[1-News-Head]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
School officials and city police complete their investigation of sexual assault at Westside Elementary School.
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[VO-NAT :04]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And the Roanoke Times is hoping to soon START the presses.
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[Sports-Head]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Tonight on News 7 sports tennis from Paris and Blacksburg as we check on some upsets at the open and the Patrick Henry boys.
Jake Grove hits the Outland Watch list -
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[VO-NAT]
and Patrick Roy is set to give up the net - he plans to retire tomorrow from the NHL.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
A break from the rain though it won't last long. Details and a Tuesday Weatherschool question coming up.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 4-Shot]
News 7 at Six is next.
[Video-Open]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Allegations of sexual assault on a Roanoke elementary school playground will not bring any charges from police or the schools.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
That's the result of two separate investigations by Roanoke Police and City School officials.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And I'm Shannon Young.
[Westside-Incident]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-25 TC25:06]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-shot]
The police department and city schools looked into the allegations following reports that an 11- year- old girl was assaulted by four boys during recess at Westside Elementary School.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[***NEWS 7 @ 6 IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & Joe D /Newsroom;]
Joe Dashiell is in the newsroom tonight with more on the results of the investigation released late this afternoon.
[LIVE= JoeD /FULL Newsroom Pod]
[SUPER=@joe1;]
Keith and Shannon, in a news release, Roanoke Police said there is nothing to warrant formal charges of sexual assault at this time.
School officials say they conducted their own investigation, and found no evidence to support the allegations.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We interviewed]
((ANNIE HARMAN/EXECUTIVE FOR STUDENT SERVICES; WE INTERVIEWED CHILDREN AND TEACHERS. WE TALKED TO SOME PARENTS, AND FOUND THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WEREN'T FOUNDED. WE DIDN'T FIND ANY INDICATIONS THERE WAS A SEXUAL ASSAULT AT ALL.))
[SUPER=01-Annie Harman/Executive for Student Services;]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=a sexual assault at all.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The eleven year old girl is no longer attending Westside.
The boys were suspended in the wake of these allegations.
But Harman says they will be allowed to make up school work, and will have the suspension removed from their records.
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[LIVE= JoeD /FULL Newsroom Pod]
Harman says the school system takes allegations seriously, and will investigate them thoroughly...but says in this case she feels sorry for the boys who were accused.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & JoeD /Newsroom Pod;]
And Keith and Shannon, she hopes that today's statements from police and school officials will exonerate them and their reputations.
[Walton]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=03-13 TC1:05:17]
[GRAPHIC=Percy Walton]
The fate of triple murderer Percy Walton is now in the hands of the U-S Supreme Court justices.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape]
Walton is scheduled to die tomorrow night for the 1996 murders of an elderly couple and a neighbor.
He was granted a stay of execution after his attorneys argued that he is mentally retarded.
The U-S Supreme Court ruled last year that it is unconstitutional to execute a retarded person.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[SS=HOLD]
Attorney General Jerry Kilgore says Walton's claims are "newly contrived" and "frivolous."
Kilgore has asked the justices to overturn the stay.
A ruling is expected in the next 24 hours.
Prison officials say they are proceeding as if the execution is still on.
[Blacksburg-Body]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Police have identified a Blacksburg man found dead over the weekend.
A passerby discovered the body of 28- year- old Spencer Allen Lewis around 9:30 Sunday morning.
Lewis was lying in the grass in the 2900 block of South Main Street.
There's no word yet on the cause of death, but Blacksburg Police are now awaiting the results of an autopsy performed today.
[L'burg-Council]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-17 TC32:04]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Lynchburg City Council is getting an earful at this hour.
Supporters of the Alliance for Families and Children are there to ask council to restore thousands of dollars in funding.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & Justin /L'Burg Bureau;]
Justin McLeod is live in our Lynchburg Bureau tonight with more. Justin?
Keith, supporters admit it will be an uphill battle.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL L'Burg Bureau]
[SUPER=@justin1]
[SUPER=05-Lynchburg]
They need five votes, two have already voted against it and one has to abstain.
Joan Foster cannot vote because she is also the CEO of this non-profit agency.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Last Week]
Last week, city council voted to cut the Alliance's funding by 44-thousand dollars.
The money pays for child care and substance abuse programs.
Council Member Robert Garber voted against the appropriation believing it is inapprorpiate for the city to award money to an organization that a council member sits on.
Now supporters are back at city council making their case yet again.
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[SOT 1:48]
[IN Q=I think it is going]
((JULIE KIRACOFE/ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE BUT I AM HOPEFUL COUNCIL WILL RECOGNIZE THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS DECISION AS WELL AS THE HUMAN IMPACT AND RECONSIDER.))
