Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from December 2002:
Just the right note: Selina Cosby Midkiff toils at lifting 200 voices in song - properly
Dec 01, 2002; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com IT'S 6:15 p.m., and a latecomer enters Keenan Recital Hall, where40 children listen to a short lesson on musical theory. "We started15 minutes ago," snaps Selina Cosby Midkiff. Midkiff finishes the lesson, which focuses on recognizing musicalkeys and ...
Note to readers
Dec 01, 2002 ... The Life & Style section on Nov. 3 featured the story of CamilleVingle, daughter of Sunday Gazette-Mail columnists Mitch and KarinVingle. Five-month-old Camille was diagnosed in October with spinalmuscular atrophy, a genetic disease that kills the motor neurons inthe spine. Camille died ...
MIND YOUR MANNERS: The art of the noble thank-you note
Dec 01, 2002; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail I CAN'T tell you how many gifts I've given in my lifetime, but Ican tell almost every gift I have given for which I did not receive athank-you note. While sending a thank-you note is a small gesture,failure to acknowledge a gift can have a huge negative ...
This odor eliminator is no cover-up
Dec 01, 2002; ... Q. My grandchild threw up all over the couch, throw pillows andcarpet. We cleaned it and sprayed it with Fabreeze. Now we have theodor of sour milk and Fabreeze. We would like to have "unscented"air. Short of getting a new couch and pillows and changing thecarpet, can you offer any ...
WHAT'S IT WORTH ?
Dec 01, 2002; ... Q. I have a Royal Doulton character jug that depicts GeorgeArmstrong Custer on one side and Sitting Bull on the other. This mugis marked number 6,613 out of an edition of 9,500. Can you tell mewhat it's worth? - Bruce Smith, Dryden, Mich. A. The Royal Doulton Co. produced this ...
Get the book
Dec 01, 2002 ... Have you picked up the Sunday Book Club November selection, AnnPacker's "The Dive from Clausen's Pier"? If not, try the nearestbranch of the Kanawha County Public Library or stop by Taylor Books,221 Capitol St., Charleston, for a 20 percent discount. If you've already read the ...
Getting back on track: Novel maps a veteran journalist's attempted comeback
Dec 01, 2002; ... flipside@wvgazette.com AT a personal and professional crossroads, journalist Tom Langdongoes on the ride of his life in "The Christmas Train" by DavidBaldacci. Tom can't fly for two years because of a "nuclear meltdown" at NewYork's LaGuardia Airport. So, he decides to cross ...
Children's author featured on radio: Harshman's latest book takes young readers on a journey
Dec 01, 2002; ... dawn@wvgazette.com Marc Harshman moved to West Virginia more than 30 years ago. Hetaught school in the Northern Panhandle and began to createdeceptively simple children's books. On Tuesday at 8 p.m., Harshman will be the 12th West Virginiaauthor featured on a special public ...
Top it ? Stop it !
Dec 01, 2002; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com FROM small seeds great oak trees grow. But those big oakssometimes grow so tall they tower over your house. The branchesoverhang your bedroom and maybe your neighbor's bedroom as well. Youcan't sleep every time a thunderstorm moves in for worry a ...
GARDENSCAPE: Flower grower's hobby blossoms into big business
Dec 01, 2002; ... WILLIAMSBURG - Janine Leishear, a willowy blonde with a dazzlingsmile, is bringing big-city sensibilities to Blue Ridge Farms, herflower-growing business in this little town tucked into theGreenbrier County hills. It's an unlikely place to find aPhiladelphia-area transplant by way of Los ...
How much food and drink?
Dec 01, 2002 ... Quick Onion Cheese Rounds You can make the dough in advance to slice and bake when you needthem. 1 cup grated cheddar cheese 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 envelope onion soup mix 2 cups all-purpose flour Heat oven to 375 . Beat the cheese ...
Help out
Dec 01, 2002 ... A meeting to remember Francis Carte, a resident of Heartland of Rainelle, had a dreamcome true recently when staff at the intermediate- and long-term-care facility arranged for her to meet her idol, country music starAlan Jackson, at Jackson's recent concert in Charleston. "My ...
