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GRAPHIC=Morning Report Good Morning, I'm Kimberly
McBroom.
Rain and snow showers are
expected today.
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*CG live Roanoke
You're looking at a live picture from
our Hershberger Road camera where the
snow is coming down. So take it easy
on the roads.
Brent Watts has your Skytracker
7 forecast, in just a few minutes.
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GRAPHIC=Hold The battle over Patrick Henry
High School's football stadium is
heading to court.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
File Tape 29 residents who live near the
school have filed a lawsuit.
They claim the city held meetings
without proper public notice.
The suit also alleges the city
failed to follow its own zoning
ordinance and comprehesive plan.
The city attorney says he has yet
to see the lawsuit and therefore cannot
comment on it.
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GRAPHIC=NONE Despite a legal challenge from
opponents, plans for a football stadium
at Patrick Henry High School has
cleared another hurdle.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
Members of Roanoke City Council
yesterday appropriated four point one
million dollars for the project.
The vote was four to two in
favor, with Sherman Lea and Brian
Wishneff voting against the high school
stadium.
School officials must still hold
community meetings on the stadium
design, but yesterday's vote was the
final approval they needed to move
forward with the project.
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GRAPHIC=none Council also got an earful last
night about plans to develop
Countryside Golf Course.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke
May Last May, the city announced it
would acquire the 140-acre golf course
and build single- family homes,
townhomes, and even office space.
But last night, nearby residents
claimed they have been kept in the dark
about the plans.
ENG#=4 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 17:57
INQ=It's not just
*CG 2line Valerie Garner
Nearby Resident VALERIE GARNER/NEARBY RESIDENT: IT'S
NOT JUST A GOLF COURSE TO THE RESIDENTS
LIVING IN THE PETERSCREEK NORTH PLAN
DISTRICT. IT IS THE ONLY OPEN SPACE WE
HAVE THAT PROVIDES US WITH THE QUALITY
OF LIFE AND RECREATIONAL SPACE SO
LACKING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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OQ=in our community
VO-NAT VO-NAT
Residents also have concerns
about developing land so close to a
busy interstate and the nearby airport.
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GRAPHIC=Traffic Information A popular Blacksburg road is
about to undergo some major changes.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Blacksburg
Construction will begin this week
on the Toms Creek interchange.
V-DOT and the town are building a
bypass over route 460 to Toms Creek
Road.
Town officials say the
interchange is really needed to improve
safety in that area.
The project won't be finished
until August of 2007.
Some residents will temporarily
lose parking spaces and hundreds will
have to deal with detours.
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The town has set up a website
with information on the changes.
To check it out, go to wdbj7.com
and click on websites in the news.
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bwatts@wdbj7.com
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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.
We're seeing some snow
showers today.
Brent Watts has details now
from the Skytracker 7 forecast center.
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*CG standup Brent Watts
bwatts@wdbj7.com
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GRAPHIC=Campaign 2006 Two Lynchburg ministers have
added their names to the list running
for a seat on city council.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG file File Tape
Reverend Anthony Howard has filed
paperwork to run for one of three
at-large seats up for election this
May.
He's joined by long-time
community activist Reverend James
Coleman who says he'll make a formal
announcement next Tuesday.
Howard and Coleman bring to
eleven the number of candidates in the
race.
Incumbent Bert Dodson will
announce his re-election plans today.
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GRAPHIC=Synchrony A small Roanoke County business
has landed a big- time investment.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke Co.
Synchrony (SIN-cruh-nee),
Incorporated announced yesterday it has
secured a five-million dollar
investment from NewVa (NEW-vuh) Capital
Partners and Third Security, both of
Radford.
Synchrony specializes in the
development and production of magnetic
bearings, power and control systems.
Company officials say the
investment will help Synchrony expand
operations, and put it closer to
reaching its goal as the industry's
global leader.
The company was started in 1993,
and has since secured contracts with
the Department of Defense and Rolls
Royce.
