WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 02/05/98

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Thirty-Weather

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7NRV-SNOW

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GRAPHIC=winter storm

Heavy snow was predicted for the New River Valley yesterday -- but all residents THERE got was a wet, wintry mix.
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SUPER=03-Montgomery Co./Yesterday;

Roads in Southwest Virginia were wet all day-- not slick.
There were several creeks and streams that left their banks, but as of last night, there were no major flooding problems.
YESTERDAY MORNING, emergency workers had a lot less to do than they expected.
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SOT 1:13
IN Q=ALL PUMPED UP
((All PUMPED UP, WAITING FOR THE SNOW, WAITING FOR WRECKS, WAITING FOR POWER TO GO OUT, READY FOR WRECKS. AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING. ))
SUPER=02-Martha Spencer/Montgomery Co. Dispatcher;
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OUT Q=NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
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SUPER=03-Giles Co./Yesterday;

At elevations above three thousand feet, snow, ice and high winds made road conditions treacherous.
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7E-Highland-Storm

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TAPE#97-92
GRAPHIC=Flooding

An area that DID get hit with snow AND rain yesterday was Rockbridge County.
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SUPER=03-Glasgow;

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.))
SUPER=01-Randolph Johnson/Glasgow Resident;
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Rockbridge County officials declared a county-wide state of emergency.
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7S-Williams

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TAPE#597-56
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

A woman charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Virginia Tech student was found NOT guilty by a Montgomery County circuit court judge.
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SUPER=03-Blacksburg/January 12, 1997;

48- year- old Evelyn Williams of Blacksburg hit 20- year- old Daniel Kelly a year ago, as he and his girlfriend walked by the side of the road.
Williams says she drank two double vodka tonics with dinner, which she finished about an hour before the accident.
Police waited six hours after the accident to give her a blood test.
Experts clashed sharply in court yesterday on whether she was under the influence when she struck Kelly.
Police reports show her car never left the travel lane.
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7E-Frith

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Real Estate Broker Earl Frith's handwriting has become part of his defense in denying he made two eight-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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SUPER=03-Roanoke

Frith spent much of yesterday 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.

7Weather

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Your Thursday forecast includes more of the same -- light rain and drizzle and a bit of a winter mix in some areas...
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7BIRTHDAYS! 2/6/98
Friday:

SUPER=130-38/Scott Helmick/Salem;

SUPER=130-8/Brittany Dalton/Willis;

SUPER=130-9/Kayla Williams/Goodview;

SUPER=130-/Connie Brown/Elliston;

SUPER=130-2/Ashley Lyle/Roanoke;

SUPER=130-5/Ashley Bobbit/Radford;

No Pictures:

SUPER=131-/Gary Bilbra/Roanoke;

SUPER=131-2/Codie Wood/Wirtz;

SUPER=131-/Dorothy Martin/Snow Creek;

SUPER=131-/Steve Jordan/Snow Creek;

SUPER=131-/Sue Thompson/Snow Creek;

(Anniversary)
SUPER=131-/Larry & Linda Akers/Snow Creek;

SUPER=131-39/Debra Early/Roanoke;

SUPER=131-54/Wayne Carroll/Christiansburg;
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45High-Water

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TAPE#97-
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Yesterday's winter storm on top of last week's snow has caused flooding problems in the Roanoke Valley.
And more rain is in today's forecast.
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SUPER=03-Blue Ridge/Last Night;

Some Blue Ridge mobile park residents were evacuated yesterday as water began to rise in a nearby creek.
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((JANICE REEDY/BLUE RIDGE RESIDENT; OUR MOBILE HOME WAS ALMOST FLOODED. WE HAD TO GET OUR CRIPPLED GRANDSON OUT BEFORE DID FLOOD.))
SUPER=01-Janice Reedy/Blue Ridge Resident;
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Red Cross emergency shelters were set up at W.E. Cundiff in Vinton and the Salem Civic Center, providing hot meals, warm beds and medical treatment.
While others prayed for snow.
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SOT-03:33:46
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((MARTY HOWELL/VINTON RESIDENT; BRING THAT SNOW IN. WE WANT TO SEE THAT SNOW COME IN. THAT WILL STOP A LOT OF THIS FLOODING HOPEFULLY FOR A TIME BEING, YOU KNOW.))
SUPER=01-Marty Howell/Vinton Resident;
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Several streets throughout the valley were blocked off before the high waters began to recede.
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45Charter-Schools

