WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 12/07/07

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ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None Good Morning, I'm Kimberly

McBroom.

A light wintry mix is falling

in a few areas...but we'll see much
warmer temperatures as we head through
the weekend.

Meteorologist Jay Webb has the
full Skytracker 7 forecast, in just a
few minutes.

TRAFFIC ALERT BANNER TRAFFIC ALERT

We do have some traffic information...

Authorities are reporting some slick
spots on Bent Mountain Road in Roanoke
County.

The weather's also causing some
accidents in our area.

Authorities say there's an accident
on Route 220 south..just south of
Boones Mill in Franklin County.

And it's also slow going in
Pittsylvania County because of an
accident that's closed U-S 29
north..just north of Danville.

Drivers should expect delays.

And state police say that an accident
that we reported earlier on 220 in
Henry County near Route 87 is now
clear.

Traffic is now reportedly moving again
in that area.

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GRAPHIC=Air Cable Air Cable America's still sending out

a signal...but the tax collector has
the doors locked.

CHANNEL=A VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke Co.

The tax collector posted a notice on
the door-- but it's apparently been
covered up by Air Cable's announcement
that the office will be closed today
and tomorrow.

*CG locator Roanoke Court records show numerous liens and March 1996 claims against the company.

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KIMBERLY ON CAM KIMBERLY ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE Air Cable owes the state more

than 60-thousand dollars in back taxes.

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GRAPHIC=None If you visit Studio in the

Square... you'll find art by a local
man who is a brain injury survivor.

CHANNEL=B VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

For Mark Shelton creating art is
therapeutic. He never imagined it would
be featured in an art gallery.

But he credits Radford University
professor Richard Bay for inspiring him
to paint from his heart.

Bay is also a brain injury survivor.
Thanks to a grant he started an art
class for other survivors.

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SOT FULL

INQ=Most of the time

*CG 2line Richard Bay

Radford University Associate Professor MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE WHO ARE :00 ASSOCIATED WITH THESE KINDS OF INJURIES
HAVE MOTOR SKILLS DEFICIENCY...GETTING
THAT FINE MOTOR SKILLS ALSO HELPS THEM
IN EMPLOYMENT AND DO OTHER THINGS IN
THEIR LIFE 26 SIMPLE THINGS WE TAKE FOR
GRANTED

*CG 2line Mark Shelton IT'S VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND A BRAIN Artist & Brain Injury Survivor INJURED PERSON BECAUSE A BRAIN INJURED :15 PERSON DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HIMSELF
51..has this helped u to understand

yourself better 55 IT'S HELPED OUT A
LOT

RUNS=26 (END SOT)

OQ=it's helped out a lot

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Shelton's works will be on display
through the end of the month.

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LEO IN CHROMAKEY

< Webb in the SkyTracker7 Forecast
Center. We're watch just a little
light moisture in far southwest
Virginia this morning near the
Interstate 77 corridor. There may be

some light sleet, snow or freezing rain
associated with this until around
daybreak. With cold surface
temperatures, some roads could become
slick. Any activity will be light and
will soon move out of the area. We're
certainly dealing with more clouds
Friday, but we'll only manage an
isolated afternoon sprinkle at best
today. Highs will be a touch warmer,
around the mid 40s (average high is
near 50).

Friday night calls for mainly cloudy
conditions with perhaps a stray
sprinkle or shower to the west of the
Roanoke Valley; otherwise dry. Not as
cold with lows near 40.

Saturday starts with plenty of clouds
(20% sprinkle/shower) with partly sunny
skies developing by the afternoon.
Temperatures get a push into the mid
50s for the first day of the weekend.
Saturday night will be variably cloudy
with lows near 40.

Sunday is cloudy with a very slight
chance of a late afternoon or evening
shower, but generally it'll just be a
mainly cloudy day. Highs are forecast
near 60.

The beginning of next week will be
headlined with warmer temperatures.
Monday and Tuesday expect highs in the
mid and upper 60s with partly sunny
skies. Rain chances are very low during
this time period.

Wednesday calls for highs in the mid
60s with sun and clouds and a 30%
chance of showers. Rain chances move up
to 40% Thursday with cooler
temperatures as a front crosses the
NEWS7 viewing area.

Have a great weekend!

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Slightly warmer.
High: 45

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Not as
cold. Low: 40

SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Warmer.
High: 57

Have a great weekend! Meteorologist
Jay Webb>>

WEATHER BUG

WEATHER PRO

BACK TO DESK FOR 2 SHOT GOODBYE BACK TO DESK FOR 2 SHOT GOODBYE

GOODBYE!

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kmcbroom@wdbj7.com

ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None Good Morning, I'm Kimberly

McBroom.

Some areas are seeing a light wintry
mix...otherwise expect mostly cloudy
skies and temperatures in the mid 40s.

