Story archive for May 2003

Saturday, May 31

• Keep the eye on the ball!

• Albert J. Langley

• One kid is not enough

• Olympic bomb suspect Rudolph arrested behind N.C. grocery store

• Memorial Day forgotten

• Preparation is the key to safe vacations

• What is a hurricane?

• Edwards looks to future in clerk's office

• James E. Jackson

• Chorey earns degree

• School Board wasted people's money

• June 1, 1965

Friday, May 30

• Youth charged in hijacking school bus bus

• Military survivor, amputee skydiver to 'drop in' to Suffolk

• Gardening is for everyone

• Nixon passes bronze bill

• Diane E. Wagoner

• Authorities seek armed robber

• My sister 'Benj'

• Robert A. Drayton Sr.

• Moving on in transportation

• School bus driver charged

• Remembering Bob Hope, other comedians

• Fonda L. Williams

• Are predictions coming true?

• Upcoming tennis events

• Growth issue leads at retreat

• Tonight's racing at the Southampton Motor Speedway

• Sisters excel in nurse aide course

• April S. Tate

Thursday, May 29

• Reader questions writer's motive for letter

• Area celebrity presenting play

• Hero's valiant efforts praised

• Thought-provoking council meetings

• May 29, 1981

• Mrs. Suffolk sets sights for new title

• Twenty-one graduates earn scholarships

• Marion B. Braford

• School Board has full plate for retreat

• Surprising Saints say goodbye to seniors

• Seeking FAME? Come to JFK on Friday

Tuesday, May 27

• What's new in Suffolk Public Schools?

• Father charged in shooting

• Womanless pageant planned

• It's soup!

• PTA Council

• Obici VP wins award

• Can Blair say the devil made him do it?

• Brooks finally goes back to Langley

• Trible to speak at NSA graduation

• Route 13 tragedy affects several

• Michael T. Parker

• We should all re-examine our driving behavior

• Adrian G. Bowmar

• June C. Bosselman

• Jeanette C. Warren

• Yeates chorus sings out for spring

• Evelyn Armstrong

• Southampton County man announces candidacy

• May 28, 1981

Monday, May 26

• NSA's Peggy Hotchkiss Winner of National Scholarship Program

• Practical Nursing graduate pass state boards on first attempt

• Memorial Day

• Evora H. Luke

• Carver Cemetery deserves better care

Sunday, May 25

• Adrienne Hundley to Thomas Hoffman

• Ruffin grants pardons

• Bailey's 'Summers in Suffolk' enjoying LA run

• Tax should have been cut

• Boating Safe - Hurricane Season Preps Part I

• Great Fork has great time at anniversary

• Big boo-boos

• Bridge in Limbo

• May 25, 1948

• James Lee Eason

• Watsons observe golden anniversary

• Sharline Warren

Saturday, May 24

• Come decorate Memorial Tree

• Frank W. Kirkpatrick

• May 24, 1925

• Recent tennis tourney results

• Memorial Day a holiday for some

• Blake Baker joins family business

• Suffolk Police Department Incident Reports

Friday, May 23

• Search for beauty

• VDDA lauds Suffolk

• Ka-Nicia S. Walker

• May 23, 1948

• John Yeates Middle School presents spring concert

• Paul W. Stallings

• Civic league decides member's yard merits recognition

• Keeping track of our children

• Young Lady Saints take another title

• Francis C. Boone

• Three Warriors named to All-District team

• Still no charges in soccer scuffle

• Smith voted professional technical teacher of year

• Lessons from a comic book movie

• Pruden Center leads the way in Hampton Roads

Thursday, May 22

• STOP partnering with VEC

• Vendor quickly satisfies rushed appetites

• Children's safety subject of event this weekend

• May 22, 1938

• Lakeland High School presents new PTA officers

• Any school fight merits punishment

• A very humbling experience

• Chums Club carries on banquet tradition

• RE/MAX: SYAA soccer champs!

• City Council OKs #036;250M budget

Tuesday, May 20

• STOP to offer summer food service program

• Yeates students win in Math-a-thon

• May 21, 1948

• Column writing not limited to one color

• Saints make believers out of TCIS

• Reception introduces students to benefactors

• Helen B. Cross

• Budget looks ready for an OK

• Bettie S. Pope

• Marvis D. Williams

• Henry E. Leggett Sr.

• Yandle named district's top soccer coach

• Local painter honored by her alma mater

• Planning approves church's request

• Planners table action on UDO error

Monday, May 19

• Mother charged with son's homicide

• Council expected to OK #036;250M budget

• Saint lacrosse stars move on

• Crime Line seeks 'granny' with a gun

• May 20, 1948

• John W. Boone Sr.

• Happy Trails

• Students get math lesson with new No. 2 pencils

Saturday, May 17

• Family concerned about cemetery

• Vivian P. Cuffee

• Seminary students graduate

• Nelms petitions for support

• Hurrah for Ruritan!

• Suffolk Ruritans an asset to community for 25 years

• It's National Safe Boating Week!!

• King's Kids plan fundraiser

• Carver Cemetery deserves respect

• Holley Terry to David Taylor

• Work on bulkhead to begin anew

• Racial issues in journalism often a delicate matter

• The camera chomped the film

• May 16, 1938

Thursday, May 15

• Walkin', rockin' for a good cause

• May 16, 1950

• Bringing home the caging championships!

• March of Dimes fundraisers honored

• United Way awards city, schools

• Saints chomp Gators; move to title game

• CTB give tentative approval to 6-year plan

• Suffolk Republican women celebrate Legislative Day

• John L. Mizell

• May 8 - VE Day

• Fund Fairgrounds privately, not publicly

• Suffolk Police Department Incident Report

• Girl Scouts learn about Operation Smile

• Lady Saints fall, 6-2

• Suffolk Ruritans celebrate 25th anniversary!

