ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, October 11, 1996               TAG: 9610110056
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

SPACED OUT ON STALACTITES

LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. Students from Blacksburg New School 
          visited Dixie Caverns Thursday and gaped unabashedly at the 
          treasures they found. Tour guide Michelle Bradford explained the 
          mineral deposit formations on the ceiling to (from left) Sammy Cook,
          6, Colin Bixler, 7, Trinity Foreman, 5, and Timothy Jackson, 5. 
          Dixie Caverns will sponsor a Haunted Cave from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25 
          to 31 with proceeds benefiting the National Cave Conservation Fund. 
          color.