WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 07/05/04

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[V/O-NAT] A local sheriff's deputy fatally shoots a man in a domestic disturbance.
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And we'll meet a Sudanese refugee with a winsome smile and big plans for the future.

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Tonight in sports, we'll check in with Ashley Plantation's Chip Sullivan as he prepares for next month's PGA Championship, and
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Coach 'K' says thanks but no thanks to LA.
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Will the big heat produce a big thundershower? That is the weather question coming up. [Video-Open]
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A Tazewell County Sheriff's deputy shoots and kills a man after he apparently rammed the officer with his car.
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry, Shannon is off tonight.

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Sergeant Jonathan Lowe was responding to a domestic disturbance last night.
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It happened near the community of Pounding Mill. Lowe is said to have been assisting a woman in the home when he was attacked by her husband.
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((CAPT. LONNIE HOWINGTON/TAZEWELL CO. DEPUTY SHERIFF: HE CONFRONTED THE MALE SUBJECT. AND THEN THEN MALE SUBJECT BECAME IRATE AND STARTED ATTACKING SGT. LOWE'S VEHICLE.))
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At one point Sergeant Lowe's legs were pinned in his car door, and then he fired at least one shot. The assailant has since been identified as 25 year old Brian Dunford. He was pronounced dead at Clinch Valley Medical Center. Lowe suffered a broken leg.
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Investigators in Augusta County are trying to identify a woman whose body was reportedly dumped on the side of the road. Sheriff Randall Fisher says a man called the department yesterday morning after he saw a man and woman move the body from a maroon Pontiac Grand Am to the side of a road near Buffalo Gap. The sheriff says the woman appears to have been about 40 years old. Authorities are not sure how the woman died, and an autopsy is planned for tomorrow.

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Among the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Sudan is a young man now enrolled in a special program at V-M-I.
It's intended for American minorities. Mark Opio considers himself lucky to be a part of it.
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(( [42:45] ((THE REBELS ATTACKED THE CITY WHICH I WAS AT. )) He's lucky to be alive, to have escaped the warring factions in his homeland. Opio now attends high school in Portland, Maine. He's one of two dozen young men in the College Orientation Workshop that opened last month at VMI. [45:28] ((TWO WEEKS AND ONE DAY RIGHT NOW.)) The rest of the students in the workshop are American minority men, high school juniors and seniors who might otherwise be at risk of dropping out of school or at least not likely to excel in college ...if they manage to get there at all.
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The civil war in Sudan has been going on longer than Opio's been alive. He was still "a kid," he says, when he and his aunt escaped the violence. They lived in a refugee camp in Uganda and left Africa only three years ago. [44:10] ((SO REFUGEES ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO UNITED STATES THROUGH THEIR BACKGROUND. BUT THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO SUDAN, BECAUSE OF THE WAR. OTHERWISE, IF THEY GO BACK THEY'RE GOING TO BE KILLED.))
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On the agenda for workshop students today was an hour with Virginia Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine. Realizing Kaine's a Harvard Law School graduate, Opio asked him to recount some of the cases he's handled. With nine-year old daughter, Annella, at his side, the Lieutenant Governor cited what he said was the biggest civil rights verdict in America... one involving an insurance company. [35:22] ((WE GOT THE CEO OF THE COMPANY FIRED. THE NEW CEO WAS HIRED WHO THEN CHANGED THE WAY THE COMPANY DID BUSINESS. THE NEW CEO THEN BECAME A FRIEND OF MY CLIENT. THE COMPANY'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY, BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE WRITING INSURANCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THEY WEREN'T DOING BEFORE. AND IT TURNS OUT THEY'RE GOOD RISKS. IT WASN'T A BAD THING TO DO.))
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Kaine told the students he plans to run for Governor next year. He says his wife has limited him to any office he can hold without leaving Richmond.

