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Coming up on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]
The digging goes on into the night... one communications company workers to get your business.
The latest on a bear injured after being caught by Tech researchers.
Those Martha Stewart products seem to be everywhere- now that could be cash in some local pockets.
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[Talent=Jean]
News 7 is next.
[Video-Open]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 11]
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[VO-NAT]
While strikers are on the picket lines, Verizon fights to keep customers satisfied and other phone companies fight for a piece of its turf.
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[Verizon]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=00-19 TC1:36:31]
[GRAPHIC=Verizon Strike]
Thousands of Verizon customer service representatives who are under a Bell Atlantic contract are entering day three of a strike- including 85 workers in Pulaski.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski]
The picketers are 4-1-1 operators who say they are tired of forced overtime and the high stress level at work.
They also say the company has forced them to limit the time they spend with each customer, a cutback that has lowered their service standards.
Until an agreement is reached, they'll stay on the picket line.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=There was an offer]
((DAVID LAYMAN/COMM. WORKERS OF AMERICA: THERE WAS AN OFFER MADE BY THE COMPANY. THE UNION ACCEPTED THAT PROPOSAL AND IS TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE THE COMPANY DID NOT RESPOND ON SATURDAY TO OUR ISSUES, THE CALL TO GO ON STRIKE WAS MADE.))
[SUPER=01-David Layman/Comm. Workers of America;]
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[OUT Q=strike was made.]
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[VO-NAT]
Verizon customers are experiencing busy signals when attempting to dial information.
The company recommends that customers use a phone book or the Internet to find a telephone number instead of using 4-1-1.
Verizon is asking its customers to have patience if they have a problem, and check household wiring before calling customer support.
If you're thinking of ordering a new line, hold off. If you need a new line, be prepared to wait longer than usual.
Finally, call the business office on your phone bill, not 411.
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[Adelphia]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-23 TC1:02:56]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Verizon's rival, meanwhile, is puffing out its chest to wow customers with solid service.
And when night falls, crews with Adelphia Business Solutions dig a 700-mile, 17-million-dollar maze of cable -- so businesses will have high tech Internet service and video transmission.
Tina Tenret shows how Adelphia crews are scoring on Verizon's strike.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=THE STRIKE SPARKS]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :09]
[SUPER=01-Jamie Ferguson/Adelphia General Manager; :36]
[SUPER=@Tina1; :55]
[OUT Q=Tina Tenret News7 Roanoke]
(( Verizon's strike sparks opportunity for its competitors -- a chance to lure customers away with truly solid service.
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[IN Q=]
((bite customer service))
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Adelphia is bragging their operators are warm and local -- in contrast with Verizon's recorded messages and busy signals.
And Adelphia technicians jump to help Verizon clients when their phone goes dead.
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[SOT 19:51:36]
[IN Q=When anyone goes]
((JAMIE FERGUSON/ADELPHIA GENERAL MANAGER: WHEN ANYONE GOES ON STRIKE THEIR SERVICE LEVEL DIMINISHES.
BUTT BUTT BUTT
WHEN IT DOES, IT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK ... USED TO USING.))
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[OUT Q=USED TO USING]
One potential pothole -- Ferguson does NOT plan to hire extra technicians to handle the increased demand -- and THAT could leave customers who want to change hanging on the line.
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[SOT]
((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: THESE CREWS HOPE TO FINISH BY NEXT MONTH. THE LINES WILL RUN THROUGH MARTINSVILLE AND BLACKSBURG, THROUGHOUT OUR AREA, AND ULTIMATELY, THROUGHOUT THE NATION. TINA TENRET, NEWS7 ROANOKE))
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[United]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Verizon Phone workers aren't the only ones upset about working conditions- Pilots at United Airlines are dealing with contract troubles- that means many cancelled flights.
United scraped 165 flights today because of labor problems and bad weather.
United pilots are in the midst of contract negotiations with the airline and have refused to work overtime since their contract expired in April.
