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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning.......
The search continues for an Interim Superintendent of Roanoke City schools.
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[ANCHOR=jOY]
we will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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It's NASCAR weekend in Martinsville and thousands of fans are expected to be on track for the festivities.
Jennifer Wishon is there this morning getting a feel for what's in store.
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A NASCAR truck team is shifting its home to Henry County - and bringing about 75 jobs with it.
Jim Harris of H-T Motorsports says he plans to relocate his team this summer from Harrisburg, North Carolina, to work with Patrick Henry Community College.
Second year students at the college will work with the team's technicians to design vehicles and engines.
The average pay for the "75 jobs" will be 16 dollars an hour.
H-T Motorsports fields the "number-59" car driven by Mark McFarland.
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The Roanoke City School Board was busy working to find an interim superintendent this weekend.
During a closed work- session yesterday the board reviewed the names of those who've expressed interest in the job.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Month;]
That after Superintendent Wayne Harris announced his plans to step down last month.
Harris served as superintendent for eleven years.
He'll officially step down in June, but will remain on paid leave through the end of the calendar year.
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The school board has until June first to appoint an interim superintendent.
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Hundreds volunteered for a home-building bananza this weekend to help a half dozed families in need.
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In a matter of 48- hours Habitat for Humanity is building SIX homes.
4-hundred volunteers showed up in three shifts yesterday, and the results were immediately visible.
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[IN Q=At 5:45 AM all you]
((CHRISTINA HATCH: AT 5:45 AM ALL YOU SAW WERE FOUNDATIONS AND FLOOR SYSTEMS. WITHIN TWO HOURS ALL THE WALLS WERE GOING UP, YOU SAW THE WINDOWS GO IN AND ROOF TRUSSES ARE BEGINNING TO GO UP. IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WE'RE SEEING HOUSES DEVELOP.))
[SUPER=01-Christina Hatch/Habitat Development Director;]
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[OUT Q=seeing houses develop]
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Hatch says it's been ten years since Habitat took on a project of this magnitude.
It's all in an effort to re- energize the program and provide more affordable housing in the city.
The homes are located off Fairview Drive where work continues today.
Families are scheduled to start moving into the homes by the end of June.
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A Salem home is getting a make-over and even the owners don't know all the details.
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Imitating The Learning Channel's home improvement show, "While You Were Out" some Salem students took on a major renovation project.
The homeowners were sent to a hotel for the day while the dogs were sent to the groomer.
When they return, they'll have a completely renovated home.
Students on the mayor's youth council found out about the project by default.
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[IN Q=The family who lives]
((HOWARD HATCH/SALEM CITY COUNCILMAN: THE FAMILY WHO LIVES HERE WAS USING - WE HAVE A WOOD SUPPLY DOWN AT OUR RECYCLING CENTER WHERE WE GIVE WOOD TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND HE WAS DOWN GETTING SOME OF THAT WOOD AND TALKING TO SOME OF THE GUYS AND WE FOUND OUT HE REALLY NEEDED IT SO THEY FOLLOWED HIM UP HERE AND SAW WHAT THE SITUATION REALLY WAS, SO WE'VE JUMPED IN HERE AND ARE JUST RE-DOING THE WHOLE THING.))
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[SUPER=03-Salem/Friday;]
Friday, students cleaned and prepared the house.
The family will receive everything from new siding to a completely renovated kitchen and bathroom.
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[IN Q=It's a really cool]
((MOLLY SATTERFIELD/YOUTH SERVICE PROJECT VOLUNTEER: IT'S A REALLY COOL FEELING BECAUSE YOU SEE IT IN THEIR EYES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM. YOU SEE THAT THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT IT AND JUST IT GIVES YOU A WARM FEELING IN YOUR HEART TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING REALLY NICE FOR SOMEBODY AND IT JUST MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE - EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON OUR SPRING BREAK IT'S AWESOME.))
[SUPER=01-Molly Satterfield/Youth Service Project Volunteer;]
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[OUT Q=break, it's awesome]
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The students and city employees were set to reveal their work to the family last night.
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The group behind a new inner city soccer league hopes the program will kick-start new opportunities for kids.
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"The Acts Two Ministry" group organized the league, which is made up of about 80-kids and 25-coaches from across Southwest Virginia.
Members say their hope is to get the children off the streets and into the church.
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((OUR GOAL AS A MINISTRY IS TO NOT JUST MEET THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OF WHICH OUR STAFF LIVES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S ALSO TO MEET THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS. AND SO WE HAVE BIBLE STUDIES YOUTH OUTREACHES AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.))
