THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 19, 1995 TAG: 9503170145
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 94 lines
To solicit new members, the sign boasts a catchy slogan. It reads: CH - CH, WHAT'S MISSING? U R!
- Holly Wester THURSDAY, MARCH 9 3:20 p.m. - Windsor Woods Elementary School.
Notes going home with students have a sobering message issued by the principal.
``We have received reports from surrounding schools that a man driving a red Ford pick-up truck with a blue tailgate or driving a blue/grey car is approaching students at bus stops in or near a school zone. Several students from another school have been invited to go to Texaco for treats. Fortunately, because of what they learned at home and at school the children responded appropriately. The police were notified by the school originating the complaint. Please continue to reinforce with your children how to keep safe. We have announced this situation to the students here at school. C. Drummond Ball.''
- Lori A. Denney SATURDAY, MARCH 11 Noon - Virginia Marine Science Museum.
Two little boys are going to visit the museum with their parents. A giant construction crane, which is being used in the museum expansion, rises high into the sky and they stop to look.
As the boys, gazing upward, stand under the towering crane, a huge Navy transport plane flies in very low to land at nearby Oceana Naval Air Station.
``Wow!'' says one little boy to the other. ``That plane is going to hit the crane.''
The optical illusion is very real, and the kids stare transfixed until the plane safely ``clears'' the crane.
- Mary Reid Barrow 1:45 p.m. - Shooting Star Lane.
It's a beautiful day, warm and sunny with a cool breeze. A couple and their pug dog are in a turquoise Honda Civic, windows rolled down, radio blaring the oldies. Destination: Wendy's - for their regular weekend drive-through lunch.
Suki, the pug, sits on the driver's lap with her front paws on the ledge, her face sticking out of the window. In her eagerness to get to the fast food place, however, she puts a back paw on the ledge and loses her balance. Luckily, the car is traveling only about 15 mph when Suki disappears out of the window.
The shocked driver immediately stops the car and opens the door. Suki landed on her paws and rolled over, scraping her chin. She bounds back into the car but is noticeably more subdued. And she sits on the passenger's lap this time.
- Pam Starr MONDAY, MARCH 13 8:55 p.m. - Green Run.
Two young women, planted in front of a 20-inch television, are enjoying the last moments of ``Melrose Place.''
In the last seconds, cast member Michael finds his patient and love of his life, Amanda, nearly passed out on the kitchen floor.
``Oh, my God!,'' one of the viewers shouts. ``She's dead!''
The show ends and the two watchers scream out one final time.
Then, the doorbell rings.
Standing there is a wide-eyed next-door neighbor. ``Sorry for bothering you,'' the older woman says. ``I heard a whole lot of screaming and I was concerned.''
A member of the guilty party speaks up. ``Thanks for checking,'' she says. ``We were only watching TV.''
- Holly Wester TUESDAY, MARCH 14 9:30 a.m. - Independence Boulevard.
A woman cruising in a gray Aerostar is nothing but pro-choice, when it comes to soccer, that is. Her bumper sticker reads: The family that kicks together sticks together.
- Holly Wester WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 11:55 a.m. - Intersection of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Great Neck Road.
Cranky drivers can relate to a young fellow behind the wheel of a shiny turquoise Z-28, who uses his license plate to express his true feelings about mornings.
It reads: H8 AM.
- Holly Wester by CNB