06:00-01
HEADLINES
ANCHOR=Melanie
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WRITER=MEL
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VO-NAT
Ahead on News 7 Mornin, an earthquake rocks Seattle,
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ANCHOR=Melanie
and several convenience store clerks in Roanoke are accused of selling alcohol
to minors following an undercover police investigation.
wx-head
(beth ad lib)
live-head
(larry ad lib)
ANCHOR=Melanie 2 shot
News 7 Mornin' is next.
WASHINGTON-QUAKE
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=quake
A moderate earthquake rocked Seattle last night and interrupted the
baseball game in the Kingdome.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Seattle, WA;
Preliminary measurements indicate the quake had a magnitude of five point
four.
One woman reportedly broke her arm during the quake, but no major damage is
reported.
The Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians will finish their suspended
baseball game later today.
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Sales
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 96-29
GRAPHIC=NONE
After a month long investigation, more than 20 convenience store clerks in
Roanoke are being charged with selling alcohol to minors.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Police sent 18 and 19 year olds into the stores to see if they could buy
alcohol.
Half of the 44 stores allegedly sold it to them.
Prosecutors say one of those stores was the Save-X on Franklin Road.
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SOT 8:21:58
IN Q=The police department
((DENNIS NAGEL/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FEELS
JUSTIFIABLE WE'RE BEYOND THE POINT OF EDUCATION FOR THE STORES, FOR UNDERAGE
DRINKING AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE PREPARED TO GO FORTH WITH CRIMINAL ACTIONS TO
TAKE AWAY STORE LICENSES. ))
SUPER=01-Dennis Nagel/Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=away store licenses.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./December;
Nagel says parent's complaints and a fatal accident involving a minor in the
county prompted the action.
In that incident a 16 year old boy struck and killed his neighbor after
buying beer at the Riverside Quickette store.
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SOT 8:22:54
IN Q=Certainly if law
((NAGEL: CERTAINLY IF LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN PREVENT A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT IN THE
FUTURE THEY WANT TO DO SO. ))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=to do so.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
Depending on their past history the stores found guilty of selling alcohol
to the minors could lose their A-B-C license for at least seven days.
Police have yet to release the names of all the stores involved.
L'burg-Plant
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 96-33
GRAPHIC=frito lay
Lynchburg officials say Frito-Lay's plan to build a manufacturing plant in
the Hill city will provide the community's biggest economic boost in forty
years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Yesterday;
The snack-food company's plant and distribution center will create about a
thousand new jobs.
The state helped close the deal by awarding Lynchburg one million dollars to
prepare the construction site.
Governor Allen says he's seeking an additional two million dollars to
provide infrastructure at the site.
The plant will produce potato and tortilla chips.
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James-River
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-21
GRAPHIC=Layoffs
The news is not so good in Buchanan where one of its largest employers is
laying off workers-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
In a statement, James River Limestone officials say 16 of their 101 workers
have been let go.
The job cuts apparently stem from the "temporary" loss of a major contract.
Both manufacturing and administrative employees were affected.
The company produces limestone products for home, farm, and industrial use.
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1-Sports
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=none
In sports--
The Checkers crowned the Lizard Kings to take the Riley Cup.
Steve Mason has the highlights.
Good morning Steve.
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SOT
IN Q=good morning
RUNS=1:41
OUT Q=everybody
$CCOFF
One-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-5 Cat's Meow
CHROMAKEY=Live/Microwave
GRAPHIC=none
(Live Interview)
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
SUPER=11-Troutville;
SUPER=13-Rachel Nichols/The Apple Barn;
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SOT ("Roll "B" on 2nd question-How they make Cat's Meow)
IN Q=
SUPER=12-Wooster, Ohio; :00
RUNS=1:19
OUT Q=
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LIVE=Larry/Full
(Toss to Beth)
Bingo
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none
Bingo game operators say a state commission's proposed rules could put them
out of business.
