Charleston Gazette back issues from June 2009:
B&B planned for South Hills; must clear city agencies
Jun 01, 2009; ... Visitors could soon have another lodging option in Charleston,the Carriage House Bed & Breakfast. But Marta and Mark Snapp, ownersof the home at 815 Bridge Road, must first clear some red tape withseveral city agencies. City Council members must first amend the zoning code to ...
U.S. 35's safety issues not yet solved: ; Intersections with new road raise concerns in Putnam
Jun 01, 2009; ... BUFFALO - The new U.S. 35 through Putnam County was built in partto alleviate traffic on one of the most dangerous roads in thestate, but county officials are worried several intersections on theroad may add a new element of risk to residents. The new four-lane road spans 14 miles ...
Mental-health report urges better care, pay: ; Legislators to take up recommendations in session this week
Jun 01, 2009; ... West Virginians with mental illness would be better served if thestate paid psychiatric hospital staff better, invested in more grouphomes, and boosted Medicaid payments for providers of behavioralhealth care, according to a task force that looked at the issue. Last month, the ...
Legislature OKs $11.5B state budget
Jun 01, 2009; ... West Virginia's Legislature finally passed a new state budgetSunday, but that doesn't mean lawmakers are going home. Instead, they launched a special session sought by Gov. JoeManchin after completing a six-day extended session for the budget.They fixed 17 bills from the regular ...
GM to file for bankruptcy: ; Government to own 60 percent, officials say; Obama to announce support for plan today
Jun 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - General Motors, the humbled auto giant that has beenpart of American life for more than 100 years, will file forbankruptcy protection today in a deal that will give taxpayers a 60percent ownership stake and expand the government's reach into bigbusiness. It would be ...
IN SPORTS l French Open
Jun 01, 2009 ... Soderling upsets Nadal ...
IN LOCAL l Lessons learned
Jun 01, 2009 ... Psychologist David ...
State to decide on retirement subsidies
Jun 01, 2009; ... West Virginia would join just a handful of other states if itsPublic Employees Insurance Agency stopped subsidizing retiree healthcare costs, according to a recent survey of public sector coverage. The agency's finance board is meeting Thursday to reconsider itsMay vote to end ...
Cameras to record I-64 traffic conditions
Jun 01, 2009; ... Video cameras will be installed along Interstate 64 betweenCharleston and Huntington as part of an $800,000 project that willallow the Department of Transportation to monitor traffic and roadconditions. The cameras, which will be placed at strategic intersections andexits on I-64 ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Jun 01, 2009 ... TODAY * American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. at CAMC General Division, Morris Street. A blood drive willalso be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Winfield United MethodistChurch, 20 Radwin Way, Winfield. The Charleston Donor Center at 4501MacCorkle Ave ....
2 injured in small plane crash in Preston
Jun 01, 2009 ... AURORA - A federal aviation spokeswoman says two people wereinjured when after a small airplane went down in a hayfield innorthern West Virginia. Spokeswoman Holly Baker says the Piper 22 aircraft ...
WVGAZETTE.COM
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31 traffic report MOST POPULAR 1. Sternwheeler goes down in river 2. Still one more hill to climb (sports) 3. Not failing to help (sports) 4. W.Va. Guard flies Mingo victim to CAMC 5. Mentally ill woman wins fight to stay in nursing ...
LOTTERY: ; LOTTERIES
Jun 01, 2009 ... Saturday, May 30, 2009 Hot Lotto: 5-10-19-33-37: 09 ORLANDO, Fla. - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball gameSaturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 1-23-42-51-59: Powerball: 20 (x5) Players matching all five numbers and the ...
Immune therapies working on cancer
Jun 01, 2009; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - First there was surgery, then chemotherapy andradiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts andfound success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body'snatural defender, the immune system. The approach is called a cancer vaccine, although ...
