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7E-COVE-SEARCH
ANCHOR=Melanie
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Rescue workers from six different agencies spent the day looking for a
Roanoke man who is missing.
Fifty-three- year- old Cecil Donald Short is believed to have drowned in
Carvins Cove yesterday morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
The Virginia Game Department was notified that an un-manned boat was
floating on Carvins Cove.
Short's boat was found with all of his fishing gear aboard.
He was an avid fisherman who was known to fish alone.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
The search was called last night due to darkness, but it's set to resume
again today.
7Mixup-School
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=aje
TAPE#net (edit of 97-56)
GRAPHIC=Education
School administrators and faculty in Roanoke County have had their hands
full trying to fix the damage caused when the school's computer system crashed
without a complete backup system.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.
That's the story at Cave Spring High School.
A substantial number of Cave Spring students began the school year with an
incorrect class assignment, or an extra study hall, for example.
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SOT 04:10:54
IN Q=Nobody
((CHRIS BAST/CAVE SPRING H.S. STUDENT: NOBODY HAD A LOT OF HOMEWORK THIS
WEEKEND BECAUSE THE TEACHERS AREN'T SURE WHO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ON THEIR
CLASSES.))
SUPER=01-Chris Bast/Cave Spring H.S. Student; QUICK
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=classes.
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VO-NAT
Normally a few dozen students have problems like these, but this year it was
bad enough for the principal to mail an apology to parents.
Most of the bugs in the system have been eliminated, but there still are
doubts about how smoothly things will go this week.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
No decision has been made yet on the status of the assistant principal who
organized the scheduling system without an adequate backup.
7Flooding-Anniversary
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-63
GRAPHIC=Flooding Aftermath
One year ago Hurricane Fran tore through our area, leaving devastation in
her wake.
Some Southside residents are still dealing with their loss and trying to get
back on their feet.
Tina Tenret has more.
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SUPER=03-Danville/Last Year; :00
SUPER=03-Halifax Co./Last Year; :13
SUPER=01-Deloris Suitt/Flood Victim;:20
SUPER=01-Dan Sleeper/Halifax Co. Administrator; :40
SUPER=@tina2; :48
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OUT Q=TT, News7
(( Heavy rain completely flooded roads
The Dan River swelled until it almost topped bridges ...
demolishing houses ...
even hijacking rescue missions and and forcing volunteers to cling to
trees.
SUPER=03-Halifax Co.;
In Halifax, as trees, trash and debris floated down the street,
Deloris Suitt lost her home.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:20:18
IN Q=Initially you don't
((DELORIS SUITT/FLOOD VICTIM: INITIALLY YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING, WHEN
YOU REALIZE THE WATER'S RISING, AND IT'S RISING REAL FAST.))
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Shopkeepers are used to packing up in Halifax County.
These floods happen about once a year.
Most times, word of mouth spreads when rivers are rising, and residents
know the drill.
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SOT 3:59:39
IN Q=There's marks
((DAN SLEEPER/HALIFAX CO. ADMINISTRATOR: THERE'S MARKS ON THEIR WALLS OR ON THE
STEPS OF THEIR BUILDINGS OR INSIDE THEIR OFFICE SPACE, AND THEY KNOW JUST HOW
MUCH WATER THAT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE.))
SUPER=01-Dan Sleeper/Halifax Co. Administrator;
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VO-NAT
Flash floods, on the other hand, strike here often and with little warning.
But Sleeper says September looks safe.
Tina Tenret, News7))
7L-Governor
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
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GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
The issue of afirmative action took center stage between Virginia's two
candidates for lieutenant governor during a weekend debate in Charlottesville.
Republican John Hager said Virginia should dump affirmative action programs.
Democrat L-F Payne said the state should continue university affirmative
action programs that benefit women and blacks.
On other issues, Hager and Payne both supported curbs on youth smoking, but
said they're concerned about state tobacco farmers and workers who depend on
the industry.
7weather
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WRITER=aje
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And taking a look at your back to work forecast...
You might want to bring your umbrella, there's a chance for showers with high
temperatures in the low to mid 80's nightime lows in the low to mid 60's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 9/9/97
Friday:
SUPER=130-4/Christine Surface/New Castle;
(Anniversary)
SUPER=130-25th/Robert & Sandra Brooks/Lynchburg;
SUPER=130-25/Sharon Younger/Vernon Hill;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-40/Veronica Underwood/Roanoke;
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55E-COVE-SEARCH
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=DAL
TAPE#=97-53
GRAPHIC=none
In Botetourt County the search is set to resume this morning for a missing
fisherman.
