WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 10/19/04

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Today on News 7 at 5, federal and local health officials say more doses of the flu shot are coming.
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Plus the parents of a child killed file suit against the owners of a Botetourt County day care.
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Pockets of drizzle and cloudy skies until late Thursday. Improving conditions after that. Forecast details just ahead.

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Also today, two people are killed in a plane crash in Atlanta.
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A water main break gives some Virginia Tech students an unexpected day off.
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Plus a future N-F-L Hall of Famer is changing teams. News 7 at 5 is next.
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(( MY FIRST PATIENT IN THIS MORNING HAD BEEN HERE SINCE 10:30 LAST NIGHT WHO ELECTED TO SLEEP IN HIS CAR. ))
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Health officials are urging Americans not to panic about the shortage of flu shots. More vaccine is on the way.
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[5-Flu-Shots]

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Federal authorities say Aventis Pasteur will be providing an additional 2-point-6 million doses in January.
[GRAPHIC=Flu Shots] In the meantime -- Virginia is expected to get more vaccine. State health officials hope to know
how much and how soon this week.
But some Lewis-Gale Clinic patients aren't taking in chances --there were willing to wait for hours today just to get the shot.
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Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton joins us with details
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Shannon --
Lewis-Gale Clinic held it's first mass vaccination clinic today --and before the doors even opened people were standing in line.
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The clinic plans to vaccinate more than 24-hundred people over the next two weeks through six clinics.
But they're only for Lewis-Gale Clinic patients 65 and older.
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(( Two hours or more --that's how long many of these seniors were willing to wait -- even if they had to stand, read or even taken a seat to pass the time.
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Lewis-Gale Clinic says high risk patients should not worry about getting the vaccine.
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((I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT ANYBODY THAT NEEDS THE FLU VACCINE THAT'S HIGH RISK WILL GO WITHOUT IT. in the Roanoke Valley. IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY RIGHT)) [RUNS11]
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In fact, the Virginia Department of Health is expecting to get 55-thousand doses for high risk adults. That is still preliminary --but it's an assurance that more vaccine is on it's way.
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((THE FLU SEASON WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE FIRST OF MARCH. WITH IMMUNIZATON THE LATER YOU GET THE MORE COVERAGE YOU HAVE THROUGH MARCH SO SOME PEOPLE WILL WAIT TO NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER TO TAKE THEIR FLU SHOT)) [RUNS18]
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Not everyone is willing to wait -- many want to make sure they're protected.
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((BECAUSE WHEN I DON'T GET IT. I GET THE FLU VERY BADLY. I JUST SEEMED TO BE THE THING TO DO IT TODAY.I SAID I'M GOING TO STAND IN LINE SOME TIME. SO MAY AS WELL MAKE IT THE FIRST DAY)) [RUNS15]
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So far, there have been no confirmed cases of the flu in the state. Lewis-Gale Clinic will be holding its mass vaccination clinic Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9am to 2pm --this week and next week.

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The power is back on at Virginia Tech where an outage late last night left 19 buildings in the dark and canceled many classes. Electricity was restored in the last couple of hours.
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Joe Dashiell is on campus in Blacksburg with an update.
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Joe adlibs.

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Friends and colleagues say an aid worker kidnapped in Iraq has spent years staying out of politics and fighting to get food and medicine to average Iraqis.
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Margaret Hassan was abducted this morning in Iraq. She's been the director of CARE International in Iraq for more than 13 years. Hassan is married to an Iraqi citizen and has lived in the country for 30 years. Care International is one of the only international non-governmental organizations to maintain a continuous presence in Iraq
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On the campaign front, President Bush and John Kerry are trading jabs on everything from flu shots to national security. The polls still show the race could belong to either man. Drew Levinson is on the campaign trail in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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In the race for the White House... President Bush was putting the pedal to the metal--back on the campaign bus -- nats..walking on stage back in Florida... looking to steer voters his way.

(nats..bush)
"With your help, we'll carry florida again and win a great victory in november!"
The president continued his assault on John Kerry - calling him unequipped to fight the war on terror. ..and shot back in defense - on key issues

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"We will keep the promise of social security for all our seniors. we will not have a draft, we'll keep the all volunteer army!"

