[Open-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=sbu]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[roll cold out of the open]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
[SUPER=@Denise1;]
[SUPER=@Andrew1;]
Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning.......
Two people are critically injured after a motorcycle accident in Roanoke.
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[vo-nat]
And a new Miss Virginia was crowned in the Star City last night.
We'll introduce you to her in just a few minutes.
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[2-shot toss to Hello]
[Motorcycle-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=00-]
[GRAPHIC=Accident]
Two people are fighting for their lives this morning after a motorcycle accident in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
A man and woman were critically injured when they crashed on Shenandoah Avenue Northwest around 11 last night.
Police say it appears the motorcycle was traveling Eastbound when a car in front of it stopped to turn into the Shenandoah Restaurant.
Police say it looks like the motorcycle swerved to avoid hitting the car. The female on the motorcycle was ejected and struck a light pole.
The male driver and the motorcycle were thrown in a different direction.
(------------)
[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=Hold]
Police describe both as being in "extremely critical condition."
[11Sugarloaf-Accident]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-27 06:17]
[GRAPHIC=None]
An elderly Roanoke County man was killed by an oncoming vehicle yesterday while walking to his mailbox.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
Authorities say 89- year old Winford Lester was crossing Sugar Loaf Mountain Road on foot when he was struck by a car.
They say Lester started to cross the road and stopped when he saw the car.
But then he started to walk again and that's when he was struck.
Investigators believe Lester may have had a vision problem.
They do NOT expect to file any charges against the driver.
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[Terrace-Collapse]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Officials will spend the rest of the weekend trying to figure out what caused a terrace to collapse at a winery in Ohio.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Port Clinton, OH;]
One person was killed and 75 others injured as a cement terrace loaded with tourists at The Lonz Winery collapsed.
The winery is located on an island off the coast of Ohio in Lake Erie.
The collapse left a gaping hole in the floor of the lakefront terrace at the winery's century-old main building, a fortress-like mansion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Most of the injured have been treated and released from hospitals in the area.
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[Pageant-Winner]
[anchor=Denise]
[newscast=Sun AM]
[writer=chr]
[tape=00-17 1:12:52]
[graphic=Miss Virginia]
A new Miss Virginia was crowned in Roanoke last night.
Here's a look at the final moments --
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[SOT Miss Va. #1 or #2 Tape 6:40:23 - 6:40:48]
[IN Q=We're down to]
(())
[SUPER=04-Miss Virginia Pageant-WSET]
[RUNS=25]
[OUT Q=Jacqueline Cook (NATS APPLAUSE!!!)]
[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=Hold]
Miss Virginia has gotten up bright and early today to join us here at News 7.
She's with Andrew Freiden right now.
[TOSS TO ANDREW - ON RECORD]
[Miss-Virginia]
[anchor=Andrew ON RECORD]
[newscast=Sun AM]
[tape=00-18 1:12:52]
[graphic=None]
[ ANDREW ON RECORD]
[Super=01-Jacqueline Cook/Miss Virginia]
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[vo-nat]
[super=04-Miss Virginia Pageant-WSET]
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[Andrew tosses back to Denise]
[Walter-Matthau]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Actor Walter Matthau died yesterday after suffering a heart attack.
Matthau was pronounced dead just before two a-m at a Santa Monica hospital.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Hollywood, CA;]
Matthau's acting career spanned six decades, beginning at age eleven on a Yiddish theatre stage in New York and leading to Hollywood and an Academy Award.
Matthau teamed with Jack Lemmon on several films including "The Odd Couple" and the "Grumpy Old Men" series... as well as "The Fortune Cookie," for which Matthau won an Oscar for Best-supporting Actor.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm all]
((WALTER MATTHAU, JANUARY, 1992:
I'M ALL OF IT, A SWEET, CROTCHETY OLD COOT, VERY HANDSOME,
MAGNIFICENT, BRILLIANT, WONDERFUL AND GOOD IN BED.))
[SUPER=10-Walter Matthau/Actor/January 1992;]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=good in bed]
(------------)
[anchor=Denise]
[ss=None]
Walter Matthau was 79.
