WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 12/29/04

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Coming up on News 7-
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Power is the name of the game at AEP. But some Smith Mountain Lake residents says the company has too much of it. Plus, Comair may be tipping its hat to passengers. The airline is up and running again after a holiday melt-down. And "Where's the beef?" Why, it's in Virginia and has been for 400-years.
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News 7 is next.

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The controversy over A-E-P's shoreline management plan for Smith Mountain Lake is heating up once again.
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((RUSS JOHNSON/TRI COUNTY AEP RELICENSING COMMITTEE: IF AEP DOESN'T WANT TO MEET WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER STRATEGIES TO FIND A WAY TO TALK TO THEM.))
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[OUT Q=to talk to them]
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[Lake-Plan]

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It was suppose to preserve the shoreline of Smith Mountain Lake and allow future growth.
American Electric Power says it's done just that but the shore management plan is still being attacked. [SMITH MT. LAKE GRAPHIC IN MONITOR***]
[DOUBLE BOXES=Shannon & Justin /BAM;]

Justin McLeod is here to tell us why. Justin?
Shannon, shoring up support for the plan has never been easy.
[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]
[SUPER=@justin1]

Now, three counties that border the lake say A-E-P is not listening to their concerns.
So they've written a letter to the federal government requesting a meeting with the power company.
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[SUPER=03-Smith Mt. Lake/Last Year; :00]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.; :16]
[SUPER=01-Todd Burns/AEP Spokesman; :33]
[SUPER=01-Russ Johnson/Tri-County AEP Relicensing Committee; 1:02]
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((((NAT SOUND OF THE LAKE IF YOU GOT IT))
It made plenty of waves when A-E-P implemented its new shoreline management plan a year and half ago.
But the company says so far it's been smooth sailing.
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((TODD BURNS/AEP SPOKESPERSON: THERE WERE SOME INITIAL BUMPS AT FIRST BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GOING RATHER SMOOTHLY.)) [Runs04]
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A-E-P has approved all 330 applications since the shoreline management plan took effect in September 2003.
The plan created uniform regulations for all construction below the lake's 800 foot elevation.
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[IN Q=The shoreline management]
((TODD BURNS/AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SPOKESPERSON: THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN SIMPLIFIES THAT PROCESS BY GIVING YOU A GUIDELINE ON WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS MAINTAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE LAKE.)) [Runs11]
[OUT Q=attributes of the lake]

But part of the plan is still waiting the "ok" from the federal government.
A-E-P wants the power to approve projects that now have to go through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
That idea is drawing fire from counties around the lake.
Leaders believe there are too many unresolved issues like mapping errors.
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((RUSS JOHNSON/TRI-COUNTY AEP RELICENSING COMMITTEE: WE HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF THEIR MEASUREMENTS IN THE SHORE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IF THERE ARE INACCURACIES WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE MEASUREMENTS REDONE.)) [Runs13]
[OUT Q=those measurements redone]

Another worry is AEP may restrict the counties ability to withdraw water from the lake.
County leaders would like to resolve this issue and others by sitting down and talking with AEP.
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((RUSS JOHNSON/TRI-COUNTY AEP RELICENSING COMMITTEE: WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BE AN ADVERSARY. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU. WE HAVE CONCERNS.)) [Runs05]
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been reviewing the shore management plan for more than a year.
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Shannon, a spokesperson did not return our calls seeking comment as to when a decision may be made.

[Comair]

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Regional airline Comair was finally operating a full schedule today-
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This following a crippling wave of cancellations during the Christmas travel rush. The travel nightmare began when a major snow and ice storm pelted one of its busiest hubs. Problems multiplied when a computer system collapsed and forced Comair to cancel its entire flight schedule hours before Christmas. Monday, the US Department of Transportation called for an investigation. Analysts say Comair must find a way to reassure travelers that they can depend on the airline during busy holiday travel periods in the future.
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[Nick-Mason]

