Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 30, 1995 TAG: 9508300028
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Hill works for Kollmorgen-Industrial Drives in Radford, where he is manager of field service, technical documentation and the customer response center.
He lives in Blacksburg with his wife, Brenda. His tenure with the Bluefield College Board of Advisors begins in the fall.
A Radford resident is one of 20 community leaders selected from across the state to attend the Fellowship Program of the Virginia Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia this fall.
Tracy Howard, general registrar of voters for the city of Radford, is the only Southwest Virginian to be accepted for the fall semester. Howard, 29, is one of the first voter registrars to be accepted to the progam. He is also one of the youngest Fellows, who are professionals with an interest in the workings of state and local governments.
Several New River Valley residents were recently recognized for volunteering as note takers for fellow students during the past summer term at New River Community College. The 13 individuals were participants in the instructional support services volunteer note taking program coordinated by the division of distance education and learning resources. These volunteers take notes for students with special needs, including deaf and hard of hearing students and students with learning disabilities.
The volunteers include: Shirley Lawson, Kerri Weddle, Pulaski; Mary Jo Lancaster, Hiwassee; Linda Hinkley, Christiansburg; Jennifer Davies, John Rowell, Cynthia Benson, Radford; Sharon Taylor, Maureen O'Quinn, Lisa Cutts, Lindsay Sarkis, Blacksburg; from Pearisburg, Cynthia Mullins; and Victoria Kesner, Floyd.
A Radford High School graduate has been named chaplain at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo.
The Rev. Lisa Davison, who graduated from Radford High in 1984, most recently was congregational campus ministry developer for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Kentucky. She received her bachelor's degree from Lynchburg College and her master's degree from Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. She is working toward a doctoral degree at Vanderbilt University.
Davison was ordained at First Christian Church in Radford in September 1991. She is married to the Rev. Michael Davison.
Patricia Marickovich, director of New River Community Action Inc., recently completed the Head Start-Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program. Marickovich was one of 84 Head Start directors from around the nation to attend the program, which is conducted annually at the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.
Former Floyd resident Vicki Moser, daughter of Mrs. Ilene Hylton and the late James Hylton of Willis, recently edited two books. Moser is a writer/producer for The Nashville Network who also edits and writes free-lance articles for various publications, including Ladies' Home Journal and Bluegrass Unlimited.
Moser is working on a children's book, a collaborative effort with her daughter, Caity.
Blacksburg architect Leonard Currie recently presented a paper on the objectives of the Charter of Machu Picchu at the annual convention of the Society of Architectural Historians in Seattle.
Currie, a former Virginia Tech professor, is co-author of the 1977 Charter of Machu Picchu, which formulated guidelines for the controlled growth of cities and patterns of human habitation.
It's another lucky winner.
Martha Reynolds of Hiwassee won $5,000 in the July 26 day drawing of Pick 4. Reynolds bought her winning ticket from Guida's in Pulaski.
Two local boys were featured on the cover of the March issue of Military Living magazine. Robbie Webb, 3, and his brother, Dave, 7 months, live with their parents, Chris and Michael Webb, in Christiansburg.
by CNB