Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 12, 1993 TAG: 9308110024
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
But first things first. The RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM of Montgomery County is looking for donations of apples and pint or quart canning jars, not necessarily in that order. Members are on an ambitious schedule, but hope to have everything in place by the first week in September so they can start cranking out apple butter.
You'll get a chance to sample their wares during the Wilderness Trail Festival in downtown Christiansburg, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Jo Lambert at the RSVP office says their apple-butter schedule is so tight, "the jars may still be hot" when you get them.
RSVP also will sell baked goods and their "world-famous" cookbook, which contains recipes "handed down from generation to generation." The cookbooks are $7 and come highly recommended as holiday or birthday gifts.
You also can order one through the RSVP office. Call 382-5775 to reserve a copy.
If it's successful, RSVP hopes to make the apple-butter project an annual event.
If you have some canning jars you no longer need, you can take them to the RSVP office in the courthouse annex, Christiansburg, or call them at 382-5775 and arrange for pickup.
RSVP and the Christiansburg Senior Center also will sponsor an end-of-summer, covered-dish picnic for seniors, age 55 or older, Aug. 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the No. 1 shelter at Bisset Park in Radford. Dessert and drinks will be furnished. Transportation is available. Call 382-5775 or 382-8173.
The registration deadline for the 1993 LEGACY QUILT SHOW in September is about two weeks off, and you do not have to be a senior to participate.
Forms are available at the Christiansburg Senior Center.
The show is restricted to quilts, quilted items, quilting supplies or merchandise related to quilting. There's a category for antique quilts. Show rules are attached to the registration form.
Completed registration forms must be returned by Aug. 27 to the Christiansburg Senior Center, P.O. Box 599, Christiansburg 24073, or to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, P.O. Box 806, Christiansburg 24073.
The show will be Sept. 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets. Call 382-8173 or 382-5775.
A free VISION AND GLAUCOMA SCREENING for senior citizens will be held Friday, 8-10 a.m. at the Drysdale Eye Center, 3645 S. Main St., Blacksburg (across from Montgomery Regional Hospital).
Call 951-3806 for details.
Trips for seniors:
\ PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave., today: "The Long Way Home," outdoor drama in Radford. Transportation leaves the center at 6 p.m., with dinner on your own before the show at Macado's. The cost is $10 for admission and transportation.
Aug. 20-21: Ms. Senior Citizen Pageant in Roanoke. This is not an overnight trip. Seniors can go one day or both. Transportation will leave the center each evening at 5. Dinner will be on your own Aug. 20 at the K&W Cafeteria at Crossroads Mall, and Aug. 21 at the Old Country Buffet.
Transportation and admission are $7 for Aug. 20 only, $12 for Aug. 21 only, or $16 for both evenings. (This trip will not count against the one-trip-per-month limit.)
Aug. 18: The Pulaski Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a trip for all ages to Carowinds.
Oct. 30: "Picnic with the Pops" to see the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and guest Roberta Flack. These trips fill up fast; call 980-1000.
\ CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., Friday: Virginia Highlands Festival in Abingdon. Transportation costs $4 and leaves the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets, at 8 a.m.
Aug. 20: Tweetsie Railroad, Boone, N.C. $15 covers transportation and admission. The van leaves the armory at 7:30 a.m.
\ RADFORD SENIOR CENTER, 27 First St., Aug. 18-19: A Road Runner trip to the Jenny Wiley Resort and Breaks Interstate Park. The center also has itineraries and information on other Road Runner Trips with All America Tours Inc. A Road Runner trip is set for Sept. 24 through Oct. 1 to Mackinac Island, Mich. Another in early October will take in the Ozarks, including Branson, Mo., as well as Eureka Springs and Hot Springs, Ark. Call the center at 731-3634 to find out more.
\ SENIOR IDENTIFICATION and DISCOUNT CARDS are available in the New River Valley, as a service of the New River Valley Agency on Aging.
If you're 60 or older and want a card, visit one of the locations and bring proof of age, such as a driver's license, birth certificate or Social Security card, and your Social Security number.
Each card will have the person's photograph, name, address, birth date and Social Security number and may be used to obtain discounts or other special services available to seniors. It also may serve as a form of ID. A $1.50 donation is requested to cover the cost of the card. The schedule:
\ Radford Senior Center, 27 First St., today, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Pulaski Senior Center, 106 N. Washington Ave., Tuesday, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Blacksburg Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive, Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Floyd Community Center, Community Action Building, Aug. 30, 10 a.m.-noon.
\ Christiansburg Senior Center, 655 Montgomery St., Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-noon.
Shut-ins should contact the New River Valley Agency on Aging to make arrangements to have a card made. Call 980-7720 or 639-9677.
Radford High School's Class of 1944 is planning its 50th REUNION.
The theme will be "Together Again." Reunion committee Co-Chairwoman Mary Jane Harmon of the Radford Senior Center said this will be the class's sixth reunion. The committee is hoping to hold the event next July. Dot Reck is the other co-chairwoman.
As with any reunion, there's always a missing-persons list. The committee is trying to find fellow alumni Gene Albert, Elsie Catron, Jim Howe and Florence Middleton.
Call Marie Hypes, 381-2367, or Mary Jane Harmon, 731-3624, if you have any information about these people.
At the CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St.:
The Senior Choir will meet today (and every Thursday) at 1:30 p.m. The director is Mary Dotson. New voices are welcome.
A session offering tips on buying craft supplies will be today at 11 a.m.
A potpourri class will be held Monday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The cost is $3 plus supplies.
A free hearing screening will be offered Aug. 19, 11 a.m. until noon. Please call one day ahead to schedule an appointment.
Senior aerobics are offered each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8-9 a.m., at the armory. The class is free.
The less-strenuous exercise class for seniors, "Easy Motions," will be Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m., at the armory.
It's card night the second and fourth Monday of each month, 6:30-9 p.m., with all levels of bridge and other games.
Call Sherry Kostric at 382-8173.
At the RADFORD SENIOR CENTER 27 First St.:
The Radford chapter, American Association of Retired Persons, will have a potluck dinner Wednesday, 5 p.m. at the center. T/Sgt. Walter L. Wade, U.S.A.F, will speak on how defense budget cuts will affect the armed forces. Call 382-7069 or 731-3634.
The ceramics class meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Bring a sandwich for lunch. The fee is $2 plus the cost of your ceramic item.
The creative writing class meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
A sneak preview of selections from the musical Oklahoma! will be offered during a free concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bisset Park's gazebo.
The walking group meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Radford Recreation Center gym at 9 a.m. There's no fee. Wear comfortable sneakers. Call Mary Jane Harmon, 731-3634.
At the PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave.:
There will be a coffee hour today at 9:30 a.m. Volunteers will tie SHARE bags at 10 a.m.
Ceramics classes are held each Monday, 1-3 p.m.
Seniors can make free copies every third Wednesday, 9 a.m.-noon. At other times, copies cost 10 cents for seniors and 20 cents for everyone else. Call 980-1000.
At the GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg:
There will be free water aerobics or recreational swimming every day, weather permitting, 11 a.m.-noon, at the Pearisburg town swimming pool.
Transportation for the swimming program at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center pool leaves the center Mondays at 11:15 a.m. and Fridays at 9:15 a.m.
American Association of Retired Persons, Pearisburg chapter 445 and Narrows chapter 502, will meet Aug. 20 at noon.
Contract bridge meets Mondays and party bridge Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. Anyone who would like to learn to play bridge - or who wants to learn some new bidding techniques - call the center, 921-3924.
by CNB