Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from January 2008:
'Dancing With the Stars' judges re-engage for ABC's new 'Dance War'
Jan 06, 2008; ... It's one thing to judge celebrities on their amateur dancing. It's another to get away from the desk and show your own stuff. Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba do just that as their popularseries "Dancing With the Stars" spawns the ABC spinoff "Dance War:Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" ...
so much stuff: ; We hold on to all these things. Is it vanity or self-preservation?
Jan 06, 2008; ... bobschwarz@wvgazette.com Kim Lannan got a lot of pleasure from looking at the things shefilled her house with, but she knew it was time to stop. "You run out of room and you run out of money," said Lannan, a 47-year-old paralegal and divorced mother of two ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: ; Those dreaded dates
Jan 06, 2008; ... Those who haven't been there might have trouble understanding theimpact a simple date on the calendar can have on a person. Afterall, it's just a date. It's not something with substance. But thosewho have been there understand certain dates have a power totransport a person backward ...
Organizing home is easier than you think
Jan 06, 2008; ... MODESTO, Calif. - For Stephany Smith Gonser, being organized hasbeen a way of life ever since she was a kid, and she has the proofto back it up. "We have home movies of me at Christmas folding wrapping paper aswe opened gifts," Gonser said. Because she grew up in a cluttered ...
BOOK REVIEW: ; Alice Cooper swaps addictions, finding salvation on the course
Jan 06, 2008; ... My infatuation with Alice Cooper began in 1975, shortly after hisoriginal band had parted ways and he had gone solo with "Welcome toMy Nightmare." His show had it all - blood and guts, guillotines,vaudeville, all joined with real meat-and-potatoes rock 'n' rollthat spoke about angst, ...
BOOK REVIEW: ; Search for lost identity makes breathtaking book
Jan 06, 2008; ... In the late 1990s, when Mark Kurzem was a student at Oxford, hisfather Alex showed up unannounced from Australia to tell a secretand to make a request. Alex Kurzem revealed a secret past. He was more than just aLatvian who had immigrated Down Under following World War II ....
the MONDAY BOOKCLUB: ; Artifacts and memories tell four women's stories
Jan 06, 2008; ... The Sunday Gazette-Mail Monday Book Club's January selection is"Behind the Scenes at the Museum" by Kate Atkinson. The novel willbe discussed from 6 to 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at Taylor Books on CapitolStreet. Atkinson's first novel is a family history that spans both worldwars and ...
Fishing for a connection: ; On Alaska trip, divorced dad salvages relationship with son
Jan 06, 2008; ... PORTLAND, Maine - When newspaper editor Lou Ureneck took histeenage son Adam on a 110-mile river journey through the Alaskanwilderness in August 2000, he had more in mind than observingwildlife and catching salmon and Arctic char. The fishing trip was Ureneck's desperate attempt to ...
BOOK REVIEW: ; Secretive setting plays big role in Inspector O mystery
Jan 06, 2008; ... gmoore@wvgazette.com Some mysteries you read for the plot. "Hidden Moon" is not amongthem. The book's main character shares top billing with his city, amysterious place with idiosyncrasies and pitfalls unfamiliar toAmerican readers. Watching the character navigate the city is ...
OUR ART: ; On balance
Jan 06, 2008 ... Kathy Gorrell, born in Sandyville, W.Va., now lives in Ashland,Ohio Stacked Dish Hierarchy, 1995 Pastel on paper, 49.5 by 51.5inches State Museum Collection, Division of Culture and History,purchase award, 1995 Kathy Gorrell depicts delicately balanced cups and dishes, inthis ...
Destined for good behavior: ; Tips make destination weddings easier for kids, grownups both
Jan 06, 2008; ... As the bride and groom turned toward each other to say theirvows, the ocean sparkled in the background and white sand warmed theguests' feet. The moment was interrupted only by a toddler - mine -yelling, "I want to sit in Mommy's lap!" I scooped him up, only to knock the pacifier ...
CINDY SAYS: ; Separate fact from fallacy for new fitness regimen
Jan 06, 2008; ... Let's start the year off on the right foot - well, OK, if youwant to start it off on the left foot, that's fine, too. Just getmoving. We all know the more physically active we are, the better we willfeel and the healthier we will be. But instead of going on and onabout how a ...
Strategies help fight off illness this winter
Jan 06, 2008; ... It's cold season, and germ-phobics are preparing for battle. They don't have to look far to find plenty of weapons. Nutritionally enhanced drinks, with names such as House Call andRescue, stand ready to boost weakened immune systems. Green tea,probiotics, herbs and a slew of ...
