[1-News-Head]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The Governor calls it one-stop shopping for displaced workers. We'll take you there.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And we'll head to court for eye- witness accounts of a D-U-I disaster.
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[Sports-head]
[ANCHOR=steve]
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[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
In sports, Tiger Woods comments on the U.S. Open, A big change in the Ronde and Tiki Barber NFL Twins Camp
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[VO-NAT]
and speaking of Twins, former VMI basketball stars Ramon and Damon Williams hold their camp and are psyched about VMI's move to the Big South.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Patrick]
[SS=None]
More hot weather on tap for tomorrow before we finally cool off a bit for the weekend, I'll have details, plus a check on the record book.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 4-Shot]
News 7 at Six is next.
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[WRITER=dse]
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[SOT 54:53:12]
[IN Q=IF A COMMUNITY]
((IF A COMMUNITY GETS HARD HIT THE WAY SMYTH COUNTY WAS WE FEEL FROM THE STATE WE'VE GOT TO BE THERE TO HELP PARTNER AND HELP FOLKS GET THROUGH.))
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[OUT Q=GET THROUGH]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Virginia's economic strike force takes aim at part of our region.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
With the slice of a ribbon... officials hope to ease the pain of major layoffs.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And I'm Shannon Young.
[Strike-Force]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-10 TC1:48:10]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Today Governor Mark Warner is talking business across parts of Southwest Virginia.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
This afternoon he helped kick off the opening of an economic relief center in Smyth County... an area hard hit by recent layoffs and plant closings.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & Rachel /Microwave;]
New River Valley Bureau Chief Rachel Cannon was with the Governor today...Rachel how is this center supposed to help?
Keith and Shannon it's supposed to give immediate assistance to displaced workers.
[LIVE= Rachel /FULL Microwave]
[SUPER=@Rachel1;]
[SUPER=05-Blacksburg;]
First there's a combination of private and public services....like the state employment commission and social services.
Then people are also able to work on their resumes use computers and copiers as well as get help with a job search and application process.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=NATS tour]
[SUPER=03-Marion; :00]
[SUPER=@markwarner; :16]
[SUPER=01-John Clark/Marion Town Manager; :30 QUICK]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=JOB MARKET.]
((NATS TOUR
This office is the fourth of its kind in Virginia.
Officials say others were launched in Martinsville, Clarksville, and South Boston.
Governor Warner calls them a great success.
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[SOT 53:29:26]
[IN Q=we've]
((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER/(D) VIRGINIA; WE'VE LITERALLY HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE CERC CENTER IN MARTINSVILLE AND HENRY COUNTY WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLACED IN JOBS.))
[OUT Q=IN JOBS.]
and the same kind of job placement for Smyth County residents is the ultimate goal here.
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[SOT 32:35:09]
[IN Q=we've ]
((JOHN CLARK/MARION TOWN MANAGER; WE'VE BEEN HIT REAL HARD WE'VE LOST ABOUT 2-THOUSAND JOBS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.))
[OUT Q=YEARS.]
But encouraging numbers are coming from this office after being open only a day and half.
Already officials say they've had hundreds of visitors and placed 5 workers in new jobs.
Warner attributes the success to its design , describing it as one-stop shopping for a displaced worker looking for help.
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[SOT 54:01:18]
[IN Q=WHAT ]
((WHAT WE FOUND IN THE PAST WAS THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED YOU'VE BEEN LAID OFF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TOP TURN HERE YOU CAN COME AND FIND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ENABLE YOU TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET AND GET OUT BACK INTO THE JOB MARKET. ))
[OUT Q=JOB MARKET]))
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[LIVE= Rachel /FULL Microwave]
[SUPER=05-Blacksburg;]
Warner says these economic relief centers are placed in communities that over a 6 month time have doubled their unemployment numbers.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-SHannon & Rachel /Microwave;]
Keith Shannon, the Governor says he hopes they don't have to open anymore and that the economy will begin to rebound.
[Kentucky-derby]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=New Jobs]
A high-tech sock knitting operation in Hillsville is expanding.
Kentucky Derby Hosiery already employs 242 people in Carroll County.
The company will add 72 wokers by the time the multi-million dollar project is complete.
Hillsville beat out sites in North Carolina and Kentucky.
[Koyo-Steering]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=02-04 TC1:12:56]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
A Japanese company plans to employ 500 people in Botetourt County by 2006.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.]
