WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 06/25/00

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Coming up on News 7-
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The 50th anniversary of the so called Forgotten War is marked with ceremonies around the country.
Residents in one Roanoke neighborhood believe they've become the target of a gang.
And-- a new museum opens in the Hill City dedicated to the black community.
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News 7 is next.

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Gunshots ring out early this morning in one Roanoke Neighborhood.
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Good evening I'm Teresa Hamilton.

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While no was injured -- some members of a neighborhood watch group say they were the intended target.
And they say a gang is behind the violence.
Joy Sutton has details.
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((WE COULD HEAR THE BULLETS NEARLY FLY OVER THE TOP OF OUR HEADS. THEY HISSED. IT WAS THAT CLOSE))
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Two holes show the location where bullets penetrated the home of the Arjomandinia family on Lafayette Boulevard in Roanoke...narrowly missing their son's bedroom which is on the other side of the wall.
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((JOYCE ARJOMANDINIA;THEY ARE RETALIATING BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DOING A GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM UP HERE SO WE'RE A THREAT TO THEM AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THEIR TERRITORY. THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST LITTLE BOYS WHO WANT TO SELL DRUGS THIS A TERRITORIAL THING:))
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The Arjomandinias and other neighbors believe this is the work of the Villa Heights One gang.
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((JEFF ARTIS/HOMEOWNER:IT'S BEEN LIKE DODGE CITY HERE FOR THE PAST 3 OR 4 WEEKENDS. WE HAD A DRIVE BY UP THE STREET. ))

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Jeff Artis is also a member of the neighborhood watch and says his home has also been shot at.
He says it's time for the Roanoke City Police Department to acknowledge there is a gang problem.
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((JEFF ARTIS/HOMEOWNER:THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THEY HAD REACTED TO OUR WARNING THREE YEARS AGO. NOW THEY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE HOUSES ARE BEING SHOT AT AND PEOPLE ARE BEING THREATENED))
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The Roanoke City Police department has a cope team working on projects in this area and detectives are on patrol in the neighborhood.
As for the Arjomandinia's, they say they have no plans of leaving.
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((JOYCE ARJOMANDINIA/HOMEOWNER:THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO WALK UP AND DOWN THOSE STREETS AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO SHOOT AND THEM OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT AT US))
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((JOYCE ARJOMANDINIA:WE'RE JUST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE -- THAT'S WHAT WE PAID FOR. ))
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((A POLICE SPOKESMAN WOULD NOT CONFIRM NOR DENY THAT THERE IS A GANG PROBLEM IN THIS AREA.
BUT DID CONFIRM THE FAMILY'S HOME WAS SHOT AT AT LEAST FOUR TIMES LAST NIGHT AND THAT THERE WAS ONE OTHER SHOOTING AT ANOTHER RESIDENCE TWO WEEKS AGO. ))
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The identity of the man who was killed yesterday after being thrown from the bed of a pick-up truck, was released today.
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It happened in Alleghany County... in the east bound lane of Interstate 64 near Clifton Forge around 5-45 yesterday evening.
21-year-old Brian Edwin Nicholson of Sterling died when he was thrown from a 95 Ford Ranger Pickup as it ran off the roadway, struck a guardrail, and rolled over several times.
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The interstate was closed for more than an hour.

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It's often called the "Forgotten War".
But today the 50- annivesary of the Korean War was remembered by thousands in the nation's capital.
Lee Cowan reports.
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ONE BY ONE, WREATHS WERE LAYED AT THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON SUNDAY TO MARK A SOMBER OCCASION -- THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE KOREAN WAR. THE WREATHS REPRESENTED THE 21 COUNTRIES THAT FOUGHT TO DRIVE OUT COMMUNISM FROM SOUTH KOREA. IN HIS KEYNOTE SPEECH, PRESIDENT CLINTON TOOK TIME TO REMEMBER WHAT IS OFTEN CALLED "THE FORGOTTEN WAR."

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"Korea was not a police action or a crisis or a conflict or a clash, it was a war. A hard brutal, war. And the men and women who fought it were heroes."

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IT WAS ON JUNE 25TH, 1950 ... WHEN COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA LAUCHED A SURPRISE ATTACK ON SOUTH KOREA. FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER U-N FORCES BATTLED A NORTH-KOREAN MILITIA -- BACKED BY CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION. MORE THAN 33-THOUSAND U-S TROOPS WERE KILLED IN THE CONFLICT, AND ABOUT 100-THOUSAND WERE WOUNDED.
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VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE HONORED THE SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ... DURING A CEREMONY AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS.

