08:25-01
7Fatal-Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#95-106
GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire
Henry County Authorities may be investigating their sixth homicide in as
many weeks.
Yesterday a toddler died in a fire that officials call suspicious.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.;
At about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, one year old Ethan Cole Kirkman
was killed in a house fire.
The blaze broke out on Bittersweet Drive in the Sanville area.
Investigators believe someone started the blaze in a lower bedroom.
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SOT
IN Q=the area
((SGT. KIMMY NESTER HENRY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT. ))
SUPER=01-Sgt. Kimmy Nester/Henry Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=type of structure.
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VO-NAT
The boys parents Colvin and Wanda Kirkman and his grandmother were outside
the house when the fire started.
All three adults were taken to Martinsville hospital where they were treated
and released for smoke inhalation.
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7M'ville-Murder
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=Murder
Also from the southside, One Martinsville teenager is dead and another is
charged with murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville/Last Night;
18-year old Corey Hairston is charged with shooting 19-year old Douglas
Holland Junior last night.
Authorities believe the pair was arguing- in the parking lot of a
convenience store on Fayette Street when the shooting happened.
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SOT
IN Q=during the altercation
((INV. G.C. DOVE/MARTINSVILLE POLICE: ))
SUPER=01-Inv. G.C. Dove/Martinsville Police; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=in the chest
ANCHOR=Melanie
Holland was pronounced dead shrotly after he was taken to the hospital.
7Bank-Robberies
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#95-100
GRAPHIC=Bank Robbery
In Lynchburg, police are busy looking for suspects following a string of
bank hold-ups.
The latest occured yesterday less than 24 hours after another hold-up.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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SOT
IN Q=Doug Pickeral was
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00
SUPER=01-Doug Pickeral/Eyewitness; :08
SUPER=01-Cmdr. Earl Burnette/Lynchburg Police; :41
SUPER=@ssm1; :48
RUNS=1:01
OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.
(( Doug Pickeral was standing outside his Main Street barber shop Thursday when
he got a firsthand look at a bank robbery.
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SOT 12:25:02
IN Q=And I looked
((DOUG PICKERAL/EYEWITNESS: AND I LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET AND ONE OF THE BAGS
HAD BLOWED UP, HAD AN EXPLOSION IN THE BAG, AND HE RUN DOWN 11TH STREET AND
ANOTHER ONE BLOWED UP AND MONEY FLEW ALL OVER THE STREET.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=the street.
The two men who had just robbed the First Virginia bank were escaping on
foot when a dye pack in their bag of money exploded.
Pickeral was able to recover some of the cash, but the suspects got away.
A plastic grocery bag with red dye on it was found a few blocks away but the
bank robbers trail had gone cold.
This was Lynchburg's second robbery in two days, and third this month.
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SOT 12:40:33
IN Q=It puts a
((CMDR. EARL BURNETTE/LYNCHBURG POLICE: IT PUTS A STRAIN ON YOU, BUT WE DO THE
BEST WE CAN AND ARE LOOKING FOR ALL POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=possible suspects.
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SU
IN Q=Police say it's
((Police say it's too early to tell whether any of these robberies are related.
They believe they know who robbed the Nationsbank on Boonsboro Road Wednesday,
but the other suspects remain at large. Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.))
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VO-NAT
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ANCHOR=melanie
The suspects in yesterday's robbery are described as two black males... one
is about six feet tall, and was wearing a blue sweatshirt with a white
turtleneck and a blue baseball hat.
The other is 5 feet 6 inches tall, and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt,
with black jeans.
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7ABC
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#95-103
GRAPHIC=NONE
Virginia grocery stores may seen be stocking liquor on their shelves.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;
A-B-C officials say this month they will open a pilot store inside a Farm
Fresh store in Norfolk.
If it works, they'll take the concept statewide.
House Democratic Leader Tom Moss was pleasantly surprised by the news.
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SOT 06:23:58
IN Q=And if you
((DEL. TOM MOSS/D-NORFOLK: AND IF YOU CAN HAVE A ONE STOP SHOPPER, WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THAT? I MEAN IF THEY GO TO BUY THE GROCERIES, AND THEY HAVE A NEED
LIKE I SAY FOR EGGNOG OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEY CAN GET IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.))
sot 06:18:07
((DEL. VANCE WILKINS/R-AMHERST: WELL I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S -- THEY'RE GONNA
GET THE BOOZE ANYWAY.))
SUPER=01-Del. Tom Moss/(D) Norfolk;
SUPER=01-Del. Vance Wilkins/(R) Amherst; :11
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=booze anyway.
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VO-NAT
A-B-C employees will continue to work in the mini-stores, and all the usual
laws will still apply.
