[11Henry-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Melanie]

[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-08 51:17]
[GRAPHIC=Murder]


Sheriff's deputies found the body of a man who was murdered in his Henry County home.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]


Investigators say it appears 72- year old Aaron Quinn was stabbed to death.
He was found yesterday afternoon in the kitchen of his home on Ferndale Court in Collinsville.
Investigators went to the home after a 44- year old woman was stopped for questioning following a hit and run accident in Martinsville.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 03:02:48]
[IN Q=There was]

((CAPT. KIMMY NESTER/HENRY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THERE WAS SOME STATEMENTS MADE AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO ELABORATE BUT BASED ON THE INTERVIEW IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE... CHECKING THIS ADDRESS.))
[SUPER=01-Kimmy Nester/Henry Co. Sheriff's Department;]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=this address.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]


The man's 44- year old step-daughter... Vicki Gamon of North Carolina has been charged with Quinn's murder.
(------------)



[11M'ville-Murder]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-15 9:29]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]


Martinsville police have charged a local man in connection with last weekend's shooting death of Sidney Lloyd Jones, now they are trying to find him.
24 year old David Tashawn Martin of 3-rd street in Martinsville has been charged with one count each of murder, robbery, and use of a firearm.
(------------)
[VO-NAT 00-03 1:53:47]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/April 24]


Last weekend, Police found Jones lying on the ground near 4-th street in Martinsville.
He was taken to Martinsville Memorial where he was pronounced dead.
(------------)
[Anchor=Melanie]

[take full screen graphic 1000 then 1001]
If you have any information--- you can call the Martinsville police department at 540-656-5301 or Crimestoppers at 540-

632-7463.




[Powerline]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=00-]
[GRAPHIC=Aep Powerline]


The State Corporation Commission will hear testimony this week about a controversial power line proposal in Southwest Virginia.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]

American Electric Power wants to build the 765-thousand-volt line to meet higher demand for electricity. Critics contend that A-E-P doesn't need the line. But the utility says demand in the region has climbed 141 percent since the last major power line was built in 1973 and that blackouts are likely without it.
(------------)


[11Rescue-Mission]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-17 15:40]
[GRAPHIC=none]


The Roanoke Rescue Mission is a little brighter these days thanks to children's art.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]


The mission held a children's art exhibit yesterday.
It showcased art work done by students in elementary and high school as well as special education students.
Kids who came to the event could even have a caricature of themselves drawn by a professional artist.
More than 60 paintings are hanging on the walls.
(------------)




[1-Sports]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]


In sports, the Salem Avalanche pick up another win and highlights from the N-B-A playoffs.
Roy Stanley has more.
Good Morning Roy.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=on mornin']



[ANCHOR=Melanie]
(Melanie ad lib toss to Kimberly/Wx)



[texas-tornado]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Tornado]


Property damage -- but no injuries reported -- after at least four tornadoes spun through west Texas yesterday.


(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Elbert, TX;]

[3:00:48]
One twister flattened a cotton gin, barns, several businesses and mobile homes in the small town of Elbert -- 50 miles southwest of Wichita Falls.
The heavy weather formed along the leading edge of a warm front that pushed eastward through the state.
Along with the tornadoes, the storms dropped golf ball- to tennis ball-sized hail.
(------------)


[clinton-speech]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Clinton]


In an effort to gain more attention and funding towards combating AIDS, the Clinton Administration has classified the deadly disease as a threat to national security.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

[3:16:10]
This decision is not sitting well with some high ranking Republicans who claim it's not, and accuse President Clinton of trying to appease certain groups.
[SUPER=03-Ypsilanti, MI;]

[3:02:41]
Meantime, President Clinton plans to ask Congress this week to step up protection for personal financial records.
The president says the growing cashless society is combining with new laws on banking and insurance to create a danger of abuse.
In a commencement speech at Eastern Michigan University yesterday, Mr. Clinton said Americans should have the right to prevent companies from sharing financial data.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]

(( First before financial info is shared between two affiliated companies...you would get notice and you could say no. 2nd for the most sensitive type of info I think there should be an extra level of protection. ))
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q=should be an extra level of protection.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]