The regulations would require that games with annual receipts of less than
500 thousand dollars give seven percent of their proceeds to charities over a
three year period.
Games that take in more than 500 thousand dollars would have to give an
average of ten percent.
Charities currently get only about three percent of receipts.
Mental-Health
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cst
TAPE#96-38
GRAPHIC=NONE
About one in five adults have some form of mental illness and diseases of
the brain touch millions every year.
To illustrate the damage done and the lessons learned, Julie Portman wrote
the play "My Sister's Sister", performed last night at Hollins College.
Connie Stevens has more.
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SOT
IN Q=NAT SOUND
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Last Night;:00
SUPER=01-Julie Portman/Actress and Playwright;:27
SUPER=@File;:56
SUPER=01-Diane Kelly/Mental Health Assoc.; 1:06
SUPER=@Connie1; 1:30
RUNS=1:40
OUT Q=Stevens, News-7.
(( (NATSOUND)
My Sister's Sister is the story of Julie Portman's childhood, and now her
adulthood as she deals with her schizophrenic younger Mary Jo. Portman learned
all about the illness when she dropped out of her profession to help her family
care for Mary Jo, another full time job.
((JULIE PORTMAN/ACTRESS PLAYWRIGHT: IT CAN PITCH MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AGAINST
ONE ANOTHER. MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY, MAKE YOU FEEL ANGRY. MAKE YOU QUESTION
EVERYTHING THAT PERHAPS YOU HELD TO BE A TRUE BEFORE. NATSOUND))
And Portman has learned how tho think of Mary Jo's illness almost as a
gift, teaching her compassion and true love. But for many of the millions more
battling mental illness and their families, the situation has not come full
circle. In fact many avoid even diagnosis which prevents treatment.
((DIANE KELLY/MENTAL HEALTH ASSOC.: OFTEN PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO SEEK
TREATMENT FOR A PSYCHIATRIC CONDITION BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA THAT IS ATTACHED TO
THAT TREATMENT. AND I THINK THAT PROVIDING ACCESS TO CARE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
INSURANCE POLICIES STILL PROVIDE MUCH MORE CARE FOR PHYSICAL ILLNESS THAN FOR
MENTAL ILLNESSES WHICH ALSO HAVE A BIOLOGICAL BASE.))
May is mental health month and there are events planned around the region.
They are all designed to break down the barriers of what some call a public
health tragedy. Connie Stevens, News 7.))
Roach-Bait
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=vpi logo
The hand -- or foot -- no longer has to be quicker than the cockroach.
Virginia Tech scientists have developed a bait that causes the pesky insects
to eat themselves into oblivion.
The cockroach bait -- called Ecologix -- shuts down the production of uric
acid, making the roach unable to reproduce and develop.
Virginia Tech will receive a patent on it next week.
2-scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=nba playoffs
In sports--
Seattle's N-B-A playoff jinx has ended while Houston's success continues.
Let's take a look at the scoreboards.
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SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=96-Indiana/=83/Atlanta/=75//Houston/102/LA Lakers/=94;
SUPER=96-Seattle/101/Sacramento/=87;
SUPER=103-Florida/==2/Philadelphia/==0//Chicago/==3/Colorado/==2;
Two-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-5 Strawberries
CHROMAKEY=Live/Microwave
GRAPHIC=none
SUPER=11-Troutville;
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
(Roll cue:) The Sweet Sixteenth Strawberry Festival is coming up today &
tomorrow in downtown Roanoke.
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SOT
IN Q=This year we have...
SUPER=12-Troutville/Yesterday; :00
SUPER=13-Marcy Johnson/Strawberry Festival Volunteer; :43
RUNS=1:53
OUT Q=through every year.
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LIVE=Larry/Full
(Toss to Melanie & Beth)
2headlines
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NEWSCAST=
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE#
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Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT
A broken arm, a suspended baseball game and brief power outages are the only
casualties reported from last night's moderate earthquake in Washington state.
