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.