Lens maker Bausch & Lomb settles eye infection lawsuits: ; At least one patient in W.Va. had eye removed due to damage
Jun 01, 2009; ... ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Contact lens maker Bausch & Lomb Inc. had anoverriding reason for going private in 2007: It wanted to handle adevastating recall of its flagship lens cleaner, its chief executivesaid, "without a lot of outside distraction." Over the past year, away from the glare ...
More states legislating against cell phone use by teen drivers
Jun 01, 2009; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Teens. Cars. Cell phones. The mix is as combustible as gas, fire and oxygen. And the resultcan be just as deadly. Clinging to their social life preservers, teens are litteringroads with mangled car parts from crashes where a cell phone was ...
20TH CENTURY IMAGES: ; Cobb Compressor Station, 1948; By Richard Andre
Jun 01, 2009 ... My parents had a summer camp up Elk River and I remember mychildhood sense of wonder as we passed by the Cobb CompressorStation, which at one time was considered the largest natural-gascompressor station in the world. Seen here on the Elk River Road just past Clendenin, the ...
Climate change humans' greatest threat
Jun 01, 2009; ... On May 14, the medical journal Lancet published a report called"Managing the health effects of climate change." The report claimsthat, "Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the21st century." This news is mind boggling since illness caused by climate changewill ...
America's changing: ; moral universe
Jun 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - It seems so long ago. In the weeks after the 2004election, one exit poll finding lit up the political world. Thesurvey showed that "moral values" were the single most importantissue in the election, narrowly outstripping even the economy andterrorism. The moral ...
Readers' forum
Jun 01, 2009 ... Story on doctor gifts confirms industry greed Editor: The Gazette front-page article stating that doctors in WestVirginia received more than 15,000 gifts, etc., worth millions, justconfirms the sorry state of greed that the medical profession anddrug companies are in. Not all ...
Potpourri
Jun 01, 2009; ... Despite the global recession and relentless rise of the Internet,paid newspaper circulation grew 1.3 percent more worldwide in 2008 -after growing 5.5 percent during the previous four years - the WorldAssociation of Newspapers reported last week. At a WAN conference inSpain, President ...
Wars: ; Never-ending curse
Jun 01, 2009; ... Thousands - probably tens of thousands - of wars have been foughtbetween human tribes and groups since prehistoric time. They'reuncountable. Scholars think organized warfare began at least 7,000years ago, but written records go back only 5,000. England waged awar in the 1700s over a ship ...
Ohio U. professor offers new look at Edgar Allan Poe
Jun 01, 2009; ... The themes in Edgar Allan Poe's tales and poems are much moreconservative - and a sign of his times and environment - than mostwould imagine, professor Paul C. Jones believes. Poe classics such as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "TheTell-Tale Heart" are, in part, stories told ...
INNERVIEWS: ; 'I'm a good forensic psychologist'
Jun 01, 2009; ... He's a high-profile psychologist, affable and infinitelyquotable, a media darling, much in demand at conferences andseminars and as a forensic expert in court. Last month, David Clayman accepted the Mildred Mitchell-BatemanTribute Award, the most prestigious honor bestowed by the ...
STATEHOUSE BEAT: ; Is auditor liable for $2M from scam?
Jun 01, 2009; ... State Auditor Glen Gainer has said his office is not liable forthe $2 million in vendor payments lost in a corporate identity scam. However, it seems obvious that the state will have to make goodon those payments - to Deloitte Services and Sedgwick ClaimsManagement - at some point, ...
MONDAY Q&A
Jun 01, 2009 ... On Monday, we take our readers pulse on a question in the news.This weeks question Did you watch Jay Lenos final Tonight Show? oYes o No Answer the poll on the Web at g ONLINE wvgazette.com See the results for todays question on this page next Monday, orvote and view results ...
ASK AMY: ; Reader appalled at use of cemeteries for party spots
Jun 01, 2009; ... Dear Amy: Recently our newspaper had a story about families thatgathered at a cemetery to honor their mothers on Mother's Day. Photos showed people sitting around in lawn chairs on grave sitesand on headstones drinking sodas and beer as if it were a parksetting and not a final ...
