Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 2, 1995 TAG: 9505020127
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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BLACKSBURG - The town's planning and engineering staff will host a neighborhood meeting Wednesday on an application to rezone 96 acres in the Toms Creek basin for a planned residential development.
The development is the brainchild of Don Wells, owner of Pargo's restaurants in Christiansburg and Roanoke, and Robert Mills, owner of an architectural firm.
The two men hold options on the rolling farmland off Toms Creek Road and U.S. 460 that is zoned for limited residential use. They want it rezoned so they can build a development - to be named Spring Valley - that would house 240 families in a mixture of detached homes and town houses reminiscent of historic Lexington.
Wells has called the vision one of "neo-traditional development," which would preserve much of the natural and historic amenities of the land while clustering the homes on less than half of the property, the site of the old Swanee Hollow Country Club golf course.
The town's Planning Commission, which meets tonight, is expected to hold a work session on the development May 15 and to set a public hearing on it for June 6.
The neighborhood meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Blacksburg Community Center.
Program on depression
The Mental Health Association of the New River Valley and the Parent Resource Center of Montgomery County will co-sponsor a child and adolescent depression program titled "Claire's Story," today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Debra Schneller, a licensed clinical social worker, will lead the program, which features a video narrated by 13-year-old Claire. The video stresses the biological components of depression by examining the diagnosis and symptoms of depression, and treatment and living with depression. A discussion and question-and- answer period will follow the video.
The program is free and will be in the library of Christiansburg Primary School. For more information, call the MHA at 382-5629.
Voter registration
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery County Voter Registration Office will have additional hours at several county high schools starting Wednesday, May 3. The locations and times are listed below:
Shawsville High School, Wednesday, May 3, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Blacksburg High School, Thursday, May 4, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Auburn High School, Monday, May 8, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Christiansburg High School, Tuesday, May 9, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Voter Registration Office is located in room 220 of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Christiansburg. Its hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 382-5741.
Applicants sought
CHRISTIANSBURG - Today is the deadline to apply for an opening on the board of the New River Valley Agency on Aging. The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will name an applicant to fill an unexpired term that ends Sept. 30.
The agency offers services for older persons to maintain maximum independence. Members make policy and fiscal mangement decisions.
Interested Montgomery County residents who are registered voters and in good tax standing should call County Administrator Betty Thomas, 382-6954.
Art demonstration
BLACKSBURG - Kathryn O'Bryan, artist and naturalist, will demonstrate the process she uses for making hand-colored flower and wildlife prints Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History. O'Bryan, who works in the tradition of Audubon, will have limited-edition prints and etchings for sale at the demonstration.
The museum is at 428 N. Main St. For more information, call 231-3001.
'Clean Sweep' sale
CHRISTIANSBURG - A "Clean Sweep" rummage sale will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Mental Health Association of the New River Valley in Christiansburg. Money raised will fund special community-education programs sponsored by the MHA.
Donations are being accepted for the sale. Furniture, clothing, household goods, toys, baby items, books and appliances are needed. Items not sold at the sale will be donated to charities or delivered to patients at the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute in Marion. Donations are tax-deductible and receipts will be issued.
Items can be dropped off at the MHA office at 205 W. Main St., No. 3, Christiansburg, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. Pick-ups also can be arranged. For more information call the association office at (800)559-2800.
'Art Auction & More!'
PULASKI - The Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley holds its annual "Art Auction and More!" Saturday, May 6. The event is hosted by Leland Little of the Ken Farmer Auction Co.
Goods and services donated by businesses, including original art work, will be featured in both the silent and live auctions. The event also will feature food donated by many restaurants, and live music. Money raised will be used for the Fine Arts Center and its programs and activities.
The Fine Arts Center has provided arts and entertainment in the New River Valley for 18 years. It hosts arts programs in the schools, brings musicians to the Jackson Park Summer Concert series and features monthly exhibits at its gallery.
The Center's auction will be held at the Fine Arts Annex, 44 Fourth St., Pulaski, and will start at 7 p.m. Admission is $3. For more information call 980-7363.
by CNB