WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 01/04/05

[7Wx-Headline]

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Turning partly cloudy today with temperatures again unseasonably warm-- look for highs around 70.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your full forecast, after the news.

[7-Sugar-Bowl]

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For Auburn to have a shot at claiming a national championship it had to have a Sugar Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.
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[SUPER=203-New Orleans, LA;]
The third-ranked Tigers got it, holding on for a 16-to-13 victory over the ninth-ranked Hokies -- capping a 13-and-0 season. Bryan Randall's 80 yard touchdown pass with two minutes left in the game put the Hokies within winning range -- but it wasn't enough.
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[SUPER=201-Frank Beamer/1 and 2 in Sugar Bowl Games;]
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Auburn quarterback Jason Cambell was named game M-V-P completing 11 of 16 passes for 189 yards. Bryan Randall threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns, but was picked off twice.
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[7-11Amherst-TB]

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Health officials aren't saying who brought the disease into the Amherst County school system.
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[SUPER=03-Amherst Co.]

But health officials do say someone at Elon Elementary was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis.
They're asking about fifty to sixty people who had close contact with that person to be skin-tested within the next week.
Despite the request, officials say tuberculosis is not easy to contract.
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[IN Q=In the house]
((DR. KATHERINE NICHOLS/CENTRAL VA HEALTH DISTRICT: IN THE HOUSE ALL THE TIME CONTACTS OF AN ACTIVE CASE, ONLY ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT OF THOSE PEOPLE EVER TURN POSITIVE. SO IT'S NOT AN EASILY TRANSMISSABLE, IT'S NOT AN EASILY CATCHABLE DISEASE.))
[SUPER=01-Dr. Katherine Nichols/Central Virginia Health District;]
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[OUT Q=easily catchable disease.]
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Letters went home to parents of all Elon Elementary School students yesterday informing them about the problem.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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A public meeting will be held at the school tonight.

[7-11Meth-Clinic]

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An official with the controversial methadone clinic in Roanoke says vandalism won't stop the treatment center from opening next week.
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Sometime overnight Thursday or Friday morning someone hit the clinic with house paint. C-R-C Vice President Joe Pritchard says nothing was broken, but he says there was paint on the bricks and windows, even the bushes. A private contractor spent the weekend cleaning up the mess, and the clinic now has 24-hour security.
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Pritchard says C-R-C Health Corporation expects to be in business- -seeing patients at the Hershberger Road site- -within a week.

[55-WXHeads]

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
Another springlike day ahead, with highs climbing to near 70.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner will tell us how long the mild weather will last-- coming up.

[55-AM-Bowl-Highlights]

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The 71st Sugar Bowl turned out to be anything but a sweet experience for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Mike Stevens has more on their 3 point loss to the Auburn Tigers.
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[SUPER=201-Mike Stevens;:00]
[SUPER=203-New Orleans, LA/Last Night; :12]
[SUPER=201-Frank Beamer/1 and 2 in Sugar Bowl games; :19]
[SUPER=201-Bryan Randall/2 TDs & 2 interceptions; :49]
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[55-11Quake-Aid]

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Roanokers did their part to help tsunami victims in South Asia last week. So much so that a group collecting the aid says it can't handle anymore.
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Roanoke sent two truckloads of supplies, and Doctor Sam Samarasinge (Samara-Singa) plans to follow later this month. The Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America says it now has a tremendous amount of food and clothing, but is still accepting antibiotics, and cash donations.
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[8Wx-Headline]

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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom......
You won't need the heavy jacket today, with mild temperatures as you first head out this morning.
Look for highs around 70.
Metereologist Leo Hirsbrunner has details, up next in the forecast.

[8-Hokies]

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The missed chances came early for the Fighting Gobblers in last night's Sugar Bowl -- and the big plays that came late in the game only enchanced thoughts of what might have been.
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The 9th ranked Hokies botched two golden chances against number 3 Auburn. Fullback Jessee Allen bobbled an easy touchdown pass on a fourth down in the first quarter. Near the end, Bryan Randall threw an 80 yard scoring pass with only two minutes left. But the Tigers recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock, completing their season at 13-and-oh.
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[OUT Q=definately disapointing.]
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Picked to finish no better than sixth in their first season in the A-C-C, the Hokies rebounded from a 2-and-2 start with eight straight wins-- the last a 16-to-10 triumph at Miami that earned them the B-C-S berth against Number 3 Auburn.

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[8-11Meth-Clinic]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The controversial methadone clinic in Roanoke will open within a week -- despite an attack by vandals a few days ago.

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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Sometime Thursday night OR Friday morning vandals hit the clinic with house paint. C-R-C Vice President Joe Pritchard says nothing was broken, but he says there was paint on the bricks and windows, even the bushes. A private contractor spent the weekend cleaning up the mess, and the clinic now has 24-hour security.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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Pritchard says C-R-C Health Corporation expects to be in business- -seeing patients at the Hershberger Road site- -within a week.

[8-11Fire-Station]

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The price keeps going up, and changes are being made, but Fire Station Number One is still being built in Roanoke.
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The city has budgeted five- point- two million dollars for the building at the corner of Elm Avenue and Franklin Road.
But yesterday, city officials warned the cost may be closer to six million.
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((REV. NELSON HARRIS/ROANOKE MAYOR: THERE ARE SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THE SITE AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE GOING FORWARD THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING COMPROMISES TO THE FACILITY THAT WE'LL REGRET 10, 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.))
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[OUT Q=20 years down the road.]
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The building will have a more conventional roof than the one in the drawings. Members of council are encouraging other changes that will help the station blend into the Old Southwest neighborhood.
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