[Vice-President]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=joe Lieberman]
If elected Joseph Lieberman could become the first Jewish Vice President-
Al Gore announced his pick for running mate today-
Manuel Gallegus has more on the candidate from Nashville.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=203-Nashville, TN]
[SUPER=201-Joseph Lieberman/(D) Vice-Presidential Cand.;]
[Super=201-Al Gore/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[SUPER=201-Manuel Gallegus/Reporting;]
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[OUT Q=standard outcue.]
((CONNECTICUT SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN IS IN NASHVILLE....FOR WHAT MANY ARE CALLING A HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
HES BEEN TAPPED BY DEMOCRAT AL GORE AS HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE.
THE 58 YEAR OLD MODERATE FROM THE NUTMEG STATE WILL BE THE FIRST ORTHODOX JEW TO RUN ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET.
SOT: SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN/D-CT
"THIS EXTRAORDINARY DAY IN WHICH I FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO GOD AND SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL TO ME."
EVEN BEFORE....THE OFFICIAL CALL FROM MISTER GORE ... LIEBERMAN WASTED NO TIME ---JUMPING HEAD FIRST INTO THE CAMPAIGN
BATTLE.
SOT: LIEBERMAN
THIS CHOICE IS AN EASY CHOICE, THIS CONTEST IS NO CONTEST. THE RIGHT CHOICE IS AL GORE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE YEAR 2000.
CAMPAIGNING IN NASHVILLE...CANDIDTATE GORE TALKED ABOUT WHO HIS IDEAL
RUNNING MATE WILL BE.
GORE
"I'LL PICK SOMEONE WHO SHARES MY VALUES, WHO CAN BE A GOOD PARTNER FOR ME AND WHO WILL JOIN ME IN FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE AND NOT THE POWERFUL.
ANALYSTS SAY GORE ALSO PICKED LIEBERMAN FOR HIS UNQUESTIONED INTEGRITY AND MORAL VALUES. LIEBERMAN WAS THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO OPENLY CHASTISE PRESIDENT CLINTON DURING THE MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL... BUT DESPITE THE CRITICISM...THE PRESIDENT HAD HIGH PRAISE FOR LIEBERMAN
CLINTON SOT:
"HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN BEING AS WELL AS A LONG TIME FRIEND OF MINE.))
[Wildfires]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Forest Fires]
Across the West the battle is on against Wildfires-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Sula, MT]
But in Western Montana fire crews were not enough- The flames racing into the valley were impossible to stop.
The flames have turned the sky orange- and the smoke is so thick it sometimes looks like night in the middle of the day.
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[SOT 20:28:31]
[IN Q=]
((JOE STAM/FIRE COMMANDER: THE CREWS ARE GETTING TIRED. THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE GETTING TIRED AND THERE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RELIEF COMING AT THE MOMENT.))
[SUPER=01-Joe Stam/Fire Commander;]
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[OUT Q=at the moment.]
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[VO-NAT]
The fire in Montana has already consumed more than 73 thousand acres and destroyed at least eight homes- 12 hundred firefighters are on the scene battling against Mother Nature.
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[Tech-Bear]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-21 TC1:52:02 ]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Doctors say the prognosis is good for a bear that was stuck for more than two weeks in a trap set by Virginia Tech researchers.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
The female black bear was wheeled out of surgery at Tech's vet school this afternoon.
Doctors amputated one of her front paws.
She was caught in a trap in Botetourt County used by Tech researchers and the state game department to monitor bears in the area.
She was injured by dragging the trap several miles.
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[SOT 2:38:56 - 2:39:02]
[IN Q=We've trapped more]
((MIKE VAUGHAN/TECH BEAR RESEARCHER: WE'VE TRAPPED MORE THAN 1200 BEARS IN SEVEN YEARS AND IN THAT TIME LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT ARE INJURED.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Vaughan/Tech Bear Researcher;]
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[OUT Q=are injured.]
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[VO-NAT]
Tech bear researchers say they're looking into better ways to trap the bears for future studies.
After her paw heals, the bear will be released back into the wild near where she was found.
Veterinarians say she'll be able to walk, climb trees and have cubs.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Still ahead on News 7-- good economic news.
