[Danville-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Denise]

[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=jma]
[TAPE#=99-34 TC 2:01:38]
[GRAPHIC=fire]

Fire destroyed a Danville house.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville]

It started around 11 last night at this vacant home on Eagle Springs Road. Authorities say the home was fully engulfed when fire fighters arrived. No one lived in the house. At this time officials have not yet determined the cause of the blaze. It is still under investigation.

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[Turkey-quake]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun aM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=earthquake]


Bitter cold temperatures are further traumatizing survivors of an earthquake in northwestern Turkey.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Duzce, Turkey;]


Last night the mercury dropped to 23 degrees making survival more difficult for anyone trapped in the rubble.
But there is still hope, earlier today, a man and his two daughters were found alive, after more than 30 hours in the debris of their collapsed home.
The quake happened Friday, so far nearly 400 people have died with hundreds more missing and thousands injured.
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[11BoyScout-Award]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-36 1:53:34]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Boy Scouts from 21- counties gathered together for the Leaders Recognition Banquet.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]


Last night, more than two hundred boy scouts gathered at the Wyndham Hotel in Roanoke to be honored and rewarded for their work in the community.
9- scouts received the distinguished "Silver Beaver Award"-- which is the highest award for volunteerism.
Our own Jean Jadhon-- also joined in the celebration by emceeing the event.
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[11Angel-Tree]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-39 49:26]
[GRAPHIC=Salvation Army]


Christmas is still six weeks away, but the Salvation Army is already working to help make the upcoming holiday season special for needy children in our area.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]


The organization has setup Angel trees at various locations in Roanoke -- including this one at Valley View Mall.
Each angel represents a child in the Valley who is counting on others to make their Holiday wishes come true.
When you adopt an angel it comes with a description of the child along with their special Christmas wish.
Once you purchase a gift, it's placed underneath the Christmas tree and will eventually be given to the child.
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[TAKE FULL SCREEN]
Other Angel Tree locations around the area include Walmart, Kmart, Ames, Tanglewood Mall, and Sam's Club.

[Reel-Open]


[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=Reel Open]
[GRAPHIC=Fire Investigation 4265]

Officials are still searching for the cause of a deadly explosion and fire at a Michigan nursing home last week. Five people died and thirty-two others were injured.
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[VO-NAT Thursday 16:44:36]
[SUPER=03-Flint, MI]

[16:44:39] The explosion was centered in the home's basement boiler area, though investigators still aren't sure of an exact cause. [16:45:01] They're also looking into whether a gas leak originated outside the building. [16:44:44] Wednesday night, firefighters and neighbors scrambled to pull dazed survivors out of the flaming building. [16:45:03] Many residents were confused and clothed only in hospital gowns as they were taken into the rain and cold.
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[Anchor=Andrew]
[ss=newsreel]


It was a similar scene right here in Roanoke ten years ago when fire raged through the Shenandoah Homes Retirement Community.
Keith Humphry reflects on the fatal fire in this week's Virginia Newsreel.
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[Shenandoah-Fire-Reel]


[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=Newsreel]
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[IN Q=]
[SUPER=21-Roanoke Co./1989; :00]
[SUPER=21-Keith Humphry/Reporting; 1:20]
[SUPER=21-1989; 2:03]
[RUNS=2:18]
[OUT Q=I'm Keith Humphry]


((The smoke alarms went off around 2:15 on the morning of December 14th, 1989. Most of the residents were awakened by screams to get out of the building.
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[SOT tAPE 89-95 17:57]
[IN Q=THE NIGHT]

((THE NIGHT MANAGER COME AND I WAS ASLEEP AND SHE COME IN AND WOKE ME UP AND I GOT OUT AS QUICK AS I COULD AND SMOKE WAS JUST A ROLLING OUT OF THE 3-RD FLOOR........THAT SMOKE NEARLY STIFLED ME TO DEATH. IT WAS AWFUL AND MY EYES GOT TO BURNING. AND I HAVE BLACK SMOKE IN MY NOSE. IT WAS TERRIBLE)) [RUNS22]
[OUT Q=TERRIBLE]


Rescue workers evacuated 135 residents. It was a cold night. Most of the residents were in their nightclothes when they fled the building. Firefighters got them on buses quickly. The residents were taken to the Star City Rink. The Red Cross had set up a temporary shelter there. Inside, medical personnel checked out each person. Some needed special care. Others were taken to the hospital.
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[SOT TAPE 89-95 17:39]
[IN Q=WE HAVE DOCTORS]

((WE HAVE DOCTORS ON THE SCENE HERE NURSES ON THE SCENE PARAMEDICS AND CARDIAC TECHS. WE ARE CARING FOR THEM IF THEY NEED ANYTHING. YOU GOT TO REALIZE THESES ARE OLD PEOPLE THEY HAVE PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED THAT ARE NOT RESULTS OF THE FIRE)) [RUNS12]
[OUT Q=THE FIRE]

