Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from May 2005:
Interpret fashion to serve your style
May 01, 2005; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail IF fashion has come to mean anything to you in your life, and ifyou have ever understood its demands, you can never again reallyrelax. And only rarely will you be comfortable. Fashion takes planning, forethought, strategy, intellect,disposable ...
Rosie O'Donnell and Andie MacDowell take a 'Bus' trip in Hallmark drama
May 01, 2005; ... Rosie O'Donnell and Andie MacDowell aren't the likeliest duo tostage a sister act. Nevertheless, they do - and quite effectively, too - in "Ridingthe Bus With My Sister," a frequently bemusing yet dramatic and truenew movie CBS airs Sunday, as the 224th Hallmark Hall of ...
The call of the road beckons
May 01, 2005; ... I WANT to go on a road trip. An unplanned, unorganized, decide-as-we-go journey. I want to stay at quirky hotels or bed and breakfasts.Want to talk to locals and find the best mom-and-pop places to eat. I want to veer off the main road many times to explore, to walkthrough cold, ...
GREENBRIER SPORTING CLUB: Sportling life; Homeowners leave no design stone unturned
May 01, 2005; ... earle@wvgazette.com WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - What makes a multimillion-dollar housedifferent than yours or mine? A media room seems to be one answer. Small theaters are in two top-of-the-line houses at the GreenbrierSporting Club. The theater in the basement of ...
Book notes
May 01, 2005 ... Trivia tomes For those who aspire to appear on "Jeopardy!," embarrass yourfriends at Trivial Pursuit, or simply enjoy interesting and little-known facts, there are four new books that may deserve a spot on yourbookshelf: * "That Book ... of Perfectly Useless Information" by ...
'Two-Dollar Bill' worth spending time with
May 01, 2005; ... Stone Barrington hated him on sight: Billy Bob Barnstormer, talland Texan, who tips with rare $2 bills. Barnstormer wants Barrington, a former cop turned attorney, torepresent him because "everybody ought to have a lawyer." And the$50,000 Barnstormer offers as a retainer is hard ...
Horoscope:
May 01, 2005; ... Sunday, May 1, 2005 Your birthday today: The work's more challenging this year and themoney's not quite flowing yet. Don't feel picked on; this is all justpart of your ongoing learning process. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Bestsellers
May 01, 2005 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books) (F-H) 2. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan) (NF-H) 3. "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston (St. Martin's ...
MONDAY BOOK TALK: 'House of Sand and Fog' traps its characters
May 01, 2005 ... The cover of the Monday Book Club's April selection, Andre Dubus'"House of Sand and Fog" is a stark depiction of a solitary house inshades of gray. And perhaps the phrase "shades of gray" is an apt way to describethe conclusion readers reached about the book at the monthly ...
the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: 'Letters' follows correspondence course
May 01, 2005; ... mondaybookclub@wvgazette.com Dear Readers, With the recent conclusion of our group's series on novels andtheir big-screen adaptations, the time has come to announce the nextphase of our literary journey forthwith. In keeping with the polishedwriting style and episodic nature ...
Pills & Ills: No evidence that CoQ10 helps Tourette's sufferers
May 01, 2005; ... Q: You wrote that CoQ10 could benefit those with Parkinson'sdisease. My 10-year-old daughter has Tourette's syndrome. Could CoQ10help with this condition? There is apparently some connection betweenTourette's and Parkinson's relating to dopamine. A: Tourette's syndrome is a ...
Make the right choice at the vending machine
May 01, 2005; ... If a vending machine is all that stands between your hunger andyou, here are some quick tips to help you make the right choice. Peanuts: Though high in fat (26 grams for 1.75 ounces), they arehigh in monounsaturated fats, which can lower cholesterol levels,plus they offer some ...
Head over heels for red shoes
May 01, 2005; ... Inside the glass museum case a single pair of glittering rubyslippers beckoned to me. The slippers Judy Garland once danced in as Dorothy in "The Wizardof Oz" are perhaps the most beloved item in the pop-culture iconssection of the National Museum of American History in ...
