WDBJ 7 news at 5 for 01/12/00

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Today on News 7 at 5, one of the regions largest employers announces it is moving part of its operation to Mexico, 500 jobs could be lost.
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and a Doctor who left one of the Lewis Gale Clinics comes forward with his complaints against the system. [Weather-Head]
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And in Sports News,
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it's a sad day for the Charlotte Hornets as one of their teammates is killed in an automobile accident.
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More textile jobs may be heading south as Dan River Incorporated announces plans for a joint venture in Mexico.

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Good Afternoon, I'm Jean Jadhon
The agreement will send 275 looms from the Schoolfield Division Two facility to a new plant in Mexico.
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The move could affect up to 488 jobs in the Danville area, but employment levels won't change for at least a year, and company officials say they hope to minimize the number of workers who will lose their jobs.
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Dan River says the new facility is needed to serve customers who have already moved their garment operations to Mexico.
But officials say they remain committed to U-S operations, especially in Danville where the company has investe

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Virginia part time legislature is back on the job full time today, day one of the General Assembly's 2000 session.
And after a centruy of Democratic rule, Republicans rose to the highest ranks in the Western Hemisphere's oldest lawmaking body.
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Ellen Qualls is at the state capitol. Ellen did all go smoothly?
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Ellen will rejoin us tonight at 7:00 as we present Governor Gilmore's State of Commonwealth Address.
Ellen will have live reaction from the capitol, and Tom Morris will be here to give us some political perspective.

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The 18 doctors who are leaving the Lewis-Gale Clinic say they still can't talk about the reasons behind their departure.
But one doctor who quit the clinic earlier this year can -- and did.
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Scott Goldberg spoke to him today and has an inside look at what's going on at Lewis-Gale.
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Jean, 18 doctors have quit the Lewis-Gale Clinic since Christmas -- they're the ones who say they're bound by a legal gag order and can't talk on the record about why they're leaving.
But they're not the only ones who are upset with the clinic's management.
And they're not the only ones who've quit.
Radford Doctor Charles Judy left in June.
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When he worked at the Lewis-Gale Clinic in Shawshville ... getting paid by the clinic's parent company PhyCor ... Charles Judy said he was told he had to find more patients ... or he'd get paid less money.
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That's why Dr. Judy went into a private practice.
Because ... he says ... the company that promised to make his clinic more efficient, negotiate better deals with insurance companies and take care of the books was not a good manager .. but still took 15 percent of the profits.
Those are the same reasons privately given by some of the 18 doctors now leaving Lewis-Gale.
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A spokeswoman for the Lewis-Gale clinic says negotiations with PhyCor are copmlicated and she can't talk about specifics.
At six we'll tell you why Dr. Judy was able to stay in the area .. and why other doctors leaving Lewis-Gale might not.
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Should grandparents be allowed to visit their grandchildren against the parents' wishes? That's for the Supreme Court to decide. We'll have that story after the break.
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and we'll have the details as the custody battle over a six year old Cuban refugee takes another turn.
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A setback for Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez-
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The Federal Government says it's a federal case and therefore the Immigration and Naturalization service decision to send Elian back- stands.
Janet Reno says any challenge to the INS ruling must come in a federal court- not from a state judge.
The Attorney General did postpone the Friday deadline to send Elian back to Cuba. That will allow his relatives time to challenge the INS decision in court.
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It's grandparents rights up before the Supreme Court today.
The question: Should a grandparent be allowed to see a grandchild even if the child's parents object?
Lee Cowan reports-
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(( As grandparents, they never thought they would find themselves on the steps of the U-S Supreme Court.
All Gary and Jennifer Troxel wanted, was to see their two grandchildren, Natalie and Isabelle. GARYTROXEL, GRANDFATHER Because theyre part of the family. Theyve always been part of the family.
But the mother of the two girls was trying to start a NEW family. She had married another man -- and said the visits by the girls biological grandparents had gotten uncomfortably frequent.

The Troxel wanted more, and sued under a Washington State law that allowed grandparents to visit their grandchildren, even if the parents object.

But the court ruled in the parents favor instead saying it was up to them to decide who can visit their children, even if they decide bar blood relatives. TOMMIE WYNN, MOTHER We know our children, we know our family better than any court, and we need to have the privacy and the right to conduct our family as we see fit.
Now the issue of grandparents right is to be decided by these nine justices six of them grandparents themselves. Lee Cowan/CBS News: Millions of Americans have something at stake. If the justices rule broadly, the court could throw out the whole concept of Grandparents rights -- and the laws that protect that right in all 50 states. Or their ruling could define just what makes up an American family in the 21st century.
After all, it is not what is used to be. Higher rates of divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies have blurred the picture of the traditional family.
Both sides agree is all comes down to whats best for the child. The bigger question is who is qualified to make that decision.
JENNIFER TROXEL/ GRANDMOTHER: Whos looking out for the children? You know, if grandchildren want to see their grandparents, and their mother or father is preventing that, then whos looking out for the children?
The Justices hinted THAT should be the right of parents. What they still must decide if its an exclusive right, or one shared with others -- blood relatives or not. Lee Cowan, CSB News, at the Supreme Court.))

