Roanoke Times & World News back issues from March 2006:
TRANSPORTATION SHOULDN'T SIPHON COLLEGE DOLLARS
Mar 01, 2006; ... On my way to a recent town hall meeting in Roanoke held by Gov.Tim Kaine, I was delayed by a traffic jam on Interstate 81. Theirony of the moment didn't escape me, since the topic of the meetingwas transportation. Certainly, I would be among the first to agree ...
ASK CANDIDATES YOUR QUESTIONS
Mar 01, 2006; ... Over the next few months, you'll hear a lot about Roanoke's citycouncil election. Four of the seven seats are on the ballot in May,and there's a crowded field of candidates running. What would you like to hear from those candidates? What questionswould you like to ask them? What ...
WEAN VIRGINIA FROM FOSSIL FUELS
Mar 01, 2006 ... Virginia's first stab at creating a state energy policy wouldsacrifice its coastal waters on the altar of accelerating fossil fuelconsumption. To sell the raw deal of allowing natural gas "exploration" (a prerequisite for drilling), the energy bill considered by the ...
MANNS LEADS CARLISLE TO VIS VICTORY
Mar 01, 2006; ... MARTINSVILLE -- Joe Manns scored 25 points to lead top-seededCarlisle to a 70-51 win over Calvary Christian in the quarterfinalsof the Virginia Independent Schools Division III tournament. Steven Echols had 21 points for the Chiefs (21-4). Sydnor Trentsnared 11 ...
GLEN LYN PUMPS OUT ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS [Corrected 03/09/06]
Mar 01, 2006; ... Thomas Edison's light bulb was only 40 years old when AppalachianPower Co. built a coal-fired plant to produce electricity in GlenLyn, a little town that hugs the New River and the line separating Giles County from West Virginia. The plant's newest electricity-generating unit was ...
HAGEN HURRIES THROUGH HER HOMECOMING
Mar 01, 2006; ... BLACKSBURG -- Last weekend, Kirsten Hagen traveled here more than500 miles from Tallahassee, Fla. Despite the long trip, the importantpart of the distance was the last 3,000 meters. Hagen, who ran track and cross country for Christiansburg HighSchool, was back in town as a member ...
FILM NOIR AND DARK COMEDY
Mar 01, 2006; ... The next time you find yourself scratching your head at the latestbox-office offerings, check out a classic film. Here are two classics worth watching. The Essential Film Noir: "Sunset Boulevard," 1950 "Max, I'm ready for my closeup ..." The granddaddy of film ...
DAZZLE TOPS FLYERS WITH ITS OFFENSE
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Fort Worth Flyers discovered Tuesday night that you'd betterbring plenty of bullets if you choose to get in a gun-slingin'shootout with the Roanoke Dazzle. In a matchup of the NBA Development League's top offense vs. theNo. 1 defense, the Dazzle torched the normally stingy ...
PUBLIC PULSE
Mar 01, 2006 ... RADFORD What: City council When: Monday Action: Agreed to extend the urban archery season for another yearas part of an effort to reduce the deer population. What it means: Councilman Bruce Brown questioned the effectivenessin curbing deer numbers and suggested ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mar 01, 2006 ... Cold treatment by gas companies My house is awfully cold. I heat with natural gas. It is awfully expensive to keep my thermostat set to 60 degrees.I'm grateful that we've had a mild winter so far. I wonder if we're going to have to pay Roanoke Gas another one-time ...
BOARD REZONES REGIONAL JAIL SITE
Mar 01, 2006; ... Roanoke County's Board of Supervisors cleared the way forconstruction to begin on a new $71 million regional jail by rezoning42 acres in the Dixie Caverns area Tuesday night. Catawba District Supervisor Butch Church cast the only dissentingvote, symbolizing his continuing ...
BTW BY THE WAY
Mar 01, 2006 ... Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrugefforts in Afghanistan last year: $780 million. What it would ...
