Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 13, 1994 TAG: 9412130035
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LAURA ZIVKOVICH
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The second-year landscape architecture lab class annually designs and completes a project in the town of Blacksburg. The students started the project this year with 100 trees, a map of a section of Blacksburg, and an idea to involve children in the planting.
After an enthusiastic response from the Gilbert Linkous staff and pupils, the students created a design consistent with the current landscape. "We wanted it to react with what was already here," said Brian Middleton, a Tech student involved in the project.
The design uses most of the 35 saplings in a cluster of trees in a corner of the school lot. Four lines of trees radiate from the cluster encompassing the school building.
The design intentionally used only 35 of the 100 available trees, leaving one sapling for each of the 65 third-graders to take home and plant. The trees came with an attached a packet containing planting directions and a piece of blank paper.
The pupils are to draw pictures of the planted trees in their yards and return the papers to the Tech students. The drawings will be part of the landscape architecture students' final presentation of the project in January. The presentation will be displayed in the Gallery of the Architecture Annex, Virginia Tech.
\ DUSTIN BOND, an eighth-grader at Blacksburg Middle School is one of 25 students selected statewide to represent Virginia in the Youth Soccer Association's Olympic Development Program.
He attended the program's Soccer Identification Weekend in Richmond Dec. 3 and 4 where hundreds of students from Virginia's five regions tried out for the team. Dustin is the only player from Southwest Virginia to qualify for the team.
His team begins practice in January and will compete with teams in the Eastern United States.
Dustin currently plays in the 14 and under age group of the New River Rapids, a traveling indoor and outdoor soccer team from the New River Valley.
He is the son of Vickie Booker and Steve Everett of Blacksburg and Mike Bond of Gretna.
\ Montgomery County Public Schools' December seniors-of-the month are ELIZABETH MILLER, LEON KOK, STACIE SWAIN and TARA DAVIDSON.
Elizabeth Miller of Auburn High School is a member of the National Honor Society, the Peer Support Program and the Forensic Club. She is the daughter of Robert and Susan Miller of Christiansburg.
Leon Kuk of Blacksburg is a Theater Arts Club member and a member of the forensics team that competed in the state championships for two consecutive years. He is the son of Loke-Tuck and Victoria Kok of Blacksburg.
Stacie Swain of Christiansburg High School is president of the Future Business Leaders of America, senior class secretary and a Scholastic Aptitude Test Achievement Award winner. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Swain of Christiansburg.
Tara Davidson of Shawsville High School is a four-year French and Drama Club member and included in Who's Who Among American High School Students. She is the daughter of Daniel and Denise Davidson of Radford.
\ MICHAEL PEARSON, author of "Imagined Places," "Journeys Into Literary America" and "A Place That's Known" will visit Idella Dishner's ninth-grade English class at Shawsville High and Middle School today. He will discuss writing creative nonfiction and read from his works.
He will give a reading and autograph his books at a public reception at 3 p.m.
Holiday Happenings
Falling Branch Elementary second-graders decorated their school hall with a "Whoville" theme from the popular Christmas show "How The Grinch Stole Christmas." The group invites parents for a "Who-Sing" Friday morning at 9:30.
For more information, call the school at 381-6145.
Third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at BETHEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL will perform a holiday music program tonight at 7 at the Parent Teacher Association's general meeting.
Bring along Hill's receipts, and labels from Campbell's, Swanson, Mrs. Paul, Pepperidge Farm, Vlasic, Prego and Franco American products. The PTA will collect them through spring.
GILES HIGH SCHOOL will present three holiday music programs this week in the high school auditorium.
The high school choir performs tonight at 8. The event includes a sing-a-long and refreshments.
The Women's Chorus, Choral Ensemble and Symphonic Chorale will hold a joint performance Monday at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
The Giles High School Band will play holiday favorites Sunday at 3 p.m.
RIVERLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL kindergarten pupils will present holiday programs in their classrooms at the school's Winter Extravaganza tonight at 7. The first- and second-grade class presentations follow at 7:30. Third- through fifth-graders will staff the shopping area featuring crafts and candy in the second floor hall.
A brief Parent Teacher Organization meeting precedes the event at 6:30 p.m.
KIPPS ELEMENTARY Parent Teacher Association will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The school's fourth-graders will entertain with their winter music program.
For more information, call the school at 951-5760.
RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL and DALTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL bands and choirs will present a holiday concert tonight at 7:30 in Radford University's Preston Auditorium.
Admission is $1; children under 12 get in free.
Radford High School chorus and concert choir alumni are welcome to join in on the singing of "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah."
For more information, call Lois Castonguay at 639-0430 or 731-3649.
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