ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, October 11, 1996               TAG: 9610110035
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE ... BEFORE WINTER

LENGTH: Short :   19 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ALAN KIM/Staff. Why did the caterpillar cross the road? 
          We'll never know for sure, but we were relieved that this woolly 
          worm made it safely through the traffic and across Palmer Drive on a
          recent cool and sunny morning in Blacksburg. Folklore has it that 
          woolly worms crossing roads is a sure sign of a hard winter. Other 
          people say that the color and width of a woolly worm's bands also 
          predict how severe the winter will be. color.