ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 23, 1996 TAG: 9604230106
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
Roanoke's daughters to help parents work
Some Roanoke-area girls who are absent from school Thursday could have a good excuse: They'll be at work with their parents, part of the annual "Take Our Daughters to Work" observance.
At Hollins College, 13 employees plan to participate in the program founded four years ago by the Ms Foundation for Women in New York to let young girls see the world of work. Girls deserve the special attention the day provides, the foundation said, because as teen-agers they often have lower expectations of themselves and receive less attention in school than do boys.
Hollins employees are bringing their children, young relatives or friends to work with them, and plan to give them tasks in the morning. After lunch, the youngsters will try to scale a climbing wall on campus - a recreational outlet for faculty members and students - then go swimming or watch a horseback-riding class, said Tina Rolen, of the campus career development center.
- Staff report
State to inspect farmers' scales
The Virginia Office of Weights and Measures will certify scales at the Roanoke and Salem farmers' markets this week.
The testing is free and is required of anyone planning to sell at the Roanoke, Salem or Vinton farmers' markets, or from trucks or residences in Roanoke, Salem, and the counties of Roanoke, Craig, Botetourt and Floyd.
Wednesday, testing will be held at the Salem Farmers' Market from 8 a.m. until noon and at the Roanoke City Market from 1-5 p.m. Thursday, the testing will be at Roanoke in the morning and Salem in the afternoon. The times reverse again Friday.
- Staff report
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The TJ Maxx outlet at Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke will open its newly expanded store May 9. The TJX Cos. of Framingham, Mass., said Monday the housewares department, which temporarily had been moved elsewhere in the mall, will move back into the main store. The new TJ Maxx also will include a women's petites department. The store will be closed May 8 to prepare for the reopening.
Roanoke Electric Steel Corp. has authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of its common stock over the next 12 months to fund the corporation's stock option plan and for general corporate purposes. The company has 8,081,397 shares outstanding.
U.S. coal production totaled 19.1 million tons in the week ended April 13, down from 19.3 million tons the previous week, the Department of Energy said Monday. Production was 19.5 million tons in the same week last year. Virginia mines produced 596,000 tons in the survey week, down from 622,000 tons the previous week and 630,000 tons the same week a year earlier.
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