Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2002:
Community EVENTS
Aug 01, 2002 ... STEEL-PAN CONCERT A concert featuring K.K. Bachew & Family from Trinidad will beheld at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 at Bell Creek Baptist Church inDixie. For more information, call Pastor Norm Neimeyer at 632-2568. SUMMERFEST The Campbells Creek Lions Club will conduct ...
Libraries release August schedule of activities
Aug 01, 2002 ... Below is a complete schedule of programs taking place in August atthe Main Library and Clendenin, Elk Valley, Glasgow, Marmet,Riverside and Sissonville libraries. All Libraries Britton Summer Reading Club May 28-Aug. 31 The Kanawha County Public Library's summer ...
Expansion is expressive at Cricket's Corner
Aug 01, 2002; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com For years, dozens of customers were familiar with Cricket's Cuts &Curls hair salon along Sissonville Drive near the high school. This year, though, they're growing accustomed to Cricket's Corner,a new location for the salon and the recently opened ...
Woodcarver's work on exhibit
Aug 01, 2002; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com With medical training, the Rev. Herman Hayes would haveundoubtedly been a stellar surgeon. For 50 years, his sure and steady hands have transformed wood intofolk art pieces that have been exhibited in museums and sought afterby collectors. A collection ...
NEIGHBORS
Aug 01, 2002 ... Steven M. Tompa of Cross Lanes recently was promoted to assistantvice president of operations with United Bank. A graduate of WestVirginia University Institute of Technology, Tompa is a Smithersnative. Metro East always welcomes submissions for the ...
Volunteers spruce up East Bank homes
Aug 01, 2002; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com Girl Scouts from Waulbonsie Valley High School in Aurora, Ill.,along with volunteers from around the country, visited the UpperKanawha Valley last week on a mission to improve the lives of somearea residents. Scouts Maggie Ellor, Chrissie O'Shea and ...
Bulletin Board
Aug 01, 2002 ... GOSPEL SING The Harvest Time Quartet will sing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 atPerryville Baptist Church on Campbells Creek Drive. DOWN SYNDROME The Down Syndrome Network of West Virginia meets at 5:30 p.m. onthe last Monday of the month in the Family Enrichment Center, ...
Belle Auxiliary elects officers
Aug 01, 2002 ... The Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary 5269 of Belle haselected its officers for the 2002-2003 year: * Debbie Jones, President * Angie Gaylor, Senior Vice President * Sandy Evans, Junior Vice President * Trenda White, Treasurer Other offices held ...
Winners named in Belle golf tourney
Aug 01, 2002 ... The first annual golf tournament for the Belle community churcheswas held on Friday, July 12 at the Big Bend Golf Course. Seven teamsfrom the cooperating churches participated in this event. Selling "mulligans," which are extra strokes, raised money will beused to benefit the ...
Soccer buff named SJMS Female Student of the Year
Aug 01, 2002 ... Whitney Nicole Sharp was named 2002's Female Student of the Yearrecently at Stonewall Jackson Middle School. A straight "A" student at the West Side middle school, shereceived the Presidential Honor Certificate and the OutstandingStudent Award in Science. Other scholastic kudos ...
Volunteers needed for Book Festival
Aug 01, 2002 ... Organizers of the West Virginia Book Festival are seekingvolunteers to participate in the event. The West Virginia Book Festival will be held October 11 and 12 atthe Charleston Civic Center. The Library Foundation of KanawhaCounty, the West Virginia Humanities Council and ...
Club News
Aug 01, 2002 ... Clendenin TOPS ... Clendenin has a TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)chapter that meets each Monday evening at Calvary Baptist Church. Theweigh-in is from 6 to 6:50 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Dance club ... Extreme Country Dance Club offers everyone a chanceto dance - in ...
