05/24/05

AM Cutins

Good Morning, I'm Kimberly
McBroom.

Isolated showers are a good
bet today, with temperatures on the
cool side, only reaching the mid 60s
for highs.

Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner
has the complete outlook, coming up.

But first we have some traffic

news. State police are working an
accident on Jappa Mill road in Bedford
County. No word on how serious injuries
may be.
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GRAPHIC=Hold A Rockbridge County high school

student will wear electronic monitoring
equipment while a judge decides his
punishment.

The boy, who is a minor, is
already expelled from school.

He's accused of pulling a knife
on a middle school student last month.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Rockbridge Co.

The incident happened on a county
school bus while the bus was parked at
the High School.

Brook Southers was cut on the
face.

Others aboard bus-69 testified
they saw the knife and heard the boy
threaten Brook.

No knife was found.


The boy was expelled for a year.

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*CG 2line Melissa Gualtieri
Brook's Mother TO ME, TAXPAYERS ARE STILL HAVING TO
PAY TO PROVIDE HIM AN EDUCATION.
SOMEBODY HAS TO GO TO HIS HOUSE AND
SCHOOL HIM OR HE HAS TO BE TAKEN TO
ANOTHER LOCATION FOR AN EDUCATION. SO,
REALLY, WHAT'S HE OUT?

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GRAPHIC=NONE The Judge found sufficient

evidence to support an assault and
battery charge.

That is not a felony, contrary to
what we reported earlier.

Final disposition in the case is
set for August first.
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GRAPHIC=Stephanie Bennett Dozens of tips have come in the


case of of a murdered Roanoke College
graduate.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT 17


VO-NAT Stephanie Bennett was found

strangled to death- raped and murdered
at her Raleigh apartment three years
ago.

On Saturday, police opened up a tip
line in the case.

The Rocky Mount native would have
turned 26 on April 30th- Her mother
says this time of year is especially
tough.

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*CG 2line Mollie Hodges
Stephanie Bennett's Mother MOLLIE HODGES: NOT KNOWING THAT SHE'S
NOT COMING BACK THAT'S HARD THAT'S HARD
AND FOR A MOTHER LOSING HER DAUGHTER
HER ONLY DAUGHTER SHE HAD BECOME MY
FRIEDN I DIDN'T ONLY LOSE MY DAUGHTER.
I LOST MY BEST FRIEND.

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OQ=MY BEST FRIEND
vo nat vo nat 22 plus pad

Police are asking for help finding
a man who may have been near the
apartment complex.


He is in his 20's or 30's,
stands about six feet tall, has light
brown or blond hair and occasionally
walked a dog-
*CG locator Raleigh, NC Her mother says Stephanie was scared
in the weeks before her murder after
hearing about a peeping Tom at the
apartment complex.
Aprisa tipline (TAKE APRISA tipline)

If you have any information call
Raleigh police at 919 890-3951.

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GRAPHIC=None Police in Blacksburg will not be

charging a mother who ran over her
toddler while backing out of the
garage.

Police say the case is closed and
the incident was an accident.

In April, 35 year old Deborah
Norman ran over her one-year old son at
her home on Grissom Lane.

Police say the child is expected

to fully recover.
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*CG standup Kimberly McBroom
kmcbroom@wdbj7.com


ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM

GRAPHIC=Morning Report Good Morning, I'm Kimberly

McBroom.

Grab a jacket as you head out
today.

It'll be unseasonably cool
with temperatures only rising into the
mid 60s.

Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner
has the Skytracker 7 Forecast, coming
up.

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But first we have some traffic
information to pass along.
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State police are working an
accident on Jappa Mill Road in Bedford
County.

Dispatchers say there are serious
injuries, and both lanes will be closed
for an unknown period of time.
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GRAPHIC=None


Being a child can be tough enough,
but it's even tougher when a parent is
gone.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT (:17)


VO-NAT Hundreds of children in our area know

how that is firsthand.

That's because their mom or dad is
serving in the military overseas.

Leslie Chappell's (chapel) dad just
left for Iraq four weeks ago and the
sixteen year old says there have
already been missed opportunities.

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*CG 2line Leslie Chappell
Daughter of Soldier 9:54:07

LESLIE CHAPPELL'S/DAUGHTER OF SOLDIER:
I FEEL LIKE I AM GROWING UP AND I

REALLY WANT MY DAD TO BE HERE BUT I
KNOW HE CAN'T BUT I WISH HE COULD BE
HERE FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.

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VO-NAT VO-NAT


Despite the hardships, Leslie says
she is proud of her dad and his
mission.

Robert Chappell (chapel) is scheduled
to be in Iraq for eighteen months.

He should be home just in time for
Leslie's high school graduation.

