Charleston Gazette back issues from May 2008:
Evans wins pro division at KV golf event: ; Roundup
May 01, 2008; ... Barry Evans shot a final-round 73 Wednesday for a one-strokevictory in the professional division of the Kanawha Valley GolfAssociation Men's Championship at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club. Evans, the pro at Berry Hills, turned in a three-round total of215 while Jonathan Clark, the pro at ...
Waters' inflatable pig found
May 01, 2008; ... INDIO, Calif. - A giant helium-filled pig didn't drift off to hogheaven after it was released into the night sky during Roger Waters'performance at the Coachella music festival. It's been found - inpieces. Two couples found tattered halves of the inflatable swine intheir yards, a ...
20 new Isaacs of W.Va. scenes going on display at Art Store
May 01, 2008 ... Twenty new oil landscapes of West Virginia scenes by Vermont-based artist Henry Isaacs go on display Saturday and remain upthrough May 31 at The Art Store, 1013 Bridge Road. The plein-air artist, who has been exhibiting at The Art Storesince 1993, travels to West Virginia often in ...
THE IDIOT BOX: ; Try as you might, TV is simply hard to avoid
May 01, 2008; ... So the great TV Turnoff week of 2008 is over. It actually wasn'tall that hard - although my hectic work schedule probably had alittle to do with that. My week wasn't completely slip-up free, though, and I did learn afew things. First, this experiment taught me that TV is ...
BEST BET: ; Out of Africa
May 01, 2008 ... At 7 p.m. Sunday the African Children's Choir will give a freeconcert at the Charleston Baptist Temple at the corner of Morris andQuarrier streets. The choir, which has been in existence for morethan 21 years, features children ages 9-12 ...
the gazz calendar: ; May 1-May 7
May 01, 2008 ... Today 5.1 Music * BOB THOMPSON UNIT: 7 p.m. Cover $5. Atlantis Night Club, 3024Chesterfield Ave. Call 345-0100. * LOUIE MCNEIL: 8 p.m. to midnight. No cover. Sneekers, PutnamVillage Shopping Center, Scott Depot. Call 757-3340. * ACOUSTIC JAM SESSION: With Sweet ...
BEST BET: ; Under the sea
May 01, 2008 ... At 7 p.m. Friday, three local youth arts groups will jointogether for a presentation of "The Little Mermaid," based on theHans Christian Andersen fairy tale. The single-night performance atthe Clay Center features the River City Youth Ballet, West ...
BEST BET: ; Helping out
May 01, 2008 ... On April 19, William Baxter Harrison fell five stories from aThailand apartment building and severed his spine. Harrison is theson of Okay's owner Kay Dillon, and at 7 p.m. Friday the restaurantand bar on Leon Sullivan Way will host a benefit for the 23-year-old. The event, ...
FAIRS & FESTS: ; It's really All Good
May 01, 2008 ... The final batch of bands has been announced for the 12th annualmusic-packed jam band-centric All Good Music Festival from July 11-13 at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, Preston County. Hang on,this will take a while to list: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals; JJ Grey and MOFRO; ...
CHARLESTON'S TEEN IDOL: ; Where's Simon Cowell?
May 01, 2008 ... Electric 102.7's T.J. King (left) served as emcee for the firstpreliminary round of the Charleston Town Center Mall and Coca-Colasponsored "Charleston's Teen Idol" singing competition, which tookplace on April 26. Sissonville High School sophomore KaitlynHansroth (right) was one of three ...
BEST BET: ; Sowell man
May 01, 2008 ... This season the Woody Hawley Concert Series at the Clay Center'sWalker Theater has featured such artists as Susan Werner, TerriHendrix and Lloyd Maines, Michael Johnson and Bob Malone. The seasoncomes to a close on Saturday with a concert by series creator andfixture on the local music ...
IN SHORT
May 01, 2008 ... Gropius artist Clay artist and Walter Gropius Master Artist Ed Eberle will speakabout his work at 7 p.m. today at the Huntington Museum of Art.Admission is free. An exhibition of Eberle's work remains on view atthe museum through May 11. Eberle will lead the three-day ...
