WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 06/14/99

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A Roanoke business man is expressing opposition over renaming Orange Avenue -- we'll have a LIVE report on the con
troversy surrounding the possible name change.
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And -- one of the men in prison for the burning and beheading of a Grayson County black man is convicted of another crime.
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[Sports-head]

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In sports, a local high school soccer team is heaed overseas, Ralph Sampson talks about the coach for his new International Basketball league team,
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and we will take you through some drills on the first day of George Lynch's basketball camp.
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A slow moving cool front may trigger some showers around here. We will check the radar in just a few moments.
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[Cressell]

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A Grayson County jury last week tacked five years onto Emmett Cressell, Junior's life sentence.
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Cressell is serving life in prison for his role in the death of Garnett "G-P" Johnson two years ago.
Late last week-- a jury convicted Cressell of unlawful wounding and sentenced him to five years in prison for beating a man just weeks before Johnson's death.
Prosecutor J-D Bolt says the conviction and additional prison time will make it harder for Cressell to secure geriatric parole at age 65.
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[Alderman]

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A Wythe County woman accused of trying to hire someone to commit murder is out on bond.
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Julia Alderman was arrested by Pulaski police in May.
Investigators say the 34- year old was having an affair with a married man and that she wanted his wife dead.
Last week, Alderman asked to be released on bond.
Judge Ed Turner agreed to do so but ONLY if Alderman was deemed mentally stable by a health care professional.
This morning-- the order was signed by the judge and Alderman later posted the 25-thousand dollar secured bond needed for her release.
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[Orange-Avenue]

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It's a controversial proposal to rename a major Roanoke thoroughfare after Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some busines owners on Orange Avenue say they don't want their address to change.
Today one black Civil Rights group called one outspoken business owner a racist.
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Scott Goldberg joins us from Orange Avenue with more on this controversial proposal.
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Southside tobacco farmers are starting to feel the heat.
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But as record temperatures dried the top layers of the soil last week, tobacco growers like Bobby Wilkerson remained cool-headed.
That's because so far, the dry weather has actually HELPED the plants grow strong roots as they seek moisture deeper in the soil.
But Wilkerson says it's critical that farmers get some rain in the next week to 10 days.
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((BOBBY WILKERSON/TOBACCO FARMER: WHAT WE'RE COMPETING WITH NOW, IT'S SOMETHING, MOTHER NATURE, THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL AND OUR LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON MOTHER NATURE AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH STRESSED OUT WITH THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE CONDITIONS IN THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY. ))
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The last strong rain area farmers had was in mid-May.
Growers say they'll have a good crop if it rains soon.
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When News 7 returns - a judge axes big development plans at Smith Mountain Lake.
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Plus a program you've probably never heard about at Western State Hospital - to provide mental health services for celebrity stalkers.
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There are people who stalk ex-lovers.
And then there are people who stalk people they've never met.
Virginia has a first-in-the-nation program to identify and treat people who stalk celebrities and public officials.
Ellen Qualls has the story.
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(( There's a ward at Western State Hospital where 14 people have stayed over the last eight years.
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((DR. GREG SAATHOFF/WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL: THEY ARE TORMENTED BY VOICES WHICH DIRECT THEM TO INFLICT HARM ON OTHERS, OR MAYBE VOICES WHICH CONVINCE THEM THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. AND THIS DRIVES THEIR BEHAVIOR.))
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They are called The Followers -- to avoid the stigma of stalker.
They have stalked movie stars in Virginia, presidents, and governors-- and they are people who are:
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((LT. MIKE JONES/VIRGINIA CAPITOL POLICE: TOTALLY BIZARRE. THAT HAVE A MULTITUDE OF CLAIMS WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY WEIRD. THEY COME HERE AND THEY KNOW NO BUSINESS HOURS. :13 THEY KNOW NO RULES OF SOCIETAL CONVENTION. THEY JUST WALK RIGHT IN THE OFFICE. THEY SEND LETTERS, BRING GIFTS AND ITEMS WHICH ARE INAPPROPRIATE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.))
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Investigator Mike Jones gets the crazy mail that no one wants to give to the governor.
He's seen everything from worn undergarments to love letters to completely non-sensical ramblings.
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((DR. GREG SAATHOFF/WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL: PART OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH A SENSE OF GRANDIOSITY. OFTENTIMES, PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH A PUBLIC OFFICIAL MAY ALSO HAVE A DELUSION THAT THEY CAN CONTROL THE WEATHER.))
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It is a bizarre and frightening phenomenon of public life-- for celebrities and their families.
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((GEORGE ALLEN/FORMER GOVERNOR: IN THE MIDST OF CAMPAIGNS, OR EVEN IF YOU'RE IN OFFICE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND. AND THEY'RE FRIENDLY PEOPLE AND ENTHUSIASTIC. AND UNLESS YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A COMPLETE BUBBLE, AND NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS OR HAVE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO YOU, THAT JUST GOES WITH THE TERRITORY.))
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((DR. GREG SAATHOFF/WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL: CERTAINLY THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS PUBLIC FIGURES, CELEBRITIES, WHOSE OWN CHARISMA AND MAGNETISM CAN SOMETIMES BRING ON THIS UNWANTED AND DELUSIONAL ATTENTION.))
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The folks at Western State credit the Capitol Police with going above and beyond the call of duty to solve a very unique problem.
Now the Secret Service and FBI are looking to Virginia for some answers to the celebrity stalker problem.
Ellen Qualls, News 7.))

