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1-News-head

ANCHOR=Keith

At the top of the hour on NEWS 7:
Murder in Appomattox County, a death sentence upheld...
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VO-NAT

and fire rips through the roof at the home of the Roanoker Magazine.
The publisher will lay out the impact of the blaze on production.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None


No big warm up this week as the cool spring continues. A scattering of showers will move in later tonight.

Appomattox-Body


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-18
GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation


Appomattox authorities say they have few leads in the first murder there in three years.
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SUPER=03-Appomattox Co.


Two fishermen found the body of 23- year- old Lisa Yvonne Crider dumped in the James River, near the Bent Creek area of the county.
Crider had died of a single gunshot wound to the head.
Detectives from the central Virginia regional homicide squad have joined the investigation.
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((WILSON STAPLES/APPOMATTOX CO. SHERIFF: IT CERTAINLY INCREASES OUR MANPOWER AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP WITH INFORMATION IN A FASTER MANNER THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORKING ALONE THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT.))
SUPER=01-Wilson Staples/Appomattox Co. Sheriff; :00
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Staples says Crider was last seen near her home on Holiday Street in Lynchburg around 6 on Saturday night.
He does "not" know whether she was killed elsewhere, and her body dumped in Appomattox County.
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Barnabei


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#97-26
GRAPHIC=wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-September 1993


The man convicted of raping and murdering a Lynchburg teenager four years ago has struck out with the U-S Supreme Court.
The court has refused to hear the case of Derek Barnabei.
He got a death sentence for the 1993 murder of 17-year-old Sarah Wisnosky.
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Talent=Keith
SS=None


She was an Old Dominion University student at the time of her death.
Barnabei and Wisnosky met and began dating about two weeks before her body was found in a river near her college dorm.

Kilgore


ANCHOR=keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-19
GRAPHIC=None


Last week, Governor George Allen said private security guards would start patrolling four interstate rest stops where travelers have been attacked.
Now a Republican candidate for Attorney General wants to take THAT idea a few steps further.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;


Jerry Kilgore says a safer environment would be created by PRIVATIZING all of Virginia's rest areas.
He also believes the state would actually save money by bidding out the interstate stops to restaraunt and service station chains.
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((JERRY KILGORE/R- CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: WE GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND PRIVATIZE THE FACILITIES. THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING SECURITY AND HAVING 24 HOUR A DAY SECURITY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. ))
SUPER=01-Jerry Kilgore/(R) Candidate For Atty. General;
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ANCHOR=keith
SS=None


Not everyone thinks it's a good idea.
NATSO, Incorporated... which represents dozens of Virginia truck stops... says Kilgore's plan would DESTROY all interstate travel plazas.

Leisure-Fire


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-27
GRAPHIC=Fire


A passerby on Brambleton Avenue sounded the alarm this afternoon as the Roanoke County offices of Leisure Publishing caught fire.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;


Flames burned through the roof of the building before firefighters were able to contain the blaze.
Twenty five employees were inside, but they all escaped without injury.
President Richard Wells says the fire should NOT create any major delays for the Roanoker Magazine, Blue Ridge Country or the company's other publications.
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IN Q=Our art department

((RICHARD WELLS/PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER: OUR ART DEPARTMENT, THE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ALL COMPUTERIZED AND EVERYTHING IS ON ELECTRONIC FILES AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE FILES. WE BACK UP THOSE FILES. THAT AREA OF THE BUILDING IS NOT AFFECTED. WE DON'T THINK IT WILL AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS.))
SUPER=01-Richard Wells/President and Publisher;
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OUT Q=affect our operations.
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There's no word yet on the cause of the fire, but it apparently started in the attic where old negatives and magazines were stored.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE


The changes Virginia is making in its classrooms are being held up as a national model. Coming up on News 7 at Six,
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we'll begin a week long series of reports--"Raising the Bar: Virginia's Schools." Tonight Ellen Qualls looks at a new approach to learning. What do students and teachers think of the new lesson plans?
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1-Education


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-30
GRAPHIC=Raising the Bar


Virginia's schools are a changing place.
And more than ever, students, teachers, and administrators are being asked for more bang from taxpayer bucks.
Double Boxes=Keith and Ellen/State Microwave


Ellen Qualls is in our Richmond newsroom with the first part in a week-long series on the schools.
Live=Ellen Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Ellen1;


