WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 07/30/03

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A local plant is closing- one thousand workers are out of a job.
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Tonight we'll have reaction from a long time employee.
Plus how the governor may try to help.
It's fired from a gun, but this ammunition may actually save lives.
Plus they're the Gators so why is a croc on this school book?
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[Talent=Jean]

News 7 at Eleven is next.

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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[sot 00:20:27]
[IN Q= THE PROBLEM]
((THE PROBLEM IS WE FELT HELPLESS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO ABOUT IT. ))
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[OUT Q= ABOUT IT. ]
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[VO-NAT]
A textile plant closes its doors-- leaving almost a thousand people without jobs in an area that's already struggling to stay afloat.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=News 7 @ 11]

[Pillowtex]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=tha]
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[GRAPHIC=Pillowtex Closing]
Pillowtex announced today it's closing 16 plants nationwide, include its facility in Henry County. It's the latest in a long list of devastating economic news for Southside. [***PILLOWTEX FS***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=JEan & Teresa /BAM;]
Teresa Hamilton was in Fieldale earlier tonight and joins us with reaction to today's news. Jean, the Pillowtex plant in Fieldale employed about a thousand workers,
[LIVE= Teresa /FULL BAM]
[SUPER=@teresa1;]
who must now try to find work in a region that's already seen it's share of layoffs and plant closings.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co.; :11]
[SUPER=01-Nancy Manns/Pillowtex Worker; :21]
[SUPER=01-Debra Buchanan/Henry Co. Supervisor; :35 ]
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[OUT Q=faster than we could create them. ]
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[sot 00:34:12]
[in q=I think Pillowtex ]
(( I THINK PILLOWTEX IS THE ONE THAT'S LOSING NOT US, WE CAN MAKE IT, WE'LL MAKE IT. )) [runs05]
[out= we'll make it. ]
Nancy Manns is one of roughly 950 workers who found out today that they won't be returning to Pillowtex. Manns who's keeping a positive attitude had worked at the plant for 30- years.
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[sot 00:33:16]
[in q= It was ]
((NANCY MANNS/PILLOWTEX WORKER: IT WAS DEVASTATING BUT I DID EXPECT IT NOW HOPEFULLY THE GOVERNMENT PUT US IN THIS POSITION AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE, AND ASSIST US IN FINDING SOMETHING ELSE.)) [runs15]
[out q= somehting else. ]
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[sot 00:13:13]
[IN Q= YOU'RE LOOKING AT ]
((DEBRA BUCHANAN/ HENRY SUPERVISOR: YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES, AND MOST ARE LONG TERM EMPLOYEES, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE STARTED HERE AND HOPED TO RETIRE HERE.)) [RUNS09]
[OUT Q= TO RETIRE HERE.]
Henry County supervisor Debra Buchanan says she'd heard rumors that the Pillowtex plant was in danger of closing but was hoping the area would not be dealt another blow. In recent years, the county has been hit hard by declines in textile and furniture manufacturing.
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[IN Q= JUST A FEW YEARS AGO]
((DEBRA BUCHANAN: JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE RANKED NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE IN THE STATE IN JOB CREATION AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND WE TOOK PRIDE IN THAT, BUT WHEN NAFTA TOOK HOLD HERE WE COULD NOT CREATE JOBS, FAST ENOUGH WE WERE LOSING JOBS, FASTER THAN WE COULD CREATE THEM. )) [RUNS16]
[OUT Q= COULD CREATE THEM.]))
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[LIVE= Teresa /FULL BAM]
The Pillowtex plant made towels and was Henry county's largest water user--
[DOUBLE BOXES=JEan & Teresa /BAM;]
Jean, the company said today it didn't have enough available cash to continue and has filed for bankruptcy protection.

