WDBJ 7 morning news for 01/03/04

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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning... An inmate sets fire to his cell at the Roanoke City Jail...

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and employees at DanChem show no signs of giving up their strike. We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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An inmate set fire to the Roanoke City jail last night.
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Fire officials say a prisoner set fire to a mattress on the third floor of the jail around 9-15 last night. The fire was put out quickly. The blaze caused heavy smoke causing prisoners to be moved to another floor while fire crews tried to ventilate the building. Nobody was injured in the incident.
Traffic on Campbell Avenue was blocked for more than an hour.
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Roanoke County police are trying to figure out what caused a fatal accident on Old Mountain Road.
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Shortly before 8 o'clock last night two cars wrecked in an apparent head on collision. Police say two people were transported to a local hospital, and at least one of them has died. The victims' names are not being released pending notification of next of kin.
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[Plane-Crash]

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An Egyptian aircraft carrying 148 passengers crashed into the Red Sea early this morning.
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So far, there appear to be no survivors.
The plane disappeared from radar shortly after take off. It was headed to Cairo and then on to Paris.
Most of the passengers on board were French tourists.
No word yet on what caused the crash. But officials say at this point there is no sign of terrorism.
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[Mars-Landing]

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It's no easy mission to land on Mars --but NASA is giving it another try.
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A six wheeled Rover named Spirit will attempt landing on the Red planet sometime tonight.
The problem with landing -- is going from 12-thousand miles an hour to zero in about six minutes.
That's why NASA is targeting a huge crater. Two-thirds of the attempts to land on Mars have failed. Most recently a Japanese satellite was lost near Mars and a European lander hasn't been heard from.
On this mission NASA hopes to look for clues as to whether Mars was ever capable of sustaining life.
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It's day three on the picket line for 70 unionized employees at DanChem.
Now negotiations are non-existent and neither side is showing signs of giving in.
Jennifer Wishon has more.
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DanChem workers were in good spirits Friday despite an uncertain future in 2004.
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Dalton says the company has proposed freezing hourly wages for the next three years, creating 12 hour shifts and increasing healthcare premiums from $41.00 per week to $138.00.
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((MICHAEL FALLEN: WE WORK IN A CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND WE FEEL THAT AS CHEMICAL WORKERS WE SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THE BEST HEALTH CARE PACKAGES AVAILABLE.)) [RUNS09]
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[insert pre pro] DanChem released a statement that says: "Workers are covered by a Union-sponsored medical plan which has increased costs to employees and the Company by 20% per year for the last three years.... We see no movement on the Union's part to control these costs. We believe this is an unfair burden to put on the Company and the hardworking people in our plant." [vo-nat] Employees are hopeful negotiations with the company will resume, but in an economically depressed region, they know their jobs are attractive.
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((EDDIE DALTON: I'D HAVE TO BE OUT IN LEFT FIELD TO THINK THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. I KNOW IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A SMART MOVE ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT IF THEY WALKED IN THE DOOR TOMORROW WE COULD HAVE PRODUCTION UP TOMORROW.)) [RUNS13]
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[insert pre pro] The company says: DanChem has continued its operations without any interruption.... The company is operating the plant with its salaried workforce, employees who have exercised their legal right to continue working, and replacement workers." That's why union employees say they're keeping their picket line several hundred feet from the plant.
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((EDDIE DALTON: WE HAVE ALL THE KEY PEOPLE, THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED AT WHAT THEY DO. WE'RE USED TO HANDLING THESE CHEMICALS AND THE MIXTURE OF THE CHEMICALS IS WHERE THE DANGER COMES IN.)) [RUNS07]
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((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: DALTON SAYS EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN UNIONIZED FOR ABOUT TWO DECADES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER GONE ON STRIKE. JENNIFER WISHON, NEWS 7.))
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He was forced out of his home on Christmas Eve - but a Lynchburg man is now back inside.
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David Johnston and his roommates slept in a tent on the front lawn of his Park Avenue home.
City officials condemned the house last month, but after a follow-up inspection this week they allowed Johnston to move back in.
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((DAVID JOHNSTON/HOMEOWNER: AS FAR AS ME OCCUPYING IT IMMEDIATELY, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE BUT AGAIN THAT'S UNDER PERMIT AND I CAN ONLY TAKE IT AT A CERTAIN PACE.))
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The city has told Johnston he can "not" rent out rooms in his house until the rest of the repairs are made.
Johnston is researching the city code and zoning laws to see what his options are.
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[Pop-Culture]

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You really didn't know what to expect in 2003 when it came to the music industry or reality TV.
And of course as always with pop culture there were a few twists.
Bill Whitaker takes a look back.
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((You know that end of year question, "naughty or nice?" In 2003, naughty won by a nose.
SOUND UP: 50 CENT "IN DA CLUB"
NARR: Rapper and former crack dealer 50 Cent, has been shot nine times at last count ... a reputation that shot him to the top of the charts. Women got in on the act too as kid singers turned into sex kittens.
SOUND UP: BEYONCE/CRAZY LOVE

SOT: Martin Kaplin/University of Southern California: 2003 IS THE
YEAR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TANKED. LOOK AT POP MUSIC. THE ALBUM IS BASICALLY DEAD.
NARR: Martin Kaplan tracks pop culture from USC.

