WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 06/22/00

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It's decision night.
Parents and students find out who will go to a new Roanoke County high school.
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Just abut one hour ago, Texas murderer Gary graham was put to death- his appeals tonight failed.
And hanging on eleven stories up in another part of Texas.
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News 7 is next.

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((RELIEF AND JUST THANKFUL. WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY LISTENED.))
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Roanoke County parents find out that attendance zones will NOT change because of the new high school.
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[County-Schools]

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After nearly two months of reviewing various redistricting options, the Roanoke County School Board says it decided to take the advice of parents and keep things the way they are.
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Joy Sutton has been following this story and joins us with more on the plan.
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Jean,
For many parents this has been a sensitive issue --waiting to hear the fate of their children.
But tonight many say they're proud of their school board for making what they call the best decision for all students.
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[SUPER=01-Tim Thornhill/Parent;]
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[SUPER=01-Jerry Canada/School Board Chairman;]
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Parents and students are calling the Roanoke County School Board's decision to keep the current attendance zones intact -- a victory.
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((TIM THORNHILL/PARENT: THE BOARD DID A GOOD JOB OF COMPROMISING HERE. ITS PLEASED ALL THE PARENTS THAT THE KIDS WILL GO TO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO THAT'S CLOSEST TO THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA)) [RUNS10]
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((MELISSA IVANCO:I'M REALLY GLAD THAT ME AND MY BROTHER WILL BE GOING TO CAVE SPRING BECAUSE THE OLDER KIDS THAT I ADMIRE AND LOOKED UP TO AT BACK CREEK. THEY WENT TO CAVE SPRING SO I WANT TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS)) [RUNS10]
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Students at Back Creek, Bent Mountain, Clearbrook, and Penn Forest Elementaries will go to Cave Spring Middle School which will filter into Cave Spring High School.
Cave Spring, Green Valley, and Oak Grove Elementaries will filter into Hidden Valley Middle School which will feed South County High School.
The school board says the only downside of this option is the potential for overcrowding at the new high school.
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((JERRY CANADA/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN: WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO OUR ARCHITECT TO TAKE A LOOK AT MAYBE DO IT AS A BID ALTERNATIVE TO MAYBE ADDING UP FOUR ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS TO THE SCHOOL.)) [RUNS08]
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The school board says it will also try to lure students to Cave Spring High school with special programs like an international baccalaureate (back-a-lori-it) program.
A ground breaking ceremony will be held for new high school this Sunday -- the school is expected to open in 2002.

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Jean,

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The parents of seven Virginia schoolchildren are going to court over a mandatory moment of silence in state classrooms.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today in Alexandria, saying the new law violates the constitutional mandate for the separation of church and state.
The state Superintendent of Public Instruction last week advised teachers to NOT mention prayer as an option for the moment of silence.
But Attorney General Mark Earley then declared teachers dont have to refrain from suggesting it.
The U-S Supreme Court ruled this week that student-led prayer at high school football games was UNconstitutional.

[Graham]

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Texas Death Row Inmate Gary Graham has been executed for a murder he claimed he did not commit.
Tonight his execution was delayed briefly but his last two tries for an appeal were ultimately denied and about one hour ago- Graham was put to death. Teresa Estacio brings us up to date from Huntsville, Texas.
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((Even last minute court appeals couldn't save Gary Graham. "He's dead." But while the battle to save Graham's life played out in the courts, it was the supporters of the convicted murderer who made their feelings known first. Protestors broke through barricades, burned flags, and were dragged away as the countdown to the execution rolled on. It was a tense scene outside the Huntsville Texas Prison after the US Supreme Court, in a five to four vote, refused to grant a stay in the case. Then, just moments away from the end of the death row inmate's life, lawyers filed yet another court appeal. This one a civil lawsuit against the Texas Parole Board. He had a rambling last statement... Graham pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery back in the 1980's, but never admitted to killing Bobby Lambert. He claimed all along that the single eyewitness who identified him as the killer was mistaken. The case has drawn national attention. In the end, being the most contentious death penalty case to confront Gov. George W. Bush since he announced his run for the White House George W Bush R-Presidential Candidate.))

[Investigations]

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A top Justice Department prosecutor wants a special counsel to look into the 1996 campaign fund-raising controversy.
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The recommendation comes from the lead attorney for the Justice Department task force investigating 1996 fund-raising abuses.
Robert Conrad interviewed Al Gore and President Clinton in April.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=Hillary Clinton]

Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham Clinton is off the hook for the White-House travel Office firings.
An independent counsel says he will not bring charges even though there's substantial evidence the first lady played a role in the firings.