Elk River Relay for Life tabbed for Aug. 16-17
Aug 01, 2002 ... The Elk River Relay for Life will begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 atHerbert Hoover High School. Relay for Life is an overnight event to celebrate life, honorcancer survivors and pay tribute to those who have succumbed tocancer. It raises community awareness of cancer concerns and ...
Nursing school sponsors education day
Aug 01, 2002 ... The Garnet Career Center School of Practical Nursing will sponsora day of education regarding the implications of culture and religionon health care on Aug. 27. It will be conducted in the school auditorium from 12:30 to 3:30p.m. The conference will have a panel discussion ...
Boone County Fair entertainment schedule
Aug 01, 2002 ... The following entertainment acts have been scheduled for the 2002Boone County Fair Wednesday, July 31 through Saturday, Aug. 3 inDanville: Wednesday, July 31 4-7 p.m.: Karaoke (Fred Conley) 7:30-9 p.m.: Broken Arrow Band 9:30-11 p.m.: Power House ...
Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Shelter:
Aug 01, 2002 ... Meet Snooky, an 18-month-old spayed female greyhound-mix, and OJ,a 2-year-old neutered male tabby cat. Snooky and OJ are staying at the Kanawha-Charleston HumaneAssociation Shelter and need new homes. Snooky is house broken and gets along well with children. OJ istrained to ...
Reunions
Aug 01, 2002 ... Listed below are upcoming class, family and group reunions; datesand locations (where determined) and contact persons/telephonenumbers/e-mail addresses. If you have not received information abouta class reunion or have names and addresses of fellow classmates,contact the persons listed ....
At home or the library, parents don't need to rely on a program
Aug 01, 2002 ... Here are some ideas that can help make this summer's readingprogram a fun and positive experience for your child: Help your child set a realistic goal for summer reading. Sit downtogether and agree on a time that will be spent reading each week ora number of books that your child ...
Wellness fair to be held at Winfield High
Aug 01, 2002 ... Healthy Families Fun Day, a health and wellness fair, will be heldfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at Winfield High School. The event, in conjunction with the Putnam County Homecoming, willinclude vendor booths, complimentary health screenings, children'sactivities, ...
State graduate inducted into Coaches Hall of Fame
Aug 01, 2002; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com Michael Gallion is a bear of a man who walks confidently andspeaks softly. He's a former professional football player and a retired coach,teacher and boxing official. He's devoted most of his life toathletics, but is now an actor and a minister ....
Author leads nature workshop at Dunbar library
Aug 01, 2002; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com She's not Harry's mom, but author Jean Potter still held someyoungsters spellbound at the Dunbar Public Library recently. With nature as her topic, Potter, the author of such children'sbooks as "Nature In A Nutshell" and "Science In A Second," spoke ...
Winfield youth encounters fertile turtle
Aug 01, 2002; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com A science fair project led to a summer adventure for 12-year-oldJessica Shortridge. Jessica, who will be in the seventh grade at Winfield MiddleSchool this fall, returned recently from Fripp Island, S.C., whereshe was invited by officials of the Fripp ...
NEIGHBORS
Aug 01, 2002 ... Jason Moore, a 2001 honor graduate of Nitro High School, hascompleted his freshman year at the University of Rochester, inRochester, N.Y. Moore is studying neuroscience and was named to thefall and spring semester dean's lists, with a 4.0 grade pointaverage. He was admitted to the ...
Bulletin Board
Aug 01, 2002 ... NITRO WOMEN The Nitro Woman's Club will have a craft show on Sept. 16. Membersare reminded to work on their crafts and to bring a covered dish tothe show. Prospective new members are welcome to join. For moreinformation, call 755-3022. DRAWING WORKSHOP Museum in the ...
Touch of Life: Hungry lamb gets columnist's goat
Aug 01, 2002; ... No Respect - This is another one of those "I don't get no respect"happenings that seem to plague me at times. I was busy at the Putnam County Fair doing some short interviewsand taking a few photos for last week's Metro West. I had taken about10 or 12 photos and dutifully had ...
Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Shelter:
Aug 01, 2002 ... Meet Snooky, an 18-month-old spayed female greyhound-mix, and OJ,a 2-year-old neutered male tabby cat. Snooky and OJ are staying at the Kanawha-Charleston HumaneAssociation Shelter and need new homes. Snooky is house broken and gets along well with children. OJ istrained to ...
Area TOPS
Aug 01, 2002 ... The following area Take Off Pounds Sensibly chapters meet at thedates, times and locations listed below. For more information, callthe telephone numbers listed: Cross Lanes TOPS 146 ... Victory Baptist Church Activity Building,5310 Big Tyler Road, Monday at 6:15 p.m. weigh-in/6:45 ...
DRAGON'S DEN: More SAHS memories from 'Simmerings' school paper
Aug 01, 2002; ... Senior James Cooper has started the St. Albans Youth Organizationfor purposes of doing community projects and fund-raisers thatschools can't involve themselves in, like haunted trails or Easteregg hunts. He can be contacted by e-mail at saplaya83@aol.com or bycalling 727-3002. It's a ...
Hurricane artist co-op plans sale
Aug 01, 2002 ... Members of Main Street Studio (from left) Pat Roberts, LindaCharles Stone, Wes Reed and Betty McMullen, prepare items for thefourth annual Artist's Attic Sale that will run from Aug. 1-28 at thestudio, 2801 Main St., Hurricane. Sale items will include recycledart items, including ...
Kanawha branch libraries announce August programs
Aug 01, 2002 ... Below is a complete schedule of programs taking place in August atthe main library in Charleston and at the Cross Lanes, Dunbar, Nitroand St. Albans libraries. All Libraries Britton Summer Reading Club May 28-August 31 The Kanawha County Public Library's summer ...
Honor Rolls
Aug 01, 2002 ... The following Central Elementary School students are on the honorroll for the fourth nine weeks of the school year: Mrs. Webster: kindergarten Attendance: L.J. Calhoun, Ciara Felty and Ashton Moore Citizenship: Kirstie Cowger, Ciara Felty, Summer Harris, ...
ACIL to host open house Aug. 9
Aug 01, 2002; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com The Appalachian Center for Independent Living will host an openhouse next month to mutually inform and entertain visitors. The open house will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday,Aug. 9 at the Appalachian Center for Independent Living offices ...
Honor Rolls
Aug 01, 2002 ... The following McKinley Junior High School students are on thehonor roll for the second semester: Principal's list: Heather Canterbury, Megan Cole, Alyssa Dillon, Khyra Fullen,Jeremy James, Lauren Kelly, Emily McCallister, Alexander Moore,Thomas Ng, Marcus Reynolds, Ashley ...
Honor Roll
Aug 01, 2002 ... The following Nitro High School students were named to the secondsemester honor roll for the 2001-2002 academic term: GRADE 12 Principal's list: Tiffany Barnette, Angela Bills, Craig Braden,Jessica Chapman, Emily Fisk, Jason Gianola, Chasity Lies, AshleyMcClanahan, Kati ...
Tax takes a holiday: Stores prepare for crush of shoppers
Aug 01, 2002 ... Charleston Department Store employee Connie Fulknier ...
Tax takes a holiday: Stores prepare for crush of shoppers
Aug 01, 2002; ... melaniejarvis@wvgazette.com SOME West Virginia businesses are bracing for a huge shoppingweekend beginning Friday, the start of the state's first-ever salestax holiday. The tax holiday, which runs from Friday to Sunday, will allowfamilies to buy clothes and school supplies ...
Heart risk rises by the pound: Even a few extra pounds raises risk of heart failure
Aug 01, 2002; ... Researchers have found another reason to watch your waistline:Being even modestly overweight increases the chances of developingheart failure. Extreme obesity has already been linked to heart failure, butwhether that was true for milder weight problems wasn't as ...
