[7Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
So far, Fall has been quite pleasant-- and we'll see another mostly sunny day today.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your full forecast, coming up.
[7-6SE-Traffic]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=04-23 TC2:01:57]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
City leaders are trying to explain why they think a controversial road project in Roanoke is important.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
The city has started a traffic calming project on Bullitt and Jamison Avenues.
The roads will still have two lanes, but will be narrowed to slow traffic through the residential neighborhood.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT - 22:47:22]
[IN Q=There is some temporary...]
((MARK JAMISON/ROANOKE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER; THERE IS SOME TEMPORARY PAIN IN GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE HAD TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, WE'RE DOWN TO ONE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION, AND ANYTIME YOU DO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS. ))
[SUPER=01-Mark Jamison/Roanoke City Traffic Engineer;]
[RUNS=9]
[OUT Q=have some traffic delays.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
At a meeting yesterday, the Southeast by Design steering committee said that the effort to reduce speeds is beneficial to the neighborhood, and will increase commuter's travel times by just a few seconds.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT - 22:51:55]
[IN Q=I think it's going...]
((REV. DAVID WALTON/SOUTHEST BY DESIGN CHAIRMAN; I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BENEFIT NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT THOSE WHO DRIVE THROUGH HERE. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH BETTER LOOKING COMMUTE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. David Walton/Southeast by Design Chairman;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=of it this time next year.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The project is expected to be completed in late November.
Nearly 30-thousand cars pass through the area each day.
(------------)
[7-6Norfolk-Southern]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-37 TC11:54]
[GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern]
[ENG#=3]
Some work done at Norfolk Southern's East End Shops in Roanoke will be moving.
(-------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;]
Yesterday, the company told workers that the Roanoke shop will continue to overhaul locomotives, but any additional work that it can't handle will be sent to its Juniata (June-ee-ah-tuh) plant near Altoona, Pennsylvania.
A spokesperson for Norfolk Southern says no one will lose their jobs and no jobs will be relocated.
(-------------)
[55-WXHeads]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
The weather outlook is sunny and warm again today.
Our next chance of wet weather comes early next week.
Meteologist Leo Hirsbrunner explains, coming up in the forecast.
[55-11Tornado-Photos]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=syo]
[TAPE#=04-33 TC44:49]
[GRAPHIC=Tornado]
[ENG#=1]
The National Weather Service has completed its flyover of tornado- damaged areas, and posted the pictures on the Internet.
(------------)
[VO-NAT :15]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
A meteorologist with the Blacksburg office enlisted help from a State Police airplane and spent six hours touring the damage this week.
Hendricus (hen-DREE-kiss) Lulofs (LOO-loffs) took at least a hundred pictures.
He says the damage is consistent with F-1 and F-2 twisters.
(///// SOT at :15 /////)
[SOT 9:50:48 - 9:51:08]
[IN Q=What we're looking at here...]
((HENDRICUS LULOFS/METEOROLOGIST: WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS CPFILMS... THE TORNADO CAME ACROSS, HIT THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING AND CONTINUED ON DOWN THE RIVER. THERE WERE TREES DOWN HERE THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN PICKED UP.))
[NO SUPER;]
[RUNS=:20]
[OUT Q=that have since been picked up.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT :08]
The Weather Service has also written up a damage survey result detailing Friday's storms and its effects.
(++++++++)
[WIPE TO WDBJ WEBPAGE FS E522]
You can access the synopsis and photos on the Weather Service's webpage.
You'll find a link on our site at wdbj7 dot com.
Click on "websites in the news".
(------------)
[55-11Discovery-Shop]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=04-24 TC1:35:23]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
A new store at Smith Mountain Lake is using proceeds to help out the American Cancer Society.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
The Discovery Shop in Roanoke celebrated the opening of its new store yesterday at the lake.
The upscale consignment shop donates all of its proceeds to the American Cancer Society.
Officials say the Roanoke store was so successful, they decided to expand.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 1526]
[IN Q=up until today]
((ANN SHELTON/DISCOVERY SHOP: UP UNTIL TODAY THE SHOP IN ROANOKE WAS THE ONLY SHOP IN VA, THERE ARE A HUNDRED OF THESE SHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY ONE IN VA, AND TODAY THIS IS THE SECOND DISCOVERY SHOP IN VA.))
