Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from September 2004:
GPS to locate cheap gasoline
Sep 05, 2004 ... The Orange County Register SANTA ANA, Calif. - Tracking down a gas station - especially acheap one - while running on fumes can be a scramble. But soon hunting for a bargain at the pump will be as easy asflipping open your cell phone. Televigation, a Sunnyvale, Calif., ...
British Royal Mint will issue five new coins to mark anniversary of D- Day, Normandy invasion
Sep 05, 2004; ... The 60th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, isbeing marked by five new coins issued by the British Royal Mint forthe Channel Islands. The landing forces sailed near the Channel Islands on their way toopening the final stages of the war in Europe. The new ...
An artists life, He carved out one career on stage while earning acclaim on canvas
Sep 05, 2004; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com FOR years, Richard Kidwell Miller earned his living as an actor,including stints on Broadway. But he never stopped thinking ofhimself as a painter. That's a good thing, since nowadays, at age 74, he is among ahandful of nationally acclaimed artists ...
Smell The Coffee
Sep 05, 2004; ... 'You look great! ... For your age' WHEN the teenager and her boyfriend walked into the Morgantownrestaurant where my fiance and I were having lunch, I stoppedspeaking midsentence. Geoff turned to see what force had frozen myrapidly running spigot of words. "What is it?" he ...
An artist's life
Sep 05, 2004 ... Artist set to speak Richard Kidwell Miller will speak at the Cultural Center at 7 p.m.Oct. 1 about his early years and artistic development in WestVirginia, and about the man he studied with at the Fairmont ArtCenter. This event is a fund-raiser for the West Virginia ...
A native looks: at attachment; to Appalachia
Sep 05, 2004; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com IN 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took hundreds andhundreds of acres around Bulltown to create Burnsville Lake. To stateand federal officials, it was a development opportunity designed tolure tourists to the Mountain State. But to author and ...
Living history, Lewisburg home spans nearly 200 years
Sep 05, 2004; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com LEWISBURG - There's a new museum opening in a very old home inthis Greenbrier County town, already one of the state's mostsignificant historic sites. Susan Church, executive director of the Greenbrier HistoricalSociety, said the North House Museum on ...
Hope for the new season rests on a few good shows
Sep 05, 2004; ... New York Daily News The most important question about each new TV season isqualitative: Is 2004-05 going to be a good year, a bumper crop, awonderful vintage? Not at first. If there's hope, it rests on a few new showsarriving this fall, a few more replacements due to arrive ...
Top 10 videos/music
Sep 05, 2004; ... Videos Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appearin next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted withpermission: VHS rentals 1. "Taking Lives," Warner Home Video. 2. "Godsend," Lions Gate Home Entertainment. 3. "Hidalgo," ...
Hair today, hair tomorrow
Sep 05, 2004; ... For the Sunday gazette-Mail THE day I was able to buy an Armani suit was a big event. Irealized it would probably be the first and the last such indulgence,so I chose a black-on-black pinstripe, a traditional lawyerlike suitthat would never go out of style. I just looked at ...
Horoscope
Sep 05, 2004 ... Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004 Your birthday today: The farther you venture, the more you learn,and the more certain is your rise. You'll get the chance to assumemore authority this year, so be prepared. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Monday book talk 'The Eyre Affair'
Sep 05, 2004; ... sundaybookclub@wvgazette.com On the surface, Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair" is pure fantasy,a futuristic adventure full of nifty literary allusions. Undoubtedly,Monday's Book Talk will touch on some of the lighter elements of thebook. But discussion leader Carol Campbell plans ...
Matchmaking classic 'Emma' is up next
Sep 05, 2004; ... sundaybookclub@wvgazette.com In the 1995 film "Clueless," moviegoers saw the adorable andslightly obnoxious Cher (played by Alicia Silverstone) flit aroundher father's luxurious Beverly Hills mansion, make over a frumpyclassmate, and engage in various matchmaking plans that ...
