WDBJ 7 morning news for 04/07/02

[Middle-East]

[ANCHOR=Marya]

[NEWSCAST=Sun. a.m.]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

President Bush is turning up the pressure on Israel to get out of the West Bank.
Combat is ending this morning ... but Israeli troops are NOT withdrawing.
Secretary of State Colin Powell heads to the region tonight to push for a cease-fire.
Jim Acosta has details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=NATS]
[SUPER=03-Crawford, TX; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jim Acosta/Reporting; 1:41]
[RUNS=1:58]
[OUT Q=Jim Acosta, CBS News, Washington.]
(((nats of Bush & Blair walking in)
CONTRASTING IN STYLE AND IDEOLOGY -- THE PRESIDENT AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR WERE IN LOCK-STEP AS THEY CALLED ON ISRAEL -- IN MR. BUSH'S WORDS -- "TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT DELAY" FROM PALESTINIAN CITIES.

SOT: Bush "I don't expect them to ignore. I expect them to heed the
call."

SOT: Blair "I think that most people in Israel will realize that
they don't have two greater friends in the world than the United States of America or Britain."

(nats of fighting)

SO FAR BOTH MEN ARE FINDING IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN WORDS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. AT LEAST 15 PALESTINIANS AND AN ISRAELI SOLDIER ARE DEAD AFTER THE LATEST FIGHTING IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. THE ISRAELI ARMY SAYS SOME PALESTINIANS ARE HANDING OUT BELT-LIKE EXPLOSIVES TO RESIDENTS WILLING TO CARRY OUT SUICIDE ATTACKS. THOUGH OTHERS ARE TRYING TO SHOW THE ISRAELIS THEY ARE UNARMED.

(Lebanon)

AT THE BORDER WITH LEBANON -- ISRAEL'S JETS POUNDED LEBANESE HIZBOLLAH GUERILLAS WHO FIRED MORTAR ROUNDS AT ISRAELI VILLAGERS.

(file of Powell)

THE BODY COUNT IS RISING AS SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL IS PREPARING TO LAND IN THE REGION. ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE -- POWELL HAS NO PLANS TO MEET PALESTINIAN CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT. BUT THE PALESTINIANS SAY THEY WILL ONLY TALK WITH POWELL IF HE SITS DOWN WITH THE BESIEGED CHAIRMAN. BACK IN CRAWFORD -- ARAFAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A TRUSTED NEGOTIATOR.

SOT: Bush "In order to keep my trust somebody must keep their word.
And Chairman Arafat has not kept his word."

(file of Saddam)

THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO RESOLVE THE CURRENT CRISIS SO HE CAN TURN HIS ATTENTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN. FOR NOW -- MR. BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BLAIR APPEAR UNITED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.

SOT: Bush "He's a man who obviously has something to hide."

UPDATED NIGHT TIME STAND UP/JIM ACOSTA/CBS NEWS.))

[Philippines]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]

More American troops could be headed to the Philippines.
A Philippine official says the additional 300 troops would serve non-combat roles.
They would help build roads, an airstrip and other facilities.
Hundreds of U-S troops are in the Philippines on a six-month mission...
They're helping the local military crush a rebel group that's been linked to the al-Qaida terror network.[11Clower

]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-16 TC-9:21]
[GRAPHIC=none]
An attorney for the Henry County woman who says Sid Clower fathered her child wants to set the record straight.
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[VO-NAT 02-09 TC56:30]
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co./Last Week;]
Sid Clower is accused of stealing at least 200- thousand dollars from the Henry County Public Service Authority. Prosecutors contend part of that money was used to pay child support to Rosemary Pace. Last night-- Pace's attorney issued a statement saying although Pace and Clower worked at the P-S-A together-- Pace was NOT part of Clower's alleged scheme. Pace's attorney says for years Clower deposited child support into Pace's account himself-- so she never saw his checks.
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[anchor=Marya]
[GRAPHIC=none]
According to Pace's attorney-- Pace discovered the problem while gathering paperwork to establish formal paternity of her child.