A toast to marital bliss, and its price tag
May 01, 2005; ... Moneysaving tips * Dont be afraid to make things yourself.Invitations, guest books and favors offer a lot of do-it-yourselfoptions. s Look for bundles. Many times if you get your cake, foodand flowers from the same place, you get a discount. * Invest in awedding planning book and guide ...
GARDENSCAPE: Coming back from the dead
May 01, 2005; ... The garden is full of surprises at this time of year. Snowstormsin the last weekend in April; hardy plants that were winter killed orrotted in wet soil that haven't come back; tender plants that weren'tsupposed to return that are emerging. I've had several surprises in my gardens ....
Help out
May 01, 2005 ... Making miracles Volunteers and donors at 3,700 Wal-Mart stores have raised morethan $300 million over the past 18 years to help Children's MiracleNetwork hospitals around the country. Since 1991, Wal-Mart and Sam'sClub stores in West Virginia and Ohio have raised more than ...
WRITE YOUR OWN COLUMN: 'You'll never become a doctor,' he said
May 01, 2005; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail I FELT impending doom in the college amphitheater filled with morethan 100 pre-med science majors, waiting for our chemistry professorto return the year's first exam. I'd started my freshman year at a California university on a fullscholarship ...
THE WILD SIDE: Whippoorwill's cry at dusk is increasingly rare
May 01, 2005; ... If you were born before 1960 and grew up near the woods, you canprobably recall the persistent, repetitive song of the whippoorwill.Memories of this name-sayer singing for hours on end between dusk anddawn are fond and indelible. If the bird perched outside your bedroomwindow, the ...
Upcoming events
May 01, 2005 ... Rose class TerraSalis in Milton will have a class at 1 p.m. today on how toselect roses for your garden. A news release from the garden centernotes that not all roses are picky, requiring constant spraying andfertilizing. Mother's Day brunch The Adaland Mansion in ...
East by Northwest: Vancouver's parkland holds Asian-inspired garden gems
May 01, 2005; ... If you go Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Garden: Located at the cornerof Carrall and Keefer streets in Vancouver. Open Tuesday-Sunday, year-round, except for Christmas Day and New Years Day. Admission is$8.25, $6.25 for seniors. Web site: www.vancouverchinesegarden.com.Nitobe Memorial Garden: ...
Light, versatile blades are gaining popularity
May 01, 2005; ... Japanese-style knives are taking the cookware market by storm. At Williams Cutlery & Gifts in San Jose, Calif., owner ThomasHuenergardt says the 7-inch santoku knives from Wusthof-Trident arenow his best seller. The best of the new knives are lighter, shorter and easier ...
DINNER TONIGHT: Spring chill demands bright flavors
May 01, 2005; ... As spring matures, I seek the jubilant flavors and brilliantcolors of Latin America. Though a warming dish of lamb stew certainlyhas its place on a brisk spring day, sometimes the very opposite ofcomfort food hits the spot more precisely. Flank steak, here rubbed with spices and ...
The Main Ingredient: Rocket science; Peppery arugula adds luck, taste to soups and salads
May 01, 2005; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com ITALIANS have been eating arugula since Roman times. So have theFrench. A mere 2,000 years later, it's catching on in the U.S. Actually, we shouldn't say "catching on." It's caught on. Anytimeyou can regularly find something in ...
30 YEARS LATER: Vietnam marks end of war
May 01, 2005; ... HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Communist Vietnam marked the 30thanniversary of the war's end with a colorful parade of floats - someemblazoned with American business logos - down the same boulevardwhere North Vietnamese tanks rolled to victory against a ...
Attacks kill at least 11 Iraqis
May 01, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents unleashed a second day of deadlybombings in Iraq's capital and beyond Saturday, staging assaults thatkilled at least 65 people over two days and appeared timed to deflatehopes in Washington and Baghdad that the installation of the nation'sfirst democratically ...
