[1-News-Head]

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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Another indication that the "Great Fire" at Longwood University won't get the best of students and staff.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

And Crystal Spring could be pumping water by the end of next week.

[Sports-head]


[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]


In sports, 10 major league baseball games got underway today, a former high school star football player leaves the Bridgewater football program,
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[VO-NAT]


and we will follow Tiger Woods through his first round of the British Open.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]


Spotty showers will taper off tonight only to redevelop tomorrow. We'll check that, the beach forecast and the Thursday WeatherSchool just ahead.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 4-Shot]


News 7 at Six is next.
[Video-Open]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=Video Open]



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[SOT 14:16:13]
[IN Q=There's a physical]

((THERE'S A PHYSICAL PAIN THAT YOU FEEL WITH THAT LOSS, BUT IT'S THE EMOTIONAL SCARS AND IT'S THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS THAT NEEDED HEALING AND THIS IS ONE STEP TOWARDS THAT HEALING PROCESS.))
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=that healing process.]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]


Fifteen months after fire ravaged its historic campus, Longwood University is on the rebound.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]


Construction on a new Grainger Hall officially kicked off today.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]


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


And I'm Keith Humphry. [Longwood]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-16 TC1:49:41]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2- Shot]


Full restoration of the campus is still another few years and twenty million dollars away.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]


But Longwood took a big step down the road to recovery today.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's now being]
[SUPER=03-Farmville/April 25, 2001; :00]
[SUPER=04-Today; :15]
[SUPER=01-David Cordle/Arts & Sciences Dean; :33]
[SUPER=@ssm1; :44]
[SUPER=01-Patricia Cormier/Longwood Univ. President; :59]
[SUPER=01-Doug Dalton/English Construction; 1:13]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=News7, Farmville.]

(( It's now being referred to, in capitals, as the Great Fire.. and memories of that April night still burn in the minds of Longwood faculty, students and alumni.
In just a few hours, the school lost the architectural soul of its campus.. but its spirit lives on.
[natsot digging/clapping 14:13:55]
[RUNS= 02]


University president Patricia Cormier donned a hard hat today and helped turn some of the earth herself as construction began to replace Grainger Hall.
Grainger housed the school's college of Arts and Sciences...its thirty faculty members lost everything in the fire.


[SOT 13:57:42]

((DAVID CORDLE/ARTS & SCIENCES DEAN: THIS IS A TURNING POINT FOR US. IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFICULT MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS, AND I THINK ONCE WE CAN SEE THIS BUILDING RISING UP OUT OF THE GROUND IT WILL BE AN UPLIFTING THING FOR EVERYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH LONGWOOD.))
[RUNS= 11]
[OUT Q=with Longwood.]

[Standup 14:17:36] ((The rebuilding of the new Grainger will be finished by next August and construction on the other three buildings that were lost in the fire will get underway later this fall. It will be the final step in what has been a long healing process, both emotionally and physically, on the Longwood campus.))
[RUNS= 15]
[OUT Q=Longwood campus.]
[SOT 14:15:55]

((IT'S STILL VERY PAINFUL.. VERY, VERY PAINFUL, SO TO HAVE THIS COME BACK IT'S ALMOST LIKE A WHOLE SHOT IN THE ARM, IT'S A WHOLE REJUVENATION OF THE PLACE.))
[RUNS= 09]
[OUT Q=of the place.]


The importance of the rebuilding project is not lost on the construction crews either.
[SOT 14:04:33]

((DOUG DALTON/ENGLISH CONSTRUCTION: NOT ONLY CARRIES WITH IT A RESPONSIBILITY, IT CARRIES WITH IT A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE AND SATISFACTION, IN TRYING TO BE A CONTRACTOR THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE LIFE OF THIS CAMPUS AND INSTITUTION.))
[RUNS= 14]
[OUT Q=and institution.]


The cost of rebuilding Grainger is about four million dollars.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Farmville.))


[Arsenal-River]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=02-24 TC54:46]
[GRAPHIC=None]


The Radford Arsenal is dropping its request to close a section of the New River to recreational use.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co./File Tape;]


The new plan, announced today,would allow boating and fishing on the river where it passes through the arsenal property.
But the only access would be through checkpoints.
Arsenal officials had been trying to close off the river for security reasons.
Outdoor enthusiasts criticized the plan, and were backed this week by U.S. Senator George Allen.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=None]


The arsenal says the change was in the works before Allen made his views known.