The Seattle-Cleveland game was suspended after the quake shook the Kingdome.
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VO-NAT
The National Guard is joining the firefighting effort in Arizona where
several fires continue to burn across the state.
The fires have so far consumed tens of thousands of acres.
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VO-NAT
And the F-B-I says it reserves the right to take whatever action it thinks
is necessary to end the standoff with the Freemen.
Yesterday the Freemen rejected the F-B-I's offer to meet under a truce flag.
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ANCHOR=Melanie 2 shot
And that's what's making news on this Friday May 3rd,
ANCHOR=Beth
(ad lib)
QUAKE
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=MORNIN
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=earthquake
One minor injury is reported but no major damage reported following a
moderate earthquake in Washington state last night.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Seattle, WA/Last Night;
But it did stop a major league baseball game.
The magnitude five-point-four quake knocked out power to thousands of homes
and was felt as far as 180 miles away.
The quake, believed to be the strongest in Washington state in some time,
halted the baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland
Indians.
The game will resume late this afternoon.
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WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
Wildfires
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
(----------------)
VO-NAT
There's a state of emergency in Arizona where several wildfires continue to
burn.
National guard troops are being mobilized to help firefighting crews.
One blaze has charred more than 61-thousand acres.
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Freemen
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=freemen standoff
The Freemen in Montana are not interested in an F-B-I offer to negotiate
under a flag of truce.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Jordan, MT;
The F-B-I said accepting the offer would show the group's interest in a
peaceful solution to the standoff.
The agency says it will take whatever action is necessary to end the matter.
Meantime, a home-video released by the Freemen expressed their complicated
views of the U-S government.
In short: they see the F-B-I as a private police force and the federal
government as a foreign corporation.
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Australia
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=Melanie
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none
Australian authorities are taking a new look at two unsolved murders to see
if the suspect in the Tasmanian massacre had anything to do with them.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Kingston, Australia;
Meanwhile, the first of the 35 victims of Sunday's mass shooting has been
laid to rest.
More than 600 mourners paid their last respects today to Royce Thompson.
The 59-year-old bus driver was gunned down as he stood by his bus.
He had driven a group of people to a popular tourist spot in Port Arthur.
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Cycle-Ax
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=sch
TAPE#96-36
GRAPHIC=None
A 19- year- old Roanoke man is dead after he ran his motorcycle into a
parked car.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Yesterday;
Jesse Goins apparently struck a curb, went through two yards, before
striking the car.
It happened yesterday afternoon near the intersection of Highland Avenue and
11th Street.
A witness says Goins and another biker were driving down the street when
Goins lost control.
The other biker also wrecked.
He did not suffer any serious injuries.
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Service-Dog
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#96-26
GRAPHIC=None
For those people with a physical handicap, service dogs can help make life a
little easier.
However there is a shortage of these specially-trained companions.
One Roanoke County resident is trying something new as she deals with the
difficult task of replacing her aging service dog.
Beth Myer has more.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Booker's ten years old
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00
SUPER=01-Carol Willoughby/Owner; :25
SUPER=01-Tammy Cedergren/Trainer; :58
SUPER=@Beth2; 1:14
RUNS=1:37
OUT Q=Beth Myer, News 7.
((
open with nat sot of "Booker, good boy, Phone!"
RUNS=:03
Booker's ten years old and for the past nine years, he's been Carol
Willoughby's constant companion.
Carol has rheumatoid arthritis. The disease has made movement, even simply
bending over, limited and often painful.
(/////SOT/////)
10 49 52 00 - 10 50 01 00
SOT
IN Q=I used to have to
((CAROL WILLOUGHBY/OWNER: I USED TO HAVE TO KICK THINGS IN A PILE AND THE
FIRST PERSON TO COME IN THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO PICK MY JUNK UP FOR ME. AND NOW
BOOKER WILL PICK UP ANYTHING THAT I DROP. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=that I drop.
if possible cover end of bite with video of him picking up magazine...
because the next bite is carol too.