[Warner-Pillowtex]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Mark Warner]

Governor Warner is coming to Southside to talk to workers who lost their jobs today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

Warner is making the trip to let out of work residents know what state assistance is available.
He's also making good on a campaign promise.
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[IN Q=I MADE A COMMITMENT]
((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: I MADE A COMMITMENT WHEN I RAN FOR THIS JOB THAT THAT PART OF VIRGINIA, SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND. I'M GOING TO DO ALL I CAN TO HELP PLACE THESE PEOPLE IN NEW JOBS AND DO ALL WE CAN TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A BUYER SO THAT FACILITY, THAT WAS MAKING MONEY, CAN BE REOPENED.))
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[OUT Q=CAN BE REOPENED.]
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[VO-NAT]

The state may be able to help by extending permanent water lines to Fieldale for residents who get their water from Pillowtex.
Warner's spokeswoman says that is one thing the governor will look into during his visit.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
[SS=HOLD]

Warner will be at Local 1708 Union Hall tomorrow at noon and at the V-E-C office in Martinsville at 2:00.

[Goodyear]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Goodyear Negotiations]

There may be better news for workers at another area company- A new deal may be on the table for Goodyear employees in Danville.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;]

Union officials say a local representative will head to Ohio early next week to look at the proposal.
Nearly two-thousand employees have been working without a contract since April.
Meanwhile, Goodyear is reporting a dismal second quarter.
The company says it lost more than 73-million dollars.
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[AEP-Earnings]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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American Electric Power, on the other hand, made 175 million dollars in the second quarter.
That's more than double the earnings reported in the same quarter last year.

[Missing-Girl]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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The hunt is now on for a woman who allegedly called the family of a missing girl and told them she was their long lost daughter.
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[VO-NAT 14.5]

The parents of the girl kidnapped 17 years ago thought their child had finally been found... but it all turned out to be a cruel hoax.
Now the missing girl's father is calling on anyone to help find the woman who made pretended to be his daughter.
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((MIKE SHERRILL/FATHER: I PUT A VOICE TO A SMALL FACE. I WAS HOPING I WAS WISHING. I WAS REALLY UP THIS TIME. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN THIS CLOSE TO FINDING SHANNON. IT'S NOT FAIR. I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.))
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[OUT Q=to anyone else.]
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[VO-NAT 18]

Since 1986, residents in the village of Thorntown have been looking for Shannon.
Then, Saturday a woman claiming to be Shannon shown here in age progression photos- called saying she was the long lost daughter, but police say 35 year old Donna Walker was the voice on the other end.
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[SOT 46]
((SGT. DAVE BURSTEN/INDIANA STATE POLICE: THE PERPETRATOR OF A CRUEL HOAX THAT HAS EMOTIONALLY PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EXHAUSTED THE IMMEDIATE AND EXTENDED FAMILY OF SHANNON SHERRILL.))
[SUPER=01-Sgt. Dave Bursten/Indiana State Police;]
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[OUT Q=of Shannon Sherill.]
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Police say the repeated phone calls helped them trace the calls to Walker.
Meanwhile the family hopes for any leads to help find their daughter who would now be 23 years old.
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[Richmond-Shooting]

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Richmond police are looking for the person who shot and killed a police officer tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond]

