Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from September 2007:
'Dirty Jobs' works hard on Labor Day with installments of past three seasons
Sep 02, 2007; ... In 1882, the United States government declared the first Monday inSeptember to be Labor Day, a day off for workers. But on that day, and for the following week, Discovery Channelkeeps working, offering a marathon of "Dirty Jobs," in which host and"hands-on apprentice" Mike Rowe, ...
SHOP & EAT: You can bank on a great Italian meal; in Summersville
Sep 02, 2007; ... Shop&Eat is an occasional series on places that offer fine foodand interesting shopping - the ingredients for a fun outing. If you go Take Interstate 79 north to U.S. 19 south (Exit 57)toward Beckley/Summersville. Go about 25 miles, then turn right onW.Va. 41. Pass Hardmans ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: Wishing for a do-over
Sep 02, 2007; ... A friend, pregnant with her first child, asked what I'd dodifferently if I could go back and change something about mydaughter's childhood. Later, when reflecting on my answer, I realized it had been lame.I'll spare you the details, but it was more suitable for a Hallmarkcard ...
ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR: FALL 2007 TOUR
Sep 02, 2007 ... Wondering what to do in this town? Check our Sunday Gazette-Mail arts and entertainment calendar to help you plan your days andnights. Will it be popular favorites by legendary crooner TonyBennett at the Clay Center, or jazz with the Buster Williams Quartetat Wellingtons at Scarlet ...
Best-sellers
Sep 02, 2007 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art byMary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H) 2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers) (F-H) 3. "The ...
BOOK REVIEW: Sisters star in glossy, first-class whodunit
Sep 02, 2007; ... Somebody killed Daddy, but who? That's the big question in formerattorney Tasmina Perry's first novel, "Daddy's Girls." The man who'sbeen assisting Lord Oswald Balcon with his memoir thinks it was oneof his four daughters. But why would one of the Balcon sisters wantto kill the man ...
the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: Book follows path to an unhappy ending
Sep 02, 2007; ... The Sunday Gazette-Mails Monday Book Club will meet at 6 p.m.Sept. 24 at Taylor Books on Capitol Street to discuss The Butcher Boyby Patrick McCabe. In previewing "The Butcher Boy" by Patrick McCabe, I feel the needto issue a warning in the style of Lemony Snicket. If you're ...
Kanawha libraries line up fall season for discussion groups
Sep 02, 2007 ... The Kanawha County Public Library offers several options foradults who want to take part in book discussion groups. There are four groups at the main library in Charleston. * The World of Literature Reading and Book Discussion Group, whichexplores the literature of other ...
BOOK REVIEW: ROMANCE; I spy a randy hero in 'Innocent As Sin'
Sep 02, 2007; ... Sift through way-too-detailed accounts of various guns, Africanupheaval, the criminal workings of Third World countries, politicalcorruption and banking, and you'll actually find a pretty goodromance in Elizabeth Lowell's latest book, "Innocent As Sin." Anyone who has read ...
NUTRITION Q&A: Quiz tests knowledge of diet and diabetes
Sep 02, 2007; ... Chances are good that you know someone with diabetes. According tothe American Diabetes Association, 20.8 million children and adultsin the U.S. have the disease and ...
MIND YOUR MANNERS: Civility counts in changing family dynamics
Sep 02, 2007; ... Even though my friend and her ex-husband have been divorced forseveral years, they still maintain a good relationship betweenthemselves as well as their former in-laws and other family members.They believe this is very important to do for the sake of their son,who divides his time ...
CINDY SAYS: Diet or not, soft drinks not healthy
Sep 02, 2007; ... Dear Cindy, My husband is addicted to soft drinks. He averages about five orsix a day and I've seen him drink as many as 10. Because they arealways in our house, I drink a couple a day and our son, who is 14,drinks them too. I am worried about our health. I know better. Weweigh ...
WRITE YOUR OWN COLUMN: Here's to you, Buddy, a constant companion
Sep 02, 2007; ... On a May Sunday in 1997, my wife, Adoree, and I were driving intoour church parking lot when we noticed a black Lab mix, about 1 or 2years old, not wearing a collar - no ID. Adoree said, "If he's still here after services, we'll take himhome and try to find his owner." To which I ...
Daily calendar of events
Sep 02, 2007 ... September Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.: SUSAN WERNER: Adults $12, students and seniors$7. The folk artist, praised by The Washington Post and New Yorkermagazine and with six albums to her credit, returns to the ClayCenter. Laurel Dennie and Ryan Kennedy open. Woody Hawley ConcertSeries ....
Museum exhibit schedules
Sep 02, 2007 ... Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences 1 Clay Square (300 Leon Sullivan Way), hands-on science exhibits,changing art exhibits and ElectricSky Theater in the center'sAvampato Discovery Museum; permanent science exhibits Health Royale(health), Gizmo Factory (physics, mechanics) and ...