[SUPER=01-Julie Kiracofe/Alliance for Families and Children; ]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=and reconsider]
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL L'Burg Bureau]
[SUPER=05-Lynchburg;]
Late word from city council is that they voted NOT to reinstate the money.
The vote was 3 to 3 with one member who voted for it last week changing his mind and voting against it this time around.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith & Justin /L'Burg Bureau;]
Keith, obviously the Alliance is disappointed and we'll have reaction and what happen next tonight on News 7 at 11.
[Voting-Machines]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=jwa]
[TAPE#=03-11 TC1:25:29]
[GRAPHIC=None]
If you're headed to the polls in Roanoke County on June 10th, voting will be a little different.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
Today, a new voting system was unveiled before members of Roanoke County's Board of Supervisors.
With the WIN-vote voting system, levers are a thing of the past.
Instead, voters select their leaders simply by touching a screen.
WIN-vote first made its debut in the 2002 election and it's a system that's quickly becoming popular across much of the country.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It has a wireless]
((DIANE HENSON/ROANOKE CO. REGISTRAR: IT HAS A WIRELESS CAPABILITY OF OPENING AND CLOSING. FOR THE POLL WORKERS, THE EASE OF SETTING UP THE MACHINES AND IT'S JUST LIKE A TOUCH SCREEN WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE ATM. VERY EASY FOR THE VOTERS.))
[SUPER=01-Diane Henson/ Roanoke Co. Registrar]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=easy for the voters.]
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The new voting system goes for a trial run in the Democratic primary on June 10th.
If Roanoke County likes the new system and chooses to make the switch, the cost would run between three and seven hundred thousand dollars.
[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]
One a teacher gets a surprise gold star from her students.
That's still ahead on News 7.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Plus see how one local furniture company is hoping fans of the Antiques Roadshow will bring new sales.
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[Roanoke-Times]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-22 TC17:13]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Tons of equipment have been rolling into western Virginia.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The Roanoke Times is now more than halfway to its goal of installing a new state of the art printing press.
[ANCHOR=Shannon ]
[SS=None]
Tonight, Joe Dashiell has an update on the 31- million dollar expansion.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=A printing unit rises]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=04-March 13; :18]
[SUPER=01-Chip Harris/Project Director; :39]
[SUPER=@Joe2; :57]
[RUNS=1:51]
[OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke]
((A printing unit rises slowly from the floor below.
Assembled at the Heidelberg manufacturing facility in Dover, New Hampshire, and trucked to Roanoke, the component weighs more than 20 tons, and requires a powerful crane to lift it into place.
[NAT SOUND OF CRANE]
When we last visited the new Roanoke Times Printing Plant in mid- March, construction workers were putting the finishing touches on the building, and others were placing devices called fixators to allow for precise positioning of the new press.
Today, two- thirds of the 52 truckloads have arrived, and the equipment is filling the 47- thousand square feet of space in the new building.
[SOT 25:26]
[IN Q=They're bringing in]
((CHIP HARRIS: THEY'RE BRINGING ALL THE MAJOR COMPONENTS, WE CALL IT IRON, IN AND SETTING THE PRINTING TOWERS THE REELS YOU KNOW THE FORMERS THE ROLLERS AND RIGHT AFTER THAT STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE'LL START THE WIRING OF THE PRESS, AND THE PLUMBING.))
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[OUT Q=wiring of the press and the plumbing.]
The new Heidelberg 80 Mainstream Press will offer greater speed, better print quality and increased color capacity.
The tanks that will hold thousands of gallons of ink are hard to miss.
With the new equipment staged to arrive when it's needed, Harris says the work remains on schedule.
[SOT 27:23]
[IN Q=I've been quite impressed with the riggers]
((I'VE BEEN QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THE RIGGERS, THE WAY THE COMPONENTS HAVE COME IN , AND THE EASE , SEEMINGLY, THE EASE WITH WHICH THEY CAN BRING THEM UP AND INSTALL THEM AS PRECISELY AS THEY HAVE TO. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE WARS BEFORE AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IT'S EVIDENT.))
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[OUT Q=It's evident.]
But the work isn't done yet.
While installation should be complete by the end of June, the commissioning process, and press trials will follow through the summer.
The Roanoke Times says October 27th is the day, when the final piece of the puzzle will fall into place, and newspapers produced overnight by the new press will arrive on readers' doorsteps for the first time.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))
[Update-Walton]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Late word from the U.S. Supreme Court on the Percy Walton case.
Tomorrow's scheduled execution is off.
The court denied the attorney general's appeal of lower court rulings granting a stay.
The case will be scheduled for oral arguments later this year.
[Pulaski-Furniture]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=rca]
[TAPE#=03-09 TC1:56:10]
[GRAPHIC=None]
An antique that's worth thousands.
