January 29th, 2004 issue #0304

January 29th, 2004

This boy's lawsuit: Alan Newsom's $150,000 t-shirt

Alan Newsom looks like a pretty typical 13-year-old. He wears standard eighth-grade garb– the backwards baseball cap, baggy, low-slung jeans, and a t-shirt. It's the latter item of apparel that propelled Newsom into court and provoked a precedent-setting decision on school policy and the First Amendment.

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The week in review

Best new episode in Louisa's continuing police soap opera: The town's police chief and another officer are arrested for assault and battery, according to a Braxton Williams...

Nip tuck: Capshaw's Light gets a lift

Always eager for an excuse, Dish paid a visit to the Blue Light Grill this week to check on the status of their ongoing renovations. Like the prime minister of Italy, Silvi...

Ungodly politics: Dean bends to pressure

The other day, I was reading an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean in Newsweek when I had to stop and check that it was indeed Newsweek and not, s...

Should schools restrict what students wear?

Matt Cierce: "No. I think it is a form of personal expression that should be the prerogative of each student." Roberta Williamson: "That's a tricky one. Yes. I like the ...

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ALBEMARLE 10/3 George T. and Laverne W. Durrette to Richard D. White and Linda C. Sipe, 3.0 acres at 864 Newtown Road, Greenwood, $50,000. Douglas S. Paige to Aaron...

Crossbreed: A craftsman meets a barn

ADDRESS: 4465 Mockernut Lane ASKING: $625,000 SIZE: 3600 fin. sq. ft., 352 unfin. sq. ft. YEAR BUILT: 2001 NEIGHBORHOOD: Hickory Ridge CURB APPEAL: 8 out of a possible 10 L...

Update

What happened to "On the Blocks" of the past? APPEARED IN THE HOOK: June 12, 2003, in issue #0223 ADDRESS: 975 Locust Ave ASKING PRICE: $639,000 SELLING PRICE: $525,000 DAY...

Foreclosure auctions

January 29 at 10am at the Fluvanna County Courthouse Property: 13 Cliftwood Drive, Lake Monticello Debtor: unknown Amount owing: $75,920 Bidder brings: $7,000 or 10 percen...

Brush with Greitness: Nobody home at the Vermeers'

Subtlety can be a virtue in movies, especially since it's such a rare commodity in Hollywood. But like anything else in cinema, it can be overused. Girl with a Pearl Earrin...

Stiff competition: Tough town for new band

Stoned Stew Jazz Bandat Miller'sSaturday, January 24 They say that being cold is all in your mind. Well, my brain has been cold for going on two weeks now. The fluid betwe...
Three for three: Local women in the round

Jan Smith, Joia Wood, and Terri Allardat Gravity Lounge January 24 If you were looking for the ladies last Saturday night, probably the easiest way to see them (apart from ...

Arrivederci: Cox era on Council to end

It's August, 1994, and City Council chambers are packed. Up pops a 35-year-old Charlottesville newcomer to chime in on developer Lee Danielson's plea to let traffic cross t...
Danielson's digs: Hotel to light up downtown

Lee Danielson has broken his promise. In 1996, after several highly publicized run-ins with City officials, the California-based developer, widely credited with filling the...
Dry rush: Carwash suit gets court date

In the legal war between Henry Weinschenk, owner of Express Car Wash, and the City of Charlottesville, February 12 marks the next skirmish. That's the day Weinschenk, backe...
Real deal? Keller Williams moves in

Even through the recession of the last three years, the Charlottesville real estate market stayed hot. Local real estate firms thrived, and now, it seems, a newcomer is hop...
Sharp eyes: Laser surgery's all the rage

There's something we can all agree on: Few prospects are less appealing than having your eyeball sliced open. However, one of those prospects must be wearing glasses–...

Sports talk stinks: Learn to do it anyway

For those of you who cannot shut up about the Super Bowl game, think about your impact on the workplace: A study of Harvard Business School graduates found that in 85 perce...

Don't panic: The halo you see is yours

DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Where's the scariest place you might see a halo around someone's head? How about your own head?T. V. Mary

Killer movie: Filmmaker turns disease into documentary

An insect bite transmits a parasite into the blood that eats the internal organs. Symptoms may not show up until 20 years later– and there's no cure. "It kills you ve...

Ron Hutchinson: From supe to nuts?

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 in...

Cremaster is not art

In response to your Cremaster article [January 14 Culture: Art: "Arty or art? Cremaster Cycle tests limits"], we had the unfortunate experience of seeing the Cremaster inst...
Facelift deception?

[Re: January 22 cover story: "Extreme makover: New zoning gives Charlottesville a fresh look"] Did anyone notice the number of vehicles in the renderings of Emmet Street an...
Put Conchita in the movies

I would like to congratulate you on the fine articles in the January 8 issue of The Hook about O. Winston Link and also thank you for introducing our family to his legacy. ...

Cultural calendar, January 29-February 5, 2004

THURSDAY, January 29 ART All the finer things: Shake the blues with a trip to Richmond for Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, t...