The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) back issues from August 2008:
Tax credit for VW Buyers classic GM cars shown Type S Sunglass Holder the ultimate family room Respectable, for a minivan.(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The minivan is the Rodney Dangerfield of the automotive world. Respect? Nope. Sure, you may own one, but you probably take the other car out on Saturday night. Even automakers no longer seem to care. For instance, GM and Ford no longer offer minivans, having ceded ...
Database allows buyers to check a car's past life.(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Ralph Vartabedian Los Angeles Times A new public database might protect American consumers, keep rolling wrecks off the highways and save lives in the process. The National Insurance Crime Bureau is creating a free public database of vehicles declared a ...
WOULd you believe an oak-fueled SUV?(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Kristen Hall-Geisler The New York Times How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could drive an SUV? About 25 pounds, says Robert Beam. That's how much wood it takes to fill the hopper of his 1988 Isuzu Trooper, which he has converted to run ...
head goes here and goes here and 28-point, 2 column, Tidewater Regular 28-point, 2 column, Tidewater Semiboldy True fuel economy fact & fiction false.(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... With gas hovering near $4 a gallon and the waiting list for hybrid cars stretching for months, many motorists are scrambling to find ways to relieve their pain at the pump. Here's a skeptical look at 10 common fuel economy tips offered by everyone from automotive experts to your ...
what do you haVe to say?(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... "I would be SpongeBob because he's lovable and everyone knows his face." Jessica Brosey 16, rising junior, Hickory High School, Chesapeake "I would be Scooby-Doo because I would get to solve mysteries." Emily Matsas 16, rising ...
falling into debt.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Adrianne Jeffries Special to 757 If you're a teenager, you probably don't remember the good old days when gas was $1.50 a gallon. Even if you just started driving this year, you've experienced creeping, then skyrocketing, prices. And for teens who ...
movie capsules movie capsules.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... OPENING Swing Vote Kevin Costner stars in a Capraesque comedy-drama about a beer-guzzling Everyguy who finds he has the controlling vote in the presidential election. The cast includes Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane. PG-13 (Story, Page 1) ...
operation tests forces' disaster relief abilities.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... About 700 soldiers from Fort Eustis and Fort Story are wrapping up several weeks of training as part of Operation Pacific Strike, the annual Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise in Camp Pendleton, Calif. The drill tests the ability of the Army and Navy to put forces ashore in ...
Tuscany from two points of view at SoNo Galleries.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Eric Feber The Virginian-Pilot south norfolk One photogenic Italian region, one season, two weeks, two people, two cameras and two artistic points of view. That's what the public will encounter when visiting "Tuscan Summer," the latest ...
your paper how to reach sports our blogs.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Healthy choice? Compiled by Joe Garvey The Virginian-Pilot THE OAKLAND A's hosted a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on Wednesday. What did they sell to raise money? Would you believe root beer floats? Before you go into ...
'Crabby' book has a birthday.(Y)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Mary Ellen Riddle Correspondent A parent's worst nightmare helped provoke 20 years of delight for girls and boys across the globe. Author Suzanne Tate is celebrating the 20th anniversary of publishing her first children's book, "Crabby & Nabby, A Tale ...
honors + awards honors + awards.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Academic Portsmouth's Velvet Godwin-Smith and Jaclyn Walker graduated from the Chesapeake campus of Cambridge College with master's degrees in education with minors in special and elementary edication. Godwin-Smith is the daughter of Virginia Sue Chandler. Walker is ...
Marie Morgan.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Enduring two-a-day football practices in the sweltering summer sun would be a breeze for Marie Morgan. No sweat compared to chasing around four kids, a full-time job as Oscar Smith High's guidance director, running her family's Virginia Beach home and tending to a 110-pound ...
Wood turner brings out the bumps and warts art beat.
Aug 01, 2008 ... What can irritate a tree can cause delight in an artist. That's true for wood turner Jim Bumpas of Colonial Heights, Va. He has a collection of wood-turned vessels on display at the Ghost Fleet Gallery in Nags Head through September. He has created pieces that rise like graceful ...
Life-saving station celebrates heroes 'A Funny Thing ...' is happening again Craft show is back in the cool Buxton school.
Aug 01, 2008 ... "AMERICAN HEROES DAY" will be celebrated Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe. The family event will honor military personnel, police officers, emergency medical technicians and firefighters. There will be a military flyover, a Coast ...
A fun-reading cookbook - even for the noncooker.
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Outer Banks Cookbook, Recipes and Traditions from North Carolina's Barrier Islands By Elizabeth Wiegand Morris Book Publishing , $19.95 The only time I cook is when I am caught outside without sunscreen. My cupboard has been so bare-boned ...
