August 29th, 2002 issue #0130
August 29th, 2002
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Backpacking 1803: Explore like Lewis and Clark
A new toaster museum, a new Waltons museum– whoa, can the area stand any more Americana? Actually, the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center promises to be the biggest museum of them all. With the approaching bicentennial of that duo’s exploration of America, William Clark and Charlottesville native son Meriwether Lewis are hot historical figures.Former Charlottesville mayor Kay Slaughter, who’s spearheading the project, became interested in the explorers after reading Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage. -
Toaster museum? Kitchen nostalgia pops up everywhere
Eric Norcross didn't think he would ever be an authority on toast. One day the art history buff was grumbling to friends about the flaky state of restaurant toast ("It's too cold, it's overdone, it's underdone," he says). The next, he owned more than 700 toasters and was trying to establish a museum dedicated to the art of browning bread. Somewhere along the way, he became a font of toast trivia. Who were the first people to make toast? The Egyptians, around 4,000 B.C. Where does the word toast come from? The Latin "tostum," meaning to scorch or burn.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Best official indication the drought is no joke: Mandatory restrictions went into effect August 23 for Charlottesville and Albemarle Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority custo...
The Dish
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Gimme a dry, sandy beach
Name: Janet Heath Restaurant: Michael's Bistro & Taphouse Position: Manager Age: 29 Favorite childhood TV show? Fantasy Island with Tattoo Pool or pond? Dry sandy beach... -
Pit Stop
Dish teased a couple of weeks ago with the news that Jinx Kern, owner of the Pit Stop on Market Street, was seeking a second location, but we couldn't give specifics. This ...
Essays
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Deadly mix: Hate and religion an unlikely marriage
The most startling event of our lifetime still partly baffles most Americans. Nearly a year later, we know thousands of details about 9/11, but few can answer the deep ques...
Real Estate
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Foreclosure auctions
August 29, 2002, at 9:30am at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 1665 Stoney Creek Drive Debtor: Tracey L. Corey Originally owing: $81,000 Bidder brings: $7,500 In...
Real Estate - $old
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SOLD!
Address: 814 Hinton Avenue, Belmont Seen in The Hook : 6/27 Asking: $179,900 Contract price: $172,500 Days on market: 23 Sellers' Agent: Betty Duncan of Century 21 Man...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Ramble on: Size doesn't matter on Cherry
ASKING: $159,900 SIZE: 1252 fin. / 781 unfin. sq. ft. YEAR BUILT: 1949 ADDRESS: 1418 Cherry Avenue NEIGHBORHOOD: Johnson Village-ish CURB APPEAL: 5 out of a possible ...
Movie Reviews
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Simply Good: Aniston breathes life into new role
Independent films show that movies needn't be lavish, effects-filled overproductions. The Good Girl does that, but it also shows the same thing about hell: it doesn't have ...
Music Features
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DMBEAT- "Under Covers" Singing nancies release tribute album
From casual listeners to die-hard Daveheads, DMB fans comprise a corps not seen since the heyday of the KISS Army of the 1970s– whose object of affection also attaine... -
“Under Covers”: Singing nancies release DMB tribute album
From casual listeners to die-hard Daveheads, DMB fans comprise a corps not seen since the heyday of the KISS Army of the 1970s– whose object of affection also attaine...
News
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All the buzz: Is West Nile here yet?
Sixteen deaths and 371 cases nationwide, including a man in nearby Richmond. Two dead infected crows here in Albemarle. Should you worry about the West Nile virus? "Panic d... -
Can't get enough of The Waltons? New museum in works
At the turn of the last century, soapstone and titanium were goldmines for Nelson County. Today, it's a television show, The Waltons, and even 30 years after the series deb... -
No frogs: County Fair drops live critter contests
Since the days of Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," frog-jumping contests have been a time-honored part of county fairs. -
Walking corpse? Comdial going through the motions
While companies have come and gone and the telecommunications industry has tanked, the 2001 relocation of Comdial Corporation's headquarters to Sarasota, Florida, hit Char...
Strange But True
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Outrunning T. Rex
Q: Imagine a time-warp Kentucky Derby where somehow a 12,000-pound bi-pedal Tyrannosaurus rex chases a 1,000-pound modern racehorse. Could the thoroughbred run away? E. ...
Hotseat
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Meredith Richards: Blazing a campaign trail
The carmine-haired candidate in the Fifth District congressional race is on her way to Cumberland County, and cell phone reception is spotty. In her race against well-fund...
Letters
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It's a keeper
Many thanks for your Annual Manual [August 15, 2002]. This issue is not headed for the recycling bin. It definitely is a keeper. Thanks again. Elaine MuntnerLake Mon... -
Make the connections
Just a thought... I like your forays into the "disclosure" zone by listing property sales and purchases ["$old" August 8, 2002]. (This is the land where "real ... -
Please segregate the stories
Thank you for the inclusion of the [August 22] article by Lisa Provence on Swami Satchidananda, "Yoga master dies teaching peace in India." The article was informativ... -
Scottsville needs the hogs
[Re: "Detoured: Bikers to skip Scottsville after narrow vote," August 22] (http://readthehook.com/92406/news-update-detoured-bikers-skip-scotts...): All the uproar abou... -
They're everywhere
I am one of those "old gals" who comes out of "nowhere every Summer" to play in the city's "oom-pah" band [Annual Manual, August 9, 2002]. Man, was I surprised to fi...
Cultural preview
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Conserve this: Take it easy at Fortune's Cove
Even though The Nature Conservancy’s national headquarters is located in Arlington, the state office holds down the fort right here on our own little stretch of environme... -
New friends: Schmidt spreads word on locals
Nirvana hit when I was first starting to truly get interested in music, and one of the many things that I thank the late frontman Kurt Cobain for was his continuous champio... -
Wild blue yonder: Sky-high fun at the Flying Circus
What does a fighter pilot do after the war is over? A modern flier might logically seek employment with the airline industry. But there was no “airline industry” for th... -
Wylies's obsession: A river runs through it
In producing the photos that comprise the book Stillwater and the exhibit of the same name, photographer William Wylie spent several years along the banks of the Cache la P...