WDBJ 7 news at Noon for 12/05/97

12:00-01

movie-motive

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE

Kentucky prosecutors say the 14- year- old boy who killed three students at his high school Monday may have been influenced by a violent scene from a movie.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-"The Basketball Diaries";

The 19-95 film "The Basketball Diaries" contains a dream sequence in which the main character enters a classroom and shoots five classmates.
Michael Carneal told investigators he had recently watched the movie.
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Kentucky-Funeral

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE

Friends and family members of the three slain girls will grieve together again today at a Baptist church, where their funerals will be held.
The teen-agers' families have decided today's service will be televised so members of the community can share in the grieving.
Lee Cowan is in West Paducah with the story. *******Take from Newspath****
SUPER=01-Lee Cowan/Reporting;
SUPER=05-West Paducah, KY;
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Renfro

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-77
GRAPHIC=layoffs

Nearly 200- workers will lose their jobs in Pulaski County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski Co./File Tape;

The Renfro Corporation announced today it's closing its Jefferson Avenue Plant in Pulaski.
About 550- people are employed there.
Approximately 350 of the jobs will be transferred to the Newbern Road facility.
Renfro is the largest manufacturer of socks in the United States.
A company spokesman says the cutbacks are the result of a tight labor market and increased production costs.
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Missing-Man

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-81
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coast Guard crews are searching the waters of Rehoboth (ra-hoe-bith) Bay in Delaware for a Lynchburg man who has been missing for nearly a week.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lewes, DE;

Authorities say it's possible 22- year- old Mark Domaleski (DOE-muh-LES-kee) may have drowned in the bay sometime last weekend.
Domaleski was in Delaware as a volunteer with the Americorps program.
His parents have traveled from Lynchburg to take part in the search.
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IN Q=I'm just cold inside
((I'M JUST COLD INSIDE. IT'S JUST COLD AND EMPTY RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THE CRYING. WE WENT THROUGH THE HYSTERIA AND AS I SAID EVERY TIME THESE KIDS COME UP HERE AND THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MARK AND YOU HUG THEM AND YOU BREAK DOWN AGAIN. AND THEN YOU SAY, I'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH IN GOD AND HE'S GOT TO BRING ME MY SON. HE'S GOT TO COME HOME TO ME.))
SUPER=01-Irene Domaleski/Mother; :00
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OUT Q=come home to me.
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VO-NAT

Authorities say rainy conditions today are keeping search helicopters on the ground.
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jonbenet

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=murder investigation

Nearly a year after the murder of JonBenet Ramsey Colorado police say her parents remain the focus of the investigation.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Boulder, CO;

Police commander Mark Beckner held a press conference this morning to update the case.
He took over the probe nine weeks ago and restructured the investigation team.
SUPER=@File;
10:25:15
Beckner says he is making progress and is confident it will be solved, but he says he has not submitted the case for prosecution or sought any arrest warrants.
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11:04:57
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SUPER=01-Mark Beckner/Police Commander;
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VO-NAT

Six- year- old JonBenet was found slain in her home last December 26th.
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Reid

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=THa
TAPE#net (edit of 97-77)
GRAPHIC=Reid, James

The medical history of a Christiansburg man convicted of capital murder could make the difference in his sentence.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;

The defense says a judge should NOT sentence 52- year- old James Reid to death for beating and stabbing 90- year- old Annie Lester.
Reid had been drinking the day of of her murder in October.
Medical experts who testified yesterday say Reid is a violent alcoholic who does NOT think rationally.
They told the court Reid's brain has deteriorated over the years from binge drinking as well as a host of medical problems-- including seizures.
Whatever the case-- the victim's family wants the death penalty.
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IN Q=If that
((CURTIS BROWN/VICTIM'S NEPHEW:IF THAT HAPPENS I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN HIS LIFE IS TAKEN TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE-- AS A CHRISTIAN-- I HOPE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS-- I CAN FORGIVE HIM BUT I STILL WANT HIM TO PAY FOR WHAT HE DID TO MY FAMILY MEMBER. ))
SUPER=01-Curtis Brown/Victim's Nephew; :00
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VO-NAT

The judge says he'll decide in late January if he'll sentence Reid to death or life in prison.
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E-Tinkerview-Water

