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Coming up on News 7:
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A close vote to accept a state grant that means moving a trailer park.
Virginia forest-fire- fighters talk about surviving the wildfires out West.
A local submarine expert believes the Russians are "saber rattling."
And we'll go back to L-A for a summary of Kennedy night at the Convention.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
News 7 is next.
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[VO-NAT]
For the first time ever, Craig County supervisors voted tonight to rezone a piece of land for a mobile home park.
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[SOT 20:01:48]
[IN Q=We're not solving the blight]
((WE'RE NOT SOLVING THE BLIGHT; WE'RE SIMPLY RELOCATING IT.))
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[OUT Q=relocating it]
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening...
[Trailer-Park]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
Craig County supervisors faced a choice: either rezone this land for a trailer park or risk losing 700-thousand-dollars.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Tina/Newsroom]
Tina Tenret was there for the decision and joins us from the newsroom.
[Live=Tina Full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Tina1;]
Keith, the board of supervisors was told explicitly NOT to vote just to get the 700-thousand-dollars in state money.
And maybe they didn't.
But they killed a similar proposal last year, when all that money did not hang in the balance.
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[IN Q=About 150 people]
[SUPER=03-New Castle; :00]
[SUPER=01-Debbie King/Resident; :21]
[SUPER=01-Norman Taylor/Mobile Home Park Owner; :43]
[SUPER=01-Barry Radford/Neighbor; :57]
[SUPER=01-Julie Welch/Craig Co. Supervisor; 1:08]
[SUPER=01-Bernie Tripp/Craig Co. Supervisor; 1:16]
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[OUT Q=home parks already!]
(( About 150 people packed into the Craig County courthouse. More lined up outside.
All because the state gave New Castle 700-thousand-dollars to remodel storefronts -- BUT the cash comes with a catch: this trailer park downtown has to go.
So supervisors voted to move it into a neighborhood -- over loud majority protests.
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[SOT 20:29:32]
[IN Q=I would]
((DEBBIE KING/RESIDENT: I WOULD MUCH RATHER PAY 300-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BACK IN TAXES THAN TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE SUFFER.))
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[OUT Q=ALL THESE PEOPLE SUFFER]
Homeowners say when the trailer park moves in -- their property values will plummet, they'll lose neighborhood safety, and they'll be forced to pay for an expensive new sewer system.
And the park's owner plans to almost triple its size from seven mobile homes to 20.
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[SOT 20:09:45]
[SOT 20:18:40]
[IN Q=Young people]
((NORMAN TAYLOR/MOBILE HOME PARK OWNER: YOUNG PEOPLE OF CRAIG COUNTY NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THEIR OWN HOUSE. THEY NEED AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE AVAILABLE IN CRAIG COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
BUTT BUTT BUTT
BARRY RADFORD/NEIGHBOR: NORMAN'S DOING THIS FOR THE ELDERLY. HE'S DOING IT FOR THE YOUTH. THE BIGGEST BENEFITTER IS NORMAN TAYLOR'S POCKETBOOK. AND IF YOU BELIEVE OTHERWISE, APPLAUSE....
butt butt butt
TINA TENRET/NEWS7: WHY DID YOU VOTE TO MOVE THE TRAILER PARK? JULIE WELCH/COUNTY SUPERVISOR: OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CLEARLY CALLS FOR A MOBILE HOME PARK IN OR AROUND NEW CASTLE AREA.
BUTT BUTT BUTT
BERNIE TRIPP/COUNTY SUPERVISOR: WE ALREADY HAVE THREE MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT ARE ZONED FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS ALREADY!))
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[OUT Q=ALREADY]))
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County supervisors rejected other options -- they could have condemned the trailer park, for example --
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And Keith, one man tonight offered to sell the county eight lots which were already zoned for mobile homes.[Roanoke-Fi
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A Roanoke home was heavily damaged by fire and smoke tonight.
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Police say several people were inside the house on Bristol Street when they smelled smoke.
They all got out safely and called for help.
When fire crews arrived, the front part of the home was engulfed.
25-to-30 firefighters worked on the blaze.
There's no word on the amount of damage to the home.
An investigative team is being called in.
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[Church-Fire]
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Flames may have destroyed their church but not their spirits.
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[SUPER=03-Danville]
The pastor and church members of the Bethel Holiness Church in Danville say they WILL have Sunday worship. Clean up efforts have been going on since Sunday night.
[SUPER=04-Sunday Night]
That's when a fire erupted in the 70 year old church. The pastor is deciding if they should rebuild.
