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1-News-Head
ANCHOR=Keith
Coming up on NEWS 7 at SIX:
The latest proposal to straighten out 221, the Road to Bent Mountain.
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VO-NAT
And the holiday season SHIPS into high gear- -as U-P-S is still recovering
from last Summer's strike.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, Steve Mason checks in with the Hokies and quarterback Al
Clark, who is recovering well from knee surgery.
UVa is frustrated after being left off the bowling team.
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VO-NAT eng#
And we'll see what the Fleming Colonels were up to today as they picked up
another piece of postseason hardware.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None
A light mix of rain and snow is on the way. Details on a Winter Weather
Advisory is on the way.
Route-221
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-82
GRAPHIC=Highway Improvements
If you've driven on Route 221 in southwest Roanoke County, you have plenty
of company.
It's one of the most heavily travelled two lane roads in our area.
Double Boxes=Keith and Andrew/Microwave
Andrew Freiden is at Cave Spring Junior High School, where the state
Transportation Department has just unveiled its latest proposal to improve the
road.
Live=Andrew Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Andrew1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;
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(Rollcue: getting behind the plan)
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SOT
IN Q=From what I can
SUPER=01-Carol Whiteside/Roanoke Co. Resident; :00
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :12
SUPER=01-Sue Hart/Roanoke Co. Resident; :32
SUPER=01-Fred Altizer/VDOT District Manager; :51
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OUT Q=the final state
Live=Andrew Full/Microwave
SUPER=05-Roanoke Co.;
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Double Boxes=Keith and Andrew/Microwave
(Keith question--if this all goes as planned, when will construction actually
start?)
Tinsley
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#97-76
GRAPHIC=Pete Tinsley
Pete Tinsley shot and killed Rick Knobel (kuh-NO-buhl) last February.
Today, he told a Roanoke County jury he acted in self- defense.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;
A night of drinking and an argument over a pick- up truck lead to the fatal
shooting.
Tinsley fired at least two shots as Knobel was trying to enter the
defendant's home on Bent Mountain.
Tinsley maintains he feared for his life, because of Knobel's size, and his
reputation for violence when he was drunk.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Legal Scales
But Knobel wasn't armed, and today prosecutor John Alexander told the jury
the shooting wasn't justified.
All the evidence is now in. The jury will get the case in the morning.
Hospital-Security
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-85
GRAPHIC=Shootinig
Management at the Danville Regional Medical Center is considering whether
security procedures need to be changed, after a shooting in the emergency room.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape;
The shooting occurred in the waiting area Friday night.
24-year-old Derrick Coles allegedly shot 21-year-old Darrell Bradner.
The only security guard on duty was UN- armed in accordance with hospital
policy.
The door to the waiting area does NOT have a metal detector.
The hospital president says he might not change that, thought he wouldn't
announce it, if he does.
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SOT 4:15:43
IN Q=I'm not sure
((LARRY DEPRIEST/HOSPITAL PRESIDENT: I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD MAKE ANY PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THOSE CHANGES THOUGH. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE
PROCEDURES TO PREVENT THINGS FROM HAPPENING, YOU DON'T ALWAYS ANNOUNCE THOSE TO
THE PEOPLE WHO MAY PERPETRATE THEM.))
SUPER=01-Larry DePriest/Hospital President;
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OUT Q=who may perpetrate them
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VO-NAT
DePriest says he cannot remember another shooting in the emergency room.
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Cabin-Lake
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-77
GRAPHIC=Fire Investigation
Fire officials in Danville think they may be able to determine WHERE the
fire started at the Cabin Lake apartments Thanksgiving night, by reviewing T-V
news footage of the fire.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/November 27
They admit they don't KNOW, for sure, whether News 7's tape of the fire
will aid in their investigation.
The videotape was the subject of a hearing in circuit court today, but the
judge did not make a ruling.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=Legal Scales
W-D-B-J's attorney said the fire marshal had improperly used a Fire
INSPECTION Warrant to seize the tape Friday.
The television station has declined to release out-takes of the fire
footage without a court order.
