[Open-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[roll cold out of the open]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
[SUPER=@Marya1;]
[SUPER=@Brent1;]
Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning...
Henry County officials hope a newly released sketch of a murder suspect will lead to an arrest.
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And two Virginians are killed when a helicopter crashes in Hawaii.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[2-shot toss to Hello]
[11Henry-Murder]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=03-33 06:11]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
Henry County investigators are releasing new information -- in an effort to solve a murder that's now more than three days old.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./Wednesday]
Two men entered a Bassett apartment late Tuesday or early Wednesday and fatally shot 19-year old Nicolas Ryan Marshall. They bound a second man with duct tape.
The sheriff's office yesterday released this composite sketch of one suspect. He is described as a black man, abouty five feet 11 inches tall, 240 to 270 pounds, who speaks with a lisp.
Investigators also released a photo of a car similar to the one that may have been used in the getaway -- one driven by a white male.
It is a red Ford Probe with chrome wheels.
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[Take Henry Co Sheriff FS]
If you have any information, you are asked to call the Henry County Sheriff's department at 276- 638-8751.
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[11Logan-Bowman]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-20 1:39:27]
[GRAPHIC=Logan Bowman]
They've never found a body, but that didn't stop Grayson County authorities from charging the mother of a missing boy and her ex-boyfriend with murder.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Grayson Co./File Tape;]
A grand jury indicted Cynthia Davis and Dennis Schemerhorn (Skim-er-horn) yesterday on felony homicide charges for the death of Davis' son Logan Bowman.
The five-year-old was in the couple's care when he disappeared from his home January Eighth.
Davis and Schemerhorn have already been charged with felony child neglect and are scheduled to have separate trials later this year.
The two will be arraigned on the new charges next week.
Authorities have said for some time now that they believed Logan is dead.
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[Kauai-Crash]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat. a.m.]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Two Virginians are among the dead in a helicopter crash in Hawaii.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Kauai, HI;]
Five people were killed Wednesday when a sightseeing helicopter went down during a tour of Kauai.
Authorities say Edward and Teresa Wadiak of Manassas were among the dead. They were on a trip to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
Federal investigators flew over the crash sight yesterday, but weather prevented them from landing.
They plan to begin their investigation of the crash today.
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[11Warner]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-19 1:37:27]
[GRAPHIC=Mark Warner]
The Appalachian region is getting some much-needed funding to boost the area's economy.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Galax;]
Yesterday, Governor Warner announced more than 300-thousand dollars in grants to bring business, jobs and technology to Virginia's Appalachian communities.
The money will help support 14-business and technology projects through the Appalachian Regional Commission.
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[SOT 3309]
[IN Q=these kinds]
((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: THESE KIND OF DOLLARS WHETHER IT'S DOLLARS THAT COME FOR THE BUSINESS ENTREPRENUERSHIP, DOLLARS THAT COME FOR TOURISM OR DOLLARS THAT COME FOR LIKE I WAS YESTERDAY IN WISE COUNTY BRINGING WATER TO COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE WATER. THESE DOLLARS WE LEVERAGE THEM TWO OR THREE TIMES. SO THEY ARE A GREAT GREAT VALUE.))
[SUPER=@MarkWarner;]
[RUNS=17]
[OUT Q=great value]
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[VO-NAT]
Warner also made a commitment to help the situation at Fries (Freeze) Middle School.
Officials say the school will be temporarily closed this Fall because of mold.
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[11Kilgore-board]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=mmu]
[TAPE#=03-28 33:35]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A member of Roanoke's electoral board doesn't like what he's hearing from Virginia's Attorney General.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Last Saturday]
Carl Tinsley is one of six local electoral board members who sent a letter to Attorney General Jerry Kilgore.
Kilgore recently ruled that those sitting on electoral boards cannot work as volunteers on political campaigns.
Tinsley suggests that Kilgore, a Republican, issued the opinion because the state's electoral boards just changed into Democratic hands.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General denies the opinion is politically motivated.
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[SOT 23:33:19]
[IN Q=LAWS CHANGE.]
((CARRIE CANTRELL: LAWS CHANGE. SO WE NEED TO AS OUR LAWS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING WE ALWAYS NEED TO SOMETIMES REVISIT ISSUES.))
