WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 04/30/02

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Coming up on News 7-
A bacteria there made students sick- but is that reason for a new high school? We'll hear what some peole think.
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The french judge at the center of the Olympic Ice Skating controversy is iced- out of her job for now.
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Plus WDBJ- digital begins tonight.
News 7 is next.

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More support tonight for building a brand new Jefferson Forest High school.
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[Jefferson-Forest]

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Debate is still swirling over what to do with the Bedford County school. Tonight-- a group of paid experts weighed in on the issue. Teresa Hamilton was there and has more.
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(( Jefferson Forest High school was built in the 1970's... and has recently endured its share of problems-- most notably when the stachybotrys bacteria was found inside the building. Since then, debate over what to do with the aging school has widened... But deciding whether to renovate Jefferson Forest or build a new school has been challenging.
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((WES GORDON/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN: IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND SERIOUS DECISIONS WE'VE GOT TO MAKE, I HAVE TO SAY I HAVEN'T MADE MY MIND UP YET.)) [RUNS06]
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To help with the decision-- the Bedford County school board and Board of Supervisors heard from a group of architects and engineers. The firm Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern recommend constructing a new building... an idea supported by many in the audience.
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((NAN CARMACK/PARENT: A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY PARENTS MADE AN EFFORT TO GET OUT TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT AND KNOW THAT WE'RE THE ONES TO REAP THE BENEFIT OF THE CURRENT HARD WORK.)) [runs10]
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Renovating Jefferson Forest would cost about 37- million dollars.... While it would cost about 43- million to construct a new building. But those who have to make the decision say it won't be easy.
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(( TALBOT HUFF/SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER: YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE REST OF THE COUNTY AND ALSO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO BRICK AND MORTAR WHEN WE NEED TO PUT MONEY INTO TEACHER'S SALARIES, SUPPLIES AND THINK HAVING DO WITH EDUCATION.)) [runs13]
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The school board will meet again on May 23rd to discuss the firm's recommendation in greater detail. But a date for a final decision has NOT yet been determined. Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Bedford. ))

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WDBJ-DT is on the air.
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We started broadcasting a digital signal on Channel 18 at about 8:15 tonight.
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About 70 percent of the nation's t-v stations will miss the deadline mandated by the Federal Communications Commission .
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[SCV-Plates]

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Still no word from Attorney General Jerry Kilgore- when it comes to Confederate license plates.
Kilgore's considering an appeal to the federal ruling that allows a plate for the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
He was expected to announce his decision this evening.
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The General Assembly approved the plate three years ago...but specifically said NO Confederate flag logo could go on it.
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling yesterday declaring the restriction unconstitutional.
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[Storm-Cleanup]

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One and half million dollars- That's how much damage the city of Bedford had from Sunday's tornado.
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A total of 23 homes and 58 businesses were hit as the storm tore through the center of town Sunday night.
The local Ford dealership had one of the biggest losses- Cars were flipped and windows smashed.
Other businesses had their roofs peeled back or facades ripped off.. but things are returning to normal.
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((SCOTT SMITH/DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: THESE OLD BUILDINGS WEATHERED IT PRETTY WELL... READY FOR BUSINESS.))
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Authorities say "a half dozen" buildings were destroyed or suffered enough major damage that they may have to be condemned.
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[Leyva]

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After 14 years in prison, the child- molesting preacher is back in Roanoke. Pentecostal minister Tony (LAY-va) Leyva got out of prison this morning and returned to Roanoke.
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It's been 14 years since he was convicted of sodomizing young boys. He served the maximum sentenced under the old rules-- before parole was abolished. (Lay-va) Leyva had been tried in state and federal courts in the Roanoke Valley. He was released from Brunswick Prison, this morning, where state parole officers met the pastor and escorted him back to Roanoke. The case dates back to the mid- 1980's when Leyva was leading revivals in Virginia and running a child prostitution ring on the side. State probation and parole officials say he'll be under intensive supervision, wearing an electronic monitoring device. He plans to live at the Jefferson Lodge in downtown Roanoke, until he can find a job and a permanent home
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[Missing-Kid]

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It's been six days since a toddler disappeared from a San Diego playground-
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and today the parents of the missing two-year-old pleaded for the public's help in finding him. (Ja-hee) Jahi Turner's mother asked that he just be brought home.
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((TAMEKA JONES/ MOTHER OF MISSING CHILD: YOU CAN JUST DROP HIM OFF AT A SAFE PLACE SO THAT SOMEONE THAT'S CARING CAN BRING HIM HOME TO US. WE DON'T CARE WHO THE PERSON IS, WE JUST WANT JAHI BACK.))
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Jahi's stepfather says that he left the child alone for 15-minutes while he went to go get a soda from a vending machine. Volunteers are helping police comb the area for any clues. And a website has been set up with his picture. The parents of Danielle Van Dam's have also been helping the toddler's parents cope with the situation.
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[Levy]

