WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 01/11/04

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Coming up on News 7,
Mesaba airlines pilots land a tentative deal with the company.
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And timing becomes everything for one publishing company in Radford.
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A Radford publishing house learns about the difference a year can make.
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((WE'VE GONE FROM STRUGGLING TO FIND STAMPS TO PEOPLE COMING TO US WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO INVEST.))
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Branch and Vine Publishers prepare to reap the benefits of their first big book.
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Good evening, I'm Myranda Stephens.

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The Radford publishing company has only been in business for a year, but they've already been dealt a big break that could set the tone for the future. Jennifer Wishon explains.
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((((NATS OF JAMIE AND STEVEN TALKING)) Published authors Jamie Armentrout and Steven Macon met by chance at a book signing about three years ago, and soon learned they had much in common.
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((JAMIE: WE BOTH GOT OUR FIRST BOOKS PUBLISHED ABOUT THE SAME TIME BY DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS AND WE MET AT THE SAME BOOK SIGNINGS. AND WE STARTING TALKING AND HAD RUN INTO SOME OF THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS OTHER FIRST TIME AUTHORS HAD.))
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The biggest challenge was marketing. So they decided to do something about it.
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((JAMIE: WE STARTED A SMALL BULLETIN. WE ADVERTISED OUR WORKS AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE'S WORKS HOPING TO GENERATE SOME... BEGAN TO EVOLVE INTO A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE.))
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The magazine taught the pair how to publish books and in the midst of their project Branch and Vine Publishers was born.
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((STEVEN: BRANCH AND VINE IS A COMPANY DEBRA, MY WIFE, AND I STARTED BACK IN 1995 IN FLORIDA. WE WANTED TO HELP A COUPLE LOCAL AUTHORS GET PUBLISHED.))
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A goal they accomplished, but decided to shut the company down when they moved to Virginia until Macon and Armentrout revived it one year ago.
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((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: REDEMPTION IS BRANCH AND VINE'S NEWEST BOOK SET TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH. IT DETAILS THE DETAILS THE CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES AGAINST MICHAEL JACKSON ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE EDITING PROCESS OF THIS BOOK NEW CHARGES AGAINST JACKSON SURFACED AND IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THAT THAT THE WHOLE WORLD BECAME INTERESTED IN REDEMPTION.))
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((STEVEN: WE SAID WE NEED TO LET THE WORLD KNOW WE HAVE A BOOK, BECAUSE WE FIGURED WE NEED TO GET A JUMP ON EVERYBODY ELSE AND FROM THERE IT'S JUST BEEN A SNOW BALL THAT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.))
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Redemption is written by first time author Geraldine Hughes-- legal secretary of Barry Rothman, who represented the case against Michael Jackson in 1993. So far the book has received both national and international attention- there's even talk of possible movie deals.
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((JAMIE: GOT THE MANUSCRIPT, READ THE MANUSCRIPT AND WERE JUST FLOORED BY WHAT WAS IN IT AND SAID THIS HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MARKETING POTENTIAL.))
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Redemption goes on sale January 31st. Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Radford.))

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Mesaba Airlines has reached a tentative contract agreement with its pilots heading off a strike that could have driven the regional carrier out of business.
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The agreement came early today. More than 70 scheduled flights Sunday had already been canceled but Mesaba says hundreds of other fights should now take off as planned. Talks continued past a Friday night strike deadline. Terms of the contract are not being released until the pilots can officially vote on the agreement. That could come as early as this week. Mesaba operates as a Northwest Airlink, and serves about 30 states including Virginia.
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An accident in Martinsville caused a significant power outage there last night. Officials say nearly a thousand customers were left in the dark for more than 8 hours. The accident happened around 3 o'clock this morning, and power was finally restored around 11 o'clock after several unsuccessful attempts.

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An accident in Wythe County killed one man and sent two people to the hospital.
Shortly after 7 o'clock last night, 47 year old Delmer Joseph Webb struck a Ford Explorer head on.
Police say Webb was speeding and crossed the center line on Grayson Turnpike. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The passenger of the Explorer was flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
The driver was taken to Wythe County Community Hospital.
Neither names have been released.

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A Roanoke County girl is being credited with saving her mother's life and possibly a few others.
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Brooke Bradshaw's mother Angela Corkery drives her to school every morning. Tuesday of last week was no exception until Brooke's mother suffered a seizure while driving through an intersection.

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((BROOKE BRADSHAW: HER HAND KIND OF FELL ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND WE KIND OF STARTED TURNING LEFT. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT I JUST JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT AND WE JUST WENT UP A ROAD AND I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR.))
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Brooke had to turn across two lanes of oncoming traffic at this intersection on Route 460. She then used her hand to apply the brake while her mother's foot was still on the gas pedal. Bystanders called 911. That was Corkery's second seizure. The first happened while volunteering at a school picnic for her son Peyton.
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((PEYTON BRADSHAW: WHAT HAPPENED WAS SHE JUST STARTED SHAKING AND TURNING BLUE AND HER EYES ROLLED BACK IN HER HEAD. I CAUGHT HER SO SHE DIDN'T HIT THE GROUND AND I SCREAMED FOR HELP.))
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While he screamed, Peyton held his mother's head to keep her from repeatedly hitting it on the concrete. Corkery says she doesn't like to think of what may have happened if her children hadn't been there to help.
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The YMCA in Salem opened it's new aquatics center today with a splash.
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More than a hundred people attended the event. The new facility houses a warm- water family pool, sauna and locker rooms. There's also a new cold- water pool for competing. Director Mike Van Haelewyn (Hal-uh- Win) was thrown in to celebrate the occasion. He hopes everyone in the community will come out and join.
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((MIKE VAN HAELEWYN: THE Y IS A GREAT PLACE TO COME BECAUSE IT'S OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO ANYONE. NO MATTER WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SOCIO- ECONOMIC BACKGROUND IS, YMCA'S ARE AVAILABLE WE DO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERSHIP AND PROGRAMMING SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY A PERSON COULDN'T BECOME A YMCA MEMBER.))
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The second phase of renovations will include a nursery, teen center and exercise studio. That's expected to be completed in August.
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Coming up, the Colts punch their ticket to the AFC Championship, UVA is battling Duke at this hour, and
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For the second straight game the Indianapolis Colts didn't use their punter, scoring on 6 of their first seven possessions to knock off the Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff game.
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Peyton Manning was his normal self throwing for 304 yards and 3 scores including this 29 yarder to Brandon Stokely to put the Colts on the board.
It was 21-10 Indy at the half, but All-Pro Priest Holmes got one of his two rushing TD's early in the third quarter bringing the Chiefs to within 24-17.
Manning then calmly found Reggie Wayne in the endzone for 6 more though to give the Colts some breathing room.
KC's Dante Hall then took the ensuing kickoff and did what he does best. Hall found a seam down the middle of the field and then popped it to the outside on his way to a 92 yard kickoff return for a
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touchdown, but it wasn't enough as the Colts survived 38 to 31 to advance.
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In the NFC game, right now the Packers are surprising the Eagles in Philly 14 to 7 at halftime.[S-UVA]

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The Virginia Cavaliers are battling Duke at University Hall this evening. The Wahoos trail 39 to 34 late in the first half. Highlights on the way at 11.
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Elsewhere in the ACC this afternoon, NC State got 15 points from all ACC performer Julius Hodge as the Pack beat u(------------) p on Florida State in Tallhassee 58 to 53.