WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 02/13/04

[7Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Lots of sunshine today with highs around 50, and your Valentine's Day looks just as nice.
Brent Watts has your weekend forecast, coming up.
But first we have some school information to pass along to you.
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[take schooltouch fs] Carroll County schools are running 2 hours late this morning. Charlotye County is also on a 2 hour delay. Grayson County schools is running 2 hours late- Mount Rogers only is closed today. And Patrick County schools are on a 2 hour delay.
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[7-L'burg-Shooting]

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One man is sent to the hosptial and another to jail after a shooting outside a Lynchburg restaurant last night.

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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg;]

It happened just before midnight at the Ale House Restaurant on Wards Road.
Police say a personal dispute between two men turned violent when one of them pulled a gun and shot the other in the leg.
The victim, Vincent E. Clark of Madison Heights, was taken to the hospital while police tried to gather information from eyewitnesses in the large crowd at the restaurant.
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[SOT 14:20:29]
[IN Q=It's frequented]
((LT. TOM LAWTON/LYNCHBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT: IT'S FREQUENTED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED OUTSIDE WHICH IS GOOD, SO THERE WASN'T A CHANCE OF A CROWD OR ANYBODY GETTING HURT AT THAT POINT WHICH IS REAL GOOD FOR US.))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Tom Lawton/Lynchburg Police Department;]
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[OUT Q=good for us.]
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[VO-NAT]
Police are questioning the suspect who has been identified as 22 year old Reginald Lorenzo Anthony of Evington. He was pulled over a few minutes after the shooting on the property of River Ridge Mall.
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[Anchor=Kim]
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Anthony has been charged with malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in commision of a felony.

[7-VOBDrug-Testing]

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The Roanoke County school board is taking up the issue of having students in middle school and high school undergo random drug testing.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]

A work session on the issue was held yesterday afternoon.
School board members were informed the testing would not just be for student athletes but those who take part in extra curricular activities.
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[SOT 17:01:20; 17:03:19]
[IN Q=The Supreme Court]
((JoANNE BURKHOLDER/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL SYSTEM: THE SUPREME COURT HAS BASICALLY OPENED THE DOOR FOR STUDENT ATHELTES, STUDENTS INVOLVED IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NON ACADEMIC JOINED AND STUDENTS WHO DRIVE IN PARKING SCHOOL PROPERTY.)) ((HALEY JENNELLE/NORTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT: IT'S KINDA OF INVASION OF PRIVACY BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU ARE DOING DRUGS THEN THAT'S BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE. ))
[SUPER=01-JoAnne Burkholder/Roanoke Co. School System; :00]
[SUPER=01-Haley Jennelle/Northside Middle School Student; :12]
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[OUT Q=in the first place]
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[VO-NAT]

Before the school board decides whether to implement drug testing, the school system wants to first get public input.
Several forums will be held next month all over the county.
Each one starts at seven o'clock.
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[7-11VA-Marriage]

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While other states are making a way to allow gay marriage, the Virginia House of Delegates reaffirmed its bill not to allow it in the commonwealth.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA;]

The House approved legislation yesterday that affirms the state's ban on homosexual marriages.
Delegate Bob Marshall say his bill is necessary to keep gay couples from trying to get civil unions recognized in the state.
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[SOT 13:43:45]
[IN Q=we will not recognize any attempts at civil unions]
((DELEGATE BOB MARSHALL/R-PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY: WE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ANY ATTEMPTS AT CIVIL UNIONS SO-CALLED OR DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS FROM OTHER STATES FOISTED UPON US BY UNELECTED JUDGES WHO DO NOT REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Bob Marshall/(R) Prince William Co.; :00]
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[OUT Q=who do not represent the will of the citizens of Virginia.]
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[VO-NAT]

Delegate Adam Ebbin, the state's only openly gay legislator, says the measure unnecessarily restates what is already the law.
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[SOT 13:48:01]
[IN Q=DO WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS OVER]
[SUPER=01-Del. Adam Ebbin/(D) Arlington; :]
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[OUT Q=LET'S MOVE ON TO THE BIG THINGS.]
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The bill faces a final vote in the House today before it moves to the Senate.
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[55-WXHeads]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Sunny and pleasant today, with temperatures in the 50s today and tomorrow.
Sunday looks colder.
Brent Watts has the complete forecast details, up next.
But first we have some school information to pass along to you.
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[take schooltouch fs] Carroll County schools are running 2 hours late this morning. Charlotye County is also on a 2 hour delay. Grayson County schools is running 2 hours late- Mount Rogers only is closed today. And Patrick County schools are on a 2 hour delay.
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[55-6-DUI-laws]

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The House of Delegates has approved several measures to crack down on drunk drivers.
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Lawmakers agreed to a bill that would throw first time DUI offenders in jail for at least three days.
Virginia legislators say such a measure is necessary.
They point to the fact that drunk driving accidents in Virginia are back on the rise afer a period of decline.
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[IN Q=WE NEED TO BE IN A POSITION]
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[OUT Q=CAN WE BE THAT.]
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But opponents of the bill say mandatory jail time for first offenders is extreme.
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[SOT 14:47:55]
[IN Q=this is too much this goes way too far.]
[SUPER=01-Del. Ken Melvin/(D) Portsmouth;]
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[OUT Q=we didn't intend to catch here.]
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[VO-NAT]

