WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 04/13/00

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On NEWS 7 at SIX:

Reaction to the power line recommendation.
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And the story of a woman facing criminal charges for practicing nursing without a license.
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[Sports-Head]

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In sports, Highlights from Major League Baseball, Rick Mast talks about his season up to this point in Winston Cup racing.
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And Steve Mason drops in at University Hall in Charlottesville as the Cavaliers go through spring practice.
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[WX-Head]
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And now, this short pause from spring...readings in the 30s and 40s this evening. The drizzly details coming up.

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((IT'S ANOTHER CASE OF BIG INDUSTRY AND STATE ROLLING OVER THE AVERAGE CITIZEN'S RIGHTS. ))
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[VO-NAT]

Bland County residents react to the growing likelihood that a new power line will stretch across their backyards.

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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Powerline]

[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Yesterday, the staff at the State Corporation Commission agreed that southwest Virginia does need a new 765-thousand volt power line.
Today, that conclusion is generating some high-voltage anxiety for residents.
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Marya Jones is in our New River newsroom with the details.
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Keith, Bland County residents we spoke to today say they're disheartened by the S-C-C's recommendation... which many feel already amounts to a go-ahead for A-E-P.
They say it's the latest disappointment in a battle that's becoming a "power struggle" in more ways than one.
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(( Wolf Creek Indian Village has been steadily growing in popularity as a Bland County tourist attraction.
It features replica wigwams, hiking trails and a new history museum.
But it may get one new feature it didn't bargain for: A 765-thousand kilovolt power line.
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((TONI CLEMONS: IT SCREWS IT UP BIG TIME.))
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Toni Clemons is a guide who demonstrates Native American crafts at the park.
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((TONI CLEMONS: IF YOU WANT TO BE TAUGHT PRIMITIVE WAYS, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT AS PRIMITIVE AS POSSIBLE. PUTTING POWER LINES IN AIN'T GOING TO KEEP IT PRIMITIVE.))
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Wolf Creek is in the path of the proposed power line that, yesterday, the S-C-C identified as cheaper and less environmentally harmful.
It runs from Wyoming, West Virginia, to the Jacksons Ferry substation in Wythe County.
Another proposed route -- one favored by A-E-P -- runs from West Virginia to the Cloverdale substation near Roanoke.
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((ROBERT BANE/POWER LINE OPPONENT: THE POWER COMPANY HAS SHOWN TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THIS AND THEY SEEM TO BE DETERMINED TO ROLL OVER US AGAIN.))
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Robert Bane says the S-C-C's recommendation means his family farm may soon include a power line.
It's been in the family for four generations and already has one smaller power line running through it.
He says the new line would cut a path the width of half a football field through his land.
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((ROBERT BANE: IT'LL BE JUST TOTAL DEVASTATION FOR THIS FARM. THIS IS A 900 ACRE FARM THAT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR 100 YEARS.))
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The S-C-C will have the final say after evidentiary hearings begin in Richmond May 1st.
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[BWX-Technologies]

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Campbell County's largest employer is getting bigger.
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B-W-X Technologies is expanding its Naval Nuclear Fuel Division near Lynchburg.
The governor's office says that will mean 320 new jobs over the next three years, and a 41 million dollar investment.
B-W-X-T pays an average salary of almost 18 dollars an hour.
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[Goodyear]

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[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]

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The Goodyear Tire and Rubber manufacturing plant in Danville is also expanding.
A 50 million dollar investment will create 50 new jobs.
The announcement came today following Governor Jim Gilmore's approval of 200-thousand state dollars to help with the expansion.
The majority of the money will be invested in a work force training facility.
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[Job-Fair]

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Many people in Martinsville were looking for a new job today.
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Hundreds attended the city's job fair.
Nearly 60 employers handed out applications.
Many who attended are former textile workers still trying to make ends meet and hoping for a break.
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[IN Q=It's kind of hard]
((ALVENTIS GRAVELY/FORMER TULTEX WORKER: IT'S KIND OF HARD AND DEPRESSING BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF HAVING TO DO THIS AND IT'S HARD YOU KNOW HAVING TO GET OUT AND GET TURNED DOWN YOU KNOW.))
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[OUT Q=turned down, you know.]
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City officials anticipate more job fairs in the future.
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[Pit-Bulls]

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About 90 pit bulls remain in the Henry section of Franklin County...
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despite the fact that Franklin County sheriff's deputies say the animals are being trained to fight.
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((LOOK AT THIS LITTLE DOG. OH SHE'S MEAN AND TERRIBLE ISN'T SHE?))
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[**KEITH ON CART**] Kyle Pearce owns 19 of the dogs. He denies organizing dog fights, but plans to plead guilty to felony dogfighting to avoid further problems with the sheriff's office.
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((THE WHOLE THING FOR ME IS NOT DOGFIGHTING ... WELL-BEHAVED ANIMALS.))
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A North Carolina breeder owns the rest of the pit bulls. Investigators took four dogs to the animal shelter as evidence. They say the other pit bulls are getting food, water and shelter at home.
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((WE FELT THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO LEAVE THEM IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THEY'RE HAPPY THERE, THEY'RE CONTENT THERE.))
[SUPER=01-Claude Webster/Franklin Co. Public Safety Dir.;]
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Public safety officials say pit bulls normally attack each other, not people.
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[Nurse-Imposter]

