Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 5, 1995 TAG: 9507050051
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ROANOKE - Virginia Tech's Division of Continuing Education in Roanoke has organized a two-day professional development workshop at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center for sign-language interpreters .
Miss America 1995, Heather Whitestone, will kick off the workshop Thursday at a banquet. Whitestone will speak at 6 p.m. at Hotel Roanoke.
Whitestone lost her hearing when she was 18 months old and learned to read lips and to speak. She credits early detection of her hearing loss with allowing her to achieve many goals, including being the first deaf Miss America. Since February, she has been campaigning for early detection of hearing loss in infants and young children.
The banquet is open to the public. Tickets are $30 per person and sponsor tables are available for $500, which includes dinner for eight, a listing in the program and an opportunity to meet and be photographed with Miss America following the program.
The Roanoke Valley Speech and Hearing Center will help sponsor the banquet. Connie Meck, program director for Tech's Division of Continuing Education, organized the workshop with grant funds from the Virginia Department of Education.
To purchase tickets, call Meck at 703-857-6055.
Arts Adventure '95
RADFORD - Arts Adventure '95, a performing arts camp for for kids 9 to 16, will be July 31 through Aug. 4 at Radford University.
Participants will work on voice, dance or drama and then perform in a final production. Leading with the kids will be Betty Turner, director of the university's children's chorus; Nancy Bondurant-Couch, who has a master's degree in children's theatre; and Dolores Upp, owner of a Radford dance studio.
The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Its cost is $65, and enrollment is limited. For more information, call 831-5265 or 831-5025.
Blood drive Monday
PEMBROKE - There will be a blood drive Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 3 to 8 p.m.. The blood drive is sponsored by the Pembroke community in Giles County. Area hospitals are counting on summer blood drives to increase the blood supply reserve in the New River Valley. The goal is to collect 40 units. Participants are able to donate if they have not given in the last 56 days.
For more information, call the American Red Cross at 961-2207.
by CNB