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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE... I'M HALEY HARRISON. AND I'M VAL THOMPSON.THANKS FOR STAYING UP WITH US TONIGHT. WE'LL GET TO OUR TOP STORY IN A MOMENT..BUT FIRST... YOU PROBABLY NOTICED... IT ALMOST FELT COLD ENOUGH TO BE *SNOWING* OUT THERE TODAY... AND SOME PLACES IN OUR AREA *DID* SEE SOME FLAKES...GEORGE HIRSCHMANN JOINS US NOW, FOR OUR FIRST FORECAST...GEORGE? Mostly cloudy skies Wednesday night with rain expected after midnight as temperatures slip to around 40. Rain chances and cool temperatures stay with us through weeks end. As the season begins changing look for overnight lows to drop into the mid and upper 30s. There is a chance we could see a few snow showers Friday night into Saturday morning. We warm back into the low 60's next week. NOW ONTO OUR TOP STORY...AFTER *CLINGING* TO LIFE FOR TWO DAYS...A FORT DEFIANCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS DIED... FROM HER INJURIES IN A CAR CRASH.16-YEAR OLD ANGELA KANIA DIED EARLY THIS MORNING.SHE WRECKED HER CAR ON DAM TOWN ROAD, IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, MONDAY MORNING.THE HIGH SCHOOL HAD EXTRA GRIEF COUNCILORS ON HAND TODAY, TO COMFORT STUDENTS... AND NEW AT 11...ONE OF THE *FIRST* PEOPLE ON THE SCENE OF MONDAY'S CRASH... WAS A FATHER... WHO KNEW THE EXPERIENCE *ALL* TOO WELL.OUR MCKINSEY HARRIS SPOKE WITH DOUG CARACOFE... WHO LOST HIS *OWN* DAUGHTER TO A CAR ACCIDENT... ON THE SAME ROAD... LAST YEAR.MCKINSEY... HALEY, VAL, DOUG'S DAUGHTER, AMY LIN CARACOFE DIED ... AFTER A CRASH ON DAM TOWN ROAD LAST JANUARY.AND MONDAY'S ACCIDENT... IS CAUSING HIM TO RE-LIVE THAT EXPERIENCE. DRIVING TO WORK EARLY MONDAY MORNING...DOUG CARACOFE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO STOP AT THE SCENE OF A CRASH. ANGELA KANIA WAS INSIDE THE MANGLED CAR. "When I stopped that car and got out I had mixed emotions, even getting out." BUT CARACOFE SAID HE KNEW WHAT HE HAD TO DO.HE SAYS CALLING POLICE AND WAITING FOR AN AMBULANCE... WERE JUST A REMINDER."It just brought back a lot of emotions, a lot of feelings, a lot of hurt." CARACOFE LOST HIS *OWN* DAUGHTER -- AMY LIN -- TO A SIMILAR ACCIDENT, ON THE SAME ROAD... IN JANUARY 2008.HE SAYS IT'S BEEN TOUGH THE PAST FEW DAYS... ESPECIALLY WHEN HE FOUND OUT KANIA HAD PASSED AWAY."It seems like it was just yesterday maybe that my incident went down. But then I think how far I've come." AND ANYTIME ANYTHING HAPPENS TO A FORT DEFIANCE STUDENT... CARACOFE SAYS HE TRIES TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME WAY."If it's maybe talking to them before prom night, or putting in another cross up there, that's my healing. That's my healing." AND TOMORROW... CARACOFE WILL BE DOING HIS PART... ADDING ANGELA KANIA'S CROSS AT THE FORT DEFIANCE WALL."No I do not want to make no more crosses. I do not." CARACOFE HAS A CORNER IN HIS WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO AMY LIN...AND HE SAYS HE GOES THERE EVERY DAY TO REMEMBER HER.VAL...THANKS, MCKINSEY.AND FORT DEFIANCE HIGH SCHOOL IS PLANNING TO HONOR ANGELA KANIA, DURING ITS HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME THIS FRIDAY. AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION... THE AUGUSTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A NEW FIRE AND RESCUE STATION IN RIVERHEADS TONIGHT.THE STAUNTON -AUGUSTA RESCUE SQUAD HAS AGREED TO PUT AN AMBULANCE AT THE NEW STATION.IT WILL BE STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS.THE COUNTY SAVED SOME MONEY BY DECIDING TO *NOT* MOVE COMPANY TEN IN STAUNTON.AND SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO BUILD THE NEW STATION. THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU WERE IN THE VALLEY TODAY, MAKING SURE YOU DON'T MISS OUT ON GOVERNMENT MONEY.THEY ARE STARTING AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO GET HIGHER RESPONSE NUMBERS FOR THE 20-10 CENSUS.OUR MARY PULLEY JOINS US, TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE WORRIED HARRISONBURG MIGHT GET *UNDER* COUNTED...MARY?HALEY, VAL... THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES MONEY FOR THINGS LIKE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, SCHOOLS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS.SO NOT BEING COUNTED SIMPLY MEANS, LESS OF A CHANCE FOR FUNDS. IT'S ALL IN YOUR HANDS . . THAT'S THE MESSAGE THE CENSUS BUREAU IS GETTING OUT, IN ADVANCE OF NEXT YEAR'S COUNT. DURING THE LAST CENSUS, ONLY 67-PERCENT OF THE NATION SENT IN THE CENSUS FORM THEY RECEIVED IN THE MAIL."In 2000, we had 