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News-Heads
ANCHOR=Jean
Up next on News 7 at Five-
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VO-NAT
A fatal fire in Lynchburg claims the lives of a Lynchburg couple and their
three children.
A scare in Nashville- A bird is sucked into a plane's engine-
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Anchor=Jean
Plus the latest on Rubatex and a vote that could save hundreds of jobs.
Wx-Heads
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
Scattered showers, some severe, dotted the weather landscape this afternoon.
And hurricane Bertha grows stronger in the tropical atlantic.
Medical-heads
ANCHOR=Connie
On Health Check--
We'll check in at the 11th annual World AIDS Conference, where for once,
there is optimism in the air.
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VO-NAT
Plus, hypochondria-- and its effects on the health care system and the
family.
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SOT 5:28:04
IN Q=You always see
((YOU ALWAYS SEE IT IN THE MOVIES, BUT YOU NEVER THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
NEXT DOOR TO YOU, YOU KNOW.))
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OUT Q=you know.
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VO-NAT
Neighbors are still stunned tonight after a tragic fire takes the lives of a
Lynchburg couple and their three young daughters.
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5-Sheffield-Fire
ANCHOR=Jean
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GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire
The family of five perished in an early morning blaze in Lynchburg.
Double Boxes=Jean and Steve/Microwave
Steve Smallshaw joins us live, Steve what have authorities told you about
how this fire might have started?
Live=Steve Full/Microwave
SUPER=@ssm1;
SUPER=22-Lynchburg;
Jean, fire marshals spent more than six hours sifting through the rubble of
that house on Sheffield Drive, but they say it could be a while before they
know for sure what happened.
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IN Q=Steve Kinzer
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :00
SUPER=01-Steve Kinzer/Neighbor; :
SUPER=01-Cmdr. Kenneth Crawford/Lynchburg Fire Dept.; :
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=sparked the blaze.
(( Steve Kinzer woke to the flash of sparking electrical wires, and the light
of an orange glow coming through his bedroom window.
Seconds later, Kinzer realized his neighbor's house was on fire.
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SOT 5:26:48
IN Q=Intense heat
((STEVE KINZER/NEIGHBOR: INTENSE HEAT, THE WHOLE LIVING ROOM WAS UP IN FLAMES,
THE SMOKE WAS CHOKING. IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE, WASN'T NOTHING REALLY
THAT I COULD HAVE DONE.))
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OUT Q= could have done.
Firefighters also were too late.
Judging from the intensity and the damage, the fire had been burning for
several hours before anyone discovered it.
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IN Q=Like I say
((CMDR. KENNETH CRAWFORD/LYNCHBURG FIRE DEPT.: LIKE I SAY, THE DOOR WHEN YOU
JUST TOUCHED IT, THE DOOR IT FELL IN, THAT'S HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN BURNING. I
MEAN IT HAD BURNED THE HINGES AND ALL OFF OF THE FRAME.))
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OUT Q=off of the frame.
Fire investigators spent the day turning over shovels full of rubble,
looking for clues.
They believe the fire started in or near the living room, where the family
kept a computer, and where an electrical problem may have sparked the blaze.))
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Live=Steve Full/Microwave
SUPER=22-Lynchburg;
The family has been identified as Osama Abouzeid, his wife Felicia and their
three daughters: Sara, Nadia and Gina... ages 5, 6 and 10 respectively.
Double Boxes=Jean and Steve/Microwave
They'd been living in that house for about a year... the father worked for
V-DOT... they've been described as the perfect neighbors. Jean?
5-Rubatex
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
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TAPE#596-15
GRAPHIC=Rubatex
Eight days ago union workers at Bedford's Rubatex plant shot down a contract
proposal.
Since that time the company has announced job cuts.
Now union members are back at the ballot box for another vote, hoping to
save nearly 300 jobs.
Double Boxes=Jean and Scott/StarLink
Scott Prince joins us from Bedford where the voting took place.
Live=Scott Full/StarLink
SUPER=@Scott1;
SUPER=06-Bedford;
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(Rollcue: this time around)
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IN Q=Members of the
SUPER=03-Bedford; :00
SUPER=01-Ruby Trent/Union Member; :23
SUPER=01-Kenneth Williams/Union Member; :30
SUPER=@File; :39
RUNS=:58
OUT Q=the same proposal
Live=Scott Full/StarLink
SUPER=06-Bedford;
( ad lib)
Double Boxes=Jean and Scott/StarLink
(Jean question: What was the reaction from most union members you talked to?)
5-Nashville-Plane
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=None
A helicopter crashed in Ohio today, killing all five people on board.
