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

DATE: FRIDAY, November 25, 1994                   TAG: 9411250008
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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CREATIVITY KEY TO MUSEUM SUCCESS

One key to developing educational attractions at Claytor Lake State Park will be the number of volunteers who can be recruited. In these tight budget times, the park does not have funding for the environmental projects it wants to set up in the 115-year-old Howe House.

``It depends on how creative we can be,'' Park Ranger Richard Johnson said. ``There are some really nice benefits to volunteering.''

Volunteers who log as many as 32 hours during a year get a one-year pass to all Virginia parks. One hundred hours brings cabin privileges for up to seven nights and 300 hours means a lifetime pass to all state parks. To find out more, call 674-5492.

A state parks bond issue passed by Virginia voters in 1992 has allowed some needed construction at the park. The environmental-education projects will add still more to what it can offer, Johnson said.

by CNB