ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, October 13, 1996 TAG: 9610140013
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-14 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Former mayor retiring from medical practice
WYTHEVILLE - Dr. Carl E. Stark, a physician who served as Wytheville's mayor for 28 years, will retire from his medical practice Nov. 23.
Stark is part of Wythe Medical Associates Inc. He has also been active in civic and political circles.
He was mayor of Wytheville from 1962 to 1990, having been chosen by Town Council as mayor during his first term on council. The mayor, now elected separately, was chosen by council at that time.
Stark was also the first chairman of the Mount Rogers Planning District Commission, which honored him with its 1990 Regional Service Award. He was involved in its organization when it became one of the first two planning district commissions to be recognized by the state.
He was also involved in establishing the Mountain Community Action Program which administers programs for low-income residents of three counties, the District III Regional Cooperative which handles transportation, hot meals and other programs for the aged populations of the region.
Wytheville Information Network in the works
WYTHEVILLE - Wytheville and Wythe County are working toward establishing the Wytheville Information Network, an electronic village based on the concept pioneered in Blacksburg. An electronic village home page is also being developed.
That network can be accessed at http://www/wytheville.org at a temporary home page aimed at directing Internet users to area information.
Wytheville already has its own Internet home page for tourism information. Visitors from the information highway can access it at http://www.naxs.com/wytheville/wacvb and hundreds already have.
Residents invited to sell at crafts show
WYTHEVILLE - An arts and crafts show is planned at Wytheville Community College Nov. 8-10 in the Grayson Hall Commons.
Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society at the community college, is focusing on arts this year as an honors topic to explore. It will sponsor the arts and crafts show as part of that project.
Residents are invited to display and sell arts and crafts at the show. A 9-by-6-foot display slot will be available for $10 per slot, and tables will be available to vendors on request.
For further information or to reserve a slot, call Mary Blevins at 223-4752 or Mava Norton at 223-4806.
Field trip to explore national forests plan
PEMBROKE - A field trip for people to see current conditions in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests and monitor the results of the current forest plan has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Oct. 26 for the Blacksburg Ranger District.
Participants will leave from the Dairy Queen in Pembroke. They should bring a lunch, rain gear and comfortable shoes. Further information is available by calling Jessie Overcash at 552-4641.
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