[SUPER=01-Carrie Cantrell/Attorney General's Spokeswoman]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=SOMETIMES REVISIT ISSUES.]
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[VO-NAT]
Tinsley wants the Attorney General to reconsider the opinion.
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[Fest-Fiddle]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-24 12:51]
[GRAPHIC=Fiddlefest]
Fiddlefest may be failing to strike a chord with bluegrass fans.
Organizers admit attendance has been somewhat disappointing but they hope to finish on a high note.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
The bluegrass festival began on Monday with a week long series of workshops, roundtable discussions, and an invitational competition at Hollins University.
Each night there has been a professional concert usually at Elmwood Park.
Attendance at each of the events has grown steadily every day but organizers admit it could be better.
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[SOT 3:28]
[IN Q=I am going to say]
((MIKE CONNER/FESTIVAL ORGANIZER: I AM GOING TO SAY WE ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BELOW THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED. I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN. I EXPECTED A LITTLE MORE AT THE EVENING CONCERTS THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND I JUST ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE FACT THAT IT IS A FIRST YEAR EVENT.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Conner/Festival Organizer;]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=first year event]
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[VO-NAT]
Mother nature has also played a role.
Tuesday night's concert was rained out, leading to a loss of three to five thousand dollars in revenue.
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[ANCHOR=MARYA]
[ss=hold]
Organizers are hoping for a large crowd when the festival wraps up today with events all day at Victory Stadium.
Performances include the Whites, JD Crowe, and Ronnie Bowman.
[1-Scores]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=NASCAR]
Ryan Newman won the pole for tomorrow's Pennsylvania 500.
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[vo-nat]
[SUPER=03-Long Pond, PA/TNT; :00]
This is Newman's fifth pole of the season.
He qualified with a speed of just over 170 miles per hour.
Ricky Rudd finished 27th and will make history in the race.
Rudd will be the first Winston Cup driver to participate in 700 straight races when he takes the green flag at Pocono.
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[vo-nat]
[SUPER=03-Saint-Maixent-L'ecole, France/OLN; :00]
With only two stages left, Lance Armstrong is holding on to his yellow jersey by the threads.
He lost two seconds off his overall lead, bringing him to 65 seconds over Jan Ullrich.
Travis Wells has more on yesterday's race coming up in just a few minutes, but first here's a look at the slineup for the Pennsylvania 500.
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[WIPE TO MOTION]
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[go to qualifying boards]
[SUPER=#556]
[SUPER=X5016;]
[SUPER=0107-1. Ryan Newman//2. Jimmie Johnson//3. Elliott Sadler//4. Bobby Labonte//5. John Andretti//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-6. Terry Labonte//7. Rusty Wallace//8. Dale Jarrett//9. Matt Kenseth//10. Casey Mears//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-11. Bill Elliott//12. Jamie McMurray//13. Kurt Busch//14. Mark Martin//15. Jeremy Mayfield//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-16. Steve Park//17. Michael Waltrip//18. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.//19. Jeff Burton//20. Sterling Marlin//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-21. Jimmy Spencer//22. Dave Blaney//23. Todd Bodine//24. Greg Biffle//25. Jeff Gordon//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-26. Joe Nemechek//27. Ricky Rudd//28. Kenny Wallace//29. Johnny Benson//30. Tony Raines//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-31. Kevin Harvick//32. Ricky Craven//33. Tony Stewart//34. Ken Schrader//35. Kyle Petty//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-36. Christian Fittipaldi//37. Robby Gordon/Prov/38. Ward Burton/Prov/39. Jeff Green/Prov/40. Mike Wallace/P
rov/;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-41. Derrike Cope/Prov/42. Morgan Shepherd/Prov/43. Larry Foyt/Prov/;]
[RUNS=:45]
[oc...last name]
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[super=#555; reset]
[tease next]
[Fibroids]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat. a.m.]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Focus on Health]
In today's Focus On Health, one in every four women suffers from uterine fibroids... and they usually have to have surgery to deal with it.
But now a new, non-surgical procedure is being tested that shows promise in treating them.
Doctor Mallika Marshall has more.
