WDBJ 7 morning news for 01/02/97

06:00-01

Danville-Fire

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tha
TAPE#96-92
GRAPHIC=Fire

A 12- year- old girl's quick action helped save the life of a Danville woman and her young children yesterday.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;

Trease (TERESA) Burton's Holbrook Street home caught fire yesterday morning.
The house did NOT have a smoke detector but a 12- year- old family friend who was staying over woke up with a burning throat and coughing.
Krystle Beard says she was scared, but knew she had to get help.
Beard ran into Trease Burton's room and woke her up in time to get Burton's four young children to safety.
Only later did the two realize the full extent of the damage.
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SOT
IN Q=She had
((KRYSTLE BEARD:SHE HAD A FOUR MONTH OLD PIT BULL DOG, THAT'S GONE, ALL HER FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING IS GONE, I MEAN, SHE HAS TO START ALL OVER AGAIN, SHE'S SCARED, EVERYTHING SHE EVER HAD IS GONE. ))
SUPER=07-Krystle Beard; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=is gone.
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VO-NAT

It will probably take Burton, who's the mother of eight children, a while to replace all that was lost.
Firefighters say the items that did not burn up were damaged by heat and smoke.
Fire officials say a wire that "shorted out" in the attic sparked the blaze.
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Roanoke-Murder

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation

Authorities have released the name of the man found murdered on Chapman Avenue in Roanoke Monday night.
Police say 33- year- old Larry Edward Donahue of Patterson Avenue died after he was shot in the head.
It was the city's 13th murder of 19-96.

RENO

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=flooding

Hundreds of people have been evacuated in the Reno, Nevada area overnight in what's being called the worst flooding in 30 years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Reno, NV;

Up to seven inches of rain fell yesterday in the mountains around Lake Tahoe, sending the Truckee River, which flows down toward Reno, over its banks.
It's also triggered mudslides that closed several highways in the Reno- Tahoe area.
This latest rain is part of a series of storms to hit the northwest in the last week, causing flooding and mudslides from Seattle to Northern California.
David Schermer has more.
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ca-flooding

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=wipe/wipe/wipe
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-El Dorado County, CA; :00
SUPER=01-Mike Bowes/Stranded Tourist; :27
SUPER=01-Ewa Widonski/Stranded Tourist; :40
SUPER=01-Dave Schermer/Reporting; :54
SUPER=01-Marty Hackett/El Dorado Emergency Services; 1:08
RUNS=1:41
OUT Q=For cbs news.

HOSTAGE

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none

Marxist rebels continue to hold 74 hostages in Lima, Peru.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lima, Peru;

Yesterday they released seven hostages.
The four Japanese businessmen and three Peruvians appeared in good health as they left the compound.
But the guerrillas still show no sign of softening their demands which include the release of 300 jailed comrades.
They have been holed up in the Japanese ambassador's residence for more than two weeks.
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P-D'ville-Fire

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE# 596-37
GRAPHIC=Fire

A 12- year- old girl is credited with saving a Danville family after their home caught fire yesterday morning.
The blaze could have easily ended in tragedy-- had it not been for Krystle Beard's quick thinking... because the house did NOT have a smoke detector.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;

The young girl was spending the night with Trease (TERESA) Burton and her family when she woke up coughing, with a burning throat.
The blaze apparently started around 6- thirty in the attack of Burton's Holbrook Street home.
After Krystle got Trease Burton up, the two were able to get Burton's four young children to safety.
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22:11:47
SOT
IN Q=Basically
((KRYSTLE BEARD:BASICALLY I WAS SCARED I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE OR SOMETHING, THE HOUSE WAS GOING TO CAVE IN OR SOMETHING BUT I'M JUST GLAD SHE GOT HER KIDS AND EVERYBODY'S OK. ))
SUPER=07-Krystle Beard; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=everybody's ok.
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VO-NAT

Trease Burton is the mother of eight children.
The blaze destroyed everything but a few toys on the front porch.
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Campbell-Fire

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Fire

Fire destroyed a Campbell County home yesterday, leaving an elderly woman homeless.
Fire Chief Haywood Belvin says the woman apparently poured kerosene into her wood stove, which already contained hot coals.
The fire flared up, and the woman dropped the container, allowing the blaze to spread even further.
She escaped without injury, but the home was a total loss.