Rescue workers from six different agencies spent the day looking for 53-
year- old Cecil Donald Short at Carvins Cove.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
The Virginia Game Department was notified around ten yesterday morning after
an un-manned boat was discovered.
Short's boat was found with all of his fishing gear aboard.
Short was an avid fisherman and Smith says he frequently fished alone.
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55Mixup-School
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=aje
TAPE#net (edit of 97-56)
GRAPHIC=Education
A computer crash sent a Roanoke County high school into a tailspin just
days before the start of the new school year.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.
With no main backup system in place some 13-hundred students came back to
class with incomplete schedules.
A number of students had to cope with incorrect class assignment, or an
extra study hall, for example.
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SOT 04:10:54
IN Q=Nobody
((CHRIS BAST/CAVE SPRING H.S. STUDENT: NOBODY HAD A LOT OF HOMEWORK THIS
WEEKEND BECAUSE THE TEACHERS AREN'T SURE WHO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ON THEIR
CLASSES.))
SUPER=01-Chris Bast/Cave Spring H.S. Student; QUICK
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=classes.
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VO-NAT
Normally a few dozen students have problems like these, but this year it was
bad enough for the principal to mail an apology to parents.
Most of the bugs in the system have been eliminated, but there still are
doubts about how smoothly things will go this week.
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55Anniversary-Flooding
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#=net (edit of 97-63)
GRAPHIC=Flooding
Attention is focused on the North Atlantic this morning where Hurricane
Erika's winds have strengthened to 115 miles per hour.
It was a year ago Hurricane Fran tore through our area, leaving devastation
in her wake.
Some Southside residents are still trying to recover.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/Last Year;
Heavy rain flooded roads and the Dan River swelled until it almost topped
bridges.
The water demolished houses and flooded the rescue mission, forcing
volunteers to cling to trees.
SUPER=03-Halifax Co./Last Year;
In Halifax, as trees, trash and debris floated down the street, Deloris
Suitt lost her home.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:20:18
IN Q=Initially you don't
((DELORIS SUITT/FLOOD VICTIM: INITIALLY YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING, WHEN
YOU REALIZE THE WATER'S RISING, AND IT'S RISING REAL FAST.))
SUPER=01-Deloris Suitt/Flood Victim;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=rising real fast
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VO-NAT
Floods are nothing new in the area.
Most of the time, word of mouth warnings go out when rivers are rising, and
residents know the drill.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:59:39
IN Q=There's marks
((DAN SLEEPER/HALIFAX CO. ADMINISTRATOR: THERE'S MARKS ON THEIR WALLS OR ON THE
STEPS OF THEIR BUILDINGS OR INSIDE THEIR OFFICE SPACE, AND THEY KNOW JUST HOW
MUCH WATER THAT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE.))
SUPER=01-Dan Sleeper/Halifax Co. Administrator;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=have to move
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VO-NAT
Flash floods, on the other hand, strike with little warning.
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55Aol
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=America Online
Big news in the online business that's good news for two northern Virginia
companies -- America Online and U-U Net.
Dulles-based A-O-L is taking over the content and subscriber base of
competitor CompuServe.
But not CompuServe's
network structure, which will go to Mississippi-based World Com.
And that's good news for Fairfax-based U-U Net Technologies,
already owned by World Com and one of the nation's largest providers of direct
Internet access.
55L-Governor
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97
Virginia's two candidates for lieutenant governor are offering different
views on affirmative action.
At a debate this weekend in Charlottsville Republican John Hager said
Virginia should dump affirmative action programs.
Democrat L-F Payne said the state should continue university affirmative
action programs that benefit women and blacks.
On other issues, Hager and Payne both supported curbs on youth smoking, but
said they're concerned about state tobacco farmers and workers who depend on
the industry.
55weather
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Time now to check your back- to- work forecast--
Variable cloudiness today, with a chance of showers starting this
afternoon.
Highs in the low to mid 80s.
Increasing clouds with rain possible tonight.
Lows in the mid 60s.
Showers possible off and on this week...
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8E-COVE-SEARCH
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=DAL
TAPE#=net (edit of 97-53)
GRAPHIC=none
Rescue workers in Botetourt County will start searching again today for a
missing Roanoke fisherman.
