WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 08/02/06

08/02/06

News 7 at Eleven

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CAPTION: Heat Hampers

Natasha Standup:

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HEADLINE #2 HEADLINE #2

CAPTION: Record Heat

Robin Standup:

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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3

CAPTION: Helping Hands

Jeremy Standup:

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HEADLINE #4 HEADLINE #4

CAPTION: Castro's Cuba

Natasha Cart: A local Cuban chimes in
on Castro's failing health.

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<< *CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com

*CG 304

*CG standup Grant Kittelson >>
gkittelson@wdbj7.com
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GRAPHIC=News-7 at 11 Good evening I'm Natasha

Ryan.
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GRAPHIC=Heatwave While many beat the heat by

staying indoors, some don't have much
of a choice.

They have to work under the hot
sun.

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VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Around lunchtime, several workers
were doing their jobs, despite the
sweltering temperatures.

Some folks trying to do what they
could to stay cool...drinking lots of
water...staying in the shade...and even
bringing fans.

One vendor says the heat brought
something else...a dip in business.

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INQ="There is more...

*CG 2line Nancy King
Market Vendor 05:48"THERE IS MORE HERE TODAY THAN

THERE WAS YESTERDAY. THERE'S LESS
CUSTOMER TODAY. AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT...LAUGH."05:54

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OQ=...understand that...LAUGHS!!

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG locator Salem

Lewis-Gale Medical Center says it
had several patients come to the E-R
today for a heat related illness.

A doctor there says people don't
realize just how quickly heat
exhaustion can happen and then progress
to heat stroke which can be deadly.

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GRAPHIC=Hold And that was the case in Georgia

yesterday....

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VO-NAT

*CG locator Rockdale Co., GA

where a football player died after
practicing in the weather...

The 15-year-old was at a two hour
voluntary practice during the evening
and collapsed in the locker room.

His death has prompted the school
to suspend all practices until further
notice....

We hit the field with a local
high school to see how they keep
something like this from happening
here.

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*CG locator Roanoke
0:04

*CG 2line Erin Duff
Athletic Trainer
0:18
*CG 2line Devin Dean
JV Football Player
0:55

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INQ= 9:42-45 OKAY, DEVIN, HOP TO..

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OQ= In trainer Erin Huff's three year

history with the William Fleming
football team she's never had a player
pass out on her from heat....and she'd
like to keep it that way.....that's why
things like shoulder pads are the first
to go...helmets the last and there are
water breaks every 10-15 minutes....

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INQ= 5:29 YESTERDAY, FIRST PRACTICE 80

GALLONS OF WATER, DRINKING AND DUMPING
ON HEAD, SO THEY GET THEIR FAIR SHARE,
THEY GO THROUGH IT, AS SOON AS SOMEONE
FEELS ANYTHING THEY'RE DONE

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OQ= And Erin has a tool to help her

decide when the heat is too
much....it's called a digital
hydrometer....

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INQ= 4:35-49 MEASURES THE WET BULB

TEMPERATURE, WHICH WHEN YOU SWEAT IT'S

YOUR BODY'S COOLING SYSTEM, WHEN IT
EVAPORATES IT COOLS YOUR BODY...IF
THERE'S TOO MUCH WATER IN THE AIR,
THERE'S NO EVAPORATION, SO YOU CONTINUE
TO SWEAT AND YOU GET NO COOLING

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SOT FULL SOT FULL9:15...IT'S HOT LIKE IN THE
INQ= DESERT...IT'S REALLY HOT...A LITTLE TOO

HOT TO BE PRACTICING.

DEVIN DEAN, JV PLAYER

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OQ= And the meter agreed....when it hit

the limit, practice was halted.....

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SAYS "EVERYONE TO THE FIELD HOUSE (835)

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OQ= Hours later the team tries

again......and is successful..

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GRAPHIC=HOLD OTS So changing the schedule around could

actually be saving lives....

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GRAPHIC=HOLD The heat is also breaking records

when it comes to energy use.

Appalachian Power customers hit
a new summer peak demand for
electricity this afternoon at four,
around the hottest time of the day.

That breaks the previous summer
peak set last month...

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ENG=1 Some people turn their

thermostat's up when they're out of the
house to save energy... which usually
does just that.. but APCO says when
it's THIS hot out.. it really doesn't
help your electric bill.

