WDBJ 7 morning news for 04/11/99

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Coming up on News 7 Sunday Morning....... "Operation Allied Force" is going to get bigger. The Pentagon announced it will send more warplanes
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and the 14th seat of the Virginia House of Delegates gets a new candidate, but he is a familiar one. we will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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A Blacksburg teenager is dead following a late night accident. According to State Police, 19 year old Jeremy Denel Sowers was driving on Route 460 just west of Route 469 in Montgomery County around 11:30 last night.
His vehicle ran off the right side of the road, striking a guard rail. Sowers was thrown from the car. He died about an hour later at Montgomery Regional Hospital.

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Orthodox Easter is being celebrated in Yugoslavia this morning--despite the latest round of NATO air strikes.
Yesterday, the pentagon announced it's sending 82 more U.S. warplanes to Europe to participate in "Operation Allied Force."
CBS news correspondent Dave Browde Reports.
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((SUPER: SERBIAN TV NARR: NATO CONTINUED ITS ATTACKS .. BUT .. FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT .. SERBIAN T-V DIDN'T BROADCAST ANY VIDEOTAPE OF THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH. INSTEAD, IT SHOWED PICTURES OF OFFICIALS INSPECTING THE DAMAGE FROM EARLIER STRIKES.
SUPER: NATO/PENTAGON VIDEO NARR: NATO AND THE PENTAGON ARE SHOWING VIDEO OF SOME OF THE ATTACKS. THIS TAPE SHOWS A GUIDED BOMB, NATO OFFICIALS SAY, HITTING A RADIO TOWER OUTSIDE PRISTINA.
SUPER: BRUSSELS/SATURDAY NARR: NATO SAYS IT HAS NOW DESTROYED OR INCAPACITATED ABOUT HALF OF YUGOSLAVIA'S MOST MODERN FIGHTER PLANES.
SUPER: NATO/PENTAGON PHOTO THE SERBS HAVE, ACCORDING TO NATO .. DISPERSED THEIR ARMY UNITS AMONG CIVILIAN HOMES TO TRY TO AVOID THE RAIDS.
SUPER: JAMIE SHEA/NATO SPOKESMAN
SOT: " THEY'RE FEELING THE PRESSURE. THEY'RE OFF THE MAIN ROADS AND
SEEKING SMALLER ROADS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. AND, OF COURSE, THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.
SUPER: AVIANO AIR BASE, ITALY NARR: BUT NATO OFFICIALS AREN'T OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A QUICK VICTORY IN YUGOSLAVIA. THE NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES A SENIOR ALLIED DIPLOMAT AS EXPECTING MANY MORE WEEKS OF THE AIR WAR. AND .. WITH THAT EXPECTATION .. THERE IS MOUNTING PRESSURE .. PARTICULARLY FROM REPUBLICANS .. TO ADD TO THE AIRCRAFT ALREADY FLYING FROM BASES LIKE AVIANO IN ITALY..
SUPER: ABOARD THE U.S.S ROOSEVELT/ADRIATIC SEA NARR: ..AND BASED ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS LIKE THE U-S-S THEODORE ROOSEVELT .. BY BRINGING IN GROUND TROOPS.
SUPER: SEN. JOHN MCCAIN/R-ARIZONA
SOT: "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN THE ADMINISTRATION THAT
WE MUST USE GROUND TROOPS IF NECESSARY IN ORDER TO WIN."
SUPER: SERBIAN TV
NATSOT/NARR: THE NIGHTLY "HUMAN SHIELD" DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE .. ALONG
WITH THE NATO ATTACKS. BUT THE PRO-MILOSEVIC DEMONSTRATORS ARE THE PICTURES THE SERB GOVERNMENT IS SHOWING ITS PEOPLE; ALONG WITH BRIEF ACCOUNTS OF ATTACKS ON PLACES LIKE PRISTINA. SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC IS PORTRAYED IN THE SERB BROADCASTS AS MEETING WITH ADVISORS .. ALREADY PLANNING REBUILDING OF FACILITIES DESTROYED DURING THE NATO ATTACKS.
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Another person has been arrested in connection with an alleged sexual torture and kidnapping case.
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27-year-old Dennis Roy Yancy of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, is charged with the murder of 22 year old Marie B. Parker who disappeared in 1997.
Last month authorities arrested David Parker Ray and his girlfriend, Cynthia Lea Hendy and charged both with kidnapping and sexual torture.
Yancy is a known associate of bot Ray and Hendy. The police and F.B.I began investigating March 22 when one of Ray's neighbors saw a naked and bloody woman on a road, wearing only a padlocked collar.
The woman told police she had been shocked with electricity and tortured sexually.
Investigators have searched Ray's home and found more than a thousand pieces of evidence.
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Al Bedrosian has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for a seat in Virginia's House of Delgates
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He announced his candidacy yesterday at the Hollins Branch Roanoke County library.
He says his platform is basically the same as before...
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(( AL BEDROSIAN/CANDIDATE, VA HOUSE OF DELEGATES: IT'S A SMALLER GOVERNMENT PLATFORM. I KNOW EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT SMALLER GOVERNMENT,BUT TRY TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF government. GIVE PEOPLE BACK MONEY AND LET THEM DO THE THINGS THAT THE WANT. I AM A VERY STRONG PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE.))
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Bedrosian will be seeking the Republican nomination in the June 8th primary.
Dick Cranwell of Vinton currently holds the House of Delegates seat for the 14th district.

