WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 11/25/02

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A suspect is named in the case of a local retirement home murder.
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And Reverend Jerry Falwell wants more room for his flock. But the site he's chosen might ruffle some feathers.
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Tonight in sports - UVa cleans up the ACC honors. While the Tech 2002 report warns that UVa might clean up in Blacksburg this weekend.
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And Travis Watson comes off the bench in the second half with four fouls to carry the Cavs past upset minded Chaminade this afternoon in Maui.
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From the 60's to the 40's in one day. And some cold rain on the way as well. Heading for the freezer in the 7 day planner just ahead.
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News 7 is next.
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An arrest is made in a Roanoke County murder case.
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Capital murder charges are filed in the death of an elderly woman at a local retirement home.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

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

And I'm Shannon Young.
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It's been nearly two months since the night manager at Shenandoah Homes was found murdered.
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Today, a 34- year old man described as a transient was formally charged with killing Helen Cadd-- who lived and worked at the home.
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Police say Danny Ray Taylor-- who was homeless-- was at the retirement home the night the 88- year old was found dead.

That evening, Taylor was arrested on a probation violation and has been in custody ever since.
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Today-- he was formally charged with capital murder and sexual assault. Authorities aren't saying what evidence led to today's arrest. Taylor is being held without bond and has been granted two court appointed attorneys. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January.
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School officials in Craig County thought they had fixed heating problems at the combined school.
But two new boilers would not cooperate... and classes were cancelled for the second day in less than a week. [***COLD CLASSROOMS BAM GRAPHIC***]
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Tonight, Joe Dashiell has a progress report on the repairs and the likelihood that classes will resume in the morning.
Shannon, this has been a frustrating problem for school officials and parents in Craig County...
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But tonight the boilers are operating and officials are hopeful that tomorrow morning their classrooms will have heat.
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Technicians worked through the night to get the boilers up and running... but at five AM there was still no heat, and superintendent Dallas Helems had no choice but to cancel classes one more time.
The new boilers were installed as part of a six million dollar addition at the combined school... It has taken time to work out bugs in the system... and the problems were compounded when a backup boiler failed last week.
But by midafternoon, the county's contractor was making progress.
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Late this afternoon, the boilers were operating and the superintendent said classes are scheduled to resume in the morning.
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Because four additional days have been built into the school year, there is no impact on the calendar yet.... but Shannon, as Dallas Helems noted we may have a long winter ahead.

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DMV officials are defending their decision to cut costs by closing a dozen customer service centers.
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Some Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the D-M-V closings.
The majority of offices shut down are in Republican districts.
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D-M-V officials today said a team of about twelve people "agonized" over which offices to close.
They denied that politics played a role.
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D-M-V officials say they are trying to restore service to customers in areas that lost an office.
One option is to allow certain D-M-V transactions to be conducted at the local Commissioner of Revenue office.
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A showdown could be brewing between the Reverend Jerry Falwell and Lynchburg city leaders over the purchase of the city's biggest industrial site.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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(( What was once Lynchburg's biggest employer, the Ericsson plant is now just a shell of its former self.
The 900-thousand square foot property was on the market for two years before next door neighbor Jerry Falwell stepped in.
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Falwell wants to move Thomas Road Baptist Church to the plant and also use the property to greatly expand Liberty University.
To do all that, he'll need the city's blessing by way of rezoning.
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((REV. JERRY FALWELL/LIBERTY U. CHANCELLOR: ALL OF US BUY GAS AND GROCERIES AND EAT IN THE RESTAURANTS AND LIVE IN THE MOTELS, AND SHOP AT WAL-MART LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND PAY TAXES ALL OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, I WOULD HOPE WOULD BE A GOOD CONTRIBUTING CITIZEN AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD COME TO THAT AGREEMENT.))
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((YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO AFFECT THE FINANCES OF THE CITY.))
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Some city leaders are worried about taking Lynchburg's biggest industrial site off the tax rolls.. and what that loss of revenue would do to other city services.
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((BERT DODSON/LYNCHBURG VICE MAYOR: LIBERTY BRINGS A GREAT DEAL TO THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHERE IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING MADE UP? WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE INCREASING OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES, THE STATE IS FAILING IN ITS OBLIGATIONS, SO WE COULD BE EVEN MORE STRESSED AS TIME UNFOLDS.))
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((FALWELL: WE CERTAINLY DON'T ENJOY DOING BATTLE WITH OUR FRIENDS, BUT JUST AS IT IS THE JOB OF CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK OUT FOR THE OF THEIR DISTRICT, IT IS MY DUTY, THE BUCK STOPS AT MY DESK TO LOOK OUT FOR LIBERTY AND THOMAS ROAD AND I WILL DO THAT.))
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The rezoning battle won't get underway until next year.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))

