Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from July 2005:
Transactions
Jul 03, 2005 ... BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Purchased the contract of LHP Tim Byrdak fromOttawa of the IL. BOSTON RED SOX-Plaed RHP Matt Mantei on the 15-day DL. RecalledLHP Abe Alvarez from Pawtucket of the IL. TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Placed INF Eric Munson on the ...
The Beach Boys help celebrate Independence Day on PBS special
Jul 03, 2005; ... For one of the nation's top party bands, what better gig is therethan one of the nation's top parties? This year, the Beach Boys' endless summer involves an IndependenceDay celebration the entire country can join in. The award-winninggroup that has long defined California sun and ...
Where did surprise visitors come from?
Jul 03, 2005; ... WHILE chatting with my friend Fran by e-mail recently, I asked howthe trip to her nephew's high school graduation in New Jersey hadgone. Fran's kinda like me in that her life is so packed with bizarreincidents that there's no shortage of odd stories. But this latestfrom her was my ...
Coax small kids back into car seats
Jul 03, 2005; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Kylee Banfield knew she was a big girl because she didn't have toride in her car seat any more. But this week, the 5-year-old Calhoun County youth will have to goback in. On Wednesday, a new state law goes into effect requiring allchildren under age ...
Even without an established trail, hikers can follow pioneer's footsteps
Jul 03, 2005; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail Two hundred fifty years ago, a terrified and starving young womanwalked through West Virginia, following the Ohio, Kanawha and Newrivers. She was fleeing her Shawnee captors, trying to find her wayhome to Drapers Meadow, near present-day Blacksburg, Va ....
Garden salad: Cabbage and foxglove mix in fruitful urban garden
Jul 03, 2005; ... julier@wvgazette.com DIVINE intervention isn't something you can measure, but it seemsto have a hand in Susan Churchill's garden. Pink hollyhocks tower over curlicued pea vines in her VirginiaStreet front yard, where lush rows of pearly green and purplecabbages and ...
Bestsellers
Jul 03, 2005 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "Eleven on Top" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) (F-H) 2. "1776" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H) 3. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares(Delacorte) (F-P) ...
Horoscope:
Jul 03, 2005; ... Sunday, July 3, 2005 Your birthday today: You'll have a lot of good ideas this yearabout improvements you could make. Get over your shyness. Do thehomework, present your proposal, and make a difference. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the ...
MONDAY BOOK CLUB: Readers say character missed chances to change
Jul 03, 2005 ... The Monday Book Talk discussion of Mylene Dressler's "The DeadwoodBeetle" ranged far afield, covering multiple aspects of the issuesdealt with in the book. Indeed, the discussion was much like thebook, uncovering subtleties of position and nuances of opinion in theparticipants ....
The MONDAY BOOKCLUB: 'Einstein's Dreams' reimagines time
Jul 03, 2005; ... Upcoming selections Einsteins Dreams wraps up the Monday BookClubs three-book series on science in fiction. Next up, the book clubwill read four books that deal with coming-of-age themes: August: TheCatcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger September: Child of My Heart byAlice McDermott ...
'Velocity' puts its hero in death-or-death situations
Jul 03, 2005; ... Billy Wiles leads a quiet, ordinary life, working as a bartenderin the local tavern. His philosophy: Stay low, stay quiet, keep itsimple, don't expect much, enjoy what you have. All that changes when Wiles finds a note under the windshieldwiper of his sport utility vehicle. So ...
Marriage education can start even before first date
Jul 03, 2005; ... You can spend thousands of dollars these days on matchmakingservices to help you find a mate. After that's taken care of, you canspend tens of thousands of dollars on marriage counseling to helpkeep the relationship working. Now into our self-help obsessed culture comes another ...
Escape artists: Harry Potter, Batman and Harvey Pekar are leading the charge from reality
Jul 03, 2005; ... NEWS flash: Books are fun again. Last year, with a presidentialelection looming, summer and fall books were dominated by nationalpolitics. The year before that, it was the war in Iraq. The yearbefore that, it was the grim aftermath of terrorism. This year, publishers are dreaming ...