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[OUT Q=relationship with Christ]
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The league played its first four games yesterday at Day Avenue Park.
After the games, the kids were treated to some food and other fun stuff, including a moonwalk.
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Coming up, several groups are ganging up to put a stop to school violence. We'll talk with one organizer of an upcoming conference in Roanoke a little later
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Bullying isn't just in schools- sometimes it surfs into students homes. Find out how cyber-bullying is tormenting students.
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[Health-Review]
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In health review,
A surgical treatment helps a local man get relief from acid reflux.
A breast cancer survivor gets the attention of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
And the ban on ephedra will stand.
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[IN Q=The ban on the herbal supplement]
[SUPER=01-Susie Parrish/Breast Cancer Survivor; :43]
[SUPER=01-Cindy Capellari/CAPPS Vice-President; 1:12]
[SUPER=01-Ernest Price/Patient; 1:35]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Charles Bissell/Carilion Heartburn Treatment Center;1:56]
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The nationwide ban on the herbal supplement ephedra took affect Monday, after a federal judge turned aside a challenge from two makers of the stimulant. The ruling doesn't affect medicines containing ephedra, such as prescription or over-the-coutner medicines.
Ephedra has been linked to 155 deaths, including that of a Baltimore Orioles pitcher.
The dietary supplement makers argued ephedra can be safe if used as directed.
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In other health news, two time breast cancer survivor Susie Parrish is being recognized by the LPGA for her success in raising awareness about breast cancer through her yearly golf tournament.
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((IT'S AN ENTIRE DAY THAT WE DEDICATE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION, MAMMOGRAMS TO BE VIGILANT FOR YOUR CONTINUED HEALTH ))
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The tournament is part of the Susan G. Komen Foundation's rally for a cure. When Parrish started it at Smith Mountain Lake in 1996 there were 30 women golfer, but last year more than 2-hundred men and women participated.
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[IN Q=We were the first people she asked to sponsor]
((WE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE SHE ASKED TO SPONSOR THE TOURNAMENT IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT CAUSE WHO CAN SAY NO TO SOMEONE WANTING TO CURE BREAST CANCER ))
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Susie is proud of her award and just hopes more women will recognize the importance of early detection.
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And finally in medical news, some people are turning to surgery to help relieve acid reflux.
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((I HAD IT SO BAD IT WOULD ACTUALLY HURT MY CHEST. I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK))
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Ernest Price had anti-reflux procedure three weeks ago and now is acid and heartburn free.
Dr. Charles Bissell with Carilion's Heartburn Treatment Center, says it's considered a cure.
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[IN Q=Surgeons experienced in doing this]
((SURGEONS EXPERIENCED IN DOING THIS AND CHOOSING THE RIGHT PATIENT YOU LOOK AT SUCCESS RATE AND YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE 90 TO 95 PERCENT RANGE IN MAKING THESE PEOPLE SYMPTOMS FREE AND MEDICATION FREE))
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[OUT Q=medication]
The procedure is done through tiny holes in the abdominal wall and works by wrapping a portion of the stomach around the bottom of the esophagus. This prevents food from coming back up into the esophagus. Doctor Bissell says it's a pretty safe surgery with few side effects or risk of infection.
That's health review.))
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Some Bullys aren't just taughting their classmates at school, but on the internet as well.
As Thalia Assuras reports "Cyber --Bullying" is a growing problem.
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[SUPER=01-Jennifer Gabriele/Cyber-Bullying Victim; :08]
[SUPER=01-Alane Fagin/Child Abuse Prevention Services; :36]
[SUPER=01-Julia Tice/Cyber-Bullying Victim; :49]
[super-01-Ismael Villafane/Principal Guilderland High School; 1:28]
[SUPER=01-Thalia Assuras/CBS News; 1:35]
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(((narr) 16 YEAR OLD JENNIFER GABRIELLE WAS A TARGET.
(Jennifer Gabriele ) "They often threatened me, told me they'd kill me. "
(narr) ... A TARGET OF OLD-FASHIONED TEEN BULLYING ...BUT WITH A HIGH
TECH TWIST.
(jg) " sometimes i don't feel safe going out of my house like after
they just talked to me online...
JENNIFER IS ONE OF HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
BEING HARRASSED BY THEIR SCHOOLMATES IN CYBER SPACE, OFTEN THROUGH
EMAIL, INSTANT MESSAGING AND CELL PHONES. IT'S A FAST-GROWING TREND
THAT EXPERTS SAY IS MORE HARMFUL THAN TYPICAL SCHOOLYARD BULLYING.