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[start animation]
[runs=04]
[end animation]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Like millions]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Jackie Sand/Fibroid Patient; :13]
[SUPER=01-Clare Tempany/Bragham & Women's Hospital; :36]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Elizabeth Stewart/Bragham & Women's Hospital; 1:05]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Mallika Marshall/CBS News; 1:18]
[RUNS=1:38]
[OUT Q=MM CBS News.]
((LIKE MILLIONS OF WOMEN, JACKIE SAND SUFFERED FROM UTERINE FIBROIDS --
NON CANCEROUS TUMORS WHICH CAN CAUSE HEAVY MENSTRUAL PERIODS, PELVIC
PAIN AND EVEN FERTILITY PROBLEMS.
JACKIE SAND FIBROID PATIENT
I DON'T LIKE MEDICATION.. DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY MEDICATION AND DID
NOT WANT TO DO SURGERY.
...ESPECIALLY A HYSTERECTOMY WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON CURE FOR FIBROIDS.
SO JACKIE CHOSE TO UNDERGO A NEW NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURE BEING TESTED BY
-- A BOSTON HOSPITAL-- .
DOCTORS USE M-R-I AND ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY TO SHRINK THE FIBROIDS.
CLARE TEMPANY/BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
THE PROCESS USES FORCED ULTRASOUND WHICH ARE HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES
WHICH CAUSES HEATING AT A VERY SMALL FOCAL POINT
POSS BRIDGE: (see below for alternative)
RESEARCHERS PERFORMED THE NEW PROCEDURE ON 55 WOMEN AND FOUND THAT NOT
ONLY WAS IT --EFFECTIVE-- IN ELIMINATING FIBROIDS...BUT PATIENTS
REPORTED MINIMAL PAIN AND FEW SIDE EFFECTS.
( SOT) I HAD NO PAIN WHATSOEVER.. SLIGHT DISCOMFORT DURING THE
PROCEDURE.. THEN IT WAS ALL OVER
DR. ELIZABETH STEWART
BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
UNLIKE SURGERY, THERE NEEDS TO BE NO INCISION, NO DEVICES NEEDS TO GO
INSIDE THE TUMOR.. IT HAS A MINIMAL RECOVERY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ALTERNATIVE/POSS BRIDGE:
THE DAY PROCEDURE TAKES ABOUT THREE TO FOUR HOURS AND PATIENTS CAN
USUALLY RETURN TO WORK WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.
THE F-D-A IS STILL REVIEWING THE PROCEDURE WHICH IS ONLY BEING
PERFORMED AT THREE HOSPITALS HERE IN THE U-S RIGHT NOW..
BUT RESEARCHERS HOPE THAT THIS NEW PROCEDURE WILL BE MORE WIDELY
AVAILABLE TO WOMEN STARTING NEXT YEAR. FOR HEALTHWATCH, I'M DR.
MALLIKA MARSHALL, CBS NEWS.))
[brent at BAM next]
[Water-Taxi]
[ANCHOR=Brent]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=Time Off #4 1:09:58]
[GRAPHIC=Time Off FS Wx Mon]
Just because you don't have a boat doesn't mean you can't enjoy being on Smith Mountain Lake.
In this week's Time Off, Shannon Young hops aboard the Water Taxi.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=With 550-miles of shoreline...]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Bill Morando/Water Taxi; :13]
[SUPER=@Shannon2; 1:13]
[RUNS=1:27]
[OUT Q=STD]
(([SOT]
((NATS OF BOATING))
[RUNS:02]
With 550-miles of shoreline, the best way to see Smith Mountain Lake is from the water.
The easiest way is to hire Bill Morando and his Water Taxi.
[SOT 9:08:03 - 9:08:11]
[IN Q=It's a general service...]
((Capt. Bill Morando/Water Taxi: It's a general service to get people around the lake particularly if they don't want to rent or don't know how to run a boat.))
[RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=how to run a boat.]
Morando has spent his life on the water but only the past three years on this lake.
Regardless, he makes it a point to be familiar with the its history .
[SOT 9:09:50 - 9:10:03]
[IN Q=I explain when it was built...]
((Bill: I explain when it was built, when it reached full pond, we're at full pond right now, give 'em the elevation, about 797 feet above sea level , give or take an inch.))
