Charleston Gazette back issues from May 2003:
Pools and spas create new living environment for more and more homeowners
May 01, 2003 ... Easier to maintain, easier to afford and rife with variety,swimming pools and spas are becoming a part of more and morehomeowners' lifestyles in the Kanawha Valley. A recent trend is the increased installation of smaller pools,compared to the swank, Beverly Hills-type of "cement ...
Barbecuing America's favorite pastime
May 01, 2003 ... No offense to baseball fans, but one could argue that barbecuingis actually America's favorite pastime. And no wonder - unlikebaseball fans, who face serious withdrawal after the World Series,grillmasters are not limited to the warm weather months. According tothe Hearth, Patio & ...
Outdoor: decorating specialists share ideas
May 01, 2003 ... If you've decided to finally enliven your back yard this summer,the resources and possibilities available to you are virtuallyendless. Several area outdoor decorating specialists recently shared a fewideas and comments about how you can add more pizzazz to your patio,deck, pool ...
Simple precautions ensure barbecue safety
May 01, 2003 ... Warmer weather signals a return to outdoor cooking, but beforefiring up the grill, weekend warriors should observe a few simpleprecautions to ensure that their backyard barbecue bashes don't go upin flames. According to a leading homeowners insurance company,casual cookouts can turn ...
West Side consignment shop offers affordable maternity wear
May 01, 2003; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com When Danielle Ashley gave birth to her daughter, Alexia, she alsogave birth to a new business idea - a consignment and resale shopspecializing in maternity clothing and children's wear. Three months later, mother, child and new business - Around AndRound ...
Brass Tacks: Top 10 turn-ons topsy-turvy
May 01, 2003; ... One of the mixed blessings of our modern society is that there'sno dearth of relationship advice out there, sensible or not, which Ishall prove shortly. I recently stumbled upon an MSN article on line called "Top 10Turn-Ons for Women." It was written by Margot Carmichael Lester ...
SALS receives black lung grant for miners and widows
May 01, 2003 ... The Southern Appalachian Labor School has received a grant of$2,150 from the Crandall, Pyles, Haviland & Turner Foundation Inc. toassist coal miners and widows with federal black lung claims. According to an informal survey of lawyers who have representedblack lung claimants in ...
COMMUNITY EVENTS
May 01, 2003 ... BARBECUE SALE The Montgomery Lions Club will have a barbecue sale from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at the Montgomery Presbyterian Church,Fourth Avenue and Washington Street. Barbecues are $2 each, with eat-in, carryout and deliveries available. For deliveries, telephone ...
NEIGHBORS
May 01, 2003 ... April Students of the Month at Herbert Hoover High School areseniors Sara Anderson and Amanda Litton, juniors Justin Huffman andAshley Young, sophomores Allison Judy and Kim Ramsey and freshmenAshley Carper and Carrie Estep. The West Virginia University Extension Service has named ...
Kanawha County libraries list May activities
May 01, 2003 ... Below is a complete schedule of programs taking place in May atthe Main Library and Clendenin, Elk Valley, Glasgow, Marmet,Riverside and Sissonville libraries. All Locations Britton Summer Reading Club Reading: The Great Escape This summer, escape the doldrums ...
Bulletin Board
May 01, 2003 ... MONTGOMERY YARD SALE Montgomery will have a citywide yard sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday, May 3. A fee of $10 will be charged each participant. Thesemonies will be used for city beautification expenses. A map/directory listing each participant will be available ....
Clendenin Little League Roundup
May 01, 2003 ... Major Boys April 17 Lions 9, Elks 0 Winning pitchers: N. Whittington, S. Thornburg Tigers 13, Bankers 2 Winning pitcher: J. Holbert Major Girls April 18 White Sox 13, Clay (2) 10 Winning pitcher: K. Hively April ...
Libraries host Barton portrayal
May 01, 2003 ... History will come alive in the Kanawha County Public LibrarySystem during the month of May. A portrayal of Clara Barton, theAmerican Red Cross' founder, will be presented by Karen Vuranch, alocal actress. The performances will consist of a 30-minutepresentation and will end with a ...
