Charleston Gazette back issues from February 2007:
THE IDIOT BOX: NBC hiding 'Grease' reality
Feb 01, 2007; ... Really, there was no way that NBC's "Grease: You're the One That IWant" could win with me. Normally if there's a reality show that I think looks particularlyappalling, I just ignore it. But since there's a West Virginia guy on"Grease," and I work in the entertainment department of ...
BEST BET: Not content to sit back and watch
Feb 01, 2007 ... Combining compelling storytelling and political conscience,Kentucky-based duo Wishing Chair bring their vocal harmony and multi-instrumental talents to the Clay Center's Walker Theater at 7:30 p.m.Saturday for a concert that is part of the Woody Hawley ConcertSeries. The duo comprises ...
the gazz calendar: Feb. 1-Feb. 7
Feb 01, 2007 ... Today 2.1 MUSIC * MARSHALL JAZZ FESTIVAL: 7 p.m. Adults $10, students $5.Featuring Bluetrane and Bridgeport High School jazz ensemble. Joan C.Edwards Performing Arts Center, Huntington. Call 696-2787. * SHYNBONE ALLEY: 8 to 11 p.m. No cover. Crumbpecker's Bar, ...
BEST BET: Who you callin' a dummy?
Feb 01, 2007 ... North Carolina-based ventriloquist and comedian Ron Johnson hasbeen entertaining audiences for 20 years. He brings his comedy, magicand music to the main branch of the ...
BEST BET: Old Town girl
Feb 01, 2007 ... When she was 16, singer and songwriter Patty Griffin boughtherself a used guitar for $55 in her hometown of Old Town, Maine, andstarted to write songs. In 1991, at 27, she submitted a demo tape toA&M Records, which the company released virtually untouched. She has since released ...
Want to write for local music or TV blogs?
Feb 01, 2007 ... Gazz is looking for music lovers who can write, are familiar withthe local club scene and would like to become part of a group ofpeople contributing to a local music blog at thegazz .com. Send atleast two samples of how you'd write about music to gazz @wvgazette.com and include a daytime ...
FILM CLIPS
Feb 01, 2007 ... * "CATCH AND RELEASE": H 1/2 Marquee Cinemas, Park Place StadiumCinemas. This fish-themed romance flops wildly all over the place -from heavy poignant moments to slapsticky comedy, with a healthy doseof soapy melodrama in between. What's worse is that the characterssound like people ...
COVER STORY: It's a long way to the top; Enter the Haggis mixes bagpipes, bedlam
Feb 01, 2007; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com If a train carrying the Tannahill Weavers, The Chieftans and aHighlanders bagpipe regiment slammed headlong into a train carryingthe lineup for Ozzfest, the result might sound something like thequintet Enter the Haggis. Enter the ...
Pianist born in Russia to perform with symphony
Feb 01, 2007 ... An evening of all-Russian music comes to the Clay Center at 8 p.m.Friday and Saturday when guest pianist Natasha Paremski joins theWest Virginia Symphony for a program featuring the music ofShostakovich, Rachmaninoff and Alexander Mossolov. Russian born, but now a U.S. citizen, ...
'The Snowman' on way to Clay
Feb 01, 2007 ... "The Snowman," the second concert in the West Virginia SymphonyOrchestra's 2006-2007 City National Bank Family Discovery Series,will take place on Saturday at the Clay Center. In the program, the orchestra will provide accompaniment to theanimated movie "The Snowman" by children's ...
IN SHORT
Feb 01, 2007 ... Auditions I Auditions for the touring season of 4th Wall Youth OutreachMinistries will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday at Arts in Action, MainStreet, Hurricane. The company seeks dancers, singers, actors,backstage crew and tech workers, ages 13 to adult, who are ...
NEW SOUNDS: 'Not Too Late' not too laid back
Feb 01, 2007; ... The CD: "Not Too Late" (Blue Note) Performer: Norah Jones Web site: norahjones.com After her impressive debut "Come Away With Me" and 2004's "FeelsLike Home," Norah Jones dealt with her Grammy Award-winning celebrityin her own fashion - she joined the offbeat, ...
