Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from October 2007:
small gardens: ; BIG HARVESTS; Local gardeners share tips for easing into growing vegetables
Oct 07, 2007; ... tara@wvgazette.com For many beginning gardeners, vegetables are the first foray. "Everybody loves fresh vegetables," said Ellen Zachos, a gardenauthor and New York Botanical Gardens expert scheduled to speak inCharleston Saturday. "Tomatoes, basil - these things are so ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: ; The lying game
Oct 07, 2007; ... A few who read what I'm about to tell on myself might think Idon't deserve a child. And they might be correct - if they weretalking about just any kid. Luckily, Celeste is half me, thusgenetically equipped to dish out just as well as (or better than)she receives. Our house is ...
Discovering 'Life Is Wild' with teens and other savage beasts
Oct 07, 2007; ... Catering to the pets of the rich - which are more likeaccessories than animals - wears on veterinarian Danny Clarke. The manic bustle of Manhattan and the domestic disharmonyresulting from assimilating his two kids with those of his new wifealso grates on this widower. So in The ...
FALL FASHION FETE: ; Symphony League style show set for Oct. 15
Oct 07, 2007; ... If you go Symphony in Fashion begins at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in theMaier Foundation Performance Hall in the Clay Center. Tickets are$35. earle@wvgazette.com If you want to know what's hot in fall fashion, you might want tocheck out this year's "Symphony in Fashion" style ...
Meet the authors: ; W.Va. Book Festival presenters
Oct 07, 2007 ... Here is a list of presenters scheduled to appear at the WestVirginia Book Festival on Oct. 13 and 14: Randy Allan (Lemuel Chenoweth: Bridging the Gaps and Civil WarLegends of Rich Mountain and Beverly) is president of the RandolphCounty Historical Society and owner of Lemuel ...
Best-sellers
Oct 07, 2007 ... USA Today Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H) 2. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday) (F-H) 3. "Cross" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing) (F-P) 4 ....
small gardens: ; BIG HARVESTS; No space? No problem!
Oct 07, 2007; ... tara@wvgazette.com Twenty years ago, Ellen Zachos was performing in "Les Miserables"on Broadway. Her vegetable garden consisted of tomatoes and basil,stuck in trash bags full of soil on her apartment roof. "The next year I added eggplant, and the next year zucchini,"Zachos ...
Don't miss these book festival events
Oct 07, 2007 ... The West Virginia Book Festival is Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13and 14, at the Charleston Civic Center. Here's a Don't Miss list ofthe free event. 1. Got a curious old tome on your shelf? Don't miss JimPresgraves' Bookworm and Silverfish booth in the FestivalMarketplace. The ...
BOOK REVIEW: ; 'Deadline' offers unique spin on another controversial topic
Oct 07, 2007; ... flipside@wvgazette.com It's fitting that the West Virginia Book Festival, scheduled forOct. 13-14 at the Charleston Civic Center, comes on the heels of2007's Banned Book Week, which ended Saturday. That's because one ofthe festival's featured authors is Chris Crutcher, a young ...
the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: ; Strange and delightful novel is a prize winner
Oct 07, 2007; ... If you go The Sunday Gazette-Mail Monday Book Club will discussThe Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester at 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at TaylorBook Store, 226 Capitol St. Last month, our readers encountered a rather naive and unreliablenarrator in "The Butcher Boy." This month's selection, ...
Economy of language: ; Book Festival author talks about what inspires her to write
Oct 07, 2007 ... Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of more than 25 books ofpoetry, nonfiction and children's literature, including the New YorkTimes bestseller and Caldecott Honor Book " Moses: When HarrietTubman Led Her People to Freedom." Her books have won the AmericanLibrary Association's ...
Broadway actress Beth McVey returns to Huntington
Oct 07, 2007; ... julier@wvgazette.com Seven years ago, an arts group breathed new life into theauditorium and some classrooms of the former Huntington High Schoolbuilding. This year, Broadway actress and 1971 Huntington HighSchool graduate Beth McVey returns as matchmaker Dolly Levi tolaunch the ...
