08:25-01

7-Schoolwatch

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

We have reports of freezing rain and icy road conditions in West Virginia and parts of Southwest Virginia this morning.
And because the roads are slick, some local school systems are allowing students extra time to get to class.
The following schools are delayed.
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(mel reads schoolwatch)
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(toss to sponsored weather)

7-WEATHER


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=
WRITER=
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=

In the forecast today, expect occassional rain with highs in the 30's.
Tonight expect rain with highs in the mid 30's.
Looking ahead, expect a mixed bag of precipitation this week with highs for the most part in the 30's and 40's.

7-SEARCH


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=DAL
TAPE# 95-98
GRAPHIC=None

A domestic call early yesterday afternoon led to several anxious moments in Franklin County last night.
The Sheriff's department apprehended a man who was allegedly firing an assault rifle in the woods.
No one was injured in the incident.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./Yesterday;

A woman living at a trailer told deputies her roommate Billy Joe Kline had left their home with an assault rifle.
He apparently was very upset.
Kline was walking into the woods when the deputies arrived.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:52:54
IN Q=they had to
((CAPT. BILL OVERTON/FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THEY HAD TO BACK OFF BECAUSE THE SUBJECT STARTED FIRING. WE COULDN'T SAY THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE OFFICERS, EVEN IF HE KNEW THAT THE OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE YET. BUT THEY ESTIMATED HE FIRED BETWEEN 50 AND 100 ROUNDS.))
SUPER=01-Capt. Bill Overton/Franklin Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=100 rounds
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VO-NAT

Overton says deputies surrounded Kline as he tossed bullets into a fire he had built.
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SOT 6:53:47
IN Q=one of our
((ONE OF OUR UNITS HAD WORKED HIS WAY DOWN TO THE WOODLINE AND COULD HEAR ROUNDS BEING FIRED BUT HE COULD HEAR THE SUBJECT EXITING THE WOODS AND WE FOLLOWED THE NOISE AND WITH THE NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT WE COULD DETERMINE HE HAD MADE HIS WAY TO THE WOODLINE AND HE WAS APPREHENDED AT THAT TIME.))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=AT THAT TIME
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VO-NAT

Overton says a temporary detention order was issued against Kline because of his history of mental health problems.
They do not know what upset him.
The man was taken to Lewis Gale Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
Overton says charges have not been filed.
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7-Hanukkah


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE# 95-99
GRAPHIC=2 shot

Today is the first day the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah.
Last night, the celebration began. (----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;

Jewish people all over the world celebrated the beginning of the Festival of Lights.
In Roanoke, people gathered at the Beth Israel Synagogue to re-tell the story of Hanukkah.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 18:42:18
IN Q=Two thousand
((MARCIE BRUMBERG/BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: 2000 YEARS AGO OUR ANCESTORS WHO WERE KNOWN AS MACCABEES FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO PRAY AND LIVE AS JEWISH PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE DENIED THAT RIGHT AND SO WE REMEMBER THAT TODAY WHEN WE CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY))
SUPER=01-Marcie Brumberg/Beth Israel Synagogue;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=this holiday.
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VO-NAT

They lit the traditional menorah candles, played dreidel, ate a hearty dinner, and of course, had some fun.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=(nat sound) Happy
((KIDS SCREAMING: HAPPY HANUKKAH!))
SUPER=None
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=Hanukkah! (nat sound out)
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7-Jail-Break


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=dal
TAPE# 95-96
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT

Meantime, a weekend jail break in Lynchburg has been resolved.
Police re-captured the two men Saturday night, just hours after their escape.
John Davis and Delmer Ray Salyer (SAUL-yer) were apprehended yesterday morning.
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Saturday Night;

They escapees found on Old Forest Road near a convenience store.
Saturday night a guard discovered the two men missing at head count.
They got away by going over the back wall.
Davis is in jail on drug charges.
Salyer (SAUL-yer) is serving time for violating probation.
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7-Chase


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

A manslaughter charge has been added to a string of driving offenses facing a New York man.
21-year old Dale Provost was arrested last week in Wythe County that ended in a collision with a tractor-trailer.
Authorities added the manslaughter charge yesterday.
That's when Provost's passenger, 17-year-old Jamie Clay of New York, died at of injuries from the crash.