[11First-Cities]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=02-14 TC-15:31]
[GRAPHIC=none]

State lawmakers return to Richmond in a few weeks for a one-day veto session.
Local officials are asking them to take a look at tax issues at a special session in September.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Monday;]

Roanoke officials say the city is facing the loss of one- point- three million dollars in state funds... and will have to make some difficult decisions when members of council begin their budget discussions later this month.
Roanoke is joining other members of the First Cities Coalition and calling for a special session to study the state's tax structure, and funding for local government.
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[SOT 02:52:44]
[IN Q=The First Cities Coalition is asking for it]
((BILL CARDER/ROANOKE VICE-MAYOR: THE FIRST CITIES COALITION IS ASKING FOR IT. THIS CITY IS ASKING FOR IT, TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE INEQUITIES, BECAUSE WE ARE FISCALLY STRESSED RIGHT NOW.))
[SUPER=01-Bill Carder/Roanoke Vice-Mayor; :]
[RUNS=:8]
[OUT Q=fiscally stressed.]
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[GRAPHIC=none]

At the very least, Carder says the state must look at funding for public education, and the dollars local governments need to pay for the state's Standards of Quality.

[11Water-Main]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-08 TC-1:05:59]
[GRAPHIC=Water Main Break]

A water problem in Roanoke has been fixed.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

A water main broke just after six yesterday morning on the Salem Turnpike between Eugene and Thrush Drive.
Workers found and fixed the problem just after eleven o'clock.
But it took crews several more hours to completely restore water to all nearby homes.
Some roads in the area were also closed.
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[6-Archer]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A local man is moving up the ladder in the United States Armed Forces... Colonel James Archer is a member of the Salem, Virginia, Army Reserve. He is being promoted to Brigadier General.
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[TAKE ARCHER FS # ESSC]
Archer is an Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Blue Ridge Beverage Company, and a Virginia Tech graduate. He is currently assigned to the 95th Division Institutional Training headquarters in Oklahoma City.
(XXXXXX)

[11Miss-Roanoke]

[ANCHOR=Jacey]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kgu]
[TAPE#=02-15 TC-48:12]
[GRAPHIC=none]

[Jacey on MB Set]

They Celebrated in Style and grace for a coveted crown...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
... at the Miss Roanoke Valley Scholarship Program in Roanoke last night. The 18- contestants were judged on their interview, talent, swimsuit and evening wear skills. Shaunna Payne of Harrisonburg will now have a second chance at the Miss Virginia crown. All the young women are finalists from previous local Miss America preliminaries held throughout the state this past year. But the contest was not the only thing that people came to watch-- The competition also featured a former Miss Virginia, and former local and national television personalities.
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[Laurel-Hill]

[ANCHOR=Jacey]
[NEWSCAST=Weekend a.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Time Off]
[GRAPHIC=Time Off]

Within walking distance of the Virginia/North Carolina border is the boyhood home of Jeb Stuart. The flamboyant Confederate General lived at Laurel Hill until his mid-teens and always hoped to settle there once the war was over. In this week's Time Off Shannon Young travels to Ararat, Virginia to the only preserved Jeb Stuart site in the country.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We just, we love it here.]
[SUPER=03-Patrick Co. ; :05]
[SUPER=01-John Broughton/J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace; :23]
[SUPER=01-Neva Smith/Re-enactor; 1:21]
[SUPER=@Shannon2; 1:30]
[RUNS=1:40]
[OUT Q=I'm SY, News 7 Patrick County.]

(([SOT 9:32:39-9:32:41]
[IN Q=We just, we...]
((NEVA SMITH/RE-ENACTOR: WE JUST, WE LOVE IT HERE.)) [RUNS:02]
[OUT Q=we love it here.]
Neva and Jasmine Smith are history buffs with a fondness for a particular hill in Patrick County. This is the land on which Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, otherwise known as Jeb, was born during the winter of 1833. Fifteen years later he would leave Laurel Hill and make a name for himself as the "eyes and ears of the Confederacy."

