Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 31, 1993 TAG: 9310310013
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Ed Shamy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
You probably thought you'd pumped the trick-or-treating well dry in your neighborhood last night, but there's plenty more where that came from. You're never too young to exploit a government loophole, so slip that costume back on and get your tired bones to Bedford or Bedford County, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Fincastle, Lexington or Rockbridge County. That's where the trick-or-treating action is tonight.
The Roanoke AIDS project strategically distributed 500 trick-or-treat bags to hangouts frequented by high-risk visitors. Inside were a few pieces of candy, a health department leaflet on HIV testing and a condom.
From 1982 through Sept. 30 of this year, 119 people in Roanoke have been diagnosed as suffering from the AIDS virus - 151 throughout the Roanoke Valley.
Startling news out of the James River Corp. in Richmond:
Americans who prefer pulling their toilet paper from the top of the roll outnumber those who opt for the bottom-mounted roll by a 3-1 margin.
Can that be true? As a white, middle-income male, it is rare that I find myself in such a stark minority.
Does this entitle me to any benefits?
Late Friday afternoon, the last tenants of the former Travelers insurance building in Roanoke County moved out their computer terminals and their microwave ovens.
The new tenant - Roanoke County's government offices - will spend much of November moving from various homes into the Traveler. Administrative offices will move; parks and recreation, social services, school district and cooperative extension offices all will be playing a taxpayer shell game for the next few months. Some of those will end up in the Travelers building.
Sterile and uninviting, the building didn't seem like home until Friday at about 3 o'clock.
Three Coca-Cola vending machines arrived. I think we're going to like it there just fine.
For $66,648, the highway department will develop a talking highway along U.S. 58 on Virginia's southern border.
The highway will "talk" to travelers as they travel the 508-mile road.
Judging by the stretches of U.S. 58 I have traveled, the most frequent messages on the radio will be:
"OMIGOD! THERE'S A LOGGING TRUCK COMING RIGHT FOR YOU!"
"OMIGOD! THAT GUY JUST PASSED YOU LIKE YOU WERE STANDING STILL!"
"OMIGOD! TO THE LEFT! TO THE LEFT! WAKE UPPPPPPPPPPPPP!"
by CNB