400-billion dollars a year, "400-billion dollars", imagine if there was just like 85-percent, we could have gotten maybe 750-billion dollars.CENSUS SPECIALIST, VELLIE DIETRICH-HALL IS PART OF THE BUREAU'S MORE AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO GET EVERY CITIZEN COUNTEDSHE SAYS FAILING TO SUBMIT THIS FORM, IS THROWING AWAYA SHOT AT BETTER ROADS, MORE HOSPITALS, EVEN SECURITY IN KNOWING YOU WON'T LOSE ONE OF YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.IT ALSO PROVIDES MONEY FOR NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ARC OF HARRISONBURG, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY."The more people we have, the more federal money we might get. And as a non-profit I want all the federal money that could possible come to this area." THE CENSUS ALSO WORRIES THAT SOME ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WON'T FILL OUT THE INFORMATION FOR FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED.VELLIE SAYS THE INFORMATION IS 100- PERCENT SECURE, AND ISN'T SHARED WITH ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY"No social security number, we never ask for that anyway, no bank account numbers, just plainly counting, and its protected by title 13 of the u-s code." NEXT YEAR'S COUNT WILL ALSO BRING SOME TEMPORARY JOBS.THE BUREAU WILL START TAKING 3-POINT-4 MILLION APPLICATIONS NEXT MONTH.THEY ARE TARGETING COLLEGE STUDENTS, FOR THE JOBS. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS YEAR, THE FORM IS ONLY 10- QUESTIONSVAL? THANKS MARY. CENSUS SPECIALISTS SAY JUST A *ONE PERCENT* IMPROVEMENT IN RESPONSE, COULD MEAN 85-MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR, IN VIRGINIA. EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO IS UNDER A HIRING FREEZE... IT IS MAKING AN EXCEPTION... TO FILL FIVE JOBS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.TONIGHT THE WAYNESBORO CITY COUNCIL GAVE THE CITY MANAGER PERMISSION TO FILL THESE JOBS.THE COUNCIL SAYS THESE JOBS ARE NEEDED TO PROPERLY SERVE RESIDENTS. WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE COUNCIL PLANS TO DISCUSS EXTENDING THE HIRING FREEZE. SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA WILL BE COMPETING FOR 119 *MILLION* DOLLARS IN STIMULUS MONEY... TO MAKE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS. GOVERNOR TIM KAINE SAYS THE MONEY CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS, INSTALL ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING, OR PUT IN WIND POWER SYSTEMS.THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THE MONEY IS NOVEMBER 11-TH. AND PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME TO VIRGINIA TODAY... TO TOUR ONE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS... THAT STIMULUS DOLLARS ARE HELPING TO PAY FOR. if we can put Americans to work rebuilding the Fairfax County Parkway, we can help get the economy moving again in Fairfax County. And if we get the economy moving in Fairfax County , we get it moving across Virginia. MORE THAN EIGHT-THOUSAND HIGHWAY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, WITH STIMULUS FUNDING.EARLIER THIS MONTH, A U-S CONGRESSMAN CRITICIZED VIRGINIA, FOR NOT USING STIMULUS MONEY FOR ROAD PROJECTS, MORE QUICKLY. AS GEORGE TOLD US, WE'RE BRACING FOR SOME CHILLY WEATHER THIS WEEK AND IF YOU'RE DREADING TURNING THE HEAT ON -- HERE'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 13-TH, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. APPLICANTS MUST MEET INCOME GUIDELINES. FOR A COUPLE THAT'S 18-THOUSAND-941 DOLLARS IN ANNUAL INCOME. FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, IT'S 28-THOUSAND-665 DOLLARS A YEAR. Mostly cloudy skies Wednesday night with rain expected after midnight as temperatures slip to around 40. Rain chances and cool temperatures stay with us through weeks end. As the season begins changing look for overnight lows to drop into the mid and upper 30s. There is a chance we could see a few snow showers Friday night into Saturday morning. We warm back into the low 60's next week. WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED HERE ON W-H-S-V NEWS AT ELEVEN...STRAIGHT AHEAD... "I just dont believe in the death penalty at all."IT'S A HIGHLY DEBATED TOPIC.STRAIGHT AHEAD... A MAN WHO CAME *HOURS AWAY FROM EXECUTION MAKES A CASE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY. AND A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW...A ROCKINGHAM COUNTY POLICE CHIEF TURNS IN HIS BADGE -- BUT HE'S STILL FIGHTING CRIME.STAY WITH US!

• Release Date

  Oct 28, 2009

• Runtime

  11:22