WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 09/25/98

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Next on News 7-
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Homes and businesses are being boarded up as Hurricane Georges continues on it's path through the Gulf of Mexico.
A hit and run accident at Dominoes on Peters Creek Road leaves two people injured.
Plus, repealing Lexington's Blue law has some residents seeing red.
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News 7 is next. [open]
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[Georges]

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Good Evening -- I'm TF.
Floridians are barricading their homes tonight in preparation for Hurricane Georges. The Hurricane has raked the Florida Keys with sheets of rain and 105 mile-an-hour winds. But it spared Florida the kind of devastation that left at least 300 dead across the Caribbean. Drew Levinson is live in Naples with more on the storm.
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[SUPER=01-Tim Fahey/Key West Fire Chief; :]
((MoBILE IS ON ALERT. HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE BEING BOARDED UP...LIVES UPROOTED, AS HURRICANE GEORGES CONTINUES HIS MARCH THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO.
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GEORGES SMASHED HIS WAY THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS EARLIER IN THE DAY. IN KEY WEST, STREETS WERE FLOODED, ROADS BLOCKED, POWER LINES DOWN.
BUT THE DAMAGE WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT THE STORM HAD CAUSED IN THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN.

(sot: Tim Fahey, Key West Fire Chief) Goldberg PM News
"No fatalities, no injuries."
TO THE NORTH, NAPLES, FLORIDA, WAS READY FOR THE STORM. WHEN OFFICIALS POSTED HURRICANE WARNINGS, THE RED CROSS SERVED LUNCH TO MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE AT ONE SHELTER. SOME PEOPLE HERE WERE LITERALLY DRAGGED FROM THEIR HOMES TO SAFE GROUND. BUT GEORGES SPARRED THIS CITY AND MIAMI, SIMPLY SLIPPING BY.

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PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY, MAKING FLORIDA ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. AND MORE DAMAGE IS SURE TO COME, AS GEORGES EYES THE GULF COAST.

(MOS SOT) Goldberg
"Another day in paradise."))

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We've got a look at the latest trek of Georges...
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for that Robin Reed joins us.
Robin? [Take RObin at Chromakey][WX-Georges] [11:00pm] [Date 9/25/98] [CK/WXPRO]Hurricane Georges Climate Data Precipitation Data

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Roanoke police are on the lookout for a suspect who plowed into a restaurant building then drove off.
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2 people were injured at the Domino's Pizza on Peters Creek Road when the car slammed into the building.
According to witness statements, a woman was apparently at the wheel of the car that ran into the building.
She reportedly had a child in the passenger's seat.
Authorities are still investigating the accident.
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[Fatal-Wreck]

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A Buchanan woman lost her life on Interstate 81 near Troutville today.
State police suspect that 32-year-old Kathie Lynne Black fell asleep at the wheel of her car before reportedly careening into a tractor trailer that was parked along the side of the road.
Black was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one else was injured in the accident.

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The probe of yesterday's pile- up on Interstate 81 continues, but today investigators offered more insight on the cause of the crash.
State Police say the tractor- trailer involved in the most serious collision DID have working brakes, but they may not have been adjusted properly.
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The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered the most serious injuries.
He was airlifted to the burn center at the University of Virginia, where he was listed in critical condition.
Police have not released his name, because they are still trying to notify his relatives.
Meanwhile, investigators found that three of the truck's ten brakes appeared to be out of adjustment.
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((POSSIBLY HIS SPEED MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. WE DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HIS SPEED. I'M NOT SAYING HE WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT EVEN IF HE WAS GOING 65 WITH THE TRAFFIC AS HEAVY AS IT WAS, COMING UP ON TRAFFIC AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD FOR HIM TO STOP, HAD HE EVEN HAD TEN BRAKES.))
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[Truckers]

