WDBJ 7 morning news for 03/11/01

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.. Teens bury a classmate a victim of Monday's deadly school shooting in California --
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And .. Astronauts go for a spacewalk .. finishing up chores around the international space station. we will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[11School-Shooting]

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[WRITER=tha]
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Two high school students were killed last week in Santee, California allegedly at the hands of a classmate. Lee Cowan reports-- on yesterday's funeral and another arrest in connection with the case.
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[SOT 20:03:26]
[IN Q=On a day]
[SUPER=03-Santee, CA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Skip Stevenson/San Diego Police Department; 1:12]
[SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting; 1:21]
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[OUT Q=LC, CBS News.]
(( ON A DAY USUALLY SET ASIDE FOR MOVIES AND SPORTS, TEEN AGERS IN SANTEE, CALIFORNIA BURIED A FRIEND.

(SOT)
"God speed Randy, and we'll see you when we get there." - 14:37:50
ABOUT 700 MOURNERS GATHERED TO SAY GOODBYE TO 17-YEAR OLD RANDY GORDON -- ONE OF TWO STUDENTS KILLED DURING MONDAY'S SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT SANTANA HIGH SCHOOL.
CLASSMATES AND COACHES EXPRESSED FOND MEMORIES OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER ... WHO DREAMED OF JOINING THE NAVY ... AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE F-B-I.

(SOT) - 14:45:15
"Randy was always the type who always tried to hit on all the girls. Always got the numbers. I remember how he loved his cats -- all 30 of them."
BUT NO ONE COULD ERASE THE THOUGHTS OF RANDY'S VIOLENT DEATH -- ALLEGEDLY AT THE HANDS OF FELLOW STUDENT, ANDY WILLIAMS. THE 15-YEAR OLD STANDS ACCUSED OF THE MURDERS AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDERS OF 13 OTHERS.

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AND NOW, ANOTHER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. POLICE PICKED UP 18-YEAR OLD PATRICK SMITH OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND ... FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING OVER THE INTERNET TO FINISH WHAT ANDY HAD STARTED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SMITH SENT THE THREATS TO TWO 15-YEAR OLD GIRLS FROM SANTEE ... USING AN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE.

(SOT: DET. SKIP STEVENSON/SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPT.) - 12:05:14
"He thought he could hide using different methods going online."

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NEWS OF THIS LATEST ARREST ... LITTLE COMFORT ... FOR LOVED ONES OF RANDY GORDON.
LEE COWAN, CBS NEWS.))

[Spacewalk]

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Spacewalking astronauts Jim Voss and Susan Helms have finished some of their chores outside the international space station this morning.
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They've rerouted cables on a docking port, which needed to be moved to make room for the Leonardo cargo carrier ferried up aboard shuttle ``Discovery.''
The astronauts' other spacewalking duties involve installing gear in advance of next month's delivery of the station's robotic arm.
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[11581-Accident]

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Two men are injured after their car reportedly veered INTO a tractor trailer in Roanoke last night.
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The accident occurred on Interstate 581.
State Police say the vehicle was traveling Northbound when - just beyond the Orange Avenue exit - the car swerved to the left - and hit a tractor trailer in the center lane.
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[SOT 49:21]
[IN Q=Then the vehicle made]
((49:21 - THEN VEH MADE CONTACT WI FRONT BUMPER SWERVED AGAIN WENT UP UNDER THE TANDEMS OF THE TRAC TRAIL AND IT RAN OVER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEH . 49:29 ))
[SUPER=01-M. K. Brannock/Virginia State Police]
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[OUT Q=THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.]
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[VO-NAT]
Two men in the car were taken to the hospital. State Police say their injuries did NOT appear to be life threatening. The tractor trailer driver was reportedly UN-injured. Authorities say charges ARE pending.
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[11Forest-Fire]

