Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, October 24, 1993 TAG: 9310260315
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PULASKI - A new Highlands Physical Therapy clinic will open at noon Tuesday, Oct. 26, on Lee Highway in Pulaski.
Safety grant workshop
WYTHEVILLE - A highway safety grant workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Wytheville Holiday Inn for sheriffs, police chiefs, transportation safety commission chairpersons, Alcohol Safety Action Program directors, county administrators and city managers from the region.
It is one of a series sponsored by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles District 1 Community Traffic Safety Program.
The workshop covers grant writing, record-keeping, vouchers and reimbursements for highway safety and mini-grant applications. Further information is available by calling 228-8698.ffiliate of Blue Ridge Rehabilitation Services Inc. of Wytheville and will offer state-of-the-art physical, occupational and speech therapies to the New River Valley.
Debbie Marchese will be the director. Staff members include licensed physical therapists Rhonda Hankins and Mardia Long. Lisa Broyden will provide occtherapy services. Brenda L. Whisonant will be speech pathologist.
After Mayor Gary Hancock cuts the ribbon dedicating the clinic, an open house will be held from noon to 2 p.m. and again from 4 to 7 p.m.
The clinic will celebrate its opening and National Physical Therapy Month by sponsoring an art contest for Pulaski County elementary and middle school students.
Any artistic medium or combination can be used to illustrate the concept of fitness. ``We wanted to have as few restrictions as possible so the students could express themselves in any way they chose,'' Marchese said.
Entries can be turned over to art teachers in the schools. They will be judged by a member of the Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, with the winning entries framed and displayed in the clinic. The winners' schools will get a $50 certific ate toward art supply purchases. Further information is available from the schools or by telephoning Marchese at 980-6400.
Grand jury won't indict
WYTHEVILLE - A Wythe County grand jury has declined to indict a 22-year-old Wythe County man on a charge of murder in a shooting death.
Adam Frank Willard fired a single shotgun blast at Joey Junior Catron at Carter's Trailer Court Oct. 14 when Catron forced his way into Willard's home armed with a part of a cue stick. The men had an argument earlier in the day, authorities said. Catron left but returned with the cue stick and forced his way in when Willard refused to come outside.
Golf tourney raises $4,000
PULASKI - The annual George F. ``Jesse'' James Memorial Golf Tournament, held recently at the Draper Valley Golf Club near the Wythe-Pulaski county line, has raised $4,000 to benefit the athletic program at Emory & Henry College. The annual tournament started last year to honor James, a 1951 graduate and athlete from Wythe County. James died in March 1992.
He played semi-professional baseball, taught and coached before going into the insurance business and starting his own company. He served for 22 years on the Wythe County Board of Supervisors, including 10 as chairman.
The tournament has generated more than $8,000 in its first two years. The money has gone into an endowment used for the college football program. James played on the college team which went 10-0 that season and made a post-season appearance in the national Tangerine Bowl.
The Billys play Wednesday
WYTHEVILLE - ``The Billys,'' a two-man musical group featured on CNN's November 1992, ``Living in the '90s'' broadcast, will perform at Wytheville Community College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, in the Grayson Hall Commons. Tickets will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for children.
Bill Melanson and Billy Jonas bill themselves as ``pre-industrial percussionists.'' The Asheville, N.C., residents use vocals and guitars for original songs and stories, as well as a selection of trash can lids, buckets, silverware and other items they have turned into musical objects. The performance will feature students from Spiller Elementary School, playing instruments they made at a ``Billys''' workshop earlier that day.
by CNB