However, securities, banking and insurance firms warn the consumer could ultimately pay the price for new safeguards. They say additional controls will prevent them from creating less expensive financial services for customers.
(------------)



[gay-rights]


[ANCHOR=kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Washington's National Mall was a sea of rainbows yesterday as hundred's of thousands of gays and their supporters gathered for the Millenium March.
It was the first gay rights march in D-C since 19-93.
While they celebrated a week of victories, including the passage of a new law in Vermont giving gays marriage like rights, they vowed to keep at it until same sex couples have equal rights in all -50-states.
Lee Cowan reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]

[3:04:44]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Diane Hardy Garcia/Rally Organizer; :10]
[SUPER=01-Bill Dobbs/Demonstration Critic; :26]
[SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting; :56]
[RUNS=1:35]
[OUT Q=CBS News, Washington.]

((

(NARR:)


It was a gay pride rally with all the essential ingredients -- big names, and big crowds. And a presidential election year in which to get their message across.

SOT: DIANE HARDY GARCIA/ RALLY ORGANIZER



"WE WANT TO TURN OUT THE BIGGEST LESBIAN AND GAY VOTE IN THE YEAR 2000. WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE THAT WE'RE A VOTING BLOC."

(NARR:)


But this year that voting bloc seemed a little less united. Thousands of gays refused to come ...accusing the parade's organizers of ignoring their concerns.

SOT/BILL DOBBS, AD HOC CMTE FOR AN OPEN PROCESS. )

"This march was put together after just a few people got together and said "we're going to have a march," so lots of people felt left out."// "It's not of, by, and for us, it's just a few groups."
((NARR:)
A few NATIONAL gay and lesbian groups, which grassroots organizations claim are more worried about corporate sponsorship than pressing the issues.

(SOT/MOS )

"This used to be organized on a public basis. It's now being organized to serve their very narrow specific instutional ends, which are funding and membership."

( COWAN ON CAM:)

"Some say the problem is the gay and lesbian movement has become a victim of its own success -- growing so large, and so diverse, there no longer is one single issue to galvanize the community."

(NARR) Demonstrators showed that some had no issues at all.



(SOT/DRAG QUEEN )

"Basically just to come out and have a good time, show off!"

(NARR:) Organizers had no apologies.



(SOT/DIANE HARDY GARCIA, RALLY OGANIZER )

"If we're really going to attain civil rights protections, we need to have a bigger movement, it needs to be not just a gay movement.
.
(SOT/DEMONSTRATOR )

"The more awareness, more education, less homophobia, less bigotry, the better off the country will be."
NARR:
Led by a group whose political muscle is going through inevitable

growing pains . Lee Cowan, CBS News, Washington.>))[11Feedback]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=feedback]
[GRAPHIC=Feedback]


The Elian Gonzalez case continues to generate viewer mail this week as well as the conflict over Confederate history month.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean, with Feedback.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Animation open]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=Animation close.]


((A viewer from Collinsville had no sympathy for the relatives who had kept the Cuban boy from a reunion with his father.
"They have done nothing more than parade this innocent child around in front of the press for several months for their own political agenda. The only thing I feel for them is disgust. After suffering the horror of watching his mother die this child needed to be with his father..."
The news that the state NAACP may lead a boycott of Virginia tourism over the governor's proclamation of Confederate history month brought another letter. The viewer asked that her name be withheld.
"It's time that Mr. Gilmore (takes a stand) and the white people need to stand up for their rights and what they believe, but when white people do so we are called racists. I can't believe that all the Southern and proud white Americans are willing to let these people take our heritage away because it offends them...I am beginning to believe that politicians are afraid of the NAACP. After they take away our Confederate heritage what's next?"
Here's how to get in touch with us.
The mailing address is News-7, P.O. Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
Our fax number is 343-7269.
The address for email is news@wdbj7.com.
And our website, wdbj7.com, has a moderated online forum.
Joe McKean, News-7.))


