WDBJ 7 morning news for 08/21/02

[Bland-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
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We have one school announcement to pass along this morning.
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[TAKE Schooltouch] Bland County schools will be sending home students at one o'clock today .. and for the rest of the week .. because of the hot weather.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#02-28 TC38:40]
[GRAPHIC=Jennifer Short]

In this news this morning, nine year old Jennifer Short has been missing now for nearly a week, and investigators say they are no closer to finding her than they were last Thursday. But as the search continues, business owners and a local lawmaker are working to keep her name and picture in the public eye. Teresa Hamilton has the story.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Collinsville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Kenneth Carter/Store Owner; :10]
[SUPER=01-Paula Burnett/Henry Co. Supervisor; :40]
[SUPER=@teresa1; 1:08]
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[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7, Henry County. ]

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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Jennifer Short]

Funeral services for Jennifer's parents are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
And visitation for Michael and Mary Short is tonight, from 6 until 9, at the Martinsville Church of God. As relatives mourn their loss, there are also stepping forward with the hope that a direct appeal might have an impact on the investigation.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Jennifer we miss you]
[SUPER=01-Ruby Young/Jennifer's Aunt;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=till we find you.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.]

Family members asked for continued prayers for Jennifer's safe return and for investigators working on the case.

[11Gretna-Water]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-31 TC26:45]
[GRAPHIC=Water Restrict.]
A week of hard work has done the job in Gretna .. at least for now. The town's water supply is slowly starting to increase once again.
But as Steve Smallshaw reports, the crisis is hardly over, and water restrictions remain in effect.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=After months]
[SUPER=03-Gretna; :00]
[SUPER=01-Glenna Lingafelt/Gretna Mayor; :26]
[SUPER=01-Jerry Webb/Pittsylvania Co. School Superintendent; :50]
[SUPER=01-Angita Fleming/Resident; 1:02]
[SUPER=01-David Lilly/Gretna Town Manager; 1:16]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:27]
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[OUT Q=News7, Gretna.]
(( After months of dry conditions, this is music to the ears of Gretna residents.
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And so is this..
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In about a week, town leaders built this containment pond, installed a pump and laid more than two miles of pipe through backyards and under roadways to the town reservoir.. which had shrunk to its lowest level in decades.
But since two o'clock Tuesday, 200 gallons a minute have been flowing into Gretna's water supply.
[SOT 7:46:47]
[IN Q=We do need]
((GLENNA LINGAFELT/GRETNA MAYOR: WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO CONSERVE. IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF WATER TO GET US BACK UP.))
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[OUT Q=get us back up.]

And the school system is ready to do its part.
Classes will start as scheduled next Monday.. but kids will eat sandwiches on paper plates for at least the first week, and each Gretna school will truck in water every day instead of relying on the town.
[SOT 7:51:38]
((JERRY WEBB/PITTSYLVANIA CO. SCHOOL SUPT.: WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THE TOWN OF GRETNA OR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.))
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[OUT Q=short-term solution.]

Some residents wondered how things got so bad, so quickly..
[SOT 8:35:03]
((ANGITA FLEMING/RESIDENT: WHY WEREN'T WE PUT UNDER MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS SOONER?))
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[OUT Q=restrictions sooner?]

Town leaders say several springs feeding the reservoir simply dried up overnight.. and they went from having a 200-day supply of water in early July, to just 20 days in early August.
[SOT 8:37:16]
((DAVID LILLY/GRETNA TOWN MANAGER: NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHEN A SPRING IS GOING TO GIVE OUT OR WHEN IT'S GOING TO RAIN. AND LIKE MIKE SAID, IN A MONTH'S TIME IT WENT FROM A CONCERN OF OURS TO A PRETTY MAJOR PROBLEM.))
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[OUT Q=major problem.]

Lilly says another source of water should be on line by next week.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Gretna.))

[Business-Filing]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
The vast majority of U-S corporate executives were willing to swear their firm's finances are accurate. The Securities and Exchange Commission says that of the nearly 700 companies required to certify results by last Wednesday, just 16 weren't able to sign off on their prior quarterly and annual results.
Some of the companies that weren't able to certify results include familiar names like Adelphia, Enron, and WorldCom.

