Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from March 2002:
COIN & STAMP COLLECTING: After two-month delay, definitives finally issued
Mar 03, 2002; ... After a two-month delay, the United Nations Postal Administrationfinally began its 2002 program with six definitives denominated forthe first time in euro currency. The U.N. called the delay "unavoidable" but did not elaborate. The agency also issued two definitives for its ...
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Accessories help you fly right, especially for; post-Sept. 11 travel
Mar 03, 2002; ... HURRY up and wait" might be the universal motto for airlinepassengers these days. They rush to the airport only to stand inline, where they take turns submitting to increased scrutiny by manand machine in this post-Sept. 11 era of heightened airport security. Based on the size of ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: Pets who goof have pride, too
Mar 03, 2002; ... I THOUGHT I was having one of those stop-and-smell-the-rosesmoments. We have a small pond, about the size of a bathtub, in ourback yard. Many animals in our neighborhood, especially dogs, areaware of the pond, and visit it when they need a drink or quick dipto cool off. The ...
Octogenarian author pursues a new dream
Mar 03, 2002; ... FONDA, N.Y. - Although more than a decade has passed since LudimaGus Burton happened to read her first romance novel, she clearlyremembers the title and author. "It was 'Partners in Crime' by Anne Stuart," she said. "I pickedit up because I thought it was a murder mystery. I'd ...
Viewers eye 'Naked' truth
Mar 03, 2002; ... Don't think that the anchors of "Naked News" take their journalismlightly just because they're naked. Gretchen Frazier recalls the dayshe was so engrossed in her weather report that she "completelyforgot to take her clothes off on camera!" "I was so embarrassed," she recalled, ...
Regional readings cover humor, nostalgia, history
Mar 03, 2002; ... rdavis@wvgazette.com Imagine a cheerful campfire crackling on a cool fall evening. Yourstomach is full from the day's catch. You smile contentedly as yougaze at friends gathered in the warm light. Suddenly, belly-laughserupt around the circle - someone is telling a tall tale ....
Race and murder in Texas: Journalist dissects the dragging death of James Byrd
Mar 03, 2002; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - In the scorching days of June 1998, thermometersthroughout much of the nation recorded record temperatures, manyhigher than 100. Here in Central Florida, heat-fed wildfires wereburning unabated. In the sports pages, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa raced one anotherto ...
West Virginia notes
Mar 03, 2002; ... Art Store exhibit Encouraged by her cousin Blanche Lazzell, Grace Martin Taylortraveled from Charleston to Provincetown, Mass., in the summer of1930 to learn and work among the artists who lived there. Taylorexhibited in her first art show that summer, and returned toProvincetown ...
Help out
Mar 03, 2002 ... Canned celebration In celebration of the 100th day of school, kindergarten and fourth-grade students at High Lawn Elementary School in St. Albans recentlycollected more than 100 cans of food for a food pantry. Kindergartenteacher Jodie Hypes said the kids learned to count and help ...
Afghans weave war images into rugs
Mar 03, 2002; ... Images of war certainly can make you uncomfortable, often they canbe unforgettable. Images of war woven into decorative pieces for thehome do both. Imagine a hand-woven Oriental rug made of traditional colors andseemingly traditional geometric and pastoral patterns - but ...
Horoscope
Mar 03, 2002; ... Sunday, March 3, 2002 Your birthday today: Your year will be wonderful, not counting afew technical difficulties. Don't postpone travel; the sooner thebetter. Love works out well, but machinery could give you fits. Don'toverlook routine maintenance, and be sure to save all your ...
Area Births
Mar 03, 2002 ... The following births were recorded between Jan. 31 and Feb. 7. At CAMC Women and Children's Hospital Dorsey, Zachary Lee, son of Dennis Lee and Mary Beth Dorsey ofPowellton, was born Aug. 7, 2001. Wazelle, Tristan James, son of Lisa Nicole Wazelle of Charleston,was ...
THE WILD SIDE: Wood ducks nest in cavities, too
Mar 03, 2002; ... When the subject of nest boxes for wildlife comes up, many peoplethink bluebirds, screech owls - even bats. Many are surprised to findthe spectacularly beautiful wood duck on the list of species that usenest boxes. But wood ducks are common cavity-nesters in wooded swampsand bottomland ...
