[1-News-Head]

[TALENT=Keith]

A 47-year old woman gunned down on her way to work in Danville. We'll go straight to our Danville NEWSROOM as we
start NEWS 7 at SIX.
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[V/O-NAT]
And one of the most famous off-screen faces in films pledges to pay for the THEATER- -appropriately enough- -that's part of the D-Day Memorial being built in Bedford.
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[Sports-Head]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]

Tonight on New 7 sports, the Carolina League action tonight gets washed away. We'll meet an area cyclist who is wheeling and witnessing in the same breath.
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[VO-NAT]

And the Express has been wheeling and dealing away today as both Duane Harmer and Chris Cantu are shipped off to Greensboro.
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[WX-Head]
[TALENT=Robin]
[SS=None]


Looking for another chilly day tomorrow and with the clouds staying low. Full forecast stuff coming up.

[Video-Open]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Video Open]



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[SOT 1:31:35]
[IN Q=In broad day light]

((IN BROAD DAY LIGHT LIKE THIS I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS. SHE WAS A VERY SWEET PERSON.))
[RUNS=:04]
[OUT Q=very sweet person]
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[VO-NAT]


Relatives are in shock while police search for the killer of a Danville woman.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[GRAPHIC=News7at6]

Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Danville-Murder]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-05 TC1:00:30]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest]


47-year old Phyllis Ann Adams was on her way to work when she was gunned down in the middle of the street.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Surae/Danville Bureau]


Surae Chinn is in our Danville Bureau and has been following this story.
[Live=Surae Full/Danville Bureau]
[SUPER=@Surae1;]
[SUPER=05-Danville;]


Keith, The family wants to know if this was a random act of violence.
It has the neighbors worried about their safety.
And Authorities say they don't have much to go on.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Danville authorities]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
[SUPER=01-Diane Williams/Victim's Sister in Law; :09]
[SUPER=01-Maj. B. C. Elliott/Danville Police; :27]
[SUPER=01-Rakhee Patel/Victim's Supervisor; :51]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=last night.]

(( Danville authorities combed the area on Cole street, bringing in a trained dog--searching for clues. While family members stood by in disbelief.
[SOT 1:31:05]

((DIANE WILLIAMS/VICTIM'S SISTER IN LAW: I'M ANGRY, ANGRY, REALLY ANGRY SHE NEVER BOTHERED NOBODY SHE AINT NEVER BOTHER NOBODY.)) [RUNS:10]
The family says 47 year old Phyllis Ann Adams had a routine. She would catch the 7:50 bus every morning to go to work.
[SOT 1:39:31]

((B.C. ELLIOT/DANVILLE POLICE MAJOR: IT'S VERY SAD SITUATION TO TAKE A PERSON IN THE EARLY MORMING OR ANYTIME WALKS OUT OF THE STREET AND GETS GUNNED DOWN IT'S JUST A BAD SITUATION.))
At her place of work for more than 20 years people are grieving. She was a house keeper at the economy inn. Rakhee Patel says Adams was like family to her.
[SOT 1:33:43]

((RAKHEE PATEL/VICTIM'S SUPERVISOR: I WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COMPREHEND THINGS I WASN'T THINKING STRAIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.)) [RUNS:09]
The victim's family doesn't know how to deal with the loss either.
[SOT 1:31:51]

((DIANE WILLIAMS/VICTIM'S SISTER IN LAW: I'M TAKING IT BAD I'M REALLY UPSET DON'T UNDERSTAND. IT REALLY HURTS ME CAUSE ME AND HER TALKED TO HER LAST NIGHT.)) [RUNS:10))]
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[Live=Surae Full/Microwave;]
[SUPER=05-Danville]


Authorities are looking for a black man about 6 feet tall wearing all black.
Investigators have few clues, the gunman did not take her purse or Anthing in it and family members say she wasn't romantically involved with anyone.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Surae/Microwave]



[Saunders-Barger]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-07 TC1:09:46]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]


Dorothy Saunders suffers from 41 different ailments, ranging from asthma to Parkinson's disease.
But a federal judge decided today that the 67- year- old woman should spend the next three years in a federal prison.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]


