Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 25, 1993 TAG: 9303250384
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-8 EDITION: METRO
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Interest survey planned for Chapter 1 preschoolThe Chapter 1 program of Roanoke public schools is conducting an interest survey for the 1993-94 preschool program for 4-year-olds.
Information brochures are available today and Friday during school hours at all Chapter 1 elementary schools. They are: Fallon Park, Forest Park, Hurt Park, Lincoln Terrace, Morningside, Preston Park, Roanoke Academy for Math and Science, Virginia Heights Annex at Highland Park, and Westside.
Interested families of children who will be 4 years old on or before Sept. 30 are asked to pick up the information, complete the survey and return it to the school where their children most likely will attend kindergarten.
For more information, call 981-2957.
Older Worker of Year nominations sought
The League of Older Americans Area Agency on Aging is seeking nominations for the Roanoke Valley Older Worker of the Year award.
Each year the agency recognizes older workers for outstanding service to their employers.
Employers may nominate any current worker who is at least 55 years old. Nominations must be postmarked no later than April 1 and must include a $10 fee, which covers lunch for one employer representative and the nominee.
The awards ceremony and luncheon will be held April 23 at 12:30 p.m. at Crossroads Mall, in conjunction with the Older Worker Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information about the Older Worker of the Year Award, Older Worker Job Fair or the LOA's Senior Employment Program, call Ron Boyd at 345-0451. > Dystrophy association needs camp volunteers
The Muscular Dystropy Association of Southwest Virginia needs volunteers for its summer camp program.
The camp will be held June 20-25 at the 4-H Center in Wakefield. Men and women at least 18 years old are needed as companions to children or teen-agers with muscular dystrophy. Activities will include swimming, canoeing, dancing, and making arts and crafts.
For information or an application, call 772-3237, or write the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 4502 Starkey Road, Suite 206, Roanoke 24014.
Mountain View pupils hold phone book drive
Pupils at Mountain View Elementary School will hold their telephone book recycling drive again this year.
C&P Telephone will distribute new directories later this month, and pupils ask customers to take their old telephone books to the school, at 5901 Plantation Circle, before April 30.
To arrange for pickup of large numbers of telephone books, call 561-8175.
Mountain View pupils have recycled more than 30,000 telephone books in the three years they have sponsored the program.