WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 11/27/96

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Good Evening.
Travellers are out in force tonight- (---------------)
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SUPER=03-Roanoke;

This is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year.
So far no major problems in this area. Scott Prince is checking out the traffic tongiht. He'll have a live report at eleven.
SUPER=03-St. Petersburg, FL;

A small plane crashes into a church in St. Petersburg, Florida. Amazingly, the pilot walked away unhurt.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Plus a report on Breast Reconstruction surgery. Beth Myer will have part three of her series Another Look.
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ANCHOR=Jean

Plus the Holiday weekend forecast.
Join us for News 7 at Eleven.

Radford-Firefighter

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-86
GRAPHIC=NONE

Some past and present Radford fire department sources say a firefighter's alleged drug use may have been a public safety concern for years.
Tommy Long was charged with driving under the influence of drugs last Thursday after the fire engine he was driving hit a parked police car.
Yesterday he was fired.
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SUPER=03-Radford;

Several sources who did not wish to be identified said Long's termination is long overdue.
Fire chief Martin Roberts says there's only been one other incident in the three year's HE'S been chief.
He wrote Long a letter last Spring telling him to straighten up or he'd be fired, and says there were no other problems until the accident last Thursday.
State police say Long admitted he had taken prescription medication, and that Roberts remarked at the accident scene that he could tell Long was quote "snockered."
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((MARTIN LONG/RADFORD FIRE CHIEF: I DO NOT REMEMBER MAKING ANY COMMENT LIKE THAT AT ALL. QUESTION: IF YOU COULD TELL HE HAD SOME SORT OF PROBLEM WOULD HAVE LET HIM DRIVE? LONG: NO, IF I HAD KNOWN HE HAD A PROBLEM I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD HIM DRIVE. I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD HIM ON DUTY. ))
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE

Mayor Tom Starnes says city council was told of another situation involving alcohol in the 1980's.

Ward

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
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TAPE# 96-83
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Lord Botetourt High School Coach Andy Ward hasn't been back in class since he was sentenced to jail for traffic violations two days ago.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file

Ward got a two week jail sentence for speeding, and for driving with a license that was restricted because of two drunk driving charges.
The assistant Superintendent tells us Ward is still employed with the school system, but won't say if he's been suspended.
Teachers at Lord Botetourt have been holding classroom discussion about the incident.
One student told us what her classmates are saying.
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IN Q=How it's unfair
((AMANDA NICHOLS/LORD BOTETOURT JUNIOR; HOW IT'S UNFAIR, THAT THEY JUST SAY THE BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM, AND HE HAD GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM, BUT WE DON'T LIKE WHAT HE DID, BUT WE LIKE HIM AS A PERSON.))
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=Andrew Ward

Nichols says most of the students she knows think Ward should keep teaching and coaching.
Ward will serve part of his jail sentence this weekend.

Red-Star

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#96-97
GRAPHIC=NONE

Roanoke's Mill Mountian star is burning red tonight after a death in a drunk driving related accident.
Donald Ray Fuller of Glade Hill died Sunday from injuries he suffered in an accident on November 15th.
Fuller was a passenger in a pickup truck when the vehicle he was riding in ran off the road on Route 40 in Franklin County.
State police say alcohol was involved in the accident.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

The star will burn red for 48 hours after drug or alcohol related traffic deaths in our area.
The campaign is to bring attention to the dangers of drinking and driving.
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Car-Travel

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=spr
TAPE#96-88
GRAPHIC=Thanksgiving

Thirty Two million according to Triple A, that's how many Americans will be visiting friends and family this Thanksgiving weekend.
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Scott Prince spent the evening speaking with some of those travelers and now joins us from Salem with more.
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Scott adlibs
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Plane-Crash

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Plane Crash

A small plane crashed into a church tonight in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-St. Petersburg, FL;

The plane lost power- so the pilot tried to crash land near a local retention pond.
The plane ended up crashing into a church.
The pilot was the only one aboard the plane.
He walked away from the crash uninjured.
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Tilting-Plane

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Ontario, CA;

Meanwhile this is what happens when a plane tries to land while the Santa Ana Winds are sweeping through.
This is the pilot's second attempt to land at the Ontario California airport.
The plane was swept sideways- the pilot aborting the landing and ascended. Winds of up to 65 miles an hour were reported.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
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Up next on our newscast, autospy results give police more to work with on last week's murders in Danville,
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and a Christian evangelist accused of being a spy is back on American soil after spending three months in custody in North Korea.
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Danville-Bodies

