WDBJ 7 morning news for 06/02/02

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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning....... Two teenagers are back in a (POW-uh-TAN) Powhatan, juvenile facility this morning - after being on the run for more than twelve hours.....
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..And there's a royal jubilee at Buckingham Palace, as Britain's Queen celebrates 50 years on the throne We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.

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Two teens who escaped from a (POW-uh-TAN) Powhatan, juvenile facility yesterday are in custody this morning. Officials say the pair were on the run for more than 12 hours.
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[TAKE PINNACLE 1008 FS] State Police say around 2:30 yesterday morning, 17- year old Brian Dewayne Rogers of Norfolk and 17- year old Joel Gordon of Amherst, escaped from a building at the (BO-mont) Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Facility in (POW-uh-TAN) Powhatan County. A preliminary investigation shows they threw a blanket and jump suit over the razor wire, and climbed the outside fence.
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State police say the two stole a car nearby, and drove west. Authorities say Rogers and Gordon robbed a store in Bedford County around one o'clock before being apprehended in Appomattox County shortly before three following a police pursuit. Authorities say the teens were arrested without incident and a handgun was found in their vehicle.

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Rick Boucher will face some competition in his run for the 9th Congressional District. This weekend, republicans nominated Jay Katzen to run against the 10-time incumbent. And as Justin McLeod tells us, even the candidate himself admits this race will not be an easy one.

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Republicans here in the ninth district are singing a much happier tune these days.
For the first time in a long time, they believe they can win.
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((JIM FERREIRA/9TH DISTRICT CHAIRMAN: STANDARD REFLECTION ON IT WOULD BE IT IS VERY TOUGH BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A COOKIE CUTTER CAMPAIGN.))
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Campaigns are nothing new to Jay Katzen.
He spent eight years in the House of Delegates.
Last fall, he ran for Lt. Governor but lost to Tim Kaine.
Katzen recently moved to the ninth district and now hopes to become a Congressman.
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((JAY KATZEN/9TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE: THIS DISTRICT IS NOT THE SIZE OF NEW JERSEY BECAUSE ITS GAINING POPULATION, FOLK ARE LEAVING. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET WORK ELSE WHERE CAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IT HERE.))
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And it is here in the ninth district where Katzen promises to bring new jobs to the area.
He also wants to bring affordable health care as well as fight for a ban on partial birth abortion.
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((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: KATZEN IS RUNNING AGAINST THE INCUMBENT RICK BOUCHER WHO HAS HELD THAT OFFICE FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. THE LAST TIME BOUCHER HAD ANY REAL OPPOSITION WAS BACK IN 98 AND EVEN THEN HE WON BY MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND VOTES.))
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Republicans admit beating Boucher will be an uphill battle but believe they can win come November.
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((JAY KATZEN/9TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE: I SEE EVERY RACE AS AN UPHILL BATTLE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE COMPETITION COMES FROM AND I LOVE UPHILL BATTLES.))
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A battle Katzen has already won here in the ninth district.
Last November, he beat Tim Kaine by a little over four hundred votes.
Katzen realizes he'll probably need a much larger margin if he is going to beat Boucher this November.
Justin Mcleod, News 7, Wytheville. ))
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News 7 contacted Congressman Rick Boucher's office but a spokesperson declined to comment about the upcoming race.

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Senator John Warner won't be facing ANY democratic competition in his bid for a fifth term.
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The party's central committee decided there was no reason to run a candidate against the state's popular U-S senator.

This isn't the first time Virginia Democrats have given John Warner a free pass, nor was it a surprise. The Republican senator was unopposed in 19-90 when the party had no candidates up to the challenge. The last Democrat to face John Warner was Mark Warner, who lost by 5 percentage points in 19-96 but was elected governor last year.
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President George Bush rallied the nations future military leaders during a commencement speech yesterday at West Point Academy.
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((This nation respects and trusts our military. And we are confident in your victories to come))
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Bush told the cadets they must protect and preserve American freedom, at a time when terrorism puts it in jeopardy. He says those responsible for the September 11th attacks are waiting to strike again. But Bush says America must strike first to win the war on terrorism.
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((THIS WAR WILL TAKE MANY TURNS WE CAN'T PREDICT, BUT I AM SURE OF THIS. WHEREVER WE CARRY IT, THE AMERICAN FLAG WILL STAND NOT ONLY FOR POWER, BUT FOR FREEDOM))
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This is the first class to the graduate from the U-S Military Academy since 9/11.
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[Royal-Jubilee]

