Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 7, 1995 TAG: 9504070051
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-17 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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CHRISTIANSBURG - A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m. on the 1995-96 Work Plan of New River Community Action.
The meeting will be at the organization's office at 106-B S. Franklin St. in Christiansburg. For more information, call Michelle Bouchard at 382-6186.
Contestants sought
DUBLIN - The New River Valley Fair is looking for contestants to participate in the fair's beauty pageant May 20.
Contestants must be older than 16 as of May 20 and younger than 22 as of Jan. 1, 1996. They must be single, never married and without children.
They are eligible if they attend one of the local universities or if their parents reside in Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd, Giles, Bland, Wythe or Carroll Counties or the cities of Radford or Galax.
Contestants will be judged on beauty, poise and personality. No talent competition is scheduled.
The winner will receive $300 and will represent the New River Valley at the Virginia Fair Association Pageant in Williamsburg. The first runner-up will receive $125 and the second runner-up $75.
For more information, call Rachael DeHaven at 980-4626 at 5 p.m. Entry forms must be postmarked by May 5.
Journalist to speak
BLACKSBURG - Internationally acclaimed journalist Melor Sturua, one of the former Soviet Union's most honored journalists, will speak on "Fledgling Freedoms: Russia and the Emerging Former Soviet States," Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Colonial Hall in Squires Student Center.
Sturua's visit is part of the university's annual International Week Celebration.
Sturua is now a columnist for Izvestia, one of the world's largest circulation newspapers. He has been that newspaper's bureau chief in London, New York and Washington and he has served as its foreign editor.
He won the Vorovsky Prize, the Soviet equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, and the Tolstoy Prize for his literary writings.
He is the author of 30 books and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. He has appeared on "Nightline," "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" and other programs.
Teaching awards
BLACKSBURG - Three professors at Virginia Tech have been chosen to receive the annual Diggs Teaching Scholar Award, given each year to the university's best teachers.
Elizabeth Bounds, in religious studies; Arthur L. Buikema, in the department of biology; and Terry Wildman, from the division of curriculum and instruction, are this year's winners.
They will receive their awards and offer a roundtable discussion of their teaching contributions Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the living room of Hillcrest Hall. Provost Peggy Meszaros will be keynote speaker.
The event is open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information, call Gregory W. Justice at 231-5536.
by CNB