Witnesses say they heard the chopper's engines shut off, shortly
after it took off from an airport in Salem, Ohio.
The aircraft went down
in a field- It's still not clear what happened.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Nashville, TN;
Meanwhile a scare for passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight in
Nashville.
The plane was taking off for Chicago when a bird was sucked into one of the
engines.
The pilot was forced to abort the takeoff- overshooting the runway and
rolling into the grass.
All 127 passengers and crew aboard were forced to evacuate.
Three people were hurt- one with a broken leg.
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5-Bertha
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Hurricane
The center of Hurricane Bertha has moved past St. Thomas and is now
advancing toward Puerto Rico.
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IN Q=
((HAMMERING SOUNDS ))
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=HAMMERING."
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-San Juan, Puerto Rico;
People in Puerto Rico are gearing up and closing down for Bertha.
All fights in and out of San Juan are now cancelled- Even most of the
national guard has pulled out.
An American man is missing- Authorities say he was surfing in high seas
with a friend who was rescued.
Hurricane Bertha may reach Florida's Southeast coast on Thursday.
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ANCHOR=Jean
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Straight ahead--on NEWS-7 at FIVE-- An attack on a British school by a man
believed to be carrying a machete. We'll have the story.
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VO-NAT
Plus Housing Authority officials respond to those who claim they've
neglected one Roanoke housing project.
We'll have an update on the Hurt Park situation.
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ANCHOR=Connie
On Health Check, the Clinton Administration is apparently putting the breaks
on regulations effecting health maintenance organizations.
Plus, hypochondria, and what it may be costing some people.
Anchor=Jean 2 shot
And if you're hungry for seafood, Patrick Evans will have the catch of
the day...
Anchor=Connie 2 shot
Healthy and delicious recipes for summer seafood dishes are the topic
today.
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5-Machete-Man
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=None
Police are looking for a man who
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Wolverhampton, England;
attacked seven people outside a school in England- including several
pre-schoolers and a teacher.
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SOT 15:04:54
IN Q=
((THE TEACHER WAS ATTACKED WITH A MACHETE OR AN AX AND THEN THE MAN ALSO
STARTED TO ATTACK THE YOUNG CHILDREN THEN WHO OBVIOUSLY PANICKED AND RAN OFF.))
SUPER=01-Pat Wing/West Midland Police;
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OUT Q=AND RAN OFF."
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VO-NAT
Officials say parents chased the man away- He's still on the loose.
One teacher and one child are in serious condition- None of the injuries
are life threatening.
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5-Offender-Registry
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#596-17
GRAPHIC=Virginia State Seal
Virginians who want to know more about their neighbors are getting some help
from the Allen administration.
SS=George Allen
Starting today, Governor Allen has ordered the Department of Corrections to
make public a list of inmates released from prison, but still under parole
supervision.
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SOT 01;32:03
IN Q=Well I certainly
((JERRY KILGORE/VA. PUBLIC SAFETY SECRETARY: WELL I CERTAINLY TRUST THE PUBLIC
TO USE THIS INFORMATION WISELY AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHOICES. I DON'T THINK
THE PUBLIC WILL BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NON-VIOLENT PAROLEES IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WILL BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEX OFFENDERS OR THE VIOLENT
ONES.))
SUPER=01-Jerry Kilgore/Va. Public Safety Secretary;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=violent ones.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Kilgore says the list responds to a flood of requests from individuals and
neighborhood watch groups.
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TALENT=Jean
SS=None
Local circuit courts have already made names and addresses available -- but
only in the jurisdiction where the crime occurred.
The new list is based on zip codes where ex-inmates currently live.
5-Hurt-Park
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#596-16
GRAPHIC=Roanoke City Seal
Officials of the Roanoke Housing Authority say they haven't neglected the
Hurt Park neighborhood.
Today, they responded to criticism leveled at them last week.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
In the last two years, officials say the Housing Authority has spent four
million dollars on improvements.
Crews are currently re-roofing the entire complex.
A major sewer upgrade and other site improvements are also in the works.
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IN Q=We have a number of staff
((NEVA SMITH/HOUSING AUTHORITY DIRECTOR: WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF, WHO ARE
OVER THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. OUR RESIDENT DEVELOPMENT PERSON HAS AN OFFICE AT
HURT PARK, IS THERE DAILY. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE
BEEN EXPRESSED RECENTLY.))
SUPER=01-Neva Smith/Housing Authority Director;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=expressed recently.
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VO-NAT
The Housing Authority Board of Commissioners also affirmed its support for
the COPE Team, the community policing program that has focused on the city's
public housing communities.
