Roanoke Times & World News back issues from October 2003:
OBIT - STOVER, LARRY STEPHEN SR.
Oct 01, 2003 ... STOVER, Larry Stephen Sr., of Roanoke County, passed awayThursday, September 25, 2003 ....
OBIT - AYERS, CHARLES DOUGLAS (DOUG)
Oct 01, 2003 ... AYERS, Charles Douglas, (Doug), 78, of Roanoke, passed awaySaturday, September 27, 2003. Funeral ...
OBIT - GOODMAN, PAUL (DANNY)
Oct 01, 2003 ... GOODMAN, Paul, (Danny), 50, of Salem, quietly passed away onSunday, September 28, 2003. A memorial service ...
OBIT - GRAYBILL, LEONARD PRICE
Oct 01, 2003 ... GRAYBILL, Leonard Price, 81, of Vinton, went to be with the Lordon Sunday afternoon, September 28, 2003. He was an Army veteran ofWorld War II and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service afterthirty-eight years of service. During his early years with the postoffice, Leonard was a postal ...
OBIT - ROBERTSON, MRS. FLOSSIE TYREE
Oct 01, 2003 ... ROBERTSON, Mrs. Flossie Tyree, 90, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday,September 28, 2003. Funeral ...
OBIT - HARLOW, JESSIE COLEMAN
Oct 01, 2003 ... HARLOW, Jessie Coleman, 89, of Thaxton, passed away Sunday,September 28, ...
OBIT - ROBINSON, ANNIE KATHERINE
Oct 01, 2003 ... ROBINSON, Annie Katherine, 86, of Galax, died Sunday, September28, 2003. Funeral service, 1 p.m ....
OBIT - MARTIN, VEARNICE WILLARD
Oct 01, 2003 ... MARTIN, Vearnice Willard, 83, of Ferrum, went to be with the LordMonday, September 29, 2003. He was preceded in death by his wife,Betty Frances Martin and his parents, Sam and Nellie Shively Martin.He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Arnold Martin and wife,Ola of Ferrum; ...
OBIT - SPRAKER, NANCY JANE ROOPE
Oct 01, 2003 ... SPRAKER, Nancy Jane Roope, 65, of Salem, passed on to her heavenlyhome Monday, September 29, 2003, while surrounded by loved ones aftera long and courageous battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP). Nancy retired in 1998 from First Union Bank Riverjack Officein Salem with over 25 ...
OBIT - BUNN, RUTH CHALMERS HUNDLEY
Oct 01, 2003 ... BUNN, Ruth Chalmers Hundley, 81, of Radford, passed away Monday,September 29, 2003, at the New River Valley Medical Center. She waspreceded in death by her husband, William Clayton Bunn; her parents,James and Minnie Hundley; a brother, Charles Hundley; and a sister,Katherine Naff ....
OBIT - SMITH, THERESA CUSTER
Oct 01, 2003 ... SMITH, Theresa Custer, 76, of Roanoke, passed away Monday,September 29, 2003. She was the widow of James "Jim" L. Smith, Jr.and a daughter of the late C. Clarence Custer and Martha "Mattie"Bell Custer of Floyd. She was also preceded in death by a brother,Harry L. Custer of Staunton and a ...
OBIT - BAIRD, KENNETH WAYNE
Oct 01, 2003 ... BAIRD, Kenneth Wayne, 56, of Roanoke, passed peacefully after abrief and courageous battle with melanoma on Monday, September 29,2003. Wayne had a passion for living, with a zest for a healthylifestyle in which he enjoyed weight lifting and running. Havingworked with Norfolk Southern ...
OBIT - SMITH, EMORY RANDOLPH (RANDY)
Oct 01, 2003 ... SMITH, Emory Randolph, (Randy), 64, of Covington, died Sunday,September 28, 2003. Funeral services, 11 ...
OBIT - SHARITZ, JACK ROSCOE
Oct 01, 2003 ... SHARITZ, Jack Roscoe, 73, of Wytheville, died Tuesday, September30, 2003. Funeral services, 2 p.m ....
