WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 06/20/02

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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Salem Delegate Morgan Griffith will NOT seek to become Speaker of the House.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And a remarkable rescue in the midst of a forest fire- -remarkable because the rescuers are prison inmates.
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[Sports-Head]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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Tonight on News 7 Sports - we'll meet the horse show's acupuncturist. JJ Redick is already tuning up for Duke by adding major weight to his frame.
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[VO-NAT]
And the sports world pays tribute to the late broadcasting legend Jack Buck this afternoon.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]

The local forecast is pleasant although dry. We will check out a sunny WeatherSchool and a soggy beach forecast. All just ahead.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 4-Shot]

News 7 is next.
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[SOT 2:30]
[IN Q=I decided long ago]
((MORGAN GRIFFITH: I DECIDED LONG AGO I WOULD NOT RUN FOR A JOB IF I COULDN'T AT "A" LEVEL. IF I CAN'T DO IT AT THE TOP LEVEL I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO TAKE THE JOB ON.))
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[OUT Q=take the job on]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

The race to become Virginia's next Speaker of the House just got a little more interesting.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Salem Delegate Morgan Griffith officially takes himself out of the running.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

And I'm Keith Humphry.
[Griffith]
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[TAPE#=02-16 TC59:06]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Ever since Vance Wilkins resigned last week in the wake of a sexual harrassment scandal, Morgan Griffith has been a front runner.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

But today, the majority leader says the timing is all wrong.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]

Griffith cites both professional and personal reasons behind the decision not to run for speaker.
He is currently in the middle of a divorce from his wife of 19 years.
He also says his law practice in Salem would keep him too busy.
However, the now highest-ranking Republican in the House of Delegates does keep the door open to run for higher office.
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[SOT 6:05]
[IN Q=Certainly I have left]
((MORGAN GRIFFITH: CERTAINLY I HAVE LEFT MY OPTIONS OPEN IF I CHOOSE TO RUN FOR CONGRESS. IT IS MY HOPE THAT BOB GOODLATTE WILL CONTINUE AS OUR CONGRESSMAN FOR ANOTHER TWENTY YEARS. BOB IS DOING A GREAT JOB AS A CONGRESSMAN AND AS THE BEST INTEREST OF WESTERN VIRGINIA BOB OUGHT TO STAY THERE. BUT IF BOB DID DECIDE TO RETIRE I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT AT THAT TIME.))
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[OUT Q=at that time]
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[VO-NAT]

Griffith is not ready to publicly support anyone to become the next speaker because he says he has to work with whoever takes over that position.
The only person to officially announce he wants to become speaker is Delegate Bill Howell of Fredericksburg.
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[Warner]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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[TAPE#=02-21 TC31:19]
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Governor Mark Warner says Vance Wilkins did the right thing by stepping down as speaker, but that it should be up to him and his constituents as to whether he should remain a delegate.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

Warner says he and Wilkins had a good working relationship during the past General Assembly, although they didn't agree on several issues.
The governor says he's confident he can cooperate with whoever takes over in the Speaker's chair.
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[SOT 10:55:20]
[IN Q=I'm going to]
((GOV. MARK WARNER: I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND I THINK VIRGINIANS LIKE THAT. THEY WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT'S WORKING, THEY WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT'S DEALING WITH THE BUDGET SHORTFALL, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT WHOMEVER IS THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE WILLING TO MEET ME HALFWAY.))
[SUPER=@markWarner]
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[OUT Q=meet me halfway.]
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[VO-NAT]

Warner was in Lynchburg today speaking at the annual Boys State convention.
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[Clower]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[TAPE#=02-13 TC1:33:32]
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Suspended Henry County administrator Sid Clower will plead guilty to embezzlement.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]

Clower's trial was set to begin in July.
But his attorneys say he's signed an agreement in which he pleads guilty to three counts of embezzlement.
The counts stem from the disappearance of nearly a million dollars from the Henry County Public Service Authority.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=HOLD]

Clower is on suspension without pay from his duties in Henry County.
Supervisors say they'll finalize his termination Monday.