BEDFORD HIRES FIRM TO PLAN CLEANUP
Mar 01, 2006; ... BEDFORD -- The Bedford City Council voted Tuesday night to pay anenvironmental engineering firm $250,000 to create a corrective actionplan to address groundwater contamination leaking from the city'sclosed landfill into a Bedford County neighborhood. In March 2004, the city ...
SICK CELTICS SURVIVE
Mar 01, 2006; ... It was Fat Tuesday but Roanoke Catholic was not celebrating its 48-46 win over Atlantic Shores Christian of Chesapeake, even though thevictory meant it has a chance to defend its Virginia IndependentSchools Division II state title this weekend. Catholic seniors Phillip Martin and ...
NOTEBOOK
Mar 01, 2006 ... BHS junior earns Eagle Scout award Andrew Talbot Squires, 17, was honored with the Eagle Scout awardat a ceremony on Saturday at Northside Presbyterian Church inBlacksburg. Assisted by scouts of Troop 56, he built a series of check dams atFalls Ridge Nature ...
TIMBER BILL WON'T SPARE VIRGINIA'S FORESTS
Mar 01, 2006; ... The folks in Washington who gave America the Healthy ForestInitiative, which equates forest health with felled timber, are at itagain. This time, "forest recovery" after a catastrophe provides thecover for chopping down trees. The Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act (HR ...
BOTETOURT SUPERVISORS VOTE TO CLAIM OLDFIELDS
Mar 01, 2006; ... At Tuesday's Botetourt County Board of Supervisors meeting,Supervisor Steve Clinton asked his peers to think about boundaries. "Who knows why a line is where it is?" he asked. Clinton would argue that a bureaucrat hunched over a map shouldn'talways be allowed to draw the line ...
HIGHLANDERS KNOCKED OFF AT HOME
Mar 01, 2006; ... RADFORD -- The Radford University men's basketball team enjoyed abombs-away start to its Big South tournament quarterfinal, a raucousatmosphere and a ferocious comeback. Just the end didn't suit. High Point ignored the tremendous racket put up by the largestDedmon Center audience ...
GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOTEBOOK
Mar 01, 2006; ... CELLPHONES House Transportation subcommittee kills bill targeting teenagedrivers RICHMOND -- A bill to prohibit 16- and 17-year-olds from usingcellphones while driving died on a 3-2 vote in a House Transportationsubcommittee Tuesday. Senate Bill 137, sponsored by Sen ....
WIDOW STILL SEEKS PEACE
Mar 01, 2006; ... Two weeks ago, while riding in a rental car to the spot in Pueblo,Colo., where her husband, Kyle, and seven other people died in aplane crash last year, Angela Harmon felt alone. "I didn't know if it would be really emotional or if I would feelnothing," she said Tuesday. "I guess I ...
ROANOKE'S SCHOOLS NEED $7 MILLION MORE
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Roanoke school system will need at least an extra $7 millionover projected revenue to cover critical expenses next year,administrators say. The school board got a look at the fifth -- and possibly final --draft of the school system's 2006-07 budget at a workshop ...
THE PRECARIOUS STATE OF VETERANS' CARE
Mar 01, 2006 ... White House budget projections show draconian cuts in veterans'health care just two or three years away -- cuts deep enough to be abetrayal of the people who risk their lives in service to theircountry. And this administration has done all that was necessary and muchmore to put ...
IN HIS THOUGHTS
Mar 01, 2006; ... BLACKSBURG -- Virginia Tech men's basketball player WyntonWitherspoon looked out for his younger brother. He kept the boys awayfrom his younger sister. When he felt his mother wasn't feeling lovedduring his parents' separation, he loved her even more. Wynton is known as "The ...
RADFORD CONSIDERS PULLING ITS FUNDING FOR DUBLIN AIRPORT
Mar 01, 2006; ... RADFORD !-- 2013(unknown) --> The city is considering not putting anymoney into the New River Valley Airport in the 2006-07 fiscal year. The airport, located just outside Dublin, has been supported byseven localities since it was built some 40 years ago. The otherlocalities ...
