ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, February 11, 1996 TAG: 9602120060
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-11 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Educator honored
DUBLIN - John Wenrich, a teacher at the Southwest Virginia Governor's School, has been named a Distinguished Educator by Apple Computer Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
Apple chose its designated 100 top educators in the country by narrowing the list of nominees and putting them through a rigorous training program at Apple's corporate headquarters in California before certifying them as Distinguished Educators.
Wenrich has been a teacher for 20 years. This year, he is working at the Governor's School as network director to bring direct Internet connections into New River Valley schools in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center.
He is also an adjunct professor at Radford University, and is currently working toward his doctorate in instructional systems development at Virginia Tech.
As part of being designated an Apple Distinguished Educator, Wenrich will work for two years with school systems in the southwestern United States to train teachers to use technology in the classroom.
Black history exhibit
WYTHEVILLE - The Heritage Education Program of the Rock House and Thomas J. Boyd Museums will offer an exhibit starting Feb. 23 in connection with black history.
The exhibit, "From the Freedmen's Bureau to Scott Memorial 1866-1965," focuses on the Wytheville Training School and Scott Memorial School during the years of school segregation. It highlights the achievements of those schools in academics and sports.
Yearbooks, pictures, newspapers, trophies and other items involving the schools will be on display.
The exhibit will open with a reception, on the night of Feb. 23, at the old Wytheville Training School for graduates and teachers at the training school and Scott Memorial. It will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 24 and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 25, and thereafter from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (540) 223-3330.
Editor recognized
EMORY - April Asbury of Pulaski, editor of the literary magazine at Emory & Henry College, was one of seven students recognized for contributions to the fall 1995 issue of "The Ampersand."
A committee screened more than 50 submissions for that issue and ended up printing only three short stories, 18 poems and eight pieces of art. Asbury was honored for a poem, "Stealing Time."
Water fees
WYTHEVILLE - A comparison of water and sewer rates carried in an article Jan. 28 showed fees in the town of Wytheville as being higher than they actually are.
The monthly fee for users of up to 4,200 gallons of water is $16.80, and for a corresponding amount of water used in sewer service, $12.25. The rates quoted in the article, which were being compared to proposed Wythe County rates for similar services, were for water and sewer users living outside the town who pay a 75 percent surcharge on their rates.
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