Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2007:
Fifth annual Valley Heritage Tour to be held on Saturday
Aug 01, 2007; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 For the fifth consecutive year, the West Virginia Center forAfrican-American Art and Culture will revisit the past via guided KRTtrolley tours of area landmarks and historical locales, embellishedfor 2007 with an array of historical photographs ....
2007 Campbells Creek Summerfest arrives this week
Aug 01, 2007; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 The Campbells Creek Lions Club will hold their annual Summerfestat the Campbells Creek Park, three miles up Campbells Creek on theright, Friday, Aug. 3, from 6 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 4 fromnoon to 10 p.m. As in years past, Summerfest ...
Tech camp: Kids learn about science and technology at 4-H day camp
Aug 01, 2007; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com 348-5188 After a crash course in how to operate a handheld GPS unit,Anthony Underwood of St. Albans was ready to try "geocaching." Anthony and other students from around the Kanawha Valleyparticipated in a recent 4-H science and technology day camp July ...
NEIGHBORS
Aug 01, 2007 ... On July 2, new officers were installed for the 2007-2008 term ofKanawha Rebekah Lodge No. 9, Charleston. The officers were installed at Kanawha Lodge 25, IOOF, by SisterDoris Carney, district deputy president, and Alice Shafer of ForestRose Rebekah Lodge 143, Poca. The new ...
Page, Charleston MU students graduate with top grades
Aug 01, 2007 ... Marshall University awarded nearly 3,000 degrees at its 170thcommencement on May 5 at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena inHuntington. The total of 2,920 degrees included 1,460 undergraduate degrees,1,000 graduate degrees, 49 School of Medicine degrees, 98 associatedegrees and 313 ...
Area residents named to WVU president's, dean's lists
Aug 01, 2007 ... The following Metro circulation area residents were named to thepresident's list (4.0 GPA) or dean's list for academic achievementfor the spring 2007 semester at West Virginia University inMorgantown: Fayette County: Emily Brown, Kincaid; Joshua Elliott, Boomer; Angela ...
2007 Boone County Fair schedule of events
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Boone County Fair is underway in Danville, under the CorridorG Bridge. The remaining schedule of events includes the following: Tuesday, July 31 All gospel, with gates opening at 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Opening Ceremony 6:30 p.m. Partakers Of Grace 7:30 ...
Local residents receive degrees from West Virginia University
Aug 01, 2007 ... The following Metro area residents graduated from West VirginiaUniversity in Morgantown in May: Fayette County Alyssa Harler Kincaid; Alexandria Kincaid, Montgomery; AliceLockman, Charlton Heights; Jessica Martin, Charlton Heights; BrandonMoschino, Boomer Kanawha ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Aug 01, 2007 ... BIBLE BAPTIST REGISTRATION Bible Baptist Christian School is accepting registrations for thefall 2007 school year. Grades K5 through 12th. For more information,call 984-0451. KVSS WALKING CLUB The Kanawha Valley Senior Service Seniors on the Move Walking Clubwill meet ...
AARP members eligible for Power tickets
Aug 01, 2007 ... AARP members will receive free or discounted tickets, and thefirst 1,000 people through the gates will receive a handheld fan onAARP Night at the Ballpark at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston onMonday, Aug. 13. The West Virginia Power takes on the Charleston (South ...
Kanawha libraries release August schedule of events
Aug 01, 2007 ... Below is a list of activities scheduled during August at the MainLibrary in Charleston and at Glasgow, Marmet and Riverside libraries.All programs are free unless otherwise noted. All Four Locations Kindergarten, Here We Come! Get ready, get set, because kindergarten, ...
Church & Religious Group Activities
Aug 01, 2007 ... SINGING CONVENTION A special singing convention gets underway at 6 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 4, at London Church of God. Randy Keesey, Butch Andrews, RogerComer, The Better Way, Two for Jesus, Sandra Locard and The Bowlingswill sing. Refreshments will be served afterward. For more ...