Koyo (COY-yo) Steering had its grand opening this morning.
Right now, the steering systems manufacturer employs 86 people in Botetourt.
The company broke ground on its facility in 1999 -- but postponed its grand opening which was set for the week of September 11th.
Botetourt officials say the wait is well worth it.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's the fulfillment]
((STEVE CLINTON/BOTETOURT CO. SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN; IT'S THE FULFILLMENT OF THE GREENFIELD VISION THAT WE WOULD BRING IN HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY SO NOW IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT DAY FOR BOTETOURT COUNTY.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Clinton/Botetourt Co. Supervisors Chairman]
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[OUT Q=Botetourt Co.]
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[VO-NAT]
Koyo began making bearings and steering systems in the United States in 1958.
Since then, the company expanded with plants in Asia, South America and Europe.
State officials asked Koyo executives to bring more plants to the Botetourt region.
And Koyo says that may be possible.
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[Wilkins-GOP]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=02-25 TC18:40]
[GRAPHIC=Vance Wilkins]
House Speaker Vance Wilkins will remain in power for at least another week.
Republicans put off a decision about the fate of their embattled leader and are giving him another week to come clean.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & Meghan/State Microwave;]
Meghan Muldoon has been following the story. She joins us from Richmond.
House Speaker Vance Wilkins responded to questions last night from concerned Republicans.
[LIVE= Meghan /FULL State Microwave]
[SUPER=@Meghan1]
[SUPER=05-Richmond]
But they say Wilkins still hasn't provided all of the answers.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The caucus met for more than]
[SUPER=03-Richmond/Last Night; :00]
[SUPER=@Nutter; :14]
[SUPER=01-Del. Jeannemarie Devolites/(R) Fairfax; :44]
[SUPER=@Wilkins; 1:06]
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[OUT Q=electoral prospects of my caucus.]
(( The caucus met for more than three hours before reluctantly agreeing to give the Speaker another
week.
Several delegates said they hope Wilkins offers more details and a more convincing explanation when they meet again next Tuesday.
[SOT 22:30:11]
[IN Q=he is concerned about this confidentiality]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=about what we don't know.]
Wilkins has watched his support erode since allegations surfaced last week that Wilkins paid one hundred thousand dollars to settle a sexual harassment suit.
Republicans say they're troubled by the allegations but many feel indebted to Wilkins who raised money and campaigned on their behalf and delivered the first Republican majority.
[SOT 22:37:36-46]
[IN Q=I feel very strongly]
[RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=need to make.]
Speaker Wilkins may be playing to the loyalties of the caucus.
Wilkins admitted to settling the sexual harassment suit but said last night he did so to protect both his family and his party.
[SOT 22:45:12-26]
[IN Q=building this party and building]
[RUNS:14]
[OUT Q=electoral prospects of my caucus.]))
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[LIVE=Meghan /FULLState Microwave]
[SUPER=05-Richmond;]
Many Republicans still doubt whether the delay will actually help Wilkins.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & Meghan /State Microwave;]
They say the Speaker may just be postponing the inevitable.
[Warner]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=jmi]
[TAPE#=02-12 TC1:43:26]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
Governor Warner thinks everybody should know what Speaker Wilkins told Republicans in Richmond last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.]
While attending a ceremony in Botetourt County this morning, he took a moment to share his thoughts about Wilkins' situation.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Not having heard]
((GOV. MARK WARNER: NOT HAVING HEARD ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS I WILL ACCEPT THEIR JUDGMENT. I'M GOING TO STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT VIRGINIANS HIRED ME TO DO WHICH IS TO BUILD A STRONG ECONOMY , THE CONCERNS VIRGINIANS WANT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO FOCUS ON.))
[SUPER=@markwarner]
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[OUT Q=to focus on.]
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[VO-NAT]
Warner says he'll wait to hear all the details before judging Wilkins' ability to lead.
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[Emergency-Landing]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=csc]
[TAPE#=02-16 TC52:16]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A U-S Navy pilot had to make an unexpected landing at Roanoke Regional airport -- after hitting a large bird.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The jet landed safely in Roanoke just after 3 this afternoon..
It's an E-A-6 "Intruder" based out of Washington...
The pilot told News-7 the jet collided with the bird about 50 miles north of Roanoke, but that he was never in any danger..