[SOT 9:38:19-9:38:32]
[IN Q=HE WAS THE MOST FLAMBOYANT...]
((JOHN BROUGHTON/J.E.B. STUART BIRTHPLACE: HE WAS THE MOST FLAMBOYANT CIVIL WAR LEADER IN HISTORY. HIS TWO RIDES AROUND GENERAL MCCLELLAN WERE ENOUGH TO PUT HIM DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS FOR EVER.)) [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=history books for ever.]
But Stuart longed for home. During the winter of 1863 the red-head with the piercing blue eyes told his brother about his desire to return to Laurel Hill when the war ended. But he never made it, dying half a year later in the Battle of Yellow Tavern.
[SOT 9:39:02-9:39:09]
[IN Q=His place in history...]
((JOHN BROUGHTON/J.E.B. STUART BIRTHPLACE: HIS PLACE IN HISTORY IS WELL CEMENTED, WELL CEMENTED.)) [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=well cemented (second time).]
As is his birthplace. A walking tour will take you past the site of the house in which Stuart was born. Also denoted is the site of the kitchen which housed Stuart's father and brother after fire destroyed the main house.

Two graveyards hold the remains of servants at Laurel Hill and a handful of Stuart's 10-siblings along with a stone marking the original resting place of his father. But most apparent is the land itself.
[SOT 9:33:57-9:34:04]
[IN Q=it's a beautiful place...]
((NEVA SMITH/RE-ENACTOR: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, COUPLE OF WATERFALLS, COUPLE OF NICE HIKING TRAILS. IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO SPEND A DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY.)) [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=spend a day with your family.]

Stuart apparently thought so too stating "I would give anything to make a pilgrimage to the old place and when this war is over to quietly spend the rest of my days there." Shannon Young, News 7, Patrick County.))

[2-Middle-East]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sun. a.m.]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Combat is ending in the West Bank this morning ... but Israeli troops are NOT withdrawing.
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are turning up the pressure.
And Secretary of State Colin Powell heads to the region tonight to push for a cease-fire.
Jim Acosta has details.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=NATS]
[SUPER=03-Crawford, TX; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jim Acosta/Reporting; 1:41]
[RUNS=1:58]
[OUT Q=Jim Acosta, CBS News, Washington.]
(((nats of Bush & Blair walking in)
CONTRASTING IN STYLE AND IDEOLOGY -- THE PRESIDENT AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR WERE IN LOCK-STEP AS THEY CALLED ON ISRAEL -- IN MR. BUSH'S WORDS -- "TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT DELAY" FROM PALESTINIAN CITIES.

SOT: Bush "I don't expect them to ignore. I expect them to heed the
call."

SOT: Blair "I think that most people in Israel will realize that
they don't have two greater friends in the world than the United States of America or Britain."

(nats of fighting)

SO FAR BOTH MEN ARE FINDING IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN WORDS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. AT LEAST 15 PALESTINIANS AND AN ISRAELI SOLDIER ARE DEAD AFTER THE LATEST FIGHTING IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. THE ISRAELI ARMY SAYS SOME PALESTINIANS ARE HANDING OUT BELT-LIKE EXPLOSIVES TO RESIDENTS WILLING TO CARRY OUT SUICIDE ATTACKS. THOUGH OTHERS ARE TRYING TO SHOW THE ISRAELIS THEY ARE UNARMED.

(Lebanon)

AT THE BORDER WITH LEBANON -- ISRAEL'S JETS POUNDED LEBANESE HIZBOLLAH GUERILLAS WHO FIRED MORTAR ROUNDS AT ISRAELI VILLAGERS.

(file of Powell)

THE BODY COUNT IS RISING AS SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL IS PREPARING TO LAND IN THE REGION. ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE -- POWELL HAS NO PLANS TO MEET PALESTINIAN CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT. BUT THE PALESTINIANS SAY THEY WILL ONLY TALK WITH POWELL IF HE SITS DOWN WITH THE BESIEGED CHAIRMAN. BACK IN CRAWFORD -- ARAFAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A TRUSTED NEGOTIATOR.

SOT: Bush "In order to keep my trust somebody must keep their word.
And Chairman Arafat has not kept his word."

(file of Saddam)

THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO RESOLVE THE CURRENT CRISIS SO HE CAN TURN HIS ATTENTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN. FOR NOW -- MR. BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BLAIR APPEAR UNITED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.

SOT: Bush "He's a man who obviously has something to hide."

UPDATED NIGHT TIME STAND UP/JIM ACOSTA/CBS NEWS.))

