Charleston Gazette back issues from March 2001:
Career as janitor prepared man for trails of running: ; shopping center
Mar 01, 2001; ... Tom Bird's education goes well beyond the stuffy walls of aprestigious business school. He began his career as a janitor whichhe said prepared him well for the trails of running a shoppingcenter. "I paid for all of my schooling doing that and got a real goodworking knowledge in ...
Book combines discordant themes
Mar 01, 2001; ... Imagine a book about inner freedom, living in harmony with natureand the mystery of Being - perhaps not too difficult an imaginativetask. Now imagine a book on resume writing, interviewing skills andstandardized tests to define career interests - again not an arduousmental exercise. But ...
Busy Boppers open in Teays Valley
Mar 01, 2001; ... At a new play center, parents and children can play togetherwhile listening to the calming music of Mozart. This is what RevaCaldwell envisions for her new education center, Busy Boppers onU.S. 35 at Teays Valley. Caldwell and her husband, John, purchased a building next to ...
UKV YMCA offers winter programs
Mar 01, 2001; ... As winter winds blew beneath a gray sky outside, Mary Falbo wasimmersed in the tropical-like warmth of the West Virginia UniversityInstitute of Technology indoor swimming pool. Made nearlyweightless by the water, Falbo moved effortlessly through a seriesof exercises under the guidance ...
Kiwanis Club leader plans to continue service organization's tradition
Mar 01, 2001; ... The current president of the Kiwanis Club of Charleston doesn'tsee her role as groundbreaking in being the first female elected tothe position in the club's 82-year history. Her top priority,instead, is to continue the service organization's tradition ofhelping youth locally and ...
West Virginia's economy has historically been boom or bust
Mar 01, 2001 ... The boom and bust nature of West Virginia's economy hashistorically been its Achilles Heel as it has served to hindersustained long-term economic growth. This was due largely to thestate's concentration of natural resource-based and primarymanufacturing industries and the cyclical ...
Kasey B's opens in Montgomery
Mar 01, 2001; ... When Donald Pomeroy gets off work from his job as a campus policeofficer at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, heheads over to 316 Third Ave., where his dream has become a reality. Pomeroy and his wife, Wilma, have opened Kasey B's, a new, family-owned, sit-down restaurant ...
Phoenix Land Holding Corp. handes land acquisitions, development and abstracting for businesses
Mar 01, 2001; ... The founders of Phoenix Land Holding Corp. started out in August1998 with $10,000 in the bank and high expectations. The Mt. Carbon-based company has gotten off to a fast start in two years handlingland acquisitions, development and abstracting for businesses. Company president ...
Eleanor busines offers variety of handmade decorative items
Mar 01, 2001; ... At Crafts and Treasures in Eleanor, browsers can find a varietyof handmade decorative items, including quilts, birdhouses, flowerarrangements, triple-scented candles, wooden toy trains andtractors, and one-of-a-kind metalwork candle holders, picture framesand clocks. Shoppers won't ...
Kanawha Forum announces Spring 2001 schedule
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Kanawha Forum has announced its Spring 2001 schedule of freeWednesday afternoon musical performances at 12:05 p.m., followed by$6 luncheons at Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 VirginiaSt. East, Charleston, W.Va. 25301. Luncheons are by prepaidreservation due by noon the ...
Texas native's creates works of art from metal
Mar 01, 2001; ... Robert Branson's sparse studio is an apt reflection of theartist. The focal points are a welding machine and a massive steel table -clues that this is a man who doesn't dabble in the delicate art ofoil painting or worry about the whimsical appeal of a watercolorscene. No, the ...
STYLE SHOW
Mar 01, 2001 ... Soroptimist International of Charleston will hold its annualstyle show and silent basket auction on Saturday, March 31 at theUniversity of Charleston. JC Penney will provide the fashions forthis year's "2001: A Spring Odyssey." Proceeds from the show benefitthe YWCA Sojourner's Shelter ....
