September 29th, 2011 issue #1039
September 29th, 2011
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Turf warriors: Silverbacks put Charlottesville on the football map
When a football team with the name Virginia Silverbacks hits the field, you might expect to see a bunch of macho guys living up to their animal kingdom namesake, flaunting their strength, agility and aggression. You'd be right, but then you might also be surprised at the colors worn by those same tough guys on this game day: black, silver and– pink? Pink socks and pink tape around ankles, knees and elbows. If it's incongruous, it's for a good cause.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Most disturbing statistics: One in five Charlottesville families can't pay their bils and one in three can't afford day care and transportation costs to keep a job, accordi...
The Dish
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Dog gone, Cracker Barrel talk, taco bars, and a day with Joel
After a little over a year, the Downtown Hotdog Company in York Place on the Downtown Mall has called it quits.
Essays
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Like Halprin: Passonneau had a vision for Charlottesville
Joseph Passonneau, a renowned American architect-engineer, died in Washington, D.C. in late August at the age of 90. Among his accomplishments was his design of I-70 throug...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Hidden treasure
8/1/2011 Hollymead Square LLC to Gay Alvis, 2720 Gatewood Circle, $150,000, Albemarle Krisin Galvin to Catherine Fraleigh & Kathleen Quinn, 270 Riverbend, Unit 1C, $120...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Crozet cottage: Beat tracks to this tiny charmer
Address: 5859 McComb StreetNeighborhood: CrozetAsking: $169,000Assessment: $127,600Year Built: 1920Size: 884 fin. sq. ft.Land: .18 acresCurb Appeal: 6 out of 10Agent:...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
September 30 at 3pm at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 3585 Hungrytown Road Debtor: John A. Saury Original amount owing: $130,000 Bidder brings: 10 percent sale price In...
Art Features
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A/V club: LP-grooving artists rock out at PVCC
In this age of iTunes and Spotify, when people are as likely to listen to music on their phones as to slip in a CD, something has been lost: rock’s visual component. Whil...
DR. HooK
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Hysteria: Wash food to avoid scary listeria
Cantaloupe for birthdays is so much better than a birthday cake. Trust me! It’s mouth-watering, crisp, sweet, vitamin-filled, and doesn’t add an extra inch to your wais...
Movie Reviews
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Gripping: 'Moneyball' not just for sports fans
In the 2002 season, the nation's lowest-paid Major League Baseball team put together a 20-game winning streak, setting a new American League record. The team began that sam...
Music Features
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Interview: Behind the curtain with Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus needs no introduction in this town. A former UVA student, he co-founded the influential indie band Pavement in 1989 as a studio project that developed such ...
News
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Book Fest announces headliners
Basketball legend Jerry West is coming for the Virginia Festival of the Book's March 21 Leadership Breakfast. University of Richmond prez/History Guy Ed Ayers will be the M... -
Can Professor Cline save the Taubman?
Roanoke's futuristic-looking Taubman museum isn't meeting attendance projections, so they've brought in the ever-colorful "Professor" Mark Cline, of dinosaur-and-Foamhenge ... -
Confidentiality or censorship? Cav Daily slapped with conduct charges
When the members of the managing board of the Cavalier Daily discovered they had a plagiarist on staff, they turned the offending writer over to the Honor Committee–... -
CPC offers umbrella idea
Charlottesville Parking Center, the company that runs three downtown parking facilities, has found a novel way to help rain-inconvenienced pedestrians while boosting its ow... -
Sanctions: Allied Concrete attorneys want $900K in legal fees
The tragic day in 2007 when an Allied Concrete mixer crossed paths on Route 53 with the car of a young married couple, it took more than 25-year-old Jessica Scott Lester's ... -
Seeing green: Rio/29 cameras nab 7,638 drivers
County police say recent headlines about the PhotoSafe red light camera program at the intersection of Route 29 and Rio Road have given it a bad rap. -
Tough judge: Caravati court known for harsh sentencing
Former Mayor Blake Caravati made his first appearance in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Friday, September 16, but details of the incident that led to his being ch...
On Architecture
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Fraternity fall: Horrific outcome as balcony rail breaks
The wooden railing surrounding a University of Virginia fraternity's covered concrete porch appears to have collapsed–- or at least pulled away from the surrounding c...
The Brazen Careerist
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Quit, write, clean up: Penelope answers readers' questions
It's the Penelope Trunk Q&A column. I like to think my columns answer the questions that people don't ask but should. But today I'll answer the questions that people ac...
Sports Doctor
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2-2 record: Now's no time for Cav desperation
Fans who are having anxiety attacks over UVA’s losses to UNC and Southern Miss need to breathe into a paper bag and splash their face with cold water. And if that doesn�...
Strange But True
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Wolf to dog: It took 12,000 years to create Lassie
Q. How did dogs get to be "man's best friend"? –F. WaltonA. Our relationship with wolves goes back to about 20,000 B.C., when herds of large prey roamed the last Ice Age ...
Online only
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Drug or treat? Taubes headlines 'sugar busting' event
Charlottesville City School Board candidate Ivana Kadija hasn't been quiet about her mission: restricting sugar in schools. In an event tonight dubbed "The Case Against Sug... -
If only the neighbors had rallied behind dredging...
Neighbors shocked to find that they live near dynamite blasting might have been better served by getting enthused about a technology that's much quieter and which might hav... -
Table of Contents
COVERTurf warsIn this, its first season, Charlottesville's new semi-pro football team, the Virginia Silverbacks, racked up a winning record. But the coaches and players say...