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Monday, November 16, 2009.

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  • FOX OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .....EIGHT PEOPLE ARE BEHIND BARS THIS MORNING...ALL CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO MANUFACTURE METH AFTER THREE SEPARATE LABS ARE BUSTED.

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    FOX OPEN 2
      AND, CHARLESTON POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO APPARENTLY PEPPER-SPRAYED HIMSELF DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY.

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    FOX OPEN 3
      AND, MARSHALL STUDENTS ARE BEING ENCOURAGE TO PUT DOWN THE CAFETERIA TRAYS.

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    FOX WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING .

      IT'S MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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    METH BUSTS
      IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEKEND FOR STATE POLICE.

      WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS, THREE METH LABS HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN IN ST. ALBANS AND EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.

      ALL HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST....DARRAH.

      JENIFER, WEST VIRGINIA STATE TROOPERS SAY THEY GOT A TIP ABOUT THE LABS IN ST. ALBANS.







      THEY SAY WHILE THE TWO METH LABS WERE OPERATING SEPARATELY, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.

      THE FIRST WAS LOCATED IN A HOME ON COLLEGE HILL ROAD IN ST. ALBANS. 29-YEAR-OLD KATRINA CLAPHAM AND 34-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY HAWKINS WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THAT METH LAB.

      THE OTHER WAS AT A HOME ON THE WEST SIDE OF ST. ALBANS, ON FIRST STREET WEST. 25-YEAR-OLD DREW HOLSTEIN, 32-YEAR-OLD DALE HOLSTEIN, AND 32-YEAR-OLD SHANE THOMPSON WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS METH LAB.

      IN THE HOMES, POLICE FOUND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE METH, AS WELL AS SEVERAL SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.

      BOTH HOMES ARE NOW CONDEMNED, AND HAZMAT CREWS ARE COMING IN TO CLEAN UP THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.




      ALSO, ON SATURDAY NIGHT, ANOTHER METH LAB WAS FOUND IN ST. ALBANS...40-YEAR-OLD JASON TYLER, 41-YEAR-OLD RICKY LEE CLARK, AND 26-YEAR-OLD BASIL WORKMAN WERE ARRESTED AT A HOME ON HAMPSHIRE DRIVE.

      MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE BUSTS....ALL EIGHT PEOPLE ARE BEING HELD IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL JAIL.




      REPORTING LIVE IN THE STUDIO... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.

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    PARK MART ROBBERY
      CHARLESTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT WHO PEPPER-SPRAYED HIMSELF DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY.

      IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 3:00 THIS MORNING AT THE PARK-MART IN KANAWHA CITY.

      METRO 911 DISPATCHERS SAY THE SUSPECT HELD UP THE CLERK WITH A KNIFE AND PEPPER SPRAY. BUT, DISPATCHERS SAY HE SPRAYED HIMSELF INSTEAD.

      THE CLERK DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT AS A BLACK MALE ABOUT 5`8 INCHES TALL AND WAS WEARING A SKI MASK AND JOGGING PANTS.

      SEARCH DOGS WERE CALLED IN TO HELP FIND THE SUSPECT.

      ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CHARLESTON POLICE.

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    GAMBLING ROBBERY
      AND, A GAMBLING PARLOR IN ST. ALBANS ALSO GOT ROBBED EARLY THIS MORNING.

      A MAN WEARING AN OLD MAN MASK AND COVERALLS SHOWED THE CLERK A KNIFE AT LEWIE`S GAMBLING PARLOR AND DEMANDED CASH.

      POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT GOT AWAY WITH SOME MONEY AND HEADED EAST ON OAK STREET.

      THE CLERK TOLD POLICE THE SUSPECT IS ABOUT 6 FEET TALL.

      IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE ST. ALBANS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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    SPECIAL METALS LEAK
      SEVERAL SPECIAL METALS WORKERS HAVE BEEN TREATED AFTER A CHEMICAL LEAK AT SPECIAL METALS NEAR BURNAUGH KENTUCKY.

      IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

      WE'RE TOLD 13 WORKERS WERE EXPOSED TO DILUTED SULFURIC ACID AT THE PLANT... MOSTLY BY INHALATION.

      EIGHT OF THOSE 13 REFUSED TREATMENT.

      FIVE WENT THROUGH DECONTAMINATION PROCESS ON SCENE... AND THEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO K-D-M-C BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION.

      ASHLAND FIREFIGHTERS ALSO HAD A DE-CON UNIT SET UP AT THE HOSPITAL.

      THIS COMES ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT SENT SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

      THE EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED IN THE REAR FURNACE OF THE MELT ROOM, AND TRIGGERED A FIRE.

      NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK.

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    HOUSE FIRE
      EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS WERE CALLED TO A HOUSE IN DAVIS CREEK JUST BEFORE THREE THIS MORNING.

      METRO 9-1-1 REPORTS THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED WHEN CREWS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.

      DISPATCHERS TOLD US WILLOW DRIVE AT CORRIDOR G AND CHILDERS ROAD IS NOW BACK OPEN AFTER CREWS CLEARED THE SCENE.

      NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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    MINGO MURDER
      A NIGHTCLUB TURNED INTO A MURDER SCENE IN MINGO COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.

      ONE PERSON HAS DIED FOLLOWING A TWISTED SERIES OF EVENTS.

      AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NORIEKA REPORTS, THE ALLEGED MURDER OVER A WOMAN HAS LEFT A FAMILY HEARTBROKEN.

      CLUB 2000 IN THE JUSTICE AREA OF MINGO COUNTY IS A POPULAR NIGHT SPOT.

      SATURDAY, A MALE REVUE MAKING THERE WAY FROM PARKERSBURG TO JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE .....STOPPED BY THE CLUB TO DO A SHOW.

      ONE OF THOSE PERFORMERS WAS 29 YEAR OLD JASON SCOTT OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.

      WE'RE TOLD SCOTT AND THIS MAN.......21 YEAR OLD TOMMY VANCE.....GOT IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A GIRL.........AN ARGUMENT THAT ENDED FATALLY.

      THE INCIDENT SPILLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AROUND AROUND 3 O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING. MINGO COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY VANCE GOT IN HIS TRUCK.....AND STRUCK SCOTT.....DRAGGING HIS BODY 20 TO 30 FEET.

      SCOTT LATER DIED AT LOGAN AREA HOSPITAL.

      EYEWITNESS NEWS SPOKE WITH A MOTHER FIGURE TO SCOTT WHO SAYS ......JASON WAS A GENTLE GIANT OF A MAN.....WITH A HUGE HEART. SHE GOES ON TO SAY....HE WAS IN NO WAY PERFECT...BUT HE CONTINUALLY TRIED TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT BY OTHERS.

      TOMMY VANCE IS BEING HELD IN THE SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL JAIL ON A SLEW OF CHARGES......OF WHICH INCLUDE FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AND BRANDISHING A DEADLY WEAPON

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    FLAGS HALF STAFF
      GOVERNOR MANCHIN HAS ORDERED ALL U-S AND STATE FLAGS AT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF TODAY.

      THIS IS IN HONOR OF ARMY SPECIALIST JULIAN LEE GUTHRIE BERISFORD.THE 25 YEAR OLD WAS A NATIVE OF BENWOOD.

      HE DIED NOVEMBER 4th OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHEN HIS UNIT WAS HIT IN AFGHANISTAN.

      A SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN MOUNDSVILLE WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS

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    MARSHALL TRAYLESS
      MARSHALL IS TRYING TO HELP OUT THE ENVIRONMENT....

      THEY ARE GIVING UP TRAYS TO ENCOURAGE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY EATING...

      THE POINT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO MAKE WISER FOOD CHOICES AND SAVE WATER FROM WASHING SO MANY TRAYS.

