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Next on News 7-
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A judge clears a Virginia Tech football player of charges-
The nation's largest privately held retailer files for bankruptcy-
Stars turn out to pay their respects to Jimmy Stewart.
Plus it's turning heads in Salem-
We'll meet the man behind this street-corner sculpture.
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ANCHOR=Jean
News 7 is next.
Newsbreak
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Good Evening.
The nation's largest privately held retailer is filing for bankruptcy
reorganization.
Montgomery Ward is filing chapter eleven.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
Three workers are murdered at a Starbucks coffee shop in Washington DCTERMS.
Charges are dropped against Virginia Tech football player Bradley Baylor.
He was accused of forcing a student to drink- or face a beating.
The judge said the state did not prove its case.
SUPER=03-Salem;
This street corner used to be nothing special- Now it's stopping traffic-
thanks to one artist.
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ANCHOR=Jean
Join us for News 7 at Eleven.
Baylor
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-39
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Charges are dropped against a Virginia Tech football player- accused of
forcing another student to drink heavily- or face a beating.
The judge threw out the charges againt Bradley Baylor-
On the night in question- Todd Pringle's blood alcohol level was FOUR times
the legal limit-
His head was also partially shaved when a Blackburg police officer found him
unconscious on the sidewalk last July.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
Pringle later told authorities a Virginia Tech football player forced him to
drink--
He says Tech defensive tackle, Brad Baylor made him take shots of bourbon--
Pringle testified several others were also involved but he could not name
anyone else.
Judge Ray Grubbs said he believed part of Pringle's story but said the state
did NOT prove Baylor was responsible.
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SOT
IN Q=Brad missed
((MARC LONG/DEFENSE ATTORNEY:BRAD MISSED SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAMES TECH HAD
LAST YEAR AND HE'S BEEN PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO ALREADY AND THAT'S
UNFORTUNATE AND I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. ))
SUPER=01-Marc Long/Defense Attorney;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=understand that.
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VO-NAT
Baylor says Pringle was drunk when he wandered into his house but that he
never touched him or forced him to drink.
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Tech-Brawl
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-38
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Another Virginia Tech football player accused in a fight that injured two
track team members will serve two days in jail.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
One count of assault and battery against Sean Sullivan was dismissed this
afternoon.
But Judge Ray Grubbs sentenced Sullivan to time behind bars for the other
count-- involving Jonathon Nelson.
The Tech student was injured in a fight last August outside Squires Student
Center.
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SOT
IN Q=At that
((JONATHON NELSON/VICTIM:AT THAT POINT I WAS GETTING PUSHED DOWN THROUGH THE
CROWD AND OTHERS MADE BLOWS AND THEN ANOTHER CAME FROM MR. SULLIVAN. TWICE.
PHIL KEITH/PROSECUTOR: HE HIT YOU TWICE.
JONATHON NELSON/VICTIM:YES. ))
SUPER=01-Jonathon Nelson/Victim; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=you twice, yes.
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VO-NAT
Another Virginia Tech football player was also in court this afternoon in
connection with the same incident.
But Judge Grubbs dismissed the case against Nathaniel Williams.
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Hog-Farm
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WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-46
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A North Carolina company plans to build a hog farm in Pittsylvania County,
but some folks don't want it there-
and as Tina Tenret reports county supervisors might turn the farm away.
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SOT
IN Q= The farm would
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.; :00
SUPER=07-Steve Law; :26
SUPER=01-Bobby Scearce/Pittsylvania Co. Supervisor; :38
SUPER=@hawkins; 1:08
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OUT Q=(News7, Pittsylvania COunty)
((
The farm would house about 10-thousand-hogs on 550 acres.
Residents here say waste from the animals will destroy their rivers, air,
and property values.
Tonight they appealed to county supervisors.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:48:06
IN Q=Let us be known
((LET US BE KNOWN FOR OUR GOOD QUALITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS COUNTY AND
IN THE STATE. PLEASE DON'T SELL US OUT TO BE THE NEWEST CESSPOOL OF THE UNITED
STATES.))
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OUT Q=the United States
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SOT 10:51:59
IN Q=You gentlemen
((YOU GENTLEMEN ARE BETWEEN US AND THEM AND IT'S UP TO YOU -- EACH ONE OF YOU
-- TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR INTERESTS INSTEAD OF JUST MONEY.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=just money
The response...
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SOT 11:04:12
IN Q=We promise you
((BOBBY SCEARCE/PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY SUPERVISOR: WE PROMISE YOU AS A BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS THAT WE WILL DO ALL WE POSSIBLY CAN LEGALLY TO DISCOURAGE THE
LOCATION OF SUCH OPERATION IN THIS COUNTY.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=county
The Right to Farm Act allows the hog facility to enter Pittsylvania County
without a public hearing or special use permit.
