WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 05/16/07

05/16/07

News 7 at Eleven

HEADLINE #1 HEADLINE #1 (:01 of head pad)

CAPTION: Falwell Memories

Justin Standup:

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HEADLINE #2 HEADLINE #2

CAPTION: Cool Readings

Robin Standup: Humidity and
temperatures drop for Thursday.

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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3

CAPTION: Power Play

Natasha Cart: A rate cut should offer
some relief to power customers, but
lawmakers say they could soon lose the
ability to regulate prices.

20 Frames of Black 20 frames of Black

HEADLINE #4 HEADLINE #4

CAPTION: Primetime Price

Natasha Cart: And a Lynchburg woman
plays The Price is Right during Bob
Barker's last primetime special.

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

*CG 304

*CG standup Mike Stevens >>
mstevens@wdbj7.com

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GRAPHIC=News-7 at 11 Good evening I'm Natasha

Ryan.
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GRAPHIC=FALWELL OBT The death of the Reverend Jerry

Falwell comes at the same time students
at his unversity prepare to graduate on
Saturday. His funeral takes place three
days later.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Thousands of people are expected

to attend the funeral on Tuesday, with
the football and basketball arenas at
Liberty University set to handle the
overflow crowd from Thomas Road.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD Meanwhile they're still working

out the details for Sunday's services
at the church, but we are getting an

idea on what to expect.

DOUBLE BOXES=NATASHA/JUSTIN DOUBLE BOXES

News 7's Justin McLeod is outside
Thomas Road Baptist church tonight.
Justin, what have we learned?

LIVE=JUSTIN FULL MICROWAVE LIVE FULL
*CG live Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com JUSTIN AD LIB
Lynchburg

ROLL CUE=IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. SOT FULL

ENG#=1

SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG locator Lynchburg
:00

*CG 2line Elmer Towns
Falwell's Friend
:43

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OQ=he's in heaven.

LIVE=JUSTIN FULL MICROWAVE LIVE FULL
*CG liveloc Lynchburg

JUSTIN AD LIBS

DOUBLE BOXES=JUSTIN/NATASHA DOUBLE BOXES

JUSTIN AD LIBS

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GRAPHIC=FALWELL OBIT Viewing and funeral arrangments

for Fallwell will span six days in all.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT

VO-NAT There's a viewing tomorrow from
NO SUPER nine to nine at the Demoss Learning
Center at Liberty, and again on Friday
from nine until four.

The viewing moves to Thomas Road
Baptist Church Sunday from one until
eight, and Monday, from ten to six.

Funeral services are scheduled at
the church Tuesday at one p.m.

The burial will be private.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD It's too early know what

Falwell's legacy will be, but a

Virginia Tech professor says the
Lynchburg minister will be remembered
as an important figure in modern
american religion and politics.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Falwell was a pioneering

preacher, who built a church, a college
and a far-reaching television ministry.

But it was his political activism
that spawned the Moral Majority, and
helped give rise to the religious
right.

Jerome Copulsky (cuh-PUHL-skee)
is an assistant professor in the
religious studies program at Virginia
Tech.

ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 01:17:57

INQ=It's still hard to know

*CG 2line Jerome Copulsky
Va. Tech Religion Professor JEROME COPULSKY/VA. TECH RELIGION
PROFESSOR: IT'S STILL HARD TO KNOW THE
ACTUAL ELECTORAL IMPACT THAT THE MORAL
MAJORITY HAD IN THE 1980 ELECTION OF
RONALD REAGAN. WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THEY
BECAME A FORMIDABLE FOE TO THE LEFT IN
THE LATE 70S AND EARLY 80S AND THEIR
INFLUENCE WAS VERY STRONG ON THE

CULTURAL SCENE.

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OQ=very strong on the cultural scene.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Copulsky says Falwell was
influential in creating the strategy,
the organization and the language of
the modern religious right in America.

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Natasha tosses to Robin
We saw a little bit of action earlier tonight on the Titan Radar, Robin, how's it looking out there now?
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CURRENT TEMPERATURES

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NATASHA

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GRAPHIC=APPALACHIAN POWER More than twenty seven hundred

customers were without power in the
Roanoke area tonight....

