[1-News-Head]
[TALENT=Keith]
We'll begin NEWS 7 tonight with a look at logging operations that Virginia Forest Watch says are in violation of
state law.
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[VO-NAT]
And they're trying to decide whether to allow the developer to finish the Cherry Hill condominiums.
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[Sports-Head]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
In sports, the Hokies talk about Rutgers, UVa quarterback Dan Ellis offers thoughts on his play, the Pacers waive a future hall of famer,
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[VO-NAT]
and speaking of Indiana, the university names Bobby Knight's replacement.
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[WX-Head]
[TALENT=Robin]
[SS=None]
A mix of clouds and sun tomorrow. Temperatures will be pleasant. And a new hurricane in the Atlantic. Details coming up.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
[GRAPHIC=News7at6]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm not happy]
[sot tape TWO 11:14:45 ]
((JOHN ROOT/VIRGINIA FORESTRY BOARD: I'M NOT HAPPY. HEY I'LL SEND HIM MY BILLS, LET HIM RUN IT. HE AIN'T GONNA GET HIS CLOTHES DIRTY. HE AIN'T GONNA WORK 18 HOURS A DAY, EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.))
[SUPER=03-Madison Co.]
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[OUT Q=days a week.]
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[VO-NAT]
There's NO love lost between Virginia's Forestry Board and its top watchdogs.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
[Forestry-Board]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-23 TC1:58:28]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at Six]
They accused the state forester of ignoring illegal logging.
They asked two Forestry Board members to resign.
In short, members of Wytheville-based Virginia Forest Watch let the chips fall where they may today in a heated meeting in Madison County.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The Virginia Department]
[SUPER=04-Virginia Forestry Watch; :00]
[SUPER=01-Rupert Cutler/Virginia Forest Watch; :]
[SUPER=01-Steve Hoffman/Virginia Forestry Board; : ]
[SUPER=01-Andy McCready/Virgina Forestry Board; :]
[SUPER=01-John Root/Virginia Forestry Board; :]
[SUPER=01-Bill Rilee/Virginia Forestry Board; :]
[SUPER=01-Josh Lief/Deputy Commerce Secretary; :]
[SUPER=@Ellen2; : ]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Madison County.]
(( The Virginia Department of Forestry has failed to protect the waters of the Commonwealth from illegal and unreported logging.
Virginia Forest Watch's stark allegation, supported with pictures from the department itself, was delivered to the Virginia Forestry Board.
Their spokesman is NOT without credentials, having supervised the U-S Forest Service during the Carter Administration.
[sot tape ONE 10:02:46 ]
((RUPERT CUTLER/VIRGINIA FOREST WATCH: THE ISSUE I FEEL MOST REGRET ABOUT HAVING TO ADDRESS HERE TODAY IS THAT OF APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON THE PART OF TWO MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, AND ON THE PART OF A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WATER QUALITY TASK FORCE.))
[runs:11]
Forest Watch alleges the two have had logging violations that make it unethical for them to advise the department or individual staffers.
[sot tape one 10:28:51 ]
((HOFFMAN/VIRGINIA FORESTRY BOARD: QUITE FRANKLY, MR. CUTLER, YOUR IN THE FACE PRESENTATION PUTS ME MORE OFF AND LESS LIKELY TO WORK WITH YOU.))
[runs:08]
[sot tape ONE 10:19:26 ]
((ANDY MCCREADY/VIRGINIA FORESTRY BOARD: I WILL REISSUE THE INVITATION NOW. FOREST WATCH IS INVITED TO THE WATER QUALITY TASK FORCE AT ANY TIME THEY CHOOSE TO COME.))
[runs:12]
Accused board member John Root of Blue Ridge Lumber Company was openly hostile.
[sot tape TWO 11:13:27 ]
((JOHN ROOT/VIRGINIA FORESTRY BOARD: YES HE WAS WRONG. A HUNDRED PERCENT. HE COME IN HERE CRITICIZING EVERYBODY. HE OUGHT TO BE RODE OUT OF HERE ON A RAIL. AND I'LL FURNISH THE RAIL.))
[runs:08]
Canal Wood Corporation's Bill Rilee played down the perceived conflict, saying his company always worked to correct problems the Forestry Department cited.
[sot tape TWO 11:37:36 ]
((BILL RILEE/VIRGINIA FORESTRY BOARD: I FEEL LIKE I DO A GOOD JOB... IF GOVERNOR GILMORE ASKED ME TO RESIGN, I WOULD.))