One man says he called the A-C-L-U today to see if the Act was
constitutional.
Senator Charles Hawkins voted for the act in 1994.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 10:56:36
IN Q=I regret
((I REGRET THAT THE LEGISLATION DID EXCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT -- SOMETHING THAT
MUST BE CORRECTED -- BECAUSE WE'RE IN A PUBLIC DEBATE THAT MUST CONTINUE.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=must continue
Supervisor Fred Ingram, who voted for the legislation enabling this hog
facility, now suggests writing a letter to the North Carolina company telling
them not to come.
The board will consider the suggestion next Tuesday.
Tina Tenret, News 7, Pittsylvania County))
Howell
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A former state Lieutenant Governor is dead.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;
Henry Howell died in his home today after a long bout with cancer.
Political life for Howell began in 1949 while helping to run a primary
campaign for Francis Pickens Miller.
Before that the Norfolk native served as a law clerk for two federal judges,
later opening his own law practice.
Many black voters and unionists rallied behind the liberal Democrat for his
efforts to take on big business.
When campaigning his motto was "Keep the Big Boys Honest."
Henry Howell was 76.
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Hager
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-35
GRAPHIC=Hager
The first state in the nation to elect a black governor is breaking new
ground within its borders.
Republican John Hager is running for lieutenant governor in a wheelchair.
And that's also a Virginia first.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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SOT
IN Q=It looks a
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=03-Norfolk/June 11; :32
SUPER=01-Bob Holsworth/VCU Political Analyst; :54
SUPER=@Hager; 1:04
SUPER=@Ellen1; 1:33
RUNS=1:42
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
((nat sot 21:59:57
RUNS=:03
It may be just another race for John Hager.
But it's historic for Virginia.
sot 01:23:57 T1
((JOHN HAGER: I CHOSE TO DECIDE THAT I WASN'T DISABLED.))
runs=:05
Don Beyer has a birth defect that you notice if you shake his hand.
He has a lot of support from disabled Virginians, but says his three finger
grip does NOT disable him.
plane boarding shot
But John Hager's physical challenges on the campaign trail are real, and
something he estimates a million Virginians "touched" by disability understand.
sot T1 01:28:17
((JOHN HAGER/R-CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR: I VIEW THAT AS A SIGNIFICANT VOTING
BLOC OF PEOPLE.))
runs=:05
So is the wheelchair a selling point of sorts?
sot T1 01:26:15
((JOHN HAGER/R-CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR: WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. THAT'S THE
SIMPLE ANSWER.))
runs=:05
But politics professor Bob Holsworth says Hager called him a year ago to ask
if the wheelchair would be a plus or a minus.
sot 03:14:39
((BOB HOLSWORTH/VCU POLITICAL ANALYST: IT MAY BE A MARK OF DISTINCTIVENESS IN
THE CAMPAIGN. IT MIGHT HELP HIS NAME RECOGNITION A LITTLE BIT. BUT I DON'T
BELIEVE PEOPLE REALLY VOTE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT A PERSON
IS IN A WHEELCHAIR.))
runs=:13
sot T1 01:30:31
((JOHN HAGER: I MEAN I CAN CITE SOME STORIES THAT ARE THE OTHER WAY. PEOPLE
SAY "WELL, CAN YOU DO IT? WELL, HOW YOU GONNA GET TO THE PODIUM?" I MEAN, WHO
GIVES A DAMN? OR YOU KNOW, UH, "DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO DO IT?" AND
THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I'M 60 YEARS OLD AND I STILL DO MARATHONS. I'D DARE SAY
NONE OF THEM STILL DO MARATHONS.))
runs=:23
It was polio, contracted from his infant son after a vaccination, that put
Hager in the chair.
SOT standup 02:56:52
(( But if he makes it to this chair, where the Lieutenant Governor heads up
the Senate, getting a mechanical lift installed is just the first thing he'd
like to change.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))
runs=:12))
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE
Still to come on the newscast, former Salem teacher Penny Stallins speaks as
she is released from prison for cocaine possesion,
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VO-NAT
and we'll see more spectular pictures from MARS as scientists speculate the red
planet was once hit by a great flood.
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Halifax-Court
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-37
GRAPHIC=NONE
A 37-year old man is heading to prison after abducting his wife and killing
her on their front lawn last year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax Co/February;
Mark Cole dragged his wife across the lawn last June and fatally shot her
once in the head.
