WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/18/99

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Next on News 7-
Winter weather is apparently on the way-
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Police say an exotic dancer lied- Now four Tech frat brothers are off the hook- the charges are dismissed.
People pack the house for Elton John Tickets.
And funny man Bill Cosby- will perform in This area.
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News 7 is next.
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[Intro-WX]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Winter Weather]

It appears winter weather is headed our way.
We could see accumulations- tomorrow night-
Lets head over to Robin Reed - What can we expect?

[WX1]
[anchor=Robin]

[Abortion-Bill]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=99-9 22:09]
[GRAPHIC=Abortion Bills]

A 24 hour waiting period on abortions will not happen this year in Virginia- It was defeated by one vote.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]

The waiting period bill is the abortion limit that is widely considered "most likely to succeed" next in Virginia.
But the Senate Education and Health Committee was its final resting place this year.
Tonight's committee arguments focused on how much counseling is given in Virginia clinics.
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[IN Q=What frightens]
((OLIVIA GANS/AMERICAN VICTIMS OF ABORTION: WHAT FRIGHTENS US IS THAT THERE'S THIS ASSUMPTION...EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW.))
[SOT 18:39:14]
((KAREN BYER/VIRGINIA ABORTION COUNSELOR: I THINK ANY WOMAN WHO COMES IN STRESSING THAT SHE'S EXPERIENCING GUILT OR DOUBT THAT SHE COULD NOT COPE WITH-- WE WOULD DEFINITELY CANCEL HER APPOINTMENT AND REFER HER TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES.))

[SUPER=01-Olivia Gans/American Vicitms of Abortion; :00 ]
[SUPER=01-Karen Byer/Virginia Abortion Counselor; :17]
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[OUT Q=appropriate services.]
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The bill's sponsor says he's pleased to keep winning over Democrats.
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((DEL. BOB MCDONNELL/R-VIRGINIA BEACH: I'M ENCOURAGED THAT EVERY YEAR WE PICK UP AN ADDITIONAL VOTE. IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX, THIS YEAR SEVEN. WE'RE ONE AWAY FROM VICTORY AND I'M COMMITTED TO BRINGING THE BILL BACK EVERY YEAR UNTIL IT PASSES.))
[SUPER=01-Del. Bob McDonnell/(R) Virginia Beach; :00 ]
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[OUT Q=it passes.]
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Earlier today, the same Senate committee threw out a bill that would have required abortion clinics to upgrade to hospital standards.
That bill died on an 11 to 4 vote.

[Tech-Dancer]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[GRAPHIC=Legal Scales]

Charges are dismissed today against four Virginia Tech fraternity members.
The men were accused of holding an exotic dancer against her will for refusing to perform a striptease.
The judge made the decision at the urging of Montgomery County's Commonwealth's Attorney.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/October 1998]

Michelle Russell and her escort, David (chair-is-now-ski) Cheresnowsky, went to police last fall saying the students had held them against their will inside the (fi) Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Commonwealth's Attorney Skip Schwab says further investigation proved the two lied to police-- that they had NOT been physically restrained and that one of the students did NOT take money from Cheresnowsky's pocket.
Michael Campbell was charged with abduction even though he says he wasn't at the party.
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[inq=The fact]
((FRED KELLERMAN/CAMPBELL'S ATTORNEY:THE FACT OF THE MATTER WAS, HE WASN'T EVEN AT THE EVENT WHEN IT TOOK PLACE AND IT'S JUST A REAL SHAME HE HAD TO BE DRAGGED THROUGH ALL OF THIS.))
[SUPER=01-Fred Kellerman/Campbell's Attorney; :00]
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[VO-NAT]

Abduction charges were also dismissed against Seth Marshall, Mark (bren-see) Brensy and Ryan Worch.
Charges were also dropped against Nicholas (da-sar-no) Desarno who was accused of exposing himself and trying to remove Russell's lingerie.
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[ANCHOR=JEAN]
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Police found out the two lied about the night in question after receiving information from a private investigator working on behalf of the students.