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth is celebrating 50 years on the throne.
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A star-studded classical concert kicked off the four days of celebrations for the 76-year old monarch. This is the first time she has opened the gardens of Buckingham Palace for such an occasion.
Giant screens broadcasts the event to an estimated 40-thousand people.
Over the next few days, Britons will hold street parties and set off fireworks to show their affection for the queen.
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Still to come on News 7 Sunday Morning....... It's said that history always repeats itself... and that may be proving true even in combat
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Coming up we'll take a look back at the Battle of Midway that changed the pace.. and outcome .. of Japan's attack on American soil and meet a Roanoke man who was in the midst of that fight.

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The terrorists who thought they would bring America to its knees on September 11th should have read some history.

The Japanese had the same idea when they bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, and for months after the attack they had the upper hand against U. S. forces in the Pacific.
Then, 60 years ago this week, the Battle of Midway changed the course of the war.
Our Newsreel today comes from the News 7 archives of 10 years ago. Ted Stone has the story of a war hero from Roanoke who was in the middle of the fight.
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In December 1941 as Japanese pilots began their flights to attack the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor, they had no way of knowing that most of them were doomed men, taking off from doomed ships.
Six months later, most of the carriers involved in the Pearl Harbor attack would be sunk in the Battle of Midway... and a U.S. Navy flier from Roanoke named Neville Ammen would be there when it happened.
Ammen was a dive bomber pilot on the aircraft carrier Yorktown. He had a pretty good idea what would happen if he ever dropped a bomb in combat. ((NEVILLE AMMEN/FORMER DIVE BOMBER PILOT: I HAD DIVE BOMBED, PRACTICING, AND IN FIVE DIVES AVERAGED 50 FEET FROM THE CENTER. 50 FEET.))
Ammen had used that accuracy in mid-May, 1942, in the Battle of the Coral Sea, near Australia. It was a battle that brought the Japanese their first significant loss of the war... when Ammen and other Navy pilots sank the aircraft carrier "Shoho." ((VOICE OF AMMEN: I WAS ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE TO DIVE, FROM ABOUT 15, 000 FEET. I DROPPED ONE BOMB, HAD A GOOD HIT. AS WE GOT AWAY FROM THE ACTION, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HAD SUNK, PERIOD.))
Ensign Ammen later received the Navy Cross for his role in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
But the Coral Sea fight was not a U.S. victory. Japanese pilots destroyed the big aircraft carrier "Lexington," and the "Yorktown" was seriously damaged.
The "Yorktown" made it back to Pearl Harbor, where it was patched up in three days. ((AMMEN: THEY SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT, BUT IT WAS FIXED. AND THEN WE SET TO SEA AGAIN. EVERYBODY HAD TO MEET IN THE MESS HALL, PILOTS AND SO FORTH. AND THAT'S WHEN WE GOT NEWS, WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR.))
U.S. code breakers had learned a huge Japanese armada, possibly including four aircraft carriers, was heading for Midway Island.
The U.S. had a base there, and Admiral Yamamoto hoped that by capturing the island, he could draw what was left of the U.S. Pacific Fleet into a trap and crush it.
The fighting began on June 4th. Early in the morning, Japanese planes began raiding the island.
Army B-17's from Midway struck back by bombing the Japanese fleet from high altitude. The ships dodged the bombs.

