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


CAPTION: School Sickness


Keith Cart: Students protest, a school
system closes -- the death of a teen
touches so many people.


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HEADLINE #2 HEADLINE #2


CAPTION: Cold Front


Robin Standup: A front means clouds but
does it mean showers?


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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3


CAPTION: Mother's Charged


Susan Cart:


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HEADLINE #4 HEADLINE #4


CAPTION: VT Engage


Rachel Cart:vt honors the memory of
april 16th victims through community
service.


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HEADLINE #5 HEADLINE #5


CAPTION: Cardiac Cavs


Mike Standup:


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Keith/Jean Double Super

*CG standup Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com

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*CG standup Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Brent Watts

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*CG standup Grant Kittelson >>

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Keith/Jean Double Super Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.


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And I'm Jean Jadhon.

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All Bedford County Public Schools will


be closed tomorrow for what school
officials call a "thorough cleaning".


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KEITH READS KEITH READS


This follows the death of Staunton
River High School senior Ashton Bonds.


Family members believe he died from
MRSA, the drug-resistant staph
infection that would be the third MRSA
case reported at Staunton River this
year.


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But the cleaning is not limited to
Staunton River. ALL Bedford County
schools are closed tomorrow for
cleaning.

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*cG STANDUP Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com Undoubtedly, many of Ashton's
classmates took the news of his death
hard, and today they took matters into
their own hands, hoping to make certain
that another life is not lost.



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For more on what took place at
Staunton River High school today is
News 7's Hollani Davis.


Hollani, I understand the protest
was put together by just a few students
in a matter of hours.






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*CG live Hollani Davis

hdavis@wdbj7.com HOLLANI AD LIBS

Bedford Co.


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ROLLCUE=MAKE SURE HE WAS THE LAST.


SOT FULL


INQ=

*CG locator Bedford Co.

:06



*CG 2line Michelle Cunningham

Parent

:13


*CG 2line Lynne Bemis

Parent

:32


*CG 2line Michael Kelly

Principal

:49


*CG 2line Mercedez Mason

Student

1:28 QUICK



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"NO I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT ALL
GOING BACK IN THERE."14


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ran high at Staunton River
Tuesday morning, one day after Ashton
Bonds died from what was believed to be
MRSA.



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SOT FULL MICHELLE CUNNINGHAM -PARENT
INQ= 14:20 "I GUESS THEY HAVE TO TAKE


ANOTHER LIFE FOR STAUNTON RIVER TO DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND IT WON'T BE MY
TWO." 27


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OQ=


More than 150 people protested
silently before the start of school -
many blame administrators for not
closing the campus after two other
students caught the infection earlier
this month.



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SOT FULL LYNNE BEMIS - PARENT 03:29 "I
INQ= HAD A COUNSELOR APPROACH ME AND SAID


WE'VE GOT THE JANITORIAL SERVICE GOIG
THROUGH IT AND WIPING DOWN THINGS THAT
COMMON PEOPLE TOUCH, THAT'S NOT GOING
TO DO, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE SCHOOL
CLOSED AND BROUGHT IN A PROFESSIONAL
CLEANING TEAM." 45 (16)


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SOT FULL (MICHAEL KELLY - PRINCIPAL) 29:32
INQ= "I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT


THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A VIRUS TO
CLOSE DOWN SCHOOLS IN OUR SOCIETY, I
KNOW IT APPEARS THAT THESE THINGS CAME
FROM SCHOOLS BUT THERE'S NO WAY OF
SAYING THESE STUDENTS ATTRACTED THEM AT
SCHOOL." 48 (16)


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OQ=


School official says janitors
have been disinfecting the campus each
night since the first two cases
originated nearly two weeks ago, but
today agreed...to close school
Wednesday and bring in an outside
cleaning service. While that's a
relief to many, Ashton's classmates are
still trying to cope with the fact he's
not coming back."



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SOT FULL Mercedez Mason - student
INQ= 10:31"I'M SORRY HE HAD TO GO LIKE THIS,


BUT HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE AND HE
DESERVES THAT." 35


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*CG liveloc Bedford Co.