[Health-Check]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]


In medical news, don't forget to ask for a triglyceride test the next time you're in for a check up.
Doctor Dave Hnida explains why in Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:37]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]


((ON CAM A LOT OF US KNOW OUR CHOLESTEROL LEVELS- BUT DO YOU KNOW - WHAT YOUR TRIGLYCERIDE LEVEL IS? AN IMPORTANT QUESTION SINCE MORE AND MORE RESEARCH SHOWS PEOPLE WITH HIGH LEVELS OF TRIGLYCERIDES HAVE AN EVEN HIGHER RISK OF HEART ATTACK THAN WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. SO WHAT ARE TRIGYCERIDES- THEY ARE SIMPLY A TYPE OF BLOOD FAT. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH THEM IS HOW THEY AFFECT YOUR HDL OR GOOD CHOLESTEROL.HIGH TRIGYLCERIDES EQUAL LOW HDL- AND THATS BAD FOR YOUR HEART.

VT=VO

CHECKING YOUR TRIGLYCERIDES IS EASY- ITS A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST THAT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME AS A STANDARD CHOLESTEROL TEST. YOU NEED TO FAST FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS BEFORE A TRIGLYCERIDE TEST- AND YOU SHOULD NOT VIGOROUSLY EXERCISE IN THE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE TEST.
ON CAM WHATS HIGH-? A LEVEL OF 150 OR ABOVE.... IN FACT THE CLOSER TO 100 IT IS THE BETTER. HOW TO LOWER IT IF ITS TO HIGH?
GRFX FIRST- EXERCISE. WORKING OUT BURN UP TRIGYCERIDES. AND IT WILL HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT - WHICH ALSO AFFECTS YOUR TRIGLCYERIDES NEXT- AVOID ALCOHOL AND SIMPLE SUGARS- BOTH WILL CAUSE TRIGLCYERIDES TO SKYROCKET. AND THIRD- EAT FISH- LOTS OF FISH. THE OMEGA THREE ACIDS IN FISH CAN LOWER TRIGLYCERIDES. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST- THERE IS MEDICATION AVAILABLE IF THE SIMPLE STUFF DOESN'T WORK.
ON CAM IN SUMMARY- WHEN GETTING YOUR BLOOD CHECKED- DONT FORGET TO ASK FOR TRIGLCERIDES. IM DR DAVE HNIDA FOR CBS NEWS.))

(ad lib to weather)

[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Mel/Kmc]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


Here's a look at today's top stories.
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


Martinsville police are looking for a suspect in connection with last weekends shooting death of Sidney Lloyd Jones.

Twenty-four year old David Tashawn Martin has been chraged with the murder.
Jones was found lying on a roadside last Saturday.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]


Meantime, another weekend of murder in southside.
72 year old Aaron Quinn,was fatally stabbed in his home yesteray in his Henry County home.
Police have arrested and charged his 44 year old Step daughter with murder.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


Residents in parts of west Texas will spend today cleaning up.
This after a string of powerful tornadoes tore through the region.
The storms are also responsible for dropping hail the size of tennis balls.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]


And that's what's making news on this Monday May 1-st .
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[2-11Henry-Murder]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-08 51:17]
[GRAPHIC=Murder]


A North Carolina women has been charged with murdering her stepfather. The victim was discovered by sheriff's deputies inside his Henry County home.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.;]


Investigators say it appears 72- year old Aaron Quinn was stabbed to death.
He was found yesterday afternoon in the kitchen of his home on Ferndale Court in Collinsville.
Investigators went to the home after a 44- year old woman was stopped for questioning following a hit and run accident in Martinsville.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 03:02:48]
[IN Q=There was]

((CAPT. KIMMY NESTER/HENRY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THERE WAS SOME STATEMENTS MADE AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO ELABORATE BUT BASED ON THE INTERVIEW IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE... CHECKING THIS ADDRESS.))
[SUPER=01-Kimmy Nester/Henry Co. Sheriff's Department;]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=this address.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]


The man's 44- year old step-daughter... Vicki Gamon of North Carolina has been charged with Quinn's murder.
(------------)



[2-11M'ville-Murder]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-15 9:29]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]


Martinsville authorities are still looking for a man who has been charged in last weekends shooting death of Sidney Lloyd Jones.
24 year old David Tashawn Martin of 3-rd street in Martinsville has been charged with one count each of murder, robbery, and use of a firearm, but he has not been arrested.
(------------)
[VO-NAT 00-03 1:53:47]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/April 24]


Police found Jones lying on the ground near 4-th street in Martinsville last Saturday.
He was taken to Martinsville Memorial where he was pronounced dead.
(------------)
[Anchor=Melanie]

[take full screen graphic 1000 then 1001]
If you have any information--- you can call the Martinsville police department at 540-656-5301 or Crimestoppers at 540-

632-7463.