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[sot tape TWO 11:31:08 ]
((JOSH LIEF/DEPUTY COMMERCE SECRETARY: I THINK IN FAIRNESS, WHEN THIS KIND OF CHARGE IS RAISED IN PUBLIC...DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY PROBLEM.))
[runs:19]
Virginia Forest Watch also suggested some changes to state laws, and pledged to lobby for more money to enforce them.
That was greeted with a little more enthusiasm.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Madison County.))
[Cherry-Hill]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#00-25 TC1:32:30]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at Six]
No decision today on the future of the Cherry Hill Condo project in South Roanoke.
The site's developer and dozens of residents faced off this afternoon
[Double Boxes=Keith and Jennifer/Microwave]
Jennifer Miele is at city hall where the zoning board meeting just broke up.
[Live=Jennifer Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=@Jennifer1;]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke;]
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(Rollcue:a huge mistake.)
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[VO-NAT]
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
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[Live=Jennifer Full/Microwave]
[SUPER=05-Roanoke;]
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[Double Boxes=Keith and Jennifer/Microwave]
[Radford-Police]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=00-30 TC1:25:05]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Radford's City Council is trying to do something about the high turnover rate in it's police department.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford;]
Council's appointed a blue ribbon panel to investigate.
The department says its lost 40 percent of its officers in the last three years.
Many have gone to other police and sheriff's departments that pay more... after Radford has paid to train them.
City council estimates that the turnover has cost the city half a million dollars.
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[SOT 16:53:01 - :20]
[IN Q=Salary has been]
((GUY GENTRY/RADFORD CITY COUNCILMAN: SALARY HAS BEEN SUSPECTED AS A REAL SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. WE'VE HEARD THAT SALARIES AROUND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS WE HAVE LOST HAVE GONE TO DEPARTMENTS NEARBY.))
[SUPER=01-Guy Gentry/Radford City Councilman;]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=departments nearby.]
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[VO-NAT]
The police department estimates that training and equipping each officer costs the city about 36-thousand dollars.
Starting this month, police officers who leave before they've completed three years of service will be asked to reimburse the city for some of their training costs.
Radford's blue ribbon study on police pay is due in November.
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[Underwood]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-24 TC1:32:04]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
An exotic dancer whom we met in a lingerie shop on Main Street pled guilty today to prostitution.
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[V/O-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Dorothy Underwood was determined to go to trial. She disputes the undercover officer's claim that she agreed to have intercourse with him.
[SUPER=04-March 10]
The case made news because Underwood worked for "Delightful Occasions."
The store got run out of the Wasena neighborhood not long after she was arrested.
Underwood was convicted once already by a substitute judge in General District Court.
When the prosecutor offered her a suspended sentence today- -no jail time, no fine- -Underwood agreed to plead guilty.
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[SOT 13:42:55]
[IN Q=I done a lot]
((I DONE A LOT BETTER THAN I DONE DOWNSTAIRS. I THINK THEY WERE OUT FOR BLOOD, THOUGH. THEY WANTED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF ME, I THINK. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE THEY OUGHT TO MAKE EXAMPLES OUT OF. What do you mean by that?
OTHER GIRLS, OTHER COMPANIES. I GUESS THEY DON'T ADVERTISE LIKE THIS ONE DID.))
[SUPER=01-Dorothy Underwood/Former Prostitute]
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q=this one did. (hold the eye-rolling look)]
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[V/O-NAT]
She says Marvin Wittington is still running the escort service, at another location withOUT his wife, Jasmine.
Underwood says she's OUT of that business, working at a local retail store.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=NONE]
A thrift shop is making thousands of dollars for Lynchburg's schools.
That's still ahead on News 7 at Six.
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[VO-NAT]
And volunteer doctors will soon be cruising the streets of Southside.
Get a look inside their mobile exam room.
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[Mobile-Clinic]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-31 TC37:54]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Some people in Southside say the prayers of minorities without health care have been answered.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville;]
Church members in Danville have created a clinic on wheels.
It's called the HOPE Bus which stands for Healing Oppressed People Everywhere.
The bus is being transformed into two examination rooms for eye exams, screenings, dental care and other medical needs.
Someone donated the bus and volunteer doctors will help run the moving clinic.
