April 24th, 2003 issue #0216
April 24th, 2003
4Better Or Worse
The week in review
Worst looting: First the theft of priceless artifacts in Baghdad's National Museum of Antiquities and then the burning of the National Library leave Iraq's cultural heritag...
The Dish
Belt-tightening: Schnitzelhouse fiddles while VDOT yearns
If you've driven down Fontaine Avenue lately, you've probably noticed the new sign heralding the arrival- or reincarnation– of the Schnitzelhouse, or Ludwig's Schni...
Essays
What'll it be? Will we lead by example or force?
Now that America has settled its beef with Saddam Hussein, all eyes are turning to Syria. Top American officials have recently charged the Syrians with possessing chemical ...
Real Estate
Foreclosure auctions
April 24, 2003, at 10:30am at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 1.108 acres near Greenwood on State Route 600 Debtor: Orlando Turner Originally owing: $60,300 Bidd...Real Estate - $old
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CHARLOTTESVILLE 3/27 Curtis O. Kenney to Grace L. Tinsley, 932 Charlton Avenue, gift. 3/28 John J. and Heather L. Gildea to Joshua W. and Tracie M. Murrah, 1...Real Estate - Off the Block
Off the Block
FEATURED IN THE HOOK: October 24, 2002, issue #38 ASKING PRICE: $469,000 SELLING PRICE: $455,000 ADDRESS: 1512 Buck Mountain Road, Free Union DAYS ON THE MARKET:180 days SE...Real Estate - On the Block
Stylin': "Eclectic" defines Mineral mansion
ASKING: $238,000 SIZE: 3,576 sq. ft. fin. YEAR BUILT: 1900 ADDRESS: 331 Mineral Avenue NEIGHBORHOOD: Mineral in Louisa County CURB APPEAL: 7 out of a possible 10 LISTED BY:...
Movie Reviews
Grab fast: Foley's style keeps Confidence alive
Watching the average movie about a con game is like someone throws a thousand-dollar bill in the air and ten people grab for it; your chances are one in ten of getting it. ...
Music Reviews
Crowe-ing: Big time rockers plant the seeds
Hookah Brownat the Outback LodgeWednesday, April 16 Aaron Hawkins Exhibit / Snap! at the Starr Hill Music HallFriday, April 18
Story time: Indie rock with a plot
Robots Can't Fall In LoveSERP fraternity houseFriday, April 18 The rock opera, often decried as one of the foulest instruments of the prog-rock devil, has recently started...
News
$80K missing?: City says Adelphia owes big bucks
Trouble is no stranger to cable company Adelphia. After a very public bankruptcy claim in June 2002 (featuring perp walks for Adelphia's ruling Rigas family), problems now ...Grisham's latest: A Painted House debuts on CBS
JONESBORO– Author John Grisham says he likes the movie that was made from one of his novels, A Painted House, based on his childhood years in northeast Arkansas. "It...
Groove be gone
Crews from Atkins Excavating Inc. of Greenville have begun re-routing a water line around Little Ivy Creek, the first step to getting West Leigh its drive back. The I...Honeymoon's over: Schilling and Lynch trade barbs
Usually press conferences are pretty tame affairs, so when lone Republican Rob Schilling called April 15 to say he was holding one to explain why he voted against City Coun...
Panhandling panned: No more Mall driving, either
It's happened to Jim Tolbert at Bizou, at Miller's, at Rapture, and at Blue Light Grill. While Tolbert was dining outside at those restaurants, someone came up to ask him f...
Pioneer women: Is there gold across the tracks?
Head south on Second Street S.E., cross the railroad tracks, and you may find yourself in Charlottesville's new XX-rated district. But don't worry, there won't be any pasti...Reined in: Wasted Wahoos risk Foxfield's license
Foxfield president Benjamin Dick has a problem with a recent Daily Progress headline that reads, "ABC reaches agreement with Foxfield." "That never happened," says Dick. "W...Strange But True
Be like Mike: Headless fowl goes on and on
Q. People can obviously live with missing arms, legs, kidney, lung, gall bladder, eyes, ears, nose, and much more. But wouldn't a headless human be impossible? I. Crane ...
Facetime
Lady Jane: Portrait of a peacenik
Jane Foster lives with her husband of 50 years in a white cottage with yellow trim, nestled in a woody grove. You'd expect her to be on the local neighborhood association t...
Hotseat
Go west, young woman
One gets the feeling that for Teresa Dowell-Vest, race is never not an issue. It's integral to her work as a playwright, director, and actress, and even to her former day j...
Letters
Boo on the protesters
Why you would even give space to the students of Charlottesville High School [News, March 27: "Road protest: resistance was futile"] (http://www.readthehook.com/93240/news-...Hale's got a chance
I enjoyed your reports of long-shot challenges to incumbents in the 5th Congressional and 57th House districts [April 17, "4Better or Worse"] (http://www.readthehook.com/93...Texas dealers lie, too
I really can relate to your car salvage story [Cover story, "Taken for a ride," January 23, 2003] (http://www.readthehook.com/92968/cover-story-taken-ride-loopholes-lemons...Vote with your dollars
I would like to call recent letter writer Michael Burns [April 10, Letters: "A better way to speak: vote"] (http://www.readthehook.com/93296/letter-better-way-speak-vote) o...Cultural preview
Facing the future: Hospice helps kids cope with loss
Childhood should be a magical time, a time when a child’s growing awareness of the world is met with a state of awe and wonder that adults sometimes envy. When a young pe...Favorite sons: Native plants personalize gardens
If your knowledge of local flora begins and ends with the dogwood, then the Virginia Native Plant Society has something to teach you. Actually, the local Jefferson Chapter ...Gimme two: Shepard duo wraps up season
Regarded as one of the country’s foremost playwrights, Sam Shepard integrates wild humor, grotesque satire, mythology, and spare language to create a subversive pop art v...Intertidal: Dye's art of the hot zone
Photographer Victoria Dye had occasion to spend a couple weeks at Washington’s Olympic National Park and had the presence of mind to bring along a camera. Olympic Nationa...Mean minxes: Girls' aggression isn't a joke
One teenage girl to another: “No offense, but you’re dressed really slutty today.” We call it catty, we call it mean. We characterize it as friendly sniping and...Rock is dead: Long live hip-hop
About a week ago, I couldn’t sleep, so I began a long Socrates-style dialog with my better half (of my mind; I call him Pepe) about whether hip-hop is the future of music...Full Stories List for April 24th, 2003 issue #0216
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