[News-Heads]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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Next on News 7-
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[VO-NAT]
Did someone try to force an African American man out of his home for racial reasons. We'll have the latest.
Killer tornados hit the Midest.
One couple gets married with sharks swimming by.
While another well-known union decides to call it quits.
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[Talent=Jean]
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News 7 is next.
[Open]
[SUPER=#4064; News 7 at Eleven Headline Banner]
[SUPER=@Jean1;]
[SUPER=@Patrick1;]
[SUPER=@Mike1;]
[Video-Open]
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[SOT]
[00.21.12 - 00.21.44]
[IN Q=It didn't really]
((IT DIDN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME. THERE IS A LOT OF PREJUDICE HERE. ))
[RUNS=:04]
[OUT Q=of prejudice here.]
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[VO-NAT]
Residents in a Craig County community react to a sign they say was meant to force a black man to leave their neighborhood.
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[Craig-KKK]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=sta]
[TAPE#99-9 54:34]
[GRAPHIC=Craig Co. Hate Crime]
The FBI may be looking into a possible hate crime in Craig County.
The problem started with a racially-charged sign that's prompted outrage and fear among several residents there.
[Double Boxes=Jean/Stacey Newsroom]
Stacey Martin has been following the case and is in our newsroom with more.
[Live=Stacey Full/Newsroom]
[SUPER=@Stacey1;]
Jean, the sign was posted last Friday outside a home in a trailer home park in what's called Craig City.
The sign included a racial slur apparently directed at a black resident.
(Rollcue:a black resident.)
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Deputies with the]
[SUPER=03-Craig Co.; ;00]
[RUNS=1:09]
[OUT Q=spreading rumors, whatever.]
((Deputies with the Craig County Sheriff's Department confirmed the sign was posted at the edge of Allen Wright's front lawn and read in part, "Nigger go home."
News 7 contacted Wright about the sign but he would not talk to us.
However, neighbors said the message was directed at a black man who was new in town.
Deputies would only identify him as "Oscar"--a man from West Virginia who was living with Preston Greenway until a few days ago.
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[SOT 16.33.43 - 16.33.50]
[IN Q=I hated to tell]
((PRESTON GREENWAY: I HATED TELL HIM TO LEAVE BUT I HAD TO--I COULDN'T AFFORD TO HAVE MY 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR TRAILER BURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF DAMNED IGNORANCE.))
[RUNS07]
[OUT Q=of damned ignorance.]
It's similar threats and a fear of violence that has many residents scared to speak publicly about the incident.
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[SOT 00.22.51 - 00.23.26]
[IN Q=It's a small town...]
((IT'S A SMALL TOWN ...AND EVERYBODY JUST KNOWS EVERYBODY AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S GOING ON AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE AND THINK LIKE THEY DO YOU PAY FOR IT.))
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[OUT Q=pay for it.]
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[SOT 00.18.48 - 00.19.06]
[IN Q=They probably would come]
((THEY WOULD PROBABLY WOULD COME DOWN HERE AND TEAR UP ANY PROPERTY OF OURS-- MESS WITH THE CAR, THE HOUSE, WHATEVER; START SPREADING RUMORS WHATEVER. ))
[RUNS18]
[OUT Q=spreading rumors, whatever.]
))
[Live=Stacey Full/Newsroom]
The case has now been turned over to the Salem State Police who have an on-going investigation into the matter.
[Double Boxes=Jean/Stacey Newsroom]
And, they have in turn contacted the FBI and they are considering the case a possible hate crime.
Jean??..
Q & A:
JEAN QUESTION:
Stacey, any idea where the man known as Oscar is living now?
[Ramey]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=99-1 4:56:52]
[GRAPHIC=Michael Ramey]
Last night's arrest of 35- year- old Michael Anthony Ramey in Henry County ended a two- day manhunt for the murder suspect.
And today, two more men were charged in connection with Tuesday's robbery and murder in Axton.
Joe Dashiell has the story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Michael Anthony Ramey]
[SUPER=03-Henry Co./Last Night; :00]
[SUPER=01-Frank Cassell/Henry Co. Sheriff; :29]
[SUPER=@Joe2; 41]
[RUNS=:54]
[OUT Q=JD News 7 Martinsville.]