[11Fire-Trailer]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=none]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-16 19;03]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Dozens of Rockbridge County residents came together to dedicate a new fire safety trailer in memory of two children killed in a recent fire.
Joy Sutton has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=alright Leighton what]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.; :06 Quick]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co./March; :15]
[SUPER=01-Kenneth Higgins/Victim's Father; :24]
[SUPER=01-Tim Goodbar/Kerrs Creek Fire Department;:37]
[SUPER=07-Tori Lipscomb;:51]
[SUPER=07-Leighton Hostetter;:59]
[SUPER=@Joy2; 1:04]
[RUNS=1:15]
[OUT Q=n7 Rockbridge County]

((
(///// SOT /////)
[NAT SOT 15:38:31]
[IN Q=Alright Leighton]
((NAT SOT: ALRIGHT LEIGHTON WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THERE'S SMOKE IN YOUR ROOM))
[RUNS= 04]
[OUT Q=your room]


Firefighters say teaching children how to respond in a fire can be a matter of life or death.
It was just last month, that 12 year old Rebecca Chittum and 7 year old Kassidy Higgins were killed when their home caught on fire.
The Kerrs Creek Volunteer Fire Department in Rockbridge County dedicated a new fire safety trailer in memory of the two children.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT15:24:55]
[IN Q=It means a lot to us]

((KENNETH HIGGINS/VICTIM'S FATHER: IT MEANS A LOT TO US. THE COUNTY REALLY NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN WHAT TO DO))
[RUNS= 05]
[OUT Q=what to do]


The fire safety trailer is designed like a real house -- to make it as realistic as possible for the children.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT15:27:34]
[IN Q=This trailer is equipped]

((TIM GOODBAR/KERRS CREEK FIRE DEPT.: THIS TRAILER IS EQUIPPED WITH SMOKE ROOMS FOR THE CHILD TO CRAWL UNDER THE SMOKE TO GET TO SAFETY))
[RUNS= 07]
[OUT Q=get to safety]


The trailer is also equipped with a heated door -- and a kitchen to show kids the danger of playing with fire.
When some of the kids tried out the new trailer they say they learned a lot.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT15:43:48]
[IN Q=If you fall out of the bed]

((TORI: IF YOU FALL OUT OF THE BED AND HEAR THAT BEEPING NOISE YOU HAVE TO CRAWL AND FEEL THE DOOR IF IT REALLY HOT YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE))
[RUNS= 11]
[OUT Q=in there]
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT15:43:02]
[IN Q=Don't go near]

((LEIGHTON: DON'T GO NEAR THE STOVE OR MICROWAVE))
[RUNS= 05]
[OUT Q=or microwave]


And firefighters hope that this new trailer will save lives and give kids a leg-up when it comes to knowing what do if a fire breaks out. Joy Sutton, News 7, Rockbridge County.))




[vietnam-anniversary]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Vietnam has freed thousands of prisoners on the 25th anniversary of its victory over the United States and South Vietnam.
The release of 12-thousand prisoners yesterday was the country's biggest-ever amnesty.
The anniversary of the end of the war was also celebrated with a nationally televised parade in the city once known as Saigon.
Barry Petersen has the story.
(/////SOT /////)
[SOT]

[3:09:06]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Ho Chi Minh City; :00]
[SUPER=01-Barry Petersen/Reporting; 1:10]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=CBS NEWS, TOKYO.]

(( They marched across the grounds of what is now labeled reunification palace...soldiers too young to remember the war.

(reviewing stand)

On the reviewing stand...old soldiers who did remember...the generals who defeated the Americans.

(more marching/palace grounds)

Twenty-five years ago this was a city called Saigon in a country called South Vietnam. When North Vietnamese tanks captured the palace...it was the end of South Vietnam..and Saigon was soon renamed Ho Chi Minh city, after the communist leader of the north.

