[7-Job-Fair]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[WRITER=dse]
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[GRAPHIC=New Jobs]
Montgomery County could see 1200 new jobs come to the arean, but only if enough prospective workers attend a job fair today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg/January 31;]
Last month, Congressman Rick Boucher announced that the county is one of two final contenders for a national telecommunications customer service center.
Boucher said the company would choose based on the number of available workers.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[SS=HOLD]
The job fair begins today at noon at the Montgomery County Enterprise Center.
[7-E-Southside-Rising]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=sch]
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[GRAPHIC=Mark Warner]
A former U-S Senate candidate and a likely candidate for governor... says he has a way to help Southern and Central Virginia's struggling economy.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville]
In Martinsville yesterday, Mark Warner announced a multi-million dollar project to attract businesses to the area.
Warner and some 85 private investors say they can do it with a 7 million dollar venture capital fund called "Southside Rising."
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[IN Q=What happens]
((MARK WARNER/BUSINESSMAN: WHAT HAPPENS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COMPANY THEY COME TO THE FIRM, WE REVIEW, DECIDE...AND WE BECOME PARTNERS WITH THEM.))
[SUPER=01-Mark Warner/Businessman]
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[OUT Q=partners with them.]
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[VO-NAT]
If all goes according to his plan, Warner says they will attract 10 to 20 high tech businesses or other small companies just starting out in the next few years.
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[7-SML-Project]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-60]
[GRAPHIC=SML]
Smith Mountain Lake residents may see new development in their area.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
Last night, the Franklin County Planning Commission approved a plan that would allow the construction of retail shops, restaurants, and a marina, as well as a 96 unit condominium complex.
Supporters of the plan are excited about the job opportunities and additional boat slots, while opponents think the development would ruin the landscape.
The Board of Supervisors will vote on the plan Tuesday.
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[7-E-Missing-Girl]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=99-57 46:02]
[GRAPHIC=Tara Munsey]
It's been two weeks since Radford girl disappeared, and investigators say they still have no strong leads.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;]
Pulaski County Sheriff Jim Davis says the phones haven't stopped ringing since the night Tara Rose Munsey vanished from the Taco Bell where she worked.
But, so far no tips have shed any light on what happened or where she is.
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[SOT 1:16:36 - :55]
[IN Q=When we touch the]
((JIM DAVIS/PULASKI CO. SHERIFF: WHEN WE TOUCH THE RIGHT PERSON OR THE RIGHT PERSON CALLS AND TRUTHFULLY TELLS US WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE CASE AND WHAT THEY DID SEE ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 25TH, THAT'S WHAT WILL SOLVE THE CASE.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Davis/Pulaski Co. Sheriff;]
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[OUT Q=solve the case.]
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[VO-NAT]
Davis and five other investigators are working on the case.
They say evidence indicates that Munsey got into a car with someone she knew.
This week, investigators are interviewing her closest friends for a second and third time to try and find answers.
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[7Weather]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=tar]
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Here's a look at your mid week forecast.
Sunny today with mild winds.
Highs reach the low to mid 50s.
Tonight, mostly clear with a light breeze.
Lows in the low 30s.
The extended forecast...
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[45-E-Vistar]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=99-49 1:24:20]
[GRAPHIC=Vistar]
Vistar Eye Doctors have won the fight in Richmond to build a new eye surgery center in the Roanoke Valley... but they say say they'll keep fighting to repeal Virginia's Certificate-of-Public-Need law.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The doctors were originally denied permission to build the center under the C-O-P-N law.
It's a law that says the state decides if a locality needs new health facilities.
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[SOT 10:12:04]
[IN Q=this is going]
((DR. FRANK COTTER/VISTAR EYE CENTER: THIS IS GOING TO BE A CENTER THAT IS GONNA GREATLY ENHANCE THE LEVEL OF CARE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO ENJOY IN ROANOKE. AND IN FIVE YEARS EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WONDER WHY EVERYBODY WOULD'VE OPPOSED SOMETHING THAT IS SO WONDERFUL. ))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Frank Cotter/Vistar Eye Center]
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[OUT Q=SO WONDERFUL]
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[VO-NAT]
Carilion Health System led the fight against Vistar ... saying the surgery center would take away too much of its business.
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[45-5-Doctor-Choice]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=500-11]
[GRAPHIC=HMOs]
Virginians who are part of H-MO'S will now be able to choose their own doctors, but they'll pay a higher price.
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[VO-NAT]
A bill that would have allowed you to go out of your network-- but pay the same price, got killed yesterday in Richmond.
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
Vinton Delegate Dick Cranwell wants patients to choose any doctor, and make the H-M-O pay a set fee.
The bill died on a 14 to 11 vote.
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[IN Q=I think]
((MARK PRATT/VIRGINIA ASSOC. OF HEALTH PLANS: I THINK THIS WAS THE CASE OF A BILL THAT IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS, BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE CHOICE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.))
((DEL. DICK CRANWELL/D-VINTON: EVERY TIME WE COME UP AND SAY WE'RE GONNA DO AWAY WITH DRIVE-BY HYSTERECTOMIES, EVERYBODY SAYS OH THE SKY IS FALLING, THE COST IS GONNA GO UP...IT HASN'T HAPPENED.))