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7weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the weather -
The start of your weekend is going to be sunny and warm - highs will
reach 60.
55Fire
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#95-106
GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire
Henry County authorities are calling a fire that killed a toddler
Suspicious.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Henry Co.
Around three o'clock yesterday afternoon, one year old Ethan Cole Kirkman
was killed in a house fire.
The blaze broke out on Bittersweet Drive in the Sanville area.
Investigators believe someone started the blaze in a lower bedroom.
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SOT
IN Q=the area
((SGT. KIMMY NESTERl HENRY CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT. ))
SUPER=01-Sgt. Kimmy Nester/Henry Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=type of structure.
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VO-NAT
The boys parents Colvin and Wanda Kirkman and his grandmother were outside
the house when the fire started.
They were unable to rescue the toddler.
All three adults were taken to Martinsville hospital where they were treated
and released for smoke inhalation.
The fire is still under investigation.
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2-SHOT
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=2-SHOT
If this is ruled a homocide, the sheriff's Department says this would be
the sixth murder in six weeks.
55Salem-Rescue
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#95=93
GRAPHIC=NONE
More questions may be ahead for the Salem Rescue Squad concerning its
finances.
An audit is expected to be complete in about two weeks.
City officials hope the report will help the squad to put its problems to
rest.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
City Council hired an independent accounting firm to review squad records
dating back three years.
City Manager Randy Smith says the report may raise questions about a number
of financial transactions, but says it is too early to tell if the audit will
lead to another criminal investigation.
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SOT
IN Q=This like a lot
((RANDY SMITH/SALEM CITY MANAGER: THIS, LIKE A LOT OF OTHER MATTERS THAT HAVE
BEEN HANGING FIRE, FOR SO LONG A TIME, NEED TO BE PUT TO REST AND I THINK WE'RE
GETTING CLOSE TO DOING THAT WITH THIS ONE.))
SUPER=01-Randy Smith/Salem City Manager;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=doing that with this one.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
Two former officials of the Salem squad have been convicted of taking squad
funds.
55Tenure
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=equ
TAPE#95-98
GRAPHIC=Education
A recession and a budget shortfall are leading to questions about college
professors' work loads when some spend only three hours a week in the
classroom.
Also in question is how to demand change when those same professors are
tenured.
Yesterday in Richmond, lawmakers and professors were still hashing out the
details of how to fix the tenure system for the benefit of all.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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SOT
IN Q=Once college
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=01-Ruth Intress/Richmond Times-Dispatch; :21
SUPER=01-David Hager/Old Dominion Univ. President; :34
SUPER=01-Tom Morris/Emory & Henry College President; :53
SUPER=01-Del. Panny Rhodes/(R) Richmond; 1:02
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:18
RUNS=1:26
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( Once college professors get tenure-- barring gross misconduct, they've got
a job for life.
The down side is that good teachers may never become tenured professors,
because they don't bring in research dollars or write famous books.
A newspaper reporter delivered the blunt message from the public to the
American Association of University Professors in Richmond.
SOT TAPE ONE 02:47:59
((RUTH INTRESS/RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH: LET'S FACE IT. TENURE HAS BEEN
ABUSED. TEACHING HAS BEEN UNDERVALUED IN TENURE DECISIONS. TENURE DOES
PROTECT LAZY FACULTY OR BURNT-OUT FACULTY.))
RUNS=:13
SOT 02:58:29 TAPE ONE
((DAVID HAGER/ODU PRESIDENT: WE'RE EASY TARGETS. WE HAVE NOT EXPLAINED
OURSELVES WELL. I KNOW WE DON'T DRINK CAPPUCINO AND MOW THE LAWN ALL DAY. I'D
LIKE TO. BUT I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH BUSINESS. PEOPLE WORK 60 AND 70 HOURS A
WEEK. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE WELL PAID.))
RUNS=:19
SOT 03:49:24 TAPE TWO
((TOM MORRIS/EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE PRESIDENT: OH I THINK THAT THE BEST
ARGUMENT FOR TENURE CONTINUES TO BE THE HISTORIC ONE. THAT IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
SPEAK AND PUBLISH FREELY.))
RUNS=:09
sot 03:52:03 TAPE TWO
((DEL. PANNY RHODES: I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE GOOD ASPECTS...AWAY FROM THE
STUDENTS.))
RUNS=:14
sot standup
((THE MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PROFESSORS IS CLEAN UP YOUR OWN
HOUSE, OR FACE A POLITICAL MAKEOVER OF THE TENURE PROCESS. ELLEN QUALLS, NEWS
7, RICHMOND.))
RUNS=:13))
55weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the weather -
The start of your weekend is going to be sunny and warm - highs will
reach 60.
For tonight, expect temperatures to drop into the 30s.