Make your house a warm home: Secrets to keeping toasty while cutting bills
Mar 03, 2002; ... A CHILL wind blows, so you turn up your collar and draw your coattighter around you. Unfortunately, you're sitting in your living room. Your house needs help. Fortunately, some fairly simple remedies can help make yourheating system work better and your house feel ...
Fitness Notes
Mar 03, 2002; ... Eating smart Ever wonder the calorie and fat content of your favorite fast-food burger? Hold on to your hats! Some favorites: Burger King's Whopper (680 calories and 39 gramsof fat), McDonald's Big Mac (590 calories and 34 grams of fat) andHardee's Monster Burger (1,060 ...
Staying on schedule: For many elderly, keeping track of medication is a pill
Mar 03, 2002; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com GUSSIE HIGH doesn't have any trouble keeping her medicinestraight. High, an 84-year-old resident of Edgewood Summit in Charleston,takes four pills every morning, two at lunchtime and three more everyevening. To keep track of them all, she sorts them ...
HEALTH: Q&A; Smoking as bad for skin as sun
Mar 03, 2002; ... Dear Paula, Why do you spend so much time telling people they can preventwrinkles by avoiding the sun, but make no mention of avoidingcigarette smoke, which is probably just as damaging to skin (not tomention heart and lungs, of course!)? Anyone who is serious aboutkeeping his or ...
FAMILY Q&A: Educate your college-age children about credit cards
Mar 03, 2002; ... Q. My daughter is going off to college next year, and I knowshe'll want her own credit card. How can I educate her about using itresponsibly? A. Freshmen arriving on college campuses this fall willundoubtedly encounter credit card marketers beckoning them to signup. Some students ...
Grave matters: Shopping for a mausoleum one sunny Saturday
Mar 03, 2002; ... beat@wvgazette.com I FOUND a fine mausoleum for my parents the other day. That's notsomething you do every weekend. To be more specific, I found them a hole in a wall - a veryexpensive hole in a very nice wall made of rose-colored Carerramarble. It'll set my folks ...
Feng shui uses color, organization to create balance
Mar 03, 2002; ... COLUMBIA, S.C. - Feng shui changed Chris Levchuk's life. It started because she wanted her house to look better. It endedwith a new career and a new spirituality. A self-described "saver," Levchuk had piles of magazines stackedbehind chairs and a dining room so full she kept ...
Decor Notes
Mar 03, 2002; ... Off the shelf Landscape lighting designers borrowed from the theater in usinglighting to set a mood and add drama to the garden at night. Britishlighting designer John Raine is returning the favor by sharing hisideas and knowledge with the rest of us in his book ...
Antiques & collectibles Q&A
Mar 03, 2002; ... Winslow Homer print Q. I have a Winslow Homer painting print that dates from around1949. It was purchased in New York City. Can you give me an idea ofthe value or a name of someone who might? - Dave Rafferty, VirginiaBeach, Va. A. Write Todd Weyman at Swann Auction ...
Going to pots: Nestle your houseplants in colorful glazed containers
Mar 03, 2002; ... CHOOSING the right houseplant takes some research and harddecisions. Picking a pot? That's the fun part. "To me, the pot is as much a part of a plant as the plant itself,"says Steve McCoy of Archie's Gardenland in Fort Worth, Texas. And fortunately, there are some real ...
FOOD SCHOOL: Bread terms, tips and techniques
Mar 03, 2002; ... Making bread requires following some simple but important steps.Before you tackle the recipe, read this: Yeast: Living micro-organisms that feed on the natural sugar inthe dough. As the yeast feeds and multiplies, it produces carbondioxide, which, when trapped, causes the bread to ...
Food Tips
Mar 03, 2002; ... Uncostly wine For those meals at home, whether made from scratch, taken out froma restaurant or popped into the microwave straight from the freezer,consider some very nice yet affordable wine choices that you canenjoy every day. One favorite in the "best wine value" market ...
