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ANCHOR=Keith

Coming up on NEWS-7 at SIX:
The Christian coalition has unified disparate elements of the faith with a common political goal.
The first part of a NEWS 7 series: "Faith in Democracy."
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VO-NAT


And it's tough stuff: spinning your way to fitness... not for the faint of heart, but it might just be the workout you need.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None


How low will it go? The temperature that is....frost and freeze warnings top tonight's weather story.

Tillman


ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-35
GRAPHIC=Plane Crash Investigation


Search and rescue teams say it's slow going in the Florida Everglades.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dade Co., FL.


Officials have recovered only small pieces of the downed ValuJet aircraft... along with three bags of human remains.
The Navy is now providing equipment and personnel to aid in the search.
No doubt those sailors are mourning the loss of a
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midshipman from Lynchburg... who was on the ill- fated flight.
Roosevelt Tillman had been the Navy's recruiting supervisor for Central and Southwestern Virginia for the past eight months.
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((JOHN DORSETT/U.S. NAVY: HE WAS DEFINITELY FIRST AND FOREMOST A PEOPLE PERSON. HE LOVED THE NAVY AND LOVED THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR HIM AND THAT HE WORKED FOR. ))
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Dorsett described his supervisor as a tremendous motivator and inspirational leader.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None


Tillman was originally from South Florida.
He was there visiting friends and family.

Showalter


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=rjo
TAPE#96-33
GRAPHIC=None


State Police say they are confident a NEW composite sketch may help them find the killer of 25-year-old Alicia Showalter Reynolds.
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VO-NAT
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The Baltimore doctoral student was abducted two months ago on a highway in Culpeper County -- apparently by a man posing as a Good Samaritan.
Her body was found last week. NOTE: SHOT OF STATE POLICE AT NEWS CONFERENCE
Police say they have a good composite drawing of the suspect.
They say he made contact with numerous women who were driving on Route 29.
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((LUCY CALDWELL/STATE POLICE SPOKESPERSON: THERE ARE AT LEAST TWENTY WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH HIM. SEVERAL OF THEM SPENT SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME WITH HIM AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. THEY'VE ALL SAID THAT THIS PORTRAIT IS AN EXTREMELY LIKELY CANDIDATE OF WHO IT IS.))
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VO-NAT

PRE-PRO
The sketch shows a square-faced man with reddish hair and a green plaid shirt.
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Waller


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-28
GRAPHIC=Eric Waller


A Roanoke man is being held without bond, following a fatal shooting over the weekend.
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VO-NAT
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25- year- old Eric Tyrone Waller is accused of shooting his sister's boyfriend on Sunday afternoon.
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Police say he walked into the home on Grayson Avenue, and shot 20- year- old Marvin Williams in the face.
He later turned himself in.
This morning, a judge appointed the public defender's office to represent Waller.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Eric Waller


Waller is facing charges of first- degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of murder.

Chafin


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-30
GRAPHIC=Harold Chafin


A banker who chaired the Giles Industrial Development Authority for 25-years pled guilty today to mis-application of bank funds.
Harold Chafin admitted in court he took thousands of dollars out of one customer's account to cover another customer's debts.
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VO-NAT
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At the time, he was branch manager of the National Bank of Blacksburg, then transferred to the Blacksburg office and was stripped of his check- signing authority.
Nevertheless he managed to get another bank officer to authorize a worthless cashier's check to pay back the unwitting victim.
When that backfired, Chafin was fired.
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((WELL I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK, BEEN A LITTLE TOUGH, BUT TRYING TO GET ALL THIS BEHIND ME. I'M GLAD IT'S ABOUT OVER. Q: HOW DID IT ALL COME ABOUT? WAS IT JUST A BIG MISTAKE OR WHAT? A: IT'S A LONG STORY, TRYING TO HELP A CUSTOMER AND GOT MYSELF IN TROUBLE. AND I DID MAKE A MISTAKE, TRYING TO HELP A CUSTOMER.))
SUPER=01-Harold Chafin/Former Bank of Blacksburg V.P.;
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VO-NAT


Chafin's lawyer points out the 59-year old bank officer paid back the bank... though Chafin concedes he didn't make good on the checks until he was confronted by bank authorities.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=HOLD


Chafin will be sentenced in August.

