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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Saturday, May 10, 2008.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
ALL LEADING UP TO THE DAY WHEN THE NATION'S EYES WILL BE ON WEST VIRGINIA VOTERS. AND, WHAT ISSUES ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO REPUBLICANS? THE G-O-P MEETS IN CHARLESTON TO DECIDE. PLUS, ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE! THE EAST END OF CHARLESTON ... BECOMES ONE HUGE YARD SALE. GOOD EVENING, I'M JAKE GLANCE... WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
Return to Story Index VOTE 08
Return to Story IndexEARLY VOTING
ATISH BAIDYA IS LIVE AT THE CAPITOL WITH MORE ON THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. ATISH? JAKE, PEOPLE LOOKING TO CAST THEIR BALLOT EARLY FACED A BIT OF A WAIT DOWN AT VOTERS REGISTRATION. ((SOT15;14;48 there was a big line that was the surprise...we voted early but we procrastinated until the last day A LINE OUT THE DOOR OF THE COUNTY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE ON THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY 13-TH PRIMARY. SOT15;01;07 we've had lines all day today and we've done already 400 since 9 oclock this morning. BUT DESPITE THE LINES...THE YOUNG AND OLD...WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THEIR CHANCE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS. JOSHUA JACKSON CAME DOWN WITH HIS PARENTS TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE...HE'S GOT A GOOD REASON TO VOTE EARLY. SOT 15;25;29 i can't drive. WHILE DEPENDENT ON HIS PARENTS TO GET HIM HERE...IT'S HIS DECISION WHO TO VOTE FOR...HE CHOSE OBAMA....AND SO DID 19-YEAR OLD ANDY WHITE. SOT15;23;35 he is inspirational and he gives me like hope for an actual change in this country. BUT ANDY...LIVES IN A HOUSE DIVIDED...HIS DAD LIKE MANY OLDER DEMOCRATS...IS A HILLARY SUPPORTER. SOT15;19;25 we are more pragmatic we've learned to look for the detail and the young people they go for the inspiration. REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY SUPPORT PEOPLE VOTING EARLY SAY THEY LIKE THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON THEIR SCHEDULE... ELECTION WORKERS SAY EVEN IF IT'S A BIT MORE WORK FOR THEM...ITS A WIN WIN FOR ALL. SOT15;02;05 it is a little more work on our end...it helps us, it helps the poll workers, it helps the voters EARLY VOTING WRAPPED UP ABOUT AN HOUR AGO...AT FIVE O'CLOCK. WHEN I TALKED TO ELECTION WORKERS AROUND 11 THIS MORNING THEY ESTIMATED AROUND A THOUSAND PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY CAST BALLOTS TODAY. REPORTING LIVE AT THE CAPITOL ATISH BAIDYA EYEWITNESS NEWS
Return to Story IndexOBAMA TO WV
SENATOR OBAMA WILL MAKE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN CHARLESTON ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH. HE'LL SPEAK AT THE CIVIC CENTER. DOORS OPEN AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING...HE WILL TAKE THE PODIUM AT 12:15. THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS TOMORROW AT OBAMA'S HEADQUARTERS ON QUARRIER STREET. YOU CAN ALSO GET THEM AT THE SECOND AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THE SOUTH CHARLESTON OFFICE ON 6TH AVENUE. THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE FROM NINE IN THE MORNING UNTIL NINE AT NIGHT.
Return to Story IndexCLINTON TO WV
SHE WILL CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY WITH HER DAUGTHER...CHELSEA IN GRAFTON... THE BIRTH PLACE OF MOTHER'S DAY. SENATOR CLINTON WILL THEN HOLD A "SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICAN EVENT" AT GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ELEANOR. SHE'LL BE IN GRAFTON TOMORROW SHORTLY AFTER 3:00 PM. AND IN ELEANOR AROUND 8:00 PM. ON MONDAY, THE FORMER FIRST LADY WILL HOLD A SERIES OF RALLIES ACROSS THE STATE. SHE'LL BE IN MONTGOMERY AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING. THEN SHE'S OFF TO WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN CLEAR FORK. AT 3:00 PM SHE'LL HOLD A RALLY AT THE LOGAN FIELD HOUSE. SHE'LL END HER DAY AT FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY.
Return to Story IndexCAMPAIGN PLUS
YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE. JUST LOG ON TO WCHS-TV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE CAMPAIGN PLUS ICON.