[RUNS:13]
[OUT Q=give or take an inch.]
A trip on the taxi is not necessarily about getting from point A to point B... it's about information, whether you're interested in local gossip or real estate.
[SOT 9:30:43 - 9:30:50]
[IN Q=This is a home that everyone...]
((Bill: This is a home that everyone is curious about, it's developed the nickname "the castle".))
[RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=the nickname "The Castle".]
[BUTT BUTT BUTT]
[SOT 9:33:28 - 9:33:36]
[IN Q=This where they filmed...]
((Bill: This is where they filmed "What About Bob?". This is our neighbor's house and I don't think, because they don't live here, they don't realize how much it's looked at.))
[RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=how much it's looked at.]
But Bill knows and if he doesn't he'll happily find out for you.
Just after he drops you off at your destination.
[SOT 9:09:09 - 9:09:17]
[IN Q=And that's the primary purpose...]
((Bill: And thats the primary purpose, just to provide an easy transportation on the lake, nothing fancy, very simple.))
[RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=nothing fancy, very simple.]
Shannon Young, News 7, Franklin County.))
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[ANCHOR=Brent]
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[WEBADDRESS FS]
For more information about the Water Taxi log onto our website at wdbj 7 dot com and click on News 7 Saturday and Sunday Morning.
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[toss to bump]
[2Open-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[roll cold out of the open]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning......
A former school resource officer meets behind closed doors with the Roanoke City School Board.
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And Liza Minnelli and hubby number four are calling it quits after just 16 months of marriage.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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[2-shot toss to hello]
[11Lewis]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-34 12:51]
[GRAPHIC=Butch Lewis]
Roanoke City School Board members are describing their latest meeting with former Resource Officer Butch Lewis as positive.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Lewis and board members met yesterday for more than three hours in private.
After the meeting, School Board Chairman Gloria Manns declined to discuss specifics, but she said the session was upbeat and productive.
Lewis was reassigned to patrol duty after discussing concerns about school safety with a reporter. He is still hoping to return to Patrick Henry High School where he served as a resource officer for ten years.
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[11Distance Learning]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=eki]
[TAPE#=03-22 1:17:27]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Many graduate students are thinking outside the box when it comes to education.
In fact, some are spending more time on-line than in classrooms.
Intern Reporter Elyce Kirchner has details.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=NAT SOUND]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :05]
[SUPER=01-Kevin Rooney/e-Learning Student; :15]
[SUPER=01-Tom Wilkinson/Director e-Learning; :39]
[SUPER=#8200;Elyce Kirchner/Intern Reporter; :51]
[SUPER=01-Daisy Stewart/Virginia Tech Associate Professor; 1:03]
[RUNS=1:22]
[OUT Q=Elyce Kirchner News 7 Blacksburg.]
(( (///// SOT /////)
NAT SOUND 22:21:12
((NO, I'VE NEVER MET THEM IN PERSON.))
Kevin Rooney is talking about his professors but he hasn't been skipping class.
He is an e-learning student at Virginia Tech, pursuing his graduate degree while working full time and raising a family.
[SOT 23:10:10-23:20]
[IN Q=It's very practical for me...]
((KEVIN ROONEY/E-LEARNING STUDENT: ITS VERY PRACTICAL FOR ME. TIMES WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK TO CLASS SESSIONS AND LOOK AT THEM LATER. THE MATERIAL IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.))
[RUNS= :10]
[OUT Q=material is always available.]
Students use live chat rooms to interact with the professor and other students. They receive credit just as if they were in a classroom and have just as much class work. Tom Wilkinson helped to launch the program over a decade ago.
[SOT 00:55:08-00:55:18]
[IN Q=We have students..]
((TOM WILKINSON/E-LEARNING DIRECTOR: WE HAVE STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY CAN INTERACT LIVE AND CAN TALK VOICE WISE OR ELECTRONICALLY ON THE COMPUTER.))
[RUNS= :10]
[OUT Q=wise or electonically on the copmuter.]
