WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 06/23/98

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Next on News 7-
A truce tonight in the fight over Roanoke Valley tourism funding.
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Cows were the target of a shooting in Pittsylvania county-
And a woman claims she got more than a tan when using a tanning bed- We'll explain a possible danger to look out for.
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[Jean]
News 7 at eleven is next.

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Good Evening.
Plans to build a new high school in Roanoke county will go forward-
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A disagreement between the school board and supervisors had put the plan on hold- but we'll tell why school construction can now move ahead.
[Super=03-Daytona Beach, FL]

Some Virginia firefighters are in Florida helping battle wildfires.
Since Sunday 80 new fires have broken out everyday-
[super=03-Washington, DC;]

Did birds come from dinosaurs? 120 million year old fossils back up that claim.
[super=04-File Tape;] Plus Actress Maureen O'Sullivan known best as Tarzan's Jane... has died.
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[talent=Jean]

Join us for News 7 at Eleven.

[County-Schools]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[TAPE#=98-51 11:26]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke Co. Schools]

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors and the School Board have buried their latest disagreement to keep school construction projects on course.
Last week, the County Supervisors halted funding
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
for the first phase of school construction until an advisory board could be established.
Today, the school board gave its okay to the committee, which will include two school board members, two supervisors, the school superintendent and county administrator.
The School Board initially balked at the idea, fearing the group had authority to control the projects and make decisions.
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((WILLIAM IRVIN/SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN; IT'S MORE OR LESS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO KEEP EVERYBODY AWARE SO THAT THERE, HOPEFULLY, WON'T BE ANY SURPRISES ON EITHER SIDE AND THAT BOTH SIDES CAN IN FACT BE MADE AWARE IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS AND WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THEM.))
[SUPER=01-William Irvin/School Board Chairman;]
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[OUT Q=solve them.]
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[Supervisors]

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The supervisors also approved the idea at their meeting later in the day.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

Having won the argument, they were downplaying their disagreement with members of the school board.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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The new committee will meet this week to define the scope of renovations at Burlington and Clearbrook Schools, and the new construction of Bonsac Elementary.
The two boards hope to work out any remaining issues before construction bids expire early next week.[Rke-Tourism]

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[TAPE#=98-41 52:08]
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There was also a thaw tonight in relations between the Roanoke County Supervisors and the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

The supervisors restored funding they froze two weeks ago.
They did NOT offer additional money the Visitors Bureau had requested for tourism promotion.
Still, both groups were hopeful that future budgets will bring a closer relationship.
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((DAVE KJOLHEDE/CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU: THEY'RE IN A SITUATION NOW WHERE MONEY IS TIGHT FOR THEM. I DO THINK WHAT I HEARD TODAY, THEY SAY IN THE FUTURE BE PATIENT AND WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT YOU AND I TAKE THAT AS A REAL POSITIVE.)) ((BOB JOHNSON/SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN: IT'S STILL A GOOD CAUSE. ONE THAT WE'RE WILLINGLY GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN, BUT ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. THAT'S THE KEY WORD FROM THIS YEAR. THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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The supervisors approved 107-thousand 500 dollars for the tourism agency.

[L'burg-Airport]

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A public hearing tonight did little to resolve the issue of WHO should be running the general aviation terminal at the Lynchburg airport.
Steve Smallshaw tells us city council could be faced with the unpleasant task of putting one of their own colleagues out of business.
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[SUPER=01-Judy Connelly/Airport Commission Chair; :20]
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[SUPER=01-Stewart Hobbs/Virginia Aviation; :51]
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(( For twelve years, Virginia Aviation has been the fixed base operator at the Lynchburg regional airport.. providing fuel, maintenance and flight services for the private and corporate planes there.
But the airport commission says Virginia Aviation, owned by councilman- elect Stewart Hobbs, has done nothing to stimulate new business at the airport or in central Virginia.
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((JUDY CONNELLY/AIRPORT COMMISSION CHAIR: I HAVE SEEN ITS AVIATION SERVICES STAGNATE AT BEST, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW TERMINAL.)) [RUNS:07]
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((JERRY AUSTIN/PRIVATE PILOT: IF THIS FBO WERE PART OF A CHAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO BOYCOTT THEIR OTHER OPERATIONS, BASED ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER SOMETIMES.)) [RUNS:09]
[OUT Q=offer sometimes.]

