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[SUPER=@Jacey1;]
Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning.......
Two people are in the hospital this morning after a fire ignites in thier home -
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And more pipe bombs are found in mailboxes - this time in Nebraska....
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[Westover-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
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[WRITER=jen]
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An early morning fire sent two people to the hospital.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/This Morning]
Flames destroyed this house on the 19-hundred block of Westover Avenue this morning.
Two residents were inside when the fire started - one of which is seriouly injured.
A local business owner was working in her store next door when she discovered the fire.
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[IN Q=I heard screaming..]
[SUPER=01-Maria Angela/Grandin Gold Closet]
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The Roanoke Fire Department responded to the call a little before 5:30.
The cause is still under investigation.
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[Henry-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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A Bassett man is found dead lying outside a residence.
48-year old Clifford Daniel Jamison was discovered outside a home on New Hope drive with a gunshot wound.
Authorities are now searching for 20-year old Frank Tyrone Ziglar of Martinsville.
Ziglar is wanted for first degree murder, use of a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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[TAKE FS]
Anyone with information is asked to call the Henry County Sheriff's Department at 276-638-8751.
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[Pipe-Bomb]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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The FBI is trying to determine if there is any connection between the explosive devices found in mailboxes in several different states.
Yesterday six pipe bombs were discovered in mailboxes in Nebraska and on Friday several devices were found in Illinois and Iowa.
Laura Shelton has the latest.
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[IN Q=someones delivering more than]
[SUPER=03-Omaha, NE; :00]
[SUPER=01-Weysan Dun/FBI Special Agent; :14]
[SUPER=01-Mike Johanns/Nebraska Governor; :53]
[SUPER=01-Laura Shelton/Reporting; 1:02]
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[ANCHOR=Joy]
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That was Laura Shelton reporting.
[Radford-University]
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The weather wasn't able to drown out the pomp and circumstance at several colleges in our region this weekend...
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U.S. Senator George Allen addressed more than 15-hundred graduates at Radford University yesterday.
The events of September 11th and how the world has changed since then, were a major theme of the Senator's speech.
He also urged the graduates to work to improve their lives and the lives of others.
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[SOT 7:03:10]
[IN Q=Most of the world]
((SENATOR GEORGE ALLEN: MOST OF THE WORLD DOES NOT ENJOY OUR FREEDOMS. THEY DON'T HAVE OUR COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET, THE HOUSING AND ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD IS EVEN A GRADUATE FROM A UNIVERSITY SO THEY ARE IN POSITIONS TO HELP OUT OTHERS.))
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[VO-NAT]
Many college grads fear they may need some help of their own.
Due to the economy, some worry they're facing the toughest job hunt in years.
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((JULIE GRANDEL/RADFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE: IT'S DEFINITELY A DOWN TIME RIGHT NOW AND BEING A RECENT GRADUATE IT'S NOT AN EASY THING NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE WORLD AND TRYING TO GET A JOB AT THE SAME TIME ITS A LITTLE NERVE-WRACKING.))
[SUPER=01-Julie Grandel/Radford University Graduate]
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[OUT Q=never wracking]
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[VO-NAT]
A recent report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers says college hiring nationwide will be down 20 percent from last year.
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[Roanoke-College]
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
The threat of rain forced Roanoke College to hand out diplomas at the beginning rather than the end, as is the usual tradition.
Successful Wall Street investor and Roanoke College alumnus John (Mole-HAIR-en) Mulheren was this year's commencement speaker.
He told the graduates not to worry about getting a job, saying everyone will get one and success is enjoying what you do.
His son Sandy was among the 312 graduates who received diplomas yesterday.
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[ANCHOR=Joy]
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The search for victims of last weeks flooding continues in far Southwest Virginia and West Virginia.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Grundy/Last Week]
Rescue workers resumed their search along Knox Creek in Buchanan County yesterday for people swept away in
severe flooding there.
One person is known dead, another feared dead and two others are unaccounted for.
Governor Warner is seeking disaster aid for ten Virginia communities hit hard by the flooding.
[SUPER=03-McDowell Co., WV]
Meanwhile in West Virginia, police and National Guard officers recovered the body of a 14-month-old girl lodged under a bridge at
Superior in McDowell County.