Officer Douglas Wendell (wenn-DELL') was shot about 5:15 after responding to a call of two men selling drugs on the city's southside.
Wendell (wenn-DELL') was transported to the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center where he died.
Police have shut down several blocks of the city, as they search for suspects.
The city's offering a ten-thousand dollar reward for information.
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[Nonlethal-Force]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Sheriff's deputies say a bean bag fired from a shotgun may have saved a life.
They used the less-than-lethal ammunition during a standoff with a suicidal man Saturday night.
Marya Jones takes a look at the technology and how it's used.
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[IN Q=Usually, a shotgun]
[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Sgt. David Blessard/Botetourt Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :20]
[SUPER=01-Ronnie Sprinkle/Botetourt Co. Sheriff; :54]
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[OUT Q=MJN7, Botetourt Co.]
(([START WITH SHOT OF BLESSARD AIMING AT on tape 1, TC 1:56:36]
Usually, a shotgun would be a lethal weapon in Sergeant David Blessard's hands.
This time, it's less-than-lethal.
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((NATS: TIGHT SHOT OF SHOTGUN FIRING.)) [RUNS:01] [show wide shot target on tape 1, tc 18:40, and back into nats of shot]
Blessard's firing bean bag rounds that go right through this target.
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[SOT TAPE 1, TC 18:43]
((NATS: CLOSEUP OF BEANBAG ROUND HITTING TARGET.)) [RUNS:01] [tight shot target hole at tc 19:19]
But they do much less damage to a human target.
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((SGT. BLESSARD: BASICALLY, IT KNOCKS THE WIND OUT OF YOU IF IT'S HITTING THE RIGHT PLACE. OR INCAPACITATES YOU BY HITTING YOU IN THE LEGS OR THE ARM. )) [RUNS:07] [tape 1, tc 20:16 - major holding bean bag and bullet]
Botetourt's sheriff's department has had the bean bag rounds for almost three years. [tape 1, tc 18:20 deputies racking shotgun at car, cover first bite]
But it wasn't until last Saturday they had to use one to disarm a suicidal man with a gun.
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[SOT tape 2, 15:56:28 COVER]
((SGT. BLESSARD-- COVER WITH B-ROLL: SHOT HIM IN THE STOMACH AREA AND HE DROPPED LIKE A ROCK. ))
[BUTT BUTT BUTT WITH SOT 15:58:49]
((SGT. BLESSARD ON CAMERA: PROBABLY SAVED HIM FROM KILLING HIMSELF, SAVED HIM POSSIBLY FROM KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND.)) [RUNS:05] [any shot]
All of the county's 78 patrol deputies are trained to use less-than-lethal force. [tape 1, tc 7:19]
Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle says he wishes it had been around even earlier.
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[SOT Tape 1, TC 1:00]
((RONNIE SPRINKLE: WE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE A SHAME WITH THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY BEING OUT THERE IF WE DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. BEATS HAVING TO USE DEADLY FORCE ON SOMEBODY.)) [RUNS:10]
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[SOT 15:54:12]
((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: BECAUSE THIS IS A REGULAR SHOTGUN, DEPUTIES CHECK AND DOUBLE-CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE FIRING IS A BEAN BAG. (MARYA FIRES SHOTGUN.) )) [RUNS:12]
The bean bag rounds CAN be fatal if they hit people in the chest or head, but deputies are trained to aim for the stomach, arms or legs.
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[SOT 1:56:59]
((NATS: BEAN BAG HITTING 55-GALLON DRUM.)) [RUNS:01] [tape 1, tc 19:33, Blessard lowering gun, stepping back]
Deputies like Blessard say they're just glad to finally have some ammunition that can actually SAVE someone's life.
Marya Jones, News-7, Botetourt County.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Who's responsible for questionable intelligence on Iraq.
President Bush now says the buck stops with him. More on that next.
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[VO-NAT]

And a summertime tradition on the Eastern Shore, as wild ponies swim for a new home.
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[Sports-preview]

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[Saddam-Bush]

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[GRAPHIC=George W. Bush]

For the first time, President Bush is taking responsibility for questionable intelligence on Iraq.
At an extensive news conference today President Bush answered many questions about the Iraq and the hunt for Saddam.
Teri Okita has more.
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[IN Q=Since his last news...]
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[OUT Q=...Teri Okita, CBS News, The White House]
((TRACK: SINCE HIS LAST NEWS CONFERENCE CAME 13 DAYS BEFORE THE WAR, PRESIDENT BUSH HAD A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED AN AUDIOTAPE RELEASED EARLIER THIS WEEK IS MOST LIKELY SADDAM HUSSEIN. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE HUNT IS ON.
SOT: BUSH: I don't know how close we are to getting Saddam Hussein. You know, closer than we were yesterday.
TRACK: NOW THAT UDAY AND QUSAY HUSSEIN ARE DEAD, MR BUSH HOPES SKEPTICAL IRAQIS WILL START TO BELIEVE THE REGIME IS GONE AND IN TURN, HELP PUT AN END TO ATTACKS AGAINST U-S TROOPS.
SOT: BUSH: Of course, it's important that Saddam's sons were brought to justice. It changes attitudes in Iraq.
TRACK: WHEN ASKED ABOUT QUESTIONABLE PRE-WAR INTELLIGENCE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MR. BUSH ACKNOWLEDGED, IN USING IT DURING A NATIONAL ADDRESS, THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM.
SOT: BUSH: I take personal responsibility for everything I say, of course, absolutely.
TRACK: BUT THE PRESIDENT STILL SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT SADDAM POSSESSED ILLEGAL WEAPONS, AND IN TIME, IT WILL ALL COME OUT.

