[1-News-Head]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Days after the election, one local delegate's race is still too close to call.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The Hamner homeplace hits the auction block- -a generation after the lights went out on the T-V series, the Waltons.
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[Sports-Head]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Tonight on News 7 sports -
Newly elected supervisor Don Meredith weighs in on coaching the county.
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[VO-NAT]
And Hampden-Sydney is the preseason choice to the win the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
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[WX-Head]
[ANCHOR=Robin]
[SS=None]
The locally heavy downpours are giving way to patchy, dense fog. More on the forecast and our Thursday WeatherSchool just ahead.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 4-Shot]
News 7 is next.
[Video-Open]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=Video Open]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=This is not about being confrontational]
((THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING CONFRONTATIONAL. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO CREATE SAFE SCHOOLS.))
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=create safe schools]
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The controversy over school violence spawns a new coalition
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
And a call for a community-wide dialogue.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Good evening, I'm Shannon Young.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
And I'm Keith Humphry.
[School-Violence]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-35 TC1:43:45]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Today the Roanoke School Violence Protection Coalition announced plans for a community meeting, and promised continuing attention to the issue.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[***NEWS 7 @ 6 IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & JoeD /BAM;]
Joe Dashiell attended the group's news conference this afternoon, and is here tonight with more on their plans.
[LIVE= JoeD /FULL BAM]
[SUPER=@joe1;]
Keith and Shannon, the founders of this group are familiar names: school resource officer Butch Lewis, parent and activist Alice Hincker.
They acknowledge the group was formed, at least in part, because they and others were excluded from a Roanoke city task force.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=In a way, I guess]
[SUPER=01-Alice Hincker/RSVP Coalition Co-Founder; :00]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :14]
[SUPER=01-Butch Lewis/RSVP Coalition Co-Founder; :34]
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Lee/Former Principal; : quick]
[SUPER=01-Gary Waldo/Former VEA Representative; :quick]
[RUNS=1:09]
[OUT Q=if that's a problem then so be it.]
(( [SOT 01:39:43]
[IN Q=In a way, I guess it's a reaction]
((ALICE HINCKER: IN A WAY I GUESS IT'S A REACTION. WE FELT WE HAD SOMETHING TO SAY AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AND PEOPLE WE COULD BRING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND WE AREN'T INVOLVED IN THE TASK FORCE.))
[RUNS= :12]
[OUT Q=aren;t involved in the task force.]
Alice Hincker has been a vocal critic of the school administration, since the first allegations of inaccurate crime and violence reports surfaced.
Butch Lewis is the school resource officer who was transferred, after he was quoted anonymously in a critical newspaper article.
But the co-founders of the RSVP coalition say they're not looking for confrontation.
[SOT]
[IN Q=This is a way]
((BUTCH LEWIS: THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN DO MORE. I CAN'T SEE HOW HAVING A COALITION AND A TASK FORCE WORKING FOR THE SAME OBJECTIVE CAN HURT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE PUTTING IDEAS INTO THE ARENA.))
[RUNS= :14]
[OUT Q=putting ideas into the arena.]
Lewis and Hincker say they're trying to build a broad- based coalition, and their news conference included elected officials, business leaders, and many others with ties to the school system.
[SOT]
[IN Q=I think it is very positive]
((I THINK IT IS VERY POSITIVE AND I THINK IT OPENS THE DOOR TO ANY CITIZEN ANY STAFF MEMBER ANY STUDENT ANY PARENT TO BE A PARTICIPANT.))
((I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS AND REAL CONCERNS AND IF THAT'S A PROBLEM, THEN SO BE IT.))
[RUNS= :13]
[OUT Q=then so be it.]))
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[LIVE= JoeD /FULL BAM]
There was no reaction this afternoon from school superintendent Wayne Harris or other school officials.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & JoeD /BAM;]
Keith and Shannon, the group is inviting the public to a meeting Tuesday November 18th at the Roanoke Valley Governor's School.
[L'burg-Search]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A team of drug-sniffing dogs swept through E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg today, but did not find any illicit drugs.
