[7-Wythe-Abuse]
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Two teenage boys will undergo counseling and serve probation for sexually abusing two other boys at a Wytheville children's home.
Jacob Earl Cregger and Jacori Carter -- both 16 -- entered Alford pleas to misdemeanor sexual battery.
They were charged with sodomizing two other teenage boys last October at the Presbyterian Children's Home for troubled teens.
The home says its beefed up security since the incident.
[7-Rising-Star]
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The ball is back in the Rising Star Sports and Adventure Camp's court now, in July, a Circuit Court judge found the Rising Star Sports and Adventure Camp guilty of violating county zoning guidelines.
Now, the Board of Supervisors has given the camp permission to continue operating.
Meredyth Censullo reports.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./January;:00]
[SUPER=01-Chris Pollock/Rising Star Owner;:20]
[SUPER=04-May;:41]
[SUPER=01-Pete Shaw/Roanoke Steam Vice President;1:10]
[SUPER=@Meredyth2;1:30]
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[OUT Q=News 7, Roanoke County.]
((Score one for Rising Star.
The popular Roanoke County sports camp has been granted a special use permit by the Board of Supervisors, allowing them to operate their day care center and sports camp in an area zoned agricultural.
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[SOT @ 34:02 - 34:13]
[IN Q=Its a camp...]
((CHRIS POLLOCK: ITS A CAMP FOR THE KIDS. ITS FOR THE KIDS, WE BUILT IT FOR THE KIDS AND WE'RE JUST HOPING THE KIDS ARE THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE BUILT IT FOR SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT AND OF COURSE WE'RE VERY GLAD TO GET THIS OVER WITH.))
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[OUT Q=this over with.]
But "getting it over with" didn't come easy.
Pollock had to hammer out an agreement with the camp's neighbors to make the facility aesthetically fit in the otherwise agricultural area ..
And then there's the issue of the Roanoke Steam.
((NATS))
In the past, the arena football team has used Rising Star's athletic fields for some practices.
The Supervisors say the team - and ONLY that professional team - can continue to practice there - as long as they stick to a few conditions.
Among them - no profanity or loud music.
Conditions Steam Vice-President Pete Shaw says he can live with.
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[SOT @ 36:12 - 36:25]
[IN Q=Its very easy...]
((PETE SHAW: ITS VERY EASY FOR US TO ABIDE BY THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT - WE WANT THE TYPES OF PLAYERS THAT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND ACT THE APPROPRIATE WAY, SO IT WON'T BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO ABIDE BY THE PROVISIONS.))
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[OUT Q= the provisions.]
In the end, Board of Supervisors threw their full support behind a facility the County took to court just a few months ago ..
That's one for Rising Star .. Now, its full "Steam" ahead.
Meredyth Censullo, News7, Roanoke County.))
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Taking a break from the news now to check weather--
Cloudy this morning, then turning mostly sunny.
Highs stay chilly...in the upper 40s.
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[45-Missing-Plane]
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Searchers will continue combing through Nelson County for a missing plane.
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[Take Full Screen Map]
The plane disappeared last Thursday during a flight to Greenville, South Carolina from College Park, Maryland.
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[SUPER=03-Nelson Co.]
About 95 volunteers took part in ground and air searches yesterday in the Diggs Mountain area near Shipman.
Authorities say that's the last place the aircraft was seen on radar.
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[SOT 14:41:09]
[IN Q=Airplane searching]
((BOB KOESTER/VA DEPT. EMERGENCY SERVICES: AIRPLANE SEARCHING IS ACTUALLY GOING ON ALL THE WAY FROM COLLEGE PARK DOWN TO GREENVILLE. THE REASON WE'RE HERE LOOKING ON THE GROUND IS BASED UPON SOME RADAR PLOTS. RADAR PLOTS APPEAR TO HAVE THE PLANE GOING OFF THE SCREEN IN THIS LOCATION.))
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[OUT Q=in this location.]
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Authorities ask any residents in the area who may have heard the plane last Thursday to give them a call at the Nelson County sheriff's department.
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[45-Fincastle]
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Planned apartments in downtown Fincastle are driving a wedge between the town's council members. The housing issue could bring out some growing pains for the town.
Tina Tenret has more.
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[IN Q=Town council members]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Melanie Jones/Fincastle Town Council; :22]
[SUPER=01-Bob Gengo/Fincastle Mayor; :53]
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[OUT Q=Tina Tenret News7]
((
Town council members had to decide whether to let Jeff Bowles turn his historic house on Main Street into five apartments.