Salvation-Army


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#96-43
GRAPHIC=Fire


The Salvation Army Shelter in Roanoke will be closed for the night following a fire there this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;


The blaze was confined to one room with eight beds, but other parts of the building suffered smoke and water damage.
Officials say they're cleaning up the damage and calling in electricians to check the wiring, and they hope to re- open tomorrow.
So far, they don't know what caused the fire.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=None


Forty -two men spent the night at the shelter, and officials are hopeful there will be room for them at the Rescue Mission tonight.

Frost


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-40
GRAPHIC=None


Bring in your potted plants tonight, and protect your bedded ones...Jack Frost is threatening an encore performance.
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VO-NAT


In the event of a frost, the best thing you can do for your outdoor plants is cover them.
Or, you may try to get rid of the frost BEFORE the morning sun has a chance to melt it.
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((RUTH BABYLON/LAUREL CREEK NURSERY: IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T COVER, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T COVER EVERYTHING, TRY TO GET UP BEFORE THE SUN GETS UP AND SPRAY WATER ON YOUR PLANTS. TRY TO WASH THE FROST OFF. ))
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VO-NAT


Sometimes damage can't be avoided, but that doesn't have to spell disaster for your plants.
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((SO IF YOU HAVE FROST DAMAGE LIKE THIS, JUST CUT THE BLACK OFF AND YOUR PLANTS SHOULD DO FINE. ))
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OUT Q=should do fine.
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VO-NAT


In the event of a hard FREEZE, Babylon suggests leaving a sprinkler on overnight, so the warmer water will minimize the damage.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE


Coming up on News 7 at Six-
What role does faith play in democracy? Tonight the first in a series, a look at the Christian right and its impact on Virginia politics.
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And a lost dog searches for his owner. We'll tell you what's holding up the reunion.
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VHDA


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6 p.m.
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#96-37
GRAPHIC=None


First District Congressional challenger David Caprara says he welcomes a state audit into allegations he mis- used public funds.
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VO-NAT
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A former employee wrote a letter accusing Caprara of using public resources for political gain while he was director of the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
Caprara notes the joint legislation audit and review commission, or J-LARK, has decided NOT to look into the allegations.
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((DAVID CAPRARA/R-CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE: WE FEEL TOTALLY VINDICATED TODAY BY J-LARK'S DECLINING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE MATTER. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ADVANCE OUR JEFFERSONIAN CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. THE BATEMAN CAMPAIGN IS OBVIOUSLY DESPERATE AND BANKRUPT.))
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VO-NAT


Caprara says the former employee, Phyllis Withers, may be working with his opponent, Representative Herb Bateman.
Bateman's spokesman says that's not true.
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TALENT=KEITH
SS=None


Caprara is running against Bateman in the June eleventh primary.

1Faith-Democracy


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-32
GRAPHIC=Faith in Democracy


