Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, November 2, 1995                   TAG: 9511020068
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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AROUND NEW RIVER

RADFORD - "Community Speaking," with host Bill Yerrick, will feature Clarence Rose, director of Radford University's master of business administration program, and Christopher Hopkins, a student in the program; Radford's international marketing program will be the topic. In November, the program will air Sundays at 6 p.m., Tuesdays at 5 p.m., Wednesdays at noon, and Thursdays at 7 p.m., on American Cable Entertainment channel 9.

Call Anne M. Reeb at 831-5180.

Road contracts

CHRISTIANSBURG - Contracts for improving roads and bridges in the Virginia Department of Transportation's Salem District have been awarded by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The district includes Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, as well as the cities within them.

Raised pavement markers over which snowplows can travel will be installed throughout the district. In Christiansburg, Depot Street will be extended from North Franklin Street (U.S. 460) to West Main Street (Virginia 8). The nearly 3/4-mile project includes installation of a box culvert for drainage, utility work, grading, paving and traffic signals.

In Pulaski County, about a quarter mile of Virginia 845 will be widened and paved. The work will start at Virginia 643 and extend to the dead end. Work on projects will begin in December. Motorists should use caution when driving through highway work zones and heed signs and flaggers.

Convictions for speeding through work zones can result in fines of up to $250.

Marrow-donor drive

RADFORD - Red Cross officials are hoping to attract as many as 100 people to a marrow donor drive Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Radford University's Heth Ballroom from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Radford Community Hospital Auxiliary will pay for some donors. Last year's drive netted more than 100 new donors.

For more information, call the Red Cross at 639-2140.

RU choral concert

RADFORD - Radford University's Choral Ensemble fall concert Friday, Nov. 3, will feature folk standards from the Southeastern United States as well as new works by contemporary songwriters.

The concert is at 8 p.m. in Preston Auditorium. Tickets are $3 for the general public and $1 for children or people with university ID cards.

For more information, call 831-5234.