((Michael Anthony Ramey was taken into custody Thursday night without incident. He now faces more than a dozen felonies including capital murder.
The Sheriffs Department is also charging two other men as accomplices.
Investigators say 23- year- old Lawrence David Reynolds and 19- year- old William Lamine Murphy knew about the plan to rob the store. Authorities believe the two were waiting in a car when Ramey killed Susan Hylton and wounded two of her co-workers at Little Taylors Grocery and Grill.
[SOT 13:41]
[IN Q=The people in this county]
((THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY WERE VERY SCARED. AND THEY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE. THIS MAN OBVIOUSLY WAS VERY DNAGEROUS AND I'M PERSONALLY VERY RELIEVED HE'S IN CUSTODY. WE ALL ARE.))
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[OUT Q=we all are.]
The arrest beings relief to many, but little consolation for the family and friends of Susan Hylton.
She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery following a service at a local funeral home.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Martinsville))
[Pitts-Remains]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Pitts Remains Found]
Pittsylvania County authorities are left with plenty of questions to answer after a dog dug up skeletal remains.
A canine found a human skull yesterday, on Old Mayfield Road.
The skeleton has been sent to the medical examiner's office in Roanoke for an autopsy.
[Bedford-Gambling]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=99-13]
[GRAPHIC=Bedford Co. Drug Bust]
"Operation Zero Tolerance" has netted more than twenty suspected drug dealers in Bedford County.. and more arrests are expected.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bedford Co.]
The roundup started Wednesday in Big Island, where a husband and wife have been charged with selling L-S-D and marijuana.
Authorities say 36- year- old Monica Underwood Farmer was selling drugs right out of the daycare center she operated for more than a dozen children.
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[SOT 5:31:03 (tape 1)]
[IN Q=It troubles me]
((MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD CO. SHERIFF: IT TROUBLES ME, AND I THINK IT WILL TROUBLE ANYBODY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THAT THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY WAS GOING ON THERE AT THE LOCATION.))
[SUPER=01-Mike Brown/Bedford Co. Sheriff; :00]
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[OUT Q=at the location.]
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[VO-NAT]
Police also broke up what they say was a backroom gambling operation in Big Island, where they seized three illegal video poker machines.
A total of thirty people are being sought in the crackdown.
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[Kosovo]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=net-A]
[GRAPHIC=Serbia Under Attack]
Air raid sirens are going off in Belgrade- as yet another round of NATO bombings hit.
Lee Cowan has more.
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[SOT]
[SUPER=01-Spyros Kyprianou/Senior Cypriot Envoy;]
[SUPER=01-Ken Bacon/Pentagon Spokesman;]
[SUPER=01-James Rubin/State Dept. Spokesman;]
[Super=01-Lee Cowan/CBS News;]
[RUNS=:00]
[OUT Q=CBS News, Washington.]
((FOR A SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW, NATO HAS HAD TO BOW TO MOTHER
NATURE, AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SORTIES FLOWN OVER YUGOSLAVIA AS THE ALLIED AIR ATTACK ENTERED IT'S 17TH NIGHT.
BUT IT COMES AFTER FOUR DAYS OF ALLIED SUCCESSES - CLEAR WEATHER
ALLOWING NATO TO STRIKE SERB GROUND FORCES HARD - MORE THAN A DOZEN
VEHICLES REPORTED DESTROYED IN THE LATEST ATTACK IN WESTERN KOSOVO.
BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH, AND NATO KNOWS IT - THE SUPREME ALLIED
COMMANDER ASKING FOR EVEN MORE FIREPOWER - THE U-S RESPONDING BY SENDING
IN SIX ADDITIONAL F-15 FIGHTER JETS JUST FOR STARTERS, TO AID IN AN
INCREASED ATTACK.
BUT IT WAS JUST THOSE ATTACKS THAT SERBS SAY DISRUPTED THE EFFORT
TO FREE THREE U-S SERVICEMAN.
THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS VISIBLY ANGERED THAT THE BOMBINGS
DIDN'T LET UP WHILE THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNDERWAY.
SPYROS KYPRIANOU/SENIOR CYPRIOT ENVOY "I have done my up
most!"
