[Headlines]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[VO-NAT]
Will it be a scenic byway or a path to disaster?
Opponents of a plan to build a nature trail speak out.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
Plus, protesters succeed in overthrowing the government in Yugoslavia.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[Rail-Trail]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=am]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-39 32:38]
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A proposal to turn 26 miles of abandoned railroad tracks into a trail for biking, hiking, and horseback riding is causing plenty of controversy.
Last night during a public hearing about 40 residents voiced their concerns about the plan.
Kate Weidaw has the details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The 26 miles]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Nickie Drummond/Trail Opponent; :21]
[SUPER=01-Rita Pearity/Trail Opponent; :39]
[SUPER=01-Emily Prillaman/Trail Proponent; 1:03]
[SUPER=01-Bill Medecka/Trail Proponent; 1:15]
[SUPER=@Kate1;1:26]
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[OUT Q=kw news7]
((The 26 miles of abandoned railroad travels through what some call the area's most scenic property. That's why developers want to make a rail trail for everyone to enjoy. But residents like Nickie Drummond oppose the idea. She says her house faces the railroad and a trail will only bring trouble to her secluded home.
[SOT 6:03:57]
[INQ=]
((NICKIE DRUMMOND: IT'S GOING TO SERVE NO PURPOSE THEN TO WREAK HAVOC WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES THAT IT GOES THROUGH SO WHY DO WE NEED THIS TRAIL PUT IT IN A NON RESIDENTIAL AREA.))
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Other opponents ask what's the need for another nature trail in Virginia.
[SOT 5:53:08]
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((RITA PEARITY: IN THIS SECTION OF VA THE SMALL SECTION THERE ARE 11 ESTABLISHED TRAILS ALREADY SO MY POINT WE DON'T NEED THE TRAIL FOR RECREATION THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ALREADY.))
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But nature enthusiasts say residents' concerns over crime and litter are not the case where other rail trails have been set up.
[SOT 5:35:34]
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((EMILY PRILLAMAN: THIS HAS PROVEN TO WEST VIRGINIA TO BE A GREAT VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL TO BE A FANTASTIC RECREATION FOR IT'S CITIZENS AND THOSE THAT VISIT WEST VIRGINIA.))
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[SOT 6:18:10]
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((BILL MEDECKA: I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE THERE IS VERY LITTLE TRASH, THERE'S NO CRIME EVERYONE WHO IS ALONG THE TRAIL IS REALLY NICE AND FRIENDLY.))
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((KATE WEIDAW/REPORTING: THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THIS RAIL TRAIL BECOMES REALITY. PLANNERS SAY THEY WILL TAKE THE COMMENTS FROM THIS MEETING TO FORM A REPORT. THEN THEY WILL HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 10TH AND WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO BOTETOURT AND CRAIG COUNTY SUPERVISORS IN FEBRUARY. IT COULD BE JUNE OF NEXT YEAR BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN TO APPLY FOR FUNDING. KATE WEIDAW NEWS7.))
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[Yugoslavia]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
There's celebrating in the streets of Belgrade after a successful attempt to oust the country's leader from office.
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[SOT]
[RUNS=03]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Belgrade, Yugoslavia;]
The streets of Belgrade resemble a war zone one day after mobs of angry protesters stormed the Parliament, forcing out President Slobodan Milosevic.
The overthrow clears the way for Vojislav Kostunica to take control.
It's not clear where Milosevic is, but an opposition leader thinks he's fled to a hideout near the border with Romania and Bulgaria.
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[VP-Debate]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]
Both sides are declaring victory after last night's Vice Presidential debate Kentucky.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=203-Danville, KY/Last Night;]
A Gore campaign spokesman says Cheney followed the Democratic lead and did not engage in personal attacks.
The candidates did, however, clash over Medicare, Social Security,
taxes, energy and the military.
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[SOT AT:14]
[IN Q=The U.S. military...]
[SUPER=201-Dick Cheney/(R) V.P. Candidate;]
[SUPER=201-Sen. Joe Lieberman/(D) V.P. Candidate;]
(("The U-S military is worse off today than it was 8 years ago. A major
responsibility for us in the future and a high priority for myself and Governor Bush will be to rebuild the U-S military and give them the sources they need."))
(("The American military is the best trained, best equipped most powerful
in the world and that Al Gore and I will do whatever it takes to keep them that way."))
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=them that way.]
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[VO-NAT]
Meantime, Democrats Al Gore and Joe Liberian are teaming up for a rally in another key state today.
