WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 07/02/99

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Roanoke County offers water to residents whose wells have run dry.

Coming right up on NEWS 7 at SIX: we'll show you when and where you can get the wet stuff.
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And those searching for the in in-depth, long-term solution- -are finding well DRILLERS are already working overtime.
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Tonight in sports, plenty of racing news in on the way as we check the tracks from Daytona to New River.
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[VO-NAT]

Plus, Julius Erving, the basketball hall of famer admits that tennis star Alexandra Stevenson, who has advanced to the Wimbledon Semi-finals is his daughter.
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Plan your picnics but remember your sunblock and water because temperatures will be very hot this holiday weekend.
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[Water-Supply]

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[TAPE#=99-21 50:18]
[GRAPHIC=Water Supply]

The ongoing water shortage is beginning to effect private well owners in Roanoke County.
But officials are helping those who may need water. Effective immediately, the County will give out water to people who own private wells and are experiencing water shortages.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]

The water will be made available at several fire and rescue stations.
The county says they decided to provide the water because of the continuous drought conditions.
And the county says it will supply the water as long it necessary.
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[SOT 21:43:23]
[IN Q=We are expecting]
((ANNE MARIE GREEN/ROANOKE CO. COMMUNITY RELATIONS: WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE OF A PROBLEM SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING INDEFINITELY UNTIL IT LOOK LIKE THERE IS SOME OTHER SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM))
[SUPER=01-Anne Marie Green/Roanoke Co. Community Relations]
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Fire officials say you need to supply your own container to carry the water.
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[IN Q=They can bring]
((THEY CAN BRING A GALLON JUG OR UP TO A 55 GALLOON CONTAINER FOR DOMESTIC WATER USE ONLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 AM AND 8 PM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK))
[SUPER=01-Bat. Chief Steve Poff/Roanoke Co. Fire Dept.]
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN]
The water will be supplied at the following six locations: Vinton Volunteer Fire Department, Cave Spring Fire Department, Hollins Fire and Rescue, Clearbrook Fire and Rescue, Fort Lewis Fire and Rescue and Read Mountain Fire and Rescue.
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[Wells]

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As the drought takes its toll on private wells in our area, business is booming for the companies that drill for water.
Joe Dashiell has that part of the story.
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[IN Q=The crews from Don Griffin Drilling]
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[OUT Q=JD News 7 Roanoke Co.]

((The crews from Don Griffin Drilling have been working overtime... filling urgent requests from homeowners whose wells have run dry... [NAT SOUND]
Johnny Lester's water problems started two months ago... now he's digging deeper, extending the 200 foot well that has supplied his Clearbrook home since 1991.
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[IN Q=I guess you can imagine]
((JOHNNY LESTER/ROANOKE CO. RESIDENT: I GUESS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'VE BEEN TO WAL-MART AND EVERYWHERE ELSE TO BUY WATER, AND IT'S BEEN AN ADVENTURE.))
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And Lester's adventure isn't unusual. Well drilling companies in our area report a flood of business... as many shallow wells in the area have failed.
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[IN Q=What we're having to do]
((WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IT PUT OFF SOME NEW CONSTRUCTION, JUST TO GET TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT WE'VE DRILLED IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD SHALLOW WELLS. SO WE GIVE THEM FIRST PRIORITY, GOING BACK AND GETTING WATER FOR THEM.))
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[OUT Q=getting water for them.]

On this day, the drill didn't stop until it had reached a depth of 420 feet.
That's deeper than Johnny Lester was planning, but he's relieved to have a reliable source of water once again.

Joe Dashiell News 7 Roanoke County)) [Keith tosses to Robin]

[Rain]

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The drought is on the minds of Roanokers as mandatory water conservation measures are approaching. [full screen/wxpro] Robin Ad lib over Wxpro graphic
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La Nina and other weather patterns contributed to drought conditions over the Southeast-- But Andrew Freiden joins us to say that hasn't been the case lately.
[Live= Full/Microwave]
Robin the situation appears to be back to normal in the Southeast, with Tropical moisture bringing plenty of thunderstorms, but that hasn't been the case around here.
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[SUPER=01-Mike Emlaw/National Weather Service; :18]
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So can we get out of this predicament? The chances aren't good in the short term. Summertime rain around here comes in the form of afternoon Air-Mass Thunderstorms.
And National Weather Service Meteorologist Mike Emlaw says those tend to be hit-or-miss.
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((IT'S VERY SPOTTY. ONE AREA MAY GET FIVE INCHES, AND FIVE MILES DOWN THE ROAD MAY GET NOTHING. WHEREAS, WHEN YOU TALK WINTERTIME PRECIP. IT'S MORE WIDESPREAD.))
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[Graphic map] You're looking at the estimated rainfall for our viewing area over the past five days-- It's rained about every day, but most has missed the Roanoke Valley. The green areas are where rain has totaled an inch or more-- but from the Roanoke Valley to the Highlands, totals have been closer to 1/4 inch. And that's just bad luck.
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((A LOT OF IT IS JUST CHANCE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN LUCKY AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL TURN AROUND.))
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[nat sound of rain yesterday]
It rained in Roanoke Thursday, but the bad luck continued. The rain stopped as soon as it started, and there was just a trace at Carvins cove.))
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Accidents have been tieing up traffic on I-81 in Roanoke County this afternoon.
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County rescue units and state police were called out on three accidents within an hour, between Dixie Caverns and Hanging Rock.
Two were in the northbound lanes; one on the southbound side.
The worst backup was northbound, around Dixie Caverns.
Traffic is beginning to clear up.
State police say none of the injuries appeared to be too serious.
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She's one of the nation's premiere crime novelists...
Coming up, Patricia Cornwell is making sure Virginia has the world's premiere institute, in crime-fighting technology.
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Plus the latest on yesterday's deadly plane crash in the Shenandoah Valley, and the devastation it left behind.
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[Forensic-Institute]

