WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/14/00

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Coming up-
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Hundreds say goodbye to Tara Munsey - the teen found shot to death.
It was a date rape drug - that killed this woman's daughter. Now she's testifying against the suspects.
This couple glides into life together this Valentine's Day.
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Plus a new, big retail store may be coming to Wytheville.
News 7 is next.
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[Munsey-Funeral]

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Not everyone could fit into the chapel, but the family of Tara Rose Munsey says tonight that around 1200 people signed their names at the funeral of the murdered teen.
That turnout and the final goodbye, nearly three weeks after Munsey was reported missing.
Marya Jones reports.
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(( Nearly 250 friends and relatives poured in to a standing-room-only funeral service to say their good-byes to Tara Munsey.
Dozens more who couldn't get in, gathered on the chapel lawn... all of them seeking one thing. ((CHRISTIE NIXON/FRIEND: CLOSURE. IT REALLY WON'T BE CLOSURE UNTIL THEY FIND WHO DONE IT. ))
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((LOREN PHILLIPS/FRIEND --SHE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE ..KIND AND SWEET AND REALLY CARING ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.))
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And, for many people, that's what makes her murder so hard to understand.
Tara's body was found last Thursday night, shot several times and abandoned in a ditch... nearly six miles from the Taco Bell where she was last seen January 25th.
And, now with physical evidence from the crime scene to guide them, investigators are moving ahead in the search for her killer. ((CHRISTIE NIXON/FRIEND: I THINK IT WAS SOMEBODY SHE KNEW BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE PUT UP A FIGHT IF SOMEBODY SHE DIDN'T KNOW WANTED TO TAKE HER.)) Tara Rose Munsey's funeral had plenty of personal touches.... like the roses carried by mourners.
And Tara's 1977 Plymouth Volare, custom-painted just days before she disappeared, led the funeral procession.
It moved even those at the funeral who didn't know Tara, like Radford youth pastor Mike Laster. ((MIKE LASTER/RADFORD YOUTH PASTOR: I THINK THE CLOSURE WILL REALLY COME WHEN THEY FIND WHO DID THIS TO HER. ))
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((MARYA JONES/NEWS 7: FOR NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE KEEPING A TIGHT LID ON THE INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY SAY WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THEY'VE COLLECTED, IT'S PICKING UP MOMENTUM. MJN7.))))

[Littleton]

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Students at Columbine High have already endured the loss of 14 students and a teacher. Today they learned two more students are dead - killed by gunfire.
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The students were found shot to death at a local sandwich shop.
The bodies of 15 year old Nicholas (Kuns-illmen) Kunselman who worked in the Subway shop and his girlfriend, 16 year old Stephanie Hart were found by another employee who was driving by and noticed the lights still on in the store, three hours after the normal closing time.
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The Subway restaurant is in a strip mall within sight of Columbine High- where 15 people were killed less than one year ago.
Police don't have a motive for the shootings.
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[Storms]

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People are coming to grips with a last nights deadly storms in the Southeast-
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22 people are dead - many more are injured.
At least one confirmed tornado last night - possibly more struck Georgia - and parts of Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee.
Camilla, Georgia was especially hard hit - a tornado cut a five mile path through a housing development - leveling dozens of homes and uprooting trees.
Many people, thankful to be alive, are telling what it was like..
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Amatuer photographers caught one twister on tape - much of the storm hit in the dead of the night catching many people by surprise.
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[Toss-2-Robin] Jean tosses to Robin in Weather Center

[WX1] [11:00pm] [02/14/2000] [MCU]WEATHER OFFICE [WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP WAKE UP FORECAST

[Toss back to anchor][W'ville-WalMart]

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Wytheville Town Council paved the way for big-bucks retailers to move into town tonight.
Town Council voted unanimously following a public hearing to rezone farm land into commercial land.
The vote will allow a Wal-Mart Super Center to move in.
It was a controversial debate. Many townspeople had opposed the move, saying a large retailer could drive out small businesses.

[Bedford-Supes]

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The effort to re-name part of Route 460 in Bedford after Dr. Martin Luther King hit a roadblock tonight.
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More than 500 citizens have signed a petition saying they oppose the move..
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in part because King never set foot in the area.
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((PETER SNELLING/OPPOSES RENAMING BYPASS: IF A STREET, ROAD OR ANYTHING IS TO BE NAMED AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, WE ARE ASKING THAT IT BE NAMED AFTER A CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.)) ((REV. I.L. WARD/SUPPORTS RENAMING BYPASS: IT'S SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, 'STAY IN SCHOOL, STUDY, BE PRODUCTIVE, DO SOMETHING TO AFFECT THE COUNTRY, BUT YET YOU CAN ONLY BE HONORED IN BEDFORD'?))
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A scheduling problem prevented Reverend Ward and a group of supporters from speaking at tonight's board of supervisors meeting.
They plan to return in two weeks.
The CITY of Bedford has already passed a resolution in favor of re-naming Route 460 for King.
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[Richmond-Bridges]

