WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 08/26/98

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Coming up on News 7-
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Hurricane Bonnie continues to batter the Carolinas, we'll have the latest updates. Plus, Tech researchers are finding a way to lower electric bills. Some workers at a local clothing company will soon be getting pink slips. And an international singing group is taking a classic hit, and making it stay a little longer.
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News 7 is next.

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Hurricane Bonnie has made landfall in North Carolina. The eye of the storm is between Cape Fear and Wilmington. She's slowed down, moving very little in the last few hours.
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Good Evening, I'm Tonya Flory, Jean Jadhon has the night off.

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Heavy rains and high winds are pounding the Carolinas and could continue for perhaps another day--meaning heavy damage and flooding.
Maureen Maher has the latest.
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Bonnie is a hurricane that just won't go away. The season's first big storm has hit the North Carolina shore with powerful winds and stinging rains. But she's slowed down.making the pain and suffering all the worse.

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"I've had three hours sleep. How are you holding up? OK for being pregnant." "I've got dogs and puppies at home. I'm worried about them."
Bonnie's slow movement has stirred fears of even more damage than first thought. Her slow movement means even more rain, even more pounding. Experts say hurricane force winds could linger over the state for hours. Then there's the threat of storm surge.

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Bonnie's wrath is easily being felt. A hospital near Wilmington asked for help in evacuating patients after the wind tore part of its roof off. Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. AND far to the south, in Boynton Beach Florida, a boat rescue went awry. A powerful wave capsized one vessel as it aided another, but no one was hurt.
Bonnie's lingering power promises to make the night a long one.

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[Toss-2-Robin] Tonya tosses to Robin in the Chromakey

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Hot weather here in the Roanoke Valley is causing more schools to close early tomorrow.
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In Covington..
Edgemont Primary will close tomorrow at noon and there will be no afternoon kindergarten.
Jeter-Watson Intermediate will close at 12-26pm.
And, Covington High School will close at 12-34 tomorrow.
Schools in the Alleghany Highlands will close two hours early tomorrow.
And, Nelson County Schools will close at 1 p-m tomorrow.
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Montgomery County schools closing early tomorrow include--
Shawsville High School and Middle School which will both close at noon--along with Auburn High School and Middle School, Blacksburg Middle School and Christiansburg Middle School.
Montgomery County elementary schools closing at 12:45 tomorrow include Margaret Beeks, Belview, Price's Fork, Gilber Linkous, and Christiansburg Elementary School.

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A 21-year-old Franklin County man says he killed his girlfriend by accident -- but a judge didn't buy it and found--
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Rodney Gill guilty of shooting 19-year-old LaKisha Stockton last August as she lay in bed in her father's home, her hand against her face in self-defense.
Gill then climbed on top of her and shot himself through the head, but survived.
Gill's attorney said his client shot Stockton by accident.
But experts say the gun was broken and Gill had to load and cock it by hand to make it fire.
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Family members wore pins with Stockton's picture.
Friends and neighbors say Gill had abused her before.
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Judge William Alexander convicted Gill of second degree murder.
He says Gill obviously meant to kill Stockton but may not have planned it in advance.
Gill will be sentenced in October.
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35- year old Michael Blevins will spend several years in prison for having sex with a female student.
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Blevins was sentenced to seven years behind bars after pleading guilty in Smyth County to the charges.
The girl was a former student of Blevins when he taught in Rural Retreat although the crimes happened in Smyth County.
Blevins also faces charges in Montgomery County for allegedly having sex with two other students.
He taught math and coached wrestling at Shawsville High School.
Prosecutors say Blevins gave the girls liquor to get them into bed and also bought them lingerie.
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Three VMI cadets charged with hazing for allegedly beating another cadet, say the state's hazing law is unconstitutional.
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Today their attorney argued the law is too vague, and goes too far by ordering the commonwealth's attorney to prosecute cases.
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The judge will rule on the motion after special prosecutor Michael Irvine files a response.
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Still to come....
Another Southwest Virginia textile plant will lay off workers this fall.
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And, Virginia Tech has been awarded millions of dollars to improve something we use everyday.
We'll tell you what it is when the news continues.
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((Hey Tonya welcome aboard tonight. This is Mike Stevens in the News 7 sports office. The Avalanche filled up the fifth frame to beat the Cats, the Dales will soon be dueling in the name of Coke in Japan, Donna Andrews is coming home an

d Sosa is going yard tonight here on the Big 7.))[Halmode]

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Almost half of the people who work at a Roanoke sewing plant will lose their jobs this fall.
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Halmode apparel announced it is laying off 180 people.
That's 40 percent of the workforce.
Halmode is ending its manufacturing operations at the Roanoke plant.
This news comes just after Halmode announced it was cutting 75 percent of its workforce in Covington.
And in April, Halmode closed its plant in New Castle, laying off 117 workers.
Ten textile plants in Southwest Virginia have closed this year.
Many of those jobs are going to Mexico, where the labor is much cheaper.
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It could be a while before the high-voltage power hearings get back on line.
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The people reviewing American Electric Power's application for a new power line are making their way through a 150-page study.
It was a response to the state's request that A-E-P look at an alternative route. [map]
A-E-P concluded that its preferred corridor -- from Wyoming, West Virginia to Cloverdale -- is the least costly and most efficient place to build a new line.
THAT line could be built by winter in the year 2002.
A-E-P says the state's two-phase alternative project could take three times as long to build ... and it would not alleviate the environmental concerns that go along with the preferred corridor.
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The state will take a couple of weeks to review A-E-P's study.
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More than 12- million dollars in federal funds could help the U-S become the most efficient user of electricity.
The National Science Foundation recently awarded that amount to Virginia Tech for use in creating an Engineering Research Center in power electronics.
The hope is to develop improved ways for Americans and others to reduce their consumption of electricity.
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Virginia Tech President Paul Torgersen says the state has also agreed to chip in on the project.
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((PAUL TORGERSEN/VIRGINIA TECH PRESIDENT: THIS IS THE FIRST ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER EVER AWARDED TO A SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA , IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY A COMMITTMENT THAT GOVERNOR ELECT GILMORE MADE AFTER HIS ELECTION, HE PLEDGED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, OVER FIVE YEARS.))
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More than a hundred companies have also pledged to help support the project.