HOLLANI AD LIBS



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HOLLANI AD LIBS


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*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com We know Ashton Bonds was a senior
at Staunton River and that he
apparently died from MRSA... But what
kind of person was he... what was he
like to be around???


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News 7's Natasha Ryan is joining us now
to answer that question...


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*cg STANDUP Natasha Ryan

nryan@wdbj7.com Well jean/ keith, last night on
the phone I spoke to Ashton's cousin,
Monique...and she described him as a
very loving, outgoing kid.....but it's
not just family members who describe
him that way......


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Knew Ashton

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*CG 2line Jamie Thomason

Ashton's Friend

0:13


*CG 2line Mercedez Mason

Ashton's Friend

0:17


*CG 2line Jeremy Darby

Knew Ashton

0:28


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WHEN I FOUND OUT I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT
HAPPENED I WAS REALLY UPSET....


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OQ=really upset That's because from all


accounts...Ashton was a well known
face, someone who provided laughter to
almost everyone he knew...(show the
elmo shirt picture here)


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INQ= JAMIE THOMASON


29:04-08 EVERYTIME YOU SEEN ASHTON HE
WAS EITHER ALWAYS SMILING, OR PLAYING
AROUND WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.


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OQ=with somebody else


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INQ= MERCEDEZ MASON


10:58-03


I MEAN I KNEW ASHTON, PEOPLE ALWAYS
THOUGHT HE WAS COOL, SOMEONE FUN TO
HANG AROUND......


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OQ=hang around Now many are left with the


question...many of us ask when we lose
someone..why? Why did Ashton have to
die???


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INQ= Jeremy Darby


30:46-50


I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAD TO
THE ONE OUT OF A MILLION...


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OQ=out of a million But the one thing his friends


and classmates do know, is just how
much he'll be missed.....


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INQ= 29:14-24


ITS GONNA BE ROUGH, GOT LUNCH WITH HIM,
WON'T BE THE SAME AT THE LUNCH TABLE,
WONT BE THE SAME WLAKING AROUDN THE
HALLWAYS NOT SEEING HIM, JUST NOT
RIGHT.


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OQ=not right


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OQ=


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BONDS, ASHTON FS IN MONITOR E638 Ashton died yesterday and as far as
we know, Jean.




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funeral arrangements have not yet
been finalized....


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Keith/Jean Double Super Ashton Bonds's case was one of at
least half a dozen MRSA cases reported
in local schools this year.


Are there more than in the past?
Or are parents and educators just more
aware of the problem?


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JEAN READS JEAN READS


News 7's Steve Smallshaw is in our
Lynchburg newsroom to try to answer
that question ... Steve, what do the
health experts say?


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*cg LIVE Steve Smallshaw

ssmallshaw@wdbj7.com They're not entirely sure ... Lynchburg because MRSA is not considered a
reportable disease, there are no hard
and fast numbers to compare.


But clearly, more people know about


it today than ever before.


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INQ=Every week

*CG locator Bedford Co.

:00


*CG 2line Dr. Katherine Nichols

Lynchburg Health Dept.

:18


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OQ=parents and the kids.


<< Every week, it seems, brings a new
report of an area student being treated
for a MRSA staph infection.


While MRSA has been around for more
than 40 years, it only recently has
been cropping up in places like schools
... but health experts aren't actually
sure if it's becoming more common.


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IN Q=There is a DR. KATHERINE NICHOLS/LYNCHBURG HEALTH


DEPT.: THERE IS A VERY MUCH INCREASED
AWARENESS, BECAUSE WE DON'T KEEP
COUNTS, WE DON'T KEEP RECORDS, IT'S NOT
A REPORTABLE DISEASE, WE CAN'T SAY IF
THERE'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE INCREASE OR
NOT. BUT CERTAINLY THE PUBLIC AWARENESS
HAS INCREASED GREATLY.


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OUT Q=has increased greatly. And while awareness is good because


it leads to prevention and treatment,
Dr. Nichols says it shouldn't spill
over into panic.