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Stonewall Jackson and "Jeb" Stuart are out, and Curtis Holt and Samuel Tucker are in.
Richmond's City Council has renamed two bridges to honor civil rights leaders instead of Confederate generals.
Ellen Qualls was at the meeting tonight.
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The decision to rename the rebuilt bridges was made three years ago.
But who to honor?
Samuel Tucker was a civil rights lawyer who fought for desegregation.
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And Curtis Holt, who uncovered a racist conspiracy to annex white voters into the city in the 70s.
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But Roanoke's Red Barbour - Virginia Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans was on hand the protest-- NOT the men, but the monument.
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In the end, seven votes to rename for the civil rights leaders..
Two abstentions over process.
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[BV-Schools]

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A dispute over finances between the city of Buena Vista and the school board led to the Superintendent making a controversial statement.
In a private conversation, Superintendent James Bradford reportedly told city manager Dan Collins the city should just accept the fact that the schools were going to get athletic facilities no matter what.
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Bradford said "it's like being raped, so you might as well lay there and enjoy it."
The superintendent says he's received calls from residents who are shocked and disappointed by his statement. City council member Steve Douty says he wishes the statement was never made.
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((STEVE DOUTY/CITY COUNCIL MEMBER; I WAS SORRY TO SEE THAT THE DISCUSSION GOT TO A PUBLIC LEVEL. I HOPE ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WILL MEET ABOUT IT AND RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES.))
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Bradford said he used the word rape to mean "destroy" - and if you're going to destroy the city finances you might as well enjoy it.

[Vinton-Police]

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Serious irregularities, but nothing serious enough to warrant criminal charges.
That's the bottom line in the grand jury investigation completed today into irregularities at the Vinton Police Department.
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State police started with allegations against Lieutenant Bill Brown- -but the scope of the investigation widened.
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So the Special Prosecutor impaneled a Special Grand Jury.
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((FROM THE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND IRREGULARITIES THAT WERE SERIOUS IN THE HANDLING OF DRUGS AND THE HANDLING OF GUN EVIDENCE AND ALSO IN THE HANDLING OF PUBLIC FUNDS. BUT THAT EVIDENCE DID NOT RISE TO A LEVEL SUFFICIENT TO BRING A CRIMINAL CHARGE.))
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The Grand Jury's 24-page report remains under seal, unless Judge Diane Strickland decides it should be open to the public.
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A doctor kicked out of Lewis-Gale - AFTER resigning - says he expects his patients to come with him.
We'll hear from him.
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And... a mother takes the stand in Detroit - against the 4 men accused of killing her daughter with a date-rape drug.
The latest, ahead.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((STEVE MASON IN DA HOUSE WITH YOU. AND MAN WE GOT SOME COOL STUFF TONIGHT. RADFORD NEEDED A PEANUT TO SQUEAK BY COASTAL, RYAN SCORES HIS 1000TH, NIGHTMARE ON HARDY STREET AGAIN? GET READY FOR SOME VOLLEYBALL, FRANKLIN COUNTY IS GOING MILES TO SECURE FOOTBALL SUCCESS, ROANOKE EXPRESSES ITSELF AFTER A THREE GAME LOSING STREAK AND A SPECIAL VALENTINES DAY REPORT FROM , ALL OF THIS IN SPORTS.))

[Date-Rape]

