WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 02/14/00

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An over-flow crowd attends funeral services for Tara Munsey, as the search continues for the Radford teenager's killer.
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And the report is filed with the court in the Vinton Police department investigation.

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In sports, Mike Stevens will join us from Daytona, Express scorer Kris Cantu is back on the ice
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and Franklin County hopes this guy will bring competitive football back to the Eagles.
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A blustery cold front is moving through followed by a chilly evening. But 60's return by Wednesday. The complete forecast is coming up. [open]
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((IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT SHE JUST DIED IT'S THE FACT THAT SOMEONE TOOK HER LIFE THAT HURTS THE MOST. ))
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Hundreds gather to mourn the death of Tara Rose Munsey, as authorities continue to try to find her killer.
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Munsey-Funeral]

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A community laid Tara Munsey to rest today after nearly three weeks of hoping for her safe return.
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Marya Jones was in Pearisburg, where funeral services were held.
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Keith, it was a well-attended good-bye ... even people that didn't know Tara Munsey came to the funeral.
Fitting for a girl who has captured so much of the area's attention for the past three weeks.
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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.
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((CHRISTIE NIXON/FRIEND: CLOSURE. IT REALLY WON'T BE CLOSURE UNTIL THEY FIND WHO DID IT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE THE GIRL AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU GET CLOSURE WHEN YOU FIND WHOEVER DID THIS TO HER.))
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((LOREN PHILLIPS/FRIEND: TARA DIED BECAUSE OF SOMEONE'S IGNORANCE OR WILL JUST TO GET RID OF HER LIFE. 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.
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((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.))
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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.
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((MIKE LASTER/RADFORD YOUTH PASTOR: I THINK JUST FINDING TARA BROUGHT CLOSURE TO WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE'S SHE AT, BUT I THINK THE CLOSURE WILL REALLY COME WHEN THEY FIND WHO DID THIS TO HER. ))
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Investigators are keeping a tight lid on details in the search for Tara's killer.
But -- one thing's for sure -- they say that with the physical evidence they've collected...it's picked up momentum.
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Keith?[NRV-Murders]

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For many of us, Munsey's murder brings up memories of two other missing persons cases in the New River Valley.
Both involved young women who disappeared and were later found dead.
But as Teresa Hamilton reports-- only one has been solved.
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((DON CALDWELL/ROANOKE PROSECUTOR: I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF THESE CASES WITH DISAPPEARANCE AND YOU HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT REALISTICALLY YOU DON'T EXPECT VERY GOOD THINGS TO COME OUT OF IT.))
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From the beginning-- Roanoke prosecutor Don Caldwell felt Tara Munsey would NOT turn up safe and sound.
Over the years-- Caldwell has been involved in two similar cases in the New River Valley.
The first involved Meredith Mergler... a Virginia Tech student who disappeared after leaving a Blacksburg nightspot in 1987.
Her remains were later found in a cistern in Giles County.
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((DON CALDWELL/ROANOKE PROSECUTOR: THE BREAK IN THAT CASE CAME BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME FORWARD AND HAD ACTUALLY TAPE RECORDED THE DEFENDANT MAKING ADMISSIONS CONCERNING THE ACT.))
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Caldwell, who worked the case as a special prosecutor, would eventually win a murder conviction against John David Lafon.
But the other case Caldwell has worked on as a consultant has NOT been solved.
It's that of Andrea Walnes (Wall-Ness).... a Virginia Tech student who vanished while tubing at McCoy falls in 1991.
Her body was later discovered in the Jefferson National Forest.
At one point-- Lafon was named as a suspect but the case was never brought to trial because of a lack of physical evidence.
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((THE MYSTERY IN THE WALNES CASE IS THAT NOBODY'S COME FORWARD AND SAID ANYTHING AND UNTIL THEY DO I DOUBT THAT THAT CRIME WILL BE SOLVED.))
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But Caldwell is hopeful the Munsey case will have a different outcome. Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7.

