WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 08/28/01

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Veterans from four major wars will be honored with the dedication of a new memorial in Montgomery County.
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Plus, an escaped inmate in Amherst County apparently walked out through an unlocked gate. We'll have the latest on the search.
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in sports, Virginia Tech football media day was today, Mike Stevens will have a report, tennis from the U.S. Open

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and the running back spot at U-V-A is unfortunately open. Antwoine Womack is out for two months.
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A pleasant day today and another on the way tomorrow as temperatures slip a bit. Details coming up.
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News 7 is next.
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It's become an annual summer event across the area.
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From the air and ground, state, federal and local authorities search for marijuana fields.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
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And I'm Shannon Young.
[Pot-Bust]
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Law enforcement's annual harvest of illegal marijuana has yielded several bumper crops in Amherst County.
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Air and ground crews spent most of the day searching spots where confidential tips indicated there might be marijuana growing.
By early afternoon, their efforts had turned up more than three dozen fully mature plants, each with a street value of about a thousand dollars.
No arrests were made, but authorities say their investigations continue.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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The state police Drug Enforcement Division reports success in other parts of our area as well.
More than 17-hundred plants were discovered in Franklin, Montgomery, Botetourt, Pittsylvania, Floyd and Patrick Counties this summer.
Those plants are said to have a combined street value of one-point seven million dollars.
The seizures will result in six arrests.
The marijuana eradication effort peaks in the summer months, when the plants reach maturity and can be seen from the air.

[Amherst-Escape]

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A faulty door lock at the Amherst County jail apparently allowed an inmate escape yesterday afternoon.. and he's still at large tonight.
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19- year- old Jason Scott Owen was supposed to stand trial today for allegedly beating and robbing an elderly woman last winter.
Owen was in the jail's recreation yard with about 25 other inmates yesterday when he slipped out a side door.
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((JIMMY AYERS/AMHERST CO. SHERIFF: IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS. THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE, YOU'VE GOT THAT MANY OUT IN ONE PLACE, ALL OF THEM DRESSED ALIKE. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE SPLIT- SECOND THINGS. THE MAIN THING IS THE LOCK ON THE DOOR SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT SECURED AND FOR SOME REASON IT DID NOT.))
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Ayers says Owen was last seen in the Madison Heights area.
Anyone with information should contact the Amherst County sheriff's department.
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[Angeline]

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A Grayson County grand jury says there's enough evidence for a local woman to be tried for capital murder.
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58-year-old Betty Jean Angeline (An-juh-LINE) was indicted for capital and first degree murder for the shooting deaths of two Independence women. 59-year-old Linda McKnight and 62-year-old Glenda Jenkins were killed earlier this year. Police will not comment on the motive but say the three were friends. Angeline waived her right to a preliminary hearing last week and remains in the New River Valley jail awaiting a trial date. If convicted of capital murder she could face the death penalty.
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Telephone service is out in much of Bedford County.
The county dispatch center says highway workers cut some phone lines by accident early this afternoon.
The affected area is west of the city of Bedford.
No word on when the problem will be fixed.

[Vet-Memorial]

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A New River Valley community is banding together to pay tribute to its wartime veterans. A memorial in Montgomery County...in the works for years...is now just weeks away from being completed and dedicated.

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New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel Cannon has more on what organizers say is an effort to honor those veterans they know and used to know. Rachel?
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Keith, Shannon, the idea to build a small memorial with the names of all the veterans from one community was started by a man back in 19-97.
Now 2001, the memorial site is ready and organizers are just waiting for the stone to be delivered.
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[SUPER=01-Ralph Woodrow Long/World War II Veteran; :12]
[SUPER=01-John Snyder/World War II Veteran; :20]
[SUPER=01-Archie Montgomery/Memorial Organizer; :47]
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((Nats talking looking at site 1:03:43 "we played marbles and horseshoes..." Ralph Woodrow Long and John Snyder both spent their whole lives in Montgomery County. Both served their country in World War Two, both are being honored with a memorial.
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((RALPH WOODROW LONG/WWII VETERAN; TO ME IT MEANS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT US AND UH THEY WANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION, I THINK ITS A WONDERFUL THING MYSELF.))
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((JOHN SNYDER/WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN; I THINK IT WILL HONOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY, FAMILIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THE ONES DEAD AND GONE.))
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Long and Snyder are 2 of the 8 World War Two Veterans in the Sunnyside-Tom's creek community still living. A community that committed to the memorial effort since it began a few years ago. A neighbor dedicated the land. The county and private donors provided the money.
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((IT'S GOING TO BE A CENTERPIECE THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 61/2 FT HIGH ITS GONNA HAVE THE WWII VETERANS AND THE WWI VETERANS ON IT AND ITS GOING TO HAVE A TIER ON EACH SIDE ONE HAS THE KOREAN VETERANS THE OTHER VIETNAM VETERANS. ))
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Nats This part of Montgomery County has a significant cluster of veterans....over 90-people who spent some time in one of the four major wars will be inscribed on the monument.
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((SOME WERE BORN AND RAISED HERE SOME MARRIED HERE SOME CAME IN BUT THEY WERE ALL CONNECTED WITH WARTIME CONDITIONS.))

