WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 02/26/99

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Coming up-
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A marine pilot accused in the Italian Gondola accident takes the stand.
Some people say they feel cheated after going to a local employment agency.
And who says the beach is private. Some secret photographers are snapping away and pictures are showing up on the internet.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
News 7 is next.

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He is charged with 20 counts of involuntary manslaugther- the marine pilot's jet flew into a gondola cable sending 20 people to their deaths- Today he took the stand.
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[Gondola]

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[WRITER=jja]
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Captain Richard Ashby admits mistakes were made but he says he's innocent-
As Lee Cowan reports they was the same words Ashby spoke on 60 minutes.
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((CAPT. RICHARD ASHBY/USMC: MISTAKES WERE MADE, AND THAT'S OBVIOUS, OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THEY WEREN'T ALL OUR MISTAKES. PROSECUTORS DISAGREE-- ARGUING ASHBY WAS FLYING TOO LOW AND TOO FAST-- HOT-DOGGING HIS WAY THROUGH DIFFICULT TERRAIN-- WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. BUT ON THE STAND, ASBY SAID THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. IN FACT, HE ARGUES-- HE WAS SPECIALLY TRAINED TO FLY HIS EA-6B PROWLER AT LOW ALTITUDES. BUT THIS TIME, HE SAYS THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION. ASHBY TESTIFIED HE SET HIS ALTIMETER ALARM TO GO OFF -- IF THE PLANE DIPPED BELOW 800-FEET.... STILL BELOW THE MINIMUM ALTITUDE FOR THE FLIGHT-- BUT ALSO SOME 430-FEET ABOVE THE GONDOLA CABLE. HE SAYS IT NEVER WENT OFF. NOT ONLY THAT-- BUT OUT OF ALL THE OBSTACLES THAT WERE MARKED ON HIS FLIGHT MAP, THE SKI GONDOLA CABLE WASN'T ONE OF THEM-- HE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN IT, EXPERTS SAY, UNTIL SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT. LEE COWAN CBS NEWS, THE PENTAGON.))

[Child-Porn]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[TAPE#=98-78 1:25:08]
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Bedford County school officials want to know why police lured a suspected pedophile to an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to make an arrest last week.
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[VO-NAT]
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58-year old Thomas D. Rice was arrested in the parking lot of the Bedford Elementary School on Saturday.
Rice had arranged the meeting through the Internet with an undercover police officer who was posing as a 13-year old boy.
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[SOT 11:24:18]
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((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE ENDANGERED KNOWINGLY ANY SCHOOL CHILDREN OR ANYONE ELSE AS A MATTER OF FACT. BUT THAT PARTICULAR TIME OF THE WEEK, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THERE WERE IN ALL PROBABILITY MORE PEOPLE OVER AT THE EXXON STATION WHICH WAS JUST UP THE ROAD THAN IN THE SCHOOL LOT.))
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Rice is due back in Bedford on April 29th for a preliminary hearing.
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[Radford-Fire]

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Investigators believe they've determined the cause of a house fire in Radford, this morning.
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A 77-year old man died after fire and smoke engulfed his apartment in the basement of this fifth street house.
Radford's fire marshal and investigators believe the fire started when the victim dropped a lit cigar onto a blanket covering his lap.
Investigators say an autopsy will determine if the victim died from smoke or burns.
The man's daughter and family live upstairs but weren't home at the time.
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[Barker-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Henry County's fire marshal is now calling the December blaze that killed a husband and wife SUSPICIOUS.
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[SUPER=03-Henry Co./December 6, 1998;]

William and Bonnie Barker died when their home on Wingfield Orchard Road went up in flames.
52-year old William was confined to a wheelchair.
The couple's son Jeff, who lived in the basement, escaped the burning house unharmed.
Fire Marshal Rodney Howell won't go as far as to call the fire ARSON, but says his investigation isn't over.
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[Bramblett]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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The state Supreme Court has upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Earl Bramblett.
The court took the unusual step of praising the "outstanding police work" that produced evidence the court called: "overwhelming."
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[SUPER=03-Vinton/August 29, 1994]