What makes a nuclear bomb?
Jun 01, 2009; ... North Korea is detonating nuclear bombs underground to test them.Iran is processing nuclear material for power plants, and may or maynot also be creating the ingredients for a nuclear bomb. India andPakistan have tested their own nuclear weapons. And the UnitedStates, Russia, Britain, ...
Kanawha school menu
Jun 01, 2009 ... For the week of June ...
Putnam school menu
Jun 01, 2009 ... For the week of June ...
ASTRO-GRAPH
Jun 01, 2009; ... Monday, June 1, 2009 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: In the year ahead, things will turn out moreto your liking if you stick to familiar subjects instead of tryingto be a trailblazer. Familiar paths will lead to notable successes. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - There's nothing you like better ...
SAVVY SENIOR: ; Your body changes with age; your diet should, too
Jun 01, 2009; ... Dear Savvy Senior: Ive read that a persons diet should followtheir age. At age 63, what should I be doing now, compared to 20years ago? A Good Eater Dear Good Eater: Just as our body changesas we age, so too should our diet. Research tells us that as theyears pile up, we need to consume ...
Obituaries: ; Obit
Jun 01, 2009 ... Obituaries Today Bradley, Janice J. Carter, Elvon L. Jr.Cunningham, Robert R. Cutlip, Leslie H. Dotson, Cecil J. Dufour,Veda S. Fisher, Charles A. Foster, Margaret L. Hanson, Jarrell E.Harvey, Dr. Harold E. Higginbotham, Opal A. Hundley, Wyatte J. Kelly-Drummond, JoAnn Lotts, Rebecca S ....
Abortion doctor killed: ; Longtime target shot dead in Kansas church; man detained
Jun 01, 2009; ... WICHITA, Kan. - Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's fewproviders of late-term abortions despite decades of protests andattacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was servingas an usher. The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was detained some 170miles away ...
Titanics last survivor dies on anniversary of ships launch: ; Lowered into lifeboat as an infant to escape drowning in 1912
Jun 01, 2009; ... LONDON - Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack andlowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday,having been the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was 97 years old, and she died where she had lived - inSouthampton, England, the ...
Boat to be raised
Jun 01, 2009; ... Eric Gardner of Gardner Marine Dive Services (in wetsuit), speakswith Chester Wingo (in blue shirt and pants), owner of thesternwheeler Karen Leigh, after inspecting the vessel which sankSaturday in the Kanawha River. Nelson Jones will supply the ...
Around the world
Jun 01, 2009 ... Amsterdam 70 51 Clr Athens 78 59 Clr Baghdad 104 78 Clr Berlin 68 50 Rain Bermuda 79 72 PCldy Cairo 89 69 Clr Calgary 77 54 PCldy Dublin 66 46 Clr Hong Kong 82 71 PCldy Jerusalem 83 63 Clr London 74 52 ...
Todays forecast around the country and Sundays temperatures to 8 p.m.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Anchorage 56 42 Cldy Atlanta 87 64 Clr Boston 72 54 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 89 60 Clr Chicago 70 47 Rain Cincinnati 76 56 PCldy Cleveland 65 50 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 93 65 Clr Denver 83 54 Cldy Detroit 69 48 Rain Honolulu 86 ...
NBA FINALS: ; Orlando's magical run not over
Jun 01, 2009; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Pick a moment. All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson going out with a shoulder tearin February. Dwight Howard calling out coach Stan Van Gundy for notgetting the ball enough, or losing on four last-second shots in theplayoffs. The Orlando Magic have survived it ...
STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: ; Confident Cats; Defending champ Nitro showing 'maturity' heading into states
Jun 01, 2009; ... Call it maturity if you like. Confidence, perhaps even cockiness,would also suffice. Whatever you call it, Nitro has it. You don't accomplish what theWildcats have over the last 13 months without packing a littlesomething extra. That was never more apparent than last Friday, ...
