Roanoke Times & World News back issues from March 1999:
STATLERS HAD THE SOUND, STYLE THEIR FANS EXPECT
Mar 01, 1999; ... The Statler Brothers mixed up their hits with ... well, theirhits Friday night at the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium. A hugely awarded act with a discography that reads like a countryTop 10 chart, they followed tunes like "Class of '57" with "Bed ofRoses," and "Great Pretender" ...
CAVALIERS WRESTLER WINS REGION IV TITLE
Mar 01, 1999; ... Grundy won the Region IV wrestling tournament for the 13thconsecutive year, but the Golden Wave didn't dominate the tournamentnearly as much as it has in the past few years. Grundy had 264 points to easily defeat runner-up Marion with 175.Martinsville was the top Timesland entry ...
NOWADAYS, CITIES OFTEN GET HELP IN FILLING TOP JOB: NORFOLK AND BEDFORD RECENTLY USED HEADHUNTERS IN THEIR SEARCHES FOR A CITY MANAGER [Corrected 02/24/09]
Mar 01, 1999; ... Whoever becomes Roanoke's next city manager will have muddy shoes- historically speaking. In the early 1900s, the residents of Staunton were fed up withroads that turned to mud with every rain or snowfall in theShenandoah Valley. Until then, all U.S. cities had strong mayoral ...
BUYOUT ADDS GREEN TO SALEM COMPANY [Corrected 02/24/09]
Mar 02, 1999; ... Green Releaf BioTech Inc. of Salem has been purchased by SybronChemicals Inc. of Birmingham, N.J., an international producer ofspecialty chemicals. The Salem company, which employs about 70 people, manufacturesand sells fertilizers made with naturally occurring strains ...
COX ADDS $1.70 TO MONTHLY CABLE BILL: SOME WILL PAY NEARLY $32 FOR MOST-POPULAR PACKAGE [Corrected 02/24/09]
Mar 02, 1999; ... Cox customers will pay more for their cable TV services,including limited basic and the most popular programming packagethat includes cable networks such as Lifetime, CNN, ESPN andNickelodeon. The 5.9 percent increase, effective April 1, means the full basicservice rate went up ...
SCC SETS CONDITIONS FOR PHONE MERGER: BELL AND GTE PLAN TO FIGHT RULES IN COURT [Corrected 02/24/09]
Mar 03, 1999; ... The State Corporation Commission, seeking to guarantee savingsfor Virginia phone customers, has imposed 11 conditions on theproposed merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE. The agency says it may not approve the deal unless the twotelephone giants promise to pass on to consumers at least ...
IN BUSINESS
Mar 04, 1999; ... Walgreen to start construction soon Construction of a Walgreendrugstore will start soon on Brambleton Avenue, across from arecently opened Rite Aid pharmacy. Bob Copty, a Roanoke commercial real estate agent, said Tuesdaythat the company will begin construction in late spring or ...
WHO, WHERE & WHEN [Corrected 02/25/09]
Mar 05, 1999 ... Self improvement WHO: Hollins Women's Center WHAT: Health Fair WHEN: Thursday, 12-4 p.m. WHERE: Ballator Gallery-12, college students, and adults DEADLINES: Submit entries by May 31. WHEN: Awards program will be held in September. CALL: ...
JUDGE BLOCKS RAPE SUIT - RULING: VICTIMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE CAN'T COLLECT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [Corrected 02/25/09]
Mar 06, 1999; ... Finding that Congress overreached its authority to fight domesticviolence, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that a provision ofthe Violence Against Women Act - which allowed a woman to sue twoVirginia Tech football players she said raped her - isunconstitutional. In its ...
THE BRZONKALA CASE
Mar 06, 1999 ... Sept. 22, 1994: Christy Brzonkala says Tech football players TonyMorrison and James Crawford raped her in their dorm room. January 1995: Brzonkala tells her roommate about the allegedassaults. March 1995: Brzonkala tells her resident adviser about thealleged ...