An international high-tech company is setting up its U-S headquarters in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
And Dan River Mills lands a big deal with Martha Stewart and K-Mart.
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[Sports-Preview]
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[WRITER=sma]
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[OUT Q=in sports"]
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((SPORTS TONIGHT AND WE ARE GOING TO THE HILL CITY. STEVE MASON WITH YA. WORDS FROM HILLCATS MANAGER TRACY WOODSON AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CATS GAME AGAINST WINSTON SALEM. ALSO, FRANK ANZALONE SPEAKS THE TRUTH YOU WILL HEAR IT TONIGHT, A PEAK AT VIRGINIA TECH'S YOUNG DEFENSE AND A TALK WITH A YOUNG GLENVAR COACH WHO IS WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS. SPEAKING OF WISDOM, THE BOB MCLELLAND GOLF TOURNEY IS UNDERWAY, ALL OF THIS PLUS MORE IN SPORTS.))
[Dan-River]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-18 TC2:00:42]
[GRAPHIC=Dan River]
[***ANCHOR TAG***]
Dan River Mills has formed a partnership with a famous home- fashion specialist.
The company will now make exclusive bedding products with the Martha Stewart brand name for K-Mart Stores.
Surae Chinn has more on this exclusive product line and story.
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[SOT 1:41:13]
[IN Q=Martha Stewart is]
[SUPER=03-Danville; :05]
[SUPER=01-Joe Bouknight/Dan River Inc.; :18]
[SUPER=@Surae1; :45]
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[OUT Q=News 7, Danville.]
((((JOE BOUKNIGHT/DAN RIVER INC.: MARTHA STEWART ENTERPRISE IS HUGE.))
[RUNS:03]
And Dan River Mills is now an intergral part of that enterprise. The project is housed in a 300 thousand square foot warehouse in Danville filled with the latest Martha Stewart bedding products.
[SOT 1:40:44]
((JOE BOUKNIGHT/DAN RIVER MILLS: THIS IS THE MARTHA STEWART BEDING LINE SO OUR PRODUCTS ARE SHEETS, PILLOWCASES, COMFORTERS AND BEDSHAMS.))
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Six different brand new designs have been developed. Dan River Mills employees have been working on them at various locations including Danville. The thousands of boxes and products of the Martha Stewart line end up in this Danville warehouse.
((SURAE CHINN/REPORTING: SOON THIS ENTIRE WAREHOUSE WILL BE FILLED WITH THE EXCLUSIVE DAN RIVER MILLS AND MARTHA STEWART BRAND PRODUCTS AND THEY WILL ALL BE SHIPPED TO EVERY KMART IN THE COUNTRY))
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[SOT 1:42:05]
((JOE BOUKNIGHT/DAN RIVER INC.: WHEN YOU HEAR TEXTILES YOU HEAR A LOT OF NEGATIVES. WE ARE NAILING DOWN LARGE ORDERS AND SHIPPING NEW PRODUCTS.))
[RUNS:05]
The new products created 25 full time jobs and 80 temporary positions.
[SOT 1:42:30]
((JOE BOUKNIGHT/DAN RIVER INC.: IT'S NEAT IT'S EXCITING NEW IDEA. NOT ONLY THING WE ARE WORKING ON BUT THIS IS A HOME RUN. YOU GET YOUR SINGLES AND DOUBLES THIS IS A HOMERUN.))
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A homerun that Dan River Mills officials say will help secure a strong future for the company. Surae Chinn, News7, Danville.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
Dan River Mills says its always had a strong relationship with KMart.
[Economic-Development]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=mce]
[TAPE#=00-17 TC2:03:17]
[GRAPHIC=Precision Technology]
More positive local economic news- An international manufacturing company plans to set up its North American headquarters in Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
Great Britain's Precision Technology Group makes mechanical equipment for a variety of industries.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
It currently operate divisions in Germany and Scotland.
The Roanoke headquarters will be located in the former Tultex building and will employ more than 100 people.