      A MARSHALL SPOKESPERSON SAYS IF THE STUDENTS DON'T USE TRAYS...THEY WILL MAKE BETTER FOOD CHOICES AS OPPOSED TO FILLING UP THE TRAY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

      OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE TRIED THIS TO CURB WASTED FOOD AND REDUCING FOOD COSTS.

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    BUFFALO BAND
      AND, THE BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL BAND IS NEEDING SOME HELP TO GET THEM TO THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH.

      THEY WILL BE PERFOMING THIS SPRING AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM IN DISNEY WORLD.

      THE STUDENTS WILL LEAVE APRIL FIFTH AND RETURN FIVE DAYS LATER..

      THEY BAND NEEDS 7 THOUSAND MORE DOLLARS TO MEET THIER GOAL...IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP SUPPORT THE 30 MEMBER BAND HEAD TO ORLANDO....PLEASE CALL THE SCHOOL FOR DEATILS.

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    TEASE 1/WX FONT
      COMING UP NEXT, THE DENTIST IS IN WITH SOME TIPS ON KEEPING YOUR SMILE BRIGHT.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.

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    FULL WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    SIMPSON DENTIST
      DR. CHRISTEN SIMPSON, DDS

      342-6162

      SIMPSON DENTAL ASSOCIATES THE DENTAL OFFICE

      www.wvsmiles.com


      RAVENSWOOD OFFICE

      CHRISTEN SIMPSON, DDS

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    TEASE 2/COMMUNITY
      STICK AROUND...

      BUT FIRST, HERE ARE SOME JOB OPENINGS WITH THE STATE.

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    SPORTS MINUTE
      THE CALENDAR SAYS NOVEMBER 16TH.... AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE BOTH COLLEGE FOOTBALL.. AND BASKETBALL TO TALK ABOUT...

      JOSH LEWIS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE FROM OPENING DAY IN MORGANTOWN AND HUNTINGTON...

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    RE OPEN
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:23.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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    WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

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    TRAFFIC
      JACKIE WEST

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    BONHAM UPDATE
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT

      THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR BONHAM SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PLAN.

      ROUGHLY 75 PARENTS *AGAINST THE IDEA FORMED A GROUP CALLED THE SISSONVILLE COMMUNITY AWARENESS TEAM.

      UNDER THE PLAN BONHAM ELEMENTARY WOULD CLOSE DUE TO CONSTANT FLOODING PROBLEMS AND MOST OF ITS STUDENTS GRADES K THROUGH FOUR WOULD GO TO FLINN NEXT YEAR.

      SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BECOME A FIVE THROUGH 8-CAMPUS.

      PARENTS WANT MONEY DESIGANATED TO EXPANDING FLINN AND SISSONVILLE MIDDLE TO INSTEAD BE USED TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY.

      SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ARE NOW SUPPORTING THEIR FIGHT.

      HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAD AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS.

      THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TOMORROW AT SIX-OCLOCK AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 1
      COMING UP ON FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING ....WILL FREE METER PARKING IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON BRING IN HOLIDAY SHOPPERS?

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    FOX RE-OPEN 2
      AND, THE FUTURE OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC THIS WEEK.

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    FOX RE-OPEN 3
      AND, IT'S BILLED AS THE STATE'S LARGEST INDOOR EXHIBITION AND YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING.

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    FOX WELCOME
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER McANDREWS. WELCOME TO FOX 11'S EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.

      IT'S MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.

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    HOLIDAY PARKING
      IN HOPES OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE SHOPPING IN THE CITY BETWEEN THE HOLIDAYS...THE CITY OF CHARLESTON IS THINKING OF DROPPING THE METER FEES.

      THE CITY FINANCE COMITTEE WILL CONSIDER THE MEASURE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.

      THE CITY HAS OFFERED FREE DOWNTOWN PARKING FROM SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

      SOME BUSINESS OWNERS THINK CUSTOMERS FEEL RUSHED AND DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AROUND THE DOWNTOWN STORES.

      TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST REVENUE THE CITY WILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

      THE COST IS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER SATURDAY.

