Roanoke Times

& World-News

Virginia: Sunday, December 29, 1996

• PERSISTENT DIGGING PAYS OFF IN VA. PREHISTORIC PROOF
• DROPOUTS DECLINE IN ROANOKE CO. FOR PAST YEAR, SCHOOLS REPORT A 1.1 PERCENT RATE
• HEART TRANSPLANTS SAVED LIVES OF BOTH MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
• `IT WAS TOO BIG FOR HIM TO HANDLE'
• VIRGINIA LAWMAKING LIVES ON CD-ROM
• ROADWATCH HERE ARE HIGHWAY AND STREET PROJECTS SCHEDULED THIS WEEK BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND AREA LOCALITIES. DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND CONTRACTORS' SCHEDULING. # INDICATES NEW INFORMATION. * BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA 661 (CAMP RUTHERS ROAD): THE BRIDGE IS BEING REPLACED OVER THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRACKS BETWEEN VIRGINIA 811 AND U.S. 221. * BOTETOURT COUNTY VIRGINIA 654 (READ MOUNTAIN ROAD): THE BRIDGE AT U.S. 11 IS BEING WIDENED. NO LEFT TURNS ARE ALLOWED FROM SOUTHBOUND U.S. 11 ONTO VIRGINIA 654 OR 1003, OR FROM VIRGINIA 654 TO U.S. 11. WORK SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SPRING.. * MONTGOMERY COUNTY U.S. 11 (GREEN HILL): WORK IS UNDER WAY NEAR THE ROANOKE COUNTY/MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE TO RELOCATE THE EASTBOUND LANES AND BUILD A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRACKS. DEPOT STREET: WORK IS UNDER WAY TO EXTEND THE STREET FROM NORTH FRANKLIN STREET TO NORTH MAIN STREET IN CHRISTIANSBURG. * ROANOKE AND ROANOKE COUNTY PETERS CREEK ROAD EXTENSION: THE SECTION BETWEEN MELROSE AND SHENANDOAH AVENUES IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FLAGGERS WILL BE DIRECTING TRAFFIC. EXPECT DELAYS. WATCH FOR NEW DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AND DETOURS. THERE IS A NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN ON SHENANDOAH. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE SECOND SECTION FROM SHENANDOAH TO BRANDON AVENUE. NO DELAYS ARE EXPECTED.. BRANDON AVENUE: THE STREET IS BEING WIDENED TO FIVE LANES FROM MUD LICK ROAD TO KEAGY ROAD. MUDLICK ROAD AT BRANDON AVENUE WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE LANEDURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. FLAGGERS WILL DIRECT TRAFFIC. EXPECT DELAYS. COMPLETION IS EXPECTED IN SUMMER.
• ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAY HAVE FOUND COLONIST'S RING STRACHEY'S SHIPWRECK MAY HAVE INSPIRED 'THE TEMPEST'
• DEFENSE PUSHES DEAL
• HOKIE FANS MEET THE LOSERS AND GIGGLE
• BODIES NOT IDENTIFIED
• OBITS - LATE NOTICES
• OBIT
• MEDICINE AND MORE - DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE MAKING HOUSE CALLS BY SKI, BOAT OR BACKPACK IS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR DR. GEORGE WORTLEY. HE ALSO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO SPLIT WOOD AND CALL IN THE NEIGHBORS FOR HELPLESS PATIENTS.