Thursday, February 17, 2005
Community Events
"WHAT'S IN YOUR
FUTURE?"
Come find out about planning for your future at the Roanoke Chapter International Association of Administrative Professionals at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Hotel Roanoke. Carl Cress, III, Investment Representative with Edward Jones Investments will be the speaker for the dinner meeting. Call Donna Lynch 982-3344.
THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY for the Arts and Sciences continues its art lecture series at 10 a.m. March 17 in the WDBJ-7 Community Room, 2807 Hershberger Road, NW Roanoke, VA. The guest speaker is Akemia Takayama, Concert Master, Roanoke Symphony. Subject is Music Speak and Perform. Free and open to the public. Call 540-776-3194.
MEETINGS
Old Southwest will hold its general membership meeting at 7 tonight at the Alexander/Gish House, 641 Walnut Ave. S.W. Part II of a Safety Watch program will be presented. Brandy Tinsley of the Roanoke E-911 Control Center will assist residents in turning detailed observations into clear communication with dispatchers and responding officers. Call Kevin Earl at 342-5999.
The Spina Bifida Association of the Roanoke Valley will meet at 3:30 to 5 p.m Saturday in the conference room of the Blue Ridge Independent Living Center, 1502B Williamson Road. Group Discussion/Support Leader this month will be Kent Shiner. Call 342-1231, ext. 4010, or visit the website at www.SBARV.org.
The Blue Ridge Wildflower Society will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Roanoke Church of Christ at 2606 Brandon Ave. Sandra Elder will present a program on Terrapin Mountain, its flora, fauna and history. Visitors welcome. Call Cindy Sandberg 977-0868.
Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a membership meeting March 1 at 11:30 a.m. at Colonial Downs Vinton Off Track Betting, 1135 Vinyard Road. Featuring a program on "How to get unstuck and open up possibilities." Lunch will be $10; reservations must be made by Feb. 25. Call 343-1364 or e-mail:
The Blue Ridge ExxonMobil Retirees will gather for their quarterly meeting at 11:30 a.m. March 3 at the Clarion Hotel. The meeting will be followed by a buffet lunch at noon. The luncheon speaker will address the work being done by the city and ACOE to the Roanoke River. All Exxon, Mobil and ExxonMobil retires, their spouses and their guests are welcome. Annual membership cost is $10 per individual and includes lunches. Call 576-2322.
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at noon March 4 at the Roanoker Restaurant. The speaker will be Uneita Mathews from the Roanoke Rescue Mission. Call Nancy W. Arthur 774-0768.
The Roanoke Valley Unit National Association of Parliamentarians meets at 10 a.m. the first Friday of every month at Salem Baptist Church, Broad Street. Anyone interested in joining or forming a unit to meet at night should contact Hartley Gaston at Lchepo@aol.com.
Civitan Club of Roanoke meets at 11:30 a.m. the second and fourth Mondays at Patrick Henry Hotel, 617 Jefferson Street.
The Valley Writers Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at the St. Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Church, corner of Hershberger Road and Hubert Street. We will have readings from members attending. Everyone is welcome. Call Chuck McCorvey 981-9743. Visit:
BEGINNING COMPUTER
CLASS
At the Greenfield Education Center, 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, tonight to April 28. This class starts with the very basics. Beyond understanding the basics of computer hardware and software, we will learn about Windows and how to navigate the desktop. Also, teachs basics of Microsoft Word software, and using the Internet. This course would also be a good brush-up for the novice computer operator. Two credits, $136.88 in-state rate. Students cannot be considered registered for the course until payment has been received. Call 966-3984.
LOA ANNUAL MEETING
The LOA Area Agency on Aging will hold its Annual Meeting March 16 at the Wyndham Roanoke Airport, 2801 Hershberger Road, NW. Douglas C. Holbrook, vice president audit finance of AARP Board of Directors, will deliver the keynote address on "Social Security Reform and Medicare Part D." The meeting will begin with lunch at noon. Cost to cover the meal is $15. The meeting is open to the public to attend. To make a reservation, send check or money order payable to LOA Area Agency on Aging to LOA Annual Meeting, PO Box 14205, Roanoke, VA 24038. Visa and Mastercard are also accepted. Call the LOA at 540-345-0451.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS VIDEO PROGRAM
A video on international relations will be presented at 11 a.m. Saturday in room 123 at Roanoke College, West Hall. After the show and discussion, lunch will be available at the College Cafeteria for $5.25. Buy tickets at the entrance to the Commons. Call Carmen Garrido at 776-1516.