Next, U.S. torpedo bombers attacked at low level. But the American planes were slow and obsolete. Japanese fighter pilots shot down almost every one.
The Japanese pilots were so busy shooting down the torpedo planes that they were out of position when swarms of dive bombers from the carriers Yorktown and Enterprise showed up high overhead.
The planes roared down on the fleet... and in six minutes three Japanese carriers were burning wrecks.
Ammen never took off in the Battle of Midway. His group was waiting for spotter planes to find the fourth Japanese carrier.
Japanese pilots found the Yorktown first.... ((VOICE OF AMMEN: THEY HIT US! I WAS RIGHT IN HERE))
Ammen was helping to direct anti-aircraft fire when the ship was hit... ((VOICE OF AMMEN: WE TOOK IT!))
Late in the day, with the Yorktown listing heavily, the order came to abandon ship. ((AMMEN: THAT'S WHEN I JUMPED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. AND I'D JUST BOUGHT A NEW PAIR OF SHOES, AND HAD TO LET 'EM GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.)) ((Reporter: What picked you up?)) ((AMMEN: A DESTROYER. WHEN I WAS IN THE WATER, I SAID "WELL, THIS SURE WILL MAKE A MAN OUT OF ME," OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TALKING TO MYSELF.))
The Yorktown was eventually finished off by a Japanese submarine.
But the battle was not over. American dive bombers DID find the fourth Japanese carrier... and damaged it so severely that it had to be scuttled. ((NEVILLE AMMEN/FORMER DIVE BOMBER PILOT: IT WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR WITH JAPAN. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.))
Historians on both sides of the Pacific agree.
Although years of hard fighting remained, Japan's chances for an outright military victory disappeared with the four carriers that went down in the battle of Midway.
Ted Stone, News 7.))
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Neville Ammen went into sales and tax preparation work after the war. He died in 1997.

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Cyrus McCormick may be better known as "the Father of Modern Agriculture." The man who invented the mechanical reaper is being honored this year by the Virginia Legends Walk in Virginia Beach for his role in helping America become an industrial nation. In this week's Time Off Shannon Young takes us to McCormick's Rockbridge County farm, where the seeds of agricultural revolution were sown.
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((DAVID FISKE/MCCORMICK FARM: A PERSON USED THAT MANUALLY TO CUT THE GRAIN AT THE GROUND, CUT THE STALK OFF AND CAUGHT IT IN THE CRADLE AND MANUALLY TIED IT AND BUNDLED IT FOR THRESHING.))
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Prior to 1831, farming was such a time consuming process that 90-percent of America's population was involved in agriculture. Harvesting wheat, in particular, was back-breaking work. But, here at Walnut Grove, a young Cyrus McCormick changed the industry for good with the invention of the mechanical reaper, a horse-drawn machine that harvested five times faster than traditional methods.
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((DAVID FISKE: THE GRAIN WAS SEVERED AT THE GROUND AND FELL ON THE BOARD AND, WITH THE FIRST MODELS, WAS STILL MANUALLY RAKED OFF THE BOARD AND BUNDLED BUT THE CUTTING PROCESS WAS MECHANIZED.))
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((SHAN: MCCORMICK TOOK AFTER HIS FATHER IN THAT BOTH WERE INVENTORS. IN FACT, WHILE CYRUS GETS MOST OF THE CREDIT FOR THE REAPER HE WAS ACTULLY JUST PERFECTING HIS FATHER'S DESIGN.))
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((DAVID FISKE: I THINK IT WAS THE SPRING OF 1831 THAT HIS DAD KINDA GAVE UP. WELL, THAT LIT A FIRE UNDER CYRUS AND HE WORKED AT IT AND BY THE END OF THE GRAIN HARVEST SEASON OF 1831 CYRUS HAD THE MACHINE PERFECTED.))
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And the world noticed. Demand for reapers was so great it wasn't long before McCormick was selling all over the world.
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((DAVID FISKE: RATHER THAN TAKING A MACHINE WITH THEM TO DEMONSTRATE TO FARMER THEY'D TAKE A WORKING MODEL AND USE IT TO SHOW FARMERS HOW THE MACHINE WORKED.))
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Mccormick soon outgrew Walnut Grove and moved his company to Chicago. His heirs donated the farm to Virginia Tech in 1954 on the condition that it would be used in the McCormick tradition.
Today, research and agricultural advancements continue to thrive at Walnut Grove. Shannon Young, News 7, Rockbridge County.))
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For more information about McCormick's Farm, log onto our website at wdbj7 dot com and click on the Time Off suitcase.