OBIT - JONES, PHYLLIS MCCLAUGHERTY
Oct 01, 2003 ... JONES, Phyllis McClaugherty, 76, of Bedford, passed away Monday,September 29, 2003, in Burke, Va. She was born February 10, 1927, inRoanoke, a daughter of the late James William McClaugherty and MaeElizabeth Wilbun McClaugherty. She was preceded in death by her son,Edward Jones. She was ...
OBIT - SNIDER, MELVIN AUGUSTUS
Oct 01, 2003 ... SNIDER, Melvin Augustus, 83, of Natural Bridge, formerly ofFairfield, died Tuesday, September 30, 2003 in the Stonewall JacksonHospital in Lexington. Mr. Snider was born on March 24, 1920 inRockbridge Co. and was a son of the late Joseph Henry Snider andLydia Arehart Snider. He was a ...
OBIT - WHITLOW, KENNETH F.
Oct 01, 2003 ... WHITLOW, Kenneth F., 88, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of FranklinCounty, Va., died March 27, 2003. He is survived by his wife, MarieP. Whitlow; three sons, Donald F. Whitlow, Ronald K. Whitlow,Jonathan E. Whitlow; nine ...
OBIT - POTTER, RONALD LEROY JR.
Oct 01, 2003 ... POTTER, Ronald LeRoy Jr. , 34, of Charlottesville, died Sunday,September 28, 2003 ....
OBIT - MARSHALL, CHARLES EDGAR
Oct 01, 2003 ... MARSHALL, Charles Edgar, 78, of Indian Valley, passed awayTuesday, September 30, 2003 at Skyline Manor Nursing Home. He was anarmy Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by a daughter,Barbara Hylton, a son, Kenneth Ray Marshall, a sister, EthelQuesenberry, three half sisters, ...
OBIT - JOHNSTON, BRADLEY STEVEN
Oct 01, 2003 ... JOHNSTON, Bradley Steven, 28, of Pulaski, Va., passed away Monday,September 29, 2003. Funeral service 11 a.m. Thursday, October 2, 2003at ...
OBIT - FEDDEMAN, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
Oct 01, 2003 ... FEDDEMAN, Frederick Augustus, 85, of Lexington, died Sunday,September 28, 2003. Memorial service 11 ...
OBIT - SAUNDERS, MR. PERCY C. SR.
Oct 01, 2003 ... SAUNDERS, Mr. Percy C. Sr., of Bowling Green, Virginia, father ofMary S. (John) Neal of Roanoke, passed away on Monday, September 29,2003, at the Bowling Green Health Care Center, Bowling Green, ...
OBIT - PRYDE, ELEANORE EVE
Oct 01, 2003 ... PRYDE, Eleanore Eve, 61, of Middlebrook, died Monday, September29, 2003. Memorial mass 2 p.m ....
OBIT - LAMKIN, JULIA B.
Oct 01, 2003 ... LAMKIN, Julia B., 79, of Gretna, died Tuesday, September 30, ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 01, 2003 ... Neighbors won't sit quietly in clinic fight IN YOUR Sept. 21 news article "Planned methadone clinic worriesneighbors," officials of the Life Center state that the community'sfears about its proposed location are "misplaced." Do those officials and staff live in ...
REMEMBERING TWO CIVIL RIGHTS NOTABLES FROM ROANOKE OLIVER WHITE HILL AND CLARENCE M. DUNNAVILLE JR.
Oct 01, 2003; ... A ROANOKE Times article ("Law with a Human Face," Aug. 29) talkedabout why one of us, American University law student and Roanokenative Synta Keeling, sought a career in public interest law. In thisyear, as we approach the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board ofEducation and the 40th ...
POLICE NOTEBOOK
Oct 01, 2003; ... Man in good condition after wreck A Roanoke County man was in good condition Tuesday afternoon afterrescue workers labored for more than an hour to extract him from hiswrecked vehicle, police said. The crash occurred in the 7500 block of Bent Mountain Road at 6:20a.m ....
HEELS OVER HEAD
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LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES ATTACK GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT FORUM ALL TALKED ABOUT HOW VA. HAS NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDED LOCAL SCHOOLS, HIGHER EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION
Oct 01, 2003; ... Both current and would-be state legislators running in districtsincluding the New River Valley seem to feel the General Assembly hasnot done its job. Three of the five candidates participating in a forum Monday nighthave no challengers. The only competition is between ...