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GRAPHIC=Healthcheck OTS Two hospitals are joining a

family's fight to help save children's
lives while they are at school.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Salem

Michelle Wickham's 14-year-old
son Adam died of cardiac arrest LAST
May during gym class at William Byrd

Middle School.

In his memory, Wickham and a
family friend have been working to save
other children's lives by supplying
39-local high schools with
defibrillators.

Yesterday, Lewis Gale and
Montgomery Regional Hospitals joined
the effort -- funding machines for five
schools, including Salem High.

The average cost for a
defibrillator is two-thousand dollars.

Through Wickham's initiative,
however, organizations can buy one for
about 15-hundred.

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GRAPHIC=Red Cross The American Red Cross will pay a

three million dollar fine.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT (:34)


VO-NAT According to the Food and Drug

Administration the recall of nearly
ten- thousand units of blood or blood
components could have been avoided if
the Red Cross had followed its own
guidelines.


*CG file File Tape The recalls took place between the
Spring of 2003 and 2004.

The Appalachian Region, which
covers the News 7 viewing area,
recalled 52 units of blood products
because the bags didn't contain enough
platelets to be effective.

That failure resulted in a fine
of nearly 160- thousand dollars.

The Red Cross says it hopes new
operating procedures, implemented last
fall, will cut down on the number of
recalls.

The organization collects about
seven- million units of blood a year.

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*CG standup Kimberly McBroom
kmcbroom@wdbj7.com


ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM

GRAPHIC=Morning Report Good Morning, I'm Kimberly

McBroom.

Don't expect much of a warm-
up today, with temperatures only rising
into the mid 60s.

Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner

has the extended forecast, after the
news.

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But first we have some traffic
information to pass along.

State police are working an
accident on Jappa Mill Road in Bedford
County.

Dispatchers say there are serious
injuries, and both lanes will be closed for an
unknown time.

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GRAPHIC=Akers State police aren't releasing the

findings from an investigation into a
police shooting in Christiansburg.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Christiansburg

File Tape 39 year old Greg Todd Akers was
shot twice by Christiansburg and
Federal officers while they were
serving arrest warrants.

It happened two weeks ago outside
the Hunan House Restaurant.

Police say Akers tried to run
them over with his car.

Akers, who's since been charged
with drug, gun and abduction offenses,
had eluded police for two weeks,

The Montgomery County
Commonwealth's Attorney has the report,
and will make a decision later this
week as to whether the officers were
justified in the shooting.

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GRAPHIC=Laidley Field Are there lessons for Roanoke's

city leaders to learn from the
renovation of Laidley Field in
Charleston, West Virginia?

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Charleston, WV


Like Victory Stadium, Laidley
Field is home to two high school
football teams.

It hosts a variety of athletic
contests and community events.

Maintaining the stadium is a
full-time job for facilities Manager
Lou Ann Lanham and her staff.

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*CG 2line Lou Ann Lanham
Facilities Manager LOU ANN LANHAM/FACILITIES MANAGER: I
DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, SITS AS A
CHAIRMAN OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL. OR THE P-E
DIRECTOR FOR YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO LOOK
OVER THIS FACILITY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO WORKS STEADILY AT
KEEPING MAINTENANCE UP, LOOKS FORWARD
TO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND KEEPING
IT GOING.

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it going.

VO-NAT VO-NAT


Whether Roanoke renovates or
replaces Victory Stadium, there are

other aspects of Laidley field worth
considering.

They include seperate locker
rooms for the teams that share the
facility, corporate sponsorships to pay
for major improvements, and a ticket
surcharge that is earmarked for stadium
maintenance.

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GRAPHIC=Crowder Police in Christiansburg say

check fraud is the most common crime in
the New River Valley -- and they
recently solved another case.
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Police arrested 27 year old
Stephanie Lynn Crowder.

She's charged with four counts of
felony obtaining money on a false
pretense.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Christiansburg

Police say Crowder made checks

out of her home on Hemlock Drive for a
fake business in Salem called Coast to
Coast Credit Solutions.

Investigators say she cashed up
to 7-thousand dollars worth of checks
at Blue Ridge Bank in Christiansburg.

On Friday, police searched
Crowder's home, taking a computer
tower, printer, disks and several fake
checks.
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GRAPHIC=HOLD Crowder is facing the same type

of charges in Roanoke.

She's being held at the
Montgomery County jail without bond.

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INQ=Tomorrow


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OQ=on News 7 Mornin'.




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ANCHOR=Kim at Desk


ANCHOR=Kim


Steve Pardon has a preview of the Moose

Car Show.

ANCHOR=Leo ANCHOR=Leo


And, improving weather heads our way.

I'll have the forecast.

ANCHOR=Kim ANCHOR=Kimberly

Animation full Join us tomorrow for News 7 Mornin'
beginning at 5-30.

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