April 7th, 2011 issue #1014
April 7th, 2011
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Broken trust: Sex allegations against therapist prompt investigation
Patients came to him in their darkest hours, going through divorce, struggling with substance abuse, perhaps grieving over the loss of a loved one. But while some call Albemarle County social worker Howard Vidaver a therapist of rare talent and insight, court documents suggest he has been betraying one of the bedrock rules of his profession by engaging in sexual contact with patients. If true, the allegations suggest that he violated therapist/patient trust– and that it happened after he had already been disciplined by the state licensing board for similar behavior.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Most alleged pervs: Five men are arrested for soliciting children for sex in a Louisa, Albemarle, and Charlottesville police sting, and four are charged with using a commun...
The Dish
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2 Sides to be replaced by pizza pub?
Looks like 2 Sides Restaurant in Belmont has closed, but according to a legal notice a place called Belmont Pizza & Pub is hoping to take its place. The restaurant has ... -
Elks launch farmer's market
While the Charlottesville City Market continues to search for new and better location, the folks at Elks Lodge 389, located off Stony Point Road near Darden Towe Park, may ... -
Scream-worthy: Graeter's takes Charlottesville
Buckeyes are already familiar with Graeter's, the fourth generation family-owned Cincinnati ice creamery. Foodies may have heard Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay extol its vir... -
Some like it raw
If you're frustrated by the fact that you can't buy raw milk in Virginia, don't have a cow– buy one!
Essays
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Shine on: How long will it last?
Oh, that was one wicked big moon, wasn’t it? Like a mass hallucination. I stood by my car that magical Saturday evening, not wanting to get in and drive. I wanted to soak...
Real Estate - $old
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Property transfers
ALBEMARLE8/2Patsie H. Cutright, trustee, to James H. and Margaret B. Bowden, 3.0 acres at 3544 Red Hill School Road, North Garden, $349,000.Eddie Nelson Dunn to Kenneth Shr...
Real Estate - Update
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Still available
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: July 15, 2010 in issue 0928ADDRESS: 4444 Woods Edge Road, Keswick Forest SouthASKING PRICE: $750,000 (was $799,000) ASSESSMENT: $687,400SELLER'S...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
April 7 at 4:30pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 997 Clearfields Lane, Crozet Debtor: Gunnar R. and Tanya F. Brockett Amount owing: $320,000 Bidder brin...
Art Features
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Life lines: Holston shapes a colorful view
Reading the paper, cutting up vegetables, playing chess in the park, or just sitting on a fence— these are the everyday moments Joseph Holston abstracts in his etchings a...
DR. HooK
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Over the edge: Psychotic disorders take many forms
Reality checks are important for all of us— some more than others. Joan Rivers gives Hollywood fashionistas a run for their money, such as her criticisms of Cate Blanchet...
Movie Reviews
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Weird science: Source Code a mind-bending ride
Source Code is an ingenious thriller that comes billed as science fiction, although its science is preposterous. Does that matter, as long as everyone treats it with the gr...
Music Features
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Interview: Itzhak Perlman on love and excellence
We run interviews with musicians in this space pretty regularly, but Itzhak Perlman is in a very different class from most. At this point in his career, the Israeli violini... -
Old 97's: Now actually older, and accordingly wiser
The Old 97's were early leaders in the alt-country scene during the '90s, mixing country twang and punkish attitude with literate pop songwriting. After 17 years together, ... -
Unsmug Pug: Sometimes, nice guys do finish first
Joe Pug is a nice guy. No, really. For as much as critics and reviewers like to roll their eyes at the prospect of a genuinely nice guy making waves in the music industry, ...
News
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nTelos Pavilion: Naming rights headed to telecom co.
The Charlottesville Pavilion is losing its old name. Henceforth the Downtown Mall landmark will be known by a more corporate (and curiously-capitalized) moniker: nTelos Wir... -
Front yard slaying: Two felons arrested in dog-shooting case
Two and a half months after a 10-month old Siberian Husky named Mattie was shot and killed in an Earlysville-area front yard, police have made two arrests. -
Kaine says he's running
Former governor Tim Kaine says he's in the race for the U.S. Senate after taking a couple of months to mull over a run for the seat that will be vacated by fellow Dem Jim W... -
Now you can get the Hook delivered... through RelayFoods.com
The Hook has never claimed to offer to-your-door service. However, a local grocery service called RelayFoods.com has just begun delivering copies of the free weekly newspap... -
The Great Wave off Avon Street
A graffiti artist has transformed one of the abutments of the old Belmont Bridge into an updated rendition of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," the most famous print by 18th a... -
Trial continued: As Ragged fields erupt in green
The criminal trial has been pushed back, but the burned fields of Ragged Mountain Farm have recently emerged to look greener than the surrounding fields spared from flames ... -
Upper Bundoran: Manor house under foreclosure
Another grand Albemarle house is headed toward the auction block. Upper Bundoran, the house built by the son of the man who built Scott Stadium, is under foreclosure and wi...
On Architecture
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JPA bridge: Closed until September... 2012
The nearly 80-year-old bridge carrying Jefferson Park Avenue over the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks closed down Monday, April 4 for the first phase of the bridge's repla...
The Brazen Careerist
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Interview magic: Do your homework, dress the part
"I'm qualified, so I know I'll get the job."This phrase may be the most naive statement in the annals of job hunting. First, you probably aren’t the only qualified person...
Sports Doctor
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Squeezed: Bigwigs whitewash Fiesta Bowl corruption
How’s old G. Gordon Liddy these days? The G-Man, as he calls himself, is pretty busy with his nationally-syndicated radio show (heard in more than 250 markets, he’d lik...
Strange But True
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Man's measure: Why Harvard Bridge is 364 Smoots long
Q. How did the Harvard Bridge, connecting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with its fraternities across the Charles River, come to be 364.4 "Smoots" long? (The loc...
Facetime
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Tulip Man(ia): Pick-your-own fest blossoms
When Jeroen Koeman says he's the Tulip Man, the Madison County resident is just stating a fact. He comes from a line of tulip growers in Holland, where six of his father'...
Letters
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Time for us to help the Haven
Several years ago, a homeless man died one night from the freezing cold. This mobilized local churches to form a cooperative organization called P.A.C.E.M. On a rotating ba...
Black and White
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53 MGD
Tandem Friends School students test Rivanna River water with technical direction and apparatus provided by Rivanna Conservation Society executive director Robbi Savage.