ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, January 21, 1996               TAG: 9601230008
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-1  EDITION: METRO 

THE FLOODGATES OPEN

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. Saturday's receding waters leave 
          icicles hanging on tree limbs once submerged in the high waters at 
          Claytor Lake Dam in Pulaski County. The New River was 5.74 inches 
          above the 14-foot flood stage when it peaked at 7 p.m.  Friday in 
          Radford, a few miles downstream from the dam. color.