WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 10/08/99

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Striking Rubatex workers are served with a restraining order after nails are found scattered on the road around the plant.
That's the top story on NEWS 7 at SIX.
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And Civil Rights leader... the Reverend Charles Green has died. We'll take a look at his 75 years of accomplishments.

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In sports, We'll take a look at this weekends college and pro schedule Tony LaRussa gets a contract extension in St. Louis.
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And Steve Mason has a report on Virginia's freshman Jerton Evans of Jefferson Forest.
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Showers are on the way by late tomorrow. I'll have a wet weekend forecast coming up.
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((JIM LAURIN/RUBATEX NEGOTIATOR: THIS KIND OF ACTION IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.))
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The war of words sharpens in Bedford ... after striking workers are accused of dumping nails in the roads surrounding Rubatex.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Rubatex]

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A month into the strike ... neither side is taking steps toward renegotiating a contract.
But now Rubatex is taking action against its striking union.
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Scott Goldberg was in Bedford today and has the latest.
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Keith .. late this afternoon Rubatex served its striking union members with a restraining order.
It bans them from using threats, force or violence -- and from obstructing roads -- while they're picketing.
It comes on a day when the company says the union is threating others' safety.
And it's evidence that as this strike lasts longer ... tempers are getting much shorter.
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(( A month into the strike at Bedford's biggest employer ... Rubatex has security guards patrolling the grounds ... looking for debris the company says the union is dumping on public roads.
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((QUICK NAT: DUMPING NAILS ON TABLE))
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At a press conference ... Rubatex says it wants a new contract but now it's more concerned about the safety of its workers.
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((JIM LARUIN/CHEIF NEGOTIATOR: I'M GONNA STOP THIS NAIL CRAP. I PROMISE YOU THAT. I'LL GET THAT RESOLVED.))
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For its part ... the union insists the pickets have been civil but the company hasn't ... and they insist no picketers are dumping nails.
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((ROY KARENS/USWA LOCAL 240: THEY PROBABLY WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT THAT THEMSELVES ... TRYING TO BLAME IT ON SOMEONE ELSE.))
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((JERRY PERDUE/USWA LOCAL 240: MANAGEMENT .... THEY DON'T HAVE THE SENSE TO RUN THE COMPANY, MY PERSONAL OPINION.))
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((QUICK NAT: UNION PRESIDENT DRIVES OFF))
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The union's president kept his policy today of not talking to reporters.
Though, earlier this week he released a statement saying Rubatex's bargaining is "regressive" -- that proposed wage hikes wouldn't offset increased payments for health insurance.
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((JIM LAURIN: WE DID THE MATH ... WE DON'T THINK IT'S REGRESSIVE BARGAINING.))
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Meanwhile work goes on with replacement workers.
Rubatex says production stands at more than 80-percent of pre-strike levels.
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In court today ... Rubatex played a video of people planting nails in the road ... proof, the company says, the union isn't behaving.
If this strike lasts much longer .. Rubatex says it's getting to the point where the temporary workers could become permanent ... meaning union jobs are at risk.
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Keith.

[Green]

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Civil rights activist Charles Green was more than a man who fought for desegregation in the sixties.
The former president of the Roanoke N-A-A-C-P chapter was finding causes to back right up to the end of his life.

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He opposed the plan for a new road through the Gainsboro neighborhood.
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((REV. CHARLES GREEN: WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 1962, THERE WERE MORE THAN 14 BLACK BUSINESSES IN ROANOKE. NOW WE HAVE PROBABLY LESS THAN HALF A DOZEN.))
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[OUT Q=half a dozen.]
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Reverend Green lost that fight, but he won the respect of black and white citizens during his 27 years in the city.
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He was a preacher, hospital chaplain, and Democratic party leader.
Green died this morning, a week after he turned 75.
Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced.
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The Grayson County man who suffered second and third degree burns in an explosion died today.
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34- year old Ernest Wade Osborne was injured when the gas pump he was working on at the Flying J- Truck Stop in Wythe County exploded into flames yesterday.
Osborne was being treated at the U-V-A Medical Center burn unit, where he died this afternoon.
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[Offray]