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"As a nation, we can do more than honor their sacrifice. We can recognize the Korean War's enduring contribution to America's security and to that of the world."
SOUTH KOREA OBSERVED THE ANNIVERSARY WITH MARCHING BANDS AND MILITARY SALUTES. OFFICIALS TONED DOWN ORIGINAL CELEBRATION PLANS .. OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA. LEADERS OF BOTH NATIONS PROMISED TO WORK TOWARD REUNIFICATION .. DURING A SUMMIT EARLIER THIS MONTH.
MEANWHILE, 37-THOUSAND U-S TROOPS REMAIN STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA. A GRIM REMINDER OF THE FRAGILE PEACE THAT STILL EXISTS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
LEE COWAN, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON ))

[Hiker-Hurt]

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It took local search and rescue teams five and a half hours to locate an injured hiker on the Appalachian Trail in Giles County this afternoon.
Officials say the woman was hiking with five others when she fell, causing minor head injuries.
She was taken to Giles Memorial Hospital and is said to be in stable condition.
So far there's no word on her name.

[Philip-Morris]

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The company that makes Marlboro cigarettes is buying the company that makes treats like Oreo cookies.
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Philip Morris says it will buy Nabisco for 15-billion dollars in cash which amounts to 55 dollars a share.
Philip Morris already owns Kraft Foods.
The company also owns the world's largest tobacco plant which is located in Richmond.
Philip Morris employs thousands statewide.
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Roanoke County is one step closer to opening a new school and expanding another.
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Ground breaking ceremonies were held to mark the start of renovations to Glenvar Middle School and construction on the new South County High School.
Local dignitaries and residents were among those who came out.
And while most are happy with the new schools... some who live near the new high school say they are upset that trees blocking the view of the high school have been cut down.
And now they say there is no buffer for the sound -- and wild life are coming into their yards.
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((SANDY REYNOLDS:HOMEOWNER: I FEEL MISLED CAUSE THEY TOLD US WE WOULD HAVE A BUFFER TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY AND THIS IS THE BUFFER A DEAD TREE. I FEEL IT'S TRAVESITY TO NATURE))
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But the board of supervisors chairman says they will be replaced.
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((JOE MCNAMARA/ROANOKE CO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:WHEN YOU'RE MOVING DEVELOPMENT THERE IS A LOT OF EARTH WORK. THERE IS GOING TO THE REMOVAL OF A LOT OF STRUCTURES BUT WE THAT IS GOING TO BE REMOVED. BUT WE'LL PUT STRUCTURES BACK AND WE'LL CREATE THE BUFFER ZONES TO MAKE IT A WORTHWHILE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY))
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The new South County High school is expected to open in 2002.
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[Bricks-Labor]

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The Roanoke economy is expanding faster than the national average pace... even after I-T-T, Norfolk Southern and Volvo layoffs.
But some local businesses are struggling to keep ahead.
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Construction is among the leader's of rapidly growing business. David Radford and Company has houses sold before they are even built.
But the company's deadlines are not being met because they can't find the help they need.
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((THE LABOR MARKET HAS BEEN SO TIGHT. WE'VE BEEN CREATING JOBS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR, AND ITS TAKING AWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. OUR JOBS ARE TOUGH, BUT WE'RE BECOMING VERY COMPETITIVE IN OUR WAGES.))
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Radford says interest rate hikes have not slowed business.
His employees are working round the clock to meet client demands.
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Still to come on NEWS 7 at eleven. We'll head to Blacksburg...
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to tour the inside of the CAVE at Virginia Tech... where the surroundings are anything but cold and damp.
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[Gilmore]

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Larry Bryant believes Governor Gilmore has shirked a major responsibility: protecting Virginians from space aliens.
Bryant and two others have filed a lawsuit against Gilmore to ensure that people who claim to have been abducted by extraterrestrials have their day in court.
A spokesman for Attorney General Mark Earley, joked that the case has been turned over to the A-G's X-Files department.

