23:00-01
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ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
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Coming up-
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VO-NAT
Parents are out tonight fighting for cash for their kids education.
A man apparently shots his live in girlfriend and then himself in Giles
County.
Plus a 14 year old is back home after running off with a man she met on the
Internet.
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ANCHOR=Jean
What's going on with the cold? Robin has details.
News 7 is next.
Newsbreak
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SUPER=03-Bedford;
Good Evening.
Problems between a boyfriend and girlfriend end in gunfire and both people
dead in Giles County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
It happened early this morning-
Police say 34 year old Anthony Meadows shot and killed 32 year old Susan Jean
Sartin and then shot himself.
SUPER=03-St. Louis, MO;
A 14 year old girl missing for 4 months is back home tonight.
She apparently ran off with a 22 year old Airman she met on the Internet.
SUPER=03-Bedford;
Spirit fills the streets of Bedford- The town honored its two time state
basketball team- with a parade down Main Street.
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ANCHOR=Jean
Join us for News 7 at Eleven.
Giles-Shooting
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-20
GRAPHIC=Murder
Problems between a man and his live in girlfriend erupt in gunfire-
Now both are dead in Giles County victims of an apparently murder-suicide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Giles Co.;
It happened early this morning at the home of 34 year-old Anthony Meadows
and 32 year-old Susan Jean Sartin shared in Glen Lyn.
Family members found their bodies shortly after receiving an alarming phone
call from Meadows.
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SOT 19:28:40
IN Q=
((WILLIE LUCAS/GILES CO. INVESTIGATOR: HE HAD CALLED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT
THERE WAS PROBLEMS AND THEY WENT OVER TO CHECK ON THEM AND THEY WENT IN AND
FOUND BOTH BODIES. ))
SUPER=01-Willie Lucas/Giles Co. Investigator;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=found both bodies.
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VO-NAT
Lucas says according to the family, Sartin wanted to leave Meadows.
But investigators don't know if that's what prompted the shooting.
Lucas says it appears Meadows shot Sartin with a small-caliber weapon,
before turning a semi-automatic rifle on himself.
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Boty-Schools
ANCHOR=jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=Education
Some Botetourt County residents think their elected officials may be
sacrificing industrial growth for education.
And tonight, they got a chance to express their concerns.
Scott Prince has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=Botetourt County
SUPER=01-Michele Kernan/Concerned Parent; :06
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :19
SUPER=@Scott2; :24
SUPER=04-File Tape; :28
SUPER=01-Jerry Burgess/Botetourt Co. Administrator; 56
RUNS=1:15
OUT Q=S.P., N-7, Botetourt County
((Botetourt County parents made one final plea for more educational funding.
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SOT 7:31:17
IN Q=Take that
((MICHELE KERNAN/CONCERNED PARENT: TAKE THAT BIG PIGGY BANK THAT YOU HAVE AND
SHAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU'RE GROWN PEOPLE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
SPANKED FOR DOING IT. JUST TAKE IT AND SHAKE IT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=comes out
Parents like Michele Kernan are having a hard time understanding why her
Board of Supervisors have asked the School Board to cut its budget by more than
2 million dollars.
If full funding is not granted, teacher pay raises will be sliced and no new
school busses will be purchased.
Parents say it would be one thing if the county was financially strapped.
But they say that's not the case.
Parents point to money that will be pumped into Botetourt Center at
Greenfield and the rebuilding of the Eagle Rock bridge.
But they're most intrigued by the 14 million dollars sitting in the county's
reserve fund.
They wonder why some of that money can't be transferred over to the schools.
But county officials say the reserve fund won't be so plentiful in the
coming months.
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SOT
IN Q=We've been
((JERRY BURGESS/BOTETOURT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: WE'VE BEEN VERY FISCALLY
CONSERVATIVE IN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN THE PAST. THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE GOT INTO
THIS SITUATION. BUT THAT AMOUNT OF RESERVE FUNDS IS GOING DOWN. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=going down
So what impact will this public hearing have?
Parents will get the answer to that question April 25th... when the final
school budget is voted on.
Scott Prince, News- 7, Botetourt County.))
Neonatal-Carilion
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-15
GRAPHIC=Carilion
The State Health department is counting heads at a Roanoke Hospital.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
That after some nurses complained about staffing at Carilion Roanoke
Community.
SUPER=@file
Their complaints focus on the neonatal intensive care ward- where there say
the number of on-duty nurses falls below state guidelines.
Health Department inspectors will wrap up an on-site investigation tomorrow.
Carilion says personnel records show they are following state guidelines.