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    I HOLIDAY DONATIONS
      AND, WITH THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING...WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THIS YEARS CHARITIES?

      WILL DONATIONS MEET THE DEMAND FOR HELP THIS YEAR?

      FOX NEWS HAS MORE.

      (NAT/RINGING)

      THE BELL RINGS AND THEN COINS CLANK WHEN THEY HIT SALVATION ARMY KETTLES.

      EVERY NICKEL'S A BIG DEAL.

      MAGNUSON says, "This year we, we hope to see about two and a half million dollars just in kettle donations alone."

      DAVID MAGNUSON SAYS, ADD THAT TO THE TEN MILLION DOLLARS WORKERS HOPE TO RAISE THIS SEASON.

      THERE IS SOME REASON FOR OPTIMISM GIVEN THE STOCK MARKET REBOUND.

      MAGNUSON says, "But we're seeing an increase in overall demand from, from groceries, to clothing, to housing -- up to 85, 90 percent."

      RYBA says, "We've talked with some Episcopal charities agencies where they've seen an 800 percent increase in people asking for especially food."

      NOW, THE REALITY.

      SCHUMANN says, ("Do you feel as if you are more or less inclined to want to give to a charity this year?") "I am less inclined due to the recession, but I am more inclined to give to maybe the charity that means the most to me."

      THAT MEANS CHURCHES AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BIG JOB -- TO GENERATE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A CASH STRAPPED PUBLIC AND HANDLE UNPRESCENTED DEMAND.

      RYBA says, "The need this year is huge because we have people who are homeless who have never been homeless before."

      MAGNUSON says, "We think that the demand is going to increase through this next year because people are running out of the resources they've, they've put away."

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    PEIA MEETING
      THE FUTURE OF YOUR BENEFITS WILL BE A HOT TOPIC THIS WEEK.

      THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE GETS UNDERWAY IN CHARLESTON.

      THIS CONFERENCE IS A CHANCE FOR BENEFIT PROFESSIONALS TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN THIER INDUSTRY.

      IT COMES AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY LOOKS AT ENDING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS HIRED AFTER JANUARY 2010.

      GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN AND CONGRESSWOMAN SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.

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    SPECIAL SESSION
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      THE LEGISLATURES WILL MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION STARTING TOMORROW.

      ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE, ...THE STATES RETIREMENT SYSTEM..THE FEDERAL RECOVERY ZONE BONDS AND THE MOTOR FUEL EXCISE TAX.

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    BYRD MILESTONE
      THE LEGISLATURE WILL ALSO HONOR UNITED STATES SENATOR ROBERT BYRD..HE WILL BE HONORED FOR BEING THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF EITHER HOUSE IN CONGRESS.

      GOVERNOR MANCHIN AND OTHERS WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO BYRD AT THE CAPITOL.

      THE CELEBRATION IS TWO DAYS BEFORE BYRD'S 92ND BIRTHDAY.

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    BONHAM CONSOLIDATION
      THIS WEEK KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL FACE A TOUGH FIGHT WHEN THEY TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THEIR SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

      AS EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER GILBERT CORSEY EXPLAINS THE PLAN WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THOUSANDS OF KIDS.

      THE DEBATE OVER THE SISSONVILLE SCHOOL SHAKEUP COMES TO A HEAD THIS WEEK.

      NAT:

      charged by PARENTS LIKE DEBBIE HUGHES AND AIMEE CARPERTER WHOSE KIDS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF BONHAM ELEMENTARY .

      NAT:

      YEARS OF FLOODING IS FORCING KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS.

      IN RETURN MOST OF ITS STUDENTS K-4 WOULD END UP HERE AT FLINN NEXT YEAR AND ALL AREA 5TH GRADERS WOULD MOVE UP TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

      16:41:25 first and primary concern is the maturity difference the physical difference...

      BITE:16:53:00 it's ten year old. Ten years old. That's not a middle schoolers.

