07/16/05
Saturday AM
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VO-NAT Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning-
It's home sweet home for some local
soldiers after spending more than a
year in Afghanistan
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WIPE TO VO-NAT And Bedford has an extra two weeks to
figure out how to stop it's landfill
leakage.
We'll have more on those stories in
just a few minutes.
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GRAPHIC=none Good Morning, I'm Joy Sutton.
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And I'm Brent Watts.
It's Saturday, July 16th. Welcome to
News 7 Saturday Morning.
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GRAPHIC=Soldiers Return The boys are back in town.
Members of Charlie Company of the
Virginia Army National Guard touched
down at Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
after more than a year in Afghanistan.
The units includes soldiers from
Bedford, Roanoke, the New River Valley,
and other towns from throughout western
Virginia.
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The first units arrived back in
the United States just after 1:30 this
morning.
A News 7 crew sent the first
photos in a short time ago.
All 630 soldiers from these
battallions of the 29th Infantry
Division served almost a year and a
half in Afghanistan.
The returning soldiers get to
spend the weekend at home before coming
back to base for debriefing.
They should be home for good by
the end of the month.
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*CG file March 2004
Among those returning today are
the "Bedford Boys."
The soldiers departed from the
D-Day Memorial in March last year.
We'll have more on their return
tonight, on News 7 at Six.
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GRAPHIC=London Bombing Seven travellers from Bedford
County are also back home this morning
-- after a trip to Great Britain they
won't soon forget.
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*CG locator Roanoke
Last Night Family and friends were waiting
last night as members of the group
stepped off their plane at the Roanoke
Regional Airport.
*CG locator London
July 7 They arrived in London on July
Seventh, shortly before bombs exploded
in the city's underground, and on a
public bus.
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*CG 2line Leigh Ann Ellis
Trip Leader LEIGH ANN ELLIS/TRIP LEADER: AND WHEN
:00 WE GOT TO HOTEL THEY SAID THERE WAS A
PROBLEM ON THE UNDERGROUND, BUT THEY
DIDN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TICKETS ON US FOR THAT
DAY FOR THE UNDERGROUND, AND THEY SAID
WE'LL JUST TAKE THE BUS AND BEFORE WE
COULD LOAD ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC BUSSES
THEY HAD THE BUS BOMBING.
*CG 2line Trevia Blankenship
Parent TREVIA BLANKENSHIP: I WAS AT WORK AND
21 MY HUSBAND CALLED ME ABOUT 6:30 THAT
MORNING AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE
BRITTANY WAS, AND I SAID WELL SHE'S IN
LONDON. AND HE SAID WELL HAVEN'T YOU
HEARD THERE'S BEEN A BOMBING.
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OQ=well haven't you heard? there's been VO-NAT
a bombing. The incident forced the visitors
to change their travel plans, and they
didn't see as much of London as they
had hoped.
Despite those difficulties, they
say it was a great trip, and last night
family members said their safe return
was a great relief.
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GRAPHIC=Shooting Police are still searching for
the person responsible for a deadly
shooting yesterday morning in Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
Police responded to a house in
the 600 block of Murray Avenue
Southeast after gunshots rang through
the neighborhood.
Two men-- 28-year-old Ovidio
Arturo Mendoza and 28 year-old Fortino
Guzman-- were shot and taken to Roanoke
Memorial Hospital.
Guzman died in the hospital.
Nearby residents say they heard
multiple shots possibly fired from two
different guns, but no one reported
seeing the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the Roanoke Police Department.
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GRAPHIC=None The state's giving the city of
Bedford a little more time to come up
with a plan to tackle its leaky
landfill.
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VO-NAT
*CG file File Tape
The landfill operated for more than
thirty years before closing in 1993.
Tests have shown that residential
wells along Bell Town Road have been
contaminated with chemicals leaking
from the site.
The city has been working to fix
the problem and has provided public
water to the homes affected.
The Department of Environmental
Quality granted Bedford an extra 14
days to submit its plan.
The deadline is now August 3rd.
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GRAPHIC=N7 sports The Commonwealth Games are under
way, and one of the first competitions
to start was the archery tournament at
Green Hill Park.
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*CG locator Roanoke Co.