My Vacation: Pebble Beach, Calif.
Sep 02, 2007 ... By Melody Pittman, Charleston The trip Four couples traveled to Pebble Beach, Calif., to play the bestchampionship golf courses in the U.S. Getting there Flew into the Monterey airport, rented a car and drove over toPebble Beach, which is between the Del Monte ...
Travel Notes
Sep 02, 2007 ... Tailgate After Five in Lewisburg LEWISBURG - City National Bank is gearing up for the West VirginiaUniversity/Marshall University football game with a free tailgateparty on First Fridays After Five from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in downtownLewisburg. A cookout with a beer garden, ...
The Smokies are hot: There's lots to do in America's most visited national park
Sep 02, 2007; ... andreabond@wvgazette.com It's the perfect getaway for families: The two-night, three-dayvacation my daughter and I took this summer in the Smoky Mountainsproved to be recreational, educational and affordable. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles the ...
DO IT YOURSELF: Color kit gives grout a look to your liking
Sep 02, 2007; ... Q. I recently installed a sizable tile floor, but I am not happywith the grout I used, which is too light in color. Is there any wayI can stain the grout to a darker tone? - Chris A. Grout can be stained or dyed to a different color, and it workswell if going from a light to a ...
INTO THE GARDEN: To-do list grows when temperature drops
Sep 02, 2007; ... I'm tired of sweating. I tried to work in the yard this morning,and it was already about a gazillion degrees by 9 a.m. The dog cameout with me, stayed about four minutes, and went back in where it wascool. I am so ready for the cool fall days so I can tackle my falltasks. Over the next ...
A world of difference: Makers put a new spin on antique, modern globes
Sep 02, 2007; ... There's a galaxy of globes out there. Celestial globes map starsand constellations. Lunar globes depict the craters, seas andmountain ranges of Earth's moon. Terrestrial globes, the most commontype, represent the world's continents, countries and cities. Allshow places in small spheres, ...
Car-pool cute: Outfits are effortless enough for manic mornings
Sep 02, 2007; ... We all know moms (you know who you are!) who've dashed out of thehouse for the school car-pool line clad in comfy pj's and fuzzyslippers. With so much to do in the morning and not enough time to doit, getting yourself fully dressed at the crack of dawn justsometimes doesn't make it onto ...
Thanks to pricey accoutrements, fanny packs are hip again
Sep 02, 2007; ... The fanny pack has always made sense. You carry around a lot of stuff. You've got to put it some place. A zippered receptacle that leaves hands free to juggle a Big Gulpor grab the strap on a crowded "L" train seems like a practicalsolution. In the '80s, inexpensive ...
It takes time to pull off Southern-style pork barbecue
Sep 02, 2007; ... Anyone can cook hot dogs or hamburgers on a grill, but knowing howto fix Southern-style pulled pork makes you a barbecue champion.Turning a tough piece of pork butt (the butt end of a pork shoulder)into a pile of tender barbecue is a real accomplishment. The key is indirect heat ...
DINING OUT: Have a Coke with your meal at Pizza House
Sep 02, 2007; ... If you go Pizza House and Family Restaurant, Harrisville Mostexpensive item: rib-eye steak dinner for $8.95. Hours: Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Favorite entrees: pizzas andgrilled chicken salad No smoking there, nor any restaurant in RitchieCounty Phone: (304) ...
Cooking disaster stories sought
Sep 02, 2007 ... Ever have a memorable cooking disaster when you were just learningto cook? Ever make a colossal mistake when company was coming?Reporter Bob Schwarz wants to know your ...
The Main Ingredient: Weighing 'curd'; Lemony mix tastes better than its name suggests
Sep 02, 2007; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com I (Tara) can always tell I've been reading too much AgathaChristie when British food starts to sound good. Not that it doesn't taste good. But the British give the mostheavenly foods such unfortunate names: clotted cream, ...
PARTY SCHOOL: To many, being No. 1 worth celebrating
Sep 02, 2007; ... LINGBING HANG/Sunday Gazette-Mail West Virginia University students on their way to a party hop intoa pickup truck ...
PARTY SCHOOL: To many, being No. 1 worth celebrating
Sep 02, 2007; ... jdavison@wvgazette.com MORGANTOWN - Every year in late August, a student survey ofAmerica's top party schools creates mixed emotions for some beer-bonging, keg-standing, music-blasting college campuses. This year's No. 1 honor - or dishonor, depending who you talk to -on the ...
SEASON OPENERS
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Idaho senator quits amid sex scandal
Sep 02, 2007; ... BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig on Saturday signaled the end of aquarter-century career representing Idaho in Congress, resigningunder pressure from fellow Republicans worried about the electionimpact of his arrest in an airport restroom sex sting. "I apologize for what I have ...
