THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 16, 1995 TAG: 9507140197
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Eric Feber
LENGTH: Medium: 60 lines
THE CRYING GAME
The adage ``Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it,'' rang true for 18-year-old Jack Kitts, a Tidewater Community College student who was one of several Chesapeake youth profiled in The Clipper's what-I-did-during-the-summer cover story last Sunday.
Kitts is spending the summer as a delivery driver for the Mr. Jim's Jumbo Submarine Sandwiches & Pizza Shop on Dominion Boulevard.
In the story, he said one of the better things about his summer job was that he got to ``move around'' and ``be outside.''
``But when it's slow,'' he added in the story, ``I have to chop onions. That's the bad part.''
Well sir, that's what happened on Monday after Kitts' co-workers and boss read the story.
We understand that Kitts was affectionately kidded by his colleagues and then ordered by his boss to chop onions all day long.
How's that for a tearful 15 minutes of fame?
LEGAL GARBAGE
Did you know that it's against the law for a citizen to rummage through someone else's trash once it's been put on the curb for collection?
That's right. Chesapeake City Code 62-63 prohibits rummaging through any trash container once it has been placed at curbside.
So if you're taking a walk through the neighborhood, notice an old issue of a National Geographic you missed and it's in a neighbor's trash collection pile, you really can't help yourself to it. If you do, you're technically breaking the law.
But if you're a police officer, just say you're collecting evidence.
An item in a June edition of the weekly Chesapeake Police Crime Report under the title, ``Using Evidence Found in Trash,'' states that ``the director of Public Works has exempted law enforcement offices, in the performance of their duties, from this code.''
One man's trash is another man's evidence.
ANOTHER WINNER
Add the name of Sarah Hargraves to the list of Chesapeake residents who have struck pay dirt playing the Virginia Lottery.
According to a Virginia Lottery press release, Hargraves won $100,000 for matching all five numbers in the lottery's Cash 5 game.
Hargraves joined Bruce Everett of Severn, N.C., and Elizabeth Evans of Hampton at the lottery's Richmond headquarters to pick up their $100,000 prize.
She matched all five numbers in the June 28 drawing by selecting the winning combination - 4-6-14-17-28.
The lucky spot where she selected all five winning digits was the Greenbrier Citgo at 1664 S. Military Highway.
Hargraves' winnings came in the form of a check for $68,000 after taxes. by CNB