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West Virginia's governor came to BLACKSBURG this week to tour a town in his own state.
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Governor Cecil Underwood took a VIRTUAL tour of Princeton, West Virginia, at the CAVE in Virginia Tech's Corporate Research Center.
The CAVE is a 3-D, virtual reality tool.
A Blacksburg virtual imaging company used it to show the governor what Princeton will look like after planned renovations to its downtown are completed.
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((CECIL UNDERWOOD/WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR: THINK OF THE TIME IT SAVES DEVELOPING THESE PLANS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOURS... WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YEARS OF TIME-SAVING.))
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The CAVE also was used to create a virtual design for the Smithsonian's new Native American museum in Washington, D.C.
Developers of the CAVE say the virtual models are a cost-effective way to glimpse a finished project well before its even started.
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A North Carolina artist is showing his work in Danville.
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Mel Steele is showing 25 pieces of his work at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
The exhibit will be open starting today.
Steele says many of his paintings are of Danville people and that he painted most of them in the last six weeks.
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((MEL STEELE/ARTIST: THE TITLE IS DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF LIKE THE OLD NURSERY RYME. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SELF PORTRAIT THAT'S THE LARGEST.))
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The exhibit will be in Danville through August 20th. Each work costs an average of 25 thousand dollars.
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[Feedback]

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A viewer from Bedford is taking aim at Roanoke's effort to get guns off the streets.
Here's assignment editor Joe McKean with News-7's Feedback.
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((The city collected more than 560 guns from people who traded in the weapons for gift certificates. Officials said the main purpose behind the drive was to help prevent accidental shootings.
The day the guns were melted down, a critic [Craig Lawrence/Bedford] fired a note off to us.
...the program is a "CROCK OF MANURE" and I can't believe you are buying into it hook line and sinker. The local and Federal government are wasting my tax money on a program that is only cosmetic and really does nothing to reduce crime. All it does is make the "EXTREME LEFT" and the news media feel good.
Here's how to let us know what's on your mind:
The mailing address is PO Box 7, Roanoke, 24022-0007.
The fax number is 343-7269.
The email address is news@wdbj7.com.
And our web site, wdbj7.com has a moderated online forum.
Joe McKean, News-7.))

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It's a first for the Hill City.
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Coming up we'll take you to the first museum dedicated to the black community and its history.
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[Legacy-Profile]

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A new museum opened in Lynchburg today.. the kind of which has never been seen before in the Hill City.
This one is dedicated to the city's black community, but officials say there's something for everyone to see at the Legacy Museum of African- American History.
Steve Smallshaw takes us inside for a sneak preview in this week's "Virginia Profile".
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(( In some ways, Lynchburg's newest museum has come a long way in a very short time.. donations of labor and money have transformed what was once a run-down, century- old building ...into this, in just over eighteen months.
But in other ways, the Legacy Museum has been a long time coming for the Hill City.
Never before have the contributions of Lynchburg's black community been documented and showcased for the public to see.
When the idea for the museum was first introduced, donations of material began pouring in.
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((A WOMAN WHOSE GRANDMOTHER THIS IS BROUGHT THAT PICTURE IN.. THIS IS THE DONOR'S COUSIN AND THAT'S THE GRANDMOTHER.))

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The museum's first exhibit focuses on African-American health and medicine over the past 200 years.
The area's first black doctors, nurses and midwives are honored here.. even the first black female dentist in Virginia.
And it's more than just photographs.. a midwife's scissors, a nurse's uniform and the doctor's black bag can be found in these cases.. each has a story to tell about its former owner.
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((CAROLYN BELL/COLLECTIONS COMMITTEE: AND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER WITH THE PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY BELONGED TO AND THE FURNITURE THAT THEY USED AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY PICKED UP AND TOUCHED AND USED, IT DOES MAKE THOSE PEOPLE COME ALIVE.))
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[Standup ] ((Besides making history come alive, the mission of the Legacy Museum is probably best summed up in its logo: the "Sankofa", an African symbol that means "take from the past that which may have been forgotten but can be used in the future".))
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Not all that's featured here is pleasant.. the displays also recall the days when the color lines were drawn right down the middle of the local hospital.. and blacks struggled to make a name for themselves.
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((JOE BERRYMAN/LEGACY MUSEUM DIRECTOR: FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE THEY'LL GET A GOOD FEEL FOR YESTERYEAR, JUST A GOOD FEEL LOOKING AT THE OLD DRESSES, EVEN THE CLOTHING AND THE PICTURES, THE WAY THEY WERE SHOT.. BUT MORE THAN THAT, GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE WITH NOTHING.))
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((CAROLYN BELL/COLLECTIONS COMMITTEE: EVERYBODY HAS A LOT TO LEARN FROM THE MUSEUM. WHITE PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL VIRGINIA, I THINK, WOULD BE AMAZED AT THE HISTORY THAT'S HERE THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.. EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW LOCAL HISTORY WILL FIND A LOT HERE TO BE INTERESTED IN.))
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And hopefully be inspired by as well.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))

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The All Star Clinics of the Roanoke Valley championship banquet was held tonight at the Roanoke Athletic Club. NFL stars Ronde and Tiki Barber teamed up with NBA great George Lynch in this fund raising event.
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Two auctions were held. There was one of 10 balls New York Yankees pitcher David Cone used in his perfect game July 18th 1999 Tiki got from his agent.
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About five thousand dollars was raised for all star clinics. A trip auctioned off takes two to a Tampa Bay game and the travelers get to eat dinner with Ronde and much more.
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Both the Barbers and Lynch camps are drawing lots of kids, so many, Big George had a coaching shortage.
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Both camps begin tomorrow, the football camp at Rivers Edge and the basketball at Patrick Henry.