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He's now the Big Man on Campus... or post we should say.
We'll talk to VMI's new Superintendent when News 7 at Six return.
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And after a string of football-induced riots on college campuses, find out what Tech police are doing to ensure this doesn't happen again in Blacksburg.
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Did a Roanoke City police officer act reasonably when he shot a man during a traffic stop three years ago?
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That's what jurors must decide in the U-S District Court civil trial of Officer William Boucher (boo-SHAY). Boucher shot Wilbert Wesley Lewis after a car chase on the outskirts of downtown Roanoke in late December 1999. Both Lewis and Boucher have said they were facing each other when the shot was fired. But today, Lewis testified his back was to the officer and his hands on top of the car when he was shot in the back. An emergency room surgeon testified it's his "impression" the bullet exited Lewis' stomach. Boucher says Lewis failed to comply with commands "get on the ground" and "show his hands" and that he fired only when Lewis lunged at him. The trial is expected to last two days.
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[Peay]

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Virginia Military Institute will have a new Superintendent as of next June. Binnie Peay is a career military man who rose through the ranks to become a four-star general.
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(( Now a civilian, Peay serves as President, Chairman and C-E-O of a private munitions firm. His military career began right here at V-M-I when he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant 40 years ago... in the days of four-hour exams and Saturday classes, long before VMI was integrated with women and minorities.
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((VMI TODAY STILL REMAINS A VERY STRUCTURED PLACE THAT TURNS OUT WONDERFUL PRODUCTS. OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON THE PRODUCT OF CADETS TODAY AND WE'LL BE OKAY IN THE FUTURE.)) [RUNS12]
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At 62, Peay is just six months younger than his predecessor, General Josiah Bunting. Peay has agreed to serve the same amount of time as Bunting has been in the Superintendent's office.
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((HE INTENDS TO SERVE FOR 7 YEARS, ASSUMING GOOD HEALTH AND CONTINUED EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE (:07) AND BEYOND THAT TERM IF HE AND THE BOARD SO DESIRE.)) [RUNS:11]
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General Peay commanded the 101st Airborne Division in the Gulf War. That makes him the only COMBAT commander of the 101st in the three decades since Vietnam. He says leading the 101st was one of the great highlights of his life.
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The Commander of the 101st also oversees the division's home base of Fort Campbell. That experience may serve him well in Lexington and the academic environment of V-M-I.
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((30,000 TO 40,000 PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK ON THAT POST WITH A MAJOR SCHOOL SYSTEM A HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A SCHOOL BOARD. BASICALLY YOU'RE A CITY MANAGER IN YOUR SECOND HAT RUNNING A 40,000-PERSON COMMUNITY.)) [RUNS19]
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Also this week at V-M-I, a senior cadet from Kenya learned he's been named a Rhodes Scholar.
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Michael Lokale (low-CALL-ee) is a Biology major with a 3-point-8 grade point average. He was recruited to run track and cross country and has twice won the conference championship. He sees the Rhodes scholarship as a key to success.
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((IT'S THE KEY FOR MY LIFE-LONG DREAM, TO BE A DOCTOR. AND I'M GOING TO GO TO OXFORD AND COME BACK AND GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL. I THINK IT'S GOING TO OPEN A LOT OF DOORS FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS I WANT TO GO TO. In the United States? Yes.))
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He hopes to attend U-V-a Medical School, then return home to Kenya and become a Pediatrician. V-M-I has had ten Rhodes Scholars, but Cadet Lokale is the first one in 35 years. The 24-year old Kenyan says V-M-I has been "a blessing."

