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


CAPTION: In Custody?


Keith Cart: We'll check the custody
status of the couple accused of killing
a construction worker in Wednesday's
drunk driving wreck.


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HEADLINE #2 HEADLINE #2


CAPTION: Running Tab


Joe Cart:Roanoke City Council member
Alfred Dowe explains his expenses, as
Mayor Nelson Harris orders an audit


video of Dowe in YOUNG'S BIN


audio in Joe's audio booth bin


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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3


CAPTION: Making Hay


Jean Standup:Dennis Brown Bin


hay2 tn#20


take#1 not enough of this making it


tough for farmers




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HEADLINE #4 HEADLINE #4


CAPTION: Weekend View


Robin Standup: Plenty of clouds this
weekend but the chance of rain is low.


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HEADLINE #5 HEADLINE #5


CAPTION: Numbers Game


Mike Cart:


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Keith/Jean Double Super

*CG standup Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com

*CG 304

*CG standup Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com

*CG standup Brent Watts

Meteorologist

*CG standup Grant Kittelson

gkittelson@wdbj7.com

*Cg 300 >>

Natasha/Keith Double Super

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


Jean= 2-Shot 2-Shot


And I'm Jean Jadhon.

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The suspects in Wednesday's fatal
chain-reaction crash on 419 in Roanoke
County had been told to leave the bar
where they'd met two hours earlier.

KEITH 2-SHOT KEITH 2-SHOT


Patrons at Cornerstone Bar and
Grill in downtown Roanoke say the
couple appeared to be drunk.


CHANNEL=B VO-NAT


VO-NAT Tracie Nininger was released on


bond from the Roanoke County jail late
today.


Jeff Dupree got out last night.


*CG locator Roanoke Co Police say they were both driving under Wednesday the influence when they struck and
killed construction worker Richard
Slone near Tanglewood Mall early
Wednesday morning.

KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM


GRAPHIC=NONE Nininger was charged with


involuntary manslaughter the same day.


Police served a manslaughter
warrant on Dupree only yesterday.

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GRAPHIC=NONE

*CG standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com Roanoke Mayor Nelson Harris is
calling for an audit of city council
expenses, following reports that one
member of council, Alfred Dowe,
outspent his colleagues by a wide
margin.


DOUBLE BOXES=JEAN/JOE DOUBLE BOXES


Joe Dashiell is at city hall
tonight, with more on this developing
story.


LIVE=JOE FULL MICROWAVE LIVE FULL

*cg LIVE Joe Dashiell

jdashiell@wdbj7.com Jean, the mayor says he's not Roanoke prepared to pass judgement on Dowe's
expenses, but he believes an audit will
answer the questions that have been
raised this week.




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INQ=

*CG locator Roanoke

:00


*CG 2line Alfred Dowe

Roanoke City Council

:21

*CG 2line Nelson Harris

Roanoke Mayor

:50


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OQ=good stewards of the public's money. <

reported this week, Dowe spent more
than 14- thousand dollars on meals,
travel and other expenses during 2007.


That was several thousand more
than any other member of council, but
Dowe says he's been out in the
community and active in organizations,
learning as much as he can and
promoting the city.


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INQ= 15:18:12 YOU GET OUT OF THIS WHAT YOU


PUT IN IT AND I'VE PUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
PERSONAL TIME, PERSONAL PHONE CALLS


PERSONAL MILEAGE ON MY EXZPENSE AND ON
MY DIME, BUT IN NO WAY AM I TRYING TO
SMUDGE THE LINE, MUCH LESS CROSS IT.
18:28


RUNS= (END SOT)


OQ= Meanwhile Mayor Nelson Harris has


asked the city auditor to review the
expenses of all city council members.


And he has is turning to the
auditor, city attorney, and city clerk
to take a closer look at the current
policies on council spending.


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INQ=Certianly I think the public Certinaly i think



... good stewards of the public's
money.


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OQ=good stewards of the public's money.


LIVE=JOE FULL MICROWAVE LIVE FULL

*cg LIVELOC Roanoke


JOE AD LIBS





DOUBLE BOXES=JOE/JEAN DOUBLE BOXES


JOE AD LIBS


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GRAPHIC=NONE A student at Virginia Western
EVENT=HEALTHCHECK 7 BANNER Community College has contracted


bacterial meningitis.


That's a contagious infection of
the fluid surrounding the brain and
spinal cord.


It can be spread through CLOSE
personal contact...such as kissing or
sharing drinking glasses.


