WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 04/04/02

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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
No charges against the Vinton police officer involved in last month's fatal wreck.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And Sid Clower's co-worker comes forward to acknowledge she tipped off authorities.

[Sports-head]

[ANCHOR=steve]
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In sports, we will meet the new Radford women's basketball coach and the 2002 Hillcats. Also, More on Tech's football team
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and J.J. Redick is in New York for tonight's McDonald's All-American Classic, words from J in sports.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]

Nothing big looming on the weather horizon. Copy cat weather expected tomorrow. That story and our Thursday Weatherschool coming up.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 4-Shot]

News 7 at Six is next.
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[SOT 11:43:55]
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((JOEL BRANSCOM/SPECIAL PROSECUTOR: THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO INDICATE THAT HE WAS VIOLATING ANY OTHER TRAFFIC LAWS OTHER THAN WE WAS ACCELERATING TO CATCH A SPEEDER.))
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[OUT Q=to catch a speeder]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

A Vinton Police officer WILL NOT face charges for an automobile accident that killed two elderly women.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

A special prosecutor made that announcement late this afternoon.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

And I'm Shannon Young.
[Vinton-Accident]
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Prosecutor Joel Branscom says the evidence does not support any form of manslaughter.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

So tonight a Vinton Police officer is off the hook and soon will be back on the streets.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Vinton/February]

This is all stems from an accident that happened February 23rd just before midnight on Washington Avenue in Vinton.
Officer John Munsey was pursuing a speeding pick-up when a car carrying Audrey St. Clair and Onita Bryant collided with Munsey's patrol car.
The two elderly women were killed instantly.
Branscom says the decision to not press charges mainly dealt with how fast Munsey was going at the time of the accident.
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[SOT 11:44:22]
[IN Q=Reckless driving by statute]
((JOEL BRANSCOM/BOTETOURT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: RECKLESS DRIVING BY STATUTE IN A 35 MILE PER HOUR ZONE IS 60 MILES PER HOUR. BASED ON THE ADMISSABLE EVIDENCE I COULDN'T SHOW REALLY MUCH MORE THAN 50 AND BASED ON ALL THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO ME THE WEIGHT OF THAT WAS THAT IT WAS WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 50 IT WAS NOT, I COULD NOT SHOW IT WAS 60 EVEN I COULD GET THAT EVIDENCE IN.))
[SUPER=01-Joel Branscom/Special Prosecutor]
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[OUT Q=that evidence in.]
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[VO-NAT]

The Vinton Police Chief says officer Munsey will be reinstated to patrol duty.
The victims' family has hired a civil attorney.
Their attorney had no comment.
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[Clower]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
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A co-worker of Henry County Administrator Sid Clower came forward today saying she blew the whistle on his alleged embezzlement scheme.
Rosemary Pace worked with Clower for more than six years, now her lawyer says she handed potentially incriminating documents over to authorities. [***NEWS 7 @ 6 MB GRAPHIC***]
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Jennifer Miele has been working on this story, she's here with more.
Shannon, authorities say Sid Clower stole 200 thousand dollars from the county's water authority over the past nine years -- the water authority he's headed up for more than a decade.
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Sources tell us he used that money to pay child support to the mother of his illegitimate child -- that woman, they say, was his co-worker Rosemary Pace.
Pace's attorney says he and his client where working on what appeared at the time to be an unrelated issue when they came upon the damaging evidence.
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[SUPER=03-Patrick Co./Yesterday]

That prompted state police to investigate and led to a six count indictment against Clower.
Sources believe he set up a mailbox under the name Marion Bass Investments, to which public checks were sent.
From there, Clower is said to have deposited those checks into his own bank account.
He is currently on unpaid leave from his jobs as County Administrator and Public Service Authority Director. He's awaiting a July trial.
Rosemary Pace is on paid leave from her job as Assistant to the Controller.
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That after police seized computer files from her office last week. No charges against her have been filed.
Marion Bass Investments -- the name Clower supposedly used to set up a drop box -- was an actual North Carolina Investment company, but it no longer exists.
I spoke with Mr. Marion Bass himself today. He says he's never heard of Sid Clower.
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Shannon.