TRANSPLANTED LOUISIANIAN WATCHES FESTIVAL FROM AFAR
Mar 01, 2006; ... For 29 years, Terrylee Raymond spent Mardi Gras on the streets ofNew Orleans, the city he called home for almost three decades. But during Fat Tuesday, all Raymond saw of the celebration wereclips of crowds on CNN during lunch at the bar of Macado's onElectric Road. The ...
16-0 WOULD BE SWEET FOR DUKE
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Duke men's basketball team is two wins away from pulling off afeat that has happened only once in the past 14 years: finishing 16-0 in ACC regular-season play. The top-ranked Blue Devils (27-1, 14-0) will visit Florida Stateat 7 tonight and host North Carolina at 9 p.m ....
FOREST LAND SALE PROPOSAL STIRS COMMENT
Mar 01, 2006; ... A change in the Bush administration's proposal to sell more than300,000 acres of national forests would give local and stategovernments first crack at buying the land. Mark Rey, U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary fornatural resources and environment, said Tuesday that if ...
KITTY KISSES-PHOTO
Mar 01, 2006 ... GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOTS. Send us photos featuring the people ofthe New River Valley. Photos must have been taken within the pastmonth and include subjects' names, location, date and contactinformation for the photographer. Photos will not be ...
REPORT: SHOOTING BY POLICE ACCIDENTAL
Mar 01, 2006; ... The shooting of an unarmed man by police over the weekend wasaccidental, according to a preliminary investigation by Roanokepolice. Roanoke Commonwealth's Attorney Donald Caldwell, who has beenbriefed on the preliminary findings, said it appeared that OfficerRandolph Rowland ...
THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE ...
Mar 01, 2006 ... The annual Academy Awards broadcast is this Sunday. For the pastfew weeks, four Edge staffers defied wind, rain and federal anti-piracy statutes to see all the movies nominated for best picture (andmost of the others, too). Here are our picks for the people and films we feel ...
SICK CELTICS SURVIVE
Mar 01, 2006; ... It was Fat Tuesday but Roanoke Catholic was not celebrating its 48-46 win over Atlantic Shores Christian of Chesapeake, even though itmeant a chance to defend its Virginia Independent Schools state titlethis weekend at Richard Bland College. Catholic seniors Phillip Martin and ...
ANGLER'S FANS LIKE FISH OUT OF WATER
Mar 01, 2006; ... It's the first Monday morning post-Angler's Cafe, and Steve VanMetre is trying to figure out what's next. The popular chef and I aresitting in the cafe-curtained booth while his waiters and dishwashersare packing up every plate, cup and pint glass in the place. It's hard to talk, ...
PERHAPS THIS WILL BE TRULY A CLASSIC
Mar 01, 2006; ... The best thing that could have happened to the World BaseballClassic occurred Tuesday, when George Steinbrenner was quoted in USAToday calling the whole thing "bull [bleep]." Nice work, George. Now that you're officially against it, maybethe rest of us can finally get behind ...
FOR THE RECORD
Mar 01, 2006 ... CORRECTIONS The lottery numbers from Saturday's drawing should have read inSunday's and Monday's editions ...
CORNER SHOT
Mar 01, 2006; ... When I came along in the late 1970s/early '80s, I knew him aswacky Ralph Furley on "Three's Company." Mr. Furley, who wore a neck scarf and bright leisure suits andchased the ladies at The Regal Beagle, became part of pop culture --as did many of the late Don Knotts' other screen ...
OBIT-LATE NOTICE
Mar 01, 2006 ... MICHAELS, Norman J., 79, of Roanoke, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006 ....
BRIEFLY PUT...
Mar 01, 2006 ... After the Nelson County Board of Supervisors refused a permit tobuild a shotgun range, the aggrieved hunting business filed suit,charging the county had violated its members' constitutional rightto hunt. A trial court last ...
HIGH COURT WON'T HEAR APPEAL ON CLAY TARGETS
Mar 01, 2006; ... Given the opportunity to decide whether the constitutional rightto hunt in Virginia extends to shooting at clay targets, the stateSupreme Court decided this week to pass. A Nelson County judge made "no reversible error" in ruling lastyear that hunting and target shooting do not ...
