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Russia moves toward pullback, flexes muscle
Aug 20, 2008; Bela Szandelszky and Mike Eckel ... POTI, Georgia - Russia took the first steps toward a trooppullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paradedblindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles andseized four U.S. Humvees. The mixed signals came as NATO allies met in emergency session ...
Parents, students defend arts trips: ; Kanawha board to discuss planned school travel cuts
Aug 20, 2008; Davin White ... INSIDE: Editorial: Dont end the field trips. 4A Recent George Washington High School graduate Mitchel Kawash saidwatching a live theatrical performance is an unparalleledexperience. "A lot of the kids can get more out of it than justentertainment," added Kathleen Sweat, a ...
CRIME SPREE: ; Police say serial bank robber struck Summit Community in Southridge
Aug 20, 2008; James I. Davison and Gary A. Harki ... Police believe a man who has robbed as many as 20 banks inseveral states added a Southridge Centre bank to his list Tuesdaymorning. Shortly after 9 a.m., the man entered the Summit Community Bank,demanded money from two separate tellers and fled in a black pickuptruck with an ...
IN focus l Fantastically fresh
Aug 20, 2008 ... Made-to-order salad, ...
IN SECTION l Somber anniversary
Aug 20, 2008 ... East End community ...
Bar owners defy smoking ban: ; Most complaints center on alleged violations by competitors, lax enforcement
Aug 20, 2008; Eric Eyre ... Nobody's going to tell Kerry "Paco" Ellison's customers theycan't smoke at his bar. The Black Hawk Saloon is Ellison's bar, and he'll run it as hesees fit. "If I don't want to pray, I don't go to church," Ellison said."If you don't want to smoke, don't come in ...
Longtime city pastor resigns: ; Thornton leaving Bible Center for
Aug 20, 2008; Jim Balow ... Shawn Thornton, the charismatic lead pastor of the Bible CenterChurch at Southridge Centre, resigned suddenly to take a similar jobwith a church in California. Thornton read his letter of resignation to a tearful congregationSunday, said Lee Walker, associate pastor for ...
School numbers: departments
Aug 20, 2008 ... Here is a list of contacts for problems or questions concerningKanawha County schools. Eddie Ivy, attendance director and schools social worker, 348-1343. Gary Hendricks, school food director, 348-6660. Brenda Isaac, lead school nurse, 348-6694. Cindy Daniel, ...
Road work
Aug 20, 2008 ... West Virginia Paving will pave the following Charleston streetsfrom 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today: * Circle Road: from Laurel Road to Laurel Road * Bridge Road: from ...
THE READ: ; Obama, veep choice set to campaign
Aug 20, 2008; Christopher Wills ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Barack Obama's newly minted running mate willjoin the Democratic hopeful onstage Saturday at a rally in thiscapital city where Obama launched his White House bid, a campaignofficial said. A senior Obama adviser told The Associated Press on condition ...
Putnam plans safety net for disabled: ; County to apply for grant to install tracking system to help find people who wander off
Aug 20, 2008; Veronica Nett ... WINFIELD - Putnam County residents with Alzheimer's disease orother cognitive disabilities might soon have a safety net if theybecome confused or lost. County commissioners approved a request from Sheriff Mark Smithto apply for a grant to implement Project Lifesaver. The ...
Two women indicted on bad check charges
Aug 20, 2008 ... Two Hurricane women were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesdayon charges that they wrote checks for $15,000 on accounts that wereclosed or didn't exist, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. Robin Renee Cleek, 40, and Tara Dawn Hammack, 35, also known asTarra Kenwood and Tarra ...
Weberwood principal leaving for school in N.C.
Aug 20, 2008; Davin White ... Barry Bowe, Weberwood Elementary School principal and longtimeKanawha County educator, said Tuesday he will take a job asprincipal at a performing arts school in Charlotte, N.C. Its a goodmatch for me for what Ive done throughout my career, Bowe said. Itkind of puts everything into one ...
Miss., West Virginia lead nation in adult obesity
Aug 20, 2008; Shelia Byrd ... JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi is Americas fattest state for thethird year in a row, and adult obesity rates across the nation areclimbing steadily despite initiatives to combat the epidemic, a newreport says. Nationally, adult obesity rates rose in 37 states inthe past year, according to ...
Evangelical political change underway
Aug 20, 2008; E.J. Dionne ... WASHINGTON - Anyone who still doubts that the evangelicalChristian world is going through a political revolution was notwatching Pastor Rick Warren's presidential forum over the weekend.The era of reducing Christianity to a narrow set of ideologicalcommitments is over. Just a ...
Readers' forum
Aug 20, 2008 ... Democratic Party no longer democratic Editor: Although I have been a lifelong Democrat, I can no longer relateto the Democratic Party as it is presently constituted. It no longeroperates on democratic principles. Where did the idea of super delegates come from? How ...
Which side?
Aug 20, 2008; Voltaire ... "It is said that God is always for ...
Bus stop: ; Arts education
Aug 20, 2008; Gzedit ... OF COURSE, Kanawha County schools feel the pain of higher gasprices, just like everyone else. But it does not necessarily followthat cutting art-related field trips is the best way to balance theneed to educate students with the need to cut costs. Indeed, after Superintendent Ron ...
China: ; Still police state
Aug 20, 2008; Gzedit ... THE BEIJING summer Olympics are magnificent, both for spectacularstadiums and artistic presentations, and for fervent feats of theworld's best athletes. But don't forget that China is a dictatorship where more than1,000 people are executed every year, usually by a bullet in ...
Remembering journalist Tom Searls
Aug 20, 2008; Joe Morris ... IT'S PROBABLY fitting that Tom Searls died at home, since henever really lived there. Searls lived in restaurants and bars, at baseball games and atwork. He owned no phone and was never at a loss for conversation. Hewas restless, until you started talking with him, when he ...

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