[Marketwatch]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

Meantime, the Enron legal dominoes may start falling.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's the crack]
[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=your local stocks]
((IT'S THE CRACK IN THE ENRON CASE INVESTIGATORS WERE HOPING FOR. Michael Kopper, a former executive at Enron, has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and help the Justice Department prosecute other former senior officials at the now bankrupt energy merchant. Kopper's guilty plea could come as early as today..
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES JOINS THE COST CUTTING PARADE. THE CARRIER WILL CUT CAPACITY BY 17 PERCENT AND GROUNDING 11 PLANES IN ORDER TO SAVE 350 MLN DOLLARS ANNUALLY. CONTINENTAL WILL ALSO START CHARGING A 20 DOLLAR FEE FOR ALL PAPER TICKETS IN ORDER TO COMBAT AN INDUSTRY DOWNTURN THAT PERSISTS NEARLY A YEAR AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS. EARLIER THIS MONTH U-S AIRWAYS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND AMERICAN AIRLINES SAID IT WILL SLASH 7-THOUSAND JOBS TO CUT COSTS.
on wall street STOCKS TOOK A BREATHER AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF SOLID GAINS. DRUG, OIL FINANCIAL AND CHIP STOCKS LED THE WAY SOUTH.
THE DOW SANK 118 POINTS
WHILE THE NASDAQ SLIPPED NEARLY 18
MARTHA STEWART SAW SHARES OF HER COMPANY RALLY. LAWYERS FOR THE STYLE GURU SAID SHE WILL FULLY COOPERATE WITH INVESTIGATORS. SHE TURNED OVER EMAIL AND PHONE RECORDS RELATED TO THE IMCLONE STOCK TRADING SCANDAL BY THE END OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY.
TRACK ALL THE PRE-MARKET ACTION AT CBS.MW.COM ... AT THE NASDAQ I'M ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IN NY.))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [COMM]

[Bush-Iraq]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Today President Bush will meet with top military advisers at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
The White House says the security summit will not focus on Iraq.
But new developments involving Saddam Hussein make the subject nearly impossible to ignore.
Melissa McDermott reports.
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[IN Q=On the]
[SUPER=01-Tariq Aziz/Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister; :13]
[SUPER=01-Ari Fleischer/White House Press Secretary; :36]
[SUPER=01-Melissa McDermott/Reporting; 1:11]
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[OUT Q=McDermott, CBS News, New York.]
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ON THE AGENDA AT TODAY'S MEETING IN CRAWFORD, TEXAS: MISSILE DEFENSE AND MODERNIZING THE MILITARY. BUT IGNORING THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO DO ABOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN WOULD BE LIKE THE PROVERBIAL ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

(SOT-No font - too quick)
"and any aggressor cannot win a war against us"
ALSO HARD TO IGNORE ARE THE COMMENTS IRAQ'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MADE LAST NIGHT TO DAN RATHER ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS. AT TIMES ALMOST DARING THE PRESIDENT INTO WAR.

at :27(SOT-Tariq Aziz/ Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister)
"let him try and he will find in the end that he will lose this plan. He will lose this endeavor"

at :36(SOT-Ari Fleischer/White House Press Secretary)
"The history of Iraq is that they say all kinds of inflammatory things... meanwhile they are working as hard as they can to perfect their means of delivering weapons to others."
THE U-S BELIEVES IRAQ HAS ACQUIRED WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. NOT SO SAYS IRAQI OFFICIALS. ON TUESDAY THEY TOOK JOURNALISTS THROUGH A BAGHDAD WAREHOUSE THE U-S HAS TARGETED AS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FACILITY. NO WEAPONS, ONLY SUGAR AND BABY MILK. BUT WHILE IRAQ LETS REPORTERS HAVE A PEEK, THEY HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BLOCKED U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS FROM THEIR COUNTRY.

