[11L'burg-Principals]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-20 TC1:14:42]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg Seal]
It's final. The Lynchburg School Board is sticking with its decision to reassign four principals.
Steve Smallshaw has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=After weeks]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=04-Last Week; :12]
[SUPER=01-Tracey Shaw/School Board Chairman; :30]
[SUPER=01-Lynette Levallee/Parent; :52]
[SUPER=01-Lysa Slay/Dearington PTO President; 1:00]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]
(( After weeks of phone calls and public meetings, the Lynchburg school board spent another ninety minutes debating its decision to shuffle four elementary school principals, including the popular Jimmy Ping.
[natsot meeting]
[RUNS= 02]
It was Ping's removal from Dearington Elementary that sparked outrage from parents and students alike last week.
Just a handful turned out for this meeting.. after a long discussion behind closed doors, the school board told them their voices had been heard, but the reassignments would be upheld.
[SOT 00:18:36]
((TRACEY SHAW/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN: IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT'S OUR JUDGMENT THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE THAT THOSE PERSONNEL MOVES REMAIN IN PLACE.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=remain in place.]
Because they are personnel moves, the board can't make public the specifics of why they're being made.
That hasn't sat well with the concerned parents who say the moves were done too quickly and without apparent reason.
[SOT 00:21:36]
((LYNETTE LEVALLEE/PARENT: I EXPECTED THIS RESULT, BUT IT STILL DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO REASONS THAT THIS IS A GOOD CHANGE FOR THE SCHOOLS.))
[RUNS= 08]
[OUT Q=for the schools.]
[SOT 00:25:43]
((LYSA SLAY/DEARINGTON PTO PRESIDENT: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARENTS HAVE MORE OF A VOICE, BE CONSULTED MORE IN SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, AND MAYBE EVEN THE PRINCIPALS.. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES WITH THESE KIDS, HAVE MORE OF A VOICE IN SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.))
[RUNS= 18]
[OUT Q=these decisions.]
Parents do say they'll support the new principals and continue to stay involved in their schools.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
[Car-Crash]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
A car crash killed seven people on a highway on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bluff, UT;]
The Tribal police chief says the collision happened Sunday on a dangerous stretch of highway, about 285 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
Driving in two vehicles, the group was on its way from a birthday party to another gathering.
Authorities say alcohol may have been a factor.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE][Police-Chase]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=WIPE]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Denver, CO;]
It was a high- speed police chase that ultimately led up to THIS crash.
With seven police cruisers chasing him, the driver of a stolen black S-U-V sped down the freeway, then veered off onto several crowded city streets.
He reached speeds between 90 and 95- miles- per- hour.
In an effort to slow him down, one police car bumped into him and the S-U-V rolled.
Both the driver and passenger face felony auto theft and felony charges for eluding police.
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[11Motorcycle-Accident]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=00-21 49:51]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
Police have identified the woman who died as a result of a weekend motorcycle accident.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Saturday Night;]
She was 28-Year old Christy Mae Blankenship of Vinton.
She was a passenger on the motorcycle headed east on Shenandoah Avenue late Saturday night.
Police say it swerved to avoid a car. Blankenship was thrown from the motorcycle and hit a light pole.
The man driving the bike- -William David Damewood of Roanoke-- was also injured and is in critical condition.
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[11Lightnin]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Plant Closing]
70 people will lose their jobs by the end of the year when Wytheville's Lightnin plant closes.
Lightnin has made equipment used to treat water and manufacture drugs in the Fairview Industrial Park for more than two decades.
Its parent company, S-P-X Corporation in Michigan, says decreased demand for parts is to blame for the closing.
[One-Steve]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M00-3]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
[On Desk]
[SUPER=15-Steve/Pardon;]
(I'll intro)
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=An overall deffinition]
[SUPER=01-Rodney Ferguson/Roanoke Co. Assistant Fire Chief; :04]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :26]
[RUNS=2:44]
[OUT Q=without penalty]
[Steve Live]
(Steve tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: fireworks))
[Ireland-Violence]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Tensions are high in Northern Ireland, just before a planned protestant march.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Portadown, N. Ireland;]
Masked loyalist gunmen from the para- military group Ulster Freedom Fighters fired shots inside a Loyalist estate in Portadown.
It's a prelude to possible violence ahead, as both communities are trying the gain the upper hand.
This derelict house in a loyalist estate was set on fire.
[SUPER=03-Drumcree, N. Ireland;]
In Drumcree Friday, loyalist protesters and police clashed after the province banned the protestant march through a Catholic neighborhood for the third straight year.