Nichols says children are no more
at risk for MRSA in school as they are
out, so parents shouldn't keep them
home out of fear.


Instead, her advice is use common
sense ... keep cuts clean, don't share
personal items ...


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IN Q=And urge kids DR. NICHOLS: AND URGE KIDS TO TELL


THEIR PARENTS IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING
THAT'S RED, PAINFUL, OOZING SO THEY CAN
GET MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY. GOOD
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PARENTS AND
THE KIDS.


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OUT Q=parents and the kids.


LIVE=Steve FULL L'BURG BUREAU LIVE FULL

*CG liveloc Lynchburg


Dr. Nichols says the schools are
doing the right thing by cleaning ..



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... but that students and families


need to do their part as well.




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*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com The state Health Department sent home
these five pages of MRSA information to
families in Bedford county today.

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We've put it all on our web site, where
we've also posted a link to full MRSA
facts from the Mayo Clinic. You can
find both links at wdbj7-dot-com.

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*CG standup Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com The increased number of MRSA cases is
not limited to our region. It is
widespread enough that the CBS Evening
News is running a story on this
tonight, one that includes the death of
Ashton Bonds and Bedford County
reaction. Join Katie Couric starting at
6-30.

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*CG standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com Dozens of volunteers
searched through the night and all day
today for a missing Highland County
woman.

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The sheriff's office says
Patricia Ross-McGraw left her home
yesterday afternoon for a walk and
hasn't been seen since.


She's 64--years-old, about 5
feet 7 inches tall.


She has gray hair and blue
eyes and was last seen wearing
dark-colored clothes and slippers.


Anyone with information is
asked to call the Highland County
Sheriff's office.

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*CG standup Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com A week after a 13-month old child
drown in a bath tub- his mother has
been charged with his death.


Tanya Bane was arrested this
afternoon, charged with felony child
neglect and involuntary manslaughter.


Susan Bahorich met with Bane just
hours before she was arrested- and has
this exclusive interview.



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INQ=Peter was an excellent baby...

*CG 2line Tanya Bane

Peter's Mother

:00


*CG locator Lexington

:30



*CG reporter Susan Bahorich

sbahorich@wdbj7.com

1:13


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INQ= 9:44:17.00


TANYA BANE, PETER'S MOTHER:


PETER WAS AN EXCELLENT BABY. HE WAS THE
BEST LITTLE BABY. HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE
ON HIS FACE (21) HE HAD QUITE A LITTLE
CHARACTER. HE'D GO
***SNIFF-SNIFF-SNIFF*** (25)


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Tanya Bane remembers her baby as full
of life with big blue eyes, chubby
cheeks and a thousand watt smile.. but
that life came to an end last week.



Bane says she was giving Peter and his
two year old sister a bath when she ran
out of towels and ran downstairs.



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INQ= 10:01:10.00


SHE HAD TURNED THE WATER ON, I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT.. (15) WHEN I CAME BACK UP..
PETEY WAS FACE DOWN IN THE BATHTUB (17)


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OQ=


Bane says that's when she tried to
perform CPR. She then took the
13-month old to the hospital, but it
was too late. Baby Peter was dead -
and not long after, and his sister was
taken by social services.



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INQ= nats.. to break it up..


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OQ=


At the time of this interview - Bane
knew she was being investigated. But,
she didn't know when and if she would
be charged - when asked about the
possibility she claimed she could never
hurt her children.



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INQ= 9:56:06.00


TANYA BANE, PETER'S MOTHER: I WOULD
NEVER MURDER MY SON. I LOVED MY
CHILDREN VERY MUCH. I TOOK CARE OF THEM
VERY WELL. (12) I WAS A STAY AT HOME
MOM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I MADE
SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED TO THOSE
CHILDREN WHAT SO EVER.. (19)


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Police aren't so sure.


According to a search warrant, pot was
found in the home. But Bane says it
wasn't hers, and she just wants her
daughter back.



For now, however, she first has a date
in court.



