg High School Marketing Department for use in the student-operated school store and for classroom instruction in cash-register use.
Meetings & More
The Support Group for Parents of Children With Special Needs will meet tonight at 7 at Christiansburg Primary School. Virginia Reilly, assistant dean of students for disabled-student services at Virginia Tech, will speak on accommodations for post-secondary-level students with disabilities.
Free child care and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, call the Parent Resource Center for Montgomery County Schools, 951-5753.
The New River Community College Financial Aid Office will hold three workshops to explain financial aid programs and criteria for the 1995-96 academic year. Students and parents are invited to attend.
The workshops, all in in Richardson Auditorium, Rooker Hall, Dublin campus, are scheduled for today at 11 a.m.; Feb. 14 at 3 p.m.; and Feb. 23 at 11 a.m.
For more information, call Joe Sheffey, 674-3615.
The Gilbert Linkous Parent-Teacher Association will meet Wednesday, 7 p.m., in the school's multipurpose room.
Herman Bartlett, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, will speak on the budget and six-year plan.
The Christiansburg High School AFTER-PROM PARTY COMMITTEE will meet Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in the school's girls' health room. Call 382-3283 or 381-0059 for further information.
The New River Valley Reading Council and the Virginia Tech Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa will hold a READING SHARE FAIR Feb. 23, 4-5:30 p.m. at the Blacksburg Marriott.
Educators will share techniques and ideas for reading education.
Admission is free for members, $2 for nonmembers.
For more information, call Belva Collins, 951-5732, or Beth Boyle, 951-5760.
by CNB