Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from April 2004:
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Apr 04, 2004; ... One of the country's most daring coin thefts came in 1967, whenfive armed men broke into the Florida home of Willis H. du Pont,taking at gunpoint du Pont's large collection including two 1804dollars, a Brasher Doubloon and an 1866 Liberty Seated silver dollar. Over the years, ...
... and the battlefront, Life on the ground in Mosul with the Stryker Brigade
Apr 04, 2004; ... Capt. Ted "Teddy" Kleisner, son of Greenbrier resort President TedKleisner, is stationed in Mosul in northern Iraq with the Army'selite Stryker Brigade. Based around the Army's new Stryker eight-wheeled armored car, the rapid deployment force is designed to moveinto battle anywhere in ...
Warning: Ohio drivers ahead
Apr 04, 2004; ... LIKE most West Virginians, much of my driving life has been spentpounding the steering wheel in frustration after being trapped behindthat most exasperating of all traffic obstructions - the Ohio driver. Last week, I lived in their midst for four days - four days ofOhio-plated cars ...
The homefront,: War in Iraq is up close and personal for resort president and family
Apr 04, 2004; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Teddy Kleisner has always been fascinatedwith the military. Family photos show a smiling young man peering out from under agreen Army helmet, small hands clutching a toy rifle. Even then,Teddy wore camouflage, his battle dress sporting an Army ...
W.Va. native filmmaker super-sizes career
Apr 04, 2004; ... His award-winning film opens nationwide next month, his companyhas inked a production deal for an FX network pilot, and he just metan author whose work he really admires. And to top it all off, the fast-food restaurant whose meals he atefor 30 straight days - the fodder for that ...
Writers reveal their travel experiences in 'Strangers'
Apr 04, 2004; ... With "The Kindness of Strangers," Lonely Planet travel editor DonGeorge has compiled a delectable collection of travel tales by someof his favorite writers - many famous, others being published herefor the first time. Notable They include Pico Iyer on Mandalay, Dave Eggers ...
Monday Book Talk to focus on 'Sugar'
Apr 04, 2004 ... Monday's Book Talk at 6 p.m. in the Taylor Books art gallery wrapsup the series spotlighting black authors and issues, featuring adiscussion of Bernice McFadden's "Sugar." The common theme of the last three selections has provided thegroup with an interesting framework for our ...
Two books showcase the power of literature
Apr 04, 2004; ... A college professor of mine once began her class by asking us,"What is literature?" During the semester that followed we engaged ina series of debates about why - or why not - the particular piece wewere studying met the standards of that label. We never arrived at a definitive ...
A bit too diplomatic,: Blix's dull 'Disarming Iraq' doesn't live up to its potential
Apr 04, 2004; ... HANS Blix, the U.N. weapons inspector who did not find any weaponsof mass destruction in Iraq, has written "Disarming Iraq," whichrecounts the run-up to the U.S.-British invasion. Blix has gone over his diary and documents, and relates hismeetings with the Iraqis, French President ...
Fashion notes
Apr 04, 2004; ... 'Sex' sandal The show is off the air, but "Sex and the City" is not easilyforgotten. First, some wardrobe pieces caused a furious spending craze oneBay, the popular Internet auction site. Now, for people still havingwithdrawal, comes the flip-flop sandal pendant that pays ...
Trench coats make a splash,: Flattering toppers break out in bright colors and a variety of fabrics
Apr 04, 2004; ... THE trench coat may have had military beginnings, but thisseason's selection is coolly relaxed, perky and totally at ease. The quintessential waist cincher and figure flatterer, the trenchcoat - with its bold construction and distinctive detailing (widebuttons, belt and lapels) - ...
Home Notes
Apr 04, 2004; ... Power aplenty If you're looking for a versatile and relatively inexpensivesource of power for those times when you're far from an electricoutlet, you might want to take a look at the XPower Powerpack 300from Xantrex. The Powerpack runs 115-volt AC or 12-volt DC products, has ...
Which wood you choose,: Mixing tree species is a new trend in kitchen cabinets
Apr 04, 2004; ... ONCE they might have been fruit-box lumber's last hurrah. Now theyare designer pieces taking center stage in the American home. Kitchen cabinets today have become pivot points in home planning. "The kitchen is one of the new American status symbols, andcabinets set what will ...
