06:00-01
1-Schools
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Alderson Elementary School in Greenbrier County, West Virginia is closed
today due to high water.
All other schools in the county will be open.
There will be no buses running from Alderson to other schools.
E-Jessie
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-96
GRAPHIC=Jessie
No first degree murder conviction for the Dickenson County man charged with
killing his four- year- old stepdaughter.
But Kenneth Jessie still faces 50-years in prison for second degree murder
and child abuse.
Teresa Hamilton reports-- the jury's decision came down after listening to
intense closing arguments.
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SOT
IN Q=You're no
SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :10
SUPER=01-Nancy Dickenson/Kenneth Jessie's Attorney; :39
SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:09
RUNS=1:23
OUT Q=NEWS 7, Christiansburg.
(((/////SOT/////)
3:18:00
SOT
IN Q=You're no doubt
((NANCY DICKENSON/KENNETH JESSIE'S ATTORNEY: YOU'RE NO DOUBT ANGRY THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO A LITTLE GIRL, A FOUR YEAR OLD, A
DEFENSELESS, PRECIOUS PRETTY LITTLE GIRL. ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=little girl.
Those were some of the sentiments shared by Kenneth Jessie's attorney as she
tried to convince jurors to convict her client ONLY of child abuse-- NOT first
degree murder.
To do so--Nancy Dickenson attempted to place the blame on Jessie's wife---
saying it was Elizabeth who killed four year old Annie by placing a gag inside
her mouth.
The child, who was severely beaten, suffocated to death last spring, after
she was tied to her bed, inside the family's Dickenson County mobile.
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SOT
IN Q=What killed
((NANCY DICKENSON/KENNETH JESSIE'S ATTORNEY: WHAT KILLED ANNIE WAS THE RAG THAT
ELIZABETH JESSIE PUT IN HER MOUTH AND TAPED OVER. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=taped over.
The commonwealth concedes the little girl could've gagged to death-- but
during closing arguments put a slightly different spin on the story-- one that
placed even more of the blame on the child's stepfather.
Prosecutors say Kenneth Jessie was the one who tied Annie to her urine soaked
bed in such a way-- the position of her body-- was enough to suffocate her--
even without a gag.
TAKE SU
The jury recommended the maximum 50- year sentence.
The same sentence facing Jessie's wife.
She pleaded guilty to second degree murder and child abuse earlier this
week.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7, Christiansburg.))
E-Fatal-Fall
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#=97-95
GRAPHIC=NONE
Police found a body at the bottom of a deep storage pit in Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The body was apparently badly decomposed when authorities pulled it out of
the storage unit.
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SOT 07.17.22 - 07.17.36
IN Q=When I arrived
((SGT. T.L. CARMICHAEL/ROANOKE POLICE DEPT.: WHEN I ARRIVED HERE WE FOUND AN
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MALE DECEASED. HE HAD BEEN LOCATED ABOUT 25 FEET DOWN INTO
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WATER STORAGE AREA.))
SUPER=01-Sgt. T. L. Carmichael/Roanoke Police Dept.
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=water storage area.
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VO-NAT
Two youngsters reportedly spotted the body alongside the Professional Arts
Building at 30 West Franklin Road.
A janitor at the building estimated the body was in the storage unit two or
three days and that the victim suffered a broken neck.
Police say they aren't sure how the man got into the stairwell or the cause
of his death.
The investigation continues.
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UNABOMBER
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Kaczynski, Ted
Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski is being kept under a 24-hour suicide
watch.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Sacramento, CA;
Yesterday, authorities in Sacramento said Kaczynski may have tried to hang
himself with his underwear.
Today, Kaczynski is expected to appear in court for another hearing.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors will discuss plans to give him a mental
evaluation.
Yesterday, Kaczynski agreed to the tests, hoping to be allowed to represent
himself when his trial resumes.
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BONO
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Bono
Pop star turned politician Sonny Bono will be buried today in Palm Springs
California.
Among mourners expected at the funeral service are scores of his fellow
members of Congress and his show business colleagues, including his ex-wife
Cher.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Palm Springs, CA;
4:00:46
Hundreds of mourners filed through a Palm Springs church for more than
three hours last night paying their respects to Bono.
Bono was killed Monday in a skiing accident.
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One-Steve
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#M98-1
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Record
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;
(roll cold out of break)
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SOT
IN Q=welcome back
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon; :00
SUPER=13-Lenore Rowe/Rodeo Performer; :23
SUPER=24-January 1997; :34
SUPER=12-Salem; 1:16
RUNS=2:54
OUT Q=News 7 Mornin' returns
TapeTosses to break
Stocks
Comm
5-TLC
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#598-01
GRAPHIC=tap
A clerical mistake could mean the end of the Roanoke Valley's only
longterm housing for the homeless.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The Transitional Living Center provides shelter for about 65 people.
