ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, April 23, 1996                TAG: 9604230099
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

SPRING CLEANING

LENGTH: Short :   24 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ALAN KIM STAFF. 1. Montgomery County residents turned 
          out in force to help spruce up riversides, highways and byways 
          during the 13th annual Broomin' & Bloomin' cleanup on Saturday. 2. 
          On Stroubles Creek Road, the Luther Memorial Lutheran Church Youth 
          Group (right) piled up the trash in preparation for pickup; 
          meanwhile, a refrigerator display case (below), dragged out of 
          Stroubles Creek, proved too heavy for manual lifting and had to wait
          for later removal. Final tallies of the amount of trash picked up 
          and the miles of highway cleaned weren't available Monday, but Linda
          Crable, coordinator of the Montgomery County Improvement Council, 
          said 2,500 to 3,500 people, some as young as 6 years old, helped 
          with the project. See related brief on Page 4. color.