AT THE PENTAGON - THERE WAS DISAPPOINTMENT, BUT LITTLE SURPRISE.
KEN BACON/PENTAGON SPOKESMAN:
It is too bad - did not succeed."
U-S OFFICIALS CLAIMED ALL ALONG THERE WAS NOTHING TO NEGOTIATE -
AND HAD LITTLE FAITH MILOSEVIC WOULD DISPLAY ANY HUMANITARIAN TENDENCIES NOW.
JAMES RUBIN/STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN:
We're not - in the first place.
YUGOSLAVIA DID RE-OPEN IT'S BORDER WITH ALBANIA BRIEFLY FRIDAY
NIGHT, ALLOWING THOUSANDS THAT HAD BEEN TRAPPED TO POUR INTO A NEARBY
REFUGEE CAMP.
IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR FLOW OF REFUGEES SINCE THE BORDER WAS
SHUT AND THOUSANDS WERE FORCED TO RETURN TO WHAT THEY HAD BEEN TRYING SO HARD TO FLEE.
LEE COWAN//CBS NEWS: Back in Washington, the rumble of voices urging the use of ground
troops is growing - a groups of lawmakers just back from the region
signed a letter asking the President to at least put the prospect of
ground troops on the table. A formal meeting with bi-partisan leaders is
expected next week. Lee Cowan, CBS News, Washington.))
[Regional-Jail]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=THa]
[TAPE#=99-6 1:04:14]
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Dozens were on hand this afternoon to celebrate the opening of the New River Valley Regional Jail in Dublin.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Dublin]
The facility is prepared to welcome its first prisoners in a matter of days.
Lieutenant Governor John Hagar was the keynote speaker at this afternoon's ribbon cutting and later toured the jail which will serve eight southwest Virginia jurisdictions.
Tomorrow the public will get a chance to walk through the state of the art facility.
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[SOT 12:40:39]
[IN Q=There's been]
((RALPH DOBBINS/REGIONAL JAIL SUPERINTENDENT:THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF APPREHENSION ABOUT THE JAIL AND ITS BEEN REFERRED TO AS A PRISON AND WHO'S GOING TO BE KEPT HERE AND WE WANT THEM, TO ONE, FEEL SECURE ABOUT THIS FACILITY THAT IT'S BUILT WITH THEIR SAFETY IN MIND AND THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT A PRISON AND TO SEE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT HERE, IT'S THEIR TAX DOLLARS THAT PAID FOR IT AND WE WANT THEM TO COME SEE IT.))
[SUPER=01-Ralph Dobbins/Regional Jail Superintendent; :00]
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[OUT Q=see it.]
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[VO-NAT]
Tomorrow's open house is set to begin at nine- AM and will wrap up at three.
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[Fire]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=Fire]
Firefighters have reportedly lost control of a blaze near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
The 250-acre fire in Wilkes County - east of Boone - is rapidly approaching a prestigious community with several large homes.
Residents of the area have been evacuated.
[Cincy-Storms]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=net-B]
[GRAPHIC=Weather Damage]
At least four people were killed outside of Cincinnati when powerful storms whipped through-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blue Ash, OH]
The storms destroyed hundreds of homes, many in the Cincinnati suburbs-
Power lines were downed, trees snapped in two and cars flipped over.
People who lost their homes are thankful they made it out unharmed.
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[SOT 20:14:43]
[IN Q=Man sighing]
((MAN SIGHS... WE'RE ALRIGHT. IT WAS A HARROWING EXPERIENCE, THE KIDS ARE DOING WONDERFULLY, I AM TOO REALLY.))
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=am too really.]
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[VO-NAT]
Ohio's governor has declared an emergency in three counties.
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[Video]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=net h]
[GRAPHIC=Tornado]
An amateur photographer caught a tornado on tape in Southern Iowa.
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[VO-NAT]
[Super=X5052 (loads FX)]
[Super=X5045 (starts FX)]
[SUPER=75-Near Carbon, IA;]
Tonight's video of the day shows the funnel cloud in the distance -
The twister roars over farm land and across a road-
This tornado was just one of several reported in the Midwest as severe weather pummeled that part of the country.