The facility offers food and helps take care of children while their
parents try to find a job.
But when it came time to apply for housing and urban development funds,
--the shelter's parent organization- Total Action Against Poverty, did not mail
six pages of the form.
The shelter was immediately disqualified for 300-thousand dollars.
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SOT 3:32:38
IN Q=If you'd been operating
((ELLEN BROWN/TOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY: IF YOU'D BEEN OPERATING ... NO
POINTS FOR THAT.))
SUPER=01-Ellen Brown/Total Action Against Poverty;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=points for that
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VO-NAT
The future of the shelter is uncertain-- the money equalled about two
thirds of the shelter's budget.
Brown says the Transitional Living Center now needs the community's help to
keep the facility open.
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Weekend-Promo
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=dse
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE
We're about to welcome a new newscast to the W-D-B-J lineup.
News-7 Saturday Morning and News-7 Sunday Morning begin this weekend.
Double Boxes=Mel & Denise/Andrew
Denise Allen and Andrew Freiden will be hosting the newscasts.
Are you guys getting excited?
(Denise and Andy adlib)
2-shot Denise and Andrew
ANCHOR=Denise
Of course we'll have the best coverage of news, sports and weather that
you've come to expect of News-7
ANCHOR=Andrew
But we'll also have lots of things you won't see anywhere else.
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VO-NAT
ANCHOR=Andrew
On Saturday we'll have features like Time Off.
Each week Kimberly will introduce us to a getaway here in Southwest
Virginia.
ANCHOR=Denise
We'll also have Eye- On- Virginia, where we take an in-depth look at the
events and organizations affecting Southwest Virginia.
ANCHOR=Andrew
And we'll sample the best recipe's from all across the area in Weekend
Diner.
ANCHOR=Denise
Then on Sunday, we'll dust off the News-7 archives and take a look at area
history through Virginia Newsreel.
ANCHOR=Andrew
Tonya Flory will have the latest health information on HealthCheck.
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2-Shot Denise and Andrew
ANCHOR=Denise
And in Virginia Profiles, the News-7 team will take an in-depth look at the
people making news across the Commonwealth.
ANCHOR=Andrew
All that and more coming your way on News-7 Saturday and Sunday Morning.
ANCHOR=Denise
That starts tomorrow morning at eight.
Double Boxes=Denise/Andrew & Mel
So Melanie, you better get up early and check us out!
(everybody ad lib)
Two-Steve
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#MR-1
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Record
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;
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SOT
IN Q=Titanic is an
SUPER=13-Anna Wentworth/Arts Reviewer; :00
SUPER=18-"Titanic"-Paramount; :13
SUPER=18-Anna's Grade "A"; 34
RUNS=:38
OUT Q=up to the hype
(( "Titanic" is an amazing achievement. The scope is colossal; special
effects bring the event to life and give the tragedy authenticity. However it
is the love affair between a passenger in steerage, played by Leonardo de
Caprio; and Kate Winslet a lovely first class passenger trapped in a loveless
engagement, that makes us care about this sinking ship.
The story moves easily between a salvage operation in the present and
reminiscences from a one hundred year old woman who was a Titanic survivor.
"Titanic" gets and A. It's one of the few blockbuster movies that actually
lives up to the hype.))
Steve Live
Double Boxes=SPa & KMC
(Toss to Kimberly)
Kaczynski
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=Kaczynski
Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski is under a suicide watch in his Sacramento
jail cell.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Sacramento, CA;
Authorities say yesterday he tried to hang himself with his underwear.
Today, kaczynski is expected to appear in court for another hearing.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors will discuss plans to give him a
psychiatric exam.
Yesterday, Kaczynski agreed to the tests, hoping to be allowed to represent
himself when his trial resumes.
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NAT-WX
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=MEL
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=severe weather
Eastern Canada and parts of northern New York and New England remain
crippled by a deadly ice storm.
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VO-NAT
UP TO MINUTE--5:00:31
SUPER=03-Vermont;
It's part of a huge weather system stretching through the southern United
States.
SUPER=03-Quebec, Canada;
At least six people have died, and millions of Canadians are without power.
SUPER=03-Tennessee;
Farther south, the same system has produced devastating rainstorms and
flooding that have taken nine lives.
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Flash-Flooding
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#net (edit of 97-94)
GRAPHIC=Flooding
And closer to home, ten families were evacuated from their homes in Goshen
yesterday as the Maury River threatened.
But through most of western Virginia, flooding caused only minor problems.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Rockbridge Co.;
Rockbridge County appears to have suffered the worst flooding.