[Warner-Bills]

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Virginia's Governor wants to extend the unemployment benefits upped after September eleventh into the summer of 2003.

Governor Mark Warner says he plans to amend proposed legislation to extend 37-percent higher unemployment benefits into July 5 of next year. The insurance was set to expire at the end of this year.
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Warner also says he'll veto a measure that would ban late-term abortions. The Governor says he would support the ban if House Bill 11-54 made exceptions to protect the mother's life and health but that the measure didn't meet that criteria.
[SUPER=03-Richmond/March 1;]
And, on the issue of the national motto, Warner says he has signed legislation requiring "In God We Trust" to be posted in all state courtrooms. He says schools should be allowed, but not required to display the motto, and is amending legislation to require public funding for the saying to be posted in local government buildings.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=HOLD]
The Governor must complete all action on legislation by midnight next Monday. The General Assembly will reconvene April 17th to consider Warner's amendments and vetoes.

[Tire-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=mjo]
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Crews are now at work fighting Roanoke County's massive tire fire.
As Marya Jones reports, the fire is expected to be out in a month, but clean-up will take much longer.
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[SUPER=01-Rick Burch/Roanoke Co. Fire & Rescue; :47]
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((NATS: BULLDOZER.))
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Firefighting crews made their first assault on the smoldering tire piles with bulldozers and backhoes.
Their plan: To break up the piles ... then extinguish them with water pumped out of Back Creek ... and combined with a firefighting foam.
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((MIKE ZICKLER/EPA: WE STARTED OUT AT THE SIMPLEST AREA TO SEE HOW THE PROCESS WOULD WORK ... AS WE MOVE AHEAD, IT'LL GET HOTTER AND DEEPER, SO IT'LL GET TOUGHER.)) [RUNS:14]
The E-P-A estimates that four major piles are still burning over an area six acres wide.
In some places, tires are 20 feet deep.
Officials say as they fight those fires, the smoke may thicken.
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((RICK BURCH/ROANOKE CO. FIRE AND RESCUE: IF THIS OPTION WORKS... AS THEY DIG THROUGH THE PILES, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A FLARE UP, A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE, AND AS WE EXTINGUISH IT WITH THE FOAM, HOPEFULLY NOT A BIG DEAL.)) [RUNS:18]
On Starlight Lane, next to the 2-million dollar Superfund clean-up site, people were out enjoying the day.
The E-P-A is setting up air monitoring devices at some homes in bordering neighborhoods.
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[SU 39:28 - :44] ((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: OFFICIALS SAY THE AIR AND WATER DOESN'T POSE A THREAT TO RESIDENTS LIVING AROUND THE TIRE DUMP. BUT THEY'RE HOLDING A MEETING TONIGHT AT CAVE SPRING HIGH SCHOOL AT 7 TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND LET RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. MJN7, ROANOKE CO.)) [RUNS:16]))

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New jobs are heading to the New River Valley.
That's still ahead on News 7 at Six.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

And it probably didn't rain in your neighborhood today...
But some kids got wet today... on the Smart Road.
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[Council-Debate]
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Compared to past city council elections in Lynchburg, this one figures to be relatively quiet.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Four candidates are seeking the three at-large seats this May.
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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The public got its first look at the entire field during a debate this morning.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SUPER=01-Joan Foster/Lynchburg Council Candidate; :10]
[SUPER=01-Stewart Hobbs/Lynchburg Council Member; :47]
[SUPER=01-Bert Dodson/Lynchburg Council Member; 1:08]
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((Before an audience of some of the city's best-known business leaders, the topics posed to the candidates predictably focused on local economic issues.
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((JOAN FOSTER/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: IF WE HAVE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITY EDUCATION, THE REVITALIZATION OF OUR DOWNTOWN.. THE EXPANSION OF JOBS MAY COME.))
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Joan Foster is the lone challenger in this race, as she hopes to become the first woman elected to city council in eight years.
She'll have to unseat one of three incumbents: mayor Carl Hutcherson, vice-mayor Stewart Hobbs and Bert Dodson.
Each says he has more he wants to accomplish.
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((STEWART HOBBS/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, I THINK WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.. THE 1-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE STATE HAS CUT US IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HURT US AND FORCE US TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE BUDGET.))
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Those choices apparently won't include any kind of tax increase.
To a person, each candidate vowed to keep the current real estate tax rate where it is.
Bert Dodson did make a last-minute vow to overturn a controversial policy that allows city employees to bring legally concealed weapons to work.
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((BERT DODSON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL CANDIDATE: WHEN WE RE-ORGANIZE OUR COUNCIL JULY 1ST, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I'LL ASK IS FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL TO RESCIND THIS POLICY.))
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Four people fighting for three seats.. the music stops May 7th.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))