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State police found irregularities in the handling of public funds in the Vinton Police Department... while investigating allegations about drugs and gun evidence.
As the grand jury completed ITS investigation today, the special prosecutor said he does not intend to bring charges.
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((NEIL VENER/SPECIAL PROSECUTOR: I MY OPINION, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE ANYBODY WITH A CRIME, DESPITE WHAT I FELT WERE VERY SERIOUS IRREGULARITIES.))
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(( The prosecutor delivered the Grand Jury's 24-page report to the court under seal, as the law requires.
It's up to Judge Diane Strickland to determine whether any of the grand jury's findings and recommendations will be made public.)) ((THEIR WORK, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND HOPEFULLY THE JUDGE WILL RELEASE THE REPORT. I THINK, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED, AND I CAN SEE NO REASON WHY THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT RELEASE THE REPORT.))
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Chief of Police Ricky Foutz resigned in November along with his lieutenant, Bill Brown... shortly after the grand jury began its investigation.
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Is it the office, or the doctor in it that matters? Still ahead on News 7, Lewis Gale and departing doctors disagree.
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It's the curse of a part-time legislature.
Important issues debated too briefly.
Compromises influenced by politics.
Virginia's General Assembly is now in the long grind toward midnight tomorrow: the Crossover Day deadline for each chamber to finish work on its own bills.
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Ellen Qualls is at the State Capitol with highlights.
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As of this morning, both chambers have signed off on separating Lee and Jackson Day from the Martin Luther King holiday.
Since that was the Governor's proposal, that's now a done deal in Virginia.
But mostly, the issues that raise people's blood pressure are still being put off.
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The House is stretching into its eighth hour of floor session.
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((DEL. DICK CRANWELL/(D) VINTON: MR. SPEAKER, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE HOUSE IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION THEY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN. I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.))
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Vast amounts of legislative energy are going into the big issues now-- like the Governor's 2-point-5 BILLION dollar transportation plan.
Large parts of it clogged in committee just like the roads it seeks to open up.
The Republican who chairs Senate Finance:
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((SEN. JOHN CHICHESTER/R-STAFFORD: I GUESS THAT ANY DIFFERENCES THAT I MAY HAVE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE MAY MANIFEST ITSELF IN TOMORROW'S FINANCE COMMITTEES.))
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A bill banning children in the back of pickups is cruising out of the Senate-- largely because its most fierce rural opponent has changed his mind.
Bo Trumbo now admits to a personal experience with truck safety.
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((SEN. BO TRUMBO: WE WERE TAKING SOME TRASH TO THE LANDFILL, AND I WAS ON THE BACK OF A DUMP TRUCK IN ALL HONESTY, AND IT HIT ONE OF THE BUMPS AND I WENT FLYING THROUGH, AND I WAS ALL SPRAWLED OUT. AND I CAN SEE MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT, BUT I CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.))
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But the issue that remains most compelling to Southside Virginia-- textile worker relief -- is still an unknown.
Today, Henry County administrator Sid Clower actually sidestepped his local lawmakers, and proposed his own compromise to Governor Jim Gilmore.
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Sid Clower's proposal would give ultimate leeway to the Governor -- and has new elements, like tying an extra 65 dollars a week in unemployment benefits to being enrolled in worker retraining classes.
The Governor this afternoon directed his Deputy Secretary of Commerce to review the Henry County proposal.
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A source in the administration is now saying we should expect SOMETHING from the Governor's office-- but NOT until next week.

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Presidential candidate John McCain plans to address the corps of cadets at Virginia Military Institute the day before the Republican primary in Virginia.
McCain's web site is promoting the Arizona Senator's appearance at V-M-I for a parade and "a major speech" at noon February 28th.
His Virginia campaign staff says McCain will also speak at Roanoke College that afternoon.
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George W. Bush's nearest scheduled campaign appearance is in Richmond February 25th.

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Wall Street was in a buying mood today. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE ]
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The Dow rebounded from Friday's sharp selloff with a 95 point gain. NASDAQ rose 23 points.