The high water blocked route 39, and threatened homes in Goshen and
Rockbridge Baths.
In the Roanoke Valley, the threat of serious flooding had passed by
mid-afternoon... providing a spectacle, but few concerns for residents.
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Fatal-Fall
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#97-95
GRAPHIC=NONE
A body was found lying in a steep, storage unit last night alongside The
Professional Arts Building in Roanoke.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Roanoke police and firefighters pulled the body of a white male from the
unit.
It was apparently badly decomposed.
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SOT 07.17.22 - 07.17.36
IN Q=When I arrived
((SGT. T.L. CARMICHAEL/ROANOKE POLICE DEPT.: WHEN I ARRIVED HERE WE FOUND AN
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MALE DECEASED. HE HAD BEEN LOCATED ABOUT 25 FEET DOWN INTO
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WATER STORAGE AREA.))
SUPER=01-Sgt. T. L. Carmichael/Roanoke Police Dept.
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=water storage area
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VO-NAT
A janitor at the building said two youngsters discovered the body and that
the victim suffered a broken neck.
Police are not sure of the cause of death--and their investigation
continues.
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S-Muldoon
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#97-82
GRAPHIC=Patrick Muldoon
Congressman Rick Boucher's opponent in the last election wants another
chance to unseat him.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg
Yesterday, Patrick Muldoon announced that he's seeking the ninth district
Republican nomination.
Muldoon is an engineer at the Celanese plant in Narrows.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm back
(( ))
SUPER=01-Patrick Muldoon/(R) Candidate for Congress;
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=southwest Virginia.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None
Radford doctor Joe Barta is also expected to seek the G-O-P nomination.
Three-Steve
ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#M98-1
GRAPHIC=NONE
On Record
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;
Roll cold out of birthdays
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SOT
IN Q=this mornin' we
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon; :00
SUPER=13-John Hayden/Rodeo Clown; :16
SUPER=12-Salem; :24
RUNS=2:36
OUT Q=pretty appreciative I'd say
Steve Live
(I'll call for board)
ESS#8700
(toss to Melanie)
Double Boxes=SPA & MEL
4-schools
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Flooding is still causing problems for some school systems.
In Augusta County, Craigsville elementary is closed. All other schools in
Augusta County will be delayed two hours.
In Greenbrier County, Alderson Elementary is closed. All other schools will
be open, but no buses will run from Alderson.
Jessie
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#net (edit of 97-84)
GRAPHIC=Jessie
Kenneth Jessie was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his part in the death
of his four- year- old stepdaughter.
A Montgomery County jury found the 35- year- old man guilty of child abuse
and second degree murder.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;
In closing arguments the defense said the child died because of the actions
of Jessie's wife--- arguing it was Elizabeth who killed four- year- old Annie
by placing a gag inside her mouth.
The child, who was severely beaten, suffocated to death last spring, after
she was tied to her bed, inside the family's Dickenson County mobile home.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=What killed
((NANCY DICKENSON/KENNETH JESSIE'S ATTORNEY: WHAT KILLED ANNIE WAS THE RAG THAT
ELIZABETH JESSIE PUT IN HER MOUTH AND TAPED OVER. ))
SUPER=01-Nancy Dickenson/Kenneth Jessie's Attorney;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=taped over.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Prosecutors say Kenneth Jessie was the one who tied Annie to her urine
soaked bed in such a way-- the position of her body-- was enough to suffocate
her-- even without a gag.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE
The jury recommended the maximum 50- year sentence.
The same sentence facing Jessie's wife.
She pleaded guilty to second degree murder and child abuse earlier this
week.
E-TLC
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-88
GRAPHIC=Tap
November may mean the closing of Roanoke Valley's only longterm homeless
shelter due to a simple clerical slip-up.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
The Transitional Living Center offers food, beds and the chance for families
to find work.
All this depends on money from Housing and Urban Development.
But shelter leaders at TAP - or Total Action Against Poverty - forgot to
mail part of this year's application for funds --
so the shelter was automatically disqualified.
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SOT 3:30:28
IN Q=I'm just devastated
((ELLEN BROWN/TOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY: I'M JUST DEVASTATED. THIS IS VERY
CLOSE TO OUR HEART AND TO THE HEARTS OF MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS
AN EFFECTIVE VERY MUCH NEEDED PROGRAM.))
((JACQULEN BURKS/SHELTER RESIDENT: SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE I'VE GOTTEN MY CHILDREN
INTO COUNSELING, I GO TO SCHOOL FOR COMPUTERS, SOMEPLACE TO STAY FOR LONGTERM
TIL I CAN GET MY SCHOOLING DONE.))
