!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 08/15/00

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[TALENT=Keith]

After the fire, church leaders wonder where they're going to hold Sunday services.
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Also coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX: small-town politics; Narrows Mayor George Ann Johnson finds herself deprived access to Town Hall.
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In sports, The Earnhardts could make history in the modern racing era this weekend, a chat with redskins back up quarterback Jeff George
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and our Friday Football Extra cameras roll on the 2000 Lord Botetourt Cavaliers.
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[TALENT=Robin]
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An all around fine weather day for the mid-point of August. Temperatures creep closer to 90 tomorrow.

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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=ejo]
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[SOT 1:20:37]
[IN Q=It's just a big]

((BEATRICE WALKER/CHURCH MEMBER: IT'S JUST A BIG LOSS BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.))
[RUNS=:04 ]
[OUT Q=we can do.]
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[VO-NAT]


Danville church members lose their place of worship and try to figure out what to do next.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Church-Fire]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
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The fire happened at the Bethel Holiness Church in Danville two nights ago.
Now members are wondering what they should do now.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Surae/Danville Bureau]


Surae Chinn talked to them today and is in our Danville newsroom with more.
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[SUPER=@Surae1;]
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Keith, the pastor has had a lot to think about. For example where will the congregation worship while they decide if they want to rebuild?
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The flames]
[SUPER=03-Danville/Sunday Night; 00]
[SUPER=01-Roy Wiles/Pastor; :12]
[SUPER=04-Today; :25]
[SUPER=01-Tyrell Bigelow/Church Member; :57]
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[OUT Q=will be worship.]

(( Flames lit up the night sky. [nats of chainsaw] The churches' 70 year history went up in smoke Sunday night.
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((ROY WILES/PASTOR: I THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHURCH HOME MY FIRST REACTION. I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE WAS HURT. JUST A LOSS OF WORDS REALLY.)) [RUNS:13]
Roy Wiles has been the pastor of Bethel Holiness Church for the past 6 years. The building changed hands several times until Wiles' father bought the church 30 years ago after the original Bethel Holiness Church burned.
[SOT 1:29:20]

((ROY WILES/PASTOR: OH IT'S DEVASTATING NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, VERY DEVASTATING.)) [RUNS:03]
The devastation has moved many to volunteer in the past two days. A group made up of firefighters, church members, and family helped to save 42 pews...insurance didn't cover them.
[SOT 1:35:27]

((TYRELL BIGELOW/CHURCH MEMBER:IT HURT REAL BAD. A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES LOST HERE. BUT I HOPE A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES ARE PUT BACK HERE.)) [RUNS:07]
Pastor Wiles says they don't know if they will rebuild or move elsewhere. In the meantime, Wednesday's prayer service is canceled...but pastor Wiles is determined to have service come Sunday.
[SOT 1:28:33]

((ROY WILES/PASTOR: WE ARE SITTING HERE PLANNING TO LOCATE A PLACE TO HAVE SERVICE BUT WE WILL HAVE IT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE IT IN OUR HOMES.)) [RUNS:06]
[SOT 1:36:14]

((TYRELL BIGELOW/CHURCH MEMBER: I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE WORSHIP IF IT'S NO MORE THEN WE HAVE TO SET UP IN THE YARD THERE WILL BE WORSHIP.)) [RUNS:06]))
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[Live=Surae Full/Danville Bureau]
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Churches around the area have opened up their Sunday service to the members.
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(Question: Have investigators determined a cause yet?)


A cause has not been found yet. Debris has been sent off for testing.

[Firefighter]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
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A crew of Virginia volunteers has returned from fighting wildfires out West - just as another crew prepares to leave.
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Seth Miller works for the Virginia Department of Forestry - and was one of more than 20 local men and women who've been battling blazes in the Great Basin area. He returned to Virginia today -
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after spending more than a two weeks working 14 hour days to help put out the fires. He says fighting fires there was a new experience for him.
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[IN Q=The fires out there...]