Tech-Fans

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-93
GRAPHIC=none

For the second straight year, local air travelers rang in the New Year watching their Roanoke- bound flights get diverted, delayed or dropped altogether.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Hundreds of Virginia Tech fans trying to return from Tuesday night's Orange Bowl ended up elsewhere after the Roanoke airport got fogged in.
Kathy Reynolds spent 90 minutes waiting for her husband's flight to arrive before she learned it had been diverted to another airport.
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SOT 3:41:54
IN Q=They're going to
((KATHY REYNOLDS/WIFE OF TECH FAN: THEY'RE GOING TO RICHMOND. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO HOME AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY, SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH 'EM.))
SUPER=01-Kathy Reynolds/Wife of Tech Fan; :00
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=do with 'em.
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VO-NAT

Airport officials say just four of eleven charter flights from Miami were able to land in Roanoke yesterday.
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SOT 3:36:40
IN Q=It's been kind
((MARK COURTNEY/DEPUTY AIRPORT MANAGER: IT'S BEEN KIND OF A MIXED BAG. WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, IT'S JUST LUCK OF THE DRAW. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HAPPENED TWICE IN A ROW NOW. I'M SURE A LOT OF THE VIRGINIA TECH FANS, CHARTER PASSENGERS, CAN REMEMBER THE EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR.))
SUPER=01-Mark Courtney/Deputy Airport Manager; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=experience last year.
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VO-NAT

Courtney says for the most part, passengers and their families were understanding about the delays.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none

The Roanoke Regional is still fogged in this morning so people traveling may want to check with their airline before heading over to the airport this morning.

Ebonics

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-95
GRAPHIC=Bryant

One Virginia law maker is saying NO to "Black English" as a legitimate second language in Virginia schools.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;

Lynchburg delegate Preston Bryant plans to introduce legislation that would prevent "ebonics" or any other dialect from being taught in the state's public schools.
Bryant says educators should not sanction what he calls the "butchering" of the English language.
Last year, lawmakers passed a measure that recognizes English as the state's official language.
Bryant says he is "not" aware of any current movement to introduce ebonics anywhere in the commonwealth.
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P-NAACP

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE# 596-38
GRAPHIC=None

The newly elected President of the Roanoke N-double-A-C-P looks upon the job as an honor and a responsibility.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

34- year- old Martin Jeffrey and members of the board of directors were sworn in during the group's annual "Jubilee Day Celebration".
Jeffrey says he'll focus on economic development and education as well as recruiting new members.
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SOT
IN Q=Not just
((MARTIN JEFFREY/ROANOKE NAACP PRESIDENT:NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE, BUT EVERYBODY WHO IS WILLING AND INTERESTED IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHO TEND TO BE BLACK FOR THE MOST PAR, BUT NOT JUST BLACK, BUT ANY DISENFRANCHISED GROUPS, POOR PEOPLE FOR INSTANCE, THAT ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THOSE GROUPS CAN JOIN US, AND I'M PLEADING WITH THEM TO JOIN US. ))
SUPER=01-Martin Jeffrey/Roanoke NAACP President; :00
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=to join us.
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VO-NAT

The N-Double-A-C-P also named Robbie Board its "citizen of the year".
The 91- year- old was praised for HER ability to recruit new members to the organization.
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seattle-wx

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=flooding

The rain is tapering off in the Pacific Northwest this morning, but there are still big worries about flooding.
Record-high temperatures are melting the snowpack in the Cascade mountains, adding more water to already-swollen streams and rivers.
Dave Fehling has the story from Seattle.
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IN Q=
SUPER=03-Seattle, WA/Tuesday Night; :00
SUPER=01-Bill Fry/Resident; :12
SUPER=01-Dave Fehling/Reporting; :30
SUPER=01-Ron Ricker/Gas Station Owner; :49 VERY, EXTREMELY QUICK
RUNS=1:28
OUT Q=cbs news Seattle.
((
New year's fireworks exploded over seattle...
But the noise in bill fry's house wasn't part of the celebration. BILL FRY, RESIDENT:WE WERE GETTING READY FOR A PARTY AND NEXT THING WE KNOW A WALL OF MUD 25-30 FEET WAS COMING RIGHT DOWN TOWARD THE HOUSE."
Besides the heavy rains, winds gusted to 60 miles an hour, knocking down trees...
"THIS WAS OUR LIVING ROOM AND WE WERE STANDING THERE AND THIS IS WHERE THE TREE CAME DOWN."
Over 100-thousand people in seattle were still without power and an increasing number have lost their roads as well."
Three major winter storms in a week left some hillside roads without a chance...washing out not only pavement but sewer pipes, power lines, and at least one gas station. RON RICKER, GAS STATION OWNER "BRAND NEW, EVERYTHING'S.
Dave Fehling, CBS News Seattle, ))

peru

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=none

The crisis in Lima, Peru is showing no signs of ending soon.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lima, Peru;

Yesterday the leftist rebels holed up in the Japanese ambassador's home, freed another seven hostages.
The four Japanese businessmen and three Peruvians appeared in good health as they left the compound.
The guerrillas still hold seventy-four people and show no sign of softening their demands which include the release of 300 jailed comrades.
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Israel