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The party is over and soon they'll be rolling up their sleeves and getting down to work at the Explore Park.
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The park held several events this weekend to mark its tenth anniversary.
While it celebrated its past, the park was looking to the future.
The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors recently approved plans to develop the park and add things like a new amphitheater and R-V campground.
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((DEBBIE PITTS/EXPLORE PARK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT RE-DOING THAT WITH A VIEW TOWARD THE FUTURE.))
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Pitts say the master plan should be completed in the next six months or so.
She says it will be next year before concrete plans are formulated to make way for construction.
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New discoveries are coming to light at a historic home in Bedford County.
That story still to come on News 7 at 6.
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and the agreement took more than two years to craft. Now state officials hope the rest of the Commonwealth will notice cooperation between Roanoke City and County.
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It took a major drought, and more than two years of negotiations to bring the Western Virginia Water Authority into existence.
But Joe Dashiell reports state officials hope it will quickly become the model for localities across Virginia.
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((Local officials raised their glasses to toast the new authority, and celebrated like proud parents at a June wedding.
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((ELMER HODGE: WE HAVE STOOD TOGETHER THESE PAST TWO YEARS. AND YOU DESERVE TREMENDOUS CREDIT. DARLENE BURCHAM: HER FATHER AND I DO. ELMER: HER FATHER AND I DO. LAUGHTER))
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With the marriage of two water systems and waste water treatment facilities, officials hope to offer more protection against drought, manage the area's water resources more efficiently, and have a positive impact on the environment.

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((IT WAS EVERYBODY'S BELIEF THAT WE WOULD NOT LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY. THAT WE WOULD COMPROMISE AND WE WOULD DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY.))
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Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Tayloe Murphy says it's an achievement that other communities should emulate. And like public education, law enforcement or health care, he says it's a vital service the state should do more to support.
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((TAYLOE MURPHY/VA. NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY: I THINK THE STATE NEEDS TO TAKE A LARGER ROLE IN MAKING A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR WATER AND WASTE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.))
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With or without state support, local officials say they're convinced they've made the right move for the Roanoke Valley... confident their work will be validated when western virginia faces another major drought.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))

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City and County officials describe the new water authority as a monumental achievement, but at first it should bring few changes for water customers.
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City and county water rates will be equalized over time, and payments must be sent to a new address, but for now officials say their customers shouldn't notice much difference.
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((MIKE MCEVOY/WATER AUTHORITY CO-DIRECTOR: OUR WATER BILLS WILL BE DIFFERENT. THEY WILL HAVE WESTERN VIRGINIA WATER AUTHORITY LOGO ON IT AND NAME AND THERE ARE SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON DIFFERENT MAILING ADDRESSES TO RETURN IT TO. BUT FUNCTIONALLY UTILITY SERVICE WILL BE THE SAME FOR BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY CUSTOMERS. OUR RATES STAY THE SAME FOR RIGHT NOW AND THE BIG CHANGES ARE REALLY BEHIND THE SCENES.))
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To combine two departments, the water authority has had to reconfigure its operations, and relocate some staff.
McEvoy says 250 city and county employees have been working on the project for the last 18 months.
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Speaking of water, there's plenty of it flowing these days at the Roanoke Civic Center.
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The water fountain located between the coliseum and the auditorium is working again after nearly four years.
The Civic Center thought it would have to remove the fountain to make way for its expansion plans.
It was recently discovered that work could be done around it so city officials decided to turn the 33 year old fountain back on.
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((ROBYN SCHON/ROANOKE CIVIC CENTER SPOKESPERSON: SO WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND REFURBISH THE FOUNTAIN. WE'VE PAINTED IT, WE'VE PUT IN LIGHT FIXTURES AND NEW NOZZLES SO IT HAS A NICE SPRAY AND WE ARE JUST PLEASED WITH IT BECAUSE THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE LATELY SUCH AS SOUNDS AT SIX CONCERT SERIES PEOPLE HAVE JUST COMPLIMENTED US ABOUT PUTTING THE FOUNTAIN BACK IN USE.))
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Like most fountains, people like to throw money into it.
The Civic Center has decided to donate all that money to the Ronald McDonald House.
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The stock markets were closed today to mark Independence Day. News 7 at 6 will be right back. [SPONSOR ANNOUNCE]
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Lynchburg area residents will soon be getting a flyer in the mail asking for a donation.. but the folks sending it hope it won't be treated like junk mail.
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The Lynchburg Fire and E-M-S Foundation has begun a direct mail campaign aimed at raising 100-thousand dollars for the city's fire department.
The money will help buy equipment and fund programs that aren't covered in the annual budget.
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((JASON CAMPBELL/LYNCHBURG FIRE & EMS FOUNDATION: A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN TIMES AFTER THE EMERGENCIES, AFTER THEY'VE LOST THEIR HOME TO A FIRE OR AFTER THEY'VE LOST THEIR VEHICLE IN SOME TYPE OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH OR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AFTER THE EMERGENCY IS OVER.))
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In its two-year history, the Foundation has helped buy smoke detectors for homes that need them and monitoring equipment for the city's hazardous materials team.

