ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, February 18, 1997             TAG: 9702180106
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 


LIFTING TO THE HEAVENS


LENGTH: Short :   16 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY STAFF. A crane lifts one of two steeples from

First Christian Church on Church Avenue in downtown Roanoke on

Monday. The old steeple, built in 1906, is being copied and will be

replaced with the new one in May. color.

by CNB