Speed at Six
Oct 07, 2007 ... Julia Morrisroe's acrylic and polymer painting "Speed at Six: M"is on display through Oct. 21 as part of the Southeastern CollegeArt Conference 2007 Members' Exhibition at the Cultural ...
Paying for good grades: Motivation or bribery?
Oct 07, 2007; ... HACKENSACK, N.J. - What's so bad about parents paying kids forgood grades? Plenty, say some who believe the practice undermines efforts toinstill in children a true appreciation for learning. But advocatessay pay for grades can be a good motivator and an introduction tothe ...
Symphony youth awarded grant
Oct 07, 2007 ... The ECA Foundation, the charitable arm of Energy Corporation ofAmerica, has given the West Virginia Symphony a grant of $4,050 toprovide free student passes so members of the New River YouthSymphony and Chorus can attend the West Virginia Symphony'ssymphonic, Family Discovery, and ...
Travel briefs
Oct 07, 2007 ... Greenbrier Christmas Shop The Greenbrier Christmas Shop at the Depot, across the road fromthe White Sulphur Springs resort, will unveil its eight new holidaythemes from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. Designer Mark Roberts, who created the limited edition Christmasferries, will sign ...
HOROSCOPE
Oct 07, 2007; ... Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 Your birthday today: The time is right to finish old projects.Don't worry, this will be fun. It'll be much easier now than it wasbefore, and make you quite successful. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
WRITE YOUR OWN COLUMN: ; Little things can make a big difference
Oct 07, 2007; ... Before I started coaching, when our daughter was in high school,there wasn't a separate girls soccer team, so she played on the boysteam. She had to work hard just to keep up and be competitive. In her senior year, it looked like she would earn a startingposition. She was ...
My Vacation: The Outer Banks, N.C.
Oct 07, 2007 ... Jo Williams, Lansing The trip The Outer Banks, N.C., for a week. I've visited this area manytimes and love it. The Outer Banks consists of a string of sandyislands more than 130 miles long. You can easily find restaurants,hotels, and shops as they advertise their location by ...
Stretching your U.S. dollar
Oct 07, 2007; ... The dollar is plunging against most of the world's currencies,hitting record lows against the euro, British pound and Canadiandollar, but there are still places in the world where Americans canfind travel bargains. Some countries are better values than others - meaning that ...
Achieving a well-heeled closet
Oct 07, 2007; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The latest, greatest patent-leather wedges areperfect for the work week and nights on the town. But chances areyour shoe-storage setup isn't so chic and versatile. Most of us, whether we have six pairs or 600, could use a minicloset makeover so we can find our ...
DO IT YOURSELF: ; Accuracy vital in replacing windows
Oct 07, 2007; ... Q. I am thinking of installing replacement windows in my home,and want to save money by doing it myself. Is this a difficultproject? - Janet A. Replacement windows are relatively easy to install and many do-it-yourselfers have done it and saved installation costs. If care ...
INTO THE GARDEN: ; Surviving the wheezing and sneezing season
Oct 07, 2007; ... Ahhhhh-Choo! Followed by "honk, honk." Is this chorus and verse afamiliar tune at your house? Around here, that song is accompaniedby the dance to the Puffs box. I'm not a doctor, and I don't even play one here in thenewspaper, but I do have a few tips that will help my ...
Pills & ills: ; On Vitamin D and drug interactions
Oct 07, 2007; ... Q: I'm a 65-year-old female diagnosed with osteoporosis and am athigh risk for bone fracture. The doctor found that my vitamin Dlevels were low. The nurse said I'm to start taking 50,000 IU ofvitamin D weekly. I wonder if too many zeros could have been addedto the prescription she called ...