[S-Race]

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Jeff Gordon extended his road course winning streak to six today taking the checkered flag in the Sve Mart Kragen 350 at Sears Point.
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16 laps into the race, John Andretti's car caught on fire bringing out the second caution of the Day.
Gordon would take the lead after 46 laps and he was the leader at the halfway point of the race.
Tony Stewart led a couple of laps but Scott Pruett spins out hitting Stewart and knocking him off the track. Andretti moved into Stewart's Home Depot car after he overheated.
Pole sitter Rusty Wallace was on the move but he spins out with 39 laps to go and dropped back to 28-th.
Gordon then seperated himself from the field and he crosses the finish line for the win his second of the season.

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((JEFF GORDON/SAVE MART 350 WINNER: WE JUST DID EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE PAST AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO EVERY WEEKEND WIN AND JUST GET IT ALL TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE IT HAPPENED AT TALLADEGA ITS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN HERE AT SEARS POINT. MY HATS OFF TO ROBBY LOOMIS AND BRYAN WHITESELL THIS ENTIRE PIT CREW THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB. THIS DUPONT CHEVROLET WAS GREAT.))
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Sterling Marlin was second, Mark Martin third, Bobby Labonte fourth and Ricky Rudd fifth.

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The Busch Race was on the road course at Watkins Glen.
Ron Fellows would take the lead on lap 71 and hold on to win the Lysol 200.
Butch Leitzinger was second followed by Kevin Harvick, Todd Bodine and Mike McLaughlin.
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[S-Avalanche]

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The Salem Avalanche wrapped up its weekend set with the Frederick this afternoon at Memorial Stadium beating the Keys 4 to 3.
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The game was a defensive battle through five innings.
Salem had a runner in scoring position but Tim Raines junior charges the pop fly to centerfield making the catch and ending the inning.
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The Keys would get a runner on base an inning later however Salem gets out of the inning with the double play the game remained scoreless but Salem came on to get the victory 4 to 3.
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[S-MLB]

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Atlanta scored the winning run in the ninth when Chipper Jones scored on a bases loaded walk beating Milwaukee 5 to 4.
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Bobby Cox watching as his Braves lead 1 to nothing in the first.
Brian Jordan adds to that lead when he hits a line drive up the middle with the bases loaded two runs score to make it 3 to nothing Braves.
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The Brewers got close in the bottom of the first. Tyler Houston belts a two run homer over the centerfield wall to make it 3 to 2 and Atlanta wins it 5 to 4.
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Tom Lampkin hit an 8-th inning grand slam to lead Seattle to a 4 to 2 win over the Baltimore.
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Harold Baines taking a break on the bench.
Then in the third Banes rips this pitch off Paul Abbott sending it over the right centerfield wall and the Orioles took a 1 to nothing lead.
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Seattle trailed 2 to nothing until the 8-th that's when Lampkin hits this grand slam into the right centerfield seats and the Mariners sweep the Orioles with the 4 to 2 win.
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In Toronto, The Blue Jays padded their lead on the Yankees in the American League East.
With 2 outs in the 13-th Tony Batista hits a line drive into right field for a game winning R-B-I single as the Jays beat the Red Sox 6 to 5 in 13. Now here are the rest of the scores.
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In golf, Fran Hensley wins the Linwood Ladies Invitational in Martinsville. Hensley shot a 71 today for a 142 and a 1 shot win over five time champion Dot Bolling.
Jessica Witcher was second and Debbie Young third.
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The L-P-G-A tour was in Delaware for the McDonalds championship.
One day after her 40-th birthday Julie Inkster wins the event for her sixth major. Inkster's par putt on the second hole gave her a victory over Italy's Stefania Croce. They finished at 281, 3 under par.
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Meantime, Lee Trevino celebrated his first win on the Senior Tour in 27 months.
Trevino shot a 3 under par 69 finishing with a record tying score of 202, 14 under par in winning the Cadillac N-F-L classic. It's Trevino's second win in the event.
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Notah Begay won the St. Jude Classic. His 13 under par 271 beat Chris DiMarco and Bob May by one stroke.

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