(/////SOT/////)
10 50 52 00 - 10 51 06 00
SOT
IN Q=I can tell him light BOoker, light and he can
((CAROL WILLOUGHBY/OWNER: I CAN TELL HIM "LIGHT, BOOKER, LIGHT" AND HE CAN
SWITCH THE LIGHT OFF AND ONE. THIS IS GETTING DIFFICULT AS HE'S GETTING OLDER.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS PUPPY ALONG TO TAKE OVER AS BOOKER
GRADUALLY RETIRES. ))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=gradually retires.
mall training video
Blake is 5-months old.
Dog trainer Tammy Cedergren is working with Blake and Carol on basic skills.
THIS NEXT BITE IS REALLY NAT SOT.
(/////SOT/////)
11 58 21 00 - 11 58 33 00
SOT
IN Q=Blake, Paws up.
((CAROL WILLOUGHBY/OWNER: BLAKE, PAWS UP. TAMMY CEDERGREN/TRAINER: THAT TIME
WE GOT IT ON JUST YOUR COMMAND. TELL HIM OFF. CAROL: WHAT A GOOD BOY YOU ARE
WHAT A GOOD BOY. ))
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=a good boy.
(/////SOT/////)
12 20 43 00 - 12 20 57 00
SOT
IN Q=We're teaching him to put
((TAMMY CEDERGREN/TRAINER: WE'RE TEACHING HIM TO PUT HIS PAWS UP WHEN ASKED ON
LOTS OF DIFFERENT SURFACES, COUNTERS, DIFFERENT HEIGHTS. LATER HE'LL BE ABLE
TO GET PACKAGES, AND TURN ON AND OFF LIGHT SWITCHES. ))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=off light switches.
use video of Booker and Blake getting phone.
Tammy says Booker is an excellent influence on Blake as he learns his trade.
Service dogs are valued at 10-thousand dollars each. The cost is generally NOT
covered by most health insurance companies, but corporations that provide
service dogs say a personal assistant would cost a disabled person as much as
100 thousand dollars over ten years.
tag is on separate cart in case there is nat sot of her praising the dog
that works here.
Beth Myer, News 7.))
3-Sports
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cro
TAPE#=sports cut in
GRAPHIC=none
In sports--
Steve Mason has a reminder about a big lacrosse match coming up this
weekend, plus Roy Stanley takes a look at the Patrick Henry Track team.
Good morning Steve.
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SOT
IN Q=good morning
RUNS=2:18
OUT Q=everybody
$CCOFF
Overby
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#596-07
GRAPHIC=overby
A Montgomery County man has been convicted on capital murder charges in the
death of his wife.
Scotty Overby pleaded no contest earlier this week.
Yesterday a psychologist testified Lewis Gale Psychiatric Center never
should have released Overby.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg/Yesterday;
Doctor Robert Thompson said Overby asked to be admitted because he was
thinking of killing his estranged wife, Sheila Stafford.
He says Lewis-Gale released Overby because his insurance had run out and he
couldn't afford in- patient care.
Stafford obtained a protective order against Overby after the doctor at
Lewis- Gale warned her of Overby's threats.
Several weeks later, Overby strangled her to death and mutilated her body.
The judge must now decide whether to sentence Overby to death or life in
prison.
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Beer-Sales
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=jmo
TAPE# 96-29
GRAPHIC=NONE
Roanoke Police are cracking down on several convenience stores throughout
the city.
After a month long investigation, more than 20 convenience store clerks are
being charged with selling alcohol to minors.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Police sent 18 and 19 year olds into the stores to see if they could buy
alcohol.
Half of the 44 stores allegedly sold it to them.
