1/21/06
News 7 at 6
GRAPHIC=News7@6 Good evening, I'm Myranda Stephens.
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*CG standup Myranda Stephens
mstephens@wdbj7.com
*CG standup Travis Wells
twells@wdbj7.com
*CG standup Brent Watts >>
bwatts@wdbj7.com
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GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire One person is dead after an early
morning house fire in Roanoke.
TAKE APRISA BOARD TAKE APRISA BOARD
Investigators are still looking
into the cause of the blaze, but say it
happened about 2:30 this morning at a
house in the *45-hundred block of Eden
Drive.*
Inside, firefighters found
85-year-old Dolores Zimmerman dead.
As Susan Bahorich tells us,
neighbors tried to help, but there was
nothing they could do.
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*CG 2line Garry Beckner
Neighbor
:00 QUICK!!!
*CG locator Roanoke
:08
*CG 2line Daniel Rakes
Roanoke Fire-EMS
:20
*CG reporter Susan Bahorich
sbahorich@wdbj7.com
:28
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GARRY BECKNER, RESIDENT: WOKE UP TO A
PRETTY LOUD BANG AND I NOTICED THE
HOUSE WAS ON FIRE- (:04)
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Garry Beckner was just one of the
neighbors who tried to help when a fire
started at this house on Eden Drive.
(((*** COVER THIS BITE!!! ***)))
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TRIED TO MAKE AN ENTRY INTO THE HOUSE
AND JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT IN THE FRONT
DOOR.
10:16.00
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About that time- fire and rescue crews
from the city arrived..
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DANIEL RAKES, ROANOKE FIRE-EMS:
HEAVY SMOKE WITH A LOT OF FIRE COMING
FROM THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. REAR
OF THE STRUCTURE WAS FULL INVOLVED UPON
ARRIVAL. (:17)
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After getting the fire under control -
one person was found dead in the home.
Investigators say they did find a smoke
detector, but aren't sure if it was
working.
SB, N7, Roanoke.>>
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GRAPHIC=None The body has been sent for an
autopsy.
Investigator estimate the damage
at 80-thousand dollars.
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GRAPHIC=None Authorities are trying to
determine if the smoke detector found
inside the house was working.
It's something so important, that
Roanoke Fire-EMS is now offering to
install new smoke detectors in every
home in the city.
TAKE BOARD TAKE APRISA
It's part of the 'Get Alarmed
Virginia' program.
The city received three-thousand
smoke detectors as part of a grant.
If you're a Roanoke City resident
all you have to do is call 853-2795,
leave a message and someone will call
you back to set up an appointment.
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GRAPHIC=Accident Roanoke *County* fire and rescue
crews had to cut a woman free from her
car this afternoon.
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VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke Co.
This happened around two o'clock
in the southbound lanes of Route 220 --
near the Franklin County line.
Crews on the scene say they used
the jaws of life to cut a woman free
from her SUV -- after she ran off the
road, and hit a tree.
Fire officials say the woman was
in critical condition when she was
taken to the hospital.
Police are investigating.
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GRAPHIC=Kaine Governor Tim Kaine and the state
Senate have both proposed
transportation plans that provide
billions of dollars for road and rail.
But, that money has to come from
somewhere.
DOUBLE BOXES=Jeremy & Myranda DOUBLE BOXES
Jeremy Butterfield talked with
those potentially affected by the
plans.
Myranda, both plans would provide
nearly four billion dollars for
improvements
LIVE=Jeremy Full from BAM w/FS LIVE FULL
*CG standup Jeremy Butterfield
jbutterfield@wdbj7.com but those improvements come at a
price for Virginia residents.
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INQ=Governor Kaine and
*CG locator Salem
:00
*CG 2line Tom Kelley
Wheels Inc. Used Car Dealership
:17
*CG 2line Fred McEmurray
Saturn of the Roanoke Valley
:44
*CG standup Jeremy Butterfield
jbutterfield@wdbj7.com
:58
*CG 2line Megan Propps
Radford Residents
1:29
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OQ=WE NEED. <
want to keep traffic moving smoothly
through Virginia by nearly doubling
state funds for roads and public
transit.
One common proposal found in both
plans is raising the car sales tax from
three percent to five percent.
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INQ= @TOM KELLEY:WHEN YOU ARE DOING A TWO
PERCENT ADDITION TO A 30-OR 40-THOUSAND
DOLLAR CAR THAT'S QUITE A BIG AMOUNT OF
MONEY BUT WHEN YOUR TALKING ONLY A SIX
OR EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLAR CAR IT'S NOT
SO MUCH.
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OQ= So, if your in the market for a
used car, you may not feel the tax hike
as much as consumers looking for a new
car.
But Fred McEmurray says the glass
may in fact end up being half full.