[Hager]

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John Henry Hager wants to be your governor.
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The Republican lieutenant governor surprised NO one, but made it official tonight-- kicking off what will be the longest official campaign for governor in Virginia history.
His challenge: to try to follow two Republicans he thinks have done a good job.
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((HAGER: AND SO, WHILE WE WILL CONTINUE THE DIRECTION, I THINK THERE WILL BE LOTS OF SPECIFICS, JUST LIKE THERE WERE JIM GILMORE WHEN HE TOOK OVER FROM GEORGE ALLEN.))
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He's calling his campaign Operation Triple Play, to keep the focus on George Allen and George Bush this year... and get to John Hager next year.
Hager will face Republican Attorney General Mark Earley in a 2001 spring convention.
The winner of that contest will face Democrat Mark Warner next fall.
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[Crabtree-Falls]

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Forest officials hope hikers have learned a lesson from last weekend's fatal accident at Crabtree Falls in Nelson County.
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A Lynchburg man died Saturday after he ventured out onto the rocks and lost his footing.. falling about 200 feet down the falls.
Authorities say the man ignored signs that warn hikers not to venture off the trail.
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((KATHY HALL/U.S. FOREST SERVICE: WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE THIS AND USE IT AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT THEY NEED TO STAY ON THE TRAIL.. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO PEOPLE IS TO STAY ON THE TRAIL, THE TRAIL IS SAFE AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR VISITORS TO COME ENJOY CRABTREE, BUT JUST DO IT FROM THE TRAIL, BEHIND THE RAILINGS AND THE LANDINGS.))
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23 people have been killed at Crabtree Falls over the years.
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[Mod-U-Kraf]

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Modular Home sales are going through the roof, and that's what's driving a local merger.
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Mod-U-Kraf Homes of Rocky Mount merged with Coachmen Housing Group.
Mod-U-Kraf has been building modular homes for the past 28 years.
Coachmen officials say it's time for them to tap into Mod-U-Kraf's success.
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((WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH MOD-U-KRAF. STRATEGICALLY, IT FITS EXACTLY INTO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FROM A GROWTH STANDPOINT.))
[SUPER=01-Jack Trant/Coachmen Housing President]
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Business is so good that the new company is ready to branch out further.
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((THE PLANS ARE TO EXPAND THE OPERATION, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU HAVE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE AREA.))
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The company expects to build 3-thousand new homes and take in over 200-million dollars this year.
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Tanks are rolling into Pittsylvania County.
Find out why when News 7 returns
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And a Roanoke recording studio for teenagers is setting a national standard.
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[Sports-Preview]

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(( Hey folks, this is Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office where the Avalanche opens the second half with a bang. The Mac Daddy goes yard for the 548th time. We'll rise from the ashes and meet a real winner at the Roanoke Valley Horse show. And meet another inspiring individual - a tennis player truly on a mission.

All that a more tonight on the Big 7.))[Campbell]

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Many people in the Roanoke Valley have never heard of Raleigh Campbell.
But his work has touched hundreds of lives.
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Campbell is retiring as the executive director of the Council of Community Services, a job he's held for 32 years.

The nonprofit agency coordinates the work of dozens of social service organizations.
Raleigh Campbell helped develop Total Action Against Poverty, the AIDS Council, the League of Older Americans and other groups.
Campbell's friends and co-workers gave him a big sendoff today at the Patrick Henry Hotel.
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[Massengill]

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He worked his way up the ranks in the Virginia State Police for 32 years.
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Today, the Dinwiddie County native Gerald Massengill was named the new superintendent.
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((GOV. JIM GILMORE: HE'S SERVED AS FIRST SERGEANT, LIEUTENANT, HE'S SERVED ALL THE WAY UP THE LINE. I JUST THINK THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN ON THE SCENE IS THE CORRECT APPROACH AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO.))
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Gilmore says he's watched Massengill closely since he took over as acting superintendent for the reitiring Wayne Huggins in January.
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[Music-Lab]

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Teenagers in Roanoke have released their own C-D, with a promise of no dirty lyrics.
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At Roanoke's Downtown Music Lab, high school students can play musical instruments in real recording studios, as long as they use no foul language, drugs or violence.
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Two hundred kids belong to this non-profit studio -- but what do their classmates think?
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The C-D is available at the lab which is open weekday afternoons.
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[Tank-Museum]

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The first shipment of World War Two tanks and armored cars have rolled into Pittsylvania County.
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[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;]

Nearly one hundred of them will travel from New York to the Tank Museum on highway 29 just four miles north of downtown Danville.
The collection by the American Armored Foundation will be one of the largest of its kind outside of the U.S. Army.