Meteroologist Jay Webb has the
full forecast coming up..plus a look at
a warm-up this weekend.

TRAFFIC ALERT BANNER TRAFFIC ALERT

Meanwhile, the weather's reportedly

led to numerous accidents...

Authorities in Rockbridge county are
reporting several on Interstate 64 and
well as I- 81...

V-DOT says an accident has closed all
lanes of Route 220 south..about three
miles south of Boones Mill in Franklin
County.

In Floyd county, V-DOT says U-S
Route 221 north and south from
Bethlehem Church Road to Cannady School
road is closed because of icy
conditions...

In Amherst County..an accident has
closed U-S 29 north and south just past
the Route 210 exits in Madison Heights.

All lanes are closed.

And the accident we told you about
earlier on Route 29 north in
Pittsylvania County is now clear.

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GRAPHIC=Atlantis He may have stars in his

eyes...but a Lynchburg man will have to
wait one more day before he journeys
into space.

CHANNEL=A VO-NAT

VO-NAT Leland Melvin was one of seven

astronauts scheduled for lift off
yesterday ... but NASA scrubbed the
launch when it discovered defective
fuel sensors on the Space Shuttle
Atlantis.

This isn't the first time this
has happened.

Gauge problems caused shuttle
launch delays in 2005 and 2006

Though N-A-S-A has improved its
safety checks, there's always the
chance for something to go wrong.

CHANNEL=B SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=Every flight is

*CG 2line Michael Griffin

NASA Administrator

"EVERY FLIGHT IS A CONCERN AND WILL
ALWAYS BE AND YOU KNOW I AM ALWAYS ON
PINS AND NEEDLES AND SO IS EVERYONE
ELSE."

RUNS=:06 (END SOT)

OQ=is everyone else.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

If engineers can fix the problem,

Melvin and his crew could blast off for
the international space station
tomorrow.

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GRAPHIC=None A woman from Lynchburg says she

was assaulted while jogging.

TAKE MAP TAKE MAP

The incident happened in the 400
block of Alta Lane on Tuesday.

The jogger says a man got out of
a car, forced her against it and
sexually assaulted her.

Police say another man was also
in the car.

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KIMBERLY ON CAM KIMBERLY ON CAM

GRAPHIC=NONE They're now looking for a late

1990's blue navy pickup truck with
cream or tan colored camper shell.

If you have any information
please give Lynchburg police a call.

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LEO IN CHROMAKEY

< Webb in the SkyTracker7 Forecast
Center. We're watch just a little
light moisture in far southwest
Virginia this morning near the
Interstate 77 corridor. There may be
some light sleet, snow or freezing rain
associated with this until around
daybreak. With cold surface
temperatures, some roads could become
slick. Any activity will be light and
will soon move out of the area. We're
certainly dealing with more clouds
Friday, but we'll only manage an
isolated afternoon sprinkle at best
today. Highs will be a touch warmer,
around the mid 40s (average high is
near 50).

Friday night calls for mainly cloudy

conditions with perhaps a stray
sprinkle or shower to the west of the
Roanoke Valley; otherwise dry. Not as
cold with lows near 40.

Sunday is cloudy with a very slight
chance of a late afternoon or evening
shower, but generally it'll just be a
mainly cloudy day. Highs are forecast
near 60.

Wednesday calls for highs in the mid
60s with sun and clouds and a 30%
chance of showers. Rain chances move up
to 40% Thursday with cooler
temperatures as a front crosses the
NEWS7 viewing area.

Have a great weekend!

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Slightly warmer.
High: 45

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Not as
cold. Low: 40

SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Warmer.
High: 57

Have a great weekend! Meteorologist
Jay Webb>>

WEATHER BUG

WEATHERPRO

BACK ON DESK FOR 2-SHOT GOODBYE BACK TO DESK FOR 2-SHOT GOODBYE

GOODBYE!

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12/07/2007 0kmcbroom 475:22 0:52 0:00 0:52 -- *CG standup Kimberly McBroom

kmcbroom@wdbj7.com

ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None Good Morning, I'm Kimberly

McBroom.

We're seeing some wintry weather this
morning

Meteorologist Jay Webb has the full
Skytracker 7 forecast coming up..

TRAFFIC ALERT BANNER TRAFFIC ALERT

Freezing rain this morning is leading
to numerous accidents, and in Roanoke,
it is putting a temporary hold on
school bus routes.

Roanoke City Schools report all
school buses are are being held for
about 30 minutes until road conditions
improve.

This mostly affect elementary school
routes.

Roanoke County police report freezing
conditions have created accidents and
blocked roads in many places,
especially in southern parts of the
county.

In Rockbridge County, authorities are
reporting several on Interstate 64 and
well as I- 81...

In Floyd county, V-DOT says U-S
Route 221 north and south from
Bethlehem Church Road to Cannady School
road is closed because of icy
conditions...