CHANNEL=A VO-NAT


VO-NAT Health officials tell News 7 that


anyone who may have been exposed to the
student has already been notified and
those were were are getting approriate
treatment.


Symptoms of meningitis include
high fever, headaches, stiff neck,
nausea, and vomitting.


Vaccine is available to help
prevent the four most common types.


But unlike four-year public
institutions, students at community
colleges are not required by state law
to get the vaccine.

KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM


GRAPHIC=NONE Health officials tell us the


student is recovering tonight... doing
much better.



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GRAPHIC=NONE

*Cg standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdb7.com It's been more than two weeks
since a Christiansburg woman was raped
in her home, but investigators say they
still need the public to stay alert.


CHANNEL=B VO-NAT


VO-NAT Christiansburg Police want people


to continue calling them with tips
about who this man might be.


This is a composite sketch of the
rapist that was released by the
department after the attack.


If you have any information, call
Christiansburg Police.


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*cg STANDUP Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com In Virginia you have-to- have
actually pulled the trigger or been
somehow directly involved in committing
murder to be subject to the death
penalty.


CHANNEL=C VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Richmond


Two bills that eliminate the so-
called "triggerman rule" have passed
the House and Senate.


They would allow juries to
sentence to death defendants who share
an intent to kill.


Governor Kaine vetoed the bill
last year, but has promised to meet
with the lawmakers sponsoring the bills
before taking action this year.


Supporters say it's time to bring
Virginia in step with the majority of
other death penalty states that don't


have a triggerman rule.


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INQ=And finally once and for all...

*CG 2line Del. Todd Gilbert


(R) Woodstock

:00

*CG 2line Gov. Tim Kaine

:11



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OQ=I will certainly hear him out.



<<2:53:43 DEL. TODD GILBERT: AND
FINALLY ONCE AND FOR ALL MAKE SURE THAT
VIRGINIA IS TREATING EQUALLY GUILTY
CRIMINALS WHO COMMIT THESE HEINOUS
CAPITAL MURDERS, UH, TREATING THEM THE
SAME REGARDLESS OF WHO PULLS THE
TRIGGER.


1:52:03 GOV. TIM KAINE: I HAD A
PARTICULAR REASON FOR VETOING THE BILL
LAST YEAR AND I CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT
REASON HAS CHANGED, BUT I WILL
CERTAINLY HEAR HIM OUT.>>



VO-NAT VO-NAT


Virginia sheriffs and


commonwealth attorneys associations
support the bill.


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GRAPHIC=NONE

*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com Thousands of dollars in bills are
racking up at the Galax Animal Shelter
as an animal mistreatment case
continues.


CHANNEL=B VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Grayson Co.

:00 Loretta Parsons is appealing
charges related to her dog breeding
operation in Grayson County and will be
back to court in March.


Meantime, 20 of her dogs have
been held as evidence at the shelter
since November.


Workers say it's cost more than 7


thousand dollars, and they've had to
kill dozens of other dogs waiting for
new homes.


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GRAPHIC=NONE

*cg STANDUP Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com A New River Valley pain doctor
has pled guilty to health care fraud.


Dr. Linda Sue Cheek admitted in
federal court this week that she
defrauded the U-S health care system
through her Dublin medical practice.


DOUBLE BOXES=KEITH/RACHEL DOUBLE BOXES


News 7's Rachel DePompa is in our
Blacksburg newsroom to explain how
Cheek tried to beat the system.


LIVE=RACHEL FULL B'BURG BUREAU LIVE FULL

*CG live Rachel DePompa

rdepompa@wdbj7.com K/J, in February of 2006 federal Blacksburg agents raided Dr. Linda Cheek's Dublin
office.


Nearly two years later, she
walked into federal court and admitted
to filing false claims.


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INQ=Dr. Linda Cheek's

*CG locator Dublin

:00


*CG standup Rachel DePompa

rdepompa@wdbj7.com

:36


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OUT= completely devoted.


< River Medical Associates is still open.
And it was here, that federal
authorities say Cheek was using and
abusing the health care system.



INSERT VIDEO OF CHEEK HERE (start with
groundbreaking/go to 1999 interview)


Cheek, seen here at the ground breaking
for her office back in 1999, is a
primary care physician who took up
alternative medicines.. including pain
management. She pleaded guilty in court
on Thursday to defrauding the Medicaid
and Medicare health care programs for
her own financial gain.


END VIDEO FROM 1999



She admits to filing a series of false
claims at her office for services she
had not performed.



