WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 09/12/07

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

CAPTION: Asia Aftershocks

A strong earthquake today near
Indonesia rattles buildings in three
other countries.
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HEADLINE #2 HEADLINE #2

CAPTION: Fall Like

Beautiful weather returns to our area

with lower humidity levels. Will it
continue? I'll track it using Titan.

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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3

CAPTION: Chimps in Love

Plus researchers think they can learn
something about us by recently
discovered behavior in Chimpanzees.

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GRAPHIC=News 7 at Noon Good afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.

<< *CG standup Kimberly McBroom
kmcbroom@wdbj7.com

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GRAPHIC=Earthquake An eight- point- two magnitude

earthquake has shaken Indonesia.

It left at least seven people dead
and dozens injured.

ENG#=A (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Jakarta, Indonesia

You're looking at cell phone video
shot by a Jakarta resident inside the
his apartment building, which he says
was rocking during today's earrthquake.

And as Charles D'Agata reports, the
violent tremors have also stirred up
dangeralong the coastline
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INQ=The ground shook

*CG locator Jakarta, Indonesia

*CG file 2004
*CG standup Charlie D'Agata
Reporting

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OQ=D'Agata, CBS News, London. <<

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LOCATOR: JAKARTA, INDONESIA

The ground shook violently....and
people panicked.

Even in a place where the earth
trembles all the time, they knew this
one was

big.

The BBC's reporter in Jakarta,
Indonesia said some places felt the
quake for

15 minutes.

(on-screen graphic over phone
interview)

I CAN TELL YOU WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HIT
WE FELT IT HERE IN THE CAPITAL, UP ON

THE 15TH FLOOR HERE, AND THERE WAS
GREAT DEAL OF PANIC IN THE BUILDING.
YOU

COULD FEEL THE BUILDING SWAYING VERY
VIOLENTLY INDEED.

(GRAFIQUE)

The powerful underwater quake had a

magnitude of 8.2...and the epicenter
was

south of the Indonesian island of
Sumatra.

FILE: 2004

It immediately triggered fears of
another deadly tsunami, like the Asian

tsunami in 2004 that killed more than
230 thousand people in a dozen

countries.

Within minutes, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Sri Lanka sent out a tsunami warnings.

People were told to stay away from the
beaches.

(phoner w/graphic - brian
shiro/geophysicist, noaa already fonted
on graphic)

4:56

THE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE LOST
THEIR LIVES IN 2004 WAS THE LACK OF A

WARNING SYSTEM PRETTY MUCH - AND TODAY
WE HAVE THAT AND THAT HELPS PEOPLE KNOW

WHAT'S GOING ON.

At least one person was killed and

dozens were injured in the
quake...which

set off at least one small tsunami in
the Indonesian village of Padang.

ON CAMERA CLOSE: CHARLIE
D'AGATA/LONDON

ABOUT TWO HOURS AFTER THE QUAKE,
INDONESIA LIFTED ITS TSUNAMI WARNING,
AS DID

MALAYSIA AND SRI LANKA. THE GOOD NEWS,
NO TSUMANI THREAT...AND RELIEF THAT THE

NEW EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WORKS. CD,
CBS NEWS, LONDON.

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GRAPHIC=None Classes will continue today at two

Grayson County schools, even though Roll Education Banner there's no electricity or phone
service.

Grayson County High School and
Independence Elementary are affected.

The school system says it has
food on hand, and plans to conduct a

full day.

The power may be restored
this afternoon.
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GRAPHIC=None A Gulf War veteran convicted of

killing his three sons and their
half-sister 10 years ago was put to
death this morning in Tennessee's
electric chair.

ENG#=C (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG file File Tape

Daryl Holton, who was 45, chose the
electric chair over lethal injection.

It's the first execution of its kind
in Tennessee since 19-60.

Death row inmates in Tennessee can
choose the electric chair, if their
crimes were committed before 19- 99.

His spiritual adviser says Holton was
at peace at the end.

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INQ=He was asked

*CG 2line Clint Brewer
Media Witness Clint Brewer/Media Witness: He was
asked 'Do you want to make a
statement?' His exact words were 'Um,
yea' two words 'I do'.

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OQ=two words, "I do."

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Holton told police he killed the
children because his ex- wife wouldn't
let him see them.

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GRAPHIC=RATS IN SCHOOL After the recent revelation of a

rat infestation at Roanoke's Fairview
Elementary School, many people wondered
if it was an isolated incident.

We've learned that rats are a
problem at many other schools in the
Star City.