Four residents were killed in the fire. Twenty- three people were treated at the hospital. Some of the victims complained of chest pains. They all suffered from smoke inhalation.
A few days later fire investigators said an overloaded electrical outlet in a third floor apartment was what started the fire. The man who lived in the room had a dozen appliances plugged into 4 electrical sockets. The retirement community didn't have a sprinkler system, but investigators said other preventive measures kept the number of fatalities down.
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[SOT tAPE 89-94 23:46]
[IN Q=THE 3-RD FLOOR]

((THE 3-RD FLOOR SUSTAINED MOST OF THE DAMAGE THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ROOM OF ORIGIN ONCE IT BURNED THROUGH THE DOOR IT SPREAD DOWN THE HALLWAY. THE ROOM IN THE AREA DID SUSTAIN SMOKE DAMAGE, HOWEVER THE FIRE DOORS THAT ARE REQUIRED DID HAVE SELF CLOSING DEVICES KEPT THE SMOKE OUT OF THE HALLWAY)) [RUNS19]
[OUT Q=HALLWAY]


Within a few hours of the fire, emergency workers located enough friends and relatives so most of the evacuees could go to individual homes. Friendship Manor volunteered to take in those who didn't have anywhere else to go. That's Virginia Newsreel, I'm Keith Humphry.))








[Health-Week]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun am]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=Sun Am]
[GRAPHIC=Health Check]

Alzheimer's patients in the Roanoke Valley get some validating treatment while several health projects get a lot of money. Tonya Flory has more.
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[SOT ]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00]
[SUPER=01-Naomi Feil/Validation Training Institute; :13]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :53]
[SUPER=01-Barry Hinton/UVa Professor; 1:20]
[Super=01-Sarah Gregory/Student; 1:36]
[RUNS=1:52]
[OUT Q=Health Check.]
(( [TAPE#=599-13 1:03:25]

Some Alzheimer's patient's in the Roanoke Valley are getting back their dignity through something called Validation Therapy. The technique incorporates methods of getting into the patient's inner world to better understand their needs.
[TAPE#=99-39 TC45:05]
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[SOT tc 01:58:48]
[IN Q=So when a ]

((NAOMI FEIL/VALIDATION TRAINING INSTITUTE: SO WHEN A WOMAN SAYS THERE'S A MAN UNDER THE BED, THE VALIDATION WORKER DOESN'T SAY THAT SHE'S HALLUCINATING OR DELIRIOUS OR DELUDED, THE VALIDATION WORKER SAYS THIS IS AGE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, SOMETHING'S HAPPENED, SHE WAS NEVER MENTALLY ILL, MAYBE SHE WAS RAPED, MAYBE SHE NEVER EXPRESSED SEXUAL FEELINGS.)) [RUNS:17]
[OUT Q=sexual feelings.]
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[VO-NAT]

Naomi Feil (File) teaches Validation therapy. She says instead of telling the patient no one is under the bed, for example, try asking them questions like, who is under there?, what do they look like?, and why are they there? This technique helps relieve the patient's anxiety.
[TAPE#=599-17 37:01]

At a luncheon at the Hotel Roanoke Carilion Health System announced it was giving 10-percent of it's yearly earning to community health projects. That comes to about two million dollars. One of the 65 recipients is a transportation program called Care Ride. It provides drivers to take elderly and disabled patients to doctors appointment and to pick up medications.
[TAPE#=99-37 TC1:41:37]

And Virginia Western Community College students picked up the latest information on Male Birth Control methods from University of Virginia researcher Barry Hinton. Hinton says right now contraceptive hormone injections are available, but have to be taken daily.
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[SOT tc 00:55:41]
[IN Q=Now what they're]

((BARRY HINTON/UVA PROFESSOR: NOW WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP IS A LONG TERM INJECTION FOR EXAMPLE LIKE AN IMPLANT OR SOMETHING AND THAT WAY POOR MAN DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE AN INJECTION EVERYDAY IN ORDER TO HAVE A CONTRACEPTIVE.)) [RUNS:10]
[OUT Q=have a contraceptive.]
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[VO NAT] And some female students say that eases their concern about men remembering to take the pill every day.
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[SOT tc 00:54:46]
[IN Q=Even though it's]

((SARAH GREGORY/STUDENT: EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE WOMAN WHO HAS THE PREGNANCY STILL, THERE ARE WOMEN WHO WOULD BE DECEIVING ABOUT IT SO THE TRUST ISSUE WOULD GO EITHER WAY.)) [RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=go either way]
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[VO-NAT]

Hinton is now working on a way to prevent sperm from fertilizing eggs. Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check. )) [GO STRAIGHT TO BUMP]

[Appomattox-Shooting]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 Sunday Morning]



A Routine call for authorities turned deadly in Appomattox this morning.
Appomattox County Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic dispute call around 2 a-m on Oakley Avenue.
Authorities say when officers arrived, 30 year old Joseph W. Drewy of Appomattox answered the door armed with a handgun.
He then pointed it at one of the officers at which time the officer shot and killed Drewy.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Virginia State Police is now handling the investigation.