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It's been one year since Washington intern, Chandra Levy was last seen-
Her disappearance led to the end of Congressman Gary Condit's career- but so far there have been few leads in the case.
Teri Okita has the latest on the investigation from Washington.
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[SUPER=01-Charles Ramsey/Washington, DC Police Chief ; :15]
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((AFTER ONE LONG YEAR, STILL NO SIGN OF CHANDRA LEVY. NO NEW LEADS AND NO SUSPECTS IN A CASE THAT S STILL CLASSIFIED AS A MISSING PERSON , NOT A MURDER. Chief Charles Ramsey/D.C. Police: The leads that we were getting in early on, because of September 11th, it really started to dry up on us, because the public s attention began to focused on something else. TWO D-C POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CASE AS HAVE TWO F-B-I AGENTS AND A PAIR OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS HIRED BY THE LEVY FAMILY. BUT, AFTER INTENSE SEARCHES, THE TRAIL REMAINS AS COLD AS IT WAS THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED. Most people don t become "milk carton" adults. FORMER F-B-I AGENT, CLINT VAN ZANDT AN EXPERT ON CRIMINAL PROFILING DOESN T THINK LEVY IS MISSING. HE BELIEVES HER KILLER IS SOMEONE SHE KNEW. Clint Van Zandt/Profiler: Someone planned to kidnap, planned to murder Miss Levy. They had a pre-determined disposal site where they were going to take the body to, where they thought no one would find it. THERE ARE REPORTS FORMER CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN, GARY CONDIT, APPEARED, TWO WEEKS AGO, BEFORE A FEDERAL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING THE CASE. CONDIT SAW HIS POLITICAL CAREER GO UP IN FLAMES BECAUSE OF HIS AFFAIR WITH LEVY. BUT AFTER GIVING SEVERAL INTERVIEWS, PERSONAL RECORDS, A D-N-A SAMPLE, AND ALLOWING IS APARTMENT TO BE SEARCHED, POLICE CONTINUE TO SAY HE IS NOT A SUSPECT. Teri Okita/Reporting: Of course, the Levys want to keep hope alive offering a 200-thousand dollar reward for information but reality is setting in. Chandra s parents will be right here outside her apartment Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington.))

[Lotto-Winner]

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He won 59 million dollars in the big game lottery- but he says he'll still go to work.
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Jorge and Joanne Lopes (Low-ps) waited weeks to claim their big prize- They say they wanted to make sure their children were well protected first.
The New Jersey bar manager says he won't quit his job.
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((JORGE LOPES/BIG GAME WINNER: NO YOU GOT TO GO TO WORK. YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU CAN'T SIT AROUND AND GO FISH AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE FISH.. LAUGHS.))
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After taxes the couple takes home more than 40 million dollars- and they've hired a team of experts to tell them how to spend it.
Lopes let the machine randomly pick his winning numbers.
Another winner- a Georgia woman- claimed her prize the day after winning- and the owner of the third winning ticket sold in Illinois still hasn't stepped forward.
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Virginia's unemployment rate is on the way down... but that's not helping some communities in Southside.
That's still ahead on News 7.
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And the scandal that rocked the figure skating world now has two officials banned from the sport.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((Hey folks this is Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office as the Avs close out their three game set with the K-Tribe tonight at Salem memorial. Some big time sports memorabilia was up for auction tonight in the name of charity in North County. Jarrett Ferguson is keeping real despite being in the NFL. And Radford is preparing for the VHSL spring jubilee - details of their elaborate plans, plus an Iron Man performance

by Ricky Rudd tonight on the Big 7.))[Olympics]