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GRAPHIC=NONE Plans for a general aviation
airport in Franklin County won't be
taking flight--
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Franklin Co.
Yesterday, the board of
supervisors voted against the project,
four to three.
*CG file File Tape
Supervisor Leland Mitchell made
the motion to withdraw the plan at the
proposed Patti (PAT-eye) Road site.
But, Russ Johnson then made a
SECOND motion to withdraw the project
altogether.
The county began seeking federal
funding in 2000 to build an airport --
in hopes of spurring economic
development.
But, many residents were against
the idea -- calling it a waste of
money.
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SS=None Big Lick sounded like the Big
Easy yesterday.
ENG#=4 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=NAT SOUND
*CG locator Roanoke
NAT SOUND
RUNS=:03 (END SOT)
OUTQ=GO MARDI GRAS!
VO-NAT VO-NAT
KIM'S MIC KIMBERLY ON VO
Hotel Roanoke employees wearing
costumes, tooted horns and passed out
beads during a Mardi Gras parade on the
City Market.
They were promoting a fundraiser
this Friday night to benefit victims of
Hurricane Katrina.
The hotel is putting on a New
Orleans-style benefit, complete with
hot Cajun cooking and cool jazz...for
25 dollars a person.
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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.
The viewing area has seen
snow, sleet, and rain so far today.
Brent Watts is here with the
complete Skytracker 7 forecast.
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bwatts@wdbj7.com
BRENT IN CHROMAKEY
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WEATHERPRO
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GRAPHIC=None Getting your driver's license may
be a rite of passage for teens,
however, it's also the leading cause of
death for teenagers 15 to 19 years old.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke Co.
Roanoke County is trying to
tackle the problem with a new
initiative called, "Partnering for the
Privilege."
The program hopes to take some
common sense logic and open the lines
of communication between teens and
their parents when it comes to driving
and driving attitudes.
The group suggests things like
parents restricting night driving and
cell phone use.
It also suggests parents taking
an active role in their kids' drivers
education program.
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GRAPHIC=NONE Realtors speak out about a
proposed tax increase, as the debate
over how to fund transportation
continues.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT
*CG locator Richmond
File Tape The Senate's plan would increase
the grantor's tax from 10- cents to 30-
cents per 100- dollars of a home's
value.
Localities would then have the
option of adding on another 10- cents-
all of which would be paid by the
property seller.
That money would go back to the
locality to help fund road
improvements.
Realtors, however, argue
homeowners already pay too much in
local taxes.
ENG#=3 SOT FULL
SOT FULL
INQ=While each tax by itself
*CG 2line Kit Hale
Virginia Association of Realtors 2:31:30 KIT HALE/VA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS PRESIDENT: WHILE EACH TAX BY
ITSELF MAY NOT SEEM A LOT BUT ONCE YOU
START COMPOUNDING THOSE MONIES IT CAN
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE OF SOMEONE BEING
ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME.
RUNS=09 (END SOT)
OQ=able to afford a home.
VO-NAT VO-NAT
Realtors say they too want to see
improvements made to the state's road
system, but believe any new money
should come from other tax sources.
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GRAPHIC=Murder Invest. One of two recent Old Southwest
murders may have been solved.
ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT 30-year old Andre Wayne Hunt was
arrested and charged in the death of a
man found shot to death Sunday morning.
*CG locator Roanoke
Monday The body of 49-year old William
Wellington King was discovered Sunday
in the alley off Sixth Street between
Allison and Walnut Avenues.
Neighbors said they reported gun
shots around 3 A-M.
Residents called 9-1-1, and a
patrol car came by.
But police say the body wasn't
found until after 9 in the morning.
*CG file January 17
This is the second murder in a
month in this area.
Donald Seiss was found bludgeoned
to death in his own apartment last
month ...just two blocks from the spot
where King was found this week. No
one's been arrested in that murder.
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