The House also approved a measure that would require ignition interlock systems on the cars of so-called "superdrunks", motorists whose blood alcohol content is over point-one-five.
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[55-11L'burg-Schools]

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Starting Monday, Lychburg schools students will have longer school days to make up for missed classes. The school day will start 15 minutes earlier, and will end 15 minutes later.
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[TAKE ELEMENTARY BOARD FS 1001] Elementary schools will start classes at 8-thirty and end at 3-25. [TAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOARD 1002] Middle School will now open at 7:40, and end classes at 2:50.
[TAKE HIGH SCHOOL#1 BOARD 1003]
And for the high schools, students without a first period class will start at 8-o'clock, and end at 2-30
[TAKE HIGH SCHOOL#2 BOARD 1004]
And students WITH a first period class will report at 7 o'clock.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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School officials say if there are fewer than four additional snow days this year then Spring Break and the Memorial Day holiday WILL remain as scheduled.

[55-11Boone]

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Dr. Cecil Knox's office manager wants a court-appointed lawyer.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/October 22, 2003]
Attorney Bill Cleaveland has represented Bev Boone on the racketeering and fraud charges until now. He's filed a motion asking to be court-appointed. Bev Boone deferred to her husband, when asked about the motion. JIM Boone says the case has run them into bankruptcy. They've already spent several hundred thousand dollars, he says.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Jim Boone says he's been drawing on profit sharing funds, but he says they don't have the money to cover the expense of the trial set to being April 13th.

[8Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=kor]
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Winter weather is just a memory-- we've got sunshine and temperatures in the 50s to look forward to.
Brent Watts has your weekend outlook, straight ahead.
But first we have some school announcements to pass along to you.
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[take schooltouch fs] Carroll County schools are running 2 hours late this morning. Charlotye County is also on a 2 hour delay. Grayson County schools is running 2 hours late- Mount Rogers only is closed today. And Patrick County schools are on a 2 hour delay.
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[8-L'burg-Shooting]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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Lynchburg authorities are investigating a shooting outside a restaurant that put one man in the hospital and another behind bars.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg;]

It happened just before midnight at the Ale House Restaurant on Wards Road.
Police say a personal dispute between two men turned violent when one of them pulled a gun and shot the other in the leg.
The victim, Vincent E. Clark of Madison Heights, was taken to the hospital while police tried to gather information from eyewitnesses in the large crowd at the restaurant.
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[SOT 14:20:29]
[IN Q=It's frequented]
((LT. TOM LAWTON/LYNCHBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT: IT'S FREQUENTED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED OUTSIDE WHICH IS GOOD, SO THERE WASN'T A CHANCE OF A CROWD OR ANYBODY GETTING HURT AT THAT POINT WHICH IS REAL GOOD FOR US.))
[SUPER=01-Lt. Tom Lawton/Lynchburg Police Department;]
[RUNS=12]
[OUT Q=good for us.]
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[VO-NAT]
Police are questioning the suspect who has been identified as 22 year old Reginald Lorenzo Anthony of Evington. He was pulled over a few minutes after the shooting on the property of River Ridge Mall.
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[Anchor=Kim]
[SS=HOLD]
Anthony has been charged with malicious wounding and the use of a firearm in commision of a felony.

[8-11L'burg-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=rle]
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Beginning Monday Lynchburg schools students will have start their day a 15 minutes earlier and end 15 minutes later to make up for missed classes.
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[TAKE ELEMENTARY BOARD FS 1001] Elementary schools will start classes at 8-thirty and end at 3-25. [TAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOARD 1002] Middle School will now open at 7:40, and end classes at 2:50.
[TAKE HIGH SCHOOL#1 BOARD 1003]
And for the high schools, students without a first period class will start at 8-o'clock, and end at 2-30
[TAKE HIGH SCHOOL#2 BOARD 1004]
And students WITH a first period class will report at 7 o'clock.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
School officials say if there are fewer than four additional snow days this year then Spring Break and the Memorial Day holiday WILL remain as scheduled.

[8-5-Methadone]

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Opponents of a Roanoke methadone clinic sat down with representatives of the company that plans to open the facility yesterday.
After the meeting, both sides said they were encouraged by their conversation.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference sat down with officials from C-R-C Health Corporation at the Garden of Prayer Church on Cove Road.
C-R-C plans to open the methadone clinic on adjoining property that fronts Hershberger Road... and neighbors have raised vocal objections.
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[IN Q=This morning]
((THIS MORNING WHEN I CAME OVER HERE I WAS CONVINCED THIS WOULD BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE MEETING, TURNED INTO AN HOUR AND A HALF ALMOST TWO HOURS AND IT WAS VERY CONSTRUCTIVE.))
[SUPER=01-Jeff Artis/Roanoke SCLC Chairman;]
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[OUT Q=and it was very constructive.]
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[VO-NAT]

Jeff Artis says C-R-C officials and clinic opponents have agreed to meet again.
He says the bottom line is finding a suitable alternative location for the clinic. (------------)