Charleston Gazette back issues from November 2008:
West, Hot Rod, Schaus, Nehlen ... its all in Mickeys new book
Nov 01, 2008; ... For nearly two-thirds of a century, the one constant surroundingWest Virginia University athletics has been Mickey Furfari. Theresnot much that Furfari, affectionately referred to as the dean ofWest Virginia sportswriters, hasnt done or seen during the 62 yearsthat hes covered ...
Big East lead on the line: ; Look for Whites legs to come back into play today
Nov 01, 2008 ... EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - There are a couple of different ways tolook at the offensive explosion West Virginia finally enjoyed ninedays ago against Auburn. And depending upon which side of the fenceone sits on heading into today's game with Connecticut, both arejust a little bit scary ....
Position-by-position analysis
Nov 01, 2008; ... Quarterbacks No, WVU QB Pat White hasnt had the quintessentialsenior season. Hes rushed for only 436 yards. Hes sixth in the BigEast in passing, averaging 127.3 yards a game. Yet hes a countrymile better than any of Connecticuts QBs. The best pass efficiencyrating by a UConn QB is Zach ...
UConn schedule
Nov 01, 2008 ... Aug. 28 Hofstra W, 35-3 Sept. 6 at Temple W, 12-9, otSept. 13 Virginia W, 45-10 Sept. 19 Baylor W, 31-28 Sept. 26at Louisville W, 26-21 Oct. 4 at North ...
Up next for the Mountaineers ...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Up next for the Mountaineers Cincinnati Bearcats Saturday, Nov.8 (7 p.m., ESPNU) At Mountaineer Field (60,000) Record: 6-2 overall(2-1 Big East) Coach: Brian Kelly (Assumption 83; 2nd season atCincinnati, 15-5; 18th season overall, 153-56-2) Series: WVU leads14-1-1 Cincinnati schedule: ...
Orlandos dreams came true with Mountaineers
Nov 01, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN Bo Orlando excelled as a defensive back not only atWest Virginia University from 1985-88 but also in the NationalFootball League from 1989-98. He was one of the WVU co-captains hissenior season as the 1988 team became the first in school history tofinish the regular season ...
Gameday Primer: ; West Virginia at Connecticut
Nov 01, 2008 ... Gameday Primer West Virginia at Connecticut Site: RentschlerField (40,000) Kickoff: Noon, today TV: Big East Network (WCHS inCharleston-Huntington) Radio: 8:30 a.m. pregame on MountaineerSports Network stations (Tony Caridi, play-by-play; Dwight Wallace,analyst; Hoppy Kercheval, host) ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel dead at 96
Nov 01, 2008 ... CHICAGO - Studs Terkel, the ageless master of listening andspeaking, a broadcaster, activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning authorwhose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people heliked to call the "non-celebrated," died Friday. He was 96. Dan Terkell said his father ...
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Nov 01, 2008 ... Anniversaries/homecomings * The 17th year pastor's anniversary for Dr. Bruce E. Hogan willbe celebrated today and Sunday at All Nations Revival Center. Apastor's Sing On! concert will be held at 6 p.m. today. The Rev.Pettis of Dayton, Ohio, will be guest speaker at the morning sing ...
It is goodbye to October, and hello to brown November
Nov 01, 2008; ... "The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, With wailing winds, and naked woods and meadows brown and sere ..." - By William Cullen Bryant IT IS hard for me to agree with the poet, as November is adelightful month to me. The meadows are brown and sere, but ...
ASK AMY: ; Man should know you flirt with all or just your girlfriend
Nov 01, 2008; ... Dear Amy: I have been dating a guy for about six months. The issue I am trying to deal with concerns the number of hisfemale friends. He is a single dad who raised his daughter on his own. She isinvolved in sports, and so he became friendly with a lot of themothers of his ...
Horoscope
Nov 01, 2008; ... Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: You have the energy this year, and you canmake the money. You can learn what you need to know, and dowhatever's required. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most challenging. ARIES ...
'Senior Year' perfect ending to 'HSM' series
Nov 01, 2008; ... The gang from "High School Musical" is back for the last time in"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" with the Wildcats headed intotheir much anticipated senior year. With all members of the castreturning, this movie is definitely one that will top the charts! "Senior Year" starts ...
