ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, November 16, 1996            TAG: 9611180057
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

PRINCIPAL `TURKEYS OUT' OF KISSING A REAL ONE

LENGTH: Short :   18 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ROGER HART/Staff. Weldon Martin, principal of 
          Breckinridge Elementary in Fincastle, gets a surprise visit from the
          Virginia Tech Hokie. Martin, a University of Virginia graduate, had 
          to make the hard choice between kissing the Tech turkey or a real 
          one during an assembly. Martin had vowed to kiss a turkey if the 
          school got 100 percent PTA membership. color.