[VOBRoanoke-Deer]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-44 TC 31:07]
[GRAPHIC=Deer Managment 4246]
[ENG#=1]
Roanoke is again taking aim at its deer problem and the plan is sure to raise some eye brows.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Last year, the city hired sharpshooters to kill deer, but they only took a little over a hundred in a two month period.
This year, Roanoke will hire a federal agency and a private company to bait and then kill the deer.
The city says safety will be their top priority.
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[SOT 16:56]
[IN Q=We've conducted]
((STEVE LUGAR/ROANOKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT: WE'VE CONDUCTED RESEARCH INTO BOTH ENTITIES TO CHECK WITH AGENCIES OR AREAS THAT HAVE UTILIZED THEIR SERVICES IN THE PAST AND WE FOUND BOTH ORGANIZATIONS SAFETY WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT THEY UTILIZED IN THEIR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES.))
[SUPER=01-Steve Lugar/Roanoke City Police Department]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=day to day activities]
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[VO-NAT]
The goal is to kill nearly four hundred deer this year.
The program will run from early December to February.
It will cost the city more than eighty thousand dollars.
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[11Henry-Ax]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=04-50 TC02:55]
[GRAPHIC=Accident]
[ENG#=2]
A pickup truck hit a car carrying some high school students from Henry County.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co.]
The accident happened just after five o'clock yesterday at the intersection of Routes 674 and 826 in Oak Level.
State Police say the driver of the pickup truck ran a stop sign and then hit a car carrying three kids to night school.
No one was seriously hurt, but the driver of the pick-up ran off.
Witnesses at the scene say he appeared intoxicated.
He faces hit and run felony charges and possibly others.
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[PKGArafat]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Arafat]
[ENG#=3]
Dignitaries from all over the world are paying their respects to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
After today's ceremony in Egypt, he'll be buried at his West Bank compound in Ramallah.
Drew Levinson reports..
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Cairo, Egypt; :00]
[SUPER=01-Drew Levinson/CBS News; :35]
[RUNS=1:19]
[OUT Q=Levinson, CBS News, Jerusalem.]
((
HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE CARRIED YASSER ARAFATS FLAG DRAPED COFFIN
THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAIRO, AS HEADS OF STATE AND DIGNITARIES FROM
AROUND THE WORLD PAID THEIR FINAL RESPECTS.
(NATSOUD OF THE MULLAH)
BEFORE THE FUNERAL EGYPTS TOP MUSLIM CLERIC PRAYED OVER THE MAN WHO LEAD
THE PALESTINIAN FIGHT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
THE CEREMONY ITSELF- LASTED LESS THAN A HALF HOUR-ONE OF THE REASONS
SECURITY.
WHILE THE FUNERAL WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN EGYPT-PALESTINIANS GATHERED AT
ARAFATS RAMALLAH HEADQUARTERS WHERE HELL BE BURIED. MANY STARTED
ARRIVING MORE THAN SIX HOURS BEFORE THE CEREMONY.
(STANDUP: )
the palestinians wanted that ceremony and funeral to be held here in
jersusalem, because its here where arafat wanted to buried. but the
israelis wouldnt allow it.
MOST MOURNERS FROM THE GAZA STRIP HAVE BEEN BARRED FROM TRAVELING TO
TODAYS BURIAL.
MOS it is very difficult to think about Palestine without yasser Arafat.
ARAFATS COFFIN IS BEING PLACED IN A STONE TOMB. BECAUSE THE
PALESTINIANS HOPE ONE DAY TO REBURY IT IN EAST JERUSALEM WHEN IT IS THE
CAPITAL OF A PALESTINIAN STATE. ISRAEL HAS MADE IT CLEAR-ANY
INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE WILL NOT INCLUDE JERUSALEM.
BUT FOR TODAY-THE POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST TOOK A BACKSEAT TO THE
FUNERAL OF YASSER ARAFAT.
DREW LEVINSON CBS NEWS, JERUSALEM
))
[Bush-Blair]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=4]
President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair will discuss the future of the Middle East when they meet this morning in the Oval Office.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Washington, DC;]
Blair arrived at the White House last night for a working dinner with
the President.
Today the two leaders are also expected to review the situation in Iraq
and the current offensive under way in Fallujah.
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[ANCHOR=KIMBERLY]
[SS=none]
The pair is scheduled to hold a joint news conference following the meeting.
[Iraq]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Mornin]
[WRITER=kmc]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Iraq]
[ENG#=1]
In Iraq, the fight for Fallujah is now in its fifth day.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Fallujah, Iraq;]
U-S forces now control most of the city and say they have the insurgents trapped.