They'll appear together at the Walt Disney Amphitheater in Orlando, Florida.
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[Pulaski-Doctor]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Pulaski doctor is accused of molesting a 17-year-old girl.
William G. Clowdis, Junior was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor counts of assault and battery, sexual battery, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The girl says the offenses took place on two occasions in July, when she was babysitting at the doctor's home.
An attorney for Clowdis says the o-b- -g-y-n denies the allegations and "expects to be fully exonerated."
[1-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, Roy Stanley has girls high school basketball highlights, and a local standout commits to playing for the Blue Devils.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good Morning]
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[OUT Q=later on Mornin'.]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[One-Steve]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Each room was]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-John Levin/Mill Mountain Theater; :46]
[SUPER=01-Joyce Garlick/Joyce Garlick Designs; 1:18]
[SUPER=01-Sara Brooks/Comfort Rest; 2:09]
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[OUT Q=what we've done.]
[Steve Live]
(Steve tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
((Archive: mill mountain theater shenandoah building))
[SOLs-Ad]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=SOLs]
Education is a top issue in the U-S Senate race in Virginia.
And an aide to Senator Chuck Robb says Republican George Allen's getting an unfair boost - with state money.
Governor Gilmore is spending over a million dollars on T-V ads promoting the Standards of Learning program in schools.
But the Robb camp says the ads are political - because former Governor Allen initiated the S-O-L program.
Gilmore aides say the ads are a legitimate way to tell parents the program is a success.
[6Senate-Race]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=00-32 TC1:11:55]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]
Many voters in the Old Dominion rank military issues near the top of their list of what's important in choosing elected officials.
Both Robb and Allen say they have the concern and the know-how... to make the U-S military - all it can be.
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[VO-NAT]
In our latest issue-by-issue look at the Senate race... Ellen Qualls checks out the candidates' credentials and positions on defense.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Chuck Robb's]
[SUPER=201-Chuck Robb/(D) U. S. Senate Candidate; 1:29]
[SUPER=201-George Allen/(R) U. S. Senate Candidate; 1:42]
[SUPER=220-Ellen/Qualls; 2:03]
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[OUT Q=Qualls, News 7.]
(( Chuck Robb's military career covers 34 years in both the active and reserve service.
He was first in his class at Marine Corps Officer Basic School.
He was a military social aide at the White House, where he met and married the President's daughter.
Just three months later, Robb was headed into combat, commanding a rifle company in Vietnam.
He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star... and today calls his combat time "the defining experience" of his life, where two men "literally" died in his arms.
Those claims have recently been challenged by some veterans of his company, although the ringleader of that effort has been a Republican candidate for Congress in California.
Robb is one of only 17 incumbent Senators to be endorsed this year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars PAC for his work on veteran's issues.
He is the only member of the U-S Senate to ever serve simultaneously on all three national security committees.
Both Robb and Allen have supported more defense spending, for equipment as well as pay and benefits for military personnel and veterans.
As a congressman, George Allen had a chance to cast such votes.
As governor, Allen fought to keep military bases open in Virginia, actually ending his term with a net gain in military jobs.
Never having served in the military, Allen's role as a commander has largely been efforts to back and boost morale among veterans and Virginia National Guard troops, even visiting the Guard in Bosnia.
The only military issue they've touched on in recent debates is the proposed national missile defense system.
[sot fairfax debate two 13;52:43]
((SEN. CHUCK ROBB: I'M WILLING TO CONTINUE EXPERIMENTATION, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT. I AM NOT WILLING TO DEPLOY A PIG IN A POKE AGAIN THAT COULD DIVERT ENORMOUS RESOURCES FROM A MILITARY THAT IS ALREADY SIGNIFICANTLY IN NEED.))
[runs:13]
[sot fairfax debate two 13:54:26]
((GEORGE ALLEN: IT NEEDS TO BE A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH. NOT JUST A LAND-BASED, BUT ALSO AN AIR-BASED AND SEA-BASED.
I THINK THE GREATEST POTENTIAL IS PUTTING THE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM ONTO THE AEGIS CLASS SHIPS.))
[runs:12 ]
The Allen campaign is critical of Robb for having voted against fellow Virginian and Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner 27 times.
The Robb campaign says most of those were on smaller defense issues, and that on the actual defense budgets, the only time in 24 votes Robb and Warner disagreed was on the 1999 appropriations bill -- where Robb and John McCain both protested six billion dollars of what they called pork being piled onto the bill.
