WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 09/11/07

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CAPTION: Rats in School

Justin Standup:

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CAPTION: Cooler Midweek

A nice rain today, sunny skies return
Wednesday.

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CAPTION: Local Honors

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CAPTION: Too Lenient?

Natasha Cart: Not everyone's happy with
how long Henry County's former Sheriff
will spend behind bars.

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*CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com Good evening I'm Natasha
Ryan.
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GRAPHIC=RATS IN SCHOOL Ever since the rat infestation at

Roanoke's Fairview Elementary came to
light, many of you have been asking,
are rats common in schools?

In Roanoke, the answer is yes.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Last week, we were first to tell

you the school system knew there was a
rat problem at Fairview as far back as
1999.

New documents obtained by News 7
show a recent inspection found evidence
of rats in 9 classrooms, the front

office, and the cafeteria.

The report goes on to say
droppings were found in mass
quantities.

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News 7's Justin McLeod has been
plowing through a pile of documents.
Justin what have you uncovered this
week?

Natasha, the superintendent insists
the massive infestation at Fairview is
unusual.

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RATS IN SCHOOL FS IN MONITOR

*cg STANDUP Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com We wanted to see if that was true so
we requested documents from the school
system for the last five years and we
found a troubling trend.

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*CG locator Roanoke
:00

*CG 2line Dick Tabb
Virginia Dept. of Health
:10

*CG 2line Dr. Stephanie Harper
Virginia Dept. of Health
1:47

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When you send your kids off to school
you'd expect it to be free of rodents
so we asked the Health Department how
common are rats in schools.

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INQ=It's not unusual DICK TABB/VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH: IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE RATS
OR MICE COMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL ON OCCASION TO HAVE
THEM IN SCHOOLS.

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But in Roanoke City Schools it's

actually quite common.

Our research found in the last two
years, more than half of the city
school's had rats and mice, or evidence
of them.

Documents provided by the school
system show the extent of the problem.

END SCHOOL ROLL

Take William Fleming High School.

In October 2006- it appears rodents
are in the ceiling tiles and are eating
through.

The following month, 3 mice were
found in a trap.

By December, someone wrote "the mice
are just getting worse, please ask
exterminator to rush.

Across town at Patrick Henry, there
were a number of problems in the older
buildings.

In 2006 for example, rats were found
roaming around in the classrooms in old
McGuilkin Hall. Teachers even found
droppings on their desk.

The following year, 13 large and
small rats were caught in that same
building on one day alone.

Next door at Raleigh Court, someone
last January reported an animal in the

ceiling is moving around.

Last April, at Fallon Park Elementary
a large rat the size of a baby kitten
was found in the kitchen.

Nearby at Jackson Middle, someone
reports a rat as big as dog in 2006.

Some schools had an even bigger
problem. At Addison Middle for
example, mice and rats are found last
May throughout the whole building.

There was a similar infestation at
Lincoln Terrace back in 2006.

The school system insists these
problems were taken care of but you may
be asking yourself, aren't rats a
health risk? The simple answer is
yes.

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INQ=Rodent Ilnesses DR. STEPHANIE HARPER/DEPT. OF HEALTH:

RODENT ILLNESSES ARE RARE, THEY RARELY
CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR HUMANS BUT WE
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT HUMAN EXPOSURE.

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OQ=want human exposure

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RATS IN SCHOOL FS IN MONITOR We should point out the health
department is unaware of anyone getting
sick from rats at Fairview or any other

school in Roanoke.

DOUBLE BOXES=JUSTIN/NATASHA DOUBLE BOXES

With that being said Natasha, the
Health Department plans followup visits
at Fairview and several other Roanoke
City schools.

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We have put a number of reports about
the rats in Roanoke City Schools on our
website. We can read them for yourself
at wdbj seven dot com.
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*CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com On this sixth anniversary of
9-11, families and friends of the
victims marked the day with tears and

tributes.

