Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from April 1999:
Events scheduled for Poetry Month
Apr 04, 1999 ... West Virginia poets will be stepping out from behind their pens,notepads and computers this month as a slew of public events takeplace in Charleston to mark National Poetry Month. For moreinformation on the events below, call Taylor Books at 342-1461. *** When: Wednesday, 5 ...
Poet laureate to read work
Apr 04, 1999 ... As part of National Poetry Month events in West Virginia, theMountain State's poet laureate, Irene McKinney, will read this poemat noon April 13 at the Cultural Center, Capitol Complex, as part ofa simultaneous reading in libraries statewide. *** Sunday Morning, 1950Bleach ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... The initial plan - sail a frigid sea, then hike across a frozencontinent - seems so simple compared to what actually happened. Instead of reaching Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton and hiscrewwere marooned, their ship, the Endurance, frozen in ice. It was1914. They waited nine ...
Top 15 Hardcovers
Apr 04, 1999; ... Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 20 at almost4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers(gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets),statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's ...
New Paperbacks
Apr 04, 1999; ... Now playing at a bookstore or library near you, the paperbacks onwhich several current movies are based: *** "The Deep End of the Ocean" by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Signet,$7.50):Mitchard's best-selling first novel about a mother whose toddler sondisappears is utterly absorbing ....
Illiteracy among the professoriate: In this bad writing contest, it's not good to be bad
Apr 04, 1999; ... CHICAGO - A University of Chicago professor has been named to theacademic world's equivalent of Mr. Blackwell's worst-dressed list. Homi Bhabha, an English scholar, was cited not for anyshortcomings of his wardrobe but the impenetrability of his Englishprose style. At least, that's ...
Scandal figures: They could write a book
Apr 04, 1999; ... With "Monica's Story," Monica Lewinsky was only the first majorplayer in the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal to come out with a book.Whether Tripp & Company will get book deals will depend in largeparton how well "Monica's Story" sells. Should it do well, these peopleare most likely to ...
A pie called shoofly: Confection softens spartan image of the; Pennsylvania Dutch
Apr 04, 1999; ... LANCASTER, Pa. - As people who practiced self-denial in so manyareas, the Pennsylvania Dutch denied themselves very little when itcame to the pleasures of the table. "Better a burst stomach thanwasted food," is an oft-quoted Pennsylvania Dutch saying. Their family-style meals ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... Clos du Bois, one of California's most prestigious wineries, hasjust released two of its most sought-after wines: the 1997 CalcaireChardonnay and the 1995 Marlstone. Both are produced from premiumgrapes grown in the Alexander Valley of Sonoma County, and both areperfect examples of ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... Eating well means making sure your diet includes all the rightnutrients. Folic acid may be one of the less familiar: In January1998 it joined the list of fortifiers added to breads, cereals,pastas and rice. But according to Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource (November1997),half ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... The typical 13-year-old's worst nightmare: being seen on Saturdaynight at the mall cineplex with none other than her little brotherand - here's the truly horrifying part - her parents! When kids quit being children and start being adolescents, MomandDad often have to deal with a ...
Guide will help whole family enjoy the Sunshine State
Apr 04, 1999; ... Sunday Gazette-Mail IF a family trip to Florida is among your vacation dreams, youmaywant to consult a guidebook written by a West Virginia-reared authorto make sure a trip with kids to the Sunshine State doesn't turn outto be a nightmare. Parkersburg native Pam Brandon ...
Dating: Filmmaker's '20 Dates' led to a real-life happy ending
Apr 04, 1999; ... Myles Berkowitz says he made his debut movie, "20 Dates," out ofdesperation. "I've been 15 years in this profession, first as an actor, thenasa writer, and I've worked as a gofer on television and movie sets,"he said. "I was thinking of moving along in my life, but I wanted ...
Dating books: Ready, set, fail!
