WDBJ 7 news at 6 for 02/24/03

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Coming up on NEWS 7, we'll assess the damage- -in lives and property- -from the wettest weekend in a decade.
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And lawmakers assess the accomplishments- -or damage- - from the just-completed General Assembly session.

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Tonight on News 7 sports - Al Groh gets his offensive coordinator. The ODAC men's hoops final is an hour away. Plus, Cory Alexander customizes our Monday night ride home -
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and Jamie McMurray wins the rain delayed Busch Grand National race at Rockingham this afternoon.
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[WX-Head]
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Those hoping for a change of pace weatherwise will be disappointed. Yet another wet system along with sharply colder air means the groundhog was right. Details ahead.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 4-Shot]

News 7 is next.
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[IN Q=This was a real cleansing flood]
((THIS WAS A REAL CLEANSING FLOOD A LOT OF DEBRIS.))
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[OUT Q=a lot of debris.]
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Western Virginia assesses the damage.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

And begins to clear the debris left behind by this weekend's high water.
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[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.
[ANCHOR=Shannon 2-Shot]

And I'm Shannon Young.
[Roanoke-Cleanup]
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The floodwaters claimed two lives in western Virginia and left a path of significant damage.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

While it wasn't as devastating as the Flood of '85, the weekend storm brought the worst flooding along the Roanoke river in the last ten years.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Keith-Shannon & JoeD /Microwave;]

That's where Joe Dashiell is tonight. Joe, how much damage have you found today?
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Keith and Shannon, piles of debris may be the most obvious example... but the damage is deeper, both here along the banks of the Roanoke River and in neighborhoods several miles away.
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[IN Q=The Roanoke River is back]
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[SUPER=01-Greg Reed/Civil Engineer; :18]
[SUPER=01-Becky Higgs/Roanoke Co. Resident; :58]
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[OUT Q=just don't know what to do.]

((The roanoke river is back within its banks, but the high water left its mark...
For the businesses and civic facilities that started the week by clearing away a a thick layer of mud And the city employees who spent the day, documenting the high water mark, and assessing the damage.
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[IN Q=the engineering department]
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[OUT Q=assessing the damage.]

Along Bennington Street, the damage included a wooden transmission pole... about 170 customers lost power while crews installed a replacement.
Elsewhere, away from the banks of the Roanoke River, the problem was run-off.
For Becky Higgs it was worse than the flood of 85... High water covered her driveway, filled her front yard... left her stranded.
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[IN Q=I've called the state]
((I'VE CALLED THE STATE, AND THEY'VE SAID THEY'D LOOK AT IT. THE MOUNT PLEASANT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS OVER HERE YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE THEM FOREVER TO PUMP IT OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT I KNOW IT'S MAKING ME SICK. 54:13 JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.))
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[OUT Q=know what to do.]))
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City officials have been assessing the damage to public and private property, to decide whether to declare a local emergency... That process will continue tomorrow.
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Keith and Shannon, any city resident who thinks officials may have missed their flood damage should call the city at 853-2000.

[Willow-River]

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The American Red Cross is assessing flood victims' needs on an individual basis.
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Case workers set up a family service center at the Ridgewood Baptist Church in Roanoke today. They will meet one on one with victims to determine exactly how they can help. At least three-hundred people are expected to seek assistance.
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[IN Q=Rental]
((AMY WHITTAKER/AMERICAN RED CROSS; RENTAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY HOME REPAIRS WE'RE LOOKING AT GROCERIES FOOD.))
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[OUT Q=AT GROCERIES, FOOD.]
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A majority of flood victims are residents of the Willow River Apartments in Salem. Flood waters submerged much of the complex over the weekend. The City must still inspect the location before power is turned back on and residents allowed back in. Most people living in ground floor units lost everything.
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[IN Q=I FIGURE]
((NANCY BURNOP/WILLOW RIVER RESIDENT; I FIGURE I DONE MY CRYING NOW IT'S TIME TO DO MY LAUGHING AND ENJOYING THE REST OF MY LIFE I GOT MY HUSBAND, I GOT MY COCKER SPANIEL AND I GOT ALL MY BUDDIES.))
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[OUT Q=ALL MY BUDDIES.]
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The Red Cross says the family service center will be open all week and longer if needed. Donations for local victims can also be made at the organization's Roanoke Valley Chapter.
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[Monty-Flood]