Crews spent all of yesterday looking for 53- year- old Cecil Donald Short at
Carvins Cove.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
The Virginia Game Department was notified around ten yesterday morning after
an un-manned boat was discovered.
Short's boat was found with all of his fishing gear aboard.
Short was an avid fisherman and who was said to frequently fished alone.
(----------------)
8Mixup-School
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cutin
WRITER=aje
TAPE#net (edit of 97-56)
GRAPHIC=Education
It wasn't tough assignments, but bungled class schedules that had some
Roanoke County students scratching their heads.
Just DAYS before classes started, a computer system crashed with NO
complete backup sytem.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.
That's what happened at Cave Spring High School.
A substantial number of Cave Spring students began the school year with an
incorrect class assignment, or an extra study hall, for example.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04:10:54
IN Q=Nobody
((CHRIS BAST/CAVE SPRING H.S. STUDENT: NOBODY HAD A LOT OF HOMEWORK THIS
WEEKEND BECAUSE THE TEACHERS AREN'T SURE WHO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ON THEIR
CLASSES.))
SUPER=01-Chris Bast/Cave Spring H.S. Student; QUICK
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=classes.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Normally a few dozen students have problems like these, but this year it was
bad enough for the principal to mail an apology to parents.
Most of the bugs in the system have been eliminated, but there still are
doubts about how smoothly things will go this week.
(----------------)
8Anniversary-Flooding
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#=net (edit of 97-63)
GRAPHIC=Flooding Aftermath
Hurricane Erika is still far off in the Eastern Caribbean--
But it's Hurricane Fran that's still a vivid memory one year after it
caused flooding in Southside Virginia.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville;
Heavy rain flooded roads and the Dan River swelled until it almost topped
bridges.
The water demolished houses and even hijacked rescue missions and forced
volunteers to cling to trees.
SUPER=03-Halifax Co.;
In Halifax, as trees, trash and debris floated down the street,
Deloris Suitt lost her home.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:20:18
IN Q=Initially you don't
((DELORIS SUITT/FLOOD VICTIM: INITIALLY YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING, WHEN
YOU REALIZE THE WATER'S RISING, AND IT'S RISING REAL FAST.))
SUPER=01-Deloris Suitt/Flood Victim;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=rising real fast
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Floods are nothing new in the area.
Most of the time, word of mouth warnings go out when rivers are rising, and
residents know the drill.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 3:59:39
IN Q=There's marks
((DAN SLEEPER/HALIFAX CO. ADMINISTRATOR: THERE'S MARKS ON THEIR WALLS OR ON THE
STEPS OF THEIR BUILDINGS OR INSIDE THEIR OFFICE SPACE, AND THEY KNOW JUST HOW
MUCH WATER THAT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE.))
SUPER=01-Dan Sleeper/Halifax Co. Administrator;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=have to move
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Flash floods, on the other hand, strike here often and with little warning.
(----------------)
8E-Environment
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#=97-51
GRAPHIC=none
Local officials are exploring ways to make economic development more
environmentally- friendly.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Thursday;
To gain some fresh perspective on how to balance quality of life concerns
and the environment, Ferrum College, The Cabell Brand Center, and The New
Century Council have scheduled a three- day symposium for early October.
It's called Environmental Partnerships for a Sustainable Future: Lessons
for a New Era.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 13:57:42
IN Q=We have
((CABELL BRAND/THE CABELL BRAND CENTER: WE HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO GET THE
MESSAGE ACROSS TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE CAN INDEED PROTECT
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVERS AND THE STREAMS AND THE AIR AND THE WATER AND ALL
THOSE THINGS, AT THE SAME TIME GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LIVING SO
THEY'RE SELF- SUPPORTING.))
SUPER=01-Cabell Brand/The Cabell Brand Center;
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=self supporting.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
The symposium will attract environmental experts from all over the country.
8Aol
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=America Online
Good news for two northern Virginia Online companies -- America Online and
U-U Net.
Dulles-based A-O-L is taking over the content and subscriber base of
competitor CompuServe.
But not CompuServe's
network structure, which will go to Mississippi-based World Com.
And that's good news for Fairfax-based U-U Net Technologies,
already owned by World Com and one of the nation's largest providers of direct
Internet access.
8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning to Monday's outlook--
Variable cloudiness, with a chance of showers this afternoon.
Highs in the low to mid 80s.
Mostly cloudy tonight, with rain possible.
Lows falling into the mid 60s.
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