[7Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]



Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
The early start to spring weather isn't going anywhere just yet. Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner will have your mid-week forecast coming up in just a few moments.






[7-11School-teacher]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-56 TC1:10:29]
[GRAPHIC=Warner]

Last year, a math teacher from Floyd County joined in the election campaign of Mark Warner, which supported teacher pay raises...
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[VO-NAT]

Amy Williams appeared in a television ad, touting Warner as "the education governor we need."
[SUPER=03-Floyd Co.]

Keith Humphry visited her classroom at Check Elementary yesterday to measure her reaction to the Governor Warner's first budget that does not include a teacher pay raise, as promised.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=At the time that campaign...]

((AMY WILLIAMS/MATH TEACHER; AT THE TIME THAT CAMPAIGN PROMISE WAS MADE, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALIZED THE FINANCIAL DIRE STRAITS VIRGINIA WAS GOING TO BE IN IN JANUARY, 2002. INCLUDING MARK WARNER? YES. I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED WHAT HE WAS GOING TO INHERIT, BUDGET WISE.))
[SUPER=01-Amy Williams/Math Teacher]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=what he was going to inherit, budget wise.]
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[VO-NAT]

Williams says she's still hopeful there will be a pay raise from Richmond in COMING years. As President of the Floyd County Education Association, she says she's grateful the school board and superintendent have worked out a proposal that could provide local raises this year and next.
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[7-11Computer-Virus]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutin]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=01-58 TC1:01:32]
[GRAPHIC=None]

There is a computer virus out there that you should be wary of --
It's showing up on many computers telling you that you've received pictures.
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[VO-NAT :20]

The e-mail virus titled "new pictures from my party" is spreading quickly on college campuses too.
[SUPER=03-Radford;]

At Radford University scanning programs are being updated to protect against it. The Director of Computing says if the message is opened it freezes your computer and automatically sends a copy to everyone in your address book.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 13:14:59 / 13:32:12]
[IN Q= PEOPLE JUST]

((ED OAKES/RADFORD UNIVERSITY COMPUTING DIR.; PEOPLE JUST HAVE THE HABIT OF WHEN THEY GET AN ATTACHMENT ASSUMABLE THAT IT IS SOMETHING REASONABLE AND CLICK ON IT AND OPEN IT UP.)) ((MICHAEL HAAS/RADFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT; I THOUGHT IT WAS PICTURES FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS HERE SO I JUST OPENED IT UP. ))
[SUPER=01-Ed Oakes/Radford University Computing Director; :00]
[SUPER=01-Michael Haas/Radford University Student; :08]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=OPENED IT UP.]
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[VO-NAT]

The virus does create a backdoor on your computer..... it provides hackers access to a computer. The good new is this particular virus has not destroyed hard drives or saved information.
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]

Virginia Tech officials also report the virus spread through a number of Tech List-servs over the weekend but that the latest anti-virus program now catches it.
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[7-6-Sales-Tax]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutin]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-59 TC40:52]
[GRAPHIC=none]

A half cent increase in the sales tax is the latest proposal Virginians could get a chance to vote on.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]


Yesterday on radio station WTOP, the governor said some lawmakers are considering a statewide referendum to let localities raise more money for public education.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I think the idea that the statewide approach]
[SUPER=@MarkWarner]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=some of our other jurisdictions]
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=Warner]


Warner said he isn't ready to endorse the idea yet, but says he's interested and may weigh in on the idea later.



[WXHeads]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]



Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom....
You can keep your winter coats in the closet, because the temperatures will again soar close to record highs.
Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner will be along with your complete forecast right after the news.





[45-11XGR-Pledge]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-55 TC1:36:44]
[GRAPHIC=Flag Salute]

The proposal that would have put an end to the controversial salute to the flag of Virginia - failed yesterday by two votes.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]


The salute was approved at the start of the General Assembly session.
But black lawmakers objected after learning the pledge was written by a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It is not we versus they]

((MARY CHRISTIAN/D- HAMPTON: IT IS NOT WE VERSUS THEY. IT IS NOT BLACK VERSUS WHITE. IT IS NOT REPUBLICAN VERSUS DEMOCRAT. IT IS A RESPONSE TO HUMAN FEELINGS AND HUMAN EMOTIONS.)) ((DEL. MORGAN GRIFFITH/R- SALEM: I'VE LOOKED AT THE VIRGINIA STATUTE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON A SLAVEHOLDER... MUST IT COME DOWN?))
[SUPER=01-Del. Mary Christian/(D) Hampton; :00]
[SUPER=01-Del. Morgan Griffith/(R) Salem; :19]
[RUNS=:25]
[OUT Q=must it come down.]
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[VO-NAT]


The vote did not fall strictly along party lines... The house was divided almost equally... with 50 members voting to keep the salute, and 48 voting to drop it.
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[45-6-Sales-Tax]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=AM Cutin]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-59 TC40:52]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Virginians' input may be requested, regarding a half cent increase in the sales tax.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC]


Yesterday on radio station WTOP, the governor said some lawmakers are considering a statewide referendum to let localities raise more money for public education.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I think the idea that the statewide approach]
[SUPER=@markwarner;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=some of our other jurisdictions]
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Warner said he isn't ready to endorse the idea yet, but says he's interested and may weigh in on the idea later.