The Health Department will report it's findings in 6 to 8 weeks.
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Gingrich
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Gingrich
House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he's doing the right thing-
using personal money to pay an ethics penalty.
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SOT 14:07:09
IN Q=
((NEWT GINGRICH/R- HOUSE SPEAKER: I HAVE AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYERS THE 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LEGAL EXPENSES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE
COMMITTEE IN ITS INVESTIGATION.))
SUPER=01-Newt Gingrich/(R) House Speaker;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=in its investigation."
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VO-NAT
Gingrich borrowed the money from Bob Dole- at a ten percent annual interest
rate. But Democrats are now questioning whether the loan is ethical.
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Cyber-Seduction
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
A fourteen year old girl from Rochester, New York is back home after running
off with a man she met on the Internet.
As Mike Frazer reports police caught up with the two in Illinois.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=01-Charels Garnati/Illinois State Attorney; 16
SUPER=01-Cheryl Kean/Mother; 1:13
SUPER=01-Mike Frazer/CBS News; 1:23
RUNS=1:32
OUT Q=Marion, Illinois."
((Chery Kean's nearly five month long search for her daughter is over.
Marion, Illinois Police say they found the 14 year old girl and the 22-year
old airman she apparently ran off with in this apartment building.
the two met in a chat room on the internet.
CHARLES GARNATI/ILLINOIS STATE ATTORNEY: WE ARE TAKING THESE CHARGES VERY
SERIOUSLY. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE
TO GO THRU THIS.
Under arrest for desertion is Brooker Maltais, an airman stationed at Offutt
Air Force Base near Omaha.
Officials say he'd been missing from his post since Christmas Eve, when he
reportedly went A-W-O-L to meet the
Brighton, New York, honor student.
He could face other charges in connection with his relationship with the teen.
GARNATI: WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING THIS
SITUATION.
The girl was first reported missing in December after her mother dropped her
off at a shopping mall.
The two left a scattered trail stretching from New York, to Missouri, then
Nebraska and finally Illinois.
CHERYL KEAN/MOTHER: I AM SO HAPPY!
MIKE FRAZER/CBS NEWS:
THE REAL BREAK IN THE CASE DIDN'T COME UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THAT'S WHEN A
TELEVISION TALK SHOW BROADCAST A PICTURE OF THE GIRL.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE BIG TIP FINALLY CAME IN TO POLICE.
MIKE FRAZER FOR CBS NEWS MARION ILLINOIS.))
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Still to come on News 7 at 11, a homeless woman living on the Blue Ridge
parkway ends up with a temporary home behind bars,
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VO-NAT
and we'll see how a Holocaust Survivor is setting up a museum in Richmond so
others will never forget.
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Roll
Lake Level
MUSIC UP FULL
COMM#1
Roll
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Missing-Plane
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
The Air Force may call off the search for that missing warplane.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Rocky Mountains, CO;
If the A-10 isn't found within five days- the search will be suspended until
its warmer.
Air Force investigators says sensors picked up evidence of a flash at the
time the plane vanished.
They're also talking to eyewitnesses.
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SOT 20:19:05
IN Q=
((ALL I COULD SEE WAS A GLOW A VERY BRIGHT GLOW IT LOOKED LIKE A HOUSE THAT WAS
FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BEHIND A RIDGE.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=BEHIND A RIDGE."
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VO-NAT
The Air Force today demonstrated the type of survival pack the pilot
would have been flying with.
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SOT 15:10:22
IN Q=
((WHAT HE HAS IN HERE ARE BASICALLY ALL THE SURVIVAL DEVICES AND TOOLS HE WILL
NEED.))
SUPER=02-Major Chuck Mitchell/U.S. Air Force;
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=he will need."
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VO-NAT
The A-10 has been missing for 15 days.
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Childers
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#
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A 58-year old homeless woman set up residence last September in a shelter
on the Appalachian Trail.
Keith Humphry says Peggy (CHILL-ders) Childers LIVED there until her arrest
last month.
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SOT
IN Q=Now she's been
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=@keith1; :10
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :17
SUPER=01-Woody Lipps/National Forest Service Officer; :27
SUPER=01-Kathy Nichols/Forest Service Special Agent; :45 (HYPER QUICK)
RUNS=:59
OUT Q=Humphry NEWS 7.
(( Now she's been convicted- -again--of occupying National Forest Service
property... a crime punishable by SIX months in jail.
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SOT STANDUP 12:00:00
IN Q=
((BY HER OWN ACCOUNT, PEGGY CHILDERS LIVED HERE FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, STRAIGHT
THROUGH THE WINTER, LIVING ON PEANUTS AND WHATEVER HUNTERS, HIKERS AND LOCAL
RESIDENTS WANTED TO SHARE WITH HER. ))
SUPER=@keith1
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=share with her.
