Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from May 2007:
Here's some educated guesses on how they'll spend the summer
May 06, 2007; ... Their shows may stop for the summer, but the lives of charactersdon't. Often, they'll reveal what has happened come fall, but how abouttrying to forecast how things should go for them over the comingweeks? With most series on the verge of ending their years, here ...
Power Park pleasures: Food, fun, friends. Oh, and did we mention baseball?
May 06, 2007; ... lynch@wvgazette.com Ryan Gates points out that there is more to Charleston'sAppalachian Power Park than double-headers and bat night. You don'thave to be a sports fan to have a great time at the park. "Of course, baseball is the main thing," he laughed. One of the ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: My girl is after my gift
May 06, 2007; ... "How do you spell 'Tempurpedic'?" my 9-year-old daughter calledfrom the living room. "Tempurpedic? Like your pillow?" I yelled from the next room. "Yeah." "I think it's T-e-m-p-u-r-p-e-d-i-c." I said. "What's this for? Ithought you were doing homework." "I sort ...
INSIDE LIFE & STYLE
May 06, 2007 ... 7F Travel Memorial Day is a good time to visit historic sites. 8F Living Well Check out a ...
Kitchens serve as the new living room
May 06, 2007; ... This article is another in an occasional series on kitchen trends. earle@wvgazette.com For Marty Wershba, his green chair is his favorite feature aboutthe new addition to the kitchen. In the mornings, he sits there, reading the paper, drinking coffeeand watching all ...
Indian poet's life celebrated
May 06, 2007 ... The Charleston Poetry Society will celebrate the 146th anniversaryof the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian to receive theNobel Prize. The society will observe the anniversary at noon Saturday at theDunbar Library. Tagore was a poet, novelist and educator. He was ...
YMCA to auction artwork treasures
May 06, 2007; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com YWCA Executive Director Deb Weinstein gets some nice lamps, tablesand wardrobes at the YW's secondhand store, Second Seating. She also gets a smattering of nondescript paintings and prints,and the well-made frames they sometimes sit in. She was selling ...
Art Notes
May 06, 2007 ... Taylor in Boston An exhibit of the works of late Charleston artist Grace MartinTaylor has opened at Acme Fine Art and Design gallery in Boston. Theexhibit will offer 35 framed works, including 21 white-line woodblockprints. There also will be three woodblocks, each with two ...
Avampato buys work from recent show
May 06, 2007 ... The Clay Centers museum has taken into its collection this 63-by-63-inch oil and encaustic painting Untitled (Rune) by Bill ...
the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: With the killer known, mystery story becomes a 'whydunit'
May 06, 2007; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail In a departure from our classic mystery series, the Monday BookClub will read for its May selection "The Light of Day," acontemporary offering by Graham Swift, winner of the Booker Prize for"Last Orders." The subject matter is a change as ...
Exodus to Alaska: Michael Chabon creates alternate reality in 'Yiddish Policemen's Union'
May 06, 2007; ... BERKELEY, Calif. - A wartime proposal to turn Alaska into asanctuary for Jews fleeing the rising Nazi menace failed. But suppose it hadn't. That's the premise of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist MichaelChabon's new book, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," a multilayerednovel ...
Make new friends (and keep the old) after you marry
May 06, 2007; ... You've heard it said: Never let a hot date come between you andyour friends. And it's not bad advice, per se. But there comes apoint - usually somewhere around the exchanging of vows - when thataphorism stops being applicable. When you get married, you aren't just gaining a ...
Travel Notes
May 06, 2007 ... Strawberry festival BUCKHANNON - The 66th annual West Virginia Strawberry Festivalbegins May 16 and continues through May 20 in Buckhannon. On May 19, events include a run at noon and a car show from 8 a.m.to noon at West Virginia Wesleyan College. A pet show is scheduledfor ...
Fitting memorials: Holiday of remembrance is a fine time to visit historic sites
May 06, 2007; ... FOR most Americans, Memorial Day means one of two things: theunofficial beginning of summer or just another three-day weekendwithout the boss barking at you. For others, though, Memorial Day signifies a time of remembranceof, and honor and reverence for, American soldiers who lost ...
LIVING LIFE FULLY: Is there something missing in your life?
May 06, 2007; ... You know the feeling. That voice that asks. Maybe it's that still,small voice inside or maybe it comes from a colleague, friend, familymember or the media. We're so busy with our lives - juggling all the balls - that weoften don't hear that inner spirit imploring us to follow our ...
New column
May 06, 2007 ... "Living Life Fully," a new column written by Linda Arnold, beginstoday and will appear every other week in the Sunday Gazette-Mail'sLife & Style section. Arnold is founder and chairman of The Arnold Agency, acommunications firm in Charleston. She graduated from West Virginia ...
