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Sheri Iachetta: Registrar with a cause Published on Sep 16th, 2004 0 comments Sheri Iachetta staunchly proclaims her nonpartisanship. And just when you think you see a hint of where her political allegiances lie– a Democratic donkey Beanie Baby on her desk– you...
Buckeye Howell: Show him the patience Published on Sep 9th, 2004 0 comments Because Ed Howell has loaded his McKim Hall office with sports memorabilia, one gets the sense that his high school coaching days are never far from his mind. But if you ask, the CEO of UVA's Medical...
Full circle: Conover an activist indoors and out Published on Sep 2nd, 2004 0 comments "It was sexy, powerful, intriguing, intellectually interesting. It was a politicized world. Things were happening." This is John Conover speaking– but he's not describing today's zesty...
Magic shop: Bookstore beckoned, Sandy came Published on Aug 26th, 2004 0 comments The homely clutter and dim lighting of the Daedalus Book Shop on Fourth Street make the overstuffed store seem like the sort of mystical place from which many of the adventure stories housed within...
Barbara Shifflett: My (county) fair lady Published on Aug 19th, 2004 0 comments There were two well-known Barbara Shiffletts in town. Now there's one. Event management is the specialty of one of the Barbara Shiffletts, and so apparently it was no big deal to make time for her...
Peterson's pride: Leaving behind Ten, not 10 Published on Jul 15th, 2004 0 comments You've seen the green awnings, but you don't have the faintest clue what goes on inside. For many people, Region Ten flies under the radar– but its executive director, Jim Peterson, doesn't...
George Bailey: It's a wonderful life Published on Jul 8th, 2004 0 comments Former Albemarle Sheriff George Bailey has more in common with the Jimmy Stewart holiday classic movie than the lead character's name. Sheriff Bailey, too, grew up in an area where he had deep roots...
Ray Caddell: The (fireworks) show must go on Published on Jul 1st, 2004 0 comments Ray Caddell is listening to a CD by Cab Calloway's granddaughter in his Century 21 office. That really doesn't come as a surprise, because when he's not the "Hard Working Nice Guy" real estate agent...
Julie Myers: Walk softly, carry a big (lacrosse) stick Published on Jun 24th, 2004 0 comments The pink Lacoste shirt, shorts, and kicky pink flip-flops somehow don't seem to square with the fact that Julie Myers is a jock– and a wunderkind in women's lacrosse. Myers became head coach at...
Oliver's twist: Developer or activist? Published on Jun 17th, 2004 0 comments At six-feet, four-inches tall, 230 pounds, and with a tiny remnant of a German accent left over from his European childhood, downtown developer Oliver Kuttner could present an intimidating first...
Lucky O'Connor: Big 'small ball' season Published on Jun 10th, 2004 0 comments "Brian O'Connor, male model extraordinaire," cracks one UVA baseball player as his coach has his photo taken in the dugout. "Hey Coach, gonna change your name to Zoolander?" says another. O'Connor...
<I>Vox populi</I>: Lloyd Snook pleads his case Published on Jun 3rd, 2004 0 comments Two years ago, when Republican Rob Schilling was elected to City Council, Democratic Party chair Lloyd Snook took the heat for being at the helm when the Dems lost their first seat in 16 years. "...
Directing <I>Mickey</I>: Wilson eyes summer crowds Published on May 27th, 2004 0 comments Hugh Wilson apologizes for being late for his interview. The phone rang– his buddy John Grisham was calling from somewhere out of the country where he'd gone bonefishing. Naturally, he had to...
Barber of C'ville: Tiki comes to town Published on May 20th, 2004 0 comments Tiki Barber may be most comfortable on the playing field at Giant Stadium, but he's not going to let a little public speaking rattle him. "I've spoken at a lot of events," says the UVA alum who...
Rockin' racket: Tinsley's tennis nets big names Published on May 13th, 2004 0 comments It's about an hour before midnight on Monday, May 10, before Dave Matthews band violinist Boyd Tinsley finds time to chat. But for Tinsley, rock star, husband, and father of two, it may as well be...