Best sellers
Sep 05, 2004 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "Unfit for Command" by John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi (NF-H) 2. "The 9/11 Commission Report" (NF-P) 3. "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown (F-P) 4. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" ...
A piece of power, Chess queen's ascent to domination reflected a changing world
Sep 05, 2004; ... Knight Ridder Newspapers ONLY a few decades ago, newspaper features sections were full ofwhat came to be known as "first woman" articles: "first womansteelworker" or "first woman coal miner" or "first woman brainsurgeon." Women have progressed to the point that we pretty much ...
Hickory horned devil looks like backyard monster
Sep 05, 2004; ... If reader response is any indication, it seems to be a good yearfor hickory horned devils. In the last week I've received dailyletters and phone calls about this ferocious-looking backyardmonster. Its looks, however, are deceiving; it's harmless. The hickory horned devil is the ...
Antiques Q&A
Sep 05, 2004; ... Knight Ridder Newspapers What does this serve? Q. Enclosed is a picture of a cup, a saucer from a set of five,and a pot. I would like to know if it is a teapot, a coffeepot or acocoa pot. I got it from my grandmother who passed in 1929, so I knowit is at least 75 years old ....
Flower arranger offers artful tips
Sep 05, 2004 ... Knight Ridder Newspapers "Don't just think of ferns when you're looking for greenery," sayshorticulturalist Doug Croft of a staff horticulturalist atChanticleer in Wayne, N.J. He tells classes on flower arranging that he teaches to considerholly, azalea, yew, helleborus, ...
House of a different color, Some homeowners seek to break out of the bland palette
Sep 05, 2004; ... Knight Ridder Newspapers TIRED of living in a gray house among dozens of other gray houses,Debra Cullom painted her family's Leawood, Kan., home pink. "We're fun, friendly and loving people, and we wanted our house toshow that," she says. "It was pretty boring and bland ...
Overweight kids believe they'll fail, but they don't have to
Sep 05, 2004 ... Dear Cindy, I am writing to you about my son. He is 9 years old andoverweight. I have suggested to him to get involved in sports, buthis size makes it practically impossible to compete with anyone. Sohe continues to do nothing. He doesn't want to walk with me - he saysit is ...
Fairs & Fests
Sep 05, 2004 ... Elsewhere Kentucky The event: The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Sept. 15-19 inBardstown, Ky., just south of Louisville. Details: The festival celebrates the history and art of makingKentucky bourbon in the town of Bardstown, which has been making thedrink since 1776 (it ...
What conditions help true-blue bloomer thrive?
Sep 05, 2004; ... Even though it was a family weekend trip to the Eastern Panhandleof West Virginia and the border towns of Maryland, I was hoping tocatch a glimpse of some gardens. Glimpse was all I got to do. I sawsome beautiful marigolds, zinnias, dahlias and roses in bloom, butnot much else ....
Vines not fine, Aggressive climbers run wild
Sep 05, 2004; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com TALK about a good thing gone bad. Honeysuckle vines make abeautiful and aromatic bloom in May. They re-bloom in a smaller wayoff and on through the season. There's only one problem with this beauty: Honeysuckle won't stayput. Vines don't eat ...
Banska Bystrica revisited, A former Soviet territory finds new life in European Union
Sep 05, 2004; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail "YOU know, you just don't wake up in the morning and say, 'I thinkI'd like to go to Slovakia.' Maybe France, maybe Mexico. But notSlovakia." This was my daughter-in-law's response when offered the chance tovisit us in Banska Bystrica in 1997 ....
Baby talk, Tips to avoid making too many goo-goo boo-boos
Sep 05, 2004; ... Knight Ridder Newspapers LITTLE Alec Larson of Oakdale, Minn., is but 2 weeks old, and hehas already cost his parents $2,000. That's just for the initial infant gear - crib, car seat,stroller, bottles, bedding and the like. New parents Stacey and AdamLarson can plan on many ...