ADULT EDUCATION
PROGRAM
Ferrum College will hold an information session regarding the Adult Education Program 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday focusing primarily on the Criminal Justice degree program. The session will be held in the classroom at the Rocky Mount Police Department, 1250 North Main Street, Rocky Mount. Call Betsy Smith at 540-365-4270 or e-mail at bsmith@ferrum.edu.
LOA ADDS BRAILLE SITE TO TAX AIDE
Voice of the Blue Ridge, 3435 Melrose Ave., is hosting the site and eight specially trained volunteers will be on hand to assist the blind (braille reading only). Volunteers will be on site 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 25, 1 to 4 p.m. Mar. 25 and 1 tp 4 p.m. April 15. Call LOA 345-0451.
FILM SHOWING OF "THE
GOLDEN EAGLE"
"The Golden Eagle" will be shown at 2 p.m. on March 6 at The Buchanan Theatre. All Girl Scouts and general public are invited. Call Jane Garnett 977-2034.
LOA QUILT RAFFLE
LOA is holding a raffle to raise money for its Nutrition Programs. Tickets are $1 each, and the winner will receive an antique quilt made by Grandma Kisner. The quilt was made by hand in 1939 and has never been used. It was donated by Betty Crone in Craig County. It is an extra-large double and valued at over $1,200. Drawing will be March 25. Call 345-0451 in Roanoke Valley, 962-0465 in the Alleghany Highlands or 966-1094 in the Botetourt and Craig Counties.
LAKESIDE SINGERS KICK
OFF 2005 SEASON
Lakeside Singers begins the 2005 season with a potluck dinner at Trinity Ecumenical Parish at 6 p.m. March 8. Bring a dish to share and place settings. Drinks will be provided. All current singers as well as those interested in joining the Lakeside Singers and their spouses are invited to attend. Rehearsals will begin at 6:15 p.m. March 15 at Trinity. Practices will continue each following Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. until the concert dates of June 3 and 4. Sponsored by the Smith Mountain Arts Council, the Lakeside Singers concert this year features "Hooray for the Red, White and Blue - A Celebration of Freedom." Call Liz Stubelt at 540-721-1232.
RED CROSS CLASS
OFFERINGS
Disaster Action Team & DSHR Workshop, 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, introduces volunteers to the Red Cross policies and procedures when responding to emergencies in the Roanoke Valley and nationally. Free.
Community CPR, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Skills taught include Adult/Infant/Child CPR, rescue breathing and care for conscious and unconscious choking adult, infant and child victim. Fee: $56
Water Safety Instructor, Saturdays, Feb. 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, April 2, 9, 16, trains instructor candidates to teach water safety, including the Basic Water Rescue course, six levels of the Learn-to-Swim and Parent/Child Aquatics courses. Fee: $200.
The above course ares located at American Red Cross, 352 Church Ave., Roanoke. Visit www.roanokevalleyredcross.org to register or call 985-3588.
FERRUM COLLEGE OPEN
HOUSE
Ferrum College will hold an open house Saturday. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and programs run until 3:30 p.m. Activities include campus tours, student and parent panels, opportunities to talk with faculty and athletic information session at 10 a.m. Lunch will be provided. Call (800) 868-9797 or e-mail admissions@ferrum.edu.
PARENTS WITHOUT
PARTNERS
Open Dance will be at 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Charles Hill Senior Citizens Center, Washington Ave, east of Vinton War Memorial. Cost $7 members, $9 guest. Music by The Other Band. Call 982-2372.
15-PASSENGER VAN
SAFETY COURSE
8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at The New Century Venture Center, 1354 8th St. in Roanoke. Register by calling 344-6402.
FIELD TRIP
The Roanoke Valley Bird Club will sponsor a field trip to local ponds Saturday. To participate, meet leader Tim Quinn (989-1763) at 8 a.m. at Botetourt Commons in Daleville. Club will tour local ponds in search of water birds. Limited easy walking is involved. Meet at Botetourt Commons in Daleville. (Rescheduled from Jan. 22 when it was canceled because of bad weather.)
