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SUPER=70-Connie Stevens;
SUPER=@Robin1;
SUPER=70-Mike Stevens;
ANCHOR=Connie
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IN Q=
(( HERE'S WHAT'S NEXT ON NEWS-7 PRIMETIME...VIOLENCE RETURNS TO NORTHERN
IRELAND AS TWO BOMBS EXPLODE A BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS--
THE DIRECTOR OF A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE SOUTHSIDE IS NOT LICENSED
PHYSICIAN IN VIRGINIA....VIOLATING STATE LAW. ))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=violating state law.
top-story
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#top
GRAPHIC=none
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TOP STORY GRAPHIC 11004
Our TOP STORY tonight, Monday October Seventh--
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VO-NAT
The man who allegedly led police on a high speed chase and then slammed into
two other vehicles in Botetourt County faces murder charges.
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P-220-Ax
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=spr
TAPE#596-26
SS=news-7 primetime
Good Evening, this is News 7 PRIMETIME on WEFC.
I'm Connie Stevens
GRAPHIC=Police chase
It's been a week since that deadly high- speed chase in Botetourt County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co./Last Week;
Today the man who was allegedly trying to out-MOTOR police last Monday, was
charged with second degree murder.
18- year- old Timmy Stocks also faces two other felony charges-- eluding a
police officer and grand larceny.
According to officials, Stocks was clocked at near 90- miles an hour on
Route 220.
Authorities chased him... but halted their pursuit after six minutes.
Stocks reportedly continued to flee when he slammed into two other cars,
killing one person.
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SOT 15:00:32
IN Q=If you
(( ))
SUPER=01-Joel Branscom/Botetourt Co. Commonwealth's Atty.;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=murder
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VO-NAT
Stocks is being held at the Botetourt County jail.
A bond hearing hasn't been scheduled yet.
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P-Ireland
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-a
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lisburn, N. Ireland; :
From London to Washington, officials are condemning a double bombing today
in Northern Ireland.
Two explosions rocked British Army headquarters in the province.
One went off in a parking lot.
Minutes later the second exploded near the base's main medical facility.
As many as 31 people were hurt.
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SOT 15:05:43
IN Q=I think what
((JOHN MAJOR/BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS BARBARIC,
TO HAVE PLACED A BOMB WITHOUT WARNING TO KILL OR MAME INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN.
AND THEN TO PLACE A SECOND
BOMB WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY INJURED AND MAIMED MIGHT BE CAUGHT AS THEY
CAUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION, OR TO KILL THE PEOPLE GETTING THEM MEDICAL ATTENTION
IS JUST UNSPEAKABLE. ))
SUPER=01-John Major/British Prime Minister; :
RUNS=:22
OUT Q=unspeakable.
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VO-NAT
There's been no claim, though, Unionists are already blaming the Irish
Republican Army.
The I-R-A normally gives warning of bomb attacks against civilian
targets, but not military targets.
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P-Health-Director
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#596-29
GRAPHIC=virginia seal
A public health director who is not licensed to practice medicine in
Virginia, is a violation of state code--
But that's exactly what's happening in the southside.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax;
Dr. Thomas Coleman has been on the job for eight months.
Coleman tells News 7 he just hadn't gotten around to it before a week and a
half ago.
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SOT 03:15:50
IN Q=I don't
((I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM... OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC EITHER.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Thomas Coleman/Southside Health Director; :
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=public either.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Health Commissioner Randy Gordon assigned Farmville's health director to
oversee Coleman's district until his license comes through.
But Coleman's still on the job in an administrative role, even though state
law requires health directors to be licensed.
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SOT 03:55
IN Q=I'm concerned
((DEL. TED BENNETT/D-HALIFAX CO.: I'M CONCERNED THAT THE LAW OF THE
COMMONWEALTH'S NOT BEEN FOLLOWED. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE BASIC IT COULD BE
THAT BEFORE THIS PERSON FILLS THAT POST, THE STATUTE SIMPLY SAYS HE'S GOT TO BE
A LICENSED PHYSICIAN, AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN VIRGINIA. HE IS
NOT.))
SUPER=@Bennett;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=he is not.
TALENT=Connie
SS=HOLD
Coleman's been using state tax dollars to pay other doctors to perform the
medical functions of his job.
He IS licensed and is in good standing in North Carolina.