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year's event is a father--daughter team
from Amherst, Earl Cash and 10 year old
Jessica.
The two compete in archery
tournaments all over the state and have
come to love the sport.
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Archer from Amherst
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*CG 2line Jessica Cash
10 Year Old Archer from Amherst
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OQ=to be good at it."
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Now here's a look at yesterday's
scores.
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Kinston
5
Salem
3
Lynchburg
1
j
Potomac
12
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Pulaski
6
Bristol
2
j
Burlington
5
Danville
1
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New York
1
j
Boston
17
j
Baltimore
6
Seattle
3
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Chicago
7
Cleveland
1
j
Detroit
4
Kansas City
1
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Chicago
11
Pittsburgh
1
j
Atlanta
2
New York
1
*CG mlbnl j
Florida
9
Philadelphia
7
j
Milwaukee
4
Washington
3
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GRAPHIC=NONE Carilion is hoping to expand their
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for a few good dogs to help them do it.
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and
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VO-NAT the wait is finally over for millions
of Harry Potter fans.
The latest, record-breaking book hit
shelves just after midnight.
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For years pets have been used for
therapy for children and rehab patients
at Carilion Roanoke Community hospital.
Now that program is planning to expand
to Roanoke Memorial it needs more dogs.
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Here to tell us more are Jane Holmgren
and Connie Kenisely both volunteers
with the program and Delta certified
trainers.
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Pet Pal Program
*CG 2line Connie Kniseley
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program you can call Carilion Volunteer
Services at 540-981-8052.
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GRAPHIC=None After the 9-11 attacks demand for
EDUCATION 7 ANIMATION college classes on terrorism went up-
but not many colleges had staff
qualified to teach them.
In this education seven
report- Jenniifer Wishon tells us about
a summer school in Virginia working to
change that.
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colleges
*CG locator Williamsburg
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*CG 2line Greg Miller
Political Science Professor
:17
*CG file October 12, 2000
:27
*CG file September 11, 2001
:31
*CG standup Jennifer Wishon
jwishon@wdbj7.com
:35
*CG 2line Maura Conway
Internet Terrorism Scholar
1:03
*CG locator London, England
July 7
1:35
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oldest colleges professors are learning
how to teach about one of the
world's oldest threats.
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PERSONALITY?
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OQ=terrorist personality? The psychology of terrorism is
just one of the topics professors from
around the globe are studying this
week.
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THINGS WE WANTED TO DO HERE IS GIVE
PEOPLE THIS CRASH COURSE ON, OKAY, WHAT
WERE PEOPLE SAYING AND DOING AND
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE 9-11 AND HOW CAN
WE APPLY THAT TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
WORLD NOW?
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@ TC 30:28}
U-S interests have long been
targets of terrorists, {INSERT VIDEO
FROM 9-11} but when the attacks hit
home - they became more personal.
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WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: IT'S A TOPIC
STUDENTS ARE HUNGRY TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT. LAST YEAR WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY STARTED A CLASS CALLED
'AVOIDING ARMAGEDDON' AND THIS FALL
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE WILL OFFER
A MINOR CALLED 'SCIENCE AND SECURITY.'
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OQ=called science and security. At Virginia Commonwealth
University students can now major in
Homeland Security.
And, Scotland professor Maura
Conway says the demand for terrorism
related courses is just as high in
Europe.
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THAT YOU PUT ON A COURSE THAT MENTIONS
THE WORD TERRORISM IN THE TITLE IN ANY
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN
BRITAIN, IN IRELAND, ON CONTINENTAL
EUROPE YOU'LL IMMEDIATELY GET A FLOOD
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the workshop will help improve the
quality of classes he says everyone can
benefit from.
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DON'T GET INTO THIS FIELD OR YOU DON'T
DO ANY KIND OF TERRORISM STUDIES IN THE
FUTURE AT LEAST YOU'RE A BETTER
INFORMED PERSON FOR THE BIGGEST THREAT.
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OQ=for the biggest threat. {INSERT LONDON BOMBING VIDEO TO END}
One that's not likely to subside
anytime soon.
Jennifer Wishon, News 7,
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GRAPHIC=Harry Potter Fans of Harry Potter stayed up late
last night to get their hands on his
next adventure.