While the Appalachian Trail Conference asked the Forest Service for help in
getting Childers evicted from the shelter, trail club members were among those
who were bringing her food, enabling her to stay.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:37:15
IN Q=and a person
((AND A PERSON LIVING THERE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME CREATES QUITE A MESS. IT
BECOMES A HEALTH HAZARD. AND PEOPLE CALL US BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUAL'S WELL-BEING. IT'S COLD. ))
SUPER=
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=
The forest service contacted a long list of social service agencies for
help- -but they know Childers' story all too well. There's not much more they
can do.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:34:45
IN Q=
((THEY HAVE TRIED. BUT SHE ALWAYS LEAVES. ))
SUPER=
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=
For now, Childers has gone back to the city jail, while the Probation
Office works with her attorney in search of a solution.
Keith Humphry NEWS 7.
Holocaust-Museum
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-17
GRAPHIC=None
A Richmond man is reliving some painful memories so the world will not
forget its darkest hours.
Jay Ipson is re-creating his experiences in the Holocaust for all
Virginians.
Ellen Qualls has more.
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SOT
IN Q=Our neighbors
SUPER=01-Jay Ipson/Holocaust Survivor; :00
SUPER=03-Richmond; :22
SUPER=@Ellen2; :26
RUNS=2:10
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
((
sot tape one 16:33:17
((JAY IPSON/HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: OUR NEIGHBORS HAD STARTED SLAUGHTERING WITH
BUTCHER KNIVES THE JEWS IN THE STREET.))
runs=:05
Jay Ipson's childhood memories aren't easy to hear.
sot tape one 16:33:27
((THEY TOOK THE RABBI AND CUT HIS HEAD OFF AND PARADED IT THROUGH THE STREETS.
WE WERE ALMOST RELIEVED WHEN THE GERMANS PUT US INTO A GHETTO.))
runs=:08
In 1941, life became a three year hell for Lithuanian Jews.
This museum re-creates the horrible scenes.
550 Jewish scholars killed in one night in their own synagogue... also the
scene of a tragedy that a child remembers.
sot 16:52:16 TAPE 2
((CATS AND DOGS WERE BROUGHT IN AND THEY WERE ALL THE PETS OF THE CHILDREN IN
THE GHETTO. THEY WERE KILLED. THEY WERE SKINNED. THEIR HIDES WERE SHIPPED TO
THE RUSSIAN FRONT TO BE MADE INTO GLOVES AND EARMUFFS. AND THE CARCASSES WERE
FED BACK TO THE JEWS IN THE FORM OF FOOD.))
runs=:17
One of the museum's prized finds is this photo, with a young Jay clearly
visible, of the family waiting in a selection line for the gas chambers.
In the Ipson family, only Jay and his parents were selected to survive.
His sister, grandparents, aunt, and uncles were sent on to what the Nazis
called "the final solution."
sot tape two 17:03:03
((THIS IS THE ROAD TO THE NINTH FORT. EXACTLY--WHEN YOU WERE TOLD TO GO TO THE
LEFT, YOU WENT DOWN THE ROAD TO THE NINTH FORT. AND THERE YOU WERE EXECUTED.))
runs=:10
Two chilling facts for Virginians: the number of Holocaust victims is
roughly Virginia's population today.
The number of children killed in the Holocaust equals Virginia's current
school enrollment.
sot TAPE ONE 16:40:00
((JAY IPSON: THE FINAL SOLUTION ROOM IS AN OPTIONAL ROOM. WE'RE GONNA ASK THE
TEACHER BEFORE WE SHOW IT TO ANY CHILDREN. THE REST OF IT: IT HAPPENED TO ME
WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD; IT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST;
IT HAPPENED TO OTHER CHILDREN. WE SURVIVED. WE'VE LEARNED. WE'RE TRYING TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.))
runs=:21
The surviving Ipson's escaped into hiding.
14 people spent nine months in a wood-lined underground cave sharing time
near an oxygen tube.
Finally, Eisenhower and the Allies liberated the Holocaust victims.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum opens in Richmond on May first.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
Terp
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-9
GRAPHIC=Terp
Don Terp says a highway sign and a surveyor's wheel contributed to a
misplaced controversy last week.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Vinton;
Terp has apologized to Roanoke County School Superintendent Deanna Gordon
for suggesting that she paid real estate taxes to the wrong county, and owed
more than 30-thousand dollars.