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[SOT 1:34:53]
[IN Q=It's a home]
((TYRELL BIGELOW/CHURCH MEMBER: IT'S A HOME CHURCH. WE GREW UP IN IT. A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES. MY GRANDFATHER AND THEN MY UNCLE ROY TOOK OVER IT. IT'S AN OLD TRADITIONAL CHURCH FOR THE FAMILY AND ALL.))
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[OUT Q=family and all.]
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[VO-NAT]
Fire Investigators have not determined a cause. Debris taken from the church today is being tested.
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[Firefighter]
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[**NOTE ANCHOR TAG**]
A group of volunteers is back in Virginia tonight - after spending weeks battling wildfires out west.
Meredyth Censullo says they've returned home with more than dirty laundry. They've gained knowledge that could help protect lives and property here.
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[SUPER=01-Seth Miller/VA Dept. of Forestry; :22]
[SUPER=01-Chris Thomsen/VA Dept. of Forestry;:52]
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((Seth Miller's back from 17 days of fighting wildfires out West.
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((ITS ROUGH...I'M NOT GONNA SUGAR COAT IT...
))
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Rough, he says, because there are hundreds of thousands of acres of woodlands -
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((nats of smoke))
going up in smoke. And thousands of volunteers working to hold back the flames.
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((SETH MILLER/VA DEPT OF FORESTRY: OUT THERE, IF YOU MESS UP THERES NO WHERE TO GO BECAUSE ITS SO BIG AND THE FIRES MOVE SO FAST.))
Seth Miller worked 14 hour days in the Great Basin - alongside folks from around the country - and looked forward to returning home.
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((DO YOUR JOB, YET SURVIVE - THAT WAS OUR BIG THING OUT THERE WAS HEY WE SURVIVED ANOTHER DAY, WE'RE STILL ALIVE, WE MADE IT, DONE OUR JOB AND LETS CLICK OFF ANOTHER DAY AND GET CLOSER TO GOING HOME.))
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But Miller - and others from Virginia - are returning home with something valuable ..
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((CHRIS THOMSEN/VA DEPT OF FORESTRY: THE TRAINING THEY WILL RECEIVE OUT THERE, THE EXPERIENCES THEY WILL HAVE OUT THERE THAT THEY'LL BRING BACK WILL MAKE US A BETTER FIRE PROTECTION ORGANIZATION. AS WE SAW WITH PERGATORY AND FORT LEWIS MT FIRE, WHERE HOMES WERE THREATENED, LIVES WERE THREATENED, WE WERE QUICK TO REACT, WE WERE QUICK TO JUMP ON IT - NO HOMES WERE LOST, NO PEOPLE WERE LOST - AND THIS IS ONLY GONNA MAKE US STRONGER.))
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Seth Miller feels like he's a stronger person for taking his tour of duty in the Western wilderness.
But, he says, its nice to be back.
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((SETH MILLER: IF THEY CALL, ITS MY JOB, ITS MY SERVICE - I'LL GO BACK OUT IF I HAVE TO. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH MY WIFE AND I'M GLAD TO BE ON THE EAST COAST AND SEE SOME TREES AGAIN.))
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Meredyth Censullo, News 7, Salem.))
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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The Virginia volunteers are part or full-time employees with the Department of Forestry.
Another group heads out Saturday.
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Russian rescuers have lowed an escape capsule to that sunken submarine in the Barents Sea.
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There's no word on whether the capsule has actually made contact with the Kursk. Visibility near the submarine is less than five yards, and there are strong underwater currents.
The Pentagon says the United States has offered assistance but that the Russian government believes it has enough assets on hand.
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[IN Q=But again]
((BUT AGAIN, IN THE ABSENCE OF A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE, WE'RE JUST KIND OF TAKING WHAT WE THINK ARE THE PRUDENT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO SHORTEN A RESPONSE TIMELINE SHOULD SUCH A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE COME.))
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[OUT Q=assistance come.]
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116 sailors are trapped inside the Kursk. It's estimated the oxygen supply will run out by the end of the week, maybe sooner.
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[Sub-Expert]
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One local expert says the accident proves that, despite what people might think, the Cold War is "not" over.
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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Mark Scalia (skuh-LEE-uh) is a former Seabee diver who now works with a Lynchburg plastics company.
He's advised on several submarine movies and written a book about German submarine warfare in World War Two.
Scalia says the Russians may be reluctant to admit they don't have the capability of rescuing their crew.