Bramblett killed the entire Hodges family in the Summer of 1994, then set their house ablaze, trying to destroy the evidence.
The court noted Bramblett's "extensive and long-term planning and execution of the murders" established him as a danger to society.
Bramblett is the second oldest man on Virginia's death row.
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[Robbery-Arrest]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[TAPE#=98-83 58:57]
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A Danville man is in the custody of the U-S Marshal Service tonight, charged with robbing a bank courier last May.
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[SUPER=03-Danville/May 20, 1998;]

F-B-I agents say 34- year old Richard Erick Houston stole money belonging to the People's National Bank on Kentuck Road in Danville.
Houston is accused of smashing out the window of a bank courier's pickup truck and stealing a bag of money from inside.
F-B-I agents say Houston had help in the robbery.
They've charged him with conspiring with at least two other people, but so far no other arrests have been made.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Houston was arrested without incident Wednesday in the parking lot of a Danville restaurant.

[XGR-Wrap]

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[TAPE#=99-6 23:21]
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The 1999 Virginia Generaly Assembly is in its final hours-- and lawmakers are counting their accomplishments.
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((DEL. DICK CRANWELL: I'M HAPPY THAT WE INCREASED FUNDING FOR EDUCATION BY 250 MILLION DOLLARS. WE GOT TWO CENTS OFF THE FOOD TAX. AND WE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN REFORMING HMOS. BUT DID WE DO WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE AND SHOULD HAVE DONE? THE ANSWER IS NO. SO IT'S A HALF A LOAF SESSION AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.))
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[SUPER=03-Richmond; ]

In fact, Democrats say they clearly drove the agenda on most important issues-- except for the Governor's fight against out-of-state trash.
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((GOV. JIM GILMORE: YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ISSUES OF THE DAY ARE THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. AND WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE THE KEY ISSUES OF EDUCATION, TAX CUTS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND HEALTH CARE AS WELL.))
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[HMO]

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A so-called "Patients Bill of Rights" is one of the bi-partisan accomplishments of the 1999 General Assembly.
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But as the state Senate put the finishing touches on an H-M-O reform bill today, Democrats said Republicans didn't let them go far enough.
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((SEN. DICK SASLAW/D-SPRINGFIELD: IN MY OPINION, I THINK WE COULD HAVE PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE DONE MORE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE SEEKING MEDICAL CARE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.))
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((SEN. TOMMY NORMENT: EVERY INTERESTED PARTY HAS HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO LEAVE THEIR IMPRINT ON THIS BILL. NOW REGRETFULLY AS THE REAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WORKS, YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. SOMETIMES THE COLLECTIVE ANSWER IS NO!))
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The bills passed this year- let patients appeal coverage denials to an independent board and have better access to specialists.
Republicans removed a provision to let patients sue H-M-Os for decisions that hurt their care, saying it would drive up health care costs for all.

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

[Stolen-Years]

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It's the product of several trips to Russia for one local couple in search of history.
"Stolen Years" is a documentary that's about to make its national debut.
Stacey Martin has more.
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((Tamara Petkevich is one of at least 20 million people who were sent to these prison camps in the outer-most regions of Russia during the Stalin era.
The camps were part of a system known as the "gulag." Russian officials often accused many innocent people of being enemies of the state and forced them to work, starve and often die in isolation.
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((TAMARA PETKEVICH/PRISON CAMP SURVIVOR:ALL OF THOSE YEARS WE WERE HUNGRY, COLD AND LOADED DOWN WITH IMPOSSIBLE PHYSICAL LABOR--FORESTRY, DIGGING, BREAKING ROCK.))
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It was stories like hers and those of 10 other survivors that convinced Bruce and Jennifer Young of Lexington to document their experiences.
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((BRUCE YOUNG: THE STORY OF THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IS REMARKABLE IN AND OF ITSELF AS A STORY; AS A HUMAN EXPERIENCE. AND THAT REALLY INEVITABLY DREW ME IN.))
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The documentary is called "Stolen Years" and covers a period of Communist rule from the late 1920s and 30s.
Though the extreme suffering and torture is an experience far removed from most Americans--the Youngs hope it highlights the freedom that people in this country enjoy.
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((JENNIFER LAW YOUNG: THE ONE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM MAKING THIS FILM IS HOW INCREDIBLY LUCKY WE AREA HERE IN AMERICA. WE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. ))
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"Stolen Years" will make its national debut on PBS stations during the first two weeks of March.
Stacey Martin, News 7.))

