ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, February 28, 1997              TAG: 9702280099
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

SIGNS OF SPRING

LENGTH: Short :   16 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Gene Dalton. Crocus blooms line the street along Preston
          Avenue in Blacksburg as the unseasonably warm weather makes it seem 
          a whole lot like spring. color. 
KEYWORDS: TYIN