Marine organization sponsors bus trip to Parris Island: ; Medal of Honor winner special guest
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF For a few days in April, a group of former Marines will relivethe punishing, homesick life of a recruit going through boot camp. And they'll enjoy every minute of it. Members of the Herbert J. Thomas Marine Corps League Detachmentare organizing a bus trip April ...
New slate of courses being offered by WVU Tech, YMCA
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF West Virginia University Institute of Technology's Community andTechnical College and the YMCA are teaming up to provide a series ofpersonal enrichment courses from March through April. These coursesare noncredit and open to the public. "Traditionally, community ...
Entertainer combines music, history
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF When Lewis Prichard instructed Poca Elementary School students tosing the chorus to "The Crawdad Song" on Tuesday, Feb. 13, he had noproblem with cooperation. The students sang on cue, clapped to thebeat of the music and almost never stopped smiling. In fact,Prichard ...
East Bank Middle becomes 'virtual school' for Spanish
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF When East Bank Middle School's certified Spanish teacher moved toNorth Carolina last year, students needing more classes this year toearn high school foreign language credits thought they were out ofluck. Principal Mark Milam said that shortages of foreign ...
Boone County Ambulance Authority receives new heart monitors
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF The Boone County Ambulance Authority has received six newportable heart monitors/defibrillators. The LifePak-12 machineswill enable paramedics to transmit via phone lines anelectrocardiogram to doctors before a patient arrives at a hospitalemergency room. This gives ...
POST IT
Mar 01, 2001 ... UKV CB Club The Upper Kanawha Valley Citizens Band Radio Club meets at 7 p.m.on the second and last Tuesday of each month at Chesapeake TownHall. New members are welcome. For more information, call Gene Odaat 595-2862. PANCAKE BREAKFAST The Pratt-Hansford Lions Club ...
Center Stage Players present 'Love, Sex, and the I.R.S': ; Performances slated March 2-3
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF What's more fun than an audit and faster than a tax return? TheCenter Stage Players' performance of "Love, Sex, and the I.R.S"scheduled this weekend at the Nitro Community Center. The three-act comedy by William Van Zant and Jane Milmore is set in Manhattanand tells ...
Reunions
Mar 01, 2001 ... Listed below are upcoming class, family and group reunions; datesand locations (where determined) and contact persons/telephonenumbers. If you have not received information about a class reunionor have names and addresses of fellow classmates, contact thepersons listed. Send listings, ...
BulletinBoard
Mar 01, 2001 ... HEAD START Midland Trail Elementary School Head Start, a preschool programfor 3- and 4-year-old children, will have a roundup for the 2001-2002 school year from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 13. Parents need tobring their child's state certified birth certificate, up-to-dateimmunization ...
Clubs
Mar 01, 2001 ... Belle AARP ... Belle Chapter #4551 of the American Association ofRetired Persons will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Belle Town Hall on thesecond Monday of each month. For more information, call Belle AARPpresident Sylvia Nelson at 949-4644. East Bank Garden Club ... TheEast Bank Garden Club ...
Sherman Elementary School announces honor roll
Mar 01, 2001 ... The following Sherman Elementary School students are on the honorroll for the second nine weeks of the school year: Sixth grade: Tiffany Adkins, Nicole Atkins, Sunceri Burke, Perry Changes,Joseph Christian, Courtney Coon, Britney Cooper, Carrie Dotson,Charles Hager, Jeremy ...
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Mar 01, 2001 ... Students at Cedar Grove Community School honored Martin LutherKing Jr. last month with a special newscast and other activities atthe school. Student David Patrick read King's "I Have A Dream"speech against a ...
Youth sports
Mar 01, 2001 ... VOLLEYBALL The Charleston Family YMCA will hold beginner and advancedvolleyball clinics starting Sunday, March 4. The seven-week classwill meet each Sunday through April 15. Beginners will meet from 5to 6:30 p.m.; advanced players will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Theregistration ...
Religion
Mar 01, 2001 ... Gospel sing ... Riverside Baptist Church on W.Va. 62 in Red Housewill be having a gospel sing featuring The Praisemen Quartet at 6p.m. Sunday, March 18. The pastor is Michael Hanna and the associatepastor is Donald L. Myers. Creationists ... The Biblically basedKanawha Creation Science ...