Johnson dominates at Dover: ; NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Jun 01, 2009; ... DOVER, Del. - Jimmie Johnson went from running away from thefield to running down Tony Stewart. Johnson nipped at Stewart's bumper, went nose-to-nose, thensoared past him on an outside pass on the concrete track. One Cup champion outdueling another in the battle for ...
TWO-MINUTE Drill
Jun 01, 2009 ... Quote "Ive never been a part of anything like that. I guess noone has, right?" Mik Aoki Boston College baseball coach followinghis teams 25-inning loss to Texas, the longest game in NCAAtournament history. Names in the games Reds' Volquez coming off DL, will start ...
What else can go wrong for Snyder?
Jun 01, 2009; ... SAY WHAT you want about Mark Snyder, but you must say this: Hehasn't always had the best of luck. Yeah, yeah, I hear some of you: Snyder was lucky to get a fifthseason as head coach of a struggling Marshall football program. Igotcha. But here at the top of June, more than 60 ...
Golf
Jun 01, 2009 ... West Virginia Four-Ball Championship At Stonewall Resort, Roanoke Sunday 138-Tim Fisher-Joseph Gossett 139-Anthony Reale-Matthew Gissy 139-Steve Fox-Pat Carter 140-Bosten Miller-Christian Brand 140-Nathan Fluharty-Ben Palmer 141-Jeff ...
AAU Basketball
Jun 01, 2009 ... At George Washington 8-and-under boys Huntington D1 Greyhounds 45, WV Warriors 21 H - Holden 17, Wilcox 15, W - Williams 13 All-Tournament: Huntington - Holden, Wilcox, Malashevich;Warriors - Williams, Stattome; Wyoming - Preece ...
Golf
Jun 01, 2009 ... PGA Tour Colonial Crowne Plaza Invitational Sunday At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,204; Par: 70 Final x-S. Stricker, $1,116,000 63-63-69-68-263 Steve Marino, $545,600 ...
NASCAR
Jun 01, 2009 ... NASCAR Sprint Cup Autism Speaks 400 Sunday Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 mile (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 400 laps, 150 rating, 195points, $341,151. 2. (31) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 400, 99.1, 175, ...
Tennis
Jun 01, 2009 ... Sunday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $21.8 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Fernando Gonzalez (12), Chile, def. Victor Hanescu (30), Romania,6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Andy Murray (3), Britain, ...
NHL playoffs
Jun 01, 2009 ... STANLEY CUP FINALS Detroit vs. Pittsburgh Saturday: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1 Sunday: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh1, Detroit leads series 2-0. Tuesday: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Thursday: ...
NBA playoffs
Jun 01, 2009 ... CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Saturday Orlando 103, Cleveland 90, Orlando wins series 4-2 NBA FINALS (Best-of-7) Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers Thursday Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 7 Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 8 ...
Minor leagues
Jun 01, 2009 ... South Atlantic League Northern Division W L Pct. GB Lakewood (Phillies) 29 20 .592 - Delmarva (Orioles) 25 20 .556 2 Greensboro (Marlins) 26 24 .520 31/2 Hickory (Rangers) 25 24 .510 4 Kannapolis (White Sox) 24 25 .490 5 Lake County ...
Baseball today
Jun 01, 2009 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York 29 21 .580 - - 6-4 L-1 14-9 15-12 Boston 29 22 .569 1/2 - 4-6 W-1 17-6 12-16 Toronto 29 24 .547 11/2 1 2-8 L-1 18-7 11-17 Tampa Bay 25 28 .472 51/2 5 4-6 L-1 13-11 ...
Prep baseball
Jun 01, 2009 ... State high school tournament All games at Appalachian Power Park Thursday * Class AAA - Logan (25-8) vs. Martinsburg (26-9), 4:30 p.m. * Class AAA - Nitro (29-4) vs. John Marshall (22-4), 30 minutesafter Friday * Class AA - Independence (21-3) vs ....