He decided to land in Roanoke as a precaution..
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[SOT 12:20]
[IN Q="They called the alert...]
((AMANDA DEHAVEN/ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT; THEY CALLED THE ALERT TO THE TOWER AND THEN FROM THERE THEY GO AND CALL THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM AS FAR AS 911 AND CONTACT US AND OUR OPERATIONS AND AIRCRAFT FIRE AND RESCUE TEAMS ALL RESPOND. 12:37))
[SUPER=01-Amanda DeHaven/Roanoke Regional Airport]
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[OUT Q="rescue teams all respond."]
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[VO-NAT]
The front of the jet sustained minor damage.
After being repaired, the jet's expected to fly back home tomorrow.
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[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]
She already faces more than 40 years in prison... now the woman convicted in a deadly drunk driving accident could face a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
That's next on News 7 at Six.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And crews report some success dousing two forest fires in the area.
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[Arrington]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-11 TC1:55:55]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
There is new legal trouble for a Bedford County woman found guilty of D-U-I murder in court today.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Viki Lynn Arrington is facing up to 46 years in prison...
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=none]
now the husband of the woman she killed is suing her for millions of dollars in damages.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It was an]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co./September 28, 2001; :00]
[SUPER=01-Gary Carter/Eyewitness; :17]
[SUPER=01-David Scruggs/Eyewitness; :27]
[SUPER=01-Viki Arrington/Defendant; :42]
[SUPER=01-Ron Minton/Victim's Husband; :57]
[SUPER=@ssm1; 1:15]
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[OUT Q=News7, Bedford.]
(( It was an accident dozens of people knew was going to happen but were powerless to stop it.
Motorists watched in horror last September 28th as 39-year-old Viki Lynn Arrington.. who had a blood alcohol level of at least point-3-7.. drove the wrong way on Route 460 for more than three miles.
[SOT 18:15:46]
((GARY CARTER/EYEWITNESS: I SAW TRACTOR TRAILERS PULLING OVER AND SWERVING AND CARS ACTUALLY SPINNING AROUND ONCE OR TWICE AND OBVIOUSLY PULLING OVER COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY.))
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[OUT Q=of the way.]
[SOT 18:23:24]
((DAVID SCRUGGS/EYEWITNESS: IT WAS OBVIOUS SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.. SOMETHING BAD.))
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[OUT Q=something bad.]
It did.. Arrington's vehicle struck a motorcycle driven by Carol Minton head on.. Minton died the next day from massive head injuries.
Arrington begged for forgiveness in court Tuesday.
[SOT 18:36:56]
((VIKI ARRINGTON/DEFENDANT: IF I COULD GIVE MY HEART.. ..REST OF MY LIFE.))
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[OUT Q=of my life.]
[SOT 18:39:25]
((RON MINTON/VICTIM'S HUSBAND: AND ALL I SEE IS A WOMAN.. ...PUT A STOP TO DRUNK DRIVING.))
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[OUT Q=to drunk driving.]
[Standup ]
((Viki Lynn Arrington faces up to 46 years in prison when she's sentenced in September, but she also is now the target of a civil lawsuit. Ron Minton is suing Arrington on behalf of his wife's estate for more than three million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages. Steve Smallshaw, News7, Bedford.))
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[OUT Q=News7, Bedford.] ))
[Infant-Death]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=502-05 TC31:07]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
It's a felony murder charge for an Elliston woman whose infant child died of a drug overdose.
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[VO-NAT]
Today authorities arrested Regina Harris in the death of her six-day old son Toby Harris.
Officials say the boy died early last month from a drug overdose. Blood tests revealed methadone and another opiate in his system.
Regina Harris also faces three drug possession charges,
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]
felony abuse of a child and distribution of a controlled substance to a minor.
She is being held in the Montgomery County jail without bond.
[Ealy]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=02-14 TC1:25:55]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
A federal jury in Abingdon today decided NOT to impose a death sentence for Stephen Samuel Ealy.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Tazewell/1991]
He was convicted by the same jury last week of killing seven people in Tazewell County... in a case dating back to 1989.
Ealy had been acquitted in STATE Court, but will now serve LIFE in prison.
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[Hawes]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
A Craig County man was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison for bank robbery.