Return to Story IndexGOP MEETING
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HELD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THEIR PLATFORM AND WORK OUT ANY KINKS IT MIGHT HAVE. SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE PLATFORM WERE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, ENDING THE EXPANSION OF GAMBLING AND THE SUPPORT OF PRO LIFE VIEWS. IN GENERAL, THE G-O-P JUST HOPES WEST VIRGINIA WILL GO RED FOR THE THIRD PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN A ROW. "" TODAY'S EVENT WAS IN EFFORT TO GET THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM READY TO BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL PARTY AT A MEETING IN FLATWOODS DURING THE WEST VIRGNIA STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Return to Story IndexYEAGER MOCK CRASH
THE MOCK DISASTER AT YEAGER AIRPORT TESTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A PLANE CRASH WITH 50 VICTIMS. 14 MOCK PASSENGERS SURVIVED ENOUGH TO BE FLOWN BY CHOPPER OR TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT. PARAMEDICS SAY THAT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS COMMUNICATION IS KEY. YEAGER IS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THIS EXERCISE EVERY THREE YEARS.
Return to Story IndexWVU FULL ASSEMBLY
THEY'VE SCHEDULED A MAY 14TH UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY MEETING TO ONCE AGAIN CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON. ORDINARILY, THE ASSEMBLY MEETS JUST ONCE A YEAR, TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS. THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS AN UNEARNED DEGREE WVU ADMINISTRATORS GAVE HEATHER BRESCH, GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN'S DAUGHTER AND GARRISON'S FRIEND.
Return to Story IndexSTEPHEN GOODWIN
ATTORNEY STEPHEN GOODWIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND A STAUNCH DEFENDER GARRISON WILL RESIGN HIS POSITION WHEN HIS TERM ENDS IN JULY. HE WILL SERVE OUT HIS TERM AS A BOARD MEMBER THOUGH 2010, BUT WILL NOT PURSUE ANOTHER TERM AS CHAIRMAN.
Return to Story IndexMARSHALL GRADUATION
THE UNIVERSITY HELD IT'S SPRING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AT THE BIG SANDY SUPERSTORE ARENA THIS AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 26-HUNDRED STUDENTS GOT THEIR DEGREES. SENATE PRESIDENT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR...EARL RAY TOMBLIN...GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS. LOTS OF GRADUATES HAD FAMILY IN THE STANDS WATCHING ... BUT FOR SOME GRADUATES..THE CEREMONY REALLY WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR. THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY'S 171-ST COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.
Return to Story IndexSTAMP OUT HUNGER
THE NATIONAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION HELD ITS STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE THIS MORNING. THE WORKERS COLLECTED NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS ALONG THEIR ROUTES. ALL OF THE FOOD WILL GO TO LOCAL PANTRIES, FOOD BANKS AND SHELTERS. 35-MILLION PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER IN AMERICA...INCLUDING 12-MILLION CHILDREN. THE DRIVE STARTED BACK IN 19-93 AND HAS COLLECTED THREE-QUARTERS OF A BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD...MAKING IT THE LARGEST, SINGLE DAY FOOD DRIVE.
Return to Story IndexTOSS FOR A CAUSE
AS MANY AS 32 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE 'TOSS FOR A CAUSE' AT APPALACIAN POWER PARK. THE RECORDING FOR THE BLIND AND DYSLEXIC ORGANIZATION HOSTED A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT STUDENTS IN WEST VIRGINIA WHO LEARN THROUGH LISTENING. RFB&D WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1940S FOR BLIND WORLD WAR 2 SOLDIERS WHO WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE G-I BILL, BUT COULDN'T READ BRAILLE. THE R-F-B-AND-D RAISED AROUND 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS TODAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR TO HELP OUT, LOG ON TO RFBD.ORG.
Return to Story IndexEAST END YARD SALE
RESIDENTS IN THE EAST END HELD THEIR ANNUAL YARD SALE TODAY. DOZENS OF HOMES TOOK PART IN THE SALE WHICH IS HELD THE SATURDAY BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY. PEOPLE SOLD EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHES TO FURNITURE. ORGANIZERS SAY THE EVENT IS A WAY SHOW OFF THE BEAUTY OF THE EAST END. THE YARD SALE IS ORGANIZED BY THE EAST END COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THE GROUP EAST END MAIN STREET.
Return to Story IndexSEMI COMPETITON
EASY FOR THESE GUYS. THE WEST VIRGINIA MOTOR TRUCK ASSOCIATION HELD ITS ANNUAL TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE CIVIC CENTER THIS AFTERNOON. 57 DRIVERS FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT COMPANIES COMPETED. EACH DRIVER GOT A CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A WRITTEN EXAMINATION, PERSONAL INTERVIEW, AND A FIELD TEST. STAYED TUNED TO EYEWITNESS NEWS TONIGHT AT ELEVEN FOR A LIST THIS YEAR'S WINNERS.