SHE BACKS GROUP'S EFFORT TO RESTORE ACADEMY NAME [Corrected 02/25/ 09]
Mar 06, 1999; ... Lately, Emily Honts has uncovered some facts relevant to thedispute over the naming of William Clark Middle School in Fincastle. The Countywide League of Botetourt County has been trying foralmost three years to return the middle school's name to CentralAcademy, its name during ...
IT'S GOOD ONLY IN A TRASHY WAY
Mar 06, 1999; ... "Cruel Intentions" may only rate a couple of stars for artisticmerit, but give it an 8 on the old trash-o-meter. Yet another taleof sexual skullduggery inspired by "Dangerous Liaisons," it's adandy excuse to showcase some good-looking young performers in asoft-core, preppie soap ...
CAVALIERS CAN EXPECT HIGHER EXPECTATIONS
Mar 07, 1999; ... As a college English major, Pete Gillen knows a cliche when hesees one, and he could see that this one did not apply: "Is the honeymoon over?" Gillen was asked in the aftermath of theCavaliers' 104-67 loss to Duke in the first round of the ACCtournament. "We had six ...
WITH THE MAZE OF CONSTRUCTION, MORE EXITS FROM DRIVING
Mar 08, 1999 ... IF THE "mixing bowl" is going to be turned into a plate ofspaghetti, motorists no longer will have to feel like choppedlettuce tossed about in a huge dish of churning metal and rubber asthey try to get from Interstate 95 onto the Capital Beltway, or viceversa, in Northern ...
TAKING GREATER CARE AT THE END OF LIFE
Mar 08, 1999 ... DOCTORS ARE trained to be healers. Yet, given their patients'inevitable mortality, they cannot always heal. The American Medical Association is to be applauded forrecognizing, at last, that doctors need better training for theunique and crucial role they can play to help the dying ...
THOSE WHO WANT NOT WASTE A LOT
Mar 08, 1999; ... LAST WEEK, I found a playpen propped against the neighborhooddumpster. It appears to me to be in perfectly good condition; norips in its fabric sides or its vinyl mattress, no buckles or holesin its floor, no rust in its joints. Now, I often see items in or near the neighborhood ...
JESUS WAS NO CHE - NOR WAS HE A FOUNDING FATHER ; HE WOULD BE AS UNWELCOME HERE AS ANYWHERE
Mar 08, 1999; ... GEORGE Will treats Christianity like an intellectual and culturalartifact (Feb. 15 column, "Conflating Jesus with Che Guevara"). Hepleads to be protected from the "talk of political clergy" duringthe Lenten season. What prompts Will's petition is a new publicity campaign by ...
ONLY QUAYLE COULD MATCH THE POLITICAL VOCALIZATIONS OF BUSH ; HUH?
Mar 08, 1999; ... AS TEXAS Gov. George W. Bush inches closer to running forpresident, you would think that he could count on the wholeheartedand enthusiastic support of "Poppy," ex-President George HerbertWalker Bush. But don't be too sure. Bush the elder might prefer that the nextpresident be ...
PHOTO - WARM WEATHER WILL RETURN [Caption text only]
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BRIEFLY PUT ...
Mar 09, 1999 ... LESS THAN a year ago, the legislature approved, at the urging ofHouse Speaker Tom Moss, a two-year in-depth study of Virginia'slocal-government structure, with a focus on Virginia cities and onstate vs. local tax resources and responsibilities. Never mind that the Moss study is not ...
FOR THE RECORD
Mar 09, 1999 ... Correction Tonight's annual dinner meeting of the Alliance for the MentallyIll of ...
PAST PENSION MISTAKES DON'T COMPEL NEW ONES
Mar 09, 1999 ... THE TWO-FOR-ONE pension deal for key Roanoke city officials - inplace from 1989 to 1992 - was a unique response to a uniquesituation: the prospective consolidation of city and Roanoke Countygovernments. The merger effort failed, and in retrospect the pensionarrangement may have ...