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ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
TAPE#NONE
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Seafood is a summer favorite. Already a healthy meal, there are ways to
make it even more nutritious.
Live=Patrick Full
(patrick ad lib)
stocks bump next
5-SEAFOOD
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=FIVE
WRITER=PEV
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=NONE
Summer is when Seafood is at its best, just ask Patrick Evans.
Today he welcomes a guest to offer up some unique seafood recipes.
Patrick, I understand you are on a "Seafood Diet"?
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SUPER=21-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=01-Don Mankie/Registered Dietician;
DOUBLE BOX PATRICK/ROBIN
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health music under
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=5
WRITER=amo
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Stick around there's more News 7 at 5---Steve Mason has Winston Cup Racing
news.
Anchor=Connie
On Health Check-- about 15-thousand experts and activists are in British
Columbia--
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VO-NAT
for the annual International AIDS Conference-- and the mood is split--
depending who you ask.
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IN Q=I think it's
((SANDY PUTNAM, MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: I THINK IT'S VERY VERY UPBEAT. SO MANY
THINGS HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THERE ARE SO MANY EXCITING
THINGS GOING ON THAT THERE'S A PRETTY POSITIVE MOOD.))
((WE MUST END THE GREED. WE MUST DEMAND ACCESS FOR ALL. ))
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OUT Q=access for all.
health bump next
5-HMO-Rules
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-18
GRAPHIC=HMO
The Clinton administration has temporarily shelved new rules which would
restrict financial incentives offered to doctors by health maintenance
organizations.
''The New York Times'' reports the
administration had come under fierce pressure from the HMOs, so it opted to
suspend enforcement of the rules which are mandated by a 1990 law.
The companies argue the government failed to understand the importance of
financial incentives in their intensely-competitive industry.
5-AIDS-Drugs
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-20
GRAPHIC=AIDS
Thousands of doctors, researchers, educators and activists have converged
on the 11th Annual International AIDS Conference in Vancouver.
This year, they're hoping to hear some GOOD news.
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IN Q=Open NAT SOUND
SUPER=04-Public Service Announcement; :00
SUPER=01-Dr. Helen Gayle/Centers for Disease Control; :04
SUPER=01-Dr. Martin Schechter/AIDS Conference Co-Chair; :22
SUPER=01-Dr. Paul Volberding/Univ. of California; :36
SUPER=03-Vancouver, British Columbia; :54
SUPER=01-Spencer Cox/Treatment Action Group; :58
RUNS=1:06
OUT Q=AIDS-related deaths.
((
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IN Q=The annual
((DR. HELEN GAYLE/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL: THE ANNUAL RATE OF INCREASE IS
ABOUT 3-5% NOW, AS OPPOSED TO 80-PERCENT IN THE MID TO LATE 80'S. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=late 80's.
15 years into the epidemic, and in this country, the face of AIDS is
changing-- some believe the prevention message is beginning to work.
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IN Q=We are
((DR. MARTIN SCHECHTER, CO-CHAIR, AIDS CONFERENCE: WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS IN
THE HIV PANDEMIC. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME WE ARE SEEING
GLIMMERS OF HOPE. ))
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OUT Q=glimmers of hope.
But the big news is that patients are getting better,
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IN Q=We're realizing
((DR. PAUL VOLBERDING, UCSF:WE'RE REALIZING THAT WE HAVE DRUGS AND COMBINATIONS
THAT REALLY SUPPRESS THE
VIRUS A LOT MORE THAN ANYTHING WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
SANDY PUTNAM, NURSE COORDINATOR, MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: WE'VE HAD VERY POSITIVE
LUCK...WE'VE SEEN VIRAL LOADS DROP TO UNDETECTABLE LEVELS. ))
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IN Q=NAT SOUND
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=ban A-Z-T
Still, AIDS activists are worried about the optimism at this meeting--
calling it the "Don't Worry, Be Happy International AIDS Conference."
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SOT 4:32:07
IN Q=I don't want
((SPENCER COX, TREATMENT ACTION GROUP: I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THIS IS A
MAGIC WAND AND THAT EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO BE OKAY. AND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE NO MORE AIDS RELATED
DEATHS.))))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=AIDS-related deaths.
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VO-NAT
More than one-point three million people this year will die of AIDS, most
in the developing world.
And others worry that new drugs, costing patients some 15-thousand dollars
a year, are off limits to developing countries-- a situation some liken to
medical apartheid.
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5-Hypochondria
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-21
GRAPHIC=Health Check
Next time you're at your doctor's office....look around.