P-T's CEO says the Star City was chosen because of it's equal distance from major industrial cities like Chicago, Boston and Dallas - and because of the availability of skilled labor.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We really need...]
((GERD HICKS/PRECISION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CEO: WE REALLY NEED ENGINEERING PEOPLE - AND OF COURSE HERE ARE GOOD SCHOOLS, GOOD GRADUATES WE CAN GET...THAT TOO WAS AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR US - LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO THIS BUSINESS.))
[SUPER=01-Gerd Icks/Precision Technology Group CEO]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=do this business.]
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[VO-NAT]
Precision Technology USA is expected to invest more than 2-Million dollars into the city in the next six years.
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[Whitey-Taylor]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=00-30 TC48:38]
[GRAPHIC=Whitey Taylor]
The owner of Franklin County Speedway is in trouble for throwing a carnival without a permit -- according to the sheriff.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./October 1999;]
Whitey Taylor has been served with three misdemeanor warrants, and the sheriff plans to slap him with two more tomorrow.
Each count carries up to a year in jail and a 25-hundred-dollar fine, if Taylor's convicted.
The sheriff says Taylor had been warned that he needed a permit to hold the fair -- but Taylor says he wasn't told until it was too late to file the paperwork.
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[Project-Life]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=500-18 TC30:00]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Project Lifesaver has protected one life and could save more.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./July 5;]
45 year old David Fitzgerald of Pittsylvania County suffers from dementia. He took a walk last night and ended up missing for about five hours.
Once authorities got word of his disappearance, it took them only half an hour to locate Fitzgerald-- thanks to the device he wears on his wrist called Project Lifesaver.
We interviewed Fitzgerald last month when he first got the device.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Still ahead on News 7, Robin Reed will have more on the latest round of thunderstorms to light up the night sky.
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[VO-NAT]
And we'll show you how these little guys are darkening the skies in parts of Russia.
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[Westview-Terrace]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-28 TC37:38]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Roanoke City Council has approved the sale of property in Westview Terrace.... land the city bought to defuse a controversy a year and a half ago.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape]
Residents of the neighborhood objected in late 1998, when habitat for humanity prepared to build more than thirty homes there... and the city ultimately purchased the land.
Today, city council agreed to sell the property to a developer who plans to build homes in keeping with the neighborhood... The selling price was 125- thousand dollars, much less than the city paid in 1998.
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[Locusts]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It sounds like the stuff scary movies are made of- so many bugs they swarm a region.
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[VO-NAT]
[Super=X5052 (loads FX)]
[Super=X5045 (starts FX)]
[SUPER=75-Volgograd, Russia ]
But this is no movie- this is real life in one part of Russia.
Millions of locusts are swarming through the region- descending on hundreds of acres of fertile land and devouring wheat, millet, barley and corn.
Wherever they land, the locusts cover the earth and leave behind fields of broken stalks, undoing thousands of hours of work-
The green sparrow sized locusts are fluttering in vast, 14-miles long swarms.
At this stage, farmers can't spray insecticides- they're only effective when locusts are at the ground based part of their life cycle.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=EXTRA]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Highlights from the Lynchburg Hillcats game tonight, plus Virginia Tech's defense and a word from Jeff Gordon, but first the extra point.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NBA; :00]
After 40 years as a player and an executive with the Los
Angeles Lakers, Jerry West is retiring at age 62. The Lakers won one N-B-A title with West as a player and six more with him in the front office, the most recent one coming this past spring. He's a Hall of Famer who still has the fifth-highest scoring
average in N-B-A history.
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[S-Hillcats]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-74 29:33]
[GRAPHIC=Hillcats]
The Lynchburg Hillcats week long homestand continued last night. The Warthogs were on the menu.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Warthogs vs. Hillcats; :00]
The Hillcats are in second place in the Northern Division behind Wilmington. Manager Tracy Woodson talked about his team's 18 and 23 mark.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We're]
[SUPER=01-Tracy Woodson/Hillcats Manager; :00]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=......come out good for us"]
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[VO-NAT]
To the game. In the top of the first watch the Warthogs Mario Venzuela go yard on this pitch, an opposite field homer to right. The solo shot gave Winston Salem the lead.