CANDIDATE'S EX-WIFE: HE DESERVES TO BE ELECTED MORGAN MORRIS SEEKING 6TH DISTRICT HOUSE SEAT
Oct 01, 2003; ... A state legislative candidate's former wife, who accused him in1989 of threatening her life, now says he is a changed man anddeserves to be elected to the House of Delegates. Lisa Price of Blacksburg has even bought advertisements in severalnewspapers, including The Roanoke Times, ...
FOUR HANDS, ONE BALL - KEEP AWAY AT ITS BEST
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21-YEAR-OLD INJURED IN BLACKSBURG FALL REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION 2 OTHERS INJURED IN THE FALL REMAIN HOSPITALIZED BUT SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Oct 01, 2003; ... One victim of a fatal accident at a Blacksburg duplex remained incritical condition Tuesday while two others who were stillhospitalized showed improvement. Town police, meanwhile, have brought no charges against the fourtenants or the property owners of the Solar Haus, a duplex at ...
CRAIG COUNTY POST FILLED - AGAIN [Corrected 12/16/03] RETIRED BANKER NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Oct 01, 2003; ... For the fourth time in less than three years, Craig County has anew county administrator. Larry Moore, a retired investment banker,moves into that office today. "We were praying that if God wanted me to have the job it wouldhappen," Moore said. "Now I'm praying for ...
MISSING GIRL LIKELY STAYED WITH WOMAN ROANOKER CONVINCED GIRL SHE HELPED WAS JENNI NORTHRUP
Oct 01, 2003; ... A North Carolina girl who has been missing since Sept. 21 hasapparently been using a fake name and stayed with a Southwest Roanokewoman. Virginia Marie "Jenni" Northrup, 16, of Sanford, N.C., was inRoanoke to attend a funeral with her mother. She called her fatherfrom a pay phone ...
EXECUTIVES PROMOTED AT OPTICAL CABLE CORP. ROANOKE COUNTY COMPANY NAMES NEW CEO, CFO
Oct 01, 2003; ... About two years after joining Optical Cable Corp. as a senior vicepresident, chief financial officer and director, Neil Wilkin hasbecome the Roanoke County company's new chairman and chief executiveofficer. Wilkin, 39, became acting president of Optical Cable in December2001 and ...
LAYING OFF? PLEASE DON'T DO IT IN E-MAIL
Oct 01, 2003; ... Q: As part of cost-cutting initiatives, my part-time position waseliminated. I wasn't really upset because I'd been thinking of givingup the job to do something else. What aggravated me was that mymanager informed me of the job cut by e-mail. I recently learned thathe terminated another ...
IT'S NO. 2,500 FOR ADVANCE AUTO PARTS WORKERS, STOCKHOLDERS GATHER IN ROANOKE TO CELEBRATE NEW STORE
Oct 01, 2003; ... Advance Auto Parts announced Tuesday the opening of its 2,500thstore, and company executives project continued growth in the future. The milestone store is located in Parma, Ohio, near Cleveland. Employees, company stockholders and others filled a lunchroom forthe celebration ...
LICENSE DENIED FOR METHADONE CLINIC SITE ROANOKE COUNTY REVERSES FIELD
Oct 01, 2003; ... Roanoke County denied a business license for a methadone clinic ina suburban neighborhood Tuesday, delighting residents opposed to theproposal while inviting a possible legal challenge from the clinic. In rejecting an application from the Life Center of Galax tooperate a satellite ...
DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY IN KILLING CAR ACCIDENT IN 2002 KILLED 1, CRIPPLED 1
Oct 01, 2003; ... A Bedford man who authorities said led a caravan of drunken youngpeople from Smith Mountain Lake toward Bedford a year ago has pleadedguilty to driving the car that killed one man and crippled another. Michael Channing Coffey, 20, was scheduled to go on trial Tuesdaymorning in ...
A TALE OF TWO CITIES Series: Miles, Mountains, Myths the Blue Ridge Parkway Part 5
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Sarley family won't be spending any money in Virginia on thisBlue Ridge Parkway vacation. The family of four - parents Katia and Steve and daughters Brookeand Betsey - came from Florida to western North Carolina for a non-Disney getaway. Like so many others, they chose ...