DOPEHEADS ARE SWELLING THE RANKS OF PRISON INMATES
Mar 09, 1999 ... THE PUBLIC wouldn't stand for it if law-enforcement officialswinked at drug dealers peddling their wares or simply shooed themaway from low-rent housing developments and school grounds with awarning. To the contrary, the public - well aware of the linkbetween illegal drugs and violent ...
WHEN REMOVING LIFE SUPPORT IS THE MERCIFUL ACT: A DAUGHTER'S DEATH
Mar 09, 1999; ... THIS is in response to the people who say it is wrong to removelife support under any circumstance, which has been brought up againby Hugh Finn's case. Some people say that it is "killing" or immoral to remove life-support systems. Yes, God gave us the knowledge to invent ...
THE MORALITY OF RESTRICTING ABORTION: PROTECTING HUMAN LIFE
Mar 09, 1999; ... KENT WILLIS' Feb. 10 commentary, "The immorality of denyingabortion rights," raises a number of points that require comment. We begin with his fear that there are "morality police" who "have infiltrated the legislative process" and have dared to requirea minor to have parental ...
PHOTO - OPENING DAY NOT FAR AWAY [Caption text only]
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NO CLINTON, NO MONICA; JUST A PLANE ; ONE AIR FORCE JET WAS NOT AIR FORCE ONE
Mar 09, 1999; ... President Clinton was not, repeat, was not aboard a U.S.government plane that landed and took off several times Monday atRoanoke Regional Airport - at least as far as anyone knows. Therefore, the big passenger jet that did land and take off - theone with the blue belly, "The United ...
NEW VIEW [Caption text only]
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SALAD BAR GOOD PLACE TO START MEAL
Mar 10, 1999; ... The next time you are buying groceries at 6 p.m. and wonderingwhat you will serve for dinner, check out the salad bar. Thewonderful array of colorful vegetables provides many choices for astir-fry dinner. The sliced mushrooms, match stick carrots, chopped onions, andbroccoli ...
PHOTO - NO PROBLEM HERE [Caption text only]
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FOR THE RECORD
Mar 10, 1999 ... Corrections The Feb. 24 "Doonesbury" comic strip incorrectly stated thatRalph Lauren and Liz Claiborne were among several U.S. companiesthat had been sued for using forced labor in Asian manufacturingplants. In fact, both companies were dropped from the suit before itwas ...
BRIEFLY PUT ...
Mar 10, 1999 ... THE 1999 General Assembly is to be commended for stiffening thepenalty for flagrant animal abuse. It passed a bill making a secondor subsequent offense of animal cruelty a felony, punishable by upto five years in prison. But something was amiss when the legislature ...
TOO QUICK TO GIVE ROBERTSON A PLACE AT THE TABLE
Mar 10, 1999 ... PAT ROBERTSON is a successful businessman whose empire has aglobal reach. The famed religious broadcaster also is a businessmanunder an investigative cloud. As long as he remains so, he is a poor choice to sit on any stateboard, much less on the board of directors of the Virginia ...
I-73 IS WANTED - AND A ROUTE ALONG I-77 WON'T DO ; SOUTHSIDE NEEDS AN INTERSTATE LINK TO I-81
Mar 10, 1999; ... MARK PETERSEN of the Roanoke Neighborhood Partnership stated in aletter to the editor on March 1 that " ... no one wants Interstate73." This is untrue. Maybe Petersen never has occasion to travel south of Roanoke, butthose of us who live out here can see the need for it every time ...
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, JOE DIMAGGIO?
Mar 10, 1999 ... WHEN PAUL SIMON penned the lyrics to "Mrs. Robinson" more than 30years ago - "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns itslonely eyes to you" - he expressed a sense of loss at the passing ofa nobler, more innocent age, not a man. With the mortal passing of baseball Hall of ...