[Akers-Martin]

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At a preliminary hearing today witnesses said they heard two Franklin County capital murder suspects confess.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]

Timothy Martin is one of two men charged with killing and robbing Wesley Smith last December.
Investigators found a beer bottle with Martin's fingerprints near the victim's body.
They arrested Martin on a New York Indian reservation, driving the victim's car.
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[SOT 16:22:27]
[IN Q=He said uh]
((HE SAID UH I KILLED A MAN AND I SAID FOR WHAT AND HE SAID FOR THE HELL OF IT FOR THE FUN OF IT.))
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[OUT Q=fun of it]
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[VO-NAT]

Thomas Akers was also arrested in the victim's car.
His cellmate says Akers described the murder.
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[SOT 14:25:37]
[IN Q=HE JUST SAID]
((HE JUST SAID HE AND HIS COUSIN TOOK A GUY DOWN 40 WEST PUT HIM IN A FIELD SEEN THE LIGHTS STARTED CHOKING THE GUY, GOT HIM DOWN AND CHOKED HIM.))
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[OUT Q=choked him]
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[VO-NAT]

A grand jury will decide in April whether there's enough evidence for a trial.
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[Hunting-Death]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=99-5 18:22]
[GRAPHIC=Hunting Death]

The man who accidentally shot and killed his brother in a Franklin County hunting accident last fall will NOT go to jail.
Verlon Hall pled guilty to reckless handling of a firearm, and got a suspended sentence.
He will have to pay a 500-dollar fine, give up his rifle and lose his hunting privileges for five years.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./November]

Hall mistook his younger brother, Raymond, for a deer and shot him as he came out of the woods.
The prosecutor said he went with a misdemeanor, rather than a manslaughter charge, because Verlon had been through enough.
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[I-73]

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[WRITER=sta]
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A Roanoke County group claims the proposed western corridor of I-73 may hurt the area's environment and send property values plummeting.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]

The I-73 Regional Impact Network held its second meeting tonight at Cave Spring Junior High School.
It's concerned the proposed western corridor may pose a threat to endangered species in the area.
Officials with the group also maintain the corridor will decrease property values by up to 30 percent.
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((ALAN : IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IN ROANOKE COUNTY UNDERSTAND THAT THE HIGHWAY WILL BRING THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THEIR HOMES DOWN BY 25 TO 30 PERCENT AND THE CLOSER THEY ARE TO THE HIGHWAY THE WORSE IT WILL BE. ))
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[OUT Q=worse it will be.]
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The western corridor would run from the Dixie Caverns exit along I-81, across Route 221 and across the Blue Ridge Parkway before reaching Route 220.
The network wants V-DOT to re-route the western corridor along Interstate 581.
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[Kosovo]

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A warning goes out - Yugoslav servs will be hit hard if they don't make peace in Kosovo.
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The Pentagon is sending 51 more warplanes to Europe to back NATO in case of airstrieks.
Plans are also underway for the possible evacuations of U-S embassies in the region.
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((MADELEINE ALBRIGHT/SECRETARY OF STATE: IF THE CURRENT STALEMATE CONTINUES THE MISSION WIL HAVE TO BE EVACUATED IN ADVANCE OF NATO AIR STRIKES.))
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Peace talks are underway in France as negotiators work against a noon Saturday deadline.
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[Pesticide-Fruits]

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[There is an anchor tag!!]
A warning tonight that pesticides on fruits and vegetables may be dangerous for children.
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[SUPER=01-Nancy Metcalf/Consumer Reports Assn.; 01 ]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Edward Groth/Consumers Union; 33]
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[OUT Q=under the skin.]

((NANCY METCALF; THERE ARE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OUT THERE ON THE MARKET WITH PESTICIDE RESIDUES TAHT ARE TOO HIGH FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
In fact, some fruits and vegetables have as much as one hundred times more than what our government deems safe for chldren.
Consumer Reports magazine did the study- analyzing 27-thoausand samples of produce.
It says Apples, grapes, green beans, peaches, pears, spinach and winter squash all came in too high.
But there's nothing illegal going on- pesticide limits are based on adults and not children.
CHILDREN ARE DEVELOPMENTLY VULNERABLE SO IT THE FETUS, SO PREGNANT WOMEN'S EXPOSURE MATTERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND POSSIBLE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, THE HORMONAL SYSTEM, ARE MOST CENTRL CONCERNS RIGHT NOW. PARENTS CAN WASH FRUITS THOROUGHLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY CAN PEEL THEM BECAUSE THE PARTICULAR PESTICIDE THAT'S A PROBLEM ON THOSE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IS ON OR JUST UNDER THE SKIN. ))
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Experts also advise giving your children a wide variety of fruites and vegetables- or buying organic- a study last year found it had little or no pesticides.

[Pneumonia]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=99-7 22:41]
[GRAPHIC=Medical News]

It's better to be safe than sorry.
Doctors in the Roanoke Valley are warning people with the flu to get treatment after two young adults died recently from flu complications and pneumonia.
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[SUPER=03-Salem; ]

Lewis-Gale Medical Center Doctor Doug Blevins says part of the reason young people are dying from the flu is because they wait too long to see a doctor.
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((DR. DOUG BLEVINS/INFECTIOUS DISEASE: SOMEONE WILL GET A VIRUS, THEY KNOW IT'S THE FLU AND THEY START GETTING BETTER, THEN THEY EXPLODE WITH A NEW FEVER A FEW DAYS OR A WEEK INTO THAT. THAT IS USUALLY THE COMPLICATING FACTOR.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Doctor Blevins says the pneumonia vaccine is available and only needed every five or ten years.