In Manhattan, for the first time,
the ceremony was held away from the
World Trade Center site because of
construction.

As Susan Roberts reports, the
gray skies matched the mood.

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*CG locator New York, NY
:00

*CG 2line Maureen Santora
Mother of 9/11 Victim
41 QUICK
*CG 2line Susan Roberts
Reporting
45
*CG locator Shanksville, PA
56

*CG locator Washington DC
1:14

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World Trade Center site.

(nats: music)

a final tribute after a day spent
honoring the nearly 3,000 lives lost on

that Tuesday in September, six years
ago.

(nats: names)

Following a ceremony in a nearby park,
relatives stepped down into the pit

for what may be the last time before
this site is developed.

(nats: bell ringing)

Relatives also remembered fallen heroes
at a New York City fire house.

(Maureen Santora / Mother of 9-11
Victim)

"We think about Chris every day and the
hole in our heart will never, ever

disappear.

(standup)

While the nation mourned, Al Qaeda
didn t miss a beat releasing another

Osama bin Laden recording to coincide
with the anniversary, and

warning the U.S. that the terror
threat remains.

(location: Shanksville, PA)

10:07:10 (nats: bells ringing)

But there has not been a coordinated
attack on American soil since 9-11

a point that wasn t forgotten in the
muddy Pennsylvania field where Flight
93

went down

(location: Washington, DC)

09:45:30 (nats: horn at Pentagon)

or at the Pentagon memorial where 184
lives were lost.

09:39:30 (no super)

"We cannot touch our loved ones today,
those who were lost here, therefore we

ask God to hug them for us."

Even as progress is made toward
recovery and rebuilding relatives of
the

victims say there s still so much left
to heal.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD The victims of 9-11 also were

honored during a ceremony in Lynchburg
this evening.

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VO-NAT

*CG locator Lynchburg

Local police, firefighters and
about a hundred spectators gathered at
the foot of Monument Terrace to mark
the sixth anniversary of the attacks.

The Monument bears the names of
all the Lynchburg residents who have
died in America's wars.

Officials said those who were
killed on 9-11 were the same kind of
heroes.

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*CG 2line Major Parks Snead
Lynchburg Police MAJOR PARKS SNEAD/LYNCHBURG POLICE: AND
YET THE LESSON OF THIS DAY IS NOT ONE
OF FEAR BUT ONE OF HOPE. HOPE FOSTERED
BY THE EXAMPLE OF HEROES, MEN AND WOMEN
WHO FACED THE TERROR OF THAT MORNING
... OF HUMAN SERVICE.

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OQ=of human service.

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Other speakers say the attacks
have brought forth a new "greatest
generation" of soldiers and civil

servants.

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*CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com We saw a nation come together
aftter 9-11 to support each
other....tonight we're taking a look
back at what area firefighters did to
support their brothers in New York in
the weeks after.

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*CG locator Roanoke
September 14, 2001
00

*CG 2line Chris Price
Firefighter/EMT

0:13

*CG 2line Ralph Tartaglia
Roanoke Fire-EMS Asst. Chief
0:21

*CG file 9-11-01
0:28

*CG locator Roanoke
October 26, 2001
1:01

*CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com
1:09

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OQ=its what they do

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here****

Just three days after 9-11 firefighters
from all over Southwest Virginia filled
the streets of Roanoke to pray and
remember all the lives lost on a day
none of them will soon forget.......

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INQ= 20:29:11-19 WE STILL TALK ABOUT IT

DAILY, CONVERSATIONS.SOMEETHING ALWAYS
COMES UP ABOUT NY OR 9-11

20:19:19-26 I GUARATEE ANY FIREFIGHTER
ON DUTY THAT DAY OR ANY FIREFIGHTER
THAD HAD ANY THOUGHTS, WHEN THEY WOKE
UP, THEY KNEW IT WAS SEPT. 11TH

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OQ= ***show file video of 9-11***

Knew...because they watched ..as a
lot of us did.... the first plane
hit...then the second....watching as
fire crews THERE rushed to the burning
buildings as rescue crews HERE felt
helpless....