SUPER=01-Ellen Brown/Total Action Against Poverty;
SUPER=01-Jacqulen Burks/Shelter Resident; :15
RUNS=:26
OUT Q=schooling done
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VO-NAT
The shelter planned to get 300-thousand dollars in national funds.
Without that money -- shelter leaders say they'll need community support to
avoid closing.
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S-Danville-Shooting
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-92
GRAPHIC=Shooting
Friends of a Danville store owner who was shot during a robbery are hoping
the power of prayer can help speed his recovery.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Danville/Monday; :00
An unknown gunman shot Fred Bevill twice in his downtown bookstore Monday
afternoon.
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :05
Lynchburg mayor Jim Whitaker also owns a Christian bookstore.
He's asking other booksellers across the nation to pray for Bevill's
recovery.
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SOT 11:21:09
IN Q=In today's society
((JIM WHITAKER/LYNCHBURG MAYOR: IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHO
MIGHT WALK IN YOUR DOOR AND WHAT THEY MIGHT DO. SO WE STARTED THIS PRAYER CHAIN
SO THAT WE CAN ALERT OTHE PEOPLE TO IT, AND I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY IN PRAYER.
I BELIEVE THAT THE LORD HEALS AND FORTUNATELY MR. BEVILL IS ON THE WAY TO
RECOVERY.))
SUPER=01-Jim Whitaker/Lynchburg Mayor; :00
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=way to recovery.
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VO-NAT
Bevill was listed in fair condition at the Danville Regional Medical Center.
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Report-Cards
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Education
Now schools will have the same report card worries as students.
The State Board of Education yesterday adopted a plan to send parents report
cards on individual public schools.
Parents will get the numbers to compare how their children's learning
environment measures up.
The reports are another part of outgoing Governor George Allen's campaign to
raise school standards and increase accountability to parents.
The reports are expected to start going to parents in early fall.
Cops-Coaches
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sta
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE
Some Roanoke County cops will be picking up a new beat--on the playing
field.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;
Officers like Dale Clark will be coaching high school student athletes as
part of the "Cops for Coaches" Program.
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SOT 16.07.14 - 16.07.31
IN Q=I coached a
((OFC. DALE CLARK/ROANOKE CO. POLICE: I COACHED A LITTLE BIT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE BALL AND I UMPIRED AND I REALLY RESPECTED
UMPIRES AT THAT TIME WHEN I WENT THROUGH THAT AND I LEARN SOMETHING EVERYDAY.
SO, WHATEVER I LEARN I CAN TRY TO PASS ON TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
IT.))
SUPER=01-Dale Clark/Roanoke Co. Police Dept.;
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=hear about it.
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VO-NAT
Police and school board officials kicked-off the program yesterday.
It targets "at risk" youths--giving them an opportunity to build a rapport
with police officers.
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SOT 16.00.31 - 16.00.46
IN Q=At home, for
((MIKE STOVALL/CHRMN. ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL BOARD: AT HOME FOR EXAMPLE THERE MAY
BE PEER PRESSURE THAT YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN WITH YOUR PARENTS AND TELL THEM ABOUT
A PROBLEM BUT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WALK UP TO THE POLICE OFFICER AND SAY HEY,
I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. A LOT OF TIMES COACHES CAN DO THAT. A LOT OF TIMES COACHES
FORM THAT BOND WITH THEM AND THEY CAN DO THAT.))
SUPER=01-Mike Stovall/Roanoke Co. School Board;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=can do that.
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VO-NAT
The Department of Criminal Justice has put up the funds for "Cops for
Coaches."
Officers will take to their new posts next month.
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4-scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=NONE
It looks like Barry Switzer's coaching days with the Dallas Cowboys are over.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
There are reports this morning that Switzer has resigned after the Cowboys
failed to make the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
For more from sports world here's a look at the scoreboards.
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WIPE TO MOTION
SUPER=#556
SUPER=x5027;
SUPER=0098-/Radford/50/j/UNC Asheville/53//Eric Parker 18
points//Roanoke/63/j/Rand-Macon/69///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Clemson/66/j/Wake Forest/70///j/N. Carolina #1/96//Ga. Tech/75///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-j/St. Andrews/91//Longwood/77///j/Clinch Valley/70//Averett/69///;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-/Va. Tech/74/j/Xavier/83//Women//Maryland/60/j/Virginia/86//Women/;
SUPER=x5009;
SUPER=0098-j/Roanoke/71//Lynchburg/54//Women//UNC
Asheville/80/j/Radford/81//Women/;
SUPER=x5029;
SUPER=0104-/Jacksonville/2/j/Pee
Dee/3///j/Mississippi/3//Tallahassee/1//Raleigh at Express - Tonight/;
RUNS=:42
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OUT Q=....last score."
by SS