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Kerry took his message to the industrial lands of Northeast Pennsylvania. He attacked Bush's fiscal record and claims the president will try to privatize Social Security.

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( I'll build it up...the president will undermine it.)

(STANDUP: DREW LEVINSON/ WILKES-BARRE, PA)
PRESIDENT BUSH WAS IN THIS SAME AUDITORIUM TWO WEEKS AGO AND RETURNS TO THE AREA FRIDAY. BOTH CAMPAIGNS FEEL WINNING THIS PART OF THE STATE COULD BE CRUCIAL TO WINNING THE KEYS TO THE WHITEHOUSE.

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The two sides see Pennsylvania with its 21 electoral votes ...ripe for the picking.
..voters know their community...like this country is divided.
Christa Casterlie is a Democrat married to a Republican. She and her husband want the candidates to address their concerns....specifically jobs and taxes.
Sot: (CHRISTA CASTERLINE/VOTER) WE HAVE A LOT ISSUES IN THE AREA THAT REFLECT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
Reflecting is what a lot of voters will be doing in these last two weeks...as President Bush and John Kerry continue to point out ..they are anything but mirror images of each other. DREW LEVINSON, CBS NEWS, WILKES-BARRE, PA.))

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A reminder that WDBJ7 will present the only televised debate for the 9th Congressional District later this week, and you are invited to submit questions you'd like the candidates to answer.
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To enter your question, go to our home page at wdbj7-dot-com.
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Still to come on the newscast, a Lynchburg ministry wants to make sure disaster victims have a place to stay.
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And authorities in Atlanta want to know what caused a small plane to crash this morning.
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A Daleville couple has filed a six-million dollar civil suit in the April death of their four-year-old son. In papers filed this morning- Ron and Kristie Simmons named four-defendents.
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Susan Bahorich has been following the case. Susan, why now?
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Shannon- In May, the Botetourt County Commonwealth Attorney announced no charges would be filed against Orville and Roberta Reedy in the lawnmower death of Justin Simmons. Today- a lawyer for the Simmons family says they want to bring accountability and awareness to cases like Justin's.
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Four-year-old Justin was at his babysitter's house in Daleville when Orville Reedy drifted back and ran over the child with a riding lawn mower. Justin died from his injuries. Now, Roberta and Orville Reedy, along with MTD Products and Lowes Home Center have been named in this multi-million dollar suit.
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((BRENT BROWN, SIMMONS' LAWYER: THE FOCUS OF THIS CASE IS ON JUSTIN AND THE KIDS LIKE JUSTIN. JUSTIN LOST HIS LIFE. THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE UP FOR THAT- THE ONLY THING WE CAN TRY TO DO IS TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE SO THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY.))
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Roberta Reedy gave up her daycare operator's license. And Orville Reedy has said they would never mow again.
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Meanwhile Shannon- the Simmons' lawyer says there have been a number of what he calls "back up" deaths involving children and lawn mowers - and ultimately he wants the manufacturers to take responsibility for their products.

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Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash in Atlanta.
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Both of the people on board were killed when the twin-engine plane crashed into an auto-body shop. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The plane had taken off from a nearby airport, headed for Florida when it spun out of control.
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((AND HAD OUR EMPLOYEES CAME OUT, PRETTY MUCH GOT SCARED THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIT US--- RAN DOWN THE STREET AND SAW THE
M PULLING A WOMAN OUT OF THE FLAMES ALSO THE BLACK FORD EXPLORER WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING SITUATION.))
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The plane ended up on fire in a parking lot. A rainstorm was moving through the city at the time. One witness said the winds were pretty strong.
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Losing your home to a fire, flood other disaster can be devastating ... but what happens when the emergency crews leave and you still have nowhere to stay?
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Victory Christian Fellowship church in Lynchburg has been answering that question for more than a year now.
The church runs Victory House, a temporary shelter for families that have been displaced.
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((KEN PARRISH/VICTORY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PASTOR: THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN GO TO FIND A HOME, BUT FAMILIES HAVE A TOUGHER TIME. AND SO THIS IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO KEEP A FAMILY TOGETHER AS THEY PUT THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER AFTER GOING THROUGH A CRISIS.))
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Parrish says they've taken in about a half dozen families over the past year, but have had to turn the same number away.
Plans now call for a second Victory House to be built on church property.
City council gave the go-ahead to the project last week.
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[5-Career-Readiness]

