Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, November 10, 1994                   TAG: 9501110039
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S5   EDITION: METRO 
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MUSEUM CONTEST STILL ACCEPTING ENTRIES

Mary Crockett Hill, director of the museum, said she has received about 50 entries from children in several Salem schools.

But the contest is open to elementary school children throughout the Roanoke Valley, and Hill said several teachers told her that busy fall schedules had prevented them from promoting the contest among children in their schools.

For that reason, Hill decided to extend the deadline beyond the original Nov. 1 date.

In the contest, children are asked to draw a picture of some sort of animal, real or imaginary, that could become the museum's mascot.

The contest rules say the mascot can be "huge or tiny, furry, slimy or scaly, animal, vegetable, mineral or anything else you choose."

Entries should be sent to the museum at 801 E. Main St. in Salem.

Hill said she plans to have a display of all the entries in January.