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[7E-County-Schools]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[TAPE#=98-51 11:26]
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School construction projects are back on track in Roanoke County after the School Board and the Board of Supervisors mended some problems last night.
The County Supervisors halted funding last week
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
for the first phase of school construction until an advisory board could be established.
Yesterday, 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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[IN Q=IT'S MORE OR LESS]
((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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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.
[7E-Rke-Tourism]
[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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[TAPE#=98-41 52:08]
[GRAPHIC=Roanoke County Seal]
Roanoke County Supervisors also made peace last night with the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
The supervisors restored funding they had frozen 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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[IN Q=They're in a situation]
((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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The supervisors approved 107-thousand 500 dollars for the tourism agency.
[AIRPORT-LYNCHBURG]
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On Tuesday Lynchburg City council will take up the issue of who should be running the the general aviation terminal at the Lynchburg Airport.
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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg;]
It's decision could put councilman elect Stewart Hobbs out of business.
Hobbs' General Aviation has provided fuel, maintenance and flight services at the airport for the past twelve years.
But the Airport Commission says the company has done nothing to stimulate new business at the airport or in central Virginia.
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[IN Q=I HAVE SEEN]
((
JUDY CONNELLY/AIRPORT COMMISSION CHAIR: I HAVE SEEN ITS AVIATION SERVICES STAGNATE AT BEST, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW TERMINAL.
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.
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[SUPER=01-Judy Connelly/Airport Commission Chair;]
[SUPER=01-Jerry Austin/Private Pilot; ]
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[OUT Q=offer sometimes.]
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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.
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[Virginia-Prisons]
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Vermont prison officials are close to signing a deal to send up to 100 inmates to Virginia.
The first group of inmates should arrive early next month. Exactly where they'll go hasn't been determined.
Vermont will pay Virginia 60 dollars per inmate per day.
Virginia already is taking inmates from Delaware to fill a surplus of cells.
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Turning to the mid- week forecast,
Partly sunny and hot today, but not as humid.
Highs around 90.
Clear and pleasant overnight, with lows in the upper 60s.
The four day forecast promises fairly dry weather through the weekend, with temperatures staying very warm.
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[7BIRTHDAYS!] 6/25/98
Thursday:
[SUPER=130-7/K. C. Wykle/Selma]*
[SUPER=130-5/James Lawhorn, Jr./Clifton Forge]*
[SUPER=130-11/Ashley Burress/Riner]*
[SUPER=130-18/Stephanie Shelton/Gretna]*
[SUPER=130-/Carol Gentilini/Roanoke]*
[SUPER=130-7/Christopher Bradley/Roanoke]*
No Pictures:
[SUPER=131-20/Mary Jackson/Roanoke]*
Anniversary:
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[45E-First-Colony]
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The fate of several historic buildings in downtown Lynchburg could be decided today as the parking versus preservation debate takes center stage.
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[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
First Colony Life Insurance wants to tear down these buildings behind its Main Street headquarters to create more parking for its employees.
But preservationists want to save the structures, and they accuse the city of kow-towing to downtown's largest employer.
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((ROBERT BROWN/CONCERNED CITIZEN: I'M VERY UPSET WITH THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG. I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE STANDING HERE, HAVING TO DEBATE AND FIGHT OVER THE DEMOLITION OF THESE MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN IS INDICATIVE OF THE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS OF WHICH IS COMING OUT OF CITY HALL, AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.))
[SUPER=01-Robert Brown/Lynchburg Resident; :00]
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[OUT Q=for a long time.]
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First Colony has agreed to sit down with concerned citizens today to try and reach a compromise on the buildings.
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[45E-Dead-Cow]
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A Pittsylvania County farmer is turning to the public for helping finding who's responsible for shooting his pregnant cows.
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[SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;]
John Haymore owns 15-cows on his farm along Mill Creek Road just outside the Danville city limits.
Yesterday, 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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[OUT Q=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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[45E-Geese-Killing]
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Canada geese are safe for now over the skies of Virginia.
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[SUPER=03-Hanover Co.;]
A federal judge yesterday issued a temporary restraining order.
It would indefinitely halt a U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to round up and slaughter about 13- hundred Canada 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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[45E-Lendy's]
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A new website is serving up a delicious recipe of Roanoke Valley history.
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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.
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Creator Twig Gravely says he's trying to preserve some fond memories. (/////SOT/////)
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((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.))
[SUPER=01-Twig Gravely/Web Page Designer;]
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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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Taking a break from the news to check the mid- week outlook--
Partly sunny and hot, but not as humid.
Highs today near 90.
Clear and pleasant, with lows in the upper 60s.
The extended forecast is partly sunny and very warm for the next four days...
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[8E-Franklin-County]
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Two area localities may soon set aside their differences and share their resources for their emergency services departments.
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[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
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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[8-2-E-County-Schools]
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[TAPE#=98-51 11:26]
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The green light has been given for school construction projects in Roanoke County, now that the school board and board of supervisors have reached an agreement.
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.
Yesterday, 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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[8E-Supervisors]
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[GRAPHIC=Roanoke County Seal]
Later in the same busy day came approval for the idea--
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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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[OUT Q=that responsibility.]
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[GRAPHIC=Education]
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.
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Soon boys AND girls will be marching to the same beat in Colonial Williamsburg--
It plans to add females to its Fife and Drum Corps.
The move represents a surrender to historical inaccuracy, since girls weren't fifers or dummers in the 18th century.
But a spokesman for the historic attraction said girls should have an equal opportunity for the highly-sought positions.
The fife and drum corps has about 80 members, ages ten
to 18. Girls will wear the same white shirts and knee britches
uniforms as the boys and will get the same training when the corps
goes coed.
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Checking the forecast now-- typical summer weather ahead for the next few days.
Today will be partly sunny and hot, with highs around 90.
Clear and pleasant tonight, with light winds.
Lows in the upper 60s.
Looking ahead, the temperatures will stay in the low 90s for highs, with lows staying in the upper 60s...
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