Ashford-Rumble cheers students
Mar 01, 2001 ... The following Ashford-Rumble Elementary School students are onthe honor roll for the second nine weeks of the school year: Honorroll Sixth grade: Latasha Holstein, Hannah Graley, Trevor Harrison, Erica Huffman,Linsy Meadows, Brittany Summers and Brittany ...
Pint-size president
Mar 01, 2001 ... Pint-size president Students at Cedar Grove Community School studied the electoralprocess when they held an election for an upstairs president. KimDavis' fifth-grade class was divided into two mock politicalparties, the Warrior party and the Hop-To-It party. The Warriorsnominated ...
Midland Trail Elementary School announces honor roll
Mar 01, 2001 ... The following Midland Trail Elementary School students are on thehonor roll for the second nine weeks of the school year: Fifthgrade 4.0 grade point average: Melanie Boyd and Jeffrey Brenwald 3.85 GPA: Callie Beaver and Dustin Durham 3.6: Jerry Booth 3.5: Chris ...
Family
Mar 01, 2001 ... Food and clothes The Lower Elk River Ministry Association's clothes closet is openfrom 9:30 to 11 a.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each monthat Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church in Pinch. For details, call965-6703. LERMA's food pantry is open from 9:30 to 11 a.m ....
Woman needs to face work and legal issues
Mar 01, 2001; ... Q. I am a single mother working two jobs, one full time and onepart time. I love my full-time job, but I'm afraid I will have togive it up or be fired. The reason is because my ex-husband keepscalling me at work. I live in fear of him, and even when he is notthreatening me, I find myself ...
For future reference, thanks appreciated
Mar 01, 2001; ... Letters: I get letters and phone calls and faxes and e-mail aboutthe world of work: Q. I'm job hunting and want to thank those who have given me suchwonderful references, even though I fear they may have been buggedby so many people calling them. What is the appropriate way to ...
Education and training key to career advancement
Mar 01, 2001; ... Every once in a while, my work as a columnist, as a careercounselor and as a volunteer all come to an intersection with one ofmy strongly held beliefs. The resulting impact causes me to stop,think deeply and decide again what I feel about something. Such acollision occurred in slow ...
Retired M.U. professor enters political arena: ; Jack Yeager vies for Dunbar mayoral spot
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF Out of 8,700 Dunbar residents, 4,900 are registered voters; yetonly 279 of them voted in the last levee election. "We're lucky ifwe get 30 percent of the people to vote," said Julie Lucas, campaignmanager for Dunbar mayoral candidate Dr. Jack Yeager. The electionwas ...
Lenten Recitals scheduled in March, April
Mar 01, 2001 ... Julie Janisch, Director of Music at the St. Andrew UnitedMethodist Church in St. Albans, has announced the following seriesof Lenten Recitals, which will be held at the church on the fiveWednesdays of Lent, beginning March 7 and continuing through April4: March 7: Julie Janisch, ...
Labor of love: ; Coach Chris Akers still going strong
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF He's just Chris to his players. "It's not your typical coach/player relationship," said ChrisAkers. "I tell my kids I'm Chris. I try to be a big brother to them.There's not much of an age difference between us and they'veresponded to that pretty good." Akers, a ...
POST IT
Mar 01, 2001 ... ARMED FORCES DAY The City of South Charleston and the South Charleston Convention& Visitors Bureau is in the process of planning their 42nd AnnualArmed Forces Day Parade on May 19. Any group, organization ormarching unit wishing to participate should contact Bob T. AndersonSr. at ...
Neighbors
Mar 01, 2001 ... Cadet David B. Moore, son of Elizabeth Moore of St. Albans andWalter Moore of Charleston, was named to the dean's list for thefall semester at West Point United States Military Academy. Moore isa 1998 graduate of St. Albans High School. He is concentrating hisstudies in engineering ...