[SOT 1:04:20-01:03:29]
[IN Q=Hours earned online has]
((ELYCE KIRCHNER/REPORTER:HOURS EARNED ONLINE HAVE RISEN OVER NINETY PERCENT IN THE PAST FIVE YEAR. BUT A KEY COMPONENT OF TRADITIONAL LEARNING IS MISSING--HUMAN INTERACTION IN A CLASSROOM.))
[RUNS= :09]
[OUT Q=interaction in a classroom.]
[SOT 37:32]
[IN Q=Students have to be..]
[OUT Q=Students have to be self motivated]
((DAISY STEWART ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR VIRGINIA TECH: STUDENTS HAVE TO BE SELF MOTIVATED. THEY HAVE TO SET A SCHEDULE.))
[RUNS= :05]
[OUT Q=to set a schedule.]
Virginia Tech Administrators say e-learning fits best for working professionals who need flexibility. This fall Tech plans to expand online course offerings and enroll more students like Kevin Rooney.
Elyce Kirchner News 7 Blacksburg. ))
[11Mall-Sales]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=jwi]
[TAPE#=03-29 40:20]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It's not just the merchandise, but also the malls that are for sale.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
C-B-L and Associates is set to purchase Valley View and River Ridge Malls from Faison Enterprises.
The malls, along with one in Colonial Heights and another in North Carolina, are being sold for 340- million- dollars.
The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
Valley View mall officials say business is good and that's NOT why the facility is being sold.
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[SOT 1:01:15:10]
[IN Q=Valley View is ]
((LOUISE DUDLEY/VALLEY VIEW MALL GENERAL MANAGER: VALLEY VIEW IS ABSOLUTELY FINANCIALLY SECURE AND I THINK CBL IS DOMINANT IN THE SOUTH EAST AND THEY KNOW THAT FAISON HAS A STRONG REPUTATION FOR RUNNING WELL- MANAGED PROPERTIES AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AREA.))
[SUPER=01-Louise Dudley/Valley View Mall General Manager;]
[RUNS=19]
[OUT Q=southwest Virginia area]
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[VO-NAT]
C-B-L already owns three strip- malls in Roanoke and Salem.
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[11River-Ridge]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=03-25 1:18:43]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[**WIPE**WIPE**]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Yesterday]
In Lynchburg, River Ridge store owners got word of the sale yesterday when mall management distributed a memo.
Officials say retailers and shoppers probably won't notice the difference.
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[SOT 12:45:20]
[IN Q=I think they're]
((DWAYNE MARSHALL/RIVER RIDGE MARKETING DIRECTOR: I THINK THEY'RE MORE CURIOUS. I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY ANXIETY OR ANY APPREHENSIVENESS IN THIS AT ALL, SIMPLY BECAUSE C-B-L IS A GREAT COMPANY WITH 55 MALLS ALREADY.))
[SUPER=01-Dwayne Marshall/River Ridge Marketing Director]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=55 malls already.]
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[VO-NAT]
Marshall says River Ridge is about 95 percent leased and has just a few empty stores.
It first opened for business in 1981.
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[Minnelli-Gest]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat. a.m.]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Liza Minnelli and her husband are splitting after just over a year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Her publicist says Minnelli and producer David Gest are separated, but gave no other details.
The couple married back in March 2002. It was Liza's fourth marriage and the first for Gest.
The Oscar, Grammy, and Tony-award-winning singer and actress has made headlines in recent years for battling substance abuse, weight gain and a near-fatal bout with encephalitis.
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[wx next]
[Tease#2]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=jen]
[SS=None]
[BOTH MICS HOT]
Coming up -
We'll here more from Gabe and Asa -
[ANCHOR=Brent]
Plus
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[VO-NAT]
See why fans are racing to theaters for Seabiscuit.
