Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 10, 1995 TAG: 9503100042
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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BLACKSBURG - The New River Valley Early Intervention Council is reapplying for funding and continues to accept referrals for children with developmental difficulties.
Intervention may be suitable for children up to two years of age who lag behind other children their age in physical movement, intellectual development, emotional or personal development, language skills and self-help skills.
Parents or professionals can refer children to the program. Free screenings to gauge a child's abilities can be arranged, and teams can work with families to develop goals and services for the child.
For more information, call 231-6609.
Applications taken for art show
BLACKSBURG - The Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg are accepting applications for Art Along the Fence, the annual sidewalk art show set for Saturday, April 29.
Space is limited, so interested artists should apply as soon as possible. Applications are available beginning Monday, March 13 at Mish Mish, Fringe Benefit, Annie Kay's Whole Foods and Matrix Gallery.
Football Recruit Night Thursday
DUBLIN - Pulaski County Hokie Club's Seventh Annual Football Recruit Night is scheduled for Thursday in the Comfort Inn meeting room in Dublin.
Offensive Coordinator Ricky Bustle and other members of the football staff will show a highlight film of the 1994 season, profiles of the 1995 recruits and insights about upcoming spring practice.
Admission is $3 at the door. A social starts at 6:30 p.m. and the program at 7:15 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
Also upcoming is the annual spring banquet and dance on April 29.
For more information, call Larry Gilmore at 980-1464 during the day and at 674-8215 in the evening.
Drug education projects set
PULASKI - Several activities for students in three age groups are planned for March by Brenda Conner, director of Pulaski's Juvenile Intervention Program, as part of ``Say No to Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco'' month.
Elementary school children are invited to draw pictures showing why those substances are harmful and how they can hurt people. The deadline for submitting them is Monday. All entries will be posted in the Municipal Building, and prizes will be awarded for the best ones.
Middle school students are invited to make a count during the weekend of March 18-20 of how many times they hear about drugs, alcohol or tobacco mentioned anywhere, from conversation to advertising or television shows. Counting cards will be provided by the Juvenile Prevention office on the second floor of the Municipal Building. The idea is to show young people and their families how all these substances have pervaded society.
Pulaski County High School students, and their parents, will be asked to not use any alcohol, tobacco or illegal drugs during the weekend of March 24-26. Anyone unable to boycott those substances for three days, Conner noted, has a serious addiction problem and should seek help.
Further information is available by calling the Juvenile Prevention office at 980-1000.
Pulaski officials pay tickets
PULASKI - Five Pulaski officials ``fixed'' parking tickets given to Daily Bread volunteers in the only way it could be done legally.
They paid them.
Linda Semones, representing the food distribution program, had planned to ask Pulaski Town Council Tuesday if there was a way to keep program volunteers from being ticketed when they worked in the First Presbyterian Church past the two-hour street parking limit. The town Police Department had already come up with a solution, providing special parking permits for the volunteers.
But five volunteers had already been ticketed. Semones asked if Town Manager Tom Combiths could make those tickets void, and was told by Town Attorney Frank Terwilliger that he could not. So council agreed to simply have five of its members take one ticket and pay it.
``Does this set a precedent?'' asked J.B. Warner, a citizen attending the meeting representing four Whitethorn Street families overdue for town sewer service.
``Bring us one, J.B.,'' joked Councilman John Johnston, ``and see if we pay yours.''
by CNB