ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, January 23, 1996              TAG: 9601230085
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

SEWING THE SEEDS OF FLOOD RECOVERY

LENGTH: Short :   19 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ROGER HART/Staff. 1. Above, Michael Ragone, manager of 
          Buchanan's Glad Rags sewing factory, which makes uniforms, washes 
          mud out of a sewing machine. Floodwaters from the James River were 
          up to 6 feet deep and left the factory's finished goods and 
          materials a soggy mess. Workers found a mud-covered factory after 
          waters began to recede. 2. At right, workers pile up flood debris to
          be removed from the factory. color.