Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 9, 1995 TAG: 9506090082
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-16 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
RADFORD - City Council has made appointments to various city boards and commissions.
Beautification and Municipal Forest Commission: Mrs. H.A. Bruce, Lois Carr, Dr. Blair Spellman, Joyce Simpkins and Nancy McMurray.
Industrial Development Authority: Craig R. Chrisman.
Library Board: Fletcher Carter.
Community Services Board: David Worrell and Gerald O'Morrow.
Recreation, Parks and Playground Commission: John Dobbins, Betty Craig and Donna Gentry.
New River Community Sentencing: Joe Burton.
City/University Joint Commission on Public Affairs: Betty Jones and Rene Price.
Radford Emergency Medical Services Commission: Polly Corn.
New River Economic Development Alliance: William Yerrick.
Private Industry Council of the Job Training Partnership: Wayland Overstreet.
Commission on Arts and Events: Charles Owens, Lauren Eagen, Kitty Earles, Ernest Kaufman and Nicole Kinser. Also: Charlie Whitescarver, Mandy Martin and Georgeanne Buck.
Comprehensive Community Justice and Pre-Trial Services Board: Roy I. Lloyd.
Paint exchange June 24
CHRISTIANSBURG - In response to residents' demand, the Montgomery County Improvement Council will sponsor its second Latex Paint Exchange.
The event is to let residents dispose of unwanted, reusable paint that would otherwise end up in the Mid County Landfill.
The exchange will be June 24, from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of Christiansburg High School.
Montgomery County, Blacksburg and Christiansburg residents can bring their reusable latex paint. All paint brought must be latex-based, in the original labeled container and in usable quality. Residents can also stop by to obtain free paint. Paint from businesses, oil-based paints or other painting-related chemicals brought to this event will not be accepted.
For more information about this event, call 382-5793.
NRCC registration
DUBLIN - Registration for New River Community College's third academic session will begin June 26. The five-week period, Session E, features day and evening courses at the main campus in Dublin as well as at Appalachian Hall, the college's Christiansburg site at 412 Roanoke Street.
Classes are being formed and registration will continue until June 28. For more information, call extension 603 at one of the following numbers: 674-3600, 731-4595, 382-4595, 921-4595, 745-4595, or call 381-7127.
Nigerian art and crafts
PULASKI - A collection of Nigerian art, crafts and handiwork is being displayed this month at the Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley at 21 W. Main St.
The items are from the collection of Dr. Joanna Owens of Meadowview. They include musical instruments, handmade textiles and clothing, wooden dolls, ebony carvings, drawings, a model canoe and an ivory alligator toothpick set.
She will attend a luncheon and give a talk at the center June 21. Further information and reservations are available by calling (703) 980-7363.
Owens was a medical missionary with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board in Nigeria from 1958 to 1966. In 1994, she retired from the Virginia Department of Health after almost 25 years as a local health district director.
Her mother, Jamie Maiden, taught in a boarding school for missionary children in Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. Before that, she taught in Virginia schools from 1919 to 1926 and from 1940 to 1963.
Together, the two assembled a collection from traveling traders from the northern area of Nigeria. The collection also includes gifts from Nigerians and other missionaries. Some are considered decorative by Nigerians while others are used in daily activities. Almost all are handmade.
"I hesitate to call my collection 'art' or even 'crafts,'" Owens said, "but 'things' doesn't attract much attention. And, on reflection, the African collection in the Virginia Museum isn't a lot different, nor are some of the books I see on African art."
Safety awareness
CHRISTIANSBURG - In recognition of National Safety Week, Lowe's Homecenter will sponsor "Safety Awareness Day" Saturday at the store on Peppers Ferry Road. Representatives of several agencies in the New River Valley will discuss safety awareness and provide activities to promote health and safety.
Activities run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include:
Free blood pressure screenings by Occupational Health and Safety Services.
Safety identification cards for children provided by Safety-Child.
Talks by members of the Christiansburg Rescue Squad and Christiansburg Police Department on child safety seat protection, bicycle safety, Neighborhood Watch programs, shopping cart safety, protection from strangers and battery safety.
Tables featuring safety products will be on display Saturday and Lowe's will offer a 10 percent discount on items for sale in the "Safety Awareness Day" event.
For more information, call 381-1000.
by CNB