Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 14, 1994 TAG: 9409140065
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Van pickup for volunteers starts Thursday at 8 a.m., and lunch is provided. Spectators are welcome. Applebutter goes on sale during the annual Wilderness Trail Festival Saturday. To donate jars, lids, rings and sugar - or to volunteer to help peel, cook or clean up - call 382-5775.
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The LEGACY QUILT SHOW also happens during the Wilderness Trail Festival, Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets, Christiansburg. Show set up is Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and final set up and judging takes place Friday. "Right now we have over 80 entries," said Sherry Kostric of the Christiansburg Senior Center. Entries are judged for first, second and third places, plus people's choice and best of show awards. Admission is $1. Kostric has more information at 382-8173.
\ Investing can be risky business, especially if you don't know what you're doing. Seniors interested in learning more about tax-free investing are invited to a FREE SEMINAR on the subject Monday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, at the Giles Senior Center, 1320 Wenonah Avenue, Pearisburg. Those attending learn the advantages of tax-free - as opposed to taxable - investments. Handheld calculators are recommended. Continental breakfast is available. Reservations are requested. 921-3924.
\ SENIOR GATHERINGS Fall bowling league for seniors, age 55 and older, at Triangle Lanes, N. Franklin St., Christiansburg starts today and continues every Wednesday at 10 a.m. with two-person teams. It's $3.75 a week. To sign up, call 382-2385.
Radford Senior Advisory Board meets today at 2:30 p.m. at the Radford Senior Center, 27 First St.
The Senior Discussion Group tours the emergency room at Montgomery Regional Hospital Thursday. The tour takes about one hour. Participants may meet in the hospital lobby at 10 a.m. or they can take the van leaving around 9:30 from the Community Center. Call and reserve a seat. 961-1134. The group meets the first and third Thursdays each month.
Narrows AARP chapter 502 meets Friday at noon at the Giles Senior Center, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg.
The Walk-a-Roos Senior Walking Club meets Thursdays, 8 a.m., at Hardees, U.S. 460, Christiansburg. Members walk regularly and individually to reach a common goal. The new goal is Australia, 10,846 miles.
Blacksburg AARP chapter 2613 invites area seniors to meet the town's new senior programs supervisor, Joy Herbert, Tuesday, 11:30 a.m., at the Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive. Bring a brown-bag lunch. Fixings for coffee and tea are available. Janice Palmer, 951-2886.
Radford's AARP chapter has a potluck dinner Sept. 21, 5 p.m., at the Radford Senior Center, 27 First St. Dr. Carl Stark speaks on different health-care plans. All seniors age 50 or older are invited to bring their favorite foods. John Jeuck, 382-7969, or Mary Jane Harmon, 731-3634.
The Dine 'Round Club from Pulaski meets Sept. 28, 12:30 p.m., at Fazoli's.
\ PULASKI SENIOR CENTER, 106 N. Washington Ave., 980-3969:
Today, 10 a.m., "For Women Only." Angie Gunther of the New River Health District discusses breast and cervical cancer.
Thursday, the fall foliage trip trip to Breaks Interstate Park gets under way at 8 a.m. Transportation is $5. There's a breakfast stop in Wytheville. Lunch is on your own at Rhododendron Lodge.
Thursday, coffee hour is 9:30 a.m.
Sign up for the mystery trip Sept. 27. It's $8 and transportation leaves the center at 9 a.m. for parts unknown.
\ BLACKSBURG SENIOR PROGRAMS, Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive, 961-1134:
Senior golfers can tee off every morning at 9 at the Municipal or Virginia Tech golf courses. Vernon Baldwin has further information at 552-5845.
Fridays, play canasta at 9:30 a.m. in the game room. Felix Sorrentino, 552-0216, has details.
Tuesdays, 10-noon, play bridge. Players can contact BIll Burgess, 552-4716, for more information.
\ CHRISTIANSBURG SENIOR CENTER, 655 Montgomery St., 382-8173:
The Hands Group for hearing impaired and signers meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. There is no fee. Instructors are Kathleen Gilbert and Sonia Oliphant.
Senior Aerobics class meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8-9 a.m., at the National Guard Armory, College and Depot streets. The less-strenuous Easy Motions exercise group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m.
Applications are available for the 16th annual Senior Arts and Crafts Fair, Oct. 21-22.
\ RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, 1 Franklin St., Courthouse Annex, Christiansburg, 382-5775:
Today, all volunteers are needed to help peel and cut up apples and wash jars starting at 9 a.m. at Park United Methodist Church.
Thursday, apple butter cooking at Park United Methodist Church.
Friday, prepare for Wilderness Trail Festival.
Saturday, work at Wilderness Trail festival. Volunteers are needed by 8 a.m.
\ RADFORD SENIOR CENTER, 27 First St., 731-3634:
Today is the last day to register for the watercolor classes by Radford artist Lyndall Mason. Classes start Monday and continue Sept. 26, and Oct. 3, 10 and 17, 1-3 p.m. at the center. It's $35. Register at the center or at the recreation office next door.
Friday, travel to Mount Airy, N.C. to visit the outlet stores. Transportation is $2 and leaves the center at 9:15 a.m. Lunch is on your own at Libby Hill Seafood Restaurant.
The center is closed Fridays.
Register now for the fall or Halloween shirt class Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Materials are $5. Participants need a pre-washed 100 percent cotton T-shirt. Mary Jane Harmon and Jackie Stephens are the instructors.
Oct. 3-9, the next Road Runner trip with All America Tours goes to Branson, Mo., to see Barbara Mandrel, Mel Tillis, Andy Williams, Charley Pride, Glen Campbell and other entertainers.
Chances are $1 on the tumbling blocks quilt made by the center's quilting group. Proceeds go to the van fund. The drawing is Oct. 19.
\ GILES COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, 1320 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg, 921-3924:
Play party bridge today from 1 to 4. Play rubber bridge Monday, 1-4.
The swim therapy program meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:15 a.m., at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center.
Do ceramics Tuesday all day and Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and ceramics and crafts Friday all day.
\ SENIOR SHORTS The Radford High School Class of 1944 has contributed $150 to the Radford Senior Center. The money goes into the center's van fund.
RSVP wants favorite Christmas or childhood memories from anyone 55 or older. These are being collected in a book to go on sale later this year. If you can tell a tale but have trouble committing it to paper, call RSVP. They'll listen and write it down as you tell it. 382-5775.
\ Rick Lindquist writes For Seniors, a regular Wednesday feature of the New River Current. Please send news of interest to seniors in care of Rick Lindquist, New River Current, Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073. Fax: 381-1656.
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