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TAPE#net (edit of 97-97)
GRAPHIC=Session 98

A final vote of approval is expected today for Charter schools.
Yesterday the State Senate approved the program and today the House of Delegates debates the issue.
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SUPER=03-Richmond;

Charter schools are public schools that are freed from some regulations so they can try innovative methods.
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((SEN. HENRY MARSH/D-RICHMOND: CAN WE AFFORD TO EXPERIMENT WITH OUR CHILDREN?))
SUPER=01-Sen. Henry Marsh/(D) Richmond;
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OUt Q=our children?
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Four of the Senate's five black members voted against the bill, saying it would return Virginia to the days of Massive Resistance to desegregation.
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sot 12:38:45 BRUCE
((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.))
SUPER=01-Sen. Henry Maxwell/(D) Newport News;
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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 beyond that, they'd have almost NO regulations and rules beyond the new academic standards.
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45E-State-Budget

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Roanoke's Higher Education Center could be in financial jeopardy.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;

In a budget amendment filed yesterday Isle of Wight Senator Richard Holland proposed eliminating all state support for the proposed Center.
Governor Gilmore had already cut 3-point-6 million dollars from the nine million Governor George Allen had proposed.
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45Weather

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8S-Bedford-Fire

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Amid all of yesterday's rain, a home near Huddleston was heavily damaged by a stubborn fire.
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SUPER=03-Bedford Co.

Around noon, crews from three volunteer fire companies were called to a house off Roachtown Road in southeastern Bedford County.
A neighbor had reported smoke coming from the roof of the single- story brick building.
Firefighters were attempting to ventilate the house when the blaze erupted out a front window.
Authorities say strong winds and a driving rain made it difficult for crews to get a handle on the fire.
They spent more than three hours, trying to extinguish flames that had reached into the roof.
No one was home when the fire broke out.
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8High-Water

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GRAPHIC=flooding

A few areas of the Roanoke Valley WERE flooded yesterday, causing some residents to seek shelter on higher ground.
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SUPER=03-Blue Ridge/Last Night;

Some Blue Ridge mobile home park residents were evacuated yesterday as water in a nearby creek began to rise.
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((JANICE REEDY/BLUE RIDGE RESIDENT; OUR MOBILE HOME WAS ALMOST FLOODED. WE HAD TO GET OUR CRIPPLED GRANDSON OUT BEFORE DID FLOOD.))
SUPER=01-Janice Reedy/Blue Ridge Resident;
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OUT Q=did FLOOD.
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Red Cross emergency shelters were set up at W.E. Cundiff in Vinton and the Salem Civic Center, providing hot meals, warm beds and medical treatment.
While others prayed for snow.
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((MARTY HOWELL/VINTON RESIDENT; BRING THAT SNOW IN. WE WANT TO SEE THAT SNOW COME IN. THAT WILL STOP A LOT OF THIS FLOODING HOPEFULLY FOR A TIME BEING, YOU KNOW.))
SUPER=01-Marty Howell/Vinton Resident;
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Several streets throughout the valley were blocked off before the high waters began to recede.
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8Shelter

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GRAPHIC=flooding

People who sought shelter yesterday at W.E. Cundiff in Vinton are back home this morning.
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SUPER=03-Vinton;

Red Cross Volunteer Mike Stephens says his beds have been empty since last night around 10 pm.
That's when E-M-S personnel informed families that their homes were no longer in the danger area.
Stephens says he's happy the shelter's empty, but it won't be closing up shop just yet.
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SUPER=03-Salem;

The water is still running quickly through Salem, but the shelter at the Civic Center is empty as well.
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8E-State-Budget

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TAPE#98-2
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The Roanoke Valley could suffer financially if a new state budget amendment is passed.
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SUPER=03-Roanoke/File Tape;

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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