THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 12, 1995 TAG: 9503100205
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Long : 130 lines
Wednesday, March 1
3 p.m. - Oceana Ambulatory Care.
A mother and father enter the waiting area with their child, a 19-month-old boy, dressed in a white turtleneck, sporty vest and green jeans.
Across from the little boy is a little girl with curly hair, also 19 months old, sporting a floral-print dress.
After staring at each other from afar for a few seconds, the two scoot out of their seats simultaneously and walk toward each other.
He begins poking at her tummy, then her arm, then back at her tummy.
Instead of retaliating, the aggressive little girl lunges to kiss her new friend on the cheek.
``Women are demanding these days, T.J.,'' says the boy's dad, before scooping him up to carry him into the doctor's office.
- Holly Wester
7:15 a.m. - Independence Boulevard.
A faded red ribbon is wrapped several times around the antenna of a burgundy Toyota.
An accompanying sticker, on the car's bumper, offers a sobering message: ``A Drunk Driver Killed My Daughter And I'm M.A.D.D.''
- Lori A. Denney
Thursday, March 2
5:30 p.m. - North End.
A domestic black bunny sits at the end of a driveway. When humans draw near, it hops away. Although obviously not afraid of people, it chooses to stay a few steps beyond their reach.
The humans withdraw lest they drive the rabbit away. Meanwhile, the naive little bunny hops on down the driveway, stopping to sniff here and there in the winter-dead flower and shrub borders.
The great outdoors beyond the rabbit hutch has not yet lost its appeal.
- Mary Reid Barrow
Sunday, March 5
3:30 p.m. - The home of Bill and Judy Nelligar in Fairfield.
Forty eight well-wishers have gathered at the Nelligar home for a baby shower for daughter Amy Rae Nelligar-King and her husband, David.
David and Amy Rae sit at the front of the large, festively decorated family room and face the rows of guests. Piles of wrapped gifts sit on the pool table and overflow onto the floor.
Shower organizer Diana Zeliff tells everyone that they're going to do something different at this shower and involve the men in the games. She has David and Kevin Crouch tie bibs around each other and try out baby food. Using an airplane spoon, David takes a bite of Gerber pureed green beans and promptly grimaces.
``Oh, my gosh!'' he says, holding his throat. ``That's awful!''
Kevin is lucky. He eats the liquified fruit, which ``isn't bad,'' he reports.
The women laugh raucously, especially when Bill Nelligar and son, Andy, drink juice out of baby bottles to see which nipple is more ``stimulating.'' They both agree on the same white bottle. Then Doug Zeliff and Steve Litton are brought up front to diaper baby dolls, to see what's better, cloth or disposable.
Steve, an experienced dad, has no problem with either diaper and expertly dresses the doll. Doug, on the other hand, doesn't even know how to start and his face turns red as everyone laughs at his attempts. Smiling and embarrassed, he finishes a few minutes later and triumphantly holds up the doll. Judy Nelligar grabs the doll and jostles it a bit.
``I don't know about this!'' she says as the diaper slides off the doll. ``Good thing you don't have any kids!''
- Pam Starr
Monday, March 6
1:45 p.m. - Pembroke Mall.
A woman browses through the sportswear department in Proffitts Department Store, stopping in the middle of a cluster of bathing suits to finger the silky materials and glance at few price tags hanging from the colorful swimsuits.
``I'm too fat; I'm too pale.
``It's too early to start thinking about this,'' she mutters to a nearby shopper, as she backs out of the swimwear area and heads over to the cosmetics counter.
- Melinda Forbes
Tuesday, March 7
12:15 p.m. - Ocean Eddie's, Virginia Beach Fishing Pier.
Elkan Lachman, wearing a canvas hat, a windbreaker and a frown, paces around inside the now empty tavern with a cigarette in one hand as a clutch of workers patch and paint the darkened interior.
``We're going to put things back the way they were,'' he growls, pointing to cleared floor space that was once sectioned off by counter tops and swinging doors.
``We're going to put the band back in the middle, so the girls can dance on the table again.
``The only thing we can't change is the floor. We're going to have to keep the tiles. They cost 51 cents apiece.
``People liked to look down at the ocean between the floor boards.''
- Bill Reed
Thursday, March 9
11:30 a.m. - VCR Doctor at Larkspur Square shopping center.
The ``doctor'' is out, but his receptionist asks all the right questions about two ailing video cassette recorders.
The patients: One late model VHS; one dinosaur Beta.
The symptoms: The VHS has poor nutritional habits; it keeps eating tapes. The Beta is disoriented; it can't seem to pick up and record off local stations anymore.
The prognosis: Receptionist says the doctor can probably cure the VHS for a reasonable fee. As for the Beta, the doctor will have to phone the owners. It may be time to put it out of its misery. After all, it's hard finding organs .
- Mark Kozak ILLUSTRATION: Incredibly, no one lost their head
Three adults were sent to a local hospital Wednesday morning after a
1983 Z-28 Camaro rear-ended a Virginia Beach Public School bus on
the Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway, police said. The accident,
halfway between First Colonial and Laskin roads left the bus and car
racing west in the east-bound lanes. State police and Virginia Beach
firefighters responded to the scene. No children were aboard the
bus. Injured were the driver of the bus, Linda L. Anderson, 44, and
a passenger, Jean Palette, 65. The two women were treated and
released from a local hospital. The driver of the car, Alan B.
Solot, 29, also was treated and released. He was charged with
reckless driving.
Staff photo by
CHARLIE MEADS
by CNB