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A visibly upset mother who lost her daughter took the stand today in Detroit. It is the trial of four men accused in her daughter's death.
The four are accused of spiking her daughter's drink with a date rape drug.
Lauren Bishop has the latest.
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((Lifeless, struggling. JUDI CLARK SOBS DESCRIBING THE LAST MOMENTS OF HER 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
JUDITH CLARK/SAMANTHA'S MOTHER SOT She was on life support
and that was all that was keeping her alive. PROSECUTORS SAY SAMANTHA REID DIED FROM A DEADLY DOSE OF THE DATE RAPE DRUG GHB. NOW 4 YOUNG MEN ARE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND POISONING - ACCUSED OF SPIKING SAMANTHA'S SOFT DRINK WITH THE DRUG AT AN APARTMENT IN JANUARY 1999. SHE BECAME VIOLENTLY ILL, PASSED OUT JUST 10 MINUTES LATER- BUT WASN'T TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HOURS- TOO LATE TO SAVE HER LIFE. DR. HARLAN MAST/EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN: She was stooped over, unable to sit up, not breathing, very pale. I believe she was dead. LAUREN BISHOP/CBS NEWS PROSECUTORS SAY WHEN THE DEFENDANTS FINALLY TOOK SAMANTHA TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY LIED TO THE GIRL'S MOTHER AND TO DOCTORS, SAYING NOTHING ABOUT THE GHB, TELLING THEM INSTEAD THEY'D FOUND SAMANTHA AND HER GIRLFRIEND AT A PARTY, UNCONSCIOUS- ALREADY IN A STUPOR.. They went to find them and they found them in this state, that's when they brought them to the hospital. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS DIDN'T CROSS EXAMINE SAMANTHA'S MOTHER. THE REAL ISSUE THEY SAY IS ULTIMATELY WITH WHO MIXED AND SERVED THE DRINKS-SAMANTHA'S, PROSECUTORS SAY, HAD A TOXIC MIX WITH DOUBLE THE LETHAL DOSE OF GHB. IN DETROIT, LAUREN BISHOP FOR CBS NEWS.))

[Powledge]

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Which is more important -- the doctor, or the doctor's office?
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Darrell Powledge says it's the doctor.
He was kicked out of the Lewis-Gale clinic last week...
And expects his patients will follow him to his private practice, when it opens later this month.
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((DR DARRELL POWLEDGE/FORMER LEWIS-GALE DOCTOR: THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD PUT ANOTHER DOCTOR IN MY OFFICE AND THE PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEING ME FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS OR SO WOULD JUST GO TO THAT LOCATION AND SEE WHATEVER DOCTOR IS THERE. I THINK THAT THEY, IN MY OPINION, HAVE SERIOUSLY UNDERESTIMATED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.))
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The clinic says buildings are not more important than doctors ... but expects patients to keep coming to Lewis-Gale even if their doctors leave.
Nearly 40 doctors have resigned in recent months.
Powledge resigned and planned to leave next month ... but was kicked out when the clinic found a replacement.
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[Tease2]
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Funny-man Dave Letterman's making his late-night return. We'll tell you when.
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And how's this for a Valentine? A marriage on ice... We'll show you, coming up.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=135-7 6 9/9 4 2 1/3 14 17 18 28]

NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
7-6-9

(seven, six, nine)

Pick 4:
9-4-2-1

(nine, four, two, one)

Cash 5:
3-14-17-18-28

(three, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-eight)

[Letterman-Return]

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C-B-S late night funny man David Letterman is back... almost.
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One week from tonight, Letterman will return to host "The Late Show" ---live.

But he won't be back in the full swing of things just yet.
Bill Cosby and Regis Philbin will play guest-host and fill in for Letterman on Tuesday and Thursday.
Letterman's recovering from quintuple bypass surgery.
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Basketball highlights from Radford University, William Fleming, and we will also have the Pioneer District Volleyball championship, and more from Daytona
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But first our extra point. The lines started forming early this morning outside Arrowhead stadium as Chiefs fans paid their respects to Derrick Thomas. Thomas died last Tuesday from complications follow an auto accident that had left him partially paralyzed. Today his body was on public view in the East end zone at the stadium. There will be a public memorial tomorrow.
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[S-RU]

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Radford hooked up with Coastal Carolina in a battle of the first and third place Big South Boys.
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Ryan Charles needed just 10 points to reach the 1000th point plateau.
Coastal had the lead in the second half and when Derrick Robinson hits this pull up j, Coastal lead 52-40.
Charles gets his 1000th point on this jumper, he would score a game high 23 points.
[SUPER=33-Radford/73/Coastal Carolina/72;]RU had the lead until Todd Shannon hits this trey and the Chanticleers le
ad by 1 with 15 seconds to play.
But, on the in bounds, Peanut Arrington....right side, nails the pressure shot and RU wins 73-72 and secures a first round bye in the conference tourney.
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[S-Fleming]

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In high school hoops, Western District power E.C. Glass traveled across 460 to battle William Fleming.
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The Rev and coach Hankins were their usual energetic selves.
Jermaine Hardy gave them lots to cheer about, ripping rope from all over the court, he had a game high 17.
[SUPER=33-William Fleming/67/E.C. Glass/36;]The Toppers Allen Robinson tried to slow Fleming with this shot but it
would not be enough. Ryan Hubbard walks in and snaps the nylon, 54-24 in the third and Fleming wins 67-36.
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[S-VOLLEY]

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Last night Craig County would try to win it's second straight Pioneer District Volleyball tournament crown, but James River stood in the way.
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[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Craig Co. vs. James River;]