Milton Corn Maize a fun fall treat
Nov 01, 2008; ... WANT TO GO? Corn Maize WHEN: noon to 10 p.m. today, 1 to 5 p.m.Sunday WHERE: Milton (park behind Milton Middle School on Route 60)COST: $7 INFO: 634-MAZE or kimybeee@suddenlink.net EXTRA: At darktonight, the maze transforms into a haunted maze for the night.Tickets are $8. The ...
'Fallout 3' offers outstanding details
Nov 01, 2008; ... 'FALLOUT 3' Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft Xbox 360. $59.99. ESRB rating: M Review rating: 5 stars The Cold War may be long over, but that doesn't mean humanity ispast the threat of nuclear war. Bethesda Softworks embraces thisconcept and takes it to the extreme ...
Teachers wonder if technology will doom proper spelling: ; Gazette-Mail Regional Spelling Bee
Nov 01, 2008; ... ry.rivard@dailymail.com As students prepare to test their mettle at spelling bees acrossthe state, there are new questions about weather or knot spellingeven matters. In the schools themselves, teachers are beginning towonder if text and instant messaging may change English 4ever ....
IN THIS CORNER: ; Rare, prehistoric reptile found
Nov 01, 2008 ... WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A rare reptile with lineage dating backto the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealandmainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials saidFriday. Four leathery, white eggs from an indigenous tuatara were foundby staff at the ...
Buddhist temple becomes 'Place of Peace'
Nov 01, 2008; ... GREENVILLE, S.C. - The former Buddhist temple sits opposite awaterfall on the campus of Furman University, with vistas of theBlue Ridge Mountains when the trees are bare. On dark winter mornings, students will be asked to sit on thehinoki wood floors and meditate for 90 minutes. A ...
Can you make some sense of religion and politics?
Nov 01, 2008; ... The Rev. Esber Tweel said he believes in a God who accepts allpeople. "God did not denominate," Tweel said. "Jesus crossed theboundaries." Tweel and many other West Virginia ministers are discussingreligious affiliations in the wake of an ongoing controversysurrounding ...
Cats and dogs, living together: ; Plans for new Putnam animal shelter proceed
Nov 01, 2008; ... WINFIELD - A new animal shelter in Putnam County is no longerjust a dog's dream. Architectural plans for the new facility have been drawn up and asite has been chosen, said shelter volunteer Karen Haynes, wife ofCounty Commissioner Joe Haynes. The next step is to raise the ...
Today in history
Nov 01, 2008; ... * In 1512, Michelangelo finished painting the ceiling of theVatican's Sistine Chapel. * In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their wayinto Blair House in Washington to assassinate ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: ; GW finishes strong with 42-12 win over Woodrow
Nov 01, 2008 ... Quarterback Taylor Norman threw three touchdown passes as GeorgeWashington closed out the regular season with a 42-12 victory overWoodrow Wilson Friday night in Beckley. The No. 3 Patriots (9-1), who won their eighth in a row, rolledfor nearly 300 yards out of the backfield, ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; Missed PAT foils Ripley Parkersburg hangs on for one-point win
Nov 01, 2008; ... PARKERSBURG 24 RIPLEY 23 RIPLEY - Parkersburg dodged a last-minute bullet to win aMountain State Athletic Conference shootout at Ripley Friday. The Vikings' would-be, game-tying extra-point kick caromed offthe upright, allowing the Big Reds to survive ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; Midland ends St. Albans' playoff hopes
Nov 01, 2008; ... CABELL MIDLAND 28 ST. ALBANS13 Cabell Midland didn't forget last year's game against St. Albans.It saw its playoff hopes diminish with a loss to SA in the finalgame of the season. This year, with the roles reversed and St. Albans needing a winto keep its playoff hopes ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; Crawford leads Huntington past Nitro
Nov 01, 2008; ... CABELL MIDLAND 28 ST. ALBANS 13 HUNTINGTON - A tumultuous six months came full circle forC.J.Crawford on Senior Night at Bob Sang stadium. The senior accounted for four scores to lead Huntington to a 35-20 win over Nitro Friday night. The win was Huntington's ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; Point Pleasant pulls away from Hoover
Nov 01, 2008; ... POINT PLEASANT 41 HERBERT HOOVER 15 It seemed quite likely that sooner or later Point Pleasanttailback Allan Wasonga would wear down the Herbert Hoover defense. And so he did. But two big plays by his teammates - aninterception and a 45-yard punt return - helped the Black ...