Wedding requests of cash catch on slowly
Jul 03, 2005; ... NEW YORK - People RSVP-ing to weddings this summer should not besurprised if they're asked how they want to pay: check or charge? Engaged couples are tossing traditional registries faster thanbouquets, asking for cash instead of Cuisinarts. Some lovebirds setup money registries, ...
HELP OUT
Jul 03, 2005 ... Help with housing Volunteers with church groups from Pennsylvania, Indiana andMaryland have been working in Fayette County to help the SouthernAppalachian Labor School fix up several homes. Volunteers were in thecounty last week and will return this week and July 17-24. CEO ...
Budget cruises aim at port-hoppers
Jul 03, 2005; ... Last month, easyCruise launched its first no-frills vessel. Andthat really means "no frills." Although the new line plies the waters of the tres-chic French andItalian rivieras, it redefines the meaning of budget cruising. The brainchild of Stelios Hajiloannou, founder of ...
America's kind of town: Despite its flaws, Branson is worth another look
Jul 03, 2005; ... If you go Getting there: American, United and US Airways flynonstops into Springfield-Branson Regional Airport, about 50 minutesaway; recent fare quote: $357. All-inclusive motor-coach vacationsare a popular Branson option; see your travel agent. Staying there:Just about every motel ...
Pills & Ills: Evidence shows cinnamon may decrease cholesterol
Jul 03, 2005; ... Q: I read with interest your column on policosanol for highcholesterol. I've also heard that cinnamon lowers cholesterol. Ifthis is true could you provide some details? A: There is promising evidence that cinnamon spice can push downblood levels of both cholesterol and sugar ...
You with the Twinkie! Get control of your body
Jul 03, 2005; ... A funny thing about owner's manuals: Whether they're for our cars,computers, appliances, DVD players or anything else, most of usrarely look at them, consulting them only when something breaks down.And even then, it's often hard to understand from the text what wentwrong. So we give up ...
Butterfly beacon: Orange weed brightens landscape, feeds monarchs
Jul 03, 2005; ... I WAS driving to give a garden seminar a few days ago and wasamazed at the iridescent orange along the roadside. There's no missing this bright orange whether you are driving inthe country or some busier thoroughfare. It also will be noticed bythe monarch butterfly. The plant is ...
GARDENSCAPE: Prune and sterilize to fight fire blight
Jul 03, 2005; ... As I write this, my garden is dry as a bone, and I am watering,watering, watering. Since we live in the country and have a well withfluctuating pressure, we don't have an irrigation system in place. SoI'm emptying the rain barrels and dragging the hoses to keep myplants alive ....
Dogs...Diets...Dating: Chafing under scrutiny, Sadie was not a happy camper
Jul 03, 2005; ... WHEN my nephew was expelled from day care for a week because hebit another kid, I didn't understand all the hoopla and had nosympathy for my sister-in-law's child-care dilemma. Then I received acall from my dog's camp while in Pittsburgh on business. I looked atthe caller ID on the ...
THE WILD SIDE: Researcher proud to be known as 'island snake lady'
Jul 03, 2005; ... Not many young women would take pride in being called "the islandsnake lady." But Kristin Stanford does. Based at Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory on GibraltarIsland in Lake Erie, Stanford acquired the nickname shortly afterbeginning a research project on the endangered ...
DINNER TONIGHT: Wrap up dinner in no time
Jul 03, 2005; ... The en papillote method of cooking might sound fancy andintimidating, but it's as simple as wrapping in parchment paper andcooking. Instead of parchment paper, which can be tricky for first-time users, we're using foil for these salmon and veggie packets. This dish is easily ...
TEST KITCHEN: Make the best use of grilling skewers
Jul 03, 2005; ... Skewered delicacies are a big part of summer menus. Here is somehelp for using skewers. One favorite tip from the test kitchen: Welike to double the stability of ingredients such as shrimp byinserting two skewers instead of one. Double skewers help guaranteeeven grilling and easier ...
