ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, February 22, 1997            TAG: 9702240051
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

HISTORY'S TOUGH, BY GEORGE

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS/Staff. Laken Smith, 6, a 
          kinder-gartner in Lynda Newcomb's class at Stewartsville Elementary 
          School, wears her George Washington hat as she waits to return to 
          class after the lunch break Friday. The students are studying George
          Washington, whose birthday is today. color.