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If the waves, sand and sun were not enough to draw crowds to the beach, the Spring Fling Festival was.
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Hundreds of people hit the sand for the opening of the Smith Mountain Lake State Park yesterday.
While some relaxed, others showed just how fast they can move.
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((CHRISTOPHER WOODS: I LIKE TO SWIM AND I LIKE TO GO RIDE AROUND. AND I LIKE TO WATCH BOATS.))
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The point of the festival was to draw people to the beach.
Volunteers say some don't know it's here.
They also must compete against development at other areas of the lake, and defeat the stigma of an e-coli outbreak here two years ago.
But it seems this year the park will see a lot of repeat visitors.
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((JOHN CUSACK: LAST YEAR IT WAS SMALLER IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT PLACE. THIS YEAR THERE WAS MORE SPACE. THE BEACH IS REALLY NICE.))
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New cabins open for rent at the park May first.
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Still to come on News7 Sunday Morning.......

In Sports.....Roy Stanley has highlights from the Major Leagues.

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and later in Virginia Newsreel..... It was not a wrestling match, but the mood felt like one. A debate between Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Evangelist Bob Harrington brought out hundreds of people to the Roanoke Civic Center over 20 years ago.
but first here are the lottery numbers.....
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A couple of Southwest Virginia doctors are expanding their areas of expertise and a Lewis-Gale Clinic doctor is helping cataract patients see without glasses or contacts. Tonya Flory has a review of this week's top medical stories.
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((Donald Caldwell has worn glasses for 30 years. Now he can see clearly because of a new lens implant that corrects astigmatism for cataract patients.
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((DONALD CALDWELL/CATARACT PATIENT: I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES AT ALL NOW, WHICH IS TERRIFIC.)) [RUNS:04]
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Lewis Gale Clinic Ophthalmologist Jonathan Till is the only doctor in the area performing eye surgery using the new intraocular lens. At Classic Image Day Spa in Roanoke customers can get a massage, facial, hair cut and any other beauty treatment done. Now they can also have their health questions answered. The spa has added a new women's center dedicated to female health. Roanoke Cardiologist Marta Sayers takes appointments every other Friday to talk to patients about any medical topic they choose. Consultations cost about 40 dollars and some services are covered under insurance plans.
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And a groundbreaking ceremony in Dublin marks the first step in building a new concept in medical care. Family practice physician Linda Cheek is creating Seven Pillars clinic in the Town Center to serve those who want traditional western healing and alternative therapies in one place. She says the idea is to treat the sick as well as keeping healthy people fit. Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check.))