(SOT: VIETNAMESE GUY/barry narrates)

I am proud, says this man...because we defeated a big, imperialist power.
But the speeches were of today's problems...not yesterday's victories..the mayor of Ho Chi Minh city decying bribery and drug addiction among problems stalling Vietnam's economy.

(prison)

For some drug traffickers..and thieves, and murderers...this was a day of freedom...an amnesty granted in honor of the anniversary setting loose some 12-thousand prisoners.

(SOT PRISONER/Barry narrates)

I feel like I've been reborn, says this man. I never thought I would rejoin society because I was serving a life sentence.

(best of civilians/floats/doves released/etc)

It was, in the end, like a spring festival...among the marchers in the gaily decorated city were people from various religious and ethnic groups. One had to remember this was remembrance of a brutal war that killed 58-thousand

Americans...and more than three million Vietnamese.))[2-CLINTON-SPEECH]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=MORN]
[WRITER=mel]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Clinton]


Consumers may have more privacy protection in their personal finances.
President Clinton is proposing a law that would allow consumers to limit or ban companies sharing customer information.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ypsilanti, MI;]

[3;02:41]
He unveiled the proposal yesterday in a college commencement address at Eastern Michigan University.
The plan also would require companies to obtain a customer's consent before sharing detailed information about spending habits.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]

((to make sure you have control over records make sure you have access to those records and the right to correct mistakes in them. We must be able to enjoy benefits of technology without sacrificing our privacy. Maximize the promise of the information age and still protect individual liberties.))
[RUNS=25]
[OUT Q=protect individual liberties.]
(------------)
[Anchor=melanie]
[SS=none]


Financial industry executives say that would prevent securities, banking and insurance firms from creating less expensive financial services for customers.

[11Nicely]


[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-06 1:00:30]
[GRAPHIC=none]


A Vinton Mayoral candidate will try today to convince a judge that he IS a resident of the town.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/April 21;]


Andy Nicely, who's running as a write- in candidate, is fighting for the right to vote in Roanoke County.
Without that right-- he could NOT be elected to office.
The election board says Nicely is NOT a Vinton resident-- that his property is actually in Roanoke City.
But Nicely argues that a good portion of his property is in the town and that he's been a registered voter in the county for six years.
A hearing will be held at eleven this morning in Roanoke County Circuit Court.
(------------)





[11Boyd]


[ANCHOR=Melanie]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-09 1:49:40]
[GRAPHIC=none]


A Mecklenburg County tobacco farmer says he's close to securing the Democratic Party nomination for Congress in the Fifth district.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond/February 2;]


John Boyd says he has the support of 136 of the 154 delegates needed to capture the nomination on May 20th.
Boyd is a tobacco farmer and founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association.
[SUPER=03-Nelson Co./February 4;]


Allen Hale, chairman of the Nelson County Democratic Party, acknowledged that he trails Boyd in the nomination contest.
The winner will oppose Congressman Virgil Goode.
(---------)




[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Mel/Kmc]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


24 year old David Tashawn Martin of 3-rd street in Martinsville has been charged in last weekends shooting death of Sidney Lloyd Jones.
Martin has not been arrested and police are still looking for him.
If you have any information--- you can call the Martinsville police department or Crimestoppers.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Henry County Sheriff's deputies found the body of 72- year old Aaron Quinn stabbed to death in his Collinsville home yesterday.
The man's 44 year old step-daughter... Vicki Gamon of North Carolina has been charged with Quinn's murder.

(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


Andy Nicely, who's running as a write in candidate for Vinton Mayor, will try to convince a judge today that he is a resident of the town.
The election board says Nicely is NOT a Vinton resident-- that his property is actually in Roanoke City.
But Nicely argues that a good portion of his property is in the town and that he's been a registered voter in the county for six years.
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
(Kimberly mic hot)
(///////////////)
(Kimberly ad lib weather)
(-------------)

[2-SHOT]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]


Now here's Jean Jadhon with a preview of News 7 at Six.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=A high voltage]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=tonight on News 7 at 6]
(-------------)
[Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)

(ad lib bye) [Double Boxes=Melanie/Kimberly and Steve]
by SS