WDBJ 7 news at 11 for 09/10/99

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Coming up on News 7-
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Parents of a missing baby are now facing charges. The latest on this bizarre case.
What's being done to help small businesses in the region.
Football highlights from many games-
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And Patrick Evans has an idea if you're looking for something to do this weekend.
News 7 is next.
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[Standoff]

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A Southside man is in jail tonight ... after an all-day standoff with authorities at a South Boston motel.
And, as Marya Jones reports, it took a long day of negotiations, but he surrendered without ANYONE getting hurt.
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((It took nearly seven tense hours...
Several exchanges of gunfire...
and the coaxing of friends and police negotiators...
But 21-year-old Kevin Miller, shirtless and surrounded, finally turned himself in to police.
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((JIM HALL/SOUTH BOSTON POLICE CHIEF: I THINK ANY TIME YOU GO INTO A SITUATION LIKE THIS AND EVERYBODY COMES OUT UNINJURED, IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY.))
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The standoff started when police knocked on the door of Miller's motel room, expecting to arrest someone else on felony charges.
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((LT. HUBERT RICE/SOUTH BOSTON POLICE: WE HAD A WARRANT FOR A PERSON THAT WE THOUGHT WAS IN THAT ROOM.))
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Police say Miller, already in trouble on drug charges, responded with gunfire... yelling that he wasn't the man they were looking for.
The officers fired back.
And a short time later, Miller's girlfriend left the room unharmed.
State police negotiators began talking with him by phone.
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((CAPT. HOWARD GREGORY/VA. STATE POLICE: INITIALLY HIS COMMENTS WERE VERY ANTAGONISTIC AND VERY HOSTILE. ))
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Miller's friends showed up, reporting that he'd threatened to kill himself... and hoping they could talk him out of it.
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((DELVIN EDMONDS/FRIEND: RIGHT NOW ALL HE'S THINKING ABOUT IS, PROBABLY, THAT HE'S CLOSE TO DEATH AND HE DOESN'T KNOW, PROBABLY, HOW TO GET OUT OR IF HE'S EVEN GOT A WAY OUT NOW.))
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His way out came after Reverend Lewis Motley, the pastor of Miller's church, convinced him to give up.
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((CAPT. HOWARD GREGORY/VA. STATE POLICE: HIS PASTOR WAS ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE RESISTANCE AND TALK HIM INTO COMING OUT PEACEFULLY. ))
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Miller is charged with attempted capital murder for shooting at an officer. That's a charge that could hold stiff penalties for the man that police say they weren't even looking for.
Marya Jones, News 7, South Boston.))

[Floyd-Ax]

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Two people walking along the road were struck by a van in Floyd County tonight.
State police say the man and woman were intoxicated when they were hit on Franklin Pike around 8-20.
The woman was taken to the hospital... The extent of her injuries is unknown.
The man refused treatment at the scene.
State police say both pedestrians will be charged with public intoxication.

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An accident earlier this afternoon caused a quite a mess on route 220 in Roanoke.
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It all started when a dump truck swerved to avoid hitting a car -- but ended up slamming his truck into a van.
Then it was chain reaction --and three other vehicles were hit.
Diesel fuel leaked from the dump truck slowing efforts to clear the road.
One man was transported to the hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown.
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[Flood-Project]

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To keep a 10-year flood reduction project afloat, more than 80 Roanoke residents could lose their homes.
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City engineers say they need to buy the Hannah Mobile Home Court and spend an extra million dollars on the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project.
Otherwise they'll lose federal funding and be forced to scrap 10 years of work.
When voters approved a seven million dollar bond for the project they were told no homes would be taken.
Residents of the mobile home park have not been notified.
Juvenile Court judge Philip Trompeter owns the mobile home park and says he will do anything to help the city.
The Floodplains Committee meets Monday at 2.
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[WX1] [11:00pm] [09/10/1999] [MCU]WEATHER OFFICE
Residents in the city of Bedford will have to live with mandatory water restrictions for at least a few more days.
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Rain from Tropical Storm Dennis last week helped refill the city's reservoir.
It had been five feet below the spillway just two weeks ago.
City manager Craig Meadows said today it appears the city's water crisis is over, but a final decision on whether to lift the ban would be made next week.
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[WXPRO/FULL]WEATHER MAP WAKE UP FORECAST

[Toss back to anchor][Small-Business]

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We're in times of economic prosperity --- and business is booming.