Iowa's governor has signed a disaster declaration for at least two counties where tornadoes touched down.
[Super=X5043 (clears FX)]
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[Toss-2-Robin]
Jean tosses to Robin in the Chromakey
[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
Straight ahead on News 7 - AEP prepares for Y2K.
Could the new millenium leave you in the dark?
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[VO-NAT]
And it's a house fit for a king... well, a governor.
Later on News 7 - Virginia's first family learns to live the renter's life.
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[sports-preview]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sports preview]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=AUDIO]
((Hey people welcome to the start of the weekend here on the Big 7.
Highlights from the Roundhouse are on the way from game two of the Express-Dayton series.
Rusty is anything but as he tames Bristol.
Roy Stanley will have a report from the track, plus some colege greats from the 60's enters the national college hall of fame tonight on news 7 sports.))
[RUNS=:27]
[OUT Q=NEWS 7 sports.]
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[AEP-Test]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=ssi]
[TAPE#=98-10 1:06:57]
[GRAPHIC=AEP]
AEP joined a continent-wide effort today to make sure it's ready for Y2K.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
[outside shot of AEP]
Early reports show the company is in good shape to handle communications in the next millennium.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Well AEP]
[17:51:48]
((TOM AYRES: WELL AEP AND VIRTUALLY ALL ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICA PARTICIPATED IN A TWO-HOUR DRILL TODAY TO TEST HOW A BACKUP COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WOULD FUNCTION IF WE EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF PRIMARY COMMUNICATION DUE TO Y2K OR COMPUTER PROBLEMS.))
[SUPER=01-Tom Ayres/Corporate Communications Mgr.]
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=or computer problems.]
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[VO-NAT]
[shot of control room]
The drill was successful.
Their results prove that old-fashioned voice communication will be a sufficient back-up in an emergency.
[shot of electric plant]
AEP is conducting a series of tests to ensure that they are Y2K ready by the end of June.
They service almost FIVE- HUNDRED- THOUSAND customers in Virginia.
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[Grassy-Hill]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tte]
[TAPE#=99-3 1:40:07]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Scientists have discovered rare land near Rocky Mount so they're turning it into a big state park.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
They say Grassy Hill is unique for its rare grasslands, magnesium rich soil and endangered plants.
Some say preserving more than a thousand acres as a park could also spruce up the local economy.
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[SOT 12:00:42]
[IN Q=We must make ourselves]
((WE MUST MAKE OURSELVES VERY SPIFFY SO INDUSTRY WANTS TO RELOCATE HERE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE'RE SHARP AND ATTRACTIVE AND DEVELOP THE GOOD PARTS OF OURSELVES.))
[SUPER=01-Anne Carter Lee/Architectural Historian;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=ourselves]
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[VO-NAT]
Lee says the land dates back to the 18th century when there were open pit copper mines here.
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[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]
When the news returns, the love match may be over for Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi.
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[VO-NAT]
And later on the newscast - tieing the knot underwater is not enough for one adventurous couple.
They wanted some sharks around...
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[Shields]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=jja]
[TAPE#=NET-]
[GRAPHIC=NONE]
Suddeny Susan is Suddenly Single.
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[vo-nat]
[super=03-Wimbledon, England/1995;]
Actress Brooke Sheilds and Tennis STar Andre Agassi are calling it quits after two years of marriage.
A statement from Shields publicist says the couple hase jointly decided to dissolve their marriage.
The couple filed for divorce in Las Vegas where they have a home.
Agassi won the gold medal for the United States at the 1996 Olympics.
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[talent=Jean]
Shields is the star of the NBC Comedy Suddenly Susan.
[Gov-House]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=99-4 1:37:48]
[GRAPHIC=None]
It's practically a steal at 99-hundred dollars a month.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Richmond;]
That was one of the talking points of the Gilmore administration today on the media tour of the Governor's rental.
The house on Richmond's Cary Street Road will be home for Virginia's First Family and dog Sparky while the Executive Mansion is being restored this summer.
