Solar coaster: The ups and downs of sun energy

May 12

Written By David McNair

Solar coaster: The ups and downs of sun energy

If you wore bell-bottom pants and platform shoes in the 1970s, you were groovy. If you placed a few solar panels atop your home or business, your cool factor went through the roof– literally.

4Better Or Worse

The week in review
252"> The HooK: 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

The Dish

Elliewood update: PJ's coming to old Wing spot?
252"> The HooK: FOOD- THE DISH- Elliewood update: PJ's coming to old Wing spot?

Essays

God and Lucas: The Force is with us
252"> The HooK: ESSAY- God and Lucas: The Force is with us

Question of the Week

What do you think of solar houses?
252"> The HooK: QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What do you think of solar houses?

Real Estate - $old

$old
ALBEMARLE 3/16 Lan Xu and Chun Xue to Chun Xue, 2418 Huntington Road, Northfields, gift. 250 West Holdings LLC to David S. Campbell Construction Co., lot in Foxchas...
SOLD!
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: July 29, 2004 in issue 0330 ADDRESS: 700 Graves Street ASKING PRICE: $ 449,000 SELLING PRICE: $438,000 DAYS TO CONTRACT: unknown ORIGINAL SELLING AGEN...

Real Estate - Commercial Construction Permits

Commercial construction permits
ALBEMARLE 4-25-5/4 Dr. Wilhelm- Central Virginia Oral and Facial Surgeons, interior renovations, adding ADA ramps, $60,000. CV Associates c/o Colliers Cauble & ...
Commercial construction permits
252"> The HooK: REAL ESTATE Commercial construction permits

Real Estate - On the Block

Out there: Hawkshill Lane hides nest
ADDRESS: 2160 Hawkshill Lane NEIGHBORHOOD: Stony Point Road ASKING: $535,000 YEAR BUILT: 1992 SIZE: 3175 fin. sq. ft., 417 unfin. LAND: 9.53 acres CURB APPEAL: 6 out of 10 ...
Out there: Hawkshill Lane hides nest
252"> The HooK: REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Out there: Hawkshill Lane hides nest

Real Estate - Update

$old
252"> The HooK: REAL ESTATE- $old
SOLD!
252"> The HooK: REAL ESTATE- Update- SOLD!

Real Estate Property auctions

Property auctions
May 17 at 2;40pm at the Fluvanna County Courthouse Property: 2.0 acres at 4381 West River Road, Scottsville Debtor: Mark C. and Polly M. Hamm Amount owing: $125,882 Bidder...
Property auctions
252"> The HooK: REAL ESTATE- Property auctions

DR. HooK

Just do it! Your medicine prescribed for a reason
252"> The HooK: DR. HOOK- Just do it! Your medicine prescribed for a reason

Movie Reviews

Meet the Fonda: They shoot mothers, don't they?
Published May 12, 2005 in issue 0419 of the Hook BY STEVE WARREN FILM@READTHEHOOK.COM If you've heard anything at all about Monster-in-Law, you know it's essentially a dis...
Meet the Fonda: They shoot mothers, don't they?
252"> The HooK: MOVIE REVIEW- Meet the Fonda: They shoot mothers, don't they?

Music Reviews

Holy rollin': Taking the masters to church
John D'earth and Kait Duntan (Soulful Sundown Series)at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial ChurchSunday, May 8 Friday night I prowl'd. There was music happening around town, bu...
Holy rollin': Taking the masters to church
252"> The HooK: MUSIC REVIEW- Holy rollin': Taking the masters to church
Parting remarks: This town is a jam band (sometimes)
More than three years ago, when the fates saw fit to actually pay me for spending half my weekends constructing occasionally verbose pieces (always much longer than asked f...
Parting remarks: This town is a jam band (sometimes)
252"> The HooK: MUSIC REVIEW- Parting remarks: This town is a jam band (sometimes)