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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning...... Two juveniles who escaped from a (POW-uh-TAN) Powhattan facility are back in custody this morning - after a robbery and a high speed chase...
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and Republican Jay Katzen is back on the campaign trail - this time he's taking on Rick Boucher for the ninth Congressional District.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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After more than 12 hours on the run, two teen escapees from a (POW-uh-TAN) Powhatan juvenile facility are back in custody.
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[TAKE PINNACLE 1008 FS] State Police say around 2:30 yesterday morning, 17- year old Brian Dewayne Rogers of Norfolk and 17- year old Joel Gordon of Amherst escaped from a building at the (BO-mont) Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Facility in (POW-uh-TAN) Powhatan County. A preliminary investigation shows they threw a blanket and jump suit over the razor wire, and climbed the outside fence.
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State police say the two stole a car nearby, and drove west. Authorities say Rogers and Gordon robbed a store in Bedford County around one o'clock before being apprehended in Appomattox County shortly before three following a police pursuit. Authorities say the teens were arrested without incident and a handgun was found in their vehicle.

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Democrats have decided not to contest Senator John Warner's bid for a fifth term.
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The party's central committee decided there was no reason to run a candidate against the state's popular U-S senator.

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Rick Boucher, however, will NOT go unopposed in his run for the 9th Congressional District. Republicans gathered in Wytheville this weekend to nominate Jay Katzen to run against the incumbent. And as Justin McLeod tells us, even the candidate himself admits this race will not be an easy one.

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Republicans here in the ninth district are singing a much happier tune these days.
For the first time in a long time, they believe they can win.
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((JIM FERREIRA/9TH DISTRICT CHAIRMAN: STANDARD REFLECTION ON IT WOULD BE IT IS VERY TOUGH BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A COOKIE CUTTER CAMPAIGN.))
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Campaigns are nothing new to Jay Katzen.
He spent eight years in the House of Delegates.
Last fall, he ran for Lt. Governor but lost to Tim Kaine.
Katzen recently moved to the ninth district and now hopes to become a Congressman.
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((JAY KATZEN/9TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE: THIS DISTRICT IS NOT THE SIZE OF NEW JERSEY BECAUSE ITS GAINING POPULATION, FOLK ARE LEAVING. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET WORK ELSE WHERE CAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IT HERE.))
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And it is here in the ninth district where Katzen promises to bring new jobs to the area.
He also wants to bring affordable health care as well as fight for a ban on partial birth abortion.
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((JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: KATZEN IS RUNNING AGAINST THE INCUMBENT RICK BOUCHER WHO HAS HELD THAT OFFICE FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. THE LAST TIME BOUCHER HAD ANY REAL OPPOSITION WAS BACK IN 98 AND EVEN THEN HE WON BY MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND VOTES.))
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Republicans admit beating Boucher will be an uphill battle but believe they can win come November.
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((JAY KATZEN/9TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE: I SEE EVERY RACE AS AN UPHILL BATTLE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE COMPETITION COMES FROM AND I LOVE UPHILL BATTLES.))
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A battle Katzen has already won here in the ninth district.
Last November, he beat Tim Kaine by a little over four hundred votes.
Katzen realizes he'll probably need a much larger margin if he is going to beat Boucher this November.
Justin Mcleod, News 7, Wytheville. ))
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News 7 contacted Congressman Rick Boucher's office but a spokesperson declined to comment about the upcoming race.

[Hollyfields]

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The future of a golf course in Roanoke County is unclear... after being bought by a developer.
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Holly-fields golf course and surrounding property on Bent Mountain sold on the auction block yesterday for a little more than a million dollars. The majority of the 186 acres went to John Atkinson who is still weighing his options but says there's plenty of room for both a golf course and residential homes.
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The scenic property was divided into 20- tracts... Most went to Atkinson but a few of the smaller tracts did go to other bidders.
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The Dumas Hotel and Music Center in Roanoke is looking to local government to help with its latest project.
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Last week-- Dumas officials stopped by the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors to ask for 200- thousand dollars in funding for renovations.
They want to move to the Downtown Music Lab to the third floor--- and to construct a 300- seat auditorium to look down
on the stage.
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((I THINK IT WILL BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF PRIDE TO DO THIS PROJECT AND IT WILL DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER AND HAVE A GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND IT WILL JUST GIVE EVERYONE A SENSE OF PRIDE TO KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A PIECE OF ROANOKE THERE TO SHOW OFF.))
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The Dumas also wants to renovate the first floor into a box office and exhibit hall for local artists. Supervisors listened to Dumas officials-- but say it will be some time before a decision on funding is reached.
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M-T-V rolled out the red carpet last night for the 6th annual MTV Movie Awards.
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Fans gathered outside the Shrine Auditorium to get a peek at their favorite celebrities.
Aside from the usual categories of best male and female actor, the show also hands out awards for the Best Villain, and best kiss.
Winners were determined by a nationwide survey of MTV viewers.
Among the winners, Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Rings took the best movie award.
Will Smith took home best actor for Ali.
The show will air on MTV June 6th.
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[BOTH MICS HOT] Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning
Art comes in many shapes, sizes and, well
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[vo-nat] pots... See how you can get a royal throne or maybe a royal flush a little later on...