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[SOT 13:32:56]
[IN Q=This entire]
((MARK SCALIA/SUBMARINE EXPERT: THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE IS SORT OF A SABER- RATTLING DEAL.THE RUSSIANS ARE VERY INTIMIDATED BY OUR ACTIONS IN KOSOVO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEAR THEIR RETRIBUTION AND THIS IS AN INSTANCE FOR THEM TO SAY 'HEY LOOK, WE STILL COUNT, WE STILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL NAVY AND LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO'.))
[SUPER=01-Mark Scalia/Submarine Expert]
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[OUT Q=we can do.]
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Scalia says the Russians would not allow world- wide media attention if they felt there was no hope of saving the submarine's crew.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
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A fatal accident on Interstate 81 backs up traffic for miles.
Details on that are still ahead on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]
And as Democrats prepare to nominate Al Gore, they honor the achievements of another Democrat-- John F. Kennedy.
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[Sports-Preview]
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[OUT Q=....in sports"]
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((HELLO SPORTS FANS, STEVE MASON WITH YOU ON A PERFECT NIGHT TO WATCH A SUNSET, THE INDIANS WOULD SPOIL THE AVALANCHE'S NIGHT THOUGH, HIGHLIGHTS TO COME, THEY WERE TESTING AT DAYTONA TODAY WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE, THREE EARNHARDT'S IN ONE RACE, MAYBE, BIG GEORGE SHOULD GET A BIG CHANCE AGAINST THE BROWNS, THE CAVALIERS OF BOTETOURT UNVEIL A NEW DEFENSE WHILE THE CAVALIERS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ARE STRONG WITH THE SAME OLD QUARTERBACK ALL OF THIS COMING YOUR WAY IN SPORTS.))
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Forty years after her father rallied the Democratic convention in Los Angeles with his "New Frontier," his daughter renewed that call.
Caroline Kennedy made a rare public appearance to support Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention.
Manuel Gallegus has more.
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[SUPER=203-Los Angeles, CA; :00]
[SUPER=207-Caroline Kennedy;]
[SUPER=201-Sen. Ted Kennedy/(D) Massachusetts]
[SUPER=207-Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.;]
[SUPER=201-Al Gore/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[SUPER=201-Manuel Gallegus/Reporting]
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[OUT Q=standard.]
((A strong sense of history filled the arena as members of the Kennedy family brought their support of Al Gore to the Convention.
SOT: Caroline Kennedy
SOT: Ted Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. compared Gore to the most famous members of his family.
SOT: RFK, Jr.
He stands for the same kind of principals that my father and my uncle fought for during their lives in politics.
At a town square in Monroe, Michigan, President Clinton called Gore his partner and his friend as he symbolically handed over leadership of the Democratic Party.
SOT: GORE
"President Bill Clinton worked hard to get this economy right ... and I'm not going to let the other side wreck it.''
Following the rally, Clinton and Gore went their separate ways. The First Family will get some rest and relaxation ...vacationing in New York. For Gore it will be all work....as he heads to Los Angeles to
accept his party's nomination.
Nat Pop: Protestors
In the aftermath of last nights violent clashes with police, hundreds of spirited demonstrators marched around the Convention Center in support of human rights, labor unions and education. Despite some
standoffs and scattered arrests, protestors for the most part remained peaceful.))
[Narrows]
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She's held the office for less than two months -- but Narrows' first female mayor is off to a shaky start with some council members.
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[SUPER=03-Narrows;]
Town council voted to deny George Ann Johnson a key to town hall.
She was elected mayor by a wide margin last fall.
Since she and two other new council members took office, town meetings have been more contentious... and more crowded.
Council members say the tension started when Johnson questioned the use of town equipment by employees after hours.
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[SOT 15:33:19 - :34]
((GEORGE ANN JOHNSON/MAYOR: I WAS A WOMAN RUNNING FOR A MAYOR'S JOB UP AGAINST A MAYOR WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS. AND I WON. AND I THINK THE ONLY REASON THAT I WON WAS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE DO WANT CHANGE. THEY WANT THINGS TO HAPPEN HERE.))
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[OUT Q=things to happen here.]
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Johnson, an artist and 7-year Narrows resident, says her goal is to make the town flourish again.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Meanwhile, Narrows police chief, Charles Sontag, has resigned.
He's leaving to teach junior reserve- officer training for the Marine Corps.
He'll be replaced by Leo Montgomery, already with the Narrows Police Department.
Sontag says his departure is un-related to problems on town council.
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A couple moving to a new life in Ridgeway witnessed a horrifying accident on I-81 In Augusta County this afternoon.
