WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 08/04/99

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The news according to News 7:
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Summer vacation for these kids lasts just three weeks.
Prosecuting kids who buy alcohol on the Internet.
A home-coming for Roanoke's Red Cross boss- -just back from Albania.
And a court says the Boy Scouts can't dismiss a scout leader because he's gay.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
News 7 is next.

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[Schools-Open]

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Several students in our area headed back to school today.
They go year-round ... with no break longer than three weeks.
Supporters believe year-round schooling means better-educated students.
Marya Jones takes a look at Schoolfield Elementary in Danville, where about 500 children have started the new school year.
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(( Kids filed back into the halls at Schoolfield Elementary with the usual first-day joys and jitters.
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((MONTAYA COMBS/2nd GRADER: I GOT NEW FRIENDS.)) [RUNS:03]
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((RAE GILBERT/5th GRADER: I WAS SCARED THAT MY TEACHER WOULD BE MEAN.)) [RUNS:06]
But they went back to the worksheets after a three-week break without missing a beat.
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((SUZANNE JONES/SCHOOLFIELD E.S. PRINCIPAL: WE USED TO SPEND A MONTH TO PROBABLY 6 WEEKS REVIEWING AND GETTING CHILDREN BACK IN THE ROUTINE OF BEING IN SCHOOL AND REVIEWING JUST BASIC FACTS. AND WE FIND NOW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME BACK IN AUGUST AND WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.)) [RUNS:15]
Schoolfield School was the first to go year-round in Danville, three years ago. And Principal Suzanne Jones says she's seen that change reflected in the school's standardized test scores.
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((SUZANNE JONES/SCHOOLFIELD E.S. PRINCIPAL: OUR TEST SCORES ON NATIONAL TESTS, THE STANFORD 9 THAT WE TAKE AND OUR RELATIVE POSITION ON TESTS SUCH AS THE STATE SOL TEST, WE ARE IMPROVING OUR RANK AMONG SCHOOLS IN THE DANVILLE AREA.)) [RUNS:14]
There's also been an increase in enrollment... with about 50 more students than last year.
And then there's the change in student attitudes.
Teachers and administrators say kids are more excited to come to class.
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((ZACHARY CADE GLASS/2nd GRADER: I WAS FEELING VERY GLAD. MARYA JONES/NEWS 7: WHY WERE YOU FEELING SO GLAD? ZACHARY: BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN THE SECOND GRADE. MARYA JONES: HOW'S IT TURNING OUT SO FAR? ZACHARY: IT'S TURNING OUT REAL NICE.)) [RUNS:14]
At Schoolfield Elementary, they're giving the year-round system high marks. Marya Jones, News 7. ))

[Earley-Alcohol]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=equ]
[TAPE#=99-28 34:54]
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Virginia's Attorney General is hailing passage of a federal bill that makes it easier to prosecute companies that sell alcohol to children.
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[SOT 16:32:11]
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((MARK EARLEY/ATTORNEY GENERAL: AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF STINGS ACROSS THE NATION, IN NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES, WHERE THEY HAVE SHOWN HOW EASY IT IS FOR A MINOR TO PRESENT THEMSELVES ON THE INTERNET OR MAKE A 1-800 CALL ON THE PHONE AND HAVE A CASE OF LIQUOR OR WINE DELIVERED WITHIN 24 HOURS.))
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The congressional bill lets attorneys-general from each state prosecute such cases in federal courts... cutting through red tape of various state laws.
Earley recruited 26 of his colleagues in other states to support the measure.
Roanoke Congressman Bob Goodlatte guided it through the House.
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[Toss-2-Robin]
Quiet night in the Weather Center.
We may have to put out a wake-up call for Robin Reed. [WX1] [11:00pm] [08/04/1999] [MCU]WEATHER OFFICE [WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP WAKE UP FORECAST

[Toss back to anchor][Red-Cross]

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In May Roanoke's Red Cross manager headed overseas to help Kosovar refugees. He was one of 13 delegates from the United States.
He came home tonight. Kate Weidaw was there to hear what his experience was like.
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((There were hugs and cheers as Tom Brown stepped off his plane and into the Roanoke Regional airport. For three months Brown was in Northern Albania distributing food to Kosovar refugees.

