WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 01/26/01

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A Roanoke County judge goes to Richmond hoping to save his job, but comes home without winning re-appointment.
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And the politics of gender equality invade lawmaker's restrooms.
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[Sports-Head]

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Tonight on News 7 Sports the Express takes on its nemesis tonight at the Roundhouse. Out Hometown Super Bowl heroes series hilites the two former Friday Football Extra players of the week in Sunday big battle.
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And the prestigious Big Orange wrestling tournament is celebrating its silver anniversary this weekend in Vinton.
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Some passing showers and flurries then we kick off the weekend with really breezy conditions. Details coming up.
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((DELEGATE ARMSTRONG WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE DON'T HAVE A CANDIDATE.))
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The Democrat from Martinsville didn't get an answer. He KNEW why there wasn't a judicial candidate in the committee room. Roanoke County Judge Roy Willett was being stripped of his seat on the bench.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Willett]

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Apparently responding to calls from Willett's fellow judges and from lawyers alike, Republican lawmakers from the Roanoke Valley put an end to a 24-year career on the bench.
Judge Willett was summoned to Richmond this morning with the implied promise there might still be a way for the 58-year old judge to win re-appointment.
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By the time the Joint Judicial Selection Sub-committee was called to order, though, it was obvious the deal had fallen through.
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((DEL. MORGAN GRIFFITH/R- SALEM: I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER WAS THE JUDGESHIP FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, NO CANDIDATE WAS INVITED TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF US THIS MORNING ON THAT JUDGESHIP.))
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Griffith had conducted a survey of lawyers, and found many members of the bar considered Willett short tempered.

Willett also relied heavily on the other judges to take up the slack when he was away. The Judicial Council denied a request for an additional judge in the Roanoke Valley, pointing out the case- load per- judge WHEN ALL SIX ARE THERE is below the state average.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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While Willett's re-appointment could still come up for a vote on the House floor, Delegate Griffith says he will ask the local bar association to nominate a new candidate.

[Heating-Bills]

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Its a shock to your system.
You open your latest heating bill and it has more than tripled.
That's prompting people to ask for help in paying their bill.
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Justin McLeod is in our Danville newsroom tonight. Justin, where can people go for help?
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Keith, a lot of cities in the area have energy assistance programs.
There are also a lot of community based groups.
Whichever you choose, there's something you need to realize, funds are running on empty.
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((JEAN HENDERSON: I'M PRAYING ON IT THAT'S ALL I CAN DO BECAUSE I DONT SEE HOW I AM GOING TO PAY THIS BILL.)) [Runs06]
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A heating bill that's more than four hundred dollars.
That's forced people like Jean Henderson to take drastic measures.
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((JEAN HENDERSON/DANVILLE RESIDENT: I'VE CUT MY HEAT DOWN FROM 70 TO 65. I'M BURNING KEROSENE WHICH COSTS 9 DOLLARS EACH TIME I FILL THE CAN UP.)) [Runs08]
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And each fill up empties her wallet even more.
Funds are so low Jean believes she may need to ask for help in paying her heating bill.
One place she can turn to is Danville's Crisis Assistance Program.
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((FAYE WESTBROOK/ELIGBILTY SUPERVISOR: THIS YEAR WE ARE RUNNING APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES AS MANY AS THE PREVIOUS YEARS.)) [Runs06]
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To qualify for a city based program, you must have a low-income and have a shut off notice.
If you don't meet that criteria, you can turn to community based groups like Pittsylvania County's Community Action Corporated or Southside's Community Action Program.
These groups are helping people who sometimes have bills close to a thousand dollars.
But they fear the funds will be gone within a month.
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((SHERMAN SAUNDERS/COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATED: WE CALL FRIENDS, REFER TO OTHER CHURCHES, OTHER UTILITIES. AND WE PRAY A LOT.)) [Runs07]
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Jean Henderson hopes her prayers are answered.
She wants to be able to heat her home with kerosene without having to burn an even bigger hole in her pocket. [17:09:57]
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((JEAN HENDERSON/DANVILLE RESIDENT: WHEN IT GETS TO YOUR ELECTRIC BILL IS HIGHER THAN YOUR HOUSE MORTGAGE, SOMETHING'S WRONG.)) [Runs06]
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[LIVE=Justin Full/Danville Bureau]
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We need to emphasize two things here. To qualify for most assistance programs, you must have a shut off notice and they'll only help you pay one utility bill.
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And one other thing, Keith, here in Danville they won't shut off your electricity is its below forty degrees.