Keith, "A" is NO longer for apple in Virginia schools.
It's for accountability.
SUPER=05-Richmond;


But what we found is that teachers and students are adapting on their own terms.
A look at how the new Standards of Learning are working out is part one of *TAKE FULLSCREEN LIVE "Raising the Bar"* "Raising the Bar: Virginia's Schools."
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((JACOB MITCHELL: I LIKE EGYPT VERY MUCH AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STUDYING.))
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Jacob Mitchell's studying Ancient Egypt, China, and Africa in the second grade.
Danny Sluyk's learned--
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((DANNY SLUYK: THAT THEY MAKE MUMMIES. AND THEN THEY LIKE THINK THAT WHEN THEY DIE THE SPIRIT WILL GO UP AND COME BACK.))
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This is all part of a much fought-over, extremely detailed set of standards Virginia schools adopted almost two years ago.
In Vinton, Donna Hard's seen a lot of standards of learning pamphlets come and go over 26 years.
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((DONNA HARD/ROANOKE CO. TEACHER: WHEN WE INITIALLY GOT THE SOLs ABOUT TO YEARS AGO, WE BECAME VERY GUARDED. OF COURSE, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO PROTECT WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WELL.))
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The difference now is that they're more fact-based.
In elementary social studies, they're learning less about neighborhoods and communities and more about the beginnings of history.
Which means a new way of teaching.
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((SHERRI SPIVEY/HENRICO CO. TEACHER: IF YOU GIVE THEM A BODY OF FACTS AND EXPECT THEM TO MEMORIZE THEM AND EXPECT THEM TO RETAIN IT FOR A LONG TIME THEY WON'T UNLESS YOU PRESENT IT WITHIN A CONTEXT. ALSO I'M NO LONGER A PRESENTER OF INFORMATION, LIKE THEY SAY THE SAGE ON THE STAGE. I REALLY AM THE GUIDE ON THE SIDE. THAT SOUNDS TRITE. BUT I LEARN SO MUCH FROM THE KIDS.))
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((DONNA HARD/ROANOKE CO. TEACHER: I THINK CHILDREN WILL PICK UP MANY FACTS ACCIDENTALLY.))
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((DONNA HARD/ROANOKE CO. TEACHER: HAVING THEM CREATE LITTLE MUMMY CASES, AND PYRAMIDS, THEY ARE GOING TO KNOW THE WORD PYRAMID.))
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((SHERRI SPIVEY/HENRICO CO. TEACHER: WHAT WE DO THIS YEAR WILL BE TESTED IN ANOTHER YEAR. SO WE TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB OF MAKING THE INFORMATION COME ALIVE.))
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Just last week, grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 took a pilot run of the new tests.
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((MICHELLE EASTON/VA. BOARD OF EDUCATION CHAIRWOMAN: WE REALLY ARE LEADING THE NATION. WE DID IT IN STANDARDS. I THINK OUR TESTS ARE GOING TO BE A FIRST. AND THEN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS WHICH WE'RE FINISHING UP NOW, SAYING "YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA MEANS THAT YOU ARE THE ELEVENTH GRADE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE IN THESE CORE SUBJECTS: ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE, AND HISTORY. THERE'S NO OTHER STATE THAT HAS THAT.))
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((RYAN NELSON/HENRICO CO. 11TH GRADER: I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES BETWEEN ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE STATE THAT KIND OF SETS A BASIS AND COLLEGES CAN SAY HEY VIRGINIA STUDENTS KNOW THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS.))
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((SHERRI SPIVEY/HENRICO CO. TEACHER: IF THE TESTS MATCH THE WAY WE'RE TEACHING THEN I THINK IT WILL WORK. WE MAY HAVE TO LEARN WHAT THE TEST IS LIKE TO CHANGE HOW WE TEACH A LITTLE BIT. BUT I HOPE IT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THAT WE COULD TEACH IN A FULL WAY AND A CREATIVE WAY AND FIND A WAY TO REALLY FIND OUT IF THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING IN THAT WAY.))
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Live=Ellen Full/State Microwave
SUPER=05-Richmond;


So even two years into them, the Standards of Learning are still a work in progress.
And the Standards of Accreditation aren't even off the drawing board.
Double Boxes=Ellen and Tracy/State Microwave


Tracy Altizer is in our New River Valley newsroom with a preview of that.
Live=Tracy Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Tracy1;
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;