[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[SS=None]
[both mics HOT]
First you got to meet the new Miss Virginia this morning--
Still to come - we'll introduce you to a local country music singer whose star is on the rise.
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
Plus...
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[TAKE VO]
after a 3-day ordeal... two missing hikers are found in Southwest Virginia.
We'll have the story a little later on News 7 Sunday Morning.
Stay with us.
(---------------)
[comm #1]
[lott]
[11Soering]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-15 1:18:50]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A federal appeals court doesn't believe Jens Soering is entitled to a new trial.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford/June 1990;]
Soering is the German diplomat's son convicted of killing his girlfriend's parents in Lynchburg
in 1985.
Friday a federal appeals court rejected Soering's claims that he was illegally interrogated and that prosecutors withheld evidence crucial to his defense.
Soering is serving two life sentences for stabbing Derek and Nancy Haysom to death in their home.
Elizabeth Haysom, who was Soering's girlfriend at the time of the slayings, was convicted of two counts of being an accessory to the murders.
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[11Goodlatte]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-11 2:02:52]
[GRAPHIC=Goodlatte]
A local lawmaker held a town-hall-style meeting in the Roanoke Valley this weekend.
The topics at hand were issues affecting your pocketbook.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
The meeting at Salem City Hall was organized by Congressman Bob Goodlatte.
The Republican says taxes, the budget and government spending are often the subject of discussion when he meets with voters.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 04:37:30....04:43:29]
[IN Q=My issue]
((ROCKY WILKINSON/RESIDENT: MY ISSUE WAS ABOUT FREEZING TAXES, I GOT MY WORD IN, HE HEARD WHAT I SAID AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO GET MY CONCERNS MET.))
((REP. BOB GOODLATTE/R-ROANOKE: THERE'S A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH I WOULD SUPPORT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A 2/3RDS MAJORITY VOTE IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE BEFORE A TAX BILL COULD BE PASSED AND SENT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS SIGNATURE THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE HARDER TO RAISE TAXES AND THINK PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.))
[SUPER=01-Rocky Wilkinson/Resident; :00]
[SUPER=@Goodlatte; :16]
[RUNS=31]
[OUT Q=appreciate it.]
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[VO-NAT]
Goodlatte says he tries to organize similar meetings several times a year.
He says it not only gives him a chance to listen but also an opportunity to explain the political process.
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[Health-Week]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Helping the blind see...
That's the mission for some surgeons in Chicago making medical history, by implanting artificial retinas.
Dr. Michael Breen reports.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT TC 5:14:33--- DON'T BEGIN THE EDIT UNTIL AFTER REPORTER SAYS "LAST WEDNESDAY"]
[IN Q=Researchers at]
[SUPER=04-University of Illinois]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Michael Breen/Reporting; - NO STANDUP!]
[RUNS=1:33]
[OUT Q=CBS News.]
((THE EYE DOCTOR WHO DID THIS PROCEDURE SAID THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF HIS
PROFESSION. HE CALLED IT THE FIRST STEP TO RESTORING EYESIGHT TO THE
BLIND.
LAST WEDNESDAY AT U-I-C IMPLANTED TINY SILICON CHIPS INTO THE EYES OF
TWO BLIND PATIENTS.
THE PATIENTS HAVE A GENETIC ILLNESS CALLED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA.
THE IMPLANT IS THE CULMINATION OF TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH.
THE CELLS OF YOUR RETINA NORMALLY SENSE LIGHT..BUT THE MAJOR
blindness causes DESTROY YOUR RETINA.
BUT LOCAL RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING TINY COMPUTER CHIPS..EACH
HAS 35-HUNDRED SEPARATE RECEPTORS THAT SENSE LIGHT.
JUST LIKE YOUR REAL RETINA, THE CHIP THEN STIMULATES THE VISUAL AREAS
OF YOUR BRAIN.
IN LABORATORY ANIMALS, IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER THE CHIPS REALLY
WORK.
(MAN,SOT)
WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR UNEQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE THAT THE IMPLANT MADE A
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTION TO THE VISUAL SYSTEM.
(MIKETRACK)
THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IF THE CHIPS WORK IS TO TEST THEM IN HUMANS...