Ellen Qualls, News 7.))
[Health-Check]
[Anchor=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]
Topping medical news today, the American Heart Association decides guidelines to healthy eating should be user-friendly.
Doctor Dave Hnida has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT from 03:21:09]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dave Hnida/Reporting; :00 ]
[RUNS=1:24]
[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]
((ON CAM
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HAS DECIDED YOU SHOULDN'T NEED A DEGREE
IN MATH TO DECIDE WHAT TO EAT.
VT=VO
THE GROUP HAS GOTTEN RID OF ITS COMPLICATED RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT FAT
PERCENTAGES AND CALORIE COUNTS - AND DECIDED COMMON SENSE IS THE WAY TO
GO WHEN IT COMES TO HEART HEALTHY EATING. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE
HOW TO KEEP YOUR TOTAL FAT CALORIES AT 30%- THE GROUP NOW SAYS SIMPLY
AIM FOR A DIET WITH LOTS OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, AND LEAN
MEATS. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME- THE HEART ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS YOU EAT
2 SERVINGS OF FISH - TUNA- SALMON- WHATEVER- OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK.
VT=VO
WELL WOMEN- IF YOU DON'T SMOKE- YOUR ODDS OF GETTING PREGNANT PLUMMET IF
YOU ARE SIMPLY EXPOSED TO SMOKE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A STUDY IN THE
JOURNAL FERTILITY AND STERILITY WHICH FINDS JUST BEING AROUND A SPOUSE OR
CO WORKER WHO SMOKES- CAN MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU TO GET PREGNANT.
ON CAM
FINALLY TODAY- WHO'S TOUGHER - A MAN OR A WOMAN- WELL WHEN IT COMES TO
ENDURANCE- A WOMAN WINS HANDS DOWN. A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO STUDIED A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN IN SIMILAR PHYSICAL CONDITION-
AND WHEN THEY TESTED HOW LONG THEY COULD HOLD UP A WEIGHT- THE WOMEN
HELD THAT WEIGHT UP 75% LONGER. ITS BELIEVED WOMEN HAVE MORE ENDURANCE
BECAUSE OF BETTER BLOOD FLOW TO THE MUSCLES. THAT'S A LOOK AT THE DAYS
TOP HEALTH STORIES. IM DR DAVE HNIDA FOR CBS NEWS.))
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[Two-Steve]
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[SUPER=04-Saturday, Noon to 6 PM;]
[SUPER=16-(540) 224-1255/Mill Mountain Theater;]
((Archive:))
[2-HEADLINES]
[anchor=Shannon]
[SUPER=#4049; Morning Headlines]
Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[VO-NAT]
Opponents of a plan to turn 26 miles of abandoned railroad track in Botetourt Country are speaking out.
They say the trail would take visitors too close to their homes.
But supporters of the plan say residents' concerns about crime and litter are unfounded.
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[VO-NAT]
Roanoke City will soon trade in five fire stations for two new ones.
The plan is to close stations one, three and five, nine and twelve and replace them with two, modern fire houses.
The Fire Chief says the plan does not call for any reduction in staff.
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[VO-NAT]
Two of the companies affiliated Priceline-dot-com have run out of money.
Webhouse Club, which sold groceries and gasoline, and Perfect Yardsale, a seller of used goods, will be phased out over three months.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
That's what's making news on this Friday October 6-th.
[ANCHOR=Steve]
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.
[2VP-Debate]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]
Americans know their major party candidates for Vice President a bit better following last night's debate.
Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat Joseph Lieberman debated in Danville, Kentucky.
The duo faced off on a number of issues ranging from tax- cuts to military readiness.
On one of the hot campaign issues, Lieberman said Cheney and George W. Bush want to ``raid the Medicare trust fund to pay for their tax cuts.''
But Cheney says there's enough money to go around.
Cheney also said defense readiness has eroded during the Clinton administration.
But Lieberman says the U-S is ``ready to meet any commitment that might arise.''
Drew Levinson joins us live now from with the latest.
[DOUBLE BOXES= /Newspath;]
[LIVE= /FULL]
[SUPER=201-Drew Levinson/Reporting]
[SUPER=205-Danville, KY]
((ROLLCUE:...))