Early whites: The dark side of kids' over-whitened teeth
May 06, 2007; ... IF your child is flashing "toilet bowl teeth," it might be time tohide the tooth-whitening strips. The condition, which gives teeth an unnaturally and uniformlywhite appearance like a toilet bowl or Chiclets gum, is one of theleading signs of overwhitening, according to the ...
PILLS & ILLS: How much is right vitamin D amount?
May 06, 2007; ... Q: I read your column "Vitamin D can come in two types" on theVitamin D Council's Web site, in which you said the recommended safeupper limit for vitamin D was 2,000 IU daily. Just yesterday myinternist returned from a conference and said my vitamin D level of27 needs to be treated with ...
Wow homebuyers in buyer's market
May 06, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The spring home sales season is underway, andpros say this year you'll need every trick in the book to sell yourhouse. So take the mounted deer head off the wall, roll on a coat ofcheery yellow paint and bring out the vanilla spray, real-estateagents say ....
Chamber music concert to benefit HospiceCare
May 06, 2007 ... The second annual HospiceCare Chamber Music Benefit Concert willtake place at 3 p.m. May 13 at Geary Auditorium, Riggleman Hall,University of Charleston. This will be the second time composer andconductor Egon Cohen, 23, son of local oncologist Dr. Justin Cohenand wife Sara Cohen, has ...
Horoscope:
May 06, 2007; ... Sunday, May 6, 2007 Your birthday today: This is a good year to take a vacation, afteryou've made lots of money. Do the latter first, by investing wisely.Buy low, sell high. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
WRITE YOUR OWN COLUMN: Catch the dreams you chase
May 06, 2007; ... SOME dreams do come true. They just don't always happen in theplace or the time or the way that you dream them. Regardless, theycan still happen in surprising ways. This spring marks an important anniversary for me. It's thecelebration of my first complete year of pursuing a dream ...
DO IT YOURSELF: No such thing as maintenance-free siding
May 06, 2007; ... Q: I want to put new siding on my house, which currently hasplywood siding. I want something that is maintenance-free. We plan tolive in the house at least 20 years. What is the best choice? Also,we want to replace our deck - should the siding or deck work be donefirst? - T. Lang ...
INTO THE GARDEN: Hot diggity, some dogs do like to dig
May 06, 2007; ... Dogs and gardens. Like oil and water, white carpet and grapejuice, Hillary Clinton and Ann Coulter, a Big Mac and a Diet Coke,dogs and gardens just don't go together. People ask how to combinepets and plants more than any other gardening question I hear. Andfor some reason, since I have ...
Fruit crisp always in season
May 06, 2007; ... Theres a big family of homey, traditional fruit desserts, fromcobblers and crumbles to slumps and grunts. The easiest is the crisp,a comforting combination of soft, sweetened fruit with a crunchy,nicely spiced topping. Theres no dough to roll out or batter to rise,the fruit base and ...
The Main Ingredient: Flat out tasty; 'New' flatiron steak is a tender bargain - for now
May 06, 2007; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com WHAT if we told you there's a steak out there nearly as tender asa filet, but with more of the beefy taste you expect from a chuckroast? And here's the best part: You can get a whole pound of it -boneless - for $4 or ...
EAT FOR LIFE: Asparagus stalks greatness
May 06, 2007; ... When the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar wanted a quick end to adistasteful task, he'd proclaim: "Velocius quam asparagi conquantur." "Let it be done quicker than you would cook asparagus." That was, of course, long before the invention of the microwave.These days there's nothing ...
Queen vies with the horses for Derby crowd's attention
May 06, 2007; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For a few exciting moments, Queen Elizabeth IIwas just like every other racing fan Saturday at Churchill Downs -watching the horses running in the 133rd Kentucky Derby. The queen, an avid horse enthusiast, got her first look Saturdayat Churchill Downs, a racing ...
Tornado wipes out Kansas town: Twisters blast through state
May 06, 2007; ... GREENSBURG, Kan. - A fresh wave of tornadoes ripped throughsouthwest Kansas on Saturday evening, a day after a tornado all butdestroyed this town, killing nine and injuring dozens more. The National Weather Service said it had received reports "wellinto the double digits" of ...
Fayette developer selling off lots - without approval
May 06, 2007; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com FAYETTEVILLE - In the Fayette County Zoning office, Tim Richardsonhas a map of a future housing development stamped with the word"preliminary" down one side. For Richardson, the proposed River Ridge housing development isjust that - preliminary ....
BrickStreet blasted for overbilling: State says it wrongly charged $3.5 million
May 06, 2007; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have improperly spent $3.5million in state funds since it began to privatize the state's 92-year-old Workers' Compensation Fund. The state Insurance Commission estimates that BrickStreetimproperly charged $3.3 ...
