Your tax dollars, at work

Worked for the city for: Two years Resides in: CharlottesvilleJob title: Reading coach at Clark Elementary School. Coyner, who describes herself as an “embedded professional developer,” works with teachers to instruct reading and writing. Her position is federally funded as part of the No Child Left Behind Act. Paula Coyner Best of times: “Working with […]

We’re with the bands

By the C-VILLE Weekly Pick-Up Ensemble, led by Brendan Fitzgerald and John Ruscher, with session players J. Tobias Beard, Will Goldsmith, Cathy Harding, Erika Howsare, Scott Weaver and Sara Yenke From the mosh pits to the nosebleed section, the floor seats to the door seats to the bar stools in the back, C-VILLE’s writers spend […]

Other News We Heard Last Week

Last Saturday, as Katie Couric and Governor Tim Kaine looked on, the West Parking Garage at the UVA Hospital was demolished to make way for the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center. Tuesday 4/8 Goode ties Iraq death count to illegals Our dear U.S. congressman, Virgil Goode, has never been shy about heaping opprobrium on illegal […]

What’s in your backpack?

Erin Williams Age: 22 Year: Senior Major: Spanish What’s in your backpack? cell phone, iPod, peppermint Orbit gum, lipgloss, sunglasses, prescription glasses, 56 cents, six pens, one pencil, Starbucks receipt, Espana y los espanolas de hoy by Fernando Opere and Carrie B. Douglass, an out-of-date Cavalier Daily.

Deke ekes out quarterback race?

Scott Deke, UVA’s third string quarterback last year, put himself in an excellent position to possibly start in the fall after completing 17 of 23 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the spring scrimmage on April 12. There are plenty of other open spots for ambitious athletes: In addition to graduating studs like […]

Lawsuit of the week

Plaintiff: Katherine A. Miller Defendants: Belk, Inc.Court: Albemarle County Circuit CourtWhat’s at issue: Whether Belk is negligent for packing boxes that an employee left on the floor next to a checkout counter at the Fashion Square store. According to the plaintiff’s complaint, the boxes were left in a shopping aisle and were not immediately visible […]

TÜNETOWN and more

19 Years: A Collection of Alex Chilton April 2, 1991 He’s the whiniest rock god ever. His limber guitar has informed such persuasive arguments as R.E.M., The Replacements, the dB’s, and the rest of their ilk with the crucial elements of blues, country, gospel and good old R&B. He’s Alex Chilton, and Rhino has brought […]