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7Inspections
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TAPEedit of rental inspections #96-32 with new bites
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
In Roanoke last night, safety was the main concern for landlords, tenants
and city officials in a meeting to disucess the city's rental inspection
program.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Ever since a fatal house fire on Stewart Avenue in Roanoke, the issue of
property safety has been brought to the forefront.
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;
Nearly a hundred people showed up last night at the latest workshop on
Roanoke's rental inspection program.
The biggest change in the plan-- a requirement that rental property be
inspected every two years.
While some landlords had concerns about the latest version of the program,
others say it's easier to follow than the earlier one.
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SOT tape 1 20:14:52
IN Q=Seemed like a lot
((JAMES KASEY/LANDLORD: SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF LOOSE ENDS-- THINGS THAT PEOPLE
ON EITHER SIDE WEREN'T SURE ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING IT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
IT'S SHAPING UP REAL WELL NOW. ))
SUPER=01-James Kasey/Landlord;
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OUT Q=real well now
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VO-NAT
The workshop is not the final phase of the program's construction.
An administrative public hearing is planned for April 23rd-- then final
recommendations will go to Roanoke City Council.
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7Va-Militia
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TAPE#96-20
GRAPHIC=ALLEN
The militia movement in Virginia thinks the federal government has gone too
far.
Now, the group is handing out a new pamphlet that quotes Governor Allen and
uses his name.
Ellen Qualls asked the Governor if he minds.
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SOT
IN Q=Wonderful.
SUPER=@Allen; :00
SUPER=01-Douglas Jeffreys/Va. Citizen's Militia; :23
SUPER=@Ellen2; 1:16 (QUICK!)
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OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
(( SOT 02:50:47
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WONDERFUL. CITIZEN'S MILITIA. IT LOOKS LIKE RECYCLED
PAPER THOUGH. It looks nice. DOESN'T IT?))
RUNS=:08
Since the Oklahoma bombing almost a year ago, Virginia's militia movement
has worked hard for positive p-r.
Part of the effort is new leaflets -- quoting the founding fathers...
Jefferson, Hamilton.
And then, George Allen.
sot
((DOUGLAS JEFFREYS/VA. CITIZEN'S MILITIA: AND WE FELT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO
SORT OF UPDATE THAT AND HAVE SOMEONE FROM A SORT OF MORE CURRENT POLITICAL
STANDING TO INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM THEM ALSO.))
runs=:11
Allen's quote blasts our own federal government as "a government that has
defied, and that now ignores, virtually every constitutional limit fashioned by
the framers..."
Does Allen mind the militia borrowing it?
SOT 05:12:08
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WELL I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. TWO CENTURIES AGO, THE
CHALLENGES, YA, YA, YA. WHAT IS THIS FROM? I don't know. Might be from your
inauguration. MIGHT BE. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S TRUE. IT'S A TRUE STATEMENT.))
RUNS=:16
sot 02:50:33
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: I'M GONNA READ THROUGH THIS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD BE INSINUATING THAT EVERYBODY MUST HAVE A RIFLE AND A HUNDRED
ROUNDS. I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL. BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW I DON'T
WANT TO DIMINISH ANYBODY'S RIGHTS.))
runs=:13
The militia says it's passed out over five thousand of the George Allen
leaflets so far.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
7Econ-Develop
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TAPE#96-21
GRAPHIC=NONE
California's Silicon Valley is known for advanced technology.
And Virginia's right behind it-
That's according to the Allen Administraion.
It's touting Virginia as second in the nation with the largest concentraion
of advanced technology companies.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
To make that boast possible yesterday, Governor Allen signed a raft of
sweeping economic development bills.
One gave legislative approval for the new performance-based grants promised
to high tech all-stars Motorola and IBM/Toshiba.
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SOT 01;20:22
IN Q=We don't
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WE DON'T START PAYING OUT THE PERFORMANCE GRANTS UNTIL
FIVE YEARS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN UP AND RUNNING. SO IT'S A REALLY OUTSTANDING WAY
OF HANDLING IT. AND VIRGINIA WILL BENEFIT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE JOBS AND THE
REVENUE FROM IT FOR YEARS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY PAY OUT THE GRANTS.))
SUPER=@Allen
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=the grants.
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VO-NAT
Another bill allows localities to share the costs and benefits on projects
like industrial parks.
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7Weather
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TAPE#
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Turning now to the forecast -
It's going to be a cloudy and cold day, with highs only in the mid 40s.
Tonight, clouds to move out with lows in the upper 20s.
55PH-Beating
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TAPE#96-18
GRAPHIC=NONE
Three Patrick Henry High school students have been charged with malicious
wounding for allegedly beating another student.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
They were originally charged with assault and battery after a P-H senior was
kicked and beaten.
Yesterday, the charges were upgraded during a hearing in juvenile court.