Good Ideas
Apr 04, 2004; ... Not such a gas Guess what's up. Gasoline prices, and it's not even the summerdriving season. The Alliance to Save Energy offers a few tips to save gasoline,other than parking the car in the driveway and walking to the store: * If you own more than one vehicle, drive ...
Help Out
Apr 04, 2004 ... This little piggy ... Steve Bishop and Julie Burns of V-100 radio in Charleston raisednearly $3,500 for the annual Kiss a Pig fund-raising campaign,sponsored by the American Diabetes Association and Charleston GoldDome Lions Club. For their efforts, Bishop and Burns had the honor ...
Horoscope
Apr 04, 2004; ... Sunday, April 4, 2004 Your birthday today: The more you work with an intellectual type,the stronger your bond becomes. You'll find that this person willhelp bring out your best talents this year and can also help you curbyour temper. To get the advantage, check the day's ...
Arthritic cats will show discomfort
Apr 04, 2004; ... How closely have you watched your older cat move? If your catseems to be becoming encased in ultra-slow curing cement - making itmuch less mobile than before - it may have osteoarthritis. Pet Note Osteoarthritis appears more common in older cats than weveterinarians had ...
It's time to divide perennials for summer and fall
Apr 04, 2004; ... Many perennials are already up in our gardens and more areemerging every day. It may be hard, at this point, to visualize whatthose tiny little sprigs will look like when they have grown intotall plants. But if you reach into your memory bank of what plants wereoverwhelming in ...
Signs of spring are seen, heard, smelled
Apr 04, 2004; ... Swelling buds, singing birds, greening grass ... spring makes lifeworth living. Here are some more sure signs of spring to look for inthe coming weeks. Crocuses, daffodils and forsythias brighten even the dullest backyards. ... Coltsfoot blooms on roadsides - it's the bright ...
Orchestra's summer tour has several W.Va. stops
Apr 04, 2004; ... The American Wind Symphony Orchestra will tour West Virginia andPennsylvania in June and July, stopping along the Monongahela,Allegheny, Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The group travels mostly, but not exclusively, by self-propelledbarge. The barge contains a collapsible bandstand and ...
A most humble offering,: Blanchette Rockefeller's letter offers insight into the art giver's mind
Apr 04, 2004; ... WHAT does someone think about when they're giving away their arttreasures? Blanchette Rockefeller set down her thoughts in June 1969 as shecontemplated a no-strings-attached gift to a newly opened CharlestonArt Gallery at Sunrise. She wanted the works to go to a museum whereshe ...
Mountain menus,: Dining royally with W.Va.'s top chefs
Apr 04, 2004; ... "APPALACHIAN gourmet" was not a dichotomy in terms in the hands ofsuperior West Virginia chefs at Stonewall Jackson Lake Resort StatePark late last month. The First Annual Culinary Classic took traditional mountaineercuisine, usually Granny-fixed back on the farm - such as ...
Europe steps up U.S. travel deals
Apr 04, 2004; ... The continuing rise of European currencies against the dollar isprompting travel companies to roll out special terms for Americans. With the spring and summer tourist season kicking off, Europeantravel vendors are worried that the strength of the euro will put adamper on their ...
Interest in accessories has grown along with wine sales
Apr 04, 2004; ... If uncorking a bottle of wine is serious business for you, if youswirl and sniff, if you examine the color and look for "legs," you'repart of the mainstream of American wine drinkers, who are each yearbecoming more sophisticated about wine consumption. If opening a bottle of wine ...
A speedy broccoli and pasta meal
Apr 04, 2004; ... It's 6:15 a.m. and I'm folding towels fresh from the dryer. I'mpairing my son's socks that used to be white but now are varyingshades of gray. I'm trying to get ready to go to my restaurant. Inotice one of the cats has had another accident on the carpet. I'm stressed by tightly ...
Fine off the vine,: Roll your own stuffed grape leaves
Apr 04, 2004; ... WANNA learn to roll one? You do? Good. First, get your hands onsome high-quality grape leaves. (What did you think we meant? This isthe Food page, after all.) Unless you have your own vineyard, or at least a trellis full ofgrapevines, you're probably going to have to go the ...
