ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, February 23, 1997              TAG: 9702240114
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 


HI, GRANDMA!


LENGTH: Short :   19 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS STAFF. Irene Crockett, 73, plays 

with Johnny Chapman III, 7 months, as a Foster Grandparent at

Greenvale Nursery School at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Crockett, mother of nine, grandmother of 29, great-grandmother of

eight and great-great-grandmother of six, still finds time to care

for the infants. Her favorite part? "Cuddling them." Story on B1.

color.

by CNB