(Alane Fagin, Exec Director CAPS,Child Abuse Prevention Services)
Being bullied in cyberspace can be extraordinarily devastating. We have
kids who are really afraid to go to school as a result of the bullying.
They live in isolation, they're not sure who their friends are.
(Julia Tice ) they just started making fun of the way I looked and it
just went on and on and I just didn't know what to do..
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JULIA TICE AND ROB TUBBS HAVE ALSO BEEN VICTIMS OF CYBER CRUELTY ....
ATTACKS THAT, UNLIKE SCHOOLYARD TAUNTS, FOLLOW THEM HOME.
(rob tubbs )
it's my personal space and its the computer and I'm supposed to feel
semi safe with the computer and I'm at home. and they made me feel
unsafe.
(Alene Fagin )
There's no safe place anymore. . you can be bullied 24/7...24 hours a
day. 7 days a week, even in the privacy of your own bedroom.
(narr)
(Law & Order clip) (NARR) ..AND THERE'S MORE...
(CLIP) " they took pictures."
(NARR) AS THIS CLIP FROM LAW AND ORDER DRAMATIZES, CAMERA PHONES ARE
ALSO BECOMING WEAPONS FOR BULLIES ...
(CLIP) "you know britany sent that to about 20 different people."
( Ismael Villafane Principal, Guilderland High School) they're
concerned about the cell phones, now everybody can take a picture, and
automatically, you don't even have to download into your computer, you
can just email it from your cell phone to a computer or somebody else's
email.
(narr) SOME PICTURES EVEN WIND UP ON WEBSITES, WITH INVITATIONS FOR
PEOPLE TO LOG ON AND MAKE COMMENTS. OFTEN KIDS USE ALIASES, WHICH
MEANS THE BULLY IS DIFFICULT TO CATCH ... ANOTHER SOURCE OF ANXIETY FOR
VICTIMS.
(Jennifer ) I have gone to teachers, I have gone to my parents, // They
can't stop it, like if a kid wants to threaten you. they will. they
keep doing it and they have.
(narr) FOR JENNIFER'S PARENTS, THE HARRASSMENT HAS TAKEN A TOLL.
(Joanne Gabriele speaks ) it affected our whole family, I mean we had
sleepless nights. We worried about her, we worried about her socially.
we worried about her emotionally.
(narr) SINCE CYBERSPACE IS TECHNICALLY OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS; MANY
PRINCIPALS FEEL THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.
( alene fagin Child Abuse Prevention) Cyber bulling is under the radar
of adults, school administrators. However it is on the rise and it is
something that we all need to take a good look at and deal with it.
(narr)
BUT SOME PRINCIPALS ARE DEALING WITH IT -- WORKING WITH KIDS, PARENTS,
INTERNET PROVIDERS AND EVEN POLICE -- TO PROTECT STUDENTS.
(Ismael Villafane Principal, Guilderland High School ) we want them to
know that if they come to us, we'll follow up. and not only follow up,
but we're going to get back to them and give them some closure.
(Jen's father ) I just can't wait till she grows up.))
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[SUPER=#4070;weekend headline banner]
Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning......
Some local heros return from a Iraq.
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[ANCHOR=jOY]
we will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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A five month search for a University of North Dakota student has ended.
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[SUPER=03-Polk Co., MN]
The body of Dru Sjodin (shoh-DEEN) was found yesterday in a ditch near Crookston, Minnesota.
The 22 year old was last seen at shopping mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota on November 22nd.
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[IN Q=It's a numbing feeling]
((IT'S A NUMBING FEELING
LIKE IT WAS WHEN WE GOT THAT FIRST CALL, YOU KNOW. WE KNEW IT COULD,
PROBABLY WOULD AMOUNT TO THIS, BUT RELIEF, SADNESS, BUT WE MOVE ON))
[SUPER=01-Lowell Sjodin/Victim's Uncle]
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[OUT Q=we move on]
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51 year old serial sex offender Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr., has been charged with her kidnapping, but charges could be upgraded to murder. He has pleaded NOT guilty. Sjodin (shoh-DEEN's) body was found only five miles from his home.
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Another Hamas leader has been assassinated.
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[SUPER=03-Gaza, West Bank]
As ten of thousands of mourners flooded the streets of Gaza city today for his funeral procession, they vowed revenge.
Abdel Aziz Rantisi (AHB-duhl ---ah-ZEEZ' -- rahn-TEE-see ) and two of his body guards were killed yesterday. This is
second Hamas leader to be assassinated by Israel in less than a month.
The Islamic militant group is now keeping the identify of its new leader a secret. But Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vows he will keep hunting down Hamas militant leaders.