For Iraqi civilians, death count rising
Sep 02, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highestmonthly level this year, according to figures compiled Saturday byThe Associated Press. That raises questions about whether U.S.strategy is working days before Congress receives landmark reportsthat will decide the course of ...
Nectar nosh
Sep 02, 2007 ... It's prime pollen time for West ...
No more fed funds for King: Medicare, Medicaid; payments cut off
Sep 02, 2007; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com No federal Medicare or Medicaid funds can be used to pay for anyoperations or procedures performed by former Putnam General Hospitalsurgeon John King in hospitals or clinics anywhere in the country. The Office of Inspector General in the U.S. Department ...
Figure out fall
Sep 02, 2007 ... Our seasonal calendar can help plan ...
Got Regatta?
Sep 02, 2007 ... IN valley & STATE: Food booths, parades and performances ...
Felix upgrades to hurricane, strengthens on way to Aruba
Sep 02, 2007; ... ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Felix gathered strength Saturdayand pounded Grenada with heavy rains and winds, snapping small boatsloose from their moorings and toppling utility poles on its routetoward the Caribbean island of Aruba. The storm was upgraded from a tropical storm ...
West Virginia Lottery
Sep 02, 2007 ... Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 Daily 3 840 Daily 4 9744 Hot Lotto 1-3-5-11-27: 8 Night Pick 3 712 ...
4 tickets match Mega Millions drawing
Sep 02, 2007; ... NOTTINGHAM, Md. - Four winning tickets were sold for the estimated$330 million Mega Millions jackpot, one each in Maryland, New Jersey,Texas and Virginia, lottery officials said Saturday. "It wasn't me!" one disappointed customer shouted Saturday morningat Walther Liquors, the ...
Academy sues to block sale of Mary Pickford Oscars
Sep 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - The Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences issuing to stop the public sale of two Academy Awards given to silentfilm star Mary Pickford. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the academy claims it has theright to buy the historic statuettes and one owned by her ...
Today's News
Sep 02, 2007 ... Ed Jarrett rests after completing his world-record 31.7-foot-highsand castle on Saturday at Point Sebago Resort in Casco, Maine.Jarrett built the castle to raise funds for a camp for children withlife-threatening illnesses. Just under a million pounds of sand wentinto building the ...
Testing equal time rules, TNT says it will air Fred Thompson shows
Sep 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - While Fred Thompson's "Law & Order" characterdisappears from NBC starting Saturday because of concerns overfederal equal time provisions, cable viewers will still have plentyof opportunities to see his District Attorney Arthur Branch. TNT will air 23 episodes of the ...
70 Taliban killed in offensive
Sep 02, 2007; ... KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan security forceskilled about 70 suspected militants in Afghanistan, where violence isrunning at its highest level since the ouster of the Taliban regimesix years ago, authorities said Saturday. The surge in militant attacks comes ...
'Summer of Love' at 40 still an experience for tourists
Sep 02, 2007; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. - It's been 40 years since 100,000 "FlowerChildren" descended on San Francisco and put Haight-Ashbury on themap. Talk to those who were there, and they get big smiles on theirfaces. "I lived it," said Terry Newfield of San Diego on a $20-a-headwalking tour ...
Iowa town caught in immigration squeeze
Sep 02, 2007; ... Labor Day 2007 comes during a period of high-pitched debate aboutan increasingly visible segment of the work force illegalimmigrants. However, when an influx of immigrant workers and theirfamilies, legal and not, revives a fading town and creates newrelationships, the discussion gets ...
Hundreds compete in facial hair contest
Sep 02, 2007; ... LONDON - Hundreds of shaggy men competed Saturday to see who hadthe bushiest, longest and most sculpted whiskers in the World Beard &Mustache Championships. About 250 contestants took part in the competition in Brighton,England, lining up before panels of judges to compete in 17 ...
Americans so ready for new direction
Sep 02, 2007; ... DES MOINES, Iowa - A year before they choose a new government forthe post-Bush era, Americans are desperate to change the country'scourse. Most lean left, a U.S. population more liberal than at any time ina generation, hungering to end the Iraq war, turn inward and use thefederal ...
Chinese ascendancy felt from Australia to Africa
Sep 02, 2007; ... KARRATHA, Australia - For nearly three decades, Chinese peasantshave left their villages for crowded dormitories and sweaty assemblylines, churning out goods for world markets. Now, China is turningthe tables. Here in the Australian Outback, Shane Padley toils in thescorching ...