Today, he told reporters that a highway sign marking the Bedford County
line was out of place by 86 feet.
Terp said he was unable to double check the distances for lack of a
surveyor's wheel.
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SOT
IN Q=I think we're going to do
((DON TERP/I- SUPERVISORS CANDIDATE: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO DR. GORDON A
REAL SERVICE BY GETTING THAT THING MOVED SO PEOPLE DON'T THINK SHE LIVES IN
ROANOKE COUNTY AND SHE'S PAYING TAXES IN BEDFORD COUNTY. WE THOUGHT THE
ACCUSATION WAS LEGITIMATE AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DO TO. AND THAT'S GOING TO
BE RESOLVED. NO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY I REALLY DO.))
SUPER=01-Don Terp/(I) Supervisors Candidate;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=I really do.
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=HOLD
Terp is running for the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors.
Today, he also proposed a referendum on abolishing the county police force,
and returning the responsibility for law enforcement to the sheriff's
department.
Tease#2
Soft Music Under
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=none
When News 7 returns, a miniature telescope is offering new hope for some
legally blind people,
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VO-NAT
and from Nashville one of country music's longest marriages is ending in
divorce.
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COMM#2
GIll
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
Country singer Vince Gill is getting a divorce.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/May 1996;
The singer's wife Janis Gill filed for divorce yesterday citing
irreconcilable differences.
The Gills have been married for 17 years.
Janis Gill has asked for custody of their 14 year old daughter.
Her attorneys call it an amicable separation.
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Valley-Bank
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-23
GRAPHIC=Valley Bank
There were a lot more smiles at Valley Bank's shareholders' meeting this
year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
In the earlier part of its startup stage, it was operating at a loss.
But for the second straight quarter, the Roanoke bank is in the black.
Management is especially pleased with the past three months, when it had the
added expense of a new branch after a key location in South Roanoke became
available.
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SOT 17:57:04
IN Q=We really
((ELLIS GUTSHALL/VALLEY BANK PRESIDENT: WE REALLY HADN'T PROJECTED TO OPEN THAT
BRANCH. WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THAT BRANCH IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DID COST US A LITTLE
EXTRA MONEY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THAT AND STILL
SHOW A PROFIT. SO WE FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT IT.))
SUPER=01-Ellis Gutshall/Valley Bank President;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=about it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Valley Bank believes it now has earnings momentum because the money it's
making on loans and other investments is outpacing its expenses.
It's stock is traded under the symbol V-Y-F-C.
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Low-Vision
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=abo
TAPE#97-14
GRAPHIC=NONE
Imagine being told you can never drive a car, read a book or watch television
again-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
For years, doctors told Lynchburg resident Mike Tucker just that.
Tucker is considered legally blind, and had little hope until he met a
Roanoke optometrist.
Doctor Joe Blackstock prescribed glasses with a micro-spiral telescope.
(////SOT/////)
SOT 11:29:54
IN Q=They've got distance
((DR. JOE BLACKSTOCK/OPTOMETRIST: THEY'VE GOT DISTANCE VISION THROUGH THE
TELESCOPE, BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT SIDE VISION WHEN THEY LOOK AROUND, THEY'VE GOT
USE OF BOTH THEIR SIDE VISION AND THEIR CENTRAL VISION.))
SUPER=01-Dr. Joe Blackstock/Optometrist
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=their central vision.
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VO-NAT
Because the device is able to focus, Tucker can see objects at a distance and
close up.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:31:37
IN Q=Without the use
((MIKE TUCKER/EYE PATIENT: WITHOUT THE USE OF THIS DEVICE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO PERFORM THE JOB FUNCTIONS THAT I DO, AND WITHOUT IT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD
WORK.))
SUPER=01-Mike Tucker/Eye Patient
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=I could work.
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VO-NAT
Doctor Blackstock says about 30 of his patients are now using the tiny
telescope.
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Wx-Tape
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ANCHOR=Mike
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WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-5
GRAPHIC=NONE
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Mobile, AL; :00
Hank Aaron was back home in Mobile, Alabama last night dedicating a brand
new stadium named in his honor on the site where he grew up playing baseball,
and in his words picking blackberries.
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S-Liberty
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#s6-26
GRAPHIC=HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS
It was a a chilly night in Bedford, but the town's folk found a way to warm
up the night on the downtown streets as the town honored its two time state
champion basketball team with an old fashioned parade down main street.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Bedford; :00
Ultra successful head coach Mark Hanks and his son led the way in the first
convertible.
But most fans lined the streets to get a glimpse of the team, and not far
behind Hanks were the players.