The sixth installment of the series,
Harry Potter and the Half -Blood
Prince, went on sale at one minute
after midnight.
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*CG locator Roanoke
Many stores stayed open late and
threw Harry Potter parties, but the
celebration started early at the
Roanoke Public Library.
Young readers played Harry Potter
Bingo, tested their knowledge of Harry
Potter Trivia, and lined up for the
Harry Potter look- alike contest.
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*CG 2line Gussie Revercomb
:00
*CG 2line Phillip Harmon
:08 SUPER QUICK!
*CG 2line Kathy Carter
Youth Services Coordinator GUSSIE REVERCOMB: I'VE READ ALL THE
:13 BOOKS SO FAR AND THEY WERE REALLY GOOD,
BECAUSE LIKE I FINISHED THEM IN ABOUT
TWO DAYS SO I REALLY LIKED THEM.
PHILLIP HARMON: I JUST KNOW THAT
THEY'RE GOOD AND I LIKE THEM.
KATHY CARTER/YOUTH SERVICES
COORDINATOR: LITERATURE IS WONDERFUL
AND TO HAVE THEM EXCITED ABOUT IT AND
WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT MAKES ME JUST
HAPPY.
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OQ=it makes me just happy.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince was setting records before it
hit the shelves.
Barnes and Noble and Amazon -dot- com
each collected more than a million
advance orders.
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GRAPHIC=None Several times recently, people
have gotten in trouble over animals-
-harboring too many, being unable to
properly care for them, or simply
having the wrong kind in the wrong
place.
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VO-NAT
*CG locator Botetourt Co.
This is where the animals often
wind up: Harmony Farm Sanctuary.
Steve George takes care of about
100 animals here.
He has spent most of his life
raising poultry and livestock.
He prefers what he does now:
caring for animals rather than
fattening them up for slaughter.
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*CG 2line Steve George
Harmony Farm Sanctuary I LIVE ON THE PREMISES. THIS IS
BASICALLY MY BACK YARD. IT'S NOT EVERY
DAY YOU YOU GET TO WALK OUT YOUR DOOR
AND GET TO ENJOY EXACTLY WHAT YOU LOVE
TO DO.
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With the broad array of animals,
the farm resembles Noah's back yard
just before the flood.
Harmony Farm has come to the
rescue several times lately in cases
where someone got in trouble for
housing too many animals.
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INQ=To people
*CG 2line Shelly Whitaker
Angels of Assisi TO PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE IT'S VERY
OBVIOUS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL, AND A LOT
OF TIMES IT IS A SINGLE PERSON WHO
CANNOT CONTINUE TO TAKE OF THESE
ANIMALS. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP OUT
IN SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THE
AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THE PERSON WAS TRYING
TO TAKE CARE OF BECAME TOO
OVERWHELMING.
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VO-NAT VO-NAT :05
These animals stay here at the
farm and are not put up for adoption.
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Celebration of the Arts
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GRAPHIC=N7 SPORTS The Martinsville Mustangs have
been struggling for the past few games,
going without a win since the second
half of the season started.
But that changed last night.
Mike Stevens explains.
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ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT Coming up on News 7 Saturday Morning-
The countdown is over for Harry Potter
fans as they finally get their hands on
his latest story
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WIPE TO VO-NAT And after more than a year in
Afghanistan, some soldiers from our
area are back in the U-S for the first
time.
We'll have more on those stories in
just a few minutes.
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GRAPHIC=none Good Morning, I'm Joy Sutton.
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And I'm Brent Watts.
It's Saturday, July 16th. Welcome to
News 7 Saturday Morning.
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GRAPHIC=Soldiers Return It's home sweet home for
members of Charlie Company of the
Virginia Army National Guard.
They touched down at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, this morning after more
than a year in Afghanistan.
The units includes soldiers from
Bedford, Roanoke, the New River Valley,
and other towns from throughout western
Virginia.
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The first units arrived back in
the United States just after 1:30 this
morning.
A News 7 crew sent the first
photos in a short time ago.
All 630 soldiers from these
battallions of the 29th Infantry
Division served almost a year and a
half in Afghanistan.
The returning soldiers get to
spend the weekend at home before coming
back to base for debriefing.