(SOT- Aziz again)
"we do not trust their impartiality and honesty"
STANDUP: U-S INTELLIGENCE NOT ONLY BELIEVES CHEMICAL WEAPONS EXIST IN IRAQ BUT THAT AN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP WITH TIES TO AL-QAIDA HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH THEM. AND THEY SUSPECT THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT.
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[Terrorist-Search]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
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Nearly a year after the 9-11 attacks, U-S authorities have issued a worldwide bulletin for a Saudi Arabian man.
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[VO-NAT]

The F-B-I is looking for this man.
They say he's armed and dangerous.
Authorities say he's suspected of associating with the suicide hijackers. A senior official says the man's picture was found overseas -- with photos of several of the hijackers.
But they don't believe he's in the U-S.
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[2Bland-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]

We have one school announcement to pass along this morning.
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[TAKE Schooltouch] Bland County schools will be sending home students at one o'clock today .. and for the rest of the week .. because of the hot weather.
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[6Short-Family]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#-02-27 TC56:00]
[GRAPHIC=Jennifer Short]

New search warrants .. new interviews .. but no apparent progress in finding Jennifer Short, or learning who killed her parents.
As investigators keep trying, members of Jennifer's family stepped forward with the hope that a direct appeal might have an impact on the investigation.
Joe Dashiell has the story.
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[IN Q=I beg you]
[SUPER=01-Ruby Young/Jennifer's Aunt; :00]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :25]
[SUPER=@Joe1; 1:20]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
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Community support is pouring in for the Short family.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.]

Citizens are putting up posters and yellow ribbons for Jennifer around Henry County.
And a childhood friend of Michael Short is starting a fund for the family.
Sheila Davis says she wants to raise money for funeral expenses, search efforts and a reward for finding Jennifer.
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[SUPER=01-Sheila Davis/Short Family Friend]
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[WIPE TO FS PINNACLE]
If you'd like to make a contribution to the Jennifer Renee Short Family Fund, you can send it to Post Office Box 207, Boones Mill Virginia 24065.
Or you can drop it off at the First National Bank of Boones Mill.
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[VO-Gretna-Water]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-31 TC26:45]
[GRAPHIC=Water Restrict.]
Water is starting to flow into Gretna's reservoir once again, thanks to a week of hard work.
The town's water supply is slowly starting to increase once again, but the crisis is far from over.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Gretna;]

In that week, town leaders built a containment pond, installed a pump and laid more than two miles of pipe through backyards and under roadways to the town reservoir.. which had shrunk to its lowest level in decades.
But since two o'clock yesterday, 200 gallons a minute have been flowing into Gretna's water supply.
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[1st-Business]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ckor]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]

In business news this morning, Home Depot and Dunkin' Donuts coo k up a new combination.
Here's Barton Eckert with a look at the morning's top business stories..
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[IN Q=Good MOorning]
[SUPER=01-Barton Eckert/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=in Washington.]
(( GOOD MORNING THIS WEDNESDAY THE 21ST OF AUGUST.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MORNING

CENDANT HAS A DEAL TO BUY BANKRUPT BUDGET CAR RENTAL FOR $107.5 MILLION IN CASH PLUS $3 BILLION OF BUDGET'S VEHICLE DEBT.
THIS GIVES CENDANT, A STRONGER PRESENCE WITH LEISURE CAR RENTERS TO ACCOMPANY ITS AVIS RENT A CAR UNIT, WHICH CATERS MORE TO BUSINESS TRAVELERS.
BY ADDING BUDGET TO AVIS, CENDANT BECOMES THE SECOND LARGEST U.S. RENTAL-CAR COMPANY --ECLIPSING HERTZ AND SECOND ONLY TO ENTERPRISE

CONTINENTAL WILL CUT FLIGHTS, PARK AIRCRAFT AND CHARGE LOW-FARE CUSTOMERS NEW FEES IN AN EFFORT TO STEM FINANCIAL LOSSES SINCE THE 9-11 ATTACKS.
CONTINENTAL WILL ADD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A $20 FEE FOR ALL DOMESTIC PAPER TICKETS, ELIMINATE DISCOUNTS ON CERTAIN LOW-FARE CATEGORIES, AND RIGIDLY ENFORCING FARE RULES.