[Dinwiddie]

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Two Smith Mountain Lake residents have won their lawsuit against county supervisors --
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Now 96 condominium units may not go up near Hales Ford Bridge after all.
Developer Ed Waters was ready to build a convention center, restaurant and boat slips -- until residents Jim Dinwiddie and Allen Wilcox sued.
A judge says county supervisors approved the rezoning without proper advertising or the required plans, so it's void.
Ed Waters declined to comment.
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[Treatment-Plant]

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It's hard to imagine people who live on a lake running out of water, but that's exactly what some residents of Bedford County have been dealing with for years.
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But a new state- of- the- art water treatment plant figures to solve those shortage problems.
County officials today unveiled the state's first filtration plant that will draw water from Smith Mountain Lake and supply it to the High Point subdivision near Moneta.
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((WILLIE JONES/BEDFORD CO. PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY: PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE REASON WE'RE USING IT IS WE'VE GOT ENOUGH OF IT. THE WELLS HERE DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH WATER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. WE'VE BEEN TRUCKING WATER IN HERE FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS.))
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Jones says the system will use about 60- thousand gallons a day, but can be expanded to handle up to a million gallons.
County officials say the new plant will help attract new residential and commercial development to the area.
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[Water-Project]

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A new water system in Franklin County will supply a thousand new jobs and more than a half million gallons of water.
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The water system is in the Commerce Center Industrial Park -- 300 acres of land that's undeveloped so far.

Officials hope industry will pour in now that the new water system's in.
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((IF THE NORTHERN VIRGINIANS STUCK ON THE BELTWAY FOR 30 MINUTES AND GO HALF MILE COULD COME OUT AND SEE THE BEAUTY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY I KNOW THEY WOULD BE EXTREMELY ATTRACTED TO THIS AREA.))
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Officials say they are currently negotiating with firms to fill this industrial park.
They say young people will be able to stay in the area as long as computer training remains available.
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[Stocks]

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Mixed news to start the week on Wall Street. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE ]
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The Dow gained 73 points.
But Nasdaq took a 50 point tumble.
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[Game-Warden]