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Insert war video Conditions that all these years later have not been forgotten by those who experienced them first hand.
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((IT WAS ROUGH THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY, ANYBODY WHO SAYS THEY WEREN'T SCARED WAS NUTS, LAUGH. ))
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An official dedication ceremony for the memorial is set for September 15th at 11 a-m.
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Keith, Local politicians will be on hand as well as many of the veterans whose names will grace the stone for what organizers expect to be an emotional day.

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A former governor says one televised debate is not enough. Still ahead, it puts one of the candidates on the spot.

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As as southwest Virginia plays host to two motion pictures in the making, there's a battle going on behind the scenes, one that needs no script.
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[County-Supers]
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In the wake of redistricting, Vinton Delegate Dick Cranwell decided not to run for re-election, and come January the Virginia General Assembly will reconvene without him.
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Today, Democrats, and Republicans, on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors thanked him for 30 years of public service.
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Joe Dashiell has that story tonight from the Roanoke County Administration Center.
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Keith and Shannon, Democrat Bob Johnson took the opportunity to take a shot at Republicans for the redistricting plan that brought about Cranwell's exit, but today the praise for Cranwell was bipartisan.
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((I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANY ONE PERSON IN MY LIFE EVOKE ANY MORE PASSION OR EMOTION IN JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY YOU'VE EVER MET.)) ((YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE COUNTY OF ROANOKE AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.))
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Few legislators of the last 30 years have been more controversial, or more influential than Vinton Delegate and House Minority Leader Dick Cranwell.
Today, local officials on both sides of the aisle recognized his contribution, and he returned the favor by saying it has been a team effort.
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((WE'RE REALLY BLESSED IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY. I THINK SALEM, VINTON ROANOKE CITY AND ROANOKE COUNTY ARE ALL BLESSED WITH GOOD TALENT IN THE GOVERNING BODIES AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE.))
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[OUT Q=the progress we have made.]))
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Vinton Supervisor Harry Nickens said that while it sounded like a funeral, he is hoping that the news of Cranwell's political demise is greatly exaggerated.
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Keith and Shannon, Cranwell says his priority is to practice law and raise two young children.

[Gov-Debate]

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As the frontrunner, Democrat Mark Warner takes a risk every time he debates Republican Mark Earley in the race for governor.
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But he also takes a risk snubbing fellow Democrat Doug Wilder, who has invited him to debate on October 17th.
Former governor Wilder says our W-D-B-J debate on October 7th is too early for voters to focus on.
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((WILDER: WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND CRITICAL OF ANYBODY OR ANY DECISIONS, BUT WHEN I WAS RUNNING, I WANTED TO DEBATE ALL THE TIME...MAKE CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE SAW IT AND WOULD SEE IT.))
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((WARNER: I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR GOVERNOR WILDER...DON'T HAVE A BUDGET.))
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Warner's staff is reviewing Governor Wilder's request.
Republican Mark Earley jumped at the invitation, making public a letter to Wilder that says he "greatly appreciates" the effort to make another debate possible.

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Stock prices sank following a report of slumping consumer confidence. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW dropped 160-points.
NASDAQ fell 47-and a half.
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Two motion pictures are being shot this week in Southwest Virginia.
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And two local film offices are duking it out for the right to bring the region to the Big Screen.
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Marya Jones explains why their competition for Hollywood's eye is becoming a bit of a production.
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[SUPER=01-Camille Lownds/Va. Highlands Film Office; :20]
[SUPER=01-Bootie Chewning/Blue Ridge-SW VA Film Office; :40]
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(( Hollywood, meet Southwest Virginia.
A place with the scenery, the history and the manpower to be in pictures.
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Camille Lownds wants to put the area on the Big Screen.
So do Bootie Chewning and Sandra Eubanks.
All three once worked together ... founding the region's first film office.
But differences tore them apart.
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((CAMILLE LOWNDS: I TOOK THE LEAD ON EVERY APPOINTMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DID THAT WAS NECESSARY TO GET OUT AND GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE FILM OFFICE AND THEN I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF UNPROFESSIONALISM GOING ON AND I DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF IT. )) [RUNS:17]
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((BOOTIE CHEWNING: WE DO NOT DO THINGS THE WAY SHE LIKES TO DO THEM. AND WE ARE JUST MOVING ON AT OUR OLD SLOW PACE AND WHETHER THAT'S SOUTHERN OR NOT, WE'RE HOMETOWN GIRLS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING :54 AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL PAY OFF IN THE END.)) [RUNS:14]
Now Lownds, who says she's worked in film for 25 years, heads the Virginia Highlands Film Office.
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((CAMILLE LOWNDS: WE WILL PREVAIL. WE GET UP AT 8 IN THE MORNING AND WE ARE OBSESSED. WE WILL MAKE IT WORK. )) [RUNS:11]
Chewning and Eubanks, both local residents, co-direct the Blue Ridge-Southwest Virginia Film Office.
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((SANDRA EUBANKS: WE ARE FROM THIS AREA, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS, WE ARE DEPENDABLE. )) [RUNS:06]
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[SU 4:44:44 - :56] ((MARYA JONES: BOTH GROUPS ARE VYING FOR SUPPORT FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HOPING THE STATE WILL SEND BUSINESS THEIR WAY. BUT THE COMPETITION MAY BE HAMPERING THEIR EFFORTS. ROANOKE CITY ENDORSED ONE, ROANOKE COUNTY ANOTHER, SALEM ENDORSED BOTH AND BOTETOURT COUNTY DIDN'T ENDORSE EITHER.)) [RUNS:12]
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((BILL LOOPE/BOTETOURT CO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN: I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE ONE OF THEM EMERGE AS AN OFFICIAL ONE FOR THIS AREA. )) [RUNS:04]
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Both groups say they can land more casting calls, like one this week for the film, "Identity Lost.".... And grander scale projects like "Sommersby."
Ask the hometown ladies or the Hollywood veteran ... each hopes the other won't make the final cut.
Marya Jones, News-7.))