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He was always smiling.
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[SUPER=03-King George Co.]
That's how friends and family remembered Sergeant Nick Mason today. The 20- year- old is one of two Virginia Guardsmen killed during an attack on a mess- hall in Mosul, Iraq last week. Some 13- hundred people packed his alma- mater of King George High School, to say good bye. His fellow guardsmen say he was an excellent soldier with a promising military future.
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((CAPT. EDMUND SABO/VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD: HE WAS JUST AN EXCEPTIONAL SOLDIER. ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO WAS ALWAYS SMILING REGARDLESS OF THE DUTY AND WE TEND TO WORK IN THE WORST KIND OF WEATHER, WE WORK UNDER THE WORST KIND OF CONDITIONS. HE WAS ONE OF THOSE SOLDIERS WHO JUST MADE IT EASY TO BE A COMMANDER.))
[SUPER=01-Capt. Edmund Sabo/Virginia National Guard;]
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Mason will be buried in a family cemetery during a private ceremony tomorrow. The King George native had completed one year at Virginia Tech where he had planned to return to study Agriculture.
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[Mosul-Service]

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Mason was having lunch with his friend David Ruhren (Ruin) when the suicide bomb went off.
Both men were from Virginia- both turned 20 while in Iraq. Both died during the attack.
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In Mosul- fellow soldiers gathered this week for a memorial service.
These pictures came from the Army National Guard- Many of the soldiers were still bandaged.
Commanders and comrades spoke of Mason and Ruhren's courage and commitment.
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[Orbach]

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The actor perhaps best known for his role on TV's Law and Order is being remembered as multi-talented.
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Jerry Orback died of prostate cancer last night. He'd just wrapped up the last of his 12 years playing the sardonic, seen-it-all Police Detective Lenny Briscoe and was preparing for a spinoff. In addition to T-V, Orbach found success on Broadway, starring in a string of hit musicals, including ``42nd Street'' and ``Promises, Promises,'' for which he won a Tony Award. He also performed at the Reagan Whitehouse
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[OUT Q=and mellow.]
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On film, he was the voice of the candlestick in ''Beauty and the Beast'' -- and he was the over-protective dad in ''Dirty Dancing.'' Jerry Orbach was 69 years old.
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[Missing-Woman]

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A Vinton woman's been gone for more than a month and police need your help finding her.
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25-year-old Melinda Denise Bond was last seen the day before Thanksgiving. Bond dropped her child at her mother's house in Salem, planning to return afterwork- but she never made it to work or showed that night. Police say there's been no activity on either her cell phone or bank accounts. Bond was last seen driving a black 2001 Toyota Tundra pick-up truck with Virginia tag: JLU-9488. If you've seen Bond or her truck, contact the Vinton Police Department.
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[Mother-Twins]

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Fifty-five year old Tina Cade gave birth to her daughter's triplets yesterday-
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[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
This morning she, her daughter and son-in-law joined the CBS early show from the hospital. After years of trying to have children without success, Camille and Jason Hammond turned to a surrogate mother for help- not so unusual these days. Except in this case the surrogate mother was Camille's *own* mother.
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((:39-:45JASON HAMMOND/MOTHER-IN-LAW SURROGATE FOR HIS TRIPLETS; SHE BROUGHT THIS UP TO US WHEN WE WERE JUST COMPLETELY FLABERAGASTED WHEN SHE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO DO THIS FOR US.)) ((1:12-1:16 TINA CADE/SURROGATE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER OF BABY TRIPLETS; I WAS PREPARED TO GO THE WHOLE NINE YARDS AND IF I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN I CERTAINLY WOULD.))
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[OUT Q=I certainly would.]
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The Hammonds say the babies are the most wonderful Christmas gift they could've received.