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V-Dot crews are still working to repair several roads in Montgomery County.
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[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;]
Officials say most of the damage was in the Elliston-Shawsville area, where heavy rains ripped out roads and washed out bridges. In one area, a bridge that was under construction received so much damage, workers say it may now take them another two or three weeks to finish it.
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[IN Q=I WAS SICK]
((DICKIE WYMER/BRANCH HIGHWAYS, INC.: I WAS SICK. WE'RE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE BECAUSE NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK IN THE CREEK AFTER THE 15TH . WE HAD A REAL GOOD SHOT AT IT, OF MAKING IT BY THE 15TH, BUT NOW I DON'T, IT'S GONE BE REAL TIGHT IF WE DO.))
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[OUT Q=IF WE DO.]
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Officials say an assessment for the total damage throughout the county has not yet been made.
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[Carvins-Cove]

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One other effect of this weekend's storm-- it helped push Roanoke's primary water supply over the top.
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Carvins Cove is now full.
Water began slowly flowing over the spillway this morning.
A year ago, the cove had fallen to a level of 22 feet below the spillway, prompting mandatory water restrictions for city residents that lasted into the fall.
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The deaths of five children in one week frightened parents across Virginia.
Still ahead on News 7, health officials now say there's no reason to worry.
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And find out why views like these are some of the most threatened in the entire country.
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[Swiftwater-Rescue]
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A group of firefighters from Salem was put to the ultimate test during the weekend's floods.
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A unit specially trained in swift-water rescue had to do it NOT ONCE but multiple times in flood-swollen rivers.
[***WATER RESCUE IN MONITOR***]
[TOSS ACROSS=Keith-Shannon & Marya /BAM;]

Marya Jones caught up with the group today to learn more about what they do.
Keith and Shannon, Salem's Swift Water Rescue team is one of only three in the state ... and the ONLY one in southwest Virginia.
[LIVE= Marya /FULL BAM]
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They've been around for five years, but it wasn't until last weekend's floods that all their training was put to the test
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[SUPER=01-Mike Elston/Salem Swift Water Rescue; :07]
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[SUPER=01-Tim Graham/Salem Swift Water Rescue; :35]
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((NATS GROUP SHOT: IN ORDER TO BE ON THE TEAM, YOU'VE GOT TO WANT TO DO IT.)) [RUNS:02]
If there's any test of their skills, for these four firefighters, Saturday was it.
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((MIKE ELSTON: I REALLY DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT. IT'S WHAT WE TRAINED TO DO AND I JUST RELIED ON OUR TRAINING. ))

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Firefighters Mike Elston, Steve Forren, Shawn Stanley and Tim Graham -- all members of the Salem Swift Water Rescue team -- went from one rescue to the next, as rivers swelled and captured people in their currents.
They started out rescuing people trapped in homes and cars ... then moved on to pluck two men from the Roanoke River near Elliston.
One died hours later of hypothermia.
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[SOT 1:50:01]
((TIM GRAHAM: YOU'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT I FEEL LIKE BY GETTING HIM OUT WE DID GIVE HIM THAT CHANCE. )) [RUNS:06]
The team immediately left that rescue to search Glade Creek in Vinton for a man who later turned up dead... trapped in his truck.
In a normal year, the team might rescue five people from the water.
But in that one day, they responded to 15 calls.
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[SOT 2:11:33]
((SHAWN STANLEY: IT WAS SOMEBODY'S LIFE AND IT FEELS GOOD THAT YOU CAN PULL SOMEONE TO SAFETY AND THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS. )) [RUNS:06]
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((STEVE FORREN: GRANTED, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN, BUT I FELT THAT WE WERE VERY PREPARED FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND IT HAD A GOOD OUTCOME. )) [RUNS:07]))
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[LIVE= Marya /FULL BAM]

56 out of 62 people in the department have had SOME swift water rescue training.
Floods may be a rare occurrence but 40 percent of firefighter fatalities happen while attempting water rescues.