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((TOM BROWN/ROANOKE'S RED CROSS MANAGER: EACH REFUGEE WAS GIVEN ONE PARCEL OR MORE MONTH'S RATIONS THAT THEY WOULD TAKE BACK TO THEIR HOME AND COOK.))
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Each parcel contained corn, wheat flour, and canned chicken as well as some cooking supplies.
But this 27 year veteran of the Red Cross says seeing how the refugees would come to the camp was disturbing.

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((TOM BROWN/ROANOKE'S RED CROSS MANAGER: VERY HAGGARD SOME OF THEM WALKED ACROSS, SOME OF THEM CAME ACROSS IN WAGONS THAT TRACTORS PULLED.))
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Brown says surprisingly people in Albania welcomed the refugees with open arms--he often wondered how folks in Roanoke would have reacted.

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((TOM BROWN/ROANOKE'S RED CROSS MANAGER: WHAT WOULD WE DO IN ROANOKE IF WE HAD 110,000 PEOPLE ENTER OUR CITY AND WOULD WE REACT TO THOSE MANY PEOPLE.))
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And after three months of working side by side with Red Cross organizations from around the world he says one of the happiest moments was seeing the refugees go home.

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((TOM BROWN/ROANOKE'S RED CROSS MANAGER: WHEN YOU SEE THE KOSOVAR REFUGEES GET ON A BUS, A TRUCK, A CAR AND GO HOME.))

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Brown says the experience changed his life - and made him realize what is important. Kate Weidaw News 7 Roanoke.))

[Embassy-bombings]

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Security is being tightened at airports and U-S embassies overseas as we approach the anniversary of the embassy bombings in east Africa.
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[SUPER=04-August 7, 1998]

Saturday will be the first anniversary.... an act of terrorism attributed to Osama bin Laden.
Today the State Department said bin Laden's capable of doing it again.
Intelligence sources say bin Laden has targeted F-B-I headquarters in Washington ... now that his name has been added to the Ten- Most- Wanted List.
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[Gay-Scouting]

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A homosexual scoutmaster for a Boy Scout troop in New Jersey has won another round on the way to the U-S Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court of NEW JERSEY ruled today that James Dale's dismissal as a scout leader violated the state's laws against discrimination.
Though the Boy Scouts plan to appeal the decision again, Dale's already looking forward to getting back into Scouting on the lower East Side of Manhattan where he now lives.
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((SO I WOULD WANT A TROOP THAT WANTS ME THERE. I'M NOT TRYING TO BULLY MY WAY IN. I'VE HAD TROOPS THAT SAY, "WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU," BUT THE BOY SCOUTS SAY, "NO, YOU CAN'T BE GAY AND BE IN SCOUTS."))
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Dale says he hopes he'll have a son someday who wants to be a Scout, and if he does he'd be there with him.

[Rifle-Range]

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There's controversy for Boy Scouts close to home.
It involves gun-control, the N-R-A, and the politics of who's paying to renovate a rifle range.
Scott Goldberg reports.
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Even the most ardent gun-control advocates would have a hard time finding something wrong with this picture:
Boy Scouts at a rifle range, supervised by adults.
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((DAVE CLARK/SCOUT LEADER: WE'RE PROMOTING FIREARM SAFETY AND MARKSMANSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY.))
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But are the Boy Scouts promoting an agenda?
Critics say, yes, because they're accepting six thousand dollars to renovate the range as a gift from the National Rifle Association... [WEBSITE]
A group that Virginians Against Handgun Violence says: [pre pro]
"supports policies designed to put more guns in the hands of kids."
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((BILL LIPES: I'M SAYING GUNS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. EMPHATICALLY.))
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The problem, says the NRA's Bill Lipes, isn't that kids can get their hands on guns.
It's that they don't grow up learning how to use them.
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[IN Q=the gentlemen]
((LIPES: THE GENTLEMAN IN ATLANTA WHO DID SO MUCH CARNAGE KILLED HIS KIDS WITH A HAMMER THEN PUT THEM IN A TUB. YOU GOING TO TELL US WE CAN'T HAVE HAMMERS TO BUILD STRUCTURES?))
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Scout camp is a perfect picture for the NRA:
Where kids and guns coexist without violence.
Even though critics fire back: Funding this rifle range is just political cover for a group that spends most of its money targeting laws that would ban bigger, and much more dangerous, weapons.
Scott Goldberg, News-7, Pulaski County.
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[Standoff]

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A former Wythe County sheriff's deputy was arrested this afternoon following a lengthy standoff with police.
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Wytheville police were attempting to arrest 50- year old Jackie Kitts at his home but Kitts refused to come out.
The standoff lasted for about three hours-- with Kitts finally deciding to surrender after talking "one on one" with three officers.
Police were attempting to arrest Kitts for allegedly assaulting his father.
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Kitts is a FORMER deputy and investigator-- who left the Wythe County sheriff's department back in the early 80's.