P-Rulings
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-d
GRAPHIC=supreme court
It's the first Monday in October, so the U.S. Supreme Court is back for
it's fall session.
Already today, the Supreme Court delt a blow to anti abortion protestors.
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VO-NAT
The high court upheld a federal law protecting access to abortion clinics.
Protestors argued the law infringed on their rights.
Abortion rights advocates disagree.
Also, today a strike against Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski.
The justices refused to give him a new chance to argue in lower court that
news leaks were so damaging to his character that the government shouldn't be
able to prosecute him.
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P-SCOTUS
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-b
GRAPHIC=HOLD
Stephanie (LAMBI-DOCKUS)
Lambidakis has a rundown of some of the other cases the high court will
consider.
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SOT 15:16:33
IN Q=Among the lofty legal
SUPER=03-Washington DC; :00
SUPER=01-David Cole/Georgetown Univ. Law Professor; :06
SUPER=01-Alice Hagli/Cancer Patient; 1:07
SUPER=01-Stephanie Lambidakis/Reporting; 1:20
RUNS=1:36
OUT Q=S.L. CBS News, The Supreme Court.
tease#1
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
Have you registered to vote yet? If NOT-- you're out of luck--
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VO-NAT
But first Senator Warner says he's been visiting Hollins College since he
was a student at Washington and Lee-- When we come back-- we'll hear from
him during his latest visit.
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go to break
P-Obremski
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=eea
TAPE#596-32
GRAPHIC=Obremski
The man charged with making threatening, obscene phone calls to young girls
pleaded guilty in a Roanoke courtroom today.
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VO-NAT tape 96-69
SUPER=03-Roanoke/May 10;
Michael Obremski pleaded guilty to six counts, some involving girls as young
as nine years old.
He faces a maximum sentence of 45 years.
He was recently sentenced to 15 years in Roanoke County on similar charges.
The deputy Commonwealth's Attorney says she'll ask for a substantial
sentence.
She says if Obremski had not been caught, he might have eventually carried
out his threats.
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SOT 10:29:28
IN Q=there was some
((BETTY JO ANTHONY, DEPUTY COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; THERE WAS SOME INDICATION
IN THIS CASE THAT MR. OBREMSKI WAS BECOMING MORE ASSERTIVE. ))
SUPER=01-Betty Jo Anthony/Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=more assertive
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Investigators say Obremski admitted to stalking young girls in the Raleigh
Court area.
Anthony says there haven't been any more stalking complaints in that area
since Obremski was taken into custody.
P-Campaign
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#net-c
GRAPHIC=campaign 96
With the first presidential debate behind them, the candidates are back on
the stump.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Milltown, NJ; :
Bob Dole is in New Jersey, telling people to ignore the polls that show him
far behind.
SUPER=03-Manchester, NH; :
President Clinton is in New Hampshire, where today he said the faceoff
proved politics can be debated without insults.
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p-john-warner
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#596-40
GRAPHIC=warner
Also along the campaign trail-- Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison says
without Republican Senator John Warner, her anti-stalking law would never have
passed.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
The two campaigned today throughout the Commonwealth including a stop at
Hollins College.
Senator Hutchison says the U-S cannot remain a super-power if the Clinton
administration slashes the defense budget...and credits Warner for his work
when it comes to defense.
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SOT 14:22:32
IN Q=he is the #2
(( ))
SUPER=01-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison/(R) Texas;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=without his leadership.
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VO-NAT
Warner says he isn't worried about a tight senate race with Democrat Mark
Warner...
Even though the presidential race is surprisingly tight in Virginia, John
Warner says voters will do the right thing.
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SOT 14:24:49
IN Q=we have
(( ))
SUPER=@johnwarner
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=IMPORTANT TO vIRGINIANS
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=MARK WARNER
Meantime, Mark Warner is criticizing John Warner for voting against the
motor voter law.
The federal law allows people to register to vote at motor vehicle
departments and other public offices.
p-voter-registration
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#596-41
GRAPHIC=campaign 96
No matter how you register, it is now TOO LATE if you wanted to vote in the
November elections--
But many potential voters have been flooding registrar offices nationwide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;
In Lynchburg more than 600 people signed up in the last four days.
It's supposed to be easier to register this election season, thanks to the
new-motor voter law-- but registrars say they are bogged down by paper work.