[Elton-John]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=sta]
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[GRAPHIC=Elton John]

In less than 24 hours Elton John will take center stage at the Roanoke Civic Center.
And, fans were still trying their luck tonight to get one of the few remaining tickets to the concert.
Stacey Martin has more.
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[IN Q=After weeks of trying]
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[SUPER=07-Chuck Morris; :16]
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[OUT Q=SM, News 7, Roanoke.]
((After weeks of trying Chuck and Joyce Morris haven't been able to win tickets to the Elton John concert.
But, they were hoping they'd have more success at Q99's ticket giveaway---especially since today has a more personal
meaning.
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((CHUCK & JOYCE MORRIS: WE'VE TRIED TO CALL AND WENT THROUGH THE TICKET STOP THEY HAD AT THE FOUR SEASON'S GOLF. WE'VE TRIED THAT, BUT SO FAR NO LUCK, BUT I HAVE A FEELING TODAY IS OUR LUCKY DAY. TODAY IS OUR ANNIVERSARY SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY ONE MORE TIME. )) [RUNS13]
[OUT Q=one more time.]

The Morris' along with several other hopefuls arrived at Awful Arthur's trying to become winners at one of the radio station's last contests for fans still hoping to see the legendary performer in person.
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[IN Q=He's a little crazy]
((JASON HALL: HE'S A LITTLE CRAZY WITH THE GLASSES AND THE HAIR BUT I LIKE HIM. YOU KNOW. POSITIVE GUY COMING TO SMALL TOWN ROANOKE. )) [RUNS08]
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So far the station has given away 15 pairs of tickets but the calls from last-minute hopefuls continue to come in.
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[IN Q=Our phones at the radio]
((DICK DANIELS/Q-99: OUR PHONES AT THE RADIO STATION HAVE JUST BEEN GOING CRAZY, NON-STOP AND OF COURSE THIS PAST WEEK HAS JUST BEEN OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE NOBODY CAN GET TICKETS ANYWHERE EXCEPT BY WINNING THEM. )) [RUNS10]
[OUT Q=by winning them.]

Fans had to be present to win and many waited for hours.
Earlier drawings were held for door prizes..
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[IN Q=The winner of this]
((DICK DANIELS: THE WINNER OF THIS DOOR PRIZE IS GAIL PACK.)) [RUNS08]
[OUT Q=if Gail Pack.]

But, all the suspense was held for the big drawing later in the evening.
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((DICK DANIELS: JENNIFER SLUSHER WE NEED TO SEE JENNIFER SLUSHER..)) [RUNS07]
[OUT Q=Jennifer Slusher.]

Those still without tickets have another chance to win them when Q-99 gives away a pair tickets tomorrow/later today.
Stacey Martin, News 7, Roanoke.))

[Tease1]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]

Still ahead, one day after a babysitter's manslaughter arrest, we've got the lowdown on the law concerning in-home daycare providers.
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[VO-NAT]

And later in the newscast, local teens put it in writing -- they won't have sex until they're married.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((O-K sports fans here's what's happening tonight. The High School basketball tournaments picked up again tonight all across the area The Yankes make a trade that brings pitcher Roger Clemens to "The Big Apple" a sad day for Braves fans as first baseman Andres Galarraga will miss the 1999 season and the Winston Cup Cars make a stop at the Rock tomorrow.

All that and the latest coming up in sports.))
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[Alfred-Martin]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=chu]
[TAPE#=99-4 41:50]
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The man who pleaded guilty to escaping from the Martinsville prison farm 25-years ago won't have to spend as much time in jail as first anticipated.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lavonia, MI/Last Year;]

Alfred Martin could be released as early as March 3rd.
The Martinsville Sheriff originally calculated that Martin would have to serve more than 5-months behind bars.
But the case was turned over to the state Department of Corrections, which says he can be released much earlier because of good time credit.
Martin fled Virginia in 1974, after being convicted for selling marijuana.
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[5-Babysitters]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=599-2 15:00]
[GRAPHIC=None]

A Bedford County woman charged with killing a small girl in her care will appear in court April 27th.
Sonja Hickson is accused of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 14-month-old Frances Vermillion last year.
The case has many second-guessing the safety of in-home child care services.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]