[Egypt-Crash]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Egypt Air Crash Inv.]


The cock-pit voice record from Egypt Air Flight 990 is on its way to Washington.
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Newport, RI;]


The device, bent on one side and minus its ``pinger,'' was plucked from the floor of the Atlantic late yesterday.
Now the NTSB will examine the recorder in hopes of gaining more insight to the crash.
217 people were killed when the plane crashed near Nantucket on October 31.
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[Pokemon]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]


The Pokemon craze has hit a stumbling block...
(------------)
[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Yonkers, NY;]

...a shortage of trading cards.
Record numbers of people turning out to movie theaters is what movie producers say is to blame.
The distributor sent out a press release warning the media of the shortage.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I think it's]

((IT HURTS THE KIDS. IT'S A ROTTEN TRICK TO PLAY ON THE KIDS WHO COME TO THE MOVIE AND CAN'T GET THE CARDS IT"S UNFAIR TO THE KIDS.))
[SUPER=01-Stephanie Oppenheim/Toy Analyst;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=to the kids]
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[VO-NAT]


But the shortage hasn't stopped children from bringing their parents and their parents' wallets to the theater.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I'm the biggest]

((I'M THE BIGGEST SUCKER..IHAVE CHILDREN AND WHATEVER THEY MAKES THEM HAPPY, I'M OUT THERE TRYING TO GIVE IT TO THEM, I'M DEFINITELY THE SUCKER, THE SUCKER.))
[SUPER=01-Brenda Tuten/Mother of Pokemon Fan;]
[RUNS=08]
[OUT Q=the sucker]
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[vo nat]
Even one of the movie's promoters -- Burger King -- has had difficulty keeping the cards stocked.

(----------------)[11Head-Start]



[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-43 56:46]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Not as many families are taking advantage of TAP's Head Start Program. It has been helping families since 1965 by providing free or low cost child care.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]


Head Start was recruiting at Ames department store in Roanoke yesterday -- to let families know the organization is there to offer child care for children ages, three to five.
The program also helps families by offering health and nutritional services -- as well as any other assistance local families may need.
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[SOT 35:57]
[IN Q=I think we have]

(( DARLENE BANNISTER/TAP HEAD START: I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT IMPACT. A POSITIVE IMPACT IN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT INCOME ELIGIBLE CHILDREN CAN GROW UP TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DO AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN TOO:))
[SUPER=01-Darlene Bannister/TAP Head Start]
[RUNS=10]
[OUT Q=can too]
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[VO-NAT]


Head Start offers child care for parents who work or attend school.
There ARE income eligibility requirements -- but for most families the services are free.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Applications for the program can be picked at the TAP location on Campbell Avenue in Roanoke.




[11Nursing-Home]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=99-52 4:04]
[GRAPHIC=none]


Residents at one area nursing home travel to a new country every month.
As Joy Sutton tells us they're discovering the world without leaving Roanoke.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=This tune is]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;00]
[SUPER=07-Susanna Scanlin;]
[SUPER=01-Pearl Fu/Multicultural Activist;36]
[SUPER=01-Grace Main/Nursing Home Resident;1:03]
[SUPER=01-Thomas Wirsing/Nursing Home Resident;1:10]
[SUPER=01-Beatrice Gibbons/Nursing Home Resident;1:22]
[SUPER=@Joy2]
[RUNS=1:46]
[OUT Q=n7 Roanoke]

(([NAT SOUNDS 5:42:16] ((NAT SOUND OF SONG))
[RUNS= 05]


This tune is a German folk song that many German children learn growing up.
But on this day residents at Southwest Roanoke Nursing Home are learning the song along with other aspects of German culture without having to venture to another country.
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[SOT 5:33:58]
[IN Q=The dresses]

((NAT SOUND:THE DRESSES WE ARE WEARING ARE TRADITIONAL DRESSES FROM THE SOUTH OF GERMANY ALSO WORN IN AUSTRIA IN THE ALP REGION, THEY ARE CALLED DINDLE))
[RUNS= 10]
[OUT Q=DINDLE]


Every month Pearl Fu -- a local multicultural activist -- introduces these residents to a new country.
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[SOT 5:30:37]
[IN Q=Many of the residents here]