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A forest fire on Foster's Knob in Botetourt County was contained yesterday -
But firefighters had trouble getting to the blaze.
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Fire broke out shortly before three yesterday afternoon. Smoke coming off the mountain could be seen for miles. But dozens of crews had a hard time reaching the flames because of the steep terrain.
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[SOT 22:01]
[IN Q=in this]
((RICHARD MILES: IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WE WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS ON HOW TO ACCESS THE FIRE, WELL THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD LOGGING ROADS BUT NO MANY ARE OPEN THEY HAVE TREES AND STUFF ACROSS.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Miles/Virginia Department of Forestry]
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[OUT Q=stuff across.]
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[VO-NAT]
No homes are in danger. Officials say they weren't sure how many acres the fire consumed... or how it started.
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[11Hero-Council]

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Keith Weltons simply says he was in the right place at the right time. Members of Roanoke City Council call him a hero.
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[SOT 01:39:32]
[IN Q=Therefore be it resolved]
((VOICE OF MAYOR RALPH SMITH: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE THAT KEITH PATRICK WELTONS BE THANKED AND RECOGNIZED BEFORE ALL THE CITIZENS OF ROANOKE FOR HIS HEROIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.))
[SUPER=02-Ralph Smith/Roanoke Mayor;]
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[OUT Q=the safety and welfare of our community.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Monday]

On Monday members of City Council passed a resolution honoring Weltons, and the audience in council chambers gave him a standing ovation for his actions.
Weltons was leaving a downtown parking garage, when he realized something was wrong, and interrupted a violent assault.
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((KEITH WELTONS: IT WAS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS WHERE I KEPT SAYING MY BLESSINGS OVER AND OVER. I CAN'T TELL YOU, WHILE I WAS SHOOK UP AND MY FAMILY WAS SHOOK UP OVER THE EVENTS, AT THE SAME TIME I FELT TRULY BLESSED TO BE IN A POSITION TO DO THAT.)) ((MAGGIE GRAY/TRIGON HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER: YOU CAN TEACH PEOPLE ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT SAFETY AWARENESS, BUT YOU CAN'T TEACH THEM TO CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT'S HOW WE FEEL ABOUT KEITH. HE KNEW SOMEBODY WAS IN TROUBLE AND HE TOOK THE TIME AND COURAGE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED.))
[SUPER=07-Keith Weltons; :00]
[SUPER=01-Maggie Gray/Trigon Human Resources; :17]
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[OUT Q=and we're very blessed. -- DOUBLE OUT-Q]
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The victim of the attack attended the ceremony. She has recovered from the incident, and is now back at work. Since the assault, 200 of her coworkers at Trigon have signed up for safety awareness classes offered by a Roanoke City police officer.

[Comics]

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JAZZ AND COMICS. IT'S OFTEN SAID THEY'RE THE ONLY PURELY AMERICAN ART FORMS.
AND SOME ARGUE THEY'RE DYING ART FORMS.
A MINNESOTA SCHOOL BEGS TO DIFFER...AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO
COMICS.
AS DOUG FRATTALLONE EXPLAINS, THE ART OF VISUAL STORYTELLING IS VERY MUCH ALIVE.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Minneapolis, MN;]
[SUPER=01-Doug Frattallone/Reporting;]
[SUPER=01-Peter Gross/Comic Book Artist;]
[SUPER=01-Barbara Schultz/Comic Book Artist;]
[SUPER=01-Chris Schons/Art Student;]
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[OUT Q=Frattallone reporting.]

(( PENCIL ON PAPER.
BLACK INK ON PENCILS.
WITH A SPLASH OF COLOR.
THEY'RE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF COMIC BOOK ART, TAUGHT HERE IN A UNIQUE COURSE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN.

(SOT it kinda started out on a shoestring a few years ago, and the
interest in it has grown every year.)

THE COURSE IS TAUGHT BY TWO INDUSTRY PRO'S...PETER GROSS, WRITER AND PENCILER OF A D.C. TITLE CALLED "BOOKS OF MAGIC."
HIS PARTNER IS BARBARA SCHULZ, A PENCILER AND INKER BY TRADE.
SHE'S WORKING ON A NEW VERSION OF ROBIN HOOD.
SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO TURN PRO, BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

(SOT what you really need to be able to do is from panel to panel, to
tell that story to let the reader know what's happening in a clear and concise manner.)

(SOT it's not always about how well you draw, it's about how well you
tell a story.)

21-YEAR-OLD CHRIS SCHONS IS SET TO GRADUATE THIS YEAR.