Bedford County Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a bus trip to Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre in Wytheville on Feb. 26. Passengers can board the bus in Roanoke and Bedford. The cost is $50 and includes transportation, lunch and matinee show. Call 586-7682.
ADOPTION INFORMATION
Commonwealth Catholic Charities will hold an adoption information meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at 820 Campbell Ave. The free session will discuss adoption options. Call 344-5107.
TINY MISS STAR CITY
Applications are available for the third annual Tiny Miss Star City Pageant, to be held at 2 p.m. March 5 at Our Lady of the Valley retirement home, 650 N. Jefferson St. The pageant is open to girls 6 months to 19 years. Contestants will compete in two categories: casual or school wear and formal dress or gown. Fee is $60. Four additional categories are optional for each age group: best hair, best smile, photogenic and talent. Applications are available by e-mailing missroanoke@cox.net or by calling Regina King at 552-0883. Pre-registration is required. Deadline for entry is Feb. 26.
PENNIES FOR PETS
Loyalton of Roanoke is working to collect "Pennies for Pets" in February. The pennies can be delivered to Loyalton of Roanoke, 3585 Brambleton Road, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call Tammy Boston at 772-7181 for more information.
WEATHERIZATION
SERVICES
Total Action Against Poverty Housing and Community Development is providing free weatherization services. Typical services vent and insulate attics, floors, water heaters and sidewalls, weather strip doors, replace broken glass and inspect heating and cooling equipment. For Roanoke, Roanoke County, Botetourt, Salem and Craig County, call Antoinette Brown at 345-6781, ext. 4358.
SAMPSON AIR FORCE BASE VETERANS
Contact Jack Hayslett at 362-3685 or Don Myers 389-1365 for information about the Southwest Virginia Chapter of Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association.
MISS ROANOKE VALLEY
2005
The search is under way for Miss Roanoke Valley 2005. The scholarship competition takes place March 19 at Cave Spring High School. New to this year's pageant is a $100 scholarship for every contestant. To register or receive more information, call Jeanne VandeLinde at 774-7303 or visit:
www.missroanokevalley.org. Entry deadline is Sunday.
"HIDDEN TREASURES"
FUNDRAISER
The Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley announces its "Hidden Treasures" fund-raising event 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 5 at Friendship Retirement Center on Hershberger Road. Cost is $20 a person. "Hidden Treasures" will offer appraisals of heirlooms and collectibles, lectures on topics ranging from eBay sales to the history of the uses of sterling silver, lunch and a presentation on "hidden" treasures in the Blue Ridge region. All proceeds will benefit the children and adults who participate in the programs of the Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley. Call 344-0931.
GENEALOGICAL GRANTS
The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society announces a grants program designed to support libraries and historical societies that have lost much of their funding. The maximum amount of each grant will be $500. The only requirement is that the money must be used for local history/genealogy materials or needs, as in books, maps, supplies, equipment or repair of equipment. Eligible counties include the 29 in Southwestern Virginia that the society represents. Grants will be awarded and distributed in March. Call 774-3856 or e-mail:
BOOKS WANTED
Literacy Volunteers Roanoke Valley is seeking donated books for its annual Book Sale. Good-condition paperback or hardcover books, books-on-tape, cassettes, compact discs, videos, and children's books are needed. No encyclopedias, textbooks, magazines, condensed books, or paperback romances. Call Literacy Volunteers at 265-9339 or visit www.lvarv.org.
CHARITY CAR SHOW
The Roanoke Valley Charity Car Show Committee is accepting entries of cars, trucks and motorcycles for the 25th Annual MDA Car Show, which will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The car show will be March 4-6 at the Roanoke Civic Center. Indoor commercial booth space is available and space is limited. Call the MDA office at 772-3237.
WHAT'S
HAPPENING
HOLLINS TO PRESENT CLASSICS SYMPOSIUM
Hollins University will sponsor the 2005 Classics Symposium, "Caesar: The Man and the Myth," on March 14 and 15, in the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center Auditorium. All events are free and open to the public.
