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Blacksburg High School grad, Special Olympian is headed to South Korea

Posted January 21, 2013
Special Olympian Ben Norris was the guest of honor Sunday at a surprise party at NRV SuperBowl in Christiansburg. Last month, he traveled to Lake Placid in New York to train for a week with other members of Team USA. | Photo by Don Petersen, special to The Roanoke Times

Special Olympian Ben Norris was the guest of honor Sunday at a surprise party at NRV SuperBowl in Christiansburg. Last month, he traveled to Lake Placid in New York to train for a week with other members of Team USA. | Photo by Don Petersen, special to The Roanoke Times

Ben Norris will be competing for gold on the ski slopes in the Special Olympics World Winter Games. On Sunday night, about two dozen well-wishers gathered at the NRV SuperBowl bowling alley in Christiansburg to eat pizza, cut cake and say their goodbyes.

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  1. Congratulations! We will be rooting for you. Enjoy your trip and remember you are an inspiration to us all. You are already a winner.

    Comment by Linda Hinkley — January 21, 2013 @ 4:29 am

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