But for some small urban businesses in Roanoke - it's still a struggle.
Joy Sutton has details.
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Buddy Fleming and his wife Peggy own Showtime Concessions and Catering --- better known as Buddy's Place.

It's a small urban business that started about five months ago.
And the owners say running a small city business has it's challenges.
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((PEGGY FLEMING/BUDDY'S PLACE: WE HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING TO A MINIMUM BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO EXPAND AS QUICKLY AS WE'D LIKE TO THAT HINDERS US FINANCIALLY NOT BEING ABOUT TO GET OUR NAME OUT THERE AND GET OUR PRODUCT OUT THERE))
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And they are not alone in this struggle.
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Felix Garcia -- is the owner of Garcia Towing and Road Service.
Garcia is a one -man -band.
He works 24 hours a day seven days a week just to compete with larger business.
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The Regional Chamber of Commerce is trying to help small urban businesses like Garcia's.
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((STARK JONES/ROANOKE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: WE TEACH THEM HOW TO DO COMPUTERIZED BOOK KEEPING. WE TRY TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKER THEIR BUSINESSES))
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And this free help is something the Flemings say may help their business thrive in the long run.
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(( BUDDY FLEMING/BUDDY'S PLACE: YOU SEE SO MANY BUSINESSES AROUND HERE THAT DON'T MAKE IT. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY DON'T MAKE IT .IT'S A BIG STEP GOING IN AND TRYING TO START YOU'RE OWN BUSINESS AND BE SUCCESSFUL))
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((JOY SUTTON/REPORTER: AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HAVING AN URBAN BUSINESS APPRECIATION DAY. 35 BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE SHOWCASED AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THEIR NAME OUT TO THE PUBLIC. JOY SUTTON, NEWS 7, ROANOKE))
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Urban Business Appreciation day is tomorrow from 1 pm until 5 pm at 2501 Melrose Avenue.
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[Porter]

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A Roanoke man describes seeing his cousin shot before his eyes.
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Brandon Porter is charged with killing Victor Anderson in July at the Brightwood Manor Apartments.
The victim's cousin says Porter held a gun to Anderson's head then pulled the trigger.
He says Porter and Anderson had fought months earlier.
A trial date has not yet been set.
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[Baby-Charges]

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Parents of a missing baby are now being charged-
Wyatt Andrews has the story.
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((For months Steven and Marlene Aisenberg, were on the sympathy circuit,
Their baby, five month old Sabrina was missing.. they said, kidnapped from their suburban Tampa home. Could someone help?
MARLENE: I'm begging that person to please bring our baby back to us. There was an international, land and water search for Sabrina, but secretly investigators didn't buy the story. Some thought the parents lacked a certain anguish. And, there was this.

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come on you pretty girl A video of Sabrina showed a bald spot police thought was an injury to the child's head. After waiting almost two years hoping for better evidence, a federal grand jury decided to indict the couple not for murder, but for lying. It turns out the FBI was making tapes. (Graphic: indictment then quotes) According to the indictment, a month after reporting Sabrina missing Marlene said to Steven "the baby is dead and buried. It was found dead because you did it." Steven answers. "Honey, there was nothing I could do about it. We need to discuss the way that we can beat the charge." The Aisenberg lawyer says: Its out of context. Sot Cohen this is a combination of a lot of innocent acts and innocent conduct which has been taken and twisted and manipulated.))
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He wasn't expected to live, but now a local man injured on the job is thanking his rescuers.
The story, coming up.
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And nearly a dozen people with ties to a suspected terrorist group walked free today.
Details when we return.
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[Sports-Preview]

