Charleston Gazette back issues from November 2001:
Elk library lauds Halloween poets
Nov 01, 2001 ... The following students were winners in the Elk Valley BranchLibrary's Halloween Poetry Contest this year: First Place: Lauren Dittebrand, fourth grade, Shoals Elementary The Ghosts of Elk River In late October the ghosts and ghouls Roam the halls at night in ...
Carver Career Center teacher receives state conservation award
Nov 01, 2001; ... tatkinson@cnpapers.com Sandra Lynch loves worms. "I've learned worms are great," she said. "Five pounds of wormscan eat 25 pounds of garbage in 30 days. I never thought I wouldlove worms." Lynch feeds leaves, manure and vegetable clippings to earthwormsand redworms ...
Spear leaders
Nov 01, 2001; ... Metro photo Samantha Brackbill (second from left) and Brandi Bowles (right)learn to use primitive atlatl spear-throwing sticks to hurl javelinsat a bale of hay. Their teachers, Bob Walden (left) and Doug "LoneWolf" Dunlap, were demonstrating primitive weaponry during DiscoverDay ...
Community EVENTS
Nov 01, 2001 ... PRATT HALLOWEEN Trick or treating will take place in Pratt from 5:30 to 7 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 30 in Pratt. At 7 p.m., a party for children ages K tofifth grade will start at the old town hall. A haunted house for allages will open at 7 p.m., as well. CHELYAN PSD The ...
NEIGHBORS
Nov 01, 2001 ... Louwisa Roberts participated in the 2002 West Virginia's PerfectTeen Pageant in Huntington Oct. 27-28. She is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Kevin Roberts of Charleston and a Riverside High Schoolstudent. Dr. Lewis C. Cantley Jr. of Cambridge, Mass., was electedrecently to the ...
Singing and dancing offers escapist fare in '42nd Street': ; East Bank/Elkview residents perform in show
Nov 01, 2001; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com Put the troubles of the world on hold for two hours and make atoe-tapping escape to "42nd Street." The musical comedy, which opened on Broadway in 1980, is the fallproduction of the Charleston Light Opera Guild. Show times are at 8p.m. Nov. 2, 3, 9, 10, ...
Clubs
Nov 01, 2001 ... CB club ... The Upper Kanawha Valley Citizens Band Radio Clubmeets at 7 p.m. on the second and last Tuesday of each month atChesapeake Town Hall. New members are welcome. For more information,call Gene Oda at 595-2862. Watershed meeting ... The Fields Creek Watershed Inc. meets at ...
BulletinBoard
Nov 01, 2001 ... NOVEMBER FEST Mahone Chapel Church in Ashford will have a November Festcarnival fund-raiser beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at thechurch. There will be food, games, a bakery, an old-fashioned storeand baby contest. Canned food and money donations will be welcomed.For more ...
Charleston Newspapers' multimedia approach links job hunters, employers
Nov 01, 2001 ... If there's one certainty already determined this early in the newmillennium, it's that the job market is as volatile as the stockmarket. For millions of workers nationwide, "job security" hasbecome an oxymoron. No matter how high your rung on the careerladder is, layoffs - and the ...
Chasing dreams could pay off big for horseman
Nov 01, 2001; ... putnam@cnpapers.com The owner of Dream Chasin' Farm near Winfield thinks he might beclosing in on his longtime goal of producing a top-notch quarterhorse. For more than a decade, Roger Bias has been breeding quarterhorses to show in reining events, which he describes as an ...
Nitro dancer steps into role in musical '42nd Street'
Nov 01, 2001; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com Put the troubles of the world on hold for two hours and make atoe-tapping escape to "42nd Street." The musical comedy, which opened on Broadway in 1980, is the fallproduction of the Charleston Light Opera Guild. Show times are at 8p.m. Nov. 2, 3, 9, 10, ...
Davis Creek church will open activity building to community
Nov 01, 2001; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com The Davis Creek Church of the Nazarene doesn't plan on keepingits spacious, new activity building to itself. The Florence Walling Activity Building, which was dedicated in aSeptember ceremony, will be available to the surrounding community,said the Rev ....
