Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 29, 1990 TAG: 9003300967
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-15 EDITION: METRO
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The Child Abuse Prevention Council and other sponsoring organizations will distribute 10,000 ribbons in an effort to increase awareness of child abuse.
Bonnie Finney of Norfolk started the campaign in 1989 when she tied a blue ribbon on the antenna of her van in memory of her grandson, whose battered body was found earlier in a weighted toolbox at the bottom of the Dismal Swamp Canal.
The ribbons that can be displayed on car antennas and in other locations are available at K Mart stores, Carter and Jones Dry Cleaning and Air-Lee Cleaners.
For more information on the prevention council's awareness efforts, call 344-3579.
\ Roanoke Valley SPCA to raise adoption fees
\ The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will raise its adoption fees for pets Sunday.
The new policy is in accordance with the "Prevent a Litter" campaign, designed to draw attention to the problem of pet overpopulation and the need to have all pets spayed or neutered.
The adoption fee will be raised from $30 to $50. People adopting pets will get a $30 certificate to be applied toward the cost of having the pet spayed or neutered. The certificates are honored by many Roanoke-area veterinarians, several of whom offer additional discounts for spaying or neutering animals adopted from the Roanoke Valley SPCA.
\ Drama-camp auditions set for Peace Child
\ Auditions will be held April 7 at Roanoke College for a drama camp scheduled this summer by Peace Child/Roanoke.
Youths currently in grades five through nine may audition to perform in the chorus of the Roanoke Valley performance of "Peace Child" with a Soviet-American cast.
The camp will be held July 9-22 from 8:45 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the Roanoke College campus. Interested students may write to Peace Child/Roanoke, P.O. Box 1190, Salem 24153. For more information, call 389-4411 or 375-3259.
\ Greenvale auxiliary elects 1990 officers
\ Adele Citron has been elected president of the auxiliary of Greenvale Nursery School for 1990.
Other officers are Lois Florashein, vice president; Charlotte Murphy, corresponding secretary; Evelyn Clateman, recording secretary; and Charlotte McBride, treasurer.
\ Grandin Court Baptist to offer preschool
\ Grandin Court Baptist Church will offer a preschool in the fall for 3- and 4-year-olds.
For more information or to register, call 774-1684 or 265-0270.
\ Support group forming for accident victims
\ A support group is being established to help accident victims.
The Support Team for Accident Rehabilitation will have its first meeting May 1 at 6 p.m. at the Lewis-Gale Foundation at 3000 Keagy Road. For more information, call 387-3947.
by CNB