Ellen, the fact that they are still on the drawing board is a real concern for a lot of educators.
It means that teachers will go home for the summer without being certain of what they'll be teaching in the fall.
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And if the standards do take effect in the fall, many worry for students it will be too much, too fast.
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((WILLIAM ASBURY/PULASKI CO. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: BUT WHEN YOU PUT A TEMPLATE OVER THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND SAY, OVERNIGHT, WE'RE GONNA RAISE THE STANDARDS FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS AND ALL STUDENTS, WE CAN EXPECT SOME CASUALTIES. ))
SUPER=01-William Asbury/Pulaski Co. School Supt.;
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Live=Tracy Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Blacksburg;


The state is not expected to approve the standards in some final form until late June.
Double Boxes=Keith and Tracy/Microwave


We'll tell you more about them Keith, as we continue our series tomorrow.

Payne


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-21
GRAPHIC=LF Payne


Improving Virginia's schools is a top priority of the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Amherst


Former Fifth District congressman L.F. Payne kicked off his campaign this morning in his home county of Amherst.
Payne picked up the Democratic nomination over the weekend, and is now taking his message of "Virginia values" across the state.
A former member of the "Blue Dogs", a group of conservative Democratic congressmen, Payne says he'll strive for bipartisan cooperation in Richmond.
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IN Q=That's been my

((L.F. PAYNE/D- LT. GOVERNOR CANDIDATE: THAT'S BEEN MY TRADEMARK, AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO IN THIS CAMPAIGN AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IN RICHMOND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADERS WHO WILL TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY, FIND SOLUTIONS AND MOVE US FORWARD.))
SUPER=01-L.F. Payne/(D) Lt. Gov. Candidate; :00
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OUT Q=move us forward.
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Payne's opponent this fall is Republican John Hager.
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Kroger


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-23
GRAPHIC=Kroger


The Kroger warehouse move to Roanoke County is back on, at least for now.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./File Tape;


The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled today the grocery chain CAN consolidate its Kanawha County operation with one in Roanoke County.
That cancelled a temporary injunction issued last week which would have blocked the move for at least 60 days.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Legal Scales


The new ruling means a lower court now has 14 days to hold a hearing on a permanent injunction to stop the move.
Many labor groups and Charleston residents have opposed the closing of the 250- employee warehouse.


Stocks


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE


The blue chip issues led the surge to another record close on Wall Street today.
The Dow rocketed 123 points to finish at 72 hundred 93. NASDAQ gained nine points.
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Chess-Computers


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=None


The day after a computer beat the world champion in a widely publicized chess match, people are debating what it all means.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-New York;


IBM says Garry Kasparov's defeat by Deep Blue yesterday marks the true beginning of the information age.
SUPER=03-Blacksburg


But Virginia Tech professor and tournament chess player Jim Glanville says it's not really a big deal.
He says a very human Kasparov suffered a psychological collapse while playing a very powerful machine.
And he expected it to happen sooner or later.
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SOT 14:26:23
IN Q=this is just one

(( JIM GLANVILLE/TOURNAMENT PLAYER; THIS IS JUST ONE MORE STEP ALONG THE ROAD, AFTER ALL, TEN YEARS AGO, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, I LAUGHED AT COMPUTERS THAT TRIED TO BEAT ME, AND CERTAINLY COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN TAKING ME APART FOR TEN YEARS NOW, AND THEN THEY BEGAN TO TAKE APART INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS AND THEN THEY BEGAN TO TAKE APART GRAND MASTERS, SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THAT TREND.))
SUPER=01-Jim Glanville/Tournament Chess Player;
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Glanville is skeptical of talk that the computer demonstrated intelligence.
He says it just did what its human creators programmed it to do.
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Boucher


ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-24
GRAPHIC=Internet


As the Internet brings the world to our fingertips, it's helping businesses reach out to the world.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Dublin;


Today about 500 business, education and government leaders from across Southwest Virginia travelled the information superhighway together.
It was Congressman Rick Boucher's third annual technology conference on how to put the Internet to work.
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((REP. RICK BOUCHER/(D) NINTH DISTRICT: I HAVE A GOAL OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BECOMING THE RURAL LEADER NATIONWIDE IN THE USE OF INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. AND GREATER APPRECIATION OF AND USE OF THE INTERNET HOLDS A KEY TO THAT SUCCESS. ))
SUPER=@Boucher;
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OUT Q=to that success.
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VO-NAT