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Coming up next on News 7 at 5, Patrick Evans tries in vain to get discovered. Unfortunately for him, today's talent search is only for kids.
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The Discovery Channel is making some new discoveries right here in Roanoke.
At the Science Museum of Western Virginia, kids from around the region are lining up to "be "Discovered", right up until 7 this evening.
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Coming up in Sports, Charlotte Hornet Bobby Phills dies following an automobile accident.
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And on Health check, we'll see what a shortage of school nurses could mean to the health and welfare of local children.

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Years ago, nurses were a fixture in schools across the country.
But these days... that's no longer the case.
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Teresa Hamilton is here with some surprising numbers.
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Jean-- you may not realize it but Virginia does NOT have a law in place mandating that each school have a nurse.
As a result-- some say there's become a serious shortage of nurses to aid not only staff but more importantly students.
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Maggie Bassett is a professor of nursing at Radford University-- where her specialty is community health.
In her opinion-- there's a greater need than EVER for nurses in the public school system.
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((MAGGIE BASSETT/RADFORD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR: YEARS AGO, CHILDREN WHO HAD THE NEED FOR A FEEDING TUBE OR HAD TO HAVE CAUTERIZATIONS DONE ON A ROUTINE BASIS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THOSE CHILDREN AND THE TEACHERS ARE RELYING ON THE SCHOOL NURSES TO ASSIST THEM.))
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The Virginia Association of School nurses recommends one nurse per 15- hundred students... but Bassett says in Southwest Virginia the student to nurse ratio is often much higher.
For example-- three years ago Montgomery County employed just one full time nurse for nine thousand students.
But that situation is improving.
Today-- the county employs one full time and six part time registered nurses.
Faye Harper is one of those seven nurses.
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Montgomery County has also taken another step toward improving health care for its students.
This mobile health clinic is one example.
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Back to Maggie Basset... in her opinion there needs to be a law requiring school nurses... because school systems have limited funds and she believes nurses often fall at the bottom. ))
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LL-Bean is recalling two line of children's overalls- because the snaps can come off choking a child.
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The recall covers L-L Bean's traditional blue denim overall in sizes six months through 4-T.
Cotton Twill woodland overalls lined with red flannel are also being recalled- in sizes six months through 3-T.
About 77-hundred pair of overalls are included in the recall.
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Thanks Jean and good afternoon everybody and welcome to the 2 minute ticker.
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Charlotte Hornet guard Bobby Phills was killed in a two car accident this morning.
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Phills was involved in a two car accident just minutes after leavind the Hornets morning shootaround.
A team spokesman said his black Porsche collided with another car near tthe Charlotte Coliseum.
Phils was pronounced dead at the scene two other people were hospitalized.
Phils joined the Hornets in 1997 after 6 years with Cleveland. The Hornets game with Chicago scheduled for tonight has been postponed.
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It's day 2 of the Nascar media tour and tonight Mike Stevens has an update on Winston Cup champ Dale Jarrett.
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The Virginia Tech men are looking for a much needed conference win, when Duquesne comes to the Blacksburg tonight.

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The Dukes are two and oh in the conference, while the Hokies have yet to win an A-10 game this season.
And the home court hasn't been a lucky place for Tech. The Hokies are one and three in the Cassell--six and seven overall.
Tech will need to get defensive as the Dukes average nearly 74 points a game to the Hokies' 63.
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Tip off is at seven tonight in the Cassell. And that's it for Sports, Jean will be right back with more News 7 at 5.

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The boy who recently saved his fathers life after a mountain climbing accident got another 15 minutes of fame last night.
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Despite a broken wrist and leg, Shawn Presser was able to use a cell phone to direct authorities to where his unconcious father was.
Shawn's heroism caught the eye of the worldwide media.
Then last week during an interview on the CBS Morning Show, Shawn asked Bryant Gumble for a personal favor.
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Shawn wanted Gumbel's help to get on the Late Show with David Letterman.
He got his wish last night.
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Shawn didn't go away empty handed. Letterman gave him a Global Positioning System in case he got lost again and the book "Mountain Climbing for Dummies.
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