Apr 04, 1999; ... With all of the dating books I receive, it's a wonder I'm not anexpert. Could be that I don't really read them. Could be that I'd ratherlive the dating experience firsthand. I've looked at the books. Their effectiveness is not the issue.If you're out of dating destinations, ...
Top 10 videos/music
Apr 04, 1999 ... Videos Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appearin next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted withpermission: Performance1. "Kennedy Center Homecoming: A Celebration," Bill & GloriaGaither. Spring House Video.2. "'N The Mix With 'N Sync," ...
Sargent retrospective opens in D.C.
Apr 04, 1999; ... The first major retrospective exhibition since 1926 of one of thegreatest American portrait painters of all time, John Singer Sargent(1856-1925), is now up at Washington's National Gallery of Art. Sargent's life-size likenesses, mostly of the Henry Jamesianupperclasses, were his ...
TeenXtreme: Kanawha City shop goes to the max for brands, their fans
Apr 04, 1999; ... With memories of Common Grounds still fresh in the minds of manyateen, a new savior has risen from the mist to free everyone from thepotentially hazardous lack of things to do. Outdoor Extremes in Kanawha City, a local shop equipped with thelatest in bikes, skateboards, ...
Color them winners Student artists singled out in Cultural Center exhibition
Apr 04, 1999 ... Winners of this year's Youth Art Month Exhibition are beingfeatured in a display through April 25 in the lobby gallery of theCultural Center at the Capitol Complex. The winners' works become part of the permanent collection of theWest Virginia State Museum. Each winner receives a ...
CD review: New rap CD made in shade By Carlos Gomez
Apr 04, 1999 ... Announcer: "This is a public service announcement brought to youin part by Slim Shady. "The views and opinions expressed here are not necessarily theviews of anyone. However, the events and suggestions that appear onthis album are not to be taken lightly. "Children should ...
TeenXtreme
Apr 04, 1999; ... CHRISTOPHER CASWELL/George Washington High School Ban Cavender, a student at Roosevelt Junior High School, rollswith it during a recent all-ages ...
Passing on the traditions: Fiddling history is also an account of mountain life
Apr 04, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL Gerald Milnes' "Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance andFolklore in West Virginia" could easily be called "My Life in WestVirginia." Milnes writes that the "oldest fiddle music in West Virginia andother regions captures a disposition of people, a ...
Ceremony for mine safety much more somber than rally
Apr 04, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL Hours before hundreds of United Mine Workers gathered for a rowdyrally at the state Capitol, a few dozen miners held a much moresomber event a few blocks down the street. About 60 people turned out Friday morning to watch UMW PresidentCecil Roberts ...
Note on inserts
Apr 04, 1999 ... Because today is Easter, there are no inserts with food ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The paradox of a luxury resort in aworking-class county has always been apparent here in southeasternWest Virginia. But now it is fueling a political fight, pitting thevalues of rural Christian fundamentalists against a lifestyle ofgolf, aroma therapy and finger ...
Key bridge destroyed on Danube: Italian soldiers going to Albania to help with refugee relief effort
Apr 04, 1999; ... BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - NATO air raids destroyed another keybridgeover the Danube, Serbian television reported Saturday, as Italiantroops prepared to go to Albania to aid refugees pouring out ofKosovo in catastrophic numbers. President Slobodan Milosevic's forces have purged ...
How will U.S. pay the bills?
Apr 04, 1999; ... WASHINGTON - The United States' planning for combating Serbianaggression in Kosovo failed to answer one important question: Wherewill the money come from to pay for it? Estimates for the cost of the U.S. bombs and missiles alreadyexpended in less than two weeks of "Operation Allied ...
Good in the clutch
Apr 04, 1999; ... ABOVE: Holly Buscher, 5, of St. Albans counts the eggs shegathered Saturday during the annual Easter egg hunt at theSt. Albans City Park. Sunshine and mild temperatures produced agood turnout at egg ...