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SOT FULL 2:46
INQ=THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME

*CG 2line John Shepelwich
APCO Spokesman JOHN SHEPELWICH/APCO: THE INTERIOR HEAT
OF THE HOME COUDL RISE TO BE SO HOT
THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER
OR YOUR UNIT WOULD BE CONSTANTLY
RUNNING TO CATCH BACK UP.

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VO-NAT VO-NAT 13 plus

Ways to save energy instead... close
the drapes, turn off computers and
other appliances when you're not usinsg
them and dont' use heating appliances
such as dishwashers, clothes dryers and
ovens during the hottest part of the
day.

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GRAPHIC=Hold Again, a new record for power use

was set today....The old record was set
just two weeks ago -- and was actually
broken three days in a row.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD And a record drought in South

Dakota...many are suffering through the
worst one ever to hit the region.

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VO-NAT Hot, dry weather has made it

impossible for many farmers to grow
their crops. Forcing many ranchers to
sell off their herds because the
resources won't be there to keep the
cattle alive.

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*CG 2line Jerry Rosseth
Philip Livestock Auction JERRY ROSETH/ PHILIP LIVESTOCK AUCTION

THESE PASTURES THE LAST 2 WEEKS WITH
ALL THIS HUNDRED PLUS DEGREE WEATHER
THESE PASTURES HAVE REALLY DETERIORATED

AND IT'S FORCING PEOPLE TO SELL CATTLE
EARLY, A LOT OF THE CATTLE WE SELL
TODAY WOULD NOT BE SOLD UNTIL OCTOBER
OR NOVEMBER NORMALLY

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Auctions like this one are pushing
the price of beef lower.

Ranchers say they'll get whatever cash
they can now and hope to have enough
money to replenish their herds later.

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GRAPHIC=NONE While temperatures may be hot --

the housing market is not -- at least
everywhere but the rural regions of the
state.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Henrico Co.

Compared to last summer, home
sales in Virginia are down 15- percent,
but sales in the News 7 viewing area
are up.

Experts say that's because our
region never saw the pressure that
places like northern and eastern
Virginia experienced.

They say the market is starting
to stabilize, and that's good news for
buyers.

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INQ=Buyers can expect to have much more

*CG 2line Lisa Noon
Virginia Association of Realtors 14:43:06 LISA NOON/VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION
OF REALTORS: BUYERS CAN EXPECT TO HAVE
MUCH MORE CHOICE TODAY WHEN THEY'RE
LOOKING A HOME TO PURCHASE AND THAT'S A
GREAT THING. A YEAR AGO YOU HAD BUYERS
COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER TRYING TO
FIND A HOME THAT THEY WANTED TO
PURCHASE.

14:43:53 SELLERS HAVE, I THINK, MADE
THE ADJUSTMENT TO REALIZING THAT THEIR
HOMES ARE NOT GOING TO SELL OVER NIGHT
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SELL AT THE
INFLATED PRICES THAT WE SAW A YEAR AGO.

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OQ=prices that we saw a year ago.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

After nearly five years of seeing
double digit increases in home
appreciation, Noon says it's now back
to a normal rate of about five percent.

She says the most important thing
a SELLER can do is price his or her
house appropriately.

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GRAPHIC=None And staying on the house market

for a minute...Most of us would think
putting money into fixing up our homes
is a no brainer...but not so
fast....take a look at these figures
from CBS news...you might not recoup
what you spent...

ENG#=3 VO-NAT

VO-NAT The good news is the average

person will get more when you're

talking about siding replacement or
remodelling the bathroom.....but then
it goes down...

In fact, national estimates show
you'll only get 91 percent of the money
put into a kitchen remodel...94 percent
on a family room, 94 percent on an
attic and 90 percent on a deck.

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GRAPHIC=None And speaking of new homes.....

This past April, the Military
Family Support Center learned their
rent free space downtown was in
jeopardy.

Jeremy Butterfield spoke with the
director last spring,

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and joins us now with an update.

Jeremy, was the center able to
find a new home?