[County-Fatal]


[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=02-26 TC29:47]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]


An accident in Roanoke County this morning killed an elderly woman.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]


It happened just before ten on Route 460 in the Glenvar section of Roanoke County.
Police say 87-year Mary Lou Lawrence was turning onto Route 460 east when she was hit in the driver's seat by a ford cargo van heading west.
Lawrence was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where she died a short time later.
No charges are expected.
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[Warner-Poll]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]


It appears most Virginians are happy with Governor Warner's job performance.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN BOARD 1016]
In a poll conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University, 60-percent rated Governor Warner's job performance as excellent or good.
Forty-percent have a negative view of his job performance. [TAKE PAGE 1018]
When the poll is broken down on party lines, 69-percent of Democrats rate Warner's performance as excellent or good,
[ADD REPUBLICANS PAGE 1017] 50-percent of Republicans share that view.
The Governor's largest support came in the western parts of the state.
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[Crystal-Spring]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=02-19 TC1:06:11]
[GRAPHIC=None]


Roanoke's water crisis has been many months in the making, and it's unlikely the drought will end anytime soon.

But by the end of July, Joe Dashiell reports the city will turn to an old friend for some welcome relief.

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[SOT]
[IN Q=OPENS ON NAT SOUND]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Mike McEvoy/Roanoke City Utilities Dir.; :12]
[SUPER=04-1965; :22]
[SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Chief Resident Inspector; 1:01]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=JD News 7]


((For more than a year, water from Crystal Spring has been flowing into the Roanoke River... four million gallons a day... but by the end of next week, the city hopes an old stand-by will be back in business...
[SOT]
[IN Q=We had a very aggessive schedule]

((MIKE MCEVOY/ROANOKE UTILITIES DIRECTOR: WE HAD A VERY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE IN COMBINATION WITH THE WEATHER AND JUST HAVING A GOOD CONTRACTOR, WE'VE REALLY ACCELERATED THAT SCHEDULE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING IT ON-LINE.))
[RUNS= :10]
[OUT Q=getting it on line.]


Crystal Spring has served Roanoke as a major source of drinking water for more than 100 years...
In 2000, the health department required the city to begin filtering the water, a decision that meant construction of a new plant...
Today, filters manufactured in Australia are in place under a layer of protective plastic... The building is two months ahead of schedule, due to be complete by October first.
And outside, pipes are waiting for a temporary filter system that could begin pumping water by the end of next week.
[SOT]
[IN Q=The spring typically]

((MIKE MCEVOY/ROANOKE UTILITIES DIRECTOR: THE SPRING TYPICALLY WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF OUR AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND, SO NOT HAVING THAT IN OPERATION HAS CAUSED US TO RELY MORE ON CARVINS COVE AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE IN A DROUGHT.)) ((MIKE BROWN/CHIEF RESIDENT INSPECTOR: WE HOPE TO MAKE THIS TEMPORARY WATER BY THIS COMING FRIDAY AND GIVE THE CITY A LITTLE HELP.))
[RUNS= :16]
[OUT Q=and give the city a little help.]


Carvins Cove is now almost 29 feet below the spillway, approaching the historic low that was recorded in the summer of 1999.
The return of Crystal Spring won't solve the city's water problems, but McEvoy says it should help Roanoke extend its precious supplies.
Joe Dashiell News 7))

[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]


It's a sight not seen on Roanoke's City Market in nearly a century.
We'll show it to you when News 7 at Six returns.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]


Plus, high-rollers and Rolls Royces go hand in hand in our area this week.
We'll explain.
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[Drug-Card]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=02-23 TC45:43]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]


A Pharmaceutical Company is making its medications more affordable for seniors.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]


Pfizer has started its own drug card program. [***NEWS 7 @ 6 FS***]
[TOSS ACROSS=Shannon-Keith & Joy /Pulpit;]


As Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton found out those who qualify can get prescriptions for 15 dollars.
That's right Keith and Shannon,
[LIVE= Joy /FULL Pulpit]
[SUPER=@Joy1;]


