Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 31, 1990 TAG: 9006010328
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CHARLES STEBBINS CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Most of the college-bound will go to schools in Virginia and North Carolina, with several headed for West Virginia and Georgia. One will enter Roanoke College.
In the past, said Ann L. Friel, guidance director, most Roanoke Catholic graduates attended colleges away from the Roanoke Valley.
Two of the three graduates who discussed their hopes for the future said they probably would leave the valley because of lack of opportunities here.
Monique DeBerry and Lynn Hanson plan to go to larger cities; Andrew Monsour said he would stay in the Roanoke area.
DeBerry says she sees only limited opportunities in Roanoke for the career she wants in communications, probably in television or radio.
She said she may wind up in North Carolina or Chicago, two places where she has relatives. And she likes those areas.
DeBerry said she thinks there is not much opportunity for young people in Roanoke, mainly because the population "is geared more toward the older adult than the younger adult."
But for the next four years she will continue a close association with Roanoke, where she lives with her parents, William T. and Ernestine DeBerry at 914 Lafayette Boulevard N.W.
She plans to attend Hampton University for the next four years and will return in the summers to Roanoke, where she has the promise of a job between college sessions.
Hanson probably will not seek a career in Roanoke because of the specialized field she hopes to follow - fashion design or fashion merchandising.
She said she is more inclined toward a big city and may go to Atlanta. In any event, she thinks a large city will offer more opportunity for a fruitful career in her interests.
She plans to study at the Bauder Fashion College in Atlanta and may stay there after graduation if the right opportunity presents itself.
"I've done some modeling here and I hope to do some in Atlanta, too," she said.
She said she probably will return to Roanoke between school sessions to be with her parents, John and Sharon Hanson of 3352 Kingswood Drive S.W. But that's not definite.
"If a good opportunity opens up for the summer, I'll probably stay there," she said.
Monsour wants a business career and said he "mostly likely will stay in Roanoke.
"There are enough jobs here in that field," he said.
However, where he eventually goes will depend on the situation, he said. He might get a good opportunity somewhere else.
In the fall he will enter James Madison University to major in business and said he plans to spend his summers in Roanoke.
Monsour, 18, lives with his parents, Andre and Gail Monsour at 5599 Penguin Drive S.W.
by CNB