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The story of doctors departing the Lewis-Gale Clinic takes another interesting turn.
This time ... one of the many doctors who resigned ... who was finishing out the 90-day notice that resigning doctors are required to give ... was kicked out before his time was up.
Scott Goldberg says the question now is: Will patients stay with the clinic or follow their doctors?
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It'll be his private occupational medicine clinic by the end of the month.
But that's not soon enough for Darrell Powledge.
He doesn't have an office since he was kicked out of the Lewis-Gale Clinic last week.
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((DR. DARRELL POWLEDGE/FORMER LEWIS-GALE DOCTOR: THEY THOUGHT THAT 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.)) [RUNS12]
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Powledge gave the clinic a 90-day notice that he was resigning from its Valley View Office.
The clinic replaced him with another doctor before the 90-days were up.
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((TERRY SMITH/LEWIS GALE CLINIC: THE CLINIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS FELT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CLINIC AND CONTINUITY OF CARE FOT THE PATIENTS THAT THE CHANGE BE MADE.)) [RUNS08]
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((SCOTT GOLDBERG: TO THE CLINIC, CONTINUITY OF CARE MEANS PATIENTS CONTINUE THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS AND THEY CONTINUE COMING TO THE SAME PLACE FOR TREATMENT. WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN IS THEY CONTINUE TO SEE THE DOCTORS THEY'VE GROWN USED TO SEEING.)) [RUNS13]
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((Scott Goldberg: So the building is more important than the doctors? TERRY SMITH/LEWIS-GALE SPOKESWOMAN: NO THE BUILDING IS NOT MORE IMPORTANT...)) [RUNS05]
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But Lewis Gale IS banking on patients sticking with the clinic, and not with the doctors who've resigned from it.
One indication that gamble may not pay off:
The city of Roanoke is letting its employees ... who see Dr. Powledge ... see him in a city office ... rather than seeing a new doctor at Lewis-Gale.
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((KEN CRONIN: ROANOKE PERSONNEL MANAGER: FOR THOSE WORKERS THAT WANT TO KEEP SEEING HIM, THEY CAN VISIT OUR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTER.)) [RUNS05]
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Meanwhile ... Lewis-Gale says there could be more surprises ... that other doctors waiting out their 90-day notices could get THROWN out before their time is up.
Scott Goldberg, News-7.))
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[Parisi]

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A Florida man pled guilty today to robbing a bank in Roanoke.
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Luke Joseph Parisi admitted robbing the First Virginia Bank on Orange Avenue a year ago...and three other banks last winter.
Parisi is already serving three years in a federal prison for knocking off ANOTHER bank, in Bristol.
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We will introduce you to Franklin County's new football coach and talk with the Express after a long road trip.
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((I'm Mike Stevens in Daytona Beach Florida, where Winston Cup practice got a little dicey today. And Jeff Burton got a special valentine from his daughter.))
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The 80 degree weather took a turn for the worse at Daytona today.
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Mike Stevens joins us from an unusually soggy world center of speed. Mike.
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Billy Miles has been a huge part of Salem's football success. Today he opens a new chapter as Franklin County's new head coach after 17 years as a Spartan assistant.
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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.))
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After 28 years he leaves a program that has won three state championships in the 90's.
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((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.))
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[OUT Q=....school system itself"]
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Miles hopes to have his coaching staff solidified within a month.

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The Express is back after suffering it's first three game losing streak of the season, two defeats were to the Florida Everblades.
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((BEN SCHUST/EXPRESS LEADING GOAL SCORER:))
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[OUT Q=.....different outcome""]
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Kris Cantu skated today for the first time since breaking his left ankle.
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((KRIS CANTU/EXPRESS LEFT WINGER:))
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Virginia Tech will host the 2000 Black Coaches Association Classic either August 26th or 27th at Lane Stadium. Neither a time or opponent have been announced for the fourth annual classic.

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The Roanoke Steam has signed two former Ferrum College football players. 1987 graduate, punt returner and wide receiver Anthony Drakeford has signed as has 1991 grad and former Panther lineman Henley Green.
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Should they be named for Confederate generals .. or Civil Rights leaders.
There is a proposal in Richmond...
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to change the names of two bridges now named after Confederate Generals - so that they're named after local Civil Rights leaders.
The public reacts to the proposal tonight.
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And plans are in the works in Bedford to re-name part of Route 460 to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Opponents are expected to voice their objections tonight.
Both stories on News 7 at 11.

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