((SETH MILLER/VA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: THE FIRES OUT THERE SEEMED TO MOVE A LOT FASTER THAN THEY DO IN THE EAST - THEY DON'T CREEP AS MUCH - THEY BLOW UP REALLY FAST AND BETWEEN 1 AND 4 P-M, THATS WHEN IT REALLY GETS ROCKIN AND ROLLIN AND IT BLOWS UP NORMALLY EVERY DAY.))
[SUPER=01-Seth Miller/VA Dept. of Forestry]
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[OUT Q=every day.]
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[VO-NAT]

All of the Virginia men and women sent out West are full-or-part time employees of the Virginia Deparment of Forestry.
Another crew will leave Saturday.
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[Allen-Ad]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
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It's NOT even Labor Day, and the ominous tones of attack ads are sounding again on TV stations across the state.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Chuck Robb]

((CHUCK ROBB CALLS HIMSELF A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE. TYPICAL ROBB SPEAK.))
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The Republican Party of Virginia has rolled out its biggest media buy ever -- in the first statewide ad in this U-S Senate race to attack a candidate's record.
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[IN Q=The person]

((ED MATRICARDI/REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA: THE PERSON WHO DEFINES THE DEBATE USUALLY WINS THE DEBATE. AND IF WE SIT BACK ON OUR HEELS AND LET THE DEMOCRATS DEFINE THE DEBATE AND DEFINE WHAT ISSUES THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT, THEN WE'LL BE PLAYING DEFENSE ALL FALL AND WILL BE IN A MUCH WEAKER SITUATION.))
[SUPER=201-Ed Matricardi/Republican Party of Virginia;]
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[OUT Q=weaker situation.]
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But Democrats say there are distortions of Robb's record.
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[SOT 2:32]
[IN Q=Pushed a]

((PUSHED A RADICAL NEW GAS TAX OF 50 CENTS PER GALLON AND CALLED THE CAR TAX CUT IRRESPONSIBLE.))
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((DEL. CHIP WOODRUM/D-ROANOKE: CERTAINLY CHUCK ROBB NEVER VOTED OR ATTEMPTED AGGRESSIVELY TO ... OUR DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN OIL.))
[SUPER=201-Del. Chip Woodrum/(D) Roanoke; :07!!]
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[OUT Q=foreign oil.]
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[VO-NAT]


Robb has yet to run an ad.
But the Sierra Club and Handgun Control Incorporated have both attacked George Allen so far in T-V ads in northern Virginia.
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[Narrows]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=mjo]
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She's only been in office for a couple of months. Already the first female mayor of Narrows is being confronted with turmoil on town council.
Marya Jones takes a look.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=George Ann Johnson]
[SUPER=03-Narrows; :00]
[SUPER=01-George Ann Johnson/Narrows Mayor; :09 QUICK!]
[SUPER=01-Terry Guynn/Council Member; :25]
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(( George Ann Johnson may very well be the only mayor in Virginia that doesn't have a key to the town hall.
That access was denied by her fellow council members in a vote last night.
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[SOT 15:32:04 - :06]

((GEORGE ANN JOHNSON: I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS BEING TAKEN SO STRONGLY.)) [RUNS:02]
Johnson, a portrait artist and 7-year resident of Narrows, was elected its first woman mayor last fall.
But some longtime residents and council members in this town of two-thousand have not been quick to embrace her.
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[SOT 15:20:29 - :37]

((TERRY GUYNN/COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK THAT THE LEVEL OF DISCONTENT HAS INCREASED WITH THE ELECTION OF SOME OF THE NEW OFFICIALS.)) [RUNS:08]
Councilman Terry Guynn says the tension started when Johnson questioned the long-held practice of town employees using town equiment after hours to help residents.
But he says it's more than that.
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[SOT 15:22:38 - :43]

((TERRY GUYNN: THE DEMANDING OF THINGS RATHER THAN STEPPING BACK AND TRYING TO WIN PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE, TRYING TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.)) [RUNS:05]
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[SOT 15:33:34 - :49]

((GEORGE ANN JOHNSON: WE HAVE A TOWN, AS YOU WALK DOWN MAIN STREET THAT IS NOT THRIVING AT ALL AND IT IS A CONCERN TO ALL THE CITIZENS. WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS BALANCED THIS YEAR, BUT THERE IS NO MONEY FOR THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.)) [RUNS:15]
Johnson says she had hoped she could change those problems.
But with the polarization between her and other council members, she's not so sure.
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[SOT 15:36:29 - :38]