They should be home for good by
the end of the month.
ENG=2 VO NAT
VO NAT
*CG file February 2004
Among those returning today are
the "Bedford Boys."
The soldiers departed from the
D-Day Memorial in February last year.
We'll have more on their return
tonight, on News 7 at Six.
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ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM
GRAPHIC=London Bombing Seven travellers from Bedford
County are also back home this morning
-- after a trip to Great Britain they
won't soon forget.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
Last Night Family and friends were waiting
last night as members of the group
stepped off their plane at the Roanoke
Regional Airport.
*CG locator London
July 7 They arrived in London on July
Seventh, shortly before bombs exploded
in the city's underground, and on a
public bus.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=And when we got
*CG 2line Leigh Ann Ellis
Trip Leader LEIGH ANN ELLIS/TRIP LEADER: AND WHEN
:00 WE GOT TO HOTEL THEY SAID THERE WAS A
PROBLEM ON THE UNDERGROUND, BUT THEY
DIDN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TICKETS ON US FOR THAT
DAY FOR THE UNDERGROUND, AND THEY SAID
WE'LL JUST TAKE THE BUS AND BEFORE WE
COULD LOAD ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC BUSSES
THEY HAD THE BUS BOMBING.
*CG 2line Trevia Blankenship
Parent TREVIA BLANKENSHIP: I WAS AT WORK AND
21 MY HUSBAND CALLED ME ABOUT 6:30 THAT
MORNING AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE
BRITTANY WAS, AND I SAID WELL SHE'S IN
LONDON. AND HE SAID WELL HAVEN'T YOU
HEARD THERE'S BEEN A BOMBING.
RUNS=29 (END SOT)
OQ=well haven't you heard? there's been VO-NAT
a bombing. The incident forced the visitors
to change their travel plans, and they
didn't see as much of London as they
had hoped.
Despite those difficulties, they
say it was a great trip, and last night
family members said their safe return
was a great relief.
(END VO)
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GRAPHIC=NOne It's easy to drop an unwanted dog
or cat off at the local shelter, but
for farm animals, it's a different
story.
Keith Humphry has more on where
these unwanted animals go.
ENG#=4 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=
*CG locator Botetourt Co.
:00
*CG 2line Steve George
Harmony Farm Sanctuary
:17
*CG locator Roanoke
June 16
:41
*CG 2line Shelly Whitaker
Angels of Assisi
1:15
RUNS=1:30 (END SOT)
OQ=not an adoption center. << Harmony Farm Sanctuary may be
about it.
More than once people have been
forced to bring barn-yard creatures
here to avoid criminal prosecution.
For some it's a matter of coming
to terms with the reality of mistaking
a pig for a pet.
SOT FULL SOT FULL @8:00
INQ= WHEN YOU GET A 250-LB HOG RUNNING
THROUGH YOUR HOUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE YOUR REFRIGERATOR MOVED, TRASH
CANS DUMPED CONSTANTLY. ANYTHING'S
POSSIBLE.
RUN09 (END SOT)
OQ= Steve George manages Harmony Farm
for Angels of Assisi, the animal rescue
organization. He shares these 90 acres
with a horse, a donkey, several pigs,
sheep, goats, cattle and a raft of
ducks.
In late May Roanoke police cited
Marsha Canode for going over the limit
on the number of poultry one can have
in the city. You're allowed 10. She
had 57.
NAT SOT @ 17:30 QUACK QUACK "You're OK"
Her ducks live in the country now
with Steve George at Harmony Farm.
A month ago Canode told us she
figured her neighbors had turned her
in.
SOT FULL SOT FULL @19:30
INQ= THE DAY WE WENT AND GOT THEM, THE
NEIGHBORS WERE THERE, "OH, YOU'RE GOING
TO TAKE MY DUCKS AWAY." THEY WERE
DISAPPOINTED. ALL THE NEIGHBORS REALLY
ENJOYED THE DUCKS. (cut out shelly's
giggling, please!)
RUN08 (END SOT)
OQ= When word got out that Harmony
farm was taking in Canode's ducks, it
seems everyone wanted some.
SOT FULL SOT FULL 33:20
INQ= WE WERE ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED WITH
PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT ALL THE ANIMALS,
PARTICULARLY THE DUCKS. A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE
DUCKS AS PETS.