Saunders and another woman, Thelma Mae Barger, pled guilty to bilking two elderly sisters out of their life savings of 300- thousand dollars.
The money helped build this million dollar mansion in Huddleston.
At sentencing today, Judge Norman Moon ordered Saunders taken to jail immediately. She caused a bit of a scene, when she refused to let federal marshals escort her out of the courtroom.
Her attorney had argued that sending her to jail would be like a death sentence.
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[SOT 00:23:22]
[IN Q=If there was]

((HARRY BOSEN/SAUNDERS' ATTORNEY: IF THERE WAS EVER A CASE FOR DEVIATION FROM THE GUIDELINES THIS WAS WAS IT.. AND IF THIS CASE WASN'T IT THEN THERE PROBABLY AREN'T MANY CASES.))
[SUPER=01-Harry Bosen/Saunders' Attorney;]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=aren't many cases.]
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[VO-NAT]


Barger also received a 37- month sentence.
She has 60 days to report to prison.
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[Homestead-Thefts]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=00-16 TC11:17]
[GRAPHIC=None]


A former employee of the Homestead and her cousin have been charged with breaking into guest rooms and stealing credit cards.
A Bath County grand jury indicted the two women earlier this month, after an investigation by state police.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Hot Springs/1993]


Police say Sherry Hoke used to work at the front desk of the resort.
She and her cousin, Jessica Stuple, each face twenty counts of credit card theft, breaking and entering, and larceny.
They're scheduled to be arraigned May second.
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[National-Guard]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-12 TC23:32]
[GRAPHIC=None]


Governor Jim Gilmore is directing the Virginia National Guard to "move forcibly" on a 40 point plan to recruit and promote more minority officers.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Fort Pickett/File Tape;]


News media reports in January showed one third of the Guard is a racial minority, but only one in ten is an officer.
The Guard's new adjutant general says the Governor's request only supports diversity efforts already in place.
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[SOT 14:37:54]
[IN Q=They can't]

((MAJ. GEN. CLAUDE WILLIAMS/VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD: THEY JUST CAN'T COME OUT OF THIS OFFICE. THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN AND TAKEN TO HEART, AND PUT INTO PRACTICE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HOLD PEOPLE'S FEET TO THE FIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD. THAT THE INITIATIVES THAT WE COME UP WITH WILL BE PUT INTO PLACE. AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO WHITEWASH, OR COME UP WITH SOME FANCY CATCH PHRASE TO ALLEVIATE THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. WE ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS.))
[SUPER=01-Gen. Claude Williams/Virginia National Guard;]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=very, very serious.]
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[VO-NAT]


The general says part of the problem will be solved with time.
12 out of 52 of the next class of officer candidates are black.
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[Spielberg]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=99-59 TC1:44:53]
[GRAPHIC=D-Day Memorial]


Steven Spielberg has come through for the National D-Day Memorial.
The famous film-maker will provide the funding for a theater that'll be part of the Memorial in Bedford.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Bedford; :00]
[SUPER=10-Steven Spielberg/Producer-Director/July 1998; :17]
[SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA/July 1998; :21]
[SUPER=03-Arlington/February 1999; :31]
[SUPER=01-Richard Burrow/D-Day Memorial President; :38]
[SUPER=@keith1; :54]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=project next month.]

(( The monument now taking shape above Bedford Elementary School will encompass an education center.
The three- story building will include five galleries and a 120-seat theater. With Spielberg's donation, it now becomes the Arnold M. Spielberg theater, in honor of the movie-maker's father.
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[SOT 1:24:25]
[IN Q=The invasion of Normandy]

((THE INVASION OF NORMANDY SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES.)) [RUNS04]
[OUT Q=millions of lives.]


When Spielberg was first approached about the memorial in Bedford- -at the premiere of his film, "Saving Private Ryan," he said he was focusing his support on the D-Day MUSEUM in New Orleans.
The following Winter- -D-Day vet Bob Slaughter met with Spielberg again at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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[SOT 12:11:30]
[IN Q=The discusssion]

((THE DISCUSSIONS MOVED RAPIDLY TO THE THEATER AREA WHICH HE FELT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE TO HONOR HIS FATHER. )) [RUNS11]
[OUT Q=honor his father.]