8HOLLAND
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=jmo
TAPE#95-108
GRAPHIC=Murder
In Martinsville, one teenager is dead and another is facing a murder charge.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville/Last Night;
18-year old Corey Hairston is charged with with fatally shooting 19-year
old Douglas Holland Junior last night.
Authorities believe the pair was arguing in the parking lot of a
convenience store on Fayette Street when the shooting happened.
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SOT
IN Q=during the altercation
((INV. G.C. DOVE/MARTINSVILLE POLICE: ))
SUPER=01-Inv. G.C. Dove/Martinsville Police; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=in the chest
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
Holland was transported to the hospital where he died a short time later.
8Robberies
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#EDIT OF 95-100
GRAPHIC=Bank Robbery
Authorities in Lynchburg are now searching for the men who robbed three
banks in November.
This comes after another bank in the Hill City was held up yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Yesterday;
Two men had just robbed the First Virginia bank and escaped on foot when a
dye pack in their bag of money exploded.
Doug Pickeral was standing near the bank and recovered some of the cash, but
the robbers got away.
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SOT 12:25:02
IN Q=And I looked
((DOUG PICKERAL/EYEWITNESS: AND I LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET AND ONE OF THE BAGS
HAD BLOWED UP, HAD AN EXPLOSION IN THE BAG, AND HE RUN DOWN 11TH STREET AND
ANOTHER ONE BLOWED UP AND MONEY FLEW ALL OVER THE STREET.))
SUPER=01-Doug Pickeral/Eyewitness;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=the street.
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VO-NAT
A plastic grocery bag with red dye on it was found a few blocks away.
This is Lynchburg's second robbery in two days, and third this month.
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SOT 12:40:33
IN Q=It puts a
((CMDR. EARL BURNETTE/LYNCHBURG POLICE: IT PUTS A STRAIN ON YOU, BUT WE DO THE
BEST WE CAN AND ARE LOOKING FOR ALL POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.))
SUPER=01-Cmdr. Earl Burnette/Lynchburg Police;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=possible suspects.
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VO-NAT
dissolve to ss
The men who robbed the First Virginia Bank yesterday are described as
african-american. One is about six feet tall, and was wearing a blue sweatshirt
with a white turtleneck and a blue baseball hat.
The other is 5- foot- 6, and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, and black
jeans.
Anyone with information about the crime should contact the Lynchburg police.
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8Lake-Planning
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=spr
TAPE#95-94
GRAPHIC=NONE
Some community leaders want to make Smith Mountain Lake more accessible to
EVERYONE.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Officials from from Franklin, Pittsylvania and Bedford counties are working
on just that.
They've joined forces with the Smith Mountain Lake Policy Advisory Board.
At a planning workshop they tried to generate ways for the public to enjoy
the lake.
Officials say it's crucial for all regions involved to pool their ideas.
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SOT 13:15:50
IN Q=We have
((JIM BROWN/S.M.L. POLICY ADVISORY BOARD: WE HAVE A REAL JEWEL IN THIS LAKE AND
THE THREE COUNTIES SURROUNDING IT ARE-- THEY'VE GONE THEIR OWN WAY A LOT OVER
THE YEARS AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND BRING THAT TOGETHER. ))
SUPER=01-Jim Brown/SML Policy Advisory Board;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=that together
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
A community planning specialist from Virginia Tech is mediating the
workshop.
8Tai-Collins
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=abr
TAPE#95-105
GRAPHIC=NONE
A Roanoke native has written an episode of a popular television show
filmed in California.
The next time you watch "Baywatch", it could be the work of Tai Collins.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
So far she's written three "Baywatch" episodes.
The first was seen last night at a screening for Collins, her friends and
reporters.
But she does not plan to end her writing career there.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm working on
((TAI COLLINS/SCREEN WRITER: I'M WORKING ON SOME FEATURES WHICH IS WHAT I
REALLY HOPE TO GET INTO. I'M WORKING ON SOME TELEVISION THINGS FIRST AND SOME
CHILDREN'S THINGS, BUT MY BIG GOAL IS TO WRITE FEATURES.))
SUPER=01-Tai Collins/Screen Writer;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q= to write features.
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VO-NAT
Collins gained national attention when she was linked to Senator Chuck
Robb.
The screening was private, but Collins will make a public appearance while
she's in town.
She also sings with the local band, Key West.
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8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Cutin
WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the weather -
This afternoon is going to be sunny and warm with temperatures in the low
60s.
Tonight, lows dip into the 30s.
Then tomorrow expect more sunshine and warm temperatures. Highs again will
be around 60 degrees.
Saturday night, lows will dip back into the 30s.
Warm temperatures stay will us through Tuesday, with afternoon highs in the
60s.