Old lures, new life
May 01, 2005 ... Huntington man recycles trout ...
Police still looking into whitley fire: Two charged in death; DEA is investigating clinic
May 01, 2005; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com IAEGER - More than a month after the death of McDowell Countypolitical leader and physician E.K. Whitley, questions remain aboutwhy he was burned to death in his Iaeger residence. "We still work on it every day," said McDowell County sheriff'sDeputy ...
UC pharmacy program closer: Byrd attends school's groundbreaking event
May 01, 2005; ... mkelly@wvgazette.com Wielding golden shovels, West Virginia politicians and Universityof Charleston leaders broke ground for the school's $10 millionpharmacy school Saturday. The event's guest speakers - including Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va. - heralded the new school as a ...
Easier climbing
May 01, 2005 ... Ladder-type rungs on a Pendleton County rock face make ...
Sunday
May 01, 2005 ... High-end housing Greenbrier Sporting Club spurs ...
Missing Ga. bride found in N.M. after case of wedding jitters
May 01, 2005; ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Distressed, out of cash and in disguise, amissing Georgia bride-to-be turned up on a seedy stretch of Route 66and told authorities Saturday she'd been abducted, then copped to thetruth - she fled the pressure of her looming wedding. Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, was ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 2005 ... Because of a reporter's error, Calhoun County Commissioner LarryMcCallister's first ...
Iran likely to resume nuke work
May 01, 2005; ... TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Saturday it is likely to resume uraniumenrichment-related activities within a week, a process it halted lastyear to build confidence in talks with European countries and avoidreferral to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Tehran's ...
West Virginia Lottery
May 01, 2005 ... Saturday, April 30, 2005 Daily 3 386 Daily 4 5346 Hot Lotto 4-7-33-37-38: 12 Ohio Lottery Night Pick 3 203 (green) Night Pick 4 8609 ...
Today's News
May 01, 2005 ... *** For the first week of their lives, the triplets were known only asA, B and C. Danielle Bimber had no names for the boys because shenever intended to be their mother. But leaving the hospital withoutthem, her job seemingly done, the surrogate mom grew uneasy. Wherewas the ...
Man, teenager charged with kidnapping woman
May 01, 2005; ... KEARNEYSVILLE - A man and a teenager allegedly kidnapped a 70-year-old Jefferson County woman in her car, stole money at gunpointand took turns sexually assaulting her before fleeing. Another motorist later foiled another robbery attempt by the samesuspects along W.Va. 480 in ...
U.S. Treasury duck hatches ducklings
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Break out the cigars. The Treasury ducklings arehatching. The brown mallard duck, which became Washington's newest touristattraction a block away from the White House, began hatching herducklings Saturday afternoon. For the curious tourists gathered around her ...
Man, sister, fiance wound 7 in Egypt attacks
May 01, 2005; ... CAIRO, Egypt - Two veiled women shot at a tour bus, and a man -the brother of one shooter and the fiance of the second - blewhimself up as he leaped off a bridge during a police chase Saturday.All three attackers died and seven people, four of them foreigners,were wounded in an apparent ...
Experts: Officer slayings unlikely to bring change
May 01, 2005; ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The headlines have been grim for lawenforcement. Over a recent six-week period, a handful of officers from RhodeIsland to Illinois had their guns taken from them after theyallegedly were overpowered by suspects or inmates. In each case, theending was deadly ....
Unpopular opposition helping war-battered Blair
May 01, 2005; ... LONDON - He's loathed by sections of his own party, has beenheckled by voters and accused of lying over the Iraq war. Yet PrimeMinister Tony Blair heads into the final days of Britain's electioncampaign leading the polls - thanks in part to alienated Labour Partystalwarts who will hold ...
Triplets on front line in surrogate custody battle: Money, social class, lifestyle are ammunition in struggle between mom, professor
May 01, 2005; ... CORRY, Pa. - For the first week of their lives, the triplets wereknown only as A, B and C. Danielle Bimber had no names for the boys because she neverintended to be their mother. But leaving the hospital without them,her job seemingly done, the surrogate mom grew ...