SOT: Martin Kaplan: THESE ENTERTAINERS ARE TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION
WITH THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK.
NARR: The music industry THREW the book at freeloaders who downloaded pirated tunes ... then offered a cheap, easy alternative, I-Tunes, voted the coolest invention of the year.
SOUND UP: EMINEM ...
NARR: It was a year of extremes: bad boys (EMINEM) and good boys
(AMERICAN IDOL'S CLAY AIKEN) ... 41-year-old Demi & 25-year-old Ashton
... Hybrids and Hummers ... spike heels & no heels (UGGS)...The movies-extremely violent (KILL BILL), extremely cute(NEMO), and extremely long (LORD OF THE RINGS)

SOT: Martin Kaplan: I THINK THAT THE THEME OF THE YEAR IS
SCHIZOPHRENIA. // WE ARE A COUNTRY AT WAR. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO AMUSE OURSELVES. AND SO, WE CAN'T QUITE DECIDE WHICH SIDE WE WANT TO BE ON, SO WE'RE ON BOTH.
NARR: And if you didn't like it, you could change it. Make-over mania gripped the nation with 40 make-over TV shows. You could change your nose ... your clothes ... your house ... your spouse ... or take tips from those make-over mavens, the Fab Five.

SOT: Carson Kressley/Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: WE PROVIDE THE
MEDIUM TO SAY, 'HEY, IT'S O.K. YOU CAN MOISTURIZE AND STILL SLEEP WITH WOMEN.'
NARR: Which can lead to this...

SOT: David Letterman/(175720) HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID LETTERMAN. LAST
NIGHT AT 11:58 I BECAME A FATHER.
NARR: Gwyneth Paltrow is having a baby and just had a secret wedding ... It's no secret J-Lo and Ben did NOT have a wedding ... or that Trista and Ryan did. The couple who met on a Reality-TV show, turned their wedding into one.
ON CAMERA ( Whitaker on Survivor set): In fact, despite predictions of their ultimate demise, reality shows not only survived, but thrived in 2003. It seems the tribe has spoken, reality-TV isn't going away any time soon.
NARR: Good news, especially if you're blonde and clueless.

SOT: Jessica Simpson ( "Newlyweds") IS THIS CHICKEN WHAT I HAVE OR FISH?

NARR: Like pop star Jessica Simpson...

SOT: Jessica Simpson: I KNOW IT'S TUNA BUT IT SAYS CHICKEN BY THE SEA.

SOT:( Jessica Simpson to Whitaker): IT'S HYSTERICAL. NEVER IN A MILLION
YEARS I THOUGHT I WOULD WALK DOWN THE GROCERY AISLE AND HAVE PEOPLE HANDING ME CANS OF TUNA ASKING ME TO SIGN THEM.
NARR: Then there's Paris Hilton...of internet infamy and reality tv fame.

SOT: Paris Hilton from "The Simple Life"

NARR: This dim bulb was one of the bright spots in a relatively lackluster year for TV ... which like music and movies is hemorrhaging audiences ... especially those much coveted young males who are hooked on video games.
NARR: It all comes and goes so quickly. So if there were something or someone in pop culture you didn't like in 2003-relax. You might soon be able to say, "that was...
SOUND UP HILLARY DUFF SINGING: SO YESTERDAY
NARR: BW CBS News, Hollywood. ))