Museum gets big print, Helen Thalheimer gives Juliet Museum of Art 'an exciting work'
Sep 05, 2004; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com HELEN Thalheimer has given another work of modern art to theAvampato Discovery Museum's Juliet Museum of Art. She made the giftthrough her Helen and Albert Thalheimer Fund, which she and her latehusband began in 1983 for the sole purpose of buying art for ...
Cozumel serves real Mexican
Sep 05, 2004; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail When we moved here, there were a few Mexican restaurants thatoffered cheese enchiladas smothered in warmed-up Hunt's tomato sauce,straight from the little red can. Dreadful. Now we have Mexican restaurants in every well-populated town.These places ...
West Virginia notes
Sep 05, 2004 ... Symphonic regatta The musical lineup for the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta continuestoday with the Lincoln Brass Quintet and West Virginia Symphony withLiz Nichols at 6 p.m. on stage on Kanawha Boulevard at HaddadRiverfront Park. Free. Musical politics Here is the ...
Cannellini: Now that's Italian ... sort of
Sep 05, 2004; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com THE Italians are famous for adopting an ingredient and elevatingit to an art form. Think tomatoes and zucchini - both products of theNew World, but now decidedly Italian. Add cannellini beans to that list. Cannellini are native ...
Just mash it all together, and you have pesto, right?
Sep 05, 2004; ... flipside@wvgazette.com MY co-worker Bob Schwarz cultivates a glorious garden at the SouthHills home he shares with his lovely wife, Karen. The front yard in particular testifies to Bob's ability to growjust about anything. Passers-by might think it an unkempt mess ofweeds, ...
This is what its all about, Festivalgoers brave heat to enjoy: old and new Regatta events
Sep 05, 2004; ... jamiehenline@wvgazette.com Heath Hudgins had big plans for Saturday afternoon. He planned totease his parents mercilessly. Hudgins, a 12-year-old from Chapel Hill, N.C., beat both hisparents, Hope and Terry Hudgins, in the 1.5-mile Regatta River Swim,one of the many events ...
Objection filed against state firm's TV stations
Sep 05, 2004; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Three executives of West Virginia Radio Corp. have filed aninformal objection to license renewals by West Virginia MediaHolding's four television stations in the state. John Raese, Bob Gwynne and Dale Miller told the FederalCommunications Commission ...
Schools grappling with special-ed student standards, Only one had test scores that met 'No Child Left Behind' standards
Sep 05, 2004; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Talk about tough education standards. Only one out of 136 West Virginia schools had special educationstudent test scores that passed federal standards under the No ChildLeft Behind Act this year. Teachers, principals and state education leaders ...
Plodding but potent Hurricane Frances arrives in Florida, A slow- motion assault
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Massive Hurricane Frances trudged toward landwith 105 mph wind and pelting rain late Saturday, knocking out powerto 2 million people and forcing Floridians to endure a frighteningnight amid roaring gales that shredded roofs and uprooted ...
Death toll near 350 at Russian school
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press BESLAN, Russia - A visibly shaken President Vladimir Putin made arare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face ofan "all-out war" by Islamic terrorists after more than 340 people -nearly half of them children - were killed in a ...
U.S. moves closer to capture of bin Laden, official says
Sep 05, 2004; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The United States and its allies have movedcloser to capturing Osama bin Laden in the last two months, a topU.S. counterterrorism official said in a television interviewbroadcast Saturday. "If he has a watch, he should be looking at it, because the clockis ...
Iran to extract its own uranium in early 2006
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press SAGHAND, Iran - Iran will begin extracting uranium from deep underits central desert in less than two years, an official told TheAssociated Press on Saturday during an unprecedented tour of thecountry's uranium mine. Iran maintains that its nuclear ...
Today's News
Sep 05, 2004 ... Four terminals at Los Angeles International Airport were shut downfor about three hours Saturday after a passenger bypassed security atone terminal and two flashlight batteries exploded during screeningat another, authorities said. Several people suffered minor injuriesfrom the battery ...