[11Smoke-Detectors]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-03 TC-1:07:27]
[GRAPHIC=Fire Safety]
[****ANCHOR TAG****]

Smoke detectors can save lives.
But many people still either don't have one or fail to keep it in good working order.
Justin McLeod tells us how one southside city is working to change that.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Danville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Percy Hutchings/Danville Resident; :39]
[SUPER=@justin1; :56]
[SUPER=01-Dayquan Anthony/Fire Victim; 1:13]
[SUPER=01-Steve Dishman/Deputy Fire Chief; 1:32]
[RUNS=1:51]
[OUT Q=JM, News 7, Danville]
((((NAT SOUND OF TRUCK DRIVING OFF))
On this day, the Danville Fire Department answers a much different call.
They're not putting out fires but rather working to prevent them.
[SOT 13:53:05]
[IN Q=We want to have]
((TIM YOUNG/DANVILLE FIREFIGHTER: WE WANT HAVE TO 100-PERCENT OF THE HOMES IN DANVILLE TO HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS.))
[Runs= 04]
[OUT Q=have smoke detectors]

And thanks to a state grant Danville can make that goal a reality.
Through the 'Get Alarmed, Virginia program, the city of Danville recently received three thousand smoke detectors. ((QUICK NAT SOUND OF DRILLING))
Firefighters are now working to install them in homes throughout the city, free of charge.
[SOT 14:01:46]
[IN Q=Real feel secure]
((PERCY HUTCHINGS/DANVILLE RESIDENT: REAL FEEL SECURE NOW THAT I GOT IT AND I KNOW I WILL BE SAFE NOW.))
[Runs= 05]
[OUT Q=will be safe now]
((NAT SOUND OF WORK))
Safety that is now easier.
That's because each smoke detector is equipped with a ten year lithium battery.
The Danville Fire Department has already installed several hundred since the program began a few weeks ago. [14:13:20]
[IN Q=It is a program]
((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: IT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY SEEING SOME RESULTS. LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A FIRE AT THIS HOME HERE ON EPPS STREET. EVERYBODY GOT OUT SAFELY THANKS TO A FIRE DETECTOR, A DEVICE THAT DANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD JUST INSTALLED.))
[Runs= 11]
[OUT Q=had just installed]

Dayquan Anthony was home at the time of the fire.
[SOT 14:10:45]
[IN Q=You were asleep right?]
((DAYQUAN ANTHONY/FIRE VICTIM: YOU WERE ASLEEP RIGHT? YEAH SO IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SMOKE DETECTOR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH.))
[Runs= 05]
[OUT Q=have been through]
((NAT SOUND OF WORKING))
Danville is just one two localities in Virginia to receive this year's grant.
Since its inception four years ago, the Get Alarmed Virginia program is credited with saving nearly fifty lives statewide.
[SOT 13:49:31]
[IN Q=If anyone who doesn't]
((STEVE DISHMAN/DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF: IF ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE OR A WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR CAN GIVE US A CALL AND WE WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET AND INSTALL ONE OF THESE DETECTORS FOR THEM.))
It's all in an effort to drill it (SHOT OF DRILL) into people's minds, smoke detectors can and will save lives.
Justin McLeod, News 7, Danville.))
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[TAKE PINNACLE PAGE FS #1001]

If you live in the city of Danville and would like a free smoke detector you can call (434) 799-5226.
(XXXXXX)

[11Franklin-Water]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-02 TC-1:38:37]
[GRAPHIC=none]

Some Rocky Mount residents have water once again.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rocky Mount/Friday;]

Portions of the Franklin Heights subdivision had been without water since early Monday.
Contractors had been installing a new public water system and believe a leak during the hookup caused the problem.
Crews found and repaired the leak Friday night and the water was flowing again a short time later.
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[SOT 14:16:59]
[IN Q=I'm going to]
((EARNESTINE ARRINGTON/RESIDENT: I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME WATER ON RESERVE SO IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND I AM SURE IT WILL, WORKING ON THESE WATER LINES THROUGH HERE, I FEEL LIKE IT WILL BE OFF AGAIN, JUST WHEN I DON'T KNOW.))
[SUPER=01-Earnestine Arrington/Resident]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=I don't know]
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[VO-NAT]