ON WEDNESDAY SURGEONS WENT AHEAD..IMPLANTING CHIPS PRODUCED BY A
wheaton COMPANY CALLED OPTOBIONICS.
THE CHIPS ARE JUST ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND THINNER THAN A
HUMAN HAIR.
EACH PROCEDURE TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS.
(DOC,SOT)
THE SURGERY WENT VERY WELL..AND BY THE FIRST DAY AFTERWARD THE RETINA
HAD BEEN ATTACHED...
(MIKETRACK)
A THIRD SUCCESSFUL OPERATION WAS DONE THURSDAY AT CENTRAL DUPAGE
HOSPITAL IN WINFIELD.
THE BIG QUESTION NOW: WILL THE IMPLANTS WORK?
SURGEONS TODAY WON'T SAY...THEY WILL SAY THEIR testing patients with
a flashlight.. and something is going on.
(DOC,SOT)
AGAIN IF WE WERE TO MENTION THE INITIAL FINDING. AGAIN IT MAY BE AN
ARTIFACT OR IT MAY BE REAL. WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
(MIKETRACK)
THE SURGEONS SAY IT'LL TAKE FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THEY DO KNOW, IF THEIR
PATIENTS WILL SEE.
AND THEY CAUTION, EVEN A SUCCESS WON'T BE NORMAL VISION.
(DOC,SOT)
IN THE RANGE OF BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE LIGHT, PERHAPS SOME SHAPES,
SOME FORMS, BUT NOT READING VISION OR DRIVING VISION.
WE WON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SUCCESS FOR TWO TO FOUR WEEKS...AND EVEN THEN
A SUCCESS MEANS JUST SEEING SHAPES AND FORMS, NOT READING.
THIS IS JUST an EFFORT...TO TEST WHETHER A CHIP MAY WORK..IF IT
DOES, FUTURE CHIPS WILL BE LARGER AND OFFER EVEN MORE VISION...THE
RESEARCHERS TODAY SPECULATED PERHAPS EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO DRIVE.
THE BIG QUESTION..CAN THIS POSSIBLY HELP PATIENTS WITH THE MOST
COMMON FORM OF BLINDNESS..MACULAR DEGENERATION.
>>> IT'S VERY LIKELY IT COULD..THAT DISEASE ALSO APPEARS TO BE CAUSE
STRICTLY BY A PROBLEM WITH THE RETINA..IF YOU CAN BYPASS IT, VISION
MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.))
[TAKE HEALTH BUMP]
[Eye-Open]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Eye Open]
[GRAPHIC=Eye on Virginia]
This Jefferson Forest High School graduate has been thrilling fans all over Virginia with his music.
Now John Sines Junior is ready to take the next step up the country music ladder.
John is the subject of this week's Eye on Virginia.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=animation]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=stop animation]
[OPEN WITH ON RECORD]
[John-Sines]
[anchor=Denise -- ON RECORD]
[newscast=Sun AM]
[tape=None]
[graphic=Miss Virginia]
[DENISE ON RECORD]
ad lib
[Super=07-John Sines, Jr.]
ad lib
[guest will perform musical number]
ad lib
Denise: Would you mind playing while we take a look at this week's top albums as we head into a commercial
break?
TOSS TO BUMP
[FADE INTO BUMP AS JOHN PLAYS A MUSICAL NUMBER INTO BREAK]
[bump]
[COMM]
[Albums-Bump]
[live music under]
(adlib toss to albums bump)
[Take Full Screen albums Bump]
[Chyron #7151 ]
[COMM # 3]
[2Open-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=sbu]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[roll cold out of the open]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning......
After three days of no food and little water, the two lost hikers in Floyd County are found.
(------------)
[vo-nat]
And a new report finds monuments in the nation's capital are vulnerable to terrorist attack.
Details on those stories and more, just ahead.
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[2-shot toss to hello]
[11Missing-Hikers]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-12 1:31:51]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The ordeal is finally over for two men lost in the woods of Southwest Virginia for 3 days.
The hikers began their adventure behind the Serenity House in Floyd -- but lost their sense of direction... and lived on no food and little water until yesterday afternoon.
