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

DATE: THURSDAY, January 5, 1995                   TAG: 9501050068
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

HOLIDAY BURGLARS HIT BAND AT HIDDEN VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH

Burglars broke into Hidden Valley Junior High School and took several band instruments and a stereo unit Dec. 26, the second time the school was broken into within two days, according to Principal David Blevins.

A school custodian found a window in the band room smashed Christmas morning. Nothing was found disturbed in the room, Blevins said.

The next day someone broke through a window on the loading dock, made their way to the band room and took two clarinets, one flute, one saxophone and a couple of bell sets. Blevins estimated the value of the stolen items at about $4,000.

It was the year's second incident of band equipment being taken from a Roanoke County junior high school. Thanksgiving morning, a custodian at Cave Spring Junior High School discovered that someone had slipped through an unlocked window in the band room and taken the instruments for the entire percussion section.

by CNB