Grilled-cheese sandwiches: You need a recipe? sandwich.(Recipe)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Marsha Bacenko Correspondent While making myself a grilled cheese sandwich the other day, I began musing about the origins of such a simple yet satisfying sandwich. Whose brilliant idea was it to take the Earl of Sandwich's creation and run with it? I'm not sure, but ...
Fish of all sizes now hanging around the piers catch.
Aug 01, 2008 ... BEACH, PIER AND BRIDGE FISHING Corolla to Coquina Beach Piers along the northern beaches of the Outer Banks should offer a mix of small and large fish this week. Pier anglers should land quite a few small croaker, spot running 3 to 4 fish per pound, and ...
One little duo makes a multipiece-band sound live.
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Couch Potatoes, playing Friday, Aug. 1, and Saturday, Aug. 2, at Howard's Pub in Ocracoke, bill themselves as "America's largest sounding duo." It's hard to gauge if that's true, but the twosome certainly makes a strong case for the claim. Andrew Clore ...
events events events events events events events.
Aug 01, 2008 ... ONGOING Bird Walks. Take a stroll along the North Pond Wildlife Trail and look for approximately 225 species of birds that live or pass through Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at Pea Island Visitor Center at 8 a.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. 21/2 ...
Hickory High looks to build traditions, alumni loyalty.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer The Virginian-Pilot CHESAPEAKE For Oscar Smith High School graduates, there is nothing like the Victory Bell. Players touch it on their way to practice. They touch it when they leave. They touch it before stepping onto ...
Come watch or try your hand at gravity-defying event.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Eric Feber The Virginian-Pilot GREENBRIER Chairmen and chairwomen of the board will be high-flyin' Saturday and Sunday at the East Coast Wakefest 2008 taking place at Oak Grove Lake Park. The park is at 409 Byron St., not too far from the ...
Family pays reward for return of abused, stray pup.(Chesapeake Clipper)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Eric Feber The Virginian-Pilot GREENBRIER A Greenbrier family is rejoicing after they got their missing 3-month-old pit bull, Lola, back Tuesday. The Barlow family adopted Lola about three weeks ago. When they did they brought a scared, ...
Deputy revenue commissioner retires after 45 faithful years.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Christy Barritt Correspondent Carole Phillips isn't one for change. Once she finds something she likes, she sticks with it. She's been married to Bobby for almost 50 years. She's a lifelong member of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Portsmouth. She worked ...
Oration contest draws many at 2nd go-round.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Jacob Jones Teen correspondent How much would it cost for you to face your fears? Would you be willing to fly on anairplane for $50? Better yet, handle a spider for $100? For 16 teens, ages 13 to 19, it took the opportunity to win $150 last week to face their fear ...
Online risks focus of gathering.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Tanaya McLemore Teen correspondent WASHINGTON The Internet is here to stay. And tweens and teens need to be able to navigate it safely. That was the message last week during Cox Communications' Internet Safety Summit, hosted by Cox's Take ...
after summer's big hurt, a lesson: when looking ahead, see only the good.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... I never believed in jinxes, silly superstitions or knocking on wood. That is until the publication of my last column on July Fourth. Somewhere amid one of my many verbose ramblings about never making it to the Olympics, I alluded to my "disposition to end up in the emergency ...
win a $500 shopping spree!(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Are your college expenditures cutting into your wardrobe? Mom can't swing one more label for the first day of high school? You're in luck! We want to give away a $500 shopping spree to anyone between the ages of 14 and 24 getting ready to go back to school. Of course, ...
Making joyful noises Double treat for gospel fans: Parker, convention.(SportsW)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Eric Feber The Virginian-Pilot DEEP CREEK This week should be downright heavenly for fans of Southern gospel music. On Sunday nationally known Southern gospel star Ivan Parker will give a concert at the Deep Creek Baptist Church that will ...
your paper.(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SATURDAY Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show, 10 a.m., 2402 Godwin Blvd., Suffolk. Benefits the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater. $20. 487-9574, spowell59@cox.net. Classic Cruisers Car Club Cruise-in, 5:30-10 p.m., Hampton Roads Harley-Davidson, 6450 George Washington ...
Toyota lauds charles barker for customer service.(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... When I walk into a large store and there's a sign reading "customer service" above a passel of cash registers, I don't expect to receive any. It's like a warning not to expect it. After all, in a better store, customer service is expected. When it comes to dealerships, all of ...
ACCIDENTAL SHIFTING at 60 mph BLEW TRANSMISSION.(Auto Weekly)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Dear Tom and Ray: I accidentally shifted my 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager (SE 6-cylinder) into neutral while the car was in motion at 60 mph. I put it back into gear and heard a loud noise, and the car bucked like I had rolled over something. I know, not good. I pulled over because the car ...