His six-year old son testified against him in Halifax Circuit Court today.
Cole has been sentenced to life in prison plus 13 years.
This was the second trial for Cole.
He claimed a fellow prisoner's uncle, who was on the jury, admitted the jury
acted improperly the first time.
But the juror in question did not have a nephew in prison, and the prisoner
denied ever saying that to Cole.
Cole could now face perjury charges according to the Halifax County
Commonwealth's Attorney.
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Stallins
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-45
GRAPHIC=Stallins
Penny Stallins got out of jail today.
The former amateur golf champion served more than five months in jail for
possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
Keith Humphry talked with Stallins just hours after her release.
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SOT
IN Q=Stallins had fought
SUPER=03-Salem; :00
SUPER=01-Penny Stallins/Former Amateur Golf Champion; :18
SUPER=@file; :30
SUPER=@Keith2; :42
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OUT Q=Humphry, NEWS 7
(( Stallins fought hard to avoid serving a jail term, but in the end she says
it was may have saved her life.
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SOT 3:25:00
IN Q=God puts
((GOOD PUTS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.))
RUNS=:02
OUT Q=need to be.
Until she heard the cell door slam behind her, she wasn't ready to embrace
the message the leader of her drug addiction support group had for her.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:25:28
IN Q=
(("YOU'RE A DRUG ADDICT AND YOU NEED TO GO TO JAIL." And you didn't see
yourself as a drug addict? OH, YES, I DID. But you didn't see yourself as
somebody who needed to be locked up? RIGHT.))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=
Her drug addiction goes back more than a decade. At first the three- time
winner of the Roanoke Valley Hall of Fame Women's Golf Tournament was heavily
medicated all the time.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:32:40
IN Q=through all the
((THROUGH ALL THE YEARS I PLAYED GOLF, I'VE BEEN IN TREMENDOUS PAIN. MY FEET
ANDS LEGS WOULD JUST BE DEAD.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=
While teaching phys ed in the county and Salem schools, she remembers
counseling students to say "no" to drugs while supporting her own habit.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:41:22
IN Q=
((I WOULD TELL THEM, "NEVER DO THIS," AND I WOULD TURN AROUND AND COME HOME
AND TURN TO MY CRUTCH, TURN TO MY DRUGS.))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=
If some see that as hypocritical, she's ready to make amends.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:43:20
IN Q=
((I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE.
THERE'S HOPE. ))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=there's hope.
She says she may even play golf again.
Keith Humphry, NEWS 7.))
Mars
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WRITER=JJA
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GRAPHIC=NONE
Amazing pictures are coming in from Mars-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-NASA Video;
apparently showing the dry planet was once flooded with water- a basic
requirement for life.
Scientists think water hundreds of yards deep once covered the planet.
They say the water must have carried rocks into the valleys.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:47:33
IN Q=
((BRIAN MUIRHEAD/PROJECT MANAGER: IT WAS A MERE 72 HOURS AGO WE BEGAN THE
INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WON THE SUPER BOWL, THE WORLD SERIES
AND THE WORLD CUP.))
SUPER=01-Brian Muirhead/Project Manager;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=and the world cup."
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VO-NAT
The Sojourner is carrying a 22 pound camera 119 million miles away- taking
pictures of terrain full of ancient rocks and boulders.
Today the rover sat face to face with a rock dubbed barnacle bill- by
tomorrow scientists should be able to say what the rock is made of.
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Mir
ANCHOR=Jean
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WRITER=JJA
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GRAPHIC=NONE
*****wipe wipe wipe******
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VO-NAT
The problems with Russia's troubled Mir Space Station may be over-
Mir's manager says an unmanned cargo ship successfully docked- bringing
parts needed to repair the damaged station.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 16:50:30
IN Q=
((FRANK CULBERTSON/MIR MANAGER: I BELIEVE WE'VE PASSED THE SURVIVAL PHASE. THE
CREW IS BACK TO RELATIVELY STABLE OPERATIONS TO EXERCISE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE
ENVIRONMENT AND NOW WE'RE BACK IN PHASE. OF HOW MUCH WE CAN GET BACK OUT STAT
CAPABLILITIES AND WHERE WE CAN GO FROM HERE.))
SUPER=01-Frank Culbertson/Mir Manager;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=we can go from here."
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VO-NAT
Mir was damaged when another cargo ship collided with it while docking
manually back on June 25th.
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Montgomery
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WRITER=JJA
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GRAPHIC=NONE
The nation's largest PRIVATELY owned retailer is filing for bankruptcy.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=Chicago;
Montgomery Ward is filing chapter eleven reorganization.