ON WALL STREET THERE HAS BEEN A MIX OF CORPORATE EARNINGS AND NEGATIVE CALLS ON TELECOMS FROM ANALYSTS. NO MAJOR ECON NEWS IS DUE TODAY TO MOVE THINGS.

TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS AND DO THE REMODELING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
HOME DEPOT AND DUNKIN' DONUTS HAVE CREATED THE FIRST EVER COMBO BAKED-GOODS HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE.
THE STORE WITHIN A STORE OFFERS THE USUAL DUNKIN' DONUTS PRODUCTS PLUS AN INTERNET HOOK-UP,. AS WELL AS HOME REMODELING ACCESSORIES.
ANOTHER ONE IS SET TO OPEN LATER THIS MONTH..
THE COMPANIES SAY THEY WILL SEE JUST HOW SUCCESSFUL THE NEW STORES ARE BEFORE CREATING ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S YOUR FIRST BUSINESS CHECK ON THE MORNING'S TOP BUSINESS HAPPENINGS..))

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS] [COMM]

[Med-Day]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin Health Check]

In medical news, Ginko supplements get bad marks.
Melissa McDermott has that story and more in this morning's Health check.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Melissa McDermott/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=CBS News, New York.]

((MAKERS OF GINKGO SUPPLEMENTS SAY THE PILLS CAN IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY. BUT A NEW STUDY SAYS FORGET IT. THE OVER THE COUNTER SUPPLEMENTS ARE MADE FROM GINKGO BILOBA TREES. EARLY STUDIES SUGGESTED THEY COULD BOOST MENTAL FUNCTION. BUT THE NEW REPORT, IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, SAYS THE FINDINGS OF THOSE STUDIES WERE FLAWED.
KENTUCKY HAS ITS FIRST DEATH FROM THE WEST NILE VIRUS. AN 84-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED AFTER BEING INFECTED WITH THE MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE. WEST NILE USUALLY ONLY PROVES DEADLY IN THE ELDERLY OR THE VERY YOUNG. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS OVER 250 PEOPLE IN A DOZEN STATES HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM CRIPPLING PAIN FROM DISEASES LIKE CANCER OR AIDS MAY FIND RELIEF FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE. RESEARCHERS ARE GIVING PATIENTS SNAIL VENOM. IT'S IN THE FORM OF A DRUG CALLED ZICONOTIDE (ZY-CON-O-TIDE). THE DRUG IS STILL UNDER RESEARCH AND IS NOT YET AVAILABLE.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DAY'S TOP HEALTH STORIES. I'M MELISSA MCDERMOTT, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK))

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[2-11Henry-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#02-28 TC38:40]
[GRAPHIC=Jennifer Short]

Investigators in Henry County say they are no closer to finding Jennifer Short than they were last Thursday .. when her parents were found murdered in their home .. and Jennifer missing.
As the search continues for the nine year old girl, business owners and a local lawmaker are working to keep her name and picture in the public eye. Teresa Hamilton has the story.
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Collinsville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Kenneth Carter/Store Owner; :10]
[SUPER=01-Paula Burnett/Henry Co. Supervisor; :40]
[SUPER=@teresa1; 1:08]
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[OUT Q=Hamilton, NEWS 7, Henry County. ]

[2-11Short-Family]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Jennifer Short]

Funeral services for Michael and Mary Short are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
And visitation for Jennifer's parents is tonight, from 6 until 9, at the Martinsville Church of God. As relatives mourn their loss, they hope a direct public appeal might help the investigation.
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[IN Q=Jennifer we miss you]
[SUPER=01-Ruby Young/Jennifer's Aunt;]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=till we find you.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.]

Family members asked for continued prayers for Jennifer's safe return and for investigators working on the case.

Yesterday, they continued to follow leads, interviewing people who worked for Michael Short's business.
They also filed another search warrant on the Short's house- looking for school supplies and children's clothing purchased for Jennifer.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]
This related note: members of the Short family are scheduled to appear on "The Early Show", between 7 and 7-30.