((GEORGE ANN JOHNSON: I JUST DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE THIS HARD. I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE IN FOR A STRUGGLE. BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE THIS BAD.)) [RUNS:08]
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[SU 15:41:47 - 15:42:02] ((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: GEORGE ANN JOHNSON SAYS THERE'S A REASON SHE WAS ELECTED BY A WIDE MARGIN IN A CROWDED MAYOR'S RACE: THAT THE PEOPLE OF NARROWS JUST DIDN'T WANT THE STATUS QUO ANYMORE. HOWEVER, GETTING THEM TO ACCEPT SOME OF THE CHANGES SHE BRINGS SHE'S LEARNING IS TAKING A LITTLE WHILE. MARYA JONES, NEWS 7, NARROWS. )) [RUNS:15]))

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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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From the corporate office to the cab-- Fed-Ex's C-E-O travels to Southwest Virginia to get a first-hand view of truck safety.
That's next on News 7 at Six.
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And Roanoke's higher-ed center prepares to welcome its first students.
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[Fed-Ex]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=jmi]
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One of the nation's top trucking executives hit the road today ... in Rockbridge County.
He brought a safety message ... while listening to some of his drivers.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Jenn/Microwave]


Jennifer Miele is on Interstate 81 to tell us who's talking about trucking.
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[SUPER=@Jennifer1]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.]


Keith, it's national trucker appreciation week and the CEO of FedEx Ground actually visited a truck stop in Rockbridge County today to listen to concerns about our region's highways.
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[IN Q=Steve Buff is a]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Steve Buff/FedEx Trucker; :18]
[SUPER=01-Dan Sullivan/FedEx Ground CEO; :37]
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[OUT Q=paying off for us.]

(( Steve Buff is a truck driver for FedEx, the nation's second largest parcel carrier.
He's been with the company for three years, and today, he met his boss.
It was more than just a hello. As the two shared a quick breakfast, Buff delivered his own package about the safety of the trucks he drives.
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[TC: 06:04:06]
[IN Q=As far as safety]

((STEVE BUFF/FEDEX TRUCKER: AS FAR AS SAFETY, EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR ACCIDENTS WITH RPS. WE MIGHT HAVE A BLOWN TIRE HERE OR AN AIRLINE LEAK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.)) [RUNS15]
[OUT Q=something like that.]


Today's meeting wasn't just by chance.
It was part of FedEx's attempt to keep safety a priority.
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[TC: 05:56:32]
[IN Q=I learn so]

((DAN SULLIVAN/FEDEX GROUND CEO: I LEARN SO MUCH BY BEING OUT HERE WITH THEM. ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, WHAT THEY THINK IS GOOD ABOUT THE COMPANY AND WHAT THEY THINK IS GOOD AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. WE TAKE THAT BACK AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=something about it.]


Government studies show that accidents involving trucks account for 12 percent of highway fatalities each year. It's been at or near that number for decades, but FedEx officials say they are working to reduce it.
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[TC: 05:57:25]
[IN Q=The whole organization]

((DAN SULLIVAN/FEDEX GROUND CEO: THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, 35,000 STRONG, IS REMINDED OF SAFETY EVERYDAY. AND WE THINK WITH THAT LEVEL OF AWARENESS, IT REALLY HELPS US, OUR DRIVERS, OUR CONTRACTORS ON THE ROAD. SO, IT'S PAYING OFF FOR US.))
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[OUT Q=off for us.]))
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Sullivan and his truckers also talked about wages, hours, and contracts.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Jen/Microwave]


Keith, Sullivan says he would like to make this an annual event.

[Sub-Expert]


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Rescue efforts are still being mounted in the Arctic Circle where the crew of a Russian submarine has been stranded for three days in a sunken sub.
One local submarine expert says the Russian navy may be too proud to ask for international help with the rescue.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]


Mark Scalia (skuh-LEE-uh) is a former Seabee diver who is now an engineer with Tessy Plastics in Lynchburg.
In addition to being a technical advisor for movies like "U-571", Scalia also wrote a book about German submarine warfare in World War Two.
Scalia says the Russians are probably reluctant to admit they don't have the technology to rescue the crew.
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[SOT 12:31:53]
[IN Q=They want]