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[Drug-Arrests]

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Rockbridge authorities crack down on drugs- 70 charges and 30 arrests there.
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Officers made more than 30 undercover buys during the four-month operation, and seized illegal drugs worth more than 25- thousand dollars.
Authorities say complaints from residents of the Diamond Hill neighborhood in Lexington prompted the investigation, but it expanded to include Buena Vista and Rockbridge County.
Most of the charges involved cocaine or marijuana.
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[FALN]

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From California to Kansas-
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11 Puerto Rican Nationalists were freed today.
The controversial clemency was extended by the President-
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((LUIS ROSA/RELEASED PRISONER: THIS IS A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION FOR MY FAMILY FOR THE NATION OF PUERTO RICO. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE RECONCILIATION OF OUR NATION))
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The Nationalists were serving prison terms of up to 90 years- for their involvement in terrorist acts in the 70's and 80's.
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[President]

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A somewhat different welcome-
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for the President as he and Chelsea arrived in New Zealand tonight.
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Kiwis in Polynesian costume greeted the President.
Clinton is in Auckland for the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit-
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Still ahead, details on a micro-brewery festival this weekend.
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Plus, months after he was nearly crushed to death - a local man returns to the Medical Center to thank the people he says saved his life.
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[lotto]
[SUPER=136-9 7 2/9 8 5 4/3 6 19 22 25/16 20 31 32 48/6]

NIGHT DRAWING=
Pick 3:
9-7-2

(nine, seven, two)

Pick 4:
9-8-5-4

(nine, eight, five, four)

Cash 5:
3-6-19-22-25

(three, six, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-five)

The Big Game:
16-20-31-32-48. Big Money Ball: 6

(sixteen, twenty, thirty-one, thirty-two, forty-eight. Big Money
Ball: six)

[Worker]

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A Dublin man crushed when a nearly thousand pound machine fell on his upper body was reunited with the people who saved his life.
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No one that treated 29- year old David (Grav-lee) Gravely that night thought the husband and father of two would survive.
Gravely was cleaning the inside of a press at New River Castings in Radford when he says a power failure caused the machine to fall and crush his spine.
Today Gravely returned to thank the staff at New River Valley Medical Center.
He says without their care-- he wouldn't be alive much less able to walk.
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((DAVID GRAVELY/INJURED WORKER: THE PARAMEDICS CALLED THE PLANT A FEW DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND WERE TOLD I'D DIED, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WOULD DO THEM GOOD TO SEE ME AND I KNOW IT DID ONE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM AND THANK THEM.))
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Although Gravely offered his thanks-- the staff said words weren't necessary-- that seeing him alive and well-- was the only reward they would ever need.
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[MICROFESTIVUS]

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The weather this weekend promises good things, and there are plenty of fun activities to take part in.
Patrick Evans scoped out the weekend scene earlier today, and offers us this suggestion.
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Straight ahead, Steve Mason has Friday football scores.
Stick around.

[S-Pulaski]

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Lets start down in Cougar country where Pulaski welcomed the Salem Spartans to town.
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The Spartans would take a 3-to-nothing lead tonight and then watch the Cougars come back on them. Wingback Frank Cobbs finds plenty of running room as he fools the Salem defense and he will go 62 yards for the score. Pulaski is back on top 6-to-3.
[SUPER=34-Salem/41/Pulaski/21;]But most of the first half this game belonged to Salem. Dennis Haley would hi
t the hole at his own one yard line, turn the right side corner, and motor all the way to the other end. It's a 99 yard touchdown run as Haley blisters everyone. Salem leads it 24-to-6. They win it 41 to 21.
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[S-Byrd]

