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Coming up on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]
A feeding tube is now being reinserted back into a Florida woman. We'll hear from her father tonight.
You'd have to be crazy to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Right? One man did it without even a barrel and survived.
And a powerful show in Roanoke... brings in cash for local kids.
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[Talent=Jean]
News 7 at Eleven is next.
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[SOT 14:50:09]
[IN Q=I just thank God]
((TINA RATCLIFFE/SOUTH RIVER RESIDENT: I JUST THANK GOD I STILL HAVE A HOME BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T.))
[RUNS=03]
[OUT Q=some people don't]
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[VO-NAT]
Victims of Hurricane Isabel are still struggling to pick up the pieces.
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[ANCHOR =JEan]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 11]
[South-River]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-48 TC04:33]
[GRAPHIC=Isabel]
Flooding is nothing new for residents along the South River in Rockbridge County.
But Hurricane Isabel did so much damage some now wonder if it's time to pack up and move out.
That was the focus of a community meeting tonight.
[***FLOODING IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=JEan & Justin /Newsroom;]
And Justin McLeod is here to tell us - it's one option residents may have. Justin?
Jean, as one person put it you cant keep the water away from the people so you should keep the people away from the water.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL NEwsroom]
[SUPER=@Justin1;]
That may be a good idea in Rockbridge County where several hundred people were affected from Hurricane Isabel.
The storm destroyed at least twenty homes and damaged another fifty or so homes and businesses.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.]
More than a hundred residents turned out tonight for a meeting at Mountain View Elementary.
State, federal, and county officials were on hand to field questions on the recovery process.
Victims say it's been a difficult one even a month after the storm struck.
[SOT 14:48:48]
[IN Q=My daughter that is six years]
((TINA RATCLIFFE/SOUTH RIVER RESIDENT: MY DAUGHTER THAT IS SIX YEARS OLD RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE THAT RUSHED OUT OF THE HOUSE, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT STUFF UP AND SHE STARTED SCREAMING THAT THE WATER IS IN THE BACK AND I CARRIED OUT AND LAST WEEK WE HAD HEAVY RAINS AND SHE GOT SCARED AGAIN.))
[SUPER=01-Tina Ratcliffe/South River Resident; :]
[Runs=14]
[OUT Q=she got scared again]
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[VO-NAT]
Tonight's meeting also focused on ways to prevent future flooding along the South River.
One option is to take part in the Hazard Mitigation Grant program which would possibly allow residents to sell their homes and properties to the county.
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[SOT 14:52:38]
[IN Q=Acquistion or buyout]
((BONNIE RIEDESEL/CENTRAL SHENANDOAH PLANNING COMMISSION: ACQUISITION OR BUYOUT IS 100-PERCENT FOOLPROOF. IT IS THE NUMBER OPTION THAT IS EFFECTIVE. WHEN YOU ELEVATE OR FLOOD PROOF THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOU WON'T BE FLOODED AGAIN.))
[SUPER=01-Bonnie Riedesel/Central Shenandoah Planning Commission; :00]
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=won't be flooded again]
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[VO-NAT]
Officials stress localities all over the state will compete for this federal grant so it will be difficult to obtain.
If it does go through, it could take three to four years before a resident can actually sell their home to the county.
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[LIVE= Justin/FULL Newsroom]
This grant program was recently used in Glasgow where the county used federal funds to purchase 53 homes damaged during the flood of 95.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Justin /Newsroom;]
Jean, there is also immediate assistance victims can obtain through F-E-M-A. They have until November 17th and we understand 78-thousand people in Virginia have already applied for federal help.
[Schiavo]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A braind damaged Florida woman tonight is getting fluids- six days after a feeding tube was removed.
Florida's Governor ordered the tube re-inserted- just an hour after the Florida legislature gave him that power.
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[VO-NAT 24]
[SUPER=03-Pinellas Park, FL]
Tonight Terry Schiavo was moved from a hospice center to a hospital where the tube was put in.
The 39 year old is brain damaged after suffering a heart attack 13 years ago.
Her husband won a court order last week to have the tube removed saying he believes she would have wanted to die.
But Schiavo's father tonight says the Governor's order has restored his faith in God.