School officials say the search was one of several random drug sweeps they conduct every year.
Six drug-sniffing dogs from the Lynchburg Police Department and the Amherst County sheriff's office helped search the campus.
Students were under lockdown at the time, but no problems were reported.
[Keister-Morris]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=03-46 TC24:24]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2003]
Incumbent Benny Keister believes he's headed back to Richmond, even though the 6th district race is still too close to "officially" call.
UNofficially, the Democrat won the race over Republican Morgan Morris by just 49 votes.
News 7's Rachel DePompa talked with both candidates about the automatic recount.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=203-Pulaski Co.]
[SUPER=201-Del. Benny Keister/(D) Radford]
[SUPER=201-Morgan Morris/(R) House of Delegates Candidate]
[SUPER=219-Rachel DePompa/rdepompa*wdbj7.com]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=Rachel DePompa, News 7]
((Democrat Benny Keister had a feeling he was in for a close race.
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[SOT:19:49:29:00]
[IN Q=I figured it be tight]
((BENNY KEISTER: I FIGURED IT BE TIGHT, I JUST DIDN'T FIGURE IT'D BE THIS TIGHT.))
[RUNS:04]
[OUT Q=be this tight]
16-thousand votes were cast... but only 49-separate him from Republican Morgan Morris. And like Morris, Keister believes, in the end he WILL win.
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[SOT:18:49:43:00]
[IN Q=I just look]
((BENNY KEISTER: I JUST LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. YOU GOTTA TAKE WHAT COMES. WHAT'S DONE IS DONE. THERE'S NO CHANGING IT NOW SO. WE'LL WAIT AND SEE HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT.))
[RUNS:12]
[OUT Q=all works out.]
...And what this race is working toward is a recount.
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[SOT:19:14:43:00]
[IN Q=I think everybody]
((Morgan Morris: I THINK EVERYBODY DESERVES THAT. I THINK THE SUPPORTERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WENT OUT AND VOTED. THE BELIEVERS, YOU KNOW, THEY DESERVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT.))
[RUNS:09]
[OUT Q=to see that.]
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[SOT:19:00:16:00]
[IN Q=And it won't]
((Rachel DePompa: AND IT WON'T COST MORRIS A THING TO CHALLENGE THESE RESULTS. A RECOUNT IS AUTOMATIC AND FREE TO THE LOSING CANDIDATE WHEN THE VOTE IS LESS THAN 1-PERCENT.))
[RUNS:12]
[OUT Q=than 1-percent]
At this point it appears there were no irregularities in the election. In fact, Keister gained some more votes after a canvassing, but even he supports a recount.
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[SOT:18:53:46:00]
[IN Q=It's a drawn out]
((BENNY KEISTER: "ITS A DRAWN OUT PROCESS BUT THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CORRECT AND IT SHOULD BE CORRECT IN SOMETHING THIS CLOSE))
[RUNS:7]
[OUT Q=this close]
The results must be certified by the state board of elections office on November 24th before a recount can begin.
(nats: downtown pulaski)
It could be mid-December before voters in the 6th district have an official winner.
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[SOT:19:13:43:00]
[IN Q=I'm just as]
((MORGAN MORRIS: I'M JUST AS CONFIDENT AS EVER THAT I'M GOING TO WIN. JUST STILL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THERE'S A REASON WHY I WAS IN THIS ELECTION.))
[RUNS:07]
[OUT Q=in this election.]
Keister says he's still preparing for the upcoming General Assembly session. Rachel DePompa, News 7.))
[Bedford-Voting]
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=03-33 TC1:58:17]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2003]
A clerical error may have cost two Bedford County political candidates their elections.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=203-Bedford Co.]
On Tuesday, 41 residents of Clay's Crossing Drive cast their votes in the wrong district.
[SUPER=203-Bedford;]
Bedford County registrar Marie Batten says she made a computer error ... and mistakely instructed them to vote in the Big Island district instead of the Forest district.
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[SOT 13:26]
[IN Q=When you make]
((MARIE BATTEN: WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU FESS UP. AND FOR ME, THAT HASN'T BEEN A DIFFICULT THING TO DO.))
