January 23rd, 2003 issue #0203
January 23rd, 2003
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Avoiding wrecks: Consumer tips for you
Some steps to minimize the risk of acquiring a pre-wrecked vehicle: –Begin by looking at its reliability record. If repair records aren't available, that's a bad sign. –Order a Carfax report, carfax.com, but remember that it's not possible to know whether the report is complete. If it includes a history of being salvaged, most buyers would probably stop at that point– but not necessarily: If the car passes muster with a mechanic trained to look for signs of substandard rebuilding or potential danger, it may still be worth buying. -
Taken for a ride: loopholes for lemons and the secret history of salvaged cars
It sounds like something from the Twilight Zone. A Scottsville woman goes into a local auto dealership and shells out nearly $20,000 for a late-model used car. Within a year, she discovers the car has a secret past: Before she bought it, it had been totaled in a tangle with a tractor-trailer. But the dealer won't give her more than $8,000 to take it back.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Best protest: Between 30,000 and 500,000 peace lovers mass January 18 in Washington to protest a war with Iraq. Best local protest: The Center for Peace and Justice estimat...
The Dish
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Have another! Tapas on the table at Mas
The wait is just about over. Will the wait be worth it? Locals can now find out– as Mas Tapas Bar plans to open its big glass doors on Friday, January 24– assum...
Essays
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Feet of clay: Let's take back the church
The Rev. John Banks, a New Jersey priest, was recently convicted of molesting an altar boy. He told investigators his vow of celibacy "made no direct mention of abstaining ...
Real Estate
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Foreclosures
January 30, 2003, at 5pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 16 Woodlake Drive, Four Seasons Debtor: Phyllis F. and Randolph D. Melton Originally owing: $49,400 B...
Real Estate - $old
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SOLD!
CHARLOTTESVILLE 12/27 Paul M. Brant and Karen E. Firehock to Paul M. Brant, 707 Avon Street and two parcels on Montrose Avenue, pursuant to separation agreement. Ph...
Real Estate - Off the Block
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Sale Withdrawn
1910 Barracks Road ASKING: $549,000 SIZE: 3,612 sq. ft. YEAR BUILT: 1932 NEIGHBORHOOD: Rugby Road CURB APPEAL: 4 out of a possible 10 LISTED BY: Sonja Casero of Cen...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Back to nature: Living life on Naked Mountain
ADDRESS: Dutch Creek Hollow ASKING: $675,000 SIZE: 1,000 fin. sq. ft., 108 acres YEAR BUILT: 1800 NEIGHBORHOOD: Shipman CURB APPEAL: 9 out of a possible 10 LISTED BY: Jim B...
Movie Reviews
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Your Father's "Jackass" : Em-Barris-ment for all concerned
At first glance you may think Chuck Barris deserves Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Has there ever been a more negative biography of a living person, other than a politici...
Music Reviews
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Divine descendant: Rose line-up not watered down
Somer Waters the Others, and Civil War Re-enactorsat Tokyo RoseFriday, January 17 Friday night at Tokyo Rose, despite the absence of the headlining act (the Carlsonics), ... -
Learning to swing: Boogaloo group fills in the spaces
Like Cream, CSN&Y, or The Traveling Wilburys, Phatback Boogaloo is an all-star super-group, although of the homegrown variety. The four members of this jazz act all cur...
News
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"Valley Observer" folds: Life cut short after 21 months
The staff of the Shenandoah Valley Observer was getting ready to put out last week's issue when they received some late-breaking news: There would be no January 16 issue or... -
Buffalo bash: Making the Voyage permanent
An impossibly full moon rose over Pantops Mountain Friday evening, January 17, and over the site of what organizers hope will become Charlottesville's next big tourist attr... -
Excuse my smut: UVA cranks the heat
Gregg Kendrick noticed black marks on his children's clothing. Brad Jones saw a black substance on his car. And Deloris Goins' kids asked, "What's this black stuff? This sn... -
This old, old house: PBS wants 17th-century Survivors
Just what we need: one more reality show. Oh, well, at least the new PBS offering, Colonial House, is certain to be more high-tone than those greedy-singles-looking-for-a-m... -
Tossing their cookies: Harris Teeter food heads to Tennessee
After the smoke cleared from the January 15 potato chip conflagration on aisle 11 at Harris Teeter, a company spokesperson announced that everything in the store would be t...
Strange But True
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Finest hour: Chaplains embodied courage
Q. "It was the finest thing I have ever seen or hope to see this side of heaven," said John Ladd, one of 230 survivors. What was the tragedy, what the heroic act? A. Tre...
Facetime
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Look out, Shania: There's a new half-time show in town
Up until this week, the essence of the Charlottesville Men's Book Club has been heavy on the Men and heavy on the Club, but perhaps a little light on the Book, as most of t...
Letters
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Arby's issue "beyond unfair"
I read with interest the article regarding the zoning Board's attempt to force its will on Arby's owner Tom Slonaker [News, "See you in court," January 9, 2002] (http://www... -
Good rape news?
In reference to "Dealing with a serial rapist: Professionals weigh in"[January 16, 2003], it's sad that we can't escape fear-mongering even in The Hook. Your cover would ha... -
Jaunt plays major role
I was frustrated by Courteney Stuart's article, ["Cab wars: Jaunt comes under fire"] [November 7, 2002] (http://readthehook.com/92711/news-cab-wars-jaunt-comes-under-fi... -
Scottsville can't engineer River solution
[Re: January 9 cover story: "Flooded with money, Scottsville surfaces"] (http://readthehook.com/92914/cover-story-river-city-scottsvilles-awa...): I fondly remember man...
Cultural preview
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Broadzilla
Lock away your children, shutter your windows, and hide your men-folk– the Detroit based punk/metal/pop thrash-out that is Broadzilla is coming to town! Broadzilla ar... -
Budding Brontes: Contest lures little literati
When my younger son was in first and second grades, he would ask me to help him write a letter to one or another of his friends at school. So we would sit down together, an... -
Friday frolic: Movers and shakers at McGuffey
Come the first Friday evening of every month, and the McGuffey Center is abuzz with arts enthusiasts. The local artist co-op stays open late for visitors to wander into stu... -
Hard questions: Speakers field "queer" queries
Did you ever wonder (or do you know all too well) what it’s like to be “queer” at UVA? If so, there’s no better place or time to break the silence than the acoustic... -
Range rover: Blunt breaks clean and thrives
Charlottesville is giddy with the glories of the West. Thanks to the Lewis & Clark bicentennial, virtually every aspect of the land beyond the Bitterroots has been gild... -
Triumph of the arc: Abstractions sunny and genial
It’s funny how, even today, a bunch of shapes on a canvas can seem modern and a little bit foreboding. It’s also easy to forget that fields of squares and circles and l...