More than a dozen professionals presented demonstrations on employing the Internet as a tool.
Boucher says a better technologically- connected region will be in a better position to attract new business.
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Sports Tease


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE


Coming your way tonight on News 7 sports, the University of Kentucky welcomes Tubby to town, the Bird is about to soar in Indianapolis, the Marines landed at the Charlotte Motor Speedway today,
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and Steve Mason gets us in line with one of the fastest growing sports in the Roanoke Valley.
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S-Kentucky


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-2
GRAPHIC=NCAA HOOPS


Let's begin tonight back down in Kentucky where the Wildcats officially welcomed Tubby Smith to town this afternoon to take over the men's basketball program.
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SUPER=03-Lexington, KY; :00


Smith was an assistant under his predecessor Rick Pitino for two years at Kentucky but for the last two seasons he led Georgia to 45 wins and 2 NCAA tournament berths.
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((TUBBY SMITH/NEW KENTUCKY HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Tubby Smith/New Kentucky Head Coach; :00
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=hold logo


Smith's contract is for five years. At this time the financial aspects of the deal have not been released.
He is UK's first black head basketball coach, and many you no doubt remember him from his days at VCU, where he served as an assistant for 12 years.

S-Bird


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-3 or LIVE feed
GRAPHIC=NBA


Smith's hiring in Kentucky created a lot of excitement today, but there's a good chance Larry Bird' homecoming in Indiana is rivaling Smith's arrival in the Bluegrass state.
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SUPER=05-Indianapolis, IN; :00


You are now looking LIVE at the scene at Market Square Arena where larry Bird has just been introduced as the Indiana Pacers new head coach.
Bird is being paid $4 million a year to coach the Pacers, despite the fact he has never held a head coaching job.
Bird is now 40 years old, and he says the Pacers are the only team he has an interest in coaching.
He grew up in the small town of French Lick, and played 13 years for the Celtics.
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S-PGA


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-4
GRAPHIC=PGA TOUR


Look for more golf of TV and bigger paychecks at PGA Tour events in the future.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Greensboro, NC/Last Month;:00


Today the tour signed a brand new deal with six networks worth an estimated $150 million dollars.
The new four year deal begins in 1999, and for local fans it means that the purse for the Greensboro Chrysler Classic will double to nearly $4 million by the year 2002.
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S-Roller


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S6-28
GRAPHIC=Roller Hockey


Roller hockey is one of the hottest growing sports in the Roanoke Valley.
Steve Mason says the Roanoke in line Hockey Club has become a pioneer in a sport that is taking the area by storm.
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((It's kind of ironic how in line hockey became so popular. An outdoor activity that found a home in the confines of rinks like Lee High Skate center. ((:)) ((:))
In it's 7th year, the Roanoke in line hockey club has become so popular that there are not enough spots to accommodate the high number of kids that want to play. Three seasons are crammed into eight months and not even the high cost of equipment can keep youngsters from putting on the pads. ((:)) The rules are designed not for the fans but for the safety of the kids ages 9 to 18. ((:))
60 area youths make up 4 teams in two divisions. Kids pay 95 bucks a season to play 10 games. All of this while most balance other sports. ((:)) ((:))
May 31st marks the end of this season, but fans can catch roller hockey in the Commonwealth games in July. Steve Mason, News 7 sports.))
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S-ECHL


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=RILEY CUP


In one other hockey note for you, the South Carolina Stingrays wrapped up the East Coast Hockey League championship yesterday by beating the Louisiana Ice Gators 6-to-4.
The win gave the Kelly cup series to the Rays four games to one.

S-Charlotte


ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-36
GRAPHIC=CHARLOTTE MOTOR S'WAY


The Winston Cup spotlight now shifts to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the next two week's as the track prepares to host the Winston all-star race this Saturday night and the Coke 600 on Memorial day weekend.
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This was the scene at the track today as an invasion of sorts took place.
No there was not some sort of national emergency at the track, just practice for the infamous pre-race show at CMS.
Choppers, repelling soldiers with guns will all be part of the Memorial Day salute at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25th.
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That's News 7 at Six.
Coming up tonight at 11, the Roanoke City Council is meeting to vote on the proposed budget--it includes pay raises for the mayor and council, as well as a new cell phone tax.
We'll have that story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight on News 7 at 11. Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen LIVE
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