Party flavors: A few simple ingredients keep guests in the mood
Dec 01, 2002; ... LISTEN. Do you hear that rumbling? Its the holiday party machine,cranking up and backing you into a corner. Sounds ominous, doesnt it?You think its so innocent when you accept those invitations.Suddenly, there you are with a list of obligations, right at thetime of year when you have ...
THE WILD SIDE: Meet the woodpeckers
Dec 01, 2002; ... Chickadees may have more personality, and nuthatches are perhapsmore acrobatic, but I consider woodpeckers the most charismatic birdsin my back yard. They don't sneak on and off the feeders like manysmaller birds. They swoop into the yard and often announce theirapproach with a loud ...
Horoscope
Dec 01, 2002; ... Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002 Your birthday today: You'll soon get the chance to shine the lightof truth on a mess. This is your great talent, so don't be afraid,and don't feel like you have to tell everything, either. Keep yourprivate life out of the spotlight. To get the advantage, ...
Tidbits
Dec 01, 2002; ... Nice and slow Q. What is the difference between a crock pot and a slow cooker? A. "Slow cooker" is the generic term for a small electricappliance that cooks food at relatively low temperatures over a longperiod of time. A Crock Pot is a brand of slow cooker made by theRival ...
Wine Notes
Dec 01, 2002; ... THE holiday season has begun in earnest, a time when hosts andhostesses take extra care with meals and what is drunk with them -including fine wines. Here are some notes as you plan holiday mealsand parties. Under $10 A fine match for beef in any form is Robert Mondavi's ...
The Main Ingredient: Tastes like chicken; Not really, but octopus is really good
Dec 01, 2002; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com IN the words of Magnum, P.I.: "I know what you're thinking." Butthis time, you're wrong. Octopus is not tough. It doesn't taste strange. It's not rubbery,slimy, wormlike or difficult to cook. So what's it like? Well, ...
Catching a dream: Collectors have vision for a new gallery of American Indian life
Dec 01, 2002; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com SOME things are hard to explain. "It's been a really spiritualthing," said John Auge, the co-founder of Distant Mesas LLC, anAmerican Indian art gallery that opened this week on Hale Street inCharleston. "It's a calling," agreed partner David ...
TOUR: Three historic homes in three hours
Dec 01, 2002; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Three of Charleston's most historic homes will be open for toursnext weekend as part of the Holiday Historic Homes Tour. The tour wasplanned by the Coalition of History Related Organizations, a loose-knit conglomeration of area historical groups. The ...
Area Births
Dec 01, 2002 ... The following births were recorded between Nov. 15 and 21. At CAMC Women and Children's Hospital Wriston, Hunter Chase, son of Bridgette Allison Wriston ofHugheston, was born March 22, 2002. Berry, Kathryn Ann, daughter of Kenneth Ray Jr. and Lisa DawnBerry of Dunbar, ...
Youth movement: To pull in a new generation of worshippers, churches are casting aside traditional hymns in favor of contemporary praise
Dec 01, 2002; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com IT was the third Sunday of the month at Shiloh Baptist Church. Sixteen-agers made up the praise team and 11 grade-schoolers the chorus. They sang, they clapped, they danced. But mostly they sang praise: Oh magnify the Lord, for he is worthy to be ...
Some elementary schools cut recess: Survey documents children's opportunities for exercise
Dec 01, 2002; ... dawn@wvgazette.com At least a dozen of the state's elementary schools do not sendchildren outside for recess, a new survey has found. The West Virginia University Prevention Research Center surveyed406 public schools on behalf of the state Department of Education andthe ...
BENEFIT: Buying calendar helps the homeless
Dec 01, 2002 ... Davi, age 4, wants people to start the New Year with bursts ofblue and pink and green. Ginny, 9, sent out a heart with blue and redstripes. And Victoria, 4, has drawn presents wrapped in blue paperunder the Christmas tree she envisions. The children have each beenresidents of the YWCA ...