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So, the department says that makes the expense and training well worth it. Keith and Shannon?

[Vinton-Death]

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Despite the best efforts of the swift-water rescue team in Vinton,
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after three hours without success, the search evolved into an effort to recover the body. Donald Lynn Riddleberger was not the only one who ignored the signs and barriers designed to keep people off the low-water bridge on Walnut Street.
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[SOT 2:23:35]
[IN Q=There were people]
((THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT SAW HIM DRIVE INTO IT AND THEY YELLED AT HIM TO STOP AND HE JUST KEPT GOING.))
[SUPER=01-Don Adams/Vinton First Aid Crew Member ]
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[OUT Q=just kept going.]
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[***KEITH ON CART***] The 47 year old Roanoke Valley Resource Authority employee was just a few blocks from his apartment on Eighth Street.
Adams says several witnesses watched Don Riddleberger maneuver his Toyota pick-up around the barricades.
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[SOT 1:03:12 from SAT. NITE]
[IN Q=They actually saw the truck]
((THEY ACTUALLY SAW THE TRUCK GO SIDEWAYS AND GO NOSEDIVE INTO THE WATER.))
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[OUT Q=into the water.]
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[SOT 2:26:30]
[IN Q=This is the second]
((THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AT THE EXACT SPOT THAT I REMEMBER WE'VE HAD TO RECOVER BODIES FROM THE WATER FOR NO REASON AT. THE WATER'S UNFORGIVING.))
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[OUT Q= THE WATER'S UNFORGIVING.]
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[SUPER=04-December 11, 1991]
It was a little over 11 years ago. Adams and members of the Vinton Life Saving Crew pulled the body of a 31-year old Bedford County woman from the very same section of Glade Creek. She had driven around the barricades, too.
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[Child-Deaths]

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Health officials say so far, the deaths of five children last week show no widespread threat to public health.
Results of tests conducted on three of the five children indicate there was no single cause.
The state health commissioner said today two of the children died of influenza B, the third from a type of streptococcus A.
The diagnosis of flu in two of the cases indicates that the children's deaths were not unusual.
A few children die every year from the flu in Virginia.

[Stocks]

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War worries returned to Wall Street today and sent stocks lower. [TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE]
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The DOW dropped 160 points.
NASDAQ fell 27.
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[XGR-Wrapup]
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State legislators are back home now after wrapping up the session over the weekend.
[ANCHOR=Keith 2-Shot]

Meghan Muldoon takes a look back at the 46 days they spent in Richmond.
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Lawmakers have differing opinions about the 2003 General Assembly session.
But many Democrats share the view that the atmosphere this year was more partisan.
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Democrats also accused Republicans of not having the right priorities.
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((DELEGATE JIM SHULER/D-BLACKSBURG: WE STARTED OFF WITH OVER TWO THOUSAND BILLS. I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL BE HARD-PRESSED TO COME UP WITH ANYTHING OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE.)) [RUNS:07]
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[RUNS02] [OUT QTHAN FOR SCHOOLKIDS IN THIS STATE.] But Republicans say they are proud of what they accomplished.
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((SENATOR CHARLES HAWKINS/R-CHATHAM: IT'S BEEN, OVERALL, AN INTERESTING SESSION. IT'S BEEN ONE THAT MOST OF US WILL BE GLAD TO SEE OVER.)) [RUNS:05]
[OUT Q=BE GLAD TO SEE OVER.]

Well, that does seem to be the one sentiment that most agree with. Meghan Muldoon, News 7, Richmond.))