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=mideast peace

Negotiations on the Israeli pull-out from the west bank city of Hebron continue today despite yesterday's violence.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Hebron, West Bank;
from net a
An off-duty Israeli soldier intent on disrupting the peace process opened fire on a crowded Palestinian market.
Five people were injured.
An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat could meet today to try to finalize a deal.
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SOT
IN Q=
((BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER; I THINK THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN LABORING ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL MONTHS ACTUALLY, HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PREVENT PRECISELY SUCH ACTS. ))
SUPER=01-Benjamin Netanyahu/Israeli Prime Minister;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=prevent such acts of violence
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-U.S. Virgin Islands;

President Clinton, who is on a four day Caribbean holiday, telephoned Arafat yesterday to express condolences on the shooting.
He hopes a deal can be finalized soon.
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BELGRADE

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=WIPE/WIPE/WIPE
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Belgrade;

Meantime, unrest continues in Belgrade.
Thousands of people took to the streets yesterday, demanding that Serbian President Slobodan Milosovic step down to let elected leaders take office.
Police let the march continue despite the official ban on anti-government protests.
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GINGRICH

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=gingrich

In Newt Gingrich's home district yesterday, a protest against the speaker of the house came from an unlikely place-- the political right.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA;

The pro-gun group "Citizens for a Safe Government," is accusing Gingrich of eroding their right to bear arms.
Protestors criticized Gingrich's support for a law that bans people convicted of domestic abuse from owning firearms.
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2-Ebonics

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-95
GRAPHIC=Bryant

"Black English" will NOT be accepted as a legitimate second language in Virginia schools, if one local lawmaker has his way.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-File Tape;

Lynchburg delegate Preston Bryant plans to introduce legislation that would prevent "ebonics" or any other dialect from being taught in the state's public schools.
Bryant says educators should not sanction what he calls the "butchering" of the English language.
Last year, lawmakers passed a measure that recognizes English as the state's official language.
Bryant says he is "not" aware of any current movement to introduce ebonics anywhere in the commonwealth.
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5-LA-Drink

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 596-43
GRAPHIC=none

Test results are expected today or tomorrow on that orange-colored liquid that may have made people sick at a Los Angeles rock concert.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Los Angeles, CA;

Doctors suspect the liquid contained a combination of synthetic drugs.. including "ecstacy."
More than one-hundred vials of it were passed out at the New Years Eve concert.
Paramedics and doctors treated dozens of people for dizziness, shortness of breath and nausea.
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5-Senior-Exercise

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 596-44
GRAPHIC=Exercise

Still more reasons to exercise-- and start the New Year the right way!
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VO-NAT

Two new studies focusing on senior citizens show that exercise does more than trim and tone.
It also seems to help older people sleep better--
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SOT 4:43:35
IN Q=People were
((DR ABBY KING/STANFORD UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS: PEOPLE WERE HAVING AN INCREASE OF ALMOST AN HOUR IN RESPECT TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS THEY WERE SLEEPING. ALSO PEOPLE CUT IN HALF ESSENTIALLY THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK THEM TO FALL ASLEEP.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Abby King/Stanford University; :
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=to fall asleep
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VO-NAT

Exercise for the aging has other benefits--
Those studied were able to move around more easily, and they suffered less pain from arthritis.
Both reports are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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5-Selenium

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 596-45
GRAPHIC=Cancer Research

Another study in that journal reports the finding of a potential weapon against cancer.
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VO-NAT

Researchers say daily supplements of the mineral "selenium" (Sull-LEN-ee-um) reduced lung, colon and prostate cancer by 37-percent.
Patients were originally given the trace element for skin cancer but it had no effect.
Scientists caution the need for more study, because in high doses , selenium
(Sull-LEN-ee-um) can be toxic.
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5-Prostate-Test

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin
WRITER=cst
TAPE# 597-02
GRAPHIC=Cancer Prevention

A new blood test may provide men with a much earlier warning of prostate cancer.
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VO-NAT

Researchers at the National Institute on Aging and Johns Hopkins University say the new method could signal risk as much as a decade sooner than actual diagnosis of the disease-- a 6-year improvement over the current test.
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2-Danville-Fire

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tha
TAPE#96-92
GRAPHIC=Fire

A Danville woman and her children are alive today thanks to the quick action of a 12- year- old girl.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;

Trease (TERESA) Burton's Holbrook Street home caught fire yesterday morning.
The house did NOT have a smoke detector but a young family friend who was staying over woke up with a burning throat and coughing.
Krystle Beard says she was scared, but knew she had to get help.
Beard ran into Trease Burton's room and woke her up in time to get Burton's four young children to safety.
Only later did the two realize the full extent of the damage.
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SOT
IN Q=She had
((KRYSTLE BEARD:SHE HAD A FOUR MONTH OLD PIT BULL DOG, THAT'S GONE, ALL HER FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING IS GONE, I MEAN, SHE HAS TO START ALL OVER AGAIN, SHE'S SCARED, EVERYTHING SHE EVER HAD IS GONE. ))
SUPER=07-Krystle Beard; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=is gone.
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VO-NAT