Neo-Nazis select replacement
Aug 01, 2002; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com A Cleveland, Ohio, resident, known as the "Aryan Barbarian" whenhe was a boxer, was named chairman of the Pocahontas County-based neo-Nazi National Alliance organization this week. Erich Gliebe, 38, who has headed the Cleveland unit of theAlliance for ...
Drug plan rejected again: Senate to focus on increased Medicaid funding
Aug 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected a fourth Medicare prescriptiondrug proposal Wednesday before heading home empty-handed to faceolder voters. Lawmakers instead settled for a massive influx of federal funds tobolster cash-strapped Medicaid programs serving 40 million poorpeople ...
Groups snub Interior secretary: Meeting is publicity gimmick, critics say
Aug 01, 2002; ... kward@wvgazette.com Seven West Virginia citizen groups have turned down an offer for ahalf-hour meeting today with Interior Secretary Gale Norton. The groups said they declined "to be used in what would be mostlya public relations gimmick so the Bush administration can pretend ...
National briefs
Aug 01, 2002 ... Senate hears details of threat posed by Iraq WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein continues to develop chemical andbiological weapons and to seek nuclear weapons, but the Iraqipresident is unlikely to share those arms with terror groups like al-Qaida, the former chief UN weapons inspector ...
Bomb kills 7 at Israeli University: 3 Americans dead; 80 people injured
Aug 01, 2002; ... JERUSALEM - A bomb hidden in a bag ripped through a busy cafeteriaat Hebrew University on Wednesday, killing seven people, includingthree Americans, in an attack that shattered the peace in one of thefew places where young Jews and Arabs still mixed freely. More than 80 people were ...
Nearly one-fourth of seniors skip some medications
Aug 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Nearly 1 in 4 seniors say they sometimes don't fillprescriptions because of their high cost or they skip doses to maketheir prescriptions last longer, according to a new eight-statesurvey of the effects of high drug prices on elderly Americans. For those who skimp, ...
Schizophrenia drug also helps treat kids with autism
Aug 01, 2002; ... A newer drug used to treat adults with schizophrenia also curtailsserious behavioral problems in children with autism, a study shows.Older medications used to treat troublesome conduct can have severeside effects. The research reported in today's New England Journal ofMedicine is the ...
Powerful, amoral
Aug 01, 2002; ... "Just as a truly global market has emerged for the first time inhuman history, that market is functioning without moral guidepostsand restraints, and it has ...
Scandal truth sicker than fiction
Aug 01, 2002; ... THE New Yorker magazine published an amusing parody on recentbusiness scandals last week, including this gem: "Mr. Cheney calledfor an end to innuendo about his activities in a now bankruptPitcairn Island firm that sold itself the air rights to a millionacres of West Texas flatlands, ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2002 ... Wise's decisions are disappointing Editor: I never thought I would be writing this letter. I am sodisappointed in Gov. Bob Wise for favoring raising the coal truckweight limits and mountaintop removal. I always thought that Gov.Arch Moore was in the back pockets of ...
Medicare: Cover prescriptions
Aug 01, 2002; ... VIRTUALLY every modern nation except America has universal healthinsurance assuring care for all citizens. Why can't the United Statesdo this as well? It's disgraceful - and baffling - that the world'srichest country can't provide what poorer nations do. Currently, Congress is ...
Profiling: Bizarre drug bust
Aug 01, 2002; ... EVERYONE knows that criminal prosecutions in America are stackedagainst blacks. For identical offenses, white youths are released totheir families, offered reduced charges and given probation - whileblack youths suffer the full fury of punishment, winding up withprison records that make ...
Bulletin board
Aug 01, 2002 ... TODAY Alzheimer's Association Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. atHansford Senior Center, 500 Washington St., St. Albans. Forinformation, call 343-2717. FUTURE EVENTS West Virginia Department of Health will meet for lunch at 11:30a.m. Tuesday at Plaza Lounge, 121 10th ...