Aldean knows both sides of luck
Feb 01, 2007; ... IF YOU GO Rascal Flatts with Jason Aldean, 8 p.m. Feb. 8. Tickets,$61.25. Charleston Civic Center. Call 342-5757. Nobody loves a hard-luck story like Nashville. For decades, MusicRow has mined pure gold out of the misery of people who've losteverything from spouses to jobs to ...
Library music series starts soon
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Kanawha County Public Library will kick off its eighth annualSunday Jams concert series on Sunday. Funded by the library's annualbook sale, the free series features live performances by regionalmusicians. All concerts take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the KanawhaCounty Public ...
GAZZOPOLIS
Feb 01, 2007 ... 'GazzCast' online Watch this week's three-minute "GazzCast" right now at thegazz.com for a video roundup of things to do and see this weekend. Hear a snippet of Enter the Haggis (profiled on Page 8D), see whyLon Chaney's in town, hear how you can drop off the kids at a ...
movie review: 'Said So' a cliche fest
Feb 01, 2007 ... 'Because I Said So' H Marquee Cinemas,Park Place StadiumCinemas Everything about this movie screams generic chick flick. DianeKeaton plays the overly meddlesome, highly emotional mother of threedaughters who worries that her youngest (Mandy Moore) will staysingle the rest ...
Community regrouping: Clues sought into cause of explosion
Feb 01, 2007; ... tara@wvgazette.com GHENT - The leaky propane tank that caused Tuesday's deadlyexplosion at the Flat Top Little General Store may have had problemsa couple of days earlier, the state fire marshal said Wednesday. "Evidently, there was a problem a couple days prior to ...
Domestic violence shield proposed: Law would make it harder to track spouse
Feb 01, 2007; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Female legislators and state officials hope that a bill introducedWednesday will allow domestic violence victims to live their liveswithout exposing themselves to danger. The Address Confidentiality Program allows battered women - andmen - to shield ...
INSIDE
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mixer Canadian Celtic ...
Most propane tanks in W.Va. unregulated
Feb 01, 2007; ... kward@wvgazette.com Propane tanks like the one that caused Tuesday's deadly explosionin Raleigh County - and like those that heat thousands of WestVirginia homes - are mostly unregulated, according to governmentofficials and public records. When installed at most homes, ...
Columnist Molly Ivins dead at 62
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUSTIN, Texas - Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, thesharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment andreferred to President Bush as "Shrub," died Wednesday after a longbattle with breast cancer. She was 62. David Pasztor, managing editor of the Texas ...
Hoax throws scare into Boston: Planted devices were Cartoon Network publicity stunt; man arrested
Feb 01, 2007; ... BOSTON - Several illuminated electronic devices planted at bridgesand other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday inwhat turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cablecartoon. Most if not all of the devices depict a character giving thefinger. Peter ...
National briefs
Feb 01, 2007 ... President Clinton's stepfather dies at 91 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Richard Kelley, stepfather of former PresidentBill Clinton, died Wednesday at his home. He was 91. Kelley, a retired salesman, had been in declining health in recentweeks, and the former president visited him ...
Iraq-buildup critics unite Senate efforts
Feb 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Two senators - a Republican and a Democrat - leadingseparate efforts to put Congress on record against President Bush'stroop buildup in Iraq joined forces Wednesday, agreeing on anonbinding resolution that would oppose the plan and potentiallyembarrass the White ...
U.S. deaths in Iraq at 3,083
Feb 01, 2007; ... As of Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at least 3,083 members of the U.S.military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes sevenmilitary civilians. At least 2,476 died as a result of hostileaction, according to the ...
'Go Red' events support heart health
Feb 01, 2007 ... Thomas Memorial Hospital is among many West Virginia organizationscelebrating the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" Day,where free blood pressure screenings, body mass index readings andmore will be offered Friday in an effort to raise awareness aboutheart disease, the ...