State law does NOT require anyone caring for five or fewer children in their home to be licensed.
Experts say licensed day care centers aren't necessarily safer, but they are more closely monitored by outside agencies.
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[IN Q=If you're a]
((SUSAN HORSLEY/YMCA DAY CARE DIRECTOR: IF YOU'RE A LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITY AND YOU'RE OPERATING A BUSINESS, YOU'RE NOT ONLY MONITORED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT YOU ARE BY THE FIRE MARSHAL, YOU ARE BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SO ALL THESE OUTSIDE AGENCIES COME IN TO CHECK TO JUST SEE IF YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE DOING.)) ((CAROL MASSIE/CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER: IT'S AN ADDED HELP. I ENCOURAGE PARENTS NOT RELY ON THAT. PROBLEMS CAN OCCUR IN A LICENSED PROGRAM AS WELL AS AN UNLICENSED, BUT YOU HAVE THAT ADDED ASSURANCE THAT THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE CHECKING FOR YOU.))
[SUPER=01-Susan Horsley/YMCA Daycare Director; :00]
[SUPER=01-Carol Massie/Child Care Resource Center; :16]
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[OUT Q=checking for you.]
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Horsley and Massie agree that parents need to completely check out the daycare provider for themselves before placing their child.
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[Lima-Riots]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
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Violence in the streets of Peru-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lima, Peru]

Three thousand street vendors were evicted from their stalls- after 15 years of selling their goods without licenses.
This was the reaction as vendors took to the streets in protest-
Police brought in tear gas-
Several peole were injured and police made numerous arrests
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[Flooding]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[wipe wipe wipe]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Outside Lima, Peru;]

Seventeen people have died as a result of heavy flooding in Peru- another 75 are injured.
More than 12 thousand homes have also been damaged-
Heavy rain and flooding have blocked roads into Lima- it may get worse.
Another six weeks of rain is forecast.
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[Tease2]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]

Hundreds of area teens are saying no in public to premarital sex...
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[VO-NAT]

and how about an appointment to see the man who made Dr. Huxtable a household name?
Details on a legendary comedian coming to town, later on News 7 at 11.
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[lotto]
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[Straight-Street]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#=99-14 57:11]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Hundreds of teens are going public about a very private commitment.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]

Last Friday nearly 600 teens signed "commitment cards" affirming their intentions to abstain from sex until married.

About 300 of the cards are now on display at Valley View Mall.
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[SOT 16.26.52 - 16.27.07]
[IN Q=In a couple of weeks]
((KEITH FARMER/DIR. STRAIGHT STREET: IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHO WAS AT THE RALLY OR WHO SIGNED THE CARD AND THAT'S WHERE THE REAL IMPORTANT TIME TAKES PLACE WHERE PARENTS AND CHURCHES AND ADULTS REALLY GET BEHIND THESE TEENAGERS WHO'VE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN PURE. ))
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[OUT Q=to remain pure.]
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[VO-NAT]

The teens signed the cards at a "True Love Waits" rally in Roanoke last week.
The rally is sponsored by Straight Street.
The group is planning another one this summer when they'll check in with teens and find out how well they've upheld their commitments.
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[Forecasts]
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[SUPER=X5001;][S-Extra]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=Extra Point]
[GRAPHIC=Sports Logo]

Roger Clemens will wear the Yankee Pin stripes this season Atlanta's Andre's Galarraga will miss the 1999 season and we'll check in with High school basketball.
But first our Extra Point.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-West Hollywood, CA; :]

The man who purched O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy says he did it to impress his girlfriend. Tom "Juice" Kriessman, a sheet metal trader from Philadelphia paid 255-thousand for the trophy that Simpson won in 1968.
Kriessman, a graduate of Villanova played rough-touch football in his 20's and was ironically nickmaned, "Juice."
Now, here's tonights numbers.
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[SUPER=0098-j/Virginia Tech/70//La Salle/57//Women/j/Virginia/86//Georgia Tech/73//Women/;]
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[OUT Q=...LAST SCORE."]
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[S-RVC]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-28 TC13539]
[GRAPHIC=HIGH SCHOOL]

A little emotion, a little history and another win were the orders of the night at Roanoke Valley Christian last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/N. Cross vs. R.V. Christian; :00]