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A Danville ribbon-making plant says it's wrapping it up and leaving town ... and taking nearly two-hundred jobs with it.
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Marya Jones is in our Danville newsroom with more.
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Keith, C - M Offray and Son, one of the world's biggest ribbon-makers for the floral, crafts and apparel industries, told its nearly 170 employees yesterday that within four months, they'll be out of a job.
But the reason WHY the company is leaving isn't so clear....
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(( Employees driving out of the Offray plant today said the news wasn't a shock ... just a bit of a mystery.
Employees wouldn't talk on camera. But they confirmed that yesterday company officials told them ten years of manufacturing and shipping ribbons out of Danville will come to an end in February.
The business will be moved to the company's headquarters in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Offray officials today refused to elaborate on WHY they're leaving. [INSERT PRE-PRO] They would say only in a written statement that they're trying to consolidate their facilities. And that, "These changes will improve our efficiencies and turnaround time."[REMOVE PRE-PRO]
Danville's mayor says the news came as a surprise. And though she's not sure WHY the company's leaving, there's one thing she's sure of:
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((RUBY ARCHIE/DANVILLE MAYOR: ECONOMICALLY, IT WILL HURT US. BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LAID OFF, THE MAIN QUESTION IS WHERE ARE THEY GOING FOR ASSISTANCE?))))
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That's a question that many of those workers are asking tonight.
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A local police captain is under investigation.
We'll have details, coming up.
And...
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He wouldn't have sold it any other way.
A well-known auctioneer's home goes on the auction block nearly two years after his death.
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Roanoke County Supervisors Chairman Bob Johnson says his offer to the school board is sincere.
Turn over control of the south county high school project, and Johnson says he can guarantee the work will come in on time and under budget.
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((THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE, I AM TRYING TO TRY IN THE PRESS. IT IS A LEGITIMATE OFFER TO BUILD WHAT THEY WANT, DURING THE TIME THAT THEY NEED IT BUILT, IN THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE CAN DO THAT.))
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Johnson says alternative construction methods could save millions without compromising the high school's educational programs.
But school board members aren't buying. Tom Leggette says the new high school must be comparable to facilities in other parts of the county.
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((TOM LEGGETTE/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL BOARD: MR. JOHNSON SAYS HE'LL BUILD SOMETHING. I'M SURE YOU CAN BUILD SOMETHING FOR ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT. THE QUESTION IS, IS IT FAIR? AND TO HAVE THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN HAPPY, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE AND SAY YES OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY EITHER HAVE THIS OR DON'T HAVE THIS, WE UNDERSTAND IT.))
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Other school board members share Leggette's skepticism, and say they doubt the board will entertain Johnson's offer.

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A Henry County Sheriff's deputy is the subject of a special investigation.
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The Sheriff's department confirms that a special prosecutor from Roanoke is investigating Captain Kimmy Nester.
State police say that they started the investigation, acting on a tip that a deputy illegally gave out someone's criminal history to the media last month.
Sheriff Frank Cassell says Nester is too smart to give out illegal information, and predicts Nester will be exonerated.
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[Sheets-auction]

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When you live and die by auctioneering, you wouldn't think of just plunking down a "For Sale" sign in front of the house.
No, there's only one way to part with the family farm, when you've been raised on auctions.
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Steve Sheets followed in his father's footsteps, perpetuating the family business that dates back to 1919.
When daddy died, there was never any question Garland Sheets' property would go on the auction block... only a matter of when.
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((BOY MY DADDY WOULD BE PROUD OF ME TODAY, GOT SOME OF WOODY'S MONEY OVER THERE.))
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((I HEARD THE MEMORY OF YOUR FATHER. HE'S WITH US ALL THE TIME.))
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The house Steve's lived in since he was ten- -fetched $190,000 from a man in search of a home with some acreage.

Nick Palmieri and family live in a subdivision in Botetourt at the moment.
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((IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMETHING IN NORTH COUNTY WITH 4.39 ACRES. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT AND RAISE OUR FAMILY HERE.))
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The Sheets family had to be happy with Palmieri's high bid. The tears started flowing when they heard it'll still be home to a family with four children.
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(($290,000... 295))
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A separate parcel of land- -six and a quarter acres next door- -brought $100,000 more than the house.
With Wayne Ayers' winning bid was $290,000. He plans to subdivide those six acres into 15 or 20 lots and build new homes.
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((THERE'S NOT MUCH LAND LEFT IN NORTH COUNTY, AND IT'S A NICE TRACT OF LAND))
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Watching all of Garland Sheets' wordly possessions being auctioned off was tough on the family... less than two years after his death.
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((IT'S A STRESSFUL DAY... BUT LIFE HAS TO GO ON. IT'S TIME FOR THE CHILDREN TO MOVE ON.))
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[OUT Q=to move on.]))

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Major stocks averages closed the week with solid gains. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE ]
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The Dow closed UP 113 points. NASDAQ rose 26.
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[Music-Lab]