The Main Ingredient: Beyond the clover; Different flowers produce distinctive flavors and colors of honey
Jul 03, 2005; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com POET Mary Oliver called honey "the soft essence of vanishedflowers." To British food writer Hattie Ellis, it is "a sweet,fragrant river from a million tributaries." Romantically, lyrically - those are the best ways to describe ...
Sheriffs doing better with FOIA responses
Jul 03, 2005; ... How well do local officials comply with the spirit and letter ofWest Virginia's Freedom of Information Act? In an effort to answerthat question, representatives from Associated Press member newsorganizations visited four agencies in 51 of the 55 counties todetermine if public records ...
Blasts in Kosovo target U.N., European aid
Jul 03, 2005; ... PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro - At least three blasts rocked thecenter of Kosovo's capital on Saturday, and one targeted the U.N.mission headquarters. An Associated Press reporter saw at least three U.N. vehicles setablaze in the parking lot of the U.N. mission headquarters ...
DuPont lawyer edited DEP's C8 releases
Jul 03, 2005; ... kward@wvgazette.com In early March 2002, state environmental regulators planned towarn Wood County residents that the toxic chemical C8 was spreadingacross the area through air emissions from DuPont Co.'s Parkersburgplant. "It is increasingly likely that the chemical is ...
Army Reserve numbers strong in Southern, W.Va.
Jul 03, 2005; ... tara@wvgazette.com The U.S. Army recruiting battalion based in Beckley actuallyexceeded the number of reservists it was supposed to sign up in May,even as Reserve recruiters nationwide struggled in the face of theprotracted war in Iraq, meeting just 82 percent of their ...
I Want YOU: Bush education act puts students' names in U.S. military's hands
Jul 03, 2005; ... To opt out People can opt out of the lists given to militaryrecruiters by simply sending a letter: s Pentagon list: Thisnationwide database, currently with 12 million names, includes highschool and college students, men 18-25 registered with SelectiveService, and others. You can request ...
On the riverfront
Jul 03, 2005; ... ABOVE: People and boats are drawn to the levee in Charleston onSaturday as part of Fourth of July weekend celebrations. RIGHT: Members of the St. Albans High School football team ...
Joe's new car
Jul 03, 2005 ... Governor gets ...
It's Civil War again
Jul 03, 2005 ... Students get taste of the War Between the States ...
Venus in ascent
Jul 03, 2005 ... Venus Williams beats Lindsay ...
Missing girl found; brother feared dead: Children were abducted from home where adults were bludgeoned; registered sex offender arrested
Jul 03, 2005; ... COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - More than six weeks after she disappearedfrom a home where family members were bludgeoned to death, an 8-year-old girl was found safe Saturday, sharing a meal with a registeredsex offender at a Denny's restaurant in her hometown. Shasta Groene was being ...
West Virginia Lottery
Jul 03, 2005 ... Saturday, July 2, 2005 Daily 3 044 Daily 4 7607 Hot Lotto 1-8-15-26-30: 7 Night Pick 3 187 Night Pick 4 5433 Day Pick 3 ...
Today's News
Jul 03, 2005 ... *** Paul Briones thought he had done everything right to relaunch hiscareer in the civilian work force. After serving five years in theArmy as a radio operator and GPS tracking specialist, the 26-year-old had become an expert in his field and banked on his militaryexperience to ...
Other countries knock on G-8's door
Jul 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - The exclusive club of world leaders, known as theGroup of Eight, has an identity crisis. It often is described as acollection of the richest countries or largest industrialdemocracies. It is neither. The partnership is under pressure to open the door to new ...
Burnout protects Arizona community
Jul 03, 2005; ... PHOENIX - Using fire to fight fire, crews said Saturday they hadmanaged to protect a community that was in the path of the mammothwildfire spreading through dry brush and grass in rugged centralArizona. Thanks to successful burnout operations along the southwest flankof the Cave ...
