ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, August 22, 1996 TAG: 9608230011
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-15 EDITION: METRO
Festival in the Park needs volunteers
Roanoke Festival in the Park is seeking volunteers for the planning and implementation of its major events: First Night Roanoke, A Night at the Academy Awards, ShrimpFest, and Festival in the Park. Call Wendi Schultz at 342-2640.
Roanoke woman bikes to Atlanta
Roanoke's Barbara Duerk will cycle more than 500 miles from Lynchburg to Atlanta beginning Friday in support of Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley. Duerk will join a Lynchburg group for the eight-day trip and is scheduled to arrive in Atlanta Aug. 30.
In Atlanta, the group will take part in the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Habitat for Humanity.
Money raised in support of Duerk's ride will benefit the fall construction of a Habitat home on Virginia Avenue Northwest.
To sponsor the ride, call 344-0747, or send a check payable to Habitat for Humanity to: 1701 Cleveland Ave. S.W., Roanoke, Va. 24016.
Runners wanted for women's 5K
The Women's Distance Festival 5K Run will be held Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Race-day registration will be from 7-8 a.m. at the footbridge on Wiley Drive. The entry fee is $12. Medals will be awarded to the top three runners in several age groups and to the first place winners in the mother-daughter and sisters categories.
For more information or to register early, call 966-7866.
Adoption agency seeks families
ABC Adoption Services, a licensed, non-profit adoption agency placing children from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Central and South America, with American families, has scheduled an International Adoption Parent Preparation/ Homestudy series for Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27.
Program participants will be evaluated and given a completed dossier ready for presentation to the country of choice for the assignment of a child. The process takes about three months.
For more information, call 989-2845.
Salem library needs books for sale
Friends of the Salem Library is collecting books for its annual book sale Sept. 14. at the Salem Public Library, 28 E. Main St. Proceeds from the sale benefit library activities and needs. Bring unwanted books to the library, or call 389-5892 or 389-0858 for pickup.
Women's clubs hold craft show Sept. 27-28
The Junior Woman's Club and the Woman's Club of Vinton will hold its annual Fall Craft Show and Sale at Lake Drive Plaza in Vinton Sept. 27-28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local craftsmen will sell and demonstrate their crafts. The proceeds from the show support community projects of both clubs, including William Byrd High School scholarships, area rescue squads and the Ronald McDonald House.
For more information, call 890-6760 or write: P.O. Box 149, Vinton, Va. 24179.
LOA looking for senior comanions
LOA Area Agency on Aging has immediate openings for men and women over age 60 to become senior companion volunteers. They volunteer 20 hours per week in nursing homes, adult day care and private homes.
For more information, call Barbara James-Watson at 884-2892 or 345-0451, or Ginger Leitch at 962-0465.
City schools hold registration
Students new to the Roanoke City Public School system and those who have moved within the city must register at the school they will attend by Aug. 30.
Registration dates are today and Aug. 27-28 from 8 a.m to 3 p.m each day. On Aug. 29, registration for kindergarten through eighth grade will be held from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; students in grades nine through 12 may register from 8 a.m. to noon. After Aug. 30, all students must enroll after 3 p.m.
Parents registering children in kindergarten and first grade must bring a copy of their child's original birth certificate, a completed physical examination form, the child's social security number and a record of immunization.
Kindergarten orientation will be held Aug. 29 at 10 a.m.; sixth-grade orientation will be held Aug. 30 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.; ninth-graders may attend orientation on Aug. 30 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
For more information, call 853-2816.
Volunteers needed in Bent Mountain
Bent Mountain residents are urged to bring shovels and rakes to Bent Mountain Elementary School on Saturday at 9 a.m., weather permitting, to help spread gravel on the community's new fitness trail.
Presently under construction, the tenth-of-a-mile loop will have connectors to the school's playground and gymnasium, making the total distance one-quarter mile.
The trail, winding through pasture land and a cluster of trees, is intended for use by the school and community. No vehicles will be permitted.
The joint project of the Bent Mountain Civic League, Woman's Club and PTA has been funded by a matching grant from the Capital Improvement Incentives Fund of the Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department.
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