CULTURAL SHIFTS HAVE CHANGED THE WAYS PEOPLE USE THE PARKWAY Series: Miles, Mountains, Myths the Blue Ridge Parkway
Oct 01, 2003; ... Harold Graham and Paul Crock rode their motorcycles roughly 1,200miles from Indiana so they could ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway. "We've heard from a lot of other people across the country thatthis Blue Ridge Parkway is just fantastic to ride on a motorcycle,"Graham ...
HOOKER FURNITURE SALES HIT RECORD
Oct 01, 2003; ... Hooker Furniture reported record sales for its third quarter inresults released Tuesday. The company attributed the gains primarilyto its acquisition in early 2003 of leather upholstery specialistBradington-Young and to growth in shipments of imported woodfurniture. "We're very ...
FOR THE RECORD
Oct 01, 2003 ... Correction A chart in Monday's paper on how to register to vote statedincorrectly the documentation needed if ...
DIVERS ENSURE STOLEN GAUGE SURFACES THIEF APPARENTLY DECIDED TO JETTISON THE EQUIPMENT IN ROANOKE RIVER
Oct 01, 2003; ... A Troxler moisture density gauge is a simple radioactive deviceused in the construction industry to analyze soil. Losing track ofone of the $5,000 instruments is anything but simple, one Roanokecompany has found. Last month, the Roanoke office of Richmond-based Froehling ...
TRICYCLE THEFT TURNS WHEELS OF GENEROSITY
Oct 01, 2003; ... More than 15 people offered to help Leah Baker-Scheib replace thespecial-needs tricycle that disappeared 10 days after she bought itfor her daughter, Ashton. Robert Arrington went one step further. Arrington, a used-car salesman from Roanoke, called the Wal-Martin ...
DON'T PLAY PRETEND WITH THE COSTS OF IRAQ
Oct 01, 2003 ... IN WASHINGTON, where accounting fictions are employed relentlesslyin pursuit of votes, debate rages over whether the United Statesshould give or lend Iraq $20 billion for reconstruction. Back here in the nonfiction world, the financial distinction ismeaningless. Either way, ...
RISING HEALTH CARE FEVER
Oct 01, 2003 ... LIKE A sudden spike in a persistent fever, signaling an illnesshas reached some crisis stage, the number of Americans without healthinsurance jumped last year by 2.4 million, the biggest leap in adecade. The illness, in this case, is the nation's irrational,unnecessarily ...
BRIEFLY PUT . . .
Oct 01, 2003 ... ALL THIS talk of sexual positions and venereal disease on aVirginia Tech campus TV show has riled Del. Robert Marshall, R-Manassas. Marshall, who has derided the morning-after pill and a recentevent at James Madison University promoting safe sex, is at it again -this time against ...
'ZERO-LOT LINE' HOME MOWS DOWN YARDWORK
Oct 01, 2003; ... I would like to thank Steve McLinden of this outfit calledBankrate.com. for showing us the way to peace and contentment if onlywe have the courage to seize the day. Old Steve has written widely of what is known as a "zero-lot line"home. This is to say that such a home has ...
ACC ADS STICK TO SCHEDULE EXPANSION ACTION IS UP TO SCHOOLS' PRESIDENTS
Oct 01, 2003; ... By the time ACC athletic directors head home today, they hope toknow their eight conference opponents for the 2004 football season. "I'd be awfully disappointed if we couldn't," Virginia athleticdirector Craig Littlepage said Tuesday after the first day of ACCmeetings at Bryant ...
'THROWBACK' EASLICK RELISHES DIRTY WORK
Oct 01, 2003; ... It will be akin to a trip home for Virginia Tech fullback DougEaslick this weekend when the fourth-ranked Hokies roll into northernNew Jersey to face Rutgers. While Easlick is looking forward to seeing a group of about 50friends and family members, the homecoming gathering he's ...
MORE TINKERING ON TAP FOR NASCAR
Oct 01, 2003; ... NASCAR officials have more work to do with the rules for therestrictor-plate races based on driver comments after Sunday's eventat Talladega Superspeedway. Series officials increased the restrictor-plate 1 / 32nd of aninch, giving drivers about 30 more horsepower, and increased the ...