SPECIAL REPORT: STATE OF DECAY: West Virginias Oral Health Crisis; Nothing to smile about; Children's dental problems widespread
May 06, 2007; ... This is the third installment in a series of articles focusing onoral health in West Virginia. 35% of West Virginia children eligiblefor Medicaid receive dental services each year. 38% of West Virginia children have untreated decay. 65% of West Virginia children have cavities ...
Power play
May 06, 2007 ... You don't have to be a sports fan to have a good ...
IN SPORTS: Kentucky comeback
May 06, 2007 ... Street Sense springs from ...
War story
May 06, 2007 ... Mickey Beard has been tracing her ...
FBI fugitive accused of rape lived in China, visited by wife
May 06, 2007; ... SUZHOU, China - An American fugitive accused of raping hisdaughter and posting videos of the abuse on the Internet lived openlyin China, even enjoying visits from his new wife and registering at alocal fitness club under his own name. U.S. court documents show that Kenneth John ...
Getting it right
May 06, 2007 ... Saturday, May 5, 2007 Daily 3 043 Daily 4 1654 Hot Lotto 18-26-30-37-39: 13 Night Pick 3 787 Night Pick 4 9448 ...
Today's News
May 06, 2007 ... AP photo Billionaire investor Warren Buffett thanks performers atthe Fruit of the Loom booth during the annual Berkshire Hathawayshareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday. Shareholders dontlike to think about the prospect of replacing Buffett at the helm ofthe company. The ...
Hindenburg crash recalled: Luxurious Nazi dirigible burst into flames 70 years ago today
May 06, 2007; ... LAKEHURST, N.J. - At 87, Robert Buchanan says he sometimes hastrouble remembering what he did 10 minutes ago, but he can recall invivid detail the day 70 years ago when he watched the luxuriousairship Hindenburg erupt into a fireball. Flames roared across the surface of the mighty ...
U.S. war dead
May 06, 2007 ... Iraq 3,362 Elsewhere381 Sources: AP/Department of Defense As of Saturday, at least 3,362 members of the U.S. military havedied in Iraq. *** No new deaths reported. *** The latest identifications reported by the military: Two soldiers ...
Al-Qaida calls Iraq's Sunni V.P. a 'criminal': Suicide bomber kills at least 15 people at an army recruiting station in Abu Ghraib
May 06, 2007; ... Deployed parents, 14A War nears $500B, 15A BAGHDAD - Al-Qaida in Iraq branded the country's Sunni vicepresident a "criminal" for participating in the U.S.-backedgovernment, and a suicide bomber Saturday struck army recruits westof Baghdad, killing at least 15 people in what ...
Brazil orders auction site to remove ad selling wife
May 06, 2007; ... RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The government has ordered an Internetauction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian manoffered to sell his wife for about $50. The Secretariat of Public Policies for Women announced late Fridayit had ordered Mercado Livre, partially owned by ...
7-month-old at home in Elkview drug arrest
May 06, 2007 ... West Virginia State Troopers executed a search warrant Saturday,then they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a 7-month-oldchild. Once in the Elkview home, they made multiple arrests. According to a news release from Sgt. C.H. Parsons, troopers fromdetachments in South ...
Kenya Airways 737 crashes with 114 people aboard
May 06, 2007; ... YAOUNDE, Cameroon - A Kenya Airways jet that took off during amidnight storm crashed early Saturday with 114 on board after sendingout a distress signal over remote southern Cameroon, officials said.Nearby villagers reported hearing an explosion and seeing a flash offire. The jet ...
Private planes, donations fuel candidates' travel
May 06, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Republican Mitt Romney can count on some corporateand donor help for the occasional cut-rate travel. So can DemocratJohn Edwards and Republican Rudy Giuliani. Campaign finance reports for the first three months of the yearshow how the use of corporate jets has created ...
Dodging death: Farmers live, work amid sinkholes
May 06, 2007; ... GHOR HADITHA, Jordan - Giant road signs at the entrance to thisvillage warned that the ground could give way any time. Then I heardrumbling. Farmers waved their arms and shouted furiously at me tostop my car. It was happening; a few feet to my left, a clean-cut circle ofground ...
Dead Sea vanishing at critical rate
May 06, 2007; ... GHOR HADITHA, Jordan - Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians areslowly pushing through the tangle of their disputes and suspicions ina race to save a biblical and ecological treasure, the Dead Sea. The famously salty sea, which lies at Earth's lowest point, isshrinking. It has ...
Three-tiers of terrorist groups
May 06, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The government has a three-tiered classificationsystem for terrorist groups. Members of groups in all three tiers arebarred from seeking asylum or refugee status in the United States. Proposed legislation would give the government the authority towaive the ban for ...