FDA approves new vaccine against smallpox
Sep 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The approval of a new vaccine against smallpox wasannounced Saturday by the Food and Drug Administration, which saysthe shots could be made quickly if the virtually extinct virusreappears. The vaccine, ACAM2000, is intended to inoculate people at highrisk of ...
Feds launch ID plan for rescue workers
Sep 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Centersite after 9/11 as a volunteer, helping shuttle supplies to police,fire and other rescue workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattooon his forearm. "A couple times, I showed them ...
Adventurer plans trip around globe - step by step
Sep 02, 2007; ... SEATTLE - When Dimitri Kieffer decides he wants to see the world,he's not talking luxury liners. He's talking feet. His own. Kieffer, a retired Microsoft manager, is trying to be the firstperson to circumnavigate the globe alone under human power. While still at the ...
Reinventing the school calendar: Year-round schedule trying to prevent summer's learning loss
Sep 02, 2007; ... Who needs summer vacation? More schools in the U.S. are tryingalternate schedules 10-12 weeks length of traditional summer break3,000 U.S. schools have a shorter summer break and more time off therest of the year Hawaii has switched its entire school system to anontraditional ...
Economists wonder if Fed will cut interest rate
Sep 02, 2007; ... JACKSON, Wyo. - Is the long wait coming to an end for borrowerswho would like to see interest rates go down? The Federal Reserve hasn't sliced a key interest rate - now at5.25 percent - in four years. Where the Fed is headed, at its next meeting on Sept. 18 andlater, ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,738
Sep 02, 2007; ... As of Saturday, Sept. 1, at least 3,738 members of the U.S.military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes sevenmilitary civilians. At least 3,061 died as a result of hostileaction, according to the ...
New Oakland, Calif., cathedral one of nation's costliest
Sep 02, 2007; ... OAKLAND, Calif. - A maze of wooden planks and glass panes isgradually taking shape among the austere office buildings of downtownOakland, a structure alternately described as a beehive, an invertedbasket or a nuclear reactor. Only an inconspicuous sign on a fence offers a clue that ...
Dean hits Caribbean crops hard
Sep 02, 2007; ... KINGSTON, Jamaica - Before Hurricane Dean's ferocious windsbarreled through the Caribbean last week, Jamaica was poised torecord one of its best agricultural harvests in a decade. But with coffee, vegetable, banana and fruit farmers reportingcrop losses of 15 percent to 45 percent, ...
Clinton, Obama, Edwards endorse primary pledge
Sep 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwardson Saturday joined three other Democrats who say they will skipstates that break party rules by holding early primaries. Their decision is a major boost to the primacy of four earlyvoting states - Iowa, New ...
Wellstone comparison not apt for some, critics say
Sep 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - It was only two years after the death of Minnesota'sDemocratic U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, and presidential hopeful HowardDean was telling audiences that he was from the "Democratic wing ofthe Democratic Party." David Wellstone thought it was "opportunistic." That was ...
State & regional weather
Sep 02, 2007 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Tonight, mostly clear. Lowsaround 60. Monday, sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Monday night,mostly clear. Lows in the mid-60s. Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Wayne: Today, mostly sunny.Highs in the upper 80s ....
Maine store draws tool lovers from all over
Sep 02, 2007; ... LIBERTY, Maine - Pliers to planes, chisels to chain cutters, handsaws to hammers, they're all here, bins and shelves and racksbrimming with them. Also a pitchfork, peavey and pipe threader ortwo. Antiques shoppers, wood crafters with keen eyes for special makesor styles, and ...
World weather
Sep 02, 2007 ... Amsterdam 64 59 Rain Athens 100 71 Clr Baghdad 111 86 Clr Berlin 62 55 Rain Bermuda 83 71 Rain Cairo 95 75 Clr Calgary 74 53 Rain Dublin 65 55 PCldy Hong Kong 91 80 Clr Jerusalem 90 75 PCldy London 68 52 ...
Weather data
Sep 02, 2007 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 83 Low 60 Sept. 1 record high 104 set in 1932 Sept. 1 record low 47 set in 1946 Saturday's precipitation Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...
U.S. weather
Sep 02, 2007 ... Anchorage 63 49 PCldy Atlanta 85 69 Cldy Boston 75 58 Clr Charlotte, N.C. 87 65 PCldy Chicago 80 57 Clr Cincinnati 86 60 Clr Cleveland 75 56 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 95 69 Clr Denver 89 61 Clr Detroit 78 57 Clr Elkins 79 49 ...
MSHA: 'Tough questions' need answered: Computer model found mine plan in Utah lacking
Sep 02, 2007; ... kward@wvgazette.com Early on the morning of Aug. 6, Richard Stickler got the call thatno federal mine safety chief wants. A mine collapsed in Utah. Six coal miners were missing. Sticklerand dozens of other federal Mine Safety and Health Administrationofficials went to ...