WDBJ 7 morning news for 07/10/01

[Headlines]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

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[VO-NAT]

Bedford county school officials meet to consider the future of Jefferson Forest High School.
One option is to renovate the school-- but some believe a NEW school should be built.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And authorities are searching for a man who MAY have drowned in Leesville Lake early this morning.
[ANCHOR=Leo]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Get your day started with us-- News 7 Mornin is next.

[Drowning]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=kor]
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Authorities say a Lynchburg man possibly drowned in Leesville Lake this morning. The Bedford County Sheriff's department says two men went fishing around midnight. One jumped in for a swim.
He came back up, but the other man says he didn't see him again. A search has been ongoing throughout the night for the missing man, however one obstacle rescuers face is an undertow at the dam. A Dive team is coming in to search at daylight.

[Federal-Mogul]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=kor]
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We do have one business related announcement to pass along this morning. First shift employees of Federal Mogul in Blacksburg are not to report to work today due to a power outage. However, all maintenance, electricians, and salaried employees should report as usual. Second shift employees should plan to report as usual, but they should call for updates.

[11Bedford-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-17 1:18:20]
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The future of Jefferson Forest high school is still up in the air. But the Bedford County school board made some headway last night.
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[VO-NAT]
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Superintendent Jim Blevins has been authorized to contact architects interested in studying what should be done with the aging high school. Sometime in early August, an architect would then be selected to proceed with a course of action. One option being considered is renovating Jefferson Forest high, but others say a new high school is needed.
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[IN Q=It is gratifying]
(( JAN KONIOWSKY: IT IS GRATIFYING AND REASSURING TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DEALT WITH MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AT JEFFERSON FOREST IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT BUT WITH ALL THAT IS BEING DONE TO PRESENTLY ELIMINATE THE MOLD AND VENTILATION PROBLEMS THE FACT REMAINS THAT WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL REOPENS IN THE FALL THE FACILITY NEEDS AT JF AS BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR COMMITTEE WILL STILL EXIST. ))
[SUPER=07-Jan Koniowsky;]
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[OUT Q=will still exist.]
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[VO-NAT]

Superintendent Blevins also weighed in on the issue last night. He says he believes a new high school is needed.
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[11Willis]

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[WRITER=twa]
[TAPE#=01-38 19:29]
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A man wanted for questioning in the 12-year-old murder of a Martinsville woman is in custody.
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[VO-NAT]

Timothy Wayne Willis was caught in North Carolina Sunday night.
The 39-year-old was wanted for questioning in the murder of his former friend, Ether Adean Smith.
Willis escaped from a Franklin County jail work release program the day after her body was found.
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[11Summerlin]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=01-35 23:06]
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15-year old Lee Summerlin made his first court appearance yesterday . He was arraigned on abduction charges. The teen allegedly drove the van the morning Jennifer Barker disappeared.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./Friday]
The trio was found by Franklin County authorities on Friday in Rocky Mount. According to Barker, Dewey Summerlin was sent to jail several times for stalking her. She says the latest incident was Dewey's way to get revenge.
But Summerlin's step daughter paints a different picture of the relationship. Angie Harmon says Barker played mind games with Summerlin and her 15 year old brother was caught in the middle.
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((ANGIE HARMON: I SERIOUSLY COULDN'T BELIEVE HE COULD BE DOING THAT AND IF HE DID I KNOW HE WAS FORCED INTO DOING THAT THERE'S NO WAY HE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.))
[SUPER=01-Angie Harmon/Dewey Lee Summerlin's Step Daughter]
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[OUT Q=something like that.]
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Lee Summerlin was ordered by the judge to remain at Coyner Springs Juvenile Detention Center where he is under suicide watch.

[Missing-Intern]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
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As the search continues for missing Washington intern Chandra Levy, her parents reportedly want Congressman Gary Condit to take a lie detector test.
Meanwhile, Condit's attorney is telling the media to back off.
Aleen Sirgany reports.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Abbe Lowell/Condit's Attorney; :17]
[SUPER=01-Sven Jones/Levy's Friend; :39]
[SUPER=01-Aleen Sirgany/Reporting; 1:15]
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((
NOT UNTIL HIS THIRD INTERVIEW WITH POLICE, MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER CHANDRA LEVY DISSAPPEARED, DID GARY CONDIT REPORTEDLY TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR AFFAIR. NOW LEVY S PARENTS WANT TO ENSURE THE CONGRESSMAN ISN T KEEPING ANY MORE SECRETS AND THEY WANT HIM TO TAKE A LIE DECTOR TEST TO PROVE IT.