Appalachian says it went out around
nine this evening but has since been
restored.
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GRAPHIC=POWER COSTS APCO customers can soon expect a

little relief in their electric bill.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Yesterday, the State Corporation

Commission authorized a three-point-one
percent hike for Appalachian Power.

That's compared to the more than
25-percent the company had originally
asked for and customers had been
paying.

For customers like John Cowher
the news is a breath of fresh air, but
an APCO spokesman says while it's a
relief now- EVENTUALLY rates will have
to be raised.

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INQ=Times are coming when cost...

*CG 2line John Shepelwich
Appalachian Power 16:17:10.00

JOHN SHEPELWICH, APPALACHIAN POWER:
TIMES ARE COMING WHEN COST THAT WE MAKE
THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND HAVE TO BE
RECOVERED. AND THE LONGER WE WAIT THE
LARGER THOSE INCREASES ARE.. (23)

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OQ=.. larger those increases are..

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Appalachian Power has been
ordered to charge the lower rate in
30-days and refunds *with* interest
will be credited to customer's bills in

90-days.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD One of our state senators

described the decision as something
to cheer about.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT

VO-NAT But Senator Roscoe Reynolds

warns, consumers shouldn't get too
complacent since Appalachian could make
a similar price increase request down
the road.

As it stands now, come July
1st the State Corporations Commission
will NOT have full discretionary power
which means according to the Senator if
Appalachian asks for another increase
they'll likely get it unless
constituents pack on the pressure to
change a key bill.

ENG=1 SOT FULL
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INQ=THE FIRST THING....

*CG 2line Sen. Roscoe Reynolds

(D) Martinsville 05:08 "THE FIRST THING THEY NEED

TO DO IS CHECK TO SEE HOW THEIR
SENATOR, HOW THEIR DELEGATE VOTED ON
THE DOMINION RESOURCES BILL AND THEY
NEED TO CONVINCE A MAJORITY OF THEM TO
CHANGE THEIR VOTE. 19 THEY NEED TO
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S CLEAR
UNDER THIS CASE THAT THEIR VOTE
WOULD'VE LED TO A 75 MILLION DOLLAR
INCREASE VS. 25 MILLION DOLLAR
INCREASE. THEY NEED TO RESTORE THE SCC
FULL DISCRETION WITH REGARDS TO THE
CONSUMER AND WITH REGARDS TO THE
UTILITY." 45

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OQ=REGARDS TO THE UTILITY

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GRAPHIC=HOLD Lawmakers are expected to take up

discrectionary powers once again when
the general assembly convienes in
January.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD Now if you want to learn a few tips

on how to lower your monthly power
bills, you'll want to listen to
this.....Alexis Christophorous takes a
look at just how much the flip of a
switch can save....

ENG#=2 SOT FULL

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INQ=

*CG standup Alexis Christoforous
Englewood, NJ
0:26

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OQ=CBS NEWS, NEW YORK. < (END SOT) YOUR WALLET?

SOT-MOS: "It�s too high... It�s too

much money."

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ENERGY
HOG...

SOT-MOS: "I have a six-year-old... he

likes to keep every television in

the house on."

SOT-MOS: "I leave the air conditioner

on, I leave the lights on."

THE AVERAGE FAMILY SPENDS ABOUT
19-HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR ON

ELECTRICITY� BUT SOME SMALL CHANGES CAN
ADD UP TO BIG SAVINGS.

(STANDUP � Englewood, NJ)

SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE
SITUATION... REPLACE YOUR LIGHTBULBS
WITH

COMPACT FLOURESCENTS - THEY USE 75
PERCENT LESS ENERGY AND LAST UP TO 10

TIMES LONGER...

AND AT A SAVINGS OF 15 DOLLARS PER BULB
PER YEAR, THE SAVINGS CAN ADD UP

FAST.

(STANDUP � Englewood, NJ)

HOW ABOUT A KITCHEN MAKEOVER -- SWITCH
TO ENERGY STAR APPLICANCES.

THEY EAT UP 20 TO 40 PERCENT *LESS*
ELECTRICITY... AND YOU COULD SAVE AS

MUCH AS 4-HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR!

(STANDUP � Englewood, NJ)

MANUAL THERMOSTAT? IT'S AN ENERGY
OFFENDER... GO DIGITAL -- SWITCH TO A

PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT

AND SLICE YOUR UTILITY BILL BY A
HUNDRED-50 DOLLARS A YEAR.