(XXXXXXXX)
[TAKE FS MAP]
They were located not far away in the Fishers View Mountain area .. a rugged region near the Floyd-Montgomery County Line.
Joy Sutton has more.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=While the command]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Sgt. Johnny Puckett/Montgomery Co. Sheriffs Dept.; :26]
[SUPER=@Joy1; :53]
[RUNS=1:02]
[OUT Q=n7 montgomery county]
((While the command post on the ground was coordinating the search efforts, the state police helicopter was in the air searching for any signs of two hikes on Fishers View Mountain.
Authorities say the fact that they were able to communicate with the two men made a big difference in finding them.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((SGT. JOHNNY PUCKETT/MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT: SPEAKING WITH THEM ON SELF PHONE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WERE AT.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=]
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((TALKING TO THEM FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME TRYING TO SAVE THEIR CELL BATTERY. WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD EVENTUALLY FOUND SOME WATER. THEY WERE WITHOUT FOOD AND FEELING A LITTLE JITTERY))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=]
It took authorities less than 3 hours to eventually find the location of the two missing men after giving the hikers specific directions to aid in the search.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((HAD THE SUBJECT GO TO THE HIGHTES POINT AND BUILD A FIRE AND LUCKILY THE POLICE HELICOPTER COULD LOCATE THEM))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=]
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
((AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S EASY TO GET LOST ON FISHER VIEW MOUNTAIN BECAUSE THE WOODS OF THICK AND THE TERRAIN IS ROCKY. JOY SUTTON, NEWS 7, MONTGOMERY COUNTY))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=montgomery county]))
[2Motorcycle-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=00-21 49:51]
[GRAPHIC=Accident]
Roanoke police say the conditions of a man and woman are "extremely critical" after the two were involved in a motorcycle crash late last night.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Authorities say it appears the motorcycle was traveling Eastbound on Shenandoah Avenue Northwest when a car in front of it stopped to turn into a restaurant.
Police say it looks like the motorcycle swerved to avoid hitting the car. A female on the motorcycle was ejected and struck a light pole.
The male driver and the motorcycle were thrown in a different direction.
(------------)
[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=Hold]
No word yet on the identities of the injured.
[Helmet-Law]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Safety groups say when it comes to motorcycle accidents - Florida lawmakers are asking for trouble .
Saturday was the first day the state's new helmet law took effect.
(-------------)
[vo-nat]
The law makes it optional for motorcyclists over the age of 21 to wear a helmet on the highway, as long as they carry 10-thousand dollars worth of insurance.
Jeb Bush signed the bill into law over the objection of medical and safety groups who say the law will increase the number of severe head injuries suffered by motorcycle riders.
Many bikers say they will still wear a helmet most of the time, but like having the option not to.
Florida is the 27th state to pass such a law.
(----------------)
[Washington-Terrorism]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Washington DC]
As the fourth of July approaches, a new study says Washington's monuments may be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington DC/File Tape;]
The study was commissioned by the National Park Service and says it will take eight-million dollars to secure the most popular monuments.
The study blames a lack of manpower and poor communication equipment for some of the security lapses.
Authorities say there's no need for concern this weekend, as thousands gather on the National Mall for the annual fireworks show.
Extra police officers will be on hand to make sure the celebration goes off without any security problems.
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[Confederate-Flag]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Supporters of both sides of the issue watched as the South Carolina government took the Confederate Flag down from atop the Statehouse yesterday.
Jennifer Jones reports neither side is happy with the state government's compromise.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Columbia, SC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Warren Bolden/Opposes Flag; :58]
[SUPER=01-Paul Wilhem/Supports Flag; 1:29]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting; 1:37]
[RUNS=1:54]
[OUT Q=CBS News]
((
The NAACP led a silent march, the group's supporters more vocal
(10:13:08) in protest of the confederate flag...they deem racially
offensive. (:07)
(nats)
at the same time dozens of others wore, waved and touted the same flag
as a badge of honor. (:08)
(nats/10:10:22 -- "off the dome and in your face)
--
with police standing by. (:10:16:::58)
---
all this on the day of South Carolina's historical compromise ...