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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning....... 148 people are dead after an egyptian charter flight goes down in the Red Sea.
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And a traffic accident in Roanoke County kills one and injures another. We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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There are no apparent survivors of a plane that crashed into the Red Sea this morning.
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The Egyptian aircraft was carrying 148 people when it disappeared from radar shortly after take off.
It was headed to Cairo and then on to Paris.
Most of the passengers on board were French tourists.
No word yet on what caused the crash. But officials say at this point there is no sign of terrorism.
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Roanoke County police are investigating a fatal accident on Old Mountain Road.
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Shortly before 8 o'clock last night two cars wrecked in an apparent head on collision. Police say two people were transported to a local hospital, and at least one of them has died. The victims' names are not being released pending notification of next of kin.
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A fire at the Roanoke City jail caused a bit of commotion downtown last night.
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Fire officials say a prisoner set fire to a mattress on the third floor of the jail around 9-15 last night. The fire was put out quickly, but caused heavy smoke.
Prisoners were moved to another floor while fire crews tried to ventilate the building. No one was injured.
Traffic on Campbell Avenue was blocked for more than an hour.
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Negotiations are not in the works as strikers begin day three on the picket line at DanChem.
So far, neither side is showing signs of giving in.
Jennifer Wishon has more.
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DanChem workers were in good spirits Friday despite an uncertain future in 2004.
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Dalton says the company has proposed freezing hourly wages for the next three years, creating 12 hour shifts and increasing healthcare premiums from $41.00 per week to $138.00.
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((MICHAEL FALLEN: WE WORK IN A CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND WE FEEL THAT AS CHEMICAL WORKERS WE SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THE BEST HEALTH CARE PACKAGES AVAILABLE.)) [RUNS09]
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[insert pre pro] DanChem released a statement that says: "Workers are covered by a Union-sponsored medical plan which has increased costs to employees and the Company by 20% per year for the last three years.... We see no movement on the Union's part to control these costs. We believe this is an unfair burden to put on the Company and the hardworking people in our plant." [vo-nat] Employees are hopeful negotiations with the company will resume, but in an economically depressed region, they know their jobs are attractive.
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((EDDIE DALTON: I'D HAVE TO BE OUT IN LEFT FIELD TO THINK THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. I KNOW IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A SMART MOVE ON THE PART OF THE COMPANY BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT IF THEY WALKED IN THE DOOR TOMORROW WE COULD HAVE PRODUCTION UP TOMORROW.)) [RUNS13]
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[insert pre pro] The company says: DanChem has continued its operations without any interruption.... The company is operating the plant with its salaried workforce, employees who have exercised their legal right to continue working, and replacement workers." That's why union employees say they're keeping their picket line several hundred feet from the plant.
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((EDDIE DALTON: WE HAVE ALL THE KEY PEOPLE, THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED AT WHAT THEY DO. WE'RE USED TO HANDLING THESE CHEMICALS AND THE MIXTURE OF THE CHEMICALS IS WHERE THE DANGER COMES IN.)) [RUNS07]
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((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: DALTON SAYS EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN UNIONIZED FOR ABOUT TWO DECADES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER GONE ON STRIKE. JENNIFER WISHON, NEWS 7.))
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Roanoke based Advance Auto is recalling a brand of motor oil made for it.
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In a release today, Advance said it issued the company wide recall of its private label 5-"W"-30 motor oil made for it by Coastal Unilube of Memphis, Tennessee.
The recalled oil has a batch code where the last seven digits are 3295 00 or lower.
Tests showed the lubricant did not meet performance standards for cold weather.
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Coastal Unilube told Advance it is unlikely the oil would cause any engine damage. Still any customer who bought the oil can take it back to the store for a refund or exchange.

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While people on the East Coast have been enjoying Spring like weather -- the West Coast has been hit with its share of snow and rain over the last few days.
Mika Brezenski has details.
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((The whole West Coast was paralyzed by the powerful set of storms .. drivers from to Portland were unable to move...

(nat) WHOOOO

NARR: except for those who only WISHED they could stop.

(nat) IDIOT

NARR: From side streets to major roadways... across Orgeon it was no-go... and quite a show.

(SOT) NONE OF THESE PEOPLE SAID STOP, HOLD IT INSTEAD THEY'RE SITTING
THERE WITH THEIR CAMERAS TAKING PICTURES!

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NARR: In san francisco, 300 passenger arrived 17 hours late from chicago.
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after their train derailed in the Sierra mountains.

(SOT) PASSENGER

NARR: This is the second winter storm to hit the West Coast in 4 days..

(SOT) IT DOESNT TAKE MUCH TO BRING THESE TREES DOWN AT ALL

Winds of up to 100 miles an hour - along with heavy snow and rain weighed down loose limbs and felled full grown trees.

(SOT) NEXT THING I KNOW I LOOK UP AND THIS BIG TREE IS COMING DOWN ON
TOP OF ME SO I HIT THE GAS AND GOT UNDER IT BUT IT HIT THE WINDSHILED// IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE ..JUST MUD AND TREES.
NARR: Mud was the problem down in Santa Cruz California where flash flooding shut down major roads.
NARR: In Seattle the search is on for 25 year old Dan Witkoski, a skier who never showed up for New Year's day celebrations. And with more snow on the horizon avalanches are a real danger here.