Kids stuck inside?: ; There's still plenty of fun to be had on play dates
Jan 06, 2008; ... When Teresa Hurwitz's two daughters host a play date, it's timeto start cooking. "When we have friends over, we usually do a baking party," saidHurwitz, mother of Stephanie, 8, and Allyson, 5. The girls will often invite playmates to the family's home inYorktown Heights, ...
Ky.'s historic Boone Tavern Hotel to close for eco-makeover
Jan 06, 2008; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - The historic Boone Tavern Hotel will be closedfor the first five months of the year for renovations to make it eco-friendly. The $9.6 million project will make it a "green" hotel, eligiblefor certification by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership inEnergy ...
Ticket to 2008: ; The hippest and hottest destinations and trends
Jan 06, 2008; ... Helloooo! Helloooo! I'm coming to you from the Valley of Fire,where after conferring with Nostradamus, Jeane Dixon, Ann Landers,Loomis, Sayles & Co. and the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, I can announce what's hot and trendy for 2008 travel. Enjoy the list, and I'll see ...
Rain chains make a beautiful drain
Jan 06, 2008; ... FRESNO, Calif. - With the cold-weather season upon us, guttersare filling with rainwater or snowmelt from rooftops. Downspoutshelp channel the water collected in the gutters down to the groundlevel and away from foundations. Downspouts typically match the gutters in style and ...
DO IT YOURSELF: ; Crawl space must be kept dry
Jan 06, 2008; ... Q. During heavy rains, water seeps into the crawl spaces of somehomes in our area. Neighbors say they never worry about it. How deepdoes the water have to be before it is a problem? - S. Kotzilla A. Any water in a crawl space is a problem, in my opinion. Thewater can foster mold ...
INTO THE GARDEN: ; Judging from my gifts, I must have been good
Jan 06, 2008; ... I wish I was still in grade school, because then I wouldn't feelso tacky asking all of my friends that favorite post-Christmasquestion. "What'd you get?" I would love to ask all of my gardening friends what they gotfrom Santa. I got a couple of nifty things. First, ...
Efficient use of water has benefits besides saving money
Jan 06, 2008; ... Saving water in the kitchen isn't just the right thing to doduring a drought. It's the right thing to do all of the time. Sure, it's important to use clean water when we prepare food. Butmuch of the water we use in our kitchens spills right down the sink,where it goes back to the ...
Garden gems: ; Jewelry designer creates baubles and bangles from seeds and twigs
Jan 06, 2008; ... Emilie Lapham's Wyndmoor, Pa., garden is many gardens, really,each resembling an outdoor "room" on the same grand scale as herhouse. Eyes wide, we take in her Elizabethan parterres, the rocketingcorn and okra, the orchard, wildflower meadow and foundation beds.But when Lapham ...
On the Town
Jan 06, 2008 ... Symphony Ball The West Virginia Symphony League presented its annual SymphonyBall Nov. 30 at the Charleston Marriott Town Center. 8. Nancy and Clark Campbell, Susie Orders. 9. Clynton Kelly, Teresa and Dr. Edmundo Figueroa. 10. Ruth Joseck, Belle Manjong, Janet ...
HOROSCOPE:
Jan 06, 2008; ... Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 Your birthday today: Allow more time for contemplation this year.You can discover the truth about many questions you have longpondered. Get a guru or two to help. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most ...
Get upper-crust bread with lower level of effort
Jan 06, 2008; ... One new cookbook that should have been under the Christmas treefor the bakers in our lives is the remarkable "Artisan Bread in FiveMinutes A Day" (St. Martin's Press, $27.95). Judging from their resumes alone, authors Jeff Hertzberg, aMinneapolis physician, and Zoe Francois, a ...
The Main Ingredient: ; Winter sunshine; Citrus just tastes better this time of year - orange you glad?
Jan 06, 2008; ... robbyers@wvgazette.com tara@wvgazette.com Remember when people gave oranges as Christmas presents? It's not ancient history or anything. Anytime Rob and his brothergot greedy for Christmas presents, his mom would trot out the storyabout how all she got one Christmas was ...
New Hampshire face-off: ; Romney clashes with Huckabee, McCain in national debate
Jan 06, 2008; ... MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clashedwith Mike Huckabee on foreign policy and John McCain on immigrationSaturday night in a high-stakes presidential campaign debate threedays before the New Hampshire primary. "It's not amnesty," McCain shot back after ...