[Osteopath-Center]

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The president of Roanoke's College of Health Sciences is excited about a medical school to be built in Blacksburg.
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As News 7 reported yesterday, a private foundation plans to construct a school of osteopathic medicine in Virginia Tech's Corporate Research Park. The school is slated to open in fall of 2003.
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The president of the College of Health Sciences, Dr. Harry Nickens, says he thinks the new center will be beneficial to the entire region.
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[IN Q=Our institution, for example...]
((HARRY NICKENS/COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES PRESIDENT: OUR INSTITUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS THE PYSICIANS ASSITANT TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT TRAIN PHYSICIANS EXTENDERS BUT, THERE'S A REAL SHORTAGE, NOT ONLY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BUT THROUGHOUT THE RURAL PARTS OF THIS COUNTY, FO QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHO ARE WILLING TO LOCATE AND PRACTICE IN THOSE AREAS. SO, I SEE IT AS BEING A POSITIVE ADDITION.))
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[OUT Q=I see it as being a positive addition.]
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The osteopathic school would train doctors to work in rural areas. Although the school has no official affiliation with Virginia Tech at this time, Tech is engaged in negotiations for that purpose.
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[Sports tease]

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Words from Philadelphia 76er and Roanoke favorite son George Lynch who was in town last night. the latest on Uva running back Antwoine Womack and the news is NOT good,
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and the Hokies finally begin game day preparations for Connecticut, words from Tech on media day.
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[S-Womack]

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A 26-17 set back to Wisconsin is not the only loss the Cavaliers suffered. Virginia all ACC running back Antwoine Womack will miss the next 7 to 9 weeks.
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Coach Al Groh said in a statement today that Womack will undergo surgery to repair the high ankle sprain suffered against Wisconsin. The surgery will take place as soon as possible after the swelling in the ankle decreases.
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This is an ironic twist for UVa running backs. Last year's starter Arlen Harris was lost for a good portion of the season when he injured his left knee against BYU. Womack then carried the load. Now it's Harris's turn. He should start Saturday against Richmond.
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[S-Hokies]

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A first time matchup with the Huskies, the unlikely return of a defensive end, and some words to the wise for those attending Saturday's Virginia Tech season opener are all a part of tonight's report from Tech. Here's Mike Stevens.

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(( The Hokies began game week preparations for Connecticut with a surprise addition. Defensive end Darrius Monroe who last year pleaded guilty to cocaine possession rejoined his teammates. Monday the charge against him was dismissed after he underwent a successful probationary period and even completed his bachelor degree requirements in four years time. ((FRANK BEAMER:)) ((JIM WEAVER:)) While Monroe gets a second chance, fans planning to attend this Saturday game will want to be right the first time when it comes to entering Lane Stadium. The South endzone construction is affecting pedestrian traffic flowing into the grandstands. ((JIM WEAVER:)) ((MIKE STEVENS:)) ((JAKE HOUSERIGHT:)) Houseright isn't the only one laughing. Tech is favored by 46 points. ((JAKE HOUSERIGHT:)) ((GRANT NOEL:)) One player who won't be in action this Saturday or the rest of the season is sophomore defensive tackle Kevin Lewis who will use this as redshirt season. In Blacksburg Mike Stevens News 7 Sports.))

[S-Lynch]

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Former Patrick Henry star George Lynch is only a few years away from reaching a decade long milestone playing in the NBA.
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Big George spoke to the Roanoke Valley Sports club last night at the Salem Civic Center. Lynch is the ultimate team player and his hope is that people like his mentor Joe Gaither, his PH coach Woody Deans, the NBDL, and other local organizations will team up for kids.
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[OUT Q=.....save some of these kids in the community"]
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[S-Charlie]

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Cleveland Indians manager Charlie Manuel has undergone abdominal surgery.
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Manuel's been hospitalized twice within the last week with abdominal problems. He'd been admitted to the Cleveland Clinic on Monday night after vomiting and feeling ill. The Cleveland Indians say Manuel is resting comfortably following surgery today to remove scar tissue from his colon. Part of his colon had been removed during spring training last year. The 57-year-old manag(------------) er has a history of serious health problems.