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HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE
The state teachers union and the Governor are at odds over the issue of
liability insurance. We'll have that story coming up on News 7 at Six.
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VO-NAT
and has the Teamsters strike earlier in the year effected U-P-S's ability to
handle the holiday rush? We'll have an update.
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Teacher-Liability
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-83
GRAPHIC=George Allen
Governor George Allen's found some extra state money to protect school
teachers from sometimes frivolous lawsuits.
And with it, maybe protect himself more from the teachers' union.
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SOT 05:17:47
IN Q=They ought
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE. AND THEY
SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT LAWSUITS. WHICH THEY WON'T. NOR SHOULD
THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR LIABILITY INSURANCE. I WANT TO BACK UP OUR HARD-WORKING
TEACHERS.))
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OUT Q=hard-working teachers.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=
But the Virginia Education Association -- which counts about two- thirds of
Virginia teachers as members -- says state law already requires local school
districts to have such insurance.
So EXTRA insurance is only paid for by the teachers themselves in case
they're fired or NOT covered by the local schools.
The traditionally Democratic- leaning V-E-A offers such insurance.
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SOT 05:33:00
IN Q=I think
((CHERI JAMES/VA. EDUCATION ASSOC.: I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION'S MOTIVATION --
AND I'D HATE TO GUESS WHAT IT IS SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD CONVERSATION'S IN OVER
FOUR YEARS. BUT I THINK IT'S DESIGNED TO CUT INTO PERHAPS INDIVIDUALS CHOOSING
TO JOIN ORGANIZATIONS...Like yours? LIKE OURS, EXACTLY.))
SUPER=01-Cheri James/Va. Education Assoc.;
RUNS=:19; WAIT FOR OUTQ!
OUT Q=like ours, exactly.
TALENT=Keith
SS=Education
The Governor will be going on many TV stations across the state tonight to
pitch a new college tuition tax credit he hopes to fund in his new budget.
The credit could be worth up to about 115- dollars a year in tax savings to
families who buy into the Virginia Prepaid Education Program.
That's after a new report shows that those who are buying the prepaid
college tuition contracts are overwhelmingly affluent and white.
Gilmore-Alcohol
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-73
GRAPHIC=Jim Gilmore
Virginians handily elected the Republican successor to Republican Governor
George Allen -- but a few things will be changing around Capitol Square.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
We asked Jim Gilmore if he'd enact a NO drinking policy for his staff like
Allen did in 1993.
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SOT 20:21
IN Q=Well I
((GOV.-ELECT JIM GILMORE: WELL I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO
YOU CAN STAY INFORMED. YEAH, I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED. WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION ON
THAT SOME TIME IN THE FAR DISTANT FUTURE.))
SUPER=@Gilmore;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=far-distant future.
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VO-NAT
But the Governor defends his "10 Rules of the Game for the A-Team" directive
from 1993.
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SOT 05:19:14
IN Q=Obviously
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN; OBVIOUSLY I WOULDN'T PUT POLICIES IN THAT I DIDN'T THINK
MADE GOOD SENSE. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE SOBER. THEY SHOULD BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE TASK THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEM FOR.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=them for.
TALENT=Keith
SS=George Allen
The Governor himself has been occasionally spotted by reporters having a
little beer mixed with orange juice at social events.
Inaugural
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-80
GRAPHIC=None
A re-enactment of Patrick Henry's "give me liberty or give me death" speech
at the Richmond church where it happened.
A trip to Gunston Hall-- home of George Mason -- the man who helped conceive
the ideas in the Bill of Rights.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;
Both are part of eight days of parties and "photo-ops" around the state
Governor- elect Jim Gilmore announced today that will lead up to his January
17th inauguration.
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SOT 22:22
IN Q=Governor Allen
((GOV.-ELECT JIM GILMORE: GOVERNOR ALLEN HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. BUT
WE WANTED TO PARTICULARLY ENHANCE THESE EVENTS, AND I WANTED MAKE SURE THAT
THEY HAD AN HISTORICAL QUALITY, CASTING BACK TO AMERICA'S REVOLUTION AND
VIRGINIA'S ROLES IN IT. AS WELL AS EXCITING, SPECIAL EVENTS IN ALL REGIONS SO
THAT WE CAN BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH.))