The commission wants South Carolina- based Hawthorne Aviation to take over.
Hawthorne promises it can create more than 120- thousand dollars in annual profits within the first five years.
Hobbs makes no such guarantees, but he feels there's something to be said for staying local.
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((STEWART HOBBS/VIRGINIA AVIATION: WE'VE BEEN HERE TWELVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. I'M LOCAL, I PLAN TO STAY HERE. OUR COMMITMENT IS TO LYNCHBURG, IT IS TO AVIATION IN LYNCHBURG.)) [RUNS:12]
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((City council will be faced with what amounts to a no- win situation when they vote next Tuesday, the day BEFORE Stewart Hobbs takes office. They can put him out of a job if they award the contract to Hawthorne, or be accused of favoritism if they stay with Virginia Aviation. Steve Smallshaw, News7, Lynchburg.)) [RUNS:16]

[OUT Q=News7, Lynchburg.]))[Franklin-County]

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[TAPE#=98-46 23:49]
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They are known for not getting along -- but Franklin County and the town of Rocky Mount may actually share an emergency services building to save money.
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Rocky Mount's fire station is almost seventy years old -- trucks barely fit in the garage and must fight traffic on their way out.
Up the street, paid Franklin County rescue workers are also working in cramped quarters, with no place to train volunteers and no garage.
Some say consolidating both departments in one building would save money.
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[IN Q=Anywhere we could go]
((ANYWHERE WE COULD GO THAT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH OF US WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE TO THE COUNTY AND TOWN TOO SO I WOULDN'T OBJECT TO SHARING QUARTERS.))
[SUPER=01-Benjamin Cook/Deputy Fire Marshal;]
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[OUT Q=to sharing quarters]
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Or-- Rocky Mount may build its own separate fire station on this lot instead.
Officials from both governments say they are keeping their options open.
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[FL-Fires]

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It is the worst outbreak of fires in more than 50 years.
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[SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL;]

The sky usually filled with sun is instead filled with smoke and ash-
It is the worst outbreak of fires in more than 50 years.
Florida is seeing an average of 80 new fires a day.
Several hundred families have been forced out of their homes.
Many ranchers must move their cattle and horses or lose them.
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((THINGS WE SEE OUT ON THE NEWS IN CALIFORNIA THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE. AND IT'S NOT JUST WOODS THESE PEOPLE LIVE LIVE IN THESE WOODS HERE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREATENING PEOPLE'S HOMES.))
[SUPER=01-Chuck Perry/Tallahassee Fire Dept.;]
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Firefighgters from Virginia have gone to help- but experts say what Florida really needs is rain.
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[cosby-Murder]

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The last person to see Ennis Cosby alive took the witness stand.
Cosby was on his way to meet Stephanie Crane-
Helen Kumari has more.
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[SUPER=01-Helen Kumari/Reporting; 29]
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((CRANE TESTIFIED THAT ENNIS CALLED HER FROM THE SCENE, TELLING HER ABOUT HIS FLAT TIRE. WHILE ON THE PHONE SHE HEARD COSBY TELL SOMEONE, "EVERYTHING'S COOL". PROSECUTORS ALLEGE IT WAS MARKHASEV SPEAKING TO COSBY BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
BUT MOMENTS AFTER CRANE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, A TEENAGER IN A KNIT CAP KNOCKED ON HER WINDOW, DEMANDING SHE GET OUT OR HE'D SHOOT. WHEN SHE FLED TO CALL POLICE, COSBY WAS KILLED. KUMARI STANDUP CLOSE, ON CROSS EXAMINATION, STEPHANIE CRANE ADMITTED THAT SHE COULD NOT IDENTIFY MARKHASEV TO POLICE, EITHER BY HIS PHOTO OR IN A LINEUP. HELEN KUMARI, FOR CBS NEWS, LOS ANGELES.))

