WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/05/98

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Train-Wreck

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-97
GRAPHIC=Train Derailmet

Norfolk Southern blames the weather for a train derailment this morning in Glasgow.
As Scott Goldberg reports, crews are working around the clock to clean up the damage.
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(( It shut down one of Norfolk Southern's major routes.
It dumped a locomotive and gallons of diesel fuel into the Maury river.
It created a logistical nightmare for a railroad that must now find detours for daily shipments of freight.
But everyone who saw it said it could have been a lot worse.
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((CHIEF RICHARD SPANGLER/GLASGOW VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT))
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But the rain was bad enough to wash away 250 feet of track.
Five of the freight train's 20 cars derailed.
The two men on board -- a conductor and an engineer -- jumped into the river and swam to safety.
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((CHIEF RICHARD SPANGLER/GLASGOW VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT))
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Now it's up to the crews working around the clock.
Their job is to lift the derailed cars out of the Maury river, rebuild the washed away truck, and contain as much fuel as possible, before the rushing river carries it away.
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((SCOTT GOLDBERG/REPORTER: IN THE WAKE OF THE DERAILMENT, NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAID IT IS LUCKY THE TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD THE TRAIN WERE NOT HURT. IT IS LUCKY THE ONLY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ONBOARD WAS DIESEL FUEL IN THE LOCOMOTIVE. AND THE RAILROAD SAID IT WILL BE VERY LUCKY IF IT CAN GET THE TRACK UP AND RUNNING BY THE WEEKEND. SCOTT GOLDBERG, NEWS-7, GLASGOW.))
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Blevins

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tte
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

A school employee in Montgomery County now faces charges of having sex with a child.
34-year old Michael Blevins was arrested Tuesday at Shawsville High School, charged with 15 counts of fornication and 30 other counts including sodomy.
State police say the victim is 16 years old but she is NOT one of Blevins' students.
The crimes allegedly occurred last summer in Smyth County, where Blevins taught high school in the 1980's.
He is currently a Montgomery County wrestling coach and math teacher but has been suspended WITH pay until trial.
State police say they plan to press similar charges against Blevins in other jurisdictions.

Bent-Mountain

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=jda
TAPE#=97-92
GRAPHIC=Winter Wx

The Roanoke Valley may have dodged a major snowstorm this week, but some communities are still coping with difficult conditions.
Bent Mountain in Roanoke County was especially hard hit... A thick layer of ice there has broken limbs and taken down power lines.
Joe Dashiell reports, residents will have to wait for their electric service to be restored.
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IN Q=Bent Mountain is no stranger
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00
SUPER=01-John Lancaster/Bent Mountain Resident; :11
SUPER=01-Don Powell/American Electric Power; :43
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OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke County

((Bent Mountain is no stranger to snow and ice, but residents say this is the worst winter weather they've seen in a long time.
John Lancaster should know. He's lived here for almost 70 years.
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((We had one a few years back that was almost this bad, but it didn't break the power lines down like it has today. I drove out a while ago, I was shocked to see how many poles had snapped and how many lines are down. We're going ot be a long time getting power back.))
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The evidence is everywhere, from the pasture to the power lines coated with a thick layer of ice. NAT SOUND OF WIRES BEING CLEARED
And the injuries that will be evident long after the ice has melted.
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((The majority of everything is blocked by trees that are down. WE've got an awful lot of wires and poles that are down up here, just slow going, huh? Yeah, we're making efforts but it's slow going.))
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American Electric Power estimates that 12-hundred customers on Bent Mountain, more than 5000 throughout the region are without power. For many of those people, it may be the weekend before their power is restored.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke County))

VA-Beach

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Hold Winter Wx

It's a muddy mess along the east coast-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Virginia Beach;

including Virginia Beach.
Dozens of beachfront homes are flooded, roads are crumbled and most everything is covered in mud.
In the Sandbridge section, high waves washed away pilings on a number of oceanfront houses- and part of the main road caved in.
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Cincy

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE
wipe wipe wipe
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Cincinnati, OH;

In Cincinnati people are digging out from a suprise snowstorm.
The city got nearly a foot of snow-
It was freezing rain causing trouble in other parts of Ohio- one car ended up propped up on a guardrail.
SUPER=03-San Bruno, CA;

And across the nation in California- it is mudslides and flooding jangling nerves.
It's the latest in a chain of drenching storms moving in off the Pacific Ocean.
Several hillside homes have been evacuated in the San Francisco area-
Levees have washed away and forecasters are predicting at least two more major storms.
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Toss-2-Robin Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE

Still to come on the 11, a jury continues to decide the fate of a former realtor accused of money laundering,
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VO-NAT
and aides for President Clinton may cite executive privilege to avoid answering questions from the special prosecutor.
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Frith

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=Earl Frith

At this hour, federal jurors are deliberating the money laundering case against Earl Frith.
Closing arguments consumed the entire day.
The 73-year old realtor is accused of structuring bank deposits to avoid reporting more than 10-thousand dollars in cash receipts.
Frith allegedly deposited 16-thousand dollars- -in two separate transactions in 1989... money from drug smuggler Javier Cruz.