Arnold Spielberg is a veteran of World War Two himself - -who saw action on Guam.
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[SOT Standup]
[IN Q=Burrow can't say]

[RUNS:14]
[OUT Q=of the United States.]


The exact amount of Spielberg's donation was not announced, but Richard Burrow says the theater is a half a million dollar part of the four million dollar education center.
The Foundation will take bids on that part of the project next month.))

[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=NONE]


Just a week until Roanoke chooses its next mayor.
Still ahead on News-7, we'll begin profiling the candidates.
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[VO-NAT]


And the bulldog has a new master.
Find out what Volvo's takeover of Mack Trucks might mean for workers here.
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[Roanoke-Mayor]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-06 TC52:38]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]


Democrat David Bowers is seeking his third term as Roanoke Mayor. And with three challengers, this may be his toughest campaign yet.
This week we'll profile the candidates in the order they appear on the ballot. So tonight Joe Dashiell begins with David Bowers.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=In the past I've received]
[SUPER=203-Roanoke; :08]
[SUPER=201-David Bowers/Roanoke Mayor; :24]
[SUPER=220-Joe/Dashiell; :45]
[RUNS=1:25]
[OUT Q=Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke]

(([OPENS ON NAT SOUND OF RADIO INTERVIEW 19:20:59]
[IN Q=In the past]

((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: IN THE PAST I'VE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS AND REPUBLICANS AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE STOOD BEHIND ME IN THE PAST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.))
[RUNS= :06]
[OUT Q=thank you very much.]


David Bowers believes they're still standing behind him.
Talking with callers to the Craig Wright Show on WFIR, Bowers said he's running on a record of accomplishment, most proud of progress the city has made in public education... adding teachers, improving salaries, raising test scores, and renovating school buildings.
[SOT 19:27:14]
[IN Q=If there's one thing]

((IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I'M SO VERY PROUD OF IN THE TIME I'VE SERVED AS MAYOR, IT'S BEEN THAT WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES , GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ROANOKE CITY SCHOOLS. IT WASN'T ALL MY DOING. THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT IT ALSO MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE A MAYOR WHO UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SCHOOLS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHO IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.))
[RUNS= :22]
[OUT Q=and the school board.]


Alongside the successes, council has also owned its share of controversy. Bowers admits 1999 was a difficult year with challenges such as the water crisis, and the transition to a new city manager.
But he says he offers a combination of experience and forward- thinking ideas his opponents cannot match.
[SOT 19:30:52]
[IN Q=Did you do]

((DID YOU DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO. AND INDEED I THINK I HAVE. AND ARE YOU STILL TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF ROANOKE. NOT YOUR ISSUES, THE ISSUES THE PEOPLE WANT ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE, AND I THINK I HAVE.))
[RUNS= :14]
[OUT Q=and I think I have.]


And with four candidates in the race, Bowers also thinks it will be a close contest, in which every vote will count.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))

[Fire-Chief]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-02 TC1:57:41]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg Seal]


After a seven- month search, Lynchburg has a new fire chief.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]


Cecil "Buddy" Martinette was introduced during a morning news conference today.
He's a 21- year veteran of the Virginia Beach fire department, where he's been a battalion chief the last three years.
Martinette says he's a man who leads by example.
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[SOT 14:41:58]
[IN Q=I'm going to]

((CECIL "BUDDY" MARTINETTE/NEW LYNCHBURG FIRE CHIEF: I'M GOING TO BE THE GUY THAT'S OUT IN FRONT, I'M GOING TO BE OUT THERE, I'M GOING TO BE VISIBLE, I'M GOING TO BE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE ME. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO KNOW WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING IN. ALTHOUGH I'M ALSO MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT I'M NOT THE GUY WHO ROWS THE BOAT.. IF YOU'RE IN A BOAT, YOU'RE NOT THE GUY WHO GETS IT THERE.))
[SUPER=01-Cecil "Buddy" Martinette/New Lynchburg Fire Chief]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=gets it there.]
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[VO-NAT]