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Archeologists are celebrating a new find at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest.
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A team is digging at a new site believed to be an outbuilding that stood during Jefferson's era. The site has been heavily disturbed, but archeologists are encouraged by what they've already uncovered.
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((KARIN SHERBIN: THEY THINK THEY'VE FOUND A SITE WHERE THERE WERE ACTUAL BUILDINGS THAT WERE OUT HERE IN JEFFERSON'S TIME. FARM OUTBUILDINGS, PERHAPS A STABLE, A BLACKSMITH SHOPS - WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST IN THE START OF THIS EXPLORATION AND PHASE, BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING WHEN YOU COME ACROSS JEFFERSON PERIOD ARTIFACTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON TO SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW JEFFERSON'S PLANTATION WORKED AND HOW IT LOOKED IN HIS DAY.))
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Inside the house, walls are now completely plastered. Carpenters are also close to recreating the "wing of service rooms" which houses the main kitchen.
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The Martinsville's Speedway annual July fourth celebration is here to stay.
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A crowd of more than 30-thousand turned out Friday night for "Celebration 2004."
This years event featured free carnival rides, live entertainment, and of course fireworks.
The Speedway says despite new owners there are no plans to end the event.
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((MIKE SMITH/MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY SPOKESPERSON: NO NO THIS EVENT WON'T GO AWAY. THE FOLKS WITH INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORPORATION LIKE THEIR TRACKS TO HAVE A BIG CIVIC INVOLVEMENT. IF ANYTHING THEY'LL ONLY HELP THIS EVENT GET BIGGER.))
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Fans who attended the celebration also saw for themselves the improvements being made to the track.
New asphalt and concrete should be in place within the next ten days.
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Work will then begin on moving the railroad tracks behind the backstretch to make way for expansion of the speedway.

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Coming up, Mike Krzyzewski is still the king of Duke, Lance Armstrong hangs tight in the Tour de France, and

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two former UVA athletes unveil plans for a big play place in Lynchburg.
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ACC basketball fans and especially those in Durham, North Carolina are celebrating tonight.
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That's because Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski has decided to remain as the head coach of the Blue Devils rather than accept the LA Lakers job for around 8 million dollars a season.
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Saying that the timing was good for such a move, Coach K 's heart will always be with the Blue Devils.
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Former Patrick Henry and UVa star athletes Curtis Staples and Shannon Taylor hope to build a sports complex in Lynchburg for local and AAU sports teams. Steve Mason has more on their dream.
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((The blue print is complete and Staples is excited about his dream 40 thousand square foot athletic facility. ((:))
The former UVa sharp shooter wants to build two basketball courts in the facility along with a five thousand square foot weight room so that high school teams from Roanoke and Lynchburg will have access to a state of the art training facility year round. ((:)) Staples project, which will include Shannon Taylor as a 30 percent owner, is designed for several sports. The basketball floor is removable to allow turf for indoor football and soccer. There are also plans for tanning booths, retail stores and a health restaurant.)) ((:)) ((:)) ((STEVE MASON:THE QUICK RELEASE FITNESS CENTER WILL COST AROUND TWO MILLION DOLLARS. STAPLES AND TAYLOR WILL GO BEFORE THE CAMPBELL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TUESDAY IN HOPES OF RECEIVING PERMISSION TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. STEVE MASON NEWS 7 SPORTS.))

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Ashley Plantation Pro Chip Sullivan is about a month away from his second straight appearance in the PGA Championship.
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Chip says that he'll play a couple of tournaments between now and then, but his most important preparation will come over the phone with sports psychologist Wendy Hart of Chicago, whose website Mybestgolf.com has been a huge help to Sullivan.
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American Lance Armstrong continues to be patient in the early stages of the Tour de France, taking it easy during the flat stages of the race.
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Armstrong was content to ride back in the pack. He finished the stage in 85th place, and is fourth place overall, 18 seconds behind new leader, Thor Hushovd of Norway.
Today's sprint to the finish was marred by several several crashes, including this one that bruised a few knees and even more egos.
Australia's Robbie McEwen went on to win the stage. Tomorrow's third stage will be a 131 mile ride as the cyclists(------------) cross the French border from Belgium.