[State-Union]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=George W. Bush]
In his State of the Union address, President Bush vowed to be relentless in the war on terrorism.
The President also promised to revitalize the U-S economy by bringing in new jobs.
Jennifer Jones has a recap of last night's speech.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]
[SUPER=01-Rep. Richard Gephardt/(D) House Minority Leader;]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Jones/Reporting;]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=Jones, CBS News, Washington.]
((
(nats..bush)
IN HIS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, PRESIDENT BUSH TOLD AMERICANS,
THE WAR AGAINST TERROR IS ONLY BEGINNING.
..AND HE SENT NEW WARNINGS TO TERRORISTS AROUND THE WORLD -- TAKING AIM
AT THREE KEY COUNTRIES.
(SOT - BUSH 21:26:44 "North Korea has a regime armed with missles, and
weapons of mass destruction.")
(SOT - BUSH 21:26:52 "Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and
exports terror.")
(SOT - BUSH 21:27:04 "Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward
America, and to support terror.")
THE PRESIDENT VOWED, THE U-S WILL STALK 'TENS OF THOUSANDS' OF
TERRORISTS AROUND THE GLOBE.
HE CALLED THEM 'TICKING TIME BOMBS.'
(SOT - BUSH 21:28:30 "We will be deliberate, yet time is not on our
side.")
THE STRONGEST SUPPORT AND APPLAUSE CAME AS THE PRESIDENT OUTLINED HIS
ECONOMIC SECURITY PLAN IN ONE WORD...
(nat sot - "jobs"...applause)
DEMOCRATS BACKED THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF - PROMISING TO PUT BICKERING
ASIDE - TO BETTER THE COUNTRY.
(SOT - REP. RICHARD GEPHARDT/MINORITY LEADER "I refuse to accept that
while we stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the war, we should stand
toe-to-toe on the economy.")
(nats..applause)
THROUGHOUT THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, THERE WERE POIGNANT REMINDERS OF HOW
AMERICA HAS CHANGED SINCE SEPTEMBER 11TH.
...THE WIDOW OF A FALLEN MARINE.
...FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WHO STOPPED THE SUSPECTED SHOE BOMBER.
...AND THE FIRST AFGHAN LEADER TO VISIT THE U-S IN NEARLY 40 YEARS.
(STANDUP)
THERE WERE SUBJECTS THE PRESIDENT AVOIDED.
NOT ONCE DID HE MENTION THE NAME OSAMA BIN LADEN.
..OR THE DISPUTE OVER PRISONERS AT GUANTANAMO BAY.
AS FOR THE 'E' WORD - THE PRESIDENT SIDESTEPPED THE ENRON SCANDAL, ONLY
CALLING ON CORPORATE AMERICA TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
JENNIFER JONES, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.
))
[11Henry-Schools]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#01-62 57:34]
[GRAPHIC=Henry School Consol.]
More heat last night for the Henry County school board and its controversial plan to close and consolidate several schools.
The board is asking the county to help fund the plan.
Teresa Hamilton reports-- residents who gathered at last night's public hearing urged the supervisors to vote no.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Don Pruett/Consolidation Opponent; :00 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :08]
[SUPER=01-Sandra Wimbish/Consolidation Opponent; :19]
[SUPER=01-Tommy Wyatt/Consolidation Opponent; 1:00]
[SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:08]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7, Henry Co.]
((
((START WITH NAT SOUND FROM MEETING.))
Don Pruett's message to the board of supervisors echoed that of nearly everyone in the room.
Residents say closing one elementary school and consolidating four high schools into two will be detrimental.
((SANDRA WIMBISH: I FOR ONE AM NOT WILLING TO MAKE SACRIFICE OF GIVING UP SMALLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THE ATTENTION MY CHILDREN RECIEVE.))
The school board says the proposal is necessary because of a lack of funds and has asked the county for money to make the plan a reality.
The county board of supervisors has not yet made a decision... but got an earful from residents urging them not to fund the plan.
It's a message that grew even louder once the topic of salaries was raised.
