WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 10/16/02

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From the halls of power, to state agencies to college campuses, state budget cuts will be felt.
We'll have reaction.
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And a man already doing time in a maximum security prison, faces a new trial for allegedly trying to orchestrate violence from behind bars.
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Tonight on News 7 sports - the Express is all set for its season opener on Friday. Maryland plans to play Ga. Tech tomorrow night despite fears around College Park.
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And Nathaniel Adibi is one of two Hokies on the 38 man watch list for the defensive end of the year honors.
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After the soaking rain moved away, some great cloud formations floated by. Hope you saw a few. Forecast details are coming up.
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News 7 is next.
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From the capitol to campus to the line at the D-M-V, Governor Mark Warner's budget cuts begin to sink in.
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Virginians brace for fewer services, fewer classes and longer waits... but some say it could have been worse.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
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And I'm Shannon Young.
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Virginians are still mulling over the efffects of the state's fiscal diet imposed by Governor Warner.
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The details of many of the budget cuts came into focus today.
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Richmond Bureau Chief Meghan Muldoon has more.
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Warner has outlined 858 million dollars of cuts.
Secretary of Finance John Bennett spelled out the details and what went into the tough decisions the Governor was forced to make.
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The pain is rippling through over 140 state programs.
Even the Governor and Attorney General will be laying off personnel.
State ABC stores will open later in the day.
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Some of the programs spared from the first round of cuts are local health departments, defense preparedness and Medicaid.
Local sheriff offices and Virginia State Police were also exempted -- a decision influenced by the serial sniper currently terrorizing Northern Virginia.
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Higher education may see up to 45-hundred layoffs.
To soften the blow, Governor Warner is looking to the schools hardest hit to exercise other options, like raising tuition.
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Government officials are warning that this is only the first act in a very long play.
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For example, tax forms will no longer be available at local libraries.

[DMV]

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The news about cuts at the Department of Motor Vehicles is being driven home to Virginians today.
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Governor Warner says more than 550 full and part-time positions at the DMV will be eliminated. In addition, some customer service centers and weigh stations will be closed. Others will have reduced hours. ALL centers will be closed on Wednesdays. Officials admit DMV service will be slower and not as convenient.
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((HOMER DUFF/DMV CUSTOMER; WELL ITS GOING TO BE AN INCONVENIENCE I THINK THAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH DMV NOW IS TRYING TO SERVE THE POPULATION AND LOOKING AT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO THE CENTERS NOW SOME OF THEM HAVE TO PUT OUT QUITE A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT AND THE HOURS ARE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTIVE NOW. ))
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An announcement on which locations will be closed is expected November first. Officials say over two years - the agency's budget reduction will equal about 45-million dollars.
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[Radford-Cuts]

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Officials at Radford University may consider themselves lucky tonight.
The school was on the low-end of the state budget cuts...with a reduction of nine-percent.
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New River Valley Bureau Chief Myranda Stephens is here to tell us how this will affect students and faculty.
Keith and Shannon, the University actually submitted a reduction plan of 15-percent.
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So, when they heard the news they were getting a nine-percent reduction...you can only guess they were feeling a bit relieved.
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((BUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS IS STILL THREE MILLION DOLLARS 23:49)) Three million dollars is how much the University will lose next year after the 9-percent budget cut. But, officials say they've come up with a few options to avoid raising tuition, at least...like offering an early retirement program to faculty members...and reducing the spring class schedule.
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[RUNS :11] ((DAVID BURDETTE: SEVEN PERCENT OF THE COURSES WILL BE ELIMINATED, BUT, THOSE COURSES THAT ARE ELIMINATED ARE PRIMARILY ELECTIVES AND SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH STUDENT'S MAJORS AND THEIR ABILITY TO GRADUATE ON TIME 26:21)) But, reducing classes does come with a price.
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[RUNS :04] ((STEVE FEUCHTWANGER/JUNIOR: HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IT WON'T BOTHER ME WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE, BUT, I DON'T KNOW 38:35)) A price one the university understands. To the point where students are now required to register in phases...starting with graduating seniors and on down. Officials say by doing this, each student can register for at least 14-credit hours--which most students seem to think is pretty fair.
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[RUNS :05] ((LAUREN ZEITHAMMEL: I GRADUATE IN MAY AND WE HAVE TOP PRIORITY AND I ACTUALLY REGISTERED YESTERDAY AND GOT ALL THE CLASSES THAT I NEED 33:53)))))
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Now, officials say there may be some layoffs...and the idea of raising tuition isn't completely out the door either.
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Still, these are just some of their options right now...which they plan to submit to the Board of Visitors next month for approval... Keith?