School district tries to reverse youth pregnancy epidemic
Apr 04, 2004; ... ANTHONY, N.M. - Everything looks as it should out here among thepecan groves and fields of green chiles. The picture of idyllic rurallife. This snapshot is something of a deception. There is a bit of dirtylaundry, a secret that has grown into a public health concerninvolving the ...
Magazine memories,: Reunion group works to keep ties, history alive
Apr 04, 2004; ... WILBUR Spradling has a theory on how Charleston's Rockaway Roadgot its name. Spradling attributes the name to the fights he and other boysstarted with outsiders when growing up on Garrison Avenue in the1920s and 1930s. "The boys from Chandler's Branch would come to take the ...
W.Va. manufacturing continues to suffer
Apr 04, 2004; ... In the past four years, West Virginia has lost 8,730 manufacturingjobs. Those jobs were lost at 53 different companies in West Virginia,according to a new list compiled by the Labor Federation. Some companies, such as Dow Chemical in South Charleston or M&Gpolymers in Apple ...
If being gay is a sin, some clergy say, it's a distinctly minor one
Apr 04, 2004; ... It was clear that times have changed, as the Rev. Edward Sadie,now in his 70s, spoke Monday night about gay congregants and gaypastors. He was recalling his own decision as a 10th-grader to become apriest, and the three years of preparatory seminary, the four yearsof college ...
Politics and the links,: Pendleton golf course plan gets legislative assistance
Apr 04, 2004; ... A Pendleton County land developer hopes to build an 18-holechampionship golf course and upscale housing outside Franklin. The Highlands Golf and Sporting Club is the brainchild of RobertLocklin, active in the local Democratic Party and a former member ofPendleton County's economic ...
College students search for truth, Many discard religion, while others find it on campus
Apr 04, 2004; ... You'll see them in churches and temples, mosques and synagogues:Newly hatched college freshmen, worshipping the deities their parentstaught them to worship. More than half of college freshmen attendreligious services frequently. By junior year, though, almost half of those ...
Daylight-saving time has Ind. candidates talking
Apr 04, 2004; ... INDIANAPOLIS - The governor has given his position on the issue.So have the other two candidates seeking the state's highest office. While it isn't as pressing as other election-year topics likejobs, schools and budget deficits, the perennial question of whetherall of Indiana ...
Sharon gambling on fate of Gaza Strip
Apr 04, 2004; ... JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is taking a boldgamble in letting 200,000 members of his Likud Party have the finalsay on a plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. If Sharon wins and leads Israel out of Gaza, he could earn a placein history as one of the nation's ...
Computer program may help save lives
Apr 04, 2004; ... NORFOLK, Va. - The question is about as personal as you can get. Have you ever thought about suicide? But the interviewer is nonchalant, no matter the response. Infact, it's a computer doing the asking in a quiet corner of TheNorfolk Assessment Center. A 10-minute ...
Today's News
Apr 04, 2004 ... *** Before Toma Petre's relatives pulled his body from the grave,ripped out his heart, burned it to ashes, mixed it with water anddrank it, he hadn't been in the news much. That's often the way herein Romania with vampires. Quiet lives, active deaths ....
Oil lamps a risk for children during Passover, study says
Apr 04, 2004; ... NEW YORK - As Jewish families prepare for Passover, their toddlersface a newly discovered danger: poisoning from the lamp oil thatlights up their holy days, according to a study released this month. The risk of paraffin oil poisoning among Orthodox children in NewYork is about 370 ...
Did you wash?, Scanner to be marketed to restaurants, hospitals will tell
Apr 04, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - With just a flicker of blue light, little Johnny'smother one day may know for sure whether her son washed his handsbefore dinner. New light-scanning technology borrowed from the slaughterhousepromises to help hospital workers, restaurant employees - one day,even ...
Agencies use technology to hunt tax evaders, Some object, cite concerns over privacy
Apr 04, 2004; ... BOSTON - Tax scofflaws, beware! A pack of digital bloodhounds maybe on your trail. State revenue agencies across the nation are hunting for taxevaders with new high-tech tools: computer programs that mine anincreasing number of databases for clues on the finances of peopleand ...