Volunteers hope to start identifying the needy through churches.
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[SOT 6:30]
[IN Q=I look forward to]
((KEVIN WOODARD/HOPE BUS CO-FOUNDER: I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND PRESENTING THE GOSPEL TO THEM. THAT IS PART OF IT, THE DOCTORS WILL DO THEIR WORK AND I WILL BE THEIR TO TRANSLATE AND WORK WITH THEM SPIRITUALLY.))
[SOT 4:14]
((DR. ORLANDO ALVAREZ/HOPE BUS VOLUNTEER DOCTOR: WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DONATED AND WE CAN EVEN MAKE GLASSES IN AN HOUR AND MAKE THEM OUT IN THE FIELD IF WE HAVE TO.))
[SUPER=01-Kevin Woodard/HOPE Bus Co-Founder; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Orlando Alverez/HOPE Bus Volunteer Doctor; :12]
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=if we have to.]
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[VO-NAT]
The HOPE Bus will be operational by the end of the month.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN BOARD]
If you would like to donate your time or money you can call the organization at 804-835-0070.
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[Lewis-Gale]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Lewis Gale Clinic]
Three more physicians have resigned from Lewis Gale Clinic, that brings total resignations to 40 doctors in the last year.
Lewis Gale says these recent resignations are routine, and are not related to previous management problems.
Doctors Tim Hormel, Preston Waldrop and Gregory Reibel (REE-bell) did not want to discuss their resignations.
Since regaining independence from parent company PhyCor, 11 new physicians have joined the Lewis Gale Clinic Staff.
[County-Supers]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6p]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=00-27 TC1:12:20]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Co.]
Roanoke County and Roanoke City are working on a mutual aid agreement, designed to bolster fire and EMS services in both localities.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
Members of the Roanoke County board of supervisors were briefed on the plan this afternoon.
Under the proposal, Roanoke's department would cover the Mount Pleasant area on weekdays.
Roanoke County would reciprocate with coverage of the Route 220 corridor.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=None]
The agreement has been approved by the fire chiefs of the city and the county.
But both governing bodies still have to endorse the idea.
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
Third-quarter earnings jitters made for a mixed day on Wall Street.
[TAKE DOW, NASDAQ & BLOOMBERG PAGE ]
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[SUPER=x5102;]
[SUPER=430-x/37.74/11233.23/y/46.84/3849.51/y/0.76/119.39;]
The DOW gained 38 points, but NASDAQ lost 47.
The Bloomberg News 7 Index fell about three-quarters of a point.
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[VO]
[SUPER=431-ic/38r/u/30f/h$/57/ie/24g/i!/3a;]
[SUPER=432-id/57d/ha/30b/if/43&/i$/59e/h1*/35$;]
[SUPER=433-ia/23e/h!/15d/i3f/36e/u/29r/ie/11;]
[SUPER=434-ig/52g/ib/49@/i@/44d/i%/58*/ie/54a;]
[Russian-Visit]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=00-39 TC10:40]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke is helping Americans and Russians recognize their similarities.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Ten Russians are spending a week in the Star City as part of a Russian Leadership Program.
The visit allows delegates to experience the American way of life and spend time with Americans who work in their field.
They've toured the area, experienced Dixie Caverns and the symphony, and played with students at the Headstart Center.
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[SOT 12:54:58-12:55:09]
[IN Q=I would hope...]
((PHYLLIS OLIN/PEACE LINKS; I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND AMERICAN LIFE IN A SMALL CITY LIKE ROANOKE AND KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH LIKE THEY ARE.))
((NATALYA KAPALOVA/RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM; FIRST OF ALL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR SHOWING US THE SYSTEM FROM THE INSIDE, AND WE COULD FEEL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.))
[SUPER=01-Phyllis Olin/Peace Links; :00]
[SUPER=39-Natalya Kapalova; :11]
[RUNS=18]
[OUT Q=feel what it looks like.]
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[VO-NAT]
Roanoke was chosen for the Russian Leadership program because of its All-American City Awards, size and varied geography.
The program is sponsored by the Library of Congress and Peace Links.
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[School-Donations]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-36 TC23:06]
[GRAPHIC=None]
What started as a parent's idea two years ago is now a thriving business, the profits of which benefit Lynchburg's city schools.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
The PTA- PTO Thrift Shop has been converting donations of clothes and household goods into dollars for almost a year now.