The symposium will begin at 8 p.m. March 14 with a screening of the 1953 film version of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, starring Marlon Brando and James Mason.
At 4:30 p.m. March 15, Dr. Lee Ann Riccardi, associate professor of art history at The College of New Jersey, will address the topic, How Long Was Caesar's Shadow? Image-Making and Propaganda in Rome and the Provinces in the Early Empire. At 8 p.m., Colonel Rose Mary Sheldon, professor of history at Virginia Military Institute, will speak on Caesar's British Campaigns: Trust in the Gods, But Verify.
Receptions will follow each lecture. Call 362-6451.
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY COMMEMORATES HIV/AIDS AWARENESS
A presentation by the winner of "Survivor: Africa" and the largest display ever in the Roanoke area of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will highlight Hollins University's commemoration of HIV/AIDS Awareness Week, Sunday through Feb. 27.
The week's events, which are free and open to the general public, include:
"Dancing in a Wheelchair: One Family Faces HIV/AIDS.", 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Retired United Methodist Church Bishop Fritz Mutti and his wife, Etta Mae, share their story of losing their two oldest sons to AIDS, duPont Chapel.
"The Quilt." Hollins hosts the largest display ever in the Roanoke region featuring many panels from this area. Monday's display will feature a screening of the award-winning documentary "Common Threads." Ballator Gallery, Moody Student Center, Third Floor. Monday through Feb. 27. Exhibit hours: 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily.
"Positive/Negative." An evening of dramatic monologues, readings and poetry confronting HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. Presented by Hollins' Black Student Alliance. Ballator Gallery, Moody Student Center, third floor, 7-8:30 p.m Monday.
"Know AIDS = No AIDS: A Community Forum." Leaders from the Roanoke Valley will answer questions and discuss HIV/AIDS in our community. Ballator Gallery, Moody Student Center, third floor, 7-8:30 p.m Tuesday.
"A Boy, a Girl, a Virus, and the Relationship that Happened Anyway." Shawn Decker and Gwenn Barringer - a young couple, one HIV positive, the other negative - share their love story. Ballator Gallery, Moody Student Center, third floor, 7-8:30 p.m Wednesday.
"AIDS in Africa." Ethan Zohn, winner of "Survivor: Africa," talks about his work with AIDS relief in Africa and screens the award-winning documentary, "A Closer Walk." Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, 7-9:30 p.m on Feb. 24.
"Angels in America." The Hollins Theatre Department, in association with the Department of Theatre at Virginia Tech, will present a live dramatic reading of this award-winning drama. Part One, "Millennium Approaches," will be performed Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hollins Theatre. Part Two, "Perestroika," will be performed Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m in the Hollins Theatre.
"The Yellow Boat." Based on a true story, this award-winning play takes an emotional journey through the trials and triumphs of a courageous seven-year-old artist and his battle with AIDS. For all audiences, especially families and children ages 7-14. Presented by the Hollins Theatre Department, the play will be performed in the Hollins Theatre at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and 27.
"Why Bad Things Happen to Good People." With Hollins Chaplain Jan Fuller Carruthers. duPont Chapel, 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 27.
For more information about HIV/AIDS Awareness Week at Hollins, call 362-6443 or visit www.hollins.edu.
MUSIC
Bluegrass Concert featuring Carolina Road and Poplar Hollow will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at Franklin County High School. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Sponsored by Rocky Mount Lions Club. Call 483-0904 or 483-5360.
Vocalist and Roanoke native Jane Powell will perform at the annual benefit event for Kimoyo, LTD., at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Jefferson Center's Shaftman Performance Hall. Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for students 18 and under, and may be purchased by calling the Jefferson Center box office at (540) 343-2624; online at www.jeffcenter.org; or through The Binaba Shop, located on the Roanoke City Market, at (540) 345-7064.
The Living Theater, an original, innovative and experimental theatrical production created by Roanoke College students, faculty and staff under the leadership of The Living Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday in the Olin Theater. The production will be for adult audiences. There is no charge for the event, which is being sponsored by the Copenhaver Artist-in-Residence Endowment. Call 375-2282 for more information.