From Presidential politics to last week's local races around Virginia, conservative Christians are working to inject their values into American Democracy.
Virginia is the home address for much of this movement-- on a national, state, and local level.
But as we'll show you over the next three nights, Virginia's Christian Right has its purists and its pragmatists.
Ellen Qualls has part one of our series "Faith in Democracy."
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((Lynchburg's Jerry Falwell reached outside of his church to start a national political movement.
But at the end of the 1980's, the Moral Majority folded-- a divisive force, even among Baptists.
Enter Virginia Beach televangelist Pat Robertson.
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((PAT ROBERTSON/CHRISTIAN COALITION FOUNDER: BUT WHAT A TESTIMONY HERE IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL TO THE DEDICATION OF GRASS ROOTS AMERICANS WHO LOVE THEIR FAMILIES, WHO LOVE THEIR NATION, AND MOST OF ALL THEY LOVE THEIR GOD. GOD BLESS EVERY ONE OF YOU. applause.))
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But to really go mainstream -- Ralph Reed is the Christian Coalition's ticket.
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((MARK ROZELL/UVA POLITICAL ANALYST: I THINK PART OF THE GENIUS OF THE CHRISTIAN COALITION IS THAT ITS MOST VISIBLE LEADER, ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IS A POLITICAL OPERATIVE, RALPH REED, WHO IS VERY SAVVY IN DEALING WITH THE NEWS MEDIA, VERY EFFECTIVE IN PRESENTING A VERY KIND AND UNTHREATENING VOICE OF WHAT THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT STANDS FOR.))
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University of Richmond historian Robert Alley says the message may be more palatable, but the motive's the same.
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((ROBERT ALLEY/CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORIAN: IF YOU LISTEN TO ROBERTSON ON THE 700 CLUB TODAY, HE IS STILL THE FAITH-HEALING, CHRISTIAN NATION PROMOTOR, WITH HATE FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT HE WAS WHEN I FIRST HEARD HIM IN THE 1970'S.))
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But Reed and Robertson have succeeded where Falwell failed -- uniting evangelicals, charismatics, fundamentalists, pentecostals, mainline Protestants, Catholics, and even some Jews.
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((MARK ROZELL: IN EFFECT TO PUT ASIDE THE QUESTION OF WHO'S GONNA FIND HEAVEN IN THE AFTER LIFE AND FOCUS ON COMMON POLITICAL OBJECTIVES.))
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Politics is a numbers game, and Ralph Reed's courting black conservatives too.
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((RALPH REED/CHRISTIAN COALITION DIRECTOR: IT WASN'T A GREEN CHECK OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT SUSTAINED YOU THROUGH CENTURIES OF BIGOTRY AND PREJUDICE. IT WAS FAITH IN GOD AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.))
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The recruitment and training efforts are slick.
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((THE CHRISTIAN COALITION IS LEADING THE WAY IN GIVING PEOPLE OF FAITH A VOICE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT.))
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But Reed's personal, informal backing is also important.
George Allen doesn't shy away.
Bob Dole wants to keep it.
Jim Miller's wallowing in it now that he isn't competing with the cult of personality that drew conservative Christians to Ollie North in the last Senate race.
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((JIM MILLER/R- U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN LEVITICUS 13:40? AT LEAST IN THE NEW INTERNATION VERSION, THE ONE I READ? IT SAYS WHEN A MAN HAS LOST HIS HAIR AND HIS BALD, HE IS CLEAN. laugh))
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Coming up in the next part our series, Virginia's fertile ground for Christian activism -- and other state leaders say the Christian Coalition doesn't have all the answers.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

Stocks


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=Stocks
GRAPHIC=NONE


The stock market pushed sharply higher today.
The Dow jumped 64 and a half points.
NASDAQ gained 19 points.
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Spinning


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#96-38
GRAPHIC=None


The latest national exercise craze has just made its way to Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
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It's called "Spinning"-- and it's definitely not your father's life cycle.
The Training Edge is now offering the ride of a lifetime--
Spinning uses guided imagery for an intense, 45-minute workout.
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SOT 12:31:45
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((DENISE TOLUSSO/THE TRAINING EDGE: IT'S A CLASS ON BIKES, THE NEAT THING ABOUT IT IS THERE'S A 45-POUND FLY WHEEL SO THAT WHEN YOU GET ON THE BIKE YOU CAN'T JUST PEDDLE ALONG AND THEN STOP PEDDLING LIKE YOU DO ON A REGULAR BIKE AND COAST. YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE WHEEL, SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SPIN AT SUCH FAST SPEEDS)) ((JIM SPENCER: IT'S INTENSE, PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST WORKOUTS I'VE EVER HAD. ))
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SUPER=07-Jim Spencer; :15 QUICK!!!!
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OUT Q=ever had.
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VO-NAT