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SOT
IN Q=Usually if someone has a minor injury
((GERALD TEASTER/PROSECUTOR: USUALLY IF SOMEONE HAS A MINOR INJURY OR NO INJURY
AT ALL, OR IF IT'S A SLAP, WE LET IT BE ASSAULT AND BATTERY, BUT APPARENTLY
THESE INJURIES WERE VERY SEVERE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF BLOOD,
CUTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE CHEEK AND LIP. ANY TIME YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF
LACERATION, THAT LIND OF SEVERE ASSAULT, IT'S BEST TO CHARGE AS MALICIOUS
WOUNDING, BECAUSE IT MATCHES THE ELEMENTS BETTER.))
SUPER=01-Gerald Teaster/Prosecutor;
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OUT Q=matches the elements better.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
One of the defendants told the judge he was just trying to break up the
fight, and parents of the teenagers say the young men have not been in trouble
before.
Three of teens are being held at the city's detention center until bond
hearings are scheduled.
The fourth defendant has not been arraigned.
55GLTC
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TAPE#96-25
GRAPHIC=Lynchburg Seal
In Lynchburg, it could cost you more to take the bus this summer, thanks to a
reduction in federal funding.
Steve Smallshaw tells us how the bus company is trying to make do with less.
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SOT
IN Q=For the Greater
SUPER=10-Scott Lansing/Former GLTC Director/April 26, 1995; :05
SUPER=01-Michael Carroll/GLTC Director; :27
SUPER=01-Mike Rosser/Bus Rider; :54
SUPER=@ssm1; 1:04
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OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.
(( For the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company, it is deja vu all over again.
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SOT Edit #196 00:53:52
IN Q=Because I think
((SCOTT LANSING/FORMER GLTC DIRECTOR: BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS TREND IS GOING
TO CONTINUE WITH FEDERAL MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH A SIMILAR
SITUATION NEXT YEAR.))
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OUT Q=next year.
That was 1995 when the GLTC was staring at a 200- thousand dollar reduction
in its federal funding.
Twelve months later Scott Lansing's prediction has come true, and new
director Mike Carroll has to make up for a 170- thousand dollar cut.
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SOT 13:36:30
IN Q=There seems to
((MICHAEL CARROLL/GLTC DIRECTOR: THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF CONCERN ON CAPITOL
HILL THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REALLY ISN'T DESERVING OF FEDERAL SUPPORT. NOW
OF COURSE WE DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE TENOR RIGHT NOW.))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=tenor right now.
With a 12 percent hole in its budget, the GLTC has come up with some ideas
to balance its books.
Among them would be to eliminate all together service on Sundays and
holidays and to the Sandusky area of the city... and of course, to raise fares
once again.
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SOT 12:16:06
IN Q=I really think
((MIKE ROSSER/BUS RIDER: I REALLY THINK THEY OUGHT NOT GO UP ON THE FARES. I
THINK THEY OUGHT TO KEEP IT THE SAME, THE WAY IT IS NOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE MIGHT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY MORE ON THE BUS FARE.))
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OUT Q=the bus fare.
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SU
IN Q=Mike Carroll says
((Mike Carroll says he understands paying more for less services won't sit well
with many riders, but he adds those proposals are not set in stone. Residents
will get a chance to air their views during two public meetings, the first of
which gets underway Tuesday night. Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.))
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OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.))
55Pulaski-Ambulance
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TAPE#96-16
GRAPHIC=NONE
And Pulaski County residents can expect to pay more for ambulance service.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Next month a new agency set up to oversee the county's two rescue squads
will start billing patients for ambulance rides-- about 300 dollars a trip.
But those who buy ambulance MEMBERSHIPS won't have to pay any more than the
39-dollar annual fee.
Their insurance will pick up the rest, but NON- members will have to pay
whatever their health insurance won't.
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SOT 13:27:06
IN Q=
((DAVID SMITH/REMSI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: SO WHAT THIS DOES IS TAKE REALLY AN
UNTAPPED RESOURCE, PREDOMINATELY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA IT IS AN UNTAPPED
RESOURCE, MOST SERVICES IN VIRGINIA DOESN'T CHARGE ANYTHING FOR THEIR SERVICES,
AND ALLOWS THAT TO BE USED FOR THE AGENCIES. THEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN
BE UTILIZED FOR OTHER THINGS. ))
SUPER=01-David Smith/REMSI Exec. Director;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=for other things.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;
Smith stresses members and non-members will receive the same care and
response.
He says the fees will allow Regional Emergency Medical Services
Incorporated, to hire full time rescue personnel, recruit and train new
volunteers and buy new equipment.
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55Weather
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WRITER=nle
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to the forecast -
It's going to be a cloudy and cold day, with highs only in the mid 40s.
For tonight, clouds will move out but expect freezing temperatures - lows
in the upper 20s.
A change for tomorrow - mostly sunny with highs in the lower to mid 50s.