Britain uncovers kidnap plot
Feb 01, 2007; ... BIRMINGHAM, England - Police foiled a major kidnapping plot, thefirst of its kind in Britain, with the arrests Wednesday of nineterror suspects who reportedly planned to torture and behead aBritish Muslim soldier and broadcast the killing on the Internet. The alleged plot, said by ...
Mind control
Feb 01, 2007; ... "The road to perfect injustice has often been paved bygovernmental control ...
Chavez's cheap oil poses no risk
Feb 01, 2007; ... JOSEPH P. Kennedy II has been savaged for many things. For suchoffenses as bullying his ex-wife and burning his son with illegalfireworks, the former congressman deserves the blows. But for hisdealings with the government of Venezuelan bad man Hugo Chavez - amagnet for ardent outrage - ...
Readers' forum
Feb 01, 2007 ... Irradiating food won't fix problem Editor: Your article on the controversy over food irradiation ("Praised assafe, irradiated food still makes many people wary," Jan. 15)included a claim by the University of Minnesota's Dr. MichaelOsterholm that critics of food irradiation ...
Prescriptions: Cost-cutters futile?
Feb 01, 2007; ... WEST Virginia's bold plan to slash the outrageous price ofprescriptions has been mostly a fizzle, so far. In the three yearssince the Pharmaceutical Cost Management Council was created, drugcosts haven't dropped a penny that we've noticed. The most flagrant flop by the council was ...
Fuel: More vital than food?
Feb 01, 2007; ... EFFORTS to break America's dependence on foreign oil arecommendable. Many plans are afoot. For example, Rep. Nick Rahall andRep. Shelley Capito have joined other Congress members in proposingfederal loans for plants to turn coal into gasoline (although TheWashington Post says coal-based ...
The right slogan?: West Virginia welcomes business at a steep cost
Feb 01, 2007; ... DRIVING up from Virginia along the Allegheny Front into WestVirginia on Highway 39 is one of the most spectacular scenic drivesanywhere in this country or the world. Then, upon entering beautifulWest Virginia where you are still enthralled with the sight ofendless mountain vistas, you ...
Special protections: Bill would preserve forest's ecology
Feb 01, 2007; ... SEVERAL years ago, a grassroots organization called the KanawhaState Forest Coalition was successful at getting a bill passed thatbanned the sale of timber cut in Kanawha State Forest, andtransferred its management from the Division of Forestry to theDivision of Natural Resources. Such ...
Domestic abuse: Laws should strengthen protections for victims who speak out
Feb 01, 2007; ... THE legislative session is in full swing. True to historicalprecedent, bills related to domestic relations are numerous. Thesegenerally focus on increasing safety and community support for womenbruised and battered by abusive male partners, husbands andboyfriends. A few bills, ...
Aggressive war: Combat killing in Iraq goes against our moral instincts
Feb 01, 2007; ... TOO often, simple truths elude us. That's why recent comments bynewly elected Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., are so important. When the chairman of the Joint Chiefs suggested to a Senatecommittee that ordinary soldiers supported President Bush's wargoals, Webb retorted that members of the ...
Payday lenders left state, advocates say
Feb 01, 2007; ... West Virginia consumer advocates don't plan to lobby lawmakersthis session for a bill targeting so-called payday lenders. They saythey don't need to, thanks to a recent decision by federalregulators. Payday lending foes are heralding a standard adopted by theFederal Deposit ...
Fire chief urges vigilance after Ghent blast
Feb 01, 2007; ... sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com After Tuesday's explosion in Ghent that leveled a conveniencestore and killed four people, including two volunteer firefighters,some Raleigh County emergency officials are re-examining how theyhandle such calls. "We just have to be more vigilant and ...
2nd reporter testifies against Libby
Feb 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Reporter Matt Cooper testified Wednesday he thoughtI. Lewis "Scooter" Libby had confirmed that a prominent war critic'swife worked at the CIA but acknowledged he never asked the WhiteHouse aide where he'd heard that. Cooper, Time magazine's White House reporter at the ...
