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Coming up on News 7-
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Two Rocky Mount girls could be returned to their parents despite living in conditions one official described as "abysmal". Plus, the Advance Auto employee shot last week releases a statement expressing concern for his attacker's family. And local students salute the flag with one of their own.
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News 7 is next.
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A Rocky Mount couple is accused of keeping their 3-year-old daughter in a cage.
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Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
Jean is off tonight.

[Franklin-Abuse]


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The couple is charged with felony child neglect, after deputies found the girl in a bunk bed turned makeshift prison.
Marya Jones has more.
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[SUPER=03-Rocky Mount; :00]
[SUPER=01-Heather Ferguson/Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney; :16]
[SUPER=01-Rose Yopp/Mother; :44]
[SUPER=@Marya2; 1:06]
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[OUT Q=MJN7, Franklin County.]

(( Trash bags are piled outside the Rocky Mount mobile home where sheriff's deputies say they found two little girls living in squalor.
They say a 3-year-old was kept caged in a makeshift cell -- a door bolted across the lower bunk of a bed she shared with her 6-year-old sister.
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[SOT 17:59:39 - :52]

((HEATHER FERGUSON/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: THE SIX YEAR OLD INDICATED TO OFFICERS THAT SHE WAS LET OUT OCCASIONALLY. THEY KEPT HER IN THERE MOST OF THE TIME ... THAT WAS WHERE SHE ATE HER MEALS ... SHE HAD A DIAPER THAT APPEARED NOT TO HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN A LONG TIME. SO IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW LONG SHE WAS KEPT IN THERE.)) [RUNS:13]
Charles William Yopp and his wife, Rose, are charged with felony child neglect.
Their daughters are now being cared for by relatives.
Rose Yopp told News-7 she misses her children and did NOT abuse them.
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[SOT 17:51:23 - :28]

((ROSE YOPP/MOTHER: I AIN'T GOT ANYTHING TO HIDE ... USE AGAINST ME IN COURT.)) [RUNS:05]
Authorities say they went to the house on an anonymous tip... only to find the interior covered in trash, roaches and human waste.
They say the youngest girl was malnourished, couldn't talk and had severe diaper rash.
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[SOT 17:59:53 - :58]

((HEATHER FERGUSON/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: SHE HAD DIFFICULTY WALKING. IN FACT, WHEN THE OFFICERS TOOK HER OUT OF THE BOTTOM BUNK, SHE WAS UNABLE TO WALK ON HER OWN.)) [RUNS:05]
Prosecutors say the children are doing better now.
But they still COULD be returned to their parents custody after a trial this summer.
Felony child neglect carries a sentence of up to 5 years.
Marya Jones, News-7, Franklin County.))

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There are more details about the shooting last Friday that left one person dead and sent another to the hospital.


Authorities have identified the former Advance Auto employee who shot her supervisor and then killed herself. And tonight, Marvin Schwandt, the man who was wounded, stepped forward with a statement.
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Investigators say 36- year- old Trevious (TREE-vee-us) Baldwin was fired last Tuesday. She was first spotted around noon Friday letting the air out of a car tire. When the owner of the vehicle went out to check on the car, police say Baldwin approached him and opened fire. She then turned the gun on herself.
Today, members of Baldwin's family were putting her affairs in order at the Bedford County home she had recently purchased. And they were trying to make sense of something they never would have imagined.
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[SOT 17:09:10]
[IN Q=I just want people to know]

((JACKIE BALDWIN/TREVIOUS BALDWIN'S SISTER: I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO LOVES ANIMALS YOU KNOW IS NOT A PERSON THAT IS VIOLENT. OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS STRESSED OUT.))
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Born and raised in Detroit, Baldwin worked in the Information Technology Department at Advance for almost two years.
She'd celebrated her birthday the day before she was fired.
Family members believe she was upset with her termination and the prospect of losing her home.
But they add, that cannot justify what happened on Friday.
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Baldwin's supervisor is recovering in a local hospital and tonight Marvin Schwandt issued a written statement. He said he and his family are shocked and saddened by Friday's events.
"We have no answers," Schwandt wrote, "only grief and pain, and can only stand on our foundation of faith to get through this situation."
He expressed concern and sympathy for Baldwin's relatives, and asked for continued prayers and good wishes for both families.


