Monthly Archive for July, 2009

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Glenmore President Missing

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 2, 2009 in General News. 4 Comments

Mike Comer, president of Glenmore Country Club, is missing after taking a walk at Wintergreen, CBS 19 reports. He owns property at Wintergreen, and left on a walk at noon yesterday. When he didn’t return by early evening, his wife contacted the police. Search crews have checked the thirty miles of trails that web Wintergreen, so presumably they’ll now start checking off-trail.

10:10 PM Update: Police have called off the search for Comer, Liz Nagy reports for NBC 29, and they say that they don’t intend to resume it. The Nelson sheriff is a bit cagy in his description of the matter, implying that Comer has disappeared of his own accord.

Share Your Pet’s Story

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2009 in In Brief. Closed

The SPCA wants your stories of the critters you’ve adopted from them over the years.  #

Dopey Criminal Caught

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2009 in In Brief. Closed

Dude fills out Papa John’s job application, then steals the tip jar. Police, understandably, had no trouble tracking him down.  #

Scottsville Votes Down Meals Tax Increase

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2009 in Business, Government, Politics and Taxes. 3 Comments
The Dew Drop Inn's sign.
The now-defunct Dew Drop in, on Scottsville’s main drag, the iconic restaurant of the town. (Nannette Saunders / CC)

Scottsville Town Council has voted down a plan to hike their meals tax, Jason Bacaj writes in today’s Progress. In a 3-3 vote they decided not to increase the tax by 1%, to 5%, with one councilor saying that it “sends a bad signal” while they’re “trying to get new restaurants to town.” The increase would have brought in an estimated $20,000 annually. The price of gasoline is high enough that I can’t see that it would have made a difference from the perspective of a customer; if you live in Scottsville, it’s not worth the drive to C’ville, and if you don’t, then the cost of driving there is going to exceed significantly the additional pocket change that the tax would run you.

Bacaj, incidentally, is a recent hire new intern at the Progress. He’s a newly-minted graduate from rising senior at Washington & Lee University, where his bio at the school newspaper indicates that he was a member of their football team, he’s a skier, he double-majored in biology and journalism, and he hails from Morgantown.

07/07 Update: Matthew Rosenberg points out that Bacaj is an intern, rather than an employee.

Scottsville Flooding Explained

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2009 in In Brief. 5 Comments

S’ville officials say their flooding was because they opened the levee gates. That’ll do it.  #