That's what people hope they have when they're on the P-B-S program "Antiques Roadshow."
And now thanks to Pulaski Furniture, the pieces of history you see on T-V can be yours.
Business Reporter Rachel Cannon has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=04-Courtesy WGBH; :00]
[SUPER=03-High Point, NC; :06]
[SUPER=01-Lawrence E. Webb, Jr./Pulaski Furniture President & CEO; :12]
[SUPER=01-James Kelly/Pulaski Furniture Executive VP; :40]
[SUPER=@rachel2; 1:29]
[RUNS=1:37]
[OUT Q=High Point. North Carolina]
(( When Antiques Roadshow comes to town, people line up to get an appraisal.
Pulaski Furniture hopes they will also line up to buy from a new collection based on the popular P-B-S show.
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[SOT 02:26:04]
[IN Q=in today';s]
((LAWRENCE E. WEBB, JR./PULASKI FURNITURE PRES & CEO; IN TODAY'S WORLD THERE IS AN OVER SUPPLY OF FURNITURE AND SO THE KEY IS TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF AND WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT WITH THIS.))
[OUT Q=THIS.]
The Antiques Roadshow collection features 70-pieces.
NATS 02:33:37 "THIS IS THE STORY OF THE CHAIR MARTHA WASHINGTON OWNED"
From chairs ... to bedroom sets.
All the items have been seen on Roadshow and each one has a story.
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[SOT 02:20:08]
[IN Q=wwe put]
((JAMES KELLY/PULASKI FURNITURE EXEC VP; WE PUT A HANG TAG ON EVERY PIECE THAT SHOWS THE ORIGIN OF THE ORIGINAL PIECE WHERE IT CAME FROM WHERE IT SHOWS UP ON ANTIQUES ROADSHOW AND A BRIEF HISTORY.))
[OUT Q=HISTORY.]
Pulaski officials say research shows the nine-million viewers who watch the program each week are interested in history and being educated.
While they admire antiques, they want modern conveniences. That's where Pulaski comes in.
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[SOT 02:26]
[IN Q=our creative]
((LAWRENCE E. WEBB, JR./PULASKI FURNITURE PRES & CEO; OUR CREATIVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD THE IDEA WEREN'T SURE BUT THEY WERE CREATIVE ENOUGH KEEP PURSUING IT AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE'VE EVER DONE AND PROBABLY COULD EXCEED ANYTHING WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE PAST.))
[OUT Q=THE PAST]
Webb says reaction from the furniture industry has been overwhelming.
The collection will be available to buy from 150-retail outlets around the country.
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[SOT 02:24:17]
[IN Q=we have]
((JAMES KELLY/PULASKI FURNITURE EXEC VP; WE HAVE MAJOR PLACEMENTS LIKE NOTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN.))
[OUT Q=SEEN]
And they only see it getting bigger.
Antiques Roadshow has an archive of 40-thousand pieces just waiting to replicated.
Rachel Cannon, News 7, High Point. North Carolina.))
[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Encouraging economic news put investors in a buying mood.
[TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-x/179.97/8781.35/x/46.60/1556.69;]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The DOW jumped 180 points.
NASDAQ gained 47.
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[SUPER=274-h/1.01/7.20/h/0.89/59.67/h/0.75/37.47/h/0.87/39.73/h/0.50/52.50;]
[SUPER=#555; Reset]
[Greenway]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=jwa]
[TAPE#=03-15 TC3:16:08]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Many students are ready to hit the open road for summer vacation, but some got to learn about the road itself today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Patrick Henry High School assembled experts in the field of highway construction.
From a motor grader to a computer- simulated bulldozer, each student got a first- hand look at some of the industry's latest technology.
The demonstrations also emphasized the need for good math and communication skills and a clean driving record.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=One of the most]
((ALAN SOLTIS/LANFORD BROS. VP: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE TELL STUDENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THE DRIVING RECORDS THEY HAVE AND THEY HAVE TO BE GOOD DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DRIVING LICENSES TO OPERATE EQUIPMENT LIKE WE HAVE HERE AND GO FROM JOB SITE TO JOB SITE.))
[SUPER=01-Alan Soltis/Lanford Bros. Vice-President]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=job site to job site.]
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[VO-NAT]
This is the second year for the event sponsored by Partners in Education.
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[Bedford-Teacher]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=03-10 TC1:44:14]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A seventh grade teacher from Staunton River Middle School is getting straight A's from her students.
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[VO-NAT :16]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.]
Carol Wiatt was today presented with the Bedford County Public School's Teacher of the Year award.
The English teacher was chosen from a group that included one teacher from every school in the county.
Judges kept the winner a secret until they could call students to a surprise meeting.
