Reefer madness? Copter and SWAT team weeded out 2 plants on their property

Oct 13

4Better Or Worse

The week in review
Worst crash aftermath: Doris Campbell, 33, injured October 3 in a head-on collision on Old Lynchburg Road, dies October 10 and becomes the 14th fatality in Albemarle this y...

Editor's Note

Why the Hook? We unveil a new motto for this newspaper
We recently came up with a new motto for the Hook. Before I tell you what it is, let me tell you how the Hook came into existence. It was early 2002, and I had just lost my...

The Dish

Dragon's lady: From Mexican retirement to java on Preston
After working as a chiropractor in Charlottesville for many years, Kem Spaulding retired to Mexico with her mother."I lived there for four years," she says. "I loved Mexico...

Essays

Question of the Week

Real Estate - $old

New beginning on Old Fields?
8/16/11 Beneficial Financial Inc. to Patrick Rutkoskie Jr., 7027 Secretarys Sand Road, $54,000, Albemarle Octopus Property LLC to Meneka Nadar, 740 Walker Square, Unit 1A...

Real Estate - On the Block

What's shakin'? Sounding out the Louisa County market
The earthquake on August 23 was big news for our area, especially for Louisa County residents who found themselves at the epicenter of the action. And as most of us know b...

Real Estate Property auctions

Property auctions
October 13 at 9am at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 4864 Rolling Road, Scottsville Debtor: Dana L. Hannum Rivera Original amount owing: $130,500 Bidder brings: $10,000 ...

Art Features

Junk bonds: Caldwell and Whitehill rummage around
I come to clutter naturally. Whatever the Latin is for “Don’t throw that out! I might need it!” should go on my family’s coat of arms. But if Eric Caldwell or Murra...

DR. HooK

Watch it! Fad diets can do more harm than good
Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch is 87 years old and still at her target weight of 142 pounds. Eighty-seven and still thin! I joke with everyone that when I turn 70, I�...

Movie Reviews

Masterful thriller: Shannon shows gifts in 'Take Shelter'
Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land: that the good days are ending, and climate cha...

News

'The wind': Donald Trump lifts spirits at winery
The hottest ticket in Virginia last week was the grand opening of Trump Vineyard Estates, with scores of public officials among 500 wine-happy citizens clamoring for a peek...
'Women and money': Prosecutors suggest motives in Abshire pretrial hearing
If Eric Abshire were a grieving widower, he had a strange way of showing it. According to information presented by prosecutors Thursday, between the death and burial of his...
Consecrated land
First United Methodist Church on Jefferson Street could call a higher power to handle parking lot poachers, but the Lord provideth a bounty of tow trucks, so that's not rea...
Oliver Stone, Larry Flynt headline Film Fest
A month before the theaters darken for the 24th Virginia Film Festival, director Jody Kielbasa has revealed the special guests so attendees can nab tickets as soon as they ...
Top dogs: Chase fund ranks #1 among mutuals
A Charlottesville-based investment firm has the top "mid-cap" mutual fund in America, according to the Lipper ranking agency and the Wall Street Journal, which made the rev...

The Brazen Careerist

Blame yourself: First look inside for source of trouble
Even though I rarely report about the letters I receive from readers, I do receive many. Almost all are thoughtful and intelligent, and the mail influences what I write abo...

Sports Doctor

Whadda'ya think? Every sports fan has an opinion
The one common denominator among sports fans is opinion: Every fan has one and is eager to express it. Here are a few topics to assess.DisappointmentWith sports as with eve...

Strange But True

Fooled ya! Thinking can make things true
Q. When does "saying become believing"? –G. W. BushA. This happens all too often in life. When University of Oregon psychologist Ray Hyman was in his teens, he supplement...

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Table of contents
COVERReefer madnessWhen a helicopter and SWAT team swooped in on his Albemarle County property, Philip Cobbs was terrified. Months later, and with charges pending against h...

Full Stories List for October 13th, 2011 issue #1041

4Better Or Worse