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But first if you are traveling today...
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Larry (betch) Boetsch has served as Washington and Lee's acting president for the past year, and it has been a year full of challenges. He took office just days after the former president died suddenly, and will soon hand over the reins. Richard Lesko has more.
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[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=VAProf 5- 1:31:28]
[GRAPHIC=wipe]

[WIPE WIPE WIPE]

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[SOT]
[IN Q=a 1969 graduate]
[SUPER=03-Lexington; :00]
[SUPER=01-Larry Boetsch/Acting W & L President; :18]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/February 1995; :25]
[SUPER=@Richard2; 1:49]
[RUNS=2:09]
[OUT Q=RL, News 7, Lexington.]
(( A 1969 graduate of Washington and Lee, Larry Boetsch joined the faculty in 76, and has been there ever since as a professor, department head and dean of the college. For the last year, Boetsch has served as the school's acting president, a title he will give up this summer.
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[SOT - 07:18]
[INQ=We've had...]
((LARRY BOETSCH/ACTING W&L PRESIDENT; WE'VE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF FUN, I FEEL A LITTLE GUILTY ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN IT HAS BEEN, BUT IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.))
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[OUTQ=had been a lot of fun.]
Boetsch took office after his friend and mentor John Elrod died in July following a three year battle with cancer. Washington and Lee was in the middle of a 225 million dollar capital campaign that will soon add a new student commons, and rebuilt journalism school. Adding the weight of fundraising and Elrod's death, new issues soon confronted the school.
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[SOT - 08:38]
[INQ=September 11th, was...]
((LARRY BOETSCH/ACTING W&L PRESIDENT; SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH WAS A DEFINING MOMENT IN MANY WAYS IN LEXINGTON AND WASHINGTON AND LEE, AS IT WAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS ONE MORE THING AT THE TIME THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH, SO THOSE EARLY WEEKS WERE DIFFICULT AT BEST.))
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[OUTQ=difficult at best.]
In March, the school announced Thomas Burish, a longtime member of the Vanderbilt teaching community, as W&L's next president. Sometime this summer, Boetsch will return to his position as the Dean of the College. Meanwhile, in his last few weeks as acting president, Boetsch says he will take away a special bond with this year's graduates. The class of 2002 has suffered the loss of the school's president, the deaths of three classmates and will soon enter the post September Eleventh job market.
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[SOT - 13:56]
[INQ=This class has been...]
((LARRY BOETSCH/ACTING W&L PRESIDENT; THIS CLASS HAS BEEN SO REPRESENTATIVE OF UPS AND DOWNS, AND THE WAY THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO THE DOWNS PARTS BY BEING UP MAKES ME VERY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.))
[RUNS= 11]
[OUTQ=associated with them.]
Even though Boetsch will be giving up his post, he says W&L will continue to prosper, and the school is in good hands with the leadership that will follow him.
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[SOT - 16:22]
[INQ=I'm a glass...]
((LARRY BOETSCH/ACTING W&L PRESIDENT; I'M A GLASS IS HALF-FULL GUY, BUT IN THE CASE OF WASHINGTON AND LEE, FOR VERY GOOD REASON.))
[RUNS= 7]
[OUTQ=for very good reason.]
Richard Lesko, News 7, Lexington.))
[toss to Joy]

[Art-Show]

[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-24 TC-3:04]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]