Martinette replaces current chief Fred Mills, who is stepping down to spend more time with his family.
Mills will return to his old position as battalion chief within the department.
Martinette starts his job June 5th.
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[Volvo]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-09 TC1:40:16]
[GRAPHIC=Volvo]


A merger today puts Volvo behind the wheel of the world's second-largest heavy truck company.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Greensboro, NC;]


The company announced today that it struck a two-billion dollar deal to buy Renault and Mack trucks.
Volvo will take over Mack plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and South Carolina.
Analysts say the move secures the company's future... but the 23-hundred workers in Volvo's Dublin plant are NOT likely to feel any impact.
Volvo's president says it's too soon to know how the deal will affect employment.
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[Stocks]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]


Tech stocks shook off yesterday's beating as Wall Street rallied in a big way. [TAKE DOW, NASDAQ & BLOOMBERG PAGE ]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5102;]
[SUPER=430-x/218.71/11124.82/x/229.04/3711.52/x/4.71/112.03;]


The DOW climbed 219 points while the NASDAQ gained 229.
The Bloomberg News 7 Index gained more than four and a half points-- thanks in part to a 28 point advance from Corning.
[SUPER=431-h1a/36a/h3!/52a/h1*/53$/h1/62*/h1g/28e;]
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[SUPER=433-h3&/165d/h%/19$/h1/18$/h2a/25f/h$/22;]
[SUPER=434-u/17e/h1%/57e/h@/38/h1#/69b/h&/59r;]


[Train-Station]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-04 TC1:57:37]
[GRAPHIC=None]


After years of planning, renovation of Lynchburg's old train station is about to get underway.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]


City and state officials gathered today to hammer the first spike in the project.
The 3- point- 4 million dollar plan calls for overhauling the station, building a firefighters museum and a light industrial building.
The station will house Amtrak ticket offices and the city's Greyhound bus connection.
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[SOT 15:02:55]
[IN Q=I will always]

((REX HAMMOND/LYNCHBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: I WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS BUILDING FONDLY AS A MONUMENT TO COOPERATION AND TEAMWORK AND TODAY'S THE FIRST STEP OF A LONG LITANY OF SUCCESS REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION FUTURE OF THIS REGION.))

[SUPER=01-Rex Hammond/Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=of this region.]
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[VO-NAT]


The Kemper Street station also figures to benefit from a regional rail service that's being planned for central and southwest Virginia.
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[Sports Tease]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]

Coming up tonight on News 7 sports, the Express shakes things up this afternoon as both Harmer and Cantu exit the team. Geoff Bodine isn't quite ready to return to action this week.
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[VO-NAT]

And it took this lady a while to bounce back from an injury, but now she is wheeling and witnessing with ease.
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[S-Express]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-73 110tc]
[GRAPHIC=express]

Three of the Roanoke Express owners met with head coach Scott Gordon this afternoon to discuss not only the budget for next season, but also talk about Gordon's future. The owners want Gordon to return for his third season as coach of the team, but the two parties ended their two and a half hour meeting this afternoon with Gordon telling the owners he won't decide whether or not to stay until next week.

In another note, Aniket Dhadphale - the high scorer the Express got from Greensboro for a player or players to be named later has cost the club two of its most high profile players - now that later has arrived.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]


Duane Harmer, who has played five seasons with the Express and is fifth all time in career points with 171 was sent to Greensboro this afternoon. He does have a chance to sign with the AHL Providence Bruins for next season, Harmer is playing for Providence in the playoffs at this time.
Kris Cantu also was sent to Greensboro today. In his three season in Roanoke, the left winger scored 20 game winning goals. Both were all-star performers.
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[S-RVD]


[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-63 28:12]
[GRAPHIC=Soccer]


Tonight, the Cave Spring boys soccer team puts it's perfect three and OH Roanoke Valley District record on the line against a tough Patrick Henry team.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]


The Knights are 5 and 2 on the season and Jon Hartman, their best player, will NOT return from a soccer trip to Italy until Thursday, but Cave Spring remains confident for this key match up with the Patriots.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="well]
[SUPER=01-Andy Clapper/Cave Spring Boys Soccer Coach; :00]

