Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, November 5, 1994 TAG: 9411070032
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NEW RIVER - Pulaski County authorities are searching for a man who broke into a home Thursday night then fled when he was surprised by the homeowners, dropping items in the yard as he ran away.
The Sheriff's Office gave this account of the break-in:
The home of David D. Hoover on Falling Branch Road was broken into at about 11:20 p.m. A man ran out the back of the house after being surprised by the homeowners. The house had been ransacked and numerous items were strewn outside the house and in the yard.
Items reported missing included binoculars, a Ruger .44-caliber Magnum pistol, a 30.06-caliber bolt-action rifle and a .22-caliber bolt-action rifle.
Major Jim Davis said a tracking dog was brought in from Giles County and an investigation is continuing.
NRCC Veterans Day
DUBLIN - The veterans office at New River Community College will kick off its Veterans Day celebration with reveille and a flag raising at 9 a.m. on Nov. 11, outside Godbey Hall on the Dublin campus.
The festivities will continue throughout the day on the patio between Martin and Rooker halls with the Narrows High School Marching Band, the Radford High School Concert Choir and a 21-gun salute by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Storage needed
BLACKSBURG - The Humane Society of Montgomery County has issued an urgent plea for donation of an unused, dry lockable storage area, an empty retail store or a combination of the two. Operation of the society's animal shelter depends on the sale of donated furniture and household items.
However, the society recently lost its warehouse and soon will lose its retail outlet, "The Second Time Around Store" on North Main Street.
The donation would be tax-deductible. A short-term storage area also would be appreciated.
Call Ron Brown, 382-7457; Loretta Reifsnider, 951-1620; or Dick Bolmer, 552-7920.
Lecture on violence
RADFORD - "Political and Domestic Violence: Witnessing to Heal" is Marjorie Agosin's topic Tuesday, 8 p.m., at Preston Auditorium, Radford University. Her talk is part of the university's Understanding Violence Lecture Series.
Agosin, an award-winning author, poet and scholar from Wellesley College, also speaks on "Finding Voice, Understanding Memory," Wednesday, 10 a.m., at St. Albans Psychiatric Hospital in Fairlawn.
Agosin will lecture again in Preston Auditorium at Radford University on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
The lecture series is sponsored by Radford University, St. Albans Psychiatric Hospital and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
Homeopathy group
BLACKSBURG - A newly forming homeopathy study group will meet Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-noon, at the Blacksburg branch library, 400 Draper Road.
Homeopathy is a natural method of healing.
Classes are free.
For more information, call 552-2053.
Nephrology clinic
WYTHEVILLE - Wythe County Community Hospital and Valley Nephrology Associates Ltd. open a nephrology clinic in the Wythe-Bland Medical Office Building on Monday.
Dr. Jorge Roman will see patients at the new clinic, which will provide medical service to patients with kidney disease, high blood pressure and end stage renal disease requiring dialysis or transplantation.
For more information, call 236-6011 or (800) 678-0311.
Emergency money
CHRISTIANSBURG - Montgomery County will receive nearly $22,800 in federal money this year to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.
The amount of the award - from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's emergency food and shelter national board program - is based on unemployment and poverty rates. United Way of Montgomery County and Radford manages the program locally.
This year's award was only about half as large as last year's. United Way spokeswoman Kymn Davidson-Hamley said that's because the unemployment rate dropped. But demand for services hasn't let up as much, and United Way hopes to supplement the award from state-level funds, she said.
A local board of representatives of United Way, the county, American Red Cross, New River Community Action and other groups determines how the money is distributed.
In the past, the funds have gone to the Montgomery County Community Shelter and the Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program.
Qualifying local government or private, voluntary, nonprofit organizations that can deliver emergency food or shelter programs in the county are eligible to apply.
The application deadline is Nov. 18.
For more information, call 381-2066.
Holiday closings
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Christiansburg town offices, recreation center and senior center will be closed Friday, in observance of Veterans Day.
The town's regular Friday garbage collection service will be on Nov. 14, in addition to regular Monday service. Residents should place garbage at the edge of the street by 8 a.m.
by CNB