ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, December 29, 1995 TAG: 9512290060
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Driving course offered
RADFORD - New River Community College will offer one-day defensive driving classes which have been designed to improve driving skills. Five safe driving points will be awarded by the Division of Motor Vehicles on successful completion of the course.
The classes are from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., on Jan. 6 and 20, Feb. 3 and 17, March 2, April 6, and May 4. The fee is $75.
Evening defensive driving courses are available from 6 to 10 p.m., on March 4 and 11 and April 1 and 8.
Call Debbie Douthat at ext. 292 at 674-3600, 921-4595, 382-4595, or 745-4595.
Registration begins
CHRISTIANSBURG - New River Community College's spring semester begins Jan. 15. Registration continues at the Dublin campus or at Appalachian Hall, 412 Roanoke St., Christiansburg.
Students may choose from courses in biology, business management and administration, computer information systems, drafting, economics, English, geology, history, instrumentation, marketing, math, office systems technology, psychology, nursing and speech. Day and evening classes are available.
Noncredit course topics range from "Preparation for the Scholastic Aptitude Test" to "Home Interior Design." Continuing education courses provide hands-on instruction with the latest computer software.
Contact the Office of Admissions, ext. 603, at 674-3600, 382-4595, 921-4595 or 745-4595.
Zoning applications
BLACKSBURG - The Town of Blacksburg will accept applications for inclusion in its Agricultural and Forestal District during January and the first week of February.
Eligible properties are those where agriculture or forestry is the main use. Accepted properties that have land-use value taxation from Montgomery County will qualify for similar taxation from the town.
Restrictions based on location may apply.
Agricultural and Forestal Districts are designed to protect agricultural lands with valued natural and ecological resources.
For more information, call Duane Hyde at the town's Planning and Engineering Department at 961-1114.
Joint replacement
RADFORD - Radford Community Hospital will offer free classes for people who have been recommended for hip or knee joint replacement.
The classes will be Wednesday, Jan. 3, and Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the hospital.
The classes will give patients an overview of their procedure from admittance to discharge. Participants will have the chance to meet hospital personnel.
For more information or to register, call 731-2247.
Pulaski calendar
PULASKI - Pulaski County could have a calendar of events as early as 1997.
The problem in compiling such a calendar is that the information on festivals, governmental meetings and other activities would have to be available no later than April of 1996. That is when calendar companies begin printing materials for the following year, and calendar costs rise drastically after that time.
Community National Bank has a 1996 calendar, which is is distributing free to the public, which would be the prototype for the 1997 calendar of events. Each month has a different photograph of a Pulaski County scene mainly provided by photographers Mack Williams and Eric Brady. Bank officials culled hundreds of photographs to come up with the 12 used on the calendar.
It is no coincidence that bank President Wayne Carpenter is vice chairman of the town's Economic Development Board, which has discussed finding a way to offer an events calendar to town and county residents. Carpenter said he hoped that the bank's 1997 calendar will be the first events calendar.
Keith Stafford, assistant to Pulaski Economic Development Director Barry Matherly, has a large file of annual festivals and will provide the starting point for the events listings.
Information on dates of meetings or events for 1997 should be forwarded to the Economic Development Board office in the Pulaski Municipal Building.
Collecting trees
BLACKSBURG - The town will collect Christmas trees Jan. 2-12. Trees should be out out on Jan. 2 and await pickup from the Public Works Department. The trees will be processed into mulch which will be used throughout the Town. For information or questions, call 961-1141 or 961-1142.
Dropout program
NEW RIVER VALLEY - Deadline is Dec. 31 for teen-agers who want to take part in the Commonwealth Challenge program. The program seeks high school dropouts for enrollment in its fourth class, which starts Feb. 1
The challenge program accepts applications from 16- to 18-year-olds who are drug-free and are ready to take a step toward getting their lives back on track.
The program is a five-month residential course conducted at Camp Pendleton at Virginia Beach. It includes preparing students for the completion of the GED, leadership and fellowship skills, discipline, job skills, life coping skills and physical fitness. Upon successful completion of the residential phase of the program, students will receive $2,200 during the one-year post-residential phase to assist in career development. Call John Lookabill at (800) 796-6472.
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