[Shropshire]

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It appears Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode will have opposition this fall.
George Shropshire (SHROP-SHY-uhr), a truck driver from Campbell County, says he will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Goode in the November election.
Shropshire has been involved in politics for about 10 years, and worked for Mark Warner in the Governor's race.

A trustee with Teamsters Local 171 in Roanoke, Shropshire says he hopes "to give the working man a voice" in Washington.

[Franklin-Heights]

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They've gone without water for FOUR days ...
But tonight, residents of one Rocky Mount subdivision MAY get their wish.
That's when the town hopes to restore water to the Franklin Heights subdivision.
On Monday, contractors putting in a new public system hit an old water line.
The town estimates nearly 100 of the subdivision's 150 homes have been without water.

[Stocks]

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Stocks spent much of the day on the downside .. but finished higher at the closing bell. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The Dow climbed 37 points. NASDAQ rose five.
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[Luna]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[GRAPHIC=NEw Jobs]
High tech company growth continues in the New River Valley...
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[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
Luna Innovations in Blacksburg's Industrial Park is expanding. Officials are launching their fourth spinoff company called Luna Energy. The new venture is in partnership with an unnamed oil service company. Luna Energy will produce fiber optic sensors for the oil and gas industry.
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((STEVE POLAND/LUNA INNOVATIONS VP; THE THING WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE JOBS AND THE MONEY ITS BRINGING INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FOR LUNA ENERGY ALONE WE ESTIMATE THE CREATION OF ABOUT 1-HUNDRED JOBS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Poland/Luna Innovations VP;]
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[OUT Q=NEXT THREE YEARS.]
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The jobs created will be high tech. The sensors they develop are used to measure pressure and temperature in oil wells. Offices will be located in the Knollwood Office Center in Blacksburg.
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[Phones]

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[WRITER=ejo]
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The 277 phone exchange in Amherst and Nelson Counties is out of service right now. As a result, the Amherst County
Sheriff's office is asking anyone with an emergency to call [SUPER=16-(434) 946-9300/Amherst County Emergency] (434) 9
46-9300 on a cell phone, or drive to their nearest fire or rescue station.

[Blood-Supply]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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The American Red Cross has lost hundreds of blood donors because of new restrictions.
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[SUPER=04-File Tape]

The Red Cross implemented the tighter restrictions in October. They prohibit anyone who has spent a total of 3 months in the United Kingdom or six months in ANY European country since 1980 from donating platelets or blood.
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[IN Q=If you look from the nationall prospective]
((BOB LUTJEN/AMERICAN RED CROSS; IF YOU LOOK FROM THE NATIONAL PROSPECTIVE OVER 23-THOUSAND SO FAR HAVE BEEN DEFERRED FROM GIVING BLOOD IN JUST A SIX MONTH PERIOD. SO IT'S A LARGE IMPACT BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE NEED FOR BLOOD CONTINUES TO GROW))
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The new restrictions were put into place to protect the blood supply from the human form of mad cow disease.
The Red Cross hopes current donors will now give more blood and that more people will become donors to fill the gap.