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Virginia writer Patricia Cornwell's grisly visions of violent death have made her the nation's highest paid woman writer.
Today, she paid back her muses at the state morgue.
Ellen Qualls reports.
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(( A one-point-five million dollar check will help found what's believed to be the first working institute of forensic science and medicine.
Cornwell's already shaping events in the Commonwealth-- having been Governor Jim Gilmore's biggest individual campaign donor.
Now, she's spreading Virginia's renowned expertise in forensic science and the use of DNA to a worldwide audience of scientists.
Virginia's own medical examiner is, after all, the inspiration for the fictional Kay Scarpetta, who's earned Cornwell millions.
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((DR. MARCELLA FIERRO/VIRGINIA MEDICAL EXAMINER: FOR US, JUSTICE REALLY IS NOT AN ABSTRACTION. IT IS NOT A HIGHLY IDEALIZED THING ABOUT WHICH WE WRITE PARAGRAPHS. IT IS THE EVERYDAY APPLICATION OF FORENSIC PATHOLOGY AND FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY TO THE VERY PAINFUL WORK THAT WE DO WHEN WE EXAMINE PERSONS WHO DIE A SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED, OR VIOLENT DEATH.))

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((GOV. JIM GILMORE: PATSY, I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO ACCEPT MY THANKS ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.))
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The practical benefit of the institute is to train scientists who can start clearing out Virginia's backlog of 70-thousand untested DNA samples -- the nation's largest collection.
This week alone in Virginia, two murders and one rape were solved with DNA.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

[Plane-Crash]

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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board spent the day sorting through the wreckage of a small plane that crashed yesterday in Augusta County.
They now believe the pilot was the only person on board.
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[SUPER=03-Augusta Co.]

The twin engine piper went down about two o'clock Thursday near the community of Deerfield.
At least one witness said it was raining at the time.
The crash scattered debris for 500 yards.
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[IN Q=We have determined]
((CORINNE GELLER/VA. STATE POLICE: WE HAVE DETERMINED AT THIS POINT THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON ON BOARD OBVIOUSLY BEING THE PILOT AND THAT WAS A FATALITY. WE HAVE AN IDEA WHO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS, HOWEVER AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING THAT PERSON.))
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[OUT Q=identifying that person.]
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It will likely be several months before the National Transportation Safety Board rules on the probable cause of the crash.
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[Dems-Trash]

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Virginia's new laws to limit out-of-state trash have been halted from taking effect by two federal courts.
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Now, the Virginia Democratic Party is pointing out who could help solve the problem.
[SUPER=03-Richmond/November 1995;]

Richmond Republican Congressman Tom Bliley chairs the Commerce Committee that has bottled up federal anti-trash bills on Capitol Hill.
He's also a friend and close political ally of Governor Jim Gilmore.
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[IN Q=And I know]
((DEL. KEN PLUM/VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY: AND I KNOW THAT WHILE WE'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY APPEALING THE COURT DECISIONS, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY SUCCESS IN THAT REGARD. IT'S GONNA TAKE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.))
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((GOV. JIM GILMORE: WELL, CONGRESSMAN BLILEY...WORK OUT.))
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A federal judge in Richmond halted Virginia's new laws from taking effect yesterday-- saying individual states probably don't have the right to halt such interstate commerce.

[Stocks]

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Wall Street's spent all week roaring back. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE ]
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And today the Dow surpassed itself, gaining 73 points for a record close at 11,139.
Another record for Nasdaq, up 35 points.
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[Boty-Store]

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Botetourt County residents may sue their county supervisors for allowing a convenience store in their area.
Last month, Smith Mountain Lake residents won a similar legal battle against their own county supervisors.
Tina Tenret has the latest on the Botetourt case.
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[SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.; :00]
[SUPER=01-David Osborne/Farmer; :16]
[SUPER=01-Jim Huffard/Real Estate Agent; :50]
[SUPER=01-Bill Loope/Co. Supervisor; :59]
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[OUT Q=Tina Tenret News7 Botetourt County]

((Exit 156 off I-81 drops you in the middle of Fincastle farm country, where the historic Brugh Tavern sat for centuries before it was shipped off to Explore Park.
David Osborne drives his farm equipment down this road daily.
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((DAVID OSBORNE/FARMER: THIS IS THE ONLY EXIT IN BOTETOURT COUNTY THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL BOTETOURT COUNTY IS A RURAL BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND SHOULD STAY THAT WAY.))
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But the farmer who owns these five acres -- Jack Rader -- is going to build a convenience store, fast food drive through, and gas station here.
He's on vacation now.
Almost 400 families stand against the plan, saying this exit ramp is very short and cars can barely brake in time.

