WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 07/18/00

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The body of the 13 year old who drowned in the New River is found.
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And flames engulf the century old Lexington Presbyterian Church, we have two live reports coming up.
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Tonight on News 7 sports, a record number of kids are banging heads at Tech football camp this week. Kyle Petty announces a major restructuring for Petty Enterprises.
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And the Redskins finally get Chris Samuels in camp and under contract.
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Clouds are heading our way tomorrow so we're going to expect some scattered showers in the area beginning in the afternoon and probably sticking around into the evening. I'll have the details coming up. [open]
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Fire destroys the Lexington church where Stonewall Jackson used to pray.
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Firefighters have put out the flames at Lexington Presbyterian Church.
But little is left of this local landmark.
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Tina Tenret was there when the steeple fell.
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[Drowning]

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Rescue workers have recovered the body of the 13-year-old West Virginia boy who drowned yesterday in the New River.
His body was discovered shortly after one this afternoon.
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Marya Jones was out at the search all day and joins us now with more.
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Jean, it took search and rescue workers six hours to find the boy today.
They say they were able to locate him quickly ... in part because of the help of dozens of volunteers.
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(( Divers found 13-year-old Cody Cash under about 20 feet of water.
He was at the bottom of the river ... about 50 feet away from where witnesses said he went under.
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Cody and his 8-year old sister, Buffy went to the river yesterday to fish with a 10-year-old friend and his mother.
Friends say Cody was a solid swimmer.
But when he and the others got off some rocks into the water, they were immediately overpowered by the current.
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Montgomery County Deputy Seth Chamberland and bystander Jennifer McInvaille (MAC-Inville) both jumped in and saved two of the kids.
Both returned today, hoping for a quick end to the search.
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The search ... both by air and by water ... spanned one-and-a-half miles of the New River.
Officials say they located the boy quickly ... mainly because of divers' familiarity with the river and the help of scores of volunteers.
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Rescue workers say that this unfortunate incident illustrates just how deceptively dangerous the New River can be.

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And they say it should be a reminder to anyone even wading in the river that currents can get the best of even the strongest swimmers.

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A former Wythe County deputy is charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
A grand jury indicted Trenton Davis on one count of aggravated sexual battery.
He resigned from the sheriff's department in May, days after the alleged incident.
Sources say a friend set the deputy up on a date with the teen.
Davis is out on 5-thousand dollars bond.

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African Americans should stop protesting Confederate History Month, that's according to Louis Farrakhan. Coming up we'll tell you why he said that.
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And a ground breaking ceremony in Pittsvylania County will soon lead to help for small business owners.
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It's not the most likely pairing- but the National of Islam is taking sides with the Sons of Confederate Veterans- on one issue.
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Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says Virginia's Confederate History Month is a good idea, because history should be remembered.
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((LOUIS FARRAKHAN/NATION OF ISLAM: WHY SHOULDN'T ROBERT E. LEE'S PICTURE BE HELD HIGH? HE FOUGHT FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED. HE LOST. BUT HE'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THE CONFEDERATE FLAG IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. WHAT IT REPRESENTED YESTERDAY, IT CAN'T REPRESENT THAT TODAY. WE'RE TOO AWAKE. WE'RE TOO AWARE. SO YOU CAN FLY IT ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.))
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Farrakhan was in Richmond promoting his October "Million Family March."
But he told reporters African Americans are wrong to focus on symbols of the past.
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Virginia chapters of the N-double-A-C-P and Southern Christian Leadership Conference are considering a national boycott of the Commonwealth.
The groups say it will mobilize after Labor Day if Governor Jim Gilmore does NOT promise he won't declare another Confederate History Month next spring.