Herman Grant and his wife pulled their motor-home into the break-down lane.
A man from Indianapolis pulled over in front of them to see if he could help.
As Richard Lee Canaday was backing up on the shoulder, a flat-bed tractor trailer carrying an over-sized cement slab clipped Canaday's G-M-C Jimmy. Canaday and his five- year old son were killed.
The driver of the truck was charged with reckless driving, driving without a log book and without the proper warning flags.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
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Still ahead on News 7, Roanoke prepares to open its higher-ed center while Danville makes plans to use tobacco settlement money for high-tech training.
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[VO-NAT]
And more safety concerns over the Concorde. Now British Airways is grounding its fleet.
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[Concorde]
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For the first time since they began flying commercially 25 years ago, all Concorde Supersonic jets are now grounded.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-London]
BRITISH Airways abruptly canceled its Corcorde flights to and from London today.
Air France had already suspended its Concorde schedule, following the July 25th crash near Paris which killed everyone on board and four more on ground.
British Air had kept flying the Concorde, however new information from French investigators compelled England's Air Accidents Investigation Bureau to have second thoughts about the Concorde:
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[IN Q=I really don't]
((ROD EDDINGTON/BRITISH AIRWAYS CEO: I REALLY DON'T HAVE A SENSE YET OF WHAT THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM INVESTIGATORS HAVE COME UP WITH IS. WHEN I UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE PROBLEM, I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A MORE SENSIBLE JUDGMENT OF HOW LONG CONCORDE TO GET BACK IN THE AIR.))
[SUPER=01-Rod Eddington/British Airways CEO]
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[OUT Q=in the air.]
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[VO-NAT]
British and French aviation officials say they'll explain their reasoning Thursday and give some idea how LONG the supersonic flights should be grounded.
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[Tobacco-Settlement]
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Danville City Council voted tonight to use tobacco settlement funds for higher education .
The money will help set up a graduate program in advanced technology.
A group called The Future of Piedmont Foundation came up with the idea, saying the Danville-Pittsylvania County area needs to develop job opporunities and a better work-force.
[Higher-Ed]
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This was moving day for the first tenants of the Roanoke Higher Education Center.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Classes are scheduled to begin there on Thursday, so today the College of Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, and Radford University were moving computers and other equipment into the building.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The college of health sciences]
((TOM MCKEON/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES WILL BE THE FIRST SCHOOL TO ACTUALLY BE OPERATING CLASSES. AND THEY'LL START AUGUST 17TH, THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK WITH THREE CLASSROOMS FULLY OCCUPIED AND UNDER WAY. SO THEY'LL BE THE FIRST. THEY'LL GET THAT DISTINCTION, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY VIRGINIA TECH AND RADFORD WILL BE STARTING CLASSES ON MONDAY THE 21ST.))
[SUPER=01-Tom McKeon/Executive Director]
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[OUT Q=monday the 21st.]
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[VO-NAT]
Renovations to the former Norfolk and Western Headquarters building continue, but most of the classrooms are complete.
The Higher Education Center will bring programs from 16 different educational partners under one roof.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=steve]
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[WRITER=sma]
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Avalanche and Indians highlights for you, plus testing at Daytona, Bobby Labonte and Jeff Gordon talk about racing
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[SUPER=75-Mandeville, Jamaica; :00]
but first our extra point. This week, Knicks center Patrick Ewing returned to his homeland, the island of Jamaica and vacation and feeding gators were not the only reasons Ewing was there, The NBA All-star also shared his knowledge and years of
experience in the league with the children of the island, at a special
clinic held at Knox College.
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[S-AVS]
[ANCHOR=steve]
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Lynchburg was down south taking on Myrtle Beach last night.
And Hillcats pitcher Jose Lopez threw a no-hitter in Lynchburg's one to nothing win.
[SS=Avalance]
The calm before the storm as the Avalanche opened a three game set against Kinston last night. A series that precedes a seven game road trip.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Indians vs. Avalanche; :00]
Right to the action. In the bottom of the first Salem's Kevin Burford crushes a two run homer off Wilson Sido the blast brings in Chone Figgins to make the count 2-nothing Avs.
Then, Salem's Ryan Price throws a pitch that gets away from catcher Josh Bard and Kinston's Victor Rodriquez scores from third, 2-1 Avs in the top of the third.
[SUPER=37-Kinston/8/Salem/5;]
The sun would set on the Avs tonight,
although Salem did get one of them back on a bad Indians pitch, Figgins scores, but Kinston wins 8-5.
