WDBJ 7 morning news for 12/04/04

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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning.......There's controversy in Denver as a church float is rejected from a holiday parade for being *too religious.*

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We'll have more on those stories in just a few minutes. [2-shot toss to Hello]

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It started as a stolen car report, but quickly devolved into a deadly accident scene when the suspect decided to run from police in Danville.
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Before police could give chase, the suspect sped down the wrong side of the Union Street bridge.
One officer was able to block most of the oncoming traffic, but the suspect collided with another car near Memorial Avenue.
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((PHIL BROADFOOT/DANVILLE POLICE CHIEF: OTHER OFFICERS WATCHED THIS VEHICLE TAKE OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND ATTEMPTED TO PROTECT THE INTERSECTION BUT WERE UNABLE TO PROTECT EVERYONE IN THE INTERSECTION.))
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The driver of the other car later died at a Danville hospital ... her name has not been released.
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Police were able to catch the suspect after a short foot chase.
18-year-old Eric Tremayne James of Danville is facing charges of D-U-I, aggravated involuntary manslaughter and grand larceny.

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Two drug dealers in Florida are being called "Americas dumbest criminals" by police there.
Officials say the two were arrested after they called police complaining that someone had stolen their marijuana that they were planning to sell.

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Wannabe movie stars from around the state will converge on Lexington today -- for a chance to work with Tom Cruise -- and be in a science fiction blockbuster.
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500 extras are needed for the upcoming Tom Cruise movie- the War of the Worlds.
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The casting call is TODAY at the Rockbridge County High School- where people are coming from near and far.
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((PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE AS FAR AWAY AS WASHINGTON DC AND NORFOLK.EXPECTING A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.))
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Some Washington and Lee Students will go- even though filming is the week after next.. ..the same time as finals.
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((WELL I'M A SENIOR WITH A JOB ALREADY IT'S NOT GONNA BE TOO MUCH OF A CONFLICT FOR ME.. REPORTER: SO YOU MIGHT MISS FINALS TO BE IN THE MOVIE: I COULD SEE MYSELF MISSING SOME FINALS.)) [BUTT TO 9:04] ((LAUGHING.. I'D HAVE TO CHOSE FINALS SCHOOL COMES FIRST.))
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The Casting Call is from 8 until four today.
250 extras will play national guardsmen fighting the martians. Another 250 will play survivors fleeing a martian attack.
Bring a photo and your clothing measurements.
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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning - When an airline attendant attacks a passengers' eating habits is it a personal insult or a civil suit?

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and
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the new voice of cosmetic surgery. The newest trend is to not only look younger, but sound it too. We'll take a look at voice lifts in today's Focus on Health.
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Today's the day for the Hokies. This is the 22nd time the two teams have faced off on the gridiron, but the first time a conference title has been on the line.
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If Tech wins, the Hokies will take the A-C-C title in its in-augural season with the conference.
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Mike Stevens is in Miami where things are heating up for the Hokies.
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Virginia Tech is preparing to take on Miami for the ACC title. Governor Mark Warner will be watching the game from the executive mansion today.
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Warner was instrumental in getting Tech into the A-C-C. He says last year's Miami-Tech matchup was one of his best days as governor- as he celebrated with hundreds of appreciative fans. He says this year it's been equally exciting watching the Hokies build momentum.
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((GOV. MARK WARNER: I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WHEN THE FIRST COUPLE OF GAMES DIDN'T GO SO WELL. OBVIOUSLY YOU START WITH USC, THAT'S A TOUGH FIRST GAME, BUT BOY THEY HAVE REALLY COME ON STRONG AND I HOPE THEY WILL DO GREAT TOMORROW AND THEN GO ON TO A BOWL GAME.))
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Governor Warner says he didn't make any game- day- wagers with Florida officials because the University of Miami is a private school.
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Warner says he'd love to watch the game in person, but can't miss a father- daughter dance in Richmond.