[Pitts-Death]

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The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Department believes foul play was involved in the death of a young boy and are now calling the death a homicide.
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An autopsy revealed four-year-old Matthew Guisto (Juice-to) died of blunt trauma.
The boy was last seen alive Saturday night.
His mother Serena Guisto called paramedics Sunday afternoon.
The child lived with his mother and her boyfriend at their home in Hurt.
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The Sheriff's Department won't say whether the mother or the boyfriend are suspects.

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A man from the Richmond area led police on a wild chase through Radford and Christiansburg this morning.
Before 59-year-old Carl Carden was stopped, police say he rammed one motorist, hit two police cars and almost ran over some people leaving a nightclub.
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Authorities tried twice to deflate Carden's tires to slow him down.
His car ended up in a ditch. Police say they had to break the window to get him out.
Carden is in the Montgomery County jail, charged with attempted murder of law enforcement officers and reckless driving.
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[220-Ax]

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A tractor-trailer accident is slowing traffic on Route 220 in Henry County.
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The truck loaded with crushed cars overturned about three hours ago near Bassett Forks.
Both northbound lanes were blocked for a while-- one is now open.
Authorities say it's going to take a few more hours to clear away the debris.
No word on the driver's condition.
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[Juicies]

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The operator of a Montgomery County adult club has been charged with maintaining a common nuisance.
Alcohol and Beverage Control Agents charged Juicie's Exotic Cabaret General Manager Bruce Martin with violating county alcohol and nuisance laws.
The charges stem from a raid on the club earlier this month.
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Agents served the cabaret with a notice telling owners to cease and desist "obscene exhibitions and performances" and "indecent exposure."
The club has been closed since the raid.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Is bathroom inequality bogging down state government?
We'll get to the bottom of it when News 7 at Six returns.
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Plenty of animals have been cloned.
But as scientists move closer to cloning humans, the Virginia General Assembly moves to stop it.
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[God-Motto]

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The bill that would require every Virginia classroom to post "In God We Trust" met with NO resistance today in Richmond.
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The House of Delegates passed the measure on to its third reading with the only comment from its patron.
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((DEL. BOB MARSHALL/R-PRINCE WILLIAM CO.: THIS IS NOT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY. IT IS NOT AN EMANATION FROM THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS. IT IS NOT AN INSTRUCTION FROM PAT ROBERTSON. THIS IS THE NATIONAL MOTTO WHICH WAS MADE SO BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN THE 1950's.))
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The American Civil Liberties Union is already threatening a lawsuit, saying the courts have held that children are particularly susceptible to religious indoctrination.
The House gets one more vote. Then the bill heads to a Senate committee.

[Newman-Cloning]

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Lynchburg Senator Steve Newman wants to just say NO to human cloning.
That's after an Italian fertility doctor announced yesterday in Kentucky he would try to clone a human next year -- with one American couple lined up as candidates for the procedure.
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((SEN. STEVE NEWMAN/R-LYNCHBURG: ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS RAISED IS STEVE DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE SOMEONE IS GOING TO DO THIS IN VIRGINIA? THIS IS SO HORRIBLE. THE IDEA OF CLONING SOMEONE FOR BODY PARTS OR FOR SEX SELECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WE'VE SAID, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YES, THERE ARE THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. WE SAW TWO DAYS AGO THAT BELIEVE IT OR NOT A BRITAIN DOCTOR IS INTERESTED IN DOING IT. AND TODAY, AN INDICATION THAT A FERTILITY INDIVIDUAL IS WILLING TO DO IT HERE.))
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Food and Drug Administration regulations already ban human cloning in the U-S.
Newman says his bill would just put it off limits in Virginia in case F-D-A regulations change.