[O'sullivan]

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[WRITER=jja]
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The woman best known for playing Jane in the Tarzan films- has died.
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[SUPER=04-File Tape]

Actress Maureen O'Sullivan whose children include Actress Mia Farrow- died of natural causes.
O'Sullivan appeared in the 19-32 Tarzan and the ape man- as well as Pride and Prejudice and other films.
She was 87.
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[Dinosaurs]

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Scientists have long speculated dinosaurs evolved into birds-
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Now they have more conclusive evidence to back up that claim.
The National Geographic Society presented 120-million year old fossils of birds found in China.
They are a species with distinct feathers but also many dinosaur features.
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((PHILIP CURRIE/PALEONTOLGIST: IF YOU FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT INTERPRETATION THEN PERHAPS DINOSAURS ARE NOT EXTINCT AT ALL. THEY'RE STILL ALIVE AND WELL, WELL REPRESENTED BY MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND SPECIES LIVING BIRDS ))
[SUPER=01-Philip Currie/Paleontologist;]
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[OUT Q=species of living birds.]
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The evidence also suggests the ancestors of today's birds were probably unable to fly.
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[Toss-2-Robin] Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey

[Tease1]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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A shooting at a Pittsylvania County farm leaves one cow dead and another wounded,
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And
As summer gets into full swing, many people are trying to perfect their tans at tanning beds.
Up next we'll take a look at how tanning beds could affect your health.
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[Zinc]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=medical news]

You've probably heard zinc lozenges are good if you have a cold.
but they may not be as effective in children as once thought.
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[SUPER=04-File Tape]

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Associaton says children did not benefit from taking zinc lozenges.
Previous research showed the lozenges cut the length of a cold in adults-
Scientists have not figured out why there's a difference between adults and children.
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[Tanning]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Tanning salons are increasing in popularity in Southwest Virginia despite health warnings of the harmful effects of ultaviolet exposure. Moreover, the salons are not regulated by the health department for sanitary and safe practices. Tonya Flory explains why some customers want to see legislation to oversee these businesses.
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((CARYN/FORMER TANNER:I WAS MAD, FURIOUS, EMBARRASSED, I FELT REALLY HUMILIATED.)) [RUNS:06]
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Last year Caryn was using the tanning beds at a video store slash tanning salon in Radford. She says she got more than a tan -- she claims she caught a venereal disease.
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((CARYN/FORMER TANNER:I KNEW I DIDN'T GET THEM FROM ANY SEXUAL WAY. I KNEW THAT I HAD PROBABLY WHERE I GOT THEM. I'VE HAD FRIENDS THAT GOT THEM TANNING BEDS. I'VE HAD A FRIEND THAT WORKED IN A TANNING SALON AND THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK THERE SO I KNEW THAT THE PROBABILITY OF THAT WAS GOOD AND I TALKED TO A PHARMACIST AND HE SAID THAT'S MORE THAN LIKELY WHERE I RECEIVED THEM.)) [RUNS:20]
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((DR. JODY HERSHEY/NEW RIVER PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT:SOMEBODY WAS LAYING IN THAT BED PRIOR TO YOU, MAKE SURE THAT THAT BED IS CLEAN. CERTAINLY THERE ARE PARASITES LIKE CRAB LICE AND LICE THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH FOAMITES, THROUGH INANIMATE OBJECTS.)) [RUNS:17]
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Since there are no regulatory agency to check the sanitation of tanning salons, Caryn felt she had no one to turn to for help.
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((CARYN/FORMER TANNER:I JUST FELT LIKE I WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY LIKE I WASN'T IMPORTANT. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO REGULATIONS FOR IT.)) [RUNS:07]
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In part two of our report on tanning beds we'll look at how the industry can be regulated and how you can choose a safe, clean salon if you still choose to tan....Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check.))

