'No red flags' on absentee ballot effort

>>> THE INTERACTION BETWEEN A

2019-02-20

SOUTH HILL POLICE OFFICER AND

SOME CHILDREN IS GOING VIRAL.

AYESHA ROPER BOSWELL POSTED

THESE PHOTOS TO HER FACEBOOK

PAGE.

LOOK AT THIS.

IT SHOWS THE OFFICER ON THE

GROUND PLAYING DOLLS WITH

CHILDREN.

THE OFFICER HAD RESPONDED TO

REPORTS OF A GAS LEAK AT AN

APARTMENT COMPLEX.

ONCE HE KNEW THE LEAK WAS NOT A

THREAT, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE

THE CHILDREN FELT SAFE.

SO HE PLAYED WITH THEM ON THE

GROUND.

OFFICER FLEMING SAID HE HAS

ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A BRIGHT

SPOT IN SOMEONE'S DAY.

>> CERTAINLY WAS THERE.

>>> WELL, AS A SMALL GIRL, SHE

HAD A GREAT BIG DREAM.

NOW, IT'S COMING TRUE FOR A

RALEIGH WOMAN.

SHE'S GOING TO REPRESENT ALL

AMERICANS ON AN INTERNATIONAL

STAGE.

WRAL'S BRYAN MIMS TELLS US THE

STORY THAT JUST KEEPS ROLLING

ALONG.

>> ROLLER DERBY HAS BEEN AROUND

IN SOME FORM OR FASHION FOR

NEARLY 100 YEARS.

>> JEN CARD HAS BEEN SKATING IN

THE DERBY SINCE 2009.

>> LIKE I JUST STARTED SKATING

WITH PLAYING DERBY.

BECAUSE IT SOUNDED AWESOME.

AND I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF GAMES

AT DORT NER ARENA.

AND THOUGHT, WELL, I THINK I

COULD DO THAT.

>> Reporter: SHE SKATES FOR THE

CAROLINA ROLLER DERBY.

GOES BY THE NAME OF GINGER

KLAUS.

IT'S A WAY FOR A GIRL GROWING

UP SHY TO EARN HER SELF

CONFIDENCE.

>> THE THING ABOUT DERBY IS, A,

ACTUALLY, I GET TO HIT PEOPLE,

WHICH IS AN AMAZING WAY TO GET

SOME AGGRESSION OUT.

THE MOST CHALLENGING THING

PHYSICALLY I'VE EVER DONE.

>> SHE'S HAD HER CHALLENGES

BEFORE.

SHE STARTED ON ICE, FIGURE

SKATING AT THE AGE OF 4.

>> IT'S NOT THE HEALTHIEST

ENVIRONMENT ALL THE TIME FOR A

YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP.

AND I DID DEVELOP A VERY

SERIOUS EATING DISORDER.

I WAS ANOREXIC.

I WAS HOSPITALIZED.

I ACTUALLY CAME VERY, VERY

CLOSE TO DYING.

>> NOW THE 37-YEAR-OLD PERSONAL

TRAINER IS PUTTING HER BEST

SKATE FORWARD.

>> SO I'M WEARING MY TEAM USA T-

SHIRT.

I GET TO REPRESENT THE UNITED

STATES.

IT'S AMAZING.

>> JEN -- NO, GINGER IS NOW

PART OF THE USA ROLLER DERBY

TEAM.

SHE WILL COMPETE IN BARCELONA,

SPAIN, IN JULY.

SOMETHING SHE BELIEVES WILL

PUSH HER FURTHER FORWARD IN

LIFE.

>> A LOT OF IT IS THE

CONFIDENCE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE

BEFORE.

I CAN DO THIS THING ON THE

TRACK.

>> SHE HOPES MORE PEOPLE

DISCOVER THE DERBY, DISCOVER

HOW IT FEELS TO GO AROUND IN

CIRCLES ON PURPOSE.

>> WELL, FIRST OFF.

I LOVE BEING ON SKATES, WHETHER

IT'S ICE SKATES OR ROLLER

SKATES.

I LOVE BEING ON SKATES.

>> AND SHE IS LEARNING THINGS

LESSONS LEARNED ON THE TRACK.

WRAL, BRYAN MIMS, RALEIGH.

>> YOU GO.

JENN CAR IS LOOKING FOR

SPONSORSHIP.

FOR MORE ON HER STORY, GO TO

jshu.net.

>>> YOU COULD BE DANGEROUS

DEBBIE.

>> I LOVE THAT.

>> OR MAD MORGAN.

>> I LIKE THAT.

LET'S DO IT.

WHEN 7th GRADE, I WAS ALL ABOUT

ROLLER SKATING.

>> DID YOU ELBOW PEOPLE OUT OF

THE WAY LIKE THEY DID ROLLER

DERBY?

>> NO.

>> THEY DO THAT IN HERE,

THOUGH.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

JUST KIDDING.

>> SHE'S ADORABLE, DEBBIE.

>> THANK YOU.

THAT'S NOT A COOL DERBY NAME,

THOUGH.

>> THAT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE SWEET.

>> GOT SHEDDING HAIR DEBBIE.

>> I DO.

THAT TODAY FOR SURE!

YOU'RE GOING TO BE WET DEBBIE

WHEN YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS

EVENING.

>> OKAY.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT DEBBIE.

WE HAVE WET WEATHER ROLLING

INTO THE AREA.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WINTER

WEATHER BOTTOM LINE.

THAT'S A PRETTY PICTURE.

BUT I HAVE TOL -- TO TELL YOU,

THE ICE IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT

THICK.

CONFINED TO NORTHERN COUNTIES

AS WE POURED IT OUT.

LICE BLOCK ACCRUAL.

THE MAIN ISSUE WOULD BE ON

ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES.

WE GET NEW MODEL GUIDANCE

COMING IN EVERY HOUR.

AND SOME OF THE GUIDANCE

SUGGESTS THE MORE FROZEN AREA

WOULD BE UP INTO SOUTHERN

VIRGINIA.

MAYBE NOT IN NORTHERN COUNTIES.

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE

CHASING OUT THE FROZEN

PRECIPITATION.

AND IT'S ALL RAIN FOR

WEDNESDAY.

HERE'S THE LIVE DUAL DOPPLER

5,000 RADAR.

WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF

REPORTS IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTY,

MIXED WITH SLEET.

LATEST WAS IN OLIVE COUNTY.

AS WE START TO SEE THIS RAIN

MOVE INTO OUR NORTHERN

COUNTIES, THAT WILL HELP THE

TEMPERATURE GO DOWN.

WE'LL SEE RAIN MIXED WITH

SLEET.

MAYBE WET SNOWFLAKES.

THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION IS

GOING TO BE IN THE WAY OF RAIN.

THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ROAD

ISSUES.

EVEN IF YOU SEE WET SNOWFLAKES

OR SLEET.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SLEET ALL

AFTERNOON.

IT'S NOT BEEN AN ISSUE TO THE