SMALLPOX: Shot worth the risk, ER nurse convinced
Dec 01, 2002; ... LAS VEGAS - In a town known for high-stakes gambling, Suzanne Lauis ready to risk a small chance of injury and even death to bevaccinated against smallpox. A nurse at one of the city's busiest emergency rooms, she probablywill be among the first Americans in three decades to be ...
School official was pressured for flood funds: Delegates upset with director, demand to see travel expenses
Dec 01, 2002; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com sfinn@wvgazette.com When the executive director of the state School Building Authorityrefused to spend more money on flood-damaged schools, two legislatorsfrom Wyoming County asked for his travel expenses to pressure him torelease the funds ....
Doctor dilemma The Medical Malpractice Debate: Rapport with patients gets hard look Bedside manner might prevent lawsuit, some experts say
Dec 01, 2002; ... This is the last installment in a four-part series focusing on themedical malpractice climate in West Virginia. The entire series isavailable at www.wvgazette. com/news/Doctor+Dilemma/. joydavia@wvgazette.com Actors trained to fake an illness test West Virginia ...
State tax reform bill in the works: Proposal helps middle class, working poor, its architect says
Dec 01, 2002; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Two newly elected legislators plan to introduce a tax reform billwhen the Legislature convenes next month. Senator-elect Russell Weeks, R-Raleigh, and Delegate-elect KelliSobonya, R-Cabell, say they hope to reach out to winners in lastmonth's elections, ...
Boy, 7, saves mother: Shoeless son braves 23-degree weather
Dec 01, 2002; ... GREELEY, Colo. - Authorities say a 7-year-old boy may have savedhis mother's life after the family's pickup truck crashed as theydrove home from Thanksgiving dinner. Titus Adams and his sisters, Tiffany, 4, and Tier, 1, were intheir pajamas when the truck veered off the road and ...
Clarification
Dec 01, 2002 ... Marshall University is counting $16 million of Joan C. Edwards'$44 million donation toward its fund-raising ...
Getting it right
Dec 01, 2002 ... The Sunday Gazette-Mail corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
Today's News
Dec 01, 2002 ... The State Department warned Americans Saturday in the East Africannation of Djibouti, where U.S. troops are posted, that terrorists maybe planning attacks similar to those last week in Kenya. Thegovernment had not confirmed the credibility of informationconcerning the threats, which also ...
Suspected meth lab burns
Dec 01, 2002 ... Putnam County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a fire thatburned a suspected methamphetamine lab in Red House early Saturday. The fire occurred at about 5 a.m. in an apartment above Jay'sHillbilly Mart, a local convenience store, a sheriff's departmentdispatcher ...
Man sought in connection with methamphetamine lab
Dec 01, 2002 ... State Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with amethamphetamine lab found Nov. 22 at Meadow Brook Trailer Park aboveCapital High School. Troopers C.K. Zerkle and J.E. Elmore attempted to serve federaland state warrants Friday on Shane Fulkerson, age and ...
'CSI' puts heat on real investigators
Dec 01, 2002; ... DAYTON, Ohio - Ida Kehl's death at age 90 in her home wasoriginally thought to be caused by heart disease. Family membersweren't convinced. A relative then saw a television show in which an elderly personwas killed with a muscle relaxant. At the family's request,authorities ...
Harvard archives reveal secret court
Dec 01, 2002; ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - What began in 1920 as a suicide inquiry endedin Harvard University convening a secret tribunal that labeled 14 men"guilty" of homosexuality, and forcing the students among them toleave the school and Cambridge. The history of the body known as "The Court" was ...
Keeping tabs on charities
Dec 01, 2002 ... Some of the major organizations providing information about U.S.charities: * American Institute of Philanthropy: Budget, $350,000. Charitiesevaluated, 450. Web address: ww.charitywatch.org * Better Business Bureaus' Wise Giving Alliance: Budget $1.3million. Charities ...
Giving from the heart ... and the head: Groups provide data on best, worst charities
Dec 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Donors trying to distinguish between worthy and dubiouscharities have ever-expanding sources of advice, ranging from awatchdog group with a Top 10 list to a company that charges $1,000 toscrutinize details of a charity's operations. The extra help comes at a time when ...