(SOT: Abbe Lowell, Condit Attorney)
He will do whatever the police want...
BUT LEVY S FRIEND, SVEN JONES, ISN'T SATISFIED. HE TELLS CBS NEWS CHANDRA LEFT A MESSAGE ON HIS ANSWERING MACHINE THE DAY BEFORE SHE VANISHED.

(SOT)SVEN JONES/CHANDRA LEVY S FRIEND
IT sounded to me like somebody who wanted to talk to somebody didn t sound pressured.
JONES SAYS LEVY CONFIDED IN HIM ABOUT HER SECRET AFFAIR AND TOLD HIM SHE HAD A LONG TERM PLAN.

(SOT)JONES
five years being..having children.
BUT WITH THEIR CHILD STILL MISSING, CHANDRA S PARENTS ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEIR CONGRESSMAN. THE LEVYS BELIEVE CONDIT IS STILL NOT TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH.

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POLICE SAY GARY CONDIT IS NOT A SUSPECT. IN FACT, INVESTIGATORS DON T EVEN KNOW IF THERE S A CRIME AND SAY AS FAR AS THEY RE CONCERNED, THEY RE DEALING WITH A MISSING PERSON S CASE. ALEEN SIRGANY, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.

))[UK-Riots]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
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Racial tensions led to more clashes with police in the United Kingdom town of Bradford.
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Authorities arrested at least 10 people from predominately white areas for throwing bricks and bottles at riot police.
Fire crews were called in to put out a blaze after a car was set on fire.
Recent troubles in the U-K are largely blamed on right- wing groups.
Bradford is the fourth city to be struck by violence involving whites and people of South Asian descent in recent weeks.
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[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

In business news, Stocks closed moderately higher yesterday for the first time in almost a week.
Renay San Miguel has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SUPER=01-Renay San Miguel/Reporting; :00]
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(tape tosses to stocks)
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[11Missing-Man]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[TAPE#=01-30 50:01]
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A missing Alzheimer's patient missing since Saturday was found dead.
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The body of 86-year-old Herman Bennett was discovered dead in a field yesterday afternoon .. one mile away from Mayflower Nursing Home in Lexington.
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Authorities discovered the body on a tip from a local resident.
Police do not believe foul play was involved.
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[11L'burg-Murder]

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An Amherst County couple is dead after an apparent murder- suicide in Lynchburg.
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Police were called to the Virginia Employment Commission around 7:30 yesterday morning after someone spotted a man lying in the parking lot.
Authorities found 33-year- old Anthony A. Revely dead from an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
His 35- year- old wife Patricia was found shot to death in a nearby pickup truck.
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE][11Murder-Arrest]

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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.]

In Bedford County, authorities say they finally have some answers to a six- year- old murder mystery.
42-year old Roy Denver Sluder was arrested Friday in High Point, North Carolina and charged with killing his estranged wife in June of 1995.
Loria Sluder died of a gunshot wound to the head inside her husband's mobile home near Goodview.
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[6-Powell]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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An alleged abductor is set to be tried beginning July 30th. Glen Dexter Powell was found competent to stand trial in federal court yesterday.
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[SUPER=03-Salem/November 2000]

He's the suspect in last November's abduction of his wife and their three children in Salem.
In court yesterday, the 39 year old suspect flat out denied kidnapping his wife from her parents' home last year.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Though the judge found Powell able to understand the nature of the proceedings against him and to assist in his defense, Powell became highly emotional. He started to cry when his lawyer asked him how he did in high school.

[11-Memorial-Bedford]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Bedford's hospital is under new management today.
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[SUPER=03-Bedford;]