SOT-MOS: "I heard that if you unplug

everything that it actually saves

energy."

(STANDUP � Englewood, NJ)

THAT'S RIGHT... ALL THOSE LITTLE
GADGETS YOU KEEP PLUGGED IN -- CELL

PHONE AND IPOD CHARGERS, EVEN YOUR
COFFEE POT SAP ENERGY... UNPLUG

THEM...

AND SHAVE NEARLY A HUNDRED DOLLARS A
YEAR FROM YOUR BILL.

FOR A GRAND TOTAL SAVINGS OF $740 A
YEAR!

JUST THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE
SAVINGS... LIKE RELEASE A LITTLE

PENT UP ENERGY ON THE BEACH.

AC, CBS NEWS, NY.>>
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GRAPHIC=GAS PRICES UP The cost of power isn't the only

necessity affecting folks in our area

In just a few days...people will
be heading out of town for the memorial
holiday weekend.

But...this year fewer people will
be hitting the road.

ENG#=3 TAKE VO

TAKE VO According to our recent Survey
USA poll..more than half say the price
of gasoline was a major factor in their
decision to go some where for the
Memorial Day Weekend.

Last year that number was 40
percent.

Looking at the bigger
picture...our results show when it
comes to planning vacations and or
holidays....this year more people say
gas prices have become a major factor.
END VO END VO

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GRAPHIC=HOLD The average price in Roanoke

right now is about $2.84...compared to
$2.70 this time last year.
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If you'd like to break down the
poll results -- log onto WDBJ7.com
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GRAPHIC=NONE State Police remembered Trooper

Kevin Manion in Richmond today.

ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Richmond

Police unveiled a portrait of the
Bath County native and presented his
parents with Manion's police badge.

The 27- year- old was assisting
Trooper Pam Neff with a traffic
accident in Clarke County last year
when he was killed... as the truck was
being towed away a stolen rifle inside

went off hitting Manion.

Trooper Neff says Manion always
treated her like a sister.

ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=I remember him backing me up...

*CG 2line Pam Neff
Virginia State Police Trooper 1:52:35 PAM NEFF/VA STATE POLICE
TROOPER: I REMEMBER HIM BACKING ME UP
ALL THE TIME ANYTIME I NEEDED HELP HE
WAS THERE FOR ME IN A HEARTBEAT, HE
WOULD DROP ANYTHING TO COME AND HELP ME
AND I WOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR HIM.
JUST AN AMAZING PERSON, ALWAYS SMILED,
NEVER CRANKY. I DON'T EVEN THINK I
EVER REMEMBER SEEING A FROWN ON HIS
FACE.

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OQ=remember seeing a frown on his face.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Manion's portrait will hang in a
gallery inside the State Police academy
beside portraits of the 53- other
troopers who've lost their lives in the
line of duty.

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GRAPHIC=NONE An update now to a little boy

from Radford we've covered here at News
7 since he was just a baby.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Henry Moore .. who is now 7--.

underwent his second bone marrow
transplant around five this evening in
Michigan. The transplant took 30
minutes and he's in good spirits.
According to the family website, the
marrow contained over eight million new
cells.

Baby Henry was just a few months
old when he captured hearts--- his

family waited 7 years to find a
donor---

(END VO) (END VO)

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Ferrum opens up the N-C-double-A

baseball tournament with a win --
highlights in Sports.

ENG#=3

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG tease LOTTERY LOSERS

And everyone dreams of winning
the lottery -- how about half a
million! Coming up we'll hear how the
state of Florida turned one couple's
dream into a nightmare.
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CK/TITAN RADAR ANALYSIS AND MORE

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A record number of people apply
to Virginia Tech.

ENG#=1

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG tease GETTIN' A DELL?

And prosecutors say it was the
classic bait and switch -- now Dell
Computers may have to pay back
thousands of customers it may have

ripped off.
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SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=HEY FOLKS...

*CG tease AHEAD IN SPORTS

< the News 7 sports office as Abe Naff's
Ferrum Panthers open the NCAA tourney
with a win and keep the retiring coach
in the winnner's bracket.

The Tech women are in Ohio
getting set for their NCAA opener.