Groups provide data on best, worst charities
Dec 01, 2002; ... Donors wishing to support a charity can take steps to ensure theirgift is well used. Some tips from charity watchdogs: * If unfamiliar with a charity, request information on itsfinances and activities. Charities reluctant to provide copies oftheir annual report and federal tax ...
Tensions inside Bush's war Cabinet more evident
Dec 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - A foreign-policy rift simmering in the Bushadministration shows no signs of mending and could affect Iraq policyas well as U.S. dealings in the Middle East and with North Korea andChina. For the moment, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, a centrist,appears to have ...
The use of 'homeland' a political ploy
Dec 01, 2002; ... Now that President Bush, with the stroke of a pen, has grantedcabinet status to the word homeland, perhaps we should bring our mostpatriotic lyrics into full conformity. We could sing, "God bless America, my homeland sweet homeland." We could end the national anthem with ". ....
South Koreans protest acquittals of U.S. soldiers in deaths of two girls
Dec 01, 2002; ... SEOUL, South Korea - At least 3,000 students and activists marchedwith candles and burned an American flag Saturday to protest theacquittals of two U.S. soldiers in a traffic accident that killed twoKorean girls. "Punish American GIs! Go away American GIs!" they ...
Soldiers train for city battle
Dec 01, 2002; ... FORT POLK, La. - The earth shudders as the top floor of a three-story building erupts in a sheet of fire. Moments later, a"terrorist" wearing jeans dashes from a green Ford pickup as itexplodes in a brilliant ball of red and yellow. Although the explosions were simulated, the ...
Cairo's car parkers may lose tips, thanks to meters
Dec 01, 2002; ... CAIRO, Egypt - As surely as Henry Ford's Model T put blacksmithsand harness makers out to pasture, the arrival of the parking meterin Cairo is threatening the city's small army of menadiyeen withextinction. The menadiyeen are Cairo's unofficial car parkers. Their lot inlife is to ...
New Jersey struggles with division of north, south
Dec 01, 2002; ... SAYREVILLE, N.J. - The map says New Jersey is one state. But thepeople who live in it know better. New Jersey? One state? Forget it. There is north Jersey and there is south Jersey, and never do theymeet, unless you count that snarling, honking, are-we-there-yet-Dadline of ...
This Matrix is no total-control grid: Computerized system puts inmates back on the street
Dec 01, 2002; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Early on Aug. 25, Kansas City police noticed aman standing outside an Autozone on Prospect Avenue near LinwoodBoulevard. A few minutes later the store's alarm went off. Police found thesame man still standing outside. The store's front window wasshattered, and ...
New deal: Harvard opens FDR's room to students
Dec 01, 2002; ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Matthew Ferrante opened the door to his Harvarddorm room, and walked into a bit of history. Alongside the regular college fixtures - a "Harvard Class of 2005"poster and paper lamps - was a framed letter that a student namedFranklin Delano Roosevelt wrote to his ...
Weather data
Dec 01, 2002 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 51 Low 32 Nov. 30 record high 79 set in 1934 Nov. 30 record low 6 set in 1929 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour ...
Regional
Dec 01, 2002 ... W.Va. Today: Today, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers,tapering to flurries in the afternoon. Colder with highs in the upper20s. Tonight, partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam,Roane, Wirt: ...
World
Dec 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 49 36 Cldy Athens 65 54 Cldy Beijing 47 23 Clr Berlin 45 41 Rain Bermuda 66 57 Rain Cairo 75 59 Cldy Calgary 43 29 Cldy Dublin 52 40 Cldy Hong Kong 72 68 Rain Jerusalem 54 46 Cldy London 49 46 ...
U.S.
Dec 01, 2002 ... Anchorage 39 29 Cldy Atlanta 58 27 Clr Boston 50 33 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 62 27 Clr Chicago 29 12 PCldy Cincinnati 42 15 PCldy Cleveland 41 21 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 60 35 Cldy Denver 48 26 PCldy Detroit 36 20 Snow Elkins ...
Wind power costly, consultant says
Dec 01, 2002; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Wind farms such as those cropping up in West Virginia might not bethe best way to solve energy problems and environmental pollution.And the amount of power generated by wind farms will never be a majorcontributor to the nation's total power needs, a retired ...
