WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 01/03/03

[7-Evans-Paint]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]

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[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

A Roanoke warehouse with a history of hazardous materials caught fire last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Firefighters were called to the Evans Paint warehouse on Cleveland Avenue around 10:30.
Flames were already shooting through the roof when they got there.
Crews said the building was filled with pallets, most of which were on fire.
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[IN Q=The pallets]
((AUDIE FERRIS/BATTALION CHIEF; THE PALLETS THEMSELVES AREN'T HAZARDOUS, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IS STORED IN THE BUILDING.))
[SUPER=01-Audie Ferris/Battalion Chief;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=in the building.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-May 2000]

In 2000, The Environmental Protection Agency found 600 drums inside the building, some that contained hazardous materials.
Some had leaked and fluid solidified on the warehouse floor.
At the time, federal agents were cleaning up the site and trying to find the owners of the building.
[SUPER=04-January 2002]

A year ago, environmental experts found traces of cancer-causing P-C-B's in the soil around the building, but said the levels weren't high enough to cause any health problems.
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[7-11Bedford-DMV]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=ssm]
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It appears that Bedford area residents will soon be able to access D-M-V services, without having to travel to Lynchburg or Roanoke.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.]

Central Virginia lawmakers announced yesterday that Bedford will be the first locality in Virginia to get a license agent to provide some of the services they lost when the D-M-V closed.
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[SOT 13:22:01]
[IN Q=I've never had]
((DEL. LACEY PUTNEY/I-BEDFORD: I'VE NEVER HAD AS MANY CONSTITUENTS WRITE TO ME, E-MAIL ME, CALL ME ON THE PHONE AND SIGN PETITIONS ON ANY ISSUE THAT EVEN APPROACHED THE LEVEL OF CONCERN THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED ON THE CLOSING OF THE D-M-V OFFICE IN BEDFORD.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Lacey Putney/(I) Bedford]
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[OUT Q=office in Bedford.]
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[VO-NAT]

The license agent will serve as a separate contractor and provide general services like vehicle registration and tag and decal renewals.
Officials hope to have one hired and trained within the next week or two.
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[7-11Courthouse]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=02-45 TC1:09:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]
New metal detectors will soon adorn the entrance to the Roanoke city courthouse.
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[V/O-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The sheriff's office says it'll be no different than airport security measures already in effect. In fact- -like the airport- -the sheriff recommends people arrive an hour before they're scheduled to be in court in order to get to the courtroom on time. The stepped up security was brought on by September 11th. It has just taken a while to get a plan in place.
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[45-11Glad-Rags]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=02-44 TC1:55:29]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A textile plant that survived the devastating flood of 19-85 is throwing in the towel.
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[VO-NAT :19]
[SUPER=03-Buchanan;]
Glad Rags owner Pete Ragone (Ra-GO-nee) says he's closing the Buchanan plant because of low order volume. He says much of the textile work has gone overseas. In the mid-eighties, the plant was Buchanan's largest employer, with over 100- workers, but in recent years that number has been lowered to around 30.
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[IN Q=WELL THEY]
((PETE RAGONE/BUSINESS OWNER; WELL THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED THEY WERE EXPECTING IT THEY SAW HOW INPUT WAS DWINDLING AND HOW THEY HADN'T SENT US ANYTHING TO DO FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS WHEN IT CAME IT WASN'T A SHOCK, BUT IT WAS SAD.))
[SUPER=01-Pete Ragone/Business Owner;]
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[OUT Q=IT WAS SAD.]
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[VO-NAT]
The plant began manufacturing in 1954, and it took the Glad Rags name in 1978.
[SUPER=04-1985;]
Ragone says he will never forget the flood of 19-85. The overflowing James River sent 18-inches of water into the plant.
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[45-Switched-Babies]

[ANCHOR=kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=02-49 TC32:02]
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There's another twist in the case of two little girls switched at birth.
The Virginia Court of Appeals says a Buena Vista man can visit one of the two children.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Buena Vista/May]

The decision reverses a lower court's ruling in the case of Carlton Conley.
In May, a Stafford County judge eliminated Conley's right to unaccompanied visits with the child who was erroneously given to him and Paula Johnson by the University of Virginia Hospital in 1995.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=None]

But on Tuesday, the appeals court ruled that Paula Johnson failed to prove Conley's marriage and relocation to Buena Vista hurt the child.

[45-11Lex-Church]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=02-47 TC59:56]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Fire cause extensive damage to the Lexington Presbyterian Church back in July of 2000. Now the long wait for parisioners to return to their church is over.
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[VO-NAT - :13]
[SUPER=03-Lexington;]
After rebuilding for nearly two and a half years, the church will hold services in the re-built sanctuary this Sunday.
Restoration officials say it has been a long process, but the finished product makes it all worthwhile.
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[IN Q=It's going to be...]
((FRANK PARSONS/CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION MANAGER; IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A RELIEF TO BE BACK IN HERE. I JUST HOPE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE CONGREGATION WILL LOOK AROUND, THOSE WHO HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE WORK WE'VE DONE HERE RECENTLY, AND WILL PRONOUNCE IT GOOD.))
[SUPER=01-Frank Parsons/Church Reconstruction Manager;]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=PRONOUNCE IT GOOD.]
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[VO-NAT - :17+, generic interior/exterior]
Meanwhile the church will receive a temporary organ, on loan from a church in San Francisco. Workers will start moving the organ in on Monday. The church will use the organ for at least two and a half years while another organ designed for Lexington Presbyterian is built by a company in Massachusetts.
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[8-Evans-Paint]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]

A Roanoke warehouse with a history of hazardous materials caught fire last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Firefighters were called to the Evans Paint warehouse on Cleveland Avenue around 10:30.
Flames were already shooting through the roof when they got there.
Crews said the building was filled with pallets, most of which were on fire.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The pallets]
((AUDIE FERRIS/BATTALION CHIEF; THE PALLETS THEMSELVES AREN'T HAZARDOUS, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IS STORED IN THE BUILDING.))
[SUPER=01-Audie Ferris/Battalion Chief;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=in the building.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-May 2000]

In 2000, The Environmental Protection Agency found 600 drums inside the building, some that contained hazardous materials.
Some had leaked and fluid solidified on the warehouse floor.
At the time, federal agents were cleaning up the site and trying to find the owners of the building.
[SUPER=04-January 2002]

A year ago, environmental experts found traces of cancer-causing P-C-B's in the soil around the building, but said the levels weren't high enough to cause any health problems.
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