[VMI-Ruling]

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It's back to federal court for V-M-I and the Justice Department.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington/August 1997]

The federal government has appealed Judge Jackson Kiser's latest ruling in the case to the U.S. Fourth Circuit in Richmond.
The main issue is how closely the courts should monitor the admission of women to V-M-I.
The new "rats" report in two weeks. This year, women will be part of the "cadre", the select group that supervises new cadets. But we won't be able to show you any of that; cameras have been banned.
V-M-I says upperclassmen felt media coverage intruded on their event.
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[Druckenmiller]

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Jim Druckenmiller is off the hook, for now, in terms of a civil suit filed against him by two men.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Christiansburg/July 20;]

The two men allege the former Virginia Tech quarterback took part in a fight outside a Blacksburg nightspot back in 1996.
The men were seeking damages for their injuries and a hearing was scheduled for tomorrow.
But attorneys for the two men have filed a motion asking that Druckenmiller's name and that of three other defendants be REMOVED from the lawsuit.
However, the request is worded so that the claim against Druckenmiller and the other two men could be re-instated later.
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[Tease1]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
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The President and First Lady are still all the TALK - after she addressed his infidelity in a recent interview.
The latest coming up.
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[VO-NAT]

And it's a call of the wild these females can't resist.
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[SOT]
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(( THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IN THE COLOGNE THAT THE ANIMAL REALLY KEYS IN ON. ))
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[vo-nat]
How Calvin Klein's Obsession, is really working... at a zoo.
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[Sports-Preview]

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[Bill-Hillary]

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The President and his wife were both ready with answers today when they were asked to elaborate on her interview in the new magazine, "TALK."
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Jamestown, NY]

At what was supposed to be a pre-campaign appearance in New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she wasn't making excuses for her husband's infidelity when she spoke of young Bill being caught in the conflict between his mother and grandmother.
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((EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR. AND I AM A VERY STRONG PROPONENT AND BELIEVER IN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.)) ((I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY COULD FAIRLY READ THE ARTICLE AND THINK THAT SHE WAS MAKING ANY EXCUSES FOR ME. I HAVEN'T MADE ANY EXCUSES FOR WHAT WAS INEXCUSABLE AND NEITHER HAS SHE, BELIEVE ME.))
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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The President said his early years were "no bed of roses," acknowledging "it was tough," but he said he always knew he was loved.

[Horse-Dealer]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Three local families say they've been conned -- by a Texas man who sold them horses with fake medical papers.
Bodee Baldwin was charged in Roanoke today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co;]

The Garrisons say they paid Bodee Baldwin 23-hundred-dollars for this horse because he said it was seven years old.
They found out later the animal was almost thirty -- an elderly horse requiring expensive medical care.
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((YOU SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A VET LOOK AT THE HORSE BEFORE YOU BUY IT. DON'T BUY ONE FROM A STRANGER UNLESS YOU DO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.))
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[VO-NAT]

The U-S attorney's office says Baldwin brought horses from Texas to sell in Salem and Moneta.
He's free on bond in Texas. A trial date will be set later this month.
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[Pulaski-Drowning]

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[WRITER=tha]
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A game warden this morning discovered the body of a Montgomery County man who drowned over the weekend.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co./Yesterday;]

49- year old Darrell Waugh of Pilot had been missing since Sunday evening when he went swimming in Claytor Lake.
His body was discovered around eight thirty by a game warden who was searching along the shore.
State police divers began searching for Waugh's body Sunday but called off their underwater search yesterday afternoon.
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[SML-Drowning]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=jmc]
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It's an open case right now, but an investigator says he believes a man found dead in Smith Mountain Lake today committed suicide.
Franklin County authorities say the body of a 39-year-old black man was spotted in the Union Hall section of the lake.
Officials say they know who he is, but aren't releasing his name.
They also say a stolen car was found at a summer home where the man's body turned up.
[Tease2]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[writer=chr]
[NEWSCAST=11p]
[SS=None]

Still ahead on News 7 - how a popular fragrance is really bringing out the animal magnetism.
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[VO-NAT]

And a Tennessee car dealership is down an employee tonight...
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((WHAT I USED TO DO.))
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[VO-NAT]

