ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, June 20, 1996                TAG: 9606200065
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

DRUG FREE AND CONFIDENT

LENGTH: Short :   28 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: DON PETERSEN Staff
             Roanoke County DARE and the county Parks and Recreation 
          Department are sponsoring two weeklong day camps, one this week and 
          the other from July 17 to 21, at the county's Camp Roanoke. The 
          program, for rising seventh-graders, includes high and low rope 
          courses, canoeing, fire education, gun safety, drug awareness, 
          games, arts and crafts, and a hiking tour of the Spring Hollow 
          Reservoir. 1. Amanda Bishop, 11, (top left) climbs rope netting in 
          the first event of a rope course designed to help participants gain 
          self-confidence. 2. Patrick King, 13, (above) dangles his feet as he
          speeds down a portion of the course known as the zip line. 3. 
          Melissa Sikora, 11, (from left in lower left photo) Lisa Flores, 13,
          and Jesse Whittaker, 12, cheer for friends learning the ropes.