[News-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Coming up on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]
After seven months- Elian Gonzalez is back home in Cuba.
A high court ruling on the Boy Scouts- What will it mean locally? Reaction coming up.
Plus NFL runningback Tiki Barber joins the News 7 sports team for the night.
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[Talent=Jean]
News 7 is next.
[Cuba-Boy]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Elian Gonzalez]
Elian Gonzalez is back on Cuban soil tonight.
He returned to Havana with his father just a couple of hours ago.
[Double Boxes=Jean and Jennifer/Newspath]
Jennifer Jones is covering the story and joins us from Little Havana Miami with the latest.
[Live=Jennifer Full/Newspath]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting]
[SUPER=05-Miami, FL]
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[***ROLLED FROM NEWSPATH***]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Havana, Cuba;]
[SUPER=03-Dulles Intl. Airport;]
[SUPER=01-Juan Gonzalez/Elian's Father;]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=]
((THE LITTLE BOY WHO LEFT CUBA ON A CROWDED RICKETY BOAT, RETURNED TO HIS
NATIVE ISLAND IN GRAND STYLE.
ARRIVING IN A CHARTERED JET IN HAVANA, SIX-YEAR OLD ELIAN GONZALEZ WAS
IMMEDIATELY SHOWERED WITH HUGS AND KISSES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS ... AS
WELL AS A ROUSING WELCOME HOME FROM HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
((LOCATOR: DULLES AIRPORT, VA))
ELIAN LEFT THE U-S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON -- JUST HOURS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED A LAST-DITCH APPEAL BY THE BOY'S MIAMI RELATIVES TO KEEP HIM HERE.
HE WAVED GOODBYE TO AMERICA IN THE ARMS OF HIS FATHER ... WHO FOUGHT SO HARD TO GET HIM BACK.
((SOT: JUAN GONZALEZ/ELIAN'S FATHER))
"We're happy to go home. Thank you."
THE FAMILY'S FAREWELL CAPPED OFF A SEVEN-MONTH ODYSSEY ... THAT BEGAN WHEN ELIAN WAS FOUND CLINGING TO AN INNER TUBE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LAST NOVEMBER.
THE MIAMI RELATIVES WHO CARED FOR ELIAN DURING MUCH OF HIS STAY ... NOW
WORRY ABOUT ELIAN RESUMING A VERY DIFFERENT LIFE IN COMMUNIST CUBA.
((SOT: GARCIA-PEDROSA))
"They feel pained at this moment perhaps even more so than we can even imagine. In their hearts and in their souls is the thought that possibly somehow a miracle can yet occur so that the death of Elian's
mother will not have been in vain."
ELIAN WAS REUNITED WITH HIS FATHER BACK IN APRIL ... AFTER THE GOVERNMENT RAIDED THE MIAMI FAMILY'S HOME.
((SOT: PRESIDENT CLINTON.))
"I have replayed this in my mind many times. I don't know that we had many different options that we pursued, given how the thing developed."
((NAT SOUND))
MEANWHILE, HONKS OF DISGUST IN MIAMI'S LITTLE HAVANA. CUBAN PROTESTERS
GATHERED INTO THE NIGHT AROUND ELIAN'S FORMER MIAMI HOME ... OUTRAGED BY
WHAT THEY SEE AS A TRAGIC TURN OF EVENTS.
((SOT))))
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[Live=Jones Full/Newspath]
[SUPER=05-Miami, FL]
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[Boy-Scouts]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-12 TC1:27:21]
[GRAPHIC=US Supreme Court]
Another U-S Supreme Court decision is also drawing mixed reaction.
It involves the Boy Scouts.
[Double Boxes=Jean and Teresa/Newsroom]
Teresa Hamilton is in the newsroom tonight with local reaction to what some are calling a landmark decision.
[Live=Teresa Full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Teresa1;]
Jean-- the case involves a New Jersey man who sued the boy scouts after he was expelled for being gay.
Today-- the supreme court, in a five to four decision, ruled against James Dale saying the organization can not be forced to accept gay leaders.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Of course]
[SUPER=01-Sam Garrison/Roanoke Attorney; :00]
[SUPER=04-File Tape; :18]
[SUPER=01-Bruce Tuten/Scout Executive; 1:07]
[RUNS=1:19]
[OUT Q=as a model.]
(((///sot//// )
[SOT 03:33:42]
[in q= Of course]
((OF COURSE PEOPLE WILL BE HURT BY THIS TYPE OF STEREOTYPING THAT GAY MEN ARE NOT GOOD ROLE MODELS.))