SOT FULL SOT FULL clip #26 Outside office


INQ=DR. CHEEK RACHEL DEPOMPA 14:20:29:00 DR. CHEEK


EVEN ADMITTED TO BILLING FOR SERVICES
PERFORMED BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS AT HER
OFFICE WHILE SHE WAS OUT OF THE
COUNTRY. :36


RUN:07 (END SOT)


OQ=THE COUNTRY.


INSERT GRAPHIC


STATEMENT FROM CHEEK'S ATTORNEY HERE


In a statement released this afternoon,
Cheek's Attorney said the "settlement
reached with the government represents
an agreed resolution concerning complex
billing regulations. Nothing in this
case concerns Dr. Cheek's medical care
or her relationships with her patients,
to whom she is completely devoted."


END GRAPHIC WITH PAD!!!!>>



LIVE=RACHEL FULL B'BURG BUREAU LIVE FULL

*CG liveloc Blacksburg


We've placed the full statement
from her attorney on our website.


Cheek will be sentence in May...


DOUBLE BOXES=RACHEL/KEITH (DOUBLE BOXES)


K/J she faces up to 10 years in
prison and a 250-thousand dollar fine.


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How easy is to to be 270 million
dollars richer -- pretty easy if you
win the Mega Millions lottery
tonight...


CHANNEL=A


VO-NAT VO-NAT

*CG tease MAKING HAY


KEITH= ON VO KEITH ON VO


A severe hay shortage in the
region pushes prices sky high -- and
causes major problems for farmers...

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SITTING AT THE WEATHER CENTER



It's all about the lack of moisture
which was the element missing from the
winter weather advisory last night.
What's up for your weekend? Details
ahead.





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GRAPHIC=NONE

*Cg STANDUP Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com The gymnasium at a local rec.
center won't be seeing any action for a


while...


CHANNEL=C VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke


...at least until a problem with
excess moisture can be fixed.


The gym at the Norwich Recreation
Center in Roanoke is temporarily closed
.


The weather, has made the floors
wet and slippery... making it unsafe
for basketball players.


The gym will not be closed for
ever, even as other areas of the center
remain open.


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GRAPHIC=NONE

*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com It's a new beginning for old
restaurant in downtown Roanoke.


CHANNEL=A VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke


Billy's Ritz has seen sold for
nearly two million dollars.


The new owner, Roger Neel, who
also owns several other restaurants in
the Roanoke area.


While construction has already
started on the building, plans for it
have not been made public.


Our calls to Roger Neel were not
returned today.


The building dates back to 1910.


Billy's Ritz closed this past
December.


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GRAPHIC=MEGA MILLIONS

*CG standup Keith Humphry

khumphry@wdbj7.com One of the largest mega millions
jackpot is up for grabs tonight.


It's worth a cool 270 million...
and some players say they know exactly
what they'll do if they win.


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INQ=

*CG 2line Debbie McLaurin

Mega Millions player

:00

*CG 2line Shirley Russell

Mega Millions player

:07


RUNS=9 (END SOT)


OQ=be one thing


< ready.. take care of the family


I'd like to help alot of people. that
be one thing." >>





VO-NAT VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke


The tickets are still on sale....
until 10:45 tonight


Lottery retailers say they still
have some.


You can catch the results tonight
on Your Hometown Station during News 7
at Eleven.


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02/22/2008 0rreed Tease2 1090:59 0:30 0:00 0:30 -- JEAN 2-SHOT JEAN 2-SHOT


Now that we are past the icy weather
forecast, temperatures are on the
upswing this weekend.


ROBIN STANDING IN FRONT OF WXCENTER ROBIN STANDING IN FRONT OF WXCENTER


WEATHERBUG FULL TAKE WEATHERBUG FULL




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WEATHER MINI OPEN

CK-WXBUG CURRENT CONDITIONS ROUNDUP


CK-TITAN RADAR ANALYSIS *CG 304



< Reed in the SkyTracker7 Forecast
Center. Let's talk about the weekend.
As the storm continues to pass to our


south, some wrap around moisture may
bring an evening shower or two this
evening, but that's about it. Saturday
will bring some clouds in the morning,
but mainly sunny skies by afternoon
with highs in the 50s. A great treat
considering the past several days we've
seen below normal temperatures. Sunday,
a disturbance will move overhead with
little fanfare. We'll notice increasing
clouds and perhaps a sprinkle or two.
Monday is rather warm with increasing
sunshine. Highs should manage mid and
upper 50s. Our next decent rain chances
don't arrive until Tuesday and
Wednesday (50% chance). FRIDAY NIGHT:
Mostly cloudy with evening rain
showers. Low: 37 SATURDAY: Increasing
sunshine. High: 52 SATURDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Low: 32 For weather
anytime turn to our webpage at
wdbj7.com>>

CK-WXPRO WEATHER MAPS


WXPRO/FULL FORECASTS


EXTENDED FORECASTS


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02/22/2008 1dgraham 022208 18:52:53 jja 1097:04 0:08 1:33 1:41 6 Hay-- MINI OPEN MINI OPEN

JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM
GRAPHIC=NONE

*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com The cost of one product has
skyrocketed..


