THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 22, 1995 TAG: 9510200210
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 04 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 89 lines
Sunday, Oct. 8
11 a.m.
Suffolk Presbyterian Church, Suffolk
T oday's flowers honor Sanny and Betty Chapman's wedding anniversary on Tuesday.
But Betty Chapman hasn't seen much of her husband in recent months. Though retired, he's been working long hours at the municipal airport. As assistant chairman of Peanut Fest, he's been helping build a new site for the festival, which kicks off two days after the Chapmans' anniversary.
Fortunately, he had planned ahead and ordered the arrangement, which celebrates 43 years of marital bliss, the bulletin notes.
``I haven't seen him enough recently to have a fuss,'' his surprised wife says.
- Susie Stoughton Monday, Oct. 9
7:30 p.m. - East End Baptist Church, Suffolk
S tate Sen. L. Louise Lucas is never short on words. During a NAACP candidates forum, Lucas's mouth is running nearly a mile a minute as she works the room shaking hands and laughing shortly before the meeting begins. But being relegated to a 3-minute time limit isn't easy for the loquacious senator.
``I know I have three minutes and I don't have a lot of time,'' Lucas says rapidly. ``Three minutes is not a long time unless you're getting a whipping.''
- Terri Williams Sunday, Oct. 15
12:30 p.m. - Hardee's, U.S. Route 58, Suffolk
T wo elderly ladies, still dressed up in Sunday finery, make their weekly trip to Hardee's after church for lunch. The two ladies order the same meal: a cup of coffee (free for seniors) and the 99-cent cheeseburger. ``I'll pay,'' says one lady, pulling out her purse.
Oblivious to the line stretching behind them, her friend shushes her and insists she will pay the bill. ``No, you paid last week,'' the second lady says. ``Let me take care of it.''
``Ladies, it's my treat this week,'' booms a voice from behind them. ``Enjoy!''
A tall man with a map in one hand pays for their food, places his own order and finishes planning his day's route up the highway.
- Allison T. Williams4:10 p.m. - Voter Registrar's Office, Suffolk Monday, Oct. 16
``W e will have voting machines for the election,'' Registrar Patsy Bremer tells the caller. ``But it's pushing it close.''
A weekend fire damaged the city's 54 new electronic machines stored in the old Suffolk High School. The New York manufacturer has assured Bremer that replacements will arrive in time for the Nov. 7 election.
Fortunately, 15,000 machines ordered by a Nevada county are nearly finished, except for installing the keypads for write-in votes. But the county doesn't need them this fall and 54 can be diverted to Suffolk.
It could have been worse, Bremer says.
``It could have been three days before the election instead of three weeks,'' she says.
- Susie Stoughton Thursday, Oct. 19 1:30 p.m. - Suffolk Plaza Shopping Center
The doors of the old Montgomery Ward store are open wide. Once again, it is filled with books, ready for the Friday-Saturday annual Friends of the Library book sale.
A potential customer comes in but is told that Thursday sales are for members of Friends of the Library only.
``I have a library card,'' he says - on the way out.
- Frank Roberts Thursday, Oct. 19 3 p.m. - West Washington Street A large white house has bales of hay on the front lawn. On each side are two little bodies in green suits topped with jack-o'-lantern faces. On the top bale are two smiling little ``Caspers.''
Halloween is just around the corner and they're in the ``spirit.''
- Shirley Brinkley ILLUSTRATION: Photo by DAWSON MILLS
Kevin Cawthon, 7, takes a break on a bale of hay next to a stuffed
Pluto figure with two of his classmates from Ivor Elementary School
at Applewhite Farms, a popular field trip spot.
by CNB