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She's been iced as a judge.
The French Judge at the center of the Olympic figure skating scandal found out that she is not only suspended for the next thirty years- she's also banned from the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
Jennifer Miller has more.
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[SUPER=01-Ottavio Cinquanta/International Skating Union President; :00]
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((AFTER A TWO-DAY HEARING, INTERNATIONAL SKATING OFFICIALS RULED LE GOUGNE WAS GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT, AND LISTED THE EVENTS NOW OFF-LIMITS TO HER. OTTAVIO CINQUANTA/PRES., INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION: "ISU championships, international competitions, exhibitions, and all of ice events." LE GOUGNE BECAME THE FOCUS OF INTENSE SCRUTINY AFTER CANADIAN PAIR SKATERS AND CROWD FAVORITES, JAMIE SALE AND DAVID PELLETIER, WON THE SILVER. THE RUSSIANS -- ELENA BEREZHNAYA AND ANTON SIKHARUDLIDZE -- WON THE GOLD EVEN THOUGH THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS FLAWED. AT FIRST, LE GOUGNE ACCUSED HER FEDERATION CHIEF INTO PRESSURING HER INTO VOTINGAT FIRST, LE GOUGNE ACCUSED HER FEDERATION CHIEF INTO PRESSURING HER INTO V�X UNION FOR HARASSING HER INTO MAKING FALSE CLAIMS. MARIE-REINE LE GOUGNE/SUSPENDED FRENCH JUDGE: from 60 Minutes "I was so lost ... unable to think properly." LE GOUGNE CALLED THIS WEEK'S HEARINGS A MASQUERADE, AND IS VOWING TO APPEAL. AS FOR THE CANADIANS, THEY EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THEIR GOLD. AND ON TUESDAY, THEY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE RETIRING FROM AMATEUR SKATING ... TO FOCUS ON A PROFEESIONAL CAREER. JAMIE SALE/ "We're leaving on a great high and a positive note ..." SKATING OFFICIALS ARE NOW WORKING ON REFORMS IN THE JUDGING PROCESS ... TO PREVENT SUCH SCANDALS IN THE FUTURE. JENNIFER MILLER, CBS NEWS.))

[Echostar]

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A satellite television company in the New River Valley is celebrating an anniversary with new jobs.
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Tomorrow marks Echostar's second year in Christiansburg. They will hold a job fair from 7 am to 7 pm on Wednesday at the facility in the Falling Branch Industrial Park. Echostar wants to hire 3-hundred customer service representatives to its call center. Workers would provide technical support to satellite customers.
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((SHADD RING/ECHOSTAR DIR. OF OPERATIONS; WE CONTINUE TO GROW WE HAVE A 100-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY HERE RIGHT OFF OF 81 AND WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD EAGER PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A CAREER AND SO YEAH WERE CONSTANTLY HIRING UNTIL WE GET 2-THOUSAND EMPLOYEES IN THIS BUILDING.))
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12-hundred work at the facility.
To apply at Echostar you must have at least 18 and have a high school equivalency degree. Ring says shifts are flexible and pay begins at 8-50 an hour.
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[Unemployment]

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Virginia's unemployment rate fell to four percent last month, the lowest level since last September.
The Virginia Employment Commission attributes the drop to fewer temporary and permanent factory layoffs- along with mild weather that allowed outdoor work to resume earlier than usual.
Fairfax City had the lowest unemployment.
Seven communities reported double-digit jobless rates including Halifax, Henry and Patrick counties and the city of Martinsville.

[Trigon]

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Trigon Health Care says its customers won't notice a thing when it merges with another insurance company.
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Trigon plans to partner with Indianapolis-based Anthem Health Care sometime this year.
Trigon said today most members will receive a new insurance card in the mail, but not for at least another year.
Other than that, they likely won't see much difference.
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If the merger is approved, the combined companies will serve 10 million people.
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Last night we told you about some Beatles memorabilia that was being auctioned off today.
Still ahead on News 7, find out how much it went for and why one item was taken off the market.
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And she's a proud mother... but not of rotweiller pups.
These are fox cubs.
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[K-9]

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Roanoke City Police are celebrating another successful K-9 training program.
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The Department today graduated six officer-dog teams from Basic Police K-9 school. Included in the 12 week program are lessons in K-9 investigation techniques, patrol work, handler protection and health and legal issues.
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((OFFICER JOHN HOOVER/ROANOKE POLICE DEPT.: EACH DOG'S TRAINED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SOME ARE TRAINED IN PATROL WORK, NARCOTICS, SOME JUST DETECTION. WE HAVE ONE STRICTLY A NARCOTICS DETECTOR AND ONE'S STRICTLY AN EXPLOSIVE DETECTOR DOG.))
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((DEPUTY MICHAEL R. GARRETT/CAMPBELL CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE: SHE'S A STRICTLY NARCOTICS DOG. SHE'S TRAINED IN DETECTION OF NARCOTICS SO SHE SMELLS OUT THE ODOR OF DRUGS. SHE'S AN AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE DOG. SHE SCRATCHES TRYING TO GET TO THE ODOR.))
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Today's graduating teams are from Radford City, Virginia Tech, and Wise, Bedford and Campbell Counties.
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[Rotweiller-Foxes-]

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A fox in a hen house is not a good thing, but a fox in a dog house seems to work- at least that's what you could say in one situation.
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The foxes are not in the dog house- but they have a dog as their new mom.
Danka, the female rotweiller is the proud foster mom of four fox cubs.
At First the dogs owner thought the babies were kittens.. but soon she realized they're fox cubs.
They're not afraid of people or dogs- so they may not be able to go back into the wild- they would make easy prey.