In fact, spinning offers one of the most rigorous cardiac workouts you can find-- without the impact on the joints.
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Sports Tease


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE


Coming up tonight in sports, Clay Earles picks up a big honor, they are ducking more than the car controversy at Indy this week.
John Lucas gets a pink slip,
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And the wild one, Dennis Rodman, turns 35 today.
We'll hear from him tonight in sports.
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S-Lucas


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#BB96-3
GRAPHIC=NBA


The Philadelphia 76ers announced this afternoon that they are dumping head coach John Lucas and his assistants.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-NBA; :00


The former University of Maryland star did a terrible job with a terrible team this season.
The Sixers finished 18 and 64 this year, and during Lucas's two seasons as head coach they had 42 wins and 122 losses.
Lucas is the sixth coach to lose his job since the regular season ended and the first since Allan Bristow checked out of Charlotte.
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S-NBA


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#BB96-4
GRAPHIC=NBA PLAYOOFS


Only one NBA game is on tap tonight in the playoffs.
In Atlanta,
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Atlanta/Yesterday - NBC; :00


the Magic can wrap up their best of seven series with the Hawks and in so doing complete a four game sweep of Lenny Wilkins team.
Yesterday at the OMNI, the Hawks played well, but still lost 103-to-96 to fall behind in the series three games to none.
SUPER=03-Houston/Yesterday - NBC;


The Seattle SuperSonics advanced to the Western Conference finals yesterday by completing a four-game sweep of two-time defending champion Houston Rockets.
The Sonics blew a 20-point fourth-quarter lead but came through in overtime to get the 114-to-107 win.
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S-Rodman


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-5
GRAPHIC=RODMAN


Dennis Rodman and the Bulls can wrap up their best of seven series with the Knicks with a win tomorrow night.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Chicago, IL; :00


This afternoon the Bulls went through alight workout and after practice the question to birthday boy Dennis Rodman was how does it feel to be 35 today!!
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((DENNIS RODMAN/TURNS 35 TODAY:))
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S-NHL


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S-66
GRAPHIC=STANLEY CUP

The Stanley playoffs also resume tonight as the Chicago Blackhawks face elimination at home against the Colorado Avalanche.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Chicago, IL;


Valeri Kamensky scored twice as the Avalanche took a three games to two lead in the best-of-seven series with a 4-1 victory in Colorado Saturday.
Both teams practiced this afternoon in preparation for tonight's 8:30 face-off.
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S-Savard


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S6-9
GRAPHIC=Patrick Savard


Youth hockey star Patrick Savard has a chance to be the first Roanoker to make the Junior Olympic Hockey team! Savard made the regional cut during the early May tri outs at Fort Bragg, North Carolina to earn the opportunity.
From the 15th through the 22nd of June, Savard will attempt to make the junior Olympic team at the U.S. Olympic training facility in Lake Placid, New York.
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Savard was the top player for the Roanoke Junior Express who helped bring back a bronze medal to the Star City in the CanAm games back in February.
Kevin Duddey, one of his teammates, has qualified for a try out in the 16 year old age division as well.
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S-Earles


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-32
GRAPHIC=MARTINSVILLE S'WAY


Clay Earles, the Chairman of the board and Chief executive officer of the Martinsville Speedway has picked up a big honor today.
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SUPER=03-Martinsville; :00


The 82 year old racing pioneer, who has been promoting races for more than 49 years, is this year's recipient of the Bill France Award of Excellence.
Earles, who still feeds the menagerie of ducks that inhabit the pond beside his half mile track on a daily basis, has overseen Martinsville expansion efforts for the next century.
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After building and opening the track as a dirt bull ring in 1947, Earles has seen the track's capacity double in 8 years, going from 33 thousand seats to its current capacity of 66 thousand.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=RIR RACEWAY


Richmond International Raceway president Paul Sawyer, who is 79 is a co-recipient of the honor along with Earles.