Grown up: Myrtle Beach's development bustle brings growing pains
Apr 04, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Hurricane Hugo took a chunk out of MyrtleBeach nearly 10 years ago. Regular visitors who have not been back to the traditional WestVirginia vacation spot in the past few years may be surprised howmuch the area has grown.Only in the ...
Virginia Beach booming, too
Apr 04, 1999 ... VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - After doing Myrtle Beach, S.C., WestVirginians can point themselves north and head to another famousbeach resort area that's booming. This oceanfront resort city saw a bevy of construction activitythis past winter, and improvements can be seen from the hotels ...
Ripley mayor Mother of Year
Apr 04, 1999 ... The West Virginia Organization of the American Mothers Inc. haschosen Ollie Harvey, mayor of Ripley, as its West Virginia Mother ofthe Year for 1999. Ollie and her husband, Don, have three daughters: Lea Ann ClineofBeckley, a homemaker and part-time nurse in cardiac intensive ...
W.Va. courts teach parents how to divorce
Apr 04, 1999; ... RANSON - In an elementary school library, 19 mothers and fatherssit in child-sized chairs, elbows on the table. Many are blinkingback tears. Children appear on a big-screen TV, talking about the pain ofdivorce. A choked sob bursts from one woman as a boy, his back tothe camera, ...
Think of the children first
Apr 04, 1999; ... The Parent Education and Mediation Project teaches divorcingparents to put their own anger and pain aside, focusing instead onthe damage they can do to their children. The 90-minute class urgesparents to: * Stop using children as messengers or as spies. * Stop competing for ...
Parent education programs
Apr 04, 1999; ... Twenty-three of West Virginia's 55 counties now have educationprograms for parents who are divorcing or filing for custody, andother family law master districts are planning them. Class contentand length vary by county. Existing programs Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Jackson, ...
Bigamist's sixth husband would still take her back
Apr 04, 1999; ... NORFOLK, Va. - When Robert Hall wed Lena Marie Clark onThanksgiving Day, he had no idea she was a convicted bigamist. Nor did he know his bride was scheduled to appear in a courtroomthree weeks later to be sentenced for her crime. Now, police have charged Clark with bigamy a ...
The cycle of Poverty
Apr 04, 1999 ... The small farmers, wrecked by the Civil War, who sold their landto absentee speculators. The coal miners who lost their jobs tomachines. The single moms in transition under a new welfare system. From its earliest history, West Virginia has coped with poverty.The hills that ...
Veto family law bill, group says: Legislation flawed, coalition claims
Apr 04, 1999; ... A bill revamping divorce and child custody laws should be vetoedbecause it would put victims of domestic violence in more danger andencourage stalking, victims' advocates say. The bill calls for most couples to go to mediation to work outalimony, child custody and other issues ....
Highlights of the family law bill
Apr 04, 1999; ... The Legislature last month passed a family law bill that would: * Replace 14 full-time and 13 part-time family law masters with31full-time family court judges who would be initially appointed bycircuit judges but elected to four-year terms in 2000. The familycourt judges would ...
Mall that Logan General helped build facing bankruptcy
Apr 04, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL Logan General Hospital has largely survived a takeover effort bycreditors. But the mall it helped build - which sparked the takeoverattempt and helped draw the hospital into bankruptcy - now faces asimilar threat. A creditor of the mall's developer has ...
Man hurt as train and car collide in Mineral County
Apr 04, 1999; ... KEYSER - A man who drove around a safety gate at a railroadcrossing Saturday was hit by a CSX train. "A witness told us the gates were down, the lights were flashingand she could hear the train whistle blowing," said Keyser policeofficer Gary Merritt. The 79-year-old man ...
Educator to speak at King luncheon
Apr 04, 1999 ... OAK HILL - For 22 years, members of the Fayette County BlackCaucus have worked to promote education and racial harmony. Onceagain, the caucus will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial Luncheon April 17. Iona A. Hollow, a member of the National Education ...