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[SOT 40]
[IN Q=]
((ROBERT SCHINDLER/TERRI'S FATHER: I STARTED KISSING HER. SHE STARTED FLINCHING LIKE GET OUT OF HERE DAD. BUT SHE'S GREAT. ONLY PROBLEM IS SHE'S WEAK.))
[SUPER=01-Robert Schindler/Terri's Father;]
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[OUT Q=is she's weak.]
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[VO-NAT 12 plus pad]
Schiavo has been without food or water for six days- Doctors said she would die within a week to ten days after the tube was removed.
Doctors say Schiavo is in a vegetative state and they say it is unlikely her mental condition will ever change.
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[Abortion]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=None]
It is a huge victory tonight for abortion opponents.
Congress has passed a bill restricting late term abortion in ALL cases.
But as Teri Okita reports, abortion rights supporters promise to fight the ban.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Bill Frist/Senate Majority Leader; :21]
[SUPER=01-Sen. Barbara Boxer/(D) California; :30]
[SUPER=@Okita1; 1:00]
[RUNS=1:10]
[OUT Q=CBS News, Washington.]
(( AFTER A LONG-FOUGHT AND CONTROVERSIAL BATTLE, CONGRESS HAS REVERSED A THREE-DECADES OLD LAW VOTING TO BAN LATE TERM ABORTIONS. BY A 64 TO 34 MARGIN, THE SENATE JOINED THE HOUSE IN BANNING THE PROCEDURE. NOT SINCE ROE V. WADE BACK IN 1973 HAVE EMOTIONS RUN SO HIGH.
Sen. Bill Frist/Senate Majority Leader: Partial birth abortion is brutal, barbaric, and outside mainstream medicine.
Sen. Barbara Boxer/D-California: This senate is going to turn its back on the women of this country, on the doctors of this country, on a procedure they say is necessary.
THE BILL DEFINES late TERM ABORTION AS THE FETUS BEING PARTIALLY DELIVERED BEFORE BEING KILLED. ABORTION RIGHTS OPPONENTS HAIL THE LEGISLATION AS LONG-OVERDUE. ABORTION RIGHTS SUPPORTERS SAY ITS MEANT TO ERODE WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER.
Teri Okita/Reporting:
The bill now heads to President Bush's desk where he has already promised to sign it into law. Doctors who violate the ban could face up to two years in prison. Teri Okita, CBS News, Washington.))
[Mayfield]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11 PM]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-38 TC57:00]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Roanoke School system needs to do a better job of supporting its teachers.
That's the message from the family of Ronald Mayfield.
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[VO-NAT]
Mayfield is the Roanoke teacher who was accused of assaulting a student at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in late September.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Thursday]
Last Thursday, Mayfield took his own life by jumping off a bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
A police investigation cleared the teacher of any wrong doing but his family claims he was never notified.
Now they're demanding a full explanation from the school system.
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[SOT 1:36:34]
[IN Q=We hope that]
((MEL MAYFIELD/RONALD MAYFIELD'S COUSIN: WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS THAT THE TEACHERS IN NOT ONLY THE ROANOKE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT IN OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE AND NOT ONLY IN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS BUT ON AN OVERALL BASIS.))
[SUPER=01-Mel Mayfield/Ronald Mayfield's Cousin; ]
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[OUT Q=ON AN OVERALL BASIS]
[Anchor=Jean]
[Graphic=None]
The Roanoke Police released a statement today saying a detective contacted Mayfield last Monday but the teacher put him off until later and said further contact would have to go through his attorney.
A police spokesperson says they would have told Mayfield he had been cleared but they were respecting his wishes.
[Knox]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=03-45 TC14:31]
[GRAPHIC=Cecil Knox]
A federal jury may get the case against Doctor Cecil Knox tomorrow.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
In his closing argument today Prosecutor Rusty Fitzgerald said Knox went out of his way to craft a somewhat eccentric personal appearance, wearing long hair and cowboy boots.
He called Knox's office a "fraternity house," referring to the converted old home on Second Street in Roanoke.
Knox's attorney Tony Anderson said the first two counts against Knox and his office manager involve racketeering, conjuring up images of organized crime.