(SOT these are just sample pages to get an editor interested in my
work.)

AND ONCE HE LANDS A JOB, CHRIS REALIZES HE MAY NOT GET RICH..RIGHT AWAY.
ARTISTS FOR THE BIG PUBLISHERS EARN FROM 40 TO 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET THAT OFFERS NO JOB SECURITY.
THE COMIC INDUSTRY IS BOOM AND BUST, WITH TITLES CREATED AND CANCELLED EVERY MONTH.
NOT THAT IT MATTERS.

(SOT generally, you love to do comic books and you'll do comic books
no matter what.)

(SOT and for me, coming in, i thought, well, what can you really teach
about comics? because everyone, myself and everyone i know, was completely self-taught).

(SOT and the thing i realized that took years and years to learn, was
all the little tricks of visual storytelling. you know, that there is a lot of complicated stuff that goes on there.)

TO SOME, THE STUFF OF DREAMS.
BOOKS OF MAGIC.
PENCIL ON PAPER.
BLACK INK ON PENCILS.
WITH A SPLASH OF COLOR.

(SOT I want to draw forever, because it's fun)

I'M DOUG FRATTALLONE, REPORTING.))

[11Memorial-Service]

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18 Virginia National Guard airmen were killed a week ago. Yesterday, they were remembered.
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((NAT SOUND OF MUSIC.))
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[SUPER=03-Virginia Beach;]
Those were the words of Governor Jim Gilmore who spoke at a memorial service yesterday in Virginia Beach to pay tribute to the guardsmen. The men were killed when their plane crashed last Saturday while flying from Florida to Virginia. Photos were displayed-- and the name of each airman was read aloud. Blacksburg native Greg (SKUR-pey) Skurupey was among the victims.
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[IN Q=Wrap your arms]
((WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THEM AND HOLD THEM CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, THESE GUARDS HAVE LEFT FOOTPRINTS ALL OVER OUR HEARTS AND WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.))
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[OUT Q=be the same.]
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After the ceremony, mourners went outside to watch four F-16's fly above the church. One jet peeled away from the others to symbolize the fallen men. Some 35- hundred people attended the ceremony.
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[Bush]

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President George W Bush is taking some heat for intervening into a potential Northwest Airlines strike. Randall Pinkston reports.
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[SUPER=03-Sioux Falls, SD; :00]
[SUPER=01-Ed Wytkind/AFL-CIO; :21]
[SUPER=01-Joshua Javits/National Mediation Board;1:26]
[SUPER=01-Randall Pinkston/Reporting; 1:37];
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[OUT Q=News NY]
(BLUE LINE: Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

((it's important for the hard working people of America to make sure air service is not disrupted. (claps and cheers)

(VO#1:) THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS AND MUCH OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC MAY
BE APPLAUDING HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER - BARRING NORTHWEST MECHANICS FROM GOING OUT ON STRIKE MONDAY.
BUT LABOR LEADERS ARE FUMING - CALLING THE INTERVENTION POISONOUS TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS...

(SOT: ED WYTKIND/AFL-CIO)
The best way is to bring the parties to the table and encouage them to settle their issues voluntarily thourgh collective bargaining and not through the heavy hand of intervention.

(VO#2:) BEYOND THE MOVE IN THE NORTHWEST STRIKE, LABOR LEADERS SEE A
TROUBLING PATTERN IN THE ACTIONS OF THE STILL-YOUNG BUSH ADMINISTRATION...
-LAST MONTH, TEAMSTERS DENOUNCED THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO ENFORCE A NAFTA TRADE RULE GIVING MEXICAN TRUCKS FULL ACCESS TO U.S. ROADS.
- THIS WEEK, MORE OUTRAGE WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN LED CONGRESS REPEALED REGULATIONS DESIGNED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE WORKPLACE INJURIES
ORGANIZED LABOR IS CALLING MR. BUSH ANTI-LABOR.

(SOT: WYTKIND)
This is the president and the Republican leadership in Congress trying to figure out a a way to silence us, to weaken us and pay back the supporters in the corporate cormmnity who are asking them to carry out what we think are very sinister deeds.