While discussing the issue-- some supervisors questioned the amount paid to certain school administrators-- especially the more than 100- thousand dollars paid to school superintendent Dr. Sharon Dodson.
((TOMMY WYATT: THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY MAKE 25- THOUSAND DOLLARS IF THAT AND WE'RE PAYING THAT MANY PEOPLE 70 THOUSAND DOLLARS, SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT WITH THAT SITUATION.))
((TERESA HAMILTON/NEWS 7: THIS MEETING LASTED ABOUT THREE HOURS-- WHEN THE SUPERVISORS WILL NEXT TAKE UP THE ISSUE IS UNCLEAR.))
TERESA HAMILTON, NEWS 7, HENRY COUNTY.))
[11School-teacher]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-56 TC1:10:29]
[GRAPHIC=Warner]
A math teacher from Floyd County signed on to help the election campaign of Mark Warner last year.
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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 Governor Warner's first budget that does not include a teacher pay raise, as promised.
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[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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[11Computer-Virus]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=01-58 TC1:01:32]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Beware of the latest computer virus.
It's showing up on many computers saying 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=:11]
[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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[Marketwatch]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
In business news, The Federal Reserve will release its latest interest rate policy statement today.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=your local stocks]
((TO CUT OR HOLD.. THAT'S THE QUESTION FACING FEDERAL RESERVE POLICYMAKERS
AT
TODAY'S INTEREST RATE MEETING.
MOST ECONOMISTS ARE ANTICIPATING FED CHIEF ALAN GREENPAN AND COMPANY WILL
KEEP RATES STEADY GIVEN SIGNS OF AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
THE LATEST SIGNS OF AN ECONOMY ON THE MEND... ORDERS FOR BIG TICKETS
ITEMS
LIKE REFRIGERATORS AND CARS ROSE MORE THAN EXPECTED IN DECEMBER.. AND
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE JUMPED TO A FIVE MONTH HIGH IN JANUARY AS PEOPLE
STARTED
TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND THE ECONOMY.
SOME ARE PREDICTING THE FED WILL ACTUALLY RAISE INTEREST RATES IN THE
SECOND
HALF OF THE YEAR AS A HEDGE AGAINST POSSIBLE INFLATION.
ON WALL STREET..INVESTORS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REACT TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS..
INVESTORS WERE ON EDGE IN THE LAST SESSION, WORRIED THAT THERE MAY BE
MORE
COMPANIES LIKE ENRON WITH ACCOUNTING ISSUES...
(gr)
THE DOW SUFFERED ITS BIGGEST LOSS THIS YEAR.. DOWN 247 POINTS
(gr)
THE NASDAQ SLID NEARLY 51.
(gr)
INVESTORS UNLOADED SHARES OF TYCO INTERNATIONAL AND ENERGY GIANT WILLIAMS
COS ON CONCERN THEY MAY HAVE MISSTATED THEIR PROFITS. IN THE WAKE OF THE
ENRON DEBACLE, INVESTORS ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE LONG TERM
HOLDERS OF ANY COMPANY THAT HAS ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS.
(gr)
THERE'S SOMEBODY NEW AT THE TOP OF BIG BLUE. IBM SAID CEO LOU GERSTNER
WILL
STEP DOWN MARCH FIRST.. HE'LL BE REPLACED BY LONGTIME IBM EXECUTIVE SAM
PALMISANO
(gr)
TRACK ALL THE PRE-MARKET ACTION AT CBS.MW.COM ...
(oc)
AT THE NASDAQ I'M AC IN NY.))
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
[Falling-Satellite]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=nenonet]
[GRAPHIC=none]
It's something you don't see every day--
A seven- thousand- pound satellite is falling from the sky this week.
NASA says a few pieces of metal-- weighing up to 100 pounds-- could hit the Earth, although probably not in a populated area.
The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer is plunging at the rate of 15 miles a day from an orbit of about 124 miles up in the sky..
It's expected to come down tonight or tomorrow morning.