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[SOT :32-:45]
[IN Q=I came to school today...]
((CAROL WIATT/BEDFORD CO. "TEACHER OF THE YEAR": I CAME TO SCHOOL TODAY THINKING THIS WAS THE TUESDAY AFTER A HOLIDAY AND THEN THEY PULLED THIS ASSEMBLY AND I'M BEING NAMED "TEACHER OF THE YEAR" FOR THE COUNTY. IT WAS THE GREATEST THRILL I COULD EVER ASK FOR.))
[SUPER=01-Carol Wiatt/Bedford Co. "Teacher of the Year";]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=greatest thrill I could ever ask for.]
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[VO-NAT :11]
Wiatt's been with Staunton River Middle School since 1999 but has 31-years of teaching experience, all in Virginia.
She'll go on to compete in the regional competition.
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[Sports Tease]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SPORTS TEASE]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
Coming up tonight on News 7 sports -
Jake Grove looks for an Outlandish Season - Dell Curry checks in from the links,
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[VO-NAT]
and the top seed at the French Open advances at the expense for former UVa great Brian Vahaly.
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[S-TENNIS]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-145 13238TC]
[GRAPHIC=vhsl]
We start on the court, where the boy's Triple A state team tennis tournament took center stage in Blacksburg as Patrick Henry played Richmond's Mills Godwin.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00]
And surprise, surprise - due to the weather the event had to moved inside the Burleson tennis center on the Tech campus from the River's Edge.
Mills Godwin would win the singles portion of the competition 4-to-2 which forced the Patriots into must-win situations in the doubles.
Unfortunately, for PH they were unable to sweep the doubles and even though Brock Newton and Tyler Early were winners - PH loses the team competition 5-to-2.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Brock Newton/Patrick Henry Junior; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tyler Early/Patrick Henry Junior; :11]
[SUPER=01-Joel Higham/Patrick Henry Tennis Coach; :18]
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q=......prepared for Friday"]
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[ANCHOR=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=VHSL]
The individual state championship will take place June 6th and 7th in Richmond.
[S-French]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-138 13327TC]
[GRAPHIC=tennis]
On the clay at Roland Garros it was a rough day for a UVa grad and a couple of the top seeded players as first round action continued at the French Open.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Paris, France/espn2; :00]
The men's top seed, Australian Lleyton Hewitt won his first match in the tournament in four sets by defeating former UVa great Brian Vahaly - 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 and 6-3.
Hewitt moves on, but same cannot be said for Andy Roddick.
The sixth seeded American was ousted in four sets by Sargis Sargisian.
On the women's side, Venus Williams easily opened the tournament with a win along with Lindsey Davenport and Jennifer Capriati.
Monica Seles -
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[ANCHOR=MIKE]
[GRAPHIC=TENNIS]
was beaten in straight sets by Russian Nadia Petrova.
[S-Grove]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-140 1421TC]
[GRAPHIC=tech ]
Forest native Jake Grove has been named the watch list for the 2003 Outland Trophy that is given annually to the best interior lineman in college football.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Last Season; :00]
The rising senior is joined by 35 others on the initial list.
Grove, also is on the preseason watch list for the "Remington Award" that is given annually to the best center in the game.
The six three - 290 pounder is considered a can't miss prospect in the NFL.
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[S-Dell]
[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-148 51:29]
[GRAPHIC=NBA]
The new NBA franchise in Charlotte continues to work towards securing its front office staff. Owner Bob Johnson has already spoken to Michael Jordan twice and plans another meeting with his airness June second to talk about Michael' s involvement as a part owner.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
Former Tech star Dell Curry, who was in town for a Hokie Club golf function recently, is now retired after 15 plus season in the NBA. He would add a lot to the front office with the new NBA team in Charlotte.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Dell Curry/Retired from NBA; :00]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=.....doing that"]
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[VO-NAT]
While Curry just retired from the Toronto Raptors, he is still a fixture in Charlotte with his Dell Curry Foundation that helps under privileged kids. The Charlotte Hornets all time leading scorer knows he can perform a number of tasks for the new franchise.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="I think]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=......in many areas"]
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[S-NHL]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-136 15954TC]
[GRAPHIC=NHL]
Tomorrow afternoon at two, one of the best players in the history of the NHL will be unmasked forever.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-NHL; :00]
Patrick Roy (WAH) the 37 year old goalie for the Colorado Avalanche will walk away from the game tomorrow and retire after 18 seasons in net.
Roy won four Stanley Cup titles during his career - two with the Avs and two more earlier in his career with the Canadians.
Roy leaves the game with more wins in goal than any player in NHL history with 551.
He has been bothered in recent years by arthritic hips and the fact that his work schedule prohibits him from seeing his son play his own hockey games.
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