(VO 3) MR. BUSH INSISTS HIS ACTIONS ARE AIMED AT PROMOTING FREE TRADE
AND PROTECTING THE NATION'S ECONOMY...
A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATIATON BOARD SAYS WHILE THE PRESIDENT'S INTERVENTION IN THE NORTHWEST DISPUTE IS UNUSUAL, IT IS not ANTI-LABOR.

(SOT: JOSHUA JAVITS/FORMER CHAIR, NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD) the airline
industry so deeply affects so many hundreds of thousands people that I think it was... that was the most important factor for president

(RANDALL ON CAM CLOSE: )
MR. BUSH MAY HAVE CONVINCED SOME LABOR EXPERTS... BUT CONVINCING LABOR'S RANK AND FILE -WHICH WORKED SO HARD AGAINST HIS ELECTION... IS ENTIRELY A DIFFERENT MATTER. RANDALL PINKSTON, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))

[Spy-Arrest]

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Attorneys for accused spy Richard Hanssen will get their first look at the government's evidence this week.
Jim Stewart reports this case is likely to end in a deal.
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[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :07]
[SUPER=09-Plato Cacheris//March 5/; :14]
[SUPER=07-Mark Hulkower; :47]
[SUPER=01-Jim Stewart/Reporting; :57]
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((Lawyers for accused FBI spy Richard Hanssen are expected to get their first detailed look at the evidence against him next week...and so far are insisting there will be no quick plea bargain.

(SOT/Plato Cacheris, March 5)
"This is just a detention hearing, but he will plead not guilty at the appropriate time."
NARR: Looking as if he'd hardly slept since his arrest, Hanssen appeared briefly in court earlier this week....but has since been left in isolation except for meetings with his family and attorneys. Looming over the case is the government's threat to seek the death penalty....but former prosecutors say it wasn't until after the Aldrich Aimes spy case in 1994 that the U.S. instituted the death penalty for espionage...and most of Hanssen's alleged treachery may have taken place before then.

(SOT/Mark Hulkower)
"If there wasn't a death penalty at the time he committed the most serious acts of espionage that would make him eligable for that, then there's a grave constitutional question as to whether the death penalty is available."

(ON CAMERA BRIDGE:)
A far more likely scenario is that this case will end up in a deal. Hanssen will get to live.....and in exchange spell out for his old colleagues in the FBI every secret he allegedly sold the Russians.
NARR: They already suspect he gave up numerous eavesdropping techniques...but there's a large black hole that stretchs from 1991, when Hanssen seemingly stopped spying, until 1999 when he reemerged. Perhaps, investigators suggest, he was spooked by the disintigration of the old Soviet Union. Whatever the reason, the FBI is eager to fill in the blanks.

(SOT/Hulkower)

"I think Hanssen still has the same leverage that any espionage defendant has, and that is that the one thing the government always wants to know is what was given over."

(NARR:)
If he does agree to talk, Hanssen will probably be kept here, at the medium security federal prison in Allenwood, Pa...and spend his time alongside Allenwood's other famous spies like Edward Wilson...John Walker...and Aldrich Aimes...all of whom will likely spend most of the rest of their lives there. Jim Stewart CBS News Washington ))

[11Tobacco-Economy]

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[GRAPHIC=Tobacco Settlement]
Southside could see a big part of Virginia's tobacco settlement money.
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[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co./File Tape;]
Virginia has been awarded nearly 20- million dollars to help the state's tobacco growing regions diversify their economies. Of that sum-- 17 and a half million dollars will go to Southside Virginia. A 31 member commission group that controls half of the state's tobacco settlement money has voted to finance 26 economic development projects in Southside and southwest Virginia.
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[11Youth-Summit]

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Better communication was the focus of the second annual Community Youth Summit in Roanoke.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Dozens of elementary and high school students gathered at Lucy Addison Middle School to talk about the issues that concern them.
Several organizations like the Downtown Music Lab and Planned Parenthood were there to listen.
Organizers say the summit is a safe place for students to speak their minds.
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((ANDRE WHITEHEAD: SO MANY TIMES AS ADULTS WE WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE THOUGHT LETS GIVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.))
[SUPER=01-Andre Whitehead/Youth Summit Co-Founder]
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[OUT Q=safe environment.]
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Organizers hope to expand next year's summit to include Lynchburg as well as Roanoke.
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[11Scholarship]