Clinton-Intern

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=Clinton

President Clinton spent the day meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair-
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington, DC;

Tonight the order of business was a state dinner at the White House.
But the meetings took a back seat to questions about former intern Monica Lewinsky-
President Clinton says some of his aides could be instructed not to answer some questions under the doctrine of executive privilege.
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((SHOULD IT ARISE I WILL AWAT A RECOMMENDATION FROM WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL ABOUT THE INSTITUTINOAL RESPONSE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND WHEN I GET IT, THEN I'LL MAKE A DECISION.))
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VO-NAT

Meanwhile special prosecutor Kenneth Starr says the investigaiton is making significant progress but he says investigators want to talk face to face with Monica Lewinsky.
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Trie

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

A friend of the President pleaded innocent today to charges he raised illegal campaign contributions and tried to buy influence in high places.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Washington, DC;

Charlie Trie fled to China last year just as Congressional investigators began looking into his fund raising acitrivies-
But he returned voluntarily to this country and surrendered to FBI agents.
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((CHARLIE TRIE IS A GOOD HONRABLE AND DECENT MAN. )) butt to 15:14:33 ((ANY EFFORT TO MAKE HIM THE HEAVY IN THIS POLITICAL SCANDAL WILL FALL OF IT'S OWN WEIGHT.))
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Trie donated or raised about 662-thousand dollars for the Democratic National Committee.
It was later returned because of suspicions about how the money was raised.

Clerk-Shooting

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-98
GRAPHIC=Shooting

Two Lynchburg men could face life in prison for shooting a convenience store clerk during an attempted robbery last summer.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Rustburg

Both 21-year old Rodney Keith Holland and 19-year old Derek Dewayne Smith were found guilty on nine charges today in connection with the crime at Foster Fuels last August.
Police say both men had guns when they entered the store, but it was Smith who shot clerk Matthew Longerbeam in the head.
Longerbeam survived but still has a bullet fragment in his brain.
Sentencing for the two men is set for April.
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Oral-History

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11p
WRITER=sta
TAPE#98-4
GRAPHIC=NONE

The Virginia Museum of Transportation wants to preserve an important part of railroad history.
The museum is gathering the oral histories of retired black railroad workers to make sure their efforts aren't lost to time.
Stacey Martin has the story.
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SUPER=01-Carroll Swain/Roanoke City Council; :37
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((Being a black railroad worker for Norfolk and Western was perhaps more bitter than sweet in the early 1930's.
The job had few perks or promotions but, as Al Holland recalls workers made the best of a bad situation.
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((AL HOLLAND/RETIRED RAILROAD WORKER: THEY TOOK COTTON AND MADE SILK. THEY SENT CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR JOBS AND THAT WAS WHAT YOU ACCEPTED, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU WENT.))
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Holland may have kept his story to himself until Roanoke Councilman Carroll Swain pointed out it was exactly the kind of history this Norfolk and Western exhibit was missing.
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((CARROLL SWAIN/ROANOKE COUNCILMEMBER: THIS STORY WAS GOING IGNORED. THE ONLY STORY THEY HAD THE MUSEUM WHEN I WENT TO VISIT IT WAS A TRAIN PORTER TAKING THIS BAGGAGE FROM A TRAVELLER))
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Swain got together with officials of the Virginia Transportation Museum to fill in the missing pieces-- retired, black Norfolk and Western workers and stories of their experiences and contributions.
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((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING: THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROJECT WILL WRAP UP SOMETIME IN EARLY MARCH. AFTER THAT, THE MUSEUM HOPES TO MAKE A TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE BLACK WORKERS WHO TRAVELLED THESE TRACKS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. STACEY MARTIN, NEWS 7, ROANOKE.))
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Tease#2

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tbr

There is a silver lining behind this week's storm clouds. We'll tell you what it is next,
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VO-NAT
and later an international incident is shaping up as two prominent politicians refuse to share their toys... it's a battle over Winnie the Pooh.
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Rehab-Clinic

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-96
GRAPHIC=NONE

A local rehab program is helping set national standards for patients who've suffered industrial or work injuries.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

