Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 8, 1995 TAG: 9503080089
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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WILLIS - A benefit will be held Saturday to support Floyd County resident Ann Miller, who is scheduled to receive a bone marrow transplant next month.
The community plans a ham supper from 4 until 7 p.m. at the Willis Elementary School for Miller, who suffers from leukemia and needs a transplant.
After a worldwide donor search that lasted for several months, Miller recently learned a bone marrow match had been found in Norway.
Miller will have the procedure done in Seattle, and must remain there for about five months. Her operation there will be covered by medical insurance but most of the living expenses for Miller and her 2-year-old son will not.
Miller, 30, works as a secretary in Radford University's Recreation and Leisure Department.
Vehicle decal applications
CHRISTIANSBURG - Town vehicle decal applications are in the mail, and vehicle owners have until April 15 to buy a decal.
All town personal property taxes must be paid before a decal can be purchased. Applications can be filled out at the town treasurer's office.
`Smart' road advisory group
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Citizen's Advisory Committee for the "smart" road will next meets Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Department of Transportation's Christiansburg residency office.
Fifteen citizens from the New River Valley and Roanoke make up the committee, which was formed to provide for citizen input into the road.
The public is invited to attend the meeting, the committee's third.
For more information, call 381-7200.
Habitat fund-raiser
CHRISTIANSBURG - Volunteers for New River Valley Habitat for Humanity's WomenWork project will build and sell birdhouses in front of Wal-Mart Saturday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, call 382-8621.
Attorney general's forum Thursday
Virginia Attorney General Jim Gilmore will speak locally at his first series of public forums to address violent and sexual assault on college campuses.
Gilmore will speak Thursday at Radford University and at Virginia Tech. The forum at Radford University will begin at 2 p.m. in Heth Hall. At 7 p.m., Gilmore will be at Virginia Tech's Haymarket Theatre in Squires Student Center.
Representatives from the Family and Children's Trust Fund (FACT), the local rape crisis center and the college sexual assault prevention office will join Gilmore in panel discussion. A time for questions from the audience will be allotted.
by CNB