June 13th, 2002 issue #0119
June 13th, 2002
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Agnes Cross-White
Agnes Cross-White, 53Editor/publisher, The Tribune -
Amy Griffith
Amy Griffith, 40Owner/manager, Van on the Go -
Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor, 43COO, Gold Violin -
Blair Williamson
Blair Williamson, 36Vice President, S.L. Williamson -
Cheri Lewis
Cheri Lewis, 40President and founder, The Closing Company -
Cracking the glass ceiling
You’ve come a long way, baby– at least since Virginia Slims built an ad campaign around the notion that having their own brand of cigarettes gave women a step toward equality with men. True, only six Fortune 500 companies have women CEOs. And women’s earning power still is not even 75 percent of men’s, according to 1999 U.S. Department of Labor figures. -
Debbie Wyatt
Debbie Wyatt, 52Criminal/civil/constitutional lawyer -
Genevieve Murphy
Genevieve Murphy, 68Priest, Buck Mountain Episcopal Church -
Greer Wilson
Greer Wilson, 59President, Greer and Company -
Joan Schatzman
Joan Schatzman, 50Owner, Joan Schatzman Painting -
Kandi Kessler Comer
Kandi Kessler Comer, 39Director of golf, Glenmore -
Suzanne Jessup Staton
Suzanne Jessup Staton, 49Executive vice president, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Central Virginia -
Suzanne Jessup Staton
Suzanne Jessup Staton, 49Executive vice president, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Central Virginia
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Best—er– worst sex scandal of the week: Speaker of the House of Delegates and nearby Amherst resident Vance Wilkins allegedly pays $100,000 to the female victim of ...
The Dish
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Runneth over dept.
Virginia winemakers have the Governor’s Cup competition, but until last week, Virginia beer brewers were left thirsting for a contest of their own. No longer. Thanks to S...
Essays
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No comment
By Neil Steinberg
Real Estate - On the Block
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Tall order
ASKING: $299,000SIZE: 1,800 square feetYEAR BUILT: 1993ADDRESS: 1749 Rock Quarry RoadNEIGHBORHOOD: Zion CrossroadsCURB APPEAL: 6 out of a possible 10LISTED BY: Deborah Murd...
Movie Reviews
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Doo it
Here's a no-brainer: Scooby-Doo, why are you've got your GenXers with happy memories of the 1969-72 TV series and its spinoffs, and some of them have children of their ...
Music Reviews
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World beats
By Damani Harrison
News
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Day of reckoning: CHS teens face the music
There is one more aggravation for the four college students assaulted by city teenagers in January who went to Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Court June 4 for the se... -
Labrador repriever
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Strike a deal: Boxerjam marries into Progress family
The staff of Boxerjam was literally sweating last week before the announcement that the company had been acquired by Media General, Inc. Was it because they feared the deal...
Strange But True
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Playing a gag
Q: I’ve heard that for some of his stunts, Harry Houdini first had to master control of his "gag reflex." What was the point of that? –L. LovelaceA: To free himself fro...
Letters
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Unlimited suspicion
Ron Chandler argues that the arrival of such competition as Whole Foods "definitely made a difference" in the fortunes of his health food store ["Peculiar' health food stor... -
Unlimited thrift marked the spot
Enjoyed the news item on the demise of Unlimited Vitality. [June 6: "Peculiar' health food store is no more."]Guess there was a limit after all! The owners often made me wo...
Cultural preview
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Batteaux season
School’s out, and so begins the scramble for summertime fun. Seasoned parents know most of the options, but every once in a while something pops up on the radar that is s... -
Book it
The summer I turned nine, my mother started taking my siblings and I into the city to go to the public library. Books could be checked out for three weeks, so that’s how ... -
Enough is not Onuf
If your chosen medium is encaustic, as is the case with Kristin Onuf, you make art by layering hot wax. As Onuf helpfully points out, the word, “encaustic” derives from... -
Picket line love
By Elizabeth Kiem -
Summer stage
As the summer temperatures heat up, so do the offerings on local stages. In Charlottesville, summer is the time for theater activity. Live Arts brings on their souped-up ve... -
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
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Winning moves
By Mara Rockliff