Downtown Roanoke was the canvas for a yearly tradition.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The 44th annual Sidewalk Art Show started yesterady and continues today on Roanoke city's market.
As one of the largest art shows on the east coast, the event features more than two hundred artists from well known professionals to beginners and students.
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[SOT 2:53:39]
[IN Q=Part of what it]
((YVONNE OLSON/ORGANIZER: PART OF WHAT IT MAKES IT SPECIAL IS IT IS PART OF DOWNTOWN ROANOKE. IT IS IN FACT NOW A SIDEWALK ART SHOW BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE CITY STREETS. THE WORK IS NOT JURIED TO BE PART OF THE SHOW SO YOU HAVE QUITE A VARIETY OF THINGS.))
[SUPER=01-Yvonne Olson/Organizer]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=variety of things]
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[VO-NAT]

Proceeds from the show benefit education programs at the Art Museum of Western Virginia.
The show continues today from noon until five.
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[Toilets]

[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

This art has officially gone to pot...
And after seeing it, you'll never look at your toilet the same way again. Mike Castellucci has details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Laguna Beach, CA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Loretta Alvarado/Gallery Owner; :07]
[SUPER=01-Keith Swecker/Artist; :41]
[SUPER=01-Mike Castellucci/Reporting; :50]
[RUNS=1:00]
[OUT Q=Standard]

[Joy tosses to bump][Coffee-Tax]

[ANCHOR=Joy]
[NEWSCAST=sat am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]

A proposed ten-percent tax on ES-PRESSO in Seattle has some latte lovers brewing.
While the money would go to pay for early child education some wonder if taxing coffee drinkers is unfair.
Bob Branom has details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Maybe they should have]
[SUPER=01-Carlos Radillo/Coffee Drinker;00]
[SUPER=01-Shannon Beric/Coffee Drinker;11]
[SUPER=03-Seattle, WA;23]
[SUPER=01-Mickey Horowitz/Coffee Drinker;41]
[SUPER=07-Steve Epstein;1:01]
[SUPER=01-Betsy James/Coffee Drinker;1:21]
[SUPER=01-Bob Branom/Reporting;1:28]
[RUNS=1:32]
[OUT Q=standard out]
(( Maybe they should have a 500 dollar SUV tax instead....that would make more sense, 'cause that's where the money is, really.

11 47 33 IN: How All-American (laughs)

11 59 31 in: For ten cents, if it could help out the kids, yeah, but....I'm just kinda curious where they came up with a latte tax.

CONSUMER TAPE 54:27
(NATSOC COFFEE DRIPS, PAN TO
MILK STEAMING)

SUPPORTERS OF THE INITIATIVE SAY A TEN CENT TAX ON EVERY ESPRESSO DRINK IN SEATTLE WOULD RAISE BETWEEN SEVEN AND TEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
THAT MONEY WOULD BE USED TO INCREASE WAGES FOR CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS, HELP LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES TO OBTAIN HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF EARLY CHILD EDUCATION IN THE CITY.
MANY ARE INTRIGUED BY THE IDEA.

11 47 48 IN: I think that it's a pretty painless way for us to help fund education.

BUT SOME SAY IT WOULDN'T BE THAT PAINLESS.

12 01 13 IN: Espresso drinks are already expensive as it is.

AND STILL OTHERS FEEL THEY'RE OVERTAXED AS IT IS.
STEVE EPSTEIN IS DOUBTFUL.... HE WONDERS HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY RAISED WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO SERVE CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

11 43 26 IN: Unless they can really PROVE that this is going to help and the money will be spent directly on it and not uh, money for administration, then I would say no for the tax.

AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE SIMPLY RESIGNED....TAX OR NO TAX....IT WON'T KEEP THEM FROM THEIR DAILY CAFFEINE FIX.

11 59 52 IN: Coffee is addicting, so...people are gonna continue to drink coffee so....if they add a ten cent tax on it, I don't think that many people are really gonna mind, if it helps out for a good cause. Bob Branom, for CBS News.))
[sports next]

[Bubble]

[ANCHOR=Brent]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-20 TC-1:33:28]
[GRAPHIC=none]
You may have heard a lot of popping around Roanoke this weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday;]
It's all part of the Dubble Bubble National contest to find the kid who can blow the biggest diameter bubblegum bubble. The contest was for kids aged 12 and under, and some were more successful than others as we found out while catching the competition in Roanoke yesterday. All the bubbles are measured using a special bubble meter. The top six finalists nationally will compete in July for a 10-thousand Savings Bond and a five- thousand dollar donation in the winner's honor to Children's Miracle Network.
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