Prosecutors say one of those stores was the Save-X on Franklin Road.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:21:58
IN Q=The police department
((DENNIS NAGEL/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FEELS
JUSTIFIABLE WE'RE BEYOND THE POINT OF EDUCATION FOR THE STORES, FOR UNDERAGE
DRINKING AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE PREPARED TO GO FORTH WITH CRIMINAL ACTIONS TO
TAKE AWAY STORE LICENSES. ))
SUPER=01-Dennis Nagel/Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=away store licenses.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./December;
Nagel says parent's complaints and a fatal accident involving a minor in the
county prompted the action.
In that incident a 16 year old boy struck and killed his neighbor after
buying beer at the Riverside Quickette store.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:22:54
IN Q=Certainly if law
((NAGEL: CERTAINLY IF LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN PREVENT A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT IN THE
FUTURE THEY WANT TO DO SO. ))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=to do so.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
Depending on their past history the stores found guilty of selling alcohol
to the minors could lose their A-B-C license for at least seven days.
Police have yet to release the names of all the stores involved.
Frito-Lay
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-33
GRAPHIC=Frito Lay
Lynchburg is in the chips.. literally... after snack food giant Frito Lay's
decision to open its newest plant in the Hill City.
Steve Smallshaw has more on yeterday's ceremonies.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=The first earth
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Yesterday; :00
SUPER=01-Richard Goodmanson/Frito Lay V.P.; :21
SUPER=01-Lee Cobb/Lynchburg Econ. Development Dir.; :36
SUPER=01-Jeff Taylor/Region 2000; 1:00
SUPER=@ssm1; 1:10
RUNS=1:23
OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.
(( The first earth was turned on Frito Lay's new Lynchburg facility this
morning, but the wheels of negotiation have been turning for months.
Lynchburg edged out five localities in three other states for the 150
million dollar plant.
Other cities offered bigger incentives, but Frito Lay says Governor George
Allen and Lynchburg's leaders helped make the difference.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:40:04 (#2)
IN Q=And we found
((RICHARD GOODMANSON/FRITO LAY V.P.: AND WE FOUND THREE SITES THAT COULD HAVE
MET OUR NEEDS, BUT IT WAS THE LEADERSHIP WE FOUND IN VIRGINIA AND IN PARTICULAR
IN LYNCHBURG AND THE COMMITMENT YOU MADE IN HELPING US TO GROW OUR BUSINESS
THAT MADE THIS THE BEST CHOICE FOR US.))
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=choice for us.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:32:50 (#3)
IN Q=So you had
((LEE COBB/LYNCHBURG ECON. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: SO YOU HAD TO PUT ALL THE
INCENTIVES TOGETHER, WITH ALL OF THE WHAT I'LL CALL THE HUMAN CAPITAL, THINGS
THAT PEOPLE COULD DO AND WOULD DO AND EXHIBITED THAT THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST
TO HELP A NEW COMPANY GET STARTED HERE.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=get started here.
Construction starts in July, with the plant scheduled to open in 1998.
800 new jobs will be created.. and central Virginia figures to see two and a
half billion dollars pumped into its economy over the next ten years.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:28:45
IN Q=For every 100
((JEFF TAYLOR/REGION 2000: FOR EVERY 100 JOBS, YOU ADD TWO AND A HALF TO THREE
MILLION DOLLARS IN RETAIL SALES ALONE A YEAR IN THIS REGION, SO WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT IN THOSE TERMS, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=that's significant.
(/////SOT/////)
SU
IN Q=In welcoming
((In welcoming Frito Lay, Mayor Jim Whitaker borrowed a line from one of its
ads, saying when it comes to new plants, he hopes they can't build just one.
But at least for now, one is enough for the Hill City. Steve Smallshaw, News7,
Lynchburg.))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.))
Layoffs
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-21
GRAPHIC=NONE
The news is not so good in Buchanan where one of its largest employers is
laying off workers-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
In a statement, James River Limestone officials say 16 of their 101 workers
have been let go.