Tuesday, May 13

• High-tech goes even higher

• A Lakeland parent speaks out

• Clogging their way to the top

• Lady Saints crusade to tournament win

• Help light the way to a cure for cancer

• Pretlow gets GOP nod for Clerk post

• Marjorie A. Savage

• Plenty to see and do in Suffolk

• Mary S. Simmons

• May 14, 1950

• Selling Avon a 'calling' for Patrice Weaver

• Suffolk needs to support the troops

• Cavaliers go out on top in a big way

• Always something for which to be thankful

Monday, May 12

• Squad official says complaints fixed

• Rock-a-thon still included in annual Relay for Life

• Retirement center will be featured on TV show

• Saint golfers tie for second

• Deltas observe May Week celebration

• Saints finish first, second

• St. Mary's Parish getting new priest this June

• May 12, 1950

• Fairgrounds group responds to columnist

• City honors slain officers

• Lady Warriors have extremely sad farewell

• Tourism Department invites visitors to center

Sunday, May 11

• Gymnasts stay up all night tumbling

• Crime Line needs you

• Kicking around soccer

• The real facts on recreational boat safety

• The stoic male can be a stupid male

• Mary E. Elliott

• BirthNews

• Two farm families planning sweet business venture

• May 11, 1962

• 'Real' milk improves health

• News-Herald 'moms' celebrate in style

• Christy Witt to William Goings Jr.

• Downtown Athletics holding Pop Warner signups

• 'Every day is Mother's Day'

• Ruth Cary

Saturday, May 10

• May 10, 1962

• Lions sweeping city

• Yeates band received superior rating

• Saints ready to attempt another TCIS championship

• East End Baptist Church will sponsor first event

• Biologist's interest in pest control goes national

• Water Safety Day held by Red Cross

• Man unscathed by plane crash

• Forbes sponsors bill to protect unborn children

• World champ martial artist visits Suffolk

Thursday, May 8

• Assessments going up 9% on average

• Georgianna N. Cox

• Fights warrant more than just mere forfeiture

• City returns some money to schools

• Suffolk man found guilty of first-degree murder

• Lloyd H. Seabolt

• Kitty's salon purring along

• Warriors foul out to Hornets, 3-1

• River kicks River senior to victory

• May 9, 1962

• Laverne D. Walker

• Jimmie M. Holland

• The dumper and dumpee

• Surgery was a galling experience

• Church 'Pilgrimage' celebrates history

• Schools must forfeit games

• Meteorologist visits Rotarians

• Staff photo/By Harvey White Suzanne Rice of Oakland Elementary School leads students in a pep rally for upcoming Standards of Learning (SOLs) tests.

Wednesday, May 7

• Volunteering is hallmark of local AARP members

• Teams will celebrate success

• Education minus

• Margaret M. Rowe

• Wilma J. Brown

• May 8, 1963

• Safety Day scheduled for kids

• River spoils Lakeland#039;s farewell

• Tidewater Crisis Pregnancy Center sponsoring Walk for Life

• 'The Original Performers' making debut with play this Friday

• Public pleads on schools' behalf

Tuesday, May 6

• Samuel Judkins

• An open letter to our teachers

• Answering someone's prayers

• Sophia G. Holland

• Grayce V. Benton

• Camp graduate reaching for dream job

• Les Gemmes bringing back new dinner theater

• Fowlers are 'flushing out' cancer

• Carrie L. Wright

• Suffolk toasts teacher of the year

• Brandon Winslow (left) and Robert Crumpler (right) played their final home game on Tuesday afternoon, a 13-1 defeat of Norfolk Christian. The two combined for five runs in the victory. Adam Keeling st

Monday, May 5

• Sheriff Isaccs honored

• May 6, 1942

• Many helped to make WalkAmerica a reality

• The wackiest idea the Left's had yet

• Sen. Allen brings office to Suffolk

• Suffolk bucking trend in cuts to govt.-subsidized child care

• Holiday Inn's Kumar honored at travel conference

• Christine J. Peoples

• An entertaining way to learn your American history

• 'Good times' should last

• Tidewater Crisis Pregnancy Center sponsoring Walk for Life May 17

Saturday, May 3

• Community toasts Julius Ruffin

• National Safe Boating Campaign: Week One

• April was not a good month

• May 4, 1973

• Excitement at the rodeo

• Meet the last class of Obici nurses

• Want to be infamous in Suffolk? Then break the law

• Knight ready to fly with Jets

• SHS tennis team alumni play for culture's sake

• Tyree Preston Felder II

• Budget to dominate council meeting

• Bryant drives 'Grandma' to victory

• Council Agenda

• Branch tournament raises over #036;5000 for Relay for Life

• Perry honored by USA Weekend

• Local karate students take AAU medals

• Genny Rutherfoord to Paul Huber

Friday, May 2

• Health Department lists violations in Suffolk eateries, schools

• League to show its appreciation

• Seven on Council to decide your fate

• Joyce P. Patty

• Dr. Virgil Howell

• Addie E. Williams

• Posting food inspections is a good idea

• There's always time for prayer

• A tough day for Lakeland

• Senior Lady Cavalier says goodbye

• Ongoing trouble to be expected

• Kids peddle away for fun and funds

• Nelson K. Crutchfield Sr.

• Rivals team up for tournament

• Chuckatuck Grist Mill getting new purpose

• 'A living testimony to God's power'

• What constitutes a violation?

• May 1, 1979

• May 2, 1979

• Predictions and such

• Suffolk man honored in D.C.

• Saints need one big inning to win in Richmond

• Eleanor M. Powell

• Frank L. Walden

• Restaurant inspections go online