State briefs
Aug 01, 2002 ... Morgantown woman treated for rabies MORGANTOWN - A Morgantown woman is undergoing treatment for rabiesafter being bitten by a stray cat. The cat tested positive for rabies Monday, the Monongalia CountyHealth Department said. The unidentified woman was bitten July 26 ...
421 win lottery licenses
Aug 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com Adult-setting video lottery distributors and retailers claimedlicenses for another 421 machines Wednesday, during the fourth roundof bidding by the state Lottery Commission. Even so, the state Lottery Commission has more unclaimed licensestoday than it ...
Advantage Valley leaders vote to support Amendment 1
Aug 01, 2002; ... rachellebott@wvgazette.com HURRICANE - Advantage Valley members' primary goal is to attractnational and international businesses to the region. On Wednesday,the panel of business leaders voted to support a constitutionalamendment that will give the organization a tool to complete ...
Readers' voice
Aug 01, 2002 ... * I disagree with the Gazette's review of "Road to Perdition." Theacting is good and the lighting is great, but it is a very dark anddepressing movie. The slaughter is nonstop, and it makes "TheGodfather" look like a cakewalk. * We need public service announcements to help people ...
Heat rule slows commuter trains in DC area
Aug 01, 2002; ... LANHAM, Md. - New heat-related speed limits imposed by freightcarrier CSX following this week's Amtrak derailment slowed commutertrains in the Washington region Wednesday. CSX's new policy requires passenger trains running on its rails toslow to the same speeds as freight trains ...
Pennsylvania mine owner had history of violations
Aug 01, 2002; ... kward@wvgazette.com The owner of the Pennsylvania coal mine where nine miners weretrapped last week has a history of safety violations, federalgovernment records show. Over the last two years, PBS Coals Inc. was cited for 90 safetyviolations, including two that contributed ...
State mining agency seeks review of maps
Aug 01, 2002; ... The state's mining agency is asking all mining companies to reviewtheir maps to make sure they are accurate. Doug Conaway, executive director of the Office of Miners' HealthSafety and Training, said he wants to ensure an accident such as theone that occurred last week in western ...
People
Aug 01, 2002 ... Keith's 'Angry American' tops charts in first week NEW YORK - Country singer Toby Keith's new album, which contains apatriotic post-Sept. 11 song that's been criticized for its lyrics,topped the charts during its first week in stores. "Unleashed" sold more than 338,000 copies, ...
FDA pressed for action on herbal supplement ephedra
Aug 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - A leading senator took the Food and DrugAdministration to task Wednesday for failure to act on thepotentially dangerous food supplement ephedra. "Either the law is bad, the resources are not being given to youor there is no will to deal with this threat," said Sen ....
Charleston recycling
Aug 01, 2002 ... Edgewood, Edgewood Acres, West Side Hill area - first and thirdTuesday of each month. Central downtown, including Charleston Town Center, Plaza East,Coal Branch Heights, East End - second and fourth Tuesday. Kanawha City - first and third Wednesday. Loudon Heights, ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan collins
Aug 01, 2002 ... When pearl fishermen drink, ...
Water advisory lifted
Aug 01, 2002 ... West Virginia-American Water Co. has lifted a boil-water advisoryplaced on the ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Aug 01, 2002 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
GETTING INTO PRINT
Aug 01, 2002 ... Have a news tip? Got a story idea? Call us: City desk - 348-5100 Statehouse - Fanny Seiler: ...
World
Aug 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 91 65 Rain Athens 87 73 Clr Beijing 92 78 Cldy Berlin 91 68 Clr Bermuda 88 79 Rain Cairo 109 81 Clr Calgary 69 44 Rain Dublin 62 55 Rain Hong Kong 86 81 Cldy Jerusalem 102 75 Clr London 78 64 ...