[SUPER=201-Marie Batten/Bedford Co. Registrar;]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=thing to do.]
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[VO-NAT]
The error became a problem in two tight races.
A Big Island school board race was decided by a 12 vote margin.
Tony Ware, Big Island's supervisor for the last 24 years, also lost his seat by a dozen votes.
Both losing candidates have 30 days to challenge the results.
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[SOT 24:21]
[IN Q=It's just an honest]
((TONY WARE: IT'S JUST AN HONEST MISTAKE. I'M LOOKING AT MY OPTIONS, WHAT CAN BE DONE. I HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. ))
[SUPER=201-Tony Ware/(R) Bedford Co. Supervisor;]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=to think about it.]
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
IF the candidates contest the election, a special three-judge panel would decide whether to overturn it and call a special election.
Otherwise the results stand.
[Tease#1]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
[SS=NONE]
A pipeline project through Southwest and Central Virginia is a no-go.
Next on News 7, find out why the company shut off the flow money to the project.
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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Plus a year's work pays off. Get a look inside Roanoke's newly renovated train station.
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[City-Stadium]
[NEWSCAST=Six]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-36 TC1:22:00]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
Opponents of the plan to build a new stadium amphitheater are questioning the way the city of Roanoke is soliciting bids for the project.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Citizens for a Sensible Stadium Decision say the city is bidding the stadium construction seperately from the pedestrian bridge over Orange Avenue.
If the city is now building the project in stages, Brian Wishneff says he fears it will ultimately cost more than the 18-million dollars the city has budgeted.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=So by dividing]
((BRIAN WISHNEFF/CITIZENS FOR A SENSIBLE STADIUM DECISION; SO BY DIVIDING IT THIS WAY, THEY'RE SETTING UP A SHAM SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE COUNCIL IN A CORNER.))
[SUPER=01-Brian Wishneff/Citizens for a Sensible Stadium Decision;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=have council in a corner.]
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A spokesman acknowledges the city is bidding the projects seperately, but only because they are different types of structures.
City officials say they still expect to build both for 18- million dollars. Bids are due next week.
[Greenbrier-Pipeline]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Work on a controversial natural gas pipeline has been halted.
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[TAKE MAP FULL]
Dominion Resources says it's stopping work on the Greenbrier Pipeline to consider shifting money budgeted for that project to an existing operation.
The 275 mile pipeline is supposed to run from West Virginia-- through southwest and southside Virginia-- to North Carolina.
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[ANCHOR=Shannon ]
[SS=None]
The company says it will honor all agreements signed with landowners along the right-of-way, but it's withdrawn other offers that have not been accepted.
Dominion says it will resume field work on the project at a later date.
[Grand-Building]
[ANCHOR=Shannon]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=03-40 TC1:01:42]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The old Grand Furnishings building in downtown Roanoke is in the process of being sold.
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[VO-NAT :25]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/August 1998;]
A spokesman for Center in the Square confirms ownership is being transferred to local developer Ed Walker.
The building at the corner of Campbell Avenue and First Streets was donated to Center in the Square in 1998.
At the time it was worth more than a million dollars.
The sale price is said to be about half that.
The first floor will be used for retail.
The sale could be final as soon as next week.
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[Stocks]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
[NEWSCAST=6]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Wall Street finished higher today.
[TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
[RUNS=:30]
[SUPER=x5000;]
[SUPER=440-x/36.14/9856.97/x/17.00/1976.37;]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The DOW rose 36 points.
NASDAQ gained 17.
