Charleston Gazette back issues from July 2008:
Jolie checks into French hospital for birth of twins
Jul 02, 2008; ... PARIS - Angelina Jolie has checked into a hospital in the southof France where she is expected to give birth to her twins, ahospital spokesman said Tuesday. Nadine Bauer, press attache for the Lenval Hospital in Nice, saidJolie is fine and that everything is going well. She said ...
FOOD NOTES
Jul 02, 2008; ... Capitol Market, etc. Outdoors on the market, growers have green onions, green andyellow summer squash, pickling cucumbers, green beans, cabbage andbeets. They have a few tomatoes, but mostly tomatoes fromneighboring states. They have local potatoes, though some areselling ...
IN THIS CORNER: ; Be fashionably cool this summer
Jul 02, 2008 ... Does the thought of summer heat make you break a sweat? Followthese dos and don'ts to stay cool, and mind your manners: DON'T: Wipe sweat from your forehead with your sleeve. DO: Bring a hankie - and turn away from dinner guests. DON'T: Apply deodorant in ...
W.Va. restaurants now allowed fewer critical violations
Jul 02, 2008; ... West Virginia food establishments must now follow a new set ofrules. Under a revised state code that started Tuesday, the number ofuncorrectable critical violations that would require anestablishment to close changes from five to three. Many otherviolations can be fixed during ...
Reunions
Jul 02, 2008 ... * The 76th annual Ruckman reunion will be held at 1 p.m. Sundayat Ronceverte Island Park in Ronceverte. The event is open to allfamily and friends. Please bring a covered dish to share. For moreinformation, call Vicki Ruckman Dove at 645-1931. * Smith-Wheeler: The seventh annual ...
FOOD Briefs
Jul 02, 2008 ... Burger contest Sutter Home Winery is taking entries for its Build a BetterBurger Contest and Cook-off through Aug. 18. The grand prize is$50,000. For contest entry rules, visit www.sutterhome.com or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Sutter Home Winery, P.O. Box 248, ...
Bulletin board
Jul 02, 2008 ... FUTURE EVENTS * Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam County willcelebrate 20 years of building homes and hope during a night withthe West Virginia Power baseball team at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.Sponsored giveaways will include 1,000 T-shirts. Learn how tovolunteer with Habitat ...
ASK AMY: ; Parents of son's friend don't reciprocate hosting, driving
Jul 02, 2008; ... Dear Amy: My 14-year-old son has had a good friend named "Jack"for three years now. During those three years, Jack has stayedovernight at our home probably 20 to 30 times, while he has beeninvited to spend the night at Jack's home one time. If my son wants to schedule an activity ...
Jessica Simpson winning over country fans
Jul 02, 2008; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - When Jessica Simpson announced plans to gocountry after her last pop album flopped, there was a collective eyeroll in Nashville. To some skeptics, it appeared to be a calculated move to followin the footsteps of other pop stars who have found success ...
LEGISLATURE TOLL-FREE
Jul 02, 2008 ... The West Virginia Legislature has established two toll-freenumbers. For legislative information call ...
New Orleans cocktail museum shakes and stirs history
Jul 02, 2008; ... NEW ORLEANS - In New Orleans, cocktails are serious business.What better town for a temple to the tasty history of the Americanlibation? Many outsiders may get their idea of the Big Easy's cocktailculture from the jumbo-sized plastic cups of punch slugged down bytourists on ...
Horoscope
Jul 02, 2008; ... Wednesday, July 2, 2008 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: You're confident and especially charmingthis year, and you're creative. You'll be able to accomplish justabout whatever you imagine. The old rules still apply, however.Don't jump out of airplanes without a parachute. To get the ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Jul 02, 2008 ... Corina 'Lucille' Adkins Corina "Lucille" Adkins, 75, went home to be with the Lord onJuly 1, 2008, after a short illness. Lucille was the youngest daughter of the late Tolbert and LottieAdkins of Price Hill and Drawdy, Boone County. In addition to herparents, she was preceded ...
