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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Monday, March 15, 2010.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
WELCOME
A FAMILY REACTS TO HOW FAST FLOOD WATER TOOK EVERYTHING THEY OWN... THAT'S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... GOOD EVENING, I'M DEBORAH LINZ... AND I'M RICK LORD... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
Return to Story Index FLOODING SEWAGE
EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR ELIZABETH NOREIKA JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO....WITH SOME OF THE DAMAGE IN KANAWHA COUNTY...ELIZABETH? DEB.... FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY HAS LEFT MANY PEOPLE WITH NOTHING. WE WENT TO PRATT...WHERE ONE FAMILY THERE SAYS IN ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVERYTHING THEY OWNED WAS GONE. A 36:46 'IT'S AWFUL I MEAN THERES NOTHING WE CAN DO....I MEAN OUR KIDS ARE DEVASTATED...EVERYTHING WE GOT IS GONE." ANGIE COOPER SAYS SATURDAYS STORM HAS CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER. A 35:37 "TOOK 15 MINUTES TOTAL....EVERYTHING WAS GONE." SHE, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND AND THREE KIDS WERE LIVING IN THE BASEMENT OF HER PARENT'S HOME IN PRATT. A 35:42 "FIRST THING THAT CAME IN WAS SEWER..THEN OF COURSE THE CREEK CAME UP.....IT'S A COMBINATION OF SEWER AND CREEK IN OUR HOME." STANDUP 48:07 "THE DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE......YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IT DID TO HOMES HERE." 31:39 'THE PLACE THE WATER STARTED COMING IN IS THROUGH THE COMMODE.....IT STARTED BUBBLING....IT WAS UP TO THE DOORNOB ON THAT DOOR.: COOPER'S FATHER, BILL RIGHT....SAYS THIS IS THE 4TH TIME IN HIS 30 YEARS LIVING HERE THE SEWER HAS BACKED UP DURING A STORM. B 41:44 'IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING." SATURDAY.....ROUGHLY 1 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN KANAWHA COUNTY...WHILE THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ENOUGH TO CAUSE THIS KIND OF DAMAGE.... THE PROBLEM WAS THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED... SINCE THE KANAWHA RIVER WAS CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE ALREADY...MORE RAIN CAUSED PAINT CREEK TO BACK UP....AND INTO ANGIE AND BILL'S YARD. A 37;12 "WE TRIED TO SAVE WHAT WE COULD...BUT IT CAME IN SO FAST..IT WAS GONE....I'VE NEVER SEEN IT COME UP SO FAST BEFORE." THE FLOOD WATERS RECEDED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.... BUT NOW ANGIE AND FAMILY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE.. A 38"04 'WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN DO AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH NOTHIGN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NO HELP." RIGHT SAYS A SOLUTION TO ALL THE FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR THE AREA WOULD BE TO MOVE THE DITCH THAT PAINT CREEK RUNS INTO....ON TOP OF THE HILL BEHIND HIS HOUSE...INSTEAD OF AT THE BOTTOM OF IT. THEY HAVE CONTACTED FEMA...AND ARE AWAITING A RESPONSE. REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO, ELIZABETH SNOREIKA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexKANAWHA FLOOD DEBRIS
IT WILL BE OPEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT THE CHELYAN COUNTY CLEANUP SITE BEHIND GO MART. FROM 8:00 AM TO FIVE PM, THEY WILL ACCEPT FLOODED FURNITURE, WASHERS, REFRIGERATORS, AND CLOTHING. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE KANAWHA COUNTY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ATE 304-357-0570.
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32-YEAR-OLD DONALD ADKINS WAS AMONG A GROUP SENT FROM KANAWHA COUNTY TO ASSIST THE FLOOD EFFORTS. ADKINS AND HIS CREW HAD RESCUED ELEVEN PEOPLE BEFORE THE BOAT OVERTURNED. TODAY, SEARCHERS USED CHAIN SAWS AND AXES TO CUT THRU HUGE PILES OF DEBRIS DEPOSITED BY FLOODWATERS.
Return to Story Index11 FIREFIGHTER SEARCH
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY'LL SEARCH UNTIL THE BODY OF DONALD ADKINS IS FOUND.
Return to Story IndexPOWER OUT
AEP CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE A MAIN POWER LINE THAT BURNED IN TWO AND THEN FELL ON ANOTHER POWER LINE. IT HAPPENED IN THE ALLEY WAY OF 2nd AVENUE JUST BEFORE SEVEN THIS EVENING. THE POWER OUTAGE AFFECTED DOWNTOWN AREAS INCLUDING PART OF MARSHALL UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS, PULLMAN SQUARE AND THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA. AEP OFFICIALS TELL US TWO THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED CUSTOMERS WERE AFFECTED. POWER IS EXPECTED TO BE RESTORED BY MIDNIGHT.