Belgraders shocked, angered at airstrikes inside their city
Apr 04, 1999; ... BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Standing as close to the destruction aspolice allow, an old woman spits her rage at NATO for daring tostrike at the heart of Belgrade - and at her heart. Jeliseveta Popovic curses "the scum, the garbage" behind thedestruction of Serb police headquarters ...
Death at dawn: a shivering baby, a lullaby and then mourning
Apr 04, 1999; ... MORINI, Albania - The morning arrived gray and menacing. A coldwind blew straight into the mother's face as she stepped intoAlbaniaat first light. She clutched her baby tighter to her chest. The lullaby she hummed into little Rahime's ear went: "Rest well,my baby. Nothing can ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... "It seems history is to blame," the Englishman sympathizes withthe Irishman in "Ulysses," sweeping centuries of oppression under arug of empty words. "History" is at it again these days, in the mournful hills anddying villages of Kosovo. And scenes from history, now ...
Very existence is destroyed, refugees say
Apr 04, 1999; ... NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE KUKES, Albania - The stark evidence of the failure of NATO airraids to prevent Serbian forces from driving hundreds of thousandsofethnic Albanians from Kosovo is in the haunted eyes of almost300,000who have already been driven out, and in their ...
Health bill's prognosis is DOA: Congressman's dream of 'insurance for all' going nowhere
Apr 04, 1999; ... WASHINGTON - For the fifth time since 1991, Rep. Jim McDermotthasproposed a national health-insurance program that would guaranteeallAmericans medical coverage. The announcement a few weeks ago was scarcely noticed on CapitolHill. Only eight other members of Congress have ...
McDermott plan at a glance
Apr 04, 1999; ... How would Rep. Jim McDermott's national health insurance planwork? * The practice of employers providing health insurance to workerswould end. * The federal government would distribute money to states, eachofwhich would design a comprehensive insurance program and run it as ...
Aging population seeking elixirs for forgetfulness: Sales are soaring for alleged memory aids
Apr 04, 1999; ... The graying of America has created an emerging industry: a waveofherbal and dietary supplements, books, courses and even clinicsaimedat healthy people who are having trouble remembering andconcentrating. On television commercials there is Annie Potts, who starred in"Designing ...
Nation of Islam's Farrakhan doing better, aide says
Apr 04, 1999 ... WASHINGTON - Recuperating from prostate cancer surgery, LouisFarrakhan is alert, walking around and has even watched a movie withfamily members. His son-in-law said Saturday he expects the Nationof Islam leader to be released from the hospital within "a matter ofdays." "He's ...
'Melissa' suspect to plead innocent: Alleged virus creator being misportrayed, his lawyer contends
Apr 04, 1999; ... TRENTON, N.J. - The man accused of creating the so-called Melissavirus, which infected thousands of computers and overloaded e-mailsystems worldwide, never intended to do anything wrong, his lawyersaid Saturday. David L. Smith, a 30-year-old computer programmer, will ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Does your neighbor's dog howl at the moon until 2a.m.? Did the pit bull next door eat your hamster? Is little Fifisneaking into your yard and leaving unwanted mementos? Justice goes to the dogs in San Francisco, thanks to WilliamHerndon, a police sergeant who also ...
Tornado kills at least 3 in La.
Apr 04, 1999; ... BENTON, La. - A tornado tore through this northwestern Louisianatown Saturday, flattening homes and trapping people inside whenwallscollapsed around them. At least three people were killed, a state police spokesman said. KTAL-TV quoted sheriff's deputies and rescue workers on ...
Woman, son killed helping motorist
Apr 04, 1999; ... MOREHEAD, Ky. - A pickup truck slammed into a group of people whowere changing a tire on Interstate 64, killing a woman and her sonwho had stopped to help a stranded motorist. Sandra Bowman, 37, and her son Adam Chasse, 11, both of Paris,hadstopped 2 miles west of Morehead to ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... NYAMATA, Rwanda - Jean-Paul, a 14-year-old with an ugly scar onhis head from a machete slash, wants to be a soldier so he can huntdown the men who killed his parents and left him for dead undertheirbodies. Etienne Cyabakanga lost his wife and five of his children whenHutu ...