COVER STORY: ; 'On Line'; Everyone can relate to actors stories and the drive to do your best, guild cast says
May 01, 2008; ... IF YOU GO The Charleston Light Opera Guild presents A Chorus Lineat 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and May 9, 10, 16 and 17 at theCharleston Civic Center Little Theater. For tickets, $20, call 343-2287 or stop at the Little Theater box office from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Monday through ...
Rock for charity at downtown park Saturday
May 01, 2008; ... IF YOU GO Rock in Love Tour on Saturday at Davis Park (betweenCapitol and Summers streets) from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission isfree, but please bring socks, underwear, blankets, pillows, hygieneitems and canned food to donate to local shelters and missions ....
Poetry magazine accepting entries for book prize
May 01, 2008 ... ABZ: A Poetry Magazine is continuing its poetry prize for a firstbook of poems. In 2007, David Baker selected "Postcard on Parchment" byChristine Stewart-Nu ez. That book has just been published and isavailable from ABZ Press, your local bookstore or an online ...
New Sounds
May 01, 2008 ... Artist: The Constantines (www.constantines.ca) Album: "Kensington Heights" (Arts & Crafts) As expected, there are walls of grungy guitars on TheConstantines' latest offering. But this noted Toronto indie bandalso offers up plenty of food for the mind. Beginning with ...
Capital one of six schools in 'Opera' project
May 01, 2008 ... Capital High School has been selected as one of only six schoolsto be included in a pilot project testing the musical "Phantom ofthe Opera" for use in school and community theater groups. The showopens tonight. Director Kathleen Corbett has brought together more than ...
School's 'Phantom' production well executed
May 01, 2008; ... IF YOU GO Capital High School presents Phantom of the Opera at7:30 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Ticketsare $10 for adults and $8 for students. Advance purchaserecommended. Call 348-6500. Even at a dress rehearsal where paint was still being applied tosets ...
Jury duty turns into music for The Wilders
May 01, 2008; ... IF YOU GO The Wilders, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The Wild Bean,Lewisburg. Advance tickets $13, at the door $15. Call 645-3738 orvisit wildbeanbuzz.com. lynch@wvgazette.com Phil Wade didn't mind getting called for jury duty. He and hisband, The Wilders, were on a short break from the ...
GAZZOPOLIS
May 01, 2008 ... 'Radio Free' roams Valley "Radio Free Charleston" returns with a music-packed show that wasshot all over the Kanawha Valley and beyond. Host Rudy Panucciintroduces the program from Davis Square, the site of thisSaturday's "Rock in Love" all-day concert. The show includes ...
FILM CLIPS
May 01, 2008 ... * "BABY MAMA": HH Marquee Cinemas, Park Place Stadium Cinemas.Tina Fey is the main reason to see this comedy from the "SaturdayNight Live" crowd that pairs her with Amy Poehler. Writer/directorMichael McCullers does manage to come up with some good laughsoccasionally, but for the most ...
Red Velvet to release full-length album
May 01, 2008; ... IF YOU GO The Red Velvet CD release party with Bad Employees, 10p.m. Saturday. Cover $5. V Club, 741 6th Ave, Huntington. Call 781-0680 or visit www.myspace.com/wvvclub. When it came time to hit the studio to record its full-lengthdebut, The Red Velvet had an ace in its pocket: ...
Steel yourself for one fine 'Iron Man'
May 01, 2008; ... REVIEW Iron Man HHHH Rated PG-13 (sexual innuendo and drugreferences) Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Robert Downey Jr.,Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard Marquee Cinemas,Park Place Stadium Cinemas For its first 40 minutes, "Iron Man" isn't just a good ...
Comedy works, romance suffers in 'Honor'
May 01, 2008; ... REVIEW Made of Honor HH 1/2 Rated PG-13 (sexual content andlanguage) Directed by Paul Weiland Starring Patrick Dempsey,Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Kevin McKidd Marquee Cinemas,Park Place Stadium Cinemas It starts out as a tribute to "When Harry Met Sally ..." andsteadily ...
Soaring gas prices put damper on NASCAR attendance rate
May 01, 2008; ... Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. Butthe prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fansreluctant to start their engines. Ticket sales have slipped just as May, the biggest month inmotorsports, approaches. So track promoters are shifting ...
