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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 17, 1994                   TAG: 9403170084
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: JONESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

REGIONAL ODYSSEY COMPETITION SET IN LEE COUNTY

A regional Odyssey of the Mind competition for Southwest Virginia will be held for the first time in Lee County, the westernmost county in the state.

More than 180 teams from schools in Wythe, Carroll, Smyth, Washington, Tazewell, Wise, Dickenson and Lee counties and the cities of Bristol and Norton will compete March 26 in problem-solving activities. About 4,000 students and 200 judges will be involved.

Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. at the Lee High complex about four miles east of Jonesville. Lee High School, the Ford Quillen Building and the Lee County Vocational/Technical School will be sites for student teams to work on problems.

Competition will run from 9 a.m. until the awards ceremony at 6:15 p.m.

All activities are open to the public. The program promotes divergent thinking and creative problem-solving skills at all grade levels.

by CNB