Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, October 2, 1995 TAG: 9510020076
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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Two of the station's employees are running for public office: technician Ken Barnett is opposing incumbent Sheriff Frank Cassell, and advertising representative and talk show host Debra Buchanan is running against incumbent Simon Spencer for the Horsepasture seat on the county Board of Supervisors.
And while Buchanan's campaign hasn't attracted any notoriety, Barnett's did when he began airing ads on Cable 6 comparing Cassell to Adolf Hitler.
The ad - which included a snippet from the movie ``Schindler's List," which Cable 6 didn't get permission to use - outraged many in the community.
"We've had mixed reviews," said Charles Roark, the station's owner
Meanwhile, Cassell held a fund-raiser a couple of weeks ago at Patrick Henry Community College.
Several media outlets were allowed into the event, but not Cable 6.
Roark and Cable 6 reporter Bill Wyatt posed a threat of disruption, Cassell said.
Roark and Wyatt cried foul. They filed complaints with the sheriff's office last week, saying their civil rights were violated.
"If we're part of the news, then that's fine. I don't have a problem with that," Roark said.
Cassell was on vacation last week.
The complaints were handed to Cassell's chief deputy, Wayne Dodson.
"All I know is that I've got two letters here addressed to the sheriff," he said. "And I'll tell you something else: These people are dangerous.''-TODDJ
And your homework is ...
Going to the movies can be more fun than school. Just ask the students at Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle School in Roanoke.
They skipped math and English classes Thursday and went to the movies. They saw ``Apollo 13," the film about the astronauts and the Apollo 13 mission.
No, they weren't play hooky. It was an educational outing.
The idea of taking the entire school to see the movie originated during teacher planning days. One of the aerospace teachers suggested the outing because of the movie's relevance to the school's curriculum.
Addison is a magnet school for grades six through eight with an aerospace theme and curriculum. The school has a simulated space center with a control center and space capsule.
As part of their study, the students participate in simulated space travel and take courses in space technology.
The school worked out details with the Grandin Theatre so the students could have a special morning showing of the film.
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