[2-11Gretna-Water]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-31 TC26:45]
[GRAPHIC=Water Restrict.]
A pond, and plenty of pipe .. have succeeded in keeping Gretna from going dry.
The town's water supply is slowly starting to increase once again, but the crisis is far from over.
And as Steve Smallshaw reports, water restrictions remain in effect.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=After months]
[SUPER=03-Gretna; :00]
[SUPER=01-Glenna Lingafelt/Gretna Mayor; :26]
[SUPER=01-Jerry Webb/Pittsylvania Co. School Superintendent; :50]
[SUPER=01-Angita Fleming/Resident; 1:02]
[SUPER=01-David Lilly/Gretna Town Manager; 1:16]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:27]
[RUNS=1:31]
[OUT Q=News7, Gretna.]
(( After months of dry conditions, this is music to the ears of Gretna residents.
[natsot water 16:45:30]
[RUNS= 02]

And so is this..
[natsot pump 16:57:48]
[RUNS= 01]

In about a week, town leaders built this containment pond, installed a pump and laid more than two miles of pipe through backyards and under roadways to the town reservoir.. which had shrunk to its lowest level in decades.
But since two o'clock Tuesday, 200 gallons a minute have been flowing into Gretna's water supply.
[SOT 7:46:47]
[IN Q=We do need]
((GLENNA LINGAFELT/GRETNA MAYOR: WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO CONSERVE. IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF WATER TO GET US BACK UP.))
[RUNS= 08]
[OUT Q=get us back up.]

And the school system is ready to do its part.
Classes will start as scheduled next Monday.. but kids will eat sandwiches on paper plates for at least the first week, and each Gretna school will truck in water every day instead of relying on the town.
[SOT 7:51:38]
((JERRY WEBB/PITTSYLVANIA CO. SCHOOL SUPT.: WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THE TOWN OF GRETNA OR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.))
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[OUT Q=short-term solution.]

Some residents wondered how things got so bad, so quickly..
[SOT 8:35:03]
((ANGITA FLEMING/RESIDENT: WHY WEREN'T WE PUT UNDER MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS SOONER?))
[RUNS= 04]
[OUT Q=restrictions sooner?]

Town leaders say several springs feeding the reservoir simply dried up overnight.. and they went from having a 200-day supply of water in early July, to just 20 days in early August.
[SOT 8:37:16]
((DAVID LILLY/GRETNA TOWN MANAGER: NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHEN A SPRING IS GOING TO GIVE OUT OR WHEN IT'S GOING TO RAIN. AND LIKE MIKE SAID, IN A MONTH'S TIME IT WENT FROM A CONCERN OF OURS TO A PRETTY MAJOR PROBLEM.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=major problem.]

Lilly says another source of water should be on line by next week.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Gretna.))

[S-NASCAR]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=NASCAR]
The Ricky Rudd watch is over. The Chesapeake native signed a three-year contract with the Wood Brothers of Stuart to drive the Number 21 Ford, effectively swapping seats with Elliott Sadler. The Wood Brothers beat out several other teams in signing Rudd, who has been shopping for the best deal for months. Now let's check out the scoreboards.

[2Terrorist-Search]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The F-B-I is asking law enforcement around the world to look out for an apparent associate of the September eleventh hijackers.
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[VO-NAT]

The F-B-I is looking for this Saudi man.
They say he's armed and dangerous.
Authorities say he's suspected of associating with the suicide hijackers. A senior official says the man's picture was found overseas -- with photos of several of the hijackers.
But they don't believe he's in the U-S.
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[Middle-East]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=Net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A Palestinian civilian is dead after a house collapses on him--
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Gaza Strip;]

It happened when Israeli tanks and helicopters raided a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian security sources say the man was killed when a building was blown up next to a smaller house, which fell on him.
Six other people were wounded.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army says it destroyed two empty buildings that served as shootings posts and shelter for terrorists.
The raid came one day after an Israeli soldier guarding a Jewish settlement was fatally shot by a militant Palestini (------------) an gunman.