WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 11/02/95

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Up next on News 7 at five-
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A parents worst nightmare- A man hijacks a school bus with children aboard-
We'll hear from the man who was abducted in Campbell county. He speaks about his ordeal.
Plus Mark Furhman starts a new life far away from L-A.
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Haven't raked the leaves? No problem, nature brings on the big blower this weekend.

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On Helath Check, it's National Hospice Month.
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We'll hear about family-centered programs that make patients with long-term illnesses comfortable in their last days.
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A routine ride to school turns terrifying- A waiter hijacks the bus and takes the kids on a 15 mile chase.
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A co-worker says the waiter who hijacked a busload of disabled students had been freaking out at work.
Miami Police shot and killed the hijacker after he threated to set off a bomb.
The children were special needs students on their way to school.
A police spokesman says the children were crying the entire time.
Dave Fehling is in Miami with the latest on this early morning terror. cut to DAVEY
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(( The school bus was on its way to Blue Lakes Elementary in South Dade County when police say the man forced his way on.
On board were 11 special-needs children, an adult aide and the bus driver.
The man claimed to have a bomb.
He led police on a 15-mile, low speed chase into Miami Beach.
Along the way, police were able to convince the hijacker to stop the bus and let some of the children out, until only five remained on board.
Finally, the hijacker forced the driver to go to Joe's Stone Crab, a popular Miami Beach restaurant where he had been fired the night before.
All the while, school bus driver Alicia Chapman remained calm.
OCTAVIO VISIEDO/DADE CO. SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: SHE NEVER PANICKED, SHE'S A HERO.
As the hijacker approached the door of the bus, police shot him and dragged him to the street.
It turned out there was no bomb.
Paramedics worked on the man, but he was dead.
More police rushed in and pulled the children off the bus.
They were scared, but otherwise ok.
As frantic parents rushed to the school for word on their kids, the children were miles away, eating french fries and ice cream at Joe's Restaurant.
THEY FELT BETTER AFTER ICE CREAM
As for the hijacker, his former co-workers at Joe's said he was having personal problems that may have included trouble with the IRS.
No one will ever know for sure what drove him to this.
One thing is certain the families of 11 boys and girls feel blessed that things didn't turn out worse.))
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A Lynchburg convenience store clerk knows exactly what those school bus children were going through.
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Tuesday night Bret Dorsey was working at this Campbell Avenue store, when he was kidnapped by an armed suspect on an alleged crime spree.
Police say earlier in the night Brad (McCumby) McCombie robbed another store and then shot a Campbell County Sheriff's Deputy.
Dorsey says he was robbed at gunpoint and was forced into a three- hour getaway ride.
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Once the pair made it to Henrico County, McCombie let Dorsey go.
McCombie was later killed during a shootout with police.
Officer Andrew Margiotta (MAR-jee-ah-tuh) was wounded during the shootout and is listed in good condition.
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Day two of Bosnian Peace Talks in Ohio-
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Today The state department presented the factions with four draft documents intended as the backbone of a general peace agreement.
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Burns also said the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and the Bosnian-Croat federation agreed to allow a few hundred refugee families to return home.

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Ahead in the newscast--Virginia's Secretary of Education sits down to lunch- cafeteria style with some students in Franklin County.
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Plus a North Carolina Bank is making a run for the border-- we'll explain.
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On Health Check-- It's National Hospice Month.
Plus drug abuse among the nation's teens-- despite the warning calls, the problem is on the rise. 2-SHOT
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In tonight's Two Minute Ticker a live report from Charlottesville.
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UVa is just hours away from a huge game against Florida State. All this coming up after the break. cc sponsor

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There's a new bank coming to the Martinsville-Henry County area.
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Sources say the First Citizens Bank of Raleigh, North Carolina has purchased two branches First Union recently put on the selling block.
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People who follow the region's banking industry say the move makes perfect sense, since First Citizens has several other branches to the north and east of Martinsville.
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First Citizens will apparently retain the employees at the two First Union branches it's buying.
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After the deal is complete, the only branch First Union will have in the Martinsville-Henry County area will be in Bassett.

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Fire officials in Botetourt County say an overloaded circuit was to blame for a house fire earlier today.
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Fire broke out at this house shortly before noon in the 400-block of Main Street in Fincastle.
The back of the house suffered heavy fire, smoke and water damage.
People were home at the time, but escaped without injury.
Crews from Eagle Rock, Fincastle, Troutville and North Roanoke County responded.
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A state official is causing quite a feeding frenzy at a Franklin County school.
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Secretary of Education Beverly Sgro (SKROH) paid a visit to Callaway Elementary this afternoon.
She was given a tour of the school and then treated to lunch.
But Sgro says the real treat was meeting students and teachers.
And she had nothing but positive things to say about the school.
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((BEVERLY SGRO/VA SECRETARY OF EDUCATION: IT REALLY IS THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS SCHOOL IS THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE-- IS THE SCHOOL'S RETURN TO THAT KIND OF AN ATMOSPHERE SO THAT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY FEEL AN AFFILIATION WITH THE SCHOOL. ))
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Sgro was supposed to visit Callaway Elementary last month during National School Lunch Week, but other commitments forced her to postpone it until today.
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Even though it is only the beginning of November, those who like to plan ahead can begin their holiday shopping.
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Up next on NEWS-7 at FIVE, Patrick Evans takes us to a craft show in Roanoke County, strictly for Christmas. A full report right after this break.
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5-CRAFTS