55Gov't-Shutdown


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 95-113
GRAPHIC=

The second federal shutdown in a month begins for real today with the furlough of 260-thousand government workers.
The shutdown not only hurts government employees.
Denise Allen tells us how some of those in the private sector are affected.
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SOT
IN Q=Government workers
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Gracie Overstreet/Peaks of Otter Restaurant; :09
SUPER=01-Calvin Rice/Restaurant Manager; :33
SUPER=@Denise2; :59
RUNS=1:17
OUT Q=News 7
((Government workers may be the ones getting furloughed, but employees at the Peaks of Otter Lodge and Restaurant say it's people like them who pay the price. ((GRACIE OVERSTREET/WAITRESS: I THINK IF THEY WERE LIKE US AND IF THEY WEREN'T GETTING PAID, I THINK THEY COULD COME TO A DECISION QUICKER.))
For now the Lodge and Restaurant remain open.
But workers here are worried they'll be shut down again.
The Peaks of Otter Lodge is privately owned, but it's on government land.
That's why owners had to close during the last shutdown.
That weekend the lodge was fully booked. ((CALVIN RICE/RESTAURANT MANAGER: IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND AND WE PROBABLY LOST ABOUT 1400 PEOPLE DURING THE WEEKEND MEALTIME. THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT WE'D DO ANYWAY.)) ((EVERYONE HERE THAT WORKS HERE ARE TOTALLY DEPENDANT ON THE PEAKS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD WE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT WERE TERRIBLY UPSET AND WENT HOME CRYING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WERE GOING TO BE SHUTDOWN.))
The lodge remained open this weekend as did The Blue Ridge Parkway ranger stations.
Rangers are supposed to report to work Monday to find out if they're being furloughed.
Managers at the Peaks of Otter Lodge say they're keeping everybody working as long as government allows them to remain open.
Denise Allen News 7.))

55-Chase


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

A manslaughter charge has been added to a string of driving offenses facing a New York man.
21-year old Dale Provost was arrested last week in Wythe County after an accident that ended in a collision with a tractor-trailer.
Authorities added the manslaughter charge yesterday.
That's when Provost's passenger, 17-year-old Jamie Clay of New York, died of injuries from the crash.

55Va-Budget


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=Allen, George

Virginia's budget is also at issue today.
Governor George Allen will present his state budget for the next TWO years to General Assembly leaders today.
Allen will speak this morning in Richmond to a joint meeting of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Committee.

55-Head-Start


ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 95-102
GRAPHIC=Christmas

This Christmas, Floyd County's Head Start Program is getting some help from a familiar face.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Retailers have been hard pressed to keep these Barbie Dolls on the shelf.
So managers of area Hills Stores thought the dolls would make a good prize for a raffle.
The proceeds will help 40 children and their families have a happy holiday.
But you don't need money to get your raffle ticket.
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SOT 13:10:51
IN Q=WHAT WE'D LIKE
((SHANNA LETNER: WHAT WE'D LIKE IS FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A CAN FOOD DONATION, SWEAT SUITS, ANYTHING FROM 3T TO 6X FOR ALL THOSE KIDS, TOYS, FOOTBALLS, MATCHBOX CARS.
PHIL VANDER PLOEG/HILLS DEPT. STORE: BEING THAT WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF US HAVE CHILDREN AS WELL, I THINK WE ALL BENEFIT FROM GIVING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDER-PRIVILEGED.))
SUPER=07-Shanna Letner; :00
SUPER=01-Phil Vander Ploeg/Hills Dept. Store; :14
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=that are under-privileged
ANCHOR=Beth 2 shot
SS=2 shot

The food and toy drive ends Wednesday morning, when the THREE winners will be chosen.
Donations are being made at Applebee's Restaurant on Route 4-60 in Christiansburg.

55Va-Budget


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=Allen, George

Virginia's budget is also at issue today.
Governor George Allen will present his state budget for the next TWO years to General Assembly leaders.
Allen will speak this morning in Richmond to a joint meeting of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Committee.

55Gov't-Shutdown


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Dal
TAPE# 95-113
GRAPHIC=

The second federal shutdown in a month begins for real today with the furlough of 260-thousand government workers.
The shutdown not only hurts government employees.
Denise Allen tells us how some of those in the private sector are affected.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Government workers
SUPER=03-Bedford Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Gracie Overstreet/Peaks of Otter Restaurant; :09
SUPER=01-Calvin Rice/Restaurant Manager; :33
SUPER=@Denise2; :59
RUNS=1:17
OUT Q=News 7
((Government workers may be the ones getting furloughed, but employees at the Peaks of Otter Lodge and Restaurant say it's people like them who pay the price. ((GRACIE OVERSTREET/WAITRESS: I THINK IF THEY WERE LIKE US AND IF THEY WEREN'T GETTING PAID, I THINK THEY COULD COME TO A DECISION QUICKER.))
For now the Lodge and Restaurant remain open.
But workers here are worried they'll be shut down again.
The Peaks of Otter Lodge is privately owned, but it's on government land.
That's why owners had to close during the last shutdown.
That weekend the lodge was fully booked. ((CALVIN RICE/RESTAURANT MANAGER: IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND AND WE PROBABLY LOST ABOUT 1400 PEOPLE DURING THE WEEKEND MEALTIME. THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT WE'D DO ANYWAY.)) ((EVERYONE HERE THAT WORKS HERE ARE TOTALLY DEPENDANT ON THE PEAKS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD WE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT WERE TERRIBLY UPSET AND WENT HOME CRYING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WERE GOING TO BE SHUTDOWN.))
The lodge remained open this weekend as did The Blue Ridge Parkway ranger stations.
Rangers are supposed to report to work Monday to find out if they're being furloughed.
Managers at the Peaks of Otter Lodge say they're keeping everybody working as long as government allows them to remain open.
Denise Allen News 7.))