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Over in Vinton, Glenvar would try and play double A killer again, this time with William Byrd
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A touch of the golden days was part of the evening as the 1950-51 Byrd district championship team was honored with a plaque.
To the action, with six seconds left in the second quarter, watch O.J. Thomason take the rock and explode up the mid
dle on his way to an 80 yard touchdown gallop [SUPER=34-William Byrd/41/Glenvar/7;]that began on right side and ended u
p on the left. 28-7 Byrd at the half.
O.J. does it again, this time he doesn't use as much energy, going in from eight yards out and Byrd wins 41-7.
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[S-Floyd]

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Next we head down to the New River Valley for a Three Rivers District matchup between Auburn and Floyd County.
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The Buffaloes ahead eight to nothing in the first quarter had the ball on the Auburn 32 and on third and six Scott Myers takes the hand off and makes a bee-line for the sideline. Myers follows the line all the way into the zone for his second T-D for Floyd on the night.
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The Buffaloes did what was needed on defense as former player of the week Josh Spence strips Auburn Q-B Shannon Smith, then recovers the fumble and Floyd is three and oh beating Auburn 22 to 3.
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[S-Numbers]

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Highlights from many other games headed your way later on Friday Football Extra, but first lets check out the early scores.
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[Scoreboard]

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[SUPER=55-Patrick Co./7/Heritage/16/Giles/42/Narrows/20/Tunstall/45/Chatham/0;]

[SUPER=55-James Monroe/39/Oak Hill/14/Auburn/3/Floyd Co./22/Blacksburg/6/Cave Spring/27;]

[SUPER=55-Northside/28/Liberty/6/Fieldale-Collinsville/44/Altavista/15/Salem/41/Pulaski Co./21;]

[SUPER=55-Radford/49/Grayson/0/Rural Retreat/29/Ft. Chiswell/7/Salem/41/Pulaski/21;]

[SUPER=55-James River/16/Riverheads/48/G.W. Danville/48/Franklin Co./8/Laurel Park/6/Jefferson Forest/42;]

[SUPER=55-William Fleming/26/E.C. Glass/14/Lebanon/30/Marion/3/Glenvar/7/William Byrd/41;]

[SUPER=55-Staunton River/28/Lord Botetourt/44/Chilhowie/26/George Wythe/35/Brookville/26/William Campbell/8;]

[SUPER=55-Gretna/22/Dan River/14/Albemarle/13/Patrick Henry/14/Monticello/7/Amherst Co.;/21/Alleghany/13/Covington/12/C
astlewood/15/P.H. Glade Spring/41;]

[SUPER=55-Bluestone/62/Randolph Henry/14/John Battle/27/Holston/26/Craig Co./No/Shawsville/Rpt.;]

[SUPER=55-Parry McCluer/No/Buffalo Gap/Rpt./Prince Edward/No/Halifax Co./Rpt./Buckingham Co./No/Appomattox/Rpt.;]

[SUPER=55-Nelson/No/W. Albemarle/Rpt./Carroll Co./No/Galax/Rpt./Bland Co./No/Pocahontas/Rpt./;][Sports tease]

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Still to come in sports, we will go racing at Richmond, highlights form the Busch series race, plus Winston Cup qualifying, and college football abound!
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Tech talks about knocking heads with the UAB Blazers with a new quarterback.
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[S-Busch]

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Richmond International raceway was the site of tonight's Busch Series Autolite Platinum 250.
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Dale Earnhardt Junior started 20th...but it's how you finish that matters.
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a perfect night for racing.
The first came on lap 34 when Mike Dillion and Dick Trickle get together , both would be OK.
A sad night for Randy LaJoie, he fights his way up from 23rd only to have his Bob Evans car wrecked on the restart.

But Dale Earnhardt Junior led the last eight laps and gets by Mark Martin for his sixth win of the year, he increases his points lead by 103 over Matt Kenseth.
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one other racing note, sources out of Richmond and the Charlotte Observer are reporting that Kenny Schrader will be named as Ernie Irvan's replacement in the M & M's Pontiac next week.
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[S-Qualify]

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Speaking of cup, drivers qualified earlier today for tomorrow night's Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 and Mike Skinner proves he's not just a super speedway star.
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Skinner wins the Bud Pole in the Lowes Chevrolet, cranking out a speed of 125.465 miles per hour at the three quarter mile track.
Rookie sensation Tony Stewart continues to impress, he will start on the outside pole in the Home Depot Pontiac.