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Wall Street opened the Thanksgiving-shortened trading week with a win. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW jumped 44 and a half points.
NASDAQ rose 13.
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[Football-Game]
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Violence at college football games. There's been a lot of it in the news recently...from out-of-control fans to even the players themselves.
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It's a trend that has Virginia Tech police forming their own game plan.
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New River Valley Bureau Chief Myranda Stephens joins us now to explain.
Keith and Shannon, with the Virginia Tech, U-V-A game just days away...
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Virginia Tech police realize times anything can happen...and they want to be ready when it does.
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(((No one really knows who or what started it, but, somehow it caught on quick.
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[RUNS :06] ((DEBRA DUNCAN: IT'S REALLY SOME KIND OF FAD THAT'S GOING THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BURN SOMETHING OR THROW SOMETHING AND IT'S REALLY A SHAME.)) Just over the weekend, dozens of Ohio State fans were arrested for rioting in the streets after defeating arch-rival Michigan. And while VISITING West Virginia fans celebrated their win over Tech peacefully, it was just the opposite in Morgantown. It's incidents like these that have Virginia Tech hoping for the best this weekend, but, preparing for the worst.
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[RUNS 15] ((WE'RE PUTTING SOME THINGS IN PLACE, LIKE WE'RE HAVING THE USHERS COME DOWN TO THE FIELD, WE'RE HAVING MORE OFFICERS COME DOWN TO THE FIELD. MORE VISIBLE PRESENCE, THAT SORT OF THING. WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND THEN DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT HAPPENS.)) Like in 19-99, when Hokie-fans took down the goal post to celebrate their win over Boston College. But, Duncan says it doesn't matter whether it's in good fun or not--if it threatens someone's safety, then it's probably not a good idea.
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[RUNS 10] ((I MEAN WE CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING AND WE CERTAINLY CAN'T ARREST EVERYONE FOR EVERY CRIMINAL VIOLATION THAT SORT OF THING, BUT, WE ARE WARNING PEOPLE IF THEY DO COME OUT ONTO THE FIELD AFTER THE GAME, THEN THEY ARE SUBJECT TO ARREST.)))))
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Now, as always, Virginia Tech police won't be alone to keep things under control.
Duncan says they will get some help from about a hundred-additional officers
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from Blacksburg, Christiansburg and the Montgomery County Sheriff's office. So, they ARE ready.

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Coming up tonight on News 7 Sports - the UVa men's basketball team avoids a repeat of history this afternoon in Hawaii.
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And the Cavaliers have their heads in the clouds as they get ready for the Commonwealth Cup battle this Saturday. The Cavs are a hot topic in the Tech 2002 report and more tonight in sports.
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The Virginia Tech Hokies host the Virginia Cavaliers this coming Saturday, and there really is no need to say anything else? But this week is all about talk. And it started about 20 minutes after UVa destroyed Maryland this past Saturday night.
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(( David A Harrison Field was still full of fans when one UVa backer calmly stated - on Thursday we'll all eat Turkey - on Saturday we'll take care of the leftovers. Speaking in football terms - the "LEFTOVERS" the UVa fan was referring to is what's left of Tech's once promising season. Three straight losses and a rash of injuries have left the Hokies beaten down. ((SHAWN WITTEN:)) Amazingly, the Hokies are favored by 7 points. This despite the fact that UVa is playing its best football of the season, and Tech is playing its worst. UVa captain Billy McMullen expects Tech to have its act together by Saturday. ((BILLY MCMULLEN:)) The Tech bandwagon has seen its share of defections in the past month from the fair weather fans - who've not been shy about ripping the players and the coaches. ((BILLY HITE:)) The Hokies will definitely be without starting defensive tackle Kevin Lewis Saturday and for the rest of the season. He has opted for surgery to repair his torn pectoral muscle. He's even questionable for spring practice. There is some good news from the Tech training room. Head athletic trainer Mike Goforth says DeAngelo Hall's back has responded well to treatment and he should play on Saturday against UVA.))

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The 8 and 4 Virginia Cavaliers come into this week riding higher than high. Steve Mason talked with the team earlier today in Charlottesville.
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[S-Gillen]

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On the basketball front - the UVa men are in Maui this week for the EA Sports Invitational. This afternoon the Cavs played Chaminade on the 20th anniverary of the biggest upset in college hoops' history.
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Twenty years ago, the number one ranked Cavs with Ralph Sampson, Jimmy Miller, Rick Carlisle and Ricky Stokes to mention a few were beaten by the NAIA school just two days before Christmas.
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This afternoon Ralph was in attendance to make sure there was no repeat performance. UVa's Jason Clark takes the ball to the rack with the hanging reverse layin. UVa led the game at the half. Pete Gillin broke the huddle to start the final 20 minutes, but not long after that big man Travis Watson picked up his 4th foul with over 18 minutes to play. The Silverswords took advantage of his absence and the steal and fastbreak will result in a 45-to-44 Chamidade lead. But Watson wasn't big on history repeating itself. He comes off the bench and blows the game open with a menagerie of plays.
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