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FRED:THE CAR INDUSTRY ISN'T DOING ALL
THAT GREAT RIGHT NOW, SO MY INITIAL
FEELING IS WHY UPSET THE APPLE CART AND
MAKE THINGS ANY WORSE, BUT ON THE FLIP
SIDE WHEN THEY CHANGE THINGS LIKE THAT
IT MIGHT CREATE A SURGE OF BUYERS THE
MONTH THAT IT HAPPENS OR A COUPLE
MONTHS BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
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JEREMY:GOVERNOR KAINE'S PLAN ALSO
BRINGS WITH IT AN ABUSER FEE FOR BAD
DRIVERS. DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED
LICENSE, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR
HAVING EIGHT OR MORE DEMERITS ON YOUR
DRIVING RECORD COULD COST YOU HUNDREDS
IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
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MEGAN:ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE A LITTLE
SAFER THAT MAKES ME SLEEP BETTER AT
NIGHT.
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OQ= But one proposal that wouldn't
have Megan counting sheep is the
Senate's proposed gas tax increase.
That would force drivers to pay
five percent more at the pumps.
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MEGAN:WITH ALL THE INCREASES THAT WE'VE
HAD IN EVERY OTHER AREA OF OUR LIVING
THAT WE HAVE HAD I DON'T THINK WE NEED
TO BE ADDING TAXES TO SOMETHING THAT WE
NEED SUCH AS GAS TO GET TO AND BACK
FROM WORK AND TO GET THE KIDS TO AND
FROM SCHOOL. IT'S NOT A LUXURY IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
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OQ= >>
LIVE=Jeremy Fulll from BAM LIVE FULL
As with most proposals there are
differing opinions on many different
areas of the plans.
DOUBLE BOXES=Jeremy & Myranda DOUBLE BOXES
Myranda, that means Virginia's
politicians have some long
deliberations ahead of them before a
new Transportation Plan can be adopted.
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GRAPHIC=None Rescuers have found the bodies of
two miners in West Virginia.
They had been missing since
Thursday, when a conveyor belt caught
fire in the Alma mine.
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*CG locator Melville, WV
The men are identified as
33-year-old Don Bragg, who had 15 years
of mining experience -- and 47-year-old
Ellery "Elvis" Hatfield -- who's been a
miner for a dozen years.
The miners became separated
Thursday as their 12-member crew tried
to escape from the Alma mine in
Melville, about 60 miles southwest of
Charleston.
The rest of the crew escaped
unharmed.
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GRAPHIC=None As the coal mining industry in
*Southwest Virginia* grows -- the state
is working to make sure miners stay
safe.
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*CG locator West Virginia
File Tape {INSERT SAGO MINE VIDEO FOR FIRST :11}
Hoping to learn from the recent
mine disasters in West Virginia, the
Department of Mines, Minerals and
Energy is looking at gas wells in
Virginia to see how well they're
insulated from lightning.
Southwest Virginia Delegate Bud
Phillips has introduced a bill that
would require all underground coal
miners to have a wireless
communications system that could help
them during an explosion or collapse.
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*CG 2line Del. Bud Phillips
(D) Castlewood 11:38:06 DEL. BUD PHILLIPS/(D)
CASTLEWOOD: I'VE TRIED TO STUDY THE
SAGO MATTER TO SEE HOW BEST WE COULD
HAVE SAVED THOSE COAL MINORS AND ONE OF
THE THINGS I THINK COULD HAVE SAVED
THEM IS IF THEY HAD HAD A MOBILE
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT WAS
NOT LAND- BASED. I THINK THEY COULD
HAVE CALLED OUTSIDE. I THINK THEY
COULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO FRESH AIR
AND GOTTEN OUT.
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OQ=fresh air and gotten out.
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Delegate Phillips worked in a
coal mine for two years.
The rest of his family still
does.
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TRAVIS ON CAM TRAVIS ON CAM
GRAPHIC=VT TRAVIS ON CAM The Virginia Tech men
get back on the court tonight, tipping
off on the road against Maryland at 8
o'clock. The game can be seen right
here on your hometown station. The
Hokies are still looking for their
first A-C-C win. Seth Greenberg and
company are oh and 4 but they've been
in every game and just can't seem to
make the key play to secure a "W".
The question is can you duplicate late
game scenarios in practice.
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*CG 2line Zabian Dowdell
VT Junior Guard
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*CG 2line Coleman Collins
VT Leading Scorer
:23
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OQ=get out of it.
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GRAPHIC=DUKE On the court already today, top
ranked Duke was in the nation's capital
stepping out of ACC play to face
Georgetown at the MCI Center.
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*CG locator Washington, DC
Blue Devils vs. Hoyas JJ Redick was up to his old tricks
:00 today. Earyl on, JJ comes off the ball
screen and tickles the twine on a deep
three ball from near Pennsylvania
Avenue.
Then in the second half, Redick
off the bounce gets to the rack,
finishes with the circus act and gets
the foul as part of a 41 point
afternoon for JJ, which matches his
career high.
But the Hoyas Brandon Bowman got
these two in transition to keep the
Devils at bay.
Duke had one last opportunity to
tie,
*CG final Duke #1 but Greg Paulus turned it over as time
84 expired. Georgetown won it 87-84
Georgetown ruining Duke's perfect season.
87
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