Natasha, it was and the benefits
of the new facility

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BAM=News 7 at Eleven

*CG standup Jeremy Butterfield
jbutterfield@wdbj7.com will soon be fully realized as
the center's staff prepares for the big
move.

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INQ=IN THIS AREA

*CG locator Salem
:14

*CG 2line Gene Carter
Military Family Support Center
:25
*CG locator Roanoke
July
:37

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INQ= @16:32:59

IN THIS AREA WE WILL HAVE THE VIDEO
CONFERENCE AREA AND THE COMPUTER AREA
FOR THEM TO DO EMAILS, VIDEO
CONFERENCE, THERE'S ONE OF THE
PHONES...DON'T HAVE IT HOOKED UP YET.

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OQ= It doesn't look like much now,

but Gene Carter says the Military

Family Support Center's new home inside
Salem's American Legion building is a
perfect fit.

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INQ= @16:21:29

GENE:WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT IT IS A
NATURAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO
ORGANIZATIONS. OURS IS FOCUSED ON THE
NEEDS OF THE DEPLOYED MILITARY WHILE
THEY ARE OVER SEAS, AND THEY ARE A
VETERANS ORGANIZATION CONCENTRATING ON
THE NEEDS OF THE VETERANS SO THERE IS A
LOT OF SYNERGY BETWEEN US.

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OQ= With soldiers from the 80th

division returning from Iraq on a
weekly basis, and National Guard troops
preparing to be deployed into Kosovo,
Carter says the need for a support
center is greater than ever.

So you might think a move from
this three thousand square foot space
in downtown Roanoke, to a 700 square
foot room in Salem could hurt the
center.

Far from it says Carter.

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INQ= @16:24:24

WE'RE COMPRESSING OUR OWN FOOT PRINT

INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND THAT IS
PROBABLY NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING
BECAUSE WE HAD MORE ROOM THAN WE NEEDED
BEFORE, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT ALL THE
FACILITIES HERE ARE AVAILABLE TO US
WHEN THEY ARE NOT BEING SCHEDULED FOR A
LEGION.

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OQ= An outdoor pavilion and this air

conditioned bingo hall means the center
won't have to RENT space for its family
support events.

Events that returning soldiers
from the 80th say their families
desperately need.

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INQ= @16:30:30

THEY UNDERSTAND, WELL TO QUOTE SOME OF
THE FAMILIES, THEY COULD NOT HAVE DONE
IT WITHOUT THE MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT
CENTER.

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*CG standup Jeremy Butterfield
jbutterfield@wdbj7.com The move begins on Saturday at

nine in the morning.

Anyone who wants to help can call
the center or visit our website and
click on websites in the news for more
information.

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Natasha, before the move on
Saturday, Gene says he also needs help
refinishing those wood floors.

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The wind tore the roof off two
weeks ago, today the Virginia Museum of
Transportation is open again.

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INQ=IF HE DIE...

*CG tease FIDEL FINISHED?

IF HE DIES... IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE
END FOR THE REVOLUTION.

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VO-NAT VO-NAT

And a local Cuban says he thinks
Castro's sicker than the country's
leaders are owning up to.
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Coming up a local Cuban shares
his thoughts on Castro's health.

ENG#=1

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*CG tease FETID FLOWER

And Virginia Tech's Corpse Plant
is drawing a lively crowd. People are
cramming into the greenhouse to take a
whiff.
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*CG tease AHEAD IN SPORTS

Hey Everybody Grant Kittelson
back in the news 7 Sports office. The
Washington Redskins are talking the
talk the first week of training camp.
The Cave Spring Knights plan on
plugging new guys into new roles to
keep things rolling this season. And
Aaron Rouse can bring the wood on the
football field but their is much more
to this Hokie Senior. All that and
more coming up in Sports.

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OQ=up in sports.

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GRAPHIC=CASTRO Cuban leaders are trying to

reassure people that President Fidel
Castro is NOT dying.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT In a statement, Castro says he's

in stable condition and in good spirits
after having intestinal surgery.

Juanita Castro Ruz, the
President's long estranged sister who
lives in Miami, says that despite her
differences with her brother, she finds
it hard to watch all the celebrations
and dancing in the streets from her
fellow Cuban Americans.

