[7Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=kor]
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[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......Because of the inclement weather, we have one school delay to announce---
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Grayson County Schools will open 2 hours late this morning.
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As for the scattered showers, they will stick around all day today, and continue through the rest of the week.
Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner will have your complete forecast coming up in just a few moments.
[7-VOB-Calvary-Baptist]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutin]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-09 03:32]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Council]
Roanoke City Council has granted the wish of a local church.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Calvary Baptist wants to buy property next to the church to build a parking lot for its members.
But to do so-- the church had to get permission to demolish two vacant buildings.
Roanoke's Architectural Review board ruled against the church's proposal saying one of the buildings had historic value.
Last night-- the church appealed to city council.
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[SOT 01:36:03]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Bill Carder/Roanoke City Council; :00]
[SUPER=01-Linda Wyatt/Roanoke City Council; :21]
((I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS FOR THAT, ALL I CAN SAY IS THERE ARE SIGNS AND SCARS WITH SURFACE PARKING AND THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT USE.))
((LINDA WYATT: IN MY MIND WHAT I SEE IS... BEING AN ANCHOR IN A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT SORELY NEEDS IT.))
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[OUT Q=sorely needs it.]
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In the end-- the mayor and majority of city council voted in favor of the church-- overturning the architectural review board's recommendation.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]
The church says it will now move forward with plans to buy the property.
[7-ASL]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=rca]
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[GRAPHIC=ASL]
In just an hour or so, classes will resume at the Appalachian School of Law.
This, exactly one week after three people were killed and three others injured by a disgruntled student.
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[SUPER=03-Grundy;]
On the Grundy campus yesterday, hundreds remembered the victims and attended a closed door "town hall" style meeting.
A permanent memorial honoring the 6-people involved in the shooting is already being discussed.
President Lou Ellsworth say a relief fund for their families currently holds 15-thousand dollars and is accepting donations.
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[SOT 12:23:20]
[IN Q=this is]
((LOU ELLSWORTH/PRESIDENT APPALACHIAN SCHOOL OF LAW; THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT JUST AS THE OUTPOURING OF PERSONAL SUPPORT LOVING AND SHARING AND CONCERN IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THIS FUN GROW THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN THE WAY FAMILIES DO.))
[SUPER=01-Lou Ellsworth/Appalachian School of Law President;]
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[OUT Q=THE WAY FAMILIES DO.]
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As far as security on campus, Ellsworth says the only new addition is an un-armed security guard from 6 p-m to midnight Sunday thru Thursday.
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[WXHeads]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......Because of the cold and wet weather, we have one school delay to pass on to you--
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Grayson County Schools will open 2 hours late this morning.
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And be sure to take your umbrella along as you head out this morning, showers will be hit or miss all day long.
Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner has more, coming up after the news.
[45-VO-Haynes]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=syo]
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[GRAPHIC=Christopher Haynes]
A soldier who admits he killed a Hooters waitress could be be behind bars for the rest of his life.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
27-year old Christopher Haynes pled guilty yesterday to first degree murder in the death last January of Tina Louise Foster.
The 20-year old student and waitress met Haynes at the Hooters restaurant on Williamson road.
[SUPER=04-February;]
He offered her 2-hundred dollars if she'd let him take pictures of her.
The aspiring model disappeared after meeting Haynes later that night.
Days later, she was found beaten to death in her car behind a Roanoke motel.
While being arrested for the crime Haynes confessed and even wrote an apology to Foster's parents.
Haynes is scheduled to be back in court for a pre-sentencing hearing in March.
He faces 20-years to life in prison.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-55 TC1:25:58]
[GRAPHIC=VA Budget]
Governor Mark Warner says he is backed into a corner.
He told state workers some bad news, and confirmed everyone's fears that a complete end to the car tax is only a dream for now.
His proposed budget amendments include no pay raise for state employees, and a postponement of the FULL phase-out of the car tax until 2005.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]
Warner said the state is in real danger of building a five- billion dollar shortfall over the next four and half years unless budget issues are addressed now.
Today, he stood with lawmakers who have agreed on a framework for the budget fix.