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INQ= CHRIS PRICE

20:27:54-56 WE WANTED TO GET IN THE
TRUCK GET A TEAM TOGETHER AND GO

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OQ= **show file video 2:01:25-34****

But rules didn't permit...so
firefighters across the Valley did the
next best thing....

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INQ= 20:28:37-41 JUST GOT ALL TOGETHER,

GRABBED BOOTS AND STARTED RAISING MONEY

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INQ= 20:24:14-21 I NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET

TIRED OF PICKING UP MONEY, PEOPLE WOULD
COME UP, BRING MONEY, THEY'D BE CRYING,
CHILDREN WOULD PUT MONEY IN....

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OQ= **show file video of check

2:01:52-05***and then end it with the
shot of the firemen hugging, cute****
all video within time code***

In six weeks, they raised more
than 400-thousand dollars for a New
York fire company that lost a lot of
its men....

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INQ= STANDUP....

16:14-22

WALKING DOWN THE HALLS OF ROANOKE

CITY'S NEW FIRE BUILDINGS YOU'RE STILL
GOING TO FIND EXAMPLES, 6 YEARS LATER,
OF THEM REMEMBERING THEIR FELLOW
BROTHERS...

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INQ= 20:16:55-03 LIKE TO THINK WE'RE BIG

TOUGH GUYS, BUT WE'RE SENTIMENTAL AND
VERY MUCH A BROTHERHOOD

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OQ= ***theres a nice zoom in shot of a

picture of 911 haning on the wall
20:15:27ish******

But Tartaglia reminds me, it
doesn't take a 9-11 to take away from
that brotherhood.

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INQ= 30:01-06

cover with video of chris getting in
truck.....from today....

***and then cover the rest with
justin's file video of firefighters
exhausted, with oxygen mask, at saved
as file 911, 31:25-39**

20:22:45-59 WE FACE IT EVERYDAY WHEN
THESE GUYS GET ON TRUCKS, THEY HAVE NO
GUARANTEE OF COMING BACK, THEY'RE GOING

OUT TO PUT LIFE ON LINE FOR PEOPLE THEY
DON'T KNOW, NEVER MET, BECAUSE IT'S
WHAT THEY DO.

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NATASHA ON CAM NATASHA ON CAM

GRAPHIC=HOLD There is a memorial in downtown

Roanoke in front of the Transporation
Museum honoring firefighters from our
area who died in the line of duty.
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GRAPHIC=NONE A controversial school board

appointment has led Lynchburg city
council to change the way it picks
people for local boards and
commissions.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Lynchburg

Prior to tonight, only a simple
majority of those council members
present at a meeting could make an
appointment.

But that's now been changed to

require at least four of the seven
council members voting in favor of an
appointment.

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GRAPHIC=none This all started when council in

May appointed Darin Gerdes (GUR-dis) to
the school board by a 3-to-2 vote.

DOUBLE BOXES=Natasha & Steve/Microwave DOUBLE BOXES

Steve Smallshaw is in our
Lynchburg newsroom .. Steve, why was
that appointment so controversial?

LIVE=Steve FULL L'BURB BUREAU LIVE FULL
*cg LIVE Steve Smallshaw
ssmallshaw@wdbj7.com For a number of reasons ... one of Lynchburg the two council members who wasn't at
that meeting had asked for it be
delayed so he could vote ... and Gerdes
is a Liberty University professor who
replaced a long--time public school
educator who'd been on the board for
several years.

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INQ=Change didn't come

*CG locator Lynchburg
:00

*CG 2line Michael Gillette
Lynchburg Council Member
:18
*CG 2line Jeff Helgeson
Lynchburg Council Member
:26
*CG 2line Marty Donovan
Homeowner
:59

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OQ=house that was blighted.

