Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 6, 1995 TAG: 9504130006
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-14 EDITION: METRO
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The Virginia Skyline Girl Scout Council has named 12 Roanoke Valley women as "Women of Distinction". Each was chosen for her significant contributions to either her profession, the community or both.
The women honored for their contributions were:
Arts/Cultural: Shirley Brand, trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Beth Poff, director of the Mill Mountain Zoo; and Pearl Fu, free-lance consultant, interpretor, writer and special events coordinator.
Business: Judy Griesenbrock, executive vice-president of the Salem/Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce.
Education: Alyce B. Szathmary, principal of William Fleming High School; Barbara Chewning, a former school teacher and the retired owner of Bootie's Hallmark and Chewning's Interiors.
Law/Government: Elizabeth Bowles, Roanoke City Council member and retired owner of Bowles Bake Shop; Lois English, vice chairman of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors.
Medicine: Angie Francis, executive director of Child Health Investment Partnership of Virginia.
Social Services: Barbara Green, social work supervisor for the Roanoke Department of Social Services.
Volunteer category: Gertrude Harris, retired recreation supervisor for the Salem Recreation Department; Patricia McMahon, homemaker, mother and volunteer.
Students place in 4-H competition
Several Roanoke-area students recently participated at the Roanoke Valley 4-H Performing Arts Competition at the Hollins College Theater.
The senior division first-place winner in the drama category was Karen Bowyer, who performed a skit titled "The Bench" from Robert Fulgham's "All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten". Bowyer is a student at William Fleming. Misty Witt and Sherri Robinette, both students at Northside High, won second place with a jazz dance routine.
The junior division winner was Nathalie Fassie, a student at Northside Junior High, who performed a ballet dance. Amanda Naff, a student at Monterey Elementary and Jan Steffe, a student at Crystal Spring Elementary, tied for second place. Both girls played the piano.
Blue ribbon winners in the senior division were Melissa Robertson, Northside High; and Vanessa Fassie, William Fleming. Junior blue ribbon winners were Jamie Brookman, Penn Forest Elementary, and Kate Sammons, South Salem Elementary.
4 p.m. burning law now in effect
The Roanoke County office of the Virginia Department of Forestry has announced that the 4 p.m. burning law is in effect for Roanoke County residents through May 15th.
The law says that there shall be no burning until 4 p.m. daily if within 300 feet of woodland or grass and brushland leading into woodland. No fuel may be added and no fire may be rekindled after midnight. A fire must be attended at all times.
In order to insure compliance with the law, aerial and ground observations will be used to detect fires.
When doing any open burning, please notify your local fire dispatcher to prevent the fire department from making unnecessary trips. For more information on the law, call 387-5461.
Project LINK gets $1,250 grant
Blue Ridge Community Services recently received a $1,250 grant for Project LINK from the Foundation for The Roanoke Valley. The funds will be used to support a series of six eight-week training modules for sixty Project LINK mothers.
Project LINK provides counseling and prevention services to pregnant women, mothers of infants, and women of childbearing age.
Chamber of Commerce honors several
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.
T-shirt design 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.
Community band will perform April 11
The Roanoke Valley Community Band and its swing band section, the Stardusters, will present their annual spring concert April 11 at Cave Spring High School. Conductor Wilbur Grant, who was band director at Glenvar High School for more than 20 years, will conduct the bands.
Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free, but band President Myron White said donations to help cover costs will be accepted.
The band is made up of about 65 men and women of all ages who play marches, tunes from Broadway musicals, concert music and novelty tunes.
The Stardusters is a smaller group of about 15 players who perform music of the Big Band era.
White said both groups give concerts at various times during the year throughout the Roanoke Valley. Recent concerts have been at the United Methodist Home, Our Lady of the Valley, Friendship Manor, Festival in the Park, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Virginia Commonwealth Games, Armed Forces Day and other events, White said.
Further information about the band or concert can be obtained from White at 774-8885.
The band was organized four years ago, and many of its members formerly were high school band members who have had no organized place to play since then.
Civitans taking award nominations
The Civitan Club of Roanoke is seeking nominations for its Good Samaritan Award. The award is given each year to honor a Roanoke Valley resident for volunteer work.
The winner, who will be chosen by a panel of three people who are not Civitan members, will be announced at a banquet May 12 at the Vinton War Memorial. A $500 donation will be made to a certified charity of the winner's choice.
Letters of nomination may be sent to: Kenneth Wood, 3227 Fleetwood Ave. S.W., Roanoke 24015. The deadline for submitting nominations is April 14.
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.
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