'The Passion' ignites global outrage, praise
Apr 04, 2004; ... An Islamic leader says it reveals Jewish "crimes." European Jewishleaders are troubled by it. Israeli theaters don't plan to show it. "The Passion of the Christ," Mel Gibson's crucifixion epic, ismoving into cinemas around the world, and into the internationaltempests whipped up ...
Neverland Ranch used to qualify
Apr 04, 2004 ... Pop star Michael Jackson has saved more than $1 million inproperty taxes on his Neverland Ranch by claiming the California landconservation tax break, but a year ago, California officials decidedhe had developed too much of the property to qualify for it. Jackson responded by ...
Farmland tax breaks go to developers
Apr 04, 2004; ... The Associated Press found scores of examples throughout thecountry - some with "Soon To Be the Home Of" signs heralding futuremalls, industrial parks or housing developments on property receivingtax breaks intended to encourage land preservation. Millions of dollars in property ...
Fla. fair ride breaks apart, injures seven
Apr 04, 2004; ... MIAMI - An amusement ride broke open and ejected severalpassengers at a county fair, injuring seven people, including ateenage girl who was in critical condition. A piece of paneling came off "The Gravitron" while it was runninglate Friday, Miami-Dade police spokesman Juan ...
Microbes may have built mineral strings in old mine
Apr 04, 2004; ... MILWAUKEE - The bacteria in your bathroom sink may not aid inmankind's quest to understand and improve the world and universearound us. But bacteria in an abandoned iron mine in southwestern Wisconsinmight. From enabling scientists to detect whether life existed on Mars ...
Virgin may try again to launch bargain airline in United States
Apr 04, 2004; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Virgin, the British business group with stakes ineverything from music to high-speed rail, has said its planned U.S.bargain airline should be ready for takeoff in a year. And that's about all it's saying. Virgin isn't saying where the budget airline will fly or ...
Delta CEO sees changes in airline industry
Apr 04, 2004; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - Gerald Grinstein is chief executive officer ofDelta Air Lines, but when his grown son needed to fly last-minute toSeattle recently, the younger Grinstein took JetBlue. Speaking to analysts this month in New York, Grinstein said "mytraitor son" flew the competition ...
Singaporeans step out for line dancing
Apr 04, 2004; ... SINGAPORE - Every Saturday night, Chen Kuo Wei is out on the town:belting out "God blessed Texas with his own hand" and dancing in hisstraight-cut blue jeans and knee-high cowboy boots. Never mind that he's never been to Texas, or even the UnitedStates. Chen, a 55-year-old retired ...
Activists on both sides of gay-vows issue gearing up for Massachusetts elections
Apr 04, 2004; ... BOSTON - Gay-rights supporters are training activists to becomedoor-to-door campaigners. Conservatives are planning a legislativeguide for voters. Both sides already are gearing up for the fall legislativeelections as they jockey for influence in the fight over a ...
Suspect blow selves up to avoid arrest, 1 Spanish officer killed after building: surrounded
Apr 04, 2004; ... MADRID, Spain - At least three suspects in the Madrid railwaybombings blew themselves up Saturday as police prepared to stormtheir apartment. One special forces agent was killed in the explosionand 15 police officers were wounded. The blast in Leganes, a southern suburb of Madrid, ...
After U.S. visit, Africa's top Anglican denounces Episcopal Church on gays
Apr 04, 2004; ... The spokesman for bishops who claim leadership of a majority ofthe world's Anglican Christians denounced the gay-rights policies ofAmerica's Episcopal Church on Saturday, following a two-day caucus inAtlanta with U.S. conservatives. Archbishop Peter Akinola said the future of true ...
'Father of the Green: Berets' dies
Apr 04, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES - Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, a military icon called"the father of the Green Berets" for his role as the first commanderof the Army's elite Special Forces, has died. He was 101. Bank died Thursday of natural causes in an assisted-livingfacility in Dana Point, said ...
Solo sailor prepares for around-the-world race
Apr 04, 2004; ... PORTLAND, Maine - In a brick building on the waterfront that oncehoused a 19th century locomotive foundry, a 43-year-old sailingenthusiast races against the clock to get ready for what mightarguably be the 21st century's ultimate extreme sport. Bruce Schwab is preparing his ...