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The Hokies had a warm send off - from hundreds of fans yesterday.
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The team left around 11:00 yesterday morning to signs and Hokie chants. Fans were decked out in their best maroon and orange -- and cheered the loudest every time a player came outside to board the bus.
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((WAYNE CHAPEL: THEY NEED ALL THE SUPPORT THEY CAN GET. WE'RE GOING DOWN THERE TO WHIP THEM LIKE A RENTED MULE. BARBARA TIPTON: SINCE THEY WON'T BE... I WONT' BE ABLE TO SEE THE GAME IN PERSON AND I WANT TO AH.. LET THEM KNKOW WE CARE.. :45.))
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The team plays at 1:00 today. Fans are already planning to greet the team around 9:15 TONIGHT-- when they're due to arrive back in Blacksburg.
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It was the holidays, not the Hokies, that brought people out to Salem last night.
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The annual Christmas parade in downtown attracted several thousand people.
This year's event had nearly a hundred entries-- which included five marching bands and more than a dozen floats.
Prizes were given out for various categories.
The cold weather failed to keep people at home, many bundled up with blankets and mittens.
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[Parade-Controversy]

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These days Christmas may be more about Santa.. than a religious holiday for some people.
At a Christmas parade in Denver Colorado --a church was not allowed to enter their float because organizers said it was too religious.
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Despite the controversy church members still found a way to participate in the parade by singing songs. Some from Faith Bible Chapel even held up religious symbols.
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((I GET THE IMPRESSION... EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO))
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The church's pastor did not attend the parade but did appear on a national news show talking about the controversy. Some are concerned about how religious expression will be handled in future parades.
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Some are calling it a civil rights issue -- an airline passenger criticized by a flight attendant about his weight when he asked to move to an aisle seat.
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America West passenger Andrew Cortez says the flight attendant went too far.
Instead of just politely moving him to another seat. She told him what would make him more comfortable is if he stopped eating.
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((I SAID THAT'S NOT A NICE THING TO SAY AND SHE SAID YOU KNOW HONEY, THE TRUTH USUALLY ISN'T))
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Cortez says he complained to the airline, but they've done nothing.
Civil right experts this is more than just a personal offense but an act of discrimination.
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((IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN TREATING MYSELF A PERSON OF COLOR UNFAIRLY))
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America West says it is investigating the complaint. This comes at time when the airlines have made public their concerns about overweight passengers. They have made it clear larger passengers are costing them hundreds of millions of dollars for extra fuel and wider seats.
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People who want to look younger usually turn to botox or a face lift.
But what if you want to SOUND younger?
Believe it or not, there is now something called a voice lift.
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[TAKE FOCUS ON HEALTH 9002ess FS]
Doctor David Marks takes a look in today's Focus on Health.
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((YOUNG OR OLD.... CHANCES ARE YOU CAN GUESS A PERSON'S AGE BY THEIR VOICE. THAT'S BECAUSE LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT OUR BODIES... OUR VOICES AGE TOO.

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TIME LOWERS A WOMAN'S VOICE. BUT IT MAKES A MAN'S VOICE SQUEAKY.

(SOT-Dr. Craig Zalvan/Westchester Med. Center)
"people are getting plastic surgery everyday to try to make them aesthically look younger. why not sound younger too."
SO DOCTOR CRAIG ZALVAN IS OFFERING SOMETHING CALLED A VOICE LIFT. HE SAYS A PERSON'S VOICE EVENTUALLY BECOMES RASPY AND WEAK BECAUSE A GAP DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE VOCAL CHORDS. BY SURGICALLY MOVING THE CHORDS CLOSER TOGETHER, HE SAYS SURGEONS CAN MAKE THE VOICE SOUND YOUNGER.

(SOT-Dr. Craig Zalvan/Westchester Med. Center)
"because there is that gap in the voicebox in some people as they age, air just leaks through that and you hear that in the breathy quality. This procedure helps lessen that breathyness and help gain strength by closing the gap."
CYNTHIA SILBER DEMONSTRATES WHAT HER VOICE SOUNDED LIKE BEFORE SHE GOT A VOICE LIFT.

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"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, see how it fades."
NOW, SHE SAYS SHE CAN SING AND PROJECT HER VOICE, LIKE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.

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"I think it's a remarkable thing to offer."

