WINA’s Dick Mountjoy died earlier this month at the age of 61 following a long battle with cancer. Jane Foy joined Coy Barefoot on the March 28, 2008 to celebrate the life of one of Charlottesville’s icons. Guests include Dick’s son Mike Mountjoy who announced that the Memorial Service will be held at St. Thomas [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Mar30
Saying goodbye to the voice of Charlottesville
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Mar28
A look at this weekend’s Charlottesville Ten-Miler
Mark Lorenzoni of the Ragged Mountain Running Shop joins Coy Barefoot for a preview of the Charlottesville Ten-Miler, which will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008.
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Mar28
Twenty Things You Didn’t Know about Everything
Writer and marketing consultant Dean Christopher is the author of the new book Twenty Things You Didn’t Know About Everything. Christopher frequently contributes items to the Discover magazine column of the same name. Topics from this episode of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now include sex in space, duct tape, and death.
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Mar28
Investigative reporter’s new book explains Ahmad Chalabi
Investigative reporter Aram Roston is the author of The Man who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi. He joins Coy Barefoot on the March 25 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about the rise of the former mathematician who Roston claims engineered U.S. policy by rigorously lobbying [...]
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Mar26
Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow goes pie crazy
Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot for a weekly growth and development update.
This week, Brian’s visit to Rose Hill Drive was greeted with two pies from teacher Cathy Carson, proving that Tuesday has in fact become pie day. Carson describes the pies, one of which she baked herself and one came from [...]
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Mar25
Historian Rick Britton on Walter Reed, Book Festival appearances
Historian Rick Britton joins Coy Barefoot each Friday to talk about Virginia history. On the March 21 edition, Rick gives a preview of history panels at the Virginia Festival of the Book, and gives a biography of Walter Reed.
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Mar24
Clara Belle Wheeler on her land being taken out of County’s growth area
When the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors adopted the Pantops Master Plan on March 17, 2008, one of the discussion points was whether to remove a 77-acre parcel of land from the County’s designated growth area into the rural area. On a 4-2 vote, the Board decided to proceed with that action. However, they did [...]
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Mar24
Hawes Spencer of the Hook updates the news
Hawes Spencer, publisher of the Hook, joins Coy Barefoot each Friday on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the week in news. On the Friday March 21 edition:
One quarter of U.Va freshmen are purchasing Macs
City plans to get rid of downtown kiosk
The latest on the possibility of a CVS on the Corner in space currently [...]
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Mar23
Nancy Damon previews this week’s Virginia Festival of the Book
Nancy Damon is the Executive Director of the Virginia Festival of the Book, which kicks off this week here in Charlottesville. Two special programs kick off the event on Tuesday night and hundreds of events run through Sunday, March 30.
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Mar23
Local group enriches lives of area children
Mary Anna Dunn is the Program Director and the President of the Enrichment Alliance of Virginia, which is a small non-profit that “provides opportunities for children to spend their time involved in enriching and highly motivating activities.”
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Since the spring of 2006, Coy Barefoot has brought