Ex-convict arrested in 8 multi-state slayings
Jul 02, 2008; ... GRANITE CITY, Ill. - An ex-convict who police believe killedeight people in two states and who was the subject of a multistatemanhunt was caught Tuesday evening in southwestern Illinois,authorities said. Illinois State Police caught Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, in GraniteCity, about ...
New members join Nitro's City Council
Jul 02, 2008; ... For the Gazette Nitro City Council empaneled four new members Tuesday night whenthe winners of the recent municipal election took the oath ofoffice. City elections were June 3. Beginning their four-year teamsTuesday were Ward 3 Councilman Craig Matthews, along with ...
Ky. man killed by tree limb ID'd
Jul 02, 2008 ... Authorities have released the name of a Kentucky man who waskilled in Charleston on Monday when a heavy tree limb fell about 45feet, landing on him. Steven Robinette, 35, of Catlettsburg, Ky., worked for PrichardTree Service, based in Ashland, Ky., Charleston Police Lt ....
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Jul 02, 2008 ... DIABETES SUPPORT Nautilus Fitness Center Manager Kelly L. Cassell will speak on"The Importance of Exercise and its Benefits" at 7 p.m. Tuesday,July 8, in Cross Lanes United Methodist Church, 5320 Frontier Drive,Cross Lanes. The American Legion Post 73 in St. Albans sponsors ...
Defeating 'silent killer' goal of center
Jul 02, 2008; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com 348-5188 Charleston Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplant providescomprehensive services to patients with kidney disease and highblood pressure. Board-certified nephrologist Dr. Abdul R. Zanabli opened hispractice in August 2007. He has offices in ...
Auto dealers gather at Greenbrier Resort
Jul 02, 2008; ... tonyp@cnpapers.com 348-3022 Seventy-five years after the West Virginia Automobile and TruckDealers Association was founded, the group's membership gatheredwhere it all started to celebrate three-quarters of a century ofmemories. The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs ...
Getting creative in Cross Lanes: ; YMCA art campers tap into their artistic sides
Jul 02, 2008; ... bcalwell@cnpapers.com 348-5188 Paint-soaked tennis balls in the hands of children could spell"mess," but then again it could spell "art." A recent Friday was "get messy day" at the Tyler Mountain YMCA'ssummer art camp. It was the final day of a weeklong camp in whichchildren ...
NEIGHBORS
Jul 02, 2008 ... Andrea McLeod of St. Albans was named to the 2008 spring-quarterdean's list at the Savannah (Ga.) College of Art & Design, where sheis a fashion major. Sahana Fischer of Cross Lanes is one of six incoming freshmennamed Emma Byrd Scholars at Marshall University. Established ...
Annual women's outdoors event slated for July 26 at KSF
Jul 02, 2008; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 The fifth annual Women in the Outdoors Event is slated to takeplace at Kanawha State Forest, seven miles south of downtownCharleston, on Saturday, July 26. Designed to provide females ages 14 and older with an opportunityto delve and dive ...
Fifth-grade students garner DAR accolades
Jul 02, 2008 ... Four Kanawha County fifth-grade students have been selected toreceive the Daughters of the American Revolution Good CitizenshipAward, sponsored by the Anne Bailey Chapter of the DAR. Each was chosen on the basis of exemplary behavior, good gradesand being a positive influence on ...
Putnam County Fair prepares for 30th season
Jul 02, 2008 ... The schedule is finished and volunteers are getting ready for the30th annual Putnam County Fair July 12-19. What started as a small-town fair 30 years ago is now eight dayslong and has a lot to offer fairgoers of all ages, including nightlyentertainment, exciting track events, ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Jul 02, 2008 ... The Bulletin Board announces items of community interestsubmitted by clubs, charities, government agencies and othernonprofit organizations. Items are run as space permits and at thediscretion of the Metro newsroom. Some submitted items could beredirected to another listing, e.g. church ...
Library system launches e-newsletter service
Jul 02, 2008 ... On July 1, Kanawha County Public Library introduced NextReads, anew e-mail newsletter service. Library Web site visitors and patrons are now able to subscribeto any of the 22 different newsletters, all of which provide helpfulreading suggestions, to be delivered to their e-mail ...