Five people have died in West Virginia since flash floods hit the area Thursday.
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A community stepping up to help a neighbor in need
[ANCHOR=Jacey]
Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning
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We'll talk with one man behind the efforts to make a terminally ill little boy's dreams come true.
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[Greenbrier-Bunker]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
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Ten years ago this month the world found out about a secret at The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia:
A bunker hidden underneath the hotel was designed to house Congress in the event of nuclear war.
In this week's Time Off, Shannon Young takes us to "Project Greek Island."
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[SUPER=01-Lynn Swann/The Greenbrier; :07]
[SUPER=03-White Sulphur Springs, WV; :20]
[SUPER=01-Linda Walls/The Greenbrier; :29]
[SUPER=01-Robert Conte/Historian; 1:23]
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[IN Q=This 25-tin blast door...]
((LYNN SWANN/THE GREENBRIER: THIS 25-TON BLAST DOOR IS AT THE WEST TUNNEL ENTRANCE TO THE BUNKER FACILITY. THE HINGES ON THIS DOOR WEIGH 15-HUNDRED POUNDS EACH ALLOWING IT TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED WITH ONLY 50-POUNDS OF PRESSURE. THE DOOR IS OF STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH FILLED CONCRETE.))
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Home sweet home, it's not.
But the 112-thousand square foot concrete bunker underneath the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia could have been a temporary home to the members of Congress and their support staff in case of nuclear emergency.
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[IN Q=There would have been about 1-thousand persons...]
((LINDA WALLS/THE GREENBRIER: THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT ONE THOUSAND PERSONS STAYING HERE SO, OF COURSE, THERE HAD TO BE PROVISIONS FOR THEM. WE HAVE SAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF OF FOOD THAT WERE HERE. THE FOOD WAS ACTUALLY STACKED FROM FLOOR TO CEILING. THERE WERE ENOUGH PROVISIONS TO SUSTAIN THE FACILITY FOR ABOUT 60-DAYS.))
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[OUT Q=sustain the facility for about 60-days.]
After a detour through a decontaminating shower, the bunker-bound would have been issued fatigues or overalls, under garments, shoes and toiletries, and then ushered to one of 18-dormitories.
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[IN Q=The beds would have been assigned...]
((LINDA WALLS: THE BEDS WOULD HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO SENIORITY. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HERE TOGETHER ALTHOUGH THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SEPERATED.))
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[OUT Q=would have been seperated.]
It's own power plant would have kept the 112-thousand square foot bunker self-sufficient.
The latest in technology would have allowed contact with the outside world and other relocation facilities.
For years, the covert operation of "Project Greek Island" sat at the ready.
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[IN Q=It was secret for well over 30-years...]
((ROBERT CONTE/THE GREENBRIER: IT WAS SECRET FOR WELL OVER 30-YEARS, THE CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE IN A CLASSIFIED MANNER IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ADDITION TO A WING. AND THEN, AS IT WENT ON IT WAS MAINTAINED IN SECRECY.))
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[OUT Q=it was maintained in secrecy.]
Until May 1992 when the Washington Post ran an article uncovering the bunker and its purpose.
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[IN Q=To me, one of the most stunning moments...]
((ROBERT CONTE: TO ME, ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREENBRIER TOLD US ABOUT THE ARTICLE. YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME OVER AT THAT MOMENT.))
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[OUT Q=could have knocked me over at that moment.]
The news compromised the operation and the government eventually broke its lease with the Greennbrier.
But the massive model of efficiency still stands as an example of government preparedness.
Since Christmas 1995, the hideaway Conte calls a concrete-box has been open for tours.
Shannon Young, News 7, White Sulphur Springs.))
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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning......
An early morning fire breaks out in a Roanoke home - trapping a man in the house and a woman on the roof.....
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And a businessman returns home from a trip that was literally out of this world.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[18th-St-Fire]
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[WRITER=jen]
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A suspected arson this morning killed a Roanoke woman.
Police and rescue personnel were called to the Hurt Park Housing Development on 18th street around four because smoke was seen coming from the residence.
The woman was found dead at the scene. Her two children were transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial and Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital.
Police are investigating this as a homicide.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Roanoke Police Department at 853-2517 or Crimeline at 344-8500.
