ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, August 3, 1996               TAG: 9608050049
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: PHILIP HOLMAN STAFF 


WHAT GOES UP ...


LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:      After several helium-filled balloons had exploded 

loudly, Jasmine Turner, 5 (from left), Amondre Smith, 4, and Kianna

Davis, 5, react as another rises above the Peach Festival on Friday

at Crestar Plaza in downtown Roanoke. The children are members of

the Northwest Child Development Center's ``Red Room'' group.

Proceeds from the festival, which continues today from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m., will go to the center. color

by CNB