Hay might not be something you
think about.. but high prices are
forcing some people out of business.


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INQ=

*CG locator Roanoke

:00





*CG standup Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com

:40

*CG 2line Bobby Hylton

Farmer

:54


*CG locator Botetourt Co.

1:02


*CG 2line Buck Simmons

Farmer

1;12


RUNS=1:33 (END SOT)


OQ=SOME SNOW RUNS. <<


(END SOT) It's dinner time for this herd in


Roanoke


SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ=coos mooing cows mooing sound or some other nat


sound if we have it???


(END SOT)


But this year... one main food source..
hay-- is in short supply...


SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ=THIS IS ALL WE GOT ON hay 2#14


THIS IS ALL WE GOT ON THIS FARM


RUN03 (END SOT)


OQ=THIS FARM Farmer Billy Hylton walked with me


through a field that is normally filled
with hay rolls.. not this year-


SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ=would you call it HAY2 TN#14


12:18:31


Jean: Would you call it a rough year..
a tough year? Hylton: one of the
roughest years i've ever had


RUN04 (END SOT)


OQ=ever had That's because last year's drought
dealt famer's a double whammy---


not enough grass for cattle to graze
on meant farmers had to haul in hay
early...in the summer.


SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ= some type of nat sound?? just for a


second to break up this long cart


RUN (END SOT)


OQ= and dry weather left farmers with a
smaller hay crop than usual---


SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ=IN FACT THIS IS ALL hay#2 take#5


12:24:01


JEAN JADHON/NEWS 7: IN FACT THIS IS ALL
THE HAY THEY HAVE LEFT AT THIS FARM
DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THE WINTER.


RUN07 (END SOT)


OQ=THROUGH THE WINTER Hylton's herd at this farm... goes


through 12 hay rolls a week-


and while the supply is down.. the
demand is up.. bumping last year's
price of 25 dollars a roll to ..


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INQ=SOME OF ITS 70 hay tn#4


15:14:21 SOME OF IT'S 70 DOLLARS A ROLL
TO 125 DOLLARS A ROLL RUNS 05


RUN05 (END SOT)


OQ=TO 125 DOLLARS A ROLL


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INQ=SEVEN HUNDRED hay#2 tn#17


auctioneer nat sound


15:55:09


SEVEN HUNDRED, SIX EIGHTY FIVE, SEVEN
TEN


RUN03 (END SOT)


OQ=SEVEN TEN. so Hylton like others are resorting


to this.. selling cattle at auction....
the only option he and other farmers
say they have...



SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ=IT'S BEEN ROUGH HAY


TN#2


15:11:42


BUCK SIMMONS/FARMER: IT'S BEEN ROUGH A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
THEY JUST GONNA FINALLY GO OUT RUNS 05


RUN05 (END SOT)


OQ=FINALLY GO OUT the high cost of fuel has also made


fertilizer prices jump..


that's putting the squeeze on many


farmers who live and die by the hand
mother nature deals- and now can only
pray for..


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INQ=HURTING REAL 15:14:48


RAIN LAUGHS RAIN AND MAYBE SOME SNOW
RUNS 05


RUN07 (END SOT)


OQ=MAYBE SOME SNOW >>

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VO-NAT JEAN READS


ANCHOR=JEAN To give you an idea of how much


hay costs-


Bobby Hylton's herd goes through
12 rolls a week- if he has to buy hay
at 75 dollars a roll.. it would cost
him 900 dollars a week.


That's not counting the cost of
grain the animals are also fed.

JEAN ON CAM JEAN ON CAM
GRAPHIC=NONE

*cg STANDUP Jean Jadhon

jjadhon@wdbj7.com Hylton's not the only one selling
cattle..


According to the Virginia Farm


Bureau the state's cattle herd has
signficantly decreased.


Getting rain this year is
critical- or farmers may be in even
worse shape.

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GRAPHIC=None Coming up tonight in sports -


JMU's head hoop coach is stepping down.


A former Viking is getting her
jersey retired tonight.