Patsy Ramsey battling cancer for fourth time
May 01, 2005; ... DENVER - JonBenet Ramsey's mother is undergoing outpatientchemotherapy for a fourth occurrence of ovarian cancer, the RockyMountain News reported. The newspaper reported in Saturday's editions that Patsy Ramsey isstaying at the Roswell, Ga., home of her father. "It goes ...
Nursing home to lose Medicare
May 01, 2005; ... BECKLEY - Medicare beneficiaries at a Beckley nursing home will nolonger get payments from the national health program for older anddisabled residents after deficiencies were uncovered at the facility,a Medicare official has said. Medicare officials gave public notice Thursday that ...
Extreme obesity raises death risk, study finds
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - When the fat get even fatter, their risk of deathjumps, too, especially if they have an apple-shaped waistline. So concludes a study of 90,000 women in the United States, thefirst to look closely at the alarming trend of extreme obesity, beingat least 90 pounds ...
A different Islamic radical: Labeled 'worse than Osama' in her own mosque, Muslim author fights for reform against hardliners
May 01, 2005; ... TORONTO - Irshad Manji has plenty of enemies among her fellowMuslims. Her critique of Islam is frank and fierce. She defends theinvasion of Iraq. She sympathizes with Israel. She's a lesbian anddoesn't try to hide it. "Then there is the hair," she adds, referring to the ...
Airstrike kills suspected militants, three civilians
May 01, 2005; ... KABUL, Afghanistan - Warplanes attacked a rebel camp in a Taliban-haunted province of central Afghanistan, killing three civilians,including a child, as well as four suspected militants, the U.S.military said Saturday. In another sign of instability, protesters in the western city ...
What does it all mean?: Translators try to decipher messages of terror
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - In a small, nondescript workspace in an unmarkedoffice here, a special team of linguists working for the nation's 15intelligence agencies plays catch-up in a high-stakes game of words. The assignments come into the National Virtual Translation Centerfrom the FBI, CIA ...
China's cheap instruments strike a chord: Country makes most of world's violins, pianos
May 01, 2005; ... PINGGU, China - From violins and pianos, and on to bassoons,guitars, cellos and nearly every other musical instrument, China istaking the global music market by storm. China already makes more violins and pianos than any other nationon Earth, and its production of brass, woodwind ...
Idea to track students with barcodes stirs privacy concerns
May 01, 2005; ... Suppose you are a fifth-year mechanical-engineering student atCleveland State University, paying your tuition by taking off anoccasional semester to work. Is that any business of the federal government? An idea circulating in the U.S. Department of Education and onCapitol ...
Contractor stole millions, ran wild in Iraq, suits claim
May 01, 2005; ... His career in Baghdad was brief. And it ended badly. On a blistering July afternoon, three MP5 submachine guns werepointed at Robert Isakson. The men carrying the weapons wanted hismoney and his security pass. As Isakson tells it, they also wanted his guns, leaving ...
State & regional weather
May 01, 2005 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Today, partly cloudy. Highs around 60. Tonight, partly cloudy witha 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 40.Monday, partly cloudy. Highs around 60. Monday night, partly cloudy.Lows in the upper 30s. Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, ...
World weather
May 01, 2005 ... Amsterdam 63 48 Cldy Athens 73 53 Cldy Baghdad 96 68 Clr Berlin 70 50 Rain Bermuda 72 65 Cldy Cairo 83 62 Clr Calgary 41 18 Snow Dublin 64 48 Rain Hong Kong 86 81 Rain Jerusalem 75 50 Clr London 66 55 ...
Weather data
May 01, 2005 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 62 Low 56 April 30 record high 94 set in 1942 April 30 record low 31 set in 1977 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour: ...
Iraqi town's first decision: Build strip mall
May 01, 2005; ... AWJA, Iraq - With intrigue, deal-making and a show of hands, a rowof service stations was approved recently for the outskirts of SaddamHussein's birthplace, a step hailed by U.S. forces as the town'sfirst step in the march toward democracy. First Lt. Ashley Garry, whose Army ...