At one time, more than a hundred residents were without water during the week.
The move from a private water system to a public one should be completed by July.
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[11Warner-Tolls]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=02-05 TC-1:21:49]
[GRAPHIC=Gov. Warner]
Governor Mark Warner has signed legislation that could pave the way for tolls on commercial vehicles that will raise money to widen Interstate 81.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
Governor Warner says the sooner Interstate 81 is widened, the safer it will be for all motorists. The bill authorizes the Virginia Department of Transportation to work with private companies. One such group, called Star Solutions, has proposed widening the interstate to eight lanes. It would separate passenger and commercial truck traffic. Under the plan, truckers who use the road would also be charged a toll to help pay for the road.
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[anchor=Marya]
[GRAPHIC=Warner]

Governor Warner also signed legislation yesterday making it illegal to burn an object, such as a cross in order to intimidate.

[Drought]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sun. a.m.]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Drought]

It's being called the worst drought in nearly 70 years.
All over the nation, citizens are facing water restrictions and many businesses are suffering.
Randall Pinkston has more on how states are working to strike a balance.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The dry fountain]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY; :10]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Dougherty/Frederick Mayor; :47]
[SUPER=01-Walt Wicklein/Nurseryman; 1:07]
[SUPER=01-Randall Pinkston/Reporting; 1:32]
[RUNS=1:52]
[OUT Q=CBS News, NY.]
((THE DRY FOUNTAIN IN NEW YORK CITY'S LINCOLN CENTER TELLS THE STORY. SO DO THE LOW RESERVOIR LEVELS. IT'S BEING CALLED THE WORST DROUGHT SINCE THE DUST BOWL OF THE 1930'S.

(SOT: GOVERNOR PARRIS GLENDENING)
"The state has a very significant rain deficit."
NARR: MARYLAND- IS TWELVE INCHES SHORT OF WATER AND IT'S NOT ALONE. MOST OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD IS DRY. MAINE IS ASKING TO BE DECLARED A DISASTER AREA...GEORGIA FARMERS ARE BEING PAID NOT TO IRRIGATE TO KEEP RIVERS FLOWING...FORESTS IN FLORIDA ARE MATCHSTICK DRY.

(DIZ FREDERICK FOUNTAIN)

AND THERE'S LITTLE WATER FLOWING IN FREDERICK, MARYLAND, EITHER. THE CITY'S AN HOUR FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL, AND HAS BEEN GROWING BY 30% A YEAR. NOW THERE' S A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING . THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH WATER TO SERVICE THE NEW HOMES.

SOT: (FREDERICK MAYOR JENNIFER DOUGHERTY)
"The difficulty is, we don't have the ability to make water! we only have the ability to draw water!"
NARR: THE DROUGHT'S THREATENING MARYLAND'S HUGE HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY. NURSERIES, GARDEN CENTERS AND LANDSCAPERS GENERATE 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN SALES. WALT WICKLEIN'S FAMILY STARTED THEIR NURSERY A HALF CENTURY AGO.

SOT: (WALT WICKLEIN/ NURSERYMAN)
We are very concerned about any kind of restrictions that would affect our ability to grow and deliver plant material."
NARR: THE NURSERYMEN APPLAUD THE NEW RULES ORDERING A 10% REDUCTION IN WATER USE. BUT WICKLEIN WORRIES THAT DIRE WARNINGS OF DROUGHT WILL SCARE AWAY CUSTOMERS.

(SOT: WICKLEIN)
"THE PUBLIC CAN BECOME CONCERNED WITH JUST THE TERM "WATER RESTRICTIONS" AND THEN BE AFRAID TO PURCHASE PLANT MATERIAL THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY DO."
ON CAM: STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE STRESSING THAT SO FAR THERE IS NO DANGER OF RUNNING OUT OF DRINKING WATER. THE RESTRICTIONS THEY'RE ORDERING NOW ARE MEANT TO KEEP WATER SUPPLIES AS FULL AS POSSIBLE...FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
NARR: AFTER ALL, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RAINY APRIL...AND AS THE SUNNY DAYS ROLL BY...THE RIVERS ARE GROWING THIRSTY. RANDALL PINKSTON, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.))
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[Profile-Open]

[ANCHOR=Jacey]
[NEWSCAST=Sun-AM]
[WRITER=]
[TAPE#=Va. Profile]
[GRAPHIC=Va. Profile]

The Maple Leaf Bakery plant in Roanoke contains the world's largest bread line.
The company recently poured a hundred thousand dollars into its latest addition earmarked strictly for education... all in the name of better bread.
They call it bread school, and in this week's Virginia Profile, we sent Jennifer Miele to get a good breaducation.