(airel) removing the confederate flag from a place of sovereignty...
replacing it with a so-called less offensive battle flag at a
confederate monument on state grounds.
Lawmakers called it a compromise that would end nearly 40-years of
debate...instead, the debate rages on.
(:22)
---
in: Go home!, Go home we don't want you here
--
in: (10:00:37) take it down now, take it down now.
out:
--
Those opposed to this new site say it is more offensive now than ever.
(:07)
--
Warren Bolden
Opposes Flag
in:(9:49:23) I ride pass here to go to work everyday, I didn't have to
look on top of the Statehouse to see, now, I can't help but see it.
out:
--
Primarily African Americans have argued that the flag that waved atop
South Carolina's state house for 38-years... is a symbol of slavery,
used by confederate soldiers who fought to keep slavery in the south
during the civil war and is often used today by groups promoting racial
hate.
But most here, those proudly displaying the flag, say its all about
heritage.
(:24)
---
Paul Wilhem
Supports Flag
in:(9:46:39) It was raised there in honor of the fallen confederates and
it's everybody's heritage, not just ours, theirs or yours it's the whole
thing, it's not a race thing.
---
std up close
It may have taken 38 years to get the battle flag off the dome, but the
NAACP says this war isn't won just yet...vowing to expand its statewide
tourism boycott until the confederate flag is removed completely from
state grounds.
sig out (:19)
))
[11New-Laws]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=00-14 1:43:40]
[GRAPHIC=Va. Capitol]
Yesterday marked more than the halfway point of the year 2-thousand.
It was also the day several new laws impacting Virginia motorists took effect.
(------------)
[VO-NAT from 00-11 1:53:55]
[No Super]
For starters, this is no longer legal.
Children under 16 are not allowed in the beds of pickup trucks any more.
Other notable changes .. adults learning to drive can only take the license test three times in three months. They must also go to driving school or hold a learner's permit for 30 days.
First-time drunk drivers with blood alcohol levels at or above 2-point-oh must now spend at least five days in jail.
And you can't let things like license plate holders and covers obscure the plate's readability.
(------------)
[Tease#2]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[SS=None]
[BOTH MICS HOT]
Still to come on News 7....... A martial arts expert in Lynchburg is setting national standards.
We'll have details a little later.
[ANCHOR=ANDREW]
And...
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
a natural predator's playing a new role in Richmond.
We'll tell you about in this week's Virginia Profile.
But first...
[Andrew ad-lib into the travel forecast]
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[Andrew MIC hot]
[ No 2-shot toss go straight to Travel Bump]
[soft music under]
[Profile-Open]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=WeekendAM]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=Profile Open]
[GRAPHIC=Va. Profile]
The fastest predators in the world have taken to the skies over Richmond.
But there's NO threat, unless you're a pigeon.
Ellen Qualls has this week's Virginia Profile.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=animation]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=stop animation]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[Virginia-Profile]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=WeekendAM]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=Va. Profile #3; TC 1:31:27]
[GRAPHIC=Va. Profile]
[wipe wipe wipe]
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=Their talons]
[SUPER=04-Virginia Game & Inland Fisheries; :00]
[SUPER=03-Richmond; :07]
[SUPER=01-Bob Bolin/Dominion Resources Biologist; :18]
[SUPER=01-Sean Padgett/Peregrine Falcon Tracker; :48]
[SUPER=@Ellen2; 1:07]
[RUNS=1:18]
[OUT Q=Qualls, News7, Richmond.]
(([sot 15:15:56 ]
((BOB BOLIN/DOMINION RESOURCES BIOLOGIST: THEIR TALONS ARE EXTREMELY SHARP. AND THEIR BEAKS ARE SHARP.))
[runs= 04]
They can dive at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour.
But the peregrine falcon on the office ledge in downtown Richmond is nothing to mess with.
It might take an occasional pigeon for lunch... but that's not really what they're here for.
[sot 15:14:54]
((BOB BOLIN/DOMINION RESOURCES BIOLOGIST: WE'VE BEEN NOTICING THE LAST FEW DAYS...READY TO FLY.))
[runs= 12]
They moved into their 23rd floor penthouse suite in the first week of June, at age four weeks.
But these birds grow quickly, and were ready to fly last week.