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Nearly everyone going to college can get some sort of scholarship, but usually students pursuing a vocational field have nowhere to turn.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]

That's the disparity that prompted the Star City Cruisers to hold a raffle in Salem last night -supporting students who opt for a vocational education.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Vocational education is]
((JIM WOLFE/STAR CITY CRUISERS: VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS TRAINING OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE JOBS AND YA KNOW EVERYONE PUSHED THEIR KIDS TO GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND THAT'S FINE, BUT NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO COLLEGE.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Wolfe/Star City Cruisers]
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[OUT Q=Going to College]
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The Cruisers are giving a partial scholarship to one auto-body student AND an auto mechanics student.
Up for grabs in last night's raffle were two model cars and an autographed Travis Tritt guitar, both donated to the Cruisers for the event.
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[Weller-Profile]

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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]

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[IN Q=At four-foot-eight]
[SUPER=01-Zach Weller/Cheerleader; :13]
[SUPER=01-Sara Rimer/Zach's Mom; :17]
[SUPER=01-Kym Helms/Head Coach & Director; :49]
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((NATS At four-foot-eight, 92-pounds, third-grader Zach Weller is the muscle behind Christiansburg Spirit Explosion NATS the only boy on a 12 member pee-wee cheerleading team that packs a powerful punch
[SOT- 13:06]
[IN Q=MY SISTER]
((ZACH WELLER, CHEERLEADER; MY SISTER WAS IN IT AND SHE WAS DOING SOME PRETTY WICKED STUFF))
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[OUT Q=WICKED STUFF]
[SOT-13:30:12]
[IN Q=HE SAID]
((SARA RIMER/ZACH'S MOM; HE SAID MOM, I REALLY THINK I WANT TO DO THIS, AND MY FIRST IMPRESSION WAS DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GETTING YOURSELF INTO.))
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[OUT Q=YOURSELF INTO]
A female dominated sport, boys who join squads are often the target of ridicule. It's an issue Zach faced but one he would not let stop him
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[IN Q=IT'S OK]
((IT'S OK THAT BOYS CHEERLEAD, IT'S NOT WEIRD, IT'S NOT FUNNY, IT'S JUST FUN))
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[OUT Q=JUST FUN]
And a lot of hardwork, the team is practicing for East Coast Cheerleading finals later this month...Zach plays a pivitol role in their routine
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[IN Q=HE BRINGS]
((KYM HELMS/DIRECTOR, HEAD COACH; HE BRINGS A NEW DIMENSION TO THE CHEERING HE ALLOWS US TO DO SOME THING WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WITHOUT SOME BOYS ON THE TEAM, HE'S EXTREMELY STRONG AND THE GIRLS LOVES HIM))
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[OUT Q=LOVE HIM]
And Zach loves to perform, a characteristic that makes him stand out from the rest
[SOT-13:31]
[IN Q=HE'S UNIQUE]
((HE'S UNIQUE NOW, HE'S ZACHARY, HE LOVES CHEERLEADING))
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[OUT Q=CHEERLEADING]
NATS In Christiansburg, Rachel Cannon, News 7))

[Sports-Extra]

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[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=sports extra #3 1:24:07]
[GRAPHIC=NCAA]

Later today basketball fans will find out who will play and where, when the NC-Double-A selection committe announces the pairings for the national championship tournament.
[ss=liberty]

The Liberty women already know they have an invitation, they're just waiting to see who their dance partner will be.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/March 3;]

The 18 and 11 Flames earned an automatic bid when they won their fifth straight Big South Tournament Championship last weekend.
Those five championships included five automatic bids and five early exits from the NC-Double-A Tournement.
Liberty is always paired one of the top 16 teams, making getting past the first round difficult.
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[IN Q=right now]
[SUPER=01-Carey Green/Liberty Head Coach; :02]
[SUPER=01-Michelle Fricke/Liberty Senior; :26]
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[OUT Q=shot at winning]
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
The Women's pairing will be announced at five and the men's selection special is right after News 7 at Six. [GRAPHIC=Hold]