Kanawha Central youth wrap up eventful season
Aug 01, 2007; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 The Kanawha Central Little League's 9- and 10-year-old boys teamadvanced to state tournament play this season, an achievement thathad eluded previous squads for more than two decades. "As far as anyone in KC can recall," said assistant coach ...
Adopt a pet: Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Shelter:
Aug 01, 2007 ... Meet Catfish (ref. 4849), a 1-year-old, male, mixed-breed dog, andTina (ref. 46), a 2-year-old, female cat. Catfish has a nice personality and needs a new home. Tina is atabby cat and would make a wonderful pet. Catfish and Tina are staying at the Kanawha-Charleston ...
Chuck Wagon Gang to sing Sunday in Jackson
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Chuck Wagon Gang will present a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug.5, in the air-conditioned auditorium at the Church of God conventioncenter of Rippling Waters campground in southern Jackson County. Tickets are not needed. The concert, presented by "the most recognizable ...
Library offers MP3 players
Aug 01, 2007 ... Kanawha County Public Library brings you the latest in audiobooks,the Playaway, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1. A three-month pilot project will be held to determine patroninterest in these self-contained MP3 players, according to SusanMaguire, collection specialist ...
Reunion News
Aug 01, 2007 ... Listed below are upcoming or ongoing class, family and group/business reunions and meetings; dates and locations (wheredetermined); and contact persons/information. If you have notreceived information about a reunion or have names and addresses offellow classmates, employees, family ...
Those Were The Days: Dangerfield shows no respect for groceries
Aug 01, 2007; ... Sunday afternoon, what to do? Take a nap? Go to the mall? I think I will write about a somebody I knew in another lifetime.This somebody was a dog. I'm going back 80 years. This dog didn't belong to me. But, in a little boy way, I likedhim as though he did. He belonged ...
Club & Organization Activities
Aug 01, 2007 ... UKVEC During 2007, the Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise Community willhold its regular board meetings on the following Tuesdays at 10 a.m.(this will include all board activities for the Capital ResourceAgency): Aug. 14, Oct. 16 and Dec. 11. All meetings take place in theUKVEC ...
2007 Campbells Creek Summerfest arrives this week
Aug 01, 2007; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 The Campbells Creek Lions Club will hold their annual Summerfestat the Campbells Creek Park, three miles up Campbells Creek on theright, Friday, Aug. 3, from 6 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 4 fromnoon to 10 p.m. As in years past, Summerfest ...
NEIGHBORS
Aug 01, 2007 ... Katherine M. Thompson, a graduate of Capitol High School, receiveda bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in Ohio during commencementceremonies on May 20. Thompson graduated cum laude with a doublemajor in drama and English. She is the daughter of Edward andJacquelyn Thompson, formerly ...
AARP offering 'shred instead' to fight fraud
Aug 01, 2007 ... AARP West Virginia and the AARP Foundation's West VirginiaElderWatch program will host a "Fight Fraud - Shred Instead" identitytheft prevention event in South Charleston on Saturday, Aug. 18. The West Virginia Attorney General's Office is co-sponsoring theevent and the Red Hat ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Aug 01, 2007 ... HOT DOG SALE The Bykota's Ministries is having a hot dog and yard sale from 8a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 and Saturday, Aug. 4 on the CrossroadsCommunity Church parking lot on Martin's Branch Road, nearSissonville High School. In addition to new and used yard sale items,there ...
Whistle Wash brings car detailing to your door
Aug 01, 2007; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com 348-5188 No crevice is too small, no dashboard vent too tiny for WhistleWash, a mobile car washing and detailing service. Chris and Dena Mays of St. Albans started their new business inMay. The husband-and-wife team will travel to your home or ...
Libraries announce programs for August
Aug 01, 2007 ... Below is a list of activities scheduled during August at the MainLibrary in Charleston and at Clendenin, Elk Valley and Sissonvillebranch libraries. All programs are free unless otherwise noted. All Four Locations Kindergarten, Here We Come! Get ready; get set because ...
