WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/04/98

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[Night-Flooding]

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Heavy rain and melting snow have left much of the region soaked tonight.
Small streams, creeks and rivers are leaving their banks.
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The Roanoke River is expected to peak about five feet above flood stage.
David Johnson is standing by the River.
David, what's the latest?
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Jean, most of the water damage was done earlier today. Some people in the outer areas of the Valley were forced from their homes and now, they are just trying to get things cleaned up.
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((JANICE REEDY/BLUE RIDGE RESIDENT; OUR MOBILE HOME WAS ALMOST FLOODED. WE HAD TO GET OUR CRIPPLED GRANDSON OUT BEFORE IT FLOODED.))
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Reedy's family was among several living in a trailer park in Blue Ridge that was evacuted after a small backyard creek spilled it's banks.
The Reedy's stayed at one of two shelters set up by the local Red Cross, waiting for a green light to return home to see what's left.
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((JOHN DOOLEY/BLUE RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT; FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL AND WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED, WE THINK IT'S SAFE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO COME BACK AT THIS TIME.))
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Some endured the storm and are busy cleaning up the aftermath.
Earlier, 40-or more roads in Roanoke and a number of them in the County were blocked off due to heavy rains.
Public drains were unable to handle the additional water, making for hazardous driving conditions.
Some streets in low-lying places in Vinton were also closed as Glade creek overtook the front yards and homes of some residents.
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((I HAD A SUB PUMP, THE MOTOR BURNED OUT AND IT'S GONE. THE MOTOR BURNED OUT SO ALL OF THE BACK UP IS COMING INTO THE BASEMENT.))
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All this inclimate weather over the past day or so has caused additional power outages for American Electric Power customers in central and western Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Some roads in Roanoke that were previously blocked off because of high water have been reopened but motorists are still cautioned to not drive over roads where the street is not visible.
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David, you mentioned earlier about the Roanoke River Cresting at 15-feet. What about the James River, any danger of it flooding?

[Highland-Storm]

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The storm sent a mixture of heavy snow and rain through parts of Rockbridge County.
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Officials evacuated four adults and two children and set up an emergency shelter because of flooding.
Some people say the high water caught them off guard.
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((RANDOLPH JOHNSON/GLASGOW RESIDENT: I'VE BEEN LIVING IN GLASGOW FOR 10 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE WATER GET IN HERE, AROUND THE BUILDING LIKE THIS BEFORE.))
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Rockbridge County officials declared a county-wide state of emergency.
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[School-Closings]

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We have a few school announcements for you tonight.
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[Jean reads the closings from the screen]
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[Williams]

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The woman who killed a Virginia Tech student in a car crash was acquited today on drunk driving charges.
Tina Tenret tells us what happened.
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((48-year-old Evelyn Williams was found innocent of driving under the influence and involuntary manslaughter.
About a year ago, she hit 20-year-old Daniel Kelly as he walked on the side of a Virginia Tech road with his girlfriend.
Williams says she had two double vodka tonics before leaving the house that night -- but Virginia Tech police waited six hours to give her a blood test.
In court, experts could not determine if Williams was drunk when she killed Kelly.
Judge Ray Grubbs dismissed all charges.
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((MARC LONG/DEFENSE ATTORNEY: IT'S A TRAGIC SITUATION. I'M VERY SORRY FOR THE KELLY FAMILY. BUT MY CLIENT'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT TOO. AND FOR SOMEONE, SHE WAS NOT GUILTY. SHE WAS NOT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE THAT EVENING. EVIDENCE BORE THAT OUT.))
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((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: BUT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY PHIL KEITH SAYS CERTAIN EVIDENCE WAS NEVER ADMITTED. FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAYS FIELD ALCOHOL TESTS TAKEN AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT WERE IGNORED BECAUSE THE POLICE OFFICER LOST HIS NOTES. ACCORDING TO KEITH, EVELYN WILLIAMS FAILED SOME OF THOSE TESTS.))
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((MICHAEL KELLY/VICTIM'S FATHER: NOW A WOMAN WHO ADMITTED ON THE STAND UNDER OATH THAT SHE DRANK TWO DOUBLE VODKA TONICS THEN DROVE AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER WILL BE BACK ON THE RAOD. SO THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE THE ONES IN DANGER.))
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The Kelly family plans to file a civil lawsuit against Evelyn Williams.
Tina Tenret, News7, Montgomery County))

[Cable-Car]

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Italian authorities may press charges against a marine pilot after yesterday's deadly cable car accident.
The marine jet cut a cable- a car full of skiiers dropped 200 feet to their deaths.
Allen Pizzey has the latest.
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((From the cable car station the site of the crash is a smudge in a picture-postcard landscape.
But up close....twisted metal and bits of ski gear lie frosting over in the blood-stained snow...a rallying point for those already demanding that the American pilot be prosecuted...military flights stopped and even NATO bases closed. Local residents say the accident was waiting to happen. The cable car lines are well known, this man says...but the planes do what they want.
This time, a U-S plane flew under the cable and cut it. The local newspaper referred to Americans planes as "playing war games with skiers. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi called the incident "an act of tragic recklessness"..."a terrible disgrace"...and vowed that justice must be done. The initial investigation is being conducted by Italian police. Depending on how agreements covering NATO bases and U.S. training flights are interpretted...a criminal prosecution is a possibility.
A U.S. marine air safety team is on its way to conduct its own investigation at the crash site and to co-operate with the Italian authorities. Lawyers employed by the U.S. military will also be on hand just in case this ends up in an Italian criminal court. Allen Pizzey, CBS News.)) Toss-2-Robin Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey
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Still to come on the 11, charter schools are another step closer to reality,
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and if one state senator has his way, the proposed higher education center in Roanoke will lose ALL its state funding.