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=203-Danville, KY/Last Night;]
[SUPER=201-Dick Cheney/(R) V.P. Nominee;]
[SUPER=201-Sen. Joe Lieberman/(D) V.P. Nominee;]
[SUPER=201-Gov. Tom Ridge/(R)-PA;]
[SUPER=201-Sen. John Kerrey/(D)-MA;]
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[LIVE= /FULL]
[SUPER=205-Danville, KY;]
[DOUBLE BOXES= /Newspath;]
[11Henry-Juvenile]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=sch]
[TAPE#=00-38 TC23:00]
[GRAPHIC=Legal scales]
A local teen convicted of reckless handling of a firearm will NOT spend any time behind bars or in a detention home.
The Henry County teen who accidentally shot his best friend learned the sentence yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co/File Tape;]
A judge suspended the boy's sentence of juvenile detention.
The teen will be on an undetermined time of supervised probation. He will also continue psychiatric counseling along with his family and will pay for the victim's medical bills.
13 year old Brandon Lee Moore was shot accidentally in May.
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[11Cochran]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=00-27 TC1:40:16]
[GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe]
[wipe wipe wipe]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Galax/November 1999;]
A Galax man received three life sentences - including life WITHOUT parole - for the murders of two elderly sisters.
John D. Cochran pled guilty yesterday to murder and arson in the deaths of Ila and Inez Edwards.
The bodies of the two women that Cochran had known for several years were found in their burning home last year.
He admitted beating and killing them, then setting the house on fire.
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[2Yugoslavia]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic is in hiding - and there's celebration in the streets of Belgrade.
(-----------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Belgrade, Yugoslavia;]
Belgrade resembled a war zone one day after mobs of angry protesters stormed the Parliament, forcing out President Slobodan Milosevic.
The overthrow clears the way for Vojislav Kostunica to take control.
It's not clear where Milosevic is, but an opposition leader thinks he's fled to a hideout near the border with Romania and Bulgaria.
Despite the euphoria of the crowds, aides of Kostunica are wary, suspicious that their old adversary might yet find a way to strike back.
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[Japan-Earthquake]
[ANCHOR=shan]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=Earthquake]
A powerful earthquake rocked southwestern Japan today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tottori City, Japan;]
Police say the seven-point-one magnitude quake destroyed at least six homes in a hilly region about 300 miles from Tokyo.
One man was reportedly injured.
The tremor also caused several landslides and knocked out power to more than nine-thousand homes and businesses.
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[11Fire-Plan]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=00-40 TC19:43]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Fire Stations]
Roanoke will soon have fewer fire stations.
The city's closing FIVE fire stations - and building TWO new ones.
Keith Humphry reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=@Keith2; 1:11]
[RUNS=1:25]
[OUT Q=KH, News 7]
(( Old Number one is so obsolete, it's not always fully manned. Station One generally houses only one ladder truck.
The century- old station was built to house horse-drawn fire wagons. It's a Nationally Registered Historic Landmark. Number one would literally become a museum, leased to the Julian Wise Foundation.
The plan is to close it, along with station three on Sixth Street, Southwest, a block below the Jefferson Center.
The two downtown stations would be replaced by a new one in the vicinity of Jefferson and Elm.
It would also house the Fire Administration offices.
Chief Jim Grigsby has already informed members of his department of the changes. He plans to start briefing members of City Council next week.
In the Northwest sector of the city, station Five on 12th Street, Northwest would close, along with Station Nine at 24th and Melrose. Here again these two stations would be eliminated, but replaced by a new fire house somewhere in the vicinity of 19th and Orange. The chief has said he has a site in mind but that additional property would have to be acquired.
Station 12 on Salem Turnpike would be closed, replaced by the new fire house that just opened this year on Peters Creek Road.
Chief Grigsby was unavailable, but Battalion Chief Audie Ferris said the station closings would save the city 800-thousand dollars in maintenance costs.
The plan does NOT call for any reduction in personnel.))
[6Road-funding]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=00-36 TC51:29]
[GRAPHIC=Highway Improvements]
The first request for a ramp connecting Route 220 to the new biomedical center was made to V-DOT yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
A Chamber of Commerce representative approached V-DOT about the ramp at a public hearing.
Roanoke's city manager has shown tentative plans for one, but this was the first time anyone has ever suggested a new ramp to the transportation board.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I think it's]
((STEVE CHAPMIN/ROANOKE CHAMBER: I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWN TOWN AREA, BUT FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ENTIRE REGION IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Chapmin/Roanoke Chamber]
[RUNS=09]
[OUT Q=the Roanoke Valley.]