A wise investment can pay dividends, even in bear market.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The bear is on the loose. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has dropped 13 percent this year, inflation is accelerating, home foreclosures and unemployment are rising, and banks are going bust. When a bear market starts its rampage, stock investors often retreat to safer vehicles ...
Headline goes here and goes here and goes her Want to know what else is showing? Movie capsules, Page X For more of Mal's reviews see Page X and XXXday's Break. waugh and remembrance.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THERE'S NO TIME like the first time, and so it is with "Brideshead Revisited." If you saw the 1981 11-hour-long TV miniseries, a masterpiece, you may cringe at the thought of a feature-length remake. The miniseries, which aired on PBS in this country after its British premiere ...
what's in a name? / Suffolk.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE NAME HAS A QUAINTNESS TO IT, a sense of something rural and austere and long since retired. // Pitchkettle Road is no dirt farm lane, though. // Motorists zipping around the north side of downtown can take it on the U.S. 58 bypass. In 2006, thousands did to get to the site for that ...
Passive voice? Then it ain't an apology by donald luzzatto Passive voice? Then it ain't an apology.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IT'S EASY. Really. Just two little words: I'm sorry. You don't need anything else. You don't even need to explain what you did -- unless you're one of my kids, and I'm trying to make a point about your behavior. You don't have to add any subordinate clauses leaking the air out ...
Tests show half of schools have made progress.(Y)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Ryan Hutchins The Virginian-Pilot At least half of Dare County's schools made adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind testing, according to preliminary results released last week. The district also said this week that it has the ...
In dead forest, life takes root.(Front)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Lon Wagner The Virginian-Pilot They look like something the environmental artist Christo might have done. Elegant in their sheer starkness. Tall and narrow and white, and dead. Hundreds of pine trees, their bark now gone, stand like ...
The best or wurst of times? Best or wurst of times?(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... JOHN McCAIN and Barack Obama seem to occupy different universes. In McCain's universe, the planets rotate around the sun in a predictable pattern. In Obama's universe, he is the sun -- and we are but minor planets revolving around his brilliant countenance. Rarely ...
'Swing Vote' Can Costner sway the audience?(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Kevin Costner has turned out three of the best-loved classics of all time ("Field of Dreams," "Bull Durham" and "Dances With Wolves"). He also has turned out three of the most notorious financial flops ("Waterworld," "The Postman," ...
Judo-turned-wrestling star a national girls champ in both.
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Dan Cooley Correspondent Melvin Lambert initially enrolled his daughter Marina in judo classes so she could defend herself. In the end, he got a daughter who may be good enough to make the 2012 Olympics in two sports, judo and wrestling. Last summer, ...
Battle of the beaches, II Battle of the beaches, II.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... VIRGINIA BEACH took great offense this spring at a South Carolina resort's advertising campaign marketing the town as "The Ideal Alternative to Virginia Beach Vacations." This week, the adopted home of King Neptune got some ammunition to fight back. A National Defense Council ...
4 28 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 3 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 26 27 24 25 august 29 30 31.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Aug 1 Friday "the mummy" "swing vote"in theaters Crosby, Stills and Nash rock. nTelos Wireless Pavilion Slipknot and Disturbed rock. Verizon Wireless Beach Amphitheater Aug 2 Saturday ...
In trial of politicians, openness is a must In trial of politicians, openness is a must.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GLOUCESTER's chief prosecutor made an absurd offer Tuesday to four county supervisors charged with misdemeanors that include conducting public business in secret and intimidating county employees. Resign from your elected positions and all charges -- malfeasance, misfeasance and ...
heading off trouble in the usual places.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The police car, mint green and unmarked, bumped along a dirt lane that cut through rows of trailers with narrow yards. // Night was falling, and a ll was quiet in Providence Mobile Court. Had been since early evening, when three plainclothes cops made the first of more than a half -dozen ...
fri/sat/sun=fun!(S)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Crosby, Stills and Nash, classic rock. 8 p.m. Friday. nTelos Wireless Pavilion, 901 Crawford St., Portsmouth. 671-8100. Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival: Slipknot and Disturbed, metal. 2 p.m. Friday. Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater, 3550 Cellar Door Way, ...
AARP chapter to be established.(Y)
Aug 01, 2008 ... CHOWAN COUNTY | A meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Chowan County Senior Center to discuss specifics and begin paperwork toward establishing an AARP North Carolina Chapter in Edenton and Chowan County. Anyone older than 50 is welcome to attend. For more information or ...
a fair share?(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Nancy Young The Virginian-Pilot For much of the past century, this is the way health care worked: A doctor held admitting privileges to local hospitals, which in turn were owned by another organization. Increasingly, doctors are deciding it's not enough ...
