WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 12/13/02

[7-11McKinney]

[ANCHOR=Marya]

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[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=02-44 TC1:12:01]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
The Henry County Sheriffs department has arrested a suspect in a shooting death in Fieldale about six weeks ago.
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[V/O-SILT] 40-year old Arthur McKinney of Martinsville was charged with first- degree murder and robbery. He's accused of killing 25-year old Charles Antwan Saunders.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[SS=Murder Invest.]
It happened around three on a Sunday morning, October 27th at Saunders' home on Clyde Prillaman Drive. Saunders had been shot in the head.

[7-11Groot]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-48 TC20:42]
[GRAPHIC=Sniper Suspects]
A media organization may appeal a Virginia judge's decision to keep television cameras out of the first sniper trial.

Both the prosecution and the defense are opposed the idea.
Meanwhile, attorneys for one of the sniper suspects will get assistance from a lawyer in our area.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/November 12;]
Washington and Lee Law Professor Roger Groot and a group of W&L students with the school's Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse have been asked to assist in the defense of 17 year-old John Lee Malvo. Groot says the group will assume a consulting role, but there are no specific plans to meet with the teenager. He adds this case will be unique because of the publicity it has attracted, and it will be the first test of the state's terrorism laws that went into effect this summer.
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[7-11OVB-Memorial]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-49 TC14:23]
[GRAPHIC=9-11 WTC]
A company in Salem is honoring the victims of 9-11 with a memorial that brings a piece of history to the Roanoke Valley.
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[SUPER=03-Salem;]
Old Virginia Brick bought these steel beams out of the rubble of the World Trade Center more than a year ago, stripped off the insulation and coated the girders with a protective epoxy. Yesterday, the beams were hoisted in place by crane, with a flagpole added to the top.
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[IN Q=It kind of took...]
((FLETCHER SMOAK/OLD VIRGINIA BRICK COMPANY; IT KIND OF TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. WE THOUGHT WE'D SPEND FIVE-TO-TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ON IT, AS IT GONE IT'S 40-THOUSAND AND CLIMBING. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THE COMPANY WANTED TO DO, THE DIRECTORS, THE OFFICERS, AND THE EMPLOYEES.))
[SUPER=01-Fletcher Smoak/Old Virginia Brick Company;]
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[OUT Q=officers, and the employees.]
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[VO-NAT - :14+]
The beams weigh more than 14-thousand pounds and are 36 feet high, and the flagpole adds more than 20 feet to the memorial's height. Company officials hope to hold a formal dedication in April. In the meantime the memorial is open to the public.
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[45-11Moore]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=02-46 TC39:51]
[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]
Suspended Bassett High School principal and church deacon Terry Moore and his wife are facing new charges from a federal grand jury.
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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/July 17]
The couple was charged in June with two counts of defrauding the Saint Paul Pentecostal Holiness Church. Yesterday, the government added four counts of mail fraud, and Myra Moore was named as a "principal" in one of the counts.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[SS=Legal Scales]
The case is set for trial next month in Danville.

[45-11Xmas-Store]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=02-42 TC1:59:42]
[GRAPHIC=None]

In 19-82, the Sunday school class at a church in Blacksburg was looking for a unique way to help families in need through the holidays.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg;]

The idea developed into the Montgomery County Christmas Store, which provides clothing, toys and food to hundreds of low-income families.
Inside a warehouse, the store was created to resemble an actual department store, where customers are able to shop for gifts with points, instead of cash.
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[INCUE=We wanted to]
((LAVINA TYNDALL & SALLY BOHLAND/STORE FOUNDERS: WE WANTED TO TRY AND HAVE CHRISTMAS WITH DIGNITY. IN OTHER WORDS, RATHER THAN TAKING BASKETS TO FAMILIES, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO SHOP FOR THEMSELVES ))
[SUPER=01-Lavina Tyndal & Sally Boland/Store Founders]
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[OUTCUE=shop for themselves.]
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[VO-NAT]

The Christmas Store has about 800-volunteers each year.
All of the items are either donated or purchased through grants.
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[45-11New-Jobs]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-50 TC12:15]
[GRAPHIC=New Jobs]

Southside officials say they've found the beginning of a new future with a hi-tech company.
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[SUPER=03-Martinsville;]
Axiom Technologies has announced it will move its headquarters to the city of Martinsville. It means a 5-million dollar investment and 250-new jobs. Most importantly, officials say it provides 21st Century opportunities for the local workforce.
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[IN Q=this is]
((GENE TEAGUE/MARTINSVILLE MAYOR; THIS IS ENTIRELY NEW TYPE OF BUSINESS FOR THIS AREA THAT PROVIDES DIVERSIFICATION FROM OUR TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES AND PRODUCTS WE ARE CONVINCED OTHER COMPANIES THAT NEED QUALITY EMPLOYEES LOW COST OF LIVING AND A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE WILL FOLLOW.))
[SUPER=01-Gene Teague/Martinsville Mayor;]
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[OUT Q=WILL FOLOW]
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[VO-NAT]
The company makes ceramic parts and high-end electrical components for defense and homeland security. Axiom will be located at the former Coca-Cola bottling plant. Officials say renovations and job advertisements will be begin immediately. The average pay will be 14-dollars an hour.
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[8-11Burrow]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=02-41 TC1:20:32]
[GRAPHIC=Richard Burrow]

The defense in the trial of former D-Day director Richard Burrow continues today.
Yesterday, a retired banker with a reputation for fundraising said Burrow did nothing wrong in the way he raised money for the Bedford war memorial.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

Burrow is charged with mail, bank and wire fraud for his efforts to secure state grants and bank loans to help build the memorial.
[SUPER=@file;]

But former Roanoke banker Warner Dalhouse testified yesterday it's common practice for a non-profit to use bank loans to match state grants.
Dalhouse also says it's routine for those agencies to list undocumented pledges as collateral for those bank loans.
Former foundation chairman Bob Slaughter praised Burrow's efforts in getting the memorial built.
Slaughter says he would hire Burrow again.
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[8-11McKinney]

[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=02-44 TC1:12:01]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
The Henry County Sheriffs department has arrested a suspect in a shooting death about six weeks ago.
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[V/O-SILT] 40-year old Arthur McKinney of Martinsville was charged with first- degree murder and robbery. He's accused of killing 25-year old Charles Antwan Saunders.
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[SS=Murder Invest.]
It happened around three on a Sunday morning, October 27th at Saunders' home on Clyde Prillaman Drive. Saunders had been shot in the head.