Lawmakers get Manchin's teacher pay proposal
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Legislature on Wednesday finally received the teacher payraise proposal outlined by Gov. Joe Manchin in his Jan. 10 State ofthe State address, but the measure must now elbow past severalcompeting bills already in the hands of lawmakers. Manchin's legislation (HB2777, SB402) ...
Edwards blasts Bush for 'sales job' on Iraq
Feb 01, 2007; ... HANOVER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards onWednesday accused President Bush of giving the country a sales job onIraq rather than an honest assessment of the conflict. Speaking at Dartmouth College, the 2004 vice presidential nomineealso repeated his challenge ...
Biden's hat's in ring, and foot's in mouth
Feb 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Sen. Joe Biden spent his first day as an officialpresidential candidate regretting his description of Democratic rivalSen. Barack Obama as "clean," and explaining why he had dissed Sen.Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards. The six-term Delaware lawmaker, who has said ...
Franken Senate run reported
Feb 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for the U.S.Senate from Minnesota in 2008, a senior Democratic official fromMinnesota said Wednesday. Franken told the official, who did not want to be identifiedbecause Franken has not made an announcement, that he had decided ...
House legislation targets metal theft: The CAPITOL REPORT; 2007 Legislature
Feb 01, 2007; ... Schedule Senate 9:30 a.m.: Finance Committee 10 a.m.: Judiciary Committee 11 a.m.: Floor session 1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources Committee 2 p.m.: Education Committee 3 p.m.: Finance, Judiciary House 9 a.m.: Finance, ...
U.S. trails most nations on family workplace policies
Feb 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - The United States lags far behind virtually all wealthycountries with regard to family-oriented workplace policies such asmaternity leave, paid sick days and support for breast-feeding, a newstudy by Harvard and McGill University researchers says. The new data comes as ...
Binge eating is found to be top diet disorder
Feb 01, 2007; ... BOSTON - Frequent binge eating is the country's most common eatingdisorder, far outpacing the better-known diet problems of anorexiaand bulimia, according to a national survey. Psychiatric researchers at Harvard University Medical School andits affiliate, McLean Psychiatric ...
U.S. Cellular opens 2 new towers
Feb 01, 2007 ... U.S. Cellular has activated two new cell sites in Clarksburg, theChicago-based company announced Wednesday. The new towers now provide U.S. Cellular customers with expandedcoverage along U.S. 50 West and U.S. 19 North in Clarksburg andaround the ...
Elkview woman indicted on identity charges
Feb 01, 2007 ... An Elkview woman who allegedly stole the identity of her elderlyemployer was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, accordingto a Department of Justice news release. Kimberly S. Mullins, 43, is accused of using 20 unauthorizedchecks to steal more than $40,000 from an elderly ...
Study finds light use of Medicaid fraud units by states
Feb 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - More than half the states are sending few Medicaidfraud cases to special units established to pursue the wrongdoing,averaging less than one referral a month, The Associated Presslearned Wednesday. "These states were rural, urban, small, large, from all regions ofthe ...
Water-treatment firm, AG agree on financing issue
Feb 01, 2007 ... After a yearlong battle, West Virginia Attorney General DarrellMcGraw's office has reached a settlement with an Ohio-based watertreatment system dealer. Hague Quality Water International of Groveport, Ohio agreed toinstruct its home sales dealers to stop offering financing on ...
Free dental work provided to kids
Feb 01, 2007 ... More than 60 children are expected to receive free dental serviceson Charleston's West Side Friday. Kanawha County dentists, hygienists and dental hygienists aretaking part in the program as part of "Give Kids a Smile" day, whichis sponsored by the West Virginia Dental Association ...
Readers' voice
Feb 01, 2007 ... * "Wild, Wonderful West Virginia" gave visitors the sense that wehave a beautiful, scenic state rich in a mountain heritage andbreathtaking scenery. The phrase "Open for Business" is the silliestthing I have ever heard. Is the new slogan going to be printed on ourlicense plates? ...