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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Still to come, area war veterans say they're being shorted when it comes to primary medical care.
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And -- it's called Employment One, but some job-seekers say they're getting jipped by the local employment service.
Details straight ahead.
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[Sports-Preview]

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((Hey folks this is Mike Stevens on your Friday night handing out invitations to the state tournament. Glenvar gets one down in Daleville.
The Roanoke women are knocked out of the ODAC tournament in the semi-finals.
And Liberty's sister act rolls on at the Big south. The hoopla starts in just a few minutes on News 7 sports.))

[Employment-One]

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A new employment service is collecting 135-dollars from each customer -- but some people come away feeling cheated.
Turns out they may be paying for their mistakes.
Tina Tenret takes us inside Employment One to investigate.
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((They're working the phones at Employment One, tracking down jobs for their clients.
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((I WAS JUST CALLING TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY POSITIONS WE COULD HELP YOU FILL.))
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And once clients pay 135-dollars, they're allowed to see a bulletin board with about 150 job listings.
Some say it's not worth it.
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((MATTHEW SHAFFER/JOB APPLICANT: I WAS GOING IN THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE ME WITH A REAL GOOD JOB, SET ME UP WITH A REAL GOOD JOB AND DO ALL THAT FOR ME AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. I'D GIVE THEM MY QUALIFICATIONS, THEY'D MATCH IT UP AND PUT ME IN A JOB.))
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Matthew Shaffer admits he did not fully read his contract.
If he had, he would have seen in the first line that Employment One does not promise to PLACE a client in a job.

Or he could have read the signs that also say there's no guarantee of a job.
But many make his mistake -- paying more attention to the high-paying jobs the company advertises.
The Better Business Bureau is getting flooded with calls.
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((WE RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE DON'T PAY MONEY UPFRONT TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.))
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Managers at Employment One say they find jobs you can't get elsewhere.
They say few customers leave disappointed -- but at the same time, they say it's too early to tell if they've actually found jobs for anyone.
And if you make a mistake -- there are no refunds.
Tina Tenret, News7, Roanoke.))

[Tultex]

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[TAPE#=98-81 1:19:53]
[GRAPHIC=Tultex Earnings]

It looks worse than it is.
That's the way Tultex is spinning its latest earnings report.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Martinsville;]

The apparel company reported it lost seven times as much money in 19-98 as it did in 19-97.
But the company stopped selling one line of clothing last year.
And Tultex said getting rid of that line made 19-98 look much worse than it really was.
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((KIM ADKINS/TULTEX SPOKESWOMAN: BECAUSE OF THE SALE OF LOGO ATHLETIC, WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK ALL OF OUR LOSSES NOW. A COMPARISON BETWEEN 97 AND 98 IS REALLY NOT A FAIR COMPARISON.))
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Tultex says it's not planning any more layoffs.
And the company says its management team will stay in place.
It plans to turn around its fortunes by concentrating more on marketing and less on actually making clothes.
Most of its clothes are now made in Mexico.
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[Salem-VA]

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Some Roanoke Valley veterans are organizing a mass meeting of all vets in Southwest Virginia.
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The Roanoke Valley Veterans Council is urging all 138-thousand vets through Southwest Virginia to unite at 11:45 on March 13th at Salem High School. The purpose of the rally is to raise awareness about the lack of primary care offered at the Salem V-A Medical Center.
Vets say they are being lied to by the administrative staff at the hospital.
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((PETER SNELLING/ROANOKE VALLEY VETERANS COUNCIL: WE WERE TOLD LAST WEEK THAT WARD 4 WAS GOING TO UNDERGO SOME CHANGES, WE THEM TURNED AROUND AND FOUND WARD 4-H WAS SHUT DOWN THE DOORS WERE PADLOCKED WITH A CHAIN.))
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Ward 4 is used for primary care.
Associate Director of the Medcial Center Joan Sheldon says primary care is part of the problem, but they're doing everything they can to remedy that.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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When News 7 at 11 returns, beware --
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[VO-NAT]
hidden cameras are catching more than the landscape at the beach.
Some sunbathers are turning up on internet porn sites.
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[lotto]
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[Internet-Voyeurs]