It will probably take Burton, who's the mother of eight children, a while to replace all that was lost.
Firefighters say the items that did not burn up were damaged by heat and smoke.
Fire officials say a wire that "shorted out" in the attic sparked the blaze.
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2-Roanoke-Murder

2-Tech-Fans

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-93
GRAPHIC=Tech Nebraska

Some Tech fans spent more time in the airport than they did watching their team.
For the second year in a row local air travelers watched their Roanoke- bound flights get diverted, delayed or dropped altogether.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Hundreds of Virginia Tech fans trying to return from Tuesday night's Orange Bowl ended up elsewhere after the Roanoke airport got fogged in.
Kathy Reynolds spent 90 minutes waiting for her husband's flight to arrive before she learned it had been diverted to another airport.
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SOT 3:41:54
IN Q=They're going to
((KATHY REYNOLDS/WIFE OF TECH FAN: THEY'RE GOING TO RICHMOND. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO HOME AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY, SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH 'EM.))
SUPER=01-Kathy Reynolds/Wife of Tech Fan; :00
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=do with 'em.
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VO-NAT

Airport officials say just four of eleven charter flights from Miami were able to land in Roanoke yesterday.
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SOT 3:36:40
IN Q=It's been kind
((MARK COURTNEY/DEPUTY AIRPORT MANAGER: IT'S BEEN KIND OF A MIXED BAG. WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, IT'S JUST LUCK OF THE DRAW. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HAPPENED TWICE IN A ROW NOW. I'M SURE A LOT OF THE VIRGINIA TECH FANS, CHARTER PASSENGERS, CAN REMEMBER THE EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR.))
SUPER=01-Mark Courtney/Deputy Airport Manager; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=experience last year.
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VO-NAT

Courtney says for the most part, passengers and their families were understanding about the delays.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none

The Roanoke Regional Airport is still fogged in this morning so people traveling may want to check with their airline before heading over to the airport this morning.

NAACP

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-91
GRAPHIC=NONE

Roanoke's N-double-A-C-P rang in the new year with a new president who says he's ready for the challenges of the New Year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

34- year- old Martin Jeffrey was sworn in yesterday during the organization's annual "Jubilee Day Celebration".
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IN Q=I've been
((MARTIN JEFFREY/ROANOKE NAACP PRESIDENT: I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY ALL MY LIFE, AND THIS A COVETED POSITION, I THINK FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT CAN BE MADE BY A PERSON, BY THIS ORGANIZATION. ))
SUPER=01-Martin Jeffrey/Roanoke NAACP President; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=this organization.
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VO-NAT

The Roanoke organization also named Robbie Board it's "Citizen of the Year".
The 91- year- old was praised for her years of hard work and dedication.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm in
((ROBBIE BOARD/ROANOKE NAACP "CITIZEN OF THE YEAR":I'M IN THAT TO HELP ALL I CAN TO BRING ABOUT EQUAL RIGHTS TO OUR PEOPLE.))
SUPER=01-Robbie Board/Roanoke NAACP "Citizen of the Year"; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT=our people.
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VO-NAT

During the two hour celebration, the N-double-A-C-P also swore in this year's officers and board of directors.
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Tickets

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=none

Virginia state troopers are most likely to issue tickets to drivers on the long Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Labor Day holidays.
Troopers are least likely to ticket motorists during the Christmas and New Years holiday period.
That's according to a 16-month study by the Richmond Times-Dispatch that showed troopers write most tickets during summer months.

4-Scores

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=college football

In college football,
Just 100 seconds kept second-ranked Arizona State from a shot at the National Championship.
For last night's scores let's check the boards.
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SUPER=#556
SUPER=X5020;
SUPER=0101-j/Alabama #16/17//Michigan #15/14//Outback Bowl/j/UNC #12/20//West
Virginia #25/13//Gator Bowl/;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Northwestern #11/28/j/Tennessee #9/48//Citrus Bowl/j/BYU
#5/19//Kansas State #14/15//Cotton Bowl/;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0101-/Arizona State #2/17/j/Ohio State #4/20//Rose Bowl/j/Penn State
#7/38//Texas #20/15//Fiesta Bowl/;
SUPER=X5027;
SUPER=0098-j/Cincinnati #6/101//SW Missouri St./60///;
SUPER=X5031;
SUPER=0103-j/Anaheim/3//Florida/0////Boston/2/j/Ottawa/3///;
SUPER=X5009;
SUPER=0103-/Hartford/2/j/Washington/3//Overtime/j/Montreal/6//Dallas/4///;
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