We'll introduce you to last night's Big Game winner.
First - tonight's winning lotto numbers.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=137-0 7 8/5 8 1 0/2 15 24 27 32/5 6 18 23 36 44/8 8 9 7 6 0]
NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
0-7-8

(zero, seven, eight)

Pick 4:
5-8-1-0

(five, eight, one, zero)

Cash 5:
2-15-24-27-32

(two, fifteen, twenty-four, twenty-seven, thirty-two)

Lotto:
5-6-18-23-36-44

(five, six, eighteen, twenty-three, thirty-six, forty-four)

Kicker:
8-8-9-7-6-0

(eight, eight, nine, seven, six, zero)

[Alderman]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=equ]
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Virginia's Parole Board chairman is getting a judgeship.
Governor Jim Gilmore has appointed Rick Alderman to a circuit court in Hanover County, near Richmond.
In the 16 months Alderman served as Parole Board chairman, Virginia's rate of granting parole dropped into the single digits.
Alderman attributed the tough record to the abolition of parole, which he said left fewer non-violent, parole-eligible prisoners in the system.

[Water-Sign]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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[WRITER=jbi]
[TAPE#=99-21 1:21:30]
[GRAPHIC=Water Supply]

Roanoke city has reduced water consumption by 13 percent since mandatory restrictions began a month ago.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Now citizens can find out just how many gallons they're saving per week. The city put up a sign in front of the Civic Center so passing motorists can track their progress. The goal is to save 28 million gallons a week.
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[Big-Game]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=tar]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Big Game]

A Tennessee man is celebrating after hitting the jackpot last night.
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[VO-NAT]
[16:43:00]
[SUPER=03-Atlanta, GA]

Randy Kerfoot came forward today to claim last night's Big Game prize.
He didn't realize he'd won the entire jackpot until he checked the Internet and the Georgia Lottery's information line.
The Kerfoots drove all night to cash in their winning numbers.
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[IN Q=I wanted]
((RANDY KERFOOT: I WANTED TO GET THAT TICKET OUT OF MY HOUSE INTO THESE PEOPLE'S FINE HANDS.))
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[VO-NAT]

The couple chose the cash option, and will get 39-million-dollars after taxes.
One way they plan on spending the money will be a donation to Ronald MacDonald House, in recognition of the fact that they met while working as MacDonald's 23 years ago.
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[SUPER=X5001][S-Extra]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=Extra Point]
[GRAPHIC=Sports Logo]

High school football practice for you, plus Dale Earnhardt has a new look and Pulaski Rangers highlights,
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=75-New York, NY; :00]

But first John Elway has gone from MVP to MVP.com, a new computer web site company that specializes in health fitness products.
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[S-Dale]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
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[GRAPHIC=Dale Earnhardt]

For the first time in 17 years, Dale Earnhardt has a new look, and he will sport it at
[GRAPHIC=indy]

the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today as qualifying for the Brickyard 400 gets underway at 2:30.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bristol; :00]

Earnhardt, for nearly two decades has sported the signature mustache.
But over the weekend, while snorkeling with Michael Waltrip in the Bahamas, he shaved it off because it was interfering with his mask, and he could not get as deep as Waltrip, so off it came.
He says it is a sacrifice to his determination not to be beaten at anything. He will chase win number two this season at Indy.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="It's]
[SUPER=01-Dale Earnhardt/14th Average Finish This Season; :00]
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[OUT Q=win this race"]
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[S-Ward]

[ANCHOR=steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-37]
[GRAPHIC=Ward Burton]

NASCAR Winston Cup owner Bill Davis announced today he has signed driver Ward Burton and Caterpillar to a three year contract.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Bristol; :00]

This keeps the seven year South Boston Native in the number 22 Caterpillar Pontiac through the 2002 season.
Burton is currently 11th in Winston Cup points. He has two top five's and 10 top ten finishes this season.
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[S-Majors]

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Major League Baseball milestones were under attack last night by Big Mac, Tony G and Sammy.
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Mark McGuire hit his 42nd home run of the season last night as St. Louis beat San Diego 7-6. But more importantly, the blast in the seventh inning was Big Mac's 499th career and tied the game.
Tony Gwynn also had a big night. He had a grand slam and two singles in his first two at bats and is now two shy of the three thousand career hits mark.
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Also, Sammy Sosa clocked his 42nd homer on the season to tie McGuire for the major league lead as the Cubs beat Montreal 5-1.
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((BYE BYE))