Plus, Pete Lampman says 10
thousand athletes and a very tall
Rebecca Lobo are coming to town for the
18th annual Commonwealth Games.
Details are on the way on the Big 7.>>

RUNS=:23 (END SOT)

OQ=...THE BIG 7

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GRAPHIC=LEGAL SCALES Dude, get a Dell!!!...or not....???

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT The computer maker is being slapped

with a lawsuit from the state of New
York.......It accused Dell of bait and
switch advertising...which means
advertising something and then not
delivering...

More specificallly that Dell lured
customers with zero percent financing,
then switched them to a higher rate
without their knowledge at the time of
purshase.

Dell denies the charges....but
prosecutors want the company to pay
damages to affected customers.

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GRAPHIC=PRINCE HARRY Disappointment for Prince Harry as

he learns he will not be going to Iraq.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT

VO-NAT The Defense Ministry had long said

the decision would be kept under review
amid concerns for the security of Harry
and other soldiers serving with him.

According to defense leaders,
"There have been a number of specific
threats, some reported, some not, that
relate directly to the Prince as an
individual and that the degree of risk
is unacceptable.

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GRAPHIC=NONE It's what everyone who plays the

lottery hopes for...a WINNING
ticket....

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Ocala, FL

So naturally, a Flordia couple
was ecstatic when they scratched off
the ticket and realized they had won
half a million dollars...

Oh but wait, the State's Lottery
Commission says it was a misprint and
is refusing to pay up!

ENG#=4 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG 2line Joe Curcio
Fighting over Lottery Ticket IT SAYS MATCH YOUR NUMBER ON THE TOP
WITH THE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOM.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PLAY
THESE EVERYDAY. IF THE NUMBERS MATCH,
WIN THAT PRIZE. MY NUMBERS MATCH."

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OQ=my numbers match

VO-NAT VO-NAT

While the couple argues they're
entitled to the money, the Commission
argues each ticket comes with a warning
winnings must be verified.

(END VO) (END VO)

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ANCHOR ON CAM MIKE ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE It's NCAA tournament times and

while the Tech women are getting ready
to take their cuts - Ferrum and W&L
make the most of their swiings today in
baseball in Tennis.

We'll explain all of that and
tell you about this year's special
guest for the Commonwealth Games right
after we check a few scores. GO TO SCORES

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OC=...LAST SCORES

*CG carolina 4
Salem
8

Winston-Salem

5

Wilmington

Lynchburg

POSTPONED BY RAIN

*CG colbaseb 4
Ferrum
10

York, PA
2

NCAA REGIONALS
4
Methodist
21

Bridgewater
14

NCAA REGIONALS
DIVISION THREE

*CG nba 4
New Jersey
83

Cleveland
72

CAVS LEAD SERIES 3 TO 2

San Antonio
15

Phoenix
28
2
GAME FIVE

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GRAPHIC=FERRUM We begin tonight with the N-C-A-A

Division 3 Regional baseball Tournament
that opened up a four day run at Ferrum
today. The Panthers are the 6th Seed
in their own Regional of 7 Teams.-

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Ferrum
NCAA Division III Regional Abe Naff who is hanging up his
cleats when this season ends for Ferrum
hoping his team could get off to a good
start.

Their opponent, York out of
Pennsylvania had other ideas. Bottom
of the second Anthony Anzalone with the
ground ball that scores Ryan Poff for
the 1 to nothing lead.

Next Inning Ferrum Starter Ryan
Cooper gets out of a 2 on situation
with the strikeout.

There were two rain delays in
this one, but Ferrum handled them the
best. *CG final York, PA Ferrum tied the game in the fifth, 2 and then scored nine runs in the final Ferrum four innings to post a convincing 10 10-to-2 win.

Ferrum will play tomorrow at
1:45.

NCAA

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GRAPHIC=BRIDGEWATER In the first game of the

Regional, Bridgewater lost 21 to 14 to
Methodist. The Eagles will play Emory
tomorrow morning at 10.
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GRAPHIC=ROANOKE The Roanoke College men's

lacrosse team saw its season come to a
close tonight in Maryland against
unbeaten, number one ranked Salisbury.

The defending national Champs
beat Roanoke 15 to 9 in the
quarterfinals.