      100:00:17 we're building a separate wing at sissonville middle for fifth grade. They have their own entrance. Do you know schools all over the state have k-8 and no problems,

      16:43:44 We do have concerns about 5th to middle school but that's not our only concern. We have health and safety worries about the kids here at flinn.

      FLINN IS ALREADY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY WITH ALMOST 550 STUDENTS. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE SMALLEST IN TERMS OF SPACE.

      SO THESE PARENTS WANT THE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR NEW CLASSROOMS HERE AND AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INSTEAD GO INTO BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY .

      LONGTIME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PETE THAW SAYS THE STATE WON'T FUND SUCH A PROJECT BECAUSE SISSONVILLE IS LOSING KIDS TO declining ENROLLMENT.

      BITE:PETE THAW.

      THE PARENTS HAVE HERD OTHERWISE.

      HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TIM ARMSTEAND AND DELEGATE PATRICK LANE SENT A LETTER TO KANAWHA SCHOOLS DENOUNCING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS.

      16:53:30 We hope the school board will come with an open mind and here what we have to say.16:55:25 as a parent I will do everything I can to make sure my kids have the best education possible.

      THE FINAL HEARING AND VOTE ON THE SISSONVILLE AREA SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 6-OCLOCK THIS TUESDAY AT SISSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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    BOY SCOUT CAMPS
      PLANS FOR THE NEW 10 ACRE BOY SCOUT HIGH ADVENTURE CAMP IS SET TO BE UNVEILED THIS WEEK.

      GOVERNOR MANCHIN WILL BE THERE ON WEDNESDAY TO HELP TO ANNOUNCE THE PLANS FOR THE CAMP AT THE GLEN JEAN ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER.

      THE CAMP WILL ALLOW BOY SCOUTS TO ENJOY THE NEW RIVER GORGE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

      S.D. BELCHER JUNIOR FOUNDATION HAD DONATED 50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CAMP.

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    MOTHMAN 43RD ANNIVERSARY
      AND, THE MOTHMAN IS TURNING 43 THIS YEAR..

      THE RED EYED CREATURE HAS BEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AROUND THE POINT PLEASANT AREA.

      IT HAS EVEN BEEN BLAMED FOR THE SILVER CITY BRIDGE COLLAPSE THAT KILLED 46 PEOPLE.

      THE LOCAL CREATURE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL BOOKS AND A MOVIE STARRING RICHARD GERE.

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    TEASE 5/WX FONT
      COMING UP NEXT, REACTION TO THE LATEST TOP BOX OFFICE MOVIE RELEASE...2012.

      AND METEOROLOGIST DOUG HARLOW IS WORKING ON YOUR FORECAST. HE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING RETURNS.

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    WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS

      Join Doug Harlow 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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    2012 WORLD WON'T END
      IT'S A STRANGE TIME WHEN NASA HAS TO PUT ON ITS WEB SITE THAT THE WORLD IS NOT COMING TO AN END.

      BUT THAT'S THE REACTION TO THE OPENING OF THE MOVIE 20-12. . JEANNE MOOS HAS THE LAST WORD ON THE END OF THE WORLD.