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-84
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation

Police say an elderly couple found shot to death in their Danville home had been there for about a week.
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VO-NAT

The bodies of Jesse and Elizabeth Kendrick were discovered yesterday morning inside their Springfield Road condominium.
SUPER=03-Danville/Yesterday;

A state medical examiner says they'd both been shot in the head.
The Kendricks' daughter was apparently in town for Thanksgiving and notified police after she couldn't get anyone to the door.
Authorities are following up on several leads but have not made an arrest.
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Spy

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

An American accused of spying on North Korea is back on American soil.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Seattle, WA;

27 year old Evan Carl (Hunt-ziger) Hunziker stepped off a plane in his hometown of Seattle.
Hunziker reportedly slipped across a river into North Korea to bring his Christian beliefs to the nation.
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((THEY TREATED ME HUMANITARIANLY SIR. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY.))
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New Mexico Congressman Bill Richardson helped negotiate Hunziker's release.
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((REP. BILL RICHARDSON/NEW MEXICO: I THINK HE'S A PEACEFUL HUMAN BEING WHO MADE A MISTAKE GOING INTO NORTH KOREA IN AN UNAUTHORIZED FASHION. HE'S NOT A SPY. HE DID'T GO THERE TO CREATE ANY HAVOC OR EVIL.))
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Hunziker could have faced the death penalty in North Korea.
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Nicholson

ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=JJA
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VO-NAT

The man accused of spying for Russia pleaded innocent today.
Harold Nicholson is the highest ranking C-I-A official ever charged with espionage.
SUPER=03-Washington DC/File Tape;

He's accused of taking more than 180 thousand dollars from Russia for spying in the past two years.
The 46 year old goes to trial in March.
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Rwanda

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

The U-S is ready to send more troops to central Africa- now that it has endorsed a Canadian-led humanitarian mission.
Four-hundred troops already are in the region, and Defense Secretary William Perry says that number could increase quickly.
The mission is to aid Rwandan refugees.

EPA-Allen

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-91
GRAPHIC=Allen

Governor Allen is not happy with proposed E-P-A regulations.
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SUPER=03-Richmond;

But the man who's fought federal air standards repeatedly in court is willing to look at new, stricter standards.
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IN Q=Which counties
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: WHICH COUNTIES AND CITIES IN VIRGINIA WOULD BE DEEMED TO BE A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, BECAUSE OF THE NEW GOAL POST OR THE NEW HEIGHTH OF THE BAR THAT IS BEING DETERMINED BY EPA APPARENTLY IN THIS SITUATION. THERE ARE THOSE WHICH CLEARLY HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE THE ROANOKE AREA, AND NOT JUST ROANOKE CITY, BUT THE ROANOKE VALLEY AREA. THERE'S SOME THAT EVEN HAVE WYTHE COUNTY BELIEVE IT OR NOT.))
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SS=NONE

Hampton Roads and Richmond have finally met E-P-A's current regulations and are awaiting re-designation for cleaning up their air.
Tease#2
Soft Music Under
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=none

Still to come on the newscast, Robin Reed will have our holiday weather report,
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and we'll see how plastic surgeons are helping women recover from the trauma of mastectomies.
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11Breast-Reconstruction

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=bmy
TAPE#96-87
GRAPHIC=Another Look