Amanda Steele voice recital. Roanoke College music major Amanda Steele, soprano, will present her senior voice recital at 4 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Olin Recital Hall. Free and open to public. The program will feature works by Handel, Wolf, Linley, Schumann, Loewe, Rousseau, Massenet and Ravel. Steele will be accompanied by Roanoke College Resident Artist Marianne Sandborg on piano. Call Olin Box Office, 375-2333 Monday to Friday 1 to 4 p.m.
The Roanoke College Wind Ensemble, under direction of Dr. Joseph Blaha, will present its Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Olin Theater. Public is welcome at no cost. For more information, call Olin Box Office, 375-2333 Monday to Friday 1 to 4 p.m.
Frontiers - A tribute to Journey. Experience Frontiers, a group of music veterans sharing a lifelong love and respect for the music of Journey at 8 p.m. March 5. Frontiers recreates the early 80's era from the sound to the dress, to the frenetic energy of the band that ruled the arena rock circuit for years. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children 12 and under. Call Jefferson Center Box Office at 345-2550 or (866) 345-2550 or buy tickets on-line at www.jeffcenter.org.
BOOKS
Kurt Rheinheimer will sign copies of his story collection "Little Criminals" from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Ram's Head Book Shop, Towers Shopping Center.
BRUNCH/LUNCH
Souper Supper Fund Raiser will be at 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Your choice of Chicken or Taco Soup, homemade bread and dessert. Cost is $5, children 12-13 $3. Call Buchanan Town Hall at 254-1212.
MUSEUMS
Virginia's Explore Park sponsors the following programs this month:
They Sure Did Dress Funny! , 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday. Program will look at various garments and styles worn by folks of yesteryear. Cost is $5.
Modern Medicine, noon to 1:30 p.m., Friday. Cost $20.
Call 427-1800, ext. 321.
"Car Crazy: Racing and Rodding in Southwest Virginia" will run through April at the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum. Admission is free. Call 365-4416, e-mail:
bri@ferrum.edu or visit:
THEATER
A presentation of original works by seniors Brooke Gill and Ashley White will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday in Sale Theatre at Ferrum College. The shows will portray the lives of Cass Elliot, of the Mama's and Papa's, and also Susan Strasberg the daughter of the noted "Method" acting coach, Lee Strasberg. Admission is free, though donations of canned goods will be accepted for the St. James Food Bank. Call Rex Stephenson at 365-4347 or e-mail:
ART
"ShoeBox Worx" is open at the Gallery at Jefferson Center. Reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Fralin Atrium. Will run through March 20.
Senior Art Show Major Shows will be on exhibit through March 14 in the Taylor Greer Gallery, Stanley Library, Ferrum College. A reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Exhibit features works created in a variety of media by Ferrum College senior art majors, P.J. Brown, Joey Conger, Kate Bolfing-Shenk, Tara Tormey. Admission is free, but donations of nonperishable foods benefit the St. James Community Center Food Bank. Call 365-4518.
Robert Sulkin, professor of art at Hollins University, will be exhibiting black-and-white photographs in the Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery at Bridgewater College through Feb. 25. The show, "Photographic Constructions," includes photographs from a body of work, "Nobilis-in-Morte," produced in 1998-1999 that used specimens from the biology department at Hollins. The Miller Gallery is open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Call (540) 828-5684.
TO YOUR
HEALTH
BLOODMOBILES
The American Red Cross, Roanoke Valley Chapter, sponsors the following bloodmobiles: 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and Wednesday at the Roanoke Valley Red Cross Center, 352 Church Ave.; from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Edinburg Retirement Home; from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Roanoke Valley Red Cross Center; from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Valcom; from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday at Liberty Fair Mall, Martinsville; from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday at Rainbow Forest Baptist Church, Troutville; from noon to 6 p.m. Monday at Roanoke Valley Red Cross Center; from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Buchanan Resource Center; from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Roanoke Valley Red Cross Center; and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at AEP Vaughan Center; from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday at New Castle Christian Church; from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Roanoke Memorial Hospital; from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Liberty Fair Mall, Martinsville. Call 985-3563.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHORUS
The award-winning Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Harmony Chorus is hosting a guest night at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 for all men who "just like to sing." Men of all ages are invited to come to the Lewis-Gale Foundation in the Stratford Park office building on Brandon Avenue across from Brandon Oaks on Monday evening, for an evening of singing and fellowship. The chorus sings songs of the early to mid twentieth century in the four-part, a cappella, barbershop harmony style. The evening will include opportunities for the visitors to sing with the chorus as well as to be entertained by the chorus and one or more quartets. Refreshments will be served. Call Larry Shepherd at 540-977-6475 or visit www.vagents.org.