((MARK SCALIA/SUBMARINE EXPERT: THEY WANT US TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL AND OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T. AS A FORMER SAILOR AND CITIZENS AROUND THE WORLD YOU HOPE THAT THEY COME OUT.. NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WISH SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORST NIGHTMARE OF ANYONE, SITTING INSIDE A STEEL TUBE, WAITING TO DIE.))
[SUPER=01-Mark Scalia/Submarine Expert]
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[OUT Q=waiting to die.]
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[VO-NAT]


Scalia says the Oscar- class submarine is designed to withstand a torpedo strike, so it must have taken a catastrophe to sink the sub and leave it unable to surface by itself.
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[Stocks]


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Profit-taking drove Blue-Chips lower today. [TAKE DOW, NASDAQ & BLOOMBERG PAGE ]
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The DOW lost 109-points, but NASDAQ gained two.
The Bloomberg News 7 Index lost nearly two points.
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[Higher-Ed]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=00-37 TC03:38]
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The moving vans pulled up to the Roanoke Higher Education Center today, as the first tenants prepared for the start of classes there.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]


This morning, Virginia Tech and Radford University brought in computers and other equipment.
The College of Health Sciences was also busy preparing for the classes it will hold at the center beginning Thursday.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Today is the substantial completion date]

((TODAY IS THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE, AND THEY MADE IT. AND MOVING IN IS REALLY A TERRIFIC FEELING AND IT'S REALLY A RED-LETTER DAY.))
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Edwards/(D) Roanoke]
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[OUT Q=really a red letter day.]
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Sixteen colleges, universities and other educational partners will eventually hold classes in the higher education center.
The educational opportunities will range from high school programs, to work force training, career development and graduate courses.
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[Sports tease]


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Words from Virginia quarterback Dan Ellis, speaking of cavaliers, a look at Lord Botetourt's football team
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and Mike Stevens says the Redskins quarterback with two first names hopes to have the last word this season. More from Jeff George at six.
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=dal]
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The preseason has brought three new coaches to Lord Botetourt and they have installed a different defensive scheme.
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[IN Q=we're going]
[SUPER=01-Tony Hart/Lord Botetourt Head Coach; :00]
[super=01-Anthony Ford/Lord Botetourt Senior; :14]
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[OUT Q=we have]
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[VO-NAT]
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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]
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[OUT Q=carry us]
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The Washington Redskins play their 3rd game of the pre season this Saturday night in Cleveland against the Browns. Mike Stevens says that contest should give fans a chance to see the NFL's highest paid backup return to the field.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
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[SUPER=01-Jeff George/156 Career TD Passes; :22]
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[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]


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[WRITER=sma]
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The Redskins' Cory Raymer will be out at least six weeks with a knee injury suffered yesterday in practice. An M-R-I reveals he has a sprain and a partial tear in two ligaments. He could have season ending surgery in a month. Raymer started in 37 consecutive regular season and playoff games.
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The New England Patriots cut former Virginia Tech punter Jimmy Kibble today.[S-Dan]


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With the departure of Thomas Jones, senior UVa quarterback Dan Ellis returns as the Cavaliers top offensive star.


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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]


Ellis tossed 20 touchdown passes with 10 interceptions, good enough to rank him eighth nationally last year.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=it gives]
[SUPER=01-Dan Ellis/UVa Senior Quarterback; :00]

((DAN ELLIS/UVA SENIOR QUARTERBACK:))
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[OUT Q=....right person"]
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[S-Kerry]


[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[WRITER=mst]
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[GRAPHIC=KERRY EARNHARDT]

Dale Earnhardt's oldest son, Kerry, could give the Earnhardt clan three drivers in this Sunday's Michigan race.
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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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[Promo]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=tte]
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Tonight Craig County supervisors will decide just how far they'll go to get 700-thousand-dollars.
[Double Boxes=Keith and Tina/Newsroom]


Tina Tenret is in the newsroom to explain.
[Live=Tina Full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@tina1;]

Keith, a lot of people are fired up about tonight's vote in Craig County.
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[VO-NAT]

New Castle got a 700-thousand-dollar state grant to improve the town's storefronts. But to cash in, they've got to move this trailer park out of downtown. Supervisors want not only to move the mobile homes into this neighborhood -- but might also double the number of trailers -- and that's making local residents angry.
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[Live=Tina Full/Newsroom]

Keith, we're going to be at that meeting tonight so you can see how it goes,
[Double Boxes=Keith and Tina/Newsroom]

tonight on News7 at 11.
by SS