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((JIM HUFFARD/REAL ESTATE AGENT: WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. WE HAVE 13 SCHOOL BUSES THAT COME BY HERE TWICE A DAY. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A FATALITY LAST YEAR.))
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[IN Q=It will always]
((BILL LOOPE/CO. SUPERVISOR: IT WILL ALWAYS BE HAZARDOUS BUT YOU CAN'T LEAVE AN EXIT BLANK BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF AN ACCIDENT.))
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Bill Loope is one of four supervisors who rezoned the land for the convenience store.
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[IN Q=I voted for this propopsal]
((LOOPE: I VOTED FOR THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE AREA. THERE ARE OTHER CONVENIENCE STORES IN THE AREA AND IT'S ON AN INTERSTATE EXIT THAT AS YOU KNOW DEVELOPS.))
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((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: DOES THE PROSPECT OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS WORRY YOU? BILL LOOPE/CO. SUPERVISOR: NO.))
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((TINA TENRET/NEWS7: OPPONENTS OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE PLAN TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SUE THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS. THEY SAY AN ATTORNEY WILL BE PRESENT. TINA TENRET NEWS7 BOTETOURT COUNTY))
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[Sports Tease]

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Coming up tonight in sports, the latest on the Doctor J and his tennis star daughter. We'll check in on another area summer camp.
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[VO-NAT]

And the New River Valley Speedway is getting ready for a big racing card tonight. We'll tell you what's in store in just a moment.
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[S-River]

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[GRAPHIC=New River Valley Speedway]

Fourth of July weekend festivities begin tonight at the New River Valley Speedway with two special guests, monster trucks and driver Jon Wood, the son of Winston Cup Citgo Ford crew chief Eddie Wood. Steve Mason has more.
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[S-Qualify]

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[GRAPHIC=PEPSI 400]

Second Round qualifying from Daytona is coming up in just a few minutes from the World Center of racing, and two guys in particular need to pick up the pace.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL/Last Night; :00]

Kyle Petty was a dismal 46th last night as the Hot Wheels Pontiac turned a lap almost 10 miles an hour off the pole winning speed of Joe Nemechek.
Jeff Burton also will have to make another run tonight. The Exide Battery Ford shutdown before Burton could get up to speed. He was dead last in 48th last night.
I'll have second round results at 11.
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[S-Daytona]

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[SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL/Last July; :00]

The condition at the track are quite a bit different than they were at this time last year when wild fires were ravaging central Florida.
Interstate 95 was on fire and shut down from Jacksonville to Titusville, and smoke and cinders were so thick in the air that you could barely breath.
Even Nascar's offices on Speedway Boulevard had to be evacuated due the threat of fire.
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Don't forget you can catch the race LIVE at eight tomorrow night right here on Your Hometown Station.[S-Tennis]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[WRITER=mst]
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Alexandra Stevenson made Wimbledon history today by becoming the first qualifier to make the women's singles semi-finals. She is also making plenty of news off the court.
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[VO-NAT]

Basketball half of famer Julius Irving admitted today that he is the father of the 18 year old tennis phenom.
Doctor J acknowledged that he had a relationship with the girls' mother in 1980. He says his wife and all of his children are aware of the situation, and that he has been supporting her financially since birth.
Julius says he has met the girl only once.
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[S-Camp]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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[GRAPHIC=Basketball Logo]

As summer gets into full swing several area sports camps are coming to an end.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :]

In Christiansburg at the Rec Center, Doug Days basketball camp concluded with the traditional championship games for the campers as well as rewards for those who excelled at the camp.
Day and his counselors schooled 108 campers this year on basketball and life skills.
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[OUT Q=....of the kids."]
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[VO-NAT]

Since the beginning several years ago, The camp has grown especially for the young ladies in the area.
And that growth is not a surprise to former Virginia Tech guard Lisa Witherspoon who led the Hokies to the N-C-A-A sweet 16 this past season.
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[IN Q="the girls...]
[SUPER=01-Lisa Witherspoon/Former Tech Point Guard; :]
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[OUT Q=.....of the camps."]
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The Science Museum of Western Virginia takes the wraps off a new attraction this weekend.
To promote it, they had a person PUT the wraps on.
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They dressed someone as a mummy and invited people to a showing of "Mysteries of Egypt."
The film will be the first feature shown at the musem in the IMAX wide-screen format.
The show opens tomorrow, and runs through Labor Day.
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