With the Pfizer Share Card program there is no enrollment or membership fee.
And no limit to the number of medications seniors can buy with their discount drug card.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The Wades are looking for any help]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; 00]
[SUPER=01-James Wade; 10]
[SUPER=01-David Byrd/Pfizer Healthcare Representative; 30]
[SUPER=04-Pfizer Video; 56]
[SUPER=01-Walter Carr; 1:09]
[RUNS=1:16]
[OUT Q=hard time making ends meet]

(( The Wades are looking for any help they can get when it comes to paying for medications. Like many seniors on Medicare, they don't have prescription drug coverage.
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[SOT16:41:21]
[IN Q=I hope we can get it becase]

((JAMES WADE: I HOPE WE CAN GET IT BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED IT CAUSE OUR MEDICATIONS ARE AWFULLY HIGH, ESPECIALLY MINE. I'M ON FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES AND I'M A DIABETIC TOO)) [RUNS11]
[OUT Q= diabetic too]


Pfizer says its program is unique because it's easy to understand and the card is good for a year before you have to re-enroll.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT16:33:21]
[IN Q=Your provider will provide you]

((DAVID BYRD/PFIZER: YOUR PROVIDER WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRESCRIPTION FOR WHATEVER MEDICATION IT IS, YOU TAKE THAT WITH THE CARD TO THE PHARMACY AT THAT POINT YOU PAY 15 DOLLARS A GET A MONTHS SUPPLY OF MEDICATION AND IT'S THAT SIMPLE))
[RUNS12]
[OUT Q=and its that simple]


To qualify you have to be a Medicare recipient with no prescription coverage, who is not eligible for Medicaid or other benefit programs. You must make less than 18-thousand dollars a year if you're single or 24-thousand for families.
Pfizer offers more than 30 different medications... from drugs like Viagra to those that treat high blood pressure, cholesterol and arthritis.
For Walter Carr it could mean a huge savings. He pays close to 600 dollars a month for medications.
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[SOT16:38:50]
[IN Q=I'm sure there are a lot of people]

((WALTER CARR:I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT ARE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENTS THAT I AM IN THAT ARE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ENDS MEET)) [RUNS08]
[OUT Q=making ends meet]))
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[WIPT TO FULL SCREEN ]
To apply for the Pfizer Share Card call 1-800-717-6005 or go the website at pfizer-for-living-dot-com.
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[TOSS ACROSS=Keith-Shannon & Joy /Pulpit;]


Keith and Shannon this is one of 3 drug card programs now available for seniors.

[Simon]


[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=KHu]
[TAPE#=02-13 TC2:03:50]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

It was either a cold-blooded killing or a struggle over a gun and a girl that resulted in the death of an 18-year old in Roanoke last October.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

The prosecutor says 17-year old Courtney Simon "executed" Maurice Grogan by shooting the older, taller teenager just above the left eye. Shaneka Pannell was with Grogan that morning, heard the shots and saw what led up to the shooting
[SUPER=03-October 2, 2001]

at the Food Way Market. The 16-year old witness says Simon was "fussing" at Grogan, drove off but promised he'd "be back." Simon returned, went into the store and said to Grogan: "Come here, let me holler at you." The two stepped outside. In court today, Pannell demonstrated for the prosecutor how Simon brandished the gun, though she indicated she doesn't know where the defendant had it.
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[SOT 11:19:26]
[IN Q=]

((SHANEKA PANNELL/VICTIM'S FRIEND; BUT I SEEN HIM PULL THE GUN OUT JUST LIKE THIS TO MAURICE'S HEAD. IT WASN'T LIKE THIS IT WASN'T NO WAY UP, BUT JUST LIKE THIS TO HIS HEAD.))
[SUPER=01-Shaneka Pannell/Victim's Friend]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=to his head.]
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[VO-NAT]

The defense maintains the gun went off as the two teenagers grappled over control of it.
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[SOT 10:39:50]
[IN Q=]

((SCOTT GEDDES/SIMON'S ATTORNEY; ...A RELATIVELY STUPID ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL. THE ILL- ADVISED BRANDISHING OF A FIREARM AND STRUGGLE FOR A WEAPON THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ONE OF THESE KIDS.))
[SUPER=01-Scott Geddes/Simon's Attorney]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=of these kids.]
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[VO-NAT]

Newly appointed Judge Charlie Dorsey is hearing the case without a jury. A verdict may come tomorrow.
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[Market-Building]


[ANCHOR=SHannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=02-18 TC1:32:44]
[GRAPHIC=None]