[Community-Colleges]

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Students will have to pay for most of the budget cuts at Virginia's community colleges.
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Virginia Western is one of 23 community colleges facing cuts of eight- percent this year and 10 percent next year.

Tomorrow, the State Board for Community Colleges will consider raising tuition to help out.
Virginia Western's President says, even WITH a significant tuition hike, the college MAY have to lay off workers, increase class sizes and drop some programs.
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((ROBERT SANDEL/VWCC PRESIDENT: WE GOT A TREMENDOUS ENROLLMENT HERE AND YOU GOT TO SQUEEZE CLASSES, RAISE TUITION AND PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER IT COULD CAUSE FEWER STUDENTS TO COME TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR.))
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The State Board for Community Colleges is meeting at the Hotel Roanoke today and tomorrow to discuss the budget cuts.
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[Glenvar-Threat]

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A bomb threat temporarily disrupted classes at all three schools in Glenvar.
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The elementary, middle and high schools were evacuated in response to the call which was made from a local convenience store.
The elementary students were taken to Fort Lewis; the older students were loaded on school buses, while police searched the buildings.
Officials say students were back in their classes after all of the buildings were searched.
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[Bowman]

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A court in Canada may decide tomorrow if it will release information gathered on a North Carolina man to local investigators.
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Garrison Bowman could be deported from Canada as early as this week for questioning in the U-S.
Tomorrow morning, a Canadian judge will decide what material can be sent to investigators in the slayings of Jennifer Short and her parents.
Authorities say Bowman is NOT a suspect -- just a person they really want to talk to.
Canadian prosecutors say drunk driving charges against Bowman are still "under review."
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He's already serving a life sentence. Now Melvin Easter's accused of arranging to hurt the man who helped put him in jail and keep him there.
That story is next on News 7.
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Plus if Mount Airy, North Carolina was ever going to have a traffic jam, today's the day. Andy Griffith comes home.
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[Easter]
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For more than 25 years- -a man serving a life sentence for double murder in Carroll County is said to have kept a "hit list" of people he holds responsible for his incarceration.
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Last year Melvin Easter allegedly contacted an inmate who'd been released from prison, hoping to get his revenge.
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(( Easter was brought all the way from Red Onion state prison for his initial appearance on the new FEDERAL charges. He's accused of trying to persuade Edward DeHart, Junior to commit various acts of violence.
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BOB Leonard has lived with this nightmare since he was 16, when Easter locked him in the trunk of a car, while Easter and his wife went about murdering Leonard's mother and grandfather.
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Leonard recounted the gruesome tale for us eight years ago, part of his crusade to make sure Melvin Easter never qualified for parole.
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Leonard came all the way from Cana for Easter's brief arraignment, though he declined to discuss the case this time. Back in 1994, Easter DID talk with us, insisting that the robbery and murders were his wife's idea and that while he went along with it, he'd changed while in prison.
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Prosecutor Ton Bondurant has seen the interview and scoffs at Easter's expression of remorse.
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The judge set the trial for two days in December. If Easter's convicted he could get up to ten years added to his sentence.

[Bradburn]

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A third defendant has pled guilty to the murder of Ryan Fischer last summer.
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23- year- old Robert Alfonso Bradburn wasn't carrying a gun, nor did he fire the shot that killed Fischer.
But prosecutors say he agreed to the robbery that led to the shooting.
Today, he pled guilty to conspiracy, robbery and murder... while five other charges were dropped.
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((BETTY JO ANTHONY/PROSECUTOR: HE KNOWS THAT WHILE HE PROBABLY NEVER INTENDED THAT SOMEBODY WOULD DIE, THAT'S A REASONABLE CONSEQUENCE WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN A PLANNED ROBBERY AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING FIREARMS AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE PRESENT.))
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Two other defendants have already pled guilty to charges stemming from Fischer's murder.
Bradburn will be sentenced in January.
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[Stocks]

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Disappointing earnings reports coupled with profit-taking brought a four-day rally to a screeching halt. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW tumbled 220 points.
NASDAQ fell 50.
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[Hutcherson]

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Lynchburg mayor Carl Hutcherson has been upgraded to fair condition following quadruple bypass surgery yesterday.