For now they're happy being in the dog house.
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High school history is made on the diamond tonight, the Avs close out their series with Kinston. The Hornets advance, plus Jarrett Ferguson and Steve Mason on the Spring Jubilee.
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First in tonight's Extra Point - Ricky Rudd will tie Terry Labonte when he starts this week's Cup race in Richmond for the Iron Man honor. Saturday night's race will mark 655 straight starts for Rudd. He can break the mark in three weeks in the Coke 600. Now your scores.
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[S-Avs]

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The Avalanche closed out its 3 game series with Kinston last night by losing to the K-Tribe 8-to-7.
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The game also featured a wedding proposal. We think Desiree said yes. Salem's Jeff Winchester connects on this pitch and rips it to left field. Dan Conway and Edmund Muth come on home and the Avs come back to lead this thing 6-to-5 after falling behind 5-to-nothing. But the Indians would erupt again as Ryan Church hit one to second base. The runner leaving first is tagged out, but Maicer Izturis scores from third on the fielder's choice. And Kinston is back on top 8-to-6.
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That would turn out to be the game winner, as Salem would just one more run off Kevin Sullivan's shot to right. The Avs lose by one. They are off tonight.
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In one other baseball note - Grayson County's amazing Mountain Empire district winning run ended last night. Ft. Chiswell beat the Blue Devils 9-to-8 to end Grayson's 102 game district streak. Doug Tuck had 6 rbis. The last time Ft. Chiswell beat Grayson was 1991.

[S-NBA]

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In the N-B-A Playoffs, the Charlotte Hornets have advanced into the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals by taking the Magic out of Orlando in game four of their first round playoff series.
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Doc Rivers Magic was playing catch-up all night, trailing by 10 in the Fourth Quarter. Tracy McGrady did his part to keep the Magic close... burying this three pointer from the top of the key to cut the Charlotte lead to just five. McGrady finished with 35 points. But, the Hornets get nasty...Jamal Magliore lowers the boom on McGrady and picks up a flagrant foul in the process
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And, Baron Davis led the Hornets again with a triple-double scoring 29 points...the Hornets beat the Magic 102-to-85 to win the best-of-five series three games to one.
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[S-Charity]

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Some really nice sports memorabilia was auctioned off tonight at "Boomer's Deli" in North Roanoke County tonight.

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The annual event is geared to send all of the proceeds to the "Children's Miracle Network." Items such as an autographed Larry Bird jersey, a Mike Skinner autographed quarterpanel from the Kodak Chevy to a Tiki Barber autographed Giants helmet to signed Michael Vick items to Pat Moss prints were on the block. The auction raised just over $20 thousand dollars for the Children's Miracle Network.
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[S-Jubilee]

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The Virginia High School League's spring jubilee is coming to Radford later this spring. And while you may already know that, you probably aren't aware of all the unique preparations that are being made in anticipation of the athletes' arrival. Steve Mason has our story.
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[S-Ferguson]

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Virginia Tech fullback Jarrett Ferguson was a the seventh round pick in the NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills, but like those lottery winners he isn't wuitting his day job just yet.
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He returned from his first rookie camp in Buffalo this week to resume his physical education student teaching duties at Herman L.Horn elementary school where he teaches nine classes a day.
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The hardest part of teaching for Jarrett is learning the names of the 450 students. In addition to teaching, Ferguson is also trying to gain weight for the NFL.
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[Lennon-Update]

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Rare John Lennon recordings went to some high bidders in London today...
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The two cassette tapes went for a combined 195- thousand- dollars at Christie's Auction house. Specialists thought that the never released recordings would bring in over 225-thousand dollars. Also- Paul McCartney's handwritten notes for the song "Hey Jude" were supposed to have been auctioned off as well... but were taken off the lot late. McCartney said that the notes were stolen from his home. They were expected to go for 120-thousand dollars. (------------)