[7Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
The weather has turned cooler, but the temperatures will really take a nose dive tonight, with wind chills dropping to around zero.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has details, coming in in the forecast.
But first we have one school announcement to pass along to you this morning.
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Pocahontas County schools are running 2 hours late.
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[7-State-Budget]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=tco]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Virginia Budget]
[ENG#=none]
Virginians will get a chance to voice their opinions about Governor Mark Warner's proposed budget today.
Four public hearings will be held on the spending plan across the state, including one at Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville.
It will begin at noon.
Warner's budget is based on revenue projections linked to his proposed tax reform package.
[7-11Nudist-Camp]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=03-43 TC1:54:45]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]
Kids at a Virginia summer camp will have to put on their bathing suits if a delegate has his way.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Southampton Co./June 20;]
Republican Delegate Jack Reid pre-filed a bill yesterday that would outlaw camps such as the one at Whitetail Park, a nudist resort in Southeastern Virginia.
Whitetail held a weeklong summer nudist camp for 11 to 18 year olds last summer.
It was the first of its kind in Virginia and only the third "au naturel camp" for kids in the nation.
Such gatherings are legal in Virginia, even for children, as long as lewd activity is not involved.
Whitetail officials say strict bans on sexual or (la-SIVE-ious) lascivious conduct at the camp are enforced.
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[7-11Deer-Hunt]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=03-44 TC1:34:13]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
50 deers have been killed by sharpshooters inside the Roanoke City limits since October, when the city began its deer control program.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
City sharpshooters have only gone on the hunt 19 times, but report seeing large numbers of deer each night.
City officials say an uncontrolled deer population can result in disease, damage to landscaping and numerous car accidents.
The program and its results will be reviewed after it wraps up on March First.
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[7-11City-Council]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-53 TC26:37]
[GRAPHIC=Alvin NAsh]
[ENG#=3]
The newest member of the Roanoke City School Board says he will put his "problem solving skills" to work.
Alvin Nash has been appointed to replace Melinda Payne.
Nash says he wants to work with other board members to resolve recent problems and move the school system forward.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Members of City Council interviewed four candidates, but Nash was the unanimous choice after the closed door meeting.
[SUPER=@File]
He says he plans to talk with Payne, who cited her frustrations with fellow board members and the school administration when she announced her resignation.
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[SOT 01:30:11]
[IN Q=I want to know]
((ALVIN NASH/SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTEE; I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HER FRUSTRATIONS WERE, AND HOPE THAT I CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. BUT IT'S TOUGH. I CAN SENSE THAT IT'S TOUGH ALREADY, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN YET.))
[SUPER=01-Alvin Nash/School Board Appointee]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=haven't been sworn in yet.]
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[VO-NAT]
City council members said they thought all of the school board candidates were very capable.
But Bev Fitzpatrick said he believes Nash is a skilled mediator who can help bring people together.
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[55-WXHeads]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Partly cloudy and colder today with highs in the upper 30s to around 40.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has the chilly forecast, coming up.
But first, we have some school information to pass along to you this morning.
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Pocahontas County schools are on a 2 hour delay today.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=tco]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]
A proposed methadone clinic in Roanoke is getting new owners.
C-R-C Health Group announced yesterday it bought out National Specialty Clinics, the company that plans to open a methadone clinic on Hershburger Road.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke County/File Tape;]
C-R-C is the same company that owns the Life Center of Galax, which recently pulled out of its plans to open a clinic in Roanoke County.
Opponents however, don't think it's a coincidence.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=What we're talking...]
((WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A CLASSIC BAIT AND SWITCH AND IN THIS CASE IT'S A RACIST BAIT AND SWITCH))
[SUPER=01-Jeff Artis/Southern Christian Leadership Conference;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=...bait and switch.]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
Artis says there was something fishy about two companies planning to open methadone clinics in the Roanoke Valley at the same time and believes that when the company backed out in Roanoke County, it knew it had a chance in the city.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We Knew this...]
((WE KNEW THIS WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE AND WE HAD ALWAYS BEEN WONDERING WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP WAS B/T NATIONAL SPECIALTY CLINICS AND C-R-C, NOW WE KNOW ))
[SUPER=01-Jeff Artis/Southern Christian Leadership Conference;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=...now we know.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
Artis calls the plan to open the methadone clinic in a black community racist, and says hel plans to fight the clinic's opening "tooth and nail."
A spokesperson for C-R-C released a statement saying the company remains focused on the goal of providing a medical service to the community as quickly as possible.
