ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, January 17, 1996            TAG: 9601170041
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

READYING FOR THURSDAY'S GAME| ALAN KIM/STAFF. WORKERS WERE INSPECTING THE VENTILATION FANS ON THE ROOF OF CASSELL COLISEUM ON TUESDAY. THE 11TH-RANKED VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES WILL BE HOST TO DAYTON THERE THURSDAY AT 7 P.M. THE HOKIES HAD BEEN FORCED TO MOVE THEIR LAST TWO GAMES TO RADFORD AND ROANOKE AND TO PRACTICE IN TECH'S AUXILIARY GYM DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE COLISEUM'S LEAKY ROOF. ON MONDAY, WORKERS FINISHED CLEARING TONS OF SNOW, ICE AND WATER FROM THE ROOF, WHICH HAD BEGUN TO SHOW SIGNS OF STRESS FROM THE EXTRA WEIGHT. COLOR.

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