Fighting against obesity one bite at a time
Oct 07, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - Americans perennially try to lose weight. They trydiets. They try pills and supplements. Some even opt for surgery tomake their stomachs smaller. But many of these methods don't work long-term, or, in the caseof bariatric surgery, not everyone is ready for such a ...
LIVING LIFE FULLY: ; Would you rather be right than happy?
Oct 07, 2007; ... I first saw this sign at a seminar years ago. It seemed like sucha no-brainer. Of course, I'd rather be happy than right. It's amazing, though, how many times we become so attached to ourpositions - and "dug in" - that proving our point becomes the mostimportant thing. We lose ...
Erasing the years: ; Fraxel laser treatment presents alternative to cosmetic surgery
Oct 07, 2007; ... earle@wvgazette.com Ever since it arrived, Dr. Toni Frederick and her colleagues havebeen practicing on one another. She's had her face and neck done andeventually plans to treat her entire body. And on Tuesday, the Charleston anesthesiologist will beginoffering Fraxel laser ...
What - and -when - to toss: ; Take time to clean up your cosmetic collection this fall
Oct 07, 2007; ... Tossing that gunky bottle of lotion when it starts squirting outof the pump like water is a no-brainer. But when should you throw out that 4-year-old shimmer powder thatyou use only for third dates and holidays? Should you toss it, too,even though you're not even halfway through ...
WAR HERO AT PLAY: ; A childhood game for memory's sake
Oct 07, 2007; ... jdavison@wvgazette.com Hershel "Woody" Williams may have just turned 84 years old, buthe's got the competitive, jovial spirit of a boy. In the waning midday shadow of the Statehouse on Saturday, asmall crowd gathered to watch a game of marbles between thedecorated World War ...
Microwave popcorn makeover
Oct 07, 2007; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If you can bypass the butter, popcorn is a low-fat, whole-grain snack full of fiber. But it can be tough to resistthe beast. This Rosemary Cheese Popcorn recipe gussies up fat-freemicrowave popcorn with herbs and cheese and a single tablespoon ofbutter to make them ...
The Main Ingredient: ; Just eat it: What happens when the main ingredient is ... roadkill?
Oct 07, 2007; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com MARLINTON - It was a simple venison sandwich, smothered in browngravy and served with mashed potatoes, that pushed me to the edge. But it was Splattered Venison Goulash with Radiator Sauce thatpulled me back. After ...
Bush talking compromise on health bill
Oct 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush signaled a willingness Saturday tospend more than what he had recommended for a popular children'shealth program, but provided no specifics on how much higher hewould go. The president on Wednesday vetoed legislation that would increasespending for ...
September deadliest yet for: ; ATV deaths
Oct 07, 2007; ... gharki@wvgazette.com Although ATV deaths in West Virginia are down compared to lastyear, there were 11 ATV-related fatalities in September - more thanany month since records started being kept in 1990, officials say. There have been 42 confirmed all-terrain vehicle fatalities ...
College funding unfair?: ; Lawmakers pushing for changes to aid formula
Oct 07, 2007; ... davinwhite@wvgazette.com jdavison@wvgazette.com Top lawmakers and state education leaders say some of WestVirginia's public colleges unfairly get more money than others, andthey want to fix the problem. "It's been high on my radar screen, I'll tell you that," ...
BACK ON TRACK,: ; WVU TRAMPLES; SYRACUSE 55-14
Oct 07, 2007 ... INSPORTS, ...
small gardens
Oct 07, 2007 ... IN LIFE & ...
Not just a drive-by
Oct 07, 2007 ... Go out of your way to take in fall ...
INSIDE
Oct 07, 2007 ... Tips for first-time ...
Iraq's Kurds confront 'honor killing' custom: ; Threats haunt unwed mothers
Oct 07, 2007; ... SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - She is 18, unmarried and eight monthspregnant. She hates it when the baby shifts and kicks in her womb. "I don't hate the child," she said. "But the movements keepreminding me of my past." After she gives birth in secrecy, she will give up her child ...