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SOT
IN Q=We've been preparing
((CAROL READ/LYNCHBURG VOTER REGISTRAR: WE'VE BEEN PREPARING BUT THERE'S NO
REAL PREPARING FOR IT ONCE IT STARTS. I FOUND ONE OF MY STAFF STANDING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WAS SHE WAS GOING AND IT WAS ONLY
A QUARTER TO ELEVEN.))
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OUT Q=quarter to 11.
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VO-NAT
Applying by mail cuts down on the waiting, but the registrar says
verifying information on the forms is time consuming.
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tease#2
music under
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
Stick around-- training camp is underway at the Roundhouse.
Mike has the story on Primetime Sports.
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VO-NAT
And leaders from the Gainsboro neighborhood want Roanoke City to return an
old piece of history to its former owners.
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go to break
P-City-Council
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#596-28
GRAPHIC=roanoke city
Roanoke City Council has forgiven a 200- thousand dollar loan that helped
pay for the renovation of the Henry Street Music Center.
But that decision brought objections from Gainsboro leaders who want the old
(DOO-miss) Dumas Hotel returned to its former owners.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Council had hoped the money would be repaid to fund other improvements on
Henry Street.
But with the music center producing little income, Total Action Against
Poverty was unable to repay the loan.
Gainsboro leaders argued that today's vote on the music center could have
implications for the entire Henry Street Project.
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SOT
IN Q=We are just going to have a problem
(( ))
SUPER=07-Rev. Leonard Hines
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=I really believe that.
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
The five council members present at today's meeting voted unanimously to
make the loan a grant.
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P-H-M-O
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#596-33
GRAPHIC=hmo
Bending to consumer demand-- one of the country's larger health maintenance
organizations will start covering so-called alternative treatments.
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VO-NAT
Oxford Health Plans--beginning tomorrow for an additional three percent
premium, will cover acupuncture, chiropractic, and naturopathic services.
Patients will also be able to purchase herbal remedies, vitamins and other
supplements at a discount.
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P-Common-Sense
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#Common Sense
GRAPHIC=Common Sense
There are ways the self-employed can reduce health care costs.
Len Besthoff explains in "Common Sense"
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SOT
IN Q=Being your own
SUPER=@Len1; :00
SUPER=01-Ben Hartman/Stockbroker-Edward D. Jones; :16
SUPER=@File; :23
RUNS=:44
OUT Q=the newsdesk.
((
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SOT COMMON SENSE 6:34:06
IN Q=Being your
((Being your own boss has a certain allure to it. But finding affordable
health insurance in that kind of situation can prove difficult. In this week's
Edition of Common Sense, we discuss how Uncle Sam is trying to help small
business people out.))
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OUT Q=business people out.
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SOT COMMON SENSE RAW 05:23:08
IN Q=The self
((BEN HARTMAN/STOCKBROKER-EDWARD D. JONES: THE SELF EMPLOYED HEALTH INSURANCE
DEDUCTION CURRENTLY FOR FOLKS IS 30 PERCENT. A SELF EMPLOYED PERSON CAN DEDUCT
UP TO 30 PERCENT OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. AND PRESIDENT CLINTON WITH
THE BILL HE SIGNED INTO ACT ON AUGUST 20TH, IS EXPANDING THAT DEDUCTIBILITY TO
BE PHASED IN UP THROUGH YEAR 2006, LEN TO A MAXIMUM OF 80 PERCENT DEDUCTIBILITY
FOR THESE SELF EMPLOYED HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR SELF
EMPLOYED FOLKS.))
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OUT Q=.
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SOT COMMON SENSE 06:35:07
IN Q=I'm LB with
((I'm Len Besthoff with this week's edition of Common Sense, let's send it back
to the newsdesk.))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=the newsdesk.))
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=HOLD
Common Sense can be seen every Monday on WDBJ 7's "Mornin" and News 7 at
NOON.
cool-video
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#cool video
GRAPHIC=News-7 primetime
And, for our pick of the pictures today.....
Six year old Johnathon Prevette, the first grader who got in trouble for
kissing a classmate a few weeks ago-- continues to move in the fast lane.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=75-Concord, NC; :
This weekend, he was the guest of the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
As young Johnathon was touring pit row, he had a chance to meet tennis
star Monica Seles.
After a brief chat, Seles laid smooch on the world-famous kissing kid from
Lexington, North Carolina.
This time, however, it looks like trouble will NOT be on the horizon for
the boy.