[Tech-Fans]

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Hokies are getting ready to invade the Big Easy. Many buses and chartered planes will leave tomorrow.
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[SUPER=203-Blacksburg;]
Betsy and David Woodruff live in Blacksburg and will catch a flight out of Roanoke Friday morning. The pair's had season tickets for 27 years, but this is the first year they attended every single game. And they have no doubt who will walk away the Sugar Bowl victor.
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[IN Q=Tech's got]
((DAVID WOODRUFF:TECHS' GOT A DEFENSE YOU WON'T BELIEVE. SO WE'RE REALLY COUNTING ON THE DEFENSE TO COME THROUGH AND WE KNOW BRYAN RANDALL PRETTY WELL AND WE'RE COUNTING ON BRYAN TO COME THROUGH AND WE THINK HE WILL))
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[OUT Q= we think he will.]
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[VO-NAT]
David Woodruff is actually a self proclaimed Heel-Hokie. He's a Tarheel, but also finds himself enthusiastically supporting his wife's alma mater.
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Still ahead on News Seven, the U-S military sets sail to help victims of Sunday's earthquake and tsunamis.
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Plus see how customers and employees jumped into action to stop a robbery at an area convenience store.
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[Sports-preview]

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((Hey, everybody. Travis Wells here in the News 7 Sports office. Coming up later, Mike Stevens checks in from New Orleans, plus we'll feast on plenty of holiday hoops from the high school hardwood. And Pasqualoni gets the boot at the Cuse. All that and more on the way in sports.))
[Tsunami]

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Food, water, money and now troops. President Bush says those and more will be sent to help victims of this weekend's tsunamis. Jennifer Donelan reports.
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[IN Q=Utter devastation. That's the view from above.]
[SUPER=03-Sumatra Island, Indonesia; :00]
[SUPER=03-Andaman & Nicobar Islands; :23]
[SUPER=01-Jennifer Donelan/CBS News; 1:11]
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((UTTER DEVASTATION. THAT'S THE VIEW FROM UP ABOVE -- AND ON THE GROUND -- AS MILITARY TEAMS GET CLOSER TO THE EPICENTER OF THAT MASSIVE UNDERWATER QUAKE. OFFICIALS TOURED INDONESIA'S SUMATRA ISLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME WEDNESDAY. THEY SAY AT LEAST 75-PERCENT OF THE ISLAND'S WEST COAST IS DESTROYED -- ITS TOWNS BURIED IN MUD.
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WORKERS ALSO STRUGGLED TO REACH REMOTE AREAS OF INDIA'S ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, WHERE THOUSANDS ARE STILL MISSING AND FEARED DEAD. U.N. LEADERS SAY ONCE THESE PLACES ARE SEARCHED, THE TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL COULD SURPASS 100-THOUSAND. ASIAN AND AFRICAN NATIONS ARE RESORTING TO DRASTIC MEASURES ... TO DEAL WITH THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BODIES ALREADY RECOVERED. IN THAILAND, FAMILIES TAKE ON THE HARROWING TASK OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS OF LOVED-ONES ... WHILE OTHERS NOW REALIZE THEIR RELATIVES WILL NEVER BE FOUND ALIVE.
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"I have not slept for four days. I have been looking every single minute I can...I did everything I can. "
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AMID THE DESPAIR, THERE ARE ALSO SIGNS OF HOPE. MORE PLANES CARRYING FOOD, MEDICINE, AND OTHER SUPPLIES ARRIVED IN THE HARD-HIT COUNTRIES. SO FAR, NATIONS WORLDWIDE HAVE PLEDGED MORE THAN 250-MILLION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY AID FOR THE VICTIMS.
(STANDUP BRIDGE/JENNIFER DONELAN/WASHINGTON DC)
THE UNITED STATES HAS ALREADY PROMISED 35-MILLION DOLLARS, BUT PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS THE U.S. PLANS TO DO MUCH MORE. THAT INCLUDES DONATING MILITARY MANPOWER AND HELPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT.
(SOT: PRESIDENT BUSH)
"Our prayers go out to the people who have lost so much to this series of disasters. Our hearts are also with the Americans who have lost loved ones in this tragedy." THE U.S. IS ALSO SENDING WARSHIPS TO THE REGION THAT CAN PRODUCE UP TO 90-THOUSAND GALLONS OF FRESH WATER A DAY. SOMETHING THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED ... AT A TIME WHEN DISEASES NOW POSE AN EVEN GREATER THREAT THAN THE TSUNAMIS. JENNIFER DONELAN, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.))

