ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, May 16, 1996 TAG: 9605160106
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-2 EDITION: METRO
Adult Care Center plans golf tourney
The Adult Care Center of Roanoke Valley and the Salem Kiwanis Club will sponsor an 18-hole golf tournament June 7 at the Hanging Rock Golf Club.
The entry fee is $200 a team. Proceeds will benefit adult day care and respite programs for the frail and impaired elderly in the community.
To enter or get more information, call 983-1026.
Library to celebrate 75th anniversary
The Roanoke Public Library will observe its 75th anniversary this year with a series of monthly events at all of the library's branches.
The opening program will be Sunday at the Main Library in Elmwood Park. There will be an open house from 2 to 4 p.m., with remarks by library officials and patrons at 2:30.
The anniversary program is being headed by Emily Keyser, who served as a city library official for 28 years until she retired in January.
Keyser said the library will have exhibits of memorabilia from its early days and from some of its special collections.
Former employees and longtime library patrons will have a reunion, Keyser said, in keeping with the "Patron Appreciation" theme of the observance.
There will be programs for children, including face painting; balloon tying by the Red Cross Youth Clown Corps; ventriloquist Tammy Barnwell and her friend Willie Webster; juggler David Bear Stuart; and Kathy Carter from the Blue Ridge Storytellers Association.
AmeriCorps begins drive for recruits
AmeriCorps has launched a recruiting drive for men and women interested in applying for a year of national service. These positions are for citizens 18 or older, and provide opportunities to pay for education.
AmeriCorps members serve for one or two years with nonprofit organizations throughout the country. Members receive a weekly allowance; at the end of the year, they are given $4,725 to help pay for college tuition, training, or payback on student loans. AmeriCorps has 25,000 members in 435 programs in 1,100 communities nationwide.
Recruits are being taken for two programs, to begin as early as this spring and summer: AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). Interested persons should call (800) 942-2677, or look on line at HTTP://WWW.CNS.GOV for application information.
Akers plays Haydn
Roanoke pianist Frank Akers will present the first in a series of recitals encompassing the complete Haydn sonatas on May 24 at 8 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the Raleigh Court United Methodist Church. There is no charge.
Akers, a faculty member of the Bearly School of the Arts, is organist at Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Church.
Trail ride planned to raise funds
Roanoke Valley Therapeutic Riding Program is hosting a fund-raising pleasure trail ride June 21-23 at the Rockbridge Hunt.
The cost, including meals, is $60 for adults and $40 for riders under 18 and nonriders.
The Therapeutic Riding Program is a nonprofit organization that benefits adults and children with disabilities. Entries for the ride must be received by June 10. Call Teresa Reams at 977-2324 for more information.
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