Militants tried to break through the U-S cordon surrounding Fallujah as American forces launched an offensive against fighters in the South.
[SUPER=03-San Salvador, El Salvador;]
As he arrived in El Salvador on the first leg of a Latin American trip, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld commented on the ongoing battle in Fallujah.
But he offered no timetable for how long it might last.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I have no need to]
((DONALD RUMSFELD/U. S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: I HAVE NO NEED TO EVER PREDICT HOW LONG THINGS WILL TAKE. THEY WILL TAKE AS LONG AS THEY TAKE ... AND IT WILL END SUCCESSFULLY AND IT WILL NO LONGER BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS AND EXTREMISTS. ))
[SUPER=01-Donald Rumsfeld/U. S. Secretary of Defense;]
[RUNS=:11]
[OUT Q=terrorists and extremists.]
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[VO-NAT]
Meantime, guerrillas are attacking targets in Mosul and Baghdad
in what could be an attempt to relieve pressure on Fallujah rebels.
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[11City-Market]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=04-35 TC1:38:06]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=2]
The local owners of ten Subway restaurants say they were looking for a good location at a fair price, when they considered the Roanoke City Market Building.
They say they were surprized by the negative reaction.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
River Bonhotel is proud of the Subway Restaurant that he and his brother Rupert recently opened on Plantation Road.
It has the same decor they hope to bring to the City Market Building downtown.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The market building]
((THE MARKET BUILDING HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN SO LONG. WE WOULD GIVE IT A NEW FRESH LOOK, AND PEOPLE WOULD REALLY RECOGNIZE IT AS A PLACE TO COME EAT MORE THAN THEY DO NOW. ))
[SUPER=07-River Bonhotel]
[RUNS=:07]
[OUT Q=come eat more than they do now.]
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[VO-NAT]
Tenants of the market building fear Subway and other national chains would take business from independent vendors, and threaten the local flavor of the food court.
Bonhotel argues that all of the businesses would benefit if the Subway helps to bring more customers to the building.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[SS=None]
Roanoke City Council plans to discuss the issue on Monday.
[Marketwatch]
[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=NET]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=1]
In business news, Delta pilots approve a pay cut for the good of the company.
Marcella Palmer has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Marcella Palmer/Reporting; :00]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=in New York, I'm MP]
(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
[WOOD ROGERS SPONSOR BOARD 5185 ESSC]
[COMM]
[11Lalush-Memorial]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=sba]
[TAPE#=04-33 TC1:55:38]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=1]
The family of a soldier killed in Iraq a year ago hopes his memory will live on.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daleville]
Yesterday, students at Lord Botetourt High School marked Veteran's Day with a special ceremony.
The family of Marine Corps Sergeant Michael Lalush presented benches and a reflecting area which bears the names of three former students who died in the line of duty.
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[SOT@17:17.13]
[IN Q=He'd say why...]
((DAVE LALUSH/Michael Lalush's Father: HE'D SAY WHY ARE YOU MAKING SUCH A BIG FUSS. I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB. THAT'S WHAT THE SOLDIERS, THAT'S THE WAY THEY FEEL, THAT I KNOW...))
[SUPER=01-Dave Lalush/Michael Lalush's Father]
[RUNS=:12]
[OUT Q=... that I know...]
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[VO-NAT]
Sergeant Michael Stiglich and Lance Corporal Charles Morris, who both graduated in 1964 and were killed in Vietnam, are also honored.
Sergeant Stiglich's family says the memorial has been a long time in the making.
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[11Vets-Day]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jbu]
[TAPE#=04-34 TC1:47:32]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=2]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Volunteers at two facilities in the Roanoke Valley that cater to veterans, honored the soldiers they serve yesterday.
The Virginia Veterans Care Center hosted events throughout the day.
A fish fry for lunch, provided by the AM-VETS group, fed the 240 veterans that live at the center.
US Cellular was also on hand to offer free phone calls for those who wanted to talk to their families.
[SUPER=03-Salem]
Next door at the V-A hospital, patients gathered for a pizza bingo lunch.
Miss Roanoke Valley, Megan Hoff, also visited the vets.
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[6-Giles-Memorial]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=rde]
[TAPE#=04-33 TC1:54:42]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=3]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Narrows;]
Giles County unveiled a new park yesterday afternoon in honor of its veterans.
Hundreds attended the dedication of Veteran's Memorial Park in Narrows.
The memorial features flags from each branch of the military surrounding a monument.
Officials still plan to add fencing, shrubs, sidewalks and special lighting.