<< Change didn't come easy to city
council Tuesday night, but it did come
after a long and heated debate over how
appointments to boards and commissions
should be made.

Council member Michael Gillette --
who missed the vote that appointed
Darin Gerdes -- suggested the change to
require a four-vote majority.

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IN Q=We are putting MICHAEL GILLETTE/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL

MEMBER: WE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE ... ON A

GO.

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OUT Q=on a go.

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IN Q=You obviously spent JEFF HELGESON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER:

YOU OBVIOUSLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME
RESEARCHING THAT ... HAVING THIS
DISCUSSION.

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OUT Q=having this discussion. The vote to require a four-vote

majority passed ... by a 4-to-3 vote.

There also were a few fireworks
over another issue ... a Florida man
who's spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars renovating this home in the
Rivermont historic district was told he
will have to take out this iron fence
around his house ... because the
Historic Preservation Commission okayed
its design but not the placement ...
the commission says it's too close to
the house.

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IN Q=I think it MARTY DONOVAN/HOMEOWNER: I THINK IT

DOES SET A VERY BAD EXAMPLE ... YOU'RE
GOING TO SCARE THEM AWAY.

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OUT Q=scare them away.

SOT SOT FULL 8:35:48 #1

IN Q=Let's encourage JEFF HELGESON/LYNCHBURG COUNCIL MEMBER:

LET'S ENCOURAGE OUR DEVELOPERS ... A
HOUSE THAT WAS BLIGHTED.

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OUT Q=that was blighted.

LIVE=Steve FULL L'BURG BUREAU LIVE FULL
*cg LIVELOC Lynchburg

I spoke with homeowner Marty
Donovan after the meeting ... he says
he's going to sleep on it, but right
now he just wants to put his house up
for sale ...

DOUBLE BOXES=Natasha & Steve/Microwave DOUBLE BOXES

... he may stay in Lynchburg, but it
probably won't be in any of the city's
historic districts.

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Former Henry County Sheriff Frank
Cassell finds out how much time he'll
spend behind bars

ENG#=1

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG tease STANDING BY TYROD

Plus the Hokie footballers rally
behind their new quarterback -- details
coming up in Sports.
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<< Good evening, I'm meteorologist
Robin Reed in the SkyTracker7 Forecast
Center. The high temperature today in
Roanoke was and the low was . Locally
tonight, The national analysis
shows, Get the latest weather
forecast and radar imagery anytime on
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A Wythe county teacher's accused
of have a sexual relationship with a
student...

ENG#=1

VO-NAT VO-NAT
*CG tease CASSELL SENTENCED

Plus Henry County's former
sheriff is sentenced to eight months in
prison, but is it enough? We'll see
what folks think coming up.
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INQ=HEY FOLKS...

*CG tease AHEAD IN SPORTS

< the News 7 Sports office as as the Avs

hit the diamond, only to get knocked
out of the playoffs as the Keys lock
down the Carolina League title.

Highlights are on the way, plus
Travis Wells checks the pulse of the
Hokies and their new offensive leader
as he joins us from Blacksburg - later
on the Big 7.>>

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*CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com Police in Wythe and Pulaski

counties say a teacher at Fort Chiswell
High School was having a sexual
relationship with a student.

31 year old Jason Andrew
Hounshell is charged with one
misdemeanor and two felonies --
Hounshell lives and works in Wythe
county, but the alleged offense took
place in Pulaski county.
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GRAPHIC=Cassell Former Henry County Sheriff

Frank Cassell is going to prison.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

Cassell appeared before a federal
judge this morning, saying he stood
there "in deep contrition."

"My life will never be the same,"
Cassell told Judge James Turk.

The retired sheriff was indicted
on Halloween last year, along with a
dozen of his deputies.

The government portrayed the case

as a major public corruption scandal.

In May, Cassell pled guilty to
one count of making a false statement.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL
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INQ=I have great

*CG 2line Frank Cassell
Former Henry Co. Sheriff I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE COURT AND
HIS DECISION. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING THIS BEHIND ME AND GETTING
ON WITH MY LIFE.