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Family and friends gathered in Rocky Mount to welcome home troops who have been in Iraq.
Nearly 50 members of the 11-73rd Transportation Company are now back home.
Jennifer Wishon has more.
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[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-Emmette Bird/Rocky Mount National Guard; :11]
[SUPER=01-Evonne Bird/Wife of Reservist; :59]
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[SUPER=01-Jerome Shelton/Rocky Mount National Guard; 1:20]
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[OUT Q=JW, News 7 Franklin County]
(([ SOT 26:08 - GOOD HUG]
((NATS OF GUYS HUGGING))
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It was a reunion family members have dreamed of for a year.
And after months of missed birthdays, anniversaries and holidays it couldn't have come soon enough.
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[SOT 34:45]
[IN Q=It was a long year]
((BIRD: IT WAS A LONG YEAR. AT LEAST FOR US, WE FELT SAFER LAST SUMMER THAN WE DID BEFORE WE LEFT.))
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[OUT Q=before we left]
Specialist Emmette Bird and the rest of the 1173rd landed in Iraq before the ground war ended and spent the first seven months of their deployment running supplies from north of Baghdad to southern Iraq.
The last part of their tour was spent on escort missions through Tikrit and Fallujah.
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[IN Q=There are certain]
((BIRD: THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF IRAQ THAT'S BAD AND WHEN IT'S BAD IT GETS BAD REALLY FAST SO YOU HAVE TO BE READY AND PREPARED FOR IT. MOST OF THE COUNTRY IT'S NOT LIKE THAT))
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[OUT Q=not like that]
Bird also served during Dessert Storm.
Back then he and his wife Evonne only had one child - now they have three.
But Evonne says she had a support network that helped her every day of her husband's deployment.
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[IN Q=A lot of support]
((EVONNE BIRD: IF I DIDN'T HAVE SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY, MY EMPLOYER I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY ON.))
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[OUT Q=able to carry on]
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[IN Q=Normally transport troops]
((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: NORMALLY TRANSPORT TROOPS AREN'T ON THE FRONT LINES OF BATTLE, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE TROOPS WHILE FIGHTING IN IRAQ. THIS SUMMER THEY'LL TAKE THE LESSONS THEY LEARNED AND TRAIN A NEW SET OF RESERVISTS WHO COULD DEPLOY AS EARLY AS DECEMBER.))
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[OUT Q=early as December]
[BUTT BUTT BUTT BUTT]
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[SOT 43:25]
[IN Q=When we got there]
((STAFF SGT. JEROME SHELTON: WHEN WE GOT THERE WE THOUGHT WE KNEW EVERYTHING, BUT EACH DAY WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO WE PRETTY MUCH TAUGHT OURSELVES AND PASSED ALONG THE TRAINING DOWN TO OUR OTHER PLATOONS AS FAR AS WHAT WE NEED TO DO MORE OF AND HOPEFULLY THAT EXPERIENCE WILL HELP ANY OTHER TRANSPORTATION UNITS IN THE FUTURE.))
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[OUT Q=in the future]
About 15 soldiers remain in Iraq to help load the Company's heavy equipment on a ship.
They're expected home in a few weeks.
Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Franklin County.))
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[WRITER=jen]
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[ENG#=V10]
Coming up, spring football season is coming to an end at area universities. We'll check in with the Hokies and the Hoos in sports.
[ANCHOR=Brent]
and
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[VO-NAT]
A down syndrome patient touches the heart of a schools sports program. We'll take a look at a documentary about him premiering this week in Roanoke after the break.
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[Shorty]
[ANCHOR=Brent @ PS]
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[WRITER=jen]
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[ENG#=1]
The heartwarming story of a Hampden-Sydney Football Fan with Down Syndrome is being brought to the Grandin Theatre.
The documentary film entitled "Shorty", follows the teams' most loyal fan who is beating all odds.
Melany Mullens is the marketing director for the Grandin. She joins us this morning along with News7 movie critic Joel Sink who has seen the film.
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[SUPER=01-Melany Mullens/Grandin Theatre Marketing Director;]
[SUPER=01-Joel Sink/News 7 Movie Critic;]
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[SUPER=04-"Shorty"; - Hot Change to]
[SUPER=04-Revolution Earth;]
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You can see "Shorty" for yourself at the premiere tomorrow night at the Grandin Theatre. The six o'clock showing is by reserved tickets only and has a reception following at the Village Grill. Tickets are 25 dollars and can be reserved by calling 434-223-6776
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There is also an open showing at 8:45. Tickets are 10 dollars and available at the Grandin Theatre box office.
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Stay with us - News 7 Sunday Morning will be right back.
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