[SUPER=16-853-2517/Roanoke Police Department]
[SUPER=16-344-8500/Crimeline]
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Ferrum College's Board of Trustees is considering a proposal that could replace it's historic farm museum with a grocery store.
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A major grocery chain has expressed interest in moving to the spot now occupied by the Blue Ridge Institute Farm Museum.
The museum allows visitors to experience life on an old homestead.
Three years ago, the school's Board of Trustees created a controversial plan to sell or lease half of the college's land to developers.
The grocery store -- said to be Food Lion -- is the first to show interest.
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((BEV FITZPATRICK/FERRUM COLLEGE: THERE'S A PASTORAL SETTING, SO WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE IS ... ARE THEY GOING TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT AND IF SO, ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE RESTRICTIONS THAT ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF CAMPUS.))
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[OUT Q=sense of campus.]
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[VO-NAT]
The college's land use plan calls for a golf course, a medical facility, shops and subdivisions.
Ferrum's Board of Trustees met yesterday and today in Charlottesville.
No word yet on whether it plans to pursue the food store.
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[Space-Station]
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[WRITER=jsu]
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While many people dream of a trip around the world, for one man his fantasy was a trip to outer space.
And he paid a reported 20-million dollars to make it happen.
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[VO-NAT]
28 year-old Mark Shuttleworth returned back to earth today after traveling to space on a Russian craft.
As a souvenir for his trip, the Internet businessman bought the space suit he flew in and the capsule.
He is the world's second space tourist.
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[ANCHOR=Joy]
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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning
Tasty treats were tempting tastebuds all over downtown Roanoke This weekend -
[ANCHOR=Jacey]
and
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A baseball legend hangs up his cleets as his alma mater retires his jersey...
But first if you are traveling today........
[Jacey ad-lib the travel forecast -- WX PRO]
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[ No 2-shot toss go straight to Travel Bump]
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[Chili-Cookoff]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
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[WRITER=jus]
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Roanoke played host to some of the hottest stuff around this weekend...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
More than twenty thousand people turned out for the 23rd annual Virginia State Championship Chili Cook Off.
Visitors got the chance to sample different chili recipes from more than forty groups, including one from WDBJ-7.
Money raised from the event helps fund programs at the Greenvale School in Roanoke.
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((SANDRA CARROLL/ORGANIZER: ALL THE MONEY GO TOWARDS TO THE GREENVALE SCHOOL'S CHILDREN SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THIS PROVIDES TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE SLIDING FEE SCALE SO THAT DAYCARE IS AFFORDABLE TO THIS YOUNG WORKING FAMILIES.))
[SUPER=01-Sandra Carroll/Organizer]
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[VO-NAT]
The first place winner took home a thousand dollars.
That group will now compete in the international championship to be held later this year in Reno, Nevada.
The public also got the chance to vote for its favorite chili recipe.
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[Strawberry-Festival]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
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And for those with a sweeter disposition -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The 22nd annual Strawberry Festival took place in Elmwood Park.
More than ten thousand people came out for strawberry shortcake, ice cream sundaes and live entertainment.
The two day festival is a fundraiser every year for Community School in Roanoke.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Money all goes towards]
((LAURIE BECK/FESTIVAL ORGANIZER: MONEY ALL GOES TOWARDS HELPING COMMUNITY SCHOOL. WE GET NEW FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN, STRENGTHEN OUR FACILITIES, MAKE THEM BETTER, NEW MATERIALS, SCHOLARSHIPS TUITION ASSISTANCE.))
[SUPER=01-Laurie Beck/Festival Organizer]
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[OUT Q=tutition assistance]
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[VO-NAT]
This event raised more than fifty thousand dollars last year.
Nearly 200 volunteers helped clean and slice the berries, as well as bake the more than 11-thousand shortcakes.
All that work usually begins a month before the festival.
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[Oates]
[ANCHOR=Joy]
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[WRITER=jus]
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A baseball legend with local ties may be out of the game... but he's still scoring a major league victory.
Johnny Oates is now the first Hokie alumni to have his jersey retired.
As Justin McLeod reports, its what's happening to Oates off the diamond that could be his toughest opponent.
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[SUPER=01-Jason Bush/Virginia Tech Baseball Player; 1:25]
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