[Geese-Killing]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#98-39 1:09:37]
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Canada geese stopping off in Virginia on their migratory routes are safe -- for now.
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[SUPER=03-Hanover Co.;]

A federal judge today issued a temporary restraining order.
It would indefinitely halt a U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to round up and slaughter about 13- hundred Canadian geese across the state.
The Humane Society challenged the slaughter plan this year.
Last year, about 17- hundred geese were killed in Virginia by the U-S-D-A -- which labels the birds a nuisance and a health hazard.
The U-S-D-A will NOT release the Virginia sites it had planned for the geese round-up this year.
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[Dead-Cow]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=chu]
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A Pittsylvania County farmer wants to know who shot two of his pregnant cows.
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John Haymore owns 15-cows on his farm along Mill Creek Road just outside the Danville city limits.
Today, he found one of them shot dead in a wooded area on his property.
A second cow was shot in the face, but is still alive.
Both cows were expecting their calves in August.
Haymore says people cause problems with parties and guns near his farm because of the remote location.
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[IN Q=And I know]
((JOHN HAYMORE/FARMER: AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THAT THEY HAVE MORE PATROLS IN THIS AREA TO KEEP THE PARTYING OUT TO HAVE LESS TROUBLE DOWN IN HERE. ))
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Haymore is offering a five-hundred dollar reward for information that leads to an arrest of the person or persons who shot his cows.
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[Tease2]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
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Still to come-
An on-line connection to a piece of Roanoke Valley history.
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And
the age old problem of a cat stuck in a tree,
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((COME ON YOU CAN DO IT; COME ON YOU CAN DO IT))
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It's been more than a week since this cat touched the ground.
We'll have the story in tonight's video of the day.
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[Lendy's]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=eea]
[TAPE#=98-49 27:56]
[GRAPHIC=NOne]

If you have a appetite for the past, a new website is serving up exactly what you need.
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In the 50's and 60's, Lendy's restaurants ruled the Valley.
The Lendy's website takes you back to the time of call boxes and carhops.
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

Creator Twig Gravely says he's trying to preserve some fond memories.
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[IN Q=It was just]
((TWIG GRAVELY/WEB PAGE DESIGNER; IT WAS JUST IMPRESSIVE, ROANOKE AT THAT TIME DIDN'T HAVE MANY FANCY THINGS AND YOU'D PULL IN THERE AND PARK AND REACH OUT AND PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE SPEAKER ADN THE VOICE WOULD COME ON AND TAKE YOUR ORDER AND A FEW MINUTES LATER SOMEONE WOULD COME OUT CARRYING IT ON A TRAY, THE SIGNAGE WAS BIG AND SPLASHY.))
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[OUT Q=big and splashy]
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If the website creates an uncontrollable craving for a "Buddy Boy" burger, Pat's Cafe on Shenendoah Avenue is still serving part of Lendy's menu.
Owner Pat Dotson says a piece of Lendy's will live forever in the valley.
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[SUPER=X5001;][S-Extra]

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[WRITER=mst]
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Coming up tonight, the Braves and Yankees go at each other again, Staples and Nolan talk about tomorrow night's NBA draft.
Another ECHL coach is one the move, and Steve Mason tells us about an ear high school trackster who is on his way to Russia.
But first in tonight's Extra Point.
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[super=75-Marseillle, France/Univision; :00]

The game of the day in World Cup action would see Norway score twice in the final seven minutes to stun four time Cup champion Brazil.
Kjetil Rekdal converted this penalty kick in the 89th minute to give Norway the stunning win.
Both teams move on, Norway for the first time, Brazil to defend its title.
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[S-MLB]

[ANCHOR=MIke]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-20]
[GRAPHIC=BRAVES/YANKEES]

The Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees continued their inter league series last night with the Braves getting a 7-to-2 win.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-New York, NY/Braves vs. Yankees; :00]

Derek Jeter, the Yanks phenom has been a little tentative since coming off the DL but not last night as he takes Tom Glavine to the opposite field for a homer.
But Glavine would get his 10th win of the year and plenty of support.
The Braves jumped all over the previously untouchable Orlando Hernandez and gave him his first
[super=35-Atlanta/7/New York/2;]
loss.
Atlanta gets 11 hits, and Chipper gets 2 rbis in the 7-to-2 win.
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[S-Carolina]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
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[GRAPHIC=CAROLINA LEAGUE]

The Carolina League all-star game was played last night in Wilmington, Delaware.
The North Stars beat the South Stars 5-to-2.
The regular season resumes tomorrow night as Salem comes home to host the 97's.