And your little dog, too, More and more, Americans are buying drugs for their pets in Canada to save money
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - What's good for the rest of the family may be goodfor Pepper, Taz, Crash and Lady Crash. They are the four tail-wagging companions of Terri Walker andRandy Harrill of Irving, Texas. Using their cost-saving skills assmall business owners, ...
Abu Ghraib general cites conspiracy, Top commanders have left her to blame for prison abuses, Karpinski says
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Army general who once ran detention operationsin Iraq said a "conspiracy" among top U.S. commanders has left her toblame for the abuses of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who commanded the Army's ...
Suicide bomber at Iraqi police station kills 20, wounds 36
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Saturdayoutside an Iraqi police academy as hundreds of trainees and civilianswere leaving for the day, killing 20 people and wounding 36 others inthe latest attack designed to thwart U.S.-backed efforts to ...
Slain counselors remembered for their faith, love of nature
Sep 05, 2004; ... COSHOCTON, Ohio - Two Christian camp counselors killed on aCalifornia beach were remembered Saturday by family and friends fortheir love of God and nature. "I learned how to make God real in my life every day though her,"fellow camp counselor Carrie Zeager said of Lindsay ...
Teresa Heinz Kerry treated at hospital for stomach pains
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press MASON CITY, Iowa - Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democraticpresidential candidate John Kerry, was taken to a hospital here lateSaturday after complaining of an upset stomach, a spokeswoman said. She was taken to Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa by ...
Most workers satisfied with their jobs, poll finds
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Like a majority of Americans, nurse Peggy Brananfeels her job is satisfying and that she is paid fairly. Many workersexpress concern about job stress, retirement benefits and healthcare, according to an Associated Press poll, but Branan is not one ...
Tennessee man sets record dive
Sep 05, 2004; ... HAMPTON, Tenn. - A Tennessee man beat his own record for stayingunderwater with scuba gear after five days in a lake - complete withrecliner, a checkerboard, music and good friends to keep him company. Then Jerry Hall cheerfully signed a pledge to his wife never to doit ...
'Hounds' dash around, looking for clues, beer
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press MONROEVILLE, Pa. - In a shopping center parking lot, the Duke ofHurl shakes a handful of peach-colored flour onto the ground,creating a dot, an X, an F, an arrow and a B. He explains their meaning for the three-dozen runners - "hounds" -gathered for the ...
No Child Left Behind may leave Texas behind
Sep 05, 2004; ... AUSTIN, Texas - The U.S. Department of Education might withhold asmuch as $7 million from President Bush's home state for failing totell parents whether schools performed up to standards under the NoChild Left Behind Act. Parents won't be able to request transfers to move their ...
Bruisin' cruisin': Tourist towns demanding docking fee
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press MEXICO CITY - A revolt is growing in the Caribbean overincreasingly massive cruise ships disgorging thousands of passengerswho swamp beach towns, buy perhaps a soda and a few trinkets, and re-embark a few hours later. Mexico's government is considering ...
Egypt won't allow tests seeking pyramid room
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt - A pair of French Egyptologists who suspect theyhave found a previously unknown chamber in the Great Pyramid urgedEgypt's antiquities chief to reconsider letting them test theirtheory by drilling new holes in the 4,600-year-old ...
Funeral Parade winners announced
Sep 05, 2004 ... Saturday's Funeral Parade was as good as ever, but some peoplewere outstanding, according to the judges. The following people were singled out in the seven categories forparade participants, according to Charleston Sternwheel Regatta Host,T. J. King. For best hat: Bruce ...
Streets barren as Frances looms
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - "Open, drink specials" read the spray-paintedsign on the plywood covering Ted's Hideaway, but only die-hard localswere taking advantage at the normally popular South Beach wateringhole Saturday. The song on the jukebox was appropriate ...
Tragedy sparks rare self-criticism among Muslims
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt - Ghastly images of dead, wounded and traumatizedRussian schoolchildren being carried from the scene of a terroristsiege of a school horrified Arabs, prompting forthright self-criticism Saturday and fresh concern about an international ...