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SURGERY IS ONE WAY TO LOWER A PATIENT'S VOICE... BUT DOCTORS CAN ALSO INJECT A COLLAGEN-LIKE MATERIAL STRAIGHT INTO THE VOCAL CHORDS... MAKING THEM THICKER, AND CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THEM.

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DOCTOR ZALVAN PREDICTS THAT LIKE COSMETIC SURGERY.... THE VOICE LIFT WILL TAKE OFF. BUT AT A TUNE OF 17-THOUSAND DOLLARS IT MAY NOT BE MUSIC TO EVERYONE'S EARS. DOCTOR DAVID MARKS, CBS NEWS.))

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Christmas decor doesn't have to take up your entire house.
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Especially if you plan on entertaining and need the space. We have the perfect tabletop Christmas
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in today's Decor and More.
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During last week's win over Virginia, Tech quarterback Bryan Randall broke the record for career passing yards at Tech.
The Hokies are hoping his talent will help them today.
Tech has won just TWO of its previous 11 trips to the Orange Bowl.

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And that's where we find Mike Stevens this morning.
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Now here's a look at yesterday's scores.
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The Performing Arts Institute of Virginia is helping put us in the holiday spirit this morning.
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We pulled a few "strings" to continue
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[TAKE SOUNDS OF SEASON BOARD E559 FS] our "Sounds of the Season".
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Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning.......A car theft turned deadly in Danville yesterday after the suspect ran from police

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We'll have more on those stories in just a few minutes. [2-shot toss to Hello]

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Miami beat Tech 41-21 at the Orange Bowl in 2000 to break the Hokies' winning streak, then took a 26-24 win in 2001 at Lane Stadium on the way to a national championship.
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Then in 2002, the Hurricanes blew by Tech 56 to 45 in Miami.
The Hokies are working to make sure history doesn't repeat itself today.
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Mike Stevens is joining us with more from Miami this morning. Good Morning Mike!
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You may be surprised to hear just how popular Hokie merchandise has become.
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There are so many hokie products on the market, Virginia Tech doesn't have any hard numbers, just that's in the thousands.
Last year, Virginia Tech made more than a million dollars in royalities which translated into nearly 28 million dollars in sales and this year it's even better.
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((LOCKE WHITE/LICENSING DIRECTOR: IT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT YEAR UP TO THIS POINT. IT'S LOOK LIKE WE ARE GOING TO EASILY BREAK A RECORD.))
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Just five years ago, Virginia Tech made only 300-thousand dollars in royalties which translated into seven million dollars in sales.
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A fire and explosion at plant in Houston, Texas could be felt up to 20 miles away.
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The explosion occurred at Marcus Oil and Chemical plant. Firefighters had to battle the blaze that sent up massive walls of fire and smoke.
The fire department say all employees were accounted for and there were not any reports of any injuries.
No word yet on what caused the explosion.
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A company with facilities in Christiansburg and Princeton, West Virginia, has been cited in a criminal indictment returned Thursday.
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It's a company that tests oxygen tanks, like the ones SCUBA divers use. Federal investigators allege Fire Safety Products "dry-stamped" hundreds of such cylinders without performing the proper hydrostatic tests. Ken Dunker at Diving Enterprises says tanks must be re-tested every five years to check for metal fatigue. He says there IS a safety valve, though.
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((THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, THOUGH, IF YOU GET A TANK THAT HAS BEEN ABUSED, HAS GOTTEN WEAK OVER TIME, THE TANK CAN BECOME WEAK. THE TANK ITSELF WILL BUST BEFORE THIS BURST DISK.))
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Dunker says some of the tanks Fire Safety Products gave its stamp of approval would not have even passed a visual inspection- -much less a hydrostatic test.
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F-A-A workers at the Roanoke Regional Airport will be busy this weekend.
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The move to a new ten-million dollar tower began at midnight. The move is expected to take most of the weekend to complete, and will mean safer skies for passengers.
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[IN Q=The roof shouldn't leak..]
((JAMES TURNER/AIRPORT COMMISSION; THE ROOF SHOULDN'T LEAK, THE AIR CONDITIONING SHOULD BE BETTER, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT WILL GIVE THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE TOWER A FULL VIEW OF ALL THE RUNWAYS, AND ENTIRE AIRPORT FACILITY, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE IN THE EXISTING TOWER.))
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The new tower is 2-hundred feet tall, and improves most of the technology used in air traffic control.
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((ROBERT POOLE/AIRPORT MANAGER 1974-91; I'M AMAZED AT THE EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE IN THIS NEW BUILDING. I REMEMBER THE OLD BUILDING, IT TOOK UP ONE SMALL ROOM, NOW IT TAKES THE WHOLE BOTTOM FLOOR.))
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The old tower and terminal will be demolished sometime next year. Yesterday, airport officials opened a time capsule that was buried in the old terminal in 1951. Most of the contents did not survive over the years, but some will be salvaged.
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Virginia Tech has had unprecedented success with 11 bowl appearances, three Big East titles and a trip to the national championship game - all under Coach Frank Beamer.
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Beamer also holds a six and seven record against Miami - which he hopes to even out later today.
[DOUBLE ANCHOR DOUBLE BOXES = Joy & Brent/Mike via Starlink;]