[RUNS08]
[OUT Q= good role models.]
Sam Garrison is an openly gay attorney in Roanoke-- as well as a former boy scout and assistant scoutmaster.
On the one hand he says he's disappointed with the decision.
But as a lawyer Garrison says the ruling affirms the organization's first amendment rights.
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[sot 03:29:57]
((SAM GARRISON/ROANOKE ATTORNEY: IF THE BOY SCOUTS CAN'T BE MADE BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO HAVE GAY SCOUTMASTERS THAT ALSO MEANS A GAY GROUP CAN NOT BE MADE TO HAVE JERRY FALWELL AS THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN.))
[RUNS14]
[OUT Q= program chairman.]
The justices indeed indicated to force the Boy Scouts to accept gay leaders would violate the group's right to free expression and free association.
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[sot 03:25:03]
[in q= That's what the case]
((THAT'S WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUT, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THOSE STANDARDS AS ANY ORGANIZATION.))
[runs10]
[out q= any organization.]
Bruce Tuten is a local scout executive-- who says gay scouts could also be excluded.
But he says homosexuals would be welcome in his organization-- as long as they hid their sexuality.
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[sot03:24:20]
[in q=If he's ]
((IF HE'S OPENLY GAY AND HE HAS AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE ELSE, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIP FOR A YOUNG BOY TO SEE AS A MODEL.))
[RUNS10]
[OUT Q= as a model.]))
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[Live=Teresa Full/NEwsroom]
But Tuten says he's never had to deal with that situation.
[Double Boxes=Teresa and Jean/Newsroom]
Jean, there are approximately 13 thousand boy scouts in our viewing area... and another five thousand adult members.
[Abortion]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-11 TC1:56:12]
[GRAPHIC=Abortion]
The U-S Supreme Court today also handed down what legal experts say is the court's most important word on abortion in eight years.
The 5-to four decision overturns a Nebraska ban on so-called "partial birth" abortions.
The majority opinion says the ban violates women's constitutional rights by imposing an "undue burden" on their decisions to end pregnancies.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@file;]
Virginia's two year old ban is worded in almost the same way as Nebraskas.
Attorney General Mark Earley concedes it's likely to be overturned in the fourth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals, following today's high court decision.
Abortion rights advocates say they're pleased-- but:
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[SOT 16:02:26 ]
[IN Q=The Parenthood]
((BEN GREENBERG/PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF VIRGINIA: THE NARROWNESS OF THAT RULING CERTAINLY GIVES US SOME CONCERN. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT SCHOLARS SUGGEST AS MANY AS THREE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES MAY BE APPOINTED BY THE NEXT PRESIDENT. AND THIS COULD TURN AROUND IN A HEARTBEAT.))
[SOT 15:31:29]
((FIONA GIVENS/VIRGINIA SOCIETY FOR HUMAN LIFE: ONE MIGHT THINK THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN RATHER SLEEPY TO DATE. THIS WILL CERTAINLY GENERATE SOME SPARK.))
[SUPER=01-Ben Greenberg/Planned Parenthood of Virginia; :00]
[SUPER=01-Fiona Givens/Virginia Society for Human Life; :15]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=some spark.]
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[TALENT=Jean]
[SS=Mark Early]
Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley is promising to write a new ban in a way he thinks will comply with today's ruling.
He says he'll submit that to the 2000 General Assembly.
[Broughman]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-15 TC1:14:10]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
The man who shot his brother six times told his story in court this afternoon.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]
Roger (Bruff-man) Broughman says he went to his brother's house last January to make peace, after hearing stories that Rocky wanted to kill him.
[SUPER=04-January 29;]
But when Rocky came out of the house, Roger shot and killed him.
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[SOT 16:16:26]
[IN Q=He never said]
((HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING BUT I'M GOING TO KILL YOU MOTHERF------ AND REACHED FOR THAT GUN AND I KNEW IF HE WAS GOING FO
R THAT GUN AND REACHING FOR IT LIKE THAT HE MEANT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.))
[SUPER=01-Roger Broughman/Defendant;]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=going to do]
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[VO-NAT]
Rocky did have a gun hidden in his back pocket but detectives say he never pulled it out.
And Rocky's neighbor says he wasn't angry at Roger.
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[SOT 17:40:27]
[IN Q=He said]
((HE SAID YOU KNOW I WORRY ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE'S IN WITH THE WRONG COMPANY. AND HE SAID I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM. I LOVE HIM. HE'S MY BROTHER.))