STATE HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY MEET: ; Hurricane girls look to cap turnaround with title
Nov 01, 2008; ... It's been a rebuilding project that Ty Pennington would be proudof. The Hurricane girls cross country team, which not so long agostruggled to field a full roster, enters today's state meet atCabell Midland High School in Ona as one of the favorites to capturethe Class AAA ...
MARSHALL BASKETBALL: ; Herd plays first exhibition game tonight
Nov 01, 2008 ... After about 18 preseason practices, Marshall basketball playersare itching to play against somebody other than each other. They'll get the chance tonight when the Thundering Herd playsWheeling Jesuit in an exhibition game. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at CamHenderson Center, and all ...
NASCAR SPRINT CUP: ; Chase taking mental toll on contenders
Nov 01, 2008; ... FORT WORTH, Texas - NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup can be asmuch a mental game as it is a competition on the track. Sleep sometimes comes hard for Jimmie Johnson, despite his bigpoints. And some of Johnson's closest pursuers say they are spendingas much time thinking about ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ; W.Va. State out to end losing streak vs. Shepherd; WVC co-leader UC pays visit to West Liberty
Nov 01, 2008; ... Today seems to be as good of time as any for West Virginia Stateto end its long, long losing streak against Shepherd. The Yellow Jackets have played the Rams every year since 1978.And every year from 1981 to the present, the Rams have come out ontop. For those who are prone ...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ; Youthful WVU Tech opens season tonight
Nov 01, 2008; ... Despite having just one returning starter from a team that went11-16 a year ago, WVU Tech's men's basketball coach Bob Williams isexcited about the Golden Bears' chances. "It's a young team, with nine freshmen or sophomores out of 15kids," said Williams, who opens the season at 7 ...
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Nov 01, 2008 ... * ATHLETE: Mary Anderson * SCHOOL: Charleston Catholic * CLASS: Senior * SPORT: Soccer * HIGHLIGHTS: A midfielder who plays for the Class AA-A Irish,ranked first in the 2007 season and reached the state tournamentthis season. * PERSONAL: Overall ...
ROUNDUP: ; WVU's Asselin wins Big East cross country title
Nov 01, 2008 ... West Virginia University's Marie-Louise Asselin finished first inthe Big East cross country championships at Van Cortlandt Park inthe Bronx, N.Y., to lead the Mountaineers to a second-place finishFriday. Asselin finished with a time of 20:10, followed by teammate ClaraGrandt, ...
Idaho prep football player arrested after punching coach
Nov 01, 2008 ... NAMPA, Idaho - A southwest Idaho high school football playeraccused of punching his coach in the face has been charged withfelony aggravated battery. Kipton Ramos, 18, was arrested Thursday night. He appeared in 3rdDistrict Court on Friday, did not make a plea, and was being held ...
High school football
Nov 01, 2008 ... Friday's summaries Parkersburg 7 7 3 7-24 Ripley 7 7 0 9-23 P - Row 1 run (Lantz kick) R - Hamrick 4 run (Motes kick) P - Wenzel 17 run (Lantz kick) R - Rutter 3 run (Motes kick) P - FG Lantz 33 R - FG Motes 24 P - Wenzel 15 ...
Sports history
Nov 01, 2008 ... Nov. 1 1913 - Notre Dame meets Army for the first time and comes awaywith a 35-13 win as Gus Dorias completes 14 of 17 passes for 243yards. 1938 - Before a crowd of 40,000, Seabiscuit, under jockey GeorgeWoolf, beats odds-on favorite War Admiral in the Pimlico Special, ...
National Football League
Nov 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 2 0 .714 153 132 Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 165 143 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 182 170 Miami 3 4 0 .429 145 146 South W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 7 0 0 1.000 180 87 Jacksonville 3 ...
SPORTS Briefs
Nov 01, 2008 ... Golf: Duval in hunt at Ginn sur Merr Classic David Duval hasn't played in the windy, wet conditions since theBritish Open this summer. Just like then, he managed to work himselfinto contention at the Ginn sur Merr Classic on Friday. Winless in seven years, laboring at No. 233 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Nov 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION TGC 9 a.m. - golf: European PGA, Volvo Masters 8 11:30 a.m. - Mountaineer Magazine 8 noon - college football: WVU at Connecticut SPEED noon - auto racing: Formula One, Grand Prix of Brazilqualifying ESPN noon - college football: Wisconsin at ...