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For the first time in seven years a game warden from the Roanoke area has been selected as the state game warden of the year.
His name is Sergeant Steve Pike, and his eye is on children.
Tina Tenret takes us to Smith Mountain Lake.
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Sergeant Steve Pike won top game warden out of almost 200 other officers.
He's created a lifejacket loaner program and a fishing clinic for children -- also a hunting group that gives out scholarships.
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((IT'S TOUGH ON KIDS THESE DAYS. TO GET INTO SCHOOL AND PAY FOR IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. IF THERE ARE THINGS I AND OTHER PEOPLE CAN DO TO HELP THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.))
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You can see his philosophy in action when he finds this father and daughter.
Their sailboat has capsized.
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Pike's father Wayne was former sheriff of Wythe County.
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((MY FATHER HE TOLD ME, WHEN YOU GET INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.))
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That could be a wave of good fortune for this community.
Tina Tenret News7 Bedford COunty))

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American Electric Power is trying to help some local landowners and wildlife.
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Farmer Jack Spigle (spee-gull) is one such landowner. Power lines cross his land and A-E-P normally maintains the corridor under it. Their new program--proposed today--will pay landowners like Spigle three-hundred dollars an acre to develop the land as a habitat for wildlife.
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Any farmer with transmission lines on their property qualifies for this program and can contact A-E-P or the Department of Game and Fisheries for details.

[Sports tease]

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Blacksburg's soccer program recieves some national props, Ralph Sampson talks about the possible for the Richmond Rhythm,
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and a former New River valley sppedway track champion makes a timely splash in the Busch series.
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[S-Camp]

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Camp is in session at Patrick Henry High School.
And it's just as it should be according to NBA star George Lynch.
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Lynch won a state championship as a Patriot in 1988 and he's always wanted to bring his summer basketball camp back home.
He and the other coaches give all the campers personal attention and many children return year after year to learn from the man who's been a success in high school, college and now the NBA.
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It's George's hope to get enough corporate sponsors to offer the camp free to disadvantaged young people.
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[S-Rhythm]

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Richmond's newest professional team will have a coach tomorrow.
Former UVA and NBA star Ralph Sampson is the general manager and executive Vice President of the Rhythm a franchise of the new International Basketball League.
Tomorrow afternoon he will announce the name of the new coach.
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The new league has 10 teams for its inaugral season.
64 games will be played the first year starting this fall.
Richmond will hold a pre-draft camp this Thursday through Sunday.
You can get more information on the Rhythm and the new IBL by looking on our Web page in the sports section. That address is WDBJ7-dot-com.

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Group 2A soccer boys state champion Blacksburg is receiving national attention.
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In today's national Soccer Coaches of America final poll, the Indians are ranked 15th in the nation as voted on by the coaches. Blacksburg is one of only two teams in the top 20 without a loss on the season and joins triple A state champion C.D. Hylton as the two Virginia schools in the poll.
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[S-Soccer]

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The Roanoke Stars soccer program is going international.
This U-14 team leaves July 15th on a trip to Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.
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From there the team travels to Denmark for the Brom-Bee Cup.
The girls are sure to get a taste of different cultures and see soccer in a new light.
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The Roanoke Stars U-15 boys team is going as well.
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[S-Boston]

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Earnhardt, Petty, Labonte, Bodine, just a few of the big time names that graced South Boston Speedway Saturday for the Textilease Medique 300 Busch series race.
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Former New River Valley track champ Phillip Morris finished a very strong seventh. This was only the second Busch race he has made this season, a far cry from last year's late model's success.
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The 01 Blue Ridge Motor Sports Chevy driver has learned some valuable lessons on the Busch series and wants to pas them along to other drivers.
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The Avalanche will try and get back on the winning track tonight as Salem opens a four game homestand against Winston-Salem. The Avs lead the Carolina league in errors and manager Ron Gideon has a clear message for his players.
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Students in western Virginia have been receiving S-O-L test scores with their final report cards, and now school systems are looking to see how THEY measure up in the latest round of testing.
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Final results aren't expected for a few weeks, but school systems throughout western Virginia have been tabulating individual scores to see how their school districts have performed.
And in many cases, the results are encouraging.
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We'll hear why Roanoke School Superintendent Wayne Harris believes test scores are on the rise... tonight on News 11.

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