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You'd expect the nurse in your doctor's office to have a license.
She might not be required to have one. But she WOULD have to if she's working as a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse.
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(( Jodie King worked for a Doctor in Roanoke County for six months ...without a license.
A Roanoke Grand Jury indicted her last week for Unlicensed Practice of Nursing and Unlawful Use of a Medical Title. On her application for the job, she allegedly claimed she was an L-P-N. A capias has been issued for her arrest.
For six months King worked for Doctor Joan Resk, an Osteopathic Physician with a most unconventional practice in the Clearbrook area.
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[Horse Whisperer spot] ((BUT SOMETIMES A NEW APPROACH CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE.))
She's been running this ad on T-V, promoting her practice. ((IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY YOU'RE BEING TREATED, CALL US. WE'RE "TO LIFE."))
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Dr. Resk says she asked King- -repeatedly- -for her license, but she says King kept coming up with excuses. Finally Resk called the Board of Nursing and discovered this 37 year old Glenvar native has no license.
Vivian Joyce King already has a criminal record. She's twice been convicted of petty larceny. In 1996 King was arrested in the Shenandoah National Park for Driving under the Influence with an open container of alcohol. She gave the Park Ranger the name "Judy Fifer," providing a Social Security number and date of birth that matched Fifer's D-M-V records.
King went to court-- still masquerading as Fifer- -and pled guilty. When D-M-V notified the real Judy Fifer that her license was being suspended for the D-U-I conviction, she convinced officials they had the wrong woman.
Once King's true identity was determined, she served six months at the federal women's prison in Alderson, West Virginia for providing false information.
King declined to discuss her nursing career on camera, claiming she didn't want to do anything to jeopardize the U.S. Attorney's investigation of Joan Resk.))
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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An investigator in the U.S. Attorney's Office DID consider accusations King made against Dr. Resk but he said "there wasn't enough to prompt an investigation."
Dr. Resk declined to talk about the case publicly.

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Doctors who resigned from the Lewis Gale Clinic are slowly being allowed back to work.
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But their patients are having a hard time finding them.
Next on News 7, we'll find out where at least one of those physicians is practicing now.
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[Lewis-Gale]

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Lewis-Gale Clinic is leaving it up to the patients to locate their doctors who resigned over management problems.

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As their contracts expire and the doctors are legally allowed to talk, they want to make sure their patients know where to find them.
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((DR. KEVIN KELLEHER/FAMILY PRACTICE: IT'S VERY HECTIC FOR ME BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE DOCTORS THAT HAD TO MOVE RIGHT AWAY, SO I LEFT MY BACK CREEK OFFICE TO COME OVER HERE.))
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[OUT Q=over here.]
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After 15 years with Back Creek Dr. Kelleher joined Primary Care Associates at the Lee-Hi location where he's been for about a week.
Some patients have already found him.
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((ED STANLEY/PATIENT: I FEEL LIKE HE'S A REAL GOOD FRIEND AS WELL AS A DOCTOR.))
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The Primary Care Associates physicians at Lee-Hi are renting the building from the Clinic until August and then they'll either stay there or build a new facility nearby.
Dr. Kelleher says he hopes all his patients will find him.
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[Satellite-TV]

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A satellite television bill sponsored by two local congressmen is a big step closer to approval.
The House of Representatives just passed the bill by a wide margin. It would provide federal loan guarantees .. to improve the availability of satellite TV service to rural areas.
Bob Goodlatte and Rick Boucher are the bills' two main sponsors.

[Allen]

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To get on the ballot for the U-S Senate, former governor George Allen needed ten-thousand signatures.
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((GEORGE ALLEN/R-U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET 77-THOUSAND PEOPLE TO SIGN PETITIONS FOR MY CANDIDACY FOR THE NOMINATION IS JUST FANTASTIC.))
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[OUT Q=just fantastic.]
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The Allen campaign says it set a record in Virginia -- collecting about half the signatures the day of the state's new Republican primary.
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[Desai-Murder]

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An 11- thousand- dollar reward will go to anyone who helps nab the killer of a Roanoke motel owner.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/January 29;]

57- year-old Betty Desai was found dead inside the Park Inn International on Melrose Avenue in January.
The incident happened during an apparent robbery.
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At the Roanoke City courthouse today, Desai's daughters described their mother as a kind and generous woman as they announced the reward they're offering.
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((DIMPLE DESAI/VICTIM'S DAUGHTER: CRIMELINE IS OFFERING A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD AND AN ADDITIONAL 10- THOUSAND DOLLAR IS BEING OFFERED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST AND CONVICTION. ))
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[OUT Q=arrest and conviction.]
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Anyone with information should call the Roanoke City Police Department.
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[Stocks]

