Story archive for September 2004

Thursday, Sept. 30

• Council shifting attention to south Suffolk

• Social event of the year

• Public awareness of sexual assault essential for everyone

• Navy vs. Air Force-One game worth watching

• Johnnie Lee Lawrence

• Dorothy M. Cofield

• Sept. 30, 1961: Lead stories in the Suffolk News-Herald 43 years ago...

• Child's need for two lungs garners support

• Hidden Treasures at Riddick's Folly

• Suffolk airport starts transformation into the site of city's largest festivity

Wednesday, Sept. 29

• Revving up to roar

• Tickets on sale for Possum Hollow Ruritan swing concert

• Suffolk Meals on Wheels salutes volunteers at event

• Sept. 29, 1961: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 43 years ago...

• Local pro takes first in Chester golf tourney

• Ann Call Taylor

• Jo Anne B. Mann

• Joan S. Bradshaw

• Setting the record straight on traffic signal, parking

• Randy Forbes thanked for help in repairing post office lot

• Just over the horizon

• Policy collides with doing the right thing

• News-Herald should focus on positive news of our community

• Changing course takes as much courage as `staying' it

• Lockheed to expand operations

• But it won't park your car

• Utility work begins today on Constance Road; expect detours

Tuesday, Sept. 28

• Micki Crumpler

• Preparing for the multitudes

• Britt: lifesaver, volunteer, award winner

• Choices and priorities called keys to success

• Suffolk Education Foundation golf tournament supports local classrooms

• Shrimp Feast to live up to reputation

• Operation Blessing makes an impact

• Suffolk once again under flood watch as remnants of another storm blow through

• Jeanne to dump rain in Suffolk

• Three hundred riders raise nearly #036;4,500 for a good cause

• Legal woes mount for Binkley

• Armed man robs store Saturday

• Sept. 26, 1937

• Felisia Emily Lamae Cherry

• Park dedicated

Saturday, Sept. 25

• Hobson to move forward

• Open door night with Liverman set for Monday

• Midshipman Garner completes Merchant Marine Academy

• Get your fingers sticky at the annual Peanut Butter Sculpting Contest

• Teachers to get tax break

• Sept. 25 1937

• Who let the dogs out? King's Fork did!

• Warriors stung, 49-12

• Beacon rentals come in handy in an emergency

• Kyle Gerald Smith

• Saints spike out a sweep

• 3-1 win is Saints' fourth in a row

Friday, Sept. 24

• Suffolk foundation helps children in need

• 'Novak Attack' leads Lady Bulldogs

• Lady Saints just miss upset win

• Suffolk man gets 15 years for molestation

• Murder suspect turns himself in

• Free food, fun available for all at Saturday's Operation Blessing giveaway

• Lady Cavs cruise, 4-0

• Mayor paints bright picture of downtown

• Sex offender gets 20 years

• Council members Milteer and Johnson should be commended for speaking out against UDO

• Raising the gas tax not the answer to pay for roads

• Better safe than sorry

• The invasion of the gift shops

• Credit interest rates have much to do with consumer reluctance to spend

• Planners doing their job

• James P-NUT Kid Nickelson Jr.

• A pair of quick goals help Saints win

• Running through the fall

Thursday, Sept. 23

• Feds assessing Hobson

• Duke to receive 2004 Ray of Hope award

• Historic expertise at close reach for local residents, businesses

• Money raised for Christina

Wednesday, Sept. 22

• Giermak out at Obici

• Tragedy keeps health concerns at the forefront at King's Fork Middle

• Thousands of Indians make their way to nation's capitol to celebrate heritage

• Teens charged with burglarizing businesses

• Planners balk at adding homes to high growth area

• Charles H. Wesley Jr.