[Grundy-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[TAPE#=02-12 TC1:58:49]
[GRAPHIC=Peter O.]
The man accused of shooting three people at the Appalachian School of Law was back in court today.
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[SUPER=03-Grundy;]
A judge wants two experts to evaluate Peter (oh-dig-uh-ZOO'-uh) Odighizuwa to determine if he's competent to stand trial. Based on the reports, the judge will decide whether the case should proceed in court. Briefs filed by the defense claim Odighizuwa has been uncooperative and that he is mentally ill... cause for the evaluations.
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[IN Q=TO MAKE]
((ROGER GROOT/DEFENSE ATTORNEY; TO MAKE THE ORDER HE MADE HE HAD TO FIND PROBABLY CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT MR. ODIGHIZUWA IS EITHER NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING US IN HIS DEFENSE OR HE IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCEEDINGS OR BOTH.))
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[OUT Q=PROCEEDINGS OR BOTH.]
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The attorneys on each side will have their experts meet with Odighizuwa at the New River Valley jail. The evaluations are must be submitted to the court within 40-days.
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[Fire-Crew]

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[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-14 TC1:42:45]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

The Rockbridge County forest fire that has burned nearly 3-thousand acres is close to being under control.
However, most of the talk among firefighters there has been the life-saving rescue of one of their own by an unusual team.
Richard Lesko has more.
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[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Estel Perry/Injured Firefighter; :22]
[SUPER=01-Rob Hendricks/Cold Springs Inmate; :54]
[SUPER=01-Ron Alt/Cold Springs Inmate; 1:16 ]
[SUPER=01-Rodney Hicks/Cold Springs Inmate; 1:25]
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[OUT Q=RL, News7 Rockbridge County.]
(( This group of forest firefighters looks like almost any other fire crew. But there is one major difference -- they are inmates at the Cold Springs Minimum Security Correctional Unit. On Tuesday, they were working on the firelines in Rockbridge County with a forest service crew when fire severely injured one of the federal workers.
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[INQ=The wind swept...]
((ESTEL PERRY/INJURED FIREFIGHTER; THE WIND SWEPT AROUND AND CAUGHT THE FLAME AND THROWED IT INTO MY FACE. IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T BURN ME BUT I ABSORBED THE HEAT FROM IT, AND ACCORDING TO MY PHYSICIAN, I SEARED MY LUNGS.))
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[OUTQ=seared my lungs.]
That's when the Cold Springs unit came to the rescue. An E-M-T with the crew started C-P-R, while the rest of the crew started carrying Perry down the mountain to seek treatment.
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[SOT - 7:21:51]
[INQ=On the way down...]
((ROB HENDRICKS/COLD SPRING INMATE; ON THE WAY DOWN, IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE GUYS RIGHT HERE, I TOOK CARE OF THE MEDICAL PART BUT THESE GUYS ARE THE BACKBONE OF WHAT HAPPENED. HELPED CARRY HIM CUT AWAY WITH THE SAW, MOVING THINGS OUT OF THE WAY. THEY WERE A VITAL PART OF THE WHEEL, AND I COULD NOT HAVE DID IT WITHOUT THEM AT ALL.))
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[OUTQ=without them at all.]
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[INQ=Everybody had their...]
The Cold Springs crew is said to be the only inmate fire crew east of the Mississippi. The program was started more than four years ago, and participants say they have learned much about life by putting theirs on the line.
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[INQ=This is just...]
((RON ALT/INMATE; THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US. TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE THINGS WE MAY HAVE HURT IN THE PAST. IT'S JUST REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM))
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[OUTQ=really a great program]
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[INQ=It's something that I...]
((RODNEY HICKS/INMATE; IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE BEFORE, IT MAKES ME THINK BACK, AND LIKE ALT SAID, JUST GIVING BACK, WHAT YOU TOOK FROM THE COMMUNITY.))
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[OUTQ=from the community.]
Most forestry officials say they are glad to have a crew as hard-working and dependable as the inmates. So is Estel Perry.
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[INQ=All those guys...]
((ESTEL PERRY/INJURED FIREFIGHTER; ALL THOSE GUYS WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS THING WITH ME, I'M SO THANKFUL TO GOD FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM...))
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[OUTQ=every one of them.]
And at least some of them hope to make a career of fighting fires once they're released. Richard Lesko, News 7, Rockbridge County.))

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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]

Other Southwest Virginians are fighting to save their forests... not from fire, but from Gypsy moth caterpillars.
That's still ahead on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

And Victory Stadium's replacement faces yet another possible delay.
The latest on a brewing legal battle next.
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[City-Stadium]
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Roanoke City officials say they will deal with concerns about traffic and parking near the site of a proposed stadium.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Today, they argued that a new lawsuit will unnecessarily delay the project. [***NEWS 7 @ 6 GRAPHIC***]
[TOSS ACROSS=Keith-Shannon & JoeD /Pulpit;]

Joe Dashiell is here tonight with the latest detour on a long and winding road.
Keith and Shannon, the Williamson Road Area Business Association and Farrell Properties filed suit on Wednesday.