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There may be some new developments in the case of missing atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair. She has been missing since 1995. A San Antonio Newspaper reported last week that O'Hair, her son, and grandaughter may have been killed in San Antonio, Texas and then buried 120 miles away on a ranch. Last weekend's massive search of the ranch turned up nothing.
But two men linked to the O'Hairs have been arrested. Neither has been charged with an offense related to the family's disappearance. Madalyn Murray O'Hair became famous in the '60s for her part in a Supreme Court battle that removed organized prayer from public schools.
22 Years ago, O'hair brought her argument to Roanoke. In this week's Virginia Newsreel, we visit the a debate between an atheist and evangelist.
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((Muscians have not been the only ones to take the spotlight at the Roanoke Civic Center, it has also been the site of a hot debate.
On October 6, 1977 ,about 15-hundred people were on hand to watch atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Evangelist Bob Harrington debate the question of God versus Godlessness". News 7's Jeff Hirsh was there and introduces us to the 2 sides.
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((JEFF HIRSH/ON ONE SIDE THE WELL KNOWN ATHEIST MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR THE WELL KNOW ATHEIST WHOSE FIGHTS BACK IN THE 1960'S HELPED TO REMOVE PRAYER FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ON THE OTHER SIDE FLAMBOYANT NEW ORLEANS EVANGELIST BOB HARRINGTON THE SELF PROCLAIMED PASTOR OF BOURBON STREET. hARRINGTON ARRIVED HERE IN A BUS A GIFT HE SAYS IS FROM PENTHOUSE PUBLISHER LARRY FLYNT. HARRINGTON IS TRYING TO CONVERT FLYNT)) [RUNS20]
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They were there for different reasons.
O'Hair said she was in it to publicize her lawsuits, raise some cash, and as she put it" for a chance to tell Christians what I really think about them."
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((MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR/ YOU ARE TRAITORS TO THE AMERICAN HERITAGE BECAUSE BASICALLY CHRISTIANITY IS INTOLERABLE. YOU CANNOT TOLERATE ANOTHER VIEWPOINT BECAUSE YOURS IS THE ONE TRUE GOD. YOURS IS THE GOD TO WHOM EVRY KNEE MUST BOW)) [RUNS16]
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O'Hair insulted the crowd, tore up a Bible and was soundly booed. On the other hand, Harrington received a warmer welcome when he stepped up to the mic. He praised God and the crowd...... And in return they clapped and gave him a standing ovation. Harrington sponsored the rallies.
He said he wanted to tell people of O'Hairs atheist threat to the nation.
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((BOB HARRINGTON/AND BROTHER DON'T YOU EVER START KICKING GOD AND KICKING THE BIBLE OUT OF HIS LACE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SHE WANTS TO TAKE IN GOD WE TRUST FROM OUR MONEY. NOW THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE EFFECT OF MY MONEY IF I TAKE IN GOD WE TRUST OFF, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE PEOPLE MESSING AROUND RYING TO TAKE THINGS WE WANT OFF THINGS WE WANT IN GOD WE TRUST ON OUR MONEY THEN BLESS GOD WE ARE GOING TO KEEP IN GOD WE TRUST ON OUR MONEY))

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Oh how the mighty have fallen.
The Chicago Bulls made history last night.
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the Bulls recorded the fewest points--49--in an NBA game.
UTAH set the old mark of 54 against the "OLD" Bulls in last year's NBA finals.
That game was against a Chicago team with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman.
A team that won six Titles this decade.
Last night the Bulls missed their first 14 shots and hit just 23 percent all night.
The Bulls also set a mark for fewest baskets --18.
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A new industrial park could help grow Southwestern Virginia's high-tech job market.
And a flag company unfurls its plan to bring jobs to Halifax County.
Scott Goldberg has those stories and more in this week's News-7 Business Review.
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The congressman said he'd fight for money to fund a new industrial park in Roanoke County.
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((REP. RICK BOUCHER/D-9TH DISTRICT: OUR ANTICIPATION IS THAT THOUSANDS OF JOBS WILL BE CREATED HERE IN COMPANIES FOCUSING ON BIOTECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS THAT STEM FROM THAT RESEARCH.)) [RUNS13]
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County officials hope to announce the park's first tenant within a year. [95-40 Dettra]
Five years after its grand opening in Halifax County, the Dettra Flag building is getting a new tenant.
The world's biggest flag maker is moving in.
Annin and Company will expand the building and add 160-new jobs. [lb 2]
Paper maker Westvaco is joining three other companies in what it's calling a forestry biotechnology venture.
The goal is finding a way to help forests grow trees faster.
Westvaco needs to grow those trees so it can cut them down to make paper.
The project will cost 60-million dollars over five years. [DOW JONES PRE PRO]
On Wall Street, the Dow climbed 341 points this week, closing at 10-thousand-173.
The NASDAQ ended with another record close: 25-93.
That's this week's Review, I'm Scott Goldberg.
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Coming up in the second half hour of News 7 Sunday Morning...... April 15th is just right around the corner....if you need some help getting those forms filled out we will show you one place you can go and
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Virginia's first literary landmark was opened in style, we have highlights from the festivities.
We will have more on those stories in just a few minutes.
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The NATO air stikes continue this morning as Orthodox Easter is being celebrated in Yugoslavia.
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Back in the United States hundreds of people gathered in Montebello City Park in California yesterday to show support for the three U-S Soldiers being held in Yugoslavia.
One of them, Andrew Ramirez is an East Los Angeles native.
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Twenty four year old Staff sergeant Ramirez, along with two others, were captured by Yugoslav authorities over a week ago while on a reconnaissance mission in Macedonia near the Serbian border.
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[81-Ax]