More than ever, there are a greater number of options available in this region to breast cancer patients as they go through treatment and try to maintain normal lives.
Many women are now choosing to have breast reconstruction at the time of their mastectomy.
Beth Myer tells us more about the procedure.
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((EVELYN CASSADAY/CANCER SURVIVOR: IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL WHEN I REALIZED I LOOKED JUST EXACTLY LIKE I DID BEFORE. ))
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((LINDA CALDWELL/CANCER SURVIVOR: I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT MYSELF. I FEEL LIKE MORE OF A WHOLE PERSON. ))
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video of two shots of interviews For these women and many others, choosing breast reconstruction helped them through the emotional trauma of cancer treatment. video of implant Surgeons use implants or the patient's own tissue to reconstruct the breast.
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((DR. REICHEL: I CAN ACTUALLY USE TUMMY TISSUE, THIS EXTRA POUCH WE ALL HAVE, AND MOVE IT UP AND MAKE A BREAST OUT OF IT. ))
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eveyln two shot Evelyn chose this procedure which is a longer surgery, but shorter recovery.
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((EVELYN CASSADAY/CANCER SURVIVOR: THE OPTION OF HAVING IT OVER AND DONE WITH QUICKLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO ME. ))
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((DR. REICHEL: ONCE THEY'RE ALL HEALED, THE SURGERY IS FINISHED, THEY HAVE A BREAST OF THEIR OWN TISSUE. FATTY TISSUE FEELS LIKE A BREAST AND IT IS A LONG LASTING AND GOOD RECONSTRUCTION. ))
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STAND UP PLEASE USE THIS ONE! 11 38 30 00 - 11 38 37 00 BETH MYER:NOT EVERYONE HAS ENOUGH TISSUE TO HAVE RECONSTRUCTION USING THIS METHOD. SO FOR OTHERS, THE IMPLANTS ARE A BETTER OPTION.
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((DR. REICHEL: THIS GOES UNDERNEATH THE CHEST WALL MUSCLE AND UNDERNEATH THE BREAST TISSUE. I CREATE A POCKET UNDER THERE AND PUT THE EXPANDER UNDERNEATH THAT. ))
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((LINDA CALDWELL/CANCER SURVIVOR: BEFORE YOU HAVE THE SURGERY SHE SHOWS YOU THE IMPLANTS PICTURES OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. YOU DECIDE THE SIZE YOU WANT TO BE. SHE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE RECONSTRUCTION. ))
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video of expanders on desk, or one close up. After the patient heals from surgery, salt water is injected into the tissue expander weekly until the breast is the right size.
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IN Q=Once we've
((DR. REICHEL: ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN THE SKIN STRETCHED OUT ENOUGH THAT WE'RE EQUAL TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE, I'LL GO FURTHER AND STRETCH IT A LITTLE MORE AND WE LET IT SIT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.))
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use picture of the breast with implant from pamphlet Building the nipple is the last step in breast reconstruction.
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((DR. REICHEL: I ACTUALLY USE THE SKIN THAT'S THERE TO RECREATE A NIPPLE MOUND. AFTER THAT'S HEALED, WE TATTOO THE COLOR AND GIVE THE MATCHING COLOR FOR THE OTHER SIDE.))
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Experts say in the new breast, there is little or no sensation and that change is permanent.
Still, doctors say for many patients, reconstruction can be a very positive force throughout one's cancer treatment. Beth Myer, News 7.))
ANCHOR=Jean

Under these circumstances, the cost of breast reconstruction is usually covered by health insurance.
Tomorrow, a closer look at corrective surgery for cleft lip and palate. All children in this area can be treated for this birth defect regardless of the family's ability to pay.

Girl-Scouts

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#NONE
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Nobody is happy all the time.
The Girl Scouts are acknowledging that.
Scouts will now pledge to be courageous and strong -- but they no longer promise to be cheerful.
The Girl Scout Law's been changed by the Girl Scout National Council.
It's the first change in 25 years- when the words courageous and strong were added to help girls fight peer pressure.
When the girl scouts began in 1913, a scout pledged to keep herself pure, obey orders and be a friend to animals.

Feature

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

One Pennsylvania family has much to be thankful for-
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SUPER=03-Bristol, PA;

They have a new baby in the family.
But doctors did not help in this delivery- Sue McGlouglin's two sons did.
Gary and Steve were getting ready for school when mom called out for help.
The boy's called 9-1-1 and talked mom through the delivery.
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((UNTIL MY DAD GOT HOME I WAS TRYING TO HELP AS MUCH AS I COULD)) ((MOM: I GOT TO MAYBE AN INCH OVER IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I TOLD THEM I CAN'T GO NOWHERE CAUSE RIGHT THEN AND THERE THE BABY WAS COMING. THE KIDS WERE THERE.))
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Mother and baby are doing fine. Sue McGlouglin says she'll even make Thanksgiving dinner.
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S-Score

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11m
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB96-4
GRAPHIC=NONE
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SUPER=03-Lexington/November 16; :00

VMI's Thomas Haskins has been named the Southern Conference's offensive player of the year.
Haskins is the NCAA's all-time career rushing leader with 5,349 yards.
This season he rushed for just under 17 hundred yards and averaged 155 yards a game.
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S-Cavs

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#vb97-1
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA LOGO

The redhot Virginia Cavaliers' basketball team is trying to make a huge statement tonight as it is playing Kansas in the Maui Invitational finals in Hawaii.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Maui, Hawaii/ESPN; :00