Sons of Confederate Veterans forming new chapter
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Sons of Confederate Veterans has organized a Huntington-Charleston metro camp called the Robert S. Garnett Camp No. 1470. To become a member, you must have a Confederate ancestor whoserved honorably in the Confederate States Army. The ancestors can beeither of direct or ...
Church & Religious Group Activities
Aug 01, 2007 ... BELIEVERS QUARTET The Believers Quartet will be singing Friday Aug. 3, at a 7 p.m.revival service at Cornerstone Community Church on Piedmont Road inCharleston; then on Sunday, Aug.5, at 10 a.m. at Aldersgate UnitedMethodist Church at Sissonville. BLUE CREEK VBS Blue ...
WVU Extension Service receives grant
Aug 01, 2007 ... The West Virginia University Extension Service has received a$1,000 literacy grant for its Reading Partners program. WVU Extension Services requested the grant to supply classicchildren's literature books and book bags to children in homelessshelters in Kanawha and Cabell counties ...
Area students receive degrees from Marshall University
Aug 01, 2007 ... The following Fayette and Kanawha county residents graduated inMay from Marshall University, according to the Marshall Web site: FAYETTE COUNTY: Gauley Bridge: Kristin Neal Glen Ferris: Amanda Grose Montgomery: Alyssa ...
Marshall University names spring 2007 dean's list students
Aug 01, 2007 ... The following Fayette and Kanawha County residents were named toMarshall University's dean list for the spring 2007 semester: FAYETTE COUNTY Boomer: Sara Fragale Kincaid: Carla Asbury, Aubry Bennett Montgomery: Adam ...
Alternative Delivery Hunter Education courses offered
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Law Enforcement Section of the Division of Natural Resourceshas announced that, as of Aug. 1, Alternative Delivery HunterEducation Courses will be offered to any person eligible to take the"traditional" course to earn a permanent Hunter Education Card. Those interested must ...
Marshall Welcome Weekend Aug. 16-19
Aug 01, 2007 ... Marshall University has released a schedule of events for incomingand returning students during the Welcome Weekend Aug. 16 throughAug. 19: Thursday, Aug. 16 Noon-midnight: Make Your Move! Students can move into their residence halls during this time. TheMarshall ...
HYCAT team members competing this week in Maryland, Texas
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Huntington Y Charleston Aquatic Team (or HYCAT) was scheduledto send five swimmers to the 2007 YMCA National Long Course Swimmingand Diving Championships this week in College Park, Md. The meet is being held at the University of Maryland's CampusRecreation Center Tuesday, July ...
Support Organizations
Aug 01, 2007 ... PROBLEM EATERS Problem Eaters Anonymous, a 12-step solution based on the text ofAlcoholics Anonymous, meets from 7 to 8 p.m. on Mondays in the NitroBaptist Church and from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays at 1601 Virginia St.East in Charleston. There are no dues or fees. For directions or ...
Reunion News
Aug 01, 2007 ... Listed below are upcoming or ongoing class, family and group/business reunions and meetings; dates and locations (wheredetermined); and contact persons/information. If you have notreceived information about a reunion or have names and addresses offellow classmates, employees, family ...
Chuck Wagon Gang to sing Sunday in Jackson
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Chuck Wagon Gang will present a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug.5, in the air-conditioned auditorium at the Church of God conventioncenter of Rippling Waters campground in southern Jackson County. Tickets are not needed. The concert, presented by "the most recognizable ...
Touch of Life: Out with the Olde, in with the new Main Street
Aug 01, 2007; ... Olde Main Plaza in St. Albans is gone and a new Main Street isreplacing it. The new street, with parking on the north side, will probably beopen before this article appears. Over the past couple of weeks, I have met with Mayor Dick Callowayon at least two occasions and have ...
Club & Organization Activities
Aug 01, 2007 ... MEMBERSHIP TEA The Sissonville Woman's Club Victorian Membership Tea will beginat 2 p.m. Aug. 12 in Aldersgate United Methodist Church. RSVP to KayPauley, president, 988-1640. WOODCARVERS A local carver is attempting to organize a woodcarving group inthe Charleston ...