Return to Story IndexMAIN WEATHER
WX ANCHOR PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS
Return to Story IndexHEALTHY FOR LIFE
STINGER
Return to Story IndexARTHRITIS & DIABETES
ARTHRITIS LIMITS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR 19-MILLION AMERICANS...BUT FOR THOSE WITH DIABETES...THE LACK OF EXERCISE MEANS MORE TROUBLE WITH BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS. HERE'S MORE IN OUR MEDICAL MINUTE. New research from the government finds that people with diabetes are more likely to suffer from arthritis. Arthritis currently limits physical activity for 19 million Americans, but for those with diabetes, the lack of exercise means more trouble with blood sugar levels. ABC'S DOCTOR TIMOTHY JOHNSON BRINGS US TONIGHT'S MEDICAL MINUTE. SCRIPT: A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that osteoarthritis is EXCEPTIONALLY COMMON among those with diabetes. Doctors surveyed adults from all 50 states and found that just over HALF of those with diabetes ALSO suffered from arthritis - meaning the joint disease is TWICE as common in people with diabetes. Arthritis is particularly troubling for patients with diabetes because it reduces their desire and ability to exercise, which in turn makes the diabetes more difficult to control. Researchers found that 30 per cent of people with BOTH diseases were physically inactive, compared to 20 per cent of those with diabetes alone. Regular exercise helps keep blood sugar levels down and it reduces the odds of HEART DISEASE - which is a persistent problem with diabetes. Experts say the aches from arthritis make it tough for people to START an exercise program, but that physical activity actually REDUCES pain over time. They recommend people with arthritis try LOW IMPACT exercises such as WALKING - at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week. WITH THIS MEDICAL MINUTE, I'M DOCTOR TIMOTHY JOHNSON. Source: the CDC FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS STORY...JUST LOG ONTO THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION'S WEBSITE AT DIABETES dot ORG.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS
Return to Story IndexSTATE TENNIS
G-W AND CHARLESTON CATHOLIC HAD TEAM TITLES WRAPPED UP BEFORE PLAY BEGAN TODAY... ON THE GIRLS SIDE-- THE LADY IRISH WON AS WELL... BUT PARKERSBURG TOPPED GW IN TRIPLE-A... THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF QUESTIONS LEFT THOUGH.. AND IN NOW TO HELP FILL IN SOME OF THE BLANKS IS AJ GOOD....
Return to Story IndexMIKE D'ANTONI
THOSE REPORTS HAVE D'ANTONI HEADED TO THE BIG APPLE TO BE THE NEW HEAD COACH OF THE NEW YORK KNICKS... D'ANTONI IS SAID TO BE GETTING A FOUR YEAR 24 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT... THE KNICKS AND BULLS WERE BOTH IN THE RUNNING TO GET THE FORMER MARSHALL STANDOUT AND MULLINS NATIVE... D'ANTONI STILL HAD TWO YEARS AND NEARLY 9 MILLION DOLLARS LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT WITH THE SUNS... UNDER HIS GUIDANCE PHOENIX HAS WON AT LEAST 54 GAMES IN FOUR OF THE PAST FIVE SEASONS AND REACHED THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS TWICE...
Return to Story IndexFOOTBALL COMBINE
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Return to Story IndexGOLF TOURNAMENT
THE EVENT WILL BE PUT ON BY RANDY MOSS... HE'LL BE JOINED BY HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE JASON WILLIAMS-- AND WHOEVER ELSE THE TWO CAN ROUND UP... MOSS IS LOOKING TO ESTABLISH LEARNING CENTERS HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND IS USING THIS AS A FUNDRAISER... MARK YOUR CALENDARS-- JUNE 27TH AND 28TH!! CIRCLE IT IN RED!!!!
Return to Story IndexGOLF TOURNEY SOUND
YOU CAN ALSO CALL SLEEPY HOLLOW GOLF PRO JONATHAN CLARK... OR VISIT WWW.THEREALRANDYMOSS.COM....
Return to Story IndexNASCAR
JEFF GORDON WON THIS RACE AT DARLINGTON LAST YEAR... BUT THE TRACK WON'T BE THE SAME AS IT WAS REPAVED THIS SPRING.. GORDON SAYS DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE DIFFERENCE A RE-PAVED TRACK CAN MAKE...
Return to Story IndexNASCAR SOUND
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