ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, December 6, 1996 TAG: 9612060009
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
*Ray Lester was the only Christiansburg Town Council member to vote against a request Tuesday by American Cable Entertainment for an affirmation of its license agreement with the town that would allow it to secure refinancing for a service upgrade.
"I have just not been satisfied with the cable service," Lester said. The company's offer of providing the town with quarterly updates on the progress of its upgrade will be "some help," Lester said, adding, "I'd like to see some progress from their side before we start giving them anything else."
Work on the upgrade could begin early in the new year. The cable provider wants to offer more channels and better reception, but will need to install new equipment, said Erv Strauss, general manager of the Radford-based company.
Council also reappointed Walter Price and James Pharis to the Recreation Commission, and appointed Kristen Habeeb, a student at Christiansburg High School, as the student representative.
*Upcoming:
A report on uses and development of Peak Creek in the town of Pulaski will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Pulaski Town Council chambers. A landscape architecture class from Virginia Tech has been studying uses and designs for the development of Peak Creek from the Pulaski Magnox plant to the Virginia 99 bridge, and will give their presentation of ideas. A question-and-answer session will follow. The public is invited to attend. Further information is available by calling Barry Matherly, director of economic development, at 980-5342.
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