Bush's electoral vote lead increases
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press WASHINGTON - In a seesaw campaign, President Bush has opened alead over John Kerry in their drive to White House victory by makinggains in the Midwest and solidifying his Southern base. The race is spread over 19 states, with the fiercest competitionin ...
Kerry, Bush wrangle in Ohio over economy, jobs
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press AKRON, Ohio - President Bush and John Kerry battled over theeconomy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercelycontested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge forthe Republican in the White House. "They promised to create 6 ...
Politics mires Palestinian housing oasis
Sep 05, 2004; ... Knight Ridder Newspapers SHEIK ZAYED TOWNSHIP, Gaza Strip - Kayed Hammad's dream of livingin this community of limestone and marble facades, with itslandscaped courtyards, is fading in the face of corruption and Arabdisaffection with the government of Palestinian leader Yasser ...
For many fallen soldiers, 9/11 was a call to serve
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press The day the horror of terrorism struck home was supposed to be acelebration for Michael Williams: It was his 44th birthday. His wife had the chicken wings and pizza and cake, and so they atethem that night of Sept. 11, 2001 - while on their ...
As boomers mature, ageism becomes hot topic
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Associated Press NEW YORK - Greeting-card and novelty companies call them "Over theHill" products: the 50th Birthday Coffin Gift Boxes featuring prunejuice and anti-aging soap; the "Old Coot" and "Old Biddy" bobbleheaddolls; the birthday cards mocking the mobility, intellect ...
Index quantifies buzzwords
Sep 05, 2004; ... Knight Ridder Newspapers WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Girlie-men. Flip-floppers. Liars, bothPresident Bush and challenger John Kerry. Blue states. Red states.Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11." Vulgarity among politicians. Politically charged phrases and themes such as these spread ...
Intelligence agencies need overhaul, many say
Sep 05, 2004; ... St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS - The news: President Bush on Friday gave more power tothe CIA chief, in effect making him the national intelligencedirector. The analysis: Some point to the restructuring of the DefenseDepartment after World War II as an example of what ...
As power companies gave to Bush, regulations eased
Sep 05, 2004; ... The Dallas Morning News NEW YORK - In the business of politics, utility executive DwightEvans has been very good for George W. Bush. And vice versa. Evans is executive vice president of the Southern Co., an Atlanta-based power company that was battling regulators and facing a ...
Weather data
Sep 05, 2004 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 86 Low 64 Sept. 4 record high 100 set in 1925 Sept. 4 record low 44 set in 1997 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour: ...
Weather
Sep 05, 2004 ... State & regional weather W.Va. Today - Monday Today, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-80s. Tonight, mostly clear.Lows in the mid-60s. Monday, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-80s.Monday night, partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Lowsin the mid-60s. Boone, ...
Weather
Sep 05, 2004 ... World weather Amsterdam 78 62 Clr Athens 91 76 Clr Beijing 84 60 Cldy Berlin 80 55 Clr Bermuda 86 77 Cldy Cairo 94 75 Clr Calgary 58 43 Cldy Dublin 71 62 Cldy Hong Kong 91 82 Cldy Jerusalem 93 66 ...
Weather
Sep 05, 2004 ... U.S. weather Anchorage 60 40 Cldy Atlanta 86 70 PCldy Boston 85 55 PCldy Charlotte, N.C. 84 66 Cldy Chicago 84 67 PCldy Cincinnati 84 65 PCldy Cleveland 82 64 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 90 72 PCldy Denver 68 47 ...
Mountaintop minding, Ecologist leads effort to rescue plants on mining, logging sites
Sep 05, 2004; ... tara@wvgazette.com ARTIE - Unfortunately for goldenseal, it likes to grow where coaland timber do. It was unfortunate for Dean Myles, too. His job as an intern withthe U.S. Department of Agriculture was to find patches of the elusivemedicinal herb in Southern West Virginia ...