ESSAYS on faith: a solioquy by Judas Iscariot
Apr 04, 1999; ... CAN I go through with this? Can I betray this man who has been sogood to me? Watching Jesus break the Passover bread, I finger the bulge ofthe30 pieces of silver in the treasury bag. How can I do this to myfriend after hearing him speak so often of brotherly kindness andconcern ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... "All things bright and beautiful," begins the Cecil FrancesAlexander poem, "All creatures great and small/All things wise andwonderful/The Lord God made them all." Not according to Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, leadcontemporary spokesman for evolutionary theory and a ...
Deaths
Apr 04, 1999 ... James Dayton Angel MUNCIE, Ind. - James Dayton Angel, 54, of Muncie died April 2,1999, in Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, after a short illness. He was a Navy veteran and was retired from the Norfolk SouthernCorp. with 20 years' service.Surviving: daughter, Angela Cahue of ...
Funerals today
Apr 04, 1999 ... CURRENCE, Bernadine R. - 2 p.m., Greene-Robertson Funeral Home,Sutton. JACKSON, Charles W. - 1 p.m., Melton Mortuary, Beckley. MASSEY, Kenneth E. - 3:30 ...
Deaths around the state
Apr 04, 1999 ... ANGLE - Joseph A., 66, of Hines, April 2, 1999, Wallace & WallaceFuneral Home, Rainelle. BABB - John, 82, of Vienna, April 3, 1999, Leavitt Funeral Home,Parkersburg. BOLEN - Mary J., 58, of Coal City, April 3, 1999, Rose &Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley.CARMICHAEL - ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... TUNICA, Miss. - In the engulfing whir and hum and jingle andjangle of a thousand slot machines, accented by the occasional Rebelyell of a jackpot winner, your brain has to do a fast rewind toremember that this cavernous casino sits - floats? - in what wasoncethe poorest county in the ...
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Apr 04, 1999; ... RALEIGH, N.C. - Marvin Tarlton and his neighbors fear a greatstorm may be approaching, and they're preparing like coastalresidents would for a hurricane. The tempest would not be wind and rain, but computer data gonehaywire on New Year's Day. So his family in Marshville, a ...
End-time books are huge sellers
Apr 04, 1999; ... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The approach of the year 2000 may be a devilofa problem for computer programmers, but it's heavenly for the $3billion Christian book market. Stores specializing in Christian products have seen a bigincreasein sales of books about end-time prophecies and the ...
Breathing room: Kaufmann's expansion should boost retailer, other Town Center stores
Apr 04, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL With its crowded sales floors and crammed stockrooms, Kaufmann'sin Charleston Town Center bursts at the proverbial seams. An expansion and remodeling project scheduled to begin in earlyMay will help relieve that condition. Kaufmann's parentorganization, ...
Long-term project
Apr 04, 1999; ... Sunday Gazette-Mail Pat Brown has overseen dozens of projects in his 17 years as headof the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority. As part of the ...
U.S.
Apr 04, 1999 ... Anchorage 38 20 Cldy Atlanta 83 62 Cldy Boston 47 41 RainChas.,S.C. 82 62 CldyCharlotte 80 58 CldyChicago 76 55 ClrCincinnati 77 62 RainCleveland 75 57 RainDallas 78 56 CldyDenver 39 20 CldyDetroit 75 56 RainElkins 75 48 CldyHonolulu 83 67 ClrHouston 80 63 ...
World
Apr 04, 1999 ... Amsterdam 69 47 Rain Athens 64 54 Cldy Beijing 65 44 ClrBerlin 64 41 CldyBermuda 73 58 RainCairo 75 58 ClrCalgary 52 13 ClrDublin 56 40 CldyHong Kong 85 65 RainJerusalem 64 44 ClrLondon 64 43 CldyMadrid 67 42 CldyManila 92 79 CldyMexico ...