'Naked Lunch' promotion criticized
Oct 07, 2007; ... GREENVILLE, Maine - "Naked Lunch" just doesn't sound appetizingto some people. A sandwich called the Skinny Dip, featuring sliced prime rib in abaguette roll, has been offered free of charge to anyone willing toplunge naked from The Black Frog Restaurant's dock into a ...
Winn-Dixie recalls ice cream
Oct 07, 2007; ... The following recall has been announced: Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., is recallingbatches of "Prestige Chocolate Ice Cream" because the packagingmight not identify it as chocolate almond. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to almonds runthe risk ...
West Virginia Lottery
Oct 07, 2007 ... Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 Daily 3 436 Daily 4 7955 Hot Lotto 17-18-22-26-35: 7 Night Pick 3 151 Night Pick 4 ...
Today's News
Oct 07, 2007 ... *** Hillary Rodham Clinton has strengthened her position as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, but her strongshowing nationally belies a much closer race in Iowa, where she isin a tight three-way contest with Barack Obama and John Edwards. Onthe ...
Clinton leading in poll, except in Iowa: ; ANALYSIS
Oct 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Hillary Rodham Clinton has strengthened her positionas the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, buther strong showing nationally belies a much closer race in Iowa,where she is in a tight three-way contest with Barack Obama and JohnEdwards. A new ...
Sam's Club pulls beef patties from shelves
Oct 07, 2007; ... MINNEAPOLIS - The Sam's Club warehouse chain has pulled a brandof ground beef patties from its shelves nationwide after fourchildren who ate the food, produced by Cargill Inc., developed E.coli illness. Cargill asked customers to return any remaining patties purchasedafter Aug ....
British adventurer completes 13-year trek around the globe
Oct 07, 2007; ... LONDON - He was hit by a car in Colorado, attacked by a crocodilein Australia, detained as a suspected spy in Egypt and survivedillness and periods of despair. On Saturday, British adventurer Jason Lewis finally came home,completing a 13-year, 46,000-mile human-powered ...
U.S. military deaths in the Iraq war
Oct 07, 2007; ... As of Saturday, at least 3,815 members of the U.S. military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according toan Associated Press count. The figure includes seven militarycivilians. At least 3,105 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
Giuliani slams Clinton's war stance
Oct 07, 2007; ... ESTERO, Fla. - Republican Rudy Giuliani said Saturday thatDemocratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has not statedclear goals for dealing with the Iraq war and Iran's nuclearambitions. The Clinton campaign disputed the charges. The former New York mayor also ...
Giuliani's top rank still on shaky ground: ; ANALYSIS
Oct 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Don't be fooled by Rudy Giuliani's ranking atopnational polls. A lot can shake up the GOP presidential field - andhis opponents are counting on it. Among the factors: * Fred Thompson is giving chase to Giuliani nationally. Thompson,Mitt Romney and John McCain are ...
2 top Iraqi Shiites join forces: ; Radical al-Sadr, politician al-Hakim vow a 'fresh start' to end bloodshed
Oct 07, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Two of Iraq's most powerful Shiite leaders agreedSaturday to end a bitter rivalry in a bid to reverse months of armedclashes and assassinations in the oil-rich south that havethreatened to spread into a wider conflict. Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Abdul-Aziz ...
Outsiders can commandeer races, leaving candidates helpless
Oct 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - For the cost of a one-page ad in the Sept. 10 NewYork Times, the liberal group MoveOn.org bought itself a mediafrenzy. Its attack on Gen. David Petraeus (dubbing him "General BetrayUs") sent Republicans into outrage, knocked Democrats off stride,put the Times on the ...
Castro says speak up, but dissidents have heard it before
Oct 07, 2007; ... MIAMI - They are griping in Cuba these days about low salariesand high prices, poor bus services and the maddening dual currencysystem. And for the first time in years, Cubans don't have to whisper. Interim President Raul Castro has called publicly for criticism,saying that ...