[6-Bluffwalk]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=01-54 TC1:28:19]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Plans for a luxury hotel and conference center along Lynchburg's riverfront are moving forward.
Lynchburg City Council has decided whether to put its own financial muscle behind the project.
Lynchburg Bureau Chief Steve Smallshaw has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Hal Craddock/BluffWalk Developer; :19]
[SUPER=@ssm1; :38]
[SUPER=01-Joe Seiffert/Lynchburg Council Member; :54]
[SUPER=01-Robert Garber/Lynchburg Council Member; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=News 7 Lynchburg.]
(Kimberly tosses to bump)
[bump-chyron]
[comm #3]
[11Grundy-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-05 TC27:32]
[GRAPHIC=Peter Odighizuwa]
Defense attorneys want a psychiatrist to examine the man charged with killing three people at the Appalachian School of Law this month.
(------------)
[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 Odighizuwa (oh-dee-gee-ZOO-uh) txamined before a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 21-st.
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[Bank-Standoff]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Standoff]
A standoff at a bank in southern California is over--
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Alhambra, CA;]
The would-be robber surrendered, after holding nine employees hostage for over six hours.
He walked out of the bank with his hands up.
None of the hostages was hurt.
Police say the man walked into the bank yesterday morning and
demanded 50-thousand dollars.
There weren't any customers there at the time.
Employees gave him some money and then triggered a silent alarm.
Police surrounded the bank within minutes, trapping the robber
inside.
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[6-Sales-Tax]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[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]
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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.
[11XGR-Pledge]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=01-55 TC1:36:44]
[GRAPHIC=Flag Salute]
The House of Delegates will continue to open its sessions with a salute to the flag of Virginia.
Yesterday, a proposal that would have ended the controversial pledge failed 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.
(///// SOT /////)
[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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[1st-Business]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ckor]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
In business news this morning, Black and Decker has announced plans to close three plants and cut hundreds of jobs.
Here's Barton Eckert with a look at the morning's top business stories..
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Barton Eckert/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:16]
[OUT Q=in Washington.]
(( GOOD MORNING THIS WEDNESDAY THE 30TH OF JANUARY.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MORNING.
--------------------------
BLACK AND DECKER PLANS TO ELIMINATE ABOUT 24-HUNDRED JOBS AND
CLOSE THREE PLANTS.
MANY OF THE JOBS WILL BE MOVED TO LOWER-COST FACTORIES IN CHINA
AND MEXICO.
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WALL STREET INVESTORS ARE BEING SPOOKED BY THE ENRON IMPLOSION..
AGAIN.. THIS TIME ON WORRIES THAT MORE COMPANIES COULD BE VULNERABLE
TO SIMILAR BOOKKEEPING SCANDALS.
THE FED'S DECISION ON INTEREST RATES COMES THIS AFTERNOON.
ACROSS THE PACIFIC STOCKS TUMBLING BELOW 10-THOUSAND IN TOKYO
OVERNIGHT.
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LIKE A BOTTLE OF RED INK SPILLED ON A TABLE TOP, ENRON'S DEMISE
OOZES OUT THIS MORNING.....
THE LATEST: THE COMPANY ADMITS THAT FOR THE FIRST PART OF 2001
"ALONE" IT DIDN'T DISCLOSE $1.6 MILLION- ABOUT HALF OF ITS LOBBYING
EXPENSES TO CONGRESS.
DELTA AIRLINES HAS DEFECTED FROM ENRON AUDITOR ARTHUR ANDERSEN--
AND ..NASA DIDN'T RENEW AN AUDITING CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM AFTER A
$644 MILLION ACCOUNTING ERROR .
--------------------------
JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER BOOSTING MOST PAY PHONE CALLS TO 50
CENTS.. VERIZON IS TEST MARKETING-- LIKE THEY NEED TO FIND OUT IF IT
WILL WORK-- TEST MARKETING A TEN CENT AND IN SOME CASES A 25 CENT
CALL.
THE START IS IN TAMPA BAY AND HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA.. ON CITY
SIDEWALKS AND IN HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE SOMETIMES THOSE " HI MOM THE GAME
IS OVER.. PICK ME UP" KIND OF CALLS ARE QUICK ENOUGH TO COST LESS.