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[VO-NAT]
V-DOT told News 7 last month it would avoid construction of a ramp, because it may run through what the city believed was a contaminated scrap yard.
A preliminary state analysis showed no signs of contamination.
V-DOT says it will now examine the possibility of a new ramp.
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[Three-Steve]
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[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=spa]
[TAPE#M00-5]
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[SOT]
[in-q=Well it's remarkable]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/May 1999; :00]
[super=01-Jerre Hodgin/Artistic Director; :26]
[runs=2:48]
[out-q=in the country.]
[Steve Live]
(I'll call for supers)
[SUPER=04-Saturday, Noon to 6 PM;]
[SUPER=16-(540) 224-1255/Mill Mountain Theater;]
2-shot toss to break
[Streaming Video]
[BUMP-Chyron]
[COMM #6]
((Archive:))
[11Soulforce-House]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=00-31 1:07:45]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Dozens of gay activists have descended on Lynchburg to lend a hand to a good cause and call for an end to anti- gay violence.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
About fifty Soulforce volunteers are building a house this week for Habitat for Humanity.
In the wake of the murder of a gay man in Roanoke two weeks ago, Soulforce officials say their visit is especially timely.
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[SOT 10:35:40]
[IN Q=It was certainly]
((DIANN WESTBROOK/SOULFORCE VOLUNTEER: IT WAS CERTAINLY ON OUR MINDS THE WEEK BEFORE WE CAME HERE. MANY OF US TOOK PART IN MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DANNY OVERSTREET BEFORE WE GOT HERE AND WE ARE DEDICATING OUR CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS THIS WEEK TO THE MEMORY OF DANNY OVERSTREET.))
[SUPER=01-Diann Westbrook/Soulforce Volunteer]
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q=memory of Danny Overstreet.9]
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[VO-NAT]
Many of the volunteers also took part in last year's anti- violence summit with the Reverend Jerry Falwell and gay minister Mel White.
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[Priceline]
[ANCHOR=Shan]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin']
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]
One of the most familiar names in E-commerce is folding one of its most well-known shopping services.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
Priceline-dot-com has announced two of the companies affiliated with the name-your-own-price web-service have run out of money.
Webhouse Club, which sold groceries and gasoline, and Perfect Yardsale, a seller of used goods, will be phased out over three months.
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[11Milken-Award]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-35 TC44:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A Roanoke school teacher thought he was taking his class to a school assembly yesterday afternoon but instead got quite a surprise.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Wade Whitehead, a third grade teacher at Crystal Spring Elementary School, was awarded the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
The 25-thousand dollar award includes an all expense paid trip to the National Educator Awards Conference in Los Angeles.
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[SOT 21:25]
[IN Q=I just]
((WADE WHITEHEAD/TEACHER AWARDED: I JUST WISH THERE WERE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY DO AND I'M REALLY PART OF A TEAM HERE.))
[SUPER=01-Wade Whitehead/Teacher Awarded]
[RUNS=9]
[OUT Q=team here.]
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[VO-NAT]
Whitehead is one of 150 teachers across the country given this award.
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[3-Sports]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=sports cut in]
[GRAPHIC=None]
In sports, week 7 of high school football kicks off. Here with a preview of tonight's matchups is Roy Stanley.
Good Morning Roy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Good morning]
[RUNS=2:22]
[OUT Q=day everybody.]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
(weather toss)
[Local-Recap]
[SUPER=#4059;Local Recap]
[anchor=Shannon]
Now here's another look at today's top local stories:
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[VO-NAT]
Dozens of residents who live near a stretch of abandoned railroad tracks in Botetourt County spoke out last night against plans to turn it into a trail for hiking, biking, and horseback riding.
Opponents don't like the idea of a trail near the homes.
Supporters say crime and litter have NOT been problems with other rail trails.
(----------------)
[VO-NAT]
A judge suspended the sentence of a Henry County teen convicted of reckless handling of a firearm after he accidentally shot his best friend in May.
But the teen will have to continue psychiatric counseling and pay the medical bills of 13-year-old victim Brandon Lee Moore. The boy will also be on supervised probation.
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
(Steve mic hot)
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(Steve ad lib weather)
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[2-SHOT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
Now here's Keith Humphry with a preview of News 7 at Six.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=We have the real]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=News 7 at 6.]
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[2 Shot]
(toss)
[ANCHOR=Steve]
(ad lib, tease Monday)
[2-shot]
(ad lib bye)
by SS