Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 20, 1995 TAG: 9502200085
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Rep. Bob Goodlatte has been rated Virginia's top deficit hawk in Congress, while Rep. Rick Boucher has been scored as the state's worst.
The ratings come from the bipartisan Concord Coalition, the anti-federal deficit group founded by former Democratic Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts and former Republican Sen. Warren Rudman of New Hampshire.
The coalition measured what it considered 17 key spending votes in 1994 to compile the results.
Here's how Virginia's 11 House members and two senators scored out of a possible 100 points on the coalition's scale:
Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke 88
Herb Bateman, R-Newport News 83
Tom Bliley, R-Richmond 74
Sen. John Warner, R-Va. 67
Sen. Charles Robb, D-Va. 63
Frank Wolf, R-Vienna 63
L.F. Payne, D-Nelson County 59
Norman Sisisky, D-Petersburg 36
Jim Moran, D-Alexandria 26
Owen Pickett, D-Virginia Beach 19
Leslie Byrne, D-Falls Church* 18
Bobby Scott, D-Newport News 1
Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon 1
*Byrne was defeated in the 1994 elections by Republican Tom Davis.
Champion hound
Call him a Blue Ribbon Bluetick.
Or call him "Blue Ridge Rebel." That's short for "Grand Nite Champion Champion Purple Ribbon Blue Ridge Rebel."
Whatever you call this dog, he's tops. Rebel (that's a fine name, too), who is co-owned by Steve Vansutphin of Meadows of Dan and Jody Jessup of Rural Hall, N.C., racked up more points than any other Bluetick in the 1994 Purina Coonhound Award competition. That means you can also call him "Purina Outstanding Coonhound of the Breed."
The award is based on the 4-year-old dog's performance in selected United Kennel Club licensed events. Rebel placed in several national and regional competitions this year, including ones in Georgia, West Virginia and North Carolina.
Vansutphin said Rebel's strengths are his tracking ability and his tree power.
Vansutphin and Jessup received $300 and a wall plaque. Wonder what the dog got?
All the world's a stage ...
Two Mill Mountain Theatre actors who play conflicting roles in "Romeo and Juliet" found themselves involved in a real-life conflict recently.
The actors who play Romeo and Tybalt in the production, which opened Friday night, were rollerblading on Jefferson Street near Community Hospital when one of them fell, said Jere Hodgin, the play's director.
According to Hodgin, some people in a car drove by and taunted the actors, then got out of the car and chased them. One of the actors was jumped and ended up with bruises and four or five stitches over his left eye.
Hodgin said some staging had to be changed in the fight scenes for a couple of days of rehearsals, but everything was back to normal for the opening.
by CNB