Nitro Moose rev up city police departments
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF In less than five minutes, the Nitro Moose Family Center donatedtwo black Jeep Cherokees worth $34,000 to two local policedepartments. The ceremony took place Wednesday, Feb. 21 on theparking lot of the family center on W.Va. 25, with Moose governorChuck Easter ...
Religion
Mar 01, 2001 ... Drama ... Rock Branch Church, 113 Cross Lanes Drive, Nitro, willpresent "Is There Hope for Me?," at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3 and 7p.m. Sunday, March 4. The women of the church will present the dramathat tells the stories of five women in the genealogy of Jesus. Formore information, call ...
Wreckless Driving for Seniors: ; Sirens, horns, flashing lights
Mar 01, 2001; ... AUTO SAFETY COLUMNIST HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Ren and Ben were driving along in moderatetraffic on the town square (really a triangle). Suddenly, over thenoise of the AC fan, they heard the sirens and horns of an ambulancebehind them. Its flashing lights helped them to follow its ...
Library News
Mar 01, 2001 ... Below is a complete schedule of programs taking place in March atCross Lanes, Dunbar, Nitro and St. Albans libraries: Cross LanesBranch Library 776-5999 Income Tax Assistance Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. & Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. through April12 A volunteer from the ...
Annual fashion show planned for April 21
Mar 01, 2001 ... Plans are now underway for the Fine Arts Department, St. AlbansWoman's Club Seventh Annual Fashion Show scheduled for 1 p.m.Saturday, April 21 at the historic St. Albans Railroad Depot onFourth Avenue and Fourth Street in St. Albans. Models for the eventare: Bonnie Hill, Phyllis ...
Classix show choir wins trophy: ; Dragon's Den; St. Albans High School
Mar 01, 2001; ... Hello again! Welcome to yet another installment of the SAHSDragon's Den. If by now you haven't seen a schedule form from your children,you may want to look into that. Scheduling sheets for the risingseniors (current juniors) and rising juniors (current sophomores),have been ...
Mountain Echoes: ; Everything I want or need is right here
Mar 01, 2001; ... I am going to tell you about a versatile undertaker who possessedall of the qualifications anyone would need in this profession,including his name. His name was Dye, from the northern part of WestVirginia. He was a "dyed" in the wool funeral preacher, nice andkind, an embalmer, doctor, ...
BulletinBoard
Mar 01, 2001 ... Dunbar women The Woman's Club of Dunbar will hold their monthly meeting at 7p.m. March 1 at the clubhouse. The program will center on safety inthe home and crime prevention. Program chairwoman and presenter IvanLee will be assisted by George Bossie. Area women are invited ...
Adopt a pet
Mar 01, 2001 ... Meet Sky, a 4-month-old male husky/lab-mix, and Holly, a 1-year-old female longhaired cat. Sky is a pretty dog with a nicepersonality; he gets along with children and would make an excellentpet. Holly has a bushy tail and a nice personality. Sky and Holly are staying at the ...
Touch of Life: ; 'Ambassador Don' meets el presidente
Mar 01, 2001; ... MEXICO CITY - Ah, this is a huge city. The locals claim it has apopulation of 22 million. Mexican tour literature says it, " ... isthe largest city in the world, the oldest capital in the West."There are about 1.8 million (my guess) in West Virginia, so thatmakes Mexico City about 12 ...
Friendship Force to meet March 4
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Friendship Force of Charleston will host adults from Hanover,Germany on May 3-10. Their weeklong visit here is a greatopportunity for West Virginians to develop strong and meaningfulrelationships with Germans anxious to do the same with Americans. Hosting is an experience rich in ...
Luncheon
Mar 01, 2001 ... Recently the South Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau helda luncheon to honor three of its departing ...
McKinley Junior commends honor students
Mar 01, 2001 ... The following McKinley Junior High students attained honor rollstatus during the first semester: Grade 7 Principal's List Jonathan Fields, Lauren Goff, James Hunley, Kaitlyn Marler,Jessica Racer and Aaron Robertson "A" Honor Roll Mitchell Finch, Joshua Jack, ...