Kanawha in Review
Jul 02, 2008 ... The following Metro Kanawha-related news and feature items wereamong those published in recent editions of The Charleston Gazette,Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday Gazette-Mail and Sunday Gazette-Mail: Nitro holds final meeting with current City Council lineup Nitro City ...
OMISSION
Jul 02, 2008 ... The following Alban Elementary School students were omitted fromthe fourth nine weeks honor roll that appeared in the June 18Kanawha West: Principal's list: Rachel Blake, Ryan Broderick, Kasey Burks,Kateland Brand, Parker D'Antoni, Timmy Handley, Brooke Hypes, RyanMcCoy, Alan ...
Country/rock quintet acquires growing Kanawha Valley fan base
Jul 02, 2008; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 Throughout the Kanawha Valley and the rest of the Tri-State area,catch the Stan McDaniel Band while you can, because Nashville maywell be beckoning the country/classic rock quintet soon. Lead vocalist Stan McDaniel of South Charleston ...
Touch of Life: ; Random notes and knowledge...
Jul 02, 2008; ... Every now and then, one will see column writers begin theircolumn with something like "cleaning out the notebook and clutteredmind." They will then go on to relate certain things on their mindor notes they have taken on some subject, thereby developing acolumn on a variety of topics ....
Golf Shootout Aug. 9 in Tornado
Jul 02, 2008 ... The fifth annual St. Albans Quarterback Club Golf Shootout willbe held on Aug. 9 at the Big Bend Golf Course in Tornado. The two-person scrambles event will begin at 8 a.m. with ashotgun start. The entry fee of $90 per person includes a skins game, breakfastsandwiches and ...
Vegetable vouchers available for seniors
Jul 02, 2008 ... Kanawha Valley Senior Services will distribute Senior Farmer'sMarket vegetable vouchers throughout July at the Kanawha Countylocations listed below. Qualifying income guidelines are incomes of no more than $1,604(monthly)/$19,240 (yearly) for a household of one and ...
'Rock' garden
Jul 02, 2008 ... What appear to be diamonds in the garden of Lesa Snodgrass ofWildwood Circle in St. Albans are actually hailstones. Her ...
Church & Religious Group Activities
Jul 02, 2008 ... CREATION SCIENCE GROUP The Biblically based Kanawha Creation Science Group will meet at7 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at Greater Things Fellowship Church.Members are requested to arrive by 6 p.m. for a business meeting andprayer. Karl Priest will present "The Cicada Choir." For ...
Putnam library announces receipt of new fiction
Jul 02, 2008 ... New fiction available at the Putnam County Library includes: "Hold Tight" by Harlan Coben "Souvenir" by Therese Fowler "Whispers of the Bayou" by Mindy Starns Clark "Phantom Prey" by John Sandford "Secrets in the Shadows" by V.C. Andrews "The Plague ...
NEIGHBORS
Jul 02, 2008 ... Whitney Hicks, a Master of Social Work Program member at WestVirginia University and the daughter of Billy Joe Hicks and JoyMitchell of Hurricane, has been selected as part of Cohort One ofthe Mountain State Practicum Partnership. Helen Kathleen Pack, daughter of Dr. Curtis and ...
Gift makes camp free for 4-H'ers
Jul 02, 2008; ... syoung@cnpapers.com 348-4806 Last week 113 4-H Club members from Putnam County gathered atCamp Virgil Tate for their annual 4-H camp. However, this year the campers and volunteer leaders received anunusual gift camp was free. A former Putnam County 4-H member made an ...
Long-distance dedications to military available
Jul 02, 2008 ... Friends and family of military members in Afghanistan may nowdedicate a song to their deployed service member via e-mail. The song will air on AFN (American Forces Network)-Afghanistan'sFreedom Radio. Though AFN-Afghanistan doesn't have every song ever recorded, theFreedom ...