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The first round of Virginians to complete the Commonwealth's newest workforce training program were recognized in Richmond today.
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More than five- thousand people have earned a Career Readiness Certificate since the program was launched last year. It certifies a potential employee has the math, reading and information- locating skills necessary for 85- percent of all jobs in the nation.
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((GOV. MARK WARNER: WE THINK IT WILL HELP POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES, PARTICULARLY FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF FROM THE TEXTILE OR FURNITURE INDUSTRY TO GO BACK AND GET THIS CERTIFICATE AND MAKE THEM MORE EMPLOYABLE.))
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Employees with BWX Technologies in Lynchburg were recognized for incorporating the certificate into their hiring process. You can earn a Career Readiness Certificate through your local community college or Workforce Career Center.
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Coming up next, Robin Reed will have the detailed forecast,
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[VO] Then a little bit later, we'll tell why two of the world's smallest dogs are engaged in a big fight.
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Today in Sports, Michael Vick says fans of the Atlanta Falcons should NOT get ahead of themselves.
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Plus one of the best players in the history of football gets his wish to be traded.
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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to your Tuesday. This is the trading deadline day in the National Football League, and receivers are flying all over the place this afternoon. For starters, future hall of famer Jerry Rice got his wish, and today he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks.
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The trade will be finalized after Rice undergoes a physical and the league gives its approval. The Raiders did not immediately disclose what they received in return for Rice. Seattle coach Mike Holmgren was Rice's offensive coordinator from 1989-1991 with the San Francisco 49ers, and Holmgren was the Niners' quarterbacks coach starting in Rice's second season with the team in 1986. Seattle was a logical destination for Rice because he knows Holmgren's offense and the Seahawks might need a depth receiver. Rice is now 42 years old.
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As we said Rice isn't the only receiver on the move this afternoon.
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The Cleveland Browns have traded Quincy Morgan to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for Antonio Bryant - the former Pitt star. Both players have struggled this year - Morgan on the field and Bryant off of it with head coach Bill Parcells.
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Also, the Bucs traded holdout wide receiver Keenan McCardell to the San Diego Chargers.

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With Tampa Bay's loss last night on Monday night football, the Atlanta Falcons now have huge four game lead on the Bucs, and a three game lead on the Saints and Panthers in the NFC South. The Falcons have a chance to move to 6-and-1 this week as they play the struggling Chiefs. But Michael Vick says - not so fast!
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Vick of course took the Hokies to never before seen levels of accomplishment. And now the Tech football program along with four other Top 25 schools is trying to land another number 7.
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Victor "Macho" Harris is the number one rated player in the state of Virginia, and in most cases he's considered one of the top 25 recruits in the nation. His final list of colleges is down to Tech, UVa, Michigan, Miami and Southern Cal. We'll talk with the Highland Springs high school star tonight on News 7 at Six.
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Plus, we'll start getting revved for what promises to be a wild weekend of racing at Martinsville. Take care everybody Shannon will be back in just a moment. [GO TO BREAK]

[5Marketwatch]

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On Wall Street, an investigation of the insurance industry is being blamed for much of today's slump on the stock markets.
With that and more, here's Jean Lee.
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[5-Small-Dogs]

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A dog from India may be the smallest in the world.
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Tiny is vying for the Guiness Book of World Records title. The owners of the 18.3 cm Chihuahua filed for the record after having stumbled upon a website, which showed an 18.8 cm long-haired Chihuahua from Slovakia, as the world's smallest dog. They say Tiny is prankster and loves to irritate the family's five other dogs. She is a bundle of energy and keeps the family busy rescuing her from hiding places like drainholes, coat pockets and kitchen utensils. Representatives from Guiness are expected to measure Tiny in the next few weeks.
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