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A tractor trailer hit a car while changing lanes along Interstate-81. According to Published reports, the accident happened yesterday evening around 6:30 south of Plantation Rd.
The Truck Driver, 26 year old Roger Parks Jr. of Tennessee says he did not see the car when he changed lanes. His truck hit 40 year old Evelyn Ortiz's car, sending it spinning in front of the truck which was moving about 65 miles per hour. .
Ortiz suffered minor injuries.
Parks was charged with making an unsafe lane change.
The accident closed the right Southbound land of the interstate for about 20 minutes.

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If you haven't filed your taxes yet...time is running out. Thursday is the deadline
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Yesterday the downtown Roanoke I-R-S office opened for extended hours to help people fill out forms and answer tax questions.
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The office will be open Monday thru Thursday from eight a-m till four-thirty p-m.
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Hollins University's new library has won recognition as the first literary landmark in Virginia.
That's only one of three announcements the school made yesterday.
Tina Tenret has more.
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((Hollins University has opened the door of its 14-million-dollar new library. It has been selected as Virginia's first literary landmark and will be put on a map with 35 other landmarks nationwide.
Students carried in books written by alumnae like Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon.
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The library is named after Wyndham Robertson, an alumna and former journalist for Fortune Magazine.
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The University will also use a two-point-seven million dollar anonymous donation to convert the old FIshburn Library into a visual arts center.
Tina Tenret News7 Roanoke))

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Dozens of kids got a lesson in safety at the Y-M-C-A Parenting Fair and Health Kids Day.
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In yesterday's demonstration, kids learned how to escape from a fire and call 9-1-1.
The children also had an opportunity to sit inside an ambulance....to meet Vince and Larry...the "Dummies"and Mc Gruff the crime dog.
Jamie Showalter says she learned a lot.
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Jennifer Faulkner with Roanoke City's Fire EMS says parents also need to be aware of safety.
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There were also several exhibits at the event...with information on parenting and health.
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The authorities say Sante and Kenneth Kimes have committed crimes ranging from fraud to the killing of a wealthy New York City woman who disappeared last year. But in their first television interview with 60 minutes, the Kimeses tell Steve Kroft that law enforcement and the media have given the wrong impression about an ordinary mother and son.
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You can see that story and more tonight at seven here on W-D-B-J.
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Still to come on News 7.......

In this week's Virginia Profiles spotlight..... A Roanoke Barber has been cutting hair for 50 years now and has no intention of stopping anytime soon.

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plus
this is not a magic trick, this man is dragging a 34-thousand pound armored car by himself.....we will have more coming up in a few minutes. BUT FIRST.....

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Lewis Farmer still has some of his original customers. That's impressive, because he's been cutting hair for half a century.
Joe Dashiell visited the Roanoke barber last week, as Farmer prepared to mark an important milestone.
He's the subject of today's Virginia Profile.