[SOT]
[IN Q=animation]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=stop animation]

[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]

[Bakery-Profile]

[ANCHOR=Jacey]
[NEWSCAST=sun am]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=Virginia Profiles]
[GRAPHIC=wipe]

[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=On my first day of]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;:06]
[SUPER=01-Al Sautner/Plant Manager;:22]
[SUPER=@jennifer1;1:33]
[RUNS=1:54]
[OUT Q=JM News 7 Roanoke.]

(( On my first day of bread school, I was amazed at what was going on in the Roanoke facility.
In Maple Leaf's hundred thousand dollar education center, employees learn how to create recipes, tastes and textures that penetrate the world's bread market.
From the class room we mix into the plant. [15:10:57] ((AL SAUNTER: WE'RE ABLE TO MIX DOUGH FASTER THAN ANY BAKERY THAT IS PUTTING IN EQUIPMENT OR DOING THIS )) [RUNS05]
These things churn out a batch every six minutes... it used to take a half hour. [15:11:04] ((THIS PARTICULAR BREAD IS GARLIC BREAD WE'LL BE PRODUCING.)) [RUNS03] [TC:15:13:36] ((EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WILL RUN 25 HUNDRED POUND OF DOUGH PER HOUR.)) [RUNS03]
That dough takes the shape of loaves and is checked randomly for proper weight. [15:16:39] ((SO WE PUT TOGETHER A GARLIC PULL APART BREAD, SHOWED IT TO WAL MART STORES AND THE ORDERS HAVE COME THROUGH. NOW WE HAVE OVER 20 THOUSAND CASES OF ONE PRODUCT JUST FOR WAL MART.)) [RUNS10]
Notice there aren't many people manning the lines?
That's because this is state-of-the art equipment, the first of its kind, and it's being tested right here in Roanoke.
I'd say it's churning out some well-risen dough. [15:22:31] ((TWO HOURS AFTER THE PRODUCT ENTERS THE PROOF BOX, IT COMES OUT AND GOES DIRECTLY TO THE ROBOT CUTTER WHERE IT MAKES THE FINAL CUTS BEFORE GOING INTO THE OVEN.)) [RUNS09]
20 minutes in the oven. A few hours in the freezer... [tc:15:27:35] ((THE PRODUCT EXITS THE FREEZER, GOES THROUGH A BREAD DEPANNER, THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR, PACKED OUT TO SALE.)) [RUNS09] [STAND UP] [TC:15:29:03] ((JENNIFER MIELE/REPORTING: AS PART OF THEIR EXCELLENT BREADUCATION, MAPLE LEAF BAKERY EMPLOYEES ARE ASKED TO COME IN HERE AND SEE HOW PRODUCTS ARE RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED... TAKE IT TO THE OVEN.)) [RUNS12] [00:01:02] ((AND IT'S A GOOD THING I WENT TO MAPLE LEAF BREAD SCHOOL, BECAUSE THIS BREAD IS HEADED TO A SUB SHOP IN CINCINNATI.))

[runs05]
Jennifer Miele, News 7, Roanoke.))
[GO STRAIGHT TO BUMP] [2-Birthdays 4/8/02 Monday]
Birthdays

[SUPER=130-13/Kristen Pullen/Clifton Forge;]

[SUPER=130-51/Chester Rymer, Jr./Rocky Mount;]

[SUPER=130-10/Ashlyn Gibson/Roanoke;]

[SUPER=130-12/James Jefferson/Roanoke;]

[SUPER=130-2/Anna Dunford/Draper;]

[SUPER=130-/Dorothy Eppley/Salem;]

No picture
The note says "Breet", so that's what I went with
[SUPER=131-10/Breet Drivers/Salem;]

[SUPER=131-51/Henry Baldwin/Roanoke;]
[SUPER=131-31/Vanetta Delp/Galax;]