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((WILLIAM GASSER/TANK MUSEUM DIRECTOR: WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE TANKS UNDER ONE ROOF. IN THIS BUSINESS THAT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF. PLUS PEOPLE WILL COME ON RAINY OR SNOWY DAYS.))
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((DAVID KALBACKER/MUSEUM SPOKESPERSON; MY FATHER, MY STEPFATHER AND FATHER IN LAW WE ARE ALL VETERANS. IT'S A UNIQUE STEP BACK IN TIME THEY CAN SHOW THEIR CHILDREN AND SHOW WHAT THEY FOUGHT WITH.))
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The foundation is a non-profit corporation.
The museum will not be open to the public for at least a year.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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A new home for the Danville Boys and Girls Club is roaring to life, thanks in part to a Detroit Lion.
That's next on News 7 at Eleven.
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And scientists make an amazing discovery on the surface of Mars.
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((WE DID NOT EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS! ))
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See what they found when we return.
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[New-Club]

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The Danville Boys and Girls Club will have a new home.
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Instead of a ground breaking ceremony, club officials held a seed-sowing event to celebrate the announcement of a new 14 thousand square foot facility.
It will allow the organization to serve more disadvantaged children in the city.
Danville has never had an official Boys and Girls club building for after school activities.
Detroit Lions wide receiver and Danville native, Herman Moore, wanted to help get the project going.
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((HERMAN MOORE/DETROIT LIONS: IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THIS AREA AND THE CITY. IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY.))
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((BOB BEECY/BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: IT WILL HAVE A GYMNASIUM, RECREATION. IT WILL BE A MIXTURE OF FUN AND LEARNING.))
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Construction is set to be completed by the end of the year.
Currently there are 150 members.
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[Mars]

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Potential new evidence may support the theory that life existed on Mars.
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[SUPER=04-NASA;]

NASA scientists say new evidence points toward the discovery of liquid water on the surface of Mars.
These thin channels on the steep inside walls of craters could be evidence of liquid water bubbling to the surface not billions of years ago, but perhaps even today.
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((EDWARD WEILER/NASA: IF THESE RESULTS PROVE TRUE THAT THERE IS WATER ON MARS, NEAR THE SURFACE IT HAS PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON MARS.))
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The channels are found only in the coldest regions of the planet- water should freeze instantly and evaporate into space- leading some to wonder if it really is water.
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((MIKE CARR: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: I'M SKEPTICAL JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE KNOW PREVAIL ON MARS.))
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Scientists say the only way to know for sure is to go to Mars and found out.
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[S-Extra]

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The Avalanche opens the second half of the Carolina League season. We'll meet a thankful equestrian and an impressive young tennis player. Plus, Herman Moore comments on his former high school coach Ed Martin. But first in tonight's Extra Point - more coaching news -
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[SUPER=04-NBA; :00]
Larry Bird announced today that he will not return to the Indiana Pacers organization next season as player personnel director. He says he plans to take a year off and spend some time with his family in Florida.
[SUPER=04-NHL; ]
In the NHL, Edmonton hired Craig McTavish to coach the Oilers. He was a star player for this franchise in the 80's.

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[S-Avalanche]

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The Salem Avalanche opened the second half of the Carolina League season by beating the Frederick Keys 4-to-2.
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[SUPER=03-Salem/Keys vs. Avalanche; :00]

The Blues Brothers served as the entertainment for the night at Salem Memorial.
The visiting Keys would take the game's first lead in the third as Papy Ndungidi draws first blood, connecting on a single that scores Richard Paz to make the count 1-nothing Frederick.