((ANDY CLAPPER/CAVE SPRING BOYS SOCCER COACH:WELL THEY'VE GOT SOME REALLY SKILLED PLAYERS. AKIL FOTTERINGHAM IS GOING TO SANTA CLARA ON A SCHOLARSHIP, WE'VE GOT TO WATCH HIM. THEY'VE GOT A SOLID DEFENSE. THEIR KEEPER MIKE ANDRES IS A GREAT PLAYER. WE WILL HAVE TO JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, EVEN IN OUR LOSSES I THOUGHT WE PLAYED REALLY WELL, WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN THE GAME SO IF WE JUST STAY THE COURSE AND DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING I THINK WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEM.))
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=...successful against them"]
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[S-Arena]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-65 34:31]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Steam]


The Roanoke Steam is once again on the road this weekend, taking on Birmingham Saturday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Greensboro, NC; :00]


The Steam fell to Greensboro April 16th 37-22. Roanoke is OH and two. Judging by the attendance numbers at other Arenafootball2 games around the league, the Steam can look forward to it's home opener May sixth. The indoor football has been out drawing ECHL hockey by leaps and bounds.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="Little]
[SUPER=01-Tommy Benizio/Steam General Manager; :00]

((TOMMY BENIZIO/STEAM GENERAL MANAGER:LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS IS A THREE THOUSAND PER HEAD PER GAME HOCKEY TOWN. THAT THREE THOUSAND FOR HOCKEY HAS TRANSLATED INTO ALMOST 17 THOUSAND FOR FOOTBALL. A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME, GREENSBORO, WHICH AS SOME OF OUR HOCKEY FANS HAVE GONE AND SEEN THE EXPRESS PLAY THERE, MIGHT HAVE 500 TO 1500 PEOPLE AT THOSE GAME, WELL THERE WERE NEARLY 13 THOUSAND THERE LAST SUNDAY FOR THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST US.))
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=....against us"]
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[ANCHOR=steve]
[GRAPHIC=arenfootball2]


The Richmond and Norfolk Arenafootball2 teams have both already sold out their season home openers as well.

[S-Wheels]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=six]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=SP-58 tc 2:01:28]
[GRAPHIC=wheel power(made)]


A Bedford County woman has made spinning her wheels her life's work.
Judy Bowman started Wheel Power with her last 200 dollars, now it's a Christian ministry with hubs, or satellite offices all over the country.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.;]


In the summer of 1994 Bowman made her first mission trip bicycling across the country.
Next week she'll leave the Bedford County headquarters to drive to San Francisco.
She will start the cross country trek on May 22nd. 70 cyclists will join her for all or part of the trip.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=we find]
[SUPER=01-Judy Bowman/Wheel Power;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=Lord Jesus Christ]
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[VO-NAT]


In 1985 Bowman herniated three discs in her back. The injury left her bedridden for six months. Riding a stationery bike was part of her rehab.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=they]

(())
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=long road of recovery]
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[anchor=Mike]
[ss=hold]


Besides biking across the United States, Bowman has also set a world's record. You can hear more of her story on N

ews 7 Sunday Morning beginning at 8.[S-Bodine]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-70 154tc]
[GRAPHIC=BODINE]


Geoffrey Bodine tested last week at Richmond and he has decided that the Commonwealth will be a good place for him to make his return to Winston Cup racing.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/April 7; :00]

Bodine and the Power Team had considered racing this weekend in California, but they have decided to keep Dick Trickle in the car this Sunday. Trickle has driven Bodine's Chevy in two previous events this season.
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[Promo]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]


The proposed budget for next year in Roanoke County is out.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Kate/Microwave]


Kate Weidaw is at the administration building with details.
[Live=Kate Full/microwave]
[SUPER=@Kate1;]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.]
(KATE AD LIB)
(ROLL CUE=Four percent more than last year.)
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[VO-NAT]

[***KATE'S MIKE HOT***]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=no new taxes.]
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[Live=Kate/Microwave;]
(KATE AD LIB)
[Double Boxes=Kate and Keith/Microwave]

Keith.
by SS