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

DATE: SUNDAY, February 2, 1992                   TAG: 9201310111
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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TEAM KIDS, GARDENERS FOR VALUABLE RESULTS

The survivors of the Great Depression of the 1930s are dying off, and with them goes valuable gardening ideas, ways of raising food and preserving it for winter use.

This younger generation may need those ideas and skills to survive in case the economy should ever get out of control again. Why not get the old-timers and the youth together this spring in some sort of gardening project? They'll really enjoy it, especially if the towns will provide a place for the children to sell what they raise - sorta like kids' market street. They could put up tents, etc., getting valuable experience not only in how to raise and preserve food for winter but also in business, making their own money and how to manage, etc.

Once something like that gets going, it'll be in the news, maybe even on TV, spreading the idea all over the country. It could give the elderly a stimulating outlet for their knowledge and wisdom, and motivate the children in a worthwhile direction as well as motivating people to shop on kids' market street.

In rural areas like this there's usually plenty of land for a garden. The owners of those lots and acreage probably would be pleased to let it out for gardening rather than continue paying to have it mowed.

As for local merchants being spooked by something like this, they don't need to worry. Kids' market street will help your business, not hurt it. Kids are kids; when they have money, they're in and out of the stores spending it on something.\ Paul Sutphin Pearisburg

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