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[Frith]

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Real Estate Broker Earl Frith now says he doesn't believe he made two 8-thousand dollar cash deposits.
The government contends the deposits are proof that Frith was trying to avoid the requirement to report cash transactions over 10-thousand dollars.
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Frith spent much of the day on the witness stand.
He insisted the handwriting on the deposit slips is not his.
To prove the point, his lawyer showed the jury cancelled checks Frith wrote around the same time the cash deposits were made in 1989... to compare the handwriting.
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Judge James Turk asked why Frith said he HAD made the two 8-thousand dollar deposits -when asked about it in 1991.

The conversation was recorded by the I-R-S and played for the jury this week.

[State-Budget]

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A shotgun aimed at the Roanoke Valley.
That's how state Senator John Edwards describes a budget amendment filed today.
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Isle of Wight Senator Richard Holland has proposed eliminating all state support for the proposed Roanoke Higher Education Center.
Governor Jim Gilmore had already cut 3-point-6 million dollars from the nine million Governor George Allen had proposed.
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[Charter-Schools]

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They're public schools, free from most of the rules for existing schools-
And today, charter schools became a sure bet in Virginia.
The State Senate approved charter schools after five years of debate.
The House of Delegates has the votes in place for final approval tomorrow.
Ellen Qualls has the debate.
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(( Black senators who lived through the days of segregated schools and massive resistance saw it as a question of race.
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((SEN. HENRY MAXWELL: MAYBE NONE OF YOU HERE TODAY REMEMBER THOSE DAYS BUT I DO VERY WELL. I DO NOT NEED A RESEARCH TEXTBOOK TO FIND OUT INFORMATION BECAUSE I LIVED IT.))
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((SEN. HENRY MARSH/D-RICHMOND: CAN WE AFFORD TO EXPERIMENT WITH OUR CHILDREN?))
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((SEN. JOE GARTLAN/D-FAIRFAX: WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER.))
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((SEN. WARREN BARRY/R-FAIRFAX: I SAY IT'S NOT A WHITE FLAG. I THINK IT'S A BATTLE FLAG. IT'S A BATTLE FLAG THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA TRY A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.))
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These bills have strict requirements.
Only two charter schools can be created per district.
They'd be approved by the local school boards.
But beyon that, they'd have almost NO regulations and rules beyond the new academic standards.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

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Congress is giving former President Ronald Reagan an early birthday present,
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and one of the wealthiest men in the world gets creamed today in Belgium.
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[Georgian-Dancers]

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A cultural treat tonight in Danville.
Performers from half-a-world away danced to the music and spirit of their homeland.
Christy (HUH-blee) Hubley shows us the sights and the sounds.
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(( The beat of the drums.
The exquistite costumes.
The fast and furious feet.
These dancers are from Georgia.
No, not the southern state.
Georgia, the former Soviet Republic.
Sponsored by the Danville Area Association for the Arts and Humanities, these dancers came to share the beauty and the art of their people.
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((INGA SUKHISHVILI/CHOREOGRAPHER: SOME DANCES ARE EVOCATIVE OF THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE AND SOME DANCES REPRESENT PEOPLE LIVING ON THE SHORES AND SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN THE VALLEYS. AND SO THEIR DANCE REFLECT THEIR LIFESTYLES.))
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The dancers must rehearse before each performance.. to adjust to the size of the stage.
And when the curtain opens, the music of their ancestors stirs something inside them.
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((ILIA SUKHISHVILI/DANCER: WHEN YOU ARE DANCING FOLK DANCES ON THE STAGE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE FROM THE INSIDE TO FIND THE OLD TRADITIONAL FEELINGS OF THIS DANCE.))
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((CHRISTY HUBLEY/NEWS 7: THE GEORGIAN STATE DANCE COMPANY IS NOW ON A THREE MONTH TOUR OF THE US, CANADA, AND PUERTO RICO. THE DANCERS WILL DO 75 PERFORMANCES. EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY TIRE OF THE TRAVELLING AND THE REHEARSALS, THEY SAY ITS EASY TO COME ALIVE WHEN THEY FINALLY HIT THE STAGE.))
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((TEA DRHER/DANCER: WHEN YOU GO THE STAGE, YOU FORGET EVERYTHING, ANY PAIN, BECAUSE YOU ARE INSIDE OF THIS. YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THIS AND THIS IS YOUR LIFE REALLY.))
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From Danville, the Georgian State Dance Company goes on to Annapolis Maryland and Washington DCTERMS.
The troupe will return to their native land in April. [NATS CLAPPING]
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Christy Hubley, News 7, Danville.))
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[Reagan-Airport]