Red House woman receives CTC Presidential Leadership Award
Jul 02, 2008 ... As "Pomp and Circumstance" played during Commencement on May 10,Krista Marrs joined with others who officially became graduates ofthe Community and Technical College at West Virginia UniversityInstitute of Technology in Montgomery. However, this graduation was even more special ...
5K run/1-mile walk at Valley Park Aug. 16
Jul 02, 2008 ... The Third Annual "Run For the Health of It" 5K Run and "Walk Forthe Health of It" 1-Mile Non-Competitive Walk will be held Aug. 16at 8 a.m. at Valley Park (Wave Pool) in Hurricane. The entry fee is $15 by July 7 or $20 on Race Day. Registration is from 7 to 7:45 a.m. Aug ....
West Teays to display new Washington portrait
Jul 02, 2008; ... syoung@cnpapers.com 348-4806 When new students flock into West Teays Elementary School in acouple of months, they will do so beneath the watchful gaze of theman who was "First in war, first in peace, and first in the heartsof his countrymen." George Washington's portrait ...
West Virginia Farm Stories from the Early 1900s
Jul 02, 2008; ... Editor's note: Mary Cordelia Riffee Figgatt, 104, undertook towrite her memoirs of growing up in Putnam County so that herdescendants would understand how life was lived in the early yearsof the 20th century. She began to compile them when she was 93 years old. For sevenyears, ...
Putnam in review
Jul 02, 2008 ... The following Putnam County-related news and feature items wereamong those published in recent editions of The Charleston Gazette,Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday Gazette-Mail and Sunday Gazette-Mail: Revenues exceed expectations for county Revenues in the fiscal year that ...
Letters to the editor
Jul 02, 2008 ... We welcome your letters to the editor at Metro Putnam.Submissions must include your name, daytime phone number andaddress, ...
How's YOUR road?
Jul 02, 2008 ... Along the stretch of Poca River Road between Poca and Lanham,this ditch in a sharp curve has been eroded until it is almost threefeet deep. No caution sign marks the site, where any vehicle whichventured onto the miniscule shoulder would immediately fall into theditch and be severely ...
Rail service should be revised, revisited
Jul 02, 2008 ... A local attorney who recently had reason to travel to Chicago andPhiladelphia made the decision to travel by train from Charleston. The cost and hassle of flying made the train an attractivealternative, even though it took more time. But, the prospect of $5-per-gallon gasoline ...
METRO FORUM: ; Readers relish West Virginia essay
Jul 02, 2008 ... I just completed reading your daughter's "statement of diversity"which appears in today's (June 25) issue of Metro Putnam. Thank you for sharing this moving, eloquent, soulful tribute toour wonderful homeland and state. How I wish this piece could be read by every individual ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Jul 02, 2008 ... The following obituaries were published in Charleston Newspapersfrom Saturday, June 21, 2008, through Friday, June 27, 2008. Della M. Brohard Della M. Brohard, 62, of Hurricane died June 25, 2008. Servicewas 11 a.m. Friday, June 27, at Allen Funeral Home, Hurricane.Friends ...
High tunnels beneficial to growers
Jul 02, 2008; ... A winning strategy for successfully marketing produce at afarmers' market is to offer a wide variety of fresh, vine- or tree-ripened fruits and vegetables over an extended period. West Virginia's terrain and climate are naturally suited to usingpractical, season-extending ...
Church & Religious Group Activities
Jul 02, 2008 ... WINFIELD UMC VBS Join Winfield United Methodist Church (behind McDonald's) for"Power Lab"'s VBS fun, including science-oozy crafts, high-energymusic and hyperspeed games while learning all about Jesus giving usthe power to do anything! It takes place Monday, July 21, ...
Extreme Country Dance
Jul 02, 2008 ... Weekly Dances & Lessons The Extreme Country Dance Club offers a basic beginner linedancing class at 6:30 every Friday evening at the Elk ElementaryCenter in Elk Hills, between Charleston and Elkview. This class isfor beginners who have never line danced before and want to ...
Students attend summer engineering camp at MU
Jul 02, 2008 ... Five Putnam County high schoolers were among the 36 studentsselected to attend Marshall University's Engineering Academy thissummer. Putnam County students who attended were Kandice Gibson of PocaHigh School and Kirsten Cook, Shane Daly, Daniel Gilmore and AlexWilson of ...