The Eagles Josh Foster warmed up before making an assault on the 1000 career point mark, but he would first have join his fellow upperclassmen in celebration of Senior's Night.
Foster needed just four points to hit the magical mark, and this sweet jumper off the back of the iron put him there in the first quarter.
Foster was given a game ball and he then went back to work.
This time he drops one in on the baseline as he gets good position inside.
But the Eagles are more than just a one man gang.
K.C. Gilbert feeds Justin Hurt in the lane, and the big man makes a nice move to get free for the hoop.
North Cross gave the Eagles all they wanted thanks to plays like this one from
[super=33-North Cross/68/R.V. Christian/87/;]
Sam Polhamus.
But Gilbert would get loose in transition and RVC would improve to 22 and 0 with the 87 to 68 win.
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[S-Pioneer]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-40]
[GRAPHIC=Pioneer Logo]

Up in Clifton Forge last night, the four teams kicked off the semi finals of the Pioneer District.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=First audio]
[SUPER=03-Clifton Forge/Highland Co. vs Parry McCluer; :00]
[SUPER=33-Parry McCluer/80/Highland Co./49/; :29]
[SUPER=01-Nelson Fox/Parry McCluer Head Coach; :36]
[SUPER=04-James River vs Covington; :45]
[SUPER=33-Covington/49/James River/46/; 1:12]
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[OUT Q=......49 to 46.]
(( Highland was hoping to five Parry McCluer its first district loss.
The Rams Jon Warner drives in and shoots this nice jumper early in the third the Blues led by 11.
The Blues would play tight defense watch as Lee Stinnett steals the ball and races all the way down the court for the nice layup and Parry MNcCluer would take a 56 to 37 lead.
The Rams would play a gouth inside game as Gabe Narduzzi shoots this short jumper to cut the blues lead to 20.
Parry McCluer would add to that lead as Jason Wright gets the ball inside and scores the duce for 17 points and the Blues remain undefeated with tthe 80 to 49 win. )) ((NELSON FOX/PARRY MCCLUER HEAD COACH:)) ((James River and Covington hooked up in the night cap.
The knights defense would play tough as Josh Simmons intercepts this pass and takes it coast to coast for the score and a 6 point lead.
Covington would play the boards tough as Travis Bogar muscles his way inside for the rebound and basket to cut the lead to 4.
The Knights would again up their lead when Joe Ingram shoots this nice jumper to make it 15 to 9.
But the Cougars claw their way back Michael Allen throws the pass inside to Chad Ward to tie the game and Covington wins 49 to 46.))
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The Semi finals of the Three Rivers District tournament were held last night at Blacksburg high school.
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Kevin Harris and his Auburn Eagles looked to keep their winning ways intact but met a tough Giles team.
The Spartans were hot all night as Andy Johnston gets the bounce pass and knocks down three of his team high 23 points to make it 46 to 43 in the fourth.
Auburn's Travis Moles, who scored 18 tonight for the Eagles, gets two here as he sticks back his own miss.
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But Giles was too much late in the game as Seth Bandy finds Timmy Carbaugh down court he will lay it in and Giles will advance to the championship game in the Three Rivers.
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The Bobcats of Radford were hoping to get their foot in the finals as well.
Radford had problems holding on to the ball as Josh Ward gets the knock away and goes to the other end for the Layup and an early Glenvar lead.
Ward would then give the ball on the inbound to Bryan Faschnat who drives inside and knocks down the short jumper for a 10 point Highlander lead..
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The Bobcats tried to hang on as Ben Fisher gets the steal and finds Gio Morton with the quick look pass for a lay in and Glenvar wins it 60 to 42.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PIONEER DISTRICT LATER ON MORNIN'.

[S-Tech]

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The Lady Hokies of Virginia Tech win again in the Atlantic 10.
Michelle Housewright scored 15 as Tech beats La Salle 70 to 57.
Tech plays its final home game at the Cassell this Sunday against George Washington.

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And the Yankees make a trade and bring the Rocket, Roger Clemens to the "Big Apple."
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The Atlanta Braves opened spring training today with high hopes and high anxiety. The players learned this morning that slugging first baseman Andres Gallaraga has cancer and will miss the entire season.
His Doctors found a tumor in a small bone in his back during an MRI yesterday.
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The defending world champion New York Yankees, made a blockbuster trade yesterday by sending fan favorite David Wells to the Toronto Blue Jays for five-time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens.
The Yanks get a future hall of famer in Clemens, althought giving up Wells wasn't easy to do.
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THAT'S IT FOR SPORTS HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYBODY.

[Bill-Cosby]

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Elton John is all the rage in the Roanoke Valley now.
But another big-name performer is headed our way.
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Funny man Bill Cosby will perform at the Salem Civic Center on June 11th.
The current star of CBS's "Cosby" and, in the 1980's "The Cosby Show", is touted as one of the most influential stars in America. Tickets go on sale February 27th at the Salem Civic Center and all Ticket Master locations.
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