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Extreme Makeover in Seminole
To rebuild a shooting victim's home in a week, a TV army invaded.
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[Times photo: John Pendygraft]
The Dolan family wait to enter their new home for the first time Sunday afternoon.

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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition


Home sweet home
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May 2, 2005
TV land reveals extreme kindness
By CHASE SQUIRES
Sponsors also heaped gifts upon the Dolan family, including a college scholarship, a Buick and $100,000.
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March 15, 2005
A fast-and-dirty job? Nope
By CURTIS KRUEGER
Experts say skilled workers, no-expense-spared methods and onsite inspectors ensured quality in a clock-racing home project.
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'Extreme' builder remembers other victims too
By CHASE SQUIRES
A scholarship is set up in one woman's name, and another victim's survivors get a home rent-free for a year.
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March 14, 2005
Bittersweet makeover
By CHASE SQUIRES
James Dolan was shot while working a second job to pay to fix his home. On Sunday, his new home was unveiled.
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March 12, 2005
Governor to visit home site today
By CHASE SQUIRES
As the deadline to finish the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project in Seminole loomed, Gov. Jeb Bush planned a visit today to crews that have erected a 3,500-square-foot house in less than seven days and congratulate them on the effort and the show's charitable deeds.
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Extremely noble deeds
By BETH N. GRAY
Dozens of volunteers from Hernando County are helping to build a home for a Seminole family in seven days.
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March 11, 2005
Weather improves for 'Extreme Makeover' work
By CHASE SQUIRES
SEMINOLE - As crews for ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and partner Lexington Homes continued work at the 99th Way N home of James Dolan on Thursday, preparations were being made for the grand unveiling Sunday.
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March 10, 2005
Extreme conditions for 'Extreme Makeover' crew
By CHASE SQUIRES
SEMINOLE - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition builders were extremely wet, extremely cold and extremely productive in the predawn hours Wednesday. By midmorning, the giant home they are building for shooting victim James Dolan had walls, windows and a roof.
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March 9, 2005
New start in a cloud of dust
By CHASE SQUIRES
Crowds gather to cheer on a TV show's demolition crew, which is helping a family get a new custom home after a tragic shooting.
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March 8, 2005
It's demolition day as TV show prepares to replace home
By CHASE SQUIRES
Neighbors are supportive as work crews from Extreme Makeover take over the area.
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PREVIOUS COVERAGE
Shooting survivor improving, still facing surgeries (12/4/04)
By Lauren Bayne Anderson
Two weeks after he was shot at a RadioShack, James Dolan "just wants to get out of the hospital," a family spokesman says.
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