      --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- SAVE THE DATE...IT COULD BE THE LAST ONE YOU SAVE... "Dec 21, 2012 " "Dec 2012" "2012" "Yea but 2012." "Dec 21, 2012 dude are you high again?" OH WE'RE GONNA BE HIGH, BLOWN SKY HIGH... BYE BYE SISTINE CHAPEL...BYE BYE U.S. CAPITOL BYE BYE WHITE HOUSE, ABOUT TO BE SQUISHED BY AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. THE DOOMSDAY MOVIE 2012 IS COMING OUT BUT DON'T STOP PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE BECAUSE NASA ASSURES US "NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN." "There is NO threat to earth in 2012." SERIOUSLY, FOLKS, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH CHATTER ABOUT THIS. "The Mayan calendar predicts end of time." THAT NASA IS REASSURING PEOPLE ON ITS WEB SITE. "All the talk about doomsday is a big hoax." "When they tell you not to panic, that's when you run!" NASA IS HAVING TO TELL PEOPLE THAT ANOTHER PLANET ISN'T GOING TO SMASH INTO OURS. "Nibiru does not exist." nat - meteors strike earth IT STRIKES MOST AS LUDICROUS. "Where to start with this." "Many website nerds actually believe this bull-bleep-" AND MOCKERY IS RAMPANT. "Gone gone gone here just got a lot bigger." BUT THERE ARE TRUE BELIEVERS. "Get yourselves as far away from the ocean as possible. Cause they're gonna come ripping at you. Get out the voice stress analyzer and see if I'm telling the truth." ANALYZE THIS "Holy" "Talk of the end of the world was just the beginning of a flood of questions." REAL SCIENTISTS, LIKE THE ONES WHO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT "ASK AN ASTRONOMER" ARE GETTING MESSAGES LIKE THIS. "There was a 4th grade boy who wrote in and said he was too young to die and had heard about 2012 and was scared." "Look at me! do I look scared? uh huh." "Let's see dec 21, 2012 that only gives us about. ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED 30-SOME DAYS LEFT TO LIVE. "Look to jesus!" BUT IF YOU LOOK TO NASA. "Don't worry about 2012 and enjoy 2013 when it comes." nat - blow noisemakers "In 2012 I'm voting for Sarah Palin cause the world is gonna end anyway." JM CNN, NY

      "20-12" TOPPED THE BOX OFFICE OVER THE WEEKEND.

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    TEASE 6/COMMUNITY
      COMING UP, DETAILS OF THE UPCOMING LIONS CLUB ART AND CRAFT SHOW THAT ALWAYS GETS YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.

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    CAPITOL CITY ART & CRAFT
      WILLIAM FOLEY - METAL SCULPTURE - ALUM CREEK

      42ND ANNUAL ART AND CRAFT SHOW

      FRIDAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 22ND

      CHARLESTON CIVIC CENTER

      160 EXHIBITORS

      FRIDAY

      NOVEMBER 20TH

      4:00 -10: 00

      SATURDAY

      NOVEMBER 21ST

      10:00 -8:00

      SUNDAY

      NOVEMBER 22ND

      NOON- 6:00

      5 DOLLARS ADULTS

      4 DOLLARS SENIORS

      1 DOLLAR FOR CHILDREN

      1-866-831-0811

      family of four tickets to the show

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    TEASE 7/FUN FACT
      STAY TUNED. A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOODS GREATEST LOVE STORY.

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    GONE WITH THE WIND
      IT'S A LOVE STORY THAT SOME SAY IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME--

      "GONE WITH WIND"--CELEBRATED ITS 70th ANNIVERSARY SINCE IT'S DEBUT IN ATLANTA OVER THE WEEKEND.

      IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA--THE TOWN RECAPTURED SOME OF THE MAGIC OF THE MOVIE BY PLAYING HOST TO THE OFFICIAL 70TH ANNIVERSARY RE-PREMIERE OF THE FILM.

      SEVENTY COUPLES JOINED IN ON AN EFFORT TO SET A WORLD RECORD FOR THE DANCING OF THE VIRGINIA REEL ON THE CITY'S TOWN SQUARE.

      ALSO ON HAND AT THE EVENT, ACTRESS ANN RUTHERFORD, WHO PLAYED SCARLETT O'HARA'S YOUNGER SISTER CARREEN IN THE MOVIE ATTENDED

      THE EVENT.

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    CLOSE 1
      STICK AROUND, DOUG HAS OUR FORECAST AND WE'LL HAVE A CHECK FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK.

      CHEWING GUM WHILE PEELING ONIONS WILL PREVENT YOU FROM CRYING.

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    RE OPEN
      GOOD MORNING, I'M JENIFER MCANDREWS...IT'S 7:56.

      DOUG HARLOW JOINS US NOW WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST.

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    WEATHER
      DOUG PITCHES TO QUICK FORECAST

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    TRAFFIC
      JACKIE WEST

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