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-84
GRAPHIC=water quality

Some Botetourt County residents say their water supply is damaging their homes.
They're looking to the county for help.
Stacey Martin has more.
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SUPER=07-Karen Sledd; :00
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :24
SUPER=07-Stacy Graves; :31
SUPER=01-Nancy Firestone/Tinkerview Water Company Owner; :50
SUPER=@Stacey1; 1:03
SUPER=01-Bill Loope/Board of Supervisors Chrmn.; 1:18
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((KAREN SLEDD: THE WATER IS SO HARD THAT THEY DON'T CLEAN SO THEY GET YOU KNOW, STAINS LIKE THIS WHICH EVER..LIKE SIX MONTHS OR SO I'LL TAKE AN AGENT AND SCRUB THEM AND THEY WILL COME CLEAN BUT THAT'S JUST FROM HARD WATER.))
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OUT Q=from hard water.

Neighbors familiar with the situation say that's the least of their problems from water supplied by the Tinkerview Water Company.
Try decreasing property values, outages and spending hundreds of dollars on water softener and bottled water.
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((STACY GRAVES: THIS IS FOR DRINKING--MAKING TEA; MAKING COFFEE. WE USE OUR SPICKET WATER FOR BATHING AND LAUNDRY BUT WE DON'T DRINK IT SO WE USE THE BOTTLED WATER.))
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Company owner Nancy Firestone blames problems on limestone wells and troubled maintenance.
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((NANCY FIRESTONE/TINKERVIEW WATER COMPANY OWNER: THERE IS NO OTHER WAY WHEN YOU HAVE A LIMESTONE WELL YOU CAN'T GET SOFT WATER.))
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But, county residents say they're fed up and have petitioned the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors for a resolution.
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((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING: THE COUNTY'S WATER SUPPLY IS LOCATED NOT FAR FROM THAT OF THE TINKERVIEW WATER COMPANY AND MANY RESIDENTS WONDER WHY THEY JUST CAN'T SWITCH OVER GIVEN ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED.))
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But, county representatives say they'll only get involved in an emergency.
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((BILL LOOPE/BOTETOURT CO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN: WE'RE NOT WILLING RIGHT NOW TO GO INTO A PRIVATE WATER COMPANY AREA RIGHT NOW AND SERVICE CUSTOMERS.))
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Loope says the board now hopes area and state representatives will take action.
Stacey Martin, News 7.))

E-Grayson-Suit

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#97-86
GRAPHIC=Cressell, Emmitt

He's accused in the brutal murder of a black man in Grayson County and now Emmett Cressell, Junior is filing a lawsuit of his own.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Cressell is one of two men accused of killing a black man in July.
He says Sheriff Jerry Wilson denied him special food in jail after he had a tooth pulled on October 30th. Johnson Photo
Thirty-six- year- old Cressell is in the Grayson County jail.
He's charged in the death of Garnett Johnson who was burned alive.
Johnson was decapitated after his death.
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Shuttle

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=columbia landing

The eighth and final shuttle mission of 19-97 ended this morning with a picture perfect landing for Columbia.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Kennedy Space Ctr.;
7:11:10
But the 16 day mission wasn't so perfect.
The astronauts await an inquiry into a botched satellite release.
The ten million dollar "Spartan" malfunctioned within moments of its release and had to be rescued during a spacewalk.
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E-Cabin-Lake

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-78
GRAPHIC=Fire Investigation

Danville's emergency services director will NOT release the time dispatchers were alerted to a Thanksgiving night fire at an apartment complex.
Officials deny records that indicate calls were made a half-hour before firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
Tina Tenret has an update on the investigation.
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SUPER=01-Doug Young/Emergency Services Director; :00
SUPER=03-Danville/Last Thursday; :09
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((DOUG YOUNG/EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR: THE STATE POLICE HAVE GONE BACK TO THEIR OFFICE IN SALEM, VIRGINIA. HOWEVER I WILL STRESS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING))
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Young says it will be several weeks before investigators know what caused the fire.
They think it started in a central upstairs apartment -- and have not ruled out arson.
The fire burned for several hours on Thanksgiving night, destroying more than 60 units.
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((FIRE DESTROYS EVERYTHING. FIRE'S A DIRTY WORD. SOOT AND SMOKE AND IN THIS CASE, A LOT OF RUBBLE AND DEBRIS. WE HAVE SAFETY ISSUES WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT RUBBLE.))
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The 250 residents left homeless by the blaze have apparently found places to stay.
The Red Cross says its shelter is empty and, now, closed. take su here
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((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: THOSE WHO LIVED AT CABIN LAKE APARTMENTS ARE NOT HAPPY. THEY HAVE FILED A PETITION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT -- DEMANDING COPIES OF EVERY INVESTIGATION REPORT. AND THEY WANT THEM WITHIN FIVE DAYS. TINA TENRET, NEWS7, DANVILLE))
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Drinking-Age

