October 21st, 2004 issue #0342
October 21st, 2004
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Road to Wellville: Many a bump along the way
A year ago, a Charlottesville woman between jobs contracted a bone infection. Because she was unemployed, Alice (not her real name) wasn't eligible to be seen at the Charlottesville Free Clinic. Nor did she go to either of the local hospitals– she did not know they have programs for indigent citizens. She felt hopeless. "But there's nothing you can do about it," says Alice, 46. "There's no way to pay for medical treatment."
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Worst week for Judge Paul Peatross: The state's judicial review committee unanimously recommends he be censured or removed from office, according to an October 18 filing wi...
The Dish
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Get in line: 'Hometown hero' snubs Applebee's?
When I heard that the new Applebee's at Rivanna Ridge in Pantops was devoting an entire wall of memorabilia to Dave Matthews as Charlottesville's "hometown hero," I was som...
Essays
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Letter from Kabul: Ex-Albemarle registrar watches elections
(Kabul, Afghanistan– October 5, 2004) The weather has turned, and the nights are getting chilly. But the days are still sun and dust, sun and dust. Some Asian bank ha...
Question of the Week
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Do you have health insurance?
Lea Brown: "Yes. I'm one of the lucky ones. I work at the University of Virginia. For many years before that, I was a public school teacher, so I've almost always had exc...
Real Estate - $old
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$old
ALBEMARLE 8/18 J.M. and Opal B. Peyton to PBK Real Estate LLC, 3.125 acres at 1780 Running Deer Drive, Running Deer subdivision, $206,000. John F. Gaffney to Scott ...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Green-light district: Summit's condos ready by January
ADDRESS: 820 E. High St., Apts. 1, 2, 5 & 11 ASKING: $ 180,500, $150,500, $213,000 & $339,000 BUILDING: 656, 537, 789 & 1,255 sq. ft. LAND: 0.0 acres YEAR BUIL...
Real Estate - Update
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What happened to on the blocks of the past?
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: August 12, 2004 in issue 0332 ADDRESS: 235 Buttercup Lane, Lake Reynovia ASKING PRICE: $315,000 (reduced to $305,900) SELLING PRICE: $328,500 DAYS TO ...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property Auctions
October 21, at 2pm, at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 3435 Watts Passage Debtor: James A. and Dorothy Tyree Amount owing: unknown Bidder brings: 10 percent of t...
Movie Reviews
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'Bye, Thunderbirds: Bigger, longer, and cut
Two words from one of the songs in Team America: World Police will serve as a review too: "F*** yeah!" As a fan of Trey Parker and Matt Stone even before South Park, I was ...
Music Reviews
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Hip-hop split: Two groups, two (wild) views
Mos Def The New Danger (Geffen) Mobb DeepAmerica's Nightmare (Geffen) The election's coming soon, and to tell you the truth, I'm a little bit nervous. Last we... -
Like old times: In the black at the Rose
Published October 21, 2004, in issue 0342 of the Hook Fallout Countdown, Finger Painters, and The Great White Jenkinsat Tokyo Rose Saturday, October 16 BY MARK GRABOWSKI T...
News
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Another blow: Robinson house burns to ground
Just when it seemed things couldn't get any worse for Lisa Robinson, the Earlysville mom who drew an eight-year sentence for serving alcohol to minors, her house goes up in... -
Cedar doomed: Election keeps 7th Street open
The final notes of the Fridays After 5 concert series had barely faded when contractors began the massive overhaul of the east end of the Downtown Mall. The last Fri... -
Fini: Museum on Emmet to close
The Charlottesville branch of the Virginia Museum of Natural History fought the good fight. Ever since its funding was slashed by the state in 2002, the little museum has s... -
Making waves: Saga buys Eure stations
Over the past decade, local radio listeners have heard munching noises. That was the sound of $18 billion media behemoth Clear Channel Communications gobbling up six of Cha... -
Revving up: Starlight Express shoots for NYC
While local tourism officials strive to bring visitors to Charlottesville, one new local business is aiming to get people out of town– and fast. The Starlight Express... -
Scary business: Students support demoted TA
Justin Gifford seems to be on a lot of "Most Wanted" lists. Over the years there have been waiting lists for his classes, and he received a prestigious teaching award from ... -
Seeking security? Plant defensively
Apparently the boulders delivered to guard the entrance of the Albemarle County Office Building just weren't doing the job, and they've been replaced. Giant planters are co...
The Brazen Careerist
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Putting it off: Too much, too little-- it's the same
There are two ways to not get something done: Doing a lot and doing nothing. The trick to getting your list of tasks done is to understand your method of not doing them. E...
Sports Doctor
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SPORTS WRAP
Best Impression of "Friday Night Lights": The Orange County Hornets and the Louisa County Lions produce exactly what Hollywood is always looking for when they clash in Mine...
Strange But True
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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Beneficial bolts: Lightning can do some good
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Lightning strikes kill thousands of people every year. Does lightning ever do anyone any good? –B. Franklin
Facetime
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Blade runners: Williamsons and icy synchronicity
In the business of winter sports, stagnation will land your company in the penalty box– or in the red. Fifty-two-year-old Bruce Williamson and his wife, Roberta, need...
Hotseat
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Hurricane Pat: Michaels offers alternate doomsday
You think this past month was rough on Florida? According to Pat Michaels, the Virginia state climatologist, you ain't seen nothing yet. "The insured value of hurricane-pro...
Letters
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Where's positive follow-up?
As a former teacher of sociology and world religions, I found Dr. Anderson Thomson's [September 30] cover article, "Why They Kill," the most secular humanistic and fatalist... -
alSadr no religious wacko
Religion and male bonding are components of Islamic terrorism, but J. Anderson Thompson Jr. [September 30 cover story] inappropriately simplifies the answer to "Why They Ki... -
Don't throw religion out
Regarding [the September 30 cover story] "Why They Kill," there was much in the article that helpfully explained some of the underlying, universal causes of warfare, includ...
Cultural preview
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Cultural calendar, October 21-28, 2004
THURSDAY, October 21 FAMILY Dare to Scare: Little goblins ages 5 and up can hear spine-tingling tales and sing silly songs of ghosts and witches,...