Community EVENTS
Nov 01, 2001 ... SPAGHETTI DINNER Knights of the Pythians Lodge 78 will be sponsoring a spaghettidinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the lodge on 211Tennessee Ave. in Charleston. Cost is $6 all you can eat andincludes salad, bread, desert and drink. REVIVAL SERVICES Revival ...
West Teays Elementary students observe Red Ribbon Week: ; Radio-controlled robot delivers anti-drug and safety messages
Nov 01, 2001; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com "Tricycle Boy" opened his mouth and transmitted an electronic"burp." The classroom erupted in laughter. The moment of levity came during Red Ribbon Week at West TeaysElementary School, as Sgt. David Hunter of the West VirginiaNational Guard tuned up ...
NEIGHBORS
Nov 01, 2001 ... Destanie Dawn Abshire is the student of the month in the dentalassisting program at the Putnam Career and Technical Center. Abshirehas a perfect attendance record and the second highest grade pointaverage in the dental assisting program. She is the daughter ofJackie and ...
Cedar Grove reunion committee looking for alumni for '02 reunion
Nov 01, 2001 ... The Cedar Grove High School Reunion Committee met at the "Haven,"the former home of late teacher Pauline Tompkins, on Oct. 8. By invitation of Patty Ellis Robinson (Class of '67) and DebbieEllis ('70), 25 CGHS graduates met at the 16-room brick house knownas the "Haven," ...
BulletinBoard
Nov 01, 2001 ... GOSPEL SING Buffalo Presbyterian Church will have a gospel sing at 7 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 3, featuring Cross Creek. For more information, call937-2420. LECTURE Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Kanawha Valley, 520Kanawha Blvd. West, Charleston, will present a ...
Dragon's Den: ; Cross country team finishes second at regional meet, Cuadra recognized
Nov 01, 2001; ... The bright sun warms the side of my face. As I walk down the breezeway, T-shirts and shorts surround me. The beautiful weather makes it hard to believe it is fall, butthe athletic and academic activities of St. Albans High Schoolprovide a pleasant reality check. The ...
Veterinarian's apology satisfies spaymobile director Spencer
Nov 01, 2001; ... putnam@cnpapers.com After half a year of legal wrangling, the director of Help forAnimals Inc. has received a public apology from a local veterinarianwho maligned the nonprofit organization's mobile spay/neuter clinic. Director Donna Spencer said she's satisfied with ...
Reunions
Nov 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, ...
MU clinic offering free support group
Nov 01, 2001; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com Since the events of Sept. 11, a sense of unease has settled overthe nation. Are we really safe as we go about our daily lives? For those grappling with the aftershocks of that unforgettableday, Marshall University Community Clinical Services is offering ...
Church News
Nov 01, 2001 ... Grace Church Grace Church will be holding two morning services at 9:30 and10:45 a.m. Evening services will be at 6 p.m. Grace Church islocated across from the Ramada Inn in South Charleston. For moreinformation, call Rev. Harold E. Runyan at 744-2838. Wednesday Fellowship ... ...
Clubs
Nov 01, 2001 ... Girl Scouts A Daisy Girl Scout Troop has been formed for girls ages 5-6 inthe St. Albans area. Troop 4804 will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. onThursdays in the upstairs of First Presbyterian Church of St.Albans, 201 Kanawha Terrace. For more information, call AmieNottingham at ...
Support
Nov 01, 2001 ... Alzheimer's Putnam Aging is offering a "Forget-Me-Not" program for peoplewith Alzheimer's, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, JohnHenson Senior Center, Hurricane. The cost is $15 per day. 755-2385. Domestic violence The Domestic Violence Survivors Support Group and ...
Scott/Teays Lions Club donates to charities
Nov 01, 2001 ... During the Parade of Checks at the West Virginia Lions Conventionat the Charleston House Holiday Inn, Bill Hensley of the Scott/Teays Lions Club presented the following checks to Scott Neely,Lions Club district secretary: $1,000 to the West Virginia Lions Sight Foundation ....
Poca Middle students express feelings about Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
Nov 01, 2001 ... Students in the seventh-grade classes at Poca Middle Schoolsubmitted poems about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America tosocial studies teacher Barbara Mallett recently. Below are three ofthem: The Disaster The towers burned fast as the people in the planes came to ...