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Nothing says Christmas like a handmade gift, or a special ornament on the tree.
Patrick Evans has found a group of women who make sure there are plenty of great crafts available, and have done so for the last 17 years.
Here's his report on Holly-Daze.
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A little later-- since the Simpson trial wrapped up, you may have thought that's the last we'd hear about Mark Furhman--but he's making his own headlines.
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And on Health Check--
Drug use among the nation's teenagers.
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And a report of a 75-percent rise in usage in just eight years.
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5-Drug-Survey

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Topping tonight's Health Check report- the Group "Pride America" says the nation is on a fast track to the demise of America's teenagers.
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The group says more teens are using drugs than when the group sent out it's first warning three years ago.
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((THOMAS GLEATON/PRIDE AMERICA: IN OUR STUDY OF 200-THOUSAND STUDENTS DURING THE 94-95 SCHOOL YEAR WE FOUND THAT CIGARETTE USE, COCAINE USE, AND HALLUCINOGEN USE HAS ALREADY REACHED AN EIGHT-YEAR HIGH AMONG STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 -12.))
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Pride America says if Congress fails to change the course of funding, the country will see more young people in prisons, and more deaths due to drug abuse.
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5-Hospice

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This is National Hospice Month.
Around the country, there are about two-thousand hospice programs-- about 45 are based in Virginia.
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Hospice is a family-centered program designed to make terminally ill patients comfortable in their last days.
The goal is to keep them in their homes, with their families. Care includes home medical visits, pain management-- even emotional support for not just the patient, but the entire family.
Hospice programs strive to allow time for meaningful relationships-- often a top priority for patients.
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With us to talk about hospice programs is Dr. Harry McCoy, he's the medical director for the New River Valley Hospice.
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((First of all, why don't you tell us why more and more families seem to be chosing hospice programs? What's really the mission of these programs?
Are the programs growing as there's more of an interest in all forms of Health care?
What about the rest of the family members? Are they often forgotten in the dying process-- when they really need the most help?
Tell us a little about the New River Valley Hospice?)) 2-shot-toss
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Time to turn to sports where Virginia is far from the favorite against A-C-C rival Florida State-- Mike has more on tonight's game.

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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to a wet Thursday night Two minute Ticker.
Let's get started tonight by taking a little trip to Charlottesville where the Virginia got to further their goal of winning a conference championship tonight against a team that has never lost an ACC game, the second ranked Florida State Seminoles. dbl box/roy/mike
Roy Stanley is in Charlottesville this evening waiting for the kickoff of tonight's ACC showdown, and he now checks in with a pregame report via Starlink, Roy.
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Mike, Virginia will try to do what no A-C-C team has been able to do since the Seminoles joined the conference five years ago.
And the Cavaliers will have to go out and play a near perfect game to end that streak.
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((Since losing in the closing seconds to Texas a couple of weeks ago the Cavaliers have had a week to rest and prepare for the showdown with the Florida State.
Virginia's goal of winning the A-C-C will depend on a victory over the Second ranked Seminoles.
The Cavaliers have plenty of respect for the leagues dominant team and they must overcome the Seminoles intimidation to have any chance of winning the game.)) ((GEORGE WELSH/UVA HEAD COACH: )) ((RONDE BARBER/UVA DEFENSIVE BACK: ))
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Beating the Seminoles is not out of Virginia's reach and at six we'll hear from the Seminoles who appear to be taking this game very seriously, Mike. Double Box MIke/Roy
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The Old Dominion Athletic Conference held its annual preseason media day for men's basketball today at the Salem Civic Center.
Defending champ Hampden-Sydney, which won the conference by five games last year is the coaches pick to win again this season.
Although all expect the league to be much more balanced this year.
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Emory & Henry and Roanoke College also received some first place votes.
Washington & Lee under first year head coach Kevin Moore was picked 6th, and Lynchburg was tabbed eighth in the coaches poll.
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Much more coming up at six.
Stay dry everybody. take a break

5-FUHRMAN

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Perhaps one of the most infamous people in the O-J Simpson trial says he wants out of the public eye.
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Mark Fuhrman now lives in Idaho. He says he wants the people of his new hometown to know he is no threat to the community.
The former Los Angeles police detective was labeled a racist and conspirator in the Simpson double murder trial.
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Furhman wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper-- saying he just wants to raise his family with as little attention as possible.
Furhman calls his wife and children innocent people caught up in the O-J whirlpool.

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Six and half inches of rain came in just a few hours....
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People who lived through the flood of '85 will never forget it.
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Thomas and six other people were plucked from the roof of his family business just seconds before the store was washed away by the flood waters.
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Delegate Thomas is just one of the '85 flood victims Keith Humphry revisited recently. That's all for NEWS-7 at FIVE Goodnight. ...the full story coming up on NEWS 7 at Six.