Prep soccer
Nov 01, 2008 ... State tournament pairings At YMCA Youth Sports Complex, Beckley Friday's games Class AAA Semifinals At Cline Field Boys Martinsburg vs. Wheeling Park, 9 a.m. George Washington vs. Parkersburg, 30 minutes ...
Darts
Nov 01, 2008 ... Kanawha Valley Dart Association Steel Point League A Division Team standings 1.Barney's "Here for the Beer" 60; 2. Roses' "A" 56; 3. BeachClub "Gunners" 50; 4. Beach Club "3 Beers and a Pop" 49; 5. OvertimeLounge "Tramps" 43; 6. Red Carpet "A" 39; 7. Overtime ...
Volleyball
Nov 01, 2008 ... HIGH SCHOOL At Ravenswood Thursday's results * Charleston Catholic d. Herbert Hoover 25-13, 25-23 CC - kills: Stricker 9; digs: Gregory 23; assists: Skeens 20;blocks: Stricker 2. HH - points: Fields 7 * Ravenswood d. Charleston Catholic 19-25, 25-21, ...
Latest line
Nov 01, 2008 ... Favorite Points Underdog NFL Sunday's games MINNESOTA 4 1/2 (47) Houston Jacksonville 7 1/2 (40) CINCINNATI Tampa Bay 8 1/2 (36) KANSAS CITY CLEVELAND 1 1/2 (36) Baltimore BUFFALO 5 1/2 (42) NY Jets Arizona 3 (48) ST ....
NASCAR
Nov 01, 2008 ... SPRINT CUP Dickies 500 lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 188.469. 2. (1) Martin Truex Jr., ...
NHL
Nov 01, 2008 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 10 2 1 21 36 25 New Jersey 5 2 2 12 25 24 Pittsburgh 5 4 2 12 26 26 Philadelphia 4 3 3 11 39 36 N.Y. Islanders 2 6 1 5 21 32 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF ...
NBA
Nov 01, 2008 ... Thursday's results Cleveland 96, Charlotte 79 Houston 112, Dallas 102 New Orleans 108, Phoenix 95 Friday's results Philadelphia 116, New York 87 Toronto 112, Golden State 108, OT Miami 103, Sacramento 77 Memphis 86, Orlando ...
Men's basketball
Nov 01, 2008 ... AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' preseason collegebasketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2007-08records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place votethrough one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's finalranking: Record ...
Transactions
Nov 01, 2008 ... BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Exercised their 2009 option on RHP Tim Wakefield. TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Exercised their 2009 option on C Rod Barajas. National League CINCINNATI REDS-Named David Bell manager, Chris Bosio pitchingcoach, Ryan Jackson ...
Pro golf
Nov 01, 2008 ... Ginn sur Mer Classic Friday's results Partial second round Note: Play suspended due to darkness with five players still onthe course. The round will be completed this morning. Ryan Palmer 67-71-138 -6 Peter Lonard 70-69-139 -5 Ken Duke 70-69-139 ...
TWO-MINUTE Drill
Nov 01, 2008 ... Quote "Ill probably just be getting home, so it will be perfect.Ill have a bottle, watch a little bad TV. Kind of what I normallydo, I just dont have a bottle." Eric Mangini Jets coach, who isntworried about 4 a.m. wakeup calls from his 3-week-old baby Names in the ...
NFL rants: What the heck are they thinking?
Nov 01, 2008; ... WHAT I KNOW about football - really know about the game, itsnuances and strategy - would probably fill a thimble. I had noproper training in the sport. But things happen every week in the NFL that leave people like meamazed and confused. Like last year's Super Bowl. I still ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; SV nips Hurricane; Red-zone fumbles costly as Redskins lose another close one
Nov 01, 2008; ... SPRING VALLEY 20 HURRICANE 19 HURRICANE - Hurricane's haunted house ride continued on Halloweennight. The Redskins were stopped twice inside Spring Valley's 5-yardline Friday night in dropping their third straight, a 20-19 setbackto the Timberwolves. A crowd of about 1,500 ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; Wright leads Capital to romp over Riverside
Nov 01, 2008; ... CAPITAL37 RIVERSIDE 3 For more than a half, Riverside had visions of knocking offCapital. But that's all they were - visions. Keion Wright ran for 181 yards and a pair of touchdowns and theCougars defense clamped down in the second half Friday night,leading to a 37-3 ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - WEEK 10: ; Sissonville stomps on depleted Poca
Nov 01, 2008; ... SISSONVILLE 48 POCA 28 POCA - Poca's football team has been so decimated with injuriesand the like (the team's leading receiver was missing for - get this- an elk hunting trip) that coach Bob Lemley likened it to playingwith "Scotch and duct tape." Unfortunately for the ...
