September 2nd, 2004 issue #0335
September 2nd, 2004
4Better Or Worse
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Worst flooding: Tropical Storm Gaston drops 10 inches of rain on Richmond August 30, wrecking Shockoe Bottom and leaving five dead in its wake. Governor Mark Warner declare...
Editor's Note
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Behind the movement- Dave has long purged... um, demons
"It was like a long, enjoyable bowel movement," he says, eyebrows back-flipping for loopy effect. "The good kind one that doesn't require wiping and happens in less than tw...
The Dish
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Down at Dave's: Drink the water, eat the eggs
When I first opened a carton of Best of What's Around eggs, sold at stores like Foods of All Nations and Rebecca's, I smiled. There perched a dozen of the freshest, funnies...
Question of the Week
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What's your view of the alleged DMB sewage dump?
Jessie Taylor: "I feel bad for the band. They're going to lose a lot of fans' respect because they are known as being environmentally conscious." James Cole: "I think the...
Real Estate - $old
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ALBEMARLE 6/29 Kevin A. Lease and Joelle N. Quoirin to Stephanie Imbalzano, 1055 Towne Lane, Village Square, $190,000. Evergreen Land Company to Gaffney Homes LLC, ...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Moderation: Some things better left alone
ADDRESS: 1200 Hazel Street ASKING: $675,000 SIZE: 3,546 fin. sq. ft., 1,366 unfin. YEAR BUILT: 1939 NEIGHBORHOOD: Locust Grove CURB APPEAL: 9 of 10 LISTED BY: Anthony McGhe...
Real Estate - Update
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Update
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: May 13, 2004 in Issue 0319 ADDRESS: 3501 Layton Drive ASKING PRICE: $295,000 SELLING PRICE: $330,000 (4 acres conveyed instead of original 2) DAYS TO ...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
September 2, at 9am, at the Fluvanna County Courthouse Property: 10.363 acres on U.S. Route 15, Bremo Bluff Debtor: Helen M. Green Amount owing: $77,800 Bidder brings: $7,...
Movie Reviews
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Un-Fair! Reese-- not dull, but not Sharp
We knee-jerk liberals hear a title like Vanity Fair and automatically think, "Vanity Unfair!" After all, we're the spiritual children of Marlon Brando's rebel in The Wild O...
Music Reviews
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Make it good: Food for thought x 3
Lyrics Ave, Richelle Claiborne, Etchings of Soul Women at Live ArtsSaturday, August 28 I have come under a lot of fire recently for some comments I made about the new... -
Road range: Friday fun on all sides
Monticello Road at Fridays after 5August 27 Though making brothers and sisters for only about two hours once a week, the Fridays After 5 concert series on the Downtown Mal...
News
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Asphalted: Police collar paving protestor
Louis Schultz called the police to stop what he calls the unauthorized paving of a street in Woolen Mills. Instead, officers ended up arresting Schultz when he sat down in ... -
Big deed: Downtown house sets price record
Robert Vickery lives just a few doors down from the house he sold in 1996 for $395,000. But he might as well be living in Heartbreak Hotel. On August 17, that same house, n... -
Concertina coda? Presley, city eye trail settlement
Shirley Presley's long battle to keep Rivanna Trail hikers off her Bland Circle property may be drawing to an end. She appeared in court August 31 on misdemeanor charges of... -
Crusted stuff: Under the bridge and screaming
The stink over an alleged sewage dump by a DMB tour bus continues to spread. On August 24, the state of Illinois filed a civil suit to the tune of $70,000 against the Dave ... -
Farewell, Frontbutt: Local band sits down
For five years, the boys of Frontbutt have been wiping out crowds with their blend of classic '80s and '90s hip-hop. Now, their roll has run out. "It started with me," expl... -
Fried: Agrave la carte no more in Albemarle
Students immediately noticed: the most popular cafeteria offering in Albemarle high schools, an order of french fries, is no longer available, at least not a la carte. Now ... -
New turf: Serial rapist attacks again
The initial newspaper report of the August 18 Webland Drive attack did not mention the serial rapist, nor, indeed, even that there had been a sexual assault. However, sever... -
Razing Main: Capshaw fells Peyton's place
An early West Main street auto dealership now part of band manager Coran Capshaw's voluminous holdings began its crumble into oblivion on Thursday, August 26. "The building...
The Brazen Careerist
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Barnyard leçons: Learn from dead critters
One summer, when I found myself with no job and no plan, I panicked and took a job on a chicken farm in the French countryside. I told myself the job would look good on my ...
Sports Doctor
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SPORTS WRAP
Worst pre-washout washout: When all else fails, blame it on the grounds. Despite battling through the heat of a pennant race, the Richmond Braves cannot even enjoy home fie...
Strange But True
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What's that? A backyard surprise from heaven
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Which of the following might you conceivably discover in your backyard one morning? a) a meteor b) a meteorite c) a meteoroid d...
Facetime
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Confronting taboos: The low-down on the down low
Last April 16, it was business as usual at Kenneth Coles' Market Street hair salon. While customers waited on the cream leather couch for their turns under Coles' sought-af...
Hotseat
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Full circle: Conover an activist indoors and out
"It was sexy, powerful, intriguing, intellectually interesting. It was a politicized world. Things were happening." This is John Conover speaking– but he's not descri...
Letters
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Do locals always rule?
I just had a chance to look through your Annual Manual [August 7]. Are you aware that local "old timers" pronounce Monticello as mont-i-SELL-o? It's kind of incongruous to ... -
Not funny, witty, or cute
Only in the Hook would there be mention of a means of birth control in a blurb about a listing for a bed and breakfast. [August 19, "On the Block": "Two sorts of people wil... -
Our mall will be botched
A certain part of the building boom makes me mad. [August 19: "Boomtown Flats: Downtown's Building Frenzy"] Seeing the pictures of the planned Presidents Plaza re-ignited m... -
Thanks for abortion coverage
Thank you for running the article about the new Planned Parenthood Center that opened recently on Hydraulic Road [July 12: "RU Ready? Abortion options widen with Jones"]. W... -
This broadband doesn't interfere
In reference to the August 19 letter posted by Charles G. Battig entitled "Juicy broadband faces hurdles," there is a major inaccuracy about Broadband over Powerline (BPL) ... -
You'd credit your own
As a local architect, I appreciate the attention the Hook gives to local construction and real estate development, especially when such attention results in a cover story [...
Cultural preview
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Cultural calendar, Septembre 2-9, 2004
THURSDAY, September 2 FAMILY AND WALKABOUT Ferris Wheel, Food, Diving Ducks: The Albemarle County Fair is in full swing at the fairgrounds in North Garden...