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE

College presidents are studying the possibility of lowering Virginia's drinking age.
The study is at the request of Attorney General Richard Cullen.
Such a move would make Virginia the only state to allow teen-agers to buy or possess alcohol.
Cullen says some students and college officials believe a lower drinking age would encourage youth who drink to do so on campus under supervision.
Five Virginia college students died in alcohol-related accidents in the past five weeks.

Gilmore

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Gilmore, Jim

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson will help governor-elect Jim Gilmore as he makes the transition.
Robertson is part of a bipartisan panel of 30 advisers, which also includes former Democratic Governor Doug Wilder and crime writer Patricia Cornwell.
Gilmore will be inaugurated January 17th.

E-Salem-Rezoning

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=djo
TAPE#97-73
GRAPHIC=None

Soccer and softball practices at Salem's Oakey Field are okay, according to a judge.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem/File Tape;
Oakey Field-TC=00:16:05

Council denied a rezoning and special-use request by two men who wanted to turn the ballfield into a used car lot.
The city made a deal to sell the property to Paul and Gary Duncan.
The contract required rezoning, though, and that was promptly turned down by council amid public outcries against the plans.
The Duncans could not be reached for comment.
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E-Little-Texas

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=lfi
TAPE#97-89
GRAPHIC=none

Fans of the country music band "Little Texas" may be singing the blues.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=04-November 23, 1994

The band's founder announced the nine- year- old band would split up peacefully at the end of this year.
Little Texas won the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year Award in 19-94 and had hits with songs like "My Love," "What Might Have Been" and "God Bless Texas."
Little Texas and all of its six members are scheduled to perform December 12 at Cattle Annie's in Lynchburg.
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ELNINO-STORMS

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE

El Nino is now making its presence known in California.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Weather officials say it's intensifying and diverting a major winter storm, pushing it toward the southern two-thirds of California.
The California coast could get socked as early as today.
SUPER=03-Eastern Australia;

El Nino has also brought unusually hot and dry weather to Australia, fueling more than a hundred brush fires and causing millions of dollars in damage.
Much of Indonesia has also been burning.
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(( DR. LARRY STOWE/NOAA): MANY RESPIRATORY AND HEALTH-RELATED AILMENTS,,,AND A FATAL AIRLINE CRASH AND A SHIP COLLISION HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO A DECREASE IN VISIBILITY RESULTING FROM THAT SMOKE. ))
SUPER=01-Dr. Larry Stowe/NOAA;
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OUT Q= FROM THAT SMOKE.
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VO-NAT

And scientists say there are other signs-- the "bleaching" of the tropical coral reefs, causing worries that a lot of the coral may die.
And the South African corn belt is starting to look like it may have to deal with drought.
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WEATHER
SUPER=300-40/50/West 21mph/29.72s/72/1994/17/1974;
SUPER=301-42/47/West 14-18mph/29.69f/73/1982/15/1974;
Forecasts
SUPER=X5000;
SUPER=330-Scattered/Snow Showers/28-32/Brisk with/Snow Showers/37-40;
SUPER=331-Cloudy/& Chilly/30-33/Snow Showers/Possible/38-42;
SUPER=332-Snow Showers/Near 2''/18-22/Windy with/Snow Showers/27-30;
SUPER=333-Scattered/Snow Showers/24-27/Light/Accumulation/32-35;
SUPER=334-Snow Likely/1'' to 2''/20-23/Snow Showers/3'' to 6'' Total/26-30;
SUPER=X5001;

unemployment

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=mel
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=unemployment

The already low unemployment rate has dropped even lower.
The Labor Department says the November jobless rate dipped to four point six percent, it's lowest level in 24 years.
Some 400- thousand jobs added to payrolls, nearly twice the growth economist expected.
Manufacturing, retailing, construction and temporary help firms were among sectors adding jobs.