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The beach- It's a place to get away from it all- or is it?
It seems some people are taking pictures of nearly nude sunbathers and putting them on the internet- without their knowledge.
Jim Bergamo has more from South Miami Beach.
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[SUPER=01-Leanna Barnes/Toronto Tourist; 24]
[SUPER=01-Michael Froomkin/Legal Expert on Internet; 44]
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((THE CAMERAS ARE STALKING YOU FROM INSIDE ROOMS AS WELL AS FROM ROOFTOPS. THE PICTURES ARE PASSED TO A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT WEBSITE OWNER, AS IN THIS ONE, WE FOUND. 1HOTBEACH.COM. WE WENT, TO CORAL GABLES, WHERE THE OWNER, GERRY SIGLER IS REGISTERED AS "SOBE ENTERTAINMENT." BUT WE FOUND NO ONE AT THAT ADDRESS.
THE SPEED, THE IMMEDIACY, THE AUDIENCE FOR ALL THIS PICTURING IS ENORMOUS. LEANNA BARNES/TORONTO TOURIST: It's scary. . because you think you have some sort of privacy and you don't have any privacy anymore. Yeah, it could be on the Internet. I would not like that at all.
WHEN THE VIEWER DESIRES MORE, THEY CAN PAY FOR IT.THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY AND PROFIT COMES IN. BUT NONE OF IT GOES TO THE PEOPLE SHOWN.
MICHAEL FROOMKIN:The claim would be that somebody is selling their image without their permission and casting them in a false light.
AND EXPERTS SAY YOUR ONLY PROTECTION MAY BE TO SUE. MICHAEL FROOMKIN: LEGAL EXPERT ON INTERNET The idea that you were somebody who was interested in posing for a paid porn site. . that's giving a very misleading impression about you. JIM BERGAMO FOR CBS NEWS. SOUTH FORIDA))

[VMI-Breakout]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=99-2 43:40]
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"Breakout" at V-M-I is this weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/March 1998]

It will NOT include the usual muddy mess ON Post that the "rats" have endured for the last 17 years.
[SUPER=03-New Market/1997]

THIS year the rat mass will march 18-and-a half miles from Harrisonburg to New Market, then charge across the battlefield.
It's where ten V-M-I cadets losts their lives in a celebrated victory for the South in 1864.
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[SUPER=X5001;][S-extra]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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Lots of high school region hoop highlights are on the way, including a couple of upsets. Also, women's college stuff is coming your way tonight.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-Vinton/Region III Wrestling; :00]

But first in tonight Extra Point, the first day of the Region Three wrestling tournament is over at William Byrd.
Christiansburg leads the event with Byrd second, Brookville third, Lord Botetourt fourth, Northside fifth and Salem sixth.
The Semi-finals of the event start at ten tomorrow morning at Byrd.
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[S-Glenvar]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-37]
[GRAPHIC=Region C Logo]

We begin at the Region C tournament in Daleville as George Wythe and Glenvar hooked up in the first semi-final game.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daleville/Glenvar vs George Wythe; :]

The Maroons would open the game sporting a 24 and 1 record.
Glenvar led by 10 at the half and opened the second half with a 10 to nothing run led by Brian Fasnacht who would finish with 26 points in the game.
George Wythe would go inisde on this play. Matt Williams driving in for the layup but the Maroons trailed 50 to 39.
But when the Maroons Lance Goff hit this three pointer with less than 2 minutes left in the game the Maroons trailed by five, 58 to 53.
[SUPER=33-Glenvar/71/George Wythe/63/;]

Glenvar would ice the win as Josh Ward takes it in for the layup after the steal and score the Highlanders win it 71 to 63.
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[S-Blues]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daleville/Parry McCluer vs Auburn; :]

The Fighting Blues of Parry McCluer and Auburn would wrap up the semi finals.
Auburn comes out with the jumper Travis Moles hitting the three pointer from the side of the Key.
But the Fighting Blues would answer as Chad Coffey steps behind the line and hits a three pointer.
The Eagles then went inside to Nathan Steward takes the pass and puts it in for the easy duece.
[SUPER=33-Auburn/60/Parry McCluer/45/;]

Parry McCluer would run the floor Lee Stennett takes it coast to coast for the layup BUT Auburn wins it 60 to 45.