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Small business owners may have more of an incentive to stay in the Danville area now.
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The Dan River Business Development center broke ground for a new building that will house a small business incubator.
Eligible small business owners would pay rent and in return get the necessary training, mentoring and financial assistance.
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((SENATOR CHARLES HAWKINS/(R)-19TH DISTRICT: THIS WILL GIVE THEM AN EDGE TO YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE THAN A FIGHTING CHANCE WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVING IN A VERY COMPETITIVE WORLD.))
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The incubator will accept about 30 small business owners.
The building should be completed within the year.
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Profit-taking led to a down day on Wall Street. [TAKE DOW, NASDAQ & BLOOMBERG PAGE ]
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The DOW dropped 64 points while NASDAQ plunged 97- and- a-half.
The Bloomberg News 7 Index lost about a point.
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The latest News 7 poll shows presidential candidate George W. Bush leading democratic rival Al Gore in Virginia.

Jennifer Miele shows us the numbers for campaign 2000.
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(( A recent poll done for News 7 by Mason-Dixon shows Bush's lead slowly declining in Virginia from 52 percent in June of 1999 to 49 percent this month. [PRE-PRO page 1]
More than 600 registered voters in Virginia were asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were held today.
Statewide numbers put Bush on top by 11 points.
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Looking at the regional breakdown, Bush is coming out on top with a 15 point lead in Roanoke and Southwest Virginia and an 11 point lead in the Lynchburg area.
It's a close race in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, the poll shows a 2-point Bush lead.
The Richmond area posts the most support for Bush, he racks up 54 percent of the vote. [PRE-PRO page 3]
The gender gap remains, with Bush holding a wide 54 percent to 34 percent leading among men, but a slim 44 percent to 42 percent margin among women.
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Reform party candidate Pat Buchanan and Green Party candidate Ralph Nader were favored by less than 3 percent of Virginia voters.
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Coming up tonight on News 7 Sports the Redskins get their big daddy lineman Chris Samuels in camp. Tech's youth football camp is busting at the seams!
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And Kyle Petty announces some major changes for the Hot Wheels machine and Petty Enterprises, in general.
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The Washington Redskins welcomed rookie offensive talkle Chris Samuels to camp today. The number three pick in this year's draft from Alabama signed a six-year-deal worth $30 million. He gets a 10 million signing bonus.
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The Detroit Lions are starting training camp without their main man behind the center.
Starting quarterback Charlie Batch fractured his right knee and will be out for at least eight weeks.
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That means veteran Mike Tomczak starts training camp as the main signal caller.
Former UVA star, Herman Moore says the addition of running back James Stewart should help balance out the offensive attack no matter who lines up behind the center.
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The Hokie Football Camp is in full swing in on campus in Blacksburg this week. Steve Mason tells us how, in this case, bigger is definitely better.
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Day two of the Golf portion of the Commonwealth Games hit the links at Hanging Rock Golf Course today.
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Many eyes were on 15 year old Barry Wirt. The rising Patrick Henry Sophomore had the lowest round in all four age divisions yesterday with a 69.
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Wirt has received good coaching from his dad, Barry Senior, who has been the club champion at Hidden Valley, Country Side and Hunting Hills.
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But Wirt wuold shoot an 80 today and allow Kenny Hyatt to win the 15 & 16 year old gold medal.
Mitch Chandler won the 13 & 14 year old group with a one under total. Drew Arney won the 17 & 18 year old division.

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Southwest Virginia coule be crowning an unbeaten Dixie Youth state championship baseball team within the hour. The Wythe County Dixie league majors all-star team has been in Fluvanna County since last Friday destroying the competition. Right now they are playing for the state title and a trip to the nationals in Texas. We'll let you know how they come out at 11.

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Kyle Petty announced this afternoon that Petty Enterprises will undergo a major shake-up for next year and the remainder of this season, as well.
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Kyle says beginning with the series stop at Darlington, he will stop driving the Hot Wheels Pontiac and only drive his late son Adam's Busch car the rest of this season. Starting next year, Kyle will return to the Winston Cup ranks and drive the number 45 Dodge that will be sponsored by Sprint. Steve Grissom will drive the Hot Wheels car the remainder of this year and likely next season, although Hot Wheels will be leaving the Petty's as a primary sponsor in 2001.
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A historic church in Lexington goes up in flames.
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The latest on what started the fire and if it can be repaired tonight on News 7 at 6.
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