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Could yesterday's accident have been avoided?
Truckers say probably not.
As Scott Goldberg reports, truck drivers blame a growing number of distractions for making highways dangerous places to drive.
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((As they barrel down Interstate-81, truck drivers battle steep grades, car drivers that aren't paying attention and...other truckers.
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((FRANK MAJOR/TRUCK DRIVER: THE WORST ENEMY OUT THERE IS ANOHTER TRUCKER. THERE'S A LOT OF ROAD RAGE.)) [RUNS04]
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Frank Major has been trucking for 24-years and says so many of his colleagues spend so much time gabbing on the radio, it's hard to hear important information-- like: is there an accident on the road ahead?
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((FRANK MAJOR: WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, 80-THOUSAND POUND LOAD, AND SOMETHING IS BREAKING DOWN IN FRONT OF YOU AND NO ONE IS COMMUNICATING WHAT'S GOING ON, IT MAKES IT DANGEROUS.)) [RUNS11]
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Another danger is I-81's steep grades, which make it even harder for big rigs to slow down.
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((SGT. VERN JONES: IF THE DRIVER'S NOT AWARE, NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT GEAR HE'S IN AND THEN TRYING TO DISSIPATE HIS SPEED BY GETTING ON HIS BRAKES, THEY'LL OVERHEAT AND FAIL.)) [RUNS11]
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((SCOTT GOLDBERG/REPORTER: IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR A FOUR-WHEEL CAR TO HIT THE BREAKS THAN AN 18-WHEEL TRUCK, WHICH, DRIVING 65 MILES AN HOUR, NEEDS THE LENGTH OF THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS TO COME TO A STOP.)) [RUNS11]
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((HOMER BARRIX/TRUCK DRIVER: TRAFFIC'S GETTING THICKER AND THICKER AND PEOPLE JUST AREN'T BEING COURTEOUS.)) [RUNS04]
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And truckers find themsleves hitting the brakes more and more often...and they blame people driving four-wheelers.
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((JOHN EDWARDS/TRUCK DRIVER: I'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE USING CELLULAR PHONES, READING NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES...)) [RUNS08]
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People not watching the road are accidents waiting to happen.
Add them to the other obstacles on I-81, and you get a highway that's turining into a danger zone.
Scott Goldberg, News-7.))

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Straight ahead... the brakes fail on a Lynchburg tour bus.
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And, Lexington residents can once again purchase beer and wine on Sundays.
But not everyone's welcoming the change.
Details coming up.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((Hey Tonya you know what tonight is...its week five of Friday Football Extra It was pole day at Martinsville Ernie Irvan will start up front in the Winston Cup Race and Greg Biffle captured the pole for the Truck race. And Sammy Sosa moves ahead of Mark McGwire for only 42 minutes in the home run chase when he smokes number 66 tonight against the Houston Astros All that plus more sports when we return.))
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[Lexington-Alcohol]

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Blue laws may be a thing of the past for many people, but Lexington's law banning beer and wine sales Sunday mornings, remained on the books until now.
Many residents say the issue isn't old-time religion, but modern-day convenience.
Stacey Martin has more.
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((Isaac Lewis, like a lot of adults, enjoys a good beer on occasion.
But, unlike some other residents, he draws the line Sunday mornings.
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((ISAAC LEWIS:AFTER CHURCH--YES 12 O'CLOCK IS FINE. I THINK. What do you think about the new ordinance to repeal it then? I KIND OF DISAGREE WITH IT. IT'S CONTROVERSIAL AS I SAID BEFORE.)) [RUNS13]
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((CHAD REYNOLDS: THAT'S SORT OF AN OLD NOTION. I RESPECT IT, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW BEER WOULD DETRACT FROM WHAT'S SACRED AND WHAT'S NOT.)) [RUNS09]
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For Christians, Sunday is the Lord's Day and local legislators once served to protect it-- by passing Blue Laws, that in part banned the sell of beer or wine Sundays from 6 a-m to 12 noon.
But, at least one councilmember says times have changed --socially and legally.
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((JIM GIANNINY/CITY COUNCILMEMBER: OUR FEELING WAS THAT IS WAS LEGISLATING RELIGION AND TODAY WITH THE CHANGES AND INTERPRETATIONS WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SUPREME COURT, THAT THAT WAS NOT THE ROLE OF CITY GOVERNMENT.)) [RUNS13]
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The only opposition on council came from a member with a --vested interest.
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((REVEREND LAVERT TAYLOR: I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IF ONE NEEDS A BUD LIGHT WITH THEIR CEREAL IN THE MORING THAT THAT SPEAKS TO A FAR GREATER PROBLEM.)) [RUNS09]
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((STACEY MARTIN/REPORTING:RESIDENTS WILL FEEL THE EFFECT OF THE NEW LAW THIS COMING SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SHELVED STOCKED WITH WINE OR BEER ARE NO LONGER OFF LIMITS TO SHOPPERS. STACEY MARTIN, NEWS 7, LEXINGTON.)) [RUNS10]
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[Bus-Accident]