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The musical group Dreamhouse takes an oldie but goodie and gives it a new twist in Lynchburg tonight.
And, Robin Reed has the latest on TWO hurricanes-- Bonnie and Danielle.
That's coming up when the news continues.

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An international music group is making it big with a re-make of the 1960's song-- "Stay."
David Johnson caught up with the group Dreamhouse in Lynchburg tonight and has this report.
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You've probably heard this tune before.
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs first performed it more than 30 years ago. Dreamhouse accidentally put its spin on the record in the pool room of a London studio.
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So who is Dreamhouse?
Its members say everything has happened by mistake--accident -- or suprise. Even the name of the group is nothing more than a result of conversation.
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Radio station W-J-J-S got the group to perform in Lynchburg as part of a promotion.
The idea went over big time with local teens.
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The Maris homerun chase continues tonight, McGwire talks about taking diet supplements on the same night major league baseball announces it plan to look into banning the substances.
The Earnhardt's are headed to Japan, and we'll check on the Avalanche and Hillcats.
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But first "One Mo" for Nomo.
Hideo Nomo kept the Mets in the lead for the wild card playoff spot in the national league today by striking out Barry Bonds 3 times and getting 10 K's in all.
The Mets beat the Giants 4-to-1 and dropped them two games back in the hunt.
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The Maris chase continues to capture the attention of sports fans everywhere and the great thing about it is that the Maris chasers just keep quenching our thirst for homers.
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In the 8th inning last night at Busch Stadium Mark McGwire ripped his 54th blast of the season way out of the park in deep center field.
The two run homer gets him within 7 of Maris's mark of 61 set in 1961.
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McGwire may have hit last night's homer out of anger. Earlier yesterday the league office and the player's union asked doctors to give them more information about the use of muscle enhancing pills.
McGwire has been taking some heat since disclosing that he takes an adrenal hormone over the counter diet supplment named Androstendedione.
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Sammy Sosa kept the heat on Big Mac yesterday by hitting one out against the Reds.
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In the top of the third inning of the Cubs game in Cincinnati yesterday, Sosa ripped this solo shot out of Synergy Field as the Cubs beat the Reds 9-to-2. Sosa now has 52 homers and 130 rbis.
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The Salem Avalanche welcomed Lynchburg to town last night as the two opened up a late season four game home stand at Salem Memorial.
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It's always a party in Salem, especially when your school system hasn't started up yet like several in the valley have not.
Lynchburg would get the early lead in this one as the Cats looked to snap a three game losing streak. Matt Bryant's single chases in Shon Walker who beats the throw home.
Salem would work the hit and run in the fifth to get back on top. Doug LIvingston connects to right field and Bernard Hutchinson sprints in from second.
Still in the fifth Brian Anthony hits a long double
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Virginia Tech baseball coach Chuck Hartman is resting at Roanoke Memorial hospital after triple by pass heart surgery.
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Hartman had the surgery yesterday and his condition is listed as stable.
Hartman is in his own room and says he's feeling good after the surgery. Hartman says he expects to be released from the hospital as earlier as Saturday.
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NASCAR's 50th anniversary season has done an excellent job of blending the old with the new.
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That tradition continued yesterday in Atlanta.
Coca Cola announced yesterday afternoon that it is not only sponsoring the season ending exhibition race in Japan but it also is sponsoring Chevy's driven by both Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Dale Sr.
It will mark the first time that the father and son have raced against each other.
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This is the first time in 20 years that Coke has sponsored a car in NASCAR.
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Still to come tonight the area is about to get the big picture
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and at the same time help a lot of folks see things clearer.
Local LPGA favorite Donna Andrews is coming home for this year's Tee Off for Sight event.
The details right after this.
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Last night we told you that Donna Andrews would be the guest pro at this year's Tee Off Sight charity event at Hunting Hills next month.
Tonight Steve Mason as more from this morning's official announcement.
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((The Tee off for sight tournament has featured Peter Jacobson, Mark McCumber, and Fuzzy Zoeller to name a few. It's only fitting that prevent Blindness Virginia and Hunting Hills Country Club announce, that the event's first female guest pro have local roots, Lynchburg's LPGA Star Donna Andrews. ((:)) ((:)) ((:))
Andrews has 12 LPGA top 10 finishes and has won over 640 thousand dollars. her hometown ties, which include five Virginia Amateur titles, and tour success will hopefully generate over 30 thousand dollars to prevent blindness. ((:))
The tournament tees off September 29th. Steve Mason, News 7 sports.))

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And finally tonight, WCW highlights from Peoria, Illinois as the warm up for the upcoming Fall Brawl continues.

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Tonight Diamond Dallas Page is taking on the newest NWO member Stevie Ray in the main event.
DDP was in total control until Vincent entered the ring. He went away with a Diamond Cutter but some their was more intereferecne in the ring and that is called cheating. The WCW on WDBJ - Saturday's at Noon.
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They were perhaps the greatest comedy trio in history and after 75 years few people have forgotten them.
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Fans gathered in California to remember Larry, Moe, and Curly better known as The Three Stooges.
The convention sported plenty of stooge memorabilia including dolls, comic books, and stooge impersonators.
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The original stooges gathered as a vaudeville act in 1923 and made nearly 200 comedy shorts.
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