SPIN ON CLINTON WAS DESIGNED TO MISLEAD ; RAPE IS A BELIEVABLE ALLEGATION
Mar 10, 1999; ... I HAVE become weary of reading items such as your March 1editorial "Latest Clinton accuser is way too late" which containstatements and thoughts designed to mislead your readers and defendat all cost President Bill Clinton. Anyone who has paid even passing interest in the events of ...
DOG FOLLOWED THE HIGHWAY TO REUNION: A CANINE MARY DRAPER INGLES?
Mar 10, 1999; ... Around the end of January, Elaine Kirouac carried her dog'sblanket, bones and playthings up to the attic. She had given up hopeof ever seeing Shi Shi again. Two days before Christmas, Shi Shi had jumped out of Elaine's GeoTracker after it collided with a tractor-trailer and flipped ...
PHOTO - SLUSH REMOVAL [Caption text only]
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PHOTO - RIDE TIME [Caption text only
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BRIEFLY PUT ...
Mar 11, 1999 ... AFTER Barbara Walters' televised interview with Monica Lewinskyon ABC, the TV network received hundreds of e-mails asking about ... Monica's lipstick. It was, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported, Club Monaco's SheerGlaze lipstick and Nude lip ...
LINK GRADES TO SOL PERFORMANCE
Mar 11, 1999 ... OF COURSE state standardized test scores must be factored intohigh-school students' grades. Without that link, a chain ofaccountability would be broken, leaving public schools and theirbeleaguered teachers holding the entire weight. Whatever the shortcomings of Virginia's ...
PHOTO - GROWING TIME [Caption text only]
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PHOTO - TREE NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE [Caption text only]
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BOTETOURT, JAPAN ENTER STUDY PROGRAM [Corrected 03/06/09] ; STUDENT EXCHANGE IS SPONSORED BY JAPANESE COMPANY WITH BOTETOURT OPERATION
Mar 12, 1999; ... At least 10 Lord Botetourt High School students will take a three-week trip to Hokkaido, Japan, this summer as part of BotetourtCounty's first business-sponsored international exchange. Lord Botetourt principal Alan Brenner calls the exchange - whichalso will bring Japanese ...
CENTRAL ACADEMY BACKERS REFUSE NAME COMPROMISE: BOTETOURT COUNTY NAME SEARCH FOR NEW SCHOOL OVERLAPS WILLIAM CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTROVERSY
Mar 12, 1999; ... The Botetourt County School Board, which is starting the processof naming a new elementary school, was warned Thursday that thecontroversy over the name of William Clark Middle School will not goaway until its original name, Central Academy, is restored. Richard Ronk, president of ...
PILOTS' SLIM HOPES TO MAKE PLAYOFFS CRASH AND BURN
Mar 12, 1999; ... The East Coast Hockey League's $8,250-a-week salary cap hasloopholes the size of garage doors, and teams still can't resistcheating. The Pensacola Ice Pilots admitted that the league fined them$50,000 and took away 10 of their league-low 42 points, eliminatingthe Pilots from ...
VINTON-COUNTY 'GAIN-SHARING' IS NICE, BUT ...
Mar 11, 1999 ... UNDER A "gain-sharing" agreement unveiled this week, the town ofVinton for 20 years would cede its right to initiate annexationproceedings against Roanoke County. In exchange, Vinton would get ashare of tax revenues from new development in the eastern part ofthe county outside the town's ...
PHOTO - TWO-WHEEL TRICKERY [Caption text only]
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SOWERS THE ANCHOR FOR DEVELOPING DEMONS [Corrected 03/06/09] ; SOFTBALL PREVIEW
Mar 11, 1999; ... As softball continues to grow as a high school sport in the NewRiver Valley, many of these young programs seek continuedimprovement this season. Veteran leadership is crucial. One such leader is Adrienne Sowers of Christiansburg High School,who will be a major factor for the Blue ...
FOR THE RECORD
Mar 11, 1999 ... Correction The Carilion New River Valley Medical Center outside Radford,which opens later this month, will hold open houses for the ...