If there are ten people in the waiting room, the odds are that one is a
hypochondriac.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File; :
It's estimated this fear of sickness costs the health care system
between ten and 30 billion dollars a year.
Hypochondriacs often have medical bills ten times the national average.
Carla Cantor, a journalist and former hypochondriac herself, has written a
book on the subject.
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SOT 9:11:02
IN Q=We all get
((CARLA CANTOR/AUTHOR, "PHANTOM ILLNESS": WE ALL GET SYMPTOMS EVERY DAY. ONE
OUT OF FOUR DAYS THE AVERAGE PERSON WILL HAVE A BACKACHE, A HEADACHE, A STOMACH
ACHE.
SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST TAKE AN ASPIRIN IT WILL GO AWAY. SOME GO TO DOCTORS AND
THE DOCTOR SAYS DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. AND THEY'RE FINE. THE HYPOCHONDRIAC
TAKES THE ORDINARY BODILY SYMPTOMS
AND THE MIND AND THE MOTIONS INTERMINGLE AND IT GOES OFF.))
SUPER=01-Carla Cantor/"Phantom Illness" Author; :
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=goes off.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=Health Check
Some doctors believe hypochondria is a form of obsessive-compulsive
disorder-- they're using medications and behavior therapy to treat it.
Single people are more likely than married people to suffer from
unexplained illnesses.
The children of hypochondriacs are more prone to emergency room visits,
disability and suicidal tendencies.
2-shot-toss
ANCHOR=Jean
In sports some area soccer players are getting the chance to play in Europe.
Anchor=Connie
While Winston Cup drivers are gearing up for next week's race. Here's Steve
Mason with the Monday Sports Ticker.
S5-Racing
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ST5-21
GRAPHIC=None
We will hear from some Winston Cup drivers, take a trip over to Roanoke'
lacrosse camp and check out some local soccer players that left today to play
over in Europe...all in 120 seconds.
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SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL/This Past Weekend; :00
First to the track where Sterling Marlin and his Kodak Chevrolet team
will take their win at Daytona to Loudon this coming weekend for the Slick 50
300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Morgan Shepherd finished 2nd at Loudon last year and hopes to have another
strong performance.
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SOT
IN Q="Things
((MORGAN SHEPHERD/DRIVER OF REMINGTON FORD:))
SUPER=01-Morgan Shepherd/Remington Ford Driver; :00
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=...this time"
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VO-NAT #eng
Michael Waltrip, the driver who replaced Morgan in the Wood Brothers Ford
has yet to visit victory lane in a cup race this season, but the team is
optimistic at the mid way point.
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SOT
IN Q="We see
((MICHAEL WALTRIP/DRIVER OF WOOD BROTHERS FORD:))
SUPER=01-Michael Waltrip/ Wood Brothers Ford Driver ; :00
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=...great experience"
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S5-Stuff
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ST5-22
GRAPHIC=none
On to soccer. The Roanoke Stars under 15 team left for Europe today for 3
weeks of soccer.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00
The team has been training for a month at the Berglund Soccer Complex.
The Stars will play in the biggest youth tourney in the world with 800
teams from 47 countries and they are not in the least bit intimidated.
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IN Q=I say...
((TOM ASHTON/STARS SWEEPER:))
((WES SAVAGE/STARS MIDFIELDER:))
SUPER=01-Tom Ashton/Stars Sweeper; :00
SUPER=01-Wes Savage/Stars Midfielder; :06
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=...than over here"
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VO-NAT(Con't)
SUPER=03-Salem;
The Roanoke College Lacrosse camp is underway, about 160 campers are on
hand some from as far away as England. We will hear from the journeyman,
plus a salem camper at 6.
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ANCHOR=Steve
Also at 6, we will check in on baseball as the majors gear up for
tomorrow's all star game.
six-preview
ANCHOR=Jean
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(ROBIN tosses to Jean)
ANCHOR=Jean
Communities all over Virginia are looking for prison inmates packing
chainsaws, hammers, and machetes.
Jean/Keith double boxes
Don't panic.
Here's Keith Humphry with an explanation.
ANCHOR=Keith
SUPER=@Keith1;
Coming up at Six, it's the one year anniversary of the Community Work
Project Program.
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VO-NAT
That tame title means non-violent prison inmates will come to your locality
and help carry some of the workload.
And state officials will tell you, what first seemed like a hard sell has a
waiting list today.
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ANCHOR=Keith
It's all part of Governor George Allen's promise NOT to "coddle criminals."
double boxes Jean/Keith
That's coming up in just one half hour on News 7 at SIX.
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
That's it for News 7 at FIVE...
by SS