Return to Story Index6 STEPHEN WILSON
STEPHEN WILSON WAS GIVEN 40 YEARS FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND 120 YEARS FOR FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY---THE SENTENCES WILL BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY. WILSON AND DAN SMITH WERE CONVICTED LAST YEAR OF KILLING AND ROBBING MARK MCCALLA AT BEECH FORK STATE PARK SHOOTING RANGE IN JULY 2008.
Return to Story IndexJENEA SHERMAN
JENEA (GINA) SHERMAN PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH... THE HIT AND RUN TOOK PLACE LAST JULY IN ST. ALBANS. 50 YEAR OLD MARY MCCALLISTER DIED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF DRIVING WITH A REVOKED LICENSE WAS DROPPED AS A PART OF THE PLEA DEAL. SHERMAN WILL BE SENTENCED ON MAY 18TH -- SHE FACES UP TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON.
Return to Story IndexLANDLORD BILL
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET WITH MANY LOCAL LANDLORDS TO DISCUSS THE BILL TONIGHT. THE CITY WANTS LANDLORDS TO REGISTER THEIR PROPERTIES AND HAVE THEM INSPECTED, BUT THE LANDLORDS SAY THAT IS REDUNDANT AND A SYSTEM IS ALREADY IN PLACE. LANDLORDS ARGUED THAT THE BILL HAD TO BE PRINTED IN THE NEWSPAPER BECAUSE, UNDER THE BILL, IF A UNIT DIDN'T PASS INSPECTION THERE WOULD BE A 50 DOLLAR FEE. THEY ALSO SAID THIS BILL WILL INCREASE INSPECTION BUREAUCRACY. COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE BILL AFTER IT IS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER. ESTIMATES SHOW THERE ARE MORE THAN 12 THOUSAND RENTAL UNITS IN CHARLESTON.
Return to Story IndexST. ALBANS COUNCIL
COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TO PULL 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THEIR EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND TO GIVE TO THE LIBRARY. MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY COMMISSION PETITIONED COUNCIL TO HAVE THE MONEY REINSTATED AFTER IT WAS TAKEN AWAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. COUNCIL WAS ALMSOT EVENLY SPLIT. THEY VOTED 6 TO 5 TO GIVE THE LIBRARY THE MONEY.
Return to Story IndexMARMET FIREFIGHTERS
MARMET'S VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WERE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT AN AUDIT OF THEIR DEPARTMENT. THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH THE CLOTHING ALLOWANCE. THE TOWN'S CPA SAYS VOLUNTEERS SHOULD BE COMPLETING A W-2 FORM AND PAYING THE APPROPRIATE PAYROLL TAXES. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED THAT HIS MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES ARE UNDER SUCH SCRUTINY. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEIR CLOTHING ALLOWANCE ALLOTMENTS FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES IN THE FUTURE.
Return to Story IndexMAPPING PROJECT
AFTER A DECADE OF WORK, ONLY 13 OF THE STATE'S 55 COUNTIES ARE MAPPED OUT FOR EMERGENCY WORKERS. THE PROJECT WAS INTENDED TO HELP POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND EMS WORKERS FIND YOU FASTER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY. TO DATE, THOUSANDS OF ROADS HAVE BEEN GIVEN NAMES AND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN GIVEN PHYSICAL ADDRESSES. NOW, THE PROJECT IS BEING LEFT UP TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES TO COMPLETE.
Return to Story IndexNEED TO KNOW
STINGER
Return to Story IndexGIRL SMOKING
RESEARCHERS AT THE AMERICAN LEGACY FOUNDATION SAY ADS FOR CAMEL NUMBER NINE CIGARETTES WERE A HIT WITH GIRLS AGES 12 to 16. THE ADS RAN IN MAGAZINES SUCH AS VOGUE, COSMOPOLITAN AND GLAMOUR IN 2007. THEY FEATURED A PINK CAMEL AND OFFERED PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAYS. THE FREEBIES INCLUDED BERRY-FLAVORED LIP BALM, CELL PHONE JEWELRY, PURSES AND WRISTBANDS. A YEAR AFTER THE ADS RAN, 22-PERCENT OF GIRLS IN THE STUDY LISTED CAMEL AS THEIR FAVORITE CIGARETTE AD. THAT'S TWICE THE NUMBER FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES. CAMEL NUMBER NINE IS STILL ON STORE SHELVES, BUT R-J REYNOLDS HAS STOPPED MARKETING THE PRODUCT IN STORES AND IN PRINT.