Bill PIlat's team came out
smoking - taking a 3-to-nothing lead,
only to see Salibury reel off 7
straight goals and stay on top the rest
of the way.

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GRAPHIC=W&L The third-ranked Washington and

Lee women's tennis team used a 5 to 0
win over Williams to advance to the
championship of the NCAA Division Three
tournament in Fredericksburg.

This marks the Generals'
third-straight appearance in the
finals. They'll play Amherst for the
championship tomorrow at one on the
Mary Washington campus.
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GRAPHIC=NEWS 7 SPORTS Finally tonight - the second leg

of the Triple Crown is set for this
Saturday in Baltimore with the running
of the Preakness.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Baltimore, MD

Street Sense, the Kentucky Derby
winner, was made the 7-5 favorite for
Saturday's race, and of course a win
set up a shot at the Triple Crown shot
three weeks later in the Belmont
Stakes. A field of nine 3-year-olds is

entered with Street Sense drawing the
Nunder 8 post position for the race at
Pimlico.

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TOSS TOSS
BREAK BREAK
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GRAPHIC=RADFORD Radford University head

basketball coach Brad Greenberg has
added another assistant coach to his
staff.

Alli Ton (TONE) - who played at
Davidson and most recently was an
assistant coach at Binghampton College.

Ton was an all-Southern
Conference performer while at Davidson.
He also has international coaching
experience.
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GRAPHIC=TECH The Virginia Tech Softball Team

begins N-C-A-A Regional Play this
Friday against Canisius at 5 o'clock in
Columbus, Ohio. The Hokies are the Top

seed in their Regional but they most
likely will have to go through the Home
Team Ohio State to advance.

Tech is the 16th Seed Nationally
and while that could have been a little
higher - the Hokies are looking forward
to their 3rd Straight Post-season.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=BITES

*CG 2line Scot Thomas
Virginia Tech Head Softball Coach
:00
*CG 2line Jessica Everhart
Virginia Tech Centerfielder
:25
*CG 2line Kelsy Rokey
Virginia Tech Third Baseman
:42

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OQ=to oklahoma City.

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG locator Blacksburg

Of Course Oklahoma City is where
they are holding the Women's College
World Series this season. Tech has to
win it's Regional and then a Super
Regional to make it that far.

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GRAPHIC=COVENTRY The Coventry Commonwealth Games

of Virginia are getting ready to host
their 18th annual state competition
this summer.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

This afternoon at the Hotel
Roanoke - Games director Pete Lampman
announced that 10 thousand athletes are
expected to take part in the games this
year and that 60 sports will be
represented this July.

Lampman also announced that this
year's guest speaker for the opening
ceremonies will be Rebecca Lobo - the
former WNBA star from U-Conn who also
won a gold medal at the 96 olympic
games.

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WIPE TO ENG#
WIPE TO ENG#

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SOT FULL

INQ=bite

*CG 2line Pete Lampman
Virginia Amateur Sports President
:00

RUNS=20 (END SOT)

OQ=...best of both worlds."

MIKE ON CAMERA MIKE ON CAMERA

GRAPHIC=HOLD GAMES Again the bulk of this year's

competition will take place July 20th
through the 22nd right here in the
Roanoke Valley.
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GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA TECH More people are planning to go to

Virginia Tech this year than the school
had targeted for the Class of 20-11.

The school's recieved deposits
from more than 52-hundred freshman
students for next semester -- that's
more than the goal of five thousand new
students. Nearly 20-thousand people
applied -- the most in school history.

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GRAPHIC=PRICE IS RIGHT Price is Right moved into

primetime tonight.....a special edition
...as Bob Barker's career is almost
over.

And one of winners tonight is
from our region.

ENG#=1 SOT FULL

SOT FULL FELICITY YOU'RE THE WINNER!!! I'D LIKE
INQ=Felicity you're TO SAY HI TO MY MOM AND SOMEBODY IN

LYNCHBURG.

RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=in Lynchburg.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Pretty lucky to be on the special
show in the first place, let alone win
the showcase showdown!

Barker is set to retire

soon, taping his last show June 6th.

Tomorrow night you can
check out a special on Barker's tv
career right here on Your Hometown
Station tomorrow night.

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3 SHOT

WXPRO/FULL Tomorrow Forecast

Three Shot Goodbye
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