Some fear immigration change may make terrorists refugees
May 06, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Today's foreign terrorists could become tomorrow'sU.S. refugees if the Bush administration gets its way. The intent is to grant refugee status to rebels who have foughtrepressive governments or advanced U.S. foreign policy objectives,particularly in Southeast Asia, ...
Dems closer to budget deal
May 06, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Democratic budget writers are closing in on acompromise $2.9 trillion blueprint with big spending increases formilitary and domestic programs and a balanced federal ledger promisedin five years. The Democratic chairmen of the House and Senate Budget committeeshave ...
Trio pleads not guilty in Alaska bribe case
May 06, 2007; ... JUNEAU, Alaska - For several thousand dollars and other promises,an Alaska legislator and two former lawmakers threw their supportbehind a tax scheme and a natural gas pipeline plan that would havebenefited an oil services company, prosecutors said. The three men, Rep. Victor ...
Click to confess: Church's Web site offers a place to come clean
May 06, 2007; ... MIAMI - A woman kept her secret for nearly two decades. Finally ready to confess, she turned not to a minister, but to hercomputer. "I am sorry God for not keeping that baby," her anonymousconfession reads. "I had an abortion and had kept that secret forover 18 years. I feel ...
ESSAYS on faith: Elephants stampede through pulpit, too
May 06, 2007; ... It may come as a surprise to some people, though I don't know why,but their pastors are people, too. When I was in seminary, I remember something a wise, old visitingpastor who was about to retire, told our class. His son had beenmissing for three days. Finally, the police called ...
Tech commencement
May 06, 2007; ... Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers, eggs on WestVirginia Tech graduates during his commencement ...
China forcing thousands of Tibetans to relocate
May 06, 2007; ... ZENGSHOL, Tibet - In a massive campaign that recalls the socialistengineering of an earlier era, the Chinese government has relocatedabout 250,000 Tibetans - nearly one-tenth of the population - fromscattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages," ordering them tobuild new housing ...
Deployed parents risk losing custody of children
May 06, 2007; ... She had raised her daughter for six years following the divorce,shuttling to soccer practice and cheerleading, making sure schoolworkwas done. Then Lt. Eva Crouch was mobilized with the KentuckyNational Guard, and Sara went to stay with Dad. A year and a half later, her assignment ...
Time running short for Iraq policy rescue: ANALYSIS
May 06, 2007; ... SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt - When Secretary of State Condoleezza Ricearrived at a hotel restaurant for dinner here Thursday evening withthe world's leading diplomats, the man who was supposed to be seatedacross from her, Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki, had justleft the ...
Debate over gun-free zones goes mainstream
May 06, 2007; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Campus officials earlier this year posted thesigns - a revolver stamped with a red slash - advertising theUniversity of Kansas ban on carrying concealed firearms. George Pisani sees them as invitations to a tragedy. "Here's the myth," said Pisani, a retired ...
French presidential candidates mark generational shift
May 06, 2007; ... PARIS - Today's French presidential election is a ground-breaker -a choice between an immigrant's son and an army officer's daughter,each offering a radically different vision of how to put a dispiritednation back on track. Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal are mavericks who ...
Weather data
May 06, 2007 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 64 Low 57 May 5 record high 94 set in 1932 May 5 record low 31 set in 1907 Saturday's precipitation Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...
State & regional weather
May 06, 2007 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Today, partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Tonight, mostlyclear. Lows around 40. Monday, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-70s.Monday night, mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne: Today, partlycloudy. Highs in ...
World weather
May 06, 2007 ... Amsterdam 68 51 Clr Athens 75 53 PCldy Baghdad 100 74 PCldy Berlin 69 39 Clr Bermuda 75 66 Rain Cairo 88 62 Clr Calgary 44 34 Rain Dublin 56 37 PCldy Hong Kong 80 73 Rain Jerusalem 80 64 PCldy London 63 47 ...
U.S. weather
May 06, 2007 ... Anchorage 52 37 Cldy Atlanta 76 62 PCldy Boston 64 44 Rain Charlotte, N.C. 66 57 Cldy Chicago 63 47 Clr Cincinnati 71 52 Clr Cleveland 62 43 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 86 71 Cldy Denver 57 39 Cldy Detroit 65 41 Clr Elkins 69 ...
WVU's new training unit brings blaze to firefighters
May 06, 2007; ... sarahkwinn@wvgazette.com Training is paramount, especially for firefighters. "Like they say in sports, the way you train is the way you play,"said John Drennen of the Cottageville Volunteer Fire Department. "Andthe way you train here is how you are going to act in a real fire." ...
Taking steps to fight cancer
May 06, 2007; ... Walkers gather at the Capitol steps on Saturday for the start ofthe Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure. The event, whichraises money to fight ...