[S-Rangers]

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[GRAPHIC=Pulaski Rangers]
The Appalachian League Pulaski Rangers were at home last night for their first game in a three game series against the Johnson City Cardinals.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski, VA]

We start the action in the bottom of the fourth when Pulaski's Pedro Guerrero hits this line drive single. Two batters later Cody Nowlin steps in and smacks this shot between first and second, he was out at first, but he does bring Guerrero home to make the count 4-to-1 Cardinals.
[SUPER=34-Pulaski/4/Johnson City/3;] Pulaski's defense picked it up in the later innings against Johnson City and
the Rangers held on for the win 4-to-3.
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[S-Pulaski]

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[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-34 (1:43:56)]
[GRAPHIC=FFE Logo]

William Fleming might be picked to win the Roanoke Valley District football title this year. The Colonels will have to go through Pulaski County Cougar country first.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="We do have...]
[SUPER=01-Joel Hicks/Cougars Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:09]
[OUT Q=...good speed."]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Pulaski Co; :]

That speed and a years experience will get the Cougars back at the top of the District.
And this years team has already impressed the coaching staff after only three days of practice.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="This is...]
[SUPER=01-Joel Hicks/Cougars Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:19]
[OUT Q=.....their attitude."]
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[S-High]

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[TAPE#=SP-29 2:02:28]
[GRAPHIC=none]
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[VO-NAT WIPE!!!!!!!!!]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :]

At Patrick Henry the Patriots worked out in shorts and helmets yesterday. Last year because of physicals and other things only 15 kids showed up for practice but this year more than 50 players began two a days at the school yesterday.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="We had...]
[SUPER=01-Jeff Johnson/Patrick Henry Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:20]
[OUT Q=....field too."]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :]

A big turnout also over at Northside High School. The Vikings also worked out in shorts and helmets and coach Jim Hickam uses the time before full pads to go over plays and formations.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="We've...]
[SUPER=01-Jim Hickam/Nortshide Head Coach; :]
[RUNS=:18]
[OUT Q=....those things."]
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[Sports tease]

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Still to come in sports tonight, a look at Nate Newton, the former Dallas Cowboy and now Carolina Panther,
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-]

and we will check out the first round of the Roanoke Valley Amateur golf tournament.
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[S-Faulk]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-35]
[graphic=St. Louis Rams-NFL]

St. Louis Rams hold out Marshall Faulk ended his absence from training camp today, thanks to a multi million dollar deal.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA; :00]

Today, the former Indianapolis Colts pro bowler was signed by the St. Louis Rams to a seven year-45 million dollar contract. The 26 year old was the league's leading all around back last season with over two thousand all purpose yards.

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[S-Golf]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=rst]
[TAPE#=SP-36 (1:58:51)]
[GRAPHIC=Golf Logo]

The Roanoke Valley Amateur golf tournament began at Blue Hills golf course today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :]

More than 65 golfers are competing in the Senior and Open divisions of the Valley Am.
Rufus Spiers, who plays at Blue Hills, decided to compete in the open division instead of taking chances with his fellow senior's in the field.
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[SOT]
[IN Q="There's...]
[SUPER=01-Rufus Spiers/Shot 75; :]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=.....who knows."]
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[VO-NAT]

Spiers is six shots behind David Hagadorn who leads the Valley amateur after shooting a 69.
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[TALENT=MASON]
[GRAPHIC=Hold Logo]

Miller Baber shares second place with two others at 70. And Don Foster leads the seniors after shooting 67.

[Ocelot-Cologne]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=None]

One fashion mogul's fragrance for men is really attracting the females -
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[VO-NAT]
[15:04:20]
[SUPER=03-Dallas, TX]
at the Dallas Zoo.
Zoo keepers have discovered that Calvin Klein's Obsession for men is getting some female ocelots in the mood for love.
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[SOT]
[15:05:11-15:05:18]
[IN Q=We do know]
((ZOO KEEPER: WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS MUSK IN THE COLOGNE, I DON'T KNOW FROM WHAT ANIMAL. BUT IT MAY BE THAT MUSK IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S GETTING HER ATTENTION.))
[SUPER=07-Zoo Keeper]
[RUNS=07]
[OUT Q=her attention.]
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[VO-NAT]

Zoo keepers are using the cologne to lure female cats into one large concentrated population.
Currently there are about 100 spotted, wild female ocelots in Texas.
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