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High school students have a new hangout in downtown Roanoke -- where violence and bad language are forbidden. But for ten bucks a year -- kids jam on donated guitars and record their own music in real studios. Tina Tenret takes us inside the Downtown Music Lab.
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[RUNS10] Antoine Burris -- better known as Kid 2000 -- raps about running around Roanoke, getting suspended from school. He and his cousin record their rhymes after school in the Downtown Music Lab.
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((ANTOINE BURRIS/RAPPER: HOPE TO PUT IT ON THE RADIO SOMEDAY. YOU KNOW BECOME FAMOUS, MAKE THE CHEESE OUT HERE. butt butt butt TINA TENRET/NEWS7: LET'S SAY THIS PLACE DIDN'T EXIST. WHERE WOULD YOU BE RIGHT NOW? BURRIS: PROBABLY BE OUT ON THE STREETS RUNNING AROUND.)) [RUNS10]
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((CHARLIE HAMILL/STAFF MEMBER: WE WANT TO DISCOURAGE THE TYPICAL AFTER SCHOOL BAD STUFF AND GET EM TO HANG OUT HERE AND BE COOL.)) [RUNS04]
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Even tone-deaf rookies are welcome here, where kids take responsibility for the equipment. They listen to the latest CD's, read music magazines, watch lesson videos, and surf the Internet.
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((IT'S JUST FUN TO BE HERE, IT REALLY IS.)) [RUNS02]
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[RUNS05] Josh Vermillion dreams of attending New Jersey's Berklee School of Music. He plays saxophone -- making gospel and jazz with a staff member here.
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((JOSH VERMILLION/SAX PLAYER:THEY ACTUALLY HAVE REAL RECORDING EQUIPMENT. IT'S NOT A LITTLE FOUR TRACK RECORDER. THEY HAVE A BIG MIXING BOARD STUDIO MONITOR AND MICROPHONES. )) [RUNS09]
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[RUNS03] This spring, the Downtown Music Lab plans to release a CD of music made here. Tina Tenret News7 Roanoke))
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A seven-piece funk band plays tonight under the Fiji Island Restaurant in Roanoke, to raise money for the Downtown Music Lab.
You can catch highlights on News 7 at 11.

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And coming up, another big weekend of college football.
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And the Virginia Tech Hokies are looking to crush the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers again.
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The 5th ranked Virginia Tech Hokies open Big East play tomorrow night in New Jersey against winless Rutgers.
The Scarlet Knights are 0-and-4, but they are much better than they were last season.
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((ANTHONY LAMBO/TECH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN:))
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Beamer experienced the worst moment of his coaching career against Rutgers in 1992, when the Knights came from behind and beat Tech 50-to-49 on the last play of the game.
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Virginia hosts Duke tomorrow in a 1pm ACC kickoff. Today, Steve Mason spotlights Jefferson Forest's Jerton Evans and Anthony Poindexter.
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((Jerton Evans sits in nearly the exact spot his predecessor sat for the last four years, the beginning of comparisons on top of comparisons his hard hitting All-American surrogate older brother advised him about. ((:)) ((:)) ((:)) ((:))
Evans takes instructions now from defensive coordinator Rick Lantz and #32, linebacker Bytron Thweatt, who has played w
ith both Poindexter and Evans. ((BYRON THWEATT:))
While the comparisons get old quickly, there is one trait Anthony has that Jerton especially hopes people will say he has as well. ((:))
The Baltimore Ravens should activate Poindexter, UVa's eighth all time leading tackler by October 21st. Steve Mason, News 7 sports.))

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V-M-I hits the road this weekend for a game at Spartanburg, South Carolina against Wofford. The Keydets are 1 and 4 and 0 and 3 in the conference.
V-M-I has been outscored 120 to nothing in the past two games.
Kickoff is 1:30.
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Liberty is on the road at South Florida for a 7 o'clock kickoff. The Flames are 3 and 2 heading into the game.
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Washington and Lee is home at Wilson field for a game against Davidson. The Generals are 1 and 3 overall and 1 and 2 in the ODAC.
Kickoff is 1-thirty.
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And over in Ferrum tomorrow afternoon the Panthers will host Guilford. The Panthers are 1 and 4.

[S-TV]

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Another big weekend of college and pro football on your Hometown Station. [PINNACLE 7501]
Tomorrow at 3 we'll have the Southeastern Conference showdown between Florida and L-S-U. [PINNACLE 7503]
And we'll bring you another N-F-L doubleheader this Sunday. Pittsburgh takes on Buffalo at 1 and right after that game we'll have the Miami Dolphins against the Indianapolis Colts.

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Tony LaRussa will be with the St. Louis Cardinals through the year 2-thousand and 1.
He signed a two year contract extension with the team he joined in 1996. LaRussa has an overall record of 319 and 328. This year he became the 11-th winningest manager of all time.
He leads all active Major league Managers with 1-thousand 639 victories. The Cardinals were 75 and 86 this year.

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If you're looking for something to do this weekend, just follow your nose to the Garlic Festival in Amherst County.
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This marks the tenth year Rebec Vineyards has hosted the two- day party that honors that most odorous of bulbs.
17 thousand people from 48 states attended last year's festival, and organizers say there's something for everybody this year.
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((RICHARD HANSON/GARLIC FESTIVAL ORGANIZER: WE HAVE FIVE STAGES OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, CLOWNS, MAGIC, GARLIC EATING, GARLIC COOKING, KING AND QUEEN COMPETITION.. WE'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS GOING, YOU'VE HEARD OF A THREE- RING CIRCUS, THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A FIVE- RING CIRCUS.))
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In addition to the many garlic products, festival- goers will be able to sample vintages from a half dozen local wineries.
The Garlic Festival runs through Sunday rain or shine.
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