The Avalanche evens the score in the bottom of the sixth with one swing of the lumber. Juan Uribe crushes a two run
homer to left field. Chone Figgins scores and Salem goes on to win it 4-to-2. [SUPER=37-Salem/4/Frederick/2;]
The series continues through Sunday and that means you have time to see Tim Raines Jr - Frederick's leadoff man. His father is THE Tim Raines, who debuted with the Expos in 79 - and later played with the White Sox, Yankees and A's.
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[S-MLB]

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More history for Mark McGwire in the major leagues last night as the Cardinals plays the Giants.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-St. Louis, MO/MLB-Cards; :00]
The Mac Daddy hit his 26th homer of the year and his 548th career homer tonight to move him into a tie for the seventh on the all-time major league list. He is now dead even with former Phillies' great Mike Schmidt the hall of fame third baseman.
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[S-Deion]

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The Cincinnati Reds placed Deion Sanders on the restricted list last night and in effect ended his major league baseball career, for now.
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[SUPER=03-Ashburn; :00]
When Sanders signed for $56 million with the Redskins back on June 6th it was obvious he was not returning to the diamond this year, but by making this move, the Reds no longer have to pay Deion the $300 thousand a dollar a year salary he was making while on the disabled list.
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[S-Martin]

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Funeral services for Ed Martin, the former GW Danville football coach will be held this morning at eleven at the school's auditorium. Burial will follow in Rustburg at 3 in the afternoon. Yesterday, Martin's most successful former player arrived in Danville pay his respects.
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[SUPER=01-Herman Moore/Detroit Lions All-Pro; :00]
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[OUT Q=...HELP ME ACHIEVE."]
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[S-Horse]

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The 29th annual Roanoke Valley Horse show has proven that some good can come from a tragedy.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Shawsville/May 29, 1999; :]

On May 29-th of last year fire destroyed a major barn at the Bent tree stables in Shawsville killing several show horses.
Construction began on a new barn this April.
[SUPER=04-This Afternoon; ]
The structure is nearly finished and owner Karen Waldron hopes to fill the stables with show horses by the end of the summer.
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[IN Q="Last year...]
((KAREN WALDRON/BENT TREE FARMS: LAST YEAR WE HAD A PHENOMINAL HORSE SHOW RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE AND IT JUST MAKES YOU REALIZE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ELS IS GOING ON WE HAVE A DUTY TO OUTSELVES TO THE HORSES WE HAVE HERE TO OUR CUSTOMERS TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT OUR BEST.))
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[OUT Q=.....our best."]
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[SUPER=03-Salem/Last Night;]

Waldron and her riders were at their best last night winning several blue ribbons.
And like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Waldron, herself, won the the top prize in the Friesian horse division, a category her own stables started at last year's horse show.
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((WALDRON: PROBABLY THE MOST INTERESTING THING WE'RE DOING AT THE HORSE SHOW THIS YEAR IS HELPING SPONSOR A DIVISION FOR THE FRIESIAN HORSES. THEY'RE FROM HOLLAND AND FIRST HAD THOSE CLASSES LAST YEAR AND LAST NIGHT I SHOWED THE HORSE THAT WON THE CLASS NAMED FLORIST.))
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The star of the Radford High School tennis team for four years doesn't act like one.
But now she's being recognized as one. Sports Illustrated has tabbed Emily Nester for its "Faces in the Crowd" segment.
Denise Allen has her story.
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(( Tiger Woods may be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, but soon one of Southwest Virginia's own will be in the national magazine.
Radford native Emily Nester will be in the "Faces in the Crowd" column.
Emily earned the state's tennis triple crown, winning the singles, doubles and team high school state championships.
She says it's her outlook on tennis that's helped her succeed.
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DENISE ALLEN/NEWS 7 SPORTS: WHILE TENNIS IS A BIG PART OF HER LIFE, EMILY KEEPS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GAME IN PERSPECTIVE.
SHE GIVES GOD ALL THE CREDIT FOR HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND SHE'LL SPEND MOST OF THE SUMMER WORKING FOR HIM.
EMILY LEAVES FOR A MONTH LONG MISSION TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND JULY FOURTH.
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Emily will go to Bridgewater College in the fall. And yes she'll play tennis for the Eagles.
She says the game helps balance her life.
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Emily may not grace the cover of Sports Illustrated as a pro, but she says the tennis will always be a part of her life.
Denise Allen News 7 Sports. ))

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Two workers were left hanging today-
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And their rescue is our video of the day.
Two window washers in Texas were just doing their job outside the eleventh floor when the scaffolding they were standing on- gave way.
The men dangled from their safety harnesses- eleven floors up for two hours- while firefighters scrambled to reach them.
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Firefighters rescued the men by rappelling down the 12-story building.
No one was hurt.
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