ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, February 15, 1996 TAG: 9602150017
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-10 EDITION: METRO
JACQUELINE BLEDSOE, the Kiwanis lieutenant governor, has accepted a position with Kiwanis International as international field representative. Bledsoe was the first female president of the Roanoke Kiwanis Club and has been a member of the organization since 1987. Her new position involves building new Kiwanis clubs and training. She'll cover an area from Florida to Delaware.
J.R. ``ACE'' WALL recently was re-elected Kazim band manager for the 28th year. The retired Norfolk Southern Railway employee is only the second manager the band has had.
Others elected are: Frank Williams, band director; Danny Ryan, assistant band manager; Ted Bogsrud, assistant band director; Wes Earnest, secretary-treasurer; Tommy Bowers, Bob Brown, John Edwards, Gary Gray and Tom Shupe, board of governors; Max Leach and Wes Earnest, public relations; and Bob McDaniel, librarian.
The band participates in parades and fund raisers for the crippled children's hospitals.
THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER recently elected the following new board members: Charles Bennett, Patrick Budd, Primrose Eastbern, Chris Floyd, Logan Forsyth, Jewel Hale, Wendi Schultz, Sandy Wrobel and Katie Zawacki. Their terms end in 1997.
VIRGINIA WILLS' poem, ``James Boitnott Jr.,'' was published in ``Sparkles in the Sand,'' a compilation by the National Library of Poetry.
Wills, of Vinton, has been writing for 11 years. Her favorite themes are the joys and sad times in life, love and children. James Boitnott Jr. was her friend who drowned in the James River.
LENGTH: Short : 38 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: (headshot) Bledsoe, Wall.by CNB