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[11Syphilis]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-18 TC1:15:43]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Danville is getting some unwanted national recognition-- thanks to an outbreak of syphilis.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
The Danville-Pittsylvania Community Health Coalition is trying to educate people on the sexually transmitted disease.
The local health department counted nearly one hundred cases in Danville last year.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 5:27]
[IN Q=It's not something]
((LOVELLE MAXWELL/COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION: IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE ARE PROUD OF OR HAPPY ABOUT. ANYTIME SOMEONE IS ENGAGING IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE ALARMED ABOUT.))
[SUPER=01-Lovelle Maxwell/Community Health Coalition;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=alarmed about]
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
Of the 99 syphilis patients in Danville, 91 of them were African Americans.
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[11Allen]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=00-14 TC1:47:42]
[GRAPHIC=George Allen]
Republican senate candidate George Allen is on the road this week.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=203-Richmond]
Allen's driving around the state in a recreational vehicle, stopping at country stores, suburban shopping centers and city markets.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=We're going to take]
((GEORGE ALLEN/R- U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR CAMPAIGN, OUR IDEAS AND OUR PRINCIPLES TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA, FIGHT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN AND FAMILIES AND ENTREPRENEURS OF VIRGINIA AND OBVIOUSLY FIGHT AGAINST THESE OUT-OF-TOUCH ILL CONSIDERED PUNISHING TAXES THAT OTHERS WILL PROPOSE.))
[SUPER=201-George Allen/(R) Candidate for Senate;]
[RUNS=15]
[OUT Q=others will propose.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Allen's R-V has a 75-gallon tank. He says it would cost less to keep it filled if the Clinton administration would change its "inept" energy policy.
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[OP-Sail]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=4-th of July]
It's a mariner's paradise this July Fourth in New York--
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY;]
More than 180 tall ships from around the world are among the THOUSANDS of ships taking part in Operation Sail 2000.
They'll parade down the Hudson River today.
The Coast Guard expects as many as 70-thousand vessels.
The aircraft carrier U-S-S John F- Kennedy dropped anchor near the Statue of Liberty over the weekend.
President Clinton is expected to review the military ships, then board the U-S-S Kennedy for the tall ships' 11- mile "parade of sail".
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[Health-Check]
[ANCHOR=KIM]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
In medical news, you might not be getting what you pay for when it comes to vitamins.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:47]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((Information:
ON CAM
HERBS AND NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS ARE HOTTER THAN EVER- BUT DO YOU REALLY
GET WHAT YOU'RE GETTING WHEN YOU BUY ONE?
VT=VO
A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUND A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS DONT
CONTAIN ANY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS- EVEN IF THE LABEL SAYS IT DOES. AND EVEN
WHEN A PRODUCT DOES HAVE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THEY
WILL BE DIGESTED AND ABSORBED. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN RESEARCHERS TESTED 32
BRANDS OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE- ONLY 5 ACTUALLY CONTAINED THE AMOUNT OF
CHONDROITIN THE LABEL CLAIMED. MOST HAD LESS THAN HALF. AND SEVERAL
GINSENG PRODUCTS CONTAINED NO GINSENG AT ALL. BOTTOM LINE WITH ALL THIS
- BUYER BEWARE
(ON CAM)
SPEAKING OF SUPPLEMENTS- ONE THATS GOBBLED LIKE CANDY - ESPECIALLY AMONG
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES : IS CREATINE- BUT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS HAS A WARNING TODAY REGARDING CREATINE- JUST SAY NO. WHILE
ADMITTING THE SUPPLEMENT MAY HELP PERFORMANCE- THE ACADEMY WARNS WE JUST
DONT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS OF
CREATINE. OF SPECIAL WORRY: SINCE EXCESS CREATINE GETS DEPOSITED IN THE
MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS- THERE ARE CONCERNS IT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS
WITH FERTILITY DOWN THE LINE.
VT=VO
FINALLY TODAY- THE TREND THESE DAYS FOR KIDS SEEMS TO BE: PICK A SPORT-
BUT PICK JUST ONE. MORE AND MORE KIDS ARE PLAYING YEAR ROUND SOCCER-
BASKETBALL, WHATEVER- AND THAT CAN LEAD TO PROBLEMS. THE ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS SAYS IF YOU HAVE A ONE SPORT CHILD- YOU ARE RISKING INJURY-
BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL.
THEY SAY- A WELL ROUNDED ATHLETIC CHILD IS ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN A
NUMBER OF SPORTS.- AVOID THE BURNOUT.