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VO-NAT

*CG tease ICE, ICE BABY


And look everybody - we found
some ice in the Roanoke Valley afterall
- we'll tell you why hockey's back at
the Roanoke Civic Center.


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EVENING PROMO NEXT EVENING PROMO NEXT

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*cg STANDUP Natasha Ryan

nryan@wdbj7.com I'm Natasha Ryan, live in the
newsroom. Coming up tonight on News
Seven at Ten on My Network TV....



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*cg TEASE TONIGHT AT TEN


a man thinks his truck is
stolen...but it turns out his dog just
decided to take it for a drive...


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*cg TEASE TONIGHT AT ELEVEN


And at eleven, would you believe
that when the economy goes
down....makeup sales go up..and so do
hemlines!!!! What's behind the dolling
up and hiking up....We'll see you
tonight!

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*Cg STANDUP Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com We begin tonight in Harrisonburg
where JMU head basketball coach Dean
Keener announced this afternoon that he
resigning at the end of the current
season.


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*CG locator Harrisonburg

April 2004 Keener was hired in April of 2004 :00 and in his four seasons in Harrisonburg
he has struggled to win enough games
going just 29 and 83.


Keener is good guy who had all
kinds of success as an assistant at
JMU, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech,
but he just couldn't get it done at
JMU.


Keener is 42 years old, he will
be paid for the one year left on his


five-year deal.


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*cg STANDUP Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com If you are a Hockey starved fan
here in the Roanoke Valley, you can get
your fix this weekend at the Roanoke
Civic Center.


The Virginia Tech Club Hockey
Team is hosting the Atlantic Coast
Collegiate Hockey League DIvision 2
Tournament tonight through Sunday.


7 teams are involved including a
match-up between U-V-A and Virginia
Tech this evening at 7 o'clock.


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SOT FULL


INQ=

*CG 2line Mike Spradlin

Virginia Tech Head Coach

:00


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OQ=fast paced, hard hitting."

MIKE ON CAMERA MIKE ON CAMERA


GRAPHIC=TECH/UVA We'll have some highlights for


you tonight on News 7 at 11.

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*CG standup Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com The precipitation we were spared
from today, drenched Atlanta yesterday
causing a pretty imporatn roof to leak
last night.


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*CG locator Atlanta, GA

Last Night The Alexander Memorial Coliseum :00 where Georgia Tech was set to host UVA
spring a leak and water began dripping
from the ceiling into the free throw
lane area on one end of the floor.


After about a half hour of
deliberation and trying to get it
stopped, last night Virginia-Georgia
Tech game was called off.


This afternoon the make-up date
was set for Monday night, March 3rd in


Atlanta at 7pm.


Again - that's Monday night -
March 3rd.


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*CG standup Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com The Sprint Cup series is in
Fontana, California this weekend and so
far it has been plagued by rain.


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VO-NAT

*CG locator Fontana, CA

Speed The drivers were all set to get
on the track this afternoon but
moisture in the air and on the ground
kept the cars in the garage area.


Qualifying was supposed to get
underway at 6:30 tonight, but time
trials may not happen at all.


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*CG standup Mike Stevens

mstevens@wdbj7.com The Blue Ridge boys and girls
championship games take place at
Northside tonight, where in between the
two, the Vikings will retire the jersey
of former Northside standout and
current Radford Highlander Corrie
Fertitta.


Fertitta, who has started all 28
games this season, recently moved into
third place on the all time rebounding
list at RU.


CHANNEL=B SOT FULL


SOT FULL


INQ=

*CG 2line Corrie Fertitta

Will Have Jersey Retired at Northside

:00


RUNS=40 (END SOT)


OQ=just being a jump shooter."

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VO-NAT KEITH READS


ANCHOR=KEITH Light rain fell on the George


Washington statute in Richmond most of
the day.... the famous statue is 150-
years old today.


Freezing rain fell on the state
capitol this morning but didn't
accumulate.


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KEITH READS KEITH READS


Thanks for watching Your Hometown
Station. I'm Keith Humphry...

JEAN READS JEAN READS


and I'm Jean Jadhon, for Robin
Reed and Mike Stevens have a great
night. Our next newscast is News 7 at
Ten on MyNetwork TV -- then again at
Eleven right here on Your Hometown
Station.


CHANNEL=B VO NAT

VO NAT JEAN READS


ANCHOR=JEAN back out to the farm.. where


farmer's gave me a quick lesson in how
to operate a tractor... shot by our own
resident farmer Dennis Brown---

4-SHOT GOOD BYE 4-SHOT GOODBYE



ANCHORS AD LIB


Good night.

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tonight on News 7 at 6.

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