((BOOTIE CHEWNING/VINTON RESIDENT: THEY SIT UP THERE WITH A BOOK AND A COMPUTER AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T HAVE. THAT'S FOR THE BIRDS.))
[SUPER=01-Mark Pratt/Virginia Assoc. of Health Plans; :00 ]
[SUPER=@Cranwell; :08]
[SUPER=01-Bootie Chewning/Vinton Resident; :25]
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[OUT Q=the birds.]
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[anchor=Melanie]
[graphic=None]
A bill that would let you sue your H-M-O is still alive in the legislature.
[45-E-Salem-VA]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=99-59 24:25:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Instead of heading out to the ballpark, a former American League Umpire is spending his days a V-A hospitals.
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[SOT tc16:55:10]
[In-Q=Are you]
((ARE YOU A BASEBALL FAN, DO YOU EVER YELL AT THE UMPIRES? SOMETIMES. LAUGHS.))
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem; ]
Larry Barnett was at the Salem V-A yesterday.
He's traveled to all 172 Veterans hospitals across the country.
What keeps him coming back is the response he gets from the patients.
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[SOT tc 16:59:14]
[IN Q=The DAV]
((LARRY BARNETT/MAJOR LEAGUE UMPIRE: THE DAV SAYS IT'S THE ONLY PROGRAM THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT NO ONE HAS CALLED IN OR WRITTEN IN AND COMPLAINED ABOUT AND BEING A UMPIRE, THEY'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT MY WORK FOR 35 YEARS SO I GUESS THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD REASON TO STAY.))
[SUPER=01-Larry Barnett/Major League Umpire; ]
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[OUT Q=good reason to stay.]
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[VO-NAT]
Along with autographed pictures, one lucky patient received an authentic American League baseball jacket to remember the day.
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[45Weather]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=tar]
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[GRAPHIC=]
Let's take a moment now to check the mid- week forecast.
Sunny and milder with southwesterly winds.
Highs in the mid 50s.
Mostly clear overnight with lows in the 30s.
The five day forecast is mild through the end of the week...with increasing clouds on Friday and showers on Saturday.
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[8-E-L'burg-Council]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-03 11:43]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg Seal]
An ongoing feud in a historic Lynchburg neighborhood has forced the city officials to seek outside help to solve the problems.
Steve Smallshaw has the story.
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[IN Q=The problems in]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Robert Garber/Lynchburg Council Member; :33]
[SUPER=01-Ed Barksdale/Lynchburg Council Member; :42]
[SUPER=01-Bert Dodson/Lynchburg Council Member; 1:00]
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[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]
(( The problems in Lynchburg's Diamond Hill neighborhood have been simmering for years.
Diamond Hill became an historic district in 1978.. since then, residents who support the strict architectural regulations have clashed with those who say the rules are too burdensome and expensive.. to the point where they've tried to secede from the district on two separate occasions.
Now the city wants to pay professional mediators ten thousand dollars to try and get the two sides to sit down and talk out their differences.
Some council members say that's a waste of taxpayer money.
[SOT 8:55:13]
((ROBERT GARBER/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK IT'S UP TO THE CITIZENS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO DECIDE AMONGST THEMSELVES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK LIKE ADULTS.))
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[OUT Q=talk like adults.]
[SOT 9:01:32]
((ED BARKSDALE/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T SEE WHERE ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE HAS HELPED ANYTHING AND I DON'T SEE WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ACCOMPLISH NOTHING.))
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[OUT Q=accomplish nothing.]
But others feel outside mediation is the only thing the city hasn't tried.. they hope it will work.
[SOT 8:53:52]
((BERT DODSON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS SOME MEDIATION AND TO DO NOTHING MEANS WE TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE PROBLEM.))
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[OUT Q=to the problem.]
Council itself was equally divided over the issue.. the final vote was 4 to 3 in favor of spending the money.
Mediators will begin their work this spring.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
[8-E-Robinson]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=99-54 1:05:46]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
She shot her husband after he discovered she was sending nude photos of herself to another man over the Internet.
Now, a Danville woman will serve time in prison for murder.
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[VO-NAT]
[from 99-4 2:05:02]
[SUPER=03-Danville/April 1999]
The prosecutor says when Frederick Robinson found out what his wife, Sharon, had been doing, he argued with her, then left for work.
When he returned home later that day, she shot him in the chest.
[SUPER=04-Yesterday]
Sharon Robinson pled guilty to the murder yesterday.
She'll serve 17 and a half years in prison.
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[8-S-Perry]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
A Roanoke nurse has admitted to defrauding the Social Security Administration after cashing her dead patient's Social Security checks.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Ruby Perry insists she tried to notify the Social Security Administration of Sir Walter Faison's death, but she continued to cash Social Security checks... totaling almost 20-thousand dollars.
In federal court yesterday the 65 year old nurse learned she'll spend the next four months under house arrest and then serve three years on probation.
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[ANCHOR=Mel]
[SS=HOLD]
She'll have to pay back the money, but she can keep her job and won't spend any time behind bars.
[8Weather]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutins]
[WRITER=tar]
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Taking one more look at the forecast...
Sunny and milder with highs in the low to mid 50s today.
Tonight features mostly clear skies with lows around 32.
The five day forecast is pleasant through the end of the week...with increasing clouds on Friday and showers on Saturday.
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