Byrd makes first speech in Senate since illness
May 01, 2008; ... Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., talks with House Speaker NancyPelosi (left) and Rep. Jane Harman, both D-Calif., in the Senate onWednesday. In his first speech since falling ...
Stocks rally, slide after Fed rates cut: ; Trims expected to stay put, maybe until end of year
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Scrambling to shore up the faltering economy, theFederal Reserve cut interest rates to the lowest point in nearlyfour years Wednesday as the nation teetered on the edge ofrecession. Wall Street rallied at first but then pulled back, concerned thereduction might be ...
'Click it' success nets $5M for W.Va.
May 01, 2008; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com In 1993, West Virginia became one of the last states to mandatewearing seat belts. Drivers still can't be stopped just for notwearing their seat belts. Despite that, more drivers buckle up in West Virginia than injust about any other state, federal ...
Donors rethink donations in wake of Bresch scandal
May 01, 2008; ... veronican@wvgazette.com Some alumni and supporters of West Virginia University areexpressing their displeasure over the Heather Bresch degree scandalby tightening their purse strings. Wayne King, president and chief operating officer of the WVUFoundation, said several donors ...
Board backs Garrison: ; Public outcry has not swayed board of governors on president
May 01, 2008; ... davinwhite@wvgazette.com Members of the West Virginia University Board of Governors havenot been swayed from their support of President Mike Garrison,despite mounting pressure from alumni, faculty and the public. Members Carolyn Long, Ellen Cappellanti and Steve Farmer say ...
Manchin stands by Garrison: ; WVU report does not blame president, governor says
May 01, 2008; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Pressure continued to build on West Virginia University PresidentMike Garrison to step aside Wednesday, despite an endorsement fromGov. Joe Manchin. Manchin was very clear Wednesday morning when asked if he wantedGarrison, a Marion County lawyer who ...
Readers' voice
May 01, 2008 ... * Who will be finishing the Appalachian Power Park building ifthey move the Health Department in? The top two floors are gutted.Will that be at taxpayers' expense or will the owners have to pay torefinish it? What about the lottery building on the other side ofthe building? At least it ...
National briefs
May 01, 2008 ... Al-Qaida now stronger, terror report says WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida has rebuilt some of its pre-Sept. 11capabilities from remote hiding places in Pakistan, leading to amajor spike in attacks last year in that country and neighboringAfghanistan, the Bush administration said ...
Maryland man faces fireworks charges after late-night blasts
May 01, 2008; ... PIKESVILLE, Md. - Mysterious middle-of-the-night blasts andflashes of light had residents puzzled for months - and now a manhas been charged with fireworks-related violations. Frederick Lee Mackler, 59, was denied bail Wednesday on chargesof possession of fireworks without a ...
How can blacks trust the system?
May 01, 2008; ... I WANT you to tell me how I can trust the justice system. MisterAttorney General, the question is for you. And you too, Ms. PoliceOfficer, Madame District Attorney, and Mr. Judge. It is also foryou, Mr. and Ms. Average Citizen. I realize this will be an engravedinvitation for those ...
Readers' forum
May 01, 2008 ... Is WVU 'Open for business'? Editor: As a WVU graduate from a much different era than the present, Iam deeply disappointed over what has transpired during the past yearat my alma mater. What is most distressing, it now appears thatdegrees are available to the prosperous, the ...
Coal: ; How many years left?
May 01, 2008; ... COAL is booming as world oil prices soar. Out-of-statecorporations that use West Virginia like a colony are reaping giantprofits and boosting production. Massey Energy plans to open a newAppalachian underground mine every 17 days this year in an attemptto increase output 25 percent by ...
Within our reach: ; Support rally for good health care
May 01, 2008; ... BUSINESS and labor, consumers and insurers, churches and civilrights organizations, social workers and nurses: We are a diversecoalition of organizations that have differing perspectives on thebest ways to reform health care. Yet we are united in our beliefthat doing nothing is no longer ...