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A Birthday present for Ronald Reagan is taking flight.
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The Washington National airport is apparently being renamed for Reagan just in time for his 87th birthday.
Both the house and Senate passed a bill today to rename the Airport.
It would either be called the the Ronald Reagan National airport or the Ronald Reagan Washington National airport.
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[VA-Beach]

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The storm is not just hitting our region-
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It stretches across the State- hitting coastal areas especially hard.
High winds and driving rains pounded down in Virginia Beach.
Forecasters say high tides could reach 5 feet above normal all along the coast.
A scary experience for at least one couple- happy with their decision to rent before buying.
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((WE'VE GOT A NEW LIGHT ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE HERE THE POWER OF THE OCEAN. WE RESPECT THAT NOW.))
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[TN-Snow]

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The storm is also causing havoc in Tennessee.
Hundreds of cars and trucks got stuck on Interstate 40- trapped by snow and ice.
This traffic jam stretched over twelve miles.
Two trucks worked frantically to clear vehicles away.
Some motorists abandoned their cars, for fear of running out of gas while trying to keep the heat going.
Others stuck it out, and by late today traffic was starting to move again.
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[S-Extra]

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Jim Kelly could be back in the N-F-L next season and Tech, Virginia and V-M-I hit the jackpot on national signing day.
But first our Extra Point A source told the A-P today that Mike Tyson is on the verge of breaking away from promoter Don King.
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The report says that Tyson is frustrated over his banishment from boxing.
Tyson made about 112 million dollars in six fights after his release from prison in 1995. But he reportedly owes 7 million in unpaid taxes and is down to 150 thousand dollars in liquid assets and he blames the situation on King.
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[Sports Tease]

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And coming up, Three football Players from Jefferson Forest sign with in state schools.
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And Jim Kelly could be wearing a Baltimore Raven uniform in the N-F-L next season.
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[S-Tech]

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Virginia Tech came into tonight's game against Fordham having lost 10 of its last 11 games.
Steve Mason says the ball finally started bouncing the Hokies way as they down the Rams 89 to 70.
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[Am-UVA]

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Virginia's Norman Nolan scored 26 but it wasn't enough as Florida State beats the Cavaliers last night in Charlottesville 71 to 63.
Virginia loses its fifth straight game and drops to 10 and 13 overall and 2 and 8 in the conference. [PINNACLE BOARD(99051)]
And tonight on your hometown station Duke and North Carolina square off at 9 in a match up between the top two ranked college teams.
That's it for Sports, Have a great day everybody.

[S-Wake]

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In other A-C-C action last night, Wake Forest was on the road for a key amatch up against N.C. State.
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[SUPER=03-Raleigh, NC/JP-RAYCOM SPORTS; :]

Dave Odom giving instructions to his five freshman that started the game.
Guard Robert O'Kelly gets the ball stripped but picks it up and lays it back in as Wake took the early lead.
But the Wolfpack got hot from the outside Tim Wells pulls up and hits the baseline jumper giving State a 2 point lead.
The Wolfpack then took it inside as [SUPER=33-Wake Forest/68/N.C. State/62/;]Kenny Inge takes the ball to the Hoop
and scores off the glass but Wake wins it 68 to 62.
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[PINNACLE BOARD(99051)]
And don't forget tonight at 9 on your hometown station the big A-C-C showdown between top ranked Duke and second ranked North Carolina.
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[S-Kelly]

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Former Buffalo Bill quarterback Jim Kelly could be back in the N-F-L next season.
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Kelly wants to play for the Baltimore Ravens and his brother-agent Dan Kelly says they hope to have a deal by the end of the month.
Kelly will be 38 in jusr over a week he would have to go through a physical and workout to determine his conditioning.
Kelly retired after the 1996 season he was a color commentator for N-B-C last season.
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Tech breaks a losing streak at the Cassell. More later on Mornin.

[S-College]

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It was national signing day for seniors and three players from the area signed with in state schools this afternoon.

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Virginia Tech, Virginia and V-M-I hit the jackpot this afternoon as three Friday Football extra players at Jefferson Forest held a news conference today and signed with those respective schools.
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Meantime, Danville quarterback Chanson Rodgers committed to Virginia but today he signed a letter of intent to play at Marshall University. He will get a chance to play quarterback for the Thundering Herd.
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A practical joker left Microsoft's Chairman with egg on his face.
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..or at least pie.
Bill Gates got a face full of custard pie today in Brussels Belgium.
It's unclear why Gates was targeted, although the attack was caught on camera.
Apparently one person distracted Gates while another threw the pie at him.
There was reportedly a stack of cakes ready to go in case Gates was able to dodge the first attack.
Police have two people in custody.
One is a Belgian man who has struck at celebrities before.
He tried to hit the Pope with a pie last year, but was stopped before getting close to the Pontiff.
A Microsoft spokesperson says Gates handled the attack with some grace, but was disappointed the pastry wasn't very tasty.
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