The Rockets jumped out quickly, Ashlei Tripp stops the volley by blocking James River's return.
The Knights' Mirandia Schechterly (SCHEK-ter-lee) gets the points for James River by using force.
But Craig County wins 15-9, 15-7, to pick up the tournament title. Sophomore Heather St.Clair won District player of the year and Coach Stacey Jones won coach of the year for the third time in five years.
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((STACEY JONES/PIONEER DIST. COACH OF THE YEAR: THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE WON THE DISTRICT TWICE AND ALL THE WORK WE PUT INTO TURING THIS PROGRAM AROUND. IT'S NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE I THINK THEY REALIZE ALL THE HARD WORK WE PUT INTO IT. HEATHER ST.CLAIR/PIONEER DISTRICT PLAYER OF THE YEAR: IN BASKETBALL I DIDN'T GET IT AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET IT. IT'S USUALLY A SENIOR AWARD SO I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET IT IN VOLLEYBALL SO WHEN I JUST FOUND OUT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.))
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((BYE BYE))

[S-Daytona]

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While the Daytona 500 is still nearly a week away, things heated up quite a bit at the speedway yesterday. Mike Stevens and photographer Lynn Eller have a few special valentine stories of drivers trading presents and paint.
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[S-Miles]

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Salem 17 year assistant coach and offensive coordinator Billy Miles was named Franklin County's new head coach today.
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((BILLY MILES/FRANKLIN COUNTY FOOTBALL COACH:MAKING THIS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE OPPORTUNITY AS OFFERED ME BY THE GOOD PEOPLE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY WAS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST DECISION I'VE MADE OUTSIDE OF MY MARRIAGE.))
[SUPER=01-Billy Miles/Franklin County Football Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=....my marriage"]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]

After 28 years he leaves a program that has won three state championships in the 90's.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="it's]
((IT'S THE CHALLENGE MORE THAN ANYTHING. IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN OFFERED TO ME BY THE ADMINISTRATORS AT FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ITSELF.))
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=....school system itself"]
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[ANCHOR=steve]
[GRAPHIC=ffe]

Miles hopes to have his coaching staff solidified within a month.

[S-BCA]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Tech football]

Virginia Tech announced today that the Hokies will host the 2000 Black Coaches Association Classic either August 26th or 27th at Lane Stadium. Neither a time or opponent have been announced yet.

[S-Express]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
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The Express has returned home after it's first three game losing skid of the season, two of which came against the Florida Everblades.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="from ]
[SUPER=01-Ben Schust/Express Leading Goal Scorer; :]
((BEN SCHUST/EXPRESS LEADING GOAL SCORER:))
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=.....different outcome""]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/This Morning; ]

Kris Cantu skated today for the first time since breaking his left ankle.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q="Feels]
((KRIS CANTU/EXPRESS LEFT WINGER:))
[SUPER=01-Kris Cantu/Express Left Winger; :00]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=..."flow of things"]
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[Valentines-Day]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-06 02:01]
[GRAPHIC=Valentine's Day]

Cards, candy and flowers may be the traditional trio of Valentines Day deliveries.
But today in the Roanoke Valley, some of the most memorable came with a quartet.
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[NAT SOT]
[IN Q=Let me call you sweetheart]
[RUNS= :08]
[OUT Q=I'm in love with you.]
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[vo-nat]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; ]

Carol Huynh was one of the early victims... as members of the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus stopped at the Kroger Company.
Four quartets have been busy since Saturday delivering Valentines in four- part harmony.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm shocked]
((CAROL HUYNH: I'M SHOCKED. I KNEW THAT HE WOULD BRING MORE FLOWERS, BUT NOT THIS.)) ((RUPERT CUTLER: YESTERDAY, WE SANG TO A CASHIER AT LOWE'S WHILE SHE WAS WORKING THE CASH REGISTER, AND I THINK SHE LOST TRACK OF WHAT SHE WAS DOING WHILE WE SANG LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART TO HER.))
[SUPER=07-Carol Huynh; ]
[SUPER=01-Rupert Cutler/Barbershop Quartet Member; ]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=let me call you sweetheart to her.]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]

Last year, members of the barbershop quartet society serenaded 150 people. They were hoping to top that number by the end of the day.

[Video]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=net h - 15:23:36]
[graphic=None]

This Valentine's Day brought lots of weddings in some unusual places.
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[VO-NAT]
[Super=X5052 (loads FX)]
[Super=X5045 (starts FX)]
[SSuper=X5043 (clears FX)]

This place was just downright cold.
It's the video of the day.
Instead of marching down the aisle... this couple skated across the ice. They took their vows at the Nationwide arena- the future home to an NHL Hockey team.
[Super=X5043 (clears FX)]
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