[D'ville-Shooting]


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State police are looking into whether three Danville police officers were justified when they shot and killed a man over the weekend.
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67- year- old Rennie Hunt died after a three-hour standoff inside his home on North Main Street.
Police say Hunt had taken his girlfriend hostage and that they believed her life was in danger when they stormed the apartment.
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((NEAL MORRIS/DANVILLE POLICE CHIEF: IN A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME SORT OF ATTACK THAT WOULD CAUSE THE OFFICERS TO FEAR THAT THEY WERE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING THEIR LIFE OR RECEIVING A SERIOUS INJURY. IT COULD BE THE POLICE OFFICERS OR THE CITIZEN.))
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[OUT Q=or the citizen.]
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All three officers... Michael G. Ford, Virgil T. Brown and Dennis Haley.. are on paid administrative leave while state police investigate.
They should be finished within a week.
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A woman was struck and killed by a tree blown over by high winds in Roanoke this afternoon.
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The victim was helping a crew from Aztec Rental set up several large tents for an event to be held tomorrow. The crew was trying to keep the tents from blowing away, when an 80-foot sycamore fell on Angelique Baker of Troutville.
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((TRAVIS DEWEESE/AZTEC RENTAL WORKER; ANGELIQUE, SHE WAS ONE OF OUR GUY'S WIFE. SHE HELPED US EVERY NOW AND THEN. I DIDN'T WORK WITH HER EVERY DAY.))
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[OUT Q=with her everyday.]
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The 21-year old was prounced dead at the scene. Two other victims were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. Aztec had been helping prepare for Carilion employee recognition day in Roanoke. A similar, smaller event was being held for Carilion employees in Radford. The same line of storms hit there about an hour before it got to Victory Stadium.
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[SOT 8:25:25]
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((STEVE WILLIAMS/CATERER; FOOD HOLDING BOXES TURNED OVER. IT WAS A MESS, LOOKED LIKE A SMALL TORNADO HIT OR SOMETHING.))
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That event went on as planned although the party in Roanoke scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed.

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A fast-moving brush fire has scorched at least 500 acres in a California suburb.
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The fire is burning near homes in Orange County.
The Sheriff's Department says some people are leaving their homes, primarily to give firefighters easier access.
Air tankers and helicopters are dropping fire retardant and water.
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A cloud of smoke sat over parts of Texas this morning after an explosion at an oil refinery. As firefighters worked to put out the blaze at the Shell Oil Refinery thick smoke could be seen for miles. Officials say the fire is now under control. The explosion was sparked in a section of the building that makes ethylene which is used in products such as plastics and detergents. Investigators have not yet determined the cause. There are no reports of injuries.
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[Police-Memorial]


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Police Officers who paid the ultimate price while on the job are being honored this week. More than 20-thousand fallen officers were tonight remembered during a candlelight vigil in Washington DCTERMS. Aleen Sirgany reports.
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[SUPER=01-John Clarke/Port Authority; :33]
[SUPER=01-William Corcoran/Ridge Wood Police Chief; :46]
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((THE SOUNDS OF SADDNESS ECHOED THROUGH THE STREETS DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAME TO THE NATION S CAPITAL TO HONOR POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
(SOT)TOM RIDGE/HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE DEADLIEST YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT HISTORY. TWO HUND

RED THIRTY POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THIS YEAR, SEVENTY TWO OF THE THEM WERE LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
(S0T) TC14:35:57 :09 JOHN CLARKE/PORT AUTHORITY It s been a hard road for everybody, does it ever get any easier, I don

t think so, hopefully with time it will.
(SOT) CHIEF WILLIAM CORCORAN/RIDGE WOOD POLICE DEPT. I am honored, I m taken back, I mean these officers made the ultim

ate sacrifice, I am honored, I'm taken back, I mean these officers made the ultimate sacrifice. THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED BACK IN 1991 AND THE NAME OF EVERY SINGLE STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICER WHO HAS DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY HAS BEEN PLACED HERE.
(SOT) bertha durate/brother in law killed He was serving a warrant, guy turns around and shoots him

JASON LOPEZ WAS A ROOKIE COP WHEN HIS LIFE CAME TO A TRAGIC END LAST YEAR. HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN.
(SOT) CORINA LOPEZ TC14:53:25 :09 my three year old always asks for him and I don t know how to explain to them he s no

t coming back. WHILE THEY WILL NEVER BE BACK, THEIR LOVED ONES SAY THESE POLICE OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL LIVE IN THEIR HEARTS FOREVER. AS, CBSNEWS, WASH.))
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Governor Warner's economic Strike Force is moving into Southwest Virginia.
FInd out who it will help when News 7 returns.
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Plus, you probably already know how many Israelis feel about Yassar Arafat...
But you may be surprised by what some Palestinians are saying about him.
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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 52nd annual B'nai B'rith awards honor some special young adults. This young man picks up a $10 thousand dollar scholarship, and Roy Stanley's family picks up an honor for him tonight in his hometown of Wytheville.