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Hutcherson was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains at a high school football game Friday night.
Tests showed blockages in four of his arteries which doctors operated to remove.
Hutcherson was moved out of intensive care and into his own room at Lynchburg General Hospital today.
City officials aren't sure how long he'll need to stay in the hospital.
Because Lynchburg operates under a council-manager form of government, Hutcherson's absence has had minimal impact on the city's daily operations.
Vice Mayor Bert Dodson will handle the mayor's duties until he returns.
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[Andy-Griffith]

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Andy Griffith helped make Mount Airy, North Carolina famous.
Today, the town returned the favor.
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Andy Griffith returned to his hometown and, this morning, had a stretch of highway named for him.
Governor Mike Easley presented Griffith with a commemorative plaque of the highway sign... and then the real thing.
The local sheriff also honored the Sheriff of Mayberry.
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((ANDY GRIFFITH; I GOT DEPUTIZED THIS MORNING. I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AFTER THE SHERIFF. I MUST SPEAK UP SO YOU CAN HEAR AS BEST YOU CAN. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.))
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This was Griffith's first official visit to Mount Airy in 45 years.
He and his wife spent the night in his boyhood home, now converted into a bed and breakfast.
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[Sports Tease]

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Coming up tonight on the Big 7 - some props for the Hokies, a suspension for Bodine and Steve Mason with the Express.

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And the University of Maryland will play its nationally televised football game tomorrow night in College Park against Georgia Tech - despite the fears around the Beltway.
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[S-ACC]

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The Atlantic Coast Conference will be in the Thursday night college football spotlight, unfortunately, the game will take place tomorrow night in College Park, Maryland as the Maryland Terrapins host Georgia Tech. Officials say postponing or canceling the game was never seriously considered, although security will be stepped up considerably. Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen. like most folks, feels rather helpless.
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Freidgen's team is coming off a 48-to-17 win over West Virginia and felt like it was important to play tomorrow night.

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Two Virginia Tech Hokies are on the initial watch list of 38 players for the brand new Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year award.
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Nathaniel Adibi, the junior from Hampton, has 20 tackles in the first six games of the season including eight for losses. He also had 6 quarterback sacks, seven hurries and he has forced two fumbles.
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Fellow junior Jim Davis, has 16 tackles, four and a half sacks and six tackles for losses and five quarterback hurries. They have keyed a "sack" resurgence at the defensive end position.
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[S-Tech]

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The Hokies are also getting some national attention this week as they get their first mention of the season in Sports Illustrated. Roanoke native Lee Suggs is featured on a special fold-out cover. The magazines hit newsstands tomorrow morning according to the Anderson News Company which distributes them in the area. They say to check Kroger and Wal-Marts first.
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[S-Express]

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The Express battles Greensboro in its home opener Friday at the Roanoke Civic Center. Steve Mason has more on the Express"net" results so far this season.
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((The 1-OH and 1 Express is netting 2.5 goals a game, a positive sign considering three-fourths of the team contains first year Express players and the first two games were against Trenton and Atlantic City who are a combined 4-OH and 1. ((:)) ((:)) ((STEVE MASON:)) ((ASHBY COLEMAN/EXPRESS OWNER:))
Express rookie left wing David Silverstone has been assigned Terrence Tootoo's old locker. Tootoo's picture hangs on a plaque in the locker room and his jersey will be retired in a very special ceremony Friday night involving his immediate family. ((PERRY FLORIO/EXPRESS HEAD COACH:))
The Express held a media luncheon Wednesday to announce that season ticket sales are progressing The team has sold about a thousand season tickets. Steve Mason News 7 sports.))

[S-Bodine]

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Todd Bodine triggered a multi-car wreck at Charlotte on Sunday - today he was placed on probation by NASCAR for careless driving. Officials say he is on probation until the end of the year and that he will receive an indefinite suspension if he misbehaves again. Bodine is entered in this weekend's Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville.