Charleston Gazette back issues from September 2006:
'Mame' auditions begin Wednesday
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Charleston Light Opera Guild, having failed to cast "PajamaGame," will stage "Mame" instead this November. The Guild will holdauditions at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for ...
Gene therapy kills skin cancer
Sep 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Government scientists turned regular blood cells intotumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men withadvanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks animportant step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer. But the genetically ...
Hardesty's retirement hits $294K at age 65
Sep 01, 2006; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University has revised its numbers onPresident David Hardesty's retirement package, saying he'll beeligible for $294,000 a year in salary and benefits if he continuesto teach when he hits 65. The 60-year-old Hardesty announced earlier this month that ...
STERNWHEEL REGATTA BEGINS
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Sternwheel Regatta kicked off Thursday as the riverboats linedup at Haddad Riverfront Park. Regatta events resume today with a noonconcert on Kanawha ...
Harrison won't fight ACLU: BOE told lawsuit is moot, since Jesus portrait was stolen
Sep 01, 2006; ... amallory@wvgazette.com BRIDGEPORT - If no one replaces the stolen painting of Jesus atBridgeport High, a religious-infringement lawsuit could be dropped. The Harrison County school board decided Thursday to ask AmericansUnited for Separation of Church and State and the ...
Wyoming seniors 'doing better': Council on Aging begins life after ex-chief's conviction
Sep 01, 2006; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Jennifer Gibson made sure she was at the Wyoming County Council onAging's center early Thursday. "I went down to talk to all the seniors that came in today and askif they had any questions," said Gibson, the agency's interimexecutive ...
Coming Sunday
Sep 01, 2006 ... Your guide to our area's arts and entertainment Find out what is going on in Charleston and the ...
Coming Saturday
Sep 01, 2006 ... Rekindled rivalry Check out our special section on this ...
Mine inspector air packs fail tests
Sep 01, 2006; ... Testing of nine emergency air packs carried by state mineinspectors found decay and other problems, prompting West Virginia'sOffice of Miners' Health Safety and Training to issue a noticeThursday to all underground coal operations in West Virginia. All the SR100 air packs were ...
Reunions
Sep 01, 2006 ... Shamblin/Spencer families - 10 a.m., Sunday, Jackson CountyBaptist Campgrounds, Parchment Valley Road, Ripley. Family andfriends of Adam Harrison Shamblin and Mary Alifaire Spencer areinvited. Hardman family - Sunday, Hardman Chapel, near Smithville, RitchieCounty. Liberty ...
Bulletin board
Sep 01, 2006 ... FUTURE EVENTS Grace Baptist Temple will hold a fundraiser to benefit theMuscular Dystrophy Association on Saturday at the church, located onU.S. 60 by Moses Ford in St. Albans. A gospel sing will be held from6 to 9 p.m. Performers include Vernon Larabee, Rhonda Pauley,Charlton ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
Sep 01, 2006 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * To the person venting about all the poor animals and lack ofheart and compassion of people not feeding them: There are manychildren around the world that need to eat and drink. You have a lackof priorities. * To those against the ACLU, ...
Sternwheel Regatta schedule
Sep 01, 2006 ... Today: Noon to 1 p.m.: Noontime concert on the boulevard 5 to 10:30 p.m.: Children's street carnival 5 to 10:30 p.m.: Cartoon Headquarters (children's area) 5 to 10:30 p.m.: Jungle Adventures (children's area) 5 to 10:30 p.m.: Rock climbing wall (children's ...
Things to do today
Sep 01, 2006 ... MUSIC * MORGAN CORNWELL and JOHN FOSTER: Cornwell at 5 p.m., Foster at5:45. Free. Part of the Greenbrier Valley Arts & Music Festival.Corner Green Space, Lewisburg. Call (800) 833-2068 or visitwww.gvartmusicfest.com. * APPALACHIAN ROUNDERS: 7 to 10 p.m. Admission by donation ....
WVU to host Fan Fest today
Sep 01, 2006 ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University's FanFest will take placeindoors this year because of the chance of heavy rain. The annual pep rally is scheduled for 5 p.m. today in the WVUMountainlair Ballrooms, rather than at the Mountainlair Plaza. With appearances by the WVU ...
20-inch-tall boy vies for world record
Sep 01, 2006; ... KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's shortest boy is waiting for word fromthe Guinness World Records, where he has applied to be named theshortest in the world, his supporters said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, 14, is only 20 inches (50 centimeters) talland weighs 4.5 kilograms (10 ...
Wheel keeps a-turnin': City native sets unicycle record
Sep 01, 2006; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com It looks like he did it. On Tuesday, Harvard divinity student and Charleston native ZachWarren apparently set two new Guinness world records while riding aunicycle in the chilly morning air of Fargo, N.D. While Guinness officials must still ...
Ginseng season opens today
Sep 01, 2006; ... Wild ginseng diggers are getting ready to trudge deep into thehills, as West Virginia's ginseng season opens today. If the crop isanything like last year's, more than $2 million worth of theperennial herb is laying ready in the soil. The cash crop grows in all 55 counties of West ...
Entangled squirrels euthanized
Sep 01, 2006; ... HOLMEN, Wis. - Twine that squirrels were using to build a nesttangled five of their tails so tightly that they couldn't beunraveled and had to be killed, a state wildlife biologist said. "Basically, they were all rear-end to rear-end, tied up that way,"said Ron Lichtie of the ...
A million hurricanes, a million recoveries
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW ORLEANS - Here is how this city commemorates one of the mostwrenching tragedies in history: it dances. It does other things, too, on this first anniversary of HurricaneKatrina. It prays. It dedicates memorials. It says thank you. At 9:38in the morning, the hour when the first ...
Speaking for all
Sep 01, 2006 ... "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a moreperfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,provide for the common defense, promote the general ...
Readers' forum
Sep 01, 2006 ... W.Va. gasoline tax is ridiculous Editor: I think the gasoline tax is ridiculous. I travel out of state to work because of the poor economy in WestVirginia. All the surrounding states have much lower gasoline prices thanus. Same kind of terrain, so why do ...
Gropers: Women fight back
Sep 01, 2006; ... FORMER movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenneger was notorious forgroping women sexually. But he wasn't arrested. Instead, Californiavoters elected him governor. Various West Virginia politicians and public officials have costtaxpayers millions by pawing unreceptive women employees or ...
Welcome back: W.Va. schools a success
Sep 01, 2006; ... THE back-to-school season is a very exciting time for students,parents and education employees. From kindergarten to college, over300,000 West Virginia students will be heading to class this fall.There is a lot to learn and much to achieve during the upcomingschool year and students and ...
Predators: Military families targeted
Sep 01, 2006; ... EXPLOITIVE loan companies, including "payday lenders" and "cartitle lenders," cluster around military bases and Southern bordertowns to take advantage of families often desperate for money. Short-term payday lenders charge interest rates up to nearly 400percent a year to people ...
Mythbusting: Oil has not peaked yet
Sep 01, 2006; ... DURING the national energy debate, at least four fallacies aboutoil resources seem to have attained the status of truth. What isdisturbing is that there is ample information that clearly refutesthem and is available to anyone who, like me, is concerned about ournation's growing ...
War speaks: Israel, Hezbollah send messages through combat
Sep 01, 2006; ... WAR is a form of communication. A strong form. War always carriesa message. It is a way of speaking. I am listening. I am trying tohear what combatants are saying - to each other, to their neighbors,to the world. This is what I hear Israel saying to Hezbollah: "Leave us alone!We ...
Deadly past: Coal's friends have been few
Sep 01, 2006; ... FRIENDS of Coal will gather in Morgantown this weekend to witnessthe big in-state football game between the West Virginia UniversityMountaineers and Marshall University's Thundering Herd. I gather thatFriends of Coal is a small, tight-knit group of people making moneyoff the coal ...
Canada to arm border guards
Sep 01, 2006; ... TORONTO - Canada announced Thursday it will outfit border guardswith guns for the first time, moving to keep officers at their postsin the facing of increasing threats by armed fugitives. Canada's guards along its 4,000-mile border with the United Statesdo not carry guns, but many ...
Cleaned-up building avoids wrecking ball
Sep 01, 2006; ... jessical@wvgazette.com A St. Albans area property that the Kanawha County Commissionvoted to demolish at its last meeting will remain standing. Commissioners previously found Leonard Smith, owner of apartmentbuildings at 3228 Kanawha Terrace, in violation of the ...
Second man indicted in Clay bomb case
Sep 01, 2006; ... A second man has been charged in a conspiracy to kill or injurethe Clay County sheriff in an effort to further a methamphetamineenterprise. Donnie "Junior" Welch, 25, was named in a four-count indictmenthanded up this week by a federal grand jury in Charleston, the ...
Marshals arrest N.C. man in Mercer
Sep 01, 2006 ... PRINCETON - U.S. Marshals arrested a North Carolina man inPrinceton Thursday. He is wanted for attempted murder. Samuel Derick Hicks, 19, is wanted in Asheboro, N.C., forattempted first-degree murder and robbery stemming from a June ...
Two state doctors face drug charges
Sep 01, 2006; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com A Mason County doctor was indicted on 29 counts Thursday forallegedly violating drug laws and lying to federal investigators. Dr. Breton Lee Morgan, 46, a Point Pleasant general practitioner,conspired with others to distribute hydrocodone and also ...
Ky. crash called 'totally preventable': Cockpit warning system might have saved lives, ex-NTSB chief says
Sep 01, 2006; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - A cockpit warning system used by only a fewcommercial airlines might have prevented the deadly Comair jet crashlast weekend if the plane had been equipped with the $18,000 piece oftechnology, a former top federal safety official says. "To have 49 people burned up ...
Big Tobacco asks to sell banned smokes overseas
Sep 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - A group of tobacco companies asked a federal judge onThursday to let them continue marketing "low tar" and "light"cigarettes overseas, two weeks after she banned the practice in theUnited States. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled Aug. 17 that the nation'stop ...
News briefs
Sep 01, 2006 ... Bush speech links Iraq war, Nazis SALT LAKE CITY - President Bush on Thursday predicted victory inthe war on terror at a time of increasing public anxiety at home,likening the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism with the fightagainst Nazis and communists. With just over ...
Secondhand cell phones serving up secrets
Sep 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Don't tell your cell phone any secrets. It might notkeep them. Secondhand phones purchased over the Internet surrendered credit-card numbers, banking passwords, business secrets and even evidenceof adultery. One married man's girlfriend sent a text message to ...
Obituaries: Obit
Sep 01, 2006 ... Mitchell Clark Bailey Mitchell Clark "Mick" Bailey, 71, of South Charleston diedWednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a shortillness. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Bailey; parents, RayC. Bailey and Callie Bradshaw of South Charleston; and a ...
Mahfouz, first Arab laureate, dies at 94
Sep 01, 2006; ... CAIRO, Egypt - Naguib Mahfouz, the first Arab writer to win theNobel Prize in literature, died Wednesday at 94, bringing tributesfrom literary figures and world leaders for an author who became asymbol of liberalism in the face of Islamic extremism. Mahfouz's novels depicted ...
4-year-old Raleigh boy dies in Boone wreck
Sep 01, 2006 ... MADISON - A Raleigh County boy died in a car crash shortly aftermidnight Thursday in Boone County. Four-year-old Tyler Evans, of Clear Fork, was riding along W.Va. 3with his father and younger brother when a pickup truck hit theirvehicle head-on. All three had to be cut from ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq
Sep 01, 2006; ... As of Thursday, at least 2,642 members of the U.S. military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according toan Associated Press count. The figure includes seven militarycivilians. At least 2,096 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
Barrage of attacks kills 47 in Baghdad
Sep 01, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A barrage of coordinated bomb and rocket attackson eastern Baghdad neighborhoods killed at least 47 people andwounded more than 200 within half an hour on Thursday, police andhospital officials said. The latest spasm of violence - which included explosives ...
Polygamist leader to return to Utah to face charges
Sep 01, 2006; ... LAS VEGAS - The leader of a polygamist sect said Thursday he wouldnot fight extradition to Utah on charges he arranged marriagesbetween underage girls and older men. Warren Jeffs made his first court appearance since he was arrestedMonday after more than a year on the run. The ...
Body found: in Boone creek
Sep 01, 2006 ... MADISON - Boone County deputies were investigating why a body wasrecovered from a creek late Thursday, Sheriff Rodney Miller said. Miller did not have any additional ...
CORRECTION
Sep 01, 2006 ... Because of incorrect information in a press release, the Gazetteincorrectly reported that former ...
Boil-water advisory
Sep 01, 2006 ... West Virginia-American Water Co. has issued a boil-water advisoryfor customers in the Lower McNabb Road area and Cavender ...
Road work
Sep 01, 2006 ... West Virginia Paving will pave Somerset Drive from Highland Roadto Beech Avenue between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. today. *** The state Division of Highways reminds motorists and fanstraveling Interstate 79 to and from the West Virginia-Marshallfootball game that work continues on ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Sep 01, 2006 ... Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 706 Daily 4 - 7371 Cash 25 - 5-6-11-18-20-24 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 488 Night Pick 4 - 7048 Day Pick 3 - 435 Day Pick 4 - 3534 Rolling Cash 5 - ...
World weather
Sep 01, 2006 ... Amsterdam 64 50 Rain Athens 87 73 Clr Baghdad 109 77 Clr Berlin 60 51 Rain Bermuda 86 76 Clr Cairo 92 75 Clr Calgary 59 44 Rain Dublin 64 47 Rain Hong Kong 91 82 PCldy Jerusalem 90 76 PCldy London 69 49 ...
National weather
Sep 01, 2006 ... Anchorage 55 48 PCldy Atlanta 83 68 PCldy Boston 71 58 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 78 66 Rain Chicago 74 66 Cldy Cincinnati 75 60 Rain Cleveland 74 63 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 95 69 PCldy Denver 83 53 Cldy Detroit 74 60 ...
Ernesto heads up East Coast
Sep 01, 2006; ... WILMINGTON, N.C. - Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall on thesouthern North Carolina coast late Thursday, coming ashore with heavyrains but sustained winds that fell just short of hurricane levels. The storm's official arrival near Long Beach in Brunswick Countycame near the end ...
Herd hopes to avoid stuttering start: MARSHALL Notebook
Sep 01, 2006; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - There is one recurring theme in Marshall footballhistory, distant and recent, that will doom the Thundering Herd ifrepeated Saturday against West Virginia. Let's roll out the verbs: Staggering, stumbling, limping,tumbling, falling ...
Riverside has more flair for the air: GAME OF THE WEEK
Sep 01, 2006; ... Call for scores For results of tonights high school footballgames, call the Gazette score line at 348-1713. Scores will beupdated as they become available. Prep football notebook,statistics, 4B rickryan@wvgazette.com Riverside has improved its passing game by leaps and ...
INSIDE
Sep 01, 2006 ... Winners, losers Maria Sharapova advanced at the ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Sep 01, 2006 ... Today's quote "Im in a phase; Im watching all of her movies,Breakfast at Tiffanys, Roman Holiday. Its classy, elegant." MariaSharapova on wearing a black Audrey Hepburn-inspired cocktail dressfor her Wednesday-night match at the U.S. Open Names in the games Leyland pauses ...
FRIENDS OF COAL BOWL: Pickin' on little guys?; Not much height in WVU secondary, Herd receiving corps
Sep 01, 2006; ... When: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. TV: (WCHS) Line: WVU by 22 1/2 Check out our multimedia presentation at wvgazette.com dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - Given the depleted nature of Marshall's receivingcorps, it might be logical to assume that West Virginia's youngsecondary will ...
Sports history
Sep 01, 2006 ... Sept. 1 1923 - The United States wins its fourth consecutive Davis Cup bybeating Australia four matches to one. 1946 - Patty Berg wins the U.S. Women's Open golf title by beatingBetty Jameson in the final round. 1973 - George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman at 2:00 of the ...
NFL preseason
Sep 01, 2006 ... Thursday's results Jacksonville 20, Atlanta 17 Buffalo 20, Detroit 13 St. Louis 29, Miami 9 N.Y. Giants 31, New England 23 Carolina 15, Pittsburgh 13 Chicago 20, Cleveland 7 Houston 16, Tampa Bay 13 Baltimore 17, Washington ...
Basketball
Sep 01, 2006 ... World Championships SEMIFINALS At Saitama, Japan Classification round Thursday's results Turkey 95, Lithuania 84, OT France 75, Germany 73 Medal round At Saitama, Japan Today's games Greece vs. United States, 3:30 ...
South Atlantic League
Sep 01, 2006 ... Second half North Division W L Pct. GB Lakewood (Phillies) 45 21 .682 - West Virginia (Brewers) 34 30 .531 10 Lake County (Indians) 33 31 .516 11 Greensboro (Marlins) 32 31 .508 111/2 Hickory (Pirates) 32 33 .492 121/2 Delmarva ...
Middle school football
Sep 01, 2006 ... East Bank 0 6 0 6 -12 DuPont 0 0 0 0 -0 E - Blankenship 1 run (pass failed) E - Simmons 3 run (pass failed) Defense - DuP: Tucker, Neil, Snead Defense - EB: Messenger, Ruiz, Rose, Simmons GW 0 0 0 0 -0 Riverside 0 0 0 0 -0 GW: ...
Baseball today
Sep 01, 2006 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 79 53 .598 - z-5-5 W-1 41-24 38-29 10-8 Boston 72 62 .537 8 3-7 W-1 40-24 32-38 16-2 Toronto 69 65 .515 11 3-7 L-4 41-27 28-38 9-9 Baltimore 60 73 .451 191/2 5-5 L-1 36-34 24-39 9-9 Tampa Bay ...
College football
Sep 01, 2006 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE W L PF PA W L PF PA Connecticut 0 0 0 0 1 0 52 7 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West ...
A-Rod breaks out of slump
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez snapped out of a 1-for-24 slump withthree hits, including his 27th home run, backing Randy Johnson andleading the New York Yankees over the Tigers 6-4 Thursday. Rodriguez connected leading off the seventh inning and was calledout of the dugout for a ...
Sports on TV/radio
Sep 01, 2006 ... TELEVISION (ESPN2) 6:30 a.m. - basketball: World Championships, Argentina vs.Spain (TGC) 9:30 a.m. - golf: European PGA, BMW International Open (USA) 11 a.m. - tennis: U.S. Open (TGC) 1:30 p.m. - golf: Nationwide Tour, Legend Financial ...