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[SOT 13:02:33]
[IN Q=Yeah, we]
((BRYAN SLATER/SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION: YEAH, WE THINK WE GOT A GOOD DEAL. WE GOT IT FOR WHAT WORKS OUT TO BE 12 DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT. IN THE RICHMOND RENTAL MARKET, COMMERCIAL SPACE DOWNTOWN PRICES RANGE FROM ANYWHERE FROM 16 TO 22 TO 23 DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT, DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE BUILDING.))
[SUPER=01-Bryan Slater/Secretary of Administration; ]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=the building.]
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[VO-NAT]
The Brown house is assessed at 2-point-7 million dollars.
It must serve as an entertainment and economic development tool for the state, have high tech security, and serve as office space for the mansion staff.
Those offices are now in a former billiards room.
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[First-Friday]
[ANCHOR=jean]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-7 1:05:12]
[GRAPHIC=None]
First Friday's kicked-off the first in a series of monthly concerts for the year.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Despite the weather, many people came out to enjoy the festivities.
Budweiser offered beer tasting....and cigars were on display to purchase.
The band "The WORX" was scheduled to play but rain forced them to pack-up early.
Former First Friday's President Kent Martin says Roanokers can expect a wide aray of performers this year.
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[SOT 2:22:34]
[IN Q=We've got Puddle duck]
((KENT MARTIN/FORMER PRES. FIRST FRIDAY'S: WE'VE GOT PUDDLE DUCK FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE. WE'VE GOT BANANNAS AT LARGE, RADAR ROSE, THE KINGS. SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD LINE UP))
[SUPER=01-Kent Martin/Former First Friday's President]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=good line up]
[ANCHOR=jean]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The next First Friday's is scheduled for the first weekend in May.
All of the profits from the events go to local charities
[lotto]
[SUPER=136-2 6 4/9 1 8 0/3 5 19 21 22/14 27 41 44 47/10]
NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
2-6-4
(two, six, four)
Pick 4:
9-1-8-0
(nine, one, eight, zero)
Cash 5:
3-5-19-21-22
(three, five, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two)
The Big Game:
14-27-41-44-47. Big Money Ball: 10
(fourteen, twenty-seven, forty-one, forty-four, forty-seven. Big
Money Ball: ten)
[Forecasts]
[SUPER=X5000;]
[SUPER=330-Scattered Showers/& Storms/53-57/Partly/Sunny/70-74;]
[SUPER=331-Scattered Thunder/Showers/55-58/Partly/Sunny/73-76;]
[SUPER=332-Evening/Showers/46-50/Partly/Sunny/68-72;]
[SUPER=333-Isolated/Evening Storms/46-50/Partly/Cloudy/66-70;]
[SUPER=334-Isolated Evening/Showers/45-48/Partly/Cloudy/65-70;]
[SUPER=X5001;][S-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=extra point]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Game two hockey highlights from the Roundhouse, qualifying results and Roy Stanley from Bristol.
Plus, three former grid stars from the state enter the hall of fame.
But first in tonight's Extra Point -
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-Salem;]
Rain delayed the start of tonight's Salem Avalanche-Wilmington Blue Rocks game.
The Avalanche won its season opener last night, beating the Blue Rocks 11 to two. The rain cooled the bats tonight.
Jody Gerut gets the first hit of the night for Salem. He's batting 800 in the first two games, but the Avalanche loses this one 10-to-5.
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[SUPER=0091-/Toronto/6//Baltimore/2/8///Detroit/3/j/New York/12///;]
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[super=0092-j/New York/10//Montreal/3////Chicago/1/j/Pittsburgh/2//Three Late Games/;]
[SUPER=x5029;]
[super=0104-/Dayton/1/j/Roanoke/3//Express Leads 2-to-0/j/Richmond/9//Hampton Roads/0///;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0104-/Columbus/2/j/Chesapeake/5////Peoria/3/j/Toledo/6///;]
[RUNS=:40]
[OUT Q=...LAST SCORE."]
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[take a break]
[S-Express]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=SP-31]
[GRAPHIC=DAYTON/EXPRESS]
The Roanoke Express reopened the Roundhouse last night to skate against Dayton in game two of their best five playoff series.
Roanoke won game one, but
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Bombers vs. Express; :00]
Dayton promised to again be physical last night. Both teams were just that in the first as the game had to be stopped to fix the boards after a hefty check.
