ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, August 18, 1996 TAG: 9608190010
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-17 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Wythe County names new administrator
WYTHEVILLE - The Wythe County Board of Supervisors has chosen Cellell Dalton to be its new county administrator when Billy Branson retires Sept. 1.
Dalton, 45, has an associate degree in civil engineering from Wytheville Community College and has earned a certification in economic development from Virginia Tech. He worked for the Blacksburg engineering firm of Anderson & Associates for 15 years before joining the Wythe County staff last year as water and sewer director.
His biggest task for the county has involved the planned sewer project in the Fort Chiswell-Max Meadows area near the Wythe-Pulaski county line, and the county's emergency E-911 communications system. He also worked on several county projects while still with Anderson & Associates.
The county is advertising for a new water and sewer system director.
'High tea' planned at Fine Arts Center
PULASKI - The custom of "high tea" will be celebrated by the Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the center's annex at 44 Fourth St.
Vivian Colletti of Washington County will recreate the atmosphere of tasting tea in other parts of the world such as England, Wales and the Orient, including the preparation and serving of various teas and customs associated with drinking them.
Tables featuring tea services, bouquets and light food will be on display, along with antique tea pots and cups.
Colletti is a retired commercial artist and interior designer who worked in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. Recently she has been working in fashion and fabric design, and restoring one of Washington County's oldest houses. An exhibit of her textile designs was featured recently at The Art Place in Chilhowie.
The cost is $6 and reservations may be made by calling 980-7363 by Monday.
District seeking awards nominees
MARION - The Mount Rogers Planning District Commission is seeking nominees for its 16th annual Regional Service Award and 13th annual Achievement Award for a Disabled Person, to be presented at the commission's annual fall meeting Sept. 5 at King College in Bristol, Tenn.
The planning district covers Wythe, Bland, Smyth, Washington, Carroll and Grayson counties and cities of Bristol and Galax. Nomination forms are available from the commission at 1021 Terrace Drive, Marion, Va. 24354 or call 783-5103. The deadline is Friday.
Course being offered in hotel operations
WYTHEVILLE - A three-credit Monday evening course in hotel front office operations will be offered by Wytheville Community College starting Aug. 26, with Wytheville Ramada Inn Manager John Wilson as instructor.
It is one of three industry courses required in the college's career studies certificate program in hospitality industry management. It can be applied to both industry certification and college credit. Area hotels will be used for class field work.
Tuition is $144.45. Further information is available by calling Dan Jones at 228-5541 or toll-free (800) 468-1195.
College offers variety of home study courses
WYTHEVILLE - A variety of home study courses will be offered by Wytheville Community College this fall allowing students to work at home through learning modules instead of attending regular classes.
The learning modules may include printed material, audiotapes and videotapes. Courses include telecourses through Blue Ridge Public Television, as well as transfer, occupational and health courses.
All classes will meet initially on campus at 7 p.m. Monday in Grayson Hall Commons for orientation and to receive materials and buy textbooks. Further information is available by calling Dan Jones at 228-5541 or toll-free (800) 468-1195.
'Crosses' exhibit at The Art Place
CHILHOWIE - Paintings by Blacksburg artist Nadine Allen are on exhibit at The Art Place in Chilhowie through Aug. 29.
The exhibit includes part of her "Crosses - More Crosses" series and part of her farm series of hay-rakes and plowshares. In her latest work, Allen is linking places of worship and religious symbols.
Prison foes group now Wythe Citizens United
WYTHEVILLE - Wythe Citizens Against the Prison, a grass-roots organization which successfully lobbied against a private prison being located near Wytheville, has gone out of business - sort of.
It has been replaced by a new organization to be called Wythe Citizens United, aimed at giving people a means of speaking out collectively on issues beyond the prison involving the county.
No formal organization with officers is planned, but a newsletter will be published for interested people and periodic membership meetings will be held. Working groups or task forces may be established on specific issues from time to time.
Further information on the newsletter can be obtained by writing Wythe Citizens United, P.O. Box 328, Wytheville, Va. 24382.
The group may no longer have to worry about a state prison, but it is interested in how the county's aging jail will be replaced. The current newsletter carries an article arguing that it would be less costly for the county to join the New River Valley Regional Jail Authority project than to build a new local jail.
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