ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, January 11, 1996             TAG: 9601110077
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

AMID THE CHAOS, SOME BEAUTY

LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  GENE DALTON/Staff. Thigh-deep snow, chest-high drifts, 
          ice, uncleared roads, kids stuck at home, no milk in the 
          refrigerator. ... There's plenty to grumble about as New River 
          Valley residents dig out from one winter storm only to brace for 
          another. But there's also beauty to be found in what nature 
          provides, like these icicles hanging from a church on Mount Zion 
          Road in Montgomery County. They're a temporary monument to the 
          severity of the past days' weather. color.