Dayton would drop the first bomb of the game as Kiley Hill's shot is turned away, but Dan Hendrickson puts in the rebound. One to nothing Dayton in the second.
The Express answers in a big way as Duane Harmer's shot sneaks past Trevor Koenig. We're tied at one all midway through the period.
The Express would take the lead on a Calvin Elfring tally, and then the Bandit,
[SUPER=38-Dayton/1/Roanoke/3;]
Daniel Berthiaume preserved it as he turns back 28 shots and Roanoke wins 3-to-1 and takes a 2 games on none lead the series that heads back to Dayton for the weekend.
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[talent=mike]
[graphic=hold matchup]
Game three is set for tonight, if necessary game four will be played on Monday.
[S-Qualify]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-40 3755tc]
[GRAPHIC=bristol]
The Winston Cup cars and their drivers completed first round time trials at Bristol yesterday afternoon.
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[vo nat eng#]
[super=03-Bristol, TN; :00]
Jeff Gordon, who is trying to win this spring event at Bristol for a record fifth straight time, qualifed second yesterday with a lap at 124 point 979 miles an hour.
But the man was Rusty Wallace in the Miller Ford. Rusty set a new track record with a 125 points 142 mile an hour circuit. That's just over 15 seconds a lap.
Now, let's check the entire top 25.
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[SUPER=X5016]
[SUPER=107-1. Rusty Wallace /125.142/2. Jeff Gordon//3. Bobby Labonte//4. Tony Stewart//5. Ricky Rudd// ;]
[SUPER=x5009;]
[SUPER=107-6. Kenny Wallace//7. Bobby Hamilton//8. Mark Martin//9. Ricky Craven //10. Kenny Irwin// ;]
[SUPER=x5009;]
[SUPER=107-11. Robert Pressley//12. Darrell Waltrip//13. Ted Musgrave//14. Kyle Petty//15. Wally Dallenbach//; ]
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[SUPER=107-16. Dale Jarrett//17. Elliott Sadler//18. Brett Bodine//19. Jerry Nadeau//20. Ken Schrader//;]
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[SUPER=107-21. Jimmy Spencer//22. Dave Marcis//23. Bill Elliott//24. Sterling Marlin//25. Geoffrey Bodine//;]
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A number of drivers struggled on the circuit's fastest half mile track yesterday, including Rick Mast and Jeff Burton.
Roy Stanley has more on their adventures.
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Still to come on this Friday night, three former area college football greats
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earn induction into the college football hall of fame. The envelope with the winner's names in just a minute.
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The 63rd Masters golf championship is at the halfway point with a former champ on top. Jose Maria Olazabul lads with an 8 under two day total after shotting a 66 today.
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But the shark is on the prowl again.
Greg Norman came alive today and shot a 68 to go with yesterday's round of 71.
He's three shots back and very much in the hunt.
David Duval drained this long birdie putt, but he needed it. He shot a 74 today and is one over for the tournament, but he easily makes the 148 cut.
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Fuzzy Zoeller, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, and Seve Ballesteros all missed the cut.
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Galax's Tom McKnight made it after shooting 73-and-74 for a 147 total. He'll play the weekend. More highlights from CBS after tonight's news.
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Three former college football greats from the Commonwealth were inducte dint o the College hall of fame yesterday.
Joe Palumbo, the man considered the best defensive guard in UVa history played for the Cavs 1949 through 1951.
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He enters the hall with two former Hokies, coach Jerry Claiborne, who led Tech to the 1966 and 68 Liberty bowls.
Also, the late Frank Loria who played under Claiborne earns entrance in the hall.
Loria started every game at Tech from 1965 throught 67. He was a great defensive back and a dangerous punt returner.
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A South African couple knows how to bring a little excitement into a marriage...
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[SUPER=03-Port Elizabeth, S. Africa]
Professional divers Leoni Mare and fiance Michael tied the knot Wednesday in an underwater shark tank.
Since talking underwater can be difficult, the couple held up laminated cards with vows printed on them.
At the end of the ten minute ceremony, the newlyweds briefly removed their mouth pieces to seal their union with an underwater kiss.
The Pastor wasn't quite so relaxed - he had only recently become a licensed diver.
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