Health department fight: ; Development prospects remain
May 01, 2008; ... I'M CONFUSED. Horrified. But mostly disgusted. Can someone outthere give me a reason why Our Mayor seems to go out of his way togive gratuitous insult? I'm thinking of his snappy comment thatgoing to Philip Angel for real estate advice is like "asking ahomeless person." This is the ...
Court briefs
May 01, 2008 ... City man gets prison for crack A Charleston man was sentenced to 13 years in prison in federalcourt Wednesday for dealing crack cocaine, the U.S. Attorney'sOffice announced. Sebert Junior Maxwell III, 35, pleaded guilty to possession withintent to distribute crack, the news ...
Vandalism to 85 buses closes Berkeley schools
May 01, 2008; ... MARTINSBURG - Berkeley County's nearly 17,000 students got a dayoff from school Wednesday after someone removed the valve stems andcores from tires on 85 school buses kept at the county'stransportation department. County school communications director Jaimee Borger said twobuses ...
U.S. court refuses appeal of Wood hospital verdict: ; Camden-Clark faces $6.5 million ruling in death
May 01, 2008; ... aclevenger@wvgazette.com The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a Wood Countyhospital's appeal of a multimillion-dollar verdict in a case of aMineral Wells woman who died under anesthesia during ankle surgeryin 2001. In March 2006, a Wood County jury awarded what is ...
Man gets life with no parole in police death
May 01, 2008; ... BECKLEY - A second man convicted in the death of a Beckley policedetective will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Thomas Leftwich, 25, of Beckley, was sentenced Tuesday to life inprison without the possibility of parole. Leftwich was found guilty in March of first-degree ...
Byrd delivers first speech since fall
May 01, 2008; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., spoke on the floor of the U.S.Senate on Wednesday afternoon, on the eve of the five-yearanniversary of the "Mission Accomplished" speech President George W.Bush delivered from the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. In his ...
DEP proceeds with proposed drinking water rule changes
May 01, 2008; ... kward@wvgazette.com State regulators are moving forward with plans to make it easierfor industry to remove important drinking-water protections for WestVirginia's rivers and streams. Department of Environmental Protection officials hope to issue aformal proposal this summer, ...
Kanawha school board rejects maintenance staff flex time
May 01, 2008; ... davinwhite@wvgazette.com Kanawha school board members voted down flexible work schedulesfor maintenance staff Wednesday afternoon. In a 3-2 vote, board members Becky Jordon, Jim Crawford andBarbara Welch voted in favor of maintenance staff who did not wantto open up the ...
ASK AMY: ; School volunteer a sex offender
May 01, 2008; ... Dear Amy: My father is a child sex offender. His conviction was15 years ago. My husband and I decided we did not want him to havecontact with our children, but my sister feels differently, and hespends a lot of time with her children. Despite the court documents and conversations ...
Bulletin board
May 01, 2008 ... TODAY Holocaust Denial: A New Form of Anti-Semitism Lecture will beheld at 7 p.m. at the West Virginia State Theater, Cultural Center.Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and HolocaustStudies, Emory University, will speak at the "In Observance of theDay of ...
World weather
May 01, 2008 ... Amsterdam 57 46 Rain Athens 69 42 Clr Baghdad 95 75 PCldy Berlin 68 51 Rain Bermuda 72 61 PCldy Cairo 76 58 Clr Calgary 63 42 PCldy Dublin 53 32 PCldy Hong Kong 78 71 PCldy Jerusalem 73 57 PCldy London 56 40 ...
National weather
May 01, 2008 ... Anchorage 46 35 Cldy Atlanta 72 50 Clr Boston 58 39 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 69 44 Clr Chicago 60 48 Cldy Cincinnati 66 49 PCldy Cleveland 56 43 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 83 67 PCldy Denver 79 37 Cldy Detroit 56 42 Rain Elkins 58 ...
AP sues W.Va. Supreme Court
May 01, 2008; ... The Associated Press asked a circuit judge Wednesday to requireWest Virginia's Supreme Court to comply with the state's Freedom ofInformation Act by releasing e-mails, visitor logs and other recordsof its chief justice. The AP alleges the court erred when it concluded earlier ...
Obama campaign files FEC complaint
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's presidential campaign wants federalregulators to investigate fellow Democrats who are backing HillaryClinton's candidacy, taking intraparty discord to a new level ofconfrontation. Obama's campaign lawyer, Robert Bauer, filed a complaintWednesday with ...