W.Va. State W Club announce winners
Nov 01, 2001 ... The National W Club, an athletic booster organization affiliatedwith West Virginia State College, has announced winners of a recentfund-raising raffle. Taking top prize of $1,500 was Lenese Hickman of St. Albans.Second place of $750 went to Ronald Wiley of ...
New readers can find variety in Kanawha County Public Library special collection
Nov 01, 2001; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com The stigma is gone, and now readership is up - way up. A collection of Kanawha County Public Library books, known in thepast as "literacy" books, are now being checked out in droves, saidOlivia Bravo, special collections librarian for the KCPL system ....
Family Support
Nov 01, 2001 ... Opening The First Presbyterian Church of St. Albans has openings in theParents Morning Out program, which is from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdayand Thursday for children ages 1-3. For more information, call 727-2241. Early Learner's The Charleston Family YMCA is accepting ...
Teens spread no smoking message
Nov 01, 2001 ... "Be a survivor, don't smoke," was one of the anti-tobaccomessages that adorned a float sponsored by the Putnam County TeensAgainst Tobacco Use during the Putnam County Homecoming parade. Teens Against Tobacco, a group of students from Buffalo, Poca andWinfield, have pledged to ...
Borders Books announces November events
Nov 01, 2001 ... Borders Books at the Huntington Mall is recognizing West Virginiaauthors during November with readings, book signings and otherevents. Book events Thursday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.: Matt Wolfe will discuss andautograph copies of his book "Heartbeat." Focusing on medical ...
Area TOPS Groups
Nov 01, 2001 ... The following area Take Off Pounds Sensibly chapters meet at thedates, times and locations listed below. For more information, callthe telephone numbers listed: Charleston TOPS 312 Second floor (elevator available), Morris Memorial UnitedMethodist Church, 46th Street and ...
Martinsburg actor to perform Shakespeare at Cultural Center
Nov 01, 2001 ... Shakespearean actor Hubert Rolling will perform some ofShakespeare's best-known monologues in the West Virginia StateTheater at the Cultural Center Nov. 7. During the free 7 p.m. performance, Rolling will portray avariety of male characters, including Richard III, Falstaff, ...
Muralist brings state's natural beauty into Hurricane Town
Nov 01, 2001; ... putnam@cnpapers.com A mountain lion, an elk, a horned owl and a hawk roam the hallsof Hurricane Town Elementary School, where the walls are coveredwith the flora and fauna of West Virginia. Pat Martin of Culloden in April began working with PrincipalNancy White, who wanted ...
Nitro High School collects for disaster relief fund
Nov 01, 2001 ... Students and staff at Nitro High School have donated $5,005 fordisaster relief following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New Yorkand Washington, D.C. Competition was held between classes as students broughtdonations from themselves, family and friends. Senior Brad Maddox ...
Touch of Life: ; Book details history of Union Carbide's Institute Plant
Nov 01, 2001; ... A Christmas Gift Do you have any past or current Carbiders (Dow) on your Christmasgift list? If you do, I have a gift suggestion for you. Sometime ago a History Committee from the Institute Plant decidedto publish a history of "The Institute Site." The committee, headedby ...
USDA announces Farm Service Agency Tobacco Loss Assistance
Nov 01, 2001 ... Signups for an amended United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency Tobacco Loss Assistance Program 2000 (TLAP00)will be accepted until Dec. 14. The amended program allows for payments to quota ownerspreviously deemed ineligible because their quota was not leased ...
Adopt a pet
Nov 01, 2001 ... Meet Buster, a male beagle, and Snickers, a female cat. Buster is 2 years old and friendly. Snickers is spayed, and isaffectionate and friendly. They are staying at the Putnam Animal Relief Center and need newhomes. The adoption fee is $15. The fee includes ...
ASPCA offers cold weather safety tips for pets
Nov 01, 2001 ... When the temperature drops, pets can be endangered in a number ofways. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsoffers the following advice to pet owners as winter approaches. Keep your cat inside. Outdoors, cats can freeze, become lost orstolen, or be injured ...