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No one was on board a tour bus that lost its brakes and rolled down a steep hill near Lynchburg's Point of Honor today.
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A man says he was washing the bus for a friend and had parked it on "B" Street when the parking brake apparently failed.
The bus rolled down the road, over a large pile of lumber and then down a steep embankment before coming to a stop just above the C- S- X railroad tracks.
The man washing the bus suffered a cut to his hand when he tried to stop it from rolling down the hill.
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[Clinton-Intern]

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After a day long session behind closed doors, The House Judiciary Committee has voted
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to make public Linda Tripp's audio tapes of her conversations with Monica Lewinsky. Portions of the tape will be edited to the committee's discretion. Panel officials say those segments include profanity and personal gossip. Thousands of still-secret documents that Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr gathered will also be released.
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[Tease2]

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Still to come--more taxes at the track?
Martinsville NASCAR fans hope not.
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[VO-NAT]

And, the concern grows over a Virginia Tech student missing since last Friday.
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[Missing-Student]

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Authorities are continuing their search for a missing Virginia Tech student.
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24- year old Robert Leroy Kovack was last seen a week ago leaving his Blacksburg apartment.
Police believe Kovack was en route to West Virginia for a football game.
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His abandoned Geo Tracker was located Tuesday along Route 19 near Oak Hill, West Virginia.
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((SGT. DONNIE GOODMAN/BLACKSBURG POLICE:WE'VE YOU KNOW FOLLOWED UP EVERY LEAD THAT HAS COME IN TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WE HAVEN'T RULED OUT ANYTHING. ))
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Blacksburg police and you may remain anonymous.

[Wilderness-Academy]

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The director of the Wilderness Leadership Academy will be in Richmond Monday, appealing a state recommendation to shut it down.
[ss=Education]

The Department of Education had NEVER recommended shutting a school down -- until it saw the academy in Botetourt County.
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Inspectors say the dirty conditions and cases of child abuse at the Wilderness Leadership Academy put students in danger.
They say the school should lose its license and close next week.
Even though the Wilderness Leadership Academy has been open four years, it has never earned the customary three-year license.
Instead, it had to re-apply every year because education department officials say the school never met standards.
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[Speedway-Tax]

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Martinvsille Speedway is the place to be this weekend if you're a NASCAR fan.
Tickets at the gate for Sunday's big race will cost 30-bucks.
But in the future, speedway visitors may have to shell out a few extra dollars to support Henry County.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville;]

The county is considering an admissions tax that would add between two and three dollars to the cost of each ticket.

The proposed tax is needed to make up revenues the county lost when the local DuPont plant closed.
The admissions tax, coupled with a new meals tax, might generate more than a million dollars.
Race fans aren't sure they like the idea.
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((TIM FIELDER/LYNCH STATION, VA: I WOULDN'T WANT TO PAY ANY. IF YOU HAD TO DO IT, IT WOULDN'T STOP ME FROM COMING TO THE RACE.))
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((REPORTER: IF IT WAS A 2-3 DOLLAR TAX WOULD YOU STILL PAY? ARE YOU A BIG ENOUGH RACE FAN? SANDY STEPHENSON/HARRISBURG, PA: YEAH, PROBABLY, SURE. I MEAN THE TRACKS RAISE THE PRICE EVERY YEAR SO IT'D JUST BE ANOTHER ONE ON TOP OF THAT.))
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If Henry County decides to pursue a speedway admissions tax, it will need approval from Virginia's General Assembly.

[S-Extra]

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The Trucks and Winston Cup Cars qualified today at Martinsville and another big night for Friday Football Extra.
But first out extra point.
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Chicago's Sammy Sosa moved ahead of Mark McGwire in the Home run chase. Sosa takes this pitch over the left field wall into the upper deck in the fourth inning off Jose Lima of Houston giving him 66. But 42 Minutes later McGwire tied it again with his 66-th a solo shot over the left field wall against Montreal.
Now here's tonight's scores.
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[S-Salem]

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The Indians of Blacksburg made the trip down 81 tonight to go up against the Salem Spartans.
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Dave Crist had a lot on his mind in the third as his team trailed by three touchdowns.
And things would get worse as the Spartans struck again E.J. Thomas takes the handoff and goes five yards over the right side for the score 29 to nothing Spartans.
Then in the fourth quarter the ball goes to Thomas
[SUPER=36-Salem/36/Blacksburg/0/;]
again this time he scores from the two yard line and the Spartans go on to beat the Indians 36 to nothing.
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[S-Byrd]

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Over in Vinton tonight the Terriers of William Byrd hit the football field against the Cavaliers of Lord Botetourt.