Plus, Jeff says he is staying put and we can only hope Hawpe does the same tonight on the Big 7.))[Arafat]


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Yasir Arafat ventured outside Ramallah today... for the first time since December... to survey the damage done to Palestinian cities by the Israeli invasion.
As Kimberly Dozier reports, his leadership is being criticized not only by the Israelis, but also by some Palestinians.
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((A warm welcome, but a small turnout, for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, as he toured parts of the West Bank hit hard by Israel s last military incursion. (incursion file) Beneath the cheers, a growing question: now that we ve surv
ived this, what will you do for us? (SOT Dr. Mahdi Abdel Hadi, Passia, 02:28) I see him trying, under pressure of the s

ociety, to take into consideration, the need for rebuilding the Palestinian home. (file-rebuilding, cleaning Ramallah?) But not the way it was before Palestinian officials admit their government is in some areas corrupt, and in almost all areas, inefficient and disorganized. (Dozier/Amer cutaway) Nabeel Amer just resigned his ministerial position, when Ar
afat tried to delay what he says are crucial reforms. (SOT Nabeel Amer, former Palestinian parliamentary spokesman 03:0

9) I think he got the message, and he will do something. (Ramallah streets) He d better do it fast, if he wants to keep his support here. (on-cam Ramallah 27:35) Everyone from the Israeli Prime Minister to American president has been calling for changes in Palestinian government, but Yasser Arafat might be surprised to find some of his harsher critics are here, from his own back yard. (vox pops) (15:24) He should reconsider his policy. He should take a lesson from what has happened here. (17:13) We want a change of everything in our government, in our lives. (Jerusalem Report cutaway) Isr
aelis say the problem is Arafat himself. (SOT David Horovitz, editor & publisher, The Jerusalem Report 16:10) The effor

t now is to have him stay on as some kind of figurehead, and really persuade other Palestinians that he has not been useful to his people s interests, and that opportunity for compromise is being missed (more gvs?) The Palestinians may not take too much convincing. The Palestinian legislative council is already talking about adding a Prime Minister, with
power equal to the president. (SOT Nabeel Amer, former Palestinian parliamentary spokesman 03:09) (10:30) If the legisl

ative council decides we need a prime minister, why not? (Arafat today pic) If he doesn t listen to his ministers, he ll have to answer to his people. KD, CBS News, Ramallah ))

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A mostly white jury will decide the fate of a former Klan member charged with bombing a church and killing four young black girls in Alabama 39 years ago.
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Bobby Cherry is accused of helping fellow Klansmen plant a powerful bomb outside Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. The site was popular among demonstrators seeing an end to segregation. If he's convicted, the 71-year-old Cherry could face life in prison.
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((RODGER BASS/CHERRY'S ATTORNEY: HE'S ALWAYS CLAIMED HIS INNOCENCE. HE'S NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM HIS INNOCENCE OTHER THAN IN AN INDICTMENT WHERE YOU SAY NOT GUILTY.))
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Cherry is the third man to stand trial in connection with the crime. One was convicted in 1977 and died in prison. Another was convicted last year.
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[Strike-Force]


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Governor Warner's Economic Crisis Strike Force is setting up shop in Smyth County.
The governor says the strike force will open a relief center in Marion by June 10th.
Residents will get help with job searches, healthcare and childcare.
Nearly a thousand jobs have been lost in the area over the last several months.
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Click it or get a ticket... that's the word from one area police department.
Find out what the officers mean next on News 7.
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Plus a rough landing for a mountain biker out to set a world record.
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[Seat-Belts]


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Having a driver's license can make a teenager feel ten feet tall.. Lynchburg police want to make sure it doesn't land them six feet under.
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Officers today delivered a coffin to E.C. Glass High School as a reminder of what can happen to people who don't buckle up or drive safely.
Student organizers filled the casket with safe driving literature and a mirror to help students picture themselves inside.
Police will be holding seat belt and traffic safety checkpoints around the city's two high schools over the next few weeks.
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[Bike-Crash]


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A French cyclist attempting to break his own record ended up breaking some bones.
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[SUPER=03-Cerro Negro, Nicaragua;]

Eric Barone attempted to break his own record at a sand-covered volcano in Nicaragua yesterday. But it didn't happen...
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Instead his bike broke in two and sent him tumbling down the volcano. Barone walked away with broken bones and severe bruises. In 2001 he broke the record for mountain biking by traveling down the same volcano at 81 miles per hour.
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It's Awards night here on the Big 7 as we honor this year's B'nai B'rith winners, a golf scholar and our own Roy Stanley.
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[SUPER=03-Martinsville/April 14; :00]