Carilion Bedford Memorial Hospital is now jointly owned by Carilion Health System and Centra Health. Officials with both organizations signed the necessary paperwork yesterday morning. They say the union will allow the hospital to better serve the community and grow certain services like the cardiac rehabilitation program, orthopedics and gastroenterology. They also hope to set a new standard in the usually competitive medical industry.
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[IN Q=When you have less duplication of effort...]
[SUPER=01-Howard Ainsley/Hospital Administrator;]
((HOWARD AINSLEY/HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR: WHEN YOU HAVE LESS DUPLICATION OF EFFORT, TRULY THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL BENEFIT SO, THAT'S GONNA BE TRUE IN THIS SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE SWORDS DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER RATHER THAN FIGHT.))
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[OUT Q=and work together rather than fight.]
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The facility's now goes by the name Bedford Memorial Hospital. Officials say no staffing changes are planned.
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[5-Bone-Disease]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Health Check]
In this morning's Health Check,
People who are confined to wheelchairs may be more at risk for developing osteoporosis.
That's because they aren't putting any weight on their bones --so over time it takes its toll. Doctors know this condition exists --but say they still need a lot more data.
As Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton tells us, one local doctor is hoping to get the message out --that this can be prevented.
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[SUPER=07-Marci Boone; :15]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Michael Koch/Endocrinology Associates; :42]
[SUPER=@Joy2; :50]
[SUPER=04-EasyStand Video;1:12]
[SUPER=01-Dwight Atkinson/United Home Healthcare;1:21Quick]

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((
For the past 17 years of her life Marci Boone has been confined to a wheelchair. She says she never realized the toll that has taken on her bones --until she recently took a bone density test.
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[IN Q=I wish I would've been told get]
((I WISH I WOULD'VE BEEN TOLD GET CHECKED EVERY NOW AND THEN AS FAR AS YOUR STRENGTH OF YOUR BONES AND MUSCLES. AND BY THE WAY SITTING DOWN FOR 17 YEARS YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH YOUR BONES YOUR HIP YOUR BACK, YOUR POSITIONING. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE)) [RUNS19]
[OUT Q=would've been nice]

Boone, who is only 38, found out-- she not only had osteoporosis but her bones were comparable to those of an 80 year old woman.
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[IN Q=It would be a very easy for marci]
((IT WOULD BE VERY EASY FOR MARCI TO HAVE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO HER HIP JUST A TINY MISTAKE ON HER TRANSFER --HITTING HER HIP ON THE SIDE OF THE BED COULD CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR HER)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=cause cause signficant problem]

Doctor Michael Koch says a study of this type of bone density loss is uncharted territory.
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[IN Q=I think we could be doing a lot]
((I THINK WE COULD BE DOING A LOT MORE TO PREVENT THAN WE ARE --I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S NOT INEVITABLE THAT THEY'LL HAVE SOME BONE LOSS, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL.BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT MARCI'S HAD I THINK IT COULD DEFINITELY BE PREVENTED)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q=definetely be prevented]

To rebuild her bones --Boone now takes medication -- and she plans to eventually get a standing wheelchair.
They're not meant to replace sitting wheelchairs but offer an alternative --with health benefits.
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[IN Q=It maintaines the bone mass]
((IT MAINTAINS THE BONE MASS, INCREASES THE CIRCULATION, IT ALSO HELPS WITH RESPIRATION, YOUR BOWEL AND BLADDER, IT REDUCES INFECTIONS AS WELL)) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=as well]

For Marci it will also be a chance to stand after 17 years.
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[IN Q=It can never be the same again]
((IT CAN NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN --I CAN NEVER HAVE 30 YEAR OLD BONES EVEN WITH THE TREATMENT THAT I AM GOING THROUGH )) [RUNS08]
[OUT Q=going through]))
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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If you want more information about osteoporosis and standing wheelchairs. The Blue Ridge Independent Living Center in Roanoke will be holding a seminar tomorrow at 1 P-M.
(Kimberly tosses to bump)
News 7 Mornin' will be right back. [bump-chyron] [Streaming-Video]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

Here's a look at today's top stories.
Authorities are searching Leesville Lake for a man who MAY have drowned.
The Bedford County Sheriff's Department says the man was fishing around midnight with a friend, when he jumped in and disappeared.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

The Bedford county school board met last night to consider what to do with Jefferson Forest High School.
The board will look to an architect to decide whether it'll be best to renovate the school, or build a new one.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And doctors in Florida are closely monitoring the progress of eight- year- old Jessie Arbogast.
They re- attached his arm over the weekend after a shark ripped it off.
The boy remains in critical condition.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

And that's what's making news on this Tuesday, July 10th.
News 7 Mornin' will be right back.

[2-Drowning]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Authorities are searching for a Lynchburg man who possibly drowned in Leesville Lake this morning. The Bedford County Sheriff's department says two men went fishing around midnight. One jumped in for a swim.
He came back up, but the other man says he didn't see him again. A search has been going on throughout the night, however one obstacle rescuers face is an undertow at the dam. A Dive team is coming in to search.
We'll have more information as soon as it becomes available.