S-Indy


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-10
GRAPHIC=NONE
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Indianapolis, IN; :00


Picture day at Indianapolis as the members of the front row for the Memorial Day race posed for cameramen.
Now as you know Indy has been tarnished a bit this year because of the controversy with CART that has taken most of the big name teams away from Indy.
Also, these folks don't treat their ducks nearly as well as they do at Martinsville, take a look at the dark brown spot just to the left of this car as it whip around the corner at over 200 miles an hour.
As is turns out it was a mother duck and her babies attempting to make it across the track. I'm happy to report they made it unscathed.
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S-Tech


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=TECH BASEBALL


The Virginia Tech Hokies will not be going to the NCAA baseball tournament afterall this season.
The Hokies advanced in the winner's bracket of the Atlantic 10 tournament this weekend, and needed only to beat U-Mass one out of two games this afternoon to get the conference championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA's.
Instead the Hokies lose to the Minutemen in two straight, 5-TO-2 AND 8-TO-2.
Tech finishes the season with a 35 and 24 record.

S-Ferrum


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-4
GRAPHIC=NCAA BASEBALL


The NCAA division three baseball tournament is coming to Salem May 23 through the 28th.
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SUPER=03-Ferrum; :00


This afternoon the Panthers found out that they will be the second seed in the tough South Regional that takes place later this week in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Ferrum will open the double elimination tournament at noon on Thursday against Atlanta's Emory University.
This is Ferrum's eight trip to the NCAA's in the last nine years.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=softball

The NCAA women's division three softball championships are in Salem later this week, with games beginning on Thursday at the Moyer complex. Wx-Tape
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Army-Dog


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#96-31
GRAPHIC=None


Efforts to reunite a lost dog and his owner have been thwarted by military red tape.
Beth Myer has the story.
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(( "Pugsy" 's been at the pound since April 24th when animal control picked him up in the 3-thousand block of Sunrise in Northwest Roanoke. The SPCA traced his rabies tag back to Ft. Lewis, Washington... and his owner Randy Fair. Fair is in the Army and is now stationed somewhere in Germany. Staffers think Pugsy must have slipped away from whomever was watching him for Fair.
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((AL ALEXANDER/ROANOKE SPCA: CERTAINLY PUGSY DIDN'T WALK FROM WASHINGTON TO ROANOKE SO SOMEONE HAD TO BRING HIM HERE. PERHAPS FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MR. FAIR AND DIDN'T KNOW TO LOOK HERE AT THE POUND BUT PUGSY IS WAITING TO GET BACK HOME. ))
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But here's the dilemma: Since Alexander is not a family member, the army can not help him get a hold of Fair in Germany.
He says the Red Cross can't help either because this is not an emergency situation.
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((AL ALEXANDER/ROANOKE SPCA: PUGSY'S ABOUT 7-8 YEARS OLD. HE OTHER THAN ALLERGIES, PUGSY'S IN GREAT SHAPE.))
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He's also housebroken and sits on command. If the owner's don't claim him, he'll be up for adoption in about ten days. Beth Myer, News 7, Roanoke.))

Promo
ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#Promo


Fresh from last week's election, Roanoke city council is meeting tonight to approve next year's budget.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom


Jean Jadhon joins us in the newsroom with more on that.
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;


That's right, Keith.
But in addition to talking about money, council will also listen to people at a public hearing.
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They want to find out whether Roanoke residents want politics taken out of the city council nominating process.
Voters would nominate candidates by petition, instead of by political party.
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latest news, weather, and sports tonight on News 7 at 11. We'll tell you what folks have to say about the idea-- plus have all the
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