• Brenda M. Gatling

• Sept. 22, 1937: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 67 years ago:

• DAR celebrating Constitution Week

• Council should take closer look at UDO

• City should not rent a parking lot for a bar

• Drastic change can mean better service for some

• Being conservative is about tradition and sometimes change

• Coach Maupin should not have been fired

Tuesday, Sept. 21

• Mr. Peanut makes it to the Walk of Fame

• Rathmond Mills Collins II

• Barbara Ann Preston Brown

• James F. Parker

• Mabel Drake Holland Wilkins

• Young comes back to old town

• Sept. 21, 1937: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 67 years ago:

• A ride to recovery: Bikers to help WTCSB

• Convicted murderer sentenced to 30 years

• Teacher death sparks warning

• Mother of injured student calls for road safety improvements

• Not all UCC churches embrace alternate sexual lifestyles

• The wizard of OZ and the levers of power

• Habitat needs community support more than ever

Sunday, Sept. 19

• How to spot a European

• An accident waiting to happen

• Oh Fudge

• Throwing to the dogs

• Goldie Byrum Turner

• Georgia C. Saunders

• Some final thoughts on the dangers of carbon monoxide

• Another late pick secures Warrior win

• Sept. 19, 1946

• Sept. 18, 1946

• Ousted city employee asks court to uphold panel's ruling

• City Council's annual retreat set in historic Williamsburg

• Young Warriors win round one

• Saints start tough, but fall short

• Saints break down Breakers in soccer, 6-0

• Ekanem returns from Persian Gulf

• Firm's employees lauded as essential to making plant a reality

• Set your taste buds for Shrimp Feast

• Suspect in Aug. 28 murder identified

• Praying for Christina

• Old hospital site nearly ready to go back on the market

• Suffolk's most wanted listed

• Obici well positioned for growth; '04 admissions at record level

Friday, Sept. 17

• Suffolk's Isaacs 1st VP of state Sheriff's Association

• Antoinette Wynn

• Warriors, Cavaliers get shutout wins

• Sept. 17, 1946

• Academy announces two large grants

• Growing pains on the minds of north Suffolk residents

• School's cheerleader captain clinging to life after crash

• Lack of growth in south decried

• Was I ever embarrassed!

• Safe food

• Preparing children for college

Thursday, Sept. 16

• Demps dumps points on St. Christopher's

• Sept. 16, 1948: Lead stories in the Suffolk News-Herald 56 years ago...

• Ordinance begs for more review

• Higher education agreement announced

• Antoinette M. Wynn

• Sara Lee to unveil #036;93 million facility

• Lady Saints fall in v-ball

• 'Favorite son' under fire

• Republicans should continue backing Jones

• Readers should put their facts on the table with regard to tax rates

• Santa Claus is coming to town

• More government waste--when will it ever stop?

• Bush supporters brainwashed; published views are disoriented

Wednesday, Sept. 15

• Affordable healthcare for all

• Being a true conservative

• Positions change, but result the same for River girls

• Sept. 15, 1946

• 'It's always been a part of the community'

• Learn all about bats at the Children's Learning Garden

• Local teens complete week-long leadership camp

• Forbes secures #036;350,000 for character ed.

• Elderly man pulled from fire Monday

• Panhandling should not be allowed

• Time to think as a region

Tuesday, Sept. 14

• Charles E. King Sr.

• The heaviest element in the periodic table

• Trust fuels our republic

• Outlawing firearms does not reduce rate of crime

• Council may green light 568 homes

• Benefits of regionalism touted at leadership meeting

• Puppy scammer sentencing delayed

• Suffolk remembers 9-11 victims

• A maze of maize

• Sept. 14, 1946

• Lady Cavaliers get it together for tournament win

• White scores three as young Saints win four

• Jacque B. McDaniel

• Clyde Bradley Sr.

• Horton Thomas Walker

• Milby W. Lloyd Jr.