Thousands march in poverty protest
Jul 03, 2005; ... EDINBURGH, Scotland - More than 200,000 anti-poverty campaignersformed a human chain around Scotland's capital on Saturday, echoingthe musical call of the Live 8 concerts that the world's wealthiestnations act to lift Africa out of misery. The "Make Poverty History" march launched ...
Live 8 rocks globe for Africa
Jul 03, 2005; ... LONDON - Hundreds of the world's top performers and more than 1million fans united for 10 free concerts across the globe aimed atfighting African poverty. Twenty years after a scruffy one-hit wonder first demonstrated hisgift for lofty dreams and grandiose statements, Bob Geldof ...
Bush faces pivotal choices in selecting Supreme Court nominee
Jul 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush could rein the court to the right bynominating a bedrock conservative to replace the retiring JusticeSandra Day O'Connor. He could make history - and perhaps pick up votes for the GOP - bynaming the first Hispanic to the court. Or he could choose a ...
Time turns over documents to court
Jul 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Time magazine and New York Times reporters, held incontempt for refusing to name sources, tried Friday to stay out ofjail by arguing for home detention instead after Time Inc.surrendered its reporter's notes to a prosecutor. Producing the documents makes it ...
Smuggler pipelines transport illegal immigrants into U.S.
Jul 03, 2005; ... TIJUANA, Mexico - The men flocked to the cafe under the sign withthe cedar tree, symbol of their Mideast home. In this alien borderland, it was the beacon that led to an Arab "brother" who would helpthem complete their journey from Lebanon into America. They would come to find ...
6 dead in Turkish train derailments
Jul 03, 2005; ... ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish guerrillas set off bombs Saturday ineastern Turkey, derailing two trains and killing six soldiers,officials said. The second train was bombed as it rushed to help thefirst. The attacks came a day after a suicide bomber was shot to deathnear the Justice ...
Raleigh native confirmed dead in Afghan crash
Jul 03, 2005; ... BECKLEY - A Navy SEAL who grew up in Raleigh County has beenconfirmed dead in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, his stepfathersaid. The family of Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Taylor, 30, got thenews from the U.S. Navy early Friday afternoon, according to JimBowman. Taylor ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq
Jul 03, 2005; ... As of Saturday, at least 1,743 members of the U.S. military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according toan Associated Press count. At least 1,343 died as a result of hostileaction. The figures include five military civilians. The AP count is ...
U.S. hits suspected Taliban site: Warplanes target compound near where American forces disappeared
Jul 03, 2005; ... KABUL, Afghanistan - Warplanes pounded a suspected Talibancompound in the Afghan mountains near where an elite U.S. militaryteam disappeared last week, and violence elsewhere left 38 rebels andAfghan security forces dead as fighting rose ahead of fall elections. A transport plane ...
Latest violence
Jul 03, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Suicide bombers struck Saturday in Baghdad and aShiite city in attacks that killed 26 people and injured nearly 50,Iraqi officials said. One of the attackers targeted bystanders andpolice who had rushed to the scene of an earlier blast. In the first explosion, an ...
Sunni, Shiite tensions threaten to spiral out of control
Jul 03, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Shiite mourners were crying for blood,threatening to burn down a Sunni town where dozens of Shiitetravelers had been slain. Their rage boiled over after a fresh spateof bombings killed nearly 40 people in Shiite neighborhoods inBaghdad. A senior Shiite ...
Four Tops' Benson dies
Jul 03, 2005; ... DETROIT - Renaldo "Obie" Benson, a member of the legendary Motownsinging group the Four Tops, died Friday. He was 69. Benson died of lung cancer that was discovered when he had a legamputated several weeks ago because of circulation problems, said hispublicist, Matt Lee. The ...
Young vets finding that jobs are hard to find
Jul 03, 2005; ... How to get hired Janet Farley, workplace columnist for Stars andStripes and author of the Military-to-Civilian Career TransitionGuide, offers these tips for young veterans entering the work force:Dont be a job snob. Be willing to take a job with less responsibilitythan your military ...
