WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 10/04/04

[7Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

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[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]

Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
The fog will clear out, and we'll be left with lots of sunshine.
Look for highs in the 70s.
Steve Pardon has your Monday forecast, coming up.

[L'burg-Death]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Police in Lynchburg are ivestigating a stabbing death last night. They responded to 613 Wilton Avenue because of a malicious wounding. Upon arrival, they found a male subject who'd been stabbed. He was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

[7-11Valley-View]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=jbu]
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[ENG#=1]

An altercation with Roanoke police officers has two brothers in jail this morning.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke; ]
Authorities say 19-year-old Shannon Stevenson had warrants out for his arrest, and an off duty officer saw him at the Valley View Grande in Roanoke Saturday night. Stevenson was arrested while smoking a cigarette outside the theater. Police say Stevenson's 18-year-old brother Daniel Perry came out to see what was happening and then punched an officer in the face. Both are being held at the Roanoke City Jail.
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[7-11Smoke-Valley]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=rle]
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Roanoke County police say people weren't imagining smoke across the Roanoke Valley yesterday
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
It came from a controlled burn of about an acre of brush on Huffman Lane near Mount Pleasant. The weather conditions then trapped the smoke, and spread it out over the valley. City and County police received numerous calls about the smoke, but want to make sure that everybody knows that there was NOT a problem.
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[7-Burrow]

[ANCHOR=KIm]
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Closing arguments are scheduled today in the second fraud trial for Richard Burrow.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Last Week;]
[TAPE#=04-30 TC-1:11:36]
The former director of the National D-Day Memorial is accused of lying to state officials, banks and the foundation's staff about the success of his efforts to raise money for the 25 million dollar memorial. Burrow's first trial ended in a hung jury in Lynchburg.
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[7-11Bike-Ride]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=04-28 TC-1:49:39]
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[ENG#=4]

Three Virginians die each week waiting for a life-saving organ transplant that doesn't come in time.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Buchanan]
Yesterday, LifeNet sponsored a bike event to raise awareness and help prevent this from happening. About 50-cyclists donned their helmets to take part in the first annual *Tour de Transplant.*
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[SOT@14:17:20.09]
[IN Q=The purpose for this...]
((CLAIRE ENGLISH, LIFENET: THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT TRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN DONATION. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PROJECT, ALSO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND WE THINK THERE CAN'T BE ENOUGH THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO.))
[SUPER=01-Claire English/LifeNet]
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[OUT Q=... for kids to do.]
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[VO-NAT]
Riders could choose from a 10, 30, 70 or 100 mile course. It's estimated more than two-thousand Virginians are currently waiting for an organ. If you're interested in becoming an organ donor you can log onto *SAVE7LIVES DOT ORG.*
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[55-WXHeads]

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

Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Partly cloudy and foggy early, then clearing.
Steve Pardon has your pleasant Monday outlook, coming up.

[55-11VMI]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[ENG#=1]

Virginia Military Institute isn't forgetting about its past as it concentrates on the future.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington]

Work to correct drainage problems in front of Nichols Engineering Hall will result in an upgrade to the statue of "Virginia Mourning Her Dead."
V-M-I plans to also replace the weathered headstones for the six New Market cadets buried at the site.
The old markers will be taken to the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park.
V-M-I also says great care has been taken to make sure the work has not disturbed the remains of the six cadets.
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[55-11Bike-Ride]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutins]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=04-28 TC-1:49:39]
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[ENG#=2]

Three Virginians die each week waiting for a life-saving organ transplant that doesn't come in time.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Buchanan]
Yesterday, LifeNet sponsored a bike event to raise awareness and help prevent this from happening. About 50-cyclists donned their helmets to take part in the first annual *Tour de Transplant.*
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[SOT@14:17:20.09]
[IN Q=The purpose for this...]
((CLAIRE ENGLISH, LIFENET: THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT TRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN DONATION. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PROJECT, ALSO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND WE THINK THERE CAN'T BE ENOUGH THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO.))
[SUPER=01-Claire English/LifeNet]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=... for kids to do.]
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[VO-NAT]
Riders could choose from a 10, 30, 70 or 100 mile course. It's estimated more than two-thousand Virginians are currently waiting for an organ. If you're interested in becoming an organ donor you can log onto *SAVE7LIVES DOT ORG.*
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[55-11Virginia]

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Country music, ice cream, and a visit from Miss Virginia was all on tap for some folks yesterday.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Miss Virginia Mariah Rice visited residents at the Park Oakgrove Retirement Community for their annual ice cream social. Rice says now that her work for the Miss America pageant is done -- her work in the COMMUNITY is just beginning.
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((I TECHNICALLY AM JUST KICKING OFF ALL OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTS, AS FAR AS PLANNING MY SCHOOL TOUR, AND THEN ALSO JUST MY COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT I'M GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT, YOU'RE ONLY MISS VA ONCE.))
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[OUT Q=only miss virginia once]
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[VO-NAT]
Rice serenaded the residents with a few country classics before signing autographs. Visits from Miss Virginia is an annual tradition at the retirement community.
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[8Wx-Headline]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Cut-ins]
[WRITER=kor]
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[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Report]

Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Expect some areas of fog as you head out today-- otherwise we'll enjoy some sunshine and mild highs in the 70s.
Steve Pardon has your full forecast, after the news.

[8-11Willow-River]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=jbu]
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[GRAPHIC=Flooding Aftermath]

[ENG#=1]

Not everyone is allowed back into their home at Willow River Apartments. But some were able to return this weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem]
Second and third floor residents were able to move back into their apartments-- while first floor residents at Willow River were allowed to gather whatever was salvageable. Most of the cleanup on the bottom floor is removing the mud and waste that was washed into the dwellings by the high water.
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[IN Q=The smell still is going]
((JONATHAN MORRIS:THE SMELL STILL IS GOING TO SOME OF THE SECOND FLOOR APARTMENTS... WHICH THAT'S NORMAL THOUGH.I LIVED HERE IN 2003 WHEN IT FLOODED. I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT LOST EVERYTHING.THE CLEANUP HAS BEEN A LOT BETTER THIS TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Jonathan Morris/Willow River Resident]
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[OUT Q=has been a lot better this time.]
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[VO-NAT]
Morris decided to move after he lost everything in 2003-- a decision that some residents have made after this year's flooding. Although, he does say the maintenance workers and apartment owners have been putting in some long hours to try to keep their residents happy. There has been no word as to when the first floor apartments will be open again-- a decision that couldn't come fast enough for the families having to make due at their temporary homes in the Salem Civic Center.
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[8-Kerry-Virginia]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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John Kerry's presidential campaign is sending TWO-THIRDS of its Virginia staff to states the Democrat believes are more WINNABLE for him -- and critical to his chances of being elected. A campaign spokesman says about 20 Kerry staffers from offices around Virginia are leaving immediately, many of them for battleground states such as Wisconsin. A spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia calls the move a "huge setback'' for the Virginia Democrats. A Mason-Dixon poll this month showed Kerry trailing President Bush by about SIX percentage points in the state.

[8-11Voter-Registration]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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[WRITER=rle]
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[ENG#=2]

Wannabe voters only have a few hours left today to register to vote in this year's presidential election.
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[SUPER=@file; ]
State and local election officials say they expect Virginians to turn out in large numbers this year, especially in Northern Virginia. Final statewide registration figures will be available sometime next week, after the deadline for registering for the (------------) November second election ends at 5 p-m.