The Cavs destroyed South Carolina and U-Mass with the outside bombs, but they began tonight with Norman Nolan hitting the jump hook inside.
But do not fear, the long range jumpers would come. Courtney Alexander hits this one from way beyond the arc on the left side.
Then later in the first half, Curtis Staples take his shot at a trey and he
SUPER=33-Virginia/ /Kansas/ ;
drills it.
But right now, Kansas leads the Cavs ____ to ____ in the _____.
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S-Skins

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#rs96-1
GRAPHIC=REDSKINS

The Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys renew their often anticipated but recently overlooked rivalry as they hook up this Turkey Day in Irving with first place on the line.
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SUPER=03-Washington, DC; :00

Both teams come into the game after having lost this past Sunday.
The Cowboys trail the Skins by a game in the NFC East.
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((NORV TURNER/REDSKINS HEAD COACH:)) ((TROY AIKMAN/DALLAS COWBOYS QUARTERBACK:))
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S-Tech

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#TF96-2
GRAPHIC=TECH/UVA

If you're a football fan into stats, you'll want to keep an eye on UVa's Tiki Barber this Friday.
If he can rack up 125 yards against Tech he will become UVa's all-time career rushing leader.
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SUPER=03-Charlottesville; :00

Tiki is currently third on the all-time list behind John Papit and Terry Kirby, but remember last year he only picked up 58 against Tech.
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((TIKI BARBER/NEEDS 125 YARDS TO PASS KIRBY:)) ((LOREN JOHNSON/VA. TECH CORNERBACK:))
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SUPER=01-Loren Johnson/Va. Tech Cornerback; :14
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OUT Q=...STOPPING THE RUN."
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history is on Tiki's side. In 1992 Terry Kirby came in looking to do same thing and he racked up 185 yards on the Tech defense in that game.
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S-Show

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NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
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And don't forget to not only join us for LIVE coverage of the game at 2:30 on Friday, but also be sure to grab a seat for our LIVE half hour pregame show originating for Lane Stadium Friday at two. Hope you can join us.
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S-Express

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#ICE-96
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Express/SC

Hold the turkey and bring on the seafood for the Roanoke Express, as Frank Anzalone's team hopes to serve up the Stingrays of South Carolina tonight.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :

The Express opens a three game weekend series tonight at the Roanoke Civic Center against the Rays at 7:30.
Roanoke is 1 2 and 1 against South Carolina and both games at the Civic Center have gone to shoot out's with each team winning once.
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((FRANK ANZALONE/ROANOKE EXPRESS HEAD COACH: ))
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S-ECHL

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=ECHL LOGO

Look for a shakeup in the ECHL standings in the next day or so, with word last night that the Louisiana IceGators must now forfeit nine games for using an ineligible player.
The IceGators played the first nine games of the year with five "veterans" and the league allows each team to carry a maximum of four.
By the way, a veteran is someone who has played 200 regular season pro games.

Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
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Still to come tonight, Steve Mason wraps up the just completed Group-A and Group Two-A girls basketball seasons
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with a musical edition of Hometown Hoops Weekly.
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S-Hoops

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S5-25
GRAPHIC=hometown hoops

The Girls' Single-A and Double-A high school basketball seasons came to close last Saturday in Bristol.
Steve Mason takes a look back at some of the memorable moments from those just completed seasons in tonight's edition of Hometown Hoops Weekly.
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Indian-Tax

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-77
GRAPHIC=Thanksgiving

Today was the day for many to sneak out early for a holiday.
But for two of Virginia's eight native American Indian tribes, it was tax day -- time to pay up to the Governor.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;

The (matta-poh-NYE) Mattaponi and (pa-MUN-kee) Pamunkey Indians' "taxes" were stipulated in a 16-46 treaty with the colonial governor-- so they're a little different from what you pay the tax man.
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IN Q=I've had
((WILLIAM "SWIFT WATER" MILES/PAMUNKEY INDIAN CHIEF: I'VE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS OF MINE SAY "I SURE WISH I COULD PAY MY TAXES THE WAY YOU DO. SOMETHING I THINK WE MAYBE MISS OUT ON WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GRATUITY WE PAY THE GOVERNOR. AND THAT IS THAT TREATY AS I JUST SAID THAT TREATY HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY HONORED FOR THE LAST 350 YEARS. I THINK IT'S A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF HOW PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL RACES, CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY.))
SUPER=01-William "Swift Water" Miles/Pamunkey Indian Chief;
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