THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, December 4, 1994 TAG: 9412020266
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 80 lines
Thursday, Nov. 24
9:05 a.m. - Hardee's on Virginia Beach Boulevard.
``Good morning, welcome to Hardee's,'' the male voice blares through the speaker at the drive through. ``Would you like to try a turkey biscuit today?''
The customer in the car chuckles and instead opts for more standard fare.
When the customer drives around to the window to pay, she asks the man, ``Do ya'll really have turkey biscuits?''
``No,'' he says, grinning from ear to ear. ``I was just kidding. Just trying to brighten peoples' day is all.''
- Lori A. Denney
Friday, Nov. 25
8:25 a.m. - Independence Boulevard.
A sobering message on a bumper sticker stuck on the rear of a white Dodge van: ``The designated driver is the life of the party.''
- Lori A. Denney
10 a.m. - Central Library, Friendshop.
Three youngsters about 11, 9 and 7 flash through the doorway of the library gift shop.
``Wow, easy, watch out for the glass,'' a startled volunteer behind the counter calls.
Like colliding dominoes the three stop dead in their tracks a few inches from a display of delicate paper weights. The mother, walking in the door at a considerably slower pace, nabs the oldest.
Just before delivering her obligatory warning, the volunteer recovers herself and says, ``Oh, never mind. The only person who ever broke anything in here was a middle-age woman. Enjoy yourselves.''
- Marlene Ford
Sunday, Nov. 27
11:10 a.m. - Virginia Beach United Methodist Church at 19th Street and Pacific.
During the quiet moments of the service, a hiss of decidedly non-traditional music whispers through the rear of the sanctuary.
On the back pew, a man wearing a Walkman is stretched out fast asleep - the unexpected beat escaping from his earphones.
- Melinda Forbes
Monday, Nov. 28
10 a.m. - Beacon office.
A female reader calls to fix something she says was printed incorrectly the day before - a tidbit about a man driving a car with an amusing license plate.
``Yes, I'm calling about the HOLN1 2X license plate,'' she tells the receptionist. ``I was the one who made the hole in one twice and I'm not a he. I just want the writer to know because I'm proud of it.''
- Holly Wester
1 p.m. - Virginia Beach Boulevard.
A young resident wears his city pride on his red sports car. One of his bumper stickers reads: I AM A LOCAL, SO LEAVE ME ALONE.
- Holly Wester
9:30 p.m. - Food Lion, Virginia Beach Boulevard and Great Neck Road.
Hoisting a 35-pound bag of dog chow onto the checkout counter, the hunky-looking man making the purchase smiles and says, ``Just a snack to hold over my four Great Danes.'' He pays and hoists it off.
Right behind him another man grimaces and grumbles, ``Real men don't need big dogs.'' Then he tugs at the waistband of his pants and plunks down a 12-ounce box of parakeet seed.
- Marlene Ford ILLUSTRATION: Photo
ABOVE: Gabriell Barr, 4, lights the menorah for the fifth night of
Hanukkah during a celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights at
Stratford Preschool. Gabriell was one of a handful of students to do
the honors at the school, held at Baylake United Methodist Church.
RIGHT: Robin West and son, Keith, listen as a story about Hanukkah
and its meanings is told.
by CNB