ON CAM
THATS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAYS TOP HEALTH STORIES. IM DR DAVE HNIDA
FOR CBS NEWS.))
(ad lib to weather)
[2-HEADLINES]
[2-shot=Kmc/Spa]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
New assignments will stick for four Lynchburg school principals--
The school board has re- affirmed its decision to move the administrators to different schools, despite weeks of protest from parents and students.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Police are releasing the name of the Pulaski County woman whose roommate fatally shot her over the weekend.
Deputies say 23-year-old Sherry Lynn Wiley was killed by Sherry Lisa Cressell during a quarrel inside the house they shared in Dublin.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
And more blasts on the historic battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
But this implosion isn't a sign of war, it's a move toward restoring the battlefield to its former glory during the 18-60s.
(----------------)
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, July Fourth .
[ANCHOR=Steve]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2-L'burg-Principals]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net?]
[GRAPHIC=Lynchburg Seal]
The Lynchburg school board has reaffirmed its decision to reassign four school principals.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
After weeks of phone calls and public meetings, the board spent another ninety minutes debating its decision last night.
Just a handful turned out for this meeting. After a long discussion behind closed doors, the school board told them their voices had been heard, but the reassignments would be upheld.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=In the final]
[SOT 00:18:36]
((TRACEY SHAW/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN: IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT'S OUR JUDGMENT THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE THAT THOSE PERSONNEL MOVES REMAIN IN PLACE.))
[SUPER=01-Tracey Shaw/School Board Chairman]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=remain in place.]
Because they are personnel moves, the board can't make public the specifics of why they're being made.
That hasn't sat well with the concerned parents who say the moves were done too quickly and without apparent reason.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I expected]
[SOT 00:21:36]
((LYNETTE LEVALLEE/PARENT: I EXPECTED THIS RESULT, BUT IT STILL DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO REASONS THAT THIS IS A GOOD CHANGE FOR THE SCHOOLS.))
[Super=01-Lynette Levallee/Parent;]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=for the schools.]
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[VO-NAT]
In the meantime, parents do say they'll support the new principals and continue to stay involved in their schools.
(------------)
[2-11Motorcycle-Accident]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=00-21 49:51]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
Authorities have released the identity of the woman who died as a result of a weekend motorcycle accident.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Saturday Night;]
She was 28-Year old Christy Mae Blankenship of Vinton.
She was a passenger on the motorcycle headed east on Shenandoah Avenue late Saturday night.
Police say it swerved to avoid a car. Blankenship was thrown from the motorcycle and hit a light pole.
The man driving the bike- -William David Damewood of Roanoke-- was also injured and is in critical condition.
(------------)
[Midshipman-Charged]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Two midshipmen at the U-S Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland are under arrest for allegedly raping a FEMALE midshipman.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Annapolis, MD;]
Police say the incident happened at an off- campus party.
Authorities charged Cordrea Brittingham and Arion Keith Williams with second degree rape.
The victim says she got drunk at a party, and passed out in one of the bedrooms.
Police say when the woman woke up, she found herself being assaulted.
They say she pushed the two men away and they left the scene.
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[11Danville-Mayor]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-17 TC1:09:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Danville has a new mayor and vice-mayor.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
By a seven to two vote, Council made John Hamlin mayor.
Wayne Wiiliams won an unanimous vote for vice mayor.
Mayor Hamlin is a 14 year veteran of the Danville city council.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 3:42:16]
[IN Q=It's a different]
((JOHN HAMLIN/DANVILLE MAYOR: IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE TO DO NOW IS WELCOME OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND NO ONE IS LEFT OUT AND EVERYONE PLAYS A PART IN OUR FUTURE.))
[SOT 3:44:44]
((WAYNE WILLIAMS/DANVILLE VICE MAYOR: I'M STARTING MY THIRD YEAR ON COUNCIL I WAS ELECTED OVER TWO YEARS AGO. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE IN THE POSITION OF VICE MAYOR. IT'S QUITE AN HONOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.))
[SUPER=01-John Hamlin/Danville Mayor; :00]
[SUPER=01-Wayne Williams/Danville Vice Mayor; :14]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=fellow council members]
(-------------)
[VO-NAT]
Two new city council members and three incumbents took their seats yesterday.
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[11City-Council]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-19 TC35:36]
[GRAPHIC=Ralph Smith]
Ralph Smith has officially started his duties as mayor.
Yesterday, he took his seat on Roanoke City Council.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
As he promised during the campaign, Smith said he will work to insure that Roanoke government is open and responsive to all of its citizens.