Church & Religious Group Activities
May 01, 2003 ... SPRING REVIVAL Marmet First Baptist Church, 8715 MacCorkle Ave., will have springrevival services with the Rev. Chuck Rhodes at 7:30 p.m. throughApril 30. SPRING REVIVAL Farrar Memorial Baptist Church, 5501 Church Drive in Rand, willhave spring revival services at 7 ...
Table tennis club crowns champions
May 01, 2003 ... The team of Steve Anderson, captain; Brian Rosewell; and HarrySands won the 2002-2003 Charleston Table Tennis League championshipfor 2002-2003. The team was recognized at the yearly league banquet on April 21.Also recognized were Tom Carpenter, who had the best leagueindividual ...
Leaders of the pack
May 01, 2003 ... Cub Scout Pack 144 of Clendenin recently held its Pinewood Derby.Representing the community in the regional derby this month will beZachary Hunt, son of Roy and Diana Hunt, third place; AaronGrindstaff, son of Doug and Robin Grindstaff, second place; and KeithQuinn, son of Greg and ...
AREA TOPS
May 01, 2003 ... Charleston TOPS 312 ... Second floor (elevator available), MorrisMemorial United Methodist Church, 46th Street and MacCorkle Avenue.Weigh-in from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; meetings are from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.Call 345-2249 or 965-6610. London TOPS 469 ... 6 p.m. Mondays, Church of God, ...
Chesapeake Woman's Club honored
May 01, 2003 ... The 97th Annual West Virginia State Convention of the GeneralFederation of Woman's Clubs was held at The Greenbrier Resort onMarch 21 and 22. More than 300 club members from throughout the state attended theevent. Mary Jane Bradshaw, president of the Chesapeake Woman's ...
Americans getting only half of recommended dairy servings
May 01, 2003 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that most Americans aregetting only half the recommended three servings of dairy each day.In fact, half of all adult women do not even drink one glass of milka day. Three-a-day dairy will fill you up, not out. In fact, according tothe ...
Grizzlies bearers
May 01, 2003 ... At the annual basketball banquet March 8, the Riverside BasketballK-2 League players each received a trophy and a regulation MemphisGrizzlies ...
Club & Organization Activities
May 01, 2003 ... MASONS Kanawha Lodge #20, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, will conductits regularly stated meeting on Monday, May 5, beginning at 7:30 p.m.in the fifth-floor lodge of the Charleston Masonic Temple at 107 HaleSt. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the fourth-floor ...
Reunion News
May 01, 2003 ... Cannelton/Surrounding Communities: A reunion will be heldSaturday, Aug. 16 at the recreation hall of Fayette County Park. Formore information, call 465-5064 or 442-9395. Charleston High 1948: Classmates are being sought for the 55th-year reunion. Alumni meet for breakfast at ...
Garden club presents school with 'Eco-Bucket'
May 01, 2003 ... The River Road Garden Club presented Pinch Elementary School withan "Eco-Bucket" on March 20. The "Eco-Bucket" project is a program sponsored by the WestVirginia State Garden Clubs in which elementary school ...
McGraw joins forces with Red Cross
May 01, 2003 ... Country singer Tim McGraw and the American Red Cross haveannounced a joint initiative to raise funds to benefit the local RedCross chapters located in the more then 50 U.S. cities where McGraw'stour will play. Funds raised locally in each tour market from ticket sales ...
Free Pilates ballet class offered April 29
May 01, 2003 ... The American Academy Ballet will offer a free introductory classof the Pilates technique at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29. Instructor Heather Ray will conduct the class at 107 Hale St. indowntown Charleston. The Pilates exercise technique is a complete fitness method.Performed ...
REACH PROGRAM
May 01, 2003 ... Family Service of Kanawha Valley is recruiting rape victimadvocate volunteers. Training will be provided. For more information,call the Rape Education, Advocacy, Counseling and Healing program at340-3676. LITERACY For those who need help with reading, the Putnam ...
EASTERN STAR
May 01, 2003 ... Charleston Chapter 88, Order of the Eastern Star, meets at 7:30p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month at the ScottishRites Temple, 406 Capitol St. SOROPTIMIST The Charleston club of Soroptimist International, a serviceorganization for business and professional ...
Community EVENTS
May 01, 2003 ... AUCTION A "Coney Island: A Stupendous Sideshow of Thrills" auction will beheld Saturday, May 3 at Museum in the Community. A silent auction andcocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. The live auction and dinner willstart at 7 p.m., and the Voodoo Katz will perform at 8 p.m. Ticketsare ...
Poppy Day honors war dead May 9
May 01, 2003 ... American Legion Auxiliary volunteers will distribute red,handcrafted poppies honoring America's war dead on Friday, May 9. The day has been designated as Poppy Day by Auxiliary Unit #73 inSt. Albans. The annual event pays tribute to those veterans who have died inthe last 75 ...
Winfield High band scores eighth straight superior rating
May 01, 2003 ... The Winfield High School Concert Band participated in the WVMEARegion 3 ratings at Cabell-Midland High School on April 3, where theyreceived a superior rating. The musical selections performed by the students were "CrownImperial," written by William Walton, and "God of Our ...
St. Albans woman earns Rotary World Peace Scholarship
May 01, 2003; ... Jacqueline Bass of St. Albans has won a prestigious award and isnow a student at the Universidad Del Salvador in Buenos Aires,Argentina. Bass, a graduate of Charleston Catholic High School, is one of 70young people worldwide to win a Rotary World Peace Scholarship. She left ...
Winfield Middle School displays banners
May 01, 2003; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com In Winfield Middle School, a large bulletin board in the hallwaylists the names of former WMS students who are serving on active dutyin the military, some of them in Iraq. Teacher Jennie Jividen decided to carry that show of support astep further ....
NEIGHBORS
May 01, 2003 ... Wendy Lynn Witt has been selected as student of the month in theDental Assisting program at Putnam Career & Technical Center. Ajunior at Buffalo High School, she is the daughter of Jeffrey andBetty Witt of Buffalo. She plans to attend West Virginia UniversityInstitute of Technology to ...
Distance runners lead HMS team
May 01, 2003; ... bsaunders@cnpaper.com Hurricane Middle School's boys track team is going the distancethis season with its distance runners. Eighth-graders Matt Hartsog, Ryan Rectenwald, and Cam Dunlavy andseventh-graders Brad Anania and Jared Nicely have been winning andsetting records at ...
Touch of Life: Spring brings flowers and foliage to colorful life again
May 01, 2003; ... Reflections on April 20: It is Easter Sunday, and a beautiful day it is! The sun is shiningbright and all the flowers are in bloom. What a day! Easter Sundayseems to bring out the best in all of us. We now put away thethoughts of winter and look forward to spring flowers and ...
Booth space available for West Virginia Book Festival: More than 100 volunteers needed for October event
May 01, 2003 ... The Third Annual West Virginia Book Festival will be held Oct. 11-12 in the Charleston Civic Center. Opportunities are available for publishers, booksellers, vendors,authors and volunteers to participate in the event. Booth space is available for regional publishers, ...
4th Wall ministry to present performance at Forrest Burdette church: Eight denominations represented
May 01, 2003 ... Thirty teen-agers and adult volunteers will take the stage at 7p.m. Friday, May 2 at Forrest Burdette Memorial United MethodistChurch for the 2003 4th Wall home performance. The church is located on Putnam Avenue in Hurricane. Thepresentation is free and open to the public, and ...
Bulletin Board
May 01, 2003 ... HOT DOGS/YARD SALE The teens at the St. Albans Church of the Nazarene will be holdinga hot dog and yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Allproceeds will go towards a missions trip to Indianapolis this summer.The sale will be held on the church parking lot at 723 ...
AJMS to induct students into academic society May 2
May 01, 2003 ... The Andrew Jackson Middle School Student Academic AchievementSociety induction will be held May 2 the Andrew Jackson gymnasium at9 a.m. Thirty-two seventh-grade students and 16 eighth-grade studentswill be inducted this spring. The Rev. Matthew Watts will be theguest speaker. A reception ...
McGraw joins forces with Red Cross
May 01, 2003 ... Country singer Tim McGraw and the American Red Cross haveannounced a joint initiative to raise funds for local Red Crosschapters. Funds raised locally in each tour market from ticket sales andselected tour merchandise will be given to the closest Red Crosschapter ...
Table tennis club crowns champions
May 01, 2003 ... The team of Steve Anderson, captain; Brian Rosewell; and HarrySands won the 2002-2003 Charleston Table Tennis League championshipfor 2002-2003. The team was recognized at the yearly league banquet on April 21.Also recognized were Tom Carpenter, who had the best leagueindividual ...
Library Week
May 01, 2003 ... Joe Haynes of American Electric Power entertains children during astory hour in the Putnam ...
Kanawha Trail Club announces hikes
May 01, 2003 ... The Kanawha Trail Club will offer a number of hikes in March andApril. Hikers are to meet at the Stonewall Station Post Officeparking lot at the corner of Ohio and Randolph streets onCharleston's West Side to car pool to locations, unless the scheduleindicates otherwise ....
HONOR ROLLS
May 01, 2003 ... The following Ruthlawn Elementary School students were named tothe honor roll for the second nine weeks of classes: Mrs. Kennedy "A" honor roll: Jackson Newsome, Jessica Oxley "B" honor roll: Collin Gross, Alex Kessler, Zeke Smith, WillMoore, Zach Walker Mrs ....
Boy Scouts take "Ten Commandments Hike" on April 5
May 01, 2003 ... Boy Scouts from around the state took part in the first BuckskinCouncil "Ten Commandments Hike" around the west side of Charleston onSaturday, April 5. The hike began at Magic Island and traveled westto Florida Street, then north to Washington Street, then east backtowards town and ...
Church & Religious Group Activities
May 01, 2003 ... CONCERT The Squire Parsons Trio will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2 atDunbar Mountain Mission. FELLOWSHIP DAY Bethel Baptist Church, 5028 Kentucky St., Dunbar, will host"Church Women United" May Fellowship Day on Friday, May 2.Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m ....
Club & Organization Activities
May 01, 2003 ... MASONS Kanawha Lodge #20, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, will conductits regularly stated meeting on Monday, May 5, beginning at 7:30 p.m.in the fifth-floor lodge of the Charleston Masonic Temple at 107 HaleSt. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the fourth-floor ...
AREA TOPS
May 01, 2003 ... Cross Lanes TOPS 146 ... Victory Baptist Church Activity Building,5310 Big Tyler Road, Monday at 6:15 p.m. weigh-in/6:45 p.m. meeting.776-1034. Dunbar TOPS ... Roxalana Gospel Tabernacle, Thursday at 5:30 p.m.weigh-in/6:30 p.m. meeting. 744-3822 or 776-2877. Hurricane TOPS ...
Meet Jim Price, meat manager at the Fas-Chek Super Market in Dunbar
May 01, 2003 ... Jim has been with Fas-Chek for four years, and he may have one ofthe coolest jobs around - literally. As the meat manager and acertified meat cutter, he spends a lot of time going in and out ofthe store's meat cooler. "It feels good on a hot day, but it feels like 200 degrees ...
Alleged 9/11 planner nabbed: Pakistan's arrest of Yemeni a 'major, significant find'
May 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Pakistani authorities have captured a man accused ofplaying a leading role in the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of anAmerican warship in Yemen, a catch President Bush called a "major,significant find" in the war against the ailing al-Qaida network. Waleed bin ...
Fake bill, real trouble: Three GW teens suspended after paying for pizza with bogus 50
May 01, 2003; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com The teen-agers ordered a $12 pizza and paid for it with a fake $50bill, most likely made on a color copy machine, according to KanawhaCounty school officials. Now, up to three George Washington High School students facefelony charges for passing ...