((MANY OF THE RESIDENT HERE CAN NOT LEAVE BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMITATION, PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS. BUT THEY STILL WANT TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD AND ROANOKE HAS SO MUCH DIVERSITY SO WE NEED TO SHOW THEM THIS, TO LEARN, TO SHARE.))
[RUNS= 14]
[OUT Q=show them this]


Like these ladies who were born and raised in Germany -- other groups come to the nursing home to share their countries culture.
And the residents really seem to enjoy it.
(///// SOT /////)
[SOT2:48:13]
[IN Q=It's like we're traveling]

(( IT'S LIKE WE'RE TRAVELING AND WE HAVEN'T LEFT HERE BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT TOO.))
[RUNS= 9]
[OUT Q=it too.]
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[SOT2:45:12]
[IN Q=i think that's]

((I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD ENTERTAINMENT, VERY INFORMATIVE, VERY NICE OF THEM TO DO THAT))
[RUNS= 7]
[OUT Q=to do that]


And for the residents who HAVE visited one of the countries before they say it brings back memories.
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[SOT02:48:13]
[IN Q=The music was ]

((THE MUSIC WAS REALLY SO TYPICAL OF GERMANY AND IT THINK THAT ONE OF MY MAIN CLAIMS TO FAME IS THAT I WAS IN GERMANY, YES, IN 1973))
[RUNS= 14]
[OUT Q=in 1973]


As these residents continue their journey around the world -- they're learning you don't have to leave Roanoke to discover the world.
Joy Sutton, News 7, Roanoke.))





[Tease#2]



[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[SS=None]

[BOTH MICS HOT]
Still to come on News 7.......
Since General firearms season opens tomorrow we're going to talk to Tom Wines from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries about hunter safety.


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[VO-NAT]
[ANCHOR=ANDREW]

and Joe Dashiell introduces us to Richard Kiser, a man who is making a name for himself as a gospel guitarist. That's coming up in this week's Virginia Profiles. But first, If you're traveling today

[Andrew ad-lib into the travel forecast]
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[Andrew MIC hot] [ No 2-shot toss go straight to Travel Bump]

[soft music under][Profile-Open]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=sun Am]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=Profile]
[GRAPHIC=VA Profiles]


Western Virginia is home to many talented musicians, some of whom are known well beyond our corner of the Commonwealth.
One who is making a name for himself is gospel guitarist Richard Kiser.
This weekend in Texas, he was named Instrumentalist of the Decade by the International Country Gospel Music Association... and he's the subject of this week's Virginia Profile.
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[Va-Profile]


[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=VA-Profiles]
[GRAPHIC=wipe]


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[SOT]
[IN Q=OPENS ON NAT SOUND OF GUITAR]
[SUPER=03-Salem; :08]
[SUPER=01-Richard Kiser/Guitarist; :21]
[SUPER=@Joe2; :35]
[RUNS=1:41]
[OUT Q=JD News 7 Salem]

(([OPENS ON NAT SOUND OF GUITAR]
Richard Kiser fell in love with the guitar, and the fingerpicking style of Chet Atkins as a teenager... Now almost 40 years later, he has shelves of awards, two self-produced cds, and a third on the way.
[SOT 12:13:00]
[IN Q=It's sort of a cross]

((RICHARD KISER/GOSPEL GUITARIST: IT'S SORT OF A CROSS BETWEEN CHET ATKINS AND CLASSICAL. IT'S A BIG SPECTRUM THERE, BUT MOST OF MY MUSIC IS REALLY AN EXPRESSION OF MY OWN HEART, BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR MUSIC.)) [RUNS:16]
[OUT Q=the love that I have for music.]


In the early 70s, Kiser played with a southern gospel quartet, but quit the road to raise a family. After a break of twenty years, he says he's developed a new passion for the guitar. [NAT SOUND OF GUITAR?]
Kiser now plays 80- 100 concerts a year, but he hopes to add to that schedule once he retires from his job as a computer technician in the next few years.
[SOT 12:12:22]
[IN Q=I've discovered that]

((RICHARD KISER/GOSPEL GUITARIST: I'VE DISCOVERED THAT I'M MUCH MORE POPULAR IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS THAN I AM IN ROANOKE. I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK DOWN IN THERE AND IN NASHVILLE AND FLORIDA. I'VE A SIGNIFICANT FOLLOWING IN THE VALLEY, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE MORE OF COURSE.)) [RUNS:20]
[OUT Q=like it to be more, of course.]


He plans to work on that, playing at Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Roanoke this year, and more local churches in the new year. [NAT SOUND OF MUSIC]

Joe Dashiell News 7 Salem))[Hunter-Safety]


[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=EYE-VA]
[GRAPHIC=none]

[on-record-set]
[Anchor=Denise]



Welcome back to News 7 Sunday Morning.
Tomorrow marks the beginning of general fire arms season on deer. [2-SHOT]
Officer Tom Wine from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries joins us this morning for a little "Hunter ED."



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