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[VO]
[SUPER=271-i/0.04/79.96/h/0.32/47.30/i/0.01/27.52/i/1.39/67.22/h/0.64/76.84;]
[SUPER=272-h/0.05/39.11/h/0.02/16.55/h/0.10/6.83/i/0.28/61.15/h/0.01/28.44;]
[SUPER=273-i/0.01/6.99/h/0.50/38.73/h/0.46/18.03/h/0.86/21.46/h/0.08/6.50;]
[SUPER=274-i/0.24/9.63/h/0.23/68.48/i/0.44/32.45/h/0.44/45.63/h/0.69/58.61;]
[SUPER=#555; Reset]
[Hamner-House]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=03-39 TC1:22:12]
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
The last of the Waltons is leaving the Mountain.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
The home that Earl Hamner made famous in his T-V series "The Waltons" is going to be sold at auction,
[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=None]
and someone will have a chance to own a piece of television history.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's been a]
[SUPER=03-Nelson Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tammi Robertson/John Stewart Walker Realtor; :19]
[SUPER=01-Bill Bryant/Counts Realty & Auction; :40]
[SUPER=01-Polly Crum/Friend of Jim Hamner; 1:15]
[SUPER=@ssm2; 1:25]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=News7, Nelson County.]
(( It's been a part of Schuyler for 110 years.. and a slice of Americana for the last three decades.
The boyhood home that Earl Hamner made famous in his t-v series "The Waltons" still stands in this rural Nelson County community.
But the last of the family to live there, Jim Hamner, is in poor health and he has decided to sell.
[SOT 11:03:46]
((TAMMI ROBERTSON/JOHN STEWART WALKER REAL ESTATE: AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS 'HOW DO YOU PUT A PRICE ON NOSTALGIA? HOW DO YOU PRICE A HOME LIKE THAT?'))
[RUNS= 07]
[OUT Q=home like that.]
So Robertson enlisted the help of her brother Bill Bryant and the Ted Counts Auction group which will sell the property to the highest bidder next month.
They had barely signed the contracts when calls started coming in from around the country.
[SOT 11:10:10]
((BILL BRYANT/COUNTS REALTY & AUCTION: WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THEY GOT THE NEWS SO FAST. EXPECTING A LARGE TURNOUT AND IT'S CERTAINLY A SPECIAL INTEREST PROPERTY AND THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY.))
[RUNS= 08]
[OUT Q=so much history.]
The house sits directly across the street from the Walton's Museum, which still draws 30-thousand visitors a year.
The lasting appeal of the show means this average 3-bedroom, 1-bath fixer-upper will likely sell for much more than its normal value.
[SOT 11:06:39]
((ROBERTSON: IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE WORTH THAT DAY WHAT SOMEBODY'S WILLING TO PAY, AND I THINK WITH THE EXCITEMENT AND THE NOTORIETY OF THIS HOUSE, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=sky's the limit.]
Meanwhile, Schuyler is witnessing the end of an era.
[SOT 12:49:04]
((POLLY CRUM/POLLY'S BED AND BREAKFAST: I'LL BE SAD TO SEE HIM LEAVE BECAUSE HE'S SUCH AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. MY TOURISTS AND MY GUESTS THEY COME THROUGH HERE AND THEY JUST LOVE MEETING MR. HAMNER.))
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[OUT Q=Mr. Hamner.]
The auction takes place December 6th.
Steve Smallshaw, News7, Nelson County. ))
[Sports Tease]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=]
[GRAPHIC=]
Coming up tonight on the Big 7 - the Old Dominion Athletic conference has plaenty to talk about at its annual Media Day,
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[VO-NAT]
and for 32 years Don Meredith was a high school coach in southwest Virginia - now he's also proven he can win a political race.
More with Dandy Don in a moment.
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[S-ODAC]
[ANCHOR=mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=twe]
[TAPE#=SP-161 TC1415]
[GRAPHIC=ODAC]
Not much has changed in the ODAC men's preseason basketball poll as Hampden-Sydney and Randolph-Macon assumed the top two spots. But plenty has changed on the sidelines, as Travis Wells explains.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :00]
[SUPER=01-John Swickrath/Youngest Head Coach in D3 at 25; :29]
[SUPER=01-Adam Hutchinson/First Year W&L Head Coach; :39]
[SUPER=01-Kirby Dean/First Year E. Mennonite Head Coach; :50]
[SUPER=01-Page Moir/15th Season at Roanoke; 1:13]
[SUPER=@travis1; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:28]
[OUT Q=News 7 Sports."]