(SOT) RESCUER- when it got down to the teens the night before and it
snowed on top of that it makes avalanches much more severe.
And the hazadous holiday out west may be just the beginning. Experts are predicting the west coast will get hit with another ropund of rain and snow early next week. Mika brzezinski cbs news ny))

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Is there a lot of bull in the Mad Cow scare? Some people think so. That storys coming up in just a few minutes
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They're not your typical pin-up girls, but they're baring it all anyway for this week's movie review.
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[Movie-Review]

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((Calendar Girls Touchstone
"Calendar Girls" is a delightfully quirky British movie where not a great deal happens, but the characters and setting-a small village in Yorkshire, England- are so charming, it doesn't matter.
The story is based on a real event, which makes it all the more intriguing. Helen Mirren and Julie Walters are Chris and Annie, very dear friends, who are members of the Women's Institute, a women's group with the alleged purpose of doing good, empowering women, and strengthening friendships. The meetings, however, usually involve boring talks about tea towels or broccoli or someone's summer vacation. When Annie's husband, John, becomes ill, Chris decides the annual WI calendar, generally containing photos of locally grown flowers, churches or other pastoral scenes, should be sold as a fund raiser to honor John; and after seeing a nudie calendar in a local repair shop, she decides the Women's Institute should do a calendar with the Women's Institute members- middle aged matrons all- nude, but artistically photographed.
Her idea is met with enthusiasm by some; by censorious criticism by others. A delightful scene involves the chosen photographer, Lawrence, trying to cope. The calendar becomes an unlikely sensation and the fallout, including a trip to Hollywood to be on the Jay Leno show, strains Chris and Annie's friendship to the breaking point.
Mirren and Walters lead a lovely and lively cast of women, whose characters are all affected, most in a positive way, by their experience. These are women it would be fun to know!
"Calendar Girls" is a sweet, thoughtful little movie. The story is thin, and the Hollywood bit doesn't really work, but the English village scenes are great fun. Rated PG 13. Grade B+. ))

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5-year old DeAndre Barksdale will be remembered in a candlelight memorial service tomorrow in his hometown of Hampton.
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The boy wandered away from his grandparent's Halifax County home Tuesday night.
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His body was discovered Thursday about a mile and a half away. His family is now making funeral arrangements and has decided to set up a trust fund in DeAndre's name.
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[TAKE PINNACLE 1000 FS] Donations can be made at any local Bank of America branch. Donators should ask for the DeAndre Barksdale Memorial Fund.
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Family members say they've yet to decide how the money will be used.

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Lawrence Hamlar was a respected businessman, and a longtime civic leader in the Roanoke Valley.
He will also be remembered for his efforts to end segregation in western Virginia.
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Hamlar died Wednesday at the age of 82.
As the president and co-owner of Hamlar and Curtis Funeral Home, he served on the boards of many local businesses and community groups.
He was also a member of the bi-racial committee that worked behind the scenes in the 1960s to integrate Roanoke without violence.
Three years ago, he told me he never considered himself a hero, but a man fighting for something he believed in.
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((LAWRENCE HAMLAR//FEBRUARY 2000; THAT WAS MY MISSION IN LIFE TO TRY TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING THINGS BETTER.))
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Funeral services for Lawrence Hamlar are scheduled to begin at noon Wednesday January 7th at First Baptist Church.

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More resources for public defenders. That's what is on the agenda for some members of the General Assembly.
That after the Virginia Indigent Defense Coalition said people who can't afford lawyers in criminal cases are not getting a fair shake.
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The group says Virginia's criminal justice system is one-sided and that court-appointed attorneys and public defenders lack the necessary resources to adequately represent their clients.
V-I-D-C points out that Virginia has the nation's lowest reimbursement rate for court-appointed lawyers.
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[IN Q=IF OUR SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK]
((SENATOR HENRY MARSH/D-RICHMOND: IF OUR SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK IT HAS TO WORK FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY. DELEGATE MORGAN GRIFFITH/R-SALEM: IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO RAISE THE REIMBURSEMENT WHEN WE HAVE NEEDS IN EDUCATION MEDICAID AND NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS BUT CERTAINLY IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR AND SHOULD BE A GOAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WE INCREASE THOSE FEES.))
[SUPER=01-Sen. Henry Marsh/(D) Richmond; :00]
[SUPER=@Griffith; :06]
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[OUT Q=GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WE INCREASE THOSE FEES.]
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The Virginia Indigent Defense Coalition also wants lighter caseloads for public defenders.
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Onzlee Ware will take his seat as a freshman delegate in the General Assembly later this month.
The Roanoke Democrat says his first priority is to learn as much as he can.
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Ware says he hopes to be an active player in the budget debate.
He also says he won't be introducing a large number of bills in his first session.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Being a freshman]
((BEING A FRESHMAN, I'VE BEEN AROUND POLITICS QUITE A BIT , BUT THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL. AND I THINK THE SMARTEST THING FOR ME TO DO FOR ANY FRESHMAN TO DO IS TO GET DOWN THERE AND FIGURE OUT THE LAY OF THE LAND.))
[SUPER=01-Onzlee Ware/(D) Delegate-Elect]
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[OUT Q=and figure out the lay of the land.]
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Among the bills he says he will introduce... a study of local referendums, and legislation requiring the state to notify local officials when a methadone clinic is planned in their community.