[LIVE= JOeD /FULL Pulpit]
[SUPER=@Joe1;]
They're seeking an injunction to stop work on the stadium until traffic and parking issues are resolved.
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[IN Q=The two organizations argue]
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[OUT Q=once it's built.]

((The two organizations argue that the project has the potential to cause irreparable damage to the area, especially if traffic and parking problems aren't addressed up front.
City officials said they couldn't respond to the merits of a lawsuit they hadn't seen, but council members said they fear it will only delay the long-awaited project.
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[IN Q=I think we need to move along]
((BILL CARDER/ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL: I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ALONG AND GET THE PROJECT DONE. I THINK THOSE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED. THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS BEING DONE.)) ((LINDA WYATT/ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL: AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE GOAL OF THIS WHOLE THING IS, AND THAT IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL, AND THEY HAVE GONE WANTING AND NEEDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.))
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[OUT Q=for quite some time.]

Mayor Ralph Smith says he shares the concerns of the Williamson Road groups, but says he hopes the city can avoid litigation.
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[IN Q=Hopefully we can satisfy the very large investor]
((HOEPFULLY WE CAN SATISFY THE VERY LARGE INVESTOR IN THE WILLIAMSON ROAD AREA WHO IS AFFECTED MOST, BUT ALSO ALL OF THOSE WHO MAY BE USING THIS FACILITY ONCE IT'S BUILT.))
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[OUT Q=once it's built.]))
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[LIVE= JoeD /FULL Pulpit]

City Manager Darlene Burcham sees some irony in the lawsuit... because she says the stadium project is a vehicle to address the longstanding traffic problems in the Williamson Road area.
[TOSS ACROSS=Keith-Shannon & JoeD /Pulpit;]

Keith and Shannon, city leaders say they remain convinced their votes were proper, and remain confident the stadium will be built.

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The state approved massive cuts today in state funding for highway construction.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

The Commonwealth Transportation Board today finalized a watered-down Six-Year program.
Two-point-eight billion dollars, and 166 projects, were recently cut by VDOT following a decline in state and federal revenues.
The board did restore funding for three lane-widening projects on Interstate 81 near Salem but not enough to complete the construction.
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[IN Q=THE PLAIN FACT OF THE MATTER]
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[OUT Q=WHAT MONEY WE DO HAVE FOR INTERSTATES.]
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The plan also included 300-thousand dollars for a curve-straightening project on Route 100 in Giles County.
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[Stocks]

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It was another losing day on Wall Street as bad news continues to assault the market. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW dropped another 130 points.
NASDAQ fell 32.
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[Gypsy-Moths]
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

The pests known as "Gypsy Moths" first appeared in Virginia in the 19-80s.
[ANCHOR=SHannon 2-Shot]

They've been spreading rapidly ever since -- damaging millions of trees along the way.
[ANCHOR=SHannon]
[SS=None]

Now they're moving through Southwest Virginia..
But as Chris Schaffer reports, area residents are not giving up without a fight.
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[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; 00 ]
[SUPER=01-Charlotte Karns/Bedford Co. Resident; 14 ]
[SUPER=01-Joyce Coiner/Gypsy Moth Regional Coordinator; 37 ]
[SUPER=19-Chris Schaffer; 56 ]
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[OUT Q=News-7 Bedford County]
(( Charlotte Karns lives in an idyllic setting -- 625 acres of farm-land and forests in Bedford County.
But a closer look shows she's fighting a losing battle against a relentless enemy -- the gypsy moth.

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[IN Q=16:28:55]
"THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER HAD THEM THIS BAD. THEY'VE BEEN ON THE MOUNTAINS BESIDE OF US BUT THIS YEAR THEY'VE MOVED IN ON US" [RUNS:07]
[OUT Q="moved in on us"]))

Oak trees covered with yellow caterpillar nests...
Leaves pock-marked with holes, chewed by gypsy moth larva.

(nats - airplane)

From above, mountains normally draped in green this time of year, shrouded with brown, defoliated trees.

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[IN Q=16:24:00]
"MANY MANY ACRES HAVE BEEN SEVERLY DEFOLIATED THIS SPRING. WE DO NOT SEE THE PROBLEM GETTING ANY BETTER." [RUNS:08]
[OUT Q="getting any better"]))

Gypsy moths damage more trees than any insect in the eastern United States.
Every year they cost Virginians thousands of dollars in lost timber, decreasing property values and money spent on insecticides..