[Wythe-Chase]

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A husband and wife are in jail accused of leading deputies on a chase last night. Wythe County deputies say they tried to stop a car driven by 29 year old Craig Smith, and 18 year old Shawna Smith, in Wytheville around 9-thirty- but the pair took off. The chase ended just outside of town on Lithia Road when the Smiths crashed. The deputy chasing them lost his brakes and wrecked into a guardrail. Authorities say Craig Smith is wanted on a variety of charges in the Roanoke Valley and West Virginia. Both are being held at the New River Valley Regional Jail.

[Robbery]

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Customers and a candy vendor helped police make an arrest this morning after a Roanoke convenience store was robbed.
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The incident happened around eight o'clock at the One Stop Market on Williamson Road. Manager Sharon Underwood was behind the counter when a man she recognized as a regular customer entered the store and tried to rob her.
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((SHARON UNDERWOOD: MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS THIS MONEY'S NOT MINE, I'M RESPONSIBLE , SO I JUST GRABBED A HOLD. HE WAS TAKING ME RIGHT WITH HIM.)) ((ATUL PATEL: WE ARE GLAD THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND SOUND NOW. I'M PERSONALLY THANKFUL THAT SHARON, MY MANAGER SHE'S BEEN WITH ME A LONG TIME, AND I'M GLAD SHE IS SAFE.))
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The suspect left the store, but a candy vendor and customers followed him to a residential area where Roanoke Police made the arrest. 32- year- old Reginald Eugene Jackson is charged with robbery. He is being held in the Roanoke City Jail without bond.

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Robin Reed says we may ring in the New Year with temperatures in the 60's.
The forecast is still ahead on News Seven.
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Plus Christmas comes again for one man... thanks to a contest sponsored by CBS Sportsline.
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[Clark]

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He used to be America's top law enforcement official.
Now, he's apparently one of Saddam Hussein's lawyers.
The chief lawyer for the former Iraqi dictator says former U-S Attorney General Ramsey Clark has signed on to defend Saddam.
The fiercely anti-war Clark has met with Saddam several times over the past 15 years.
Clark's New York law office refused comment.

[Contest-Winner]

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The Super Bowl is not until February.
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[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
But Chad Boyd will be ready. He took delivery today on a four thousand dollar home entertainment center from U-P-S and C-B-S Sportsline-dot-com. He won it on line: a widescreen T-V with surround-sound and stereo receiver, plus a Weber gas grill.
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[IN Q=Now you've got]
((NOW YOU'VE GOT A MONTH OR SO TO ASSEMBLE ALL THIS STUFF. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I MIGHT HAVE IT DONE BY THEN TOO. HA HA))

[SUPER=01-Chad Boyd/Contest Winner; :03]
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[OUT Q=by then, too, Ha ha.]
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His grand prize includes a 500 dollar on-line gift certificate and a check for another 500 dollars for food and beverages.
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[S-Extra]

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Coming up, we'll check in on the Hokies in the Big Easy, and a high school hoops smorgasbord, but first our extra point,
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[SUPER=04-NCAA; :00]

Paul Pasqualoni was fired today by Syracuse. The Orange were just 6 and 6 the past two years, after a 4 and 8 campaign in 2002. In 14 seasons at the school, Pasqualoni was 107-59 and 1, and won 6 of his 9 bowl games.
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[S-Sugar]

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The Hokies and Tigers continue to get acclimated to their surroundings in the Crescent City of New Orleans. It appears that Mike Stevens has settled in as well.
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[S-Holiday]

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To the court where day 2 of the Holiday Hoopla event took center stage at the Salem Civic Center.
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Let's start with Salem and Patrick Henry in the winners bracket to begin the night session.
PH was off on the break as Anwar Smalls deals to Ajalon Elliott who finishes off the glass, but there wasn't nearly enough of that.
The Spartans work the rock to Curtis Peery who makes a strong move to the bucket for the deuce.
[SUPER=33-Salem/68/Patrick Henry/55/;]
Then later, Jeremy Adams gets out in the passing lane, makes the steal and goes coast to coast for the lay-in. Salem advanced to the title game 68 to 55.
[SUPER=03-Salem/Knights vs. Gar-Field; :]