They approved it last month but since they did not advertise the meeting in advance, it was illegal.
The homeowner's lawyer says this second vote was also against the law because council missed the 30 day deadline.
73-year-old Melanie Jones hates all this controversy.
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[SOT 21:33:07]
[IN Q=For the first time]
((MELANIE JONES/TOWN COUNCIL: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I WANT TO LEAVE FINCASTLE. AND ANYBODY LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME I'LL SELL YOU MINE. AND I'M HAVING A LOT OF WORK DONE TO IT SO I CAN SELL IT AND LEAVE. THIS IS UPSETTING ME SO.))
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The mayor hates the apartment idea -- saying it will invite developers to fill Fincastle with high density housing.
Then, he says, taxpayers will pay the price for a new sewer system.
But council approved the apartments anyway.
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[SOT 22:13:53]
[IN Q=I don't think]
((BOB GENGO/MAYOR: I DON'T THINK THIS NECESSARILY REFLECTS THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE. I'M EXERCISING THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY THAT'S VESTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND I'M VETOING THIS.
BUTT BUTT BUTT
THAT'S WHEN COUNCIL VOTED AGAIN AND OVERRODE THEIR MAYOR'S WISHES. NOW ONE THING EVERYONE IN THE ROOM DID AGREE ON -- THEY NEED TO UPDATE THE ZONING LAWS AND PLAN FOR A SEWER SYSTEM UPGRADE BECAUSE TINY FINCASTLE'S GROWING. THAT SEWER SYSTEM, THE MAYOR SAYS, WILL COST MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. TINA TENRET, NEWS7.))
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Let's turn to the forecast once again--
Cloudy early, then turning mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s.
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[8-Carilion]
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A new, larger medical office building will be a healthy boost for Vinton--
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[SUPER=03-Vinton]
Yesterday, Carilion Health System and town officials announced the construction of the new facility across from the Municipal building.
It will be the new home of Carilion Family Medicine -Parkway Physicians which has out grown its current facility on Maple Street.
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[SOT2:07:08]
[IN Q=We'll be doubling]
((DR. RANDALL RHEA/CARILION FAMILY MEDICINE PARKWAY PHYSICIANS: WE'LL BE DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS FROM OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF FOUR TO EIGHT AND THIS MEANS INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE HEALTH CARE OF EVERYONE AND ALLOW US TO GROW AND ADD NEW PATIENTS))
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The new facility will look similar to this one and will be about 18-thousand square feet.
The building should be completed in the first part of 2002.
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[8-Glenvar-Middle]
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The Roanoke county school board has received permission to award the contract for renovations and additions to Glenvar Middle School.
Superintendant Linda Weber says all 8 bids came in under the original projected cost.
"Branch and Associates" was the lowest bidder - at just over six-point-one million dollars.
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It looks like Virginia WON'T be losing its Governor, even if George W- Bush becomes President.
Governor Gilmore had privately discussed going to Washington IF Bush won and offered him a Cabinet post.
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[SUPER=703-Richmond]
But now, the Governor is ruling out any move with a potential Bush administration.
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[IN Q=No, it's not]
((GOV. JIM GILMORE: NO IT'S NOT MY PLAN TO DO THAT...SERVE OUT MY TERM.))
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[OUT Q=serve out my term.]
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Gilmore says he's had NO contact with the Bush campaign as it fights for the Presidency and mulls over a potential cabinet.
He says he hopes to be elected this Saturday to the chairmanship of the Republican Governors' Association.
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Roanoke county officials are floating the idea of a water park to local residents.
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[SUPER=04-Roanoke Co. Parks Department;]
Four thousand tapes, like this one, were sent to homeowners within a one hour drive of the Roanoke Valley.
The mailing also includes a detailed survey and four POTENTIAL areas in Roanoke County for development.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
The Department of Parks and Recreation paid 23- thousand dollars for the survey.
Officials say they want to know if local folks would be interested in a similar park.
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[sot 05:58:18]
[in q=Right now]
((PETE HAISLIP/ROANOKE CO. PARKS & RECREATION: RIGHT NOW, NO, WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY ONE SITE WE'RE WAITING ON THE SURVEY TO TELL US WHERE PEOPLE WOULD TRAVEL TO.))
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[OUT Q=travel to.]
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Roanoke County hopes to have the results in December.
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Turning our attention to the mid- week forecast..
Clouds early, then we'll see sunshine this afternoon..
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