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[S-Test]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm']
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-66]
[GRAPHIC=Daytona]
While the Pepsi 400 at Michigan is the next race for Winston Cup drivers, 11 teams were at Daytona yesterday. They teamed up with NASCAR in six and a half hours of testing.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL; :00]
Ricky Rudd was on hand as was Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte. The teams were experimenting with aerodynamic modification in conjunction with a variety of restrictor plate sizes. The ultimate goal is to bring back some of the old feel of racing while using the restrictor plates.
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[IN Q=we'll]
[SUPER=01-Bobby Labonte/Winston Cup Points Leader; :00]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=.....help you out"]
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[VO-NAT WIPE TO #ENG!!!!!]
[SUPER=04-NASCAR]
Hendrick Motorsports says that Todd Bodine will fill in for Terry Labonte in Sunday's Pepsi 400 at Michigan Motor Speedway. Labonte still has post concussion dizziness as a result of two recent wrecks.
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[S-Kerry]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-70 11010 TC]
[GRAPHIC=KERRY EARNHARDT]
Kerry Earnhardt, Dale's oldest son, is gonna try and race this Sunday at Michigan, possibly putting three Earnhardt's in the show.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville/March 1995; :00]
Kerry will make his Winston Cup debut Sunday if he can qualify for the Pepsi 400. Kerry will drive Dave Marcis' number 71 Real Tree Chevy. If he makes the field it will be the first time a father and his two sons have competed against each other in NASCAR's modern era.
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[S-LB]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
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[GRAPHIC=FFE]
The Lord Botetourt football team will have a new look this year.....there are a bunch of new assistant coaches and they've overhauled the defense.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=we're going]
[SUPER=01-Tony Hart/Lord Botetourt Head Coach; :00]
[super=01-Anthony Ford/Lord Botetourt Senior; :14]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=we have]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daleville;]
Former Hokie, Loren Johnson has come from playing football in Europe to help Botetourt.
Max Hill hails from Grand Prairie, Texas.
Hampton native and Liberty grad, Weymouth Williams, is the other newcomer.
They've brought an air of excitement to the 'D.'
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I play]
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[SUPER=01-Jared White/Lord Botetourt Defensive Back; :02]
[super=01-Loren Johnson/Lord Botetourt Assist. Coach; :11]
[RUNS=20]
[OUT Q=carry us]
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[WIPE TO PINNACLE!!!!!!!]
[@page------1031]
Friday Football Extra's 17th season kicks off Friday at 11:35 pm.
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[S-George]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-77 4116 TC]
[GRAPHIC=REDSKINS]
The Washington Redskins battle Cleveland Saturday. A game that will showcase expensive back up quarterback Jeff George's million dollar arm.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
[SUPER=03-Ashburn; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jeff George/156 Career TD Passes; :22]
[SUPER=@mike2; :29]
[RUNS=1:38]
[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
(( 10 year veteran signal caller Jeff George did nothing but practice last week. Head coach Norv Turner elected not to play the former pro bowler in last Friday night's win over the Patriots. That move seemed to further cement the realization that George will be nothing more than a backup on this team.
((JEFF GEORGE:))
What George can worry about is being ready should Brad Johnson falter or get injured.
The former NFL rookie of the year in 1990, who has never completed less than 54 percent of his passes in a season - signed with the Redskins back on April 10 for one reason - to win a ring.
((JEFF GEORGE:))
George, who many believe is owner Daniel Snyder's pick to play - will make more than $18 million dollars over the next four seasons to be an insurance policy on a team where more than the owner's wallet will be wide open.
((JEFF GEORGE:))
Saturday night's game with the Browns kicks off at 7:30. Mike Stevens News 7 Sports.))
[S-Cory]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Redskins camp]
The Redskins' Cory Raymer will be out at least six weeks. An M-R-I revealed a sprain and a partial tear in two ligaments in his right knee. He could have season ending surgery in a month. Raymer has started in 37 consecutive regular season and playoff games.
[GRAPHIC=Patriots]
The New England Patriots cut former Virginia Tech punter Jimmy Kibble today.[S-Ellis]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-75 37:18]
[GRAPHIC=UVa football]
The Virginia football team braving the heat in two a day practices.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
One bright spot for the Cavs this year should be quarterback Dan Ellis. He finished last season the nations eighth rated passer with 20 touchdown tosses and 10 interceptions. His expectations are high for this season.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="we]
[SUPER=01-Dan Ellis/UVa Senior Quarterback; :00]
((DAN ELLIS/UVA SENIOR QUARTERBACK:))
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=whatever it takes"]
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by SS