Parents and teachers from each of the city's 18 public schools volunteer their time at the shop.. how many hours they put in determines how much money their school gets back.
The checks today ranged from 800 to nearly four thousand dollars.
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[SOT 11:09:16//11:11:39]
[IN Q=It's totally]
((SUSAN MORRISON/E.C. GLASS H.S. PRINCIPAL: IT'S TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND I THINK WE'LL GET TO DO SOME OF THE SPECIAL THINGS THIS YEAR THAT WE'D NOT PLANNED TO BE ABLE TO DO.))
((JIM MCCORMICK/LYNCHBURG SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: I THINK WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW EACH SCHOOL DECIDES HOW TO APPLY THESE MONIES TO THE STUDENTS' ENRICHMENT.))
[SUPER=01-Susan Morrison/E. C. Glass H. S. Principal; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jim McCormick/Lynchburg School Superintendent; :11]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=the students' enrichment.]
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[VO-NAT]
All told, the Thrift Shop distributed nearly 28- thousand dollars in profits today.
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[Sports Tease]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Indiana University introduces Bobby Knight's replacement as men's basketball coach, words from two former Friday Football Extra stars making waves at Emory & Henry,
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[VO-NAT]
and Mike Stevens will have a report from Blacksburg as the Hokies turn their focus to Rutgers.
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[S-Hokies]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-75]
[GRAPHIC=BIG EAST]
Virginia Tech opens Big East play with Rutgers at a sold out Lane Stadium this Saturday.
And Mike Stevens says the Hokies are inviting everybody to take part in what has the potential to be another "Block Party."
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[SOT]
[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
[SUPER=03-Greenville, NC/Last Thursday; :00]
[SUPER=01-Lamar Cobb/Va. Tech Defensive End; :12]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :25]
[SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :36]
[SUPER=@mike1; :45]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[S-Ellis]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-74]
[GRAPHIC=ACC]
The Virginia Cavaliers open ACC play this Saturday at Duke against the Blue Devils.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
While the Cavaliers feel they should be 2 and OH, they are quite happy with the play of quarterback Dan Ellis. After two games, the senior is averaging 258 passing yards a contest. He has tossed two touchdown passes and has run for another. Ellis has completed 32 of 51 attempts.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="guys....]
[SUPER=01-Dan Ellis/516 Passing Yards in Two Games; :00]
((DAN ELLIS/516 PASSING YARDS IN TWO GAMES:))
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q=....gotten batter"]
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[S-Emory]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=six]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=SP-70 tc 1:26:11]
[GRAPHIC=emory and henry]
Two former Friday Football Extra Players of the Week returned home this past weekend.
Alleghany's Shannon Johnson and Salem's Andy Mullins are now playing on the next level for Emory and Henry.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ferrum;]
Shannon is the starting quarterback for the Wasps. He helped Emory and Henry to a 10-to-nothing win over Ferrum with this 85 yard touchdown pass.
[super=03-Low Moor/October 1998;]
He says he's adjusting to the college game, gone are the days when he could just tuck it and run.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I have to sit]
[SUPER=01-Shannon Johnson/Emory & Henry QB;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=picking up the reads]
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[VO-NAT]
[super=03-Salem/October 1999;]
Andy Mullins was a three year starter for Salem and helped the Spartans to back to back State Championships in '98 and '99.
This season he's biding his time.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm just]
[SUPER=01-Andy Mullins/Salem '99;]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=work on my game]
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[S-Hoosiers]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-63]
[GRAPHIC=Bobby Knight]
In the midst of all of the uproar, protest and chaos of Bobby Knight's firing as head men's basketball coach at Indiana, the University named an interm head coach today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bloomington, IN; :00]
Mike Davis, one of Knight's assistants, is the interim head coach. He spoke during the news conference today on taking the job.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="this is]
[SUPER=01-Mike Davis/Indiana Interim Basketball Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q=bigger than anyone"]
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[S-Mullins]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-68]
[GRAPHIC=none]
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[VO-NAT WIPE TO #ENG!!!!]
[SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA; :00]
Speaking of Indiana, 15 year NBA veteran Chris Mullins has been waived by the Pacers after three seasons. Mullins playing time was cut drastically last season, he appeared in just 47 games and made just two starts. During his three seasons with the Pacers, Mullins averaged about 9 and a half points a game. Mullins release was a mutual agreement between (------------)
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