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[Lottery Bump]
[Break #5]
[Movie-Review]
[ANCHOR=Brent @ BAM]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=jen]
[TAPE#=Movie Review #3; TC ]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[2-SHOT Brent and ANNA BAM]
[SUPER=07-Anna Wentworth;]
[BAM Monitor -- FS Movie Review ]
[BAM Monitor -- Movie Clip ]
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[vo-nat]
TAKE MOVIE CLIP FS
[SUPER=04-"Seabiscuit";] HOT CHANGE TO
[super=04-Universal-Dreamworks]
[MB Monitor -- FS N7 Movie Review]
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((Movie Review "Seabiscuit"
Universal/Dreamworks
"Seabiscuit" is a nice change of pace from all the "big on action, small on plot" movies of this summer. The movie is an old fashioned story, told in traditional movie style. The acting is superb; and the moviemakers have given the film a bit of a documentary feel in order to set the story in the proper atmosphere-the Depression years when many were uprooted, despairing and needing something hopeful. "Seabiscuit" concentrates on the lives and fortunes of three men and a difficult horse, whose destinies dovetail fortuitously. Jeff Bridges is Charles Howard, a bicyclemaker who becomes a very successful car salesman in early 1900's California. His fortunes and his family are shattered when the Stock Market crashes and a personal tragedy strikes. Tom Smith, played by Chris Cooper, is a cowboy, and horse wrangler who is displaced when trains, cars and barbed wire come to the West. He is a drifter who has a way with horses. Johnny (Red) Pollard (Tobey Maguire) is a 16 year old gifted jockey who is given up by his family when they fall on hard times. He is sent to work for a horse trainer; but if he loses a race, he is beaten and humiliated. A feisty young man, he boxes, taking on those much larger than he, and usually losing.
In Mexico, Howard becomes interested in horse racing and decides to buy a horse. He notices the odd Tom Smith, likes his attitude and hires him to find a horse and jockey. Smith seems to have an almost psychic ability to see past the obvious, and discovers a horse nobody wants, a horse trained to allow other, so-called "better" horses to win races, a horse named Seabiscuit. At the same time, he sees Red fighting a bunch of bigger, older guys and history is made.
The movie follows the rise of the horse Seabiscuit and the impact the little underdog horse with indomidable spirit has on the mood of the country. Charles, Tom, Red, Charles' wife and of course, Seabiscuit, become the family all of them had lost. Racing scenes are exciting, even when the outcome is known. William H. Macy is very funny as a radio announcer with a flair for the dramatic.
"Seabiscuit" is poignant without resorting to sappiness. The characters are flawed, but engaging. Because the movie jumps forward in time, some subplots were left behind and some questions left unanswered. I guess I'll have to read the book on which the movie is based, to see if they are answered there.
Rated: PG-13. "Seabiscuit" will be too slow moving for young children, but some teens in the audience liked it very much.
Grade: A-
))
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[SUPER=07-Rating: PG-13;]
[SUPER=07-Anna's Grade "A-";]
AD LIB WRAP
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[ANCHOR=Marya]
[take webaddress fs]
And just a reminder that you can find all of our movie reviews on our website at wbdj7.com and click on the weekend morning icon.
(+++++++++)
[Biz-Review]
[ANCHOR=Marya]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=rca]
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Layoffs plague the region and a Henry County company struggles with its bills.
News 7's Rachel Cannon has those stories in this week's Business Review.
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Three area companies cut staff.
Atlantic Mutual says new technology is leading them to eliminate 65 positions.
In Martinsville, Hooker Furniture cuts dozens of jobs at its plywood plant saying demand is down.
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And two-hundred positions in Roanoke are headed elsewhere.
The call center jobs are being eliminated at Ovations Pharmacy Solutions on Thirlane Road.
Employees answer questions and take orders for people get prescription medications through A-A-R-P.
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A local woman is still waiting for a check.
Karen Bivens mailed the required information for a rebate from a satellite television system that she bought almost six months ago.
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The Better Business Bureau says companies count on people NOT following through and fulfilling requirements, that's how they're able to offer so many rebates.
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Finally Henry County may take legal action to force a company to pay its bills.
Cerxon (SERKS-on) is located in the former DuPont Factory.
The technology company is two months behind paying rent and repaying loans.
For News 7, I'm Rachel Cannon and that's this week's Business Review.
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A family from Rockbridge County is making a lot of noise these days.
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They're called the PlankRoad Express and they were a featured bluegrass group at this week's Fiddlefest.
What makes this group of six unique is the fact they are all related.
The oldest member is 70 years old, the youngest is just 26.
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They've been playing pretty much all their lives but only together as a group for the last two years.
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We'll hear more of their music and how the group got its name tomorrow on News 7 Sunday morning.
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