ENG#=B 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, and as Justin McLeod has
learned, Fairview Elementary is not
alone.

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*CG locator Roanoke
:00

*CG 2line Dick Tabb
Virginia Department of Health
:10

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

*CG standup Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com
1:58

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OQ=jm, news 7

<<((NAT SOUND OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVING
OFF))

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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OQ=them in schools SCHOOL ROLL

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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INQ= JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: WE SHOULD

POINT OUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS
UNAWARE OF ANYONE GETTING SICK FROM
RATS AT FAIRVIEW OR ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN
ROANOKE. JUSTIN McLEOD, NEWS 7.

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OQ=JM, NEWS 7

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HARD MUSIC UNDER Still to come on the newscast, a
teacher from our area is accused of
having an improper relationship with a

student.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG tease Play Ball?

and will the Martinsville Mustangs
stay in the city? We'll have the
answer up next.
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GRAPHIC=Mustangs Martinsville's college-league

baseball team won't be leaving the
city, despite earlier concerns that fan
support simply isn't there.

ENG#=B VO-NAT

VO-NAT On Tuesday, city council

unanimously voted to support *CG locator Martinsville the two-year-old team for another July 2005 season.

Officials are, however, planning
to create an advisory committee to help
find ways to increase attendance and
revenue next year.

This season, the city lost about
22 thousand dollars in profit compared
to last season.

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GRAPHIC=None 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.

We should point out that Hounshell
lives and works in Wythe county, but
the alleged offense took place in
Pulaski county.
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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#=C VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Lynchburg

Prior to last night, it took only
a simple majority of those council
members present at a meeting to 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. Steve Smallshaw reports.

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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
*CG standup Steve Smallshaw
ssmallshaw@wdbj7.com
1:17

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OQ=News 7, Lynchburg.

<< 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.

SOT SOT FULL 9:19:03 #2

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.

SOT SOT FULL 8:41:37 #1

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.

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 ...

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

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GRAPHIC=Toy Safety Get the lead out--

That's the message for toy makers
after a slew of recalls this summer.

ENG#=B VO-NAT

VO-NAT Toy makers are going before a Senate

panel today for a hearing on toy
safety.

The hearing comes a week after Mattel
announced a THIRD recall of lead-
tainted toys from China.

China, meanwhile, has agreed to ban
the use of lead paint in toys exported
to the U- S...just in time for the
holiday shopping season.

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GRAPHIC=None It's yet another thing we have in

common with chimpanzees-- dating
rituals...

ENG#=C (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Guinea, West Africa

*CG nameloc Kyoto University

Some international scientists have Video From: captured on video a male chimpanzee
giving a papaya fruit as a gift to a
female chimp in hopes of seducing her.

This marks the first evidence
suggesting that humans aren't the ONLY
only primates to give gifts to each
other.

In most cases, the chimps ate the
fruit and vegetables by themselves.

But scientists observed when the
males did share food with their female
counterparts...mating USUALLY followed.

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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was UP
18 points. The NASDAQ has gained 10.
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SOFT MUSIC UNDER Are Americans living longer? New
research has the answer next.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG tease Getting Around

Plus we will meet a young boy from
Blacksburg who is learning to get
around in a new and exciting way.

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GRAPHIC=None Americans are living longer than

they used to, but not as long as people
in many other countries.

According to the government, the
life expectancy for Americans is up to
nearly 78 years.

That's the longest in U-S history.

But the U- S continues to lag behind
at least 40 other nations.

The tiny country of Andorra, in the
Pyrenees mountains

between France and Spain has the
longest life expectancy, at 83

and a- half years.
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ROLL HEALTHCHECK BANNER

A new piece of equipment is
helping a Giles County boy with Spina
Bifida get around a lot easier.

In this Healthcheck 7 report,
Holly Pietrzak explains how the device
will improve his life.

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INQ=have you ever

*CG locator Blacksburg
:00

*CG 2line Dan Davis
Standing Dani Inventor
:41
*CG 2line Kelly Bennett
Mother
:59
*CG 2line Jessica Fiegland
Physical Therapist
1:20
*CG 2line Alex Bennett
1:28 (quick)

*CG reporter Holly Pietrzak
hollyp@wdbj7.com
1:43

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OQ=Holly Pietrzak, News 7. <<
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INQ=HAVE YOU NATS: CLIP 7 10:53 DAN: HAVE YOU EVER

BEEN IN A MOBILE STANDARD BEFORE?NO
10:56

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OQ=BEFORE? NO

It's a big day for 6 year-old
Alex Bennett.