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[S-Salem]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-34 17:28]
[GRAPHIC=Region III]

The Region III semi-finals tipped off over at the Salem Civic Center last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Salem/Region III Semi-Finals; :00]

In the nightcap Liberty would have to contend with Charlie Morgan and the mighty Salem Spartans.
Off the opening tip, Tony Pullen dishes to Thomas Johnson, he snaps the nylon from the corner.
[SUPER=33-Salem/69/Liberty/64;]Salem's Adam Rutledge then drives baseline and gives to Manuel Lewis who is gonna sc
ore inside.
But the story was Trey Shifflett, who scored a career high 26 points on the night. His jumper put Salem up 64-58 with about four minutes to play in the game.
Liberty's Will Sloan scores on the inbounds, but Salem advances to the state tourney with the 69-64 win.
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[SUPER=01-Charlie Morgan/Salem head Coach; :00]
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[OUT Q=...Laid it on the line]
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[S-Gretna]

[ANCHOR=mike]
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[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-41 13:37]
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[SUPER=04-Hawks vs. Terriers; :00]

In the final four opener, Paul Barnard and his William Byrd Terriers looked to advance but Dogwood district champion Gretna stood in the way.
Watch Cameron Garvin take the shot, he misses but Shaun Morrison is there to [SUPER=33-Gretna/50/William Byrd/46;]cle
an up the mess with the bucket, 45-41 Hawks with 2:35 left in the game.
Josh Wheeler gives Byrd a chance with three of his game high 17 points. 45-44.
Matt McGuire hits the lay up, but Gretna made enough free throws and earn a shot at Salem with a 50-46.
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Yesterday in the Civic Center floor, Roanoke College and Bridgewater hooked up on the semi-finals of the ODAC women's tournament.
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The Lady Eagles were out to knock off the second seeded Maroons and advance to the championship game.
Roanoke trailed by three in the first half until Cassie Shoemaker nails this jumper to make it 9 to 8 Eagles.
Bridgewater went on a 6 to nothing run Angela Osborn's jumper made the score 16 to 12 Eagles.
And when Connie Ritchie hit this basket inside the Lady Eagles led the game 21 to 12.
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Roanoke's Toree Morris hits this jumper for Roanoke. But Bridgewater wins 78 to 60 and advances to today's championship.
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In the other semi-final regular season champ Randolph-Macon battled Washington & Lee.
Cave Spring product Aimee Beightol would light a fire under the Jackets early as she scores two of her 11 points in transition as the lead approchaed doubel digits.
Washington & Lee's freshman of the year Jessica Mentz would do her best to keep it close with the baseline drive.
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But Macon would win going away 56-to-36. Again the championship it set for tomorrow at 2.
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Still to come tonight, we'll see how the Radford men did tonight,
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and check out Liberty University's double sister act.
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The Radford men won their 13th straight game last night as they hammered UNC Asheville in the Big South tournament semi-finals 92-to-79. Leslie Ballard led the Highlander attack with 23. They lay Winthrop for the title today at 2.

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The Radford women lost today to Coastal by 21, while Liberty advanced to tomorrow's title game with a 70-to-55 win over Charleston Southern.
Denise Allen says much of LU's success can be attributed to a pair of sister acts.
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((Kimmie and Krystal say they've always dreamed of playing for Coach Reeves.
On the court and at home they call him dad.
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The girls say they expect their dad to bendover backwards NOT to show favoritism. That often translates into Coach Reeves being harder on Kimmie and Krystal, than the other players.
The sisters say they expect more from eachother as well.
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Rick Reeves says now that he's coaching both of his daughters he's had to make adjustments on and off the court.
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The success of another sister act, Sarah and Sharon Wilkerson, made it easier for Kimmie and Krystal to fit in to the Flames' system.
And everyone on the team will tell you the family atmosphere is one of the things that makes this team work.
Denise Allen News 7 Sports. ))

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And folks don't forget tonight at eight Your Hometown Station has the ACC regular season finale between Duke and North Carolina.
Catch it LIVE at 8 right here on WDBJ-7.
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You might say that aviator Rucker Tibbs has had more than his share of ups and downs over the years.
And so has his favorite plane.
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The New London pilot once took his vintage Piper on a trip around the United States.
He flew more than 77-hundred miles.. without lights or a radio.
The plane's on display next month at the Virginia Museum of Transportation, and Tibbs was there today getting things set up.
After this exhibit is over, he and his plane will be back in the air...teaching another generation of pilots to fly.
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