Q&A: You can stuff; chilies rellenos any way you like
Mar 03, 2002; ... Q. I love chilies rellenos and have always wanted to make them. DoI need to use a special chili pepper for this dish, and can I stuffthem with anything I want? - Lucy D. A. Lucy, are you trying to set me up with the "Can I stuff themwith anything I want?" question? It's sort of ...
The Main Ingredient: Protect your flank; Flank steak deserves a little more respect
Mar 03, 2002; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com ASK anyone about their favorite cuts of beef and you'll probablyhear about the succulent filet, the hearty New York strip, the tenderrib-eye. Ask us and you'll get a lengthy diatribe about the virtues offlank ...
Slain student's parents want killer put to death
Mar 03, 2002; ... PITTSBURGH - The parents of an exchange student killed in SouthKorea almost a year ago said they want the West Virginia womancharged in her slaying put to death. Jamie Lynn Penich, a University of Pittsburgh student, was beatento death in a Seoul motel room on March 18, 2001, ...
REMEMBERING 9/11: 'People act as if it's all gone away'
Mar 03, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Americans know anything could happen anywhere at anytime. But it hasn't. They know Osama bin Laden has not been hunted down. Maybe tomorrow. They've seen progress on some fronts, limbo on others, nearly sixmonths after Sept. 11. Americans know there ...
U.S. soldier killed in combat: 101st Airborne prepares to join the fight in snow-capped Afghan mountains
Mar 03, 2002; ... GARDEZ, Afghanistan - In the biggest U.S.-led ground operationthis year, U.S. and Afghan troops backed by U.S. jets Saturdayattacked Taliban and al-Qaida forces regrouping in easternAfghanistan. One American was killed and a number were injured, thePentagon said. Three Afghan ...
PROMISE + need-based grant 'good thing,' economists say
Mar 03, 2002; ... tara@wvgazette.com SHOULD poor but smart high school students get to "stack" thePROMISE scholarship and the West Virginia need-based grant? According to some researchers who study financial aid, yes. "PROMISE ought to be added on top of [need-based]" for studentswho ...
Link between AIDS and birth control pills probed
Mar 03, 2002; ... SEATTLE - For years, scientists have known that many womeninfected with the AIDS virus fare worse than others if they had beentaking birth control pills when infected. Researchers from Seattle and Kenya last week shed more light onhow that happens. Speaking to the ninth ...
Omission
Mar 03, 2002 ... An article in last week's Sunday Gazette-Mail about the state'sroadside historic markers did not mention a privately ...
Today's News
Mar 03, 2002 ... Drought has engulfed nearly a third of the United States,threatening to confront some places this summer with what experts saycould be their worst water shortages in years. "This is a sleepinggiant," says climatologist Mark Svoboda at the National DroughtMitigation Center in Lincoln, ...
Shuttle mission continues despite clog
Mar 03, 2002; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA gave the shuttle Columbia astronautspermission Saturday to proceed with their full mission to renovatethe Hubble Space Telescope despite clogged plumbing in their ship. Optimism had been growing throughout the day, aboard Columbia andinside Mission ...
Palestinian suicide bomber kills 9 in west Jerusalem neighborhood
Mar 03, 2002; ... JERUSALEM - A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a powerfulexplosive Saturday in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem,killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30. The attacktargeted worshippers pouring into streets following sundown prayersat the end of the Jewish ...
Death toll in India's religious uprising climbs past 400
Mar 03, 2002; ... AHMADABAD, India - Mob burnings, shootings and other violencebetween Hindus and Muslims spread through villages in India's Gujaratstate Saturday even as soldiers enforced a fearful peace in largercities. The death toll in India's worst religious strife in a decade stoodat 415 ...
Known to spies and children: Efforts to keep invisible ink formulas secret seen as a joke
Mar 03, 2002; ... Is a secret, 85-year-old formula for invisible ink an importanttool in our war on terrorism? Apparently, the Central Intelligence Agency thinks so. It has persuaded a federal judge to keep secret classifieddocuments describing World War I-era formulas for invisible ...
Psst ... FBI needs agents; pass it on
Mar 03, 2002; ... CHICAGO - The job market might be tight, but at least one firm isdoing more hiring than it has in years. The FBI wants 930 more special agents by Sept. 30, a recruitmentdrive prompted by the threat of terrorism and the fact many agentsare nearing the mandatory retirement age of ...