A new building is going up on Roanoke's City Market for the first time in 85 years.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]


It's in the middle of Market Street -- on the site of an old parking lot.
Plans for the building include a jewelry store and an A-T-M.
Two veteran merchants on the City Market tackled the project together... the owners of Sam's and Wertz's Country Store, Restaurant and Wine Bar.
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[SOT 15:14:54 - 15:15:06]
[IN Q=I've been]

((TOM ANDERTON/BUILDING CO-OWNER: I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR 22 YEARS AS A MERCHANT. I FEEL LIKE I'M LEAVING A LITTLE SOMETHING. IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME AND IT'S KIND OF OUR WAY OF PAYING THE CITY BACK A LITTLE BIT.))
[SUPER=01-Tom Anderton/Building Co-Owner;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=city back a little bit.]
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[VO-NAT]


The building had to meet the strict standards of the architectural review board...
Every brick and window had to be approved to blend in with its historic neighbors.
The site has been a parking lot for more than 60 years ... after the Martin Brother's Produce House burned down there in the 1940s.
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[Stocks]


[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]


After one winning effort, stocks fell back again. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-y/132.99/8409.49/y/40.29/1356.96;]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]


The DOW dropped 133 points.
NASDAQ fell 40.
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[VO]
[SUPER=271-h/0.99/47.80/i/3.14/31.31/i/2.39/62.61/i/0.03/14.70/i/0.10/5.80;]
[SUPER=272-h/0.93/59.01/i/1.02/52.43/i/0.55/27.70/i/0.39/15.91/i/1.28/44.83;]
[SUPER=273-i/0.22/19.18/i/0.56/19.88//Unchg/0.40/i/1.67/42.45/i/0.12/13.38;]
[SUPER=274-i/2.75/60.78/h/0.85/99.50/i/1.31/34.05/i/2.16/32.36/i/0.84/47.41;]
[SUPER=#555; Reset]

[Rolls-Royce]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-21 TC52:58]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

An ongoing argument at the Homestead this week has been whether what's parked there is worth more than the resort hotel.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

Hundreds of Rolls Royce owners showed off their classic automobiles, cars known for elegance and grace. Richard Lesko has more from Bath county.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Bath Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Daniel Docherty/Rolls Royce Owner; :16]
[SUPER=01-Nick Moller/Rolls Royce Owner; :40]
[SUPER=@Richard2; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=RL, N7, Bath County.]

(( Hundreds of Rolls Royces and Bentleys graced the Homestead this week to compete in the Rolls Royce Owners Club Annual Meet. Every car is graded by a team of judges on the authenticity of replacement parts, and the overall condition.
(//////SOT/////)
[SOT - 23:56]
[INQ=We're looking for...]

((DANIEL DOCHERTY/ROLLS ROYCE OWNER; WE'RE LOOKING FOR CARS THAT REPRESENT WHAT THEY CAME WITH THE YEAR THEY WERE BUILT.))
[RUNS= 7]
[OUTQ=they were built.]

Each car is unique, and has its own story. This 1914 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost was originally sold to the sovereign prince of Baroda in India, and has traveled the world to be entered into its first show.
(//////SOT/////)
[SOT - 39:03]
[INQ=]

((NICK MOLLER/ROLLS ROYCE OWNER; THIS CAR WAS SHIPPED TO INDIA IN JANUARY OF 1915 AND STAYED THERE UNTIL 1967, WAS FOUND THERE BY AN AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT WHO SENT IT BACK TO ROLLS ROYCE FOR CONDITIONING.))
[RUNS= 14]
[OUTQ=for conditioning.]

[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
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[SOT - 39:45]
[INQ=Then shortly after...]

((THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT HAD OWNED THE CAR FOR A FEW YEARS, A ROLLS ROYCE HISTORIAN BOUGHT THE CAR AND PUT IT IN THE CONDITION IS HAS NOW.))
[RUNS= 12]
[OUTQ=condition is has now.]

However, not all of the cars at this show are treated with kid gloves...
(//////SOT/////)
[SOT - 31:57]
[INQ=You've got to...]

((YOU'VE GOT TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING.))
[RUNS= 2]
[OUTQ=for something.]
(//////SOT/////)
[SOT - 24:47]
[INQ=It's not just...]