First in tonight's Extra Point - South Boston native Jeff Burton says he is staying put at Roush racing. He has been rumored to have been ready to leave Roush and join up with Rick Hendrick to drive the 25 car vacated by Jerry Nadeau. Burton says forget it. He's staying right where he is.
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The B'nai B'rith athletic and achievement awards banquet was held at the Wyndham Hotel last night. Steve Mason and photographer Brent Watts have the envelopes with the winners.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Steve Wojciechowski/Duke Assistant Basketball Coach; :18]
[SUPER=01-Jared White/Artie Levin Personal Life Award Winner; :43]
[SUPER=01-Tom Hagan/B'nai B'rith Overall Male Winner; 1:00]
[SUPER=01-Lauren Davis/B'nai B'rith Overall Female Winner; 1:17]
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((Salem's Nick Schmitt, Cave Spring's Tom Hagan, Lord Botetourt's Jared White and Amber Graham and Craig County's Heather St. Clair, just a few of the 30 student athletes that made up arguably the most star studded Cast of B'nai B'rith recipients. They would listen to a coach on the rise in Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski. ((:))
To make the appearance, the guest speaker flew in on the red eye from the Nike camp in Las Vegas. If one gambled on Botetourt's star receiver winning the Artie Levin Personal Life Award for outstanding community service, jackpot. ((:))
Hagan received the overall male B'nai B'rith award. In addition to staring in baseball, football and basketball he is one of Cave Spring's 2002 Valedictorians. ((:)) Franklin County's Lauren Davis, a 4.05 GPA student who played softball and basketball, is recovering from knee surgery. Winning eased her pain.)) ((:)) ((:))

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Yesterday evening another young man picked up some serious scholarship cash as William Byrd's Adam Phlegar was named the recipient of the prestigious "King Family Scholarship."
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Phlegar picked up a $10 thousand dollar scholarship from the good folks at Blue Hills. Adam has a three point five six grade point average and he wrestles, plays football and soccer. Plus, he spends a lot of time helping others.
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[SUPER=01-Adam Phlegar/King Family Scholarship Winner; :00]
[SUPER=01-Brenda King/King Family Scholarship Committee; :12]
[SUPER=01-Johnny King/King Fanily Scholarship Committee;:24]
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Phlegar's dad is a longtime member at Blue Hills and his grandfather has been a member there for 40 years.

[S-ROY]


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If you ever had the pleasure to meet or speak with our friend and colleague the "late" Roy Stanley Miller you know that Roy was passionate about many things including his hometown of Wytheville. Last night, the Wytheville Town Council paid tribute to Roy by adopting a resolution recognizing Roy's career and contributions to, not only Wytheville, but all of Southwest Virginia.
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Roy's wife Katie, his daughter Keisha, son Chris, father Roy Miller, Senior, and other family members were on hand at the meeting to receive framed copies of the resolution adopted in Roy's honor. Wytheville Town council decided to honor Roy with the resolution as a way of saying thank you for his 30 years of service to the area.
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[IN Q=The whole community...]
[SUPER=01-Wayne Sutherland/Town Manager & Roy's Former Classmate; :00]
[SUPER=01-Trent Crewe/Wytheville Mayor; :18]
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[OUT Q=...throughout Roy's life."]
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If you'd like to honor Roy, his family has asked that contributions be made to the Wytheville Training School cultural center located on Franklin Street in Wytheville. You can find more information by clicking on the "sports" link on our webpage, wdbj7.com.
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UVa lost to number one ranked Clemson last night on the diamond 5-to-3. Tyler Lumsden got his second start of the year and pitched six scoreless innings. He allowed just five hits and struck out six. Clemson coach Jack Leggett got his 800th career victory.

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The Salem Avalanche won its sixth straight game last night beating the Kinston Indians last night 15-to-1. The Avs got another big game from Brad Hawpe - who went 3 for 5 and scored 4 runs.
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[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]

Earlier yesterday he was named the Carolina League's player of the week for the second time this year. Hawpe leads the league in batting average, homeruns and runs batted in. The 23 year old former LSU star has helped put the Avs in first place in the Southern Division.
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[S-NHL]


[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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Finally tonight, the Carolina Hurricanes have advanced in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montreal, Canada/ESPN;:00]

Tonight the Canes went on an amazing tear scoring five times in the first period and eventually crushing the Montreal Canadiens 8-to-2 to win the series 4 games to two. Things were so bad, Montreal pulled its goalie with five and half minutes left.
[SUPER=31-Carolina/8/Montreal/2/Canes win 4-to-2;]

This is the first time ever Carolina has advanced to the conference finals.
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[WRITER=kar]
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Students at a Vinton Elementary school are finishing up a September 11th mural.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Vinton]


Mrs. Levine's fifth grade class has been working on their masterpiece for the past five months.
The three main colors of red, white and blue represent unity and patriotism during a tragic time.
With the help of Roanoke artist Judith Damon, a homemade dove will complete the mural.
When it's finished later this week, the mural will be displayed in the lobby of Herman L. Horn Elementary School.

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by SS