6-10 prep standout commits to WVU
May 01, 2008; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com West Virginia University's basketball program got an early jumpon the 2009 season when it received a commitment late Wednesdaynight from 6-foot-10 power forward Keith Dewitt of Charis Prep inWilson, N.C. Dewitt has another year at Charis before ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: ; -; MSAC TOURNAMENT; SA, Nitro reach title game
May 01, 2008 ... Next week, Nitro and St. Albans will lock up in perhaps the topbaseball sectional in the state. But tonight, they have a conferencetitle to settle. Left-handers Chase Pickering and Garrett Kiser gave masterfulpitching performances Wednesday night, leading the Wildcats and ...
It's tough to predict which way Joe will go
May 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Cleaning out a crowded (basketball) notebook and acluttered mind: Don't bother asking Bob Huggins if he has any insight as to whatJoe Alexander is going to do. He doesn't. "Not really," the West Virginia basketball coach said Wednesday."I think it changes from ...
Huff calls out N-S no-shows
May 01, 2008; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com Blue-chip WVU football recruit Josh Jenkins has declined aninvitation to play in the North-South Football Classic. Ditto Kennedy Award winner Jordan Roberts. And Sam Huff is not happy about it. At all. Huff, a Farmington native ...
Big East shuffles bowls: ; Conference aligns with new St. Petersburg Bowl (vs. C-USA) and PapaJohns.com Bowl (vs. SEC)
May 01, 2008; ... BCS rejects playoff, 3B mitchvingle@wvgazette.com The Big East has landed a new bowl affiliation for 2008 andtraded a Conference USA opponent for one from the SoutheasternConference in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. The Big East announced an agreement with the St. Petersburg ...
INSIDE
May 01, 2008 ... Still alive Butler's bucket helps ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
May 01, 2008 ... Today's quote "I'm an ugly guy, so I don't think the Mohawk isreally the thing I have to worry about." Former WVU fullback OwenSchmitt, drafted Sunday by the Seattle Seahawks, on his hairstyle Names in the games Gymnast Dawes to speak to Girl Scouts Olympic gymnastics ...
Baseball transactions
May 01, 2008 ... American League BOSTON RED SOXAssigned RHP Bryan Corey outrightto Pawtucket (IL). MINNESOTA TWINSOptioned INF Brian Buscher toRochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEESPlaced 3B Alex Rodriguez on the 15-day DL. Optioned C Chris Stewart to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).Recalled RHP Chris Britton from ...
NHL playoffs
May 01, 2008 ... CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh leads series 3-0 Dallas 2, San Jose 1, OT, Dallas leads series 3-0 Detroit 4, Colorado 3, Detroit leads series 3-0 Wednesday's games Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2, ...
Transactions
May 01, 2008 ... BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB-Named Matt Bourne vice president of business publicrelations. Suspended San Francisco C Eliezer Alfonzo for 50 gamesfor testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. FOOTBALL National Football ...
Area golf
May 01, 2008 ... Kanawha Valley Men's Championship At Sleepy Hollow Pros Barry Evans 69-73-73-215 Jonathan Clark 71-72-73-216 Craig Bernes 74-69-82-225 Championship flight John Duty 71-76-73-220 Bobby Brandon 76-74-76-226 Allan Bailes ...
Prep tennis
May 01, 2008 ... Boys Ripley 6, Ravenswood 1 * Singles - Bunke d. Williams 8-0; Henry d. Grimaldo 8-2; Villersd. Jordan 8-2; Simmons d. Durbin 8-6. * Doubles- Bunke-Henry d. Williams-Durbin 8-2; Villers-Simmons d.Grimaldo-Riley; Ravenswood won via ...
NBA playoffs
May 01, 2008 ... FIRST ROUND (Best of 7) Tuesday's games Detroit 98, Philadelphia 81, Detroit leads series 3-2 New Orleans 99, Dallas 94, New Orleans wins series 4-1 Houston 95, Utah 69, Utah leads series 3-2 San Antonio 92, Phoenix 87, San Antonio wins series ...