8Rental-Inspection
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TAPE#96-32
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
A group effort to make low incoming housing safer.
As Kimberely McBroom reports landlords, tenants, and Roanoke officials
held a workshop last night to discuss a rental inspection program.
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SOT
IN Q=This neighborhood
SUPER=@File; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night; :13
SUPER=01-Clarence Hall/Landlord; :29
SUPER=01-Paula Prince/Old Southwest Roanoke, Inc.; :42
SUPER=01-Bob Herbert/Roanoke City Manager; 1:01
SUPER=@Kimberly1; 1:09
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OUT Q=News 7, Roanoke
housing file
(( This neighborhood isn't on the the most expensive side of town-- but
it's where many call home.
And ever since a fatal house fire on Stewart Avenue-- the issue of
property safety has been brought to the forefront.
Nearly a hundred people showed up at the latest workshop on Roanoke's
rental inspection program.
The biggest change in the plan-- a requirement that rental property be
inspected every two years.
Among the most common concerns of landlords-- inspection fees and tenant
responsibility.
((CLARENCE HALL/LANDLORD: SOME THINGS ARE GOOD AND SOME THINGS ARE BAD. I
THINK THEY OUGHT TO PUT A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE TENANTS-- AND NOT
ALL ON THE LANDLORDS. ))
Meanwhile, some say the plan is fair to both sides.
((PAULA PRINCE/OLD SOUTHWEST ROANOKE, INC.: IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE
PROBLEMS THAT WE, IN OLD SOUTHWEST HAVE WITH OLD HOUSING STOCK-- BUT IT DOES
ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LANDLORDS DO HAVE CONCERNS-- AND THAT THEY'RE
VALID CONCERNS. ))
And while some say a rental inspection program is a long time coming--
((BOB HERBERT/ROANOKE CITY MANAGER: I THINK, IN TERMS OF HOW COMPLICATED THIS
IS AND HOW FAR WE HAVE HAD TO COME, THAT IT'S MOVED FORWARD IN A VERY TIMELY
WAY-- I'M VERY PLEASED. ))
((
THIS WORKSHOP ISN'T THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROGRAM'S CONSTRUCTION.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE PUBLIC HEARING IS PLANNED FOR APRIL 23RD-- THEN LATER ON
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO ON TO THE ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL.
KIMBERLY MCBROOM, NEWS 7.
))
))
8Hampden-Sydney
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GRAPHIC=NONE
The Hampden Sydney College faculty has voted in favor of admitting women to
the all-male school.
Yesterday's vote was 45-to-17, with five abstentions.
The vote is not binding on the school's board of trustees.
Going co-ed is one of several options a strategic planning committee is
considering to cope with fewer applicants and rising costs.
Hampden-Sydney is one of the last two all-male, non-military colleges in the
nation.
8Glenwood-Elem
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TAPE#96-22
GRAPHIC=Education
A Danville elementary school is one of the best in the nation.
Teresa Hamilton explains why.
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SOT
IN Q=There's
SUPER=03-Danville; :00
SUPER=01-Mattie Travis/Parent Volunteer; :16
SUPER=01-Pat Bolt/Teacher; :32 quick
SUPER=01-Emily Beard/Principal; 1:04
SUPER=@Teresa2; 1:16
RUNS=1:26
OUT Q=Hamilton, News7.
(( There's a lot to brag about these days at Glenwood Elementary.
Many of the school's students come from low income or single parent
families.
But better test scores and parent involvement have become common place.
Mattie Travis is a parent volunteer with twin daughters.
((MATTIE TRAVIS/PARENT VOLUNTEER:MONEY CAN'T BUY LOVE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING HERE AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION. ))
One reason for the school's success is the use of what called a Multi-age
classroom.
The teaching method combines two grade levels into one.
Pat Bolt teaches first and second grade.
((PAT BOLT/TEACHER: I THINK OF IT AS THAT WE'RE A FAMILY, WE CALL OURSELVES THE
BOLT BUNCH. ))
Bolt also credits her success to the fact she teaches each child for two
years.
In other words, when a student enters her classroom for first grade, they'll
be back the following year.
Individuals desks are tossed aside in favor of a group like atmosphere where
the children work on an array of projects.
She says this prompts their imaginations-- there's also more time for
individual attention.
((EMILY BEARD/PRINCIPAL:WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE LEARNING THAT'S TAKING
PLACE IN THE CLASSROOM, AS A RESULT OF MULTI-AGE AND OTHER PROGRAMS.))
Last year the school was honored by Redbook magazine as one of the best
elementary schools in the nation.
But Pat Bolt and others don't need an honor to realize what they already
know in their heart. Teresa Hamilton, News 7.))
8Weather
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TAPE#
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Looking at the forecast -
Cloudy and cold today, with highs in the mid 40s.
tonight - lows in the upper 20s.
Freezing temperatures
by SS