[55-11Jeffries]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=03-45 TC1:38:29]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Invest.]
[ENG#=2]
A Roanoke man has been charged in the murder of a man found shot to death in his car last year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/November 22, 2003;]
It happened at 17th and Patterson around 5:30 on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
23-year old William Fernando Rodriguez was found sitting in the driver's seat of his Dodge Neon with the engine running.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]
Now 21-year old Mark Clay Jeffries has been indicted for murder.
Jeffries lives on Rutrough (Rue-Trouff) Road but was already in jail, charged with abducting a family of three.
Officials say the abduction and homicide are related, but they're not saying how.
[55-11County-Supers]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-49 TC59:33]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
The Roanoke County Supervisors have a new chairman.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
Yesterday, the board elected Hollins representative Richard Flora to lead the board for the next year.
Vinton Supervisor Mike Altizer was named Vice- Chairman.
Yesterday, also marked the first meeting for Mike Wray, the Cave Spring Supervisor elected in November to succeed Fuzzy Minnix.
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[8Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
As promised, the cooler weather is here, but we're expecting lows tonight to fall into the teens with wind chills around zero.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has the full forecast details, in just a few minutes.
But first we have one school announcement to pass along to you.
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Pocahontas County schools are running 2 hours late this morning.
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[8-Methadone-Center]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=tco]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]
A proposed methadone clinic in Roanoke is getting new owners.
C-R-C Health Group announced yesterday it bought out National Specialty Clinics, the company that plans to open a methadone clinic on Hershburger Road.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke County/File Tape;]
C-R-C is the same company that owns the Life Center of Galax, which recently pulled out of its plans to open a clinic in Roanoke County.
Opponents however, don't think it's a coincidence.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=What we're talking...]
((WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A CLASSIC BAIT AND SWITCH AND IN THIS CASE IT'S A RACIST BAIT AND SWITCH))
[SUPER=01-Jeff Artis/Southern Christian Leadership Conference;]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=...bait and switch.]
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[VO-NAT]
Artis says there was something fishy about two companies planning to open methadone clinics in the Roanoke Valley at the same time and
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
believes that when the company backed out in Roanoke County, it knew it had a chance in the city.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=We Knew this...]
((WE KNEW THIS WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE AND WE HAD ALWAYS BEEN WONDERING WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP WAS B/T NATIONAL SPECIALTY CLINICS AND C-R-C, NOW WE KNOW ))
[SUPER=01-Jeff Artis/Southern Christian Leadership Conference;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=...now we know.]
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Artis calls the plan to open the methadone clinic in a black community racist, and he says he still plans to fight the clinic's opening "tooth and nail."
A spokesperson for the C-R-C released a statement saying that they remain focused on the goal of providing a medical service to the community as quickly as possible.
[8-11Nudist-Camp]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=dse]
[TAPE#=03-43 TC1:54:45]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=2]
Kids at a Virginia summer camp will have to put their clothes on if another delegate has his way.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Southampton Co./June 20;]
Republican Delegate Jack Reid pre-filed a bill yesterday that would outlaw camps such as the one at Whitetail Park, a nudist resort in Southeastern Virginia.
Whitetail held a weeklong summer nudist camp for 11 to 18 year olds last summer.
It was the first of its kind in Virginia and only the third "au naturel camp" for kids in the nation.
Such gatherings are legal in Virginia, even for children, as long as lewd activity is not involved.
Whitetail officials say strict bans on sexual or (la-SIVE-ious) lascivious conduct at the camp are enforced.
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[8-11Recount]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=am cutins]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=03-52 TC43:37]
[GRAPHIC=Election 2003]
[ENG#=3]
Benny Keister will represent the 6th district in Richmond.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski;]
The Democrat was declared the winner yesterday by a 3-judge panel after an all day recount. He picked up 2-more votes and finished 51 votes ahead of Republican Morgan Morris. Keister says he's submitted legislation and is prepared for his second term as the 6th District Delegate.
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[SOT:23:38:00]
[IN Q=I'm ready to]
((DEL. BENNY KEISTER/(D) PULASKI; I'M READY TO GO AND I SUPPOSE TO MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND IF THE COUNT GOES RIGHT. DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO. I'M READY TO DO IT.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Benny Keister/(D) Pulaski; ]
[RUNS=:08]
[OUT Q=ready to do it.]
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[VO-NAT]
Morgan Morris says he's not discouraged by the outcome. He says he'll run again in 2005.
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