THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 19, 1994 TAG: 9406170227
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 04 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Medium
DATELINE: 940619 LENGTH:
9:45 p.m.
{REST} A home near downtown Suffolk.
The woman walks across her yard, staring at the construction crews working in front of her house.
``Do you need to get out?'' one of the workmen asks when he spots her.
``Well,'' she says, ``I will soon. But any minute now, there's going to be a truck trying to get in here to deliver my new sofa.''
Workmen are spreading hot asphalt over the cul-de-sac, blocking access to her driveway.
``I wish you had told us,'' the man says above the roar of the machinery behind him. ``We could have started on another street.''
About that time, the woman spots the delivery truck half a block away, on the other side of the fleet of trucks working on the paving job. She heads over to explain the problem to the driver.
``Is there another way in?'' he asks.
``By boat,'' she says.
So the delivery men get out of the truck, pull the sofa out of the back and carry it across two yards, hoisting it above their heads as they maneuver between her neighbor's mail box and hedge to avoid the gooey, black substance.
- Susie Stoughton
\ Tuesday, June 7
6:01 p.m. - Godwin Boulevard, Suffolk.
On the way home from play-school, the 4-year-old child dug through the car's map pocket. When he discovered a spare quarter there, he began praising the spending power of the coin.
``I wish I had all the big money in the world, so I could buy toys,'' he said, reeling off his wish list.
Ignoring the pennies jingling on the seat next to him, he said, ``You can buy more with it than you can with little money.''
- Allison Williams
\ Wednesday, June 8
12:40 p.m. - City Hall, Franklin.
City Manager Jack Jackson says that male dancing, the newest entertainment offered by two businesses, has caused a stir.
After a protest by a number of upset citizens, the City Council asked the city attorney to review the legality of the matter.
His report is due this month, Jackson says.
``It has really put Franklin on the map,'' Jackson tells the telephone caller.
``I was shopping in Williamsburg last week and went in one of the shops there, and the clerk asked me where I was from. I said, `Franklin,' and she asked me, `Oh, what do you think of male dancing?' ''
Jackson chuckled, starting to change the subject.
``And what was your answer?'' the caller asks.
``I said, `Give me that pen, please, so I can finish signing this credit card receipt,' '' Jackson says, ``just like any good politician would do.''
- Susie Stoughton
\ 3:20 p.m. - Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Market Street, Suffolk.
The clerk isn't in her usual spot.
She's in the back room, surrounded by shelves of yellowed records, flipping through a small book of public documents.
``Hold on,'' she says to someone who asks for help. ``This is important.''
A man just called her on the phone and asked desperately if she could tell him whether he had been married on June 9 or June 10, she says.
She sensed his anxiety, and offered to help.
``I think he's in trouble,'' she says, finally flipping to the document she wanted.
``He was married June 8,'' she says. ``That's today.''
- Robert Little
\ Wednesday, June 15
1:30 p.m. - South Broad Street, Suffolk.
The young man has his work cut out for him.
As he's riding one bicycle, he has a hand on the handlebar of a second bike, trying to maneuver both.
He's going very slowly down the street, wobbling back and forth with these bicycles built for two.
- Jo Joynes
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