But first, he's working to master parliamentary procedure.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=We all remember when we learned to ride]
((WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN WE LEARNED TO RIDE A BICYCLE AND WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST STARTED MEMORIZING OUR ABCs. I FEEL LIKE I'M TRYING TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME HERE TODAY.))
((I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE IN THIS SPOT, AND I'LL DO MY VERY BEST FOR YOU.))
[SUPER=01-Ralph Smith/Roanoke Mayor]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=my very best for you.]
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[VO-NAT]
Yesterday's council meeting was also the first for new members Bill Bestpitch and Bill Carder.
As the top vote-getter among the council candidates, Carder will serve as Vice Mayor.
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[Gettysburg]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
It's a week celebrating patriotism--
And yesterday, an implosion shook the civil war battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
It was an effort to return the historic battlefield to the way it was back in 18-63.
Bruce Leshan has the story.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Gettysburg, PA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bruce Babbitt/Interior Secretary; :49]
[SUPER=01-Bruce Leshan/Reporting; 1:54]
[RUNS=2:12]
[OUT Q=Bruce Leshan, for CBS News]
[11Pulaski-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-15 TC1:19:47]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
Authorities have released the name of the Pulaski County woman shot to death over the weekend by her female friend.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co./Yesterday;]
Deputies say 23-year-old Sherry Lynn Wiley was killed by her roommate during a quarrel inside the house they shared in Dublin.
26-year-old Sherry Lisa Cressell faces second-degree murder and felony firearms charges.
She's being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail.
She'll be arraigned tomorrow morning.
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[11Augusta-Crash]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-12 TC1:34:25]
[GRAPHIC=Crash Invest.]
Investigators say the pilot of a small plane that crashed in Augusta County last year probably suffered a heart attack.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Deerfield/July 2, 1999]
The twin engine piper went down near the community of Deerfield last July. The pilot, Doctor Brian Hawley of Forest City, Arkansas, was the only person on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board found that the airplane had been on a continuous maintenance program, and the wreckage indicated the plane was under power at the time of the impact.
There were enough remains to conduct an autopsy, but the N-T-S-B reports the pilot's father, two uncles and a cousin had all suffered fatal heart attacks.
(------------)
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
The N-T-S-B ruled the probable cause was "loss of control... due to pilot incapacitation following a heart attack."
[2-11Danville-Mayor]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-17 TC1:09:47]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Danville has a new mayor and vice-mayor.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
By a seven to two vote, Council made John Hamlin mayor.
Wayne Wiiliams won an unanimous vote for vice mayor.
Mayor Hamlin is a 14 year veteran of the Danville city council.
(/////SOT/////)
[SOT 3:42:16]
[IN Q=It's a different]
((JOHN HAMLIN/DANVILLE MAYOR: IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE TO DO NOW IS WELCOME OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND NO ONE IS LEFT OUT AND EVERYONE PLAYS A PART IN OUR FUTURE.))
[SOT 3:44:44]
((WAYNE WILLIAMS/DANVILLE VICE MAYOR: I'M STARTING MY THIRD YEAR ON COUNCIL I WAS ELECTED OVER TWO YEARS AGO. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE IN THE POSITION OF VICE MAYOR. IT'S QUITE AN HONOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.))
[SUPER=01-John Hamlin/Danville Mayor; :00]
[SUPER=01-Wayne Williams/Danville Vice Mayor; :14]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=fellow council members]
(-------------)
[VO-NAT]
Two new city council members and three incumbents took their seats yesterday.
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[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[2-Shot=Kmc/SPA]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
The Lynchburg school board is sticking with its decision to reassign four principals.
Because they are personnel moves, the board can't make public the specifics of why they're being made.
That hasn't sat well with the concerned parents who say the moves were done too quickly and without apparent reason.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
Police have identified the woman who died as a result of a motorcycle accident on Shenandoah Avenue Saturday night.
She was 28-Year old Christy Mae Blankenship of Vinton.
The man driving the bike- -William David Damewood of Roanoke-- was also injured and is in critical condition.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Danville has a new mayor and vice-mayor.
By a seven to two vote, Council made John Hamlin mayor.
Wayne Wiiliams won a unanimous vote for vice mayor.
Mayor Hamlin is a 14 year veteran of the Danville city council.
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
(Steve mic hot)
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(Steve ad lib weather)
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[2-SHOT]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Now here's Keith Humphry with a preview of News 7 at Six.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=They were]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=News 7 at 6 tonight]
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[Kimberly and Steve]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib bye)
(live ad lib, tease tomorrow)
by SS