Cost of security felt at local level: ; Cities and counties across the country struggling to cope
Nov 01, 2001; ... All the extra airport patrols, security cameras and X-raymachines put in place since Sept. 11 may have eased security fears,but they're taking a huge bite out of city and county budgets. Governments across the country have racked up millions of dollarsin unbudgeted expenses, and ...
U.S. turns up the heat on Taliban: ; Field headquarters among the targets reportedly bombed
Nov 01, 2001; ... KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Heavy bombers went into action overnorthern Afghanistan on Wednesday, pounding front-line Talibanpositions in a dramatic increase in U.S. support for oppositionforces on the battlefield. In this southern stronghold, Taliban authorities took the ...
Doctors scramble to get coverage: ; Last-minute malpractice insurance extensions arrive too late for some
Nov 01, 2001; ... joydavia@wvgazette.com Medical Assurance officials had previously refused Dr. MikeSpindel's request for an extension on his malpractice insurance,which was due to expire today. So the Huntington plastic surgeon spent most of Wednesdayfinalizing a plan with a different ...
Prime forest fire weather forecast: ; New outbreaks being fought in Southern W.Va.
Nov 01, 2001; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com Warm, dry weather and an abundance of fallen leaves providedideal conditions for forest fires on Wednesday. Firefighters battlednew outbreaks in scattered locations in Kanawha, Mingo, Logan,Cabell, Wayne and Boone counties. At least 10 active fires ...
Prime forest fire weather forecast: ; New outbreaks being fought in Southern W.Va.
Nov 01, 2001; ... azette photo Fire converts fall foliage to charcoal and ashes, as it movesunchecked up the hillsides of Banner Hollow near the Paint ...
Tamarack won't sell state native's book
Nov 01, 2001; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Tamarack, a state-run arts and crafts center in Beckley, will notsell the latest book published by the West Virginia UniversityPress. Originally published in 1988, "Crum," a novel by West Virginianative Lee Maynard, is being denied shelf space at the ...
High-risk people urged to get flu shots
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Health officials are urging people at highest riskof the flu to get preventive vaccines. With flu season approaching,the officials are playing down the chances that Americans who getsick will mistakenly think they have anthrax. The early symptoms of deadly inhalation ...
Anthrax kills woman in New York: ; Toll grows to four; co-worker at hospital tested after reporting skin lesion
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - A New York woman died of inhalation anthraxWednesday, the fourth person to perish in a spreading wave ofbioterrorism. A co-worker underwent tests for a suspicious skinlesion, heightening concern the disease was spreading outside themail system. Despite an intensive ...
W.Va. Supreme Court admits new lawyer
Nov 01, 2001 ... The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admitted the followingapplicant to the ...
Two juveniles admit killing Raleigh woman
Nov 01, 2001; ... BECKLEY - Two juveniles were arrested and charged with murderafter admitting they had killed an elderly Raleigh County woman,police said. An ambulance crew found the body of Blanche Dempsey, 75, of theMaxwell Hill residential subdivision, early Tuesday at her home. A family ...
Student, principal spar over anarchy club, clothing
Nov 01, 2001; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Katie Sierra wore a white T-shirt with an anarchy symbol acrossthe front. Her mother, Amy, wore an American flag sticker. They have opposite opinions about America's bombing ofAfghanistan. But they came to a Kanawha County courtroom Wednesdayunited ....
Shoe-snob son has sold his soul to the devils of Madison Avenue
Nov 01, 2001; ... LET ME tell you about the day I didn't strangle my youngest son.Thought about it, mind you, but didn't do it. There are several reasons. In the first place, I'm rather fond ofthe kid. In the second place, strangling people is against the law.And in the third place, I don't think ...
Readers' forum
Nov 01, 2001 ... Faces of pain, love on tragic day Editor: On the 17th day of September, I was feeling a great deal of painwithin my heart. It was my mother's birthday, and she passed away in1997. Feeling this pain in my heart, I looked at the TV and for thefirst time, I saw that ...
Free speech: ; Right to be silly
Nov 01, 2001; ... MANY WEST Virginians disagree strongly with beliefs expressed bya Sissonville High School student who wants to form an "anarchyclub" - and so do we. The 15-year-old girl wrote messages criticizing the U.S.government and "flag-wavers" on her T-shirt, jeans and face ....