In Amherst County..an accident has
closed U-S 29 north and south just past
the Route 210 exits in Madison Heights.

All lanes are closed.

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GRAPHIC=None Members of the Smith Mountain

Lake Marine Fire Rescue are often
called upon to help recover boats that
have taken on water and sunk.

Yesterday, it was one of their
own.

CHANNEL=A VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Franklin Co.

Members of the department were
responding to a fire call on Wednesday
night, when they discovered one of
their fire boats had sunk in its slip
at Crazy Horse Marina.

They called in a crane, placed
airbags under the hull, and used pumps
to raise the boat from the bottom.

CHANNEL=B SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=Well we've got other

*CG 2line David Scoggins

SML Marine Fire/Rescue Deputy Chief DAVID SCOGGINS/DEPUTY CHIEF: WELL WE'VE
GOT OTHER FIRE BOATS ON THE LAKE SO WE
WILL STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FIRE
PROTECTION, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO BEGIN
WORKING IMMEDIATELY TO REPLACE IT.

RUNS=08 (END SOT)

OQ=working immediately to replace it.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Members of the department haven't
yet determined why the boat took on
water.

They don't know the extent of the
damage yet, but fear the craft may be a
total loss.

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GRAPHIC=W & M LOGO The College of William and Mary's

sporting a new logo.

Last year the N-C-double-A
decided the college could continue to
use the nickname "the Tribe"... but
couldn't display the logo with
feathers.

The N-C-double-A concluded the
old logo was offensive to native
Americans ...because of the feathers.

TAKE APRISA FS TAKE APRISA FS

The new logo has no feathers and
modernizes the college's familiar
W-and-M design... including traditional
green and gold colors.

END APRISA FS END APRISA

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LEO IN CHROMAKEY

Friday night calls for mainly cloudy
conditions with perhaps a stray
sprinkle or shower to the west of the
Roanoke Valley; otherwise dry. Not as

cold with lows near 40.

Sunday is cloudy with a very slight
chance of a late afternoon or evening
shower, but generally it'll just be a
mainly cloudy day. Highs are forecast
near 60.

Wednesday calls for highs in the mid
60s with sun and clouds and a 30%
chance of showers. Rain chances move up
to 40% Thursday with cooler
temperatures as a front crosses the
NEWS7 viewing area.

Have a great weekend!

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Slightly warmer.
High: 45

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Not as

cold. Low: 40

SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Warmer.
High: 57

Have a great weekend! Meteorologist
Jay Webb>>

WEATHER BUG

WEATHER PRO

BACK TO DESK FOR 2 SHOT GOODBYE BACK TO DESK FOR 2 SHOT GOODBYE

GOODBYE!

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12/07/2007 0kmcbroom 0:46 0:00 0:46 -- *CG standup Kimberly McBroom

kmcbroom@wdbj7.com

ANCHOR ON CAM ANCHOR ON CAM

GRAPHIC=None Good Morning, I'm Kimberly

McBroom.

TRAFFIC ALERT BANNER TRAFFIC ALERT

Freezing rain this morning is leading
to numerous accidents, and in Roanoke,
it is putting a temporary hold on
school bus routes.

Roanoke City Schools report all
school buses are are being held for
about 30 minutes until road conditions
improve.

This mostly affect elementary school
routes.

Roanoke County police report freezing
conditions have created accidents and
blocked roads in many places,
especially in southern parts of the
county.

In Rockbridge County, authorities are
reporting several accidents on
Interstate 64, and well as I- 81...

In Floyd county, V-DOT says U-S
Route 221 north and south from
Bethlehem Church Road to Cannady School
road is closed because of icy
conditions...

In Amherst County..an accident has
closed U-S 29 north and south, just

past the Route 210 exits, in Madison
Heights.

All lanes are closed.

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*LEO IN CHROMAKEY LEO IN CHROMAKEY

near 50).

Friday night calls for mainly cloudy
conditions with perhaps a stray
sprinkle or shower to the west of the
Roanoke Valley; otherwise dry. Not as
cold with lows near 40.

Sunday is cloudy with a very slight
chance of a late afternoon or evening
shower, but generally it'll just be a
mainly cloudy day. Highs are forecast
near 60.

Wednesday calls for highs in the mid
60s with sun and clouds and a 30%
chance of showers. Rain chances move up
to 40% Thursday with cooler
temperatures as a front crosses the

NEWS7 viewing area.

Have a great weekend!

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy. Slightly warmer.
High: 45

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Not as
cold. Low: 40

SATURDAY: Variably cloudy. Warmer.
High: 57

Have a great weekend! Meteorologist
Jay Webb>>

WEATHER BUG

WEATHER PRO

*BACK TO DESK FOR TWO SHOT GOODBYE BACK TO DESK FOR TWO SHOT GOODBYE

GOODBYE!

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