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OQ=with my life

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Cassell and his attorneys had
been hoping for a sentence of home
confinement of less than six months.

Instead, he'll serve eight months
in prison and pay a 15-thousand dollar
fine.

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GRAPHIC=HOLD Folks down in Henry County had

plenty to say about the sentencing.

Some felt Cassell didn't get
enough time others...too much.

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INQ=NO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG...

*CG 2line Carl Lanier
Henry Co. Resident 00:43:37 "(shakes head) NO THAT IS : ABSOLUTELY WRONG, HE BETRAYED THE TRUST
OF PEOPLE HE WAS REPRESENTING AND
SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF AND HE
BROKE HIS PROMISE" 49 (12)

******BYTE NUMBER TWO********

54:03 "I WOULDV'E WISHED THAT HE WOULD
NOT HAVE HAD TO SERVE ANY TIME AT ALL
BECAUSE I THINK HE WAS A GOOD MAN." 09
(6)

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OQ=I THINK HE WAS A GOOD MAN

VO-NAT VO-NAT

One thing everyone did agree on
is that Cassell's sentencing finally
brings closure to this ordeal.

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GRAPHIC=SURVEY USA

*CG standup Natasha Ryan
nryan@wdbj7.com We wanted to know what you think of
Cassell's sentencing.....so we asked
500 Virginians in a News Seven Survey
USA Poll....

ENG#=4 VO-NAT

VO-NAT The majority, 75 percent believe the

sentence is too lenient.... 16 percent
believe it's just about right....five
percent say it's too harsh and four
percent aren't sure.

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GRAPHIC=none The Avs just can't get it done

tonight as their season comes to a
close.

We'll have highlights of game

four of the Carolina League
championship series.

Plus, Travis Wells checks in from
Blacksburg with words from Tyrpd Taylor
and his teammates.

Those stories are coming up right
after we check a few of tonight's
numbers. GO TO SCORES

RUNS=:35 GO TO SCORES
OC=...LAST SCORE

*CG carolina 4
Frederick
5

Salem
1

KEYS WIN SERIES 3 to 1

*CG mlbal 4
New York
9

Toronto
2

4
Boston
16

Tampa Bay
10

*CG mlbal 4
L.A. Angels
10

Baltimore
5

4
Texas
13

Detroit
6

*CG mlbnl 4
Atlanta
13

New York Mets
5

4
Colorado
8

Philadelphia
2

*CG mlbnl 4
Florida
13

Washington
8

4
Cincinnati
7

St. Louis
2

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GRAPHIC=AVS The Salem Avalanche faced a

do-or-die situation tonight in game
four of the Carolina League's Mills Cup
Championship series with Frederick.

The Avs needed a win tonight to
tie up the best three out of five
series at two games a piece.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

Big Chris Johnson led the Avs
onto the field tonight.

But the Keys were anxious to get
this thing over with in a hurry. Top
of the second - Frederick's Mark
Fleisher will groove this pitch over
the left field fence. The shot with
one out in the frame come off of Polin
Trinidad and makes it 1-to-nothing
Keys.

It stayed that way until the top
of fifth when Trinidad made a fielding
error and then gave up this Brent
Krause double to center. That poke

would chase home Pete Maestrales and
make it a 2-to-1 game.

Still in the fifth, Kennard Jones
will lace a line drive to left field
plating Krause and the Keys push their
advantage to 3-to-nothing after five.

Nothing came easy for the Avs in
this one. Mitch Einertson breaks his
bat and beats out the grounder on the
left side of the infield for a base
hit.

And the red hot Tim Torres also
blasted one off the wall in the second
inning - but both runners were stranded. *CG final Frederick
5 Frederick wins the Carolina Salem League title beating Salem 5 to 1 and 1 taking the series 3 games to one. The KEYS WINSERIES 3 TO 1 season that began way back on April 5th
ends five months later.