SB, N7, Lexington.>>


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GRAPHIC=NONE Bane is held at the Rockbridge


Regional Jail on 25-hundred dollars
bond.


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It's been six month's since the
shootings at Virginia Tech -- and the
legal scrambling begins...


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*CG tease VT ENGAGE


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Meanwhile the university
announces a new initiative to help tie
the bonds of community in the New River
Valley.

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STANDING IN FRONT OF WEATHER CENTER





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CK-TITAN RADAR ANALYSIS


< Robin Reed in the SkyTracker 7 Forecast
Center. High pressure will weaken and
move east Wednesday. This will allow
mid and high clouds to spill into the
area.. A disturbance will move overhead
Thursday before a cold front pushes in
by Saturday. Shower chances will go up
to 40-50% Thursday and Friday. While
not everyone will get wet, it's the
best chance of showers we've have in
quite a while. We need it too! It would


take 12 to 15 inches of rain to get us
out of drought status. Temperatures
will remain a bit above normal (upper
70s to near 80) through the weekend.
Right now, it appears sunshine will
return for both Saturday and Sunday.
Virginia's Fall Wildfire Season began
October 15 and runs through November.
As a result of dry conditions, be sure
to follow burn bans in your community,
if applicable. TUESDAY NIGHT:
Increasing clouds. Low: 56...WEDNESDAY:
Partly sunny. High: 79...WEDNESDAY
NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Low: 59.
Remember, you can get extended weather
information on our website at
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It hasn't always been pretty --
but they have been winning -- News 7's
Mike Stevens and Grant Kittelson with
more on the Wahoos in Sports.


CHANNEL=A


VO-NAT VO-NAT


KEITH= ON VO KEITH ON VO

*CG tease 21 VICTIMS


And they're not suing -- yet --
but several Virginia Tech victims are
making sure they won't lose the chance
to.


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*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com Virginia and the Town of
Blacksburg could soon have a slew of
lawsuits on their hands.


21- victims of the shootings at
Virginia Tech have preserved their
right to sue the state in the future.


CHANNEL=A VO-NAT


VO-NAT Kevin Sterne is one of them.


This now-famous photograph
captured Sterne being carried by police
officers after he was shot in Norris
Hall.

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JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM


GRAPHIC= NONE The law gives victims one year to


reserve their right to sue the state.


HOWEVER, those who may sue the
Town of Blacksburg for negligence in
the future had until today to preserve
their right to sue.


25- victims did so.




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GRAPHIC=NONE The Virginia Tech Review Panel


completed its work in August, when it
delivered a 300- page report to
Governor Kaine.


But the member from our area says
it's imperative to transform those
recommendations into reality.


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SOT FULL 08:38


INQ=It will be a tremendous challenge

*CG 2line Diane Strickland

Virginia Tech Review Panel DIANE STRICKLAND/VA. TECH REVIEW PANEL
MEMBER: IT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS
CHALLENGE. I AM ANXIOUS TO SERVE IN
WHATEVER CAPACITY I CAN TO SEE THAT
ACCOMPLISHED. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE SEE
SOME POSITIVE EMERGING FROM THIS VERY
PROFOUND TRAGEDY.


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Six months after the Tech shootings,
Diane Strickland says there is a


"massive amount of misunderstanding"
about the application of privacy laws,
and a need for substantial reform of
mental health laws... two areas she
hopes to continue to address.


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*cg STANDUP Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com Virginia Tech is marking the 6
month anniversary of the shootings on
campus with a new campaign.


It's called VT Engage and New
River Valley Newsroom Chief Rachel
DePompa visited campus today and has
some details.


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*CG standup Rachel DePompa

rdepompa@wdbj7.com

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*CG locator Blacksburg

:23


*CG 2line Renee Cloyd

Austin Cloyd's Mother

:42




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OQ=News 7, Blacksburg.


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< ago. The university is challenging
students, staff and members of the
community to pledge 10 hours of
community service.


The goal is to have 600-thousand hours
of service completed by April 16th
2008.