SOT: BUSH: in order to, you know, placate the critics and the cynics about intention of the United States we need to p
roduce evidence. And I fully understand it. STAND-UP: THIS IS ONLY PRESIDENT BUSH'S NINTH FORMAL NEWS CONFERENCE SINCE TAKING OFFICE, COMPARED TO 30 FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON IN THE SAME TIME FRAME. BUSH AIDES SAY HE DISLIKES FOR FORMAL STRUCTURE, OPTING INSTEAD FOR INFORMAL Q&A BEFORE MEETINGS. TERI OKITA, CBS NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE.))

[Tobacco-Farmers]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Senators have reached a consensus on a bill to pay tobacco farmers to leave the program that once ensured their economic security.
Farmers wouldn't get the government-guaranteed high prices to grow tobacco under the bill introduced in the Senate today, although they could still grow it.
Farmers have been seeking a buyout, with many say they want to get out of the business altogether because of steep cuts in the amount of tobacco they've been permitted to grow.

[Victory-Stadium]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-34 TC21:04]
[GRAPHIC=Victory Stadium]

Roanoke officials are preparing a forum on their plans for a new amphitheater and stadium. Critics complain that city residents are getting "a one-sided show and tell."
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Despite their concerns opponents of the project are encouraging citizens to attend the thursday night meeting.
They say the city should have given their group equal time.
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[SOT 04:41]
[IN Q=What should happen]
((BRIAN WISHNEFF: WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT IT OUGHT TO BE PUT ON A REFERENDUM AND THE YOU CAN HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF FORUMS, AS MANY FORUMS AS PEOPLE CAN STAND, TO LET THEM GET THE INFORMATION AND THEN LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION ABSOLUTELY.))
[SUPER=01-Brian Wishneff/Citizens for a Sensible Stadium Decision;]
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[OUT Q=make the decision absolutely.]
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[VO-NAT]

Bill Bestpitch agrees that city council should have done a better job of informing the public two years ago before voting to build the stadium on a new site.
But he says council is trying to address that with Thursday's forum.
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[SOT 06:43]
[IN Q=So it's sort of amazing]
((BILL BESTPITCH/ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL: SO IT'S SORT OF AMAZING TO ME THAT ANYBODY WOULD CRITICIZE US FOR DOING WHAT I THINK MR. WISHNEFF AND I AGREE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO.))
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[OUT Q=a long time ago.]
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[VO-NAT]

Opponents are planning their own presentation in front of the civic center at 6:30, a half hour before the forum is scheduled to begin.
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[Academy-Music]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=03-35 TC07:26]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The merger of two fine arts groups in Lynchburg should be good news for the ongoing renovations of the historic Academy of Music theater.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

The Academy's board and the directors of the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center recently voted to join forces as the Academy of Fine Arts.
The move will bring much of the city's visual and performing arts under one roof and should also help increase public donations.
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[SOT 11:26:21]
[IN Q=I think a]
((MICHAEL GILLETTE/LYNCHBURG FINE ARTS CENTER: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEIR BREATH, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GIVING GIFTS TO EITHER ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY WERE SORT OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE. IN THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO, I THINK SOME DONORS WERE WAITING TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO BE LEFT STANDING.))

[SUPER=01-Michael Gillette/Lynchburg Fine Arts Center]
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[OUT Q=going to be left standing.]
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[VO-NAT]

The group will operate out of its Thomson Drive location until the Academy's renovations are complete sometime in 2005.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]

The Civil War is returning to Central Virginia.
More on that when News 7 returns.
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[VO-NAT]

And find out why this old nickel's worth way more than 5-cents. How about a million bucks?
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[Commercial]

[Nickel]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Imagine inheriting a nickel that's worth a million dollars. That's what happened to one family.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Baltimore, MD]
Descendants of a coin dealer who once lived in Roanoke just found out they inherited a million dollar nickel. The relatives took the coin to a convention in Baltimore after hearing about a million dollar reward for the rare coin. Experts confirm that a nickel missing for decades is a rare 19-13 Liberty Head nickel. It's one of five that were minted illegally after the nickel was replaced by the Indian or Buffalo nickel. Until today, the location of this coin had remained a mystery. A Louisiana coin dealer had offered one million dollars for it and 10 thousand dollars just to be the first to see the coin. The family hasn't decided if they'll turn over the coin and collect the million dollars.
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[Pony-Swim]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tbr/jja]
[TAPE#=503-07 TC55:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Plenty of horsing around on Chincoteague (SHINK'-oh-teeg) today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chincoteague;]