[45-11Grundy-Shooting]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-05 TC27:32]
[GRAPHIC=Peter Odighizuwa]

Defense attorneys are calling for a psychiatrist to examine the man charged with killing three people at the Appalachian School of Law this month.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Grundy/January 17]


Peter Odighizuwa (oh-dee-gee-ZOO-uh) is accused of going on a shooting spree after learning he had flunked out of school.
His attorney said he has quote-"distorted perceptions of reality.''
Attorney Jimmy Turk wants him examined before a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 21-st.
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[45-Fairway-Acres]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-57 TC1:03:54]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The owner of a Henry County sewage treatment plant has agreed to plead guilty to "negligent discharge of pollutants."

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./September 1999]

The government charges Richard Myron Anthony allowed untreated sewage to enter the Blackberry Creek during a three- week period in September of 1999. Anthony had tried to transfer the plant to the local public service authority. Eventually he quit paying the electric bill and A-E-P turned the power off. Without aeration, the creek developed extremely high levels of fecal coliform. The treatment plant had been built to process waste water from Fairway Acres. Anthony faces a fine of up to 25-thousand dollars- a- day for every day the treatment plant wasn't working properly.
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[8Wx-Headline]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]



Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom.
Once again, we'll come close to shattering record highs, as temperatures warm well into the 70s this afternoon.
Meterologist Leo Hirsbrunner will be along shortly with the forecast.





[8-11School-teacher]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-56 TC1:10:29]
[GRAPHIC=Warner]

A math teacher in Floyd County says she still stands by Mark Warner, despite his broken promises of teacher pay raises.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Amy Williams appeared in a television ad, touting Warner as "the education governor we need."
[SUPER=03-Floyd Co.]

Keith Humphry visited her classroom at Check Elementary yesterday to measure her reaction to Governor Warner's first budget that does not include a teacher pay raise, as promised.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=At the time that campaign...]

((AMY WILLIAMS/MATH TEACHER; AT THE TIME THAT CAMPAIGN PROMISE WAS MADE, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALIZED THE FINANCIAL DIRE STRAITS VIRGINIA WAS GOING TO BE IN IN JANUARY, 2002. INCLUDING MARK WARNER? YES. I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED WHAT HE WAS GOING TO INHERIT, BUDGET WISE.))
[SUPER=01-Amy Williams/Math Teacher]
[RUNS=16]
[OUT Q=what he was going to inherit, budget wise.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

Williams says she's still hopeful there will be a pay raise from Richmond in COMING years.
As President of the Floyd County Education Association, she says she's grateful the school board and superintendent have worked out a proposal that could provide local raises this year and next.
(------------)



[8-11Computer-Virus]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=01-58 TC1:01:32]
[GRAPHIC=None]


A new virus that says you've recieved pictures is showing up on many computers.
(------------)
[VO-NAT :20]

The e-mail virus titled "new pictures from my party" is spreading quickly on college campuses too.
[SUPER=03-Radford;]

At Radford University scanning programs are being updated to protect against it. The Director of Computing says if the message is opened it freezes your computer and automatically sends a copy to everyone in your address book.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 13:14:59 / 13:32:12]
[IN Q= PEOPLE JUST]

((ED OAKES/RADFORD UNIVERSITY COMPUTING DIR.; PEOPLE JUST HAVE THE HABIT OF WHEN THEY GET AN ATTACHMENT ASSUMABLE THAT IT IS SOMETHING REASONABLE AND CLICK ON IT AND OPEN IT UP.)) ((MICHAEL HAAS/RADFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT; I THOUGHT IT WAS PICTURES FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS HERE SO I JUST OPENED IT UP. ))
[SUPER=01-Ed Oakes/Radford University Computing Director; :00]
[SUPER=01-Michael Haas/Radford University Student; :08]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=OPENED IT UP.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]

The virus does create a backdoor on your computer..... it provides hackers access to a computer. The good new is this particular virus has not destroyed hard drives or saved information.
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]

Virginia Tech officials also report the virus spread through a number of Tech List-servs over the weekend but that the latest anti-virus program now catches it.
(------------)



[8-6-Sales-Tax]


[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Am Cutin]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-59 TC40:52]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Virginians may get a chance to vote on a half cent increase in the sales tax.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC]


Yesterday on radio station WTOP, the governor said some lawmakers are considering a statewide referendum to let localities raise more money for public education.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=I think the idea that the statewide approach]
[SUPER=@markwarner;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=some of our other jurisdictions]
(-------------)
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Warner said he isn't ready to endorse the idea yet, but says he's interested and may weigh in on the idea later.


[BIRTHDAYS!] 1/31/02
Thursday:

[SUPER=130-/Josephine Perkins/Natural Bridge] located on Bridge computer.



[SUPER=130-18/Dawn Scare/Dry Fork]



[SUPER=130-10/Kelly Shark/Christiansburg]



[SUPER=130-74/James Bradberry/Eggleston]



[SUPER=130-9/Ruby Peters/Rocky Mount]



[SUPER=130-/John Dunlap/Lexington]



[SUPER=130-41/Barbara Alston/Roanoke]moved here from Sioux Falls S.D. and loving Roanoke.



[SUPER=130-64/Sam Ryan/Austinville]



[SUPER=130-15/Amanda Peters/Roanoke]


No Pictures:

[SUPER=131-/Nancy Brightwell/Lynchburg]



[SUPER=131-/Dorman Hostetter/Lexington]



[SUPER=131-92/Emmett Cruise/Roanoke]



[SUPER=131-40/Dennis Lashbaugh/Radford]



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