Joel pens rare song to honor wife
Feb 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - This time he's singing about an "East End Girl." Billy Joel, who famously sang about Christie Brinkley in his hit"Uptown Girl," is releasing his first pop single in 14 years. "All My Life," which will be available on People magazine's Website Feb. 7 and can be ...
ASK AMY: Kindness means more than you know
Feb 01, 2007; ... Dear Amy: My family recently lost our beloved mother to cancer. The reason I am writing is to request space in your column to saythank you to the many strangers who touched all of our lives duringher long battle with this awful disease. Thank you to the shuttle drivers who ...
Bulletin board
Feb 01, 2007 ... TODAY Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority, Charleston City Council,will have its general meeting at 7 p.m. at the South CharlestonMunicipal Court Building. The board will meet at 6:45 p.m. Specialguests will be Preceptor Alpha Nu. FUTURE EVENTS Prestera Center will ...
Horoscope
Feb 01, 2007; ... Friday, Feb. 1, 2007 Your birthday today: You're thinking more about money this year,which ought to increase your income. Having a good building partnerhelps, too, if you can keep his costs down. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
World weather
Feb 01, 2007 ... Amsterdam 48 44 PCldy Athens 57 33 Clr Baghdad 60 43 PCldy Beijing 42 17 Clr Berlin 44 35 Rain Bermuda 63 55 Rain Cairo 65 53 PCldy Calgary 37 14 Snow Dublin 46 39 Cldy Hong Kong 68 51 Clr Jerusalem 59 50 ...
National weather
Feb 01, 2007 ... Anchorage 35 22 Cldy Atlanta 40 33 PCldy Boston 34 21 Snow Charlotte,N.C. 33 26 Cldy Chicago 23 18 Snow Cincinnati 33 20 Cldy Cleveland 28 19 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 46 37 PCldy Denver 24 4 Clr Detroit 27 13 Snow Elkins ...
WVU shoots lights out, wins on road
Feb 01, 2007; ... dphickman1@aol.com PISCATAWAY, N.J. - With just over four minutes remaining in thefirst half of West Virginia's 89-83 win over Rutgers Wednesday night,the Mountaineers had made 13 of 15 shots from the floor and all sevenof their 3-point attempts. Everyone at the Rutgers ...
INSIDE
Feb 01, 2007 ... 'Dale' lauded Even his family agrees - the biography of ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Feb 01, 2007 ... Today's quote "It's been real stressful. I thought I had let myteam down." Huntington basketball star O.J. Mayo on his hecticTuesday, which included getting a court injunction in Cabell Countyso he could play a key game that night in Durham, N.C. Names in the games Polamalu ...
Boxing
Feb 01, 2007 ... Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses Friday At Chumash CasinoResort, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), James Kirkland, Austin, Texas, vs.Billy Lyell, Warren, Ohio, 10, junior welterweights. At Main St.Armory, Rochester, N.Y. (ESPN2), Zuri Lawrence, Wappinger Falls,N.Y., vs. Dominick Guinn, ...
Rookies could rock Super Bowl stage: SUPER BOWL XLI
Feb 01, 2007; ... Colts vs. Bears * When: Sunday 6:25 p.m. * Where: Miami * Line:Colts by 7 MIAMI - Hey, kid, what do you think you're doing? Rookies don'tplay in Super Bowls. Maybe in the prehistoric NFL they didn't. In this season of superrooks, not only do they play, they ...
Marshall weathers clanks, makes Pirates walk plank
Feb 01, 2007; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - On Wednesday, East Carolina brought a band of Piratesto Cam Henderson Center that Johnny Depp would never considerportraying. They were 5-14 before the game. They were 0-6 in Conference USAplay. But in a game that may make more ...
Coal Classic basketball
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mountain State Coal Classic At Raleigh County Armory High school Today's games * Game 8: Musselman vs. Veritas Christian (AAA boys), 3 p.m. * Game 9: Summers County vs. Huntington (Girls), 5 * Game 10: Winner Game 3 vs. winner Game 1 (A ...