WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 01/12/04

[7Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Warmer today, with highs reaching the mid 50s.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has the full forecast...coming in just a few minutes.

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[ENG#=1]
Plans for school consolidation in Henry County have been put on hold for now.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./Last Thursday;]
Last week, newly elected school board members voted to suspend a school consolidation plan. The group asked for a few days to look over the plan which would close five-schools and combine two-middle and two-high schools. The school board will meet this afternoon at one o'clock at the Henry County Administration Building. The board is scheduled to revist the consolidation issue and make a decision today. We'll have the latest on this issue coming up tonight on News 7.
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[7-11Mesaba-Agreement]

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Pilots for Mesaba Airlines have reached a provisional contract agreement with the company avoiding a strike that could have driven the regional carrier out of business.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
The agreement came early yesterday. 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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[7-11Warner-Taxes]

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[GRAPHIC=Tax Reform]

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Governor Mark Warner says the General Assembly will most likely tackle tax restructuring this session.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Galax/Last Week;]

Warner's been touting his plan for reforming the tax code for the last 5-weeks.
During a meeting in Galax last week Warner told News 7 the Senate may even pass a more aggressive plan.
Warner says its going to be a difficult battle in the House, but Delegates have been telling him the state needs to come up with more money from somewhere.
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[IN Q=Chances are very]
[SUPER=01-Governor Mark Warner;]
((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: CHANCES ARE VERY HIGH THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN. EVEN THE MOST HARD CORE ANTI-TAX DELEGATES ARE TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST A GAS TAX AND CIGARETTE TAX. SO I THINK THERE'S REAL GROWING CONSENSUS. IT'S GONNA BE A WILD COUPLE OF MONTHS.))
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[OUT Q=couple of months.]
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[VO-NAT]

The General Assembly convenes Wednesday.
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[7-11YMCA-Splash]

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[ENG#=4]
The YMCA in Salem celebrated the opening of its newly renovated space yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]
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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[SOT 07:54:52]
[IN Q=The Y is a great]
((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.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Van Haelewyn/Salem Branch Director;]
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[OUT Q=a YMCA member]
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[VO-NAT]
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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[55-WXHeads]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
A wind advisory is posted for the region, but we'll also see warmer weather today.
MeteORologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your Monday forecast, in just a few minutes.

[55-11Clark-Rally]

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[ENG#=1]
The state's Democratic primary could play a key role in deciding who will oppose President Bush in November.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Former 5th district Congressman L-F Payne visited Roanoke yesterday to meet with supporters of Democratic presidential candidate General Wesley Clark. Payne says Southwest Virginia voters can probably relate most to Clark, because of his rural upbringing and military background. Clark served in the Army for 38-years, where he became a four-star general. Payne says it's leadership like that which this country needs.
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[IN Q=I think people]
(( L.F. PAYNE: I THINK PEOPLE WHEN THEY CHOOSE THEIR PRESIDENT, ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD BE COMMANDER AND CHIEF BECAUSE THAT'S THE PERSON THAT THEY FEEL CAN KEEP THEM AND THEIR FAMILY SAFE AS WE DEAL WITH TERRORISM AND THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE BETTER QUALIFIED TO BE COMMANDER AND CHIEF THAN WESLEY CLARK.))
[SUPER=01-L.F. Payne/Clark's Virginia Campaign Chair;]
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[OUT Q=than wesley clark]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-Clark Campaign Ad;]
According to recent polls, Clark places second in the Democratic running for president, behind Howard Dean. Payne says Virginia will play a key role in changing that.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The Clark campaign will open five campaign offices across the Commonwealth this week, including one in Roanoke.

[55-Registration-Deadline]

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If you would like to be a part of the primary, today is the last day to register to vote in Virginia's February tenth Democratic presidential primary.
Those who are not registered and want to participate must sign up by 5 p-m today.

[55-11Parkway-Visits]

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[ENG#=2]
The Blue Ridge Parkway saw a dramatic decrease in the number of visitors this past year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
Parkway officials say they recorded about six-point-six million visits on Virginia's stretch of the road in 2003.
That is down 20 percent from the year before. They add that a year of abnormally wet weather led to the decline, as 2003 was one of the wettest years on record. North Carolina saw a similar decline in visits to its section of the road.
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[55-11YMCA-Splash]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[ENG#=3]
The YMCA in Salem showed off its new facility yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem;]
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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[SOT 07:54:52]
[IN Q=The Y is a great]
((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.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Van Haelewyn/Salem Branch Director;]
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[OUT Q=a YMCA member]
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[VO-NAT]
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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[8Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]

Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Winds will be gusty today, but we'll also see milder temperatures and some sunshine.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your Monday outlook, up next.
But first we have some traffic information to pass along to you this morning. An accident along Northbound 220 in Boones Mill is causing traffic delays.

[8-Henry-Skls-Folo]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=03-46 TC1:20:56]
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[ENG#=1]
Henry County's school board is meeting today to discuss whether it should consolidate its schools.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./Last Thursday;]
Last week, the newly elected school board members voted to suspend a school consolidation plan. The group asked for a few days to look over the plan which would close five-schools and combine two-middle and two-high schools. The school board will meet this afternoon at one o'clock at the Henry County Administration Building. The board is scheduled to revist the consolidation issue and make a decision today. We'll have the latest on this issue coming up tonight on News 7.
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[8-11Warner-Taxes]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=03-54 TC-33:34]
[GRAPHIC=Tax Reform]

[ENG=2]

Governor Mark Warner says there's a good chance the General Assembly will tackle tax restructuring this session.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Galax/Last Week;]

Warner's been touting his plan for reforming the tax code for the last 5-weeks.
During a meeting in Galax last week Warner told News 7 the Senate may even pass a more aggressive plan.
Warner says its going to be a difficult battle in the House, but Delegates have been telling him the state needs to come up with more money from somewhere.
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[SOT:1:38:30:00]
[IN Q=Chances are very]
[SUPER=01-Governor Mark Warner;]
((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: CHANCES ARE VERY HIGH THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN. EVEN THE MOST HARD CORE ANTI-TAX DELEGATES ARE TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST A GAS TAX AND CIGARETTE TAX. SO I THINK THERE'S REAL GROWING CONSENSUS. IT'S GONNA BE A WILD COUPLE OF MONTHS.))
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[OUT Q=couple of months.]
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[VO-NAT]

The General Assembly convenes Wednesday.
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[8-11Seizure-Rescue]

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A Roanoke County daughter is credited with saving her mother's life.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
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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[SOT 15:32:19]
[IN Q=Her hand kind of fell]
((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.))
[SUPER=01-Brooke Bradshaw/Saved Mother;]
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[OUT Q=to stop the car]
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[VO-NAT]
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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[IN Q=What happened was she]
((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.))
[SUPER=01-Peyton Bradshaw/Saved Mother;]
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[OUT Q=screamed for help]
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[VO-NAT]
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. (------------)