HOME SALES BUCK TREND
Mar 01, 2006; ... Retailers and real estate specialists locally expect people tokeep spending on homes and home products this year, thoughnationally, consumer confidence for some sectors is bleak. February's Consumer Confidence Index dipped to 101.7 points from106.8 in January, but perhaps the worst ...
CHAMBER MOVES ITS OFFICE OUT OF NEW RIVER VALLEY MALL
Mar 01, 2006; ... After three years in the New River Valley Mall, the MontgomeryCounty Chamber of Commerce has moved to a new location onProfessional Park Drive in Blacksburg. According to a notice sent to members, friends and associates, thechamber's board of directors chose the new site for its ...
HOOKING UP TEENS AND FILMS
Mar 01, 2006; ... The 78th annual Academy Awards telecast is Sunday, and if youhaven't heard of some of the best-picture nominees, it could bebecause most of the pack were only shown at the Grandin Theatre. This year, however, students of CITY School -- the downtownhumanities program for students in ...
FAMILY STORY IS CHART OF YOUR CHARACTER [Corrected 03/07/06]
Mar 01, 2006; ... William Alexander Haley recited eight generations of his family's heritage with ease. He rattled off dates, such as 1619, the year blacks were broughtto Virginia, and 1939, the year his father joined the Coast Guard. He described the illnesses that plagued distant relatives, ...
TONIA AND JULIA
Mar 01, 2006; ... One thing I learned after sliding the first DVD of "The FrenchChef" into the player: Cooking shows are much more satisfying incolor. Julia Child started out in black-and-white on Boston publictelevision in 1963. While I could discern that America's firstcelebrity chef was making ...
WONDER OF WONDERS: LYNDA CARTER LIVES AGAIN IN BROADBAND
Mar 01, 2006; ... I have just been advised that all of the old "Wonder Woman"episodes are going to be available on this place called In2TV, which,I am told, is a broadband network. And I guess that means I can't get in there to see Lynda Carterrun around in this kind of tacky red-white-and-blue ...
POLICE: ROBBER HITS CONVENIENCE STORE
Mar 01, 2006; ... Roanoke County police are investigating an armed robbery at the Plantation Market Place on Monday night. The robber entered the store in the 7300 block of Plantation Roadshortly ...
RADFORD WILL KEEP 'CHRIST' CARTOONS
Mar 01, 2006; ... Fans and critics of the "Christ on Campus" cartoon posted onRadford University's student Internet magazine can expect anotherinstallment of the version Friday -- uncensored. A meeting Monday afternoon between RU Whim Executive DirectorAndrew Lent and university officials opened up ...
IS WINTER PREPARING A GRAND FINALE?
Mar 01, 2006; ... By about this time next week, maybe a day or two later, winterwill be over for Southwest Virginia, I am thoroughly convinced. Everything that could bring prolonged cold weather is breakingdown and moving aside. By the time it could get re-established, wewould be many weeks deep ...
CHILDREN TRY TO BEHAVE WHILE DAD'S AWAY
Mar 01, 2006; ... BLACKSBURG -- When John Phillips comes home for a two-week leavefrom duty in Iraq in April, he might have to remind his children tobe on their best behavior while he's gone. Kipps Elementary School students Luke and Eden Elizabeth Phillipshave tried their best to keep the ...
NRV BRIEFS
Mar 01, 2006; ... CEO of chemical board to speak at RU Carolyn Merritt, chairwoman and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safetyand Hazard Investigation Board, will speak Wednesday night atRadford University. Merritt's lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the university's newHurlburt Student ...
OBIT - ALIFF, ROBBY LEE PRATT
Mar 01, 2006 ... Robby Lee Pratt Aliff, 83, of Roanoke, died on February 27, 2006.She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Lt. Col. MiltonLewis Aliff. Born in Rosebud, Arkansas to the late William and EthelPratt, Robby dedicated her life to her family. She was an avidsupporter of her husbands ...
OBIT - DIVERS, WILLIAM OLIVER SR.
