ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, August 24, 1996 TAG: 9608260018
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-7 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Pulaski Heilig-Meyers completes remodeling
PULASKI - After remodeling for the past two months, the Pulaski Heilig-Meyers showed off its revamped interior Friday.
The makeover of the 28,000-square-foot building at 1065 E. Main St. has included new dividers, carpeting and decorations to showcase its wares.
"We look like a brand-new facility," store manager Joe Bane said at the reopening ceremony Friday. The reopening events continued today. Reinforcements from staffs of some of the 20-plus Heilig-Meyers stores in Virginia and West Virginia are helping the 12 Pulaski employees.
The company more than doubled its stores during the first half of this decade with a number of takeovers and corporate expansions.
NAACP to hear talk on justice
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery-Floyd County NAACP will meet Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Asbury Methodist Church on Stuart Street. Donald Shoemaker, a professor in the sociology department at Virginia Tech, will be the guest speaker. He will speak on the criminal justice system with special emphasis on juvenile problems. For information, call 382-6751.
Home schoolers to start support group
BLACKSBURG - There will be a picnic meeting for a new support group. The New River Valley HomeSchool Support Group will meet on Thursday at the Hand-In-Hand playground at Shelter 2 (behind the Caboose). The picnic will be from 4-8 p.m. Dinner will be at 6 p.m. Interested individuals should bring a covered dish and utensils. Those who are interested but cannot attend, can call 552-0332 or 951-3039.
Local authors featured on TV
RADFORD - Radford University's "Community Speaking" show will feature Bill Brown and Elizabeth McCommon, two of the featured authors of the 1996 Highland Summer Conference. Parks Lanier, a Radford University English professor, will talk with Brown, a poet and author, and McCommon, an author, teacher, singer, musician and actress.
The program airs on American Cable Entertainment Channel 9 on Sundays at 6 p.m., Tuesdays at 5 p.m., Wednesdays at noon and Thursdays at 7 p.m.
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