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Worries about inflation meant a bad day for Wall Street-- with a fourth straight day of losses for NASDAQ. [TAKE DOW, NASDAQ & BLOOMBERG PAGE ]
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The DOW lost 202 points while NASDAQ closed 93 points lower.
The Bloomberg News 7 Index lost two and a half points.
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[Jefferson]

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If Thomas Jefferson were still alive, he'd have turned 257 today.
But even as they celebrate his birth in Charlottesville, the debate continues over whether Jefferson's legacy has been tarnished by allegations he fathered children with a slave.
Steve Smallshaw has more.
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He owns perhaps the most impressive political resume in American history.. from governor to president to author of the Declaration of Independence.. Thomas Jefferson's position as one of our Founding Fathers is unshakable.
But a recent study also claims Jefferson most likely fathered several children with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings.
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((AND SALLY HEMINGS THOUGH IS THE SLAVE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS QUITE A BIT...))
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Tour guides at Monticello say the Hemings question comes up occasionally from visitors.. each interpreter is given wide latitude in how they incorporate the controversy into their presentation.
The problem is the facts seem to keep changing.
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((WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TO PRESERVE THE REPUTATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON..))
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Thomas Sheehan is part of a group that disputes the original study's findings..
He says the panel was motivated more by money and political correctness than it was by a need for the truth.
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((THOMAS SHEEHAN/AUTHOR- HISTORIAN: MANY PEOPLE HAVE MADE THE OBSERVATION THAT IT WAS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WHICH WAS FEBRUARY, AND FOR THE CBS MINISERIES FOR THE SWEEPS THAT THEY WERE COMING OUT WITH.))
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((JOY BOISSEVAIN/JEFFERSON DESCENDANT: I THINK THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE THAT RELATIONSHIP EXISTED AND WHO FEEL THAT ANY AFFIRMATION OF IT IS TEARING DOWN THE FOUNDER OF OUR COUNTRY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.))
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Sheehan's group will soon commence its own study of the facts.. its findings will likely add more fire to the debate.
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((DAN JORDAN/TJ MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: WE BELIEVE THAT RESEARCH IS ONGOING AND THAT OUR REPORT WE WOULD HOPE WOULD BE A CATALYST AND A START OF A WHOLE NEW ROAD OF SERIOUS LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE.))
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[OUT Q=at the evidence.]

Steve Smallshaw, News7, Charlottesville.))

[Sports Tease]

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And coming up in Sports, The Virginia Cavaliers talk about spring practice The Braves and Cubs hook up in Chicago.

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And Rick Masts talks with Mike Stevens about his performance after 8 Winston Cup races this season.
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[S-UVA]

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UVa's spring football game kicks off tomorrow night at six at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville. Steve Mason says expect to see some option and some new faces.
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((Spring cleaning, yeah, the UVa grounds crew is primping and pruning the Klockner field for the game. Thursday, UVa football also introduced new and fresh spring faces like quarterbacks Bryson Spinner and Matt Schaub. ((BRYSON SPINNER:)) ((MATT SCHAUB:))
Incumbent Dan Ellis will play in the spring football game after missing two weeks with a separation of his non throwing shoulder. Defensively there is a solid linebacking corp with Donnie Green returning. Cornerback is a question mark, hopefully former UVa hoopster Chezley Watson can help. ((CHESLEY WATSON:))
Former Fleming star John St. Clair sure has come from the RVD to the NFL, the All-American center will be drafted this weekend, but could play center or guard as a pro.)) ((JOHN ST.CLAIR/UVA ALL-AMERICAN CENTER:)) ((STEVE MASON:))

[S-Mast]

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So far, the new century has brought nothing but new headaches for area favorite Rick Mast on the Winston Cup circuit. Rick has been with two teams, missed two races and even broken two ribs. He recently told Mike Stevens that in all honesty, he hasn't been competitive since 1996.
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[OUT Q=...NEWS 7 SPORTS."]
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[S-MLB]

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The Atlanta Braves were in the Windy City this afternoon taking on the Chicago Cubs.
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[SUPER=03-Chicago, IL/FOX SPORTS; :]

Bobby Cox checking the action from the dugout.
Trailing 1 to nothing, Atlanta's Eddie Perez sends this pitch to left field for a single scoring Bobby Bonilla and the Braves tied the score at 1 in the fourth.
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The Braves would break the tie in the top of the sixth. Perez singles again this time to left field scoring Trenidad Hubble to make it 2 to 1 but the Cubs come from behind to win it 3 to 2.
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[S-Staley]

[ANCHOR=Roy]
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[WRITER=rst]
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The year 2000 will be very busy for former U-V-A hoops star Dawn Staley. Staley is the new women's basketball coach at Temple. Staley, a Philadelphia native, is recovering from knee surgery she replaces Kristen Foley who resigned after five seasons.
Staley also plays to play for the W-N-B-A Charlotte Sting as well as the 2000 Olympic women's team.