Anderson asked the jury "Do you really think that a legitimate medical practice was being conducted as a criminal enterprise?"
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[Water-Break]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=03-35 TC1:22:58]
[GRAPHIC=Water Main Break]
A normally busy intersection in Roanoke is back to normal tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
A 12-inch main ruptured at Hershberger and Peter's Creek roads about 2 this afternoon.
Water cracked the pavement, poured across the highway and left several rocks behind.
The front yard of a daycare center was flooded before crews could turn off the water.
Crews finished work about two hours ago, but customers may still experience low pressure or discolored water.
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[Tower-Power]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=03-44 TC16:07]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The power of music filled the Roanoke civic center auditorium.
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[SOT 02:41]
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((NAT SOUND MUSIC))
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
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[OUT Q=NAT SOUND MUSIC.]
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[VO-NAT 13.5]
The band Tower of Power did not just belt out sounds .. they also brought in cash for local students.
Tonight's concert benefits the downtown music lab- a non profit after school program for students interested in music.
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[SOT 03:45]
[IN Q=]
((NAT SOUND MUSIC))
[RUNS=14]
[OUT Q=grove get you high (3rd time)]
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[VO-NAT]
Tower of Power came in from Oakland California for tonight's show. Local students provided the warm up show.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Coming up on News 7-
People fighting a new stadium amphitheater may have hazardous waste on their side- We'll tell you why they hope this latest find comes barreling down on the project.
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[VO-NAT]
and a busy night in Southern California for firefighters-
Details coming up a little later on News 7.
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[Sports-preview]
[ANCHOR=MIKE]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
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[OUT Q=the big 7."]
((Hey folks Mike Stevens back in the News 7 Sports as the Hokies and Mountaineers get ready to rumble in Morgantown.
The Skins look Boss Hog to right their ship.
The Cavs turn to a George Welsh recruit to drive their bus.
Plus, DW relives the glory days, and the Titans and Knights trades volleyes tonight on the Big 7.))[Stadium-Barrels]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-47 TC12:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Opponents of Roanoke's new stadium and amphitheater are calling for a complete environmental assessment of the site.
And with the latest discovery of hazardous waste there, some members of city council are taking a second look at that suggestion.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Crews are making progress, preparing the site near the Roanoke Civic Center.
Yesterday, the city revealed that a barrel found earlier this month did contain hazardous waste.
A majority of city council remains committed to the controversial project, but some members say they want more information about the latest find.
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[SOT 02:46:16 ]
[IN Q=I think the ball is in D-E-Q's]
((BILL BESTPITCH: I THINK THE BALL IS IN DEQ'S COURT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THEY NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH THE CITY ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO. IF IT'S AT ALL REASONABLE, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO GET IT DONE, SO THAT WE CAN SATISFY EVERYONE AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.))
[SUPER=@Bestpitch]
[RUNS=:14]
[OUT Q=forward with the project.]
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[VO-NAT]
Mayor Ralph Smith says he wants to know what it would cost to conduct more environmental testing.
Smith says it would be unfortunate if doubts about the property linger long after the new stadium is built.
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[Bedford-Melee]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=03-33 TC1:35:42]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It's back to business as usual at a Bedford restaurant that was the site of a large-scale disturbance over the weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford]
A dozen cops were called in to disperse a crowd of more than 75 people at the Hunan Restaurant on North Bridge Street.
Three people were hurt and five others arrested during the melee.. but authorities say they were able to restore order fairly quickly.
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[SOT 00:12:32]
[IN Q=Once you start]
((LT. JIM BENNETT/BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT: ONCE YOU START REMOVING PEOPLE FROM THE SCENE, THE TROUBLEMAKERS, THE OTHERS DISPERSE FROM THE SCENE RATHER QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVING. Reporter: Is it safe to say alcohol was probably a factor in this? BENNETT: ALCOHOL PROBABLY PLAYED A GOOD PART IN THIS.))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Jim Bennett/Bedford Police Department]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=good part in this.]
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[VO-NAT]
The restaurant had about 15-hundred dollars in damage.
Owners Willis Yang and Yao Liu (yow loo) say their business has enjoyed a good reputation for 13 years.