55Schoolwatch


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

We have reports of icy road and bridge conditions in West Virginia and parts of Southwest Virginia this morning.
And because the roads are slick, some local school systems are allowing students extra time to get to class.
The following schools are delayed.
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(mel reads schoolwatch)
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55WEATHER


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=

In the forecast today, expect occassional rain with highs in the upper 30's.
Tonight expect more rain with lows in the mid 30's.
Tomorrow, the rain should continue with temperatures remaining in the 30s. The extended forecast shows the possiblitly of rain, freezing rain and snow on Wednesday.
Afternoon highs will be in the 40s. Overnight lows will be in the 20s and 30s for the rest of the week.

8Franklin-Search


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=DAL
TAPE# 95-98
GRAPHIC=None

Franklin County deputies have arrested a man who was allegedly firing an assualt rifle.
A domestic call yesterday led to a manhunt in the woods where authorities found Billy Joe Kline.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co./Yesterday;

A woman living in a trailer told deputies that Kline, who is her roommate, left their home with an assault rifle.
He apparently was very upset.
Kline was walking into the woods when the deputies arrived.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:52:54
IN Q=they had to
((CAPT. BILL OVERTON/FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: THEY HAD TO BACK OFF BECAUSE THE SUBJECT STARTED FIRING. WE COULDN'T SAY THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE OFFICERS, EVEN IF HE KNEW THAT THE OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE YET. BUT THEY ESTIMATED HE FIRED BETWEEN 50 AND 100 ROUNDS.))
SUPER=01-Capt. Bill Overton/Franklin Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=100 rounds
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VO-NAT

Overton says deputies surrounded Kline as he tossed bullets into a fire he had built.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 6:53:47
IN Q=one of our
((ONE OF OUR UNITS HAD WORKED HIS WAY DOWN TO THE WOODLINE AND COULD HEAR ROUNDS BEING FIRED BUT HE COULD HEAR THE SUBJECT EXITING THE WOODS AND WE FOLLOWED THE NOISE AND WITH THE NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT WE COULD DETERMINE HE HAD MADE HIS WAY TO THE WOODLINE AND HE WAS APPREHENDED AT THAT TIME.))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=AT THAT TIME
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VO-NAT

Overton says a temporary detention order was issued against Kline because of his history of mental health problems.
They do not know what upset him.
He was taken to Lewis Gale Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
Overton says charges have not been filed.
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8Break


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=dal
TAPE# 95-96
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT

And police have found the two men who escaped from the Lynchburg City Jail Saturday night.
John Davis and Delmer Ray Salyer (SAUL-yer) were apprehended yesterday morning.
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Saturday Night;

They were found on Old Forest Road near a convenience store.
Saturday night a guard discovered the two men missing at head count.
They got away by going over the back wall.
Davis is in jail on drug charges.
Salyer (SAUL-yer) is serving time for violating probation.
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8Chase


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

A man arrested after a high-speed chase last week in Wythe County faces voluntary manslaughter. That chase ended in a collision with a tractor-trailer.
State police charged 21-year-old Dale Provost of New York with numerous driving offenses after Tuesday's chase and crash.
They added the manslaughter charge yesterday.
That's when Provost's passenger, 17-year-old Jamie Clay of New York, died at of injuries from the crash.

8Schoolwatch


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

Icy road conditions in West Virginia and parts of Southwest Virginia this morning are changing some school schedules.
Because the roads are slick,
The following schools are delayed or closed.
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(mel reads schoolwatch)
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(toss to sponsored weather)

8Hanukkah


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=afr
TAPE# 95-99
GRAPHIC=none

Last night kicked off the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;

Jewish people all over the world celebrated the beginning of the Festival of Lights.
In Roanoke, people gathered at the Beth Israel Synagogue to re-tell the story of Hanukkah.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 18:42:18
IN Q=Two thousand
((MARCIE BRUMBERG/BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: 2000 YEARS AGO OUR ANCESTORS WHO WERE KNOWN AS MACCABEES FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO PRAY AND LIVE AS JEWISH PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE DENIED THAT RIGHT AND SO WE REMEMBER THAT TODAY WHEN WE CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY))
SUPER=01-Marcie Brumberg/Beth Israel Synagogue;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=this holiday.
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VO-NAT

They lit the traditional menorah candles, ate a hearty dinner, and of course, had some fun.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=(nat sound) Happy
((KIDS SCREAMING: HAPPY HANUKKAH!))
SUPER=None
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=Hanukkah! (nat sound out)
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8WEATHER


ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=

In the forecast today, expect occassional rain with highs in the upper 30's.
Tonight expect more rain with lows in the mid 30's.
Tomorrow, the rain should continue with temperatures remaining in the 30s. The extended forecast shows the possiblitly of rain, freezing rain and snow on Wednesday.
Afternoon highs will be in the 40s. Overnight lows will be in the 20s and 30s for the rest of the week.