ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, October 6, 1996 TAG: 9610070021
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Bureau changes
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Roanoke Times has named Brian Kelley assistant editor of its New River Valley Bureau.
Kelley replaces Madelyn Rosenberg, who moved to the features department in Roanoke as an interim editor and now as a feature writer.
Before becoming acting assistant editor in March, Kelley had worked as a reporter in the bureau since 1993 covering Montgomery County government.
Kelley previously worked as a bureau chief and assistant editorial page editor at the Potomac News in Woodbridge. He also reported for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Newport News Daily Press after graduation from the University of Virginia.
In other staff changes, Lisa Garcia has joined the staff as a reporter after completing an internship at the paper this summer. She covers law enforcement and courts in the New River Valley.
Garcia, a Virginia Tech graduate, has worked in the Roanoke newsroom since 1994. She headed the newsroom's team of editorial assistants before moving to the New River Valley Bureau. Previously, she worked for four years as a reporter with the Milford Times in Nebraska.
Mark Clothier has joined the staff as a reporter covering business and Blacksburg. Clothier replaces Elissa Milenky, who left to spend time on a kibbutz in Israel.
Clothier, a graduate of the University of Florida, came to the bureau from the Herald-Mail in Hagerstown, Md., where he covered education. He also had worked as a general assignment reporter part time with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Mary Lou Bruton has moved to the bureau as an editorial assistant, handling the Current Events calendar each Sunday, the In Religion column and the People column.
Bruton has worked at the paper's Roanoke office for three years in its composing room. She is a graduate of Wake Forest University.
Recognizing industry
CHRISTIANSBURG - Montgomery County's sixth annual Industry Recognition Week is Monday through Saturday and will feature tours for high school students, a golf tournament and a recognition dinner.
About 300 county 10th-graders will tour 13 industries during two days: Electro Tec Corp., Fiber & Sensor Technologies, Federal Mogul Corp., Litton Industries Poly-Scientific Corp., Columbia Montgomery Regional Hospital, Corning Inc., HP Hydraulics Inc., Polymer Solutions, Wolverine Gasket and Manufacturing Co., Christiansburg Printing, Eastern Repair and Fabrication, Weiman Co. and the New River Valley Workshop.
The Charles H. Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Tuesday at the Blacksburg Country Club.
The recognition dinner will start at 6 p.m. Thursday at Custom Catering in Blacksburg. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, will be the keynote speaker. For information, call 382-5732.
CALENDAR
*Tuesday. Radford Chamber of Commerce quarterly luncheon. Noon to 1:15 p.m. at St. Albans Hospital Conference Center. Dan Brugh, resident engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation, will speak on "Update on Area Road Progress and Memorial Bridge." Cost: $7.50. Reservations required. Call 639-2202.
*Oct. 15. National Association of Purchasing Management, New River Valley Chapter. Meets 6:15 p.m. at the Blacksburg Holiday Inn. Joe Meredith, president of the Corporate Research Center, will talk on "Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center's Benefit to Purchasing."
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