Return to Story IndexCOLA BLOOD PRESSURE
A RECENT STUDY FOUND WOMEN WHO GOT THEIR CAFFEINE FIX FROM A CUP OF COFFEE HAD A LOWER RISK OF HYPERTENSION THAN THOSE WHO DRANK REGULAR OR DIET SODA. RESEARCHERS THINK IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CORN SYRUP OR ARTIFICIAL COLORING IN COLA... THINGS THAT COFFEE DOESN'T HAVE. AND REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE... DOCTORS RECOMMEND YOU AVOID ALL CAFFEINE.
Return to Story IndexSTOCK MARKET HEART
RESEARCHERS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY FOUND THAT HEART ATTACK INCIDENTS ROSE WHEN THE STOCK MARKET WENT DOWN. SCIENTISTS FOUND A LINK BETWEEN HOW A KEY STOCK INDEX PERFORMED AND HOW MANY HEART ATTACKS WERE TREATED AT THEIR NORTH CAROLINA FACILITY SHORTLY AFTER THE RECESSION BEGAN. THE DATA WAS COLLECTED IN 2008 AND 2009. HOWEVER, THE SCIENTISTS SAY THEY PLAN TO CONDUCT A LARGER ONE, OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, TO DETERMINE WHETHER A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STOCK MARKET AND HEART ATTACK RATES ACTUALLY EXIST. AND THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW.
Return to Story IndexSTATE FAIR
COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND GEORGE JONES IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AUGUST 14TH AT THE FAIR. RODNEY ATKINS, IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AUGUST 14TH AS WELL, WHILE LADY ANTEBELLUM IS SET FOR AUGUST 19TH, AND JUSTIN MOORE FOR AUGUST 21ST. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE FAIR LOG ON TO THE WEB AT STATEFAIROFWV.COM.
Return to Story IndexEGGS BACON HAM
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA HAM, BACON & EGG SALE. THE TOP EATS WERE PRODUCED BY F-F-A STUDENTS AND AUCTIONED OFF FOR SOME BIG BUCKS....
Return to Story IndexGRX EGGS BACON HAM
THE GRAND BACON WENT for 5,600 DOLLARS WHILE THE DOZEN GRAND EGGS went for 5,600 DOLLARS TOO. THE GRAND TOTAL FOR THIS EVENING'S EVENT WAS 46,515 DOLLARS. SINCE 1941, FFA MEMBERS HAVE NETTED MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS SELLING THEIR WARES.
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
OWNERS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN FLOODED RALEIGH COUNTY FACE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO STAY OR LEAVE SUPPORTERS OF A LEGISLATIVE ETHICS BILL KILLED AT THE LAST MOMENT BY STATE SENATORS SAY THEY WON'T GIVE UP IF THE REGULAR SEASON IS ANY GUIDE, WVU'S ROAD IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WILL BE FULL OF CLOSE SHAVES. YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN TUESDAY'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Jim Barach and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
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Return to Story IndexIWITNESS NEWS
IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexUSA UPDATE
TEXAS... A CITY BUS CRASHES RIGHT INTO A DALLAS BUILDING... APPARENTLY, A CAR RAN A RED LIGHT AND T-BONED THE BUS... AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ON THE BUS WERE HURT, TWO HAD TO GO THE HOSPITAL... NO ONE INSIDE THE BUILDING WAS HURT. MISSOURI... THREE KIDS WERE INJURED WHEN A SIDEWALK COLLAPSED UNDER THEIR FEET... THE KIDS WERE WALKING TO SCHOOL THIS (monday) MORNING IN SPRINGFIELD - WHEN A SECTION OF SIDEWALK CAVED IN... ALL THREE FELL ABOUT SIX FEET INTO THE GAPING HOLE... WITNESSES RUSHED OVER TO HELP GET THE KIDS OUT OF THE HOLE... THE SIDEWALK PASSED ITS LAST INSPECTION IN 2008... IT WAS BUILT SOMETIME IN THE 19-30'S... WASHINGTON... THOUSANDS IN SEATTLE GOT INTO THE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY SPIRIT WITH THE ANNUAL THREE MILE DASH... MANY PARTICIPANTS CAME DRESSED IN THEIR FINEST IRISH ENSEMBLES, BRAVING CHILLY TEMPERATURES IN THE THIRTIES... ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN WARMING THEMSELVES UP A LITTLE BEFOREHAND, AND MAYBE EVEN DURING THE RACE... THE DASH HAS BEEN A SEATTLE TRADITION FOR ALMOST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS... AND THAT'S THE FINISH LINE ON THIS USA UPDATE...