Great shark hunter Mundus is a Quint-essential legend: Fishing-boat captain thought to be model Benchley's 'Jaws,' talks about life at sea
Jul 03, 2005; ... MONTAUK, N.Y. - In the cold mist, the stoop-shouldered old manwith the crushing grip looked out from the dock over the ocean andchuckled deeply. "First time I saw that movie, I was laughing so hard I had tearsin my eyes," said Frank Mundus. "It's stupid; there's no fish ...
Facebook so popular it has become a verb
Jul 03, 2005; ... ATLANTA - Pamela Elder, a junior at Georgia State University, gothooked when she found some old high school classmates. Next she usedthe online yearbook of yearbooks to track down people she hadn't seensince gradeschool. No wonder the Facebook is an Internet sensation at campuses ...
SSShhhhhh! Secret students major in spying
Jul 03, 2005; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The young woman on the phone says she is proudto have won $50,000 in scholarships from the CIA. The spy agency has arranged this conference call so "Lauren," hermiddle name, can speak firsthand about the benefits of the PatRoberts Intelligence Scholarship, named ...
Two zoos battle bad publicity after several animal deaths
Jul 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - The red pandas died after eating rat poison buried intheir enclosure. The zebras died of hypothermia and malnutrition; the lion passedaway after undergoing anesthesia for an X-ray. The bald eagle?Attacked by another zoo animal. It died on Independence Day ...
Infants don't thrive on rice drink
Jul 03, 2005; ... PHILADELPHIA - It's sold as Rice Dream, but doctors at Children'sHospital of Philadelphia call it "rice nightmare." That's because they've seen two youngsters in two years withkwashiorkor, a potentially fatal form of malnutrition rarelyencountered outside the Third World. Doctors ...
Definition of 'milk' may change for labels
Jul 03, 2005; ... PITTSBURGH - Milk isn't what it used to be. Though it's among the most cherished of American staples, milksales have plummeted for decades while demand has soared for newbeverages that contain traces of milk. That fact brought several dozen lawyers and economists to a ...
Weather data
Jul 03, 2005 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 86 Low 68 July 2 record high 105 set in 1931 July 2 record low 46 set in 1937 Saturday's precipitation 24-hour: ...
State & regional weather
Jul 03, 2005 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Today, mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Tonight, partlycloudy. Lows in the mid-60s. Independence Day, mostly sunny. Hot.Highs around 90. Monday night, partly cloudy with a 20 percent chanceof rain. Lows in the mid-60s. Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, ...
World weather
Jul 03, 2005 ... Amsterdam 68 59 Rain Athens 91 79 Clr Baghdad 110 78 Clr Berlin 72 57 Rain Bermuda 83 74 Rain Cairo 94 73 Clr Calgary 72 54 Cldy Dublin 64 57 Cldy Hong Kong 90 81 Rain Jerusalem 86 70 Clr London 72 61 ...
U.S. weather
Jul 03, 2005 ... Anchorage 66 56 Cldy Atlanta 87 71 PCldy Boston 80 60 Clr Charlotte, N.C. 88 67 PCldy Chicago 76 61 PCldy Cincinnati 82 57 Clr Cleveland 72 57 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 95 76 PCldy Denver 95 60 PCldy Detroit 77 56 Clr Elkins ...
Battlefield trip: Students get taste of war at Va. camp
Jul 03, 2005; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com PETERSBURG, Va. - The late-morning sun is relentless, beating downon the new recruits of the second platoon, eyes stinging as sweattrickles into their eyes and runs in rivulets beneath their heavywoolen uniforms. Heat ripples are already rising from the ...
State leases luxury vehicles for Manchins
Jul 03, 2005; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Gov. Joe Manchin likes to ride in style. Last week, Manchin was scheduled to speak at the Ergon refinery'sannual fish fry in Hancock County. So he took the state plane to thenearby Pittsburgh International Airport. Meanwhile, troopers drove the ...