Mike Stevens is in Miami this morning with more. Good Morning Mike.

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[SUPER=205-Miami, FL]
((AD LIB ABOUT WEATHER)) ((SEGUE INTO SPORTS PKG))

((ROLLCUED FROM STARLINK))
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[OUT Q=we can do that.]

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[2-PAIVA]

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The Performing Arts Institute of Virginia from Blackburg is joining us again with more holiday cheer.
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We are continuing
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[TAKE SOUNDS OF SEASON BOARD E559 FS] our "Sounds of the Season" with the classic "Gloria".
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[SUPER=04-"Gloria";]
[BRING SOUNDS OF SEASON BOARD FS AS BUMPER OVER MUSIC] [BRING TECH BUMP UP OVER MUSIC]
[RUNS= 2:00]
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[FADE FROM TECH BUMPER TO BREAK - MUSIC UNDER.] [TECH BUMP 4- 8303]

[6-Mike]

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((Brent and Mike ad lib about the weather))

[WIPE IN CHROMAKEY BOX= Brent/Mike via Starlink;]

[BRENT STEPS OUT OF CHROMA - BRING MIKE FULL]
((Mike ad libs segue into sports))

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((AD LIB ABOUT WEATHER)) ((SEGUE INTO SPORTS PKG))

((ROLLCUED FROM STARLINK))
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[IN Q=]
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[SUPER=201-Darryl Tapp/Virginia Tech Defensive End; :19]
[SUPER=201-Mike Imoh/Virginia Tech Running Back; :30]
[SUPER=201-Chris Myers/Miami Senior Guard; :42]
[SUPER=201-Larry Coker/Miami Head Coach; :53]
[SUPER=203-Miami, FL; 1:01]
[SUPER=201-Eric Green/Virginia Tech Senior Cornerback; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:39]
[OUT Q=special year right now.]

[LIVE= Mike/FULL]
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[straight to scores]

[2-Scores]
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[WIPE WIPE WIPE]

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[GO TO SCORES] [go to scores]
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[SUPER=0097-j/Franklin Co./63//Martinsville/57///j/Radford/44//Blacksburg/40///;]
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[SUPER=0097-j/Pulaski Co./70//Patrick Henry/56///j/Lord Botetourt/52//Glenvar/41///;]
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[SUPER=0097-j/Rockbridge/53//Fort Defiance/41///j/E. C. Glass/54//Jefferson Forest/32///;]
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[OUTCUE=last score."]
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[STRAIGHT TO BUMP] [TECH BUMP 5 8304]

[7-Mike]

[ANCHOR=Joy 2-shot]
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[WRITER=jen]
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((Brent and Joy ad lib w/ Mike))

[DOUBLE ANCHOR DOUBLE BOXES= Joy & Brent/Mike via Starlink;]

[LIVE= Mike/FULL]
[SUPER=219-Mike Stevens/mstevens*wdbj7.com;]
[SUPER=205-Miami, FL]

[Bye]

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