Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 31, 1994 TAG: 9409010057
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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CHRISTIANSBURG - The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Montgomery County seeks canning supplies for its annual apple butter jamboree Sept. 12-14 at Park United Methodist Church, Park Street, Christiansburg. The apple butter goes on sale during the annual Wilderness Trail Festival Sept. 17.
To donate jars, lids, rings and sugar - or to volunteer to help peel or cook - call 382-5775. Donors can drop supplies at the RSVP office in the Courthouse Annex or RSVP can arrange to pick them up.
Used book sale
RADFORD - The Lamplighters sponsor a used book sale Friday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 11, during library hours at the Radford Public Library, 30 First St.
Donations of used books are needed and may be brought to the library any time before the sale.
The library is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sundays 2-5 p.m. The library is closed Sept. 3-7 for the Labor Day holiday and for computer system upgrading.
For more information, call 731-3608.
Census records
RADFORD - Radford Public Library, 30 First St., has added federal census records to its local history and genealogy collection. The microfilm rolls of handwritten census records include Montgomery and Pulaski counties from 1810 through 1900.
The library is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sundays 2-5 p.m. The library is closed Sept. 3-7 for the Labor Day holiday and for computer system upgrading.
For more information, call 731-3608.
Chamber music
BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech University Chamber Music Series will begin its season with a New River Chamber Winds concert Saturday, Sept. 3, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 4, at 3 p.m. in the Squires Recital Salon.
The New River Chamber Winds is comprised of Virginia Tech and Radford University faculty. The concert will feature the works of Poulenc, Webern, Vaughn Williams, Mozart and Burkhard.
The concert will be conducted by Mark Camphouse who is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Radford University. He received his formal training at Northwestern University. Camphouse is also an accomplished trumpet player and has many honors to his credit among them attaining regional finalist status in the prestigious 1992 White House Fellowship Competition.
For reservation or ticket information, call the Squires Ticket office, 231-5615, or (800) 843-0332. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors.
Traffic delays
HILLSVILLE - If you plan to travel through Hillsville this weekend, expect traffic delays as the town's popular annual Labor Day Flea Market and Gun Show gets under way Friday. The event continues through Labor Day, and with 300,000 people expected to converge on a one-mile section of U.S. 58, the Virginia Department of Transportation warns that U.S. 58, U.S. 52, and U.S. 221 will be congested.
To avoid problems, the Transportation Department suggests, motorists use East Grayson Street and West Grayson Street instead of U.S. 58-221. South of the flea market area, Virginia Street will carry traffic away from U.S. 52.
Electronic message boards at the intersection of U.S. 52 and Virginia 148 at Fancy Gap will instruct motorists entering the town to use Interstate 77 north.
No left turns or right-turns-on-red from U.S. 52 onto U.S. 58-221 will be allowed. Only through traffic and right turns with the signal will be permitted. Left turn lanes will be blocked.
No parking in the median of U.S. 58 from the Hillsville town limits to I-77.
Parking and shuttle bus service into the flea market area will be available at the intersection of U.S. 58 and Virginia 808 south.
"These changes won't eliminate congestion," cautions Bob Beasley, assistant resident engineer for the Transportation Department's Hillsville Office. "Drivers should allow extra time to reach their destinations."
by CNB