Ominous: ; Nuclear terrorism?
Nov 01, 2001; ... THE WORST nightmare scenario amid the current world anxiety isthat half-crazed terrorists may build crude nuclear bombs andsmuggle them into major U.S. cities by truck, car or boat. (This threat shows the folly of President Bush's plan to spendhundreds of billions of taxpayer ...
Social trust: ; Even in W.Va., suspicion could destroy communities
Nov 01, 2001; ... THERE IS much discussion about the impact of Sept. 11 and thecontinued acts of terrorism being waged against the United States.We hear speculations daily about the effect on the airline industry,the stock market, our retail spending - indeed, the whole economy.We assess and reassess ...
Readers' forum
Nov 01, 2001 ... Dog bite story got the facts wrong Editor: An article published Oct. 22 was erroneous. It involved a 17-month-old child and a dog bite. Aren't journalists supposed toverify stories? The article says there was a gash on the leg of the child who wasallegedly bitten, ...
Searching for answers: ; Would Jesus bomb Afghanistan?
Nov 01, 2001; ... WHAT'S A Christian to do? In the weeks since the attack upon theWorld Trade Center and the Pentagon, we have been watching the U.S.attack upon Afghanistan. President Bush has declared that Osama binLaden is wanted dead or alive. At the same time, people are praying, both publicly ...
Radically new direction will create more jobs
Nov 01, 2001; ... THE ECONOMIC development bureaucracy of West Virginia today mayvery well be larger and more expansive that at any time in statehistory. In addition to the recent hiring of our new economicdevelopment czar, David Satterfield, we currently have regional,county and local economic ...
Obituaries
Nov 01, 2001 ... Kenneth Ray Brady OVAPA - Kenneth Ray Brady, 77, of Ovapa, died Tuesday, Oct. 30,2001, at his home. He was born June 19, 1924, to John and Mary Ellen Brady. He was aChristian, a member of Bethel Methodist Church, a Navy veteran ofWorld War II, a retired postmaster, retired ...
House fire kills Marion man
Nov 01, 2001; ... FAIRMONT - The state fire marshal's office and the Marion CountySheriff's Department are investigating the cause of a Wednesdaymorning fire that killed a 73-year-old man. The fire broke out about 12:10 a.m. at a Prickett's Fort Roadhouse ...
'Bad faith' suit accuses insurers of conspiracy
Nov 01, 2001; ... larrym@wvgazette.com A group of insurance companies conspired with the asbestosindustry to conceal the lethal risks of the fire-resistant material,a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. The suit, which was filed in Berkeley County Circuit Court andseeks class-action status, ...
Man accused of killing lover indicted
Nov 01, 2001 ... A Charleston man accused of killing his girlfriend was indictedon murder and first-degree arson charges Wednesday. Robert Kelly Rogers, 28, of 804 Grant St., allegedly strangledand possibly stabbed his girlfriend, Melissa Thompson, 24, inSeptember. In May, Rogers allegedly ...
No citations in Marion mine fire
Nov 01, 2001; ... FAIRMONT - Hot metal left over from work crews cutting up aconveyor belt may have sparked a 1999 fire that forced a MarionCounty mine to close, according to a state report. The fire at Consol Energy's Loveridge No. 22 mine started about11 hours after crews finished using cutting ...
Legislators on hiatus after short malpractice session: ; 'Uncertain information' cited as delay
Nov 01, 2001; ... philk@wvgazette.com After 11 days and nearly $400,000, the special legislativesession on medical practice insurance went on hiatus Wednesdayafternoon. Legislators are hoping a 10-member panel of top-ranking senatorsand delegates can find a workable solution to the malpractice ...
Reunions
Nov 01, 2001 ... Harewood reunion - 1:30 to 3 p.m. Nov. 10, Mountain LaurelRestaurant, Fayetteville. The buffet dinner is $12 per person, whichincludes meal, taxes and tip. Reservation deadline is Wednesday.Send checks to Robert Mulligan, 125 Park St., Fayetteville, WV25840. Call 574-2546 for ...