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INQ=IT LOOKS NATS:CLIP 12 - 13:37 IT LOOKS LIKE A

BIKE BECAUSE IT HAS A BIKE SEAT. IT
DOES LOOK LIKE A BIKE.:41

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OQ=LIKE A BIKE

Dan Davis - inventor of the
standing Dani is fitting Alex with his
very own wheelstand.

Davis made the device back in
19-82 for his daughter Dani who has
cerebral palsy.

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

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OQ=2-3

Each of the more than 1200 he's
produced are custom made for each
child.

The price ranges depending on

what each kid needs - Alex's was six
thousand dollars.

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INQ=alex's is manual DAN DAVIS, INVENTOR OF STANDING DANI

CLIP 37 35:35 ALEX'S IS MANUAL. HE'S
PUSHING IT BY HIMSELF BUT I DO A LOT OF
WORK WITH KIDS WHO HAVE MUSCULAR
DYSTROPHY AND THEY'RE WEAK SO WE PUT A
MOTOR SYSTEM ON IT SO THEY CAN DRIVE IT
WITH A JOY STICK.:44

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OQ=a joy stick

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

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INQ=WHAT HAPPENS KELLY BENNETT, MOTHER

CLIP 34 26:00 WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE
KIDS IS THEY GET TREATMENT WHEN THEY'RE
LITTLE AND THEN YOU SEE ALL THESE
PEOPLE WHEN THEY GROW UP AND THEY START
TO DETERIORATE AND THE REASON THEY
DETEROATE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING
AROUND IN A WHEELCHAIR AND THEY'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING.:12

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OQ=DOING ANYTHING

But Alex will be able much more
than ever before like play baseball or
basketball.

He'll be able to move around in
the standing position.

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INQ=WHICH IS JESSICA FIEGLAND, PHYSICAL THERAPIST

CLIP 35 - 29:48 WHICH IS GREAT FOR HIS
LUNGS FOR HIS BOWEL AND BLADDER. IT'S
JUST GOING TO AND IT'S GREAT HE'LL BE
INTERACTING WITH KIDS THEY'LL BE EYE
LEVEL.:56

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OQ=EYE LEVEL

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INQ=IS IT CLIP 36 32:18 IS IT PRETTY COOL TO BE

STANDING? YEAH AND MOVING.:21

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OQ=AND MOVING

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INQ=WHEN I GO DAN DAVIS, INVENTOR OF STANDING DANI

CLIP 37 37:30 WHEN I GO IN THERE AND
THE KID'S SMILING AND THE PARENTS ARE
CRYING ADN THE THERAPIST IS SAYING WE
CAN DO THIS AND THE TEACHER IS SAYING
WE CAN USE IT HERE - THEN I KNOW I'VE
DONE MY JOB.:38

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OQ=DONE MY JOB

It's a device that will not only
change Alex's life for the better -
Davis and Alex's therapist agree the
standing Dani has the potential to
extend his life.

Holly Pietrzak, News 7.>>

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SPORTS MUSIC UNDER The Avalanche has finally
fallen...

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VO-NAT

*CG tease KEYS TO WINNING

Up next on the newscast, we'll
tell you how Salem's baseball team
wrapped up its season.
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GRAPHIC=NFL Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett

may not be paralyzed after all.

Doctors say he voluntarily moved his
arms and legs yesterday, prompting a
neurosurgeon to say Everett might walk
again.

He was injured in a play last Sunday.
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GRAPHIC=AVS The Salem Avalanche season is over,

after falling to Frederick in the
Carolina League championship series.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Salem

The Avs needed two wins a in a row to
win the title, but it was the Keys who

got things going in a hurry.

Top of the second .. Frederick's Mark
Fleisher will knock one over the left
field fence, and it's one-to-nothing.

It stayed that way until the top of
fifth, when the Keys' Brent Krause
doubles to center.

The R-B-I makes it 2-to-0 game.

Same inning .. Kennard Jones will lace
a line drive to left field and it's 3-
oh.
*CG final Frederick
5 Frederick wins the Carolina League Salem title, beating Salem 5 to 1 and taking 1 the series 3 games to one.
KEYS WIN SERIES 3 - 1

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GRAPHIC=TECH Just two games into the season,

Virginia Tech Head Football Coach Frank
Beamer has joined three other ACC
coaches in making a quarterback change.

Tyrod Taylor's rise on the depth
chart is creating quite a buzz this
week.

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

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INQ=

*CG locator Blacksburg
:00

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