Return to Story IndexREFORM REALITY
STINGER
Return to Story IndexMEDICARE FRAUD
BUT ROOTING OUT THOSE CRIMINALS WON'T BE EASY. PRESIDENT OBAMA "Reigning in waste and inefficiency we are going to be able to help ensure medicare's solvency for an additional decade." IT'S A KEY PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH REFORM PACKAGE.. ELIMINATE FRAUD IN MEDICARE. PRESIDENT OBAMA "Improper payments cost taxpayers almost a hundred billion dollars last year alone." THOSE TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SAVED... WOULD BE USED TO GIVE CARE TO AMERICANS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEIR OWN INSURANCE. BUT EVEN WITH NEW REWARDS BEING OFFERED TO WHISTLE BLOWERS.. ELIMINATING FRAUD WON'T BE EASY. MICHAEL TANNER "Presidents have been talking about eliminating fraud, waste and abuse at least since Ronald Reagan. And somehow that fraud and waste is still there. MEDICARE'S BUDGET IS ABOUT 450-BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. A LOT OF PAYMENTS ARE SENT OUT AUTOMATICALLY. THOSE FACTORS.. COMBINED WITH LIMITED ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES.. MAKE FRAUD RELATIVELY EASY. MITCH MCCONNELL "Do we really need to pass a $2.5 trillion spending bill, raise taxes and slash Medicare to go after fraud and abuse?" IN FACT.. DEFRAUDING MEDICARE IS A RELATIVELY LOW RISK CRIME. ACCORDING TO THE U-S SENTENCING COMMISSION... THE MEDIAN PRISION TERM FOR A HEALTH CARE FRAUD IS JUST 20 MONTHS WHILE THE MEDIAN SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IS 5 YEARS. AND EVEN AMONG WHITE COLLAR CRIMES, PUNISHMENT IS LIGHT. A CRIMINAL STANDS TO MAKE $140,000 IN A HEALTH FRAUD, MORE THAN TRIPLE CREDIT CARD ...OR COMPUTER FRAUD...AND YET THEIR JAIL TIME IS ALMOST THE SAME. GEORGE LEMIEUX "Its become much easier for the criminals to be involved in defrauding Medicare or Medicaid than to be involved in dealing with illicit drugs like cocaine. The penalties aren't as strong and plus there aren't guys shooting at you." PRESIDENT OBAMA "..We know what will happen if we fail to act. We know our government will be plunged deeper into debt. We know millions more people will lose coverage. THE REFORM BILL ON CAPITOL HILL WOULD STIFFEN PENALTIES, BUT CRITICS SAY IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TO STOP FRAUD ON THE FRONT END.
Return to Story IndexFINAL PUSH - OHIO
OBAMA SPOKE IN STRONGVILLE.. THE HOMETOWN OF A CANCER VICTIM WHO SAYS SHE GAVE UP HER HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE COST. HE SAID THE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD IMPROVE THE GOVERNMENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR THE ELDERLY AND ADD "ALMOST A DECADE OF SOLVENCY." HE SAYS THE PLAN WOULD CLOSE A GAP IN MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE AND PROVIDE FREE PREVENTIVE CARE.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS TEASE
ON EYEWITNESS NEWS...
Return to Story IndexWVU WOMEN
THE WOMEN'S BRACKET WAS ANNOUNCED TONIGHT AND WVU IS THE NO. 3 SEED IN THE MEMPHIS REGION...WINNING TWO GAMES WOULD PUT THEM THERE, BUT FIRST COMES WORK IN AUSTIN, TEXAS..WVU WILL GO AGAINST LAMAR ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 9:30...A VICTORY IN THAT GAME WOULD SEND WEST VIRGINIA UP AGAINST THE WINNER OF TEXAS AND SAN DIEGO STATE...TENNESSEE IS THE NO. 1 SEED IN THE MEMPHIS REGION WITH DUKE COMING IN AS THE NO. 2...WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN A TOP 10 TEAM MOST OF THE SEASON...THE MOUNTAINEERS FELL IN THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO UCONN, WHICH IS THE OVERALL NO. 1 SEED IN THIS YEAR'S NCAA EVENT...
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