• Edith Marie Alston

Sunday, Sept. 12

• Sept. 12, 1967

• Smither helps Lakeland escape

• Where carbon monoxide likes to hide

• Catches on both sides of the ball seal 17-7 Warrior win

• Annie M. Bond Overton

• Somebody better stop 'em

• The essence of advertising

• A new school year

• Red Cross launches disaster appeal

• Skydiver dangles 50 feet on tree limb

• School enrollment swells to new heights

• Police searching for two suspects

• Suffolk featured in Co-op magazine

Saturday, Sept. 11

• Suffolk devotes a day to 9-11

• Speeding at Springfield

• Sept. 11, 1967

• This week's most wanted

• United Way campaign off to good start

• Suffolk Presbyterian Church celebrates ministry

• Businesses, residents lend a hand for day of caring

• A day of caring

• River starts tourney with tie

Friday, Sept. 10

• IDA vote against e-commerce wrong

• Suffolk substitute teachers celebrate13th anniversary

• Sterling Bernard Watkins

• Rufus romps in 42-8 victory

• Suffolk goes 2-1 in field hockey

• Downtowners tell of panhandling woes

• Sept. 10, 1967: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 37 years ago include:

• Choosing the Battleground

• Nice to have a man around

• Coach dismissed after B.Y.O.B. party

• Hale guilty of murder

• Sept. 11 candlelight memorial planned

• Capital campaign kickoff planned for North Suffolk YMCA

• Day of caring to usher in United Way campaign

• Historic Commission approves downtown improvements

• PETA scrutinizes Suffolk accident

Thursday, Sept. 9

• Cavaliers fly past Eagles, 7-1

• Reader agrees with A vote for evil commentary

• Peter Joseph Jones

• Planters Club lease extended

• Mosquito control in full force

• E-commerce program opposed down

• James Grant

• MacArthur Skeeter Turner

• Geraldine Barnes

• Lewis W. Hobbs

• Annie Arlease Ricks Perkins

• Della Lancelet Joynes Collins

• Decisions Decisions

• A right to criticize the critics

• Sept. 9, 1967

Wednesday, Sept. 8

• Saints take five

• New King's Fork High opens for the business of education

• Suffolk man will face school bomb threat charges in court this week

• The Suffolk Police Department made the following arrests from Aug. 31-Sept. 2

• Obici to sponsor course on clinical aromatherapy

• Police secure warrants for shooting suspect

• Readers come to defense of president, GOP

• Sept. 8, 1967

• Brandon Derek Bayens

• Jordans celebrate 50th anniversary in spite of adversity

• Concentrate on the road

Saturday, Sept. 4

• 'It was devastating'

• A vote for evil?

• It's no wonder so many good Christians are lost

• Paper challenged to probe UDO inequities

• Oops; somebody finally responded

• Sept. 6, 1953

• Gene V. Wolford

• Susanne McNees Baird

• Salvation Army helping leave no child behind

• Community says thanks to officers

Friday, Sept. 3

• Truck ban overdue

• Salary study questioned

• With the nuns, Part II

• Cast your vote and complain

• Conspicuous by their absence

• Forbes thanked for hospitality

• Know your Norfolk

• Mayor alters hours

• Ruby Mae Johnson

• Linda Ann Perry

• Carbon monoxide - Part I

• Garland Windell Elmore

• Suffolk Crime Line lists this week's wanted

• Academy students, faculty 'forging the future' in updated digs

• Sept. 4, 1949

• Saints escape with 28-24 victory

• One touchdown not enough as Warriors fall

Thursday, Sept. 2

• John William Bill Harville

• Cause of north Suffolk fire being probed

• Harward banking on hope of tax cut

• Obici Junior Volunteer Program recognizes eight teens

• Sept. 3, 1953

• Two youths get belted

• Ordinance begs for a review

• 60 pigs killed in Whaleyville truck crash

Wednesday, Sept. 1

• No excuse for not voting

• NSA student excels at leadership

• Joe T. Artis

• Don't expect to see fruit of darkness right out in open

• Harward's support of Kerry baffling

• The 2004 vote

• The true measure of a community

• Security to be beefed up at Suffolk airport

• Neighborhood college opens next week

• Oakland helping Charley victims with supplies

• Alternative considered for displaced TOC workers

• Community keeps child's memory alive

• Martin retires after 27 years with Riverside Health System

• Sept. 1, 1953

• Little Lazers beam to Olympic gold

• 20 years of service

• Cutchins helps Cavs to 2-0 wet win

• City shouldn't depend on these new revenue sources