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[IN Q=16:41:53]
"THE DEFOLIATION PUTS THE TREES UNDER TREMENDOUS STRESS, BUT UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS MOST OF THEM COULD RECOVER. HOWEVER CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE ANYTHING BUT NORMAL. THE PERSISTENT DROUGHT WILL MAKE THAT RECOVERY DIFFICULT.. HUNDREDS OF TREES ACROSS STATE OF VIRGINIA WILL NOT SURVIVE" [RUNS:13]
[OUT Q="will not survive"]))

Another problem -- damaged leaves drop to the forest floor -- creating ideal conditions for forest fires.

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[IN Q=16:26:25]
"I THINK THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART OF MY JOB IS GETTING THE EDUCATION AND THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE LAND-OWNERS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT THEY CAN DO TO FIGHT THE GYPSY MOTH"
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[OUT Q="fight the gypsy moth"]))

Experts say land-owners need to work together to fight gypsy moths, using aerial insecticide sprayed over large areas.

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[IN Q=16:29:05]
"I THINK THEY'RE HORRIBLE. THEY KILL THE TREES AND WE NEED THEM FOR THE ANIMALS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FOREST AND FOR THE MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THEM WHEN WE SELL THEM." [RUNS:08]
[OUT Q="when we sell them"]))

A pest that's defoliated millions of acres, now moving into Charlotte Karns' back yard.
Chris Schaffer, News-7 Bedford County.))
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]

If you notice gypsy moths on your property you can call 1-800-824-8606, or call your county's extension office.
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[Sports Tease]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Coming up tonight on News 7 Sports - we'll meet an acupuncturist from Australia who has set up shop at the Horse Show. Roanoke College's Scott Allison picks up an honor.
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[VO-NAT]
And JJ Redick has been hitting the weights hard since the end of the season. Steve Mason talks to the Duke bound star in just a moment.
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[S-Buck]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-120 15555TC]
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Major League Baseball paid tribute to one of the men who did so much to popularize the game - Jack Buck.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-St. Louis, MO/This Afternoon;:00]
Today, in St. Louis thousands of mourners, including his son Joe Buck, passed by a closed casket in a very public display of grief at Busch Stadium. Jack Buck was the voice of the Cardinals on radio for nearly 50 years. His station KMOX was unique in that at night it could heard in 44 states. Jack Buck was 77.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Stan Musial/Cardinals Hall of Famer; :00]
[SUPER=01-Matt Matheny/St. Louis Cardinals Catcher; :17]
[SUPER=01-Lou Brock/Cardinals Hall of Famer; :30]
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[OUT Q=...the pearly gates."]
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[S-Camp]

[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-123 18:18]
[GRAPHIC=Basketball]

Duke bound freshman J.J. Redick was the featured attraction at the eighth annual Future Knights Basketball camp today. Steve Mason says the campers met a new and imporved version of Cave Spring's greatest basketball player.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-J.J. Redick/Incoming Duke Freshman; :12]
[SUPER=01-Billy Hicks/Cave Spring Head Coach; :40]
[SUPER=@Steve1; :55]
[RUNS=1:19]
[OUT Q=...News 7 sports"]
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((80 hoopsters ages 8 to 13 were all ears as Redick spoke for about 10 minutes. he made sure to hit on two concepts very important to him. ((:)) Cave Spring coach Billy Hicks has one of his players speak each day of his camp. Redick's basketball lessons are hardly the most important messages conveyed to the kids. ((:)) ((:)) ((:)) After camp, the Cave Spring varsity and JV is off to the University of Richmond team basketball camp. Steve Mason news 7 sports.))

[S-Puncture]

[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-122 21:40]
[GRAPHIC=Horse Show]

The good horse and human doctor is working his healing magic at the Roanoke Valley Horse Show this week.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]

Brian McLaren is an equine veterinarian and Australia's highest qualified acupuncturist both in human and in animals. He has combined the two skills and is treating horses and people all over the world. He uses a torch with a beam of light that stimulates the skin at an injury point. That light triggers a specific healing result.
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[IN Q="]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Brian McLaren/Equine Veterinarian; :00]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=....we can put it all back together"]
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[VO-NAT]

McLaren says he can stop horses from bleeding and straighten an animals crooked tail with his methods.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=.....past on"]
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[S-Soccer]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-121 2215TC]
[GRAPHIC=SOCCER]

The US meets Germany in the World Cup quarterfinals tomorrow morning.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
Roanoke College's soccer coach Scott Allison, who also is the school's atheltic director - has been named division three's southeast region athletic director of the year. He is one of just 25 ADs to receive this prestigious award across the country. (------------)