Muppets go to war: ; Sesame Street producing special for kids of wounded U.S. veterans
Oct 07, 2007; ... NEW YORK - It's not your typical Sesame Street episode. There areno lessons in letters or numbers, but there are plenty of hugs andlots of talk about feelings. The Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization that produces thehit kids' show, is working on a DVD that will be ...
Boulevard rumble
Oct 07, 2007; ... LEFT: Car enthusiasts on Saturday crowd Kanawha Boulevard, thesite ...
Rod Run and Doo Wop: ; street closures
Oct 07, 2007 ... The following streets will be closed during the 2007 CharlestonBoulevard Rod Run and Doo Wop held today: Kanawha Boulevard, from Capitol to Clendenin streets: Closed through 6 p.m. Kanawha Boulevard, from Clendenin Street to Pennsylvania AvenueNorth: Closed ...
Musharraf sweeps election as opposition boycotts it: ; Pakistan Supreme Court to rule on his victory
Oct 07, 2007; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf won an overwhelmingmajority in a presidential election boycotted by nearly the entireopposition Saturday, and attention shifted to Supreme Courtdeliberations on whether he can claim victory. Opposition parties that snubbed the vote ...
D.C. gun law's fate worries cities, groups
Oct 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Deep inside Washington's police headquarters is alibrary like few others, with floor-to-ceiling racks displaying1,700 guns, from a World War II-era rifle with bayonet to rows ofpocket-size revolvers, automatic pistols and big six-shooters thatlook straight out of the Wild ...
Pa. man charged: ; in two armored car guard killings
Oct 07, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA - A convicted bank robber charged with killing twoarmored car guards had spotted the vehicle on the road and followedit to an ATM, where he opened fire, a homicide detective saidSaturday. Mustafa Ali, 36, of Philadelphia, executed the two retiredPhiladelphia police ...
Change in Iraq evident on drive through province to Jordan
Oct 07, 2007; ... TIRBIL, Iraq - The Iraqi soldier at the last checkpoint beforethe Jordanian border stared at my passport incredulously. Hecouldn't write "American" in the log. There hadn't been an Americanat this checkpoint in years. "Are you Iraqi?" he asked. "No," I ...
Many patients see only problems after eye surgery
Oct 07, 2007; ... RALEIGH, N.C. - Millions of Americans have undergone laser eyesurgery to correct bad vision, and along with the procedure'spopularity something else is coming into focus: its hazards. Advertising stresses the surgery's safety, and most proceduresare successful. Tiger Woods, who ...
Depression treatment shows promise
Oct 07, 2007; ... WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - A potential new treatment for depressioninvolving magnetic pulses applied to the brain is getting a closerlook from neuroscientists at University of California, Berkeley. Known as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS, the magnetictherapy has shown ...
No Child Left Behind faces contentious reauthorization
Oct 07, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - In the five years since No Child Left Behind wasenacted, resistance to the law has created some strange politicaladversaries and bedfellows in the halls of Congress and amongeducation advocates. Take, for example, the strained relationship between JonathanKozol, an ...
Anthropologists debate working on war effort
Oct 07, 2007; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Army officers fighting against theinsurgencies of Iraq and Afghanistan yearn to know what makesSunnis, Shiites, Kurds, Turkmen, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks andHazaras tick. So they've turned to anthropologists such as Felix Moos at theUniversity of ...
Did Myanmar junta finally go too far by arresting monks?: ; NEWS ANALYSIS
Oct 07, 2007; ... BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar's "Saffron Revolt" has been crushedby an entrenched junta, but the brutality inflicted on Buddhistmonks who braved its guns might be the only thing that couldsplinter the ranks of its fiercely loyal military. As Myanmar's prisons fill with monks and ...
Weather data
Oct 07, 2007 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 90 Low 59 Oct. 6 record high 94 set in 1941 Oct. 6 record low 30 set in 1965 Saturday's precipitation Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...