((Five new head coaches enter the ODAC this season, most notably Bubba Smith, who takes over for Tony Shaver at Hampden-Sydney, where the Tigers have won 75 games and two league titles in three seasons.
Lynchburg's John Swickrath is the youngest head man in all of D3 hoops at 25, Adam Hutchinson will try to turn around Washington & Lee's 28 and 71 mark the last four years, and Kirby Deans takes over at his alma mater, Eastern Mennonite.
John:
Adam:
Kirby:
Entering his 15th season in Salem, Page Moir needs just 5 wins to become the winningest coach in Roanoke College history. Moir must replace the school's 6th all time leading scorer in Robby Pridgen and two post men lost to graduation.
Page:
Travis: The Maroons were picked fourth in the preseason poll, Emory & Henry was 7th, while Washington & Lee and Lynchburg manned the 8th and 9th spots. In Salem, Travis Wells, News 7 Sports.))
[S-Don]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-159 12303tc]
[GRAPHIC=ELECTION 2003]
Former Knicks great Bill Bradley and former Maryland all-American Tom McMillen proved long ago that a gym rat can be successful in politics.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daleville; :00]
And earlier this week - another former Hoop king, Don Meredith did the same.
Dandy Don, coached for 32 years at Floyd, Liberty and Lord Botetourt, but Tuesday night he won a different kind of game - a seat on the Botetourt County board of supervisors.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=WHEN I STARTED...]
[SUPER=01-Don Meredith/Botetourt Co. Board of Supervisors; ]
[RUNS=:22]
[OUT Q=...there is an issue.]
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[VO-NAT con't]
[SUPER=04-1995 Season;]
Meredith ran as an independent. He has no experience, but he also comes without a personal agenda - other than the goal of uniting the county.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I'M TIRED...]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=....become united."]
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[VO NAT CON'T]
In his three decades of coaching - Meredith got to know more than his share of referees.
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[IN CUE:=NO REACH...]
[RUNS=:08]
[OC=....all night old man!]
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He plans to be on his best behavior on the five member board.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=BITE]
[RUNS=:06]
[OUT Q=...I WILL BE ENTHUSIASTIC."]
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[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=6pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-162]
[GRAPHIC=TECH/PITT]
The Hokie Nation is anxious to see which Tech team will show up Saturday night at Pittsburgh.
Walt Harris believes he knows.
He thinks the West Virginia game was a big aberration.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=bite]
[SUPER=01-Walt Harris/3 & 3 Against Virginia Tech; :00]
[RUNS=:34]
[OUT Q=...UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI."]
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[Train-Station]
[NEWSCAST=6 p.m.]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=03-38 tc 1:21:54]
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]
Roanoke is about two months away from rolling out its new convention center and O. Winston Link Museum.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]
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[VO-NAT :14]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
The former Norfolk and Western passenger station that will house both was unveiled today after months of renovation.
The 27-thousand square foot building looks much as it did after Raymond Lowey (LOW-ee) redesigned it in the 1940s.
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[SOT 33:04-33:15]
[IN Q=Having a Raymond Lowey building is a special thing.]
((DAVID GOODE/NORFOLK SOUTHERN PRESIDENT: HAVING A RAYMOND LOWEY BUILDING IS A SPECIAL THING. THERE AREN'T VERY MANY IN THE COUNTRY... IN THE WORLD! THAT'S A VERY SPECIAL THING.))
[SUPER=01-David Goode/Norfolk Southern President;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=That's a very special thing.]
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[VO NAT :07]
The space will house the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitor's Bureau and the O. Winston Link museum.
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[SOT 30:58-31:09]
[IN Q=The building is complete...]
((JIM SEARS/CENTER IN THE SQUARE PRESIDENT: THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE. WE HAVE ANOTHER WEEK OR SO AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A MUSEUM AND THE VISITORS BUREAU IS MOVING THEIR EQUIPMENT IN, DESKS, COMPUTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.))
[SUPER=01-Jim Sears/Center in the Square President;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=desks, computers, things like that.]
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[VO-NAT :08]
Center in the Square reports construction came in on time and under budget.
The O. Winston Link museum is scheduled to open in January.
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