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[TAKE FULL SCREEN PINNACLE ]
If you would like to give blood or platelets you can call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.
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[Sports tease]

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J.J. Redick talks about the most meaningful part of his McDonald's All-American tour of New York City, Radford's new womens hoops coach meets the media
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[VO-NAT]
and we will head to Lynchburg and pig out with the 2002 Hillcats, we will also hear about the team.
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[S-JJ]

[ANCHOR=steve]
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[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-110 1:17:51]
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Cave Spring star J.J. Redick laces up his hoops shoes and takes the floor at Madison Square Garden for the McDonald's All-American basketball classic tonight at eight o'clock.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :00]

Redick has spent the entire week in the Big Apple. But dropping three pointers in practice with his east team is only part of his great adventure. Among his many functions and appearances, his favorite was a visit to the kids at the Ronald McDonald House.
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[SUPER=01-J. J. Redick/McDonald's All-American; :00]
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[OUT Q=......go to charity"]
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[S-Radford]

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A new day for Radford women's basketball officially tipped off today as the school named Jeri Porter as the Highlanders new head coach.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford; :00]

Porter was introduced in a ceremony on campus at Radford today. Porter comes to Radford after spending the last three seasons at North Alabama. The Highlanders have struggled of late and Porter is already focussed on what she wants to accomplish.
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[SUPER=01-Jeri Porter/Radford Women's Basketball Coach; :00]
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[OUT Q=tournament team"]
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[VO-NAT]

Porter is quite familiar with Virginia and the Big South. From 1992 to 1998, she served as recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Liberty University.
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[OUT Q=great opportunity"]
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[S-Defense]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
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[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-106 15045TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH FOOTBALL]

Virginia Tech wrapped up the 7th of its 15 allotted spring practice dates yesterday. The defense continues to get its share of attention this spring.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00]
The linebacking corps was decimated by graduation, making replacing the second line of a defense a gamble. And who better to gamble with this year than a guy named "Vegas."
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The tackles were also wiped out, and one of the guys who plans to step into a starting role is Kevin Lewis. He redshirted last year after playing in 8 games as a true freshman.
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[OUT Q=...NEXT FALL."]
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[S-UVA]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-119]
[GRAPHIC=UVa football]

The Virginia Football team wraps up the spring football season April 20th with the Cavaliers annual spring game.
The wahoos, like the Hokies, will welcome the off season considering both will play a 13 game schedule this coming season.
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[SUPER=01-Al Groh/UVa Head Football Coach; :00]
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[OUT Q=....will come"]
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[S-LYNCHBURG]

[ANCHOR=Mason]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=SP-114]
[GRAPHIC=Hillcats]

Pitching.. defense.. speed.. power. You name it, the 2002 Lynchburg Hillcats have it.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
That's what their new manager says. The team met with reporters at the Hillcats' annual media luncheon today. To a player and the manager, they all figure to make an impact on the Carolina League this year.
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[SUPER=01-Pete Mackanin/Hillcats Manager; :00]
[SUPER=01-Sean Burnett/Hillcats Pitcher; :17]
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[OUT Q=.....a good record"]
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[VO-NAT]

The Hillcats play Lynchburg College tonight in an exhibition game.. their home opener is April 12th.
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[Smart-Road]
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[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-14 TC11:30]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

It was a school day at the Smart Road in Blacksburg today...
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
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[VO-NAT :17.5]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
The driving and road testing facility is opening its doors to students from Salem and New River Valley schools. Officials say the idea is to consolidate all the school requests they get for tours. Students are able to see the control center and ride on the 2-mile stretch of Smart Road...
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[IN Q=THE RESPONSE]
((DAN BRUGH/V-DOT ENGINEER; THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD WERE GOING TO HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 12-HUNDRED KIDS THAT ARE TOURING THE FACILITY TODAY AND WE EXPECT TO DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED FOR THE FALL.))
((AMY MARION/5TH GRADE STUDENT; I REALLY LIKED IT WAS PRETTY COOL HOW THEY JUST MADE THE WATER RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUN.))
[SUPER=01-Dan Brugh/V-DOT Engineer; :00]
[SUPER=01-Amy Marion/5th Grade Student; :14]
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[OUT Q=MIDDLE OF THE SUN.]
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[VO-NAT]
Technology at the Smart Road controls weather and lighting. It enables researchers to gather data on driving conditions...with a goal of making roads safer. (------------)