Number of 'green buildings' on the rise
Apr 04, 2004; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Every summer night in a basement in Menlo Park,Calif., six huge stainless-steel machines crank out ice while the BayArea sleeps. A popular restaurant? A swank hotel? No. It's the cutting edge ofenvironmentally friendly architecture. When the ice melts in ...
Bleat and eat,: Goats keep grass trimmed at Key West naval station
Apr 04, 2004; ... KEY WEST, Fla. - Bootsy the goat does what she can for hercountry. She eats grass. She sticks with the herd. She eats more grass. Bootsy lives on a very hilly 2-acre plot of land at the Naval AirStation in Key West. The tract is grassy and thick with shrubs, andbeneath the ...
Funeral service held for baby found on Shenandoah's bank
Apr 04, 2004; ... HARPERS FERRY - A newborn boy whose body was found last month in agarbage bag on the banks of the Shenandoah River was laid to restSaturday amid flowers and gifts from strangers. About 100 people attended a 30-minute funeral service at HarpersFerry Middle School for the baby, whom ...
'Day of Remembrance' held for King
Apr 04, 2004; ... ATLANTA - Christine King Farris clearly remembers a sermon thather brother, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave shortly before hisassassination 36 years ago. "It was very touching and piercing to me, so much so that I had toleave the choir loft and go outside and shed a tear," ...
U.S. closure of Shiite newspaper boosts opposition to occupation
Apr 04, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. closure of the weekly newspaper of azealously anti-American Shiite cleric has invigorated the movementand its opposition to the American-led occupation. With the United States planning to surrender political power toIraqis by the end of June, Washington ...
Modern vampire slayers
Apr 04, 2004; ... MAROTINU DE SUS, Romania - Before Toma Petre's relatives pulledhis body from the grave, ripped out his heart, burned it to ashes,mixed it with water and drank it, he hadn't been in the news much. That's often the way here with vampires. Quiet lives, activedeaths. Villagers ...
Divorced parents' military call-ups can cause extra strain
Apr 04, 2004; ... NEW YORK - While the aftermath of divorce can be difficult for anyparent, those called up from civilian life for military duty in Iraqor elsewhere often face extra headaches ranging from long-distancecustody disputes to more onerous child-support burdens. Those concerns don't ...
Hundreds join to make instant supercomputer
Apr 04, 2004; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of area technophiles Saturday wired theircomputers together in an attempt to generate computing power on a parwith the world's strongest supercomputers. The experiment organized by researchers at the University of SanFrancisco was designed to determine ...
Iraqi kids master art of begging
Apr 04, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - "Pepsi, Pepsi," the Iraqi boy implores the U.S.soldiers guarding a convoy stopped on the roadside. No Pepsi. "Baby," he says, making a popcorn-eating motion, meaning he waslittle and wanted food. No sale. Then a new tack. "Money for shoes!" he ...
Kitchen grease cooks up a whole new industry
Apr 04, 2004; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Set down that forkful of hash browns andponder, if you will, the grease log. In the sewer trade, the grease log terrorizes. It grows, formingwhite and rubbery in wastewater lines outside restaurants and beneathresidential kitchens, the cumulative ick from ...
Local Weather
Apr 04, 2004 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 60 Low 42 April 3 record high 89 set in 1934 April 3 record low 22 set in 1965 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour 0.03" Total for April 1.43" Total ...
State & regional weather
Apr 04, 2004 ... W.Va. Today - Monday: Today, cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow showers.Highs around 40. Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance ofsnow showers. Lows in the mid-20s. Monday, partly cloudy. Highs inthe upper 40s. Monday night, mostly clear. Lows in the upper ...
World weather
Apr 04, 2004 ... Amsterdam 63 48 Rain Athens 63 49 Cldy Beijing 61 34 Clr Berlin 60 39 Clr Bermuda 74 64 Rain Cairo 77 57 Clr Calgary 55 23 Clr Dublin 55 47 Rain Hong Kong 74 62 Cldy Jerusalem 66 50 Cldy London 60 44 ...