Raymond "Peanut" Arrington, the junior team leader shared the spotlight with
his teammates and the entire community.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=" I think...
((MARK HANKS/LIBERTY HEAD COACH:))
((MIKE SHELTON/BEDFORD MAYOR:))
SUPER=01-Mark Hanks/Liberty Head Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Mike Shelton/Bedford Mayor; :35
RUNS=:48
OUT Q=...THIS EVENING."
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VO-NAT con't
The players also took time to sign color 8 x 10 team photos for the fans in
front of the court house.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="we're on the map...
((MIKE SHELTON:))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=...there to stay."
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=hold logo
And here is the first picture the team signed last night, we'll look back on
this in 10 years and see what these guys are up to.
S-NHL
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-6
GRAPHIC=STANLEY CUP
The first round NHL stanley cup playoffs opened last night for the Eastern
Division teams.
Florida blanked the Rangers, Buffalo topped Ottawa and the Flyers whipped the
Pens 5-to-1.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-E. Rutherford, NJ/Canadians vs. Devils; :00
And the Devils beat Montreal 5-to-2 in game one of their series.
Take a look at little history in this one.
Devils goalie Martin Brodeur flips the puck over the heads of everybody and
into the empty to become the second goalie in NHL history to score in the
playoffs.
The Goal came with 44 seconds left and take a look at his reaction.
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S-Shuler
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#RS96-1
GRAPHIC=REDSKINS
The Washington Redskins have finally shipped off Heath Shuler to the Saints.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Frostburg, MD/Training Camp; :00
The month long stalemate between the two clubs concerning compensation for
the former number one pick ended today when the Saints agreed to give
Washington a fifth round pick this year and third round choice in the 98 draft.
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S-Tiger
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=GGO
The Greensboro jaycees, who do such a great job of hosting the PGA tour each
year at Forest Oaks Country Club got some bad news today.
SS=TIGER WOODS
As Tiger Woods confirmed that he will NOT play in next week's Greater
Greensboro Chrysler Classic.
He's not playing this week at Hilton Head either.
Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Still to come, the folks in Martinsville are looking forward to real Goody's
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VO-NAT eng#
this weekend. The racing excitement gets started tomorrow morning with
Winston Cup practice. The details right after this.
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S-M'ville
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#st5-27
GRAPHIC=SPEEDWAY 50TH
The Martinsville speedway's big racing weekend gets started tomorrow morning.
And this afternoon folks from the speedway and race sponsor Goody's rolled
into the Star City with a special guest.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
SUPER=03-Roanoke/March 15, 1989; :00
SUPER=04-This Afternoon; :13
SUPER=01-Steve Sheppard/Speedway Public Relations Director; :30
SUPER=03-Martinsville; :36
SUPER=01-Sterling Marlin/Kodak Chevy Driver; 1:01
SUPER=01-Clay Campbell/Martinsville Speedway President; 1:43
SUPER=@mike1; 1:53
RUNS=2:05
OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."
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((The last time the Hotel Roanoke hosted a big time NASCAR driver was back in
March of 1989, when Bill Elliott and his broken wrist stopped by the Pine Room
to chat with railroad officials.
This afternoon Sterling Marlin was the man in the spotlight or make that the
hot seat.
He began this day in Nashville at 4am and by 11, he already had been in
Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Roanoke with a return trip to Winston-Salem still
on the schedule.
((STEVE SHEPPARD/SPEEDWAY PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR:))
The last minute promotional push is necessary because Martinsville is about
the only track on the circuit that holds a huge block of tickets until race
morning. Eight thousand unreserved seats go on sale Sunday.
The track also has created more room for the drivers on Sunday.
By expanding pit road on both sides of the speedway, 42 drivers will now be
able to start the Goody's 500.
((STERLING MARLIN/KODAK CHEVY DRIVER:))
If you plan to heading to the track tomorrow, Winston Cup practice runs 11 to
two, with first round qualifying getting underway at three.
It only costs $10 dollars to enjoy the entire day at the track, and children
get in free.
Also, don't forget on Saturday, the Modifieds return to Martinsville to help
celebrate the track's 50th anniversary.
Tickets for that Goody's 200 race are $25 a piece, and seating is general
admission.))
((CLAY CAMPBELL/SPEEDWAY PRESIDENT:))
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Virginia Tech isn't making any effort to hide its age.
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Quite the contrary.
The university is so proud of its 125 years it had students and faculty
display the numbers on the campus drillfield this afternoon.
About two thousand people were expected to turn out to join the display,
which an aerial photographer captured on film for posterity.
Tech enrolls more than 23 thousand students.
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by SS