ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, December 20, 1996              TAG: 9612200032
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-1  EDITION: METRO 

A HOLIDAY HUG

LENGTH: Short :   16 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  CINDY PINKSTON/Staff. Sherlene Bowles, a member of the 
          Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center Choir, hugs Mitchell Silas 
          after a Christmas concert at the Virginia Veterans Care Center this 
          week. color.