This is the annual pony swim.
About 150 ponies entered the water at Assateague Island.
Yearlings and younger will be auctioned tomorrow to thin the herd and raise money for the island's volunteer fire department, which cares for the ponies.
Ponies that aren't sold will swim back Friday to roam free for another year on a national wildlife refuge.
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[S-Extra]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=steve]
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Martinsville football coach Taylor Edwards gives back to area kids, words from Redskin future hall of famer Bruce Smith and Fellow Tech alumni and Browns receiver Andre Davis, but first our extra point.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Gainesville, FL]

What's wrong with this picture? The University of Florida-football media guide has a crocodile on the front not an alligator. Athletic Officials say they regret that a picture of a croc, not a gator made it onto the cover. A spokesman says several production companies helped with the design element. The mistake was not caught until after production.
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[S-Mart]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-156 5:58]
[GRAPHIC=FFE]
Martinsville high school football coach Taylor Edwards is holding his football camp through tomorrow at the high school.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville; :00]

Edwards might be coaching these kids on the field but part of his mind and heart are with the 12 hundred workers laid off by Pillowtex. The loss of jobs hurts families and football for Taylor.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="im sure]
[SUPER=01-Taylor Edwards/Martinsville Football Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:17]
[OUT Q=come our way"]
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[VO-NAT]
Taylor is finding some of those good things in the kids he is coaching at his camp where just under 100 youngsters are learning the game.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=good taste for football]
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[S-Brooks]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-155 3:18]
[GRAPHIC=UVa]
Virginia freshman linebacker Ahmad Brooks has been placed on six months probation after pleading no contest to marijuana possession charge.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chatham; :00]
The misdemeanor charge from May will be dropped if Brooks meets a Prince William County judge's conditions, mainly random drug testing and supervision by a probation officer. Brooks' driver's license was suspended for six months and he is to perform 24 hours of community service. UVa coach Al Groh will not comment on whether or not he will take disciplinary action on the former Hargrave Military Academy standout.
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[S-Smith]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-144 1:58:41]
[GRAPHIC=Bruce Smith]
Bruce Smith is headed for the NFL Hall of Fame. The Redskins defensive end has racked up 195 sacks in 18 NFL seasons
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Ashburn; :00]
and needs three sacks to break the all time NFL career sack record.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Bruce Smith/19th Season in NFL; :04]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=.....play this long"]
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[VO-NAT]

The record and one more chance to chase a super bowl were reasons in coming back.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=.....my decision"]
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[S-Dazzle]

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From one camp to another. Over at Virginia Western Community College Kent Davison put about 80 campers thru the paces of the second annual Camp Dazzle. The Dazzle is one of 6 NBDL teams offering the camp experience this summer.
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The Roanoke College basketball camp is once again under the direction of Page Moir. The Maroons coach is instructing over a 100 campers this week. He is also breaking in his new Roanoke assistant coach, Jeff Cheevers who was with Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
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[Civil-War]

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138 years after it witnessed the end of the Civil War, Appomattox County will soon host renewed hostilities between Union and Confederate armies.
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In mid-September, hundreds of re-enactors are expected to recreate the battles of Chickamauga and Franklin in these fields off Police Tower Road.
The hope is to generate more tourist interest in the county and its numerous attractions.
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((RICH GUILD/EVENT ORGANIZER: THERE'S A LOT HERE, THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THE PARK. THERE'S WONDERFUL LITTLE SHOPS, ANTIQUE SHOPS AND PLACES FOR THEM TO EAT HERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, BECAUSE OF THIS REENACTMENT, THE HOTELS ARE ALREADY FILLING UP SO THERE'S A LOT HERE AND I THINK THE RE-ENACTMENT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.))
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Events get underway the weekend of September 12th. (------------)