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toss to mike
Sp-Score
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-19
GRAPHIC=NONE
PrimeTime sports tonight has news concerning Tech's Marcus Parker and Cornell
Brown. One player is coming back and another is taking a seat.
Plus, Steve Mason checks in from the Roanoke Express's preseason training
camp.
And I'll have this weekend's lineup of college football action here on WDBJ.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-New York; :00
But first the American League championship series opens tomorrow night in New
York at Yankee stadium with the Orioles taking on the Yanks in game one.
Both teams worked out today in New York, and both are happy to still be
playing.
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SOT
IN Q="Having...
((CAL RIPKEN JR./ORIOLES SHORTSTOP:))
SUPER=01-Cal Ripken Jr./Orioles Shortstop; :00
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=...A LONG TIME."
GO TO BREAK
SP-Cornell
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#TF96-1
GRAPHIC=TECH FOOTBALL
The Virginia Tech Hokies return to Big East action this Saturday at home
against the Temple Owls, but they will be without All-American Cornell Brown.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-1995 Season; :00
The senior Defensive end underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee at
Montgomery regional hospital today.
It was an exploratory procedure, but doctors ended up trimming some loose
cartilage. Cornell will miss Saturday's game and at least the Pitt game in
three weeks.
But while Cornell is out, Marcus Parker is in.
Frank Beamer announced this afternoon that the former Friday Football Extra
player of the week from Salem will be back in uniform this Saturday.
He has missed the first four games of the season after begin suspended back
on August 13th after pleading no contest to a shoplifting charge.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=HOLD TECH
Parker will likely play a greta deal on Saturday, while John Engleberger will
step up to a starter's role on the defensive end in Brown's absence.
SP-College
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Four of the top 12 teams in the country will in action on Your Hometown
Station this Saturday afternoon.
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pinnacle board
Number one Florida hosts NUmber 12 LSU in a Noon kickoff.
Then right after they settle things in the swamp,
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pinnacle board
Third ranked Florida State travels south to Miami to battle the sixth ranked
Hurricanes in an ACC-Big East showdown.
That game kicks off at 3:30 right here on your hometown station.
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SP-Express
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=5pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ST5-23
GRAPHIC=EXPRESS TRAINING CAMP
The Roanoke Express is back on the ice.
Training camp '96 began yesterday and tonight Steve Mason has few notes
from day two of training camp at the Roanoke Civic Center.
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SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=01-Frank Anzalone/Express Head Coach; :16
SUPER=@Steve1; :33
SUPER=01-Dave Stewart/Express Defenseman; :48
RUNS=1:08
OUT Q=...news 7 sports"
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((A new NHL affiliate in Calgary, but still the same tough coach in
Roanoke preaching the same Express hockey that got the team to the ECHL
playoffs each of the last three years, hockey with hustle, defense, goaltending
are of course priorities.
((FRANK ANZALONE:))
To find the perfect fit, Anzalone has cleaned part of the house. Out of 14
possible forwards in camp, only Tim Christian and Jeff Jablonski are back from
last years team. There are also 5 new defenseman in camp.
((DAVE STEWART/EXPRESS DEFENSEMAN:))
The Express opens the exhibition season Wednesday night in Richmond against
the Renegades. At freezer, Steve Mason, news 7 sports.))
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SP-Ice
ANCHOR=mike
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=twe
TAPE#-S6-18
GRAPHIC=none
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VO-NAT Wipe! Wipe!!!!!!!
SUPER=04-Tonight;
Express fans were able to get a sneak peek at some of those new, talented
faces and purchase season tickets tonight at the Roundhouse, as the club held
an intrasquad scrimmage.
After Wednesday's game in Richmond, the Express will tuneup with 2
exhibitions at the Roundhouse this weekend, taking on South Carolina Friday,
and Charlotte on Sunday afternoon.
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preview-boards
ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#bds
GRAPHIC=none
Here's what we are working on in the newsroom for NEWS-7 at 11.
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SUPER=x5024;
SUPER=77-Environmental Excellence;
Len Besthoff has the story of not one, but two local companies getting a pat
on the back by the Allen Administration.
SUPER=x5025
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
Who are they? We'll reveal them in just 30-minutes on NEWS-7 at 11 on
WDBJ-7. Thanks for watching NEWS-7 Primetime. See you tomorrow, goodnight.
by SS