April 28th, 2005 issue #0417
April 28th, 2005
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The cost of living...well: <I>La dolce vita</I> in Charlottesville
PHOTOS BY BY JEN FARIELLO [email protected] They're here among us. You see them strolling the Downtown Mall on a Friday night– chatting, laughing, and generally acting like everybody else.
4Better Or Worse
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Shortest tenure: Embattled Charlottesville school superintendent Scottie Griffin resigns April 21 after 10 months at the helm of city schools. [More on next page–edit...
Question of the Week
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What's the song 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' about?
Mike Brody: "About me wanting you to stand farther away." Heather Flynn: "It's a well-known fact that Sting doesn't wear deodorant. Maybe he's warning everyone." ...
Real Estate - Update
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Update- SOLD!
ADDRESS: 146 Main Street, Stanardsville APPEARED IN THE HOOK: November 25, 2004 in issue 0347 ASKING PRICE: $748,000 SELLING PRICE: $748,000 DAYS TO CONTRACT: 120 SELLER'S...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
April 28 at 1:30pm at the Nelson County Courthouse Property: 1.039 acres at 968 Foxhollow Road, Afton Debtor: Leslie S. Mayo Amount owing: $151,000 Bidder brings: $15,000 ...
Music Reviews
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Cornucopia: Full weekend of tip-top tunes
Athens Boys Choir and Amy Ray at Starr HillFriday, April 22 Fighting Gravityat Starr HillSaturday, April 23 Ryloat Atomic Burrito>BR>Saturday, April 23 Every once ... -
No recess! You're in high school again
Saturday night at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar was like being in high school again, though with noticeably hipper surroundings than the lime green-tiled hallways that haunted ... -
Thumbthing missing: Don't pick up
252"> The HooK: MOVIE REVIEW- Thumbthing missing: Don't pick up
News
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<I>Tour de town</I>: French students explore <I>la difference</I>
Like many Europeans, 17 French students visiting our town knew American culture only through music, movies, and media masters like Dr. Dre and Michael Moore. Now, the 17 hi... -
Crossing over: Fridays moves south, spotlights locals
Fridays After Five kicks off its 18th season May 6 with a headliner band called Indecision, but organizers of Charlottesville's biggest outdoor music party sure aren't waff... -
NEWS- The Jump: Thrill-seeking teens terrorize mom
Cameron Sipe was driving down bucolic Old Ballard Road in Ivy around 5pm with two three-year-olds. "I saw this car coming towards me– air bound," she recounts. She lo... -
Ouster ousted: Court dismisses Peatross case
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a judicial board's attempt to remove an Albemarle County judge because of ethical questions regarding his handling of several... -
Reel estate: Catch more buys with Vinegar?
While Vinegar Hill Theater is best known for its screenings of arthouse flicks, this week it started screening something else: potential buyers. Owners Ann Porotti and Davi... -
Sue 'em? Post-Griffin, board takes the heat
Superintendent Scottie Griffin may be history, but the problems with the city schools are very much alive. In fact, just a week after school board chair Dede Smith announce...
The Brazen Careerist
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Free agency: Love those job options
The idea that someone will stay at one company for a whole career went out the window more than a decade ago. Now most people will have more than eight jobs between the tim...
Strange But True
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Wink, wink: Not everybody can do it
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Some people are not able to wink. This poses quite a nuisance when looking through a camera, etc. Were they dropped as a baby or some...
Facetime
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FACETIME- Label this: Easy Star is hard work
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Silvercrest: Helping the rich get richer
G. Moffett Cochran V admits he'd much prefer a name like Joe. As for the Roman numeral designation, "I don't use that," he protests, whipping out a business card. Still, a ...
Letters
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<I>Hook</I> should be ashamed
Are you nuts? I just finished reading your piece on autism in the April 7 issue ["Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?"]. You really published such a one-sided article o... -
Just say no to vaccines
Thanks so much for your informative April 7 cover story, "Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?" When my wife was pregnant with our first child in early 2003, I started r... -
My brother's autism
Thank you for publishing the article on mercury and autism in the April 7 edition of The Hook. My 3-year-old brother has autism. The doctors told my mom and dad that there ... -
No UVA docs at meeting
Thanks so much for your informative April 7 cover story. ["Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?"] As of today, Sunday, April 24, no UVA physicians have registered for ou... -
Thanks for truth about Buddy
Many thanks to my friend Rey Barry for the little-known history of the times Buddy Glover served occasional black customers before the 1963 sit-in at his popular restaurant...
Cultural preview
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Cultural Calendar, April 28-May 5, 2005
THURSDAY, April 28 FAMILY Driving Parents Crazy: Albemarle driver education instructor Richard Wharam talks to parents about teaching their teens to drive...