[Ladies-Room]

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Saving Virginia's female delegates 18 steps could cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
The ladies of the legislature say they're tired of having to choose between the voting board and the bathroom.
Ellen Qualls has a behind-closed-doors look at the politics of plumbing.
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(( The Gentleman's Lounge is, of course, off limits to the ladies.
Virginia Beach freshman Terrie Suit says it's time for bathroom equity.
She put in a 100-thousand dollar budget amendment to build a ladies room in the House Chamber -- and that much money being sucked out of the state budget got some attention.
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((DEL. TERRIE SUIT/R-VIRGINIA BEACH: AND I WILL BE REAL HONEST. I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF HEAT OVER THIS. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RIDICULE. AND THE MEN THINK IT'S REALLY FUNNY.)) [runs:08 ]
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((Some of the male lawmakers may see it as just a matter of distance.
There's a ladies' lounge, for use by members only, just down the corridor from the House chamber.
But in the time it takes to walk the walk, the female lawmakers say the number of constituents or lobbyists who can grab their arms and talk to them for even a minute can send their schedules -- flush -- right down the toilet.)) [runs:26]

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((DEL. TERRIE SUIT/R-VIRGINIA BEACH: SO CONSTITUENTS DON'T KNOW. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE. THEY'RE THERE FOR THEIR FIRST DAY TO WATCH THE SESSION IN PROGRESS. YOU WANT TO BE POLITE AND NICE AND ENCOURAGING TO THEM. AND IT'S VERY AWKWARD TO SAY TO THEM I GOTTA RUSH, I GOTTA GO TO THE BATHROOM, AND I GOTTA GET BACK TO VOTE.)) [runs:16 ]
It's NOT like it's a new issue.
Women have been voting and running in the House of Delegates since 1924.
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((DEL. VIOLA BASKERVILLE/D-RICHMOND: LAST SESSION OR SESSION BEFORE, A GROUP OF WOMEN INVADED THE MEN'S ROOM IN PROTEST OF THAT SAME TYPE OF INEQUITABLE TREATMENT.)) [runs:08]

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((DEL. TERRIE SUIT/R-VIRGINIA BEACH: I'D HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN ORCHESTRATED DEMONSTRATION. BUT THAT IT WENT BY UNNOTICED. SO...laughs... YOU KNOW?)) [runs:09 ]
As soon as he learned of the bathroom bill, House Speaker Vance Wilkins authorized an architect to take a look.
Suit says Republicans will be the party to take the lead on public facilities.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

[Stocks]

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Wall Street ended the week with mixed results. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW lost 69 and a half points.
NASDAQ gained 27.
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[Lewis-Gale]

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The legal battle between the Lewis Gale Clinic and two of its former doctors is now headed to the State Supreme Court.
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The clinic wants to stop Doctors Preston Waldrop and Gregory Riebel (Ree-bul) from continuing to practice in the area.
Lewis Gale says the doctors violated the "no-compete" clause in their contracts, when they opened a new clinic.
A Salem judge denied a temporary injunction to prevent the doctors from practicing until the case was heard.
So, the clinic is now taking its case to a higher court, hoping to have that decision reversed.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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The doctors' attorney says the contract had already expired -- and his clients just want to continue seeing their patients.