Military liaison post to be filled.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Richard Quinn The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH City leaders hope to hire a military liaison by Labor Day , which would fill a consultant post that has been vacant for roughly a year. Bob Matthias, an assistant to the city manager, said a ...
fm99 sinks teeth into shark fest saturday night.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Jeff Maisey Correspondent ACTIVE ROCK radio station WNOR will host its first FM99 Shark Fest this Saturday at the 24th Street Stage at the Oceanfront. Morning team Tommy & Rumble will host the event, which will feature Plastic Eddie and Big Bird's All ...
program tracks easily lost people.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Shawn Day The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH The small tracking unit around his ankle was irritating, so Hiram Foster pulled it off nearly a year ago and dropped it in a trash can. His daughter, Lesley, said she didn't want him to be ...
Homebuilding sinks, while foreclosure filings spike housing market.(Front)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Tom Shean The Virginian-Pilot Virginia beach Two years ago, Gary Caruana built more than 40 homes in the region. This year, he sa ys, he'll be lucky to get four or five built. Buyers are wary of buying new homes. "It takes ...
Brennan has history of overcoming adversity.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Andrew Astleford The Washington Post WASHINGTON Go ahead, doubt him. Take the thought of Colt Brennan succeeding in the NFL and rip it, crumple it, toss it to the side like a wad of marked-up notebook paper. He has heard the criticism: He's ...
Hugo Owens Sr. Hugo Owens Sr.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... When a man like Dr. Hugo Owens passes into history, and we consider his magnificent life, it's easy to find ourselves surprised anew at the distance Hampton Roads has traveled in a mere half century, and how much that progress depended on the strong character of people like him. ...
Plans OK'd for new wastewater facility.(Y)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot Moyock Currituck County's first sewer system large enough to serve an entire community could be operating in Moyock as soon as 2010. Plans are to build a wastewater plant that can treat up to 300,000 gallons ...
2 coaching icons may wind up taking a reluctant plunge.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Career victories Career victories By Chris Dufresne Los Angeles Times OK, WHICH GUY jumps first, Butch Cassidy or the Sunshine (State) Kid? Joe Paterno, entering his 43rd year as Penn State coach, turns 82 in December. That's eighty-two. ...
A lack of danger curses third 'Mummy' flick Want to know what else is showing? Movie capsules, Page 7 For more of Mal's reviews, see Saturday's Break.(Daily Break)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Show me the Mummy! It seems a reasonable request. Yet, amid the outrageous excess that characterizes the modern sequel, we get more mumbo jumbo than mummy here. Visually, this third edition has all that ...
Accountability a victim in Knoxville Accountability a victim in Knoxville.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HAD IT NOT been liberals, it would have been something else. Let's grant that from the beginning. Broken people, after all, can always find some equally broken rationale for the carnage they cause. And the brokenness of 58-year-old Jim Adkisson can hardly be doubted after he ...
biz briefs.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmed Thursday, with new data showing the economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite the tax rebate checks - and actually shrank late last year. Armed with government stimulus checks of up to $600 per person, ...
your views.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Bailout taxes thrift Re "Mortgage giants' bailout could cost taxpayers billions," front page, July 15: Our legislators should get out of our pockets and take responsibility for what they have permitted to happen. Those who bought homes without understanding fiscal ...
Firefighters gain control of refuge blaze.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... By Kristin Davis The Virginian-Pilot SUFFOLK The Great Dismal Swamp wildfire that once blazed out of control has been reduced to a 4,664-acre simmer, with firefighting efforts slashed to a fraction of what they once were. An information center ...
fort eustis platoon returns from iraq.(Local)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Unit/crew size About 40 soldiers from 2nd Platoon, 567th Inland Cargo Transfer Company Leader 1st Lt. Sean Summers Location of deployment Al Taq addum Air Base and Balad, Iraq Deployed date July 2007 Return date July 30, 2008 ...
how to reach business your paper local scene in port today on the agenda.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... honors + awards GREEN: The Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau's Norfolk Visitor Information Center at 9401 4th View St. has been awarded green certification from Virginia Green, a state network of tourism-related organizations and programs that are committed to protecting ...
bizworld: Former Bear Stearns CEO to leave firm that bought investment bank.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK | Alan Schwartz, the Bear Stearns chief executive who was forced to sell the investment bank to JPMorgan Chase & Co., will leave the banking company at the end of the summer, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. Schwartz, who ...
Nationals are in the basement on the field, and on the Tube.(Sports)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE WASHINGTON Nationals are creating a buzz this summer, but as you might expect from the team with baseball's worst record, it isn't because of anything that's happening on the field. The Nationals are making news for the dubious achievement of drawing the smallest regional TV ...