VHSL

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-17
GRAPHIC=VHSL FOOTBALL

The countdown to kickoff is well underway as William Fleming and Heritage high schools brace themselves for championship Saturday tomorrow afternoon.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00

This was the scene outside of Fleming around 8:30 this morning as students, teachers and parents gathered around the school to give the Colonels a boisterous sendoff.
Fleming takes on defending state champion Hampton tomorrow at one o'clock at Norfolk State University.
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;

About the same time that party was taking place, another one was cranking up in Lynchburg.
Heritage high school plays Spotsylvania tomorrow afternoon just outside of Fredericksburg for the Division four state title.
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FFE

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#net (edit of EXTRA/S7-10)
GRAPHIC=WIPE WIPE WIPE
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Norfolk; :00

Yesterday workers uncovered the field at Norfolk State University the site of Saturday's Fleming-Hampton state title game.
The field is ready and so are the folks in Hampton, who have plenty of respect for the Colonels.
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((RONALD CURRY/HAMPTON QUARTERBACK:))
SUPER=01-Ronald Curry/Hampton Quarterback; :00
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VO-NAT

Roy Stanley spent yesterday in Hampton and Norfolk and he'll provide the bulk of our pregame coverage tonight at 11:35 on Friday Football Extra. take fullscreen-essC
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You can also take a peek at send-off ceremonies from both schools on the W-D-B-J homepage on the World Wide Web. Full sports coverage is instantly accessible on the Internet.
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NFL

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB97-5
GRAPHIC=OILERS/BENGALS

The N-F-L was going strong last night.
In the A-F-C Central
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Cincinnati, OH/ESPN; :00

Synergy Field at Riverfront stadium played host to the Bengals and Oilers.
This one was all Cincinnati. Corey Dillon scored four TDs as the Bengals went up 28-to-nothing and they win the game 41 to 14.
SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA/N.C. State vs. Ga. Tech; :00

If that isn't exciting enough how about this. With time running out N.C. State C.C. Harrison hits nothing but net at the buzzer as the Wolfpack upsets 22nd ranked Ga. Tech 71-to-69 in O-T.
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Skins

ANCHOR=Patrick
NEWSCAST=noon
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#ST5-31
GRAPHIC=REDSKINS

Despite some recent trouble, the Washington Redskins are still alive for not only a wild card spot but the N-F-C eastern division title.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Raljon, MD; ;00

This week they face another must win situation against Arizona, only now they must put their fate in the hands of 14 year veteran quarterback Jeff Hostetler to salvage their disappointing season.
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((JEFF HOSTETLER/REDSKINS QUARTERBACK:)) ((MARVCUS PATTON/REDSKINS LINEBACKER:))
SUPER=01-Jeff Hostetler/Redskins Quarterback; :00
SUPER=01-Marvcus Patton/Redskins Linebacker; :11
RUNS=:24
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VO-NAT con't
SUPER=03-Grambling, LA; :00

And one former Redskins who despised losing, Doug Williams the Super Bowl M-V-P in 19-88, returned to his alma mater yesterday to take over as the new head football coach at Grambling.
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((DOUG WILLIAMS/NEW GRAMBLING HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-Doug Williams/New Grambling Head Coach; :00
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OUT Q=....THANK YOU."
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First-Night

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Noon
WRITER=djo
TAPE#97-82
GRAPHIC=new year's

One of the fastest growing trends in the nation is returning to the Roanoke Valley at the end of the month.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
09:06:30-First night news conference;
Roanoke will be one of 180- cities nationwide to offer an alternative alcohol- free way to ring in the New Year.
First Night Roanoke is hosting its seventh event and this year new activities have been added, including a community interactive activity to benefit the less fortunate.
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(( WENDI SCHULTZ/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A GIANT MAZE OUT OF FOOD THAT'S GOING TO BE DONATED BY THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE BEEN SET UP IN ALL OF THE STORES. YOU CAN ALSO BRING THINGS THAT NIGHT. IT'S ABOUT 150- SQUARE FEET AND ALL OF THE FOOD USED DURING THE EVENING TO BUILD THIS WONDERFUL LABYRINTHIS GOING TO BE DONATED BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK. ))
SUPER=01-Wendi Schultz/Executive Director
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VO-NAT
First Night Button-TC=09:19:53

More than 100- performances and activities will be provided at this year's bash. Organizers are still recruiting volunteers. (----------------)