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[IN Q=No one in this room]
((GOV. MARK WARNER; ONE IN THIS ROOM. NO ONE IN THIS ROOM, LET ME ASSURE YOU, INCLUDING ME IS COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS FRAMEWORK, BUT THAT HOWEVER IS THE NATURE OF A COMPROMISE. WE HAVE ASKED VIRGINIANS TO MAKE A SHARED SACRIFICE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL RESPOND.))
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[OUT Q=that our people will respond.]
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[VO-NAT]
Warner's plan will increase the state agency cuts that were included in Governor Gilmore's budget, freeze the car tax repeal at 70 percent, eliminate a two percent pay raise for state employees, and raise some user fees, including a two-dollar increase in the motor vehicle registration fee.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Warner said one of his main goals was to protect public education, and his plan would restore some school contruction money.
But the Governor's budget ammendments do not include any funding for cultural organizations in western Virginia.
[8Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......Because of some slippery conditions, there is now one school closing to report--
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Grayson County Schools will be closed today.
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Meanwhile, temperatures will be mild later today, with scattered rain showers.
Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner will be along with your complete forecast, coming up.
[8-VO-Haynes]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutin]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=02-01 TC33:56]
[GRAPHIC=Christopher Haynes]
A soldier who admits to killing a Hooters waitress may spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
27-year old Christopher Haynes pled guilty yesterday to first degree murder in the death last January of Tina Louise Foster.
The 20-year old student and waitress met Haynes at the Hooters restaurant on Williamson road.
[SUPER=04-February;]
He offered her 2-hundred dollars if she'd let him take pictures of her.
The aspiring model disappeared after meeting Haynes later that night.
Days later, she was found beaten to death in her car behind a Roanoke motel.
While being arrested for the crime Haynes confessed and even wrote an apology to Foster's parents.
Haynes is scheduled to be back in court for a pre-sentencing hearing in March.
He faces 20-years to life in prison.
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[8-11City-Council]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=01-57 TC58:26]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Council]
Roanoke City Council has to decide what to do with the existing Roanoke Academy for Mathematics and Science.
That, as the city prepares to hand over nine acres in Kennedy Park to build a NEW academy.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Year;]
The new site is just down 19th street from the old academy.
The school board hopes to complete the new 10-million dollar school over the next two years.
That means the city will decide the fate of the old building.
Superintendent Wayne Harris says it's in "bad shape" and should be torn down ...
But preliminary plans to turn the land into a park have raised some objections.
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[IN Q=I would suggest]
((EVELYN BETHEL: I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD KEEP IT AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A RE-USE THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK COMMUNITY. SO MANY STRUCTURES IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.))
[SUPER=07-Evelyn Bethel;]
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[OUT Q=have been destroyed.]
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[VO-NAT]
In other business, City Council is considering raising the admissions tax to help out struggling cultural institutions.
The city plans to study how much raising the tax would help before acting on the proposal.
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[BIRTHDAYS!] 1/24/02
Thursday:
[SUPER=130-50/Jim Gregory/Coleman Falls]
[SUPER=130-/Dorothy Southers/Lexington]
[SUPER=130-28/Edward Mooneyham/Thaxton]
[SUPER=130-12/Travis Turnman/Elliston]
Anniversary:
[SUPER=130-43rd/Joel & Nikola Eller/Pilot]
Anniversary:
[SUPER=130-21st/Donn & Rita Sunshine/Dublin]
Husband & Wife Same Birthdays!
[SUPER=130-/William & Anna Richardson/Hardy]
[SUPER=130-14/Brandon Davis/Fries]
No Pictures:
[SUPER=131-/Andy Tharpe/Eagle Rock]
[SUPER=131-/Donald Kennedy/Millboro]
[SUPER=131-/Ricky Jones/Red House]
[SUPER=131-/Kelly Stallard/Roanoke]
[SUPER=131-34/Mike Brightwell, Jr./Salem]
[SUPER=131-/Glenda Dalton/Riner]
[SUPER=131-/Mechelle Stump/Salem] Steve: this is not a typo -I asked. That's the spelling.pronounced Michelle.
[SUPER=131-/Kathy Grant/Rocky Mount]
[SUPER=131-/Sylvia Bowling/Ferrum]
[SUPER=131-10/Jay Butler/Axton]