WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 10/05/00

[7-11County-Schools]

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[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Co. Schools]
After two tries, the Roanoke County school board thinks it's found the lowest bidder to begin construction on the new south county high school.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
School board members have agreed to award a single contract to one general contractor. They originally planned to award 19 different contracts, but 5 weren't bid on, and the school board said the rest were too high. The board says it plans to award the contract to a local builder Monday. The County Board of Supervisors will then have to release funding for the project. The new high school is slated for completion in time for the start of classes in the Fall of 2002.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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The school board also voted to begin advertising for construction bids for the renovation and additions to Glenvar Middle School.

[7-11One-Source]

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Customers are still searching for a Roanoke company that left customers with no long distance or pager service.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Amy Abbott's pager suddenly stopped working last week when One Source went out of business. Even though she paid One Source 160 dollars for a year of service, she says the company never notified her before packing up. Abbott's pager is how daycare workers reach her if her son gets hurt.
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[IN Q=I can't get new]
((AMY ABBOTT/ONE SOURCE CUSTOMER: I CAN'T GET NEW SERVICE BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THIS PAGER SERVICE. THEY TOLD ME AT ANOTHER PAGER PLACE THAT UNTIL I HAVE THIS TURNED OFF, THEY CAN'T GIVE ME NEW SERVICE ON THIS PAGER.))
[SUPER=01-Amy Abbott/One Source Customer;]
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[OUT Q=on this pager]
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Abbott has tried to cancel her One Source contract -- but the office is locked and no one returns her or our phone calls. The Better Business Bureau says customers can sue One Source to get their money back -- and wait for a paging company to contact them.
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[IN Q=Each paging]
((JULIE WHEELER/BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU: EACH PAGING CUSTOMER WITH ONE SOURCE SHOULD BE GETTING A PAGE FOR AN 800 NUMBER THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE FOR A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT SETTING UP AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT.))
[SUPER=01-Julie Wheeler/Better Business Bureau;]
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A sign went up yesterday on the One Source office doors saying a new company called Infonet will be open there on weekdays from 10 until 2.
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[7-11BWX-Leak]

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[GRAPHIC=BWX Technologies]
Officials from B-W-X Technologies say no one was exposed to radiation after a slow leak was discovered at one of the company's nuclear facilities in Campbell County.
The leak was discovered two weeks ago... near a containment pool at the Lynchburg Technology Center.
The pool holds irradiated hardware and "spent fuel" from commercial nuclear reactors.
A B-W-X spokesman says the leak was patched. A test of groundwater around the site showed no contamination.

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[45-Cherry-Hill]

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Roanoke City Zoning Board has approved construction of Cherry Hill Condominiums, but some residents who oppose the project have promised to take their fight to court.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Tuesday night, the board approved construction of this five-story complex.
Opponents didn't want the condos built at all.
But 500 South Roanoke residents have signed a petition for a compromise.
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[IN Q=Our compromise]
[SUPER=01-Stuart Revercomb/South Roanoke Resident]
((STUART REVERCOMB/SOUTH ROANOKE RESIDENT: OUR COMPROMISE IS TO STOP THE BUILDING RIGHT THERE AT THREE STORIES WHICH WILL STILL BE TWICE, TWICE WHAT'S ALLOWED BY CITY CODE.))
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[OUT Q=by city code.]
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Cherry Hill Developers say legally, the city and the courts had 60 days to revoke their variance.
They are less concerned with future litigation and more concerned about future development.
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[SUPER=01-Jim Body/Cherry Hill Developer]
((JIM BODY/CHERRY HILL DEVELOPER: WE'RE CONCERNED FOR A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BY A FUTURE DEVELOPER. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.))
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[OUT Q=what we've gone through.]
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Opponents of the five story building met last night to interview lawyers.
They expect the case to go to circuit court in the next 30 days.
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[45-11Truck-Ax]

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[GRAPHIC=81 Accident]
Interstate 81 may not be the best place for a cookout.
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[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;]

A tractor trailer carrying barbecue sauce overturned near the Arcadia exit yesterday afternoon.
State police have charged 31- year old Michael Kerry Trout with reckless driving.
They say it appears Trout left the road... and could NOT regain control of the rig which overturned in the median.