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[SUPER=03-Vinton/Terriers vs Cavaliers; :]

Both teams were three and oh before this game and it was the first district match up for both as well.
The Cavaliers tried to ruin the Terrier homecoming, Derrick Stanley takes the hand off from Josh Aliveto. The two yard run is good for six points.
[SUPER=36-William Byrd/21/Lord Botetourt/27/;]

William Byrd comes right back O.J. Thomason scampers 21 yards for the score but the Cavaliers win the contest 27 to 21.
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[S-Northside]

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The battle in the Blue Ridge continues as Northside hosts the Blue Demons of Christiansburg.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Vikings vs Blue Demons; :]

Jim Hickam on the sideline as his Vikings fell behind early.
Northside quarter back Brad McCrady passes to Ryshaune Ward who tries to pitch the ball but drops it and Christiansburg's Brian Mussleman scoops it up and returns it to the Viking 32 yard line.
Several plays later the Blue Demons take it to the
[SUPER=36-Christiansburg/28/Northside/7/;]
end zone Quarterback William Reynolds hits Johathan Bradley on the touchdown pass and the Blue Demons win it 28 to 7.
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[FFE-Scores]

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That's just highlights of 3 of 18 games that will be featured on Friday Football Extra.
Here is tonight scores.
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[SUPER=55-Pocahontas/No/Montcalm, WV/Rpt./Parry McCluer/No/Harrisonburg/Rpt./P.H. Glade Spring/No/Abingdon/Rpt.;]

[Sports Tease]

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And coming up, Another big night for Friday Football Extra Lynchburg is all set for the Virginia 10 Miler.
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[VO-NAT]

And Ernie captures the pole for Sunday's NAPA 500 at the Martinsville Speedway.
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[s-Qualify]

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A busy weekend at the Martinsville Speedway. Greg Biffle will start on the Pole for the Craftsman Trucks race while Ernie Irvan will be the point man in the Winston Cup Race.
Steve Mason has this report on pole day at Martinsville.
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[SUPER=0107-6. Jeff Green//7. Sterling Marlin//8. John Andretti//9. Ted Musgrave//10. Dale Jarrett//;]
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[SUPER=0107-11. Brett Bodine//12. Todd Bodine//13. Mark Martin//14. Dennis Setzer//15. Ward Burton//;]
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[SUPER=0107-16. Jeff Burton//17. Rusty Wallace//18. Ken Schrader//19. Bobby Hamilton//20. Bill Elliott//;]
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[SUPER=0107-21. Bobby Labonte//22. Joe Nemechek//23. Mike Skinner//24. Johnny Benson//25. Mike Bliss//;]
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The Lynchburg Ten Miler celebrates its silver anniversary tomorrow as the annual race winds through the streets of the Hill City.
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More than a thousand runners are expected to compete this year, including some familiar names.
Four- time Boston and New York Marathon champion Bill Rodgers will join the pack, looking to take the 50- and- over division title.
Rodgers and premiere runner Mike Mykytok (MIKE-ih-tock) have been busy preparing themselves for the dreaded Farm Basket hill.
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((BILL RODGERS/FORMER MARATHON CHAMPION: IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT, YOU RUN TOO HARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE IN THE FLAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE PARK, YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO COMPETE GOING UP THAT HILL.))
((MIKE MYKYTOK/1997 #2 U.S. ROAD RACER: I'VE BEEN ON A QUEST TO RUN AS MANY HILLY COURSES AS I CAN IN PREPARATION FOR T
HE MARATHON AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.))
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Former cross country champion Joan Nesbit heads up the women's field.
Race time is 9 a-m.
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Billy King shot a four under par 68 today in the first round of the Boone Valley Classic.
King is three shot's behind the leader Gary McCord who shot a 65 today.

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Finally tonight--one journey ended as another began when a Frenchman completed his swim across the Atlantic with a marriage proposal.
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[from Newspath 15:11:10]
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It took Benoit Lecomte two months to swim almost four thousand miles across the Atlantic Ocean.
When the Frenchman came ashore today, it took him only a few minutes to pop the big question.
When Lecomte removed his flippers, the message, "Will you marry me" was painted on the bottom -- and his girlfriend accepted.
Lecomte's swim raised nearly 200-thousand dollars for cancer research.
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