Dominion Resources worked with wildlife experts, partly because their downtown Richmond office building overlooks a river teeming with food opportunities for falcons.
[sot 15:35:17 ]
((SEAN PADGETT/PEREGRINE FALCON TRACKER: THE MORE WE CAN BREED IN THE URBAN AREAS...A MOUNTAIN, AND A CLIFF, AND THAT'S THEIR HOME.))
[runs= 21 ]
There are only 17 known nesting pairs of peregrine falcons in Virginia.
They flew off the federal endangered species list last year... but they're still protected birds in Virginia.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
[Jail-Overcrowding]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Pittsylvania County Jail is the 3-rd most crowded jail in Virginia... according to state figures.
And Southside officials are trying to ease the overcrowding... they just don't know how to yet.
In 1998 the jail was operating at 2-hundred-and-70 percent of capacity... so that about 30 to 40 prisoners have to sleep on the floor in the lobby areas of each cell block.
The County administrator says there are various options -- like expanding the jail or building a new one.
A report is being worked up for the Board of Supervisors to consider.
[11Pitts-Jail]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-16 1:22:27]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Some inmates at the jail are learning the impact of their crimes.... through a new program.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.]
It's called the Victim Impact Criterion Education or VICE.
Some inmates have successfully completed the 12 week program this week.
During those weeks, victim volunteers share their stories and how the crimes affected their lives.
The inmates also created a newsletter that includes apologies and confessions.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 51:03]
[IN Q=A few tears]
((PATRICK ENGLISH/INMATE: A FEW TEARS WERE SHED. I WISH PEOPLE ON THE STREET COULD TAKE IT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO TAKE IT IN HERE. IT WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.))
[SOT 47:52]
((ADRIAN FALLEN/INMATE: I THINK I'LL KNOW BETTER WHEN I GET OUT TO HELP MYSELF SO I WON'T BE HERE AGAIN.))
[SUPER=01-Patrick English/Inmate; :00]
[SUPER=01-Adrian Fallen/Inmate; :13]
[RUNS=:20]
[OUT Q=be here again.]
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[VO-NAT]
Participants are expanding this program to reach at-risk children. Inmates will be able to share their stories of life behind bars.
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[Sports-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=sports extra #2]
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A Lynchburg man is setting the standard for Karate schools around the nation.
His team has won national championships and set records at the Virginia Commonwealth games.
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[SUPER=01-Joseph Catlett/Catlett School of Karate; :15]
[SUPER=01-Syreet Catlett/Karate Student; :38]
[super=01-Bonnie Curran/Pregnant Karate Student; 1:13]
[SUPER=@Denise2; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=July 15th]
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Team Wildcat has benefited from Joseph Catlett's years of experience.
An innovator in the marshall arts, Catlett developed his own training system and perfected it on his family.
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Catlett's daughter Syreeta is now carrying the torch for the family.
At 15, she's the undefeated girl's blackbelt fighter in the 15 to 17 year old division.
On top of that she's an honor roll student.
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Catlett wants to stress karate is about teaching discipline and focus. Fighting is an afterthought.
He's seen disadvantaged youth learn to succeed in his school. 50 year old women have gained self-esteem and pregnant students have maintained their physical fitness.
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Team Wildcat holds the record for most gold medals won by a karate school in the Commonwealth Games.
The team will be competing in the Games again this year on July 15th.
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[Sunday-Kicker]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Sunday Kicker]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Denise ad libs good bye to Andrew.
(ad lib)
Here's a look back at some of our favorite moments...
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[IN Q=This is]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=close on Mini Open pic of Andrew]
[2BIRTHDAYS!] 7/3/00
Monday:
[SUPER=130-8/Dustin Phelps/Roanoke]
[SUPER=130-9/Megan Coleman/Daleville]
[SUPER=130-9/Dustin Sarver/Parrott]
[SUPER=130-6/Megan Fletcher/Roanoke]
[SUPER=130-9/Kristi Carden/Pulaski]
[SUPER=130-/Shriah Marshall/Christiansburg]
No Pictures:
[SUPER=131-/Ricky & Cheryl Martin/Snow Creek]
by SS