Al Weed: Green Beret in farmer's clothing Published on May 6th, 2004 0 comments Al Weed ran away to be a farmer when he was in the seventh grade, and that story is posted prominently on his website. "It could have been an extreme reaction to living in New York," he says. "I...
Lisa Collis: Not in anyone's shadow Published on Apr 29th, 2004 0 comments It's impossible not to be charmed by a famous University of Virginia graduate who, returning to the Lawn for the first time since her graduation, candidly admits, "The only time I put on a skirt in...
Vance High: Independent with poetic license Published on Apr 22nd, 2004 0 comments "Independent runs Voters who want change today Keep our city green." On the political spectrum, indy City Council candidate/haiku writer Vance High counts himself a supporter of the 2002 Democrats...
Banner year: Mulligan Thomas eyes prize Published on Apr 15th, 2004 0 comments When 22-year-old Laura Mulligan arrived at Charlottesville High School in the fall of 1982, the string program was in its infancy. There was no orchestra, just a small chamber ensemble made up of...
Unmuzzled: Censors steer clear of O'Neil Published on Apr 8th, 2004 0 comments Bob O'Neil can drop big names in 20th-century constitutional matters like nobody else– and all with a personal connection. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan? O'Neil clerked for him on the...
That's her!: Peppy dashes through Museum Published on Apr 1st, 2004 0 comments "It's my real name, it's Hungarian, and I was never a cheerleader in high school." That answer takes care of the first question people usually ask Virginia Discovery Museum director Peppy Linden: "...
Clyde Edgerton: Pilot, professor, papa... Published on Mar 25th, 2004 0 comments The last time Clyde Edgerton did a reading for the Virginia Festival of the Book, he had the audience at Culbreth collectively about to wet its pants. And this was with Lee Smith, no slouch in...
Author-finder: Damon tells Festival secrets Published on Mar 18th, 2004 0 comments The war in Iraq began on the first day of last year's Virginia Festival of the Book, so program director Nancy Damon can handle just about any disaster. Usually the disasters are not quite so...
Lynchian: Engineering that vision thing Published on Mar 11th, 2004 0 comments Throughout his first term on City Council, Kevin Lynch has frequently sided with Mayor Maurice Cox– including a recent on-its-way-down vote in favor of the controversial Preston Commons...
Oracle unseen: Republican Reinicke plunges into politics Published on Mar 4th, 2004 0 comments Ann Reinicke admits she has a tendency to jump in over her head. Certainly that was the case with her current job, teaching UVA employees how to use the university's new Oracle software. "I'd never...
Not Cox's: Hamilton dances to her own beat Published on Feb 26th, 2004 0 comments (The third in our series on City Council candidates) Words are the sea that Kendra Hamilton swims in. In her official job, she's an editor of the Fairfax-based magazine Black Issues in Higher...
Kenneth Jackson: Not your stereotypical Republican Published on Feb 19th, 2004 0 comments He's African American. He's gay. He lives in Section 8 housing. So why is Kenneth Jackson running for City Council as a Republican? Jackson doesn't put too much stock in political parties, but his...
The adjuster: Brown wants a crack at Council Published on Feb 12th, 2004 0 comments (First in our series of HotSeats on City Council candidates) Published February 12, 2004, in issue#0306 of the Hook As a chiropractor, David Brown knows that small adjustments can make a big...
Wyant's score: Living fantasy on the board Published on Feb 5th, 2004 0 comments White Hall has an official community center building, but the real community center is across the street at Wyant's Store. Inside the front door of this quintessential country store, at a table with...
Ron Hutchinson: From supe to nuts? Published on Jan 29th, 2004 0 comments Can a workaholic school superintendent find happiness when he retires in June, and, oh yeah, fix that $2 million shortfall facing Charlottesville schools before he rides into the sunset? Ron...