Greenspan pulls rug drom under Bush tax cut: Republican proposes cutting capital gains as alternative
May 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan undercutPresident Bush's case for new tax cuts Wednesday, saying a provisionthe White House badly wants should be offset by either spending cutsor tax increases elsewhere. Meanwhile, a key House Republican proposed lowering ...
$$ JACKPOT $$: 1-month lottery sales top $11M; this year's total expected to hit $1 billion in June
May 01, 2003; ... philk@wvgazette.com State lottery sales set a record for the month of March, andgambling is poised to become a billion-dollar industry in the statelater this year. With March sales figures of $101.2 million, the Lottery topped the$100 million mark in monthly sales for the ...
Shepherd canned again by waste board: Old job axed, but 12-year employee won't be recycled into new Kanawha post
May 01, 2003; ... ctritto@wvgazette.com The Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority board voted 3-2 Wednesdayto eliminate former executive director Sally Shepherd's new positionon the staff. After they cut her executive director position in March and hireda new operations manager, board members ...
Display compares animal treatment, Holocaust victims
May 01, 2003; ... An animal-rights campaign that compares the conditions oflivestock to those of Holocaust-era concentration camps arrived inWest Virginia on Wednesday. The "Holocaust on Your Plate" campaign organized by People for theEthical Treatment of Animals began a national tour in February ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
May 01, 2003 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * I called three people this afternoon offering them $10 an hourto cut grass. They all found an excuse not to do it and all areunemployed and behind on their rent. * I just drove through Missouri and Kentucky and paid $1.35 for agallon of ...
McDowell man shoots wife, self; separate death also investigated
May 01, 2003 ... DAVY - A McDowell County man shot his wife, then turned the gun onhimself following a Wednesday dispute, investigators said. In an unrelated investigation, State Police are investigating abody found in the Wilmore area of the county. Jerry Wayne Collins, 54, and his estranged ...
Wise backs plan to divert money into workers' comp system
May 01, 2003; ... Gov. Bob Wise is touting an idea that could deposit $1 billioninto the state's near-bankrupt Workers' Compensation system bydiverting proceeds of a proposed sale of pension bonds. First contemplated by House Speaker Bob Kiss last fall, thefinancial maneuver would allow for a cash ...
Cash and politics
May 01, 2003; ... "The top corporations that paid zero taxes from 1996 to 1998 -including AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chase Manhattan, Enron,ExonMobil, General Electric, Microsoft, ...
It's all right to be Little Bitty, I guess
May 01, 2003; ... Here in Bold Stroke, we like to live our lives large. We go forthe firm stand, and the grand gesture. If you're going to do a thing -this is how we see it, anyway - you ought to do it full tilt insteadof just nibbling around the edges. We're used to going after what wewant, and we're ...
Readers' forum
May 01, 2003 ... U.S. actions in Iraq like fascists of past Editor: The actions of the Bush administration and those of some fascistgovernments of the past often have much in common. I am presently reading a book entitled "Sinister Touches," byRobert Goldston. On page 101, Adolf Hitler ...
Hypocrisy: State drops low scores
May 01, 2003; ... IT COULD be a math problem on the Stanford Achievement Test thatall West Virginia students must take: What happens to an averagescore in a group of tests if the lowest scores aren't counted? The average goes up, of course. That makes schools look better, since they are ...
Fiasco: Workers' Comp chaos
May 01, 2003; ... INCREASINGLY, it's clear that West Virginia's Workers'Compensation agency has been shelling out hundreds of millions ofdollars with little grasp of what it's doing. No wonder the systemhas plunged into a $3 billion deficit that damages the state'seconomy and poses a nightmare for the ...
More drugs added to Medicaid list
May 01, 2003; ... dawn@wvgazette.com A Medicaid committee added eight drugs or groups of drugs to theprogram's list of things that doctor's can prescribe without trying aless expensive drug first. Over-the-counter Claritin, the allergy medicine that was formerlyavailable only by prescription, ...
Bulletin board
May 01, 2003 ... FUTURE EVENTS Attention Deficit Disorder Support Group will meet from 7 to 9p.m. Friday at South Charleston Middle School. For information, call348-7715. Friends of the Roane County Libraries will sponsor an art auctionat 3 p.m. Sunday at the Roane County Committee on Aging, ...