[Carilion]

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Meanwhile, a family physician who left Carilion Healthcare Corporation last Fall is also facing a lawsuit over the terms of his contract.
Carilion officials say Dr. William Ball failed to honor an agreement that prohibits him from practicing within 25 miles of his former office for a period of two years.
Ball's Attorney says the no- compete clause expired with his contract.
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((HUGH THORNHILL/CARILION HEALTHCARE CORP.: DR. BALL IS AN EXCELLENT PHYSICIAN. HE WORKED FOR US FOR FOUR YEARS AND WE ARE NOT ASKING THE COURT TO ASK HIM TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM PRACTICING. WE WANT HIM TO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PATIENTS THAT HE HAS, BUT WE ALSO WANT HIM TO STAND UP TO THE CONTRACT THAT HE SIGNED WITH US WHEN HE SOLD HIS PRACTICE TO US.)) ((JOHN LICHTENSTEIN/DR. BALL'S ATTORNEY: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT ABSOLUTELY TO COME BETWEEN PATIENT AND DOCTOR. AND THAT'S WRONG. AND IT OUGHT NOT HAPPEN. AND THE TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT DO NOT CALL FOR THAT.))
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A hearing is scheduled for February 6th in Roanoke County Circuit Court.

[Sports Tease]

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Coming up tonight on News 7 Sports the Express is home tonight, they are grappling in Vinton all weekend.
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And Steve Mason continues our Hometown Super Bowl series tonight with a look at the two former Friday Football Extra players of the week who are competing in Tampa this weekend.
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[S-Hockey]

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The Roanoke Express faces a team that has accounted for over a third of club's losses this season as it sort of welcomes Greensboro to town this evening. Greensboro has owned the Express this season winning 8 of their 9 meetings - yet the Generals are behind Roanoke in the standings in dead last.
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Face-off tonight is set for 7:30.

[S-Big]

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The Big Orange Wrestling tournament is celebrating its 25-th anniversary this weekend at William Byrd High School.

Franklin County head coach Kris Kahila celebrated earlier this week when he won his 300-th career match.
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Kahila's Eagles have won the Big Orange tournament 11 times and they finished second to Christiansburg last year.
Only two eagles are ranked in the state at this time but Franklin County, ranked fifth in Triple A, is considered one of the teams to beat in the Silver Anniversary tournament.
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The area is well represented, Christiansburg, the defending champion and number 2 ranked team in Group Two A is the favorite to win the tournament.
Lord Botetourt, ranked third in Double A, will also contend for the title.
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Friday nights, from August through December you can find Friday Football Extra on WDBJ. Steve Mason says, two of the show's heroes are now in the super bowl.
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((September 18th, 1992, Tiki Barber earns player of the week honors by leading the Knights to a win with four touchdowns and 160 yards rushing. November 26th, 1993, quarterback Anthony Poindexter accounts for three touchdowns in extending Jefferson Forest's season in the Region III, Division III semifinals. The players of the week go head to head Sunday in Super Bowl 35. ((TIKI BARBER:)) Both earned their player of the week honors against the Martinsville Bulldogs and that's not the only similarity between them. Both have a strong love for Friday Football Extra. ((ANTHONY POINDEXTER:)) ((TIKI BARBER:))
Tiki is playing in the Super Bowl with a broken arm. At times at Cave Spring, that toughness left him limping at games only to return and make sure the other team came up lame on the scoreboard. William Byrd middle school principal Steve Spangle remembers. ((:))
In that game Tiki got by number 45, Ravens Cornell Brown, who gets another shot at Tiki, but not player of the week.))

[Promo]

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A bill in the General Assembly that would restrict minors from driving between midnight and 4 a-m is drawing some heat from teenagers.
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Kate Weidaw is in Roanoke tonight to tell us what they think about the bill.
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Plain and simple Keith teenagers say it's a bad idea.
They say even though they may be on the road after midnight it doesn't mean they are up to no good.
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Teenagers who are currently in drivers ed say they disagree with lawmakers wanting to raise the minimum age for a learners permit and license by six months.
Many say if you're not mature enough at 16, 16 and a half isn't going to be any different.
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[LIVE= Kate FULL/Microwave]
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Tonight on News 7 at 11 we'll hear from some teenagers and adults about what
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they think of the bill that's making it's way through the General Assembly.