State A-B-C investigators are looking into whether any license violations occurred.
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[Sniper]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=JohnMuhammad]
Today's testimony in the trial of alleged sniper John Muhammad revealed just how close police were to catching the suspect.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Manassas/Last Year]
It all happened where Dean Myers was shot to death in Manassas last October.
A police officer testified that he stopped John Muhammad driving a Chevrolet Caprice. The officer let him go after Muhammad told him he was close to the shooting scene because police had directed him there.
And there was emotional testimony. "I am not dying in this parking lot"... those were the words wounded survivor, Paul LaRuffa, remembered saying after he was shot in Maryland last year.
He said he never saw the shooter but authorities said a laptop computer stolen from LaRuffa was found with Muhammad when he was arrested.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[WRITER=dse]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[SS=None]
Hero or criminal? Why a congressman is defending a college student who hid boxcutters on airplanes.
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[VO-NAT]
Plus a first at Niagara Falls. A man goes over the edge without any safety devices... and lives.
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[Commercial]
[Markey-Boxcutter]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A college student who planted boxcutters on an airplane is being called a hero of sorts- by one lawmaker.
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[SOT 1:07]
((REP. EDWARD MARKEY/(D) MASSACHUSETTS; THE YOUNG MAN BLEW A WHISTLE SO THAT TOMORROW NO ONE CAN BLOW UP AN AIRPLANE IN THE UNITED STATES.))
[SUPER=01-Rep. Edward Markey/(D) Massachusetts; ]
[RUNS=09]
[OUT Q=in the United States.]
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[vo-nat 16]
Nathaniel Heatwole is charged with carrying concealed weapons after items were found last week on two Southwest Airline planes.
The 20-year old says he did it six times and e-mailed the Transportation Security Administration in September about what he'd done.
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[SOT 19]
((AS A PUNISHMENT FOR BREAKING THE LAW, THIS COLLEGE STUDENT SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO WORKING 20 HOURS A WEEK WORKING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.))
[RUNS=09]
[OUT Q=security administration.]
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[VO-NAT 12 plus pad]
Markey says the TSA should listen to the student so they can prevent the same thing from happening again.
Heatwole faces ten years in prison if convicted.
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[CA-Fires]
[ANCHOR=JEan1]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=Brush Fires]
Firefighters are working to get the upper hand on several brush fires in Southern California.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Moreno Valley, CA;]
The fast-moving fires broke out in Riverside and San Bernadino Counties.
Flames up to 70 feet high destroyed several buildings.
A third fire in the mountains near Burbank is moving away from homes.
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[S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=EXTRA & SP-163 507TC]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
Tech and WVU are ready to take each other to school, just not to class.
Volleyball from south county tonight, plus Alvin Pearman and Darrell Waltrip.
But first your extra point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC/1993; :00]
The woeful Redskins reached back into their past to try and salvage the present today by hiring Joe Bugel to be an offensive consultant to the team.
Bugle is the man who created the Hogs when he was an assistant with the Skins from 1981-89 under Joe Gibbs.
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[OUTCUE=last score."]
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[S-Series]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=WORLD SERIES]
Game three of the World Series is taking place in Miami tonight.
Right now the game is just in the 7 inning due to a 39 minute long rain delay.
The score is Florida 1 New York 1. Again, they are in the
7th inning.
[S-Volley]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-154 5155TC]
[GRAPHIC=VOLLEYBALL]
In volleyball tonight - south county rivals Cave Spring and Hidden Valley hooked up.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Cave Spring vs. Hidden Valley; :00]
This is homecoming week for the Titans - but it's never wise to schedule the defending state champs on that date.
Early in the opener - Cave Spring's Emily Harvey will set the tone for the night as she get the cross court smash the Knights would take game on of the match 25-to-15.
Hidden Valley would mount a rally and show some strength of its own. Vicky Padgett powers one in between two Knights' defenders for the Titans point. But Cave Spring game two 25-to-15.
The Knights would take the match thanks to efforts like this.
[super=34-Cave Spring/3/Hidden Valley/0;]
Harvey with finesse this time.
Cave takes the final game 25-to-22 and the match 3 games to none.