Not for long. In the third, the Cats Paul Weikard crushes this pitch to right another
[SUPER=37-Lynchburg/16/Winston-Salem/3;]
solo homer and Lynchburg is up 2-1.
Yamid Haad puts the icing on the inning with a three run blast to left field and Lynchburg spanks Winston Salem 16 to 3.
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[S-Owens]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-76]
[GRAPHIC=None]
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[VO-NAT wipe to #eng!!!!]
[SUPER=04-Major League Baseball; :00]
Former Ferrum star and San Diego Padres outfielder Eric Owens has agreed to a two-year extension through 2002.
Owens hasn't committed an error in his last 152 games, a streak that dates to last season.
Owens is hitting .315 with five homers, 39 R-B-I's and 21 steals and leads the Padres with 131 hits and 69 runs.
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[S-Yankees]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-73]
[GRAPHIC=major league baseball]
On to some action in the Majors. Yankees trying to end a two game skid at home against Seattle.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/Mariners vs. Yankees; :00]
David Justice clocks one of his two homers on the day in the bottom of the second to make it 1-nothing New York.
Tied two all, Seattle's Alex Rodriquez says whaaazzzz uuuuupppp to this pitch, he
[SUPER=35-Seattle/8/New York/5;]
jacks it to left for his 28th homer on the season.
In the sixth, Carlos Gillen does a little base cleaning with a grand slam and Seattle beats New York at home 8-5.
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[S-Defense]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-70 10345TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH FOOTBALL]
The Virginia Tech football team practiced twice yesterday.
Showers forced the Hokies inside Rector Field House during their second session.
Tech goes in full pads Thursday.
The Hokies are ranked 11th in the pre season.
Some might say that's disrespectful, but considering the defensive reconstruction project, Tech is right where it wants to be. Mike Stevens explains.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=first audio]
[SUPER=@MIKE1; :00]
[SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/14th Season at Va. Tech; :19]
[SUPER=01-Bud Foster/Va. Tech Defensive Coordinator; :32]
[SUPER=01-David Pugh/VT Defensive Tackle; :56]
[SUPER=01-Chad Beasley/VT Defensive Tackle; 1:07]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=....NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[S-Glenvar]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-63 12524TC]
[GRAPHIC=FFE]
The Glenvar football team kicks off this season with a new face on the sideline.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
Steven Magenbauer, the former star quarterback at Salem high school in the early 90's, takes over for the retiring Brian Hooker.
Magenbauer, who is just 26 years old, spent the past four years as an assistant in Highlander Heaven.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE]
[SUPER=01-Steve Magenbauer/Glenvar Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:20]
[OUT Q=...THIS YEAR."]
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[VO-NAT con't]
50 players are working out this preseason - practicing and easing his transition into the head coaching position - something he never imagined he would be doing at this age.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="Actually...]
[RUNS=:19]
[OUT Q=...OUT LIKE THIS."]
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[S-Golf]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=dwi]
[TAPE#=SP-72 ]
[GRAPHIC=Bob McLelland]
Hidden valley Country Club was the site of today's 24th annual Bob McLelland Classic.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
The two-day tournament uses a stroke-play format, and features a younger field than usual, having graduated last year's top players.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="It's more pride..."]
[SUPER=01-Jerry English/Tournament Director; :]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q="...What they're playing for."]
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[VO-NAT]
At the end of the first day, Cave Spring's Jason Owenby shot a one-over-par 72 and leads Neal Hunt of Franklin County by two. Franklin County is the team leader, Cave Spring in second.
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-66]
[graphic=Frank Anzalone]
The Express faces off the 2000 season against the Richmond Renegades at the Round House October 13th.
The very next night former Express coach Frank Anzalone returns to the round house
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
as coach of the Pee Dee Pride. Anzalone was in town recently. His son attended Tim Christians hockey school. He spoke about his return.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="i think]
[SUPER=01-Frank Anzalone/Pee Dee Pride Hockey Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=.....what else is knew"]
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