THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 1995 TAG: 9511140011
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A12 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
Recently I received a 3 a.m. phone call telling me that Officer Daniel E. Eaker had found one of my hunting dogs on Route 17 and would meet me at the 7-Eleven on Cedar Road. Not many officers would go to the trouble of catching a dog and calling the owner. I feel a personal loss with his death, as will all of Chesapeake.
How many more lives must be lost before the state makes Route 17 a four-lane road like North Carolina? Even if the state would widen it by four feet, it would be a great help. Cars often run off the edge and lose control or crowd the center line, sometimes knocking the mirror off an oncoming vehicle.
ROY JACKSON
Virginia Beach, Nov. 6, 1995 by CNB