2007 Boone County Fair schedule
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Boone County Fair is underway in Danville, under the CorridorG Bridge. The remaining schedule of events includes the following: Tuesday, July 31 All gospel, with gates opening at 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Opening Ceremony 6:30 p.m. Partakers Of Grace 7:30 ...
Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy announces graduates
Aug 01, 2007 ... The following area students graduated June 15 from the MountaineerChalleNGe Academy in Kingwood: Cadet Geniver Adair Bailey, granddaughter of Lola Bailey ofFriendly and daughter of Lorenda Sims of Charleston, was recognizedfor receiving the Leadership Award (twice), Deputy ...
Businesses complain about panhandlers: Apartments at corner of Brawley Walkway targeted
Aug 01, 2007; ... balow@wvgazette.com A handful of people who live at 715 Brawley Walkway - aboveEllen's Homemade Ice Cream - are panhandling and otherwise hasslingpeople who work and shop downtown, business owners say. "We have had all kinds of incidents in the store, people behavingin ...
ATVs more deadly than bikes: Seven times more kids ride bicycles
Aug 01, 2007; ... gharki@wvgazette.com Seven times as many American children ride bicycles as ATVs, butmore children die on ATVs - and the number is growing, according toinformation from a study released Tuesday. In 2004, 51 more children died on all-terrain vehicles thanbicycles in the ...
INSIDE: Sale of a lifetime
Aug 01, 2007 ... The first auction of a prominent Roane ...
House approves ethics bill aimed at earmarks
Aug 01, 2007; ... How they voted Reps. Shelly Moore Capito. R-W.Va., Alan Mollohan,D-W.Va., and Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., voted for the bill. WASHINGTON - The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to makelawmakers disclose more details of their efforts to fund pet projectsand raise money from lobbyists, ...
Ex-Lincoln official denied pension by judge
Aug 01, 2007; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com A former Lincoln County assessor who pleaded guilty to vote-buying in 2005 will not receive his state employee's pension, aKanawha Circuit Court judge ruled last week. Jerry Allen Weaver, 57, was sentenced to a year in prison for hisrole in a ...
Hospital found negligent: Jury rules Putnam General failed to properly check King's credentials
Aug 01, 2007; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com WINFIELD - Putnam General Hospital failed to carefully examine thecredentials of Dr. John A. King when it granted King staffprivileges, and should be liable for punitive damages in the dozensof malpractice cases faced by King, a jury said Tuesday. King ...
Audit cites need for more equipment tracking in Iraq
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The Pentagon cannot fully account for $19.2 billionworth of equipment provided to Iraqi security forces, governmentauditors said Tuesday. The finding by the Government Accountability Office, theinvestigative arm of Congress, comes a few days after the ...
Iraq deaths at 3,652
Aug 01, 2007; ... As of Tuesday, at least 3,652 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 2,998 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
Rice, Gates make Iraq reassurances
Aug 01, 2007; ... SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Visiting U.S. Cabinet officers, hearingblunt concerns from nervous Arab leaders Tuesday, assured them theU.S. will not abruptly withdraw troops from Iraq and trigger chaosthat could spread across the Gulf region. Even as an increasingly impatient Congress ...
National briefs
Aug 01, 2007 ... 237 reasons given for why we have sex WASHINGTON - After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men andwomen get intimate for mostly the same motivations. It's more aboutlust in the body than a love connection in the ...
Vaccines available for college students
Aug 01, 2007; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com West Virginia students who have put off getting vaccinationsbefore they start college later this month have a chance to receiveall their required shots at once on Friday. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department plans to offer a walk-invaccination ...
Cunard Road project to cause delays
Aug 01, 2007; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com Starting today, motorists - including river rafting traffic - mayexperience delays as they negotiate a small road near Fayetteville. "The entire length of the Cunard Road near Fayetteville is beingwidened to accommodate two-way traffic," said Don ...
