Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 30, 1995 TAG: 9504050008
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-12 EDITION: METRO
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The Salem/Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce recently honored several Roanoke-area people at its 61st annual dinner meeting.
Special awards were presented to: James M. Johnson, principal, Arnold R. Burton Technology Center, Roanoke County Educator of the Year; Hilda R. Paxton, special education teacher, Salem High School, Salem Educator of the Year; Timothy Miles, Roanoke County Police Officer of the Year; Michael Farrell, Salem Police Officer of the Year; Denise P. King, Lawyer's Title Insurance, Ambassador of the Year; and Ellen S. Weinman, attorney, Citizen of the Year for 1994.
Fincastle SAR installs new officers
At a recent meeting, the Fincastle Resolutions Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, installed new officers for the coming year.
The new officers are: James T. Lucas Jr. of Blacksburg, president; Thomas S. Darnall of Vinton, vice president; Warren L. Moorman of Salem, historian; John L. Harrison of Roanoke, registrar; William P. Carter of Roanoke, secretary-treasurer; J. Glenwood Strickler of Roanoke, chancellor; the Rev. Ottis L. Burgher of Roanoke, chaplain; Isaac O. Perkins IV of Roanoke, assistant secretary-treasurer; and Roy G. Hayth Sr. of Roanoke, master-at-arms.
Vernon C. Allen Sr. was presented the SAR Good Citizenship Medal for his long services as registrar of the chapter.
Virginia Western to present Simon play
Virginia Western Theatre will present a female version of the ``The Odd Couple'' Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the college's Whitman Auditorium.
Playwright Neil Simon took the original Felix and Oscar and made them Florence and Olive. The Thursday night poker gang now plays Trivial Pursuit.
The play is directed by Hollywood actor and writer, Bart McGullion, who lives in the Roanoke area.
The all-student cast and crew has several members who have acted and worked behind the scenes with local theaters such as Mill Mountain, Showtimers, Creative Response and previous Virginia Western plays.
The cast and crew includes: Cathy Webber, assistant director; Bob McCleary, technical director; Scott Adkins, Heather Stovall, Wilson Weaver and Mary Jane Conklin, technicians; Jessica Clem as Mickey; Mary Jane Conklin as Vera; Joey Lynn Dudley as Florence; India Ham as Olive; Kelly Stinson as Rene; Heather Stovall as Sylvie; Rafe Telsch as Jesus; and Wilson Weaver as Manolo.
For more information call 857-7327.
Students display work at museum
An exhibit titled ``Interfaces: Portraits, Masks and More from Fleming-Ruffner Magnet Center'' is showing at the Art Museum of Western Virginia through Sunday.
The show features mixed-media works by ninth- through 12th-grade visual arts students of the school. It is in the student gallery on the second floor of the museum at Center in the Square.
Art includes ceramic, ethnic masks, portraits on tar paper and a life-size skeleton chair sculpture.
A centerpiece of the show is a trapunto painting created by students in a workshop with Pacita Abad, a Philippine artist. Abad's internationally acclaimed exhibit, ``Assaulting the Deep Sea,'' was on display at the museum in the fall of 1994.
For more information about the show, call Mark Scala at 342-5760 at the museum or Susan Andrews at 224-3041 at the school.
T-shirt contest winners named
Roanoke Festival in the Park recently announced the winners of the third annual T-shirt design contest.
Tabitha Charles, a 12-year-old Andrew Lewis Middle School student, placed first. Her design will be silkscreened onto T-shirts which will be sold at the festival.
Ashley Potter, 12, a student at Breckenridge Middle School, placed second; and Lauren Early, 11, James Madison Middle School student, placed third.
All three designs will be displayed at the festival May 25-June 4.
by CNB