As you can see there are booths set up
right now with agencies from across the
New River and Roanoke Valleys. places
like... and ... .



And over here there are tents set up so
people can go online immediately and
pledge their hours.



Renee Cloyd is one of the many
organizers of this event. Her daughter
Austin died on April 16th. Austin


worked for several years with the
Appalachian Service Project. Renee says
this is the perfect way to honor the
victims and she says her daughter would
be very proud.



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SHE'S UP THERE LOOKING GOING I WOULD
HAVE GONE THIS BOOTH AND THAT BOOTH..
JUST TO SEE WHAT EVERYTHING WAS OUT
THERE. :30 YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE A
FESTIVE TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE A TIME
TO CELEBRATE LIFE. :35 CAUSE WHETHER OR
NOT WE WANT TO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE
MOVING FORWARD. :39


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There is a website you can go to sign
up at home. It's engage.vt.edu. Let me
check.. so far it looks like ____
thousand hours have already been
pledged.


Again the challege is 600-thousand by
April 16th. This event goes until 7:00
tonight, but you can sign up anytime at
that website. engage.vt.edu.


Rachel DePompa, News 7, Blacksburg. >>

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*CG standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com Virginia's Explore Park is
closing more than a decade after it
opened.


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*CG locator Roanoke Co.

File Tape The park's board decided
today to close once the season ends
later this month.


The main issue is money.
Funding is secure for this year, but
not next.


You may remember Larry
VanderMaten has an option to develop
the property.

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GRAPHIC=NONE He has until June to make a


decision. In the meantime, the 13
staff members at the park will be
offered jobs with Roanoke County.


We'll have much more on this
story tonight on News-7 at Ten and


Eleven.


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GRAPHIC=None Coming up tonight in sports -


Grant Kittelson checks in from UVA with
Al Groh and the cardiac Cavs.


CHANNEL=B VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG tease GRIDIRON ROYALTY


and a JMU Duke is the Colonial's
player of the week after a record
setting performance.


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*cg STANDUP Mike Steves

mstevens@wdbj7.com If you are looking for the
definition of winning ugly, then all
you have to do is watch the Virginia
Cavaliers play football this season,
And as Grant Kittelson found out the
Wahoos are embracing this process.


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INQ=

*CG standup Grant Kittelson

gkittelson@wdbj7.com

:00

*CG 2line John Phillips

UVA Junior Tight End

:15

*CG 2line Al Groh

28-23 in ACC Games at UVA

:39

*CG 2line Branden Albert

UVA Junior Offensive Guard

:56


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*cg STANDUP Mike Steves

mstevens@wdbj7.com Tech's off week has given Frank
Beamer a chance to catch his breath and
size things up sveen weeks into the
season.


And with the way college football
has been this season - he'll gladly
take a 6 and 1 record with Boston
College on deck next week.


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*CG 2line Frank Beamer

Hokies are 6 and 1 This Season

:00


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OQ=......week from Thursday."

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*cg STANDUP Mike Steves

mstevens@wdbj7.com The JMU Dukes student body is
getting ready for fall break this
weekend.


It just so happens the Dukes are
also off this Saturday.


CHANNEL=C VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Harrisonburg

JMU Practice JMU is now ranked 8th in the :00 nation and the the school has this
week's Colonial Athlatic Association
player of the week in quarterback
Rodney Landers.


Landers broke JMU's single-game
total offense record Saturday with 408
yards of total offense.


For the season, the junior, has
thrown for 1,226 yards and 10
touchdowns and rushed for 678 yards and
seven more scores.


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A reminder that there will be no
classes in Bedford County schools
tomorrow.

TAKE SCHOOLTOUCH TAKE SCHOOTOUCH FULL

KEITH READS KEITH READS


The school district will close all


schools for what it calls a "thorough
cleaning", the result of a Staunton
River student's death yesterday.

END SCHOOLTOUCH END SCHOOTOUCH


JEAN 2-SHOT JEAN 2-SHOT


Events from Bedford County will be part
of a CBS Evening News story on MRSA
that's coming up next with Katie
Couric.


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