Richard Donald Hawes actually held up three financial institutions in less than two weeks last Fall.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/October 2, 2001]
The Virginia Tech Credit Union was the last one. He got only 500 dollars there... but made off with a total of 17-thousand dollars in the course of the three hold ups.
Hawes was arrested at a motel in Roanoke the night of the Credit Union robbery .
The judge ordered Hawes to undergo psychiatric testing and drug abuse counseling.
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[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Early gains dissapeared by the close as Wall Street suffered another big sell-off.
[TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-y/128.14/9517.26/y/33.51/1497.18;]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The DOW fell 128 points.
NASDAQ dropped 33 and a half.
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[VO]
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[SUPER=#555; Reset]
[County-Supers]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-03 TC1:49:16]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Roanoke County's Board of Supervisors will get a pay raise.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
A public hearing on the proposed raise was held this afternoon, but no one signed up to speak for or against the increase.
After that the board voted to increase its yearly salary by 329-dollars.
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[SOT 01:00:59]
[IN Q=In 1972]
((RICHARD FLORA/ROANOKE CO. SUPERVISOR; IN 1972 WHEN I WENT ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEFORE OUR SALARY WAS 3000 DOLLARS A YEAR. I DON'T THINK THE SUPERVISORS' PAY HAS KEPT UP WITH THE RATE OF INFLATION SINCE 1972.))
[SUPER=@Flora]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=inflation since 1972.]
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[VO-NAT]
The raise will bring each supervisor's yearly salary up to about 13-thousand-500 dollars.
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[Forest-Fire]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=csc]
[TAPE#=net edit of 02-04]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Fire crews in Rockbridge County are still working to control two forest fires along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co./Yesterday]
The fire is burning 100 acres near the granite formation known as "The Devil's Marble Yard"
It's been difficult for firefighters to gain access to the fire, so officials don't expect to have it contained until later this week.
Another fire burning north of Buena Vista should be contained this evening.
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[Sports tease]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
The dazzle will hold a basketball camp that will replace George Lynch's camp, Tiger talks about the U.S. Open,
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[VO-NAT]
and Travis Wells has a golf story for the ages, all of this coming your way in a few.
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[S-OPEN]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=SP-117]
[GRAPHIC=Golf]
All eyes will be on Tiger Woods, when the U-S Open tees off Thursday morning.
Woods is going for another major title, and since he won the Masters again in April, he's gunning for the second leg of golfing's grand slam.
He expects the Bethpage Black course to be a stern test.
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[SOT 15:02:39]
[IN Q=Well I think]
[SUPER=07-Tiger Woods;]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=as best they can.]
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[ANCHOR=Steve]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]
Woods is going for his second U-S Open title. He won his first two years ago.
[S-Deck]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-104 TC 11038]
[GRAPHIC=Golf]
Golf is a game that knows no age. No one knows that better than Roanoke golfer Bill Deck. Travis Wells has more on the unlikely streak that Deck has put together over the past 7 years.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="When I was 67..]
[SUPER=01-Bill Deck/Shot His Age 114 Times; :00]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :12]
[SUPER=@Travis2; :51]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=..News 7 Sports."]
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[S-Camp]
[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mdo]
[TAPE#=SP-125]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke dazzle]
The NBDL Roanoke Dazzle will hold basketball camps this summer at Virginia Western Community College that will replace Charlotte Hornet and former Patrick Henry star George Lynch's camp.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
The Camp Dazzle Basketball School takes over for big George Lynch, who has conducted positive camps in the Raonoke community since 1993.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Kent Davison/ Roanoke Dazzle Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=.....his family moved"]
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[VO-NAT]
The Dazzle head coach will be running the Dazzle camp and several of his players will serve as coaches. The boys camp is July 28th through August first and the girls camp is August 4th throught he 8th.
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[S-Barbers]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-120]
[GRAPHIC=Football]
Ronde and Tiki Barber's fifth annual NFL Twins Skills Camp is JUne 24th through the 28th.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
The pair graduated from Cave Spring back in 1993, and despite their hectic NFL schedule, they always give back to the area. This year's camp hold special meaning to them and to their alma mater.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Walt Derey/NFL Twins Skills Camp Co-Founder; :00]
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=.....really good fit"]
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[ANCHOR=steve]
[GRAPHIC=football]
rea Kroger stores. The camp is filling up at a good pace. 200 slots have been taken and 150 remain. Camp brochures can be picked up at a
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