--------------------------
AND THAT'S YOUR FIRST BUSINESS CHECK ON THE MORNING'S TOP
BUSINESS HAPPENINGS..
I'M BARTON ECKERT IN WASHINGTON.))
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[COMM]
[5-Family-Learning]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=501-08 1:34:51]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Health Check]
In this morning's Health Check, How well a child succeeds in school is often influenced by the parent's education level.
One study found that as many as 70 percent of teen moms drop out of school.
As Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton tells us, a new program in the Roanoke Valley is hoping to give dropouts another chance at academic success and the opportunity for a brighter future.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Jessica Pegues dropped out of school]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=07-Jessica Pegues; :13]
[SUPER=01-Cathy Shoulders/Roanoke Valley Family Learning Center; :38]
[SUPER=@Joy2;]
[RUNS=1:32]
[OUT Q=for News 7 Mornin'.]
((
Jessica Pegues dropped out of school at the age of 15 when she became pregnant with her first child. Now six years later, and a mother of three, she is back in the classroom, working on getting her GED.
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[SOT18:22:43]
[IN Q=It's very important because]
((IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S FOR MY KIDS NOT JUST MY FUTURE. SO I CAN MAKE SOMETHING BETTER OF MY LIFE))
[RUNS07]
[OUT Q=better of my life]
Three times a weeks Jessica comes to High Street Baptist Church to the Roanoke Valley Family Learning Center.
Program Director Cathy Shoulders says the mothers get more than just help with a GED; they also receive parenting classes and learn computer and workplace skills.
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[SOT18:35:47]
[IN Q=We know that those young mother have]
((WE KNOW THAT THOSE YOUNG MOTHERS HAVE PROBABLY REPEATED A PATTERN OF THEIR MOTHERS WHO DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AND GOT PREGNANT AT AN EARLY AGE. AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE BABIES THEY BRING WITH THEM WILL REPEAT THAT SAME PATTERN UNLESS WE INTERJECT A CHANGE SYSTEM))
[RUNS17]
[OUT Q=a change system]
And the center makes it easy for these young mothers to succeed by providing free transportation and day care.
Pegues says those where obstacles that prevented the prevented her from getting her GED before now.
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[SOT18:24:35]
[IN Q=I would be stuck]
((I WOULD BE STUCK. I WOULD BE SITTING AT HOME. SO I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE GETTIN IT ANYTIME SOON))
[RUNS06]
[OUT Q=anytime soon]
Pegues hopes to eventually join the army. She says she wants her children to know that their mother wasn't a quitter. And that if she can get her GED, they can do even better.
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[SOT18:36:38]
[IN Q=When they see themselves]
((WHEN THEY SEE THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY, THEY SEE THEIR CHILDREN'S POTENTIAL DIFFERENTLY AND WE BREAK THAT CYCLE OF SCHOOL FAILURE AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE))
[RUNS06]
[OUT Q=failure and economic dependence]))
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]
Cathy Shoulders says unless the program gets more financial support, it will be forced to end in the Spring.
(++++++++++++++)
[TAKE FS Web Address]
For more information about the program you can find a link to their website on homepage at wdbj7-dot-com.
[Take FS Phone Number 1026]
Or you can call the Roanoke Valley Family Learning Center at 540-397-2182.
(++++++++++++++)
[11Fire-Radios]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Lynchburg police confirm they're investigating a case involving "two way radios" that may have been stolen from the Ericsson corporation and allegedly sold to the Lynchburg fire department.
A Lynchburg firefighter resigned last month after being charged with stealing two radios from Ericsson where he worked part time as an E-M-T.
Police are not sure if more radios or another employee of Ericsson are involved.
They executed a search warrant Saturday at the home of a former Ericsson employee. No other charges have been filed.
[6-Fairway-Acres]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=01-57 TC1:03:54]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The owner of a Henry County sewage treatment plant has agreed to pled 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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