SUPER=@Gilmore;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=the Commonwealth.
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VO-NAT
The week kicks off with its only event in Southside or Southwest Virginia:
a ball at Abingdon's Martha Washington Inn.
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Stocks
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE
The stock market was mixed today, with the
hi-techs having a good session.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
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The Dow dropped 38 points to close at 81 hundred 11.
NASDAQ gained nearly 18 points.
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UPS
ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-78
GRAPHIC=UPS
It's 17-days before Christmas.
And already the holiday SHIPPING rush is on.
This is the busiest time of year for shipping companies.
And one company, United Parcel Service, hopes the season brings back
customers UPS lost during last summer's strike.
Scott Goldberg has more.
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SOT
IN Q=For veteran
SUPER=03-Roanoke; 00
SUPER=01-Warren King/United Parcel Service; 28
SUPER=@Scott1; 51
SUPER=01-Mary Patton/U.S. Postal Service; 1:01
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OUT Q=SG, News-7.
((For veteran drivers like Mike Walton, the month between Thanksgiving and
Christmas has always been hectic at United Parcel Service.
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SOT 10:57:49
IN Q=it's our
((MIKE WALTON/DRIVER:IT'S OUR BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR.))
RUNS=:01
OUT Q= THE YEAR
But this year it's not quite as busy as Christmases past.
UPS lost 350-million dollars' worth of business during the Teamsters union
strike last August.
This holiday season, UPS is trying to win back its customers.
??NATSOUND SEQUENCE: "thank you"--"all right, have a good day" at 10:56:06
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SOT 10:13:28
IN Q=we did
((WARREN KING/UNITED PARCEL SERVICE: WE DID LET OUR CUSTOMERS DOWN. BUT WE'RE
PUTTING THAT BEHIND US. CERTAINLY WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO PROVE EVERY PART OF
THE YEAR THAT WE'RE THE BEST SERVICE OUT THERE.))
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=OUT THERE
NATSOUND: TAPING BOXES
UPS expects to move as many as 35-thousand packages through the Roanoke
distribution center on the season's busiest days.
The division manager says that's getting back to where business should be.
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SOT 10:13:06
IN Q=Nationally
((WARREN KING: NATIONALLY WE'RE STILL DOWN A COUPLE OF PERCENT, BUT MOST OF OUR
CUSTOMERS ARE COMING BACK.))
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IN Q=A LOT
((SCOTT GOLDBERG/REPORTER: A LOT OF THE CUSTOMERS WHO LEFT UPS DURING THE
STRIKE BROUGHT THEIR PACKAGES TO THE POST OFFICE. SOME OF THAT BUSINESS STAYED
HERE. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY IT ALREADY HAS BEEN A BUSY SEASON FOR THE POSTAL
SERVICE.))
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SOT 12:36:11
IN Q=we expect
((MARY PATTON/U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: WE EXPECT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE VOLUME
THAN WE EVER HAD.))
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OUT Q=WE EVER HAD
Holiday cards are already pouring into the Post Office, where they're hiring
extra workers to keep up with the rush.
pre pro
Federal Express is also doing well.
The company picked up 800-thousand extra packages during the 3-week UPS
strike,
and FedEx has held onto 15 percent of that new business.
natsound break at UPS office?
Still, there are some holiday shippers whose loyalty never wavered.
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SOT 10:20:15
IN Q=I always
((CHRIS MARSHALL: I ALWAYS USE UPS. ))
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OUT Q=UPS
And that's the attitude U-P-S is truck pulling away
looking for as it tries to leave behind memories of last summer's crippling
shutdown.
Scott Goldberg, News-7.))
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Sports Tease
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#SPORTS TEASE
GRAPHIC=NONE
Coming your way tonight in sports, the Fleming Colonels didn't win the state
title, but today they picked up a prestigious award.
A Friday Football Extra star picks his college.
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VO-NAT eng#
And Steve Mason talks with Virginia Tech quarterback Al Clark, who is looking
forward to getting back on the good foot against the Heels in the Gator Bowl.