The retailer reported 250 million dollars in losses the first half of the
fiscal year.
Analysts say the move will allow the chain to turn around financially-
One analyst says today's bankruptcy filing will let Ward's dump
unprofitable stores where it has long leases.
Wards has 400 stores in 43 states.
No word on whether the bankruptcy will affect the Valley View mall store in
Roanoke.
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Tease#2
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#=none
GRAPHIC=
Coming up next on the newscast, friends and family members pay tribute to
Jimmy Stewart,
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VO-NAT
and we'll see how a local artist is going out on a limb with his latest
masterpiece.
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Comm#2
Starbucks
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Murder
Three Starbuck's coffee shop workers are dead-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington DC;
their bodies found by another worker this morning.
The bodies of two men and one woman were discovered in the back room of a
Starbucks coffee shop in the Georgetown section of Washington D-C.
Another employee arriving for her job at five this morning found the bodies.
All three had been shot in the head.
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Cosby
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
Jury selection began today for the woman accused of extorting cash from Bill
Cosby.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-New York;
Autum Jackson is the 22 year old who says Cosby is her dad.
She's accused of trying to extort 40 million dollars from Cosby- by
publically claiming she's the actor's daughter.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:06:19
IN Q=
((ROBERT BAUM/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: WE INTEND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HER BELIEVE IS HE
IS HER FATHER. WE INTEND TO DEMONSTRATE THE REASONABLENESS OF THAT BELIEF
BECAUSE THE BASIS BEHIND THAT WHAT WAS INVOLVED HERE WAS A A NEGOTIATION NOT AN
EXTORTION.))
SUPER=01-Robert Baum/Defense Attorney;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=not an extortion."
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VO-NAT
Cosby denies he is the father.
Jurors may never find out
The judge is limiting evidence solely to the question of whether Jackson is
guilty of extortion.
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Stewart
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
Thousands of fans turned out for the funeral of Actor Jimmy Stewart.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Los Angeles;
Only family and friends were allowed inside the private service.
The funeral was held at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian church where Stewart
and his family worshipped for years.
Inside the church the organ played hymns- ending with Shenandoah- the title
of one of Stewart's films.
Stewarts daughter quoted the movie "It's a wonderful life"- saying No man is
poor who has friends.
Jimmy Stewart died at home Wednesday. He was 89.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Cape Town, S. Africa; :00
While Mike Tyson was dropped from the WBA rankings yesterday, the WBA champ
Evander Holyfield is on a goodwill mission in South Africa.
He is coaching young kids, delivering inspiration speeches, and mingling with
president Nelson Mandela.
Holyfield presented him with a purple and white boxing robe.
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S-Rush
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-14
GRAPHIC=Rush
The summer is rolling on and that means the football season is fast
approaching for the Roanoke Rush.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
The Rush is in it's final week of training camp at Patrick Henry. The team
has not yet finalized it's roster. Last year; 100 players tried out for the
Rush; which eventually finished 12 and 2. This year; only 50 players have come
out.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="Last
((FREDDIE FORD/MIDDLE LINEBACKER:))
((ANTHONY DRAKEFORD/WIDE RECEIVER:))
SUPER=01-Freddie Ford/Middle Linebacker; :00
SUPER=01-Anthony Drakeford/Wide Receiver; :25
RUNS=:37
OUT Q=....we gonna throw"
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=HOLD RUSH
The Rush plays a preseason exhibition game at Blacksburg HIgh School on July
19th against the Washington D.C. Chiefs
S-Tino
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-8
GRAPHIC=MLB ALL-STAR
Major League baseball's time to shine is tonight, as Cleveland's Jacob's
Field hosts the annual all-star game.
Yesterday fans were treated to all kinds of activities including the always
popular homerun derby.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Cleveland/ESPN; :00
Nearly 45 thousand fans turned out just to watch some of the game's best long
ball hitters tee off.
McGuire, Griffey, and and Brady were some of the favorites to win.
But two others stole the show.
Colorado's Larry Walker, who has been on pace to hit .400 all season put on a
real show hitting 9 homers in each of the first two rounds for a total of 18.
But in the finals, Tino Martinez of the Yankees outduelled Walker hitting 3
homers to his 1 to win the overall title.
Martinez has hit 28 homers for the Yanks this season.
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S-Stars
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
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SS=MLB ALL-STAR
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Cleveland, OH; :00
This afternoon players from both teams got in a little batting practice and
talk time, as they visited with the hundreds of media members from around the
world.
Baltimore's Brady Anderson will lead-off for the AL stars at the plate, while
Randy Johnson will make his fifth all-star appearance as the AL's starting
pitcher.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="Each one...