IN KOSOVO, TURNS FOR THE WORSE
Mar 12, 1999 ... EVEN AS Congress was debating Thursday the wisdom of sending U.S.ground troops to Kosovo, the tenuous truce there appeared to beunraveling - which could well make the troops issue irrelevant. Under the U.S.-sponsored plan, a 28,000-troop NATO force toinclude 4,000 Americans, would ...
PEEL AWAY THE SECRECY AT RED ONION
Mar 12, 1999 ... RED ONION State Prison in Wise County is not a theme park thatshould be expected to open its gates daily to busloads of tourists.But neither is it Virginia corrections officials' private propertyand none of the public's business what goes on inside. Red Onion was built with public ...
BRIEFLY PUT ...
Mar 12, 1999 ... ONLY 34 DAYS remain before the tax-filing deadline, andprocrastinators should begin feeling the knot tighten in the pit oftheir stomachs any day now. Brave souls who rely on a half-dozen sharpened pencils, acalculator and a spirit for missions impossible are becoming rarer,but ...
ROD DELIVERS THE GOODS
Mar 12, 1999; ... Same voice. Same songs. Same spiky locks. But if you think Rod Stewart, with his soccer haircut and Easter-egg fashion sense, isn't still a crowd pleaser, you can take thenext downtown train right on out of here. Consider, as evidence, the bras tossed on the ...
PHOTO - WALKING THE PLANK [Caption text only[
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BRIEFLY PUT ...
Mar 13, 1999 ... SPEAKING AT a recent Virginia Bar Association conference on legalissues involved with the potential cloning of human beings,Williamsburg Del. George Grayson mentioned the Constitution's 14thAmendment, under which states are allotted representation inCongress according to ...
COMMUNITY SERVICES REMAIN VITAL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
Mar 13, 1999; ... JACK Byrd (March 6 letter to the editor, "Educate the retarded totheir potential") needs to realize that community-based waiverservices do not just help the educable mentally retarded, or EMRs asthey are sometimes called. The waiver services also help a lot of people, like my ...
DECLARE A CHIP-MILL MORATORIUM
Mar 13, 1999 ... CONSIDERING the rate at which wood-chip mills consume trees, amoratorium on these high-volume operations is in order as the statebegins a two-year study of their ecological and economic impact. Particularly in the mountains of far Southwest Virginia, wheresteep terrain is ...
SCHOOLS MAY SOON PROMOTE TATTLING [Corrected 03/06/09] ; STUDENT HOT LINE TO TARGET CRIME
Mar 13, 1999; ... Roanoke Valley schoolchildren may soon be able to snitch on theirclassmates and get paid for it. But this will be snitching with a purpose: To get rid of crime inschools. Members of the board that runs the Roanoke Valley Crime Line areproposing a version that would be ...
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PHOTO - KICKING IT UP AT THE YMCA [Caption text only]
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SO FAR, SO GOOD: NCAA EAST REGIONAL CASSELL COLISEUM
Mar 13, 1999; ... The Virginia Tech women's basketball team faces St. Peter's in anNCAA Tournament East Regional game at 6:30 today at CassellColiseum. As a reward for their school-record 26-2 mark, the Hokieswere seeded No.4 in the ...
PHOTO - THEY GOT GAME [Caption text only]
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PROGRAM TRIES TO CATCH PEOPLE BEFORE THEY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS: 47 VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS PARTICIPATE [Corrected 03/06/09]
Mar 13, 1999; ... The state's first free mental health clinic is in the New RiverValley, and it is accepting new clients. The program is designed tofurnish basic mental health care through 47 professional counselorsto the community's working poor. People can make two times the amount of the federal ...
FOR THE RECORD
Mar 13, 1999 ... Correction A story about high school girls softball in the Thursday NewRiver Valley Current listed incorrect positions for two of theplayers. Auburn High's Stacy Cunningham is a pitcher and Sharla Webban infielder. Clarification Montgomery County property owners saw a ...