[S-Roanoke]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-9 54:53]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke College]

The Roanoke College basketball camp is in full swing over in Salem this week.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Yesterday Afternoon; :00]

90 campers age 8 to 15 are particpating in the week long session. The camp stresses not only fundamentals, but building fraternal relationships as well.
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[VO-NAT(con't)]

The Roanoke college basketball camp is in it's 31st year, 10th under Page Moir. While the number of campers has grown over the years, one on one attention has not suffered.
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[SUPER=01-David Randolph/Camper; :14]
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[S-Draft]

[ANCHOR=MIkE]
[NEWSCAST=11PM]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-6]
[GRAPHIC=NBA DRAFT]

The 1998 NBA draft is set for tonight in Vancouver and
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Last Season; :00]

Roanoke's Curtis Staples is hoping to be a part of the festivities.
The NCAA's all-time three point field goal shooter performed well in the postseason NBA camp in Portsmouth, and once he makes it in the league he plans to show folks he is more than a shooter.
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[IN Q="I THINK...]
((CURTIS STAPLES:))
[SUPER=01-Curtis Staples/Former UVa Guard; ;00]
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[OUT Q=...THE BALL."]
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[VO-NAT CON'T]

Staples thinks he will be a second round draft pick as does his former UVa teammate Norman Nolan.
Although both are prepared to go the free agent route if they are not selected.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="I feel as...]
((NORMAN NOLAN:))
[SUPER=01-Norman Nolan/Former UVa Forward; :00]
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[OUT Q=....on Wednesday."]
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In one other UVa note, head football coach George Welsh underwent surgery on his back Monday to remove a ruptured disk.
He should be released from the hospital today and be back on the job in two weeks.

[S-ECHL]

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The coaching moves continue tonight in the East Coast Hockey League.
Charlie Huddy, the has resigned as head coach of the Huntington Blizzard to become a full-time assistant with the New York Rangers.
Huddy won five Stanley cups as a player with the Oilers. He led Huntington to its best record ever last season.

[Sports Tease]

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Still to come tonight Steve Mason checks in with a local thinclad
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who is making tracks all the way to Russia.
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[S-Track]

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Northside track star David Cabbler qualified for the state and won in the Cosmo as a sophomore.
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Now, the 16 year old will have a chance to shine internationally. Steve Mason has more on his upcoming trip to Russia.
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[IN Q=first audio]
[SUPER=03-Salem/This Afternoon; :00]
[SUPER=01-David Cabbler/Northside Track & Field Runner; :21]
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[SUPER=01-Donald Cabbler/David's Father & Coach; 1:17]
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((For the first time in his life, David Cabbler will get into a plane Friday and fly to Russia for two weeks...
He will try and raise his level of intensity another notch as he represent Northside, the Roanoke Valley, and his country over the fourth of July holiday in sevral track and field competitions. ((:))
Cabbler and 20 other Virginia high school athletes were invited by a Russian education and sports organization to compete against the top athletes in schools from the Russian Federation. The purpose is not only to compete, but to meet and build friendships with youths and their families in Russia. ((:)) ((:)) ((:))
The Inner City Athletic Association supports him. His father, who sevral years ago, at age 35 had a massive heart attack has also been inspired. This trip is the pennicle so far in a promising track career. ((:))
David will compete in the 100 and 300 hurdles as well as some relay races. In Salem, Steve mason , news 7 sports"))

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Rain made its first appearance of the week at Wimbledon today, but it could not stop top seed Martina Hingis from winning her match.
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[SUPER=03-Wimbledon, England/HBO; :00]

Hingis, had to wait out a 90 minute rain delay and a feisty player in Lisa Raymond to take a7-5 and 6-3 win in her opening match.
She now moves on to the second round as does Jana Novotna and Venus Williams.
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[Video]

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One Texas cat seems to be testing that nine lives theory.
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[SUPER=75-Henderson Co., TX;]

Coop has been stuck about 50 feet above the ground in an Oak tree for 12 days now.
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[IN Q=meow]
((MEOW AND I'VE TALKED TO THE VETERANARIAN, I'VE TALKED TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY; I'VE OF COURSE HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT.))
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But the cat was out of reach of the volunteer fire department's ladders and no amount of coaxing has brought the cat down.
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((I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS MENTALLY CHALLENGED. TOO LAZY.))
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The cat did get himself into the tree and eventually it seems he'll have to be the one to get himself out. (------------)