Board lags on mine seal rules
Aug 01, 2007; ... kward@wvgazette.com A state mine safety board is behind schedule and will probablymiss a legal deadline to write tougher rules for construction ofseals in underground coal mines, officials said Tuesday. Members of the state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety recesseda ...
Ohio man pleads guilty to drug, firearm charges
Aug 01, 2007 ... HUNTINGTON - An Ohio man pleaded guilty to drug and gun charges infederal court on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Michael Vernell Williams, 27, of Columbus, admitted to possessionwith intent to distribute 5 grams or more of crack cocaine andcarrying a gun during ...
Bulletin board
Aug 01, 2007 ... FUTURE EVENTS The West Virginia Association of the Deaf will host its 36thBiannual Conference "WVAD Wants You! The Future is in Your Hands,"Thursday through Saturday at the Embassy Suites in Charleston.Various workshops, guest speakers, entertainment, vendors and socialevents are ...
State briefs
Aug 01, 2007 ... Monongah Mine events to mark centennial The Monongah Centennial Commemoration Festival will be held Aug.16-19, for the more than 350 men and boys who lost their lives in theNo. 8 and No. 6 mines in Monongah, Marion County, on Dec. 6, 1907. Gov. Joe Manchin named an 11-member ...
Ky. trooper resigns during beating probe: Guardsman wants trooper prosecuted
Aug 01, 2007; ... PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky state trooper accused of beating andbiting a West Virginia National Guardsman has resigned from his postin Pikeville. Jared Alfrey stepped down on July 25, said Lt. Phil Crumpton,spokesman for the Kentucky State Police. Alfrey already was suspended ...
Always the 'other'
Aug 01, 2007; ... "It is a great shock at the age of 5 or 6 to learn that in a worldof Gary ...
Confronting U.S. overpopulation
Aug 01, 2007; ... "POPULATION Explosion" was a call to arms for Americanenvironmentalists 40 years ago, amid fears that Baby Boomers wouldhave big families. That didn't happen, but hyper-population-growth isoccurring now because of large-scale immigration. California has just projected a population ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nitro geese killed in inhumane way Editor: I couldn't believe that the July 11 article about 100 Canada geesein Nitro being smothered in boxes. This is cruel and inhumanetreatment - the worst I have ever heard. These geese had to havesuffered terribly until their death ....
Misery: Iraq's people in need
Aug 01, 2007; ... SUFFERING in Iraq today is much worse than before President Bushordered the U.S. invasion to "liberate" the little Mideast nation,according to a new report from Oxfam International, a globalhumanitarian group. Two-thirds of Iraqis now lack safe water, 28 percent of childrenare ...
Slavery: Modern version
Aug 01, 2007; ... HUMAN slavery was a dark chapter in U.S. history, spawning thehorror of America's worst bloodbath, the Civil War. But a modern version continues today. Hundreds of thousands ofconfined laborers toil in clothing factories, sweatshops and brothelsinside America, according to the ...
Economic vitality: Table games bigger than the 1,000 jobs
Aug 01, 2007; ... In his July 24 commentary, the Rev. Dennis Sparks lambasted thisnewspaper's endorsement of the gaming referendum to be decided Aug.11 by Kanawha County voters. He trumpeted: "I find that many who haveendorsed the yes vote have demonstrated only limited knowledge on theissue beyond ...
Polishing a diamond: Matewan should have national park status
Aug 01, 2007; ... Today, Aug. 1, marks the 86th anniversary of the deaths of SidHatfield and Ed Chambers. Both men were unarmed and escorted by theirwives when they were assassinated by Baldwin-Felts detectives on theMcDowell County Courthouse steps at Welch. The bloody episode was acoda to the May 19, ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2007 ... Why weren't geese moved? Editor: I read in the paper how the people of Nitro, especially the mayor,had put these geese to death in such a cruel and inhumane way. Sincethey caught the birds and had them in a box, why didn't they takethem away from the parks and people's houses ...