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MIKE ON CAMERA MIKE ON CAMERA

GRAPHIC=HOLD AVS Salem made it all the way to the

Championship series despite a
maenagerie of roster changes.

And fans in Salem and all across
the valley should be proud that they

helped set an all-time attendance
record for the franchise in its first
year with new owners as 258,469 fans -
and that's not counting the 3 thousand
six hundred and 61 fans who turned out
for the playoffs.
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GRAPHIC=TECH The last time a true freshman

started at quarterback in Blacksburg -
Bill Dooley was smoking cigarettes on
the sideline and the expansion of the
East side of the stadium was still the
talk of the town.

But now just 2 games into the
season, Coach Frank Beamer has joined
three other ACC coaches in making a
quarterback change.

GRAPHIC=TYROD TAYLOR Tyrod Taylor's rise on the depth chart

is creating quite a buzz this week.

Earlier today Travis Wells
caught up with the Hampton native and a
few of his teammates.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL

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INQ=

*CG locator Blacksburg
:00

*CG 2line Tyrod Taylor
Will Make First Collegiate Start
:20
*CG 2line Eddie Royal
VT Senior Wide Receiver
:39
*CG standup Travis Wells
twells@wdbj7.com
:54
*CG 2line Xavier Adibi
VT Senior Linebacker
1:16

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OQ=News 7 Sports." < (END SOT) Saturday against Ohio University,

he''ll become the first true freshman
to start under center in the Frank
Beamer era. Rated as the best dual
threat quarterback in the country
coming out of Hampton High School last
season, Taylor, the 6-1, 205 pounder
will have the weight of the Hokie
nation on his shoulders.

TYROD TAYLOR/WILL MAKE FIRST COLLEGIATE
START:

EDDIE ROYAL/VT SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER:

TRAVIS WELLS:

XAVIER ADIBI/VT SENIOR LINEBACKER:

FRANK BEAMER/VT HEAD COACH:

If Taylor were to win his first game as
a starter, it would mark the 200th
career victory for Beamer as a head
coach. In Blacksburg, Travis Wells,
News 7 Sports.>>

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GRAPHIC=MIAMI Before Beamer made his switch,

N.C. State and UVA had already started
a quarterback shuffle.

This afternoon Miami decided to
make a change, as well.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG file NCAA

After getting whacked by Oklahoma
on Saturday - the Canes have decided to
goback to veteran Kyle Wright as their
starting quarterback.

Wright is in his fifth year at
Miami and he is 14-7 as a Miami's
starter. He replaces Kirby Freeman who
struggled mightily in his first two
games this season. Miami's passing
offense is virtually dead last in the
country.

(END VO) (END VO)

TOSS TOSS

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GRAPHIC=NONE A Giles County boy with Spina
EVENT=HEALTHCHECK 7 BANNER Bifida just got a special piece of

equipment to help him move around
easier.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Blacksburg
:00 It's called a Standing Dani.

6 year-old Alex Bennett just got
fitted for it this week.

It's a wheelstand invented by Dan
Davis.

He made the device in the early
80's for his daughter - Dani - who has
cerebral palsy.

It was helpful for kids with
spinal cord injuries and several years
later Davis began selling them.

Alex's mom - Kelly Bennett says
she and her husband bought this
Standing Dani to help make their son's
life more normal.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=IF YOU GET

*CG 2line Kelly Bennett
Mother KELLY BENNETT, MOTHER
:00 CLIP 34 - 26:13 IF YOU GET THEM UP AND
MOVING IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS - THEN
THEIR BODY BEGINS TO FUNCTION AND THEY
CAN DO THINGS AND BE MORE FUNCTIONAL IN
SOCIETY.:21

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OQ=IN SOCIETY

VO-NAT VO-NAT

No two Standing Dani's are alike.

They're custom designed for each
child.

The price ranges depending on
what each kid needs - Alex's was six
thousand dollars.

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