[Parkway]

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The Blue Ridge Parkway offers an endangered view.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
A 28-mile section of the roadway is being recognized by Scenic America as one of ten threatened landscapes in the country. Scenic America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of such views. Government and parkway officials say "high scenic quality" on parts of the Parkway is being compromised by nearby development.
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[IN Q=The fact]
((REP. BOB GOODLATTE/R- 6TH DISTRICT; THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE LOWEST ELEVATION OF ANYWHERE ALONG THE PARKWAY COUPLED WITH THE MASS OF URBAN AREA CREATES A REAL CHALLENGE FOR THE PARKWAY.))
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[OUT Q=FOR THE PARKWAY.]
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Scenic America doesn't provide any money or legal assistance. But officials say the designation is significant and that it will make support and cooperation to preserve the parkway more likely.
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[Sports Tease]

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Coming up tonight on the Big 7 - the ODAC men's title game is this evening at the Salem Civic Center. Al Groh promotes from within.
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and Travis Wells takes a spin with the Dazzle's Cory Alexander whose passion for hoops is exceeded only by his love of cars.
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[S-ODAC]

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The ODAC men's basketball champ will be crowned tonight as Hampden-Sydney and Randolph-Macon play at the Salem Civic Center at seven.
It's a rematch of last year's title game won by Sydney.
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[IN Q=I'M JUST GLAD...]
[SUPER=01-Mike Rhoades/Randolph-Macon Head Coach; :00]
[SUPER=01-Tony Shaver/Hampden-Sydney Head Coach; :16]
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[OUT Q=...same way as well"]
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[S-Cars]

[ANCHOR=mike]
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Cory Alexander has quietly led the Roanoke Dazzle back into the hunt in the NBDL standings. But Alexander is not only a smooth point guard, he's also a shrewd businessman, as Travis Wells explains.
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((The Dazzle's Cory Alexander may be the NBDL's 5th leading scorer and among the league leaders in assists. But he's also an avid car fan. In fact, his love of automobiles has turned into a budding business.
Carrss, Cory Alexander's Rims, Racing, Sound and Security is a dealership as well as a custom audio and video accessory shop in Richmond, installing everything from TV's and DVD players to rims and wheels.
Cory:
As the boss, Alexander has his pick of hot rods to drive. And guessing what he'll show up in next has become quite the game for his teammates and coaches.
Kent: Nats: Cory:
Even if he never makes it from the D-League back to the NBA, Alexander won't be spinning his wheels looking for a career. In Roanoke, Travis Wells, News 7 Sports.))

[S-Busch]

[ANCHOR=Mike]
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The NASCAR Busch series race that was washed out on Saturday - got the green flag today at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham.
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[SUPER=03-Rockingham, NC/FX; :00]
Blue skies, sunshine and a good bit of wind greeted those few fans who were able to make it back to the track for the race. Those in attendance got to see a dominating performance from Jamie McMurray who led all but 5 of the 197 circuits in route to his second straight Busch victory at the Rock. Pole sitter David Green on the outside - did a nice job of passing Todd Bodine on the final lap to take second place.

Stacy Compton hit the outside wall on the final lap and Stacy would finish 22nd today. The biggest mishap occurred on lap 117 when Shane Hmiel was hit the rear by Larry Gunselman - the shove then sent Hmiel right into the side of Mike Wallace. The race was red flagged 9 minutes for this mishap and Wallace and Hmiel almost came to blows. Wallace likely will be fined for a cussing tirade that was caught on LIVE TV.
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[S-UVa]

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The UVa football team has decided to fill its offensive coordinator vacancy from in-house. This afternoon Groh named his offensive line coach Ron Prince his new offensive coordinator.
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[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Last Season; :00]
Groh also announced that his son Mike, will now coach quarterbacks as well as the receivers. Andy Heck, who was a graduate assistant last year - is now the team's tight ends coach. (------------) And Anthony Poindexter has been named a graduate assistant for the offense this coming season.