Agent Orange conference opens today
Mar 03, 2002; ... HANOI, Vietnam - Researchers at the first U.S.-Vietnameseconference on Agent Orange, a defoliant used by U.S. forces duringthe Vietnam War, said they will report "extraordinarily" high levelsof cancer-causing dioxin in people living in heavily sprayed areas. The three-day ...
It's dry out there now; summer could be worse
Mar 03, 2002; ... Drought has engulfed nearly a third of the United States,threatening to confront some places this summer with what experts saycould be their worst water shortages in years. "This is a sleeping giant," says climatologist Mark Svoboda, atthe National Drought Mitigation Center in ...
U.S. using new bomb
Mar 03, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - For the first time in its war against terror, theUnited States on Saturday dropped newly developed bombs designed tosend suffocating blasts through cave complexes, military officialssaid. The "thermobaric" bombs were tested in December and officials saidin January ...
Scars heal, but couple can't forget horror: Trapped in WTC, , each was sure other was dead
Mar 03, 2002; ... NEW YORK - A jetliner full of fuel and passengers was zoomingtoward the World Trade Center's north tower as Carmen Griffithushered Cantor Fitzgerald employees into her elevator on the 78thfloor. She closed the doors and reached out to press the "up" button. In the basement, ...
Ex-city mayor Melton dies
Mar 03, 2002 ... Kanawha County's former sheriff and assessor and former Charlestonmayor G. Kemp Melton died Saturday evening after suffering a heartattack. Melton, 71, died at 7:38 p.m. at CAMC Memorial Hospital, accordingto Andy Wessels, hospital spokesman. Those close to Melton said that ...
Booking it in the rain
Mar 03, 2002; ... Linda Nuckles of Ripley dodges raindrops Saturday to return a loadof books to the South Charleston Library. She and her mother, ...
For the right amount, school will make you a big name on campus
Mar 03, 2002; ... DALLAS - Want to leave a mark on the world? A Texas schooldistrict has an opportunity for you. As part of an effort to offset money lost through the state schoolfinance system, the Highland Park district in the Dallas area isselling permanent naming rights to dozens of facilities, ...
Somebody always has more money: Supreme Court Justice Breyer gives students a lesson in paycheck equity
Mar 03, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer gave third- andfourth-graders a lesson in paycheck equity Thursday. He earns about$15,000 a month, "not bad," he allowed, but some people do muchbetter. "You'll find this out," Breyer said. "No matter how much money youhave, there ...
Biker melee raises fears of gang war
Mar 03, 2002; ... PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - By their own account, the Pagans needed "to showface" as the rival Hells Angels staged a widely publicized bikerconvention on Long Island - turf the Pagans once dominated and stillconsidered their own. The resulting melee at the Hells Angels' "Hellraisers ...
Death row reprieve for retarded may spur many appeals
Mar 03, 2002; ... At least 82 death row inmates are seeking reprieves in states thatrecently banned executing the mentally retarded, an inkling of thehundreds that would likely challenge their sentences if the U.S.Supreme Court finds such executions are unconstitutional. That means roughly one in ...
Infant victim in bizarre murder may not exist
Mar 03, 2002; ... BUTLER, Ala. -Two doctors say it was physically impossible forVictoria Bell Banks to have been pregnant in 1999. If she conceived,said one, "it was by the Holy Spirit." But Banks and two others, all poor blacks described by a defenselawyer as mentally retarded, are in a state ...
More women lean toward GOP
Mar 03, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The president's popularity is soaring, he has co-opted several of the opposition's key issues and in the midst of arecession, his party gets higher marks for being able to manage theeconomy. Can it get any worse for the Democrats? Possibly. Republicans ...
Condit faces test by ballot Tuesday: California governor opponent to be picked
Mar 03, 2002; ... SAN FRANCISCO - As California's primary election rapidlyapproaches, Rep. Gary Condit faces the toughest election of hiscrumbled political career and Republicans wage a sharp battle for theright to take on Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. Tuesday's primary comes after a year of turmoil ...