[SUPER=01-Marguerite Whitley/Neighbor;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=he's my brother]
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[VO-NAT]
The trial is expected to wrap up tomorrow.
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[Johnson]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-13 TC1:22:13]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
A Roanoke man who killed a friend during a drunken confrontation last November apologized today as he was sentenced to prison.
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[SOT 5:27:10]
[IN Q=I'd like to say to the Harris family]
((I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE HARRIS FAMILY THAT I'M SORRY. I KNOW IT WON'T BRING DONALD BACK, BUT I DIDN'T KILL HIM IN MALICE. AND I'M TRULY SORRY.))
[SUPER=01-Francis Johnson/Defendant]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=and I'm truly sorry.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/November;]
Francis Johnson had claimed self-defense, saying he pulled a knife on Donald Harris to protect himself during a fight.
Today in Roanoke Circuit Court, Johnson entered a plea of no contest.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 05:39:43]
[IN Q=We've talked to ]
((TOM BOWERS/PROSECUTOR: WE'VE TALKED TO THE FAMILY AND THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN OVER THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST A SON AND A BROTHER AND BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST A FRIEND TOO. SO THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN THIS SITUATION.))
[SUPER=01-Tom Bowers/Prosecutor]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=no winners in this situation.]
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[VO-NAT]
Johnson was convicted of second- degree murder. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison, with half of that time suspended.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Thousands of former Tultex workers are trying make a new start.
We'll have one woman's unique approach when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]
And a nine-hour hostage-crisis ends with an archbishop free and a suspect in custody.
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[Sports-Preview]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=first audio]
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=BIG 7]
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(( Hey folks, this is Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office with news form the NBA draft, as former UVa star Courtney Alexander get the call in the first round.
Michael Vick gets the call and a challenge on line.
Plus, we'll check in at Doug Day's hoops camp.
And hear from News 7 sports reporter for a day Tiki Barber - tonight on the Big 7.)) [Archbishop]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
After nine hours as a hostage- Archbishop Patrick Flores is free tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Antonio, TX ]
A man threatening to set off a grenade- held the Roman Catholic Archbishop since early today -
The suspect apparently walked into the Archdiocese in San Antonio and complained about having trouble with his passport.
Tonight the Archbishop was set free- He was escorted out of his office by police and placed on a stretcher, although he appeared to be unharmed.
The Suspect was led out in handcuffs.
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[Truck-Thefts]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Authorities in Rockbridge County have reportedly made their first arrests in connection with a string of thefts involving tractor trailers.
Two men from Georgia, were arrested last week at the Orchard Creek Auto Plaza in (ray-Phene) Raphine.
Investigators believe the men were planning a tractor- trailer heist at the time of their arrest.
One of the men was also charged with the theft of a tractor trailer from the Lee Hi Travel Plaza back in March.
[Project-Life]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-16 TC1:21:42]
[GRAPHIC=Alzheimer's]
The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Department has a new device to track down Alzheimer's patients who walk away from their homes.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.]
It's called Project Lifesaver and Pittsylvania County is the first county in Virginia to have this program in place.
Officers say it will save lives.
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[SOT 3:23:41]
[IN Q=The importance of it]
((HAROLD PLASTER/PITTSYLVANIA CO. SHERIFF: THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS THE TRANSMITTER. IT'S WORK AS A BRACELET OR ON THE ANKLE. IT'S BATTERY OPERATED AND IT EMITS A SIGNAL.))
[SUPER=01-Harold Plaster/Pittsylvania Co. Sheriff; :00]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=emmits a signal.]
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[VO-NAT]
There are more than one hundred Alzheimer's patients living in Pittsylvania County.
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[Tultex-Worker]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-14 TC1:38:36]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Many former Tultex workers are still struggling after the plant closed its doors six months ago.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Smith Mountain Lake; :00]
But some have turned their struggles into a time to live out a dream.
Peggy Scott worked for Tultex for nearly 28 years before she was laid off.
She always wanted to own her own business.
And so Scott and her sister opened a furniture store at Smith Mountain Lake.
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[SOT 1:28:25]
[IN Q=I still have to]
((PEGGY SCOTT/FORMER TULTEX OWNER: I STILL HAVE TO STOP AND THINK. IT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO. I THINK ABOUT IT AND IT'S UNREAL SOME DAYS.))
[SUPER=01-Peggy Scott/Former Tultex Worker;]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=unreal some days.]
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The store is called Furniture on the Lake and sells Bassett Furniture exclusively.
The sisters will celebrate the store's grand opening this Saturday.