[2-Federal-Mogul]

[2-11Bedford-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=01-17 1:18:20]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Bedford County school board spent last night discussing the future of Jefferson Forest high school.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford;]
Superintendent Jim Blevins has been authorized to contact architects interested in studying what should be done with the aging high school. Sometime in early August, an architect would then be selected to proceed with a course of action. One option being considered is renovating Jefferson Forest high, but others say a new high school is needed.
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[IN Q=It is gratifying]
(( JAN KONIOWSKY: IT IS GRATIFYING AND REASSURING TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DEALT WITH MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AT JEFFERSON FOREST IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT BUT WITH ALL THAT IS BEING DONE TO PRESENTLY ELIMINATE THE MOLD AND VENTILATION PROBLEMS THE FACT REMAINS THAT WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL REOPENS IN THE FALL THE FACILITY NEEDS AT JF AS BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR COMMITTEE WILL STILL EXIST. ))
[SUPER=07-Jan Koniowsky;]
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[OUT Q=will still exist.]
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[VO-NAT]

Superintendent Blevins also weighed in on the issue last night. He says he believes a new high school is needed.
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[11Bane]

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[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-22 1:21:26]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A Roanoke businessman has been cleared of charges he was acting as a building contractor without a license.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Philip Bane disputed the notion that he planned to build 11 houses on Autumn Lane.
Last night, a Roanoke jury found Bane NOT guilty of operating without a license ...though an investigator testified Bane told HIM he WAS a licensed contractor.
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[SOT 14:53:25 tape #2]
[IN Q=He said he was]
((HE SAID HE WAS THE BUILDER, THE ONE IN CHARGE. HE TOLD ME HE WAS THE CONTRACTOR.))
[SUPER=01-Vernon Reynolds/State Investigator]
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[OUT Q=he was the contractor.]
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Bane denied he ever made such a statement. The Autumn Lane property was in his wife's name, Bane testified, and he was simply acting on her behalf.
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[SOT 15:33:10 Tape #3]
[IN Q=I did very little]
((I DID VERY LITTLE. IF I WAS AT THE JOB SITE AND SOMEONE NEEDED SOMETHING, SURE, I WOULD DO DOWN AND GET DRINKS. DID I ACT AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MY WIFE? CERTAINLY.))
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[OUT Q=my wife? Certainly]
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The house Bane built on Autumn Lane has been the subject of numerous legal proceedings, including a civil suit he filed against News 7 over a story we did a year ago.
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[11Thomas]

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A date's been set for convicted murderer Jeffrey Allen Thomas to die.
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[SUPER=03-Pulaski;]
At a formal sentencing hearing in Pulaski yesterday, Judge Colin Gibb ruled Thomas will be executed for the murder of Tara Munsey. The decision follows a jury's recommendation in March for capital punishment. Munsey's mother, Kitty Irwin, testified yesterday that she's opposed to the death penalty and that she doesn't want to see Thomas killed.
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[IN Q=TARA WAS]
((KITTY IRWIN/VICTIM'S MOTHER; TARA WAS FULL OF LIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL/AND MY FAMILY.))
[SUPER=01-Kitty Irwin/Victim's Mother;]
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[OUT Q=AND MY FAMILY]
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[VO-NAT]
The defense will be back in court on Friday to argue a third motion. Attorneys are looking for a penalty of life in prison without parole instead of death.
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[Helicopter-Crash]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Helicopter Crash Military]

A helicopter crash near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina has claimed the lives of three Marines.
Meanwhile, the pilot and co- pilot of the Sea Knight transport chopper survived, and are hospitalized in stable condition.
The helicopter went down late last night in a river, and partially sank about 500 yards from shore.
The Marines were taking part in a training exercise when the chopper crashed.

[Shark-Attack]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

The eight-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark remains in critical condition.
Florida doctors re-attached Jessie Arbogast's arm over the weekend, and are closely monitoring his condition.
Jennifer Jones has the latest.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Rex Northrup/Sacred Heart Children's Hospital; :11 ]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Jack Tyson/Sacred Heart Children's Hospital; :17]
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[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting; 1:27]
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(( LOCATOR: PENSACOLA, FL
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EIGHT YEAR OLD JESSE ARBOGAST IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN A FLORIDA HOSPITAL... HIS RIGHT ARM PULLED FROM THE JAWS OF A SHARK AND NOW RE-ATTACHED.

