Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 23, 1995 TAG: 9504240010
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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WYTHEVILLE - Walter White has been elected chairman of the Wythe County School Board.
White has represented the Fort Chiswell District for 13 years, and served as vice chairman under the late Roy Brewer who died recently. He will complete Brewer's unexpired term.
White also represents Wythe County on the board of the Southwest Virginia Governor's School for Mathematics, Science and Technology based on the Pulaski County High School campus.
Streets closing for Tour DuPont
BLACKSBURG - For the third consecutive year, the Tour DuPont will traverse Virginia Tech's campus. However, significant changes in the route will take the racers on a tour around the university campus before finishing on the mall.
There will be no parking along the race route beginning at midnight on Saturday. Restricted areas include:
Shultz parking lot
Stanger Street by McBryde and Patton halls
The Virginia Tech drillfield
Kent Street
Both sides of the Virginia Tech mall.
Vehicles left parked in these areas after midnight on Saturday will be towed at the owner's expense. Parts of the commuter lot also will be restricted on April 29 for a short time, because of Tour De Tech activities sponsored by the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures.
Horse logging to be demonstrated
ABINGDON - Floyd County master horse logger Jason Rutledge will conduct a logging demonstration using Suffolk draft horses at 10 a.m. May 13 at the Joe Alexander farm in Washington County.
The horse logging and band-saw demonstrations are sponsored by the Clinch Powell Sustainable Development Initiative, and is open to the public at no cost. Further information is available from Alexander at 628-3963 or Anthony Flaccavento at 762-5050.
Va. official speaks at chamber event
WYTHEVILLE - Virginia Deputy Secretary of Commerce B. Gayle Morgan will be the main speaker at the annual membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday of the Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce at the Wytheville Community Center.
Morgan, appointed by Gov. George Allen a year ago, oversees 14 agencies including the Virginia Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Forestry, and of Mines, Minerals and Energy, and the Virginia Port Authority. She is assisting Allen in a project called "Opportunity Virginia" to prepare a strategic plan for Virginia's economic future.
G.W. Catron, chairman of the chamber's Bylaws/Nominating Committee, said Morgan is "an expert in business and commerce" who "holds a key position in paving Virginia's future economic climate. We are all interested in what she has to say."
Further information is available by calling 223-3365.
Housing group seeks anti-drug grant
WYTHEVILLE - The Wytheville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is applying for a $110,000 drug elimination grant involving education and undercover police activities.
The grant, being sought from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, would be administered by the Wytheville Police Department. It would fund three drug intervention people as well as a vehicle, training costs and money for undercover drug purchases.
Material on drug abuse would be distributed in housing authority units and seminars would be held to educate tenants on the harmful effects of drugs on their neighborhoods.
College offers high school diploma
DUBLIN - Residents of Giles, Floyd and Pulaski counties who are older than 25 and who do not have a high school diploma can earn that diploma through a program offered by New River Community College.
The life experiences adults have gathered may be identical to the skills taught in classrooms, college officials recognize. The External Diploma Program will assess those experiences.
The program asks diploma seekers to demonstrate skills in 65 areas, including consumer awareness, personal and family health, and occupational preparedness.
Each candidate must also have a more advanced individual competency, such as job or home management expertise.
An information session on the program is scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Trailer 11 in Parking Lot E at the college.
For more information, call 674-3652; 921-4595, ext. 452; or 745-4595, ext. 452.
by CNB