RUN08 (END SOT)
OQ= Whitaker says they can't have
'em.
Unlike the shelter downtown, the
farm is- -so far- -not an adoption
center.
>>
ANCHOR=JOY JOY ON CAM
GRAPHIC=NONE That was Keith Humphrey
reporting.
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JOY ON CAM JOY ON CAM
GRAPHIC=Gas Prices Up The next time you go shopping,
that gallon of milk will cost the same
as a gallon of gasoline.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
That's right, the average price
for a gallon of gas is now about the
same as a gallon of milk.
The national average has gone up
43 cents a gallon in the last year.
Virginia topped off at a record
$2.25.
That's still lower than the
national average of $2.32
While Roanoke's average is the
lowest of the state at $2.19.
Triple A says that there is a
potential for even higher prices in the
future.
(END VO) (END VO)
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GRAPHIC=Harry Potter Fans of Harry Potter stayed up late
last night to get their hands on his
next adventure.
The sixth installment of the series,
Harry Potter and the Half -Blood
Prince, went on sale at one minute
after midnight.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT :17
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
Many stores stayed open late and
threw Harry Potter parties, but the
celebration started early at the
Roanoke Public Library.
Young readers played Harry Potter
Bingo, tested their knowledge of Harry
Potter Trivia, and lined up for the
Harry Potter look- alike contest.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=I've read all the books
*CG 2line Gussie Revercomb
:00
*CG 2line Phillip Harmon
:08 SUPER QUICK!
*CG 2line Kathy Carter
Youth Services Coordinator GUSSIE REVERCOMB: I'VE READ ALL THE
:13 BOOKS SO FAR AND THEY WERE REALLY GOOD,
BECAUSE LIKE I FINISHED THEM IN ABOUT
TWO DAYS SO I REALLY LIKED THEM.
PHILLIP HARMON: I JUST KNOW THAT
THEY'RE GOOD AND I LIKE THEM.
KATHY CARTER/YOUTH SERVICES
COORDINATOR: LITERATURE IS WONDERFUL
AND TO HAVE THEM EXCITED ABOUT IT AND
WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT MAKES ME JUST
HAPPY.
RUNS=20 (END SOT)
OQ=it makes me just happy.
VO-NAT VO-NAT :12
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince was setting records before it
hit the shelves.
Barnes and Noble and Amazon -dot- com
each collected more than a million
advance orders.
(END VO)
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GRAPHIC=None We've heard a lot about shark
attacks lately but it was an alligator
that killed a Florida man yesterday
while he was swimming.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Port Charlotte, FL
This is the 12-foot alligator
that attacked the 41 year old swimmer
in the Port Charlotte canal.
The Fish and Wild Life
Conservation commission says the man
had a habit of swimming in this
waterway.
After being captured the
alligator was killed.
This the 17th recorded alligator
death in Florida since 19-48.
(END VO) (END VO)
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GRAPHIC=NONEBOTH MICS HOT Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson team up
in their latest flick, in hopes of
hooking up.
BRENT ON VO BRENT ON VO
We'll check out the Wedding
Crashers, to see if they can get the
girls, coming up.
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GRAPHIC=NONE A local woman says blessings come in
all forms- and today she says she feels
blessed.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke 18.5
Lois Gross was in need of a new
roof- Her roof was leaking and she
could not afford to replace it.
Today the house has a new roof-
thanks to a group of teenagers.
They're part of the Christian Group-
World Changers- they've been in town
all week fixing up homes.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=oH IT'S JUST WONDERFUL
*CG 2line Zach Neal
Winder, GA Resident
*CG 2line Lois Gross
Homeowner 21:47:13
12 ZACH NEAL/TEEN FROM GEORGIA: WELL IT'S
MY FIRST TRIP TO WORLD CHANGERS AND I'M
DOING IT SPIRITUALLY TO BUILD UP MY
SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND STUFF SO IT'S
WORKING IT'S AWESOME. RUNS 11
22:18:46
LOIS GROSS/HOMEOWNER: OH IT'S JUST
WONDERFUL THERE IS JUST NO THANKS TO
CONVEY ALL MY GRATITUDE TO THEM IT
REALLY IS. RUNS 07
RUNS=18 (END SOT)
OQ=IT REALLY IS
VO NAT VO-NAT 12 plus pad
This is the third year World Changers
has come to the Roanoke Valley. 300
teens worked on 24 houses doing
everything from painting and roofing to
putting in new sidewalks.