U.S. weather
May 01, 2005 ... Anchorage 66 36 PCldy Atlanta 72 51 Clr Boston 57 52 Rain Charlotte, N.C. 71 53 Clr Chicago 54 36 Cldy Cincinnati 57 38 PCldy Cleveland 50 39 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 66 45 PCldy Denver 47 27 Snow Detroit 57 37 Cldy Elkins ...
Judge Joe Brown to speak May 7 at State
May 01, 2005; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com The Honorable Judge Joe Brown, the no-nonsense judge with thesyndicated courtroom television show, will speak next weekend at anopen summit meant to help men improve their lives. Brown will be the keynote speaker for the "Men to Men Summit: Am Imy ...
A bandit by any other name ...
May 01, 2005; ... THE CHARLESTON area has experienced its share of bandits withcolorful nicknames over the years. Named for the headgear he wore when he commuted in from Ohio torob eight West Virginia banks and businesses with a toy gun, the BallCap Bandit made a name for himself in the Charleston ...
Hasil Adkins mourner: Family, friends, performers remember rockabilly legend
May 01, 2005; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com DANVILLE - His straw cowboy hat perched atop a slate-gray coffinthat matched the leaden Boone County skies overhead, backwoods musiclegend Hasil Adkins made his last public appearance here Saturday ashe was rolled out of Handley Funeral home and lifted ...
SANDY ON SUNDAY: Pritt Tire and Trailer at home on Campbells Creek
May 01, 2005; ... ALL THAT'S missing is the pot-bellied stove. "The insurancecompany don't allow it or we'd have one," Darrell Pritt said. He's the owner of Pritt's Tire and Trailer Service on CampbellsCreek Drive, a funky, folksy, old-fashioned place where yarns arespun, chaws are chewed, tires ...
Trump to ask GOP leaders to replace Warner
May 01, 2005; ... House Minority Leader Charles Trump plans to send a letter tomembers of the Republican State Executive Committee this week, urgingthem to install new leadership for the state's GOP party. "We need to end this chapter and move forward," Trump, R-Morgan,said in a news release issued ...
'You just look at the rocks and go where they tell you': Step by step
May 01, 2005; ... jginsberg@wvgazette.com JUDY GAP - Two parallel rocks shaped like bread popping out of atoaster jut out of the earth in Pendleton County. U.S. Army soldiersscaled these rock walls to train for World War II. Seasonedrecreational rock climbers have scouted out routes up the crag for ...
Area projects get $135,000 in grants from funding pool
May 01, 2005; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com Eleven philanthropic groups and two businesses have pooled moneyto fund nearly $135,000 in local economic, environmental and humanservices projects. The grants, none larger than $10,000, go to 16 projects in Kanawhaand Putnam counties. One grant will ...
The Way It Was: Eleanor Roosevelt; By Richard Andre
May 01, 2005 ... Sept. 3, 1940, was a historic day for the capital city as FranklinD. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited, ostensibly tohelp inaugurate Kanawha Boulevard but more likely to campaign for re-election against opponent Wendell Wilkie. The president, who was at the height ...
Obituaries: Obit
May 01, 2005 ... Funerals Today Allen, Jane E. 2 p.m., Cornerstone FreewillBaptist Church, Crab Orchard. DeWitt, Sandra J. 6 p.m., Lowe HanksFuneral Home, Hialeah, Fla.. Dixon, Lessie A. 2 p.m., Long & FisherFuneral Home, Sissonville. Franck, Margie K. 3 p.m., Oak HIll GospelTabernacle, Oak Hill ....
West African chief calls for national unity in volatile Togo
May 01, 2005; ... LOME, Togo - The visiting chairman of a powerful West Africanregional bloc appealed Saturday for calm in Togo, urging the volatilenation's leaders to form a national unity government to resolve aviolent presidential-succession crisis. At least 22 people were killed nationwide this ...