Castro temporarily turned over
power to his younger brother Raul after
the surgery on Monday.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD One Cuban restaurant owner in

Roanoke says the decline of Fidel
Castros' health is good sign for Cuba.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Juan Garcia and his wife
immigrated to the United States 11
years ago.

They now own Cafe Paradiso inside
the market building in downtown
Roanoke.

Juan, like other Cuban Americans,
believes Castro's condition is much
worse.

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INQ=His health is bad....

*CG 2line Juan Garcia
Cafe Paradiso 2:13"HIS HEALTH IS BAD. I THINK THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP HIS
HEALTH. BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, HE IS
IN BAD CONDITION."2:26

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OQ=...bad condition."

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Juan believes this is the
beginning of an end.

If Castro dies, he expects a lot

of changes with the Cuban government.

He and his wife do have plans to
return, if the situation improves.

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GRAPHIC=Lebanon/Israel While talks of a possible

ceasefire continue, so does the rocket
fire in the Middle East.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Close to Ten thousand Israeli

soilders are now engaging Hezbollah
guerillas.

Hezbollah responded to the
advancing ground troops with a record
number of rocket attacks.

The U-N Security Council is
trying to come up with a draft
resolution for a cease fire and peace
in the region but has been met with
little success.

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INQ=

*CG 2line John Bolton
US Ambassador to the UN JOHN BOLTON/US AMBASSADOR TO THE UN

THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN APPROACH TO
THE NATURE OF THE CESSATION OF
HOSTILITIES AND HOW TO MAKE IT
PERMANENT. BUT WE ARE IN COMPLETE
AGREEMENT ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL
POLITICAL FRAMEWORK THAT HAS TO BE PUT
IN PLACE .

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VO-NAT VO-NAT

The U.S. and it's allies all
agree it is time for this four week old
war to end....they just haven't agreed
yet on how to do it.

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GRAPHIC=NONE Closer to home.....Virginia's

Museum of Transportation reopened
today.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke
:00 A severe storm blew off the
building's roof and shut down museum
operations back on July 19th.

Some exhibits were damaged, but
the debris has been cleaned up and
temporary repairs are in place.

The aviation gallery had the most
damage and that portion is still closed
to the public.

Executive Director, Bev
Fitzpatrick says he's waiting to hear
from the insurance adjuster.

He says the museum lost several
thousand dollars while closed.

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GRAPHIC=NONE Coming up the Redskins want

another Lombardi Trophy. The Cave
Spring Knights are seeing a lot of new

faces, and Travis Wells checks in with
the wonderful story of Aaron Rouse.
But first tonight's Extra Point.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator St. Louis, MO
ESPN The Phillies Chase Utley was
looking to extend his hit streak to 34
games tonight against the Saint Louis
Cardinals. Utley not a good start to
the night went 0h for 4. He came up in
the 8th and he got an infield single it
was ruled a hit and the streak
continues at 34 games. The Phillies
lead the game 13 to 8 in the 8th
inning.

(GO TO BOARDS) (GO TO BOARDS <<<
RUNS=20

*CG carolina

Salem
0
4
Winston-Salem
6

4
Potomac
11

Lynchburg
10

Final in 11 Innings

*CG mlbal

Toronto
2
4
New York
7

Cleveland
5
4
Boston
6

*CG mlbal 4
Detroit
8

Tampa Bay
3

4
Seattle
2

Baltimore
1

*CG mlbnl >>>

Washington
6
4
San Francisco
8

4
Atlanta
3

Pittsburgh
2

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GRAPHIC=GOLF The Second Round of the Virgina

State Junior Amatuer was played this
afternoon at Wintergreen. The Leader
is Marshall Bailey from Fincastle who
shot a 69. A number of local players
are 7 shots back and tied for 3rd, that
group includes Aaron Eckstein from
Salem, Jed Rasnick from Roanoke and
Sean Cassidy from Martinsville. 1
Stroke behind them at a total of 147 is
Lanto Griffin from Blacksburg..

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke
Last Month Also being played this week is
the Virginia Women's Senior Amatuer at
The Homestead and Dot Bolling has
advanced into the Quarterfinals with a
victory over the Number 2 seed Fran
Hensley. Dot won 4 and 3 and will play
Shelley Savage tommorrow Morning and a

Semi-Final Match as well if she
advances.