(END VO) (END VO)
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GRAPHIC=NONE Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn know
ENTERTAINMENT7 BANNER how to party in their latest movie
"Wedding Crashers."
David Daniels has more on the
movie, plus what Christina Aguilera is
wearing on her ring finger.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=MOVIE CLIP
*CG file - New Line
Cinema
:00
*CG 2line Vince Vaughn
:27
*CG file - RCA
:56
RUNS=1:15 (END SOT)
OQ=with rocker Courtney Love. <<"Okay, what's our backstory?"
(END SOT) "We're brothers from New Hampshire."
"I'm sick of that! Let's be from
Vermont and let's have an emerging
maple syrup
conglomerate."
:11 OUTCUE
VO
VINCE VAUGHN AND OWEN WILSON TEAM UP AS
GOOD-HEARTED GOOFBALLS OUT TO GET GIRLS
IN "WEDDING CRASHERS," OPENING THIS
WEEKEND. THE DIALOGUE TRIPS SO EASILY
OFF
THEIR TONGUES, MOVIEGOERS MIGHT THINK
THEY IMPROVISED MANY OF THEIR LINES
ONSCREEN. NOT SO, SAYS FUNNY GUY
VAUGHN.
:26 SOT
:27 SUPER: VINCE VAUGHN
"Less of it was improv'd than people
think. I mean, we did take the
screenplay
of those scenes, and we would talk
about it ourselves. And Owen is one of
those
guys that would give a good idea and be
comfortable taking a good idea, so we
kind of just collaborated, so when we
got to shoot those scenes, most lines
we
had come up with, but we had come up
with prior to shooting."
:42 OUTCUE
VO
POST-"WEDDING," OWEN WILSON IS IN TALKS
TO HEADLINE "THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER
MITTY." IT'S A REMAKE OF THE 1947
COMEDY BASED ON JAMES THURBER'S
MUCH-LOVED
HAPLESS DAYDREAMER.
:53 SOT
:54 SUPER: "A VOICE WITHIN"
COURTESY RCA
:57 OUTCUE: "Look inside
yourself."
VO
MARRIAGE MAY BE ON THE MIND OF
CHRISTINA AGUILERA, BUT IT'S A CAST
SHE'S
SPORTING ON HER RIGHT HAND, ALONG WITH
AN ENGAGEMENT RING ON HER LEFT. THE
24-YEAR-OLD POP STAR SLICED TWO TENDONS
IN HER HAND ON A PIECE OF GLASS AT HER
L-A HOME. IT'S STILL "THUMBS UP" FOR
HER WORK, HOWEVER, ON THE SINGER'S
UPCOMING ALBUM WITH ROCKER COURTNEY
LOVE. >>
JOY ON CAM JOY ON CAM
HOLD ENTERTAINMENT BANNER That was David Daniels reporting.
Now here's Brent Watss and Angela
Combs with this weeks edition of Decor
'n' More.
DECOR AND MORE NEXT DECOR AND MORE NEXT
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GRAPHIC=NONE
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*CG 2line Angela Combs
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JOY ON CAM JOY ON CAM
GRAPHIC=Mustangs When it was announced earlier this
year that baseball would return to
Martinsville, many cheered
So now that the season is underway,
have fans turned out in large numbers?
Justin McLeod headed to Hooker Field
last night to find out.
ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=
*CG locator Martinsville
:00
*CG 2line Derrick Nester
Baseball Fan
:09
*CG 2line Wink Montrief
Baseball Fan
:24
*CG standup Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com
:42
*CG 2line Doug Gibson
Mustang's General Manager
1:04
*CG 2line Hazel Glenn
Baseball Fan
1:15
RUNS=1:31 (END SOT)
OQ=jm, news 7, martinsvile <<((NAT SOUND OF THE GAME))
(END SOT) The boys of summer are back here in
Martinsville, and longtime baseball
fans couldn't be happier.