Todays forecast around the country and Fridays temperatures to 8 p.m.
Nov 01, 2008 ... Anchorage 27 14 Clr Atlanta 68 45 Clr Boston 58 42 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 67 37 Clr Chicago 69 45 PCldy Cincinnati 69 44 PCldy Cleveland 67 45 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 80 59 Clr Denver 76 40 PCldy Detroit 65 41 ...
Around the world
Nov 01, 2008 ... Amsterdam 42 32 Clr Athens 73 59 PCldy Baghdad 68 58 Clr Beijing 55 33 PCldyBerlin 41 35 Rain Bermuda 76 66 Rain Cairo 78 61 Clr Calgary 43 26 PCldy Dublin 45 36 Rain Hong Kong 89 78 Clr Jerusalem 75 58 Rain London 47 ...
State early voting nearing record
Nov 01, 2008 ... West Virginians are going to the polls in droves and electionofficials are now predicting an early-voting record. As of Friday morning, nearly 122,000 state residents had castballots in West Virginia's 55 counties. That's about 10 percent ofthe state's eligible voters. In ...
REVIEW: ; Opera Guild's 'The Producers' a laugh riot
Nov 01, 2008; ... Dancing old ladies, singing accountants, sparkling showgirls andHitler - no, it's not an out-of-hand office Halloween party. It'smuch funnier. It's "The Producers." The Charleston Light Opera Guild opened its production of the MelBrooks' Broadway hit, "The Producers," Friday night ...
Poll shows Greear leading in race for attorney general
Nov 01, 2008; ... Republican challenger Dan Greear has surged ahead of incumbentAttorney General Darrell McGraw, according to a new poll releasedThursday. The poll, conducted Wednesday and Thursday by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling, gives Greear an eight-point lead, 50percent to 42 ...
Kanawha puts out extra ballots for early voting
Nov 01, 2008; ... Early voter turnout was so heavy for some Kanawha County votingprecincts that election officials brought out extra ballots. County Clerk Vera McCormick said county election officialsusually reserve about 80 percent of their ballots for use in theindividual voting precincts on ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Nov 01, 2008 ... Grace Armstrong Roberta Grace Brown Armstrong, 89, of Staunton, Va., died Friday,October 31, 2008, at her home. She was born April 26, 1919, in Green Bank, W.Va., and was adaughter of the late Walter J. and Hattie Simmons Brown. Mrs. Armstrong was a retired secretary ....
POLICE Briefs
Nov 01, 2008 ... Keno players robbed at Embassy Suites Two men with a gun robbed players in the Keno room of the EmbassySuites in Charleston on Tuesday night, police said. Around 11 p.m., the suspects asked a man and a woman who wereplaying Keno if they had ever been robbed, said Sgt. Aaron ...
COURT Briefs
Nov 01, 2008 ... Two admit wrongfully taking Social Security Two Charleston women pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Courtin Charleston to stealing Social Security benefits, the U.S.Attorney's Office announced. Mary H. Hill, 65, and Roberta Hill-Smith, 67, admitted theyaccepted more than ...
Investigation closes Mercer post office
Nov 01, 2008 ... BLUEWELL - A rural post office in West Virginia has beentemporarily closed while postal officials investigate possiblefinancial irregularities at the facility. Postal Service spokesman David Walton said service was suspendedto the Bluewell Station post office in Mercer County on ...
Judge partially holds Fola mountaintop permit: ; Chambers urges review of rules for such mines
Nov 01, 2008; ... A federal judge on Friday blocked a U.S. Army Corps of Engineerspermit for a Fola Coal Co. mountaintop removal mine along the Clay-Nicholas county line. But U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers also suspended partsof his own preliminary injunction to allow Fola to ...