SOT: DR. JACK TYSON/SACRED HEART CHILDREN'S HOPSITAL/TRAUMA SURGEON

SOT: DR. REX NORTHRUP/SACRED HEART CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
"HIS FINGERTIPS ARE WARM AND WITH GOOD COLOR TO THEM."
BUT DOCTORS SAY JESSE HAS OTHER, POTENTIALLY MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO OVERCOME. AFTER BEING ATTACKED FRIDAY EVENING IN THE SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.... THE BOY WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THERE WAS VERY LOW, IF ANY, BLOOD FLOW TO HIS ENTIRE BODY.

SOT: NORTHRUP AGAIN
"AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE SEE EVIDENCE OF INSULT TO HIS BRAIN OR BRAIN FUNCTION."
WHILE HIS DOCTORS SAY IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW IF JESSE SUFFERED ANY PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.... THEY DO KNOW IT'S REMARKABLE THAT HE'S ALIVE AT ALL.

SOT: TYSON

AFTER A BULL SHARK ATTACKED THE BOY... SEVERING HIS ARM AND GASHING HIS LEG.... JESSE'S UNCLE WENT AFTER THE SHARK. SOMEHOW HE MANAGED TO BEACH THE SEVEN FOOT FISH. THAT'S WHEN RANGERS, LIFEGUARDS AND OTHERS TOOK OVER AND THE UNCLE CALLED 9-1-1.

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))[11Redistricting]

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[WRITER=equ]
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The redistricting session continues today in Richmond.
The latest plan under consideration returns Blacksburg and Montgomery County to the Ninth District -- where they are now.
And Botetourt would return to the Sixth District.
The proposed changes came over the weekend in response to public comment.

[Shellfish-Safety]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
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A new warning is out from the so-called "Food Police".
The Washington Consumer Group says to beware of shellfish, especially oysters from the Gulf Coast.
Terisa Estacio explains.
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[SUPER=03-Dickinson, TX; :00]
[SUPER=01-Charlotte Kristin/Center for Science in the Public Interest; :11]
[SUPER=01-Cliff Hillman/Hillman's Seafood; :45]
[SUPER=01-Terisa Estacio/Reporting; :56]
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[OUT Q=Estacio, CBS News, Houston.]
((
(LOCATOR: DICKINSON, TX)

(Nat Sound)

Eating these oysters could prove fatal...at least that is the claim from the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest.

SOT: Charlotte Kristin/CSPI
Since 1989, more than 135 Americans have died and over 100 more have been seriously sickened by shellfish contaminated by Vibrio vulnificus bacteria.

(nats we hose them down here)

Cliff Hillman's family owned business is waging a war against Vibrio bacteria. Last year alone, Hillman's Seafood shipped 50 million Gulf coast oysters around the world. These days, Hellman's Seafood uses a procedure called Individual Quick Frozen technology to protect their precious commodity.

SOT: Cliff Hillman/Hillman's Seafood

Estacio Bridge: "Hillman also assigns a lot number to each container of oysters so if there's a problem, they can trace where the oyster came from."
But the Center for Science in the Public Interest or CSPI wants restaurants and the industry to do more to protect people.

SOT: Charlotte Kristin/CSPI
"Half the people who develop a blood infection from this bacteria die, making it one of the deadliest food borne illnesses."
The CSPI applauded one procedure called High pressure processing. Hillman, who also chairs the Texas Oyster Growers and Dealers Association says a cracking down on the industry is not necessary. He says millions consume oysters ever year without a problem. However if you are worried, simply ask for treated oysters, to ward off any potential problem. Te, CBS News, Houston )) [Local-Recap]
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Authorities have just found the body of a Lynchburg man who drowned overnight in Leesville Lake.
The Bedford County Sheriff's department says two men went fishing around midnight. One jumped in for a swim and disappeared.
The man's body will be sent to the medical examiner. Authorities are still investigating.

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We do have one business related announcement to pass along this morning. First shift employees of Federal Mogul in Blacksburg are not to report to work today due to a power outage. However, all maintenance, electricians, and salaried employees should report as usual. Second shift employees should plan to report as usual, but they should call for updates.
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Bedford's hospital is under new management. Bedford Memorial Hospital is now jointly owned by Carilion Health System and Centra Health. They say the union will allow the hospital to better serve the community and grow certain services like the cardiac rehabilitation program, orthopedics and gastroenterology.

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