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[Crandall-Building]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-17 TC1:01:07]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke Attorney Dan Crandall is going to try again to move his law office downtown.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
This time it's a million- dollar Classic Greek structure that looks more like a courthouse than the courthouses now in use in the Roanoke Valley.
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[SOT 11:30:50]
[IN Q=We had a]
((WE HAD A GENTLEMAN COME BY HERE LAST WEEK AND ASKED IF THIS WAS THE NEW COURTHOUSE GOING UP.))
[SUPER=01-Dan Crandall/Attorney]
[RUNS=06]
[OUT Q=courthouse going up.]
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[VO-NAT]
Crandall poured 250-thousand dollars into renovating an office building at Third and Franklin a decade ago.
That one was demolished to add two lanes to Franklin Road.
The new office on Elm Avenue is supposed to be finished by late Summer.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Minor league baseball may be coming to Blacksburg.
Details on that are still ahead.
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[VO-NAT]
And it's still years from completion-- but we have a sneak-peek at the new state fair grounds.
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[State-Fair]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=00-18 TC1:09:00]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The New "State Fair Park" may draw more people from our area to Henrico County.
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[VO-NAT]
[Super=X5052 (loads FX)]
[Super=X5045 (starts FX)]
[SUPER=76-ARE Video]
The Atlantic Rural Exposition's virtual tour entices fair-goers with a a nine-acre lake, food, rides and animal presentations.
If approved, the 320-acre site at the intersection of interstates 295 and 64 will include a multi-lane access road for easy access to parking areas.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Now we're building]
((NOW WE'RE BUILDING A YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITY CENTER, 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR FURNISHED SPACE AND DESIGNING IT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC.))
[SUPER=74-Otis Brown/ARE President]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=of the public.]
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[VO-NAT]
County supervisors are concerned that the site may be better suited for housing or commercial use.
But Brown says "State Fair Park" will still generate the same tax revenue as commercial property without the educational costs of a housing development.
The State Fair committee plans to hold the 2002 fair at the new site.
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[Super=X5043 (clears FX)]
[B'burg-Baseball]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-24 TC13:46]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The town of Blacksburg wants to play ball with a new minor league team.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Blacksburg town officials recently pitched the idea of starting an Appalachian League team to the owner of the Salem Avalanche.
The town hopes to bring a team to Virginia Tech's English Field for next season ... with a few minor improvements.
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[SOT 16:46 - :57]
[IN Q=The town has taken]
((GARY HUFF/BLACKSBURG TOWN MANAGER: THE TOWN HAS TAKEN A POSITION THAT'S BEEN THE REAL CATALYST IN THIS. IT'S OUR DESIRE TO SEE IT HAPPEN. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO PULL THE RIGHT COMBINATIONS TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. .))
[SUPER=01-Gary Huff/Blacksburg Town Manager; ]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=make this happen.]
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[VO-NAT]
Avalanche owner Kelvin Bowles says the idea "has possibilities," but that it's still out in left field.
He and the Carolina League hold territorial rights over Montgomery County ...
So, Blacksburg can't play ball without the go-ahead of the Carolina AND Appalachian Leagues.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-67 & extra]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
NBA draft headliners from tonight are on the way. Vick gets challenged on the web.
Doug Day checks in from his camp, and Tiki Barber takes over the News 7 sports microphone and report from his camp.
But first in tonight's Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
Ebay announced today that the most valubable baseball card of all-time the Honus Wagner T206 card from 1909 will be up for grabs to the highest bidder starting July 5th.
The mint condition card is expected to fetch a bid of more than half a million dollars.
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[SUPER=#556]
[SUPER=X5011;]
[SUPER=0093-/Myrtle Beach///Salem///Postponed Until August 26th//Lynchburg/5/j/Winston-Salem/7///;]
[SUPER=X5010;]
[SUPER=0091-j/Detroit/13//New York/6////Cleveland/1/j/Kansas City/8///;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0091-/Baltimore/8//Boston/7/11//j/Toronto/5//Tampa Bay/2//3 Late Games/;]
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[RUNS=:25]
[OUT Q=....last score."]
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[S-Draft]
[ANCHOR=MIke]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-69]
[GRAPHIC=NBA DRAFT]
The NBA draft was held last night in Minneapolis.
The Nets made former Cincinnati center Kenyon Martin the number one pick.
The Clipper made St. Louis high schooler Darius Miles the third pick.
He's 18 years old and six feet nine inches tall.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Minneapolis, MN/TNT; :00]
The big pick for local fans has to be Courtney Alexander. The former UVa star who transferred to Fresno State was taken 13th overall by the Orlando Magic.