LIFESTREAM SESSIONS
Lifestream Center, 2006 Windsor Ave. S.W., will offer the following events:
Essential Therapeutic Oils 7 tonight and March 17.
Hypnotherapy: What it is, What it isn't & What It Can Do For You, 7 p.m. Friday.
Introduction to the Great American Wholefood Farmacy, 7 p.m. Saturday and March 31.
Full Moon Toning of the 72 names of God, 7 p.m. Feb. 24 and March 25.
Zero Balancing, 7 p.m. Feb. 25.
SCREENINGS
The Lewis-Gale Foundation offersTotal Cholesterol Screenings the first Tuesday of each month. Call 774-4022, ext. 200.
Carilion Health System offers Blood Sugar Screenings from 8 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at the Carilion Center for Health Education inside Tanglewood Mall, second floor, next to Belk and 8 to 10 a.m. the second Thursday of each month inside Valley View Mall near the food court. Cost is $1 per screening. Call 266-6000 or visit www.carilion.com.
Carilion Health System offers free Blood Pressure Screenings from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays at the Carilion Center for Health Education inside Tanglewood Mall, second level and 8 to 10 a.m. the second Thursday of each month inside Valley View Mall near the food court. Call 266-6000 or visit www.carilion.com.
LIFE LINE SCREENING
Life Line Screening will be at Michael's Arts and Crafts Store, 1357 Towne Square Blvd., at 10 a.m. Feb. 25. Screenings to reduce the risk of a stroke take less than 10 minutes to complete. Call 1-877-237-1354 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com.
MEDITATION
Reiki Loving Touch Center is an International School for Traditional Reiki. Free evenings of meditation and a mini Reiki session are from 7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month in Franklin County. Call Samuel and Anita at 482-0805 for more information.
Shenandoah Kadampa Meditation Group is offering a Buddhist Meditation Class 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday. Rear lower level entrance, Maxwell Family Chiropractic Building, 1300 Roanoke Road (Route 220 North) Daleville. Visit www.meditationinvirginia.org or call Sherri at 366-3000.
CLASSES
A Working and Breastfeeding class will be held from 7 to 9:15 p.m. Feb. 23. Experienced IBCLC instructor. Contact Vicki Honor at 774-7202.
Lamaze classes are being formed for women with due dates in March, April and May. Next class, conducted by Vicki Honor, a Lamaze certified instructor, begins Feb. 24. Call 774-7202.
Carilion Health System sponsors the following classes
Infant CPR : 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Cost is $10/mother and $5/partner. Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital, Grey Room
Prepared Childbirth Education Refresher Class (three-week series): 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Monday. Cost is $25 per couple. CRCH, Community Medical Building, fourth floor, Community Room.
Prepared Childbirth Education Refresher Class (three-week series): 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $25 per couple. Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital, Community Medical Building, fourth floor, Community Room.
REUNIONS
PATRICK HENRY HIGH
SCHOOL
Class of 1965 is looking for class members to participate in a 40th reunion Oct. 7-9. E-mail swigerent@aol.com.
WILLIAM BYRD HIGH
SCHOOL
Class of 1985 is searching for class members for an upcoming 20-year reunion in 2005. Call Melissa Ballengee Hall at 343-3418 or e-mail melissajane66@yahoo.com.
ANDREW LEWIS HIGH
SCHOOL
Class of 1955 is searching for class members for an upcoming 50-year reunion in 2005. Call Jane Pendleton at 375-3054, Marie Saul at 989-0562 or Sam Harvey 375-2910.
COVINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL
Class of 1976 has been invited to join the Class of 1975 for a reunion on July 9, 2005. Mail your current address to 1976 Class Reunion Committee at 105 Pioneer Road, Covington, VA 24426 or e-mail to Hokieschop@aol.com. Final attendance count is due May 1, 2005.
WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH
SCHOOL
Classes of 1965, 1966 and 1967 are searching for class members for an upcoming reunion in 2005. Send name and mailing address to William Fleming High School Reunion P.O. Box 4041, Roanoke, Va. 24015.
MILITARY REUNIONS
USS BOSTON CA-69, CAG-1 and SSN-703, the USS BOSTON shipmates and crew members of all U.S. Navy ships named BOSTON, are planning a July 2005 reunion of all USS BOSTON officers, crew, USMC and flag personnel. The reunion will be held in King of Prussia, Pa. July 14-17. Contact USS BOSTON Shipmates, Inc., Arthur L. Herbert, secretary, P.O. Box 816. Amherst, NH 03031-0816, call (603) 672-8772 or visit www.ussboston.org.
VOLUNTEER
NEEDS
Mill Mountain Zoo will host a volunteer recruitment meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Roanoke County Library Headquarters, 3131 Electric Road S.W. to inform the community about volunteer openings available at the zoo, requirements for each job and benefits of volunteering. Positions will focus on helping out with special events and family activities and do not involve animal care. E-mail LAtchison@mmzoo.org by Feb.16.
The Roanoke Valley CASA Foundation will hold training for new volunteers beginning April 4. Sessions will be conducted twice weekly for six weeks in the CASA offices, Suite 310 of the Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteers are trained advocates who are appointed by judges to be the voice for an abused or neglected child in court. Applications may be obtained by calling the CASA office at 853-2407 or e-mail:
rvcasa@casa.roacoxmail.com. Applications should be returned to the CASA office by Feb. 25.
Roanoke City Public Schools is looking for volunteers to work between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays to assist children ages 2 to 4 years old at the Lincoln Terrace Housing Development in the Community Room at 1801 Dunbar St. Lunch is provided and transportation if needed. Call Diane Ryburn at 983-7197.
Commonwealth Coach & Trolley Museum Inc., Virginia's bus museum, needs volunteers to restore vintage buses. Needed are people with skills such as body repair, electronics, upholstery, sandblasting or general car repair. Volunteers are also needed in building maintenance and upkeep of the museum's running antique fleet. Call 342-2383 or e-mail:
contact@commonwealthcoach.com.
Sav-A-Life/Give-A-Phone Foundation collects used cell phones and refurbishes them in order to provide emergency 911 access to battered women in shelters, elderly and anyone in need of an emergency cellphone nationwide. The official drop off point is 1234 Jamison Ave. Call 777-4444 or visit www.abcdonate.org.
Solo or duo musicians are needed for a series of house concerts at Ronald McDonald House. Contact Gary Hunt at turtle-guy@att.net, or at 342-2083.
The LOA Area Agency on Aging's Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP) is open to adult Virginians who are interested in becoming members of the VICAP Volunteer Team. VICAP counselors are specially trained to assist clients with Medicaid and Medicare enrollment, claims-filing and decision-making about long-term care and Medicare supplemental (Medigap) insurance policies. Call Shannon Abell at 345-0451 for more information.
The O. Winston Link Museum is looking for museum shop volunteers to run the register and to maintain the shop's stock. Shifts are as follows: Mondays-Saturdays 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.; Sundays noon to 5 p.m. Please contact Leslie J. Jordan, education coordinator, at 540-982-LINK for more information.
Children's Advocacy Center's 2004 Gala for Goddess is seeking volunteers to help set-up March 3 after 5 p.m., March 4 all day and two volunteers during the event March 4, 6 to 8:30 p.m. and 8:30 to 11 p.m. at Roanoke College. Call Jenny Lee 344-3579, ext. 2 for more information.
Carilion Health System will offer several screenings this month. They include: 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Valley View Mall, near Old Navy entrance; 7 to 9 a.m. Feb. 22, Roanoke YMCA, 425 Church Ave.; 7 to 9 a.m. March 1, Botetourt Athletic Club, Old Cloverdale Road; 7 to 9 a.m. March 8, Smith Mountain Lake YMCA, Westlake.