But 31 was the lucky number as Skinner wins his first short track pole.
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[vo-nat] Dale Earnhardt Junior will start 21st, now here's the rest of the field.
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[SUPER=0107-16. Rick Mast//17. Bill Elliott//18. Kyle Petty//19. Ward Burton//20. Mark Martin//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0107-21. Dale Earnhardt Jr.//22. Bobby Hamilton//23. Ken Schrader//24. John Andretti//25. Sterling Marlin//;]
[RUNS=:25]
[OUT Q=...last driver."]
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[anchor=steve]
[graphic=richmond]

Dale Earnhardt was 33rd quickest, Elliott Sadler 37th, and Darrell Waltrip 46th.

[S-Hokies]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=sp-46]
[GRAPHIC=TECH FOOTBALL]

Virginia Tech and UAB get together tomorrow at Lane Stadium, Worsham Field in a sold out 1pm kickoff.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Week; :00]

With Michael Vick sitting out tomorrow's game, the Tech offense will be in the hands of junior quarterback Dave Meyer, who played well in the second half last week.
Meyer threw a TD pass against UAB last season, but he's likely to face a much improved defensive squad tomorrow.

(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q=They are...]
[SUPER=01-Frank Beamer/Va. Tech Head Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Nick Sorensen/Va. Tech Free Safety; :18]
[RUNS=:28]
[OUT Q=...LAST YEAR."]
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[S-Cavs]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-47]
[GRAPHIC=ACC]

Virginia is 5-32 and 1 against Clemson, tomorrow the Cavs will go for win number six in Death Valley in an ACC Clash.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Chapel Hill, NC/Last Saturday; :00]

Despite injury and lack of depth, the Cavaliers defense showed incredible heart in stopping dangerous Ronald Curry last Week against North Carolina.
[SUPER=03-Clemson, SC/Marshall vs. Clemson;]

The Wahoos face another offense that can be dangerous. Clemson likes to spread the field and use the no huddle offense.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q="well]
[SUPER=01-George Welsh/UVa Head Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Yubrenal Isabelle/UVa Linebacker; :20]
[RUNS=:32]
[OUT Q=....hold on"]
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[S-Ferrum]

[ANCHOR=Steve]
[NEWSCAST=11pm]
[WRITER=sma]
[TAPE#=SP-50]
[GRAPHIC=FERRUM]

The Ferrum College Panthers host the Emory & Henry Wasps tomorrow in the second game of the year for both teams. This contest should be an accurate barometer for the Cats.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT]
[IN Q="Guys are...]
[SUPER=01-Matt Wheeling/Ferrum Tight End; :00]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=...TRYING TO DO."]
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[Weather] [09/10/1999] [WXPRO/FULL] Current Statistics Weather Statistics [MUSIC UNDER] [COMMERCIAL] [CK/CHYRON/VIEWERNET] [CK/WXPRO]WEATHER MAPS [CK/CHYRON/5 PAGES] FORECASTS [ESS/FULL] EXTENDED FORECAST [Forecasts]
[SUPER=#577]
[SUPER=X5000]
[SUPER=330-Mostly Clear/Wind NW-10/50-54/Mostly Sunny/Wind NW-10/78-82]
[SUPER=331-Mostly Clear/Wind N-10/50-55/Mostly Sunny/Wind NW-10/80-83]
[SUPER=332-Mostly Clear/And Cool/48-50/Mostly Sunny/And Mild/77-79]
[SUPER=333-Clear And/Chilly/50-52/Mostly/Sunny/78-80]
[SUPER=X5001][SUPER=334-Clear And/Rather Cool/43-45/Mostly Sunny/And Pleasant/76-78]