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(Kim tosses to bump)
[BUMP]
[COMM] [Biz-Brief]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Business News]
[ENG#=2]
In business news, Stocks closed higher yesterday.
And Blockbuster is looking to buy one of its competetors.
Stan Case has more in today's business brief.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Stan Case/Reporting; :]
[RUNS=1:05]
[OUT Q=I'm Stan Case.]
((STOCKS RALLIED THURSDAY.
THE DOW INDUSTRIALS GAINED 84-POINTS... CLIMBING INTO POSITIVE FOR THE YEAR.
AND THE NASDAQ ADDED 26.
BLOCKBUSTER SAID IT OFFERED 700-MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY RIVAL HOLLYWOOD
ENTERTAINMENT.
THE BID ALSO INCLUDES THE ASSUMPTION OF 300-MILLION DOLLARS OF HOLLYWOOD DEBT.
IF IT GOES THROUGH, THE COMBINATION WOULD STRENGTHEN BLOCKBUSTER'S POSITION AS
THE LARGEST U-S VIDEO RENTAL CHAIN.
BLOCKBUSTER NOTED DISCUSSIONS WITH HOLLYWOOD ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES.
SHARES OF BOTH COMPANIES JUMPED MORE THAN 11-PERCENT.
SHARES OF MICROSOFT ROSE TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF
YEARS, A DAY AFTER THE COMPANY UNVEILED A PRELIMINARY VERSION OF ITS WEB SEARCH
ENGINE.
THE NEW SERVICE IS MICROSOFT'S FIRST ATTACK ON GOOGLE'S LEADING MARKET
POSITION.
MICROSOFT SHARES ROSE NEARLY ONE PERCENT, WHILE GOOGLE INCREASED NINE-PERCENT.
COCA-COLA LOWERED ITS LONG-TERM EARNINGS AND SALES TARGETS.
THE SOFT DRINK GIANT SAID THE CUTS REFLECT AN EXTENDED SLUMP IN NORTH AMERICA
AND OTHER MARKETS.
WITH THE BUSINESS BRIEF... I'M STAN CASE. ))
[TAPE TOSS TO STOCKS]
[STOCKS]
[WOOD ROGERS SPONSOR BOARD 5185 ESSC]
[COMM]
[11Flint]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=04-40 TC47:12]
[GRAPHIC=None]
[ENG#=4]
Franklin County Veterinarian Richard Flint has been called before the state Veterinary Board again.
As Keith Humphry reports, his license remains suspended pending the outcome of a complaint filed nine months ago.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Dr. Flint's license]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./File Tape; :00]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; :26]
[SUPER=01-Jack Mills/Bedford Co. Activist; :38 QUICK!!!]
[SUPER=@keith2; :45]
[RUNS=1:48]
[OUT Q=KH, News 7]
(( Dr. Flint's license was suspended in May, after the Vet Board found he had violated nine separate state laws and veterinary regulations.
The four-month suspension was due to expire September 26th.
But the Board was still considering the case of a Persian cat Flint allegedly misdiagnosed in 2002.
Paul and Reba Sink say "Sweetie" almost died in Flint's care, so they filed a complaint in February.
Bedford County activist Jack Mills has taken an interest in Doctor Flint's case.
He believes the Vet Board failed to act on the Sink's complaint until Flint was just about to get his license back.
[22:37:45]
((THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO SIT ON THAT FROM 17 FEBRUARY TO THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.))
[RUNS:06]
A committee of the state board will hold a hearing next week to air the Sink's complaint.
Mills believes the Sinks are at fault for failing to follow the Doctor's advice.
[22:17:35]
((DOC FLINT SAID TO HIM THEN, ACCORDING TO WHAT DOC FLINT TOLD ME, "YOU SHOULD TAKE THE CAT TO VIRGINIA TECH, AND LET THOSE PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T NORMAL."))
[RUNS:10]
According to records Flint's office provided the Vet Board, "the owners declined to take the cat to Tech." There are two entries to that effect in Flint's records.
However, the Sinks say Flint never recommended taking Sweetie to Tech.
They have their own copy of her "Patient History Report" - -records Reba Sink got from Flint the last time she took Sweetie to see Doctor Flint.
The February 6th entry makes no mention of "Virginia Tech." And there is no entry at all for March 10th, the second time Flint says he referred the case to Tech.
The State Veterinary Board sent Flint a letter two weeks ago pointing out that "records provided the client... do not contain the same entries as the records" he "provided the inspector for the Department of Health Professions...."
A committee of the board meets in Roanoke Wednesday.
Keith Humphry, NEWS 7.))
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