Autism Society of America-Greater Roanoke Valley Chapter holds meetings from 6 to 8 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at Salem Presbyterian Church, second floor, corner of East Main and North Market streets in Salem. Enter at rear of church. Child care is provided by Roanoke College students if requested the Monday prior to the meeting. On April 14, lawyers Chris Desimone and Ann Greene will discuss "Special Needs Trusts." Call Julie Neal at 366-1850 or Wendy Trail at 389-3733, or e-mail wtrail14@adelphia.net. Visit www.autismsociety.org for more information.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Stepping Stones, a peer group for children who have lost a parent or guardian, meets the second Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church at 4608 Brambleton Ave. Call 769-0122.
CHILDREN'S CHOIR AUDITIONS for the Roanoke College Preparatory Division Children's Choir will be held from 3 to 8:30 p.m. May 9 and 11 for the 2005-2006 season. Auditions are for 8 to 18 year-olds and will be held in the Olin Hall at Roanoke College. Children should come with a short prepared song and also be prepared to sing "My Country Tis of Tree". Call 375-2222 after March 1 to make an appointment.
BENEFIT DANCE
Join the LOA on April 2, to Sail Into the Night. The fourth annual benefit dance will feature DJ Maynard Heslep from GoodTime Entertainment with a compilation of dance music. Join us for a romantic evening in the tropics as we sail into the night. The dance will be held at the Kazim Shrine Ballroom, 628 Campbell Ave., SW, Roanoke, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased from the Brambleton Center or the LOA. Call 540-345-0451 to reserve your tickets or send a check or money order payable to LOA Area Agency on Aging, to Sail Into the Night, PO Box 14205, Roanoke, VA 24038.
BUS TRIPS
The Bedford County Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a bus trip to see Joel Osteen March 4 and 5 in Charlotte, N.C. The price is $139 double, $134 triple, $129 quad and $159 single. Includes roundtrip transportation, a visit to Concord Mills, ticket to Joel Osteen service, one night lodging at Sleep Inn, breakfast and a tour host. Passengers can board the bus in Bedford and Roanoke. Call 586-7682.
The Bedford County Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a Spring Mystery bus trip March 19.The price is $59, Includes roundtrip transportation, lunch, prizes on the motorcoach, tour host and admission to attractions. Passengers can board the bus in Bedford and Roanoke. Call 586-7682.
The Friends of the Roanoke County Public Library will present Sharyn McCrumb, author of "St. Dale," at 7 p.m. March 3 at the Roanoke County Library Headquarters, 3131 Electric Road. Part of the Virginia Author Series. Call 772-7507 or visit www.yourlibrary.us
CITY OF SALEM ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
The City of Salem Parks and Recreation, Just Financial Planning, and the Law Firm of Helm & Helm, P.C. will be sponsoring the City of Salem Annual Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. March 18 at Longwood Park (rain or shine). The hunt is for children 3 to 12. Younger children can get their goodies from the Easter Bunny. Bring your own container to collect treasures. Get your fingerprints taken by the Salem Police Department, and view the latest equipment from Salem Fire and EMS. Call Special Events 345-4046.
MOTORCYCLE SHOW
The Vinton Dogwood Festival Motorcycle Show will be held during the Dogwood Festival on April 30. All makes and models will be judged in 13 categories. Registration is 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Woods Service Center, 418 Washington Ave. Judging will start at 11 a.m. and awards will be given at 1 p.m. There will be "Untax'd Whiskey, dynojet testing, Biker "Burnout" competition and much more. Call the Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce at 343-1364, visit www.vintonchamber.com or e-mail VintonChamber1@aol.com.
VIRGINIA'S EXPLORE PARK WINTER 2005 PROGRAMS
Bluegrass Basics, 10:30 a.m. to noon March 2. A local bluegrass band will entertain. Wear dancing shoes and feel free to dance and sing along. Fee $5.
Family Tree, 10 to 11 a.m. March 3 . Make and color your own family tree. For Pre-K or young homeschoolers. Fee $5.
VWCC Greenfield would be glad to offer this class if there is sufficient interest. Please call or email Ruth Z. Hendrick if you or someone else in your organization would be interested in attending a Beginning Excel class on at 6-9 p.m. Mondays, February 7-March 7, or Intermediate Excel at 6-9 p.m. on Mondays, March 21-April 18. Call 966-3984.
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