Trout and his passenger suffered minor injuries.
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[45-11GOP-Welfare]

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[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]

A former welfare mother says U-S Senate candidate George Allen has her vote. She says Allen's VIEW program inspired her to get off the public dole and get a job.
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[SUPER=203-Lynchburg]

Lynchburg resident Diana McDaniel is a product of the VIEW program, first initiated by Governor George Allen in 1995.
McDaniel says she'd still be on welfare if it weren't for VIEW.. instead she works full-time helping other welfare recipients get to work.
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((DIANA MCDANIEL/FORMER WELFARE RECIPIENT: SOMETIMES I HAVE TO BREAK DOWN AND TELL THEM MY STORY. AND THEN THEY SAY 'WELL, OKAY, SHE'S BEEN THERE'. BASICALLY, WITH EVERYONE I MEET, I DON'T TRY TO BRAG ON MY SUCCESS, BUT I TRY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WHATEVER PROBLEM YOU HAVE, BE IT VIEW, BE IT WELFARE, OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN DO IT.))
[SUPER=201-Diana McDaniel/Former Welfare Recipient]
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[OUT Q=you can do it.]
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McDaniel appeared with Republican lawmakers Steve Newman and Preston Bryant who campaigned for Allen yesterday.
Both men say Democrat Chuck Robb ignored welfare reform during his term as governor.
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[8-11County-Schools]

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[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Co. Schools]
Roanoke County is one step closer to building the new south county high school.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
School board members have agreed to award a single contract to one general contractor. They originally planned to award 19 different contracts, but 5 weren't bid on, and the school board said the rest were too high. The board says it plans to award the contract to a local builder Monday. The County Board of Supervisors will then have to release funding for the project. The new high school is slated for completion in time for the start of classes in the Fall of 2002.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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The school board also voted to begin advertising for construction bids for the renovation and additions to Glenvar Middle School.

[8-11Backstreet-Cafe]

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[GRAPHIC=Backstreet Cafe Shooting]
The sixth victim of the Backstreet Cafe shooting in Roanoke is now out of the hospital.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/September 22]
Officials say 41-year-old Iris Page Webb was discharged Monday. She was the most seriously injured of the six shooting victims who survived the attack at the bar on September 22nd. One person, Danny Lee Overstreet was killed. Ronald Edward Gay is charged with one count of first-degree murder, six counts of malicious wounding as well as severa
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[8-11Danville-Fire]

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[GRAPHIC=fire]

A worker is accused of accidentally starting a fire that damaged a Danville stable.
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[SUPER=03-Danville/Yesterday]

Fire investigators say the worker put out a cigarette in the haystack, causing the fire to erupt around 10 yesterday morning.
At one time the mounted police unit was kept here, but now it stays in a neighboring building.
The horses were in the pasture at the time of the fire.
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[8-11Ike-Telegram]

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A piece of World War Two history is on display at Virginia Military Institute.
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[SUPER=03-Lexington;]

The original teletype from General Dwight D-Eisenhower, announcing the unconditional surrender of German forces, will be displayed at the V-M-I museum.
The confidential teletype was sent to Eisenhower's army commanders in Europe in May, 1945.
Sanford Mock donated the document to the school.
His friend, Haley Garrison, is a member of V-M-I's class of 1961.
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((HALEY GARRISON/VMI CLASS OF 1961: THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS WITH THE SECOND WORLD WAR BUT THE ONE THAT ENDED IT IS THE IMPORTANT PART, NO MORE BLOOD SHED , WE FINALLY GOT THE FORCES OF TYRANNY ALL ENSCONCED ON A SINGLE TELETYPE.))
[SUPER=01-Haley Garrison/VMI Class of 1961; ]
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[OUT Q=single teletype.]
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The young lieutenant who transmitted the news to the commanders kept the original document and later packed it away in his attic.
In 1997-- Sanford Mock purchased it at an auction for about five thousand dollars.
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