SPORTS
Mar 01, 2001 ... AEROBICS The St. Albans Parks and Recreation are offering an aerobicsclass at the St. Albans Water Company basement (M.U.C.) building.The class runs for eight weeks and the new session starts Monday,March 5. Classes are 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday and Thursday nights.The cost for ...
Herd fan
Mar 01, 2001; ... Photo courtesy Thundering Herd Coach Bobby Pruett presents an autographedfootball to Robbie Anderson of South Charleston for his ...
Bonham students learn the signs
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF When kindergarten teacher's aide Patty Adkins lined her studentsup to dismiss from the school cafeteria last fall, she noticed thekids who remained behind were making more noise than they shouldhave been. Due to staff cuts, monitoring the noise level in thecafeteria ...
Libraries release march schedules
Mar 01, 2001 ... Below is a complete schedule of programs taking place in March atClendenin and Elk Valley libraries: Clendenin Branch Library 548-6370 Preschool Storytime: Pigs Thursday, March 1, 11 a.m. Ages 2-5. Family Storytime Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 ...
Walking sticks, woodwork tickle Quick man's fancy
Mar 01, 2001; ... METRO STAFF J.P. "Paul" Mace is as much a curator as he is a creator. His garage (a/k/a "Poor Paul's Dog House," according to acolorful sign out front) at his Boner Drive home in Quick not onlydoubles as his workshop, but also comes across as a miniature museumof 20th century ...
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Mar 01, 2001 ... PANCAKE BREAKFAST The Pratt-Hansford Lions Club will serve a pancake breakfast from8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at Pratt City Hall. COMMUNITY TASTE The community service organization Out On A Limb is sponsoring ATaste of Our Communities from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m ....
Clubs
Mar 01, 2001 ... Sissonville women ... The Woman's Club of Sissonville meets at 7p.m. the second Thursday of each month from September to May atAldersgate United Methodist Church. Call 948-1588. Elkview women ... The Elk Valley Woman's Club meets at 7 p.m. on the secondThursday of each month at St ....
Bulletin Board
Mar 01, 2001 ... KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP Elk Elementary Center will have its kindergarten roundup for areachildren who will turn 5 prior to Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.March 22. Parents or guardians are asked to bring the child to theschool with proof of residence (street address only), ...
Religion
Mar 01, 2001 ... Gospel mission hour ... The Hissom Tabernacle Church of Emmanuelhosts a gospel mission hour at 11 a.m. every Saturday in the churchon Pennsylvania Avenue at Spring Street. The chapel service isfollowed by a homemade lunch and fellowship. For information, call343-2737. Methodist women ...
Sports
Mar 01, 2001 ... AEROBICS The St. Albans Parks and Recreation are offering an aerobicsclass at the St. Albans Water Company basement (M.U.C.) building.The class runs for eight weeks and the new session starts Monday,March 5. Classes are 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday and Thursday nights.The cost for ...
Support
Mar 01, 2001 ... Alzheimer's ... Putnam Aging is offering a "Forget-Me-Not"program for people with Alzheimer's. Its goal is to help others in away that accommodates their disability while reinforcing self-worth. The program is offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Mondayand Wednesday at the John Henson ...
W.Va. State receives new donations
Mar 01, 2001 ... Two new endowments for scholarships, plus a $12,000 donation fromthe Daywood Foundation, have been given to West Virginia StateCollege. Ida Kramer, retired professor of history, contributed$15,000 for an endowed scholarship bearing her name to be awarded toState graduates to pursue ...
Friendship Force meeting slated March 4
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Friendship Force of Charleston will host adults from Hanover,Germany on May 3-10. Their visit here is an opportunity for WestVirginians to develop strong and meaningful relationships withGermans anxious to do the same with Americans. Hosting is anexperience rich in discovery - of ...
Elk Valley Christian School announces honor roll
Mar 01, 2001 ... The following Elk Valley Christian School students achieved honorroll grades for the second grading period of the 2000-2001 term: Pastor's List (All "A"'s) Grade 1: Carter Coleman, J.T. Dennis,Justin Duncan, BrittanyEden, Walter Ferrell, Kalea Gunderson, Luke Ham, Jared LeHew, ...