News

'Marina' still missing
Still missing: It's been nearly two weeks since Julie Garcia's mixed media collage and painting, "Marina," disappeared from the Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Airport...
'Marina' still missing
252"> The HooK: NEWS- 'Marina' still missing
Loose lips: Rolling Stones bring their love to town
Days before the official announcement, the closely guarded secret– that the Rolling Stones will play Scott Stadium– was the talk of the town. Until then, concer...
Loose lips: Rolling Stones bring their love to town
252"> The HooK: NEWS- Loose lips: Rolling Stones bring their love to town
MLK stayed here: Motel makeover
The Gallery Court was among a new breed of roadside lodging– the motor court– when Martin Luther King Jr. stayed there in 1963. Today, the structure is the Budg...
MLK stayed here: Motel makeover
252"> The HooK: NEWS- MLK stayed here: Motel makeover
Mold gone: But family still faces bankruptcy
The good news: The mold has been removed from the house Larry Butler and Judit Szaloki saved for years to buy– and that made their family sick. The bad news: The gutt...
Mold gone: But family still faces bankruptcy
252"> The HooK: NEWS- Mold gone: But family still faces bankruptcy
Paladin's progress: Local film lands awards
A locally made indie movie received four awards at the Bare Bones International Independent Film Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma in late April. Out of 25 feature films accep...
Paladin's progress: Local film lands awards
252"> The HooK: NEWS- Paladin's progress: Local film lands awards
Sweeps weeks: Fifeville resident feels targeted
Cecil Gibson's downtown property looks today just as it has looked for as long as he can remember. But suddenly, in the last three months, he's gotten five city code violat...
Sweeps weeks: Fifeville resident feels targeted
252"> The HooK: NEWS- Sweeps weeks: Fifeville resident feels targeted

The Brazen Careerist

Google 'em: Networking the easy way
In the ongoing development of me as a brazen careerist, my weak point has been networking. I know it's my weak point because I meet a lot of powerful people who could do a ...
Google 'em: Networking the easy way
252"> The HooK: THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Google 'em: Networking the easy way

Sports Doctor

SPORTS WRAP
Best Clutch Performance: The Washington Wizards continued their Cinderella NBA season by rallying from a 2-0 series deficit to win the next four games and defeat the Chicag...
SPORTS WRAP
252"> The HooK: SPORTS WRAP

Strange But True

What'd I say? Invisible ink leaves traces
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. What's the secret to invisible inks?– E.A. Poe
What'd I say? Invisible ink leaves traces
252"> The HooK: STRANGE BUT TRUE- What'd I say? Invisible ink leaves traces

Facetime

Zeiglar's zag: Seeking green lanes amid the asphalt
252"> The HooK: FACETIME- Zeiglar's zag: Seeking green lanes amid the asphalt

Hotseat

Andy to earth: Mr. metal has acoustic sides
252"> The HooK: HOTSEAT- Andy to earth: Mr. metal has acoustic sides

Letters

Come see what we do
252"> The HooK: LETTER- Come see what we do
Don't blame Dede Smith
252"> The HooK: LETTER- Don't blame Dede Smith
End one-sided reports
I just read Jeff Donowitz's letter [April 28: "Hook should be ashamed"] regarding the story on vaccines and autism. I am the father of a six-year-old autistic girl, and I a...
End one-sided reports
252"> The HooK: LETTER- End one-sided reports
Peer support crucial
The Board of Directors of On Our Own-Charlottesville gratefully acknowledges the efforts of cofounder Shela Silverman in establishing what was known as the Drop-In Center [...
Peer support crucial
252"> The HooK: LETTER- Peer support crucial
Septic system is alive
I'm writing in response to the essay by Linda Formichelli [April 14: "Helter shelter: A whole-house checkup checklist"]. Two items concern septic tank maintenance. One reco...
Septic system is alive
252"> The HooK: LETTER- Septic system is alive
We have cheapies too
We would like to thank The Hook for including us in your April 28 cover story, "The cost of living...well: La dolce vita in Charlottesville." We're flattered that when you ...
We have cheapies too
We would like to thank The Hook for including us in your April 28 cover story, "The cost of living...well: La dolce vita in Charlottesville." We're flattered that when you ...