((DANIEL DOCHERTY/ROLLS ROYCE OWNER; IT'S NOT JUST TO LOOK AT, THESE CARS WILL ACTUALLY RUN, AND RUN EXTREMELY WELL.))


[RUNS= 7]
[OUTQ=run extremely well.]

In fact, every car must be driven at least a hundred miles during the week long event, even if they have traveled around the world to get here. Richard Lesko, News 7, Bath County.))


[Sports tease]


[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]


There is a three way tie for first after round one of the British Open, major league baseball matinee madness everywhere today,
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[VO-NAT]


and, no madness in this room as a local sports psychologists works out the mental kinks with these athletes.
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[S-British]


[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-121 41:17]
[GRAPHIC=Golf]


There is a three way tie for first after one round of the British Open.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Gullane, Scottland/ESPN; :00]

Tiger Woods quest for the single season Grand Slam opened with a 1-under par 70 putting him three off the pace. He was calm here but barked at photographers for snapping photos early in his round.
Sweden's Carl Pettersson (PEH'-tur-suhn) has grabbed a share of the first round lead with a 4-under 67. He is joined by Duffy Waldorf and reigning P-G-A Championship champ David Toms.
Defending champ David Duval opened with a 1-over 72.
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[S-Carroll]


[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-125 20:57]
[GRAPHIC=FFE]


Former Friday Football Extra star and Glenvar quarterback Brandon Carroll has left Bridgewater and will serve as a Glenvar assistant coach for the J.V. and varsity next season.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bridgewater; :00]


Carroll was a third string quarterback for the Eagles during a freshman year in which Bridgewater was the NCAA Division III national champion runner ups.
He played in four games and was 9 for 15 for about 60 yards. Carroll said by phone today that his decision to leave Bridgewater had nothing to do with football, in fact he likes the program.
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[anchor=steve]
[graphic=hold FFE]


Carroll will attend Virginia Western and then try and transfer to Roanoke College in hopes of playing baseball for the Maroons. Carroll hit .400 for Glenvar as a senior.

[S-Baseball]


[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-122 ]
[GRAPHIC=MLB]


10 Major League Baseball games hit the diamond today. Boston over Tampa Bay 4-3, the Yankees beat Detroit 6-5 and Kansas City topped Chicago 5-3. In the NL, Houston beat Milwaukee 4-2, Atlanta topped Montreal 3-1 and Montreal edged the Mets 2-1.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/TBS; :00]

Fred McGriff hit a three-run home run to pace the Chicago Cubs to a 6-to-4 win over Philadelphia. McGriff backed up the strong pitcher of Matt Clement, who allowed 2 runs in six and a-third innings. He continues to confound the Phillies by improving to 6-and-1 lifetime against them. Clements 8-and-6 this season.
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[S-Hoops]


[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-128 TC1249]
[GRAPHIC=Basketball]


The summer camp season is winding down. Today the third annual Spoon Basketball Skills camp wrapped up in Christiansburg.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :00]


Run by former Lady Hokie Lisa Witherspoon Reed, the camp has been teaching basketball fundamentals for the past three summers. Spoon gets a helping hand from her husband and former Radford sharpshooter Corey Reed.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Lisa Reed/Spoon Skills Camp; :00]
[SUPER=01-Corey Reed/Spoon Skills Camp; :13]
[RUNS=:26]
[OUT Q=good time doing it."]
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[S-Psych]


[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mdo]
[TAPE#=SP-130 45:59]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 sports]


Some of the top Olympic athletes in the world use sports psychologists. This week, Roanoke College men's lacrosse coach Bill Pilat has employed the services of local sports psychologists John Heil to help his goalies at his annual camp.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]


The high school goalies from all over the country learned about the psychological skills needed for being a good goalie. Heil made sure to stress being emotionally consistent.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q= "An important mental skill..."]
[SUPER=01-John Heil/ Sports Psychologist; :00]
[RUNS=24]
[OUT Q= "... burden of responsibility."]
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[VO-NAT]


Heil also had the campers sit or lie down and then he talked them through a mental lacrosse game using both positive and negative emotional scenarios with instruction on how to channel them effectively.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q="Like any camp..."]
[SUPER=01-Bill Pilat/ Roanoke College Lacrosse Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01- Patrick Renkiewicz/ Lacrosse Camper; :21]
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q="... other distractions."]

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by SS