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[S-Rivalry]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-164 645TC]
[GRAPHIC=TECH/WEST VIRGINIA]
It looks like the Tech and West Virginia game tomorrow night will fall about 8 thousand fans short of a sellout.
The game falls right in the middle of the work week - and right in the middle of the school week - although many folks don't see that as a problem.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Lance Frazier/West Virginia Cornerback; :00]
[SUPER=01-Adam Lenhortt/West Virginia Linebacker; :10]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=....MISS THAT ONE."]
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[VO-NAT CON'T]
Miss the class maybe, but not the game.
This is the 49th meeting between the two schools and the winner gets to keep more than just the Black Diamond Trophy for a year.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=bite]
[SUPER=01-Rich Rodriguez/West Virginia Head Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Grant Wiley/West Virginia Linebacker; :17]
[SUPER=01-Rasheed Marshall/West Virginia Quarterback; :30]
[RUNS=:45]
[OUT Q=...THEY WILL DEFINITELY BRING IT." (2nd time)]
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[S-Alvin]
[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-161 7:32]
[GRAPHIC=UVa]
UVa's Alvin Pearman was a one man pass catching machine against Florida State.
Steve Mason has more on a player who made it into the record book by going by the book and not complaining.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00]
[SUPER=01-Alvin Pearman/School & ACC Record 16 Catches vs. FSU; :09]
[SUPER=@Steve1; :27]
[SUPER=01-Kase Luzar/UVa Senior Fullback; :42]
[RUNS=1:26]
[OUT Q=.....nEWS 7 SPORTS"]
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((Alvin Pearman shattered the record by five catches. But to the junior, it's no big deal, considering how long he has been pulling pigskins out of the air.
((ALVIN PEARMAN/UVA'S SECOND LEADING RECEIVER:))
((STEVE MASON:))
((KASE LUZAR/UVA FULLBACK:))
((:))
Despite limited action, Pearman has accounted for two of UVa's three touchdowns in two losses to Florida State.
His time on the bench is a result of ACC leading rusher Wali Lundy.
((:))
Alvin's 686 all purpose yards surpasses last years mark by over a 100 yards and he has equaled his touchdown output from a season ago with five games to play, Steve Mason, News 7 sports.))
[S-Waltrip]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-158 10045TC]
[GRAPHIC=MARTINSVILLE]
Martinsville master Darrell Waltrip made his mark at the track this past weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville; :00]
DW was back on the track Sunday to take part in the Victory Lap tribute program honoring departing series sponsor RJ Reynolds.
Waltrip won 11 races at Martinsville and 8 poles, but his biggest Martinsville memory without a doubt came in 1987 just days after his daughter Jessica had been born.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=BITE]
[SUPER=01-Darrell Waltrip/11 Career Wins at Martinsville; :03]
[SUPER=04-1987; :10]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=...MEANT TO BE."]
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[VO-NAT con't]
Waltrip says with Martinsville getting set to move the railroads tracks behind the back stretch and expand again - he sees no reason why the track can't continue to be a fixture on the series.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=YOU KNOW...]
[RUNS=:20]
[OUT Q=....ALL YOU GOTTA DO."]
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[Niagara-Stunt]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Kirk Jones always thought there was a spot where a person could survive going over Niagara Falls. Turns out he was right.
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[VO-NAT]
The Michigan man went over the falls yesterday without any safety devices. He lived and climbed onto the rocks below.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It was like]
((TERRY MCMULLEN/WITNESS; IT WAS LIKE HE WAS TUBING OR SOMETHING, RELAXED AS CAN BE AND OFF HE GOES.))
((BRENDA KOPP/WITNESS; ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW THIS MAN. HE WAS LAYING ON HIS BACK, HIS EYES WERE WIDE OPEN AND HE JUST WENT OVER THE FALLS HE WENT.))
[SUPER=01-Terry McMullen/Witness; :00 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=01-Brenda Kopp/Witness; :04]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=over the falls he went.]
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[VO-NAT]
Jones is the first person known to have gone over Niagara Falls without safety devices and lived.
Officials call Jones' action "stupid'' and say it endangered rescuers.
They plan to charge him with illegally performing a stunt.
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