Court is a stage to Traficant
Mar 03, 2002; ... CLEVELAND - In the kind of moment that has become emblematic ofRep. James A. Traficant's corruption trial, the pugnaciouscongressman shouted at the judge last week: "Why are we proceeding? Ihave to go to the bathroom!" Traficant is blustering his way through court with the same ...
Boy's death may have set off murder spree 30 years later
Mar 03, 2002; ... DOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - In the summer of 1971, an 11-year-old boy'sgo-cart careened into traffic, and John W. Mabie could not stop hisstation wagon in time. The boy was killed. Now authorities are investigating whether Jeffrey Bernardini'sdeath more than 30 years ago set in motion ...
Anthrax traced to Texas cow 20 years ago
Mar 03, 2002; ... HEBBRONVILLE, Texas - Robert Fulbright surveyed the land hisgrandfather settled in 1906, thick with mesquite and prickly pearcactus. Not the lushest part of Texas, but fine country for raisingcattle, he said - if you don't mind the anthrax. "They fever so bad, they look like ...
Concealed weapons laws gain ground across nation
Mar 03, 2002; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The first shot rang out in Florida 15 yearsago, and the advocates of guns for personal defense never let up. From state to state the movement spread, a campaign to overturnlaws against carrying concealed weapons and to give residents anopportunity to pack guns ...
Weather data
Mar 03, 2002 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 46 Low 33 March 2 record high 81 set in 1991 March 2 record low 7 set in 1980 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour 0.25" Total for March ...
Regional
Mar 03, 2002 ... W.Va. Today - Monday: Today, turning much colder. A 60 percent chance of rain, changingto scattered snow around noon. Little or no accumulation. Midmorninghighs in the upper 40s, then temperatures falling through the 30s.Tonight, cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows 15 to ...
World
Mar 03, 2002 ... Amsterdam 47 28 Clr Athens 67 48 Cldy Beijing 45 36 Cldy Berlin 45 28 Cldy Bermuda 68 60 Cldy Cairo 71 53 Clr Calgary 18 -1 Cldy Dublin 44 30 Cldy Hong Kong 78 70 Cldy Jerusalem 66 43 Clr London 46 32 ...
U.S.
Mar 03, 2002 ... Anchorage 30 13 PCldy Atlanta 56 45 Cldy Boston 42 40 Rain Charlotte,N.C. 50 50 PCldy Chicago 35 10 Clr Cincinnati 50 30 Snow Cleveland 45 33 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 32 17 Clr Denver 15 0 Clr Detroit 35 29 Snow Elkins 49 ...
'The reason Bluefield was built doesn't exist anymore': The mark of Mahood; Prolific architect's work spans Southern coalfields
Mar 03, 2002; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com BLUEFIELD - Riding along the quiet streets of south Bluefield,Mabel Mahood pointed this way and that, punctuating each gesture witha casual remark: "He did that house up there. ... He did that one,too. ... I'm not sure about that one." If coal built ...
Mountain setting
Mar 03, 2002; ... Here is a list of major movies at least partially made in WestVirginia: * "Stage Struck," 1925. * "Night of the Hunter," 1955. * "The Rain People," 1969. * "Fool's Parade," 1971. * "The Deer Hunter," 1978. * "Reckless," 1984. * "Sweet ...
Why aren't West Virginia movies filmed in the state?
Mar 03, 2002; ... With a Nobel laureate and a weird winged creature the focus of tworecently released movies, West Virginia has been receiving an unusualshare of the entertainment industry's limelight. Yet the film based on the life of John Nash, "A Beautiful Mind,"ignores his West Virginia ...
Location of bunker a Mystery
Mar 03, 2002; ... The Washington Post on Friday revealed that the Bush White Househas established a "shadow government" of Cabinet officials, hidden intwo secret bunkers somewhere in the East, to help maintain thecontinuity of the executive branch in the event of a catastrophicattack on Washington, D.C ....
The Way It Was: Hot pursuit; By Richard Andre
Mar 03, 2002 ... It was 1921 and America was swiftly embracing the gasoline age.This is a posed publicity shot to show the taxpayers how the WestVirginia State Police motorcycle troopers would handle a fleeingautomobile. Look closely and you'll see a revolver in the hand of the cyclecop about to ...