Cave Spring and Garfield wrapped things up in the nightcap.
Check out the Knights beat the pressure. Alex Lemmer dishes to Michael Jetton at the end for the chippie.
[SUPER=33-Gar-Field/53/Cave Spring/41/;]
But Garfield's Leon Barfield powers his way to the bucket and Garfield won it 53 to 41.
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[S-Hoopla]

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Celtics vs. Osbourn; :00]

Roanoke Catholic and Osbourn butted heads in the consolation round this afternoon.
Napier Alleyne knocks down the three ball from the left side as Catholic built a 15 point lead.
Later, Orlando Walker tries the other side with the same result giving the Celts a 22 point cushion.
[SUPER=33-Roanoke Catholic/71/Osbourn/49/;]
Then they work the glass. Brandon Evans finally puts the rock home off the window and Catholic won big 71 to 49.
[SUPER=03-Salem/Titans vs. Colonial Forge; :]

Also in the consolation bracket, Hidden Valley strapped it on with Colonial Forge.
Brian Bush goes to work down low, and scores two in traffic for the Titans.
But Colonial Forge was up for the challenge.
[SUPER=33-Hidden Valley/54/Colonial Forge/41/;]
Carlos Vidal gets 2 on the inbounds play, but the Titans won it 54 to 41.
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[S-Winners]

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Over at Northside, the championship of the Northside Invitational is now also set.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Bruins vs. Eagles; :00]

Franklin County will be there after coasting past Blacksburg.
John Bailey scored 17 for the Bruins, but Mario Mattox had 18 to lead the Eagles to a 72-45 win.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Bulldogs vs. Vikings; :]

Billy Pope and Northside drew Martinsville in the other night game.
The Bulldogs were getting it done in the first half. Durron Mitchell goes right down the lane and puts in the running floater and the Dogs led by 14 at the break.
Pete Hunt tried to shoot the Vikes back into it, taking the feed from Ryan Frazier for the hoop and the hack.
But Snoop Hairston comes right back with a nifty
[SUPER=33-Martinsville/68/Northside/49/;]
move of his own. Martinsville won it 68 to 49.
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[S-NIT]

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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Cavaliers vs. Terriers; :00]

Byrd and Botetourt tangled in consolation action.
James Childress buried a deep three to get Byrd to within 2 at the 2 minute mark.
[SUPER=33-Lord Botetourt/55/William Byrd/48/;]
LB slammed the door though thanks to Bradley Streitoff. That finished off a 55 to 48 Cavs win. Also today Glenvar beat Jefferson Forest 70-64.
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[S-Deron]

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The Virginia Tech basketball team is also taking in the sights and sounds of New Orleans this week. Seth Greenberg's Hokies will take on Mississippi State tomorrow night in the Sugar Bowl hoops classic.
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The game marks a homecoming for freshman forward Deron Washington. Washington is averaging 10.4 points and about five rebounds a game for the Hokies in what has been a baptism under fire in his first season in Blacksburg.
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A beefy new book is out- and it's all about cattle in Virginia.
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It is called Virginia's cattle Story- a book that
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chronicles the history of cattle in the Commonwealth that dates back to the year 1609.
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((DEBBIE SNEAD: IN COLONIAL DAYS THEY WERE A SOURCE OF MEAT AND MILK AND LEATHER AND POWER FOR PLOWING AND TRANSPORTATION THEY COULDN'T HAVE LIVED WITHOUT THEM.))
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[OUT Q=LIVED WTIHOUT THEM.]
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Agriculture is now the number one industry in Virginia and both beef and dairy cattle make up a big part of that.
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To order a book you can log onto our website at WDBJ-7 dot-com and click on websites in the news.
It's 47 dollars- some of the money funds cattle research and scholoarships for students in Agriculture. (-------------)