The patient's progress with physical therapy is documented and sent to a national database called the (EYE-zern-hay-gen) Isernhagen program.
The information is then compared with others across the country and recommendations are made regarding treatment and when the patient can return to work.
Physical therapy patients at Rehab Services of Roanoke are taking part in program.
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((TINA CADDEN/PHYSICAL THERAPIST:FOR INSTANCE SOMEONE WHO HAD A LUMBAR DISCECTOMY WHICH IS A LOW BACK SURGERY CAN BE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERSON WITH A SIMILAR HISTORY IN CALIFORNIA...WERE THE TREATMENTS DIFFERENT? DID THEY GET BETTER FASTER IN ONE PLACE THAN THE OTHER AND THAT MIGHT CHANGE HOW WE APPROACH OUR CARE.))
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VO-NAT

The data is confidential for each patient.
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Carvin's-Cove

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=TST
TAPE#98-7
GRAPHIC=NONE

How about one item of GOOD news from the recent rains?
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;

The Carvin's Cove reservoir is full again.
Carvin's Cove is Roanoke's primary water supply.
Water started spilling over the dam on Sunday afternoon. Almost a foot of water is now pouring over the spillway.
City officials say the cove hasn't been full since June 25th of last year.
The city is not encouraging people to start taking 20-minute showers, but the cove now contains enough water to last for about a year-and a-half -- even if we don't get another drop of rain.
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Forecasts
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SUPER=332-Winter Advisory/Rain & Sleet/31-33/Freezing/Drizzle/33-36;
SUPER=333-Light Rain/Freezing Rain/30-33/Cloudy With/Light Rain/36-40;
SUPER=334-Winter Advisory/Rain & Snow/28-32/Cloudy With/Rain & Snow/30-34;
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S-Extra

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Extra
GRAPHIC=Sports Logo

Let's go straight to our Extra Point. Heavyweight Mike Tyson says he's moving on with his life taking control of his personal affairs by forming Mike Tyson Enterprises.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-New York, NY; :

Tyson was in New York today as part of a World Wrestling Federation press conference announcing that he will participate in a pay per view event but not as a wrestler.
Tyson denied reports that he slapped and kicked Don King in Los Angeles this weekend and he had no comment on a split from King. Now, Here's the numbers.
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Am-Roanoke

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#BB98-1
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Logo

A big night over at the Bast Center last night as the Roanoke College Maroons hosted the Eagles of Bridgewater.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Salem/Maroons vs Eagles; :

The Maroons huddle around head coach Page Moir.
The Eagles got off to a rough start Justin Bourne loses the ball and Roanoke's Dewayne Bullock passes to Kyle Murphy for the layup and the lead.
Still in the first half Bridgewater shakes it off Cameron Fairchilds takes it to the hoop and passes to Jason Jones for the score.
But Roanoke answered Nathan Hungate
SUPER=33-Roanoke/73/Bridgewater/70/;passesto Bullock who shots from the
outside scoring the basket and the Maroons go on to win the game 73 to 70.
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AM-Women

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#BB98-2
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Logo

The Lady Maroons hosted Randolph Macon at the Bast Center.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Salem/Maroons vs Yellow Jackets; :

The Yellow Jackets setting up a play during a time out.
Randolph-Macon's Lindsey Carney goes inside and gets the easy basket in the second half of the game.
But the Lady Maroons get it to Toree Morris who passes it to Jessica Ficaro who hits the outside jumper.
Then in the final two and a half minutes of the game the Yellow Jackets
SUPER=33-Randolph-Macon/70/Roanoke/54/;go to Allison Beightol who passes to
Bren Elliott for the score and Randolph-Macon won 70 to 54.
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AM-ACC

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S8-3
GRAPHIC=ACC Logo

North Carolina won the showdown between the top two ranked teams beating Duke last night 97 to 73.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/JP-RAYCOM aaSPORTS; :

The Tar Heels with the home court advantage at the Dean Dome.
And Chris Carter hits the turn around jumper in the first half to tie the game at 4 to 4.
But the Blue Devils go on a four to nothing run moments later Roshown McCleod gets out on the break for the score.
North Carolina works for the easy shot Ed Cota passes to Antawn Jamison who scores two of his 35 points as Carolina took the lead.
The Blue Devils trailed 50 to 34 at SUPER=33-UNC#2/97/Duke#1/73/;the half
here going to Trajon Langdon for the three But North Carolina goes on to win it 97 to 73.
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It will be a Grand old Time at the Roundhouse tonight. I'll tell you why in the next sports segment.

Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

And coming up, We'll show you the lineup for the Bud Shootout, formally known as the Busch Clash.
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VO-NAT ENG#

And a couple of Roanoke College freshman basketball players are taking their game to the class room.
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AM-Express

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=ICE98-2
GRAPHIC=Express

Hockey History Weekend faces off later tonight at the Round House when the Roanoke old timers take on the Greensboro old timers. The game begins at 5:45.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke/last night; :00

Claude Piche and Peirre Paiment played together 25 years ago for the Roanoke Valley Rebels. They will play.
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((CLAUDE PICHE'/FORMER ROANOKE VALLEY REBEL:))
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VO-NAT(Con't)
SUPER=04-File;

Saturday night; Pierre should be one of 10 lumanaries inducted into the first Roanoke Hall of fame class at the first intermission of the Express/Toledo game.
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((PIERRE PAIMENT/EXPRESS GENERAL MANAGER:))
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Am-Moves

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#==S8-2
GRAPHIC=None
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00

Express rookie Chris Cantu; who was called up by Roanoke AHL affiliate Saint John, has been loaned by the Flames to Rochester American for a third string goalie. No time table on when he will return to Roanoke. Also, forward Mike Peron has a sprained right shoulder and will be out anywhere from five days to two weeks. The injury occured in the Huntington game in the second period.
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S-Hoops

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=BB98-3
GRAPHIC=Hometown Hoops

This edition of Hometown Hoops takes place in the class room where two Roanoke College freshman basketball players are teaching spelling and math rather than just X's and O's.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke; :23
SUPER=01-Charles Godfrey/Virginia Heights Second Grader; :36
SUPER=01-Stephanie Rockwell/Program Creator; :45
SUPER=03-Roanoke/1997 High School Season; : 58
SUPER=01-Brad Dunleavy/Roanoke College Freshman; 1:12
SUPER=01-Colby Leftwich/Roanoke College Freshman; 1:25
SUPER=01-Kenny Parker/Virginia Heights Second Grader; 1:42
SUPER=01-Hilliary Scott/Roanoke Assistant Coach; 1:49
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((STEVE MASON:)) ((NAT SOUND:))
((These second graders are starting to believe in themselves more than ever. Every Thursday; since January; the youngsters have been spending the afternoon with Brad Dunleavy, Colby Leftwich and assistant coach Hilliary Scott working on their studies. ((CHARLES:)) ((STEPHANIE:))
Colby and Brad have been best friends since childhood. Leftwich played at Patrick Henry before joining the Maroons. Dunleavy, who stared at William Fleming for a few seasons, will be a physical education major. The freshmen have already had an impact in the ODAC but it is away from the spotlight and with these kids where the biggest impression has been made on them. ((:)) ((:)) The sessions are also about encouragement and confidence building. The teachers make sure to balance learning, fun and some friendly competition. ((:)) ((:))
The tutoring has been so successful; Virginia Heights and Roanoke College will continue this winning system even after basketball season. Steve mason Hometown Hops Weekly.)) ((
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AM-Bud

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=11pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=DAYTONA S'WAY

The starting grid for Sunday's Bud Shootout, formally known as the Busch Clash, is all set.
Mark Martin drew the top spot yesterday while Dale Jarrett wasn't so lucky.
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go to pinnacle board
And don't forget to join MIke Stevens this Saturday night at 7:30 for a special half hour look at the upcoming Winston Cup season.
The "Dash To Daytona" begins right here on WDBJ-7.
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That's it for Sports. Have a great day everybody.

Lipinski

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=JJA
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

World champion figure skater Tara Lipinski is hoping to get a jump on the competition.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Nagano, Japan;

She arrived early for the Winter Games.
Her first order of business: practice on the ice where she hopes to win an Olympic gold medal in two weeks.
Lipinski said she wanted to be in Nagano early so that she could march in tomorrow's opening ceremony.
The 15 year old practiced her jump combination of two triple loops- a move which no other competitor even attempts.
Lipinski's biggest competition may be from fellow American Michelle Kwan
Kwan is expected in Nagano next week.
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Video

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=11
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#Net
GRAPHIC=NONE

A member of the British Parliment is trying to get a New York Library to return the five antique stuffed animals that inspired A-A Milne to write his Winnie the Pooh books.
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VO-NAT

Gwyneth Dunwoody says the tattered Pooh toys look unhappy in their display case in the Children's Room at the Donnel Library.
He claims the animals are a part of British heritage and should be repatriated.
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giulianni says the Brit's efforts to get the stuffed animals returned to their homeland are much a POOH about nothing.
Giuliani says that Pooh and his friend have a good enviroment where they are.
He says the so called Pooh Five are well loved and are inspiring for children to read.
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