Alexander led the nation in scoring this past season and graduated with an honors degree in sociology.
Quite a turnaround from his moody days at UVa.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=COLLEGE MEANT...]
[SUPER=01-Courtney Alexander/Drafted By Orlando; :00]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=....I'VE HAD."]
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[talent=mike]
[graphic=hold draft]
He had more ups and downs last night as he was later traded to the Dallas Mavericks.
The two stars from the national champs of Michigan State went in the first round. Mateen Cleaves to Detroit and Morris Peterson to Toronto.
[S-Vick]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-63 10848TC]
[GRAPHIC=VICK]
The college football season is still weeks away, but it's hard to avoid Michael Vick's mug.
He's on the cover of virtually every college football magazine that's on the shelf these days and
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[VO-NAT]
now he's the object of a feature story on CNN-SI's web site.
Columnist Ivan Maisel says Vick is getting so much hype there is no way he can live up to his billing.
Maisel is a big Vick fan, and if you take time to read the entire article you will notice that he projects, with tongue firmly planted in his cheek, that Vick will save everyone from Bill Gates to Al Gore in the coming months.
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[S-MLB]
[ANCHOR=MIke]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-70 3907TC]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]
On the big league front last night, the Yankees continue to show they are indeed human this season as they are hammered by Detroit 13-to-6.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Detroit, MI/MLB-Fox; :00]
The Tigers got three homers in the third to put the game away as Tony Clark, Luis Polonia and Juan Encarnacion each rocked Yankees rookie Ben Ford. He gave up seven runs and six hits in just over 2 innings of work.
[SUPER=35-New York/6/Detroit/13;]
The Tigers have not lost to the Yankees at home this season going 5-and-0 against New York.
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[S-Tiki]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-76 9:33]
[GRAPHIC=Tiki Barber]
New York Giants running Back Tiki Barber has already broadened his horizons off the gridiron by acting in an off-broadway play, making a cameo appearance on the Guiding Light and by doing sports on the morning show for the CBS in New York.
Now Tiki has secured his future with resume enhancing reporting on the final day of the All-Stars Clinics football camp.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=first audio]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Richard Goodpasture/All Star Clinics Founder; :10]
[SUPER=01-Nick Viar/40 Yard Dash 2nd Place to Ronde; :34]
[SUPER=01-Ronde Barber/40 Yard Dash Champion; :40]
[SUPER=01-Jonathan Shelton/All Star Clinic; 1:00]
[SUPER=01-Tiki Barber/New York Giants Running Back; 1:14]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=...News 7 sports"]
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[S-Day]
[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-73 (43:10)]
[GRAPHIC=Sports Logo]
Not everyone is camping in Roanoke this week with the Barbers and George Lynch.
A number of kids in the New River Valley are spending a week at Doug Day's annual basketball camp in Christiansburg.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :]
More than 120 kids are taking part this year.
And this morning they received some valuable information from former Virginia Tech Head Coach Bobby Hussey, who spends most of his time now evaluating high school players at various Nike camps across the country.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q="You have to...]
((BOBBY HUSSEY/CAMP SPEAKER: YOU HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT ELEMENTARY BUT ITS AMAZING HOW MUCH KIDS REALLY LEARN BY WATCHING T.V. SEEING GAMES ON V.V. AND THEN SEEING COLLEGE GAMES ON T.V. AS WELL. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED THAN WE THINK THEY ARE SOMETIMES BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL AND BE FAIRLY SIMPLE.))
[SUPER=01-Bobby Hussey/Camp Speaker; :]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=.....fairly simple."]
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[VO-NAT]
It's Day's seventh year conducting the camp and his main objective is to teach basketball skills and keep the game fun.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="Going into...]
((DOUG DAY/CAMP DIRECTOR: GOING INTO THE CAMP I TELL THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE JUST A FEW GOALS FOR EM. GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO HAVE A GREAT TIME GOAL NUMBER 2 LEARN SOMETHING MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER AND A BETTER PERSON AND TO IMPROVE.))
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[OUT Q=.....and to improve."]
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[S-Tennis]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=dal]
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More upsets at Wimbledon today as third seed Magnus Norman, sixth seed Cedric Pioline and 11th seed Richard Krajicek were whipped along with '94 Wimbledon women's champ Conchita Martinez.
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Top seed Martina Hingis advanced to the 3rd round today.
Hingis beat Yi Jing-Qian of China, 6-4, 6-1.
Pete Sampras advanced as well today -
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beating Karol Kucera in 4 sets.
by SS