The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 5, 1997               TAG: 9701050078
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
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IN THE GOOD OL' WINTERTIME...

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

MOTOYA NAKAMURA/The Virginian-Pilot

Kristie Smith and her dog watch while Kevin Brush of Norfolk gets

ready to skim board on the ocean's edge in Virginia Beach Saturday.

The springlike high of 72 degrees Saturday, shy of the 1950 record

of 75 in Norfolk, is likely to repeat itself today. But there's a

good chance of afternoon rain - signaling the end of the warm spell.


by CNB