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S-Tech
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=TF97-2
GRAPHIC=Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is the stage for Virginia Tech and North Carolina's 27th
meeting.
Steve Mason says the Hokies view their January first date with the 7th
ranked Tarheels as a shot at turning around a late season fall.
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IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Charlottesville/November 29th; :00
SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :17
SUPER=01-Todd Washington/Va. Tech Center; :52
SUPER=01-Al Clark/Va. Tech Quarterback; 1:19
SUPER=@Steve1; 1:40
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OUT Q=...News 7 sports"
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S-UVA
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VF97-2
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA FB
Unfortunately for many football fans in the state, the Virginia Cavaliers
are the odd man out in the bowl equation.
Despite finishing the season at 7-and-4, Virginia is home for the Holidays.
And George Welsh is none to happy.
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SOT
IN Q=AUDIO FULL
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OUT Q=...LIKE THIS."
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pinnacle page --
And need only look at the these two bowl game to prove Welsh's point.
The Cavs beat both Clemson and Ga. Tech during the regular season, yet they
are bowling in the Carquest and Peach bowls and Virginia is not.
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S-Tiki
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB97-2
GRAPHIC=VIRGINIA
The Virginia may not be bowling, but a couple of its alumni sure are shining
in the NFL.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Miami, FL/ESPN; :00
In last night's Lions-Dolphins game at Pro Player stadium, Herman Moore
caught this touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter for Detroit on the left
hand side of the field.
And he then shifted to the right side to catch the two point conversion that
tied it up. The Lions would eventually lose by 3.
SUPER=03-E. Rutherford, NJ/Fox;
And how about Tiki Barber. Yesterday with Tyrone Whatley out with an injured
ankle he rushed for 114 yards and caught this 11 yard TD pass from Danny
Kannell as the Giants stay on top in the NFC East.
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S-Panthers
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB97-3
GRAPHIC=NONE
WIPE TO ENG#
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Charlotte, NC/January; :00
Tonight the Panthers take on the Dallas Cowboys in Irving, Texas in a game
involving two other teams on the verge of being eliminated from the playoff
chase.
Last season the Panthers were home at Ericsson stadium putting a hurting a
Cowboys in the playoffs and getting ready to play for the NFC championship in
Green Bay.
Which ever team loses tonight will be without a wildcard chance.
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S-Civitan
ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB97-4
GRAPHIC=CIVITAN SPORTSMANSHIP
The William Fleming Colonels got a mouthful of Tidewater style football this
past Saturday in the Division State championship, and the poor sportsmanship
exhibited by the champion Crabbers no doubt left a bad taste in their mouths.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
But this afternoon some of that bad crab taste was taken away as the Colonels
were given the Civitan Club of Roanoke's prestigious Sportsmanship award at a
noon luncheon.
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SOT
IN Q="WHEN THEY...
((GEORGE MILLER/FLEMING HEAD COACH:))
SUPER=01-George Miller/Fleming Head Coach; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=...AND CHARACTER.
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VO-NAT CON'T
One of those young men, Josh Berry received a $500 scholarship from the
Civitan Club. Needless to say he was shocked.
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SOT
IN Q="bite
((JOSH BERRY/FLEMING ))
SUPER=01-Josh Berry/Fleming Senior; :00
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=...IT GOT IT."
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ANCHOR=Keith
(toss to Jean)
NEWSCAST=6
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TAPE#Promo
Nearly 60 million dollars worth of capital improvement projects are up for
debate tonight in Bedford County.
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
Jean Jadhon's here to tell us more..
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;
Keith, Bedford supervisors and the county's planning commission will ask the
public tonight what IT wants to see done over the next five years.
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VO-NAT
Some of the big ticket items include 25 million dollars for three
badly-needed elementary schools and another eight million dollars in
renovations to other county schools.
Other projects include money for closing the county landfill and renovating
the Bedford museum.
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Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom
Residents will have a chance to let their elected officials know which
improvements they want to see made.
That meeting gets underway at 7:30.
We'll have that story and more tonight on News 7 at 11--Keith?
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Talent=Keith
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