Mar 01, 2006 ... William Oliver Divers, Sr., 90, of Buchanan, died Sunday, February26, 2006. A ...
OBIT - HICKS, AUDREY HODGES
Mar 01, 2006 ... Audrey Hodges Hicks, 83, of Blue Ridge, went home Sunday, February26, 2006. Born July 31, 1922 in Roanoke, Va., Audrey was a daughterof the late Charles Hodges and Lula Hodges Cummings. In addition toher parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Archie "Doe"Hicks, Sr.; son, ...
OBIT - GORDON, MARY REBECCA
Mar 01, 2006 ... Mary Rebecca Gordon, 91, of Roanoke, passeed away Sunday, February26, 2006. Funeral ...
OBIT - GIERISCH, JOSEPH
Mar 01, 2006 ... Joseph Gierisch, 92, of Roanoke, formerly of Toms River, N.J.,passed away ...
OBIT - GUILLIAMS, LEWIS GRADY
Mar 01, 2006 ... Lewis Grady Guilliams, 92, of Roanoke, passed away Monday,February 27, 2006 at the Berkshire Healthcare Center in Vinton. Lewiswas born in Franklin County, Va. on January 28, 1914, a son of thelate Geno F. and Florence Howell Guilliams. Lewis married the love ofhis life, Cecil Cleo ...
OBIT - KARAGEORGE, STEVE C.
Mar 01, 2006 ... Steve C. Karageorge, 80, of Roanoke, passed away on Monday,February 27, 2006. Born in Greece, he came to the United States in1951, later assisting two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law andtheir families to come to this country. During World War II, heserved in the Greek National Army ....
OBIT - DAME, MARGARET BUCKLEY
Mar 01, 2006 ... Margaret Buckley Dame, 107, of Salem, passed away Tuesday,February 28, ...
OBIT - HALE-RAMSEY, THELMA V. WIMMER
Mar 01, 2006 ... On February 27, 2006, God stretched out His hand to reclaim Hisangel, "Thel." Now she is in blessed reunion with all her loved oneswho were waiting in Heaven for her. Born to Thomas F. and HattieDeWeese Wimmer on February 22, 1920 in Copper Hill, Va., she was anexample of unconditional ...
OBIT - FRANKLIN, DORA JANE MACK
Mar 01, 2006 ... Dora Jane Mack Franklin, 75, of Roanoke, passed away ...
OBIT - MULLINS, LARRY WILLIAM
Mar 01, 2006 ... Larry William Mullins, 60, of Wirtz, formerly of Salem, passedaway Saturday, ...
OBIT - BROWN, WALTER C. (CHESTER)
Mar 01, 2006 ... Walter C. (Chester) Brown, 79, died February 26, 2006. Memorialservice Wednesday, March ...
OBIT - HALE, JOHNNIE LOUIS
Mar 01, 2006 ... Johnnie Louis Hale, 78, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, February26, 2006. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Hale was preceded in death by hisparents, Jackson Coleman and Ruth Johson Hale; a brother, GeorgeHale; and a sister, Myrtle Cawley. Surviving to cherish his memoryare a son and ...
OBIT - NELSON, FLORENCE
Mar 01, 2006 ... Florence Nelson, 94, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, February15, 2006. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alben and EngredNordquist; her husband, Auther W. Nelson; a son, Allen G. Nelson; andfive brothers and sisters. She is survived by a son, Donald W.Nelson; a brother, ...
OBIT - DYER, DORIS YVONNE MONTGOMERY
Mar 01, 2006 ... Doris Yvonne Montgomery Dyer passed away February 26, 2006. Doriswas born in Midland, Mich. on 8 September, 1932 to Cecile and ThomasMontgomery. The youngest of four children she is survived by twosisters, Anita Chase of Midland, Mich. and Lois Host of Grand Rapids,Mich. and Thomas ...
OBIT - MARTIN, ROY JUNIOR
Mar 01, 2006 ... Roy Junior Martin, 78, of Salem, passed away Monday, February 27,2006. Funeral services will be held ...