Support Groups
Jul 02, 2008 ... DEAF PARENT/FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Family members and friends of people who are deaf can askquestions and share insights at a support group at the West VirginiaDivision of Rehabilitation Services. The group meets on the fourthWednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon in "B" ...
Reunion News
Jul 02, 2008 ... Listed below are upcoming or ongoing class, family and group/business reunions and meetings; dates and locations (when and wheredetermined); and contact persons/information. If you have notreceived information about a reunion or have names and addresses offellow classmates, employees, ...
Putnam County has produced many state champions over the years
Jul 02, 2008 ... Sports historian Charles Ray Harper recently compiled thefollowing list of championships won over the years by the county'sfour high schools, including: Hurricane State Champions 1941 Class B Football 2000 Show Choir 2002 Baseball Class AAA 2004 Show ...
Hurricane High swim team ends season on a high note
Jul 02, 2008 ... Hurricane High School Swim Team wrapped up another successfulseason with their 10th Annual Swim Banquet, celebrating theirsuccesses at the state swim meet where several team members setHurricane High swimming records. In the girls individual 2008 events Kaley Gregory set ...
Town and Country: ; 4-H campers take part in a variety of activities
Jul 02, 2008; ... Putnam County 4-H camp is not only a week of games and sports.Campers learn about diverse subjects in classes that range throughIndian traditions, music, dance, baking, sewing, and outdoorcooking. Here are some of the campers and their crafts. In outdoor cooking class, ...
Club & Organization Activities
Jul 02, 2008 ... BICYCLE CLUB The Mountain State Wheelers Bicycle Club holds several grouprides each week from May through September. All levels are welcomeon Wednesday evenings. Helmets are required. For a ride schedule andmembership information, go to www.mountainstatewheelers.org or callBill ...
State volunteer conference July 15-17 in Charleston
Jul 02, 2008 ... What do volunteer management, disaster preparedness, youthleadership, corporate volunteer programs, a statewide serviceproject and an inspirational theatre ensemble have in common? They're all part of this year's Faces of Leadership conference,the state's largest annual gathering ...
Cultural exchange program leader addresses Rotary
Jul 02, 2008 ... John J. Crist recently told Putnam Rotary Club members that hehas seen many changes as president of International CulturalExchange Services. The United States has gone from a beloved part of the world to anation which is disliked in many countries, and from a wealthynation to an ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Jul 02, 2008 ... The Bulletin Board announces items of community interestsubmitted by clubs, charities, government agencies and othernonprofit organizations. Items are run as space permits and at thediscretion of the Metro newsroom. Some submitted items could beredirected to another listing, e.g. church ...
Country/rock quintet acquires growing fan base
Jul 02, 2008; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 Throughout the Kanawha Valley and the rest of the Tri-State area,catch the Stan McDaniel Band while you can, because Nashville maywell be beckoning the country/classic rock quintet soon. Lead vocalist Stan McDaniel of South Charleston ...
Buses supply getaways sans ghastly gas costs
Jul 02, 2008; ... cthomas@cnpapers.com 304-348-1232 In coming weeks and months, you can be whisked away toopportunities for basketry, Biblical drama and more, minus therigors of driving (or the prohibitive fiscal hit of filling your gastank to get to your destination). Several area community ...
VBS ON THE GO
Jul 02, 2008; ... Gateway Church of Christ at St. Albans rolled out its Gateway onthe Go bus last week to St. Albans C Street playground. Associateminister Dan Cooper said it was designed to be combination kids campand informal vacation Bible school. Neighborhood kids just show upand have a good time, ...
St. Albans Riverfest draws boaters, familes
Jul 02, 2008; ... The weather might have been moody, but not so the people whoattended St. Albans Riverfest 2008. The citys annual celebration ofIndependence Day ran from June 26 to June 29. Nestled along theKanawha River at St. Albans Roadside Park, crowds came early andbrought chairs each night for the ...