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Lewis Farmer has been raising his customers and lowering their ears since 1949.
That's the year, he finished the Richmond Barber School and arrived in Roanoke to take a temporary job cutting hair.
He's been here ever since.
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((WHEN YOU WERE IN THE BARBER SCHOOL BACK IN RICHMOND, DID YOU EVER IMAGINE YOU'D BE HERE 50 YEARS LATER STILL CUTTING HAIR? SURE DIDN'T. AND IT DOESN'T SEEM POSSIBLE THAT IT'S BEEN THAT LONG EITHER.)) [RUNS :11]
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For the last 31 of those 50 years, Farmer has been holding court in a storefront on Fourth Street.
The Highland Park Barber Shop is a fixture in the Old Southwest neighborhood... and so is Lewis Farmer.
Just ask his friend Elbert Henson.
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((HE'S THE BEST IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY.)) [RUNS :03]
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Henson may be biased. He worked alongside Farmer for 18 years, but many others share his opinion.
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((I NEVER DID A FLATTOP TIL I CAME HERE, YOU KNOW. I DIDN'T THINK THAT FLATTOPS WERE IN TIL I CAME HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF EM AND I'VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT FROM HIM.)) [RUNS :09]
[OUT Q=learned a whole lot from him.]

Bo Richardson took over the shop at the first of the year, but Farmer still cuts hair on Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons. NAT SOUND OF SHAVING CREAM
And at a time when most barber shops have forsaken the straight razor... Farmer still straightens the edges the old- fashioned way.
and tells the story of one customer who fell asleep in the middle of a shave.
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((I THOUGHT I HAD HIM WOKE UP, BUT WHEN I RAISED HIM UP, HE STARTED SLIDING RIGHT OUT ON THE FLOOR. HAD TO DROP THE CHAIR BACK DOWN TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE SLID OUT ON THE FLOOR.)) [RUNS :11]
[OUT Q=before he slid out on the floor.]

Farmer wishes he had a penny for every head he's trimmed. He could retire rich.
But that wouldn't please his customers... who still enjoy his company and his cuts.
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((BYE BYE, THANK YOU. BYE BYE. RED YOU OUGHT TO HAVE BROUGHT YOUR GUITAR IN.)) [RUNS:06]
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The story doesn't end with his 50th anniversary... As long as he's enjoying the work.. Farmer says he won't set aside his scissors and comb.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke))[2-HEADLINES]
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Here's a look at today's top stories.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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He's running again! Al Bedrosian lost his bid for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in '97 but is ready to put similar platform to the test again...smaller government that gives money back to the people...
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
Meanwhile, speaking of money, time is running out to file with Uncle Sam. The Roanoke I-R-S office is extending hours to help tax payers fill out forms and answer questions...
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
and Hollins University opened its new 14-million dollar library. It debuted in grand style by also being named as Virginias first literary landmark. It is now one of 35 other landmarks nationwide.
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[ANCHOR= Denise]

And that's what's making news on this Sunday April 11-th .

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The strong came out and pulled their weight and then some --so more special athletes could have a shot at the gold.
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The Bedford Police Department was one of 10 teams entered in the "Armored Car Pull" to benefit Special Olympics.
One member is a former Special Olympian.
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((SGT JIM BENNETT/BEDFORD POLICE DEPT: WE ASKED ANDY. HE'S SPECIAL. HE'S THE NEIGHBOR OF ONE OF OUR OFFICERS AND HE'S JUST ONE OF US.))
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The Armored car weighs 34-thousand pounds.
World Gym won first and second place and New Fitness came in third.
State police raised more than a thousand dollars, all of which goes to Virginia Special Olympics.
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One participant in yesterday's event is a world class competitor.
He did what many thought was impossible--pull the armored car by himself.
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((One may say Gary Mitchell is as strong as nine men.
This armored car weighs 34-thousand pounds. Teams of nine competed to see which one could drag it 100 yards in the fastest time.
Gary Mitchell did it on his own. He travels the world participating in Strong Man competitions.
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Training for Strong Man Competitions is a full time job, but his work as a consultant for Ford Motor Company pays the bills.
Most of the events are overseas, he says the sport hasn't yet caught on in the United States.
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Back in the states Gary is surrounded by a supportive family.
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One that motivates him and one that he inspires.
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Gary is hoping to help popularize Stong man competitions in the the United States.

[Ebert-Picks]

[ANCHOR=Andrew]
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If you are heading out to the theaters this weekend and not sure what to see, maybe Roger Ebert can help. Here are his top choices.
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[ANCHOR=Andrew]
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[2-shot toss to bump] You can see Roger Ebert's reviews today at Eleven here on Your Hometown Station.