Brewers top Reds again
Jun 01, 2009 ... MILWAUKEE - Mike Cameron homered and Yovani Gallardo won hisfifth game as the Brewers swept the three-game series from the Reds. It wasn't quite the gem Gallardo (5-2) threw on Monday againstSt. Louis when the right-hander had a no-hitter going into the sixthand finished allowing ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jun 01, 2009 ... TELEVISION ESPN2 noon - tennis:French Open ESPN 7 p.m. - baseball:Yankees at Indians FOXP 7 p.m. - baseball: Mets at Pirates ESPN2 8 p.m. - college softball:World Series finals: Florida vs.Washington or Georgia FOXO 8 p.m. - baseball: Reds at ...
LeBron says defeat won't affect future
Jun 01, 2009; ... INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - LeBron James finally talked about not makingthe NBA finals, and insists Cleveland's loss to Orlando will notimpact his future with the Cavaliers. James stormed out of Amway Arena without speaking to the mediaSaturday night after the Cavs were eliminated with a ...
Second-period goals lift Red Wings to 2-0 lead: ; NHL
Jun 01, 2009 ... DETROIT - Valtteri Filppula and Jonathan Ericsson scored in thesecond period and the resilient Detroit Red Wings opened a two-gamelead over Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup finals for the second yearin a row, winning 3-1 in Game 2 on Sunday night. Playoffs scoring leader Evgeni ...
SPORTS Briefs
Jun 01, 2009 ... Stricker wins Colonial on second playoff hole FORT WORTH, Texas - Steve Stricker birdied the second hole of asudden-death playoff to beat Tim Clark and Steve Marino and win theCrowne Plaza Invitational. It was his first title after being second, third, fourth, sixthand ...
COUCH SLOUCH: ; Favre, Vick pen pals: Dear Michael, I'm retired (Not!)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Brett Favre and Michael Vick are spiritual cellmates of sorts -both iconic quarterbacks are out of the NFL and both want back in.While in prison, Vick became pen pals with Favre, and they havecontinued to correspond. Here now are excerpts of the most recentFavre-Vick letters: ...
Dixon wins IndyCar race at Milwaukee
Jun 01, 2009 ... WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Scott Dixon took advantage of the heavyMilwaukee Mile traffic to pass Ryan Briscoe and drive away to avictory Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile. The reigning IndyCar Series champion darted past Briscoe 25 lapsfrom the end of the A.J. Foyt 225 and was not challenged ...
FRENCH OPEN: ; French toast: Nadal ousted at Roland Garros
Jun 01, 2009; ... PARIS - For 31 matches, Rafael Nadal ruled the red clay of RolandGarros, boasting an unbeaten record and an unbreakable will. For 31 matches, this was his surface, his tournament, his time. For 31 matches, dating to his debut on May 23, 2005, Nadal nevertruly was challenged, ...
Spain reigns as Power wins
Jun 01, 2009 ... Bobby Spain hit two home runs, including a three-run blast in thesixth inning to give his team a one-run lead, as the West VirginiaPower defeated the Lake County Captains 11-9 Sunday afternoon atAppalachian Power Park. Spain, the designated hitter, went 3-for-4 with five RBIs ....
Still mostly Mozart during Haydn anniversary
Jun 01, 2009; ... VIENNA - Mostly Mozart. Hardly Haydn. Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday, and Austria has beenofficially marking the occasion with hundreds of concerts,exhibitions and other events dedicated to the music and memory ofone of the country's greatest sons. There is no doubt ...
Earth Talk: ; By their nature, condos are earth-friendlier
Jun 01, 2009 ... Dear EarthTalk: I've followed the trends in "eco-homes" now formany years. Are there equally encouraging things happening in theworld of condos? - Charlie Anderson, Seattle Believe it or not, condominiums may be some of the mostenvironmentally responsible housing out there today, ...
Repairs beginning today on Boulevard bridge over Elk River
Jun 01, 2009; ... The long-awaited repairs to the Kanawha Boulevard bridge over theElk River begin today. Motorists who normally use the bridge tocross between the east and west sides of the city will have to findan alternate route for the next 80 days nearly all summer. Cityofficials are expecting ...