ECHL, PLAYERS WORK OUT A DEAL UNION ENDS STRIKE
Oct 01, 2003; ... With training camps across the country scheduled to begin Friday,the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players Association announcedTuesday that the two have "agreed on a framework for resolution oftheir labor dispute." The deal still must be finalized by lawyers for both sides, ...
ROCKETS TRADE RICE, SIGN JACKSON
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Houston Rockets signed free-agent swingman Jim Jackson onTuesday and traded forward Glen Rice to Utah for center John Amaechi. Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson said the trade was made tokeep the team from having to pay an expected luxury tax. The tradeallowed the Jazz to ...
HIGHLANDERS CLAIM GOLF CROWN
Oct 01, 2003; ... Sean Fagan's 3-over-par 75 led Glenvar to a three-stroke victoryTuesday in the Three Rivers District golf tournament at Great OaksCountry Club in Floyd. Fagan edged Hampton Ballard of Giles by one stroke for theindividual crown. Glenvar posted a winning total of 318, followed ...
NFL TEAMS CALLING UP RESERVES
Oct 01, 2003; ... They are the clipboard holders. They are the high-five givers.They are the bench warmers. But they also may make or break a fantasyseason. Backups don't always get their due in the NFL, but the importanceof a good understudy is already being seen four weeks into theseason ....
ISABEL COULD TAKE A BITE OUT OF THANKSGIVING VSHL PUSHES BACK FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Oct 01, 2003; ... Turkey and football are Thanksgiving staples, but for the secondstraight year Timesland fans might be starved for action over theholiday. The Virginia High School League voted Tuesday to move its statefootball semifinals and championship games back one week in the wakeof ...
WALK A MILE (OR TWO IN ROANOKE'S SHOES
Oct 01, 2003; ... In a distance of 3 1 / 2 miles, the path wends through Roanoke'shistory and through diverse segments of the city's present-daylandscape. The newly dedicated Mill Mountain Greenway starts downtown atRoanoke's retail and white-collar center. It cuts through vacated ...
LAST-MINUTE SAT TIPS:
Oct 01, 2003; ... -Don't spend the last few days before the test cramming. Clearyour head by relaxing and getting plenty of rest. Don't even openyour SAT prep book the day before the test. -On test day, pack extras of everything - No. 2 lead pencils,erasers and calculator batteries - and don't ...
NO JOKE, PORTER THE BOMB FOR HIGHLANDERS
Oct 01, 2003; ... It's 15 minutes before practice, and a group of players fromRadford University's women's soccer team are standing casually in aparking lot by the Dedmon Center. At first glance, it appears as though the players are simplyrelaxing together before their training session. The water ...
WHAT'S IT ALL FOR?
Oct 01, 2003; ... For as long as I can remember, homecoming has consisted of fancydresses, suits and a lot of to-do about the wrong things. Over the course of my journey through high school, I've attendednine dances, bought eight dresses, borrowed one and ripped three.I've gotten my hair fixed, my ...
NEW TWIST TO AN AMERICAN TRADITION
Oct 01, 2003; ... Homecoming. The word conjures up images of football games, grandparades and girls in elaborate dresses. But in some ways, this is not always the case. As the timeschange, some high schools in the Roanoke and New River valleys arecoming up with creative ways to celebrate an event ...
EASTMONT TEACHER BRINGS THE WORLD TO STUDENTS
Oct 01, 2003; ... When Marvin Ballard teaches his Eastern Montgomery High Schoolstudent about far away places, he doesn't just drone on about what hehas read. He talks about what he has seen. When the world historyand geography teacher talked about the Protestant Reformation inGermany, he showed a ...
WITNESSES: KILLEN'S WIFE TRIED TO LEAVE
Oct 01, 2003; ... For at least two months before she was shot dead in her driveway,Amanda Killen had been trying to leave her husband. Her mother and her supervisor at work both testified Tuesday thatthey were trying to find the 24-year-old a new place to live. She had told her husband she ...
PUBLIC PULSE
Oct 01, 2003; ... Blacksburg Town Council on Tuesday began a discussion of what todo with seven historic town properties. While council memberscautioned that public hearings and additional discussion would beneeded before further action is taken, the group decided to explorethese recommendations: Armory - ...