Bikers organizing child helmet program
Dec 01, 2002; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Even a free spirit knows when enough is enough. Sixty-four people have died in all-terrain vehicle accidents inWest Virginia since 2000. A quarter of them have been under the ageof 16. "The time has come," said motorcyclist Mel Skeen. "We've ...
Taking a byte out of the news
Dec 01, 2002; ... When banks introduced automated teller machines and supermarketsopened computerized, do-it-yourself checkout stations, I consideredit progress and welcomed the change. I felt a little less sanguine when the newspaper that issues mypaycheck used new technology to do away with ...
A taste of home: Charleston market caters to international community
Dec 01, 2002; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com Meena is working the counter. She wears a long, blue Indian gownand a constant smile. Shoppers clutter the small store, gathering inbunches around coolers filled with fresh porgy, croaker and tilapia,around boxes brimming with taro root, fenugreek leaves, ...
Man shot in Lincoln County
Dec 01, 2002 ... ALKOL - A 42-year-old man was shot Saturday afternoon, but fewdetails were available about the circumstances. According to a Lincoln County dispatcher, the man was shot in thechest with a 9mm gun about 4:45 p.m ....
Pet safety tips for the holidays
Dec 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON - Deck the halls with festive items that won't pose asafety risk to curious pets, the Humane Society of the United Statessuggests. The Humane Society, the nation's largest animal protectionorganization, offers the following advice to keep pets safe: * Don't forget ...
The Way It Was: Eastbound; By Richard Andre
Dec 01, 2002 ... BEFORE THE ADVENT of travel by airplane, people traveled mostly byrail. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway with its trio of luxuriouspassenger trains was one of America's best. Charlestonians were so familiar with The Sportsman, The F.F.V andThe George Washington that residents could ...
Bankruptcy likely, analysts say
Dec 01, 2002; ... CHICAGO - United Airlines' flight attendants ratified a cost-cutting deal with the nation's No. 2 carrier Saturday, one day afterthe company's stock tanked as analysts called bankruptcy nearlyinevitable. Association of Flight Attendants spokeswoman Dawn Deeks said 87percent of ...
Suspects still sought in West Side shootings
Dec 01, 2002; ... ctritto@wvgazette.com Charleston police are still searching for leads in two shootingsthat occurred at a West Side residence early Saturday. The twovictims remain in CAMC General Hospital's intensive care unit. Rance McNeil, 27, was downgraded to critical condition ...
German's photos of W.Va. displayed
Dec 01, 2002; ... FAIRMONT - A man who spent his career selling photographs toNational Geographic magazine is having his pictures displayed in aFairmont exhibition. More than 80 images taken by Volkmar Wentzel during his life inPreston County and his travels in West Virginia are on display in ...
Red Cross recognizes donors
Dec 01, 2002 ... The American Red Cross recognized the following people in theKanawha Valley area as multiple-gallon blood donors for the month ofOctober: 14 gallons: Michael L. Stone and JoAnn Mullins 10 gallons: Herb Dailey 9 gallons: David M. Orders 7 gallons: John B ....
WIZARDS OF OZ: Scientists develop gauge-less cockpit for airplanes
Dec 01, 2002; ... PENSACOLA, Fla. - Pilots flying on instruments when the sky is toodark, cloudy or stormy to see the ground must slow their procedureswhile they scan a myriad of gauges one at a time and determine thesignificance of each number. "The question is why?" says vision scientist David ...
Capitol Club is growing
Dec 01, 2002 ... The United Way Capitol Club contributions to date for the 2002-03campaign total more than $676,000, with donations from 700 members,including nine new members. (An asterisk indicates the donor hasmoved up one or more levels or is new to the Capitol Club.) Ordre d'Egalite, with a ...
Mason County principal writes book on conflict resolution
Dec 01, 2002; ... CULLODEN - A Mason County principal has written a book onresolving conflict. Culloden resident Tod Faller, principal at Ashton ElementarySchool and former principal at St. Joseph Central Catholic HighSchool in Huntington, has written "It's All About You: A PracticalGuide to ...