((RANDY JOHNSON/AMERICAN LEAGUE STARTER:))
SUPER=01-Randy Johnson/American League Starter; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=...TO BE HERE."
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VO-NAT CON'T
National League manager Bobby Cox will put his own main man on the hill for
the national league, in Greg Maddux, although he had a lot of choices.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="Pedro Martinez...
((GREG MADDUX/NATIONAL LEAGUE STARTER:))
SUPER=01-Greg Maddux/National League Starter; :00
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=...HAPPY TO BE HERE."
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S-AAU
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#none
GRAPHIC=AAU
On to basketball, where the Dell Curry Stars, the area's 15 and under boy's
team is unbeaten so far at the national event in Kingsport, Tennessee.
The team is 2-and-0 after yesterday's 63-to-60 win over Maine.
The Stars are one of 44 teams still alive in the winner's bracket.
S-Bird
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-10
GRAPHIC=NBA
Larry Bird spread his wings and welcomed some of his first batch of players
to their first week of practice today.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Indianapolis, IN;:00
Rookies and free agent hopefuls are doing their best to impress Bird this
week.
And at the same time he's doing his best to wear them out with rigorous
workouts.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="We are gonna...
((LARRY BIRD/PACERS HEAD COACH:))
((AUSTIN CROSHERE/PACERS TOP DRAFT PICK:))
SUPER=01-Larry Bird/Pacers Head Coach;:00
SUPER=01-Austin Croshere/Pacers Top Draft Pick; :10
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=...FULL SPEED."
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Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE
Still to come tonight,
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VO-NAT eng#
an interesting mix of boys with sticks this week on the Roanoke College
Campus. I'll attempt to explain that right after this break.
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S-Lax
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-13
GRAPHIC=Roanoke lacrosse camp
The Roanoke College lacrosse camp this week in Salem is not only about
teaching the game but also bridges the cultural gap.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Salem; :00
most of the 160 campers are out of state visitors. Michigan, Canada, Texas
and new York City are a few localities WELL represented at this lacrosse
melting pot.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q="the
((CHICK CHAKRIAN/NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL COACH:))
((BILL PILAT/CAMP DIRECTOR:))
((CHAD GIGER/PITTSBURGH HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE PLAYER:))
SUPER=01-Chick Chakrian/New York High School Coach; :00
SUPER=01-Bill Pilat/Camp Director; :26
SUPER=01-Chad Giger/Pittsburgh Lacrosse Player; :39
RUNS=1:02
OUT Q=...."real good"
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Tree-Sculpture
ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11p
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-34
GRAPHIC=NONE
As an artist with the Yankee Whittler in Boones Mill, Dwayne Hodges was used
to creating small wooden sculptures for a handful of customers.
But, his latest work is stopping traffic and turning an ordinary street
corner into a local landmark.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=It started out
SUPER=03-Salem; :00
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OUT Q=SM, News 7.
((It started out as a diseased and dying pin oak tree much like this one
about 9 yards away.
And, it needed to be removed.
The only problem was its weight. At a little more than two tons it toppled
this truck as workers tried to uproot it in May.
It left the Hart family with a 12 foot chunk of wood-- jagged and without
limbs--looking worse than before.
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IN Q=I just started
((DWAYNE HODGES/YANKEE WHITTLER: I JUST STARTED WHITTLING ON IT, TAKING A
LITTLE AWAY AT A TIME. IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WHAT I'D DONE BEFORE, BUT..))
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OUT Q=done before, but..
On June tenth Hodges started hacking, chopping and chiseling and KAH-LY-JAH
began emerging from the old oak.
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IN Q=Hodges plans to
((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING: HODGES PLANS TO FINISH HIS SCULPTURE SOMETIME SOON
BY DRILLING A HOLE THROUGH THE INDIAN'S LEFT HAND AND SLIPPING THROUGH A WOODEN
TOMAHAWK.))
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OUT Q=a wooden tomahawk.
The name KAH-LY-JAH comes from an old Hank Williams tune about an Indian,
And, while Indian figures are the artist's favorite figures to make, his
specialities vary.
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IN Q=Do a lot
((DWAYNE HODGES/YANKEE WHITTLER: DO A LOT OF ANIMALS, WILDLIFE, EAGLES, BIRDS,
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE--INDIANS, MOUNTAIN MEN.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=indians, mountain men.
This piece cost three thousand dollars and took Hodges about 21 days and 168
hours to complete.
It's turned a wooden eye-sore into a sculpted eye-catcher on the corner of a
quiet neighborhood street in Salem.
Stacey Martin, News 7.))
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