[SUPER=01-Ann Shelton/The Discovery Shop;]
[RUNS=12]
[OUT Q=shop in virginia]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The Roanoke Discovery Shop has raised more than two million dollars since it opened in 1995.
Volunteers say the lake store is unique -- because it only sells household items.
(------------)
[55-11B'burg-Bees]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-35 34:30]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=3]
The buzz around a Blacksburg church got nasty yesterday as a swarm of bees attacked dozens of people.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]
A teacher for the Head Start Program at Blacksburg Presbyterian church reached into a bush to pick up something a child had dropped when she disturbed a nest of yellow jackets.
Blacksburg Police say at least 38 people were stung.
Two adults and five children ages three and four years old were taken to the hospital because of allergic reactions.
(------------)
[8Wx-Headline]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]
Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
You'll need the sunglasses again today-- with lots of sunshine and highs in the 80s.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner has the full forecast, after the news.
[8-VOBPropane-Leak]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-38]
[GRAPHIC=Hold]
[ENG#=1]
Crews will be back on the scene of a propane leak in Campbell County to make permanent repairs.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Campbell Co.]
It happened just after two o'clock yesterday at Surburban Propane which is located off Route 29 next to the Lynchburg Airport.
The entire area had to be evacuated for nearly three hours as crews worked to contain the leak.
Firefighters say a propane leak is more of a fire hazard than a health one.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT 9:03:08]
[IN Q=Other than a fire]
((KEITH JOHNSON/LYNCHBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT: OTHER THAN THE FIRE HAZARD PROPANE DOESN'T HAVE PROPERITIES TO LEAD PEOPLE TO HAVE ASHMATIC CONDITIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS THE FIRE DANGER. PROPANE IS A GREAT PRODUCT, IT JUST HAS TO BE RESPECTED.))
[SUPER=01-Keith Johnson/Lynchburg Fire Department;]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=to be respected]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
One person was injured and taken to the hospital suffering from burns.
Authorities say nearly ten thousand gallons of propane ended up leaking.
Crews will be back today to fix the leak permanently.
(------------)
[8-6SE-Traffic]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=04-23 TC2:01:57]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke City]
[ENG#=2]
Roanoke City leaders are trying to convince people that some controversial road construction is a good idea.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
The city has started a traffic calming project on Bullitt and Jamison Avenues.
The roads will still have two lanes, but will be narrowed to slow traffic through the residential neighborhood.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT - 22:47:22]
[IN Q=There is some temporary...]
((MARK JAMISON/ROANOKE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER; THERE IS SOME TEMPORARY PAIN IN GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE HAD TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, WE'RE DOWN TO ONE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION, AND ANYTIME YOU DO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS. ))
[SUPER=01-Mark Jamison/Roanoke City Traffic Engineer;]
[RUNS=9]
[OUT Q=have some traffic delays.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
At a meeting yesterday, the Southeast by Design steering committee said that the effort to reduce speeds is beneficial to the neighborhood, and will increase commuter's travel times by just a few seconds.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT - 22:51:55]
[IN Q=I think it's going...]
((REV. DAVID WALTON/SOUTHEST BY DESIGN CHAIRMAN; I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BENEFIT NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT THOSE WHO DRIVE THROUGH HERE. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH BETTER LOOKING COMMUTE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.))
[SUPER=01-Rev. David Walton/Southeast by Design Chairman;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=of it this time next year.]
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
The project is expected to be completed in late November.
Nearly 30-thousand cars pass through the area each day.
(------------)
[8-11Burrow]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=04-30 TC55:40]
[GRAPHIC=Richard Burrow]
[ENG#=3]
The federal fraud trial of former D-Day director Richard Burrow continues in Charlottesville.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville]
Yesterday, Buck Bradley ... a former member of the D-Day Foundation's board of directors ... told the jury he was shocked to learn contractors were not being paid in the months before the memorial's dedication in June of 2001.
Bradley says Burrow never told anyone about the financial troubles the foundation was having.
Prosecutors say Burrow was playing a financial shell game, using uncertain pledges as collateral for bank loans to keep the project afloat.
The trial continues through next week.
(------------)
by SS