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GRAPHIC=FFE To Football where our Friday

Football Extra Preview Tour takes us to
Cave Spring. The Knights are looking
to keep a winstreak going of Home
Playoff Games. They Hosted their first
ever in School History last season and
got a "W". If they are going to repeat
that this season, they are going to
have to do it with a different cast of
characters. Head Coach Tim Fulton has
to replace some key players lost to
graduation and a number of assistant
coaches.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG 2line Tim Fulton
Cave Spring Head Coach

RUNS=36 (END SOT)

OQ=leading the team.

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG locator Roanoke Co.

One thing that will not change
for the Knights is their offense it
will be a heavy dose of the running
game.

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ENG=3

INQ=

RUNS=17 (END SOT)

OQ=get that done.

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GRAPHIC=TECH Virginia Tech will take the field

for their 2-thousand and 6 opener on
September 2nd. When they do keep on
eye on Aaron Rouse the leader of the
Hokie Defense. The Virginia Beach

native is a heckuva a football player,
but as Travis Wells tells us, he's been
through a lot to be a successfull
person as well..

ENG#=4 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG locator Raleigh, NC
Last Season
:00
*CG 2line Aaron Rouse
4 Interceptions in 2005
:13
*CG standup Travis Wells
twells@wdbj7.com
:37
*CG 2line Frank Beamer
Hokies Head Coach
1:27

RUNS=1:49 (END SOT)

OQ=News 7 Sports." < (END SOT) interceptions last season, his first as

a starter. The 6-4, 225 pounder chose
to return for his final year of
eligibility, citing some unfinished
business in Blacksburg.

AARON ROUSE/4 INTERCEPTIONS IN 2005:

TRAVIS WELLS: Barring injury Rouse
will be a certain first round pick next

spring. The NFL money will allow him
to take care of his family, including
his mom, brother and two older sisters.
You see, Aaron is the only man in
their lives. His father, Roosevelt
Newby is in the 4th year of a 45 year
sentence for murder at the Buckingham
Correctional Center.

AARON:

FRANK BEAMER/HOKIES HEAD COACH:

Rouse is one of the ACC's
fiercest hitters on the field, and
deserves all the accolades he'll
receive in 2006, after enduring some of
life's biggest hits along the way.
Travis Wells, News 7 Sports.>>
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GRAPHIC=Bam Who knows next year Rouse could

be playing for the Washington Redskins.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Ashburn

The Skins are in the midst of
their first week of training camp under
Joe Gibbs. It is the 3rd season of

his return to the sidelines from
Nascar. After a disappointing first
campaign things turned around last year
with a playoff berth and a Win in the
first round.

The Skins didn't stand pat in the
off-season and that has the talk around
D.C. including that from the players
containing the Words Super Bowl.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG 2line Mark Brunell
Redskins Starting QB
:05

RUNS=16 (END SOT)

OQ=would be a disappointment.

*******DOUBLE OUT***********

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GRAPHIC=NONE While most people were looking

for A-C today, dozens in Blacksburg
were cramming into a greenhouse.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Blacksburg

They packed into the building to
see and SMELL the corpse plant.

It's a rare flower that blooms
once every three years and when it
does... there's a terrible smell.

Some say it fills the air with
rotten milk, other compare it to road
kill.

And folks are lining up for a
chance to see the plant bloom and take
a whiff of the foul odor.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL
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INQ=We came yesterday

*CG 2line Jo DeBusk
Visiting Corpse Plant JO DEBUSK

1:03:00 WE CAME YESTERDAY TOO AND WE'LL
COME BACK UNTIL IT BLOOMS PROBABLY.
:06 WHY? BECAUSE IT'S A RARETY... IT
DOESN'T BLOOM EVERY DAY, IT ONLY BLOOMS
EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. :121 SO IT'S
KIND OF A ONE TIME THING. :14

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OQ=one time thing.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The plant could bloom any minute.

When it does... the strongest
smell will last for about eight hours.

To accomodate visitors, the
greenhouse will expand its hours.

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WEB PROMO NEXT APRISA WEB PROMO NEXT

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APRISA You can view the corpse plant
online through a webcam.

Click on wdbj7.com and go to
websites in the news to get updates on
the plant.

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