SOT FULL 1:19:12 SOT FULL
INQ=It's just nice DERRICK NESTER/BASEBALL FAN: IT'S JUST
NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO BRING
YOUR CHILDREN OUT TO, BRING YOUR FAMILY
OUT TO, COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
IT'S A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE. IT'S JUST
FUN TO WATCH A GOOD BALLGAME.
RUN09 (END SOT)
OQ=a good ballgame But there were no ballgames last
summer when the Astro's packed up and
left the area.
SOT FULL 1:15:38 SOT FULL
INQ=The people had WINK MONTRIEF/BASEBALL FAN: THE PEOPLE
HAD NO PLACE TO GO IN THE SUMMER.
MARTINSVILLE IS GOING DOWN ANYWAY,
THERE'S NOT A LOT TO DO AROUND HERE
ANYMORE.
RUN06 (END SOT)
OQ=around here anymore So there was a lot of excitement when
the city purchased a team in the
Coastal Plain League.
The Martinsville Mustangs began
playing in June.
Nearly two months into the season,
the city has yet to hit homerun with
attendance.
SOT FULL 1:32:46 SOT FULL
INQ=Hooker Field JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: HOOKER FIELD
CAN HOUSE ABOUT THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE.
THE LARGEST CROWD FOR ANY GAME HAS BEEN
A LITTLE OVER TWO THOUSAND. THE AVERAGE
HOWEVER IS ABOUT 12-HUNDRED PER GAME.
RUN10 (END SOT)
OQ=per game ((NAT SOUND OF THE GAME))
But city officials remain hopeful.
Nearly three hundred season tickets
were sold this season and they say it's
only a matter of time before more
people embrace the team.
SOT FULL 1:11:14 SOT FULL
INQ=We only had DOUG GIBSON/MUSTANGS GENERAL MANAGER:
WE ONLY HAD JANUARY THROUGH MAY TO
PROMOTE THE TEAM. WITH A FULL OFF
SEASON I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT GROW EVEN
BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS THIS YEAR.
RUN07 (END SOT)
OQ=THIS YEAR Fans say one way to bring in more
fans would to have a winning team.
SOT FULL 1:14:21 SOT FULL
INQ=I also understand- HAZEL GLENN/BASEBALL FAN: I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THESE BOYS DON'T GET PAID SO
I FIGURED THEY ARE PLAYING BECAUSE THEY
LOVE THE GAME OF BASEBALL BUT YOU ALSO
NEED TO WIN.
RUN09 (END SOT)
OQ=need to win Win or lose, many are just happy
baseball is back and here to stay.
Justin McLeod, News 7,
Martinsville.>>
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GRAPHIC=Campaign 2005 Among gubernatorial candidates,
Jerry Kilgore raised the most money
last month.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT The Republican raised more than
TWO- million dollars in June bringing
his total cash on hand to 4.6 million.
During the same time Democrat Tim
Kaine raised just over one million
dollars and reports more than five-
million on hand.
Independent Russ Potts raised
about 37- thousand dollars for a total
balance of 135- thousand dollars.
END VO END VO
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GRAPHIC=HOLD The candidates will debate in a
short while.
Here's Jeremy Butterfield with a
preview.
ENG=3 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
IN Q=It's time for the ....
*CG standup Jeremy Butterfield
jbutterfiled@wdbj7.com
END SOT
END SOT
OUT Q=tonight on News 7 at Six. <
RUNS=26 race to really start heating up.
The first of two scheduled
debates between Tim Kaine and Jerry
Kilgore will be later this morning, at
the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.
We'll also talk with Independent
candidate Russ Potts, who was NOT
invited to participate in the debates.
Potts will be at the Hotel
Roanoke later today, and we'll see what
he is saying about Virginia's
gubernatorial race.
All that tonight, on News7 at
6.>>
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GRAPHIC=N7 SPORTS Dale Earnhardt Incorporated is
losing one of its drivers.
Darrel Waltrip says too many
things remain uncertain about the team
next year, and he's ready to move on.
Here's Mike Stevens with more on
Waltrips decision.
ENG#=4 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=Good morning once again...
RUNS=1:53
OQ=great weekend.
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