The job cuts apparently stem from the "temporary" loss of a major contract.
Both manufacturing and administrative employees were affected.
The company produces limestone products for home, farm, and industrial use.
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Roanoke-Mayor
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-27
GRAPHIC=Campaign 96
David Bowers believes he has the voters' support, and on Tuesday he hopes to
win a second term as Roanoke mayor.
But businessman Pat Green says Roanokers are ready for a change.
Joe Dashiell talked with both candidates this week as they talked with the
voters.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=On a sunny spring afternoon
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=@Joe2; :28
SUPER=01-David Bowers/(D) Roanoke Mayor; :36
SUPER=01-Pat Green/(R) Candidate for Roanoke Mayor; 1:05
RUNS=1:32
OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke
((On a sunny spring afternoon, the sidewalks of Raleigh Court are the
battleground in the Roanoke Mayor's Race.
NAT SOUND OF PAT GREEN 14:27:52
IN Q=I'm Pat Green
((PAT GREEN/R- CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR: I'M PAT GREEN. I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF ROANOKE AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE MY BROCHURE IF YOU WOULD.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=if you would.
NAT SOUND OF DAVID BOWERS 16:09:42
IN Q=I'm going door- to- door
((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: I'M GOING DOOR TO DOOR JUST CAMPAIGNING,
REMINDING EVERYBODY THE ELECTION IS COMING UP NEXT TUESDAY. ))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=coming up next Tuesday.
David Bowers believes Roanokers are satisfied with his leadership during a
period in which crime has fallen, jobs have increased, and projects such as the
Hotel Roanoke have come on line.
And even if he has lost more than one labor endorsement he enjoyed four
years ago, Bowers says he has fulfilled his campaign promises.
SOT BOWERS 16:24:56
IN Q=I would say thay my campaign
((DAVID BOWERS/ROANOKE MAYOR: I WOULD SAY THAT MY CAMPAIGN THEME FOUR YEARS AGO
WAS TO TAKE BACK CITY HALL. AND I THINK THE PEOPLE DID TAKE IT BACK AND THE
PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE. THE MODERATES AND THE MIDDLE CLASS OF OUR CITY ARE IN
CHARGE IN CITY AND THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A STRONG VOICE REPRESENTING THEM IN CITY
HALL.))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=representing them in city hall.
Republican Pat Green says he believes the voters are ready for a change in
city hall.
He promises to improve communications with the city's neighborhoods and its
neighbors.
And he says the city needs his experience in small business.
SOT 14:30:57
IN Q=I think the city has got
((PAT GREEN/(R) CANDIDATE FOR ROANOKE MAYOR: I THINK THE CITY HAS GOT TO STOP
HAVING WHAT I CALL BINOCULAR VISION, GOT TO GET INTO THE WIDE ANGLE VISION OF
WHAT IT WANTS TO BE IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THE CITY HAS GOT TO LOOK AT ITS
PRIORITIES AND IT'S GOT TO SEE WHERE IT'S SPENDING ITS MONEY AND IT'S GOT TO
SPEND ITS MONEY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST.))
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=than it has in the past.
Green says he succeeded in keeping his campaign on the issues and out of
the gutter.
But both Green and Bowers promise many more miles on the city's sidewalks
before Tuesday's election.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))
4-scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=avalanche
In Carolina League action --
The Avalanche lost to Kinston, while Winston-Salem beat
SS=hillcats
the Hillcats.
Let's take a look at the scoreboards.
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SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=93-Kinston/==8/Salem/==4//Winston-Salem/==8/Lynchburg/==6;
SUPER=91-Toronto/==7/Milwaukee/==5//California/==3/Oakland/==1;
SUPER=91-Detroit/==5/Texas/==2//NY Yankees/==5/White Sox/==1;
SUPER=92-Philadelphia/==2/Florida/==0;
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