New Hampshire face-off: ; Clinton accuses Obama of changing positions on issues
Jan 06, 2008; ... MANCHESTER, N.H. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democraticpresidential front-runner no longer, accused campaign rival BarackObama of changing his positions on health care and "a number ofissues" Saturday night in a debate three days before the NewHampshire primary. "I have been ...
Can Obama cross racial divide? Iowa proves it
Jan 06, 2008; ... Ray Ballentine was waiting for a sign to throw his support toBarack Obama. And when Obama coasted to victory in Iowa's caucuses,there it was - evidence that the senator had the broad racial appealto get to the White House. "I did have some reservations before, but he certainly got ...
Bad blood behind Lincoln newspaper chain's demise?
Jan 06, 2008; ... alisonk@wvgazette.com morris@wvgazette.com Last week's surprise closure of the upstart Lincoln Standard Co.newspaper chain ends a year of bitter, some say dirty, competitionfor readers and ad revenue in Southern West Virginia. It may also mean the end of company ...
Regional airport model out of money
Jan 06, 2008; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Business and political leaders backing a Lincoln County regionalairport - which might have forced Yeager Airport to close -repeatedly cited the economic success of the Global TransPark inKinston, N.C. But today, Global TransPark is teetering on the ...
Bresch won't mar WVU accreditation
Jan 06, 2008; ... veronican@wvgazette.com West Virginia University's accrediting agency has washed itshands of pursuing allegations the university manufactured an MBAdegree for Gov. Joe Manchin's elder daughter. As long as there is no evidence that the university has a historyof manufacturing ...
Bill O'Reilly accused of shoving Obama staffer: ; Episode occurred after N.H. speech
Jan 06, 2008; ... NASHUA, N.H. - No one ever accused Bill O'Reilly of being awilting flower. So when the Fox News Channel commentator and interviewer appearedmidway through a Barack Obama rally at a Nashua high schoolSaturday, his presence was evident. Tall, with camera crew in tow,O'Reilly ...
Corrections
Jan 06, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - In a Dec. 30 story about The Freecycle Network, TheAssociated Press erroneously reported the amount of trash theinternational recycling program keeps out of landfills every day.According to the group's founder, the amount is equivalent to 400tons per ...
West Virginia Lottery
Jan 06, 2008 ... Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 Daily 3 023 Daily 4 8080 Hot Lotto 26-30-34-35-37: 18 Night Pick 3 331 Night Pick 4 ...
Today's News
Jan 06, 2008 ... Elvis Presley impersonater Michael Viselli of Boston performs forskiers as they ride a lift on the bunny slope at Shawnee Peak onSaturday in Bridgton, Maine. The ski area was offering free lifttickets to anyone who dressed as Elvis. Presley would have been 73on Jan. 8. AP ...
Nev. levee breaks, strands 3,500 people
Jan 06, 2008; ... FERNLEY, Nev. - A canal levee ruptured early Saturday after heavyrainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water intohundreds of homes and stranding 3,500 people across a square mile intheir desert agricultural town, authorities said. A section of the Truckee Canal up to ...
Hiker believed dead; kidnapping charges filed against suspect
Jan 06, 2008; ... ATLANTA - Authorities said Saturday they believe a hiker whodisappeared from the northern Georgia woods on New Year's Day isdead, and they charged the man who was reportedly last seen with herwith kidnapping. Union County Superior Court Judge David Barrett signed a ...
Iraqi soldier accused of killing two Americans during joint patrol
Jan 06, 2008; ... BAGHDAD - An Iraqi soldier is accused of turning on two decoratedAmerican servicemen and shooting them to death during a jointoperation in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Saturday. AnIraqi official said the suspect may have links to militant groups. The shooting the day after ...
Israel pulls out of Nablus after 4-day sweep for militants, weapons
Jan 06, 2008; ... NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli troops wound up a four-day sweep ofwanted men and munitions caches in the West Bank town of Nablus onSaturday, and residents confined at home since the operation startedoutside to survey damage and resume their interrupted lives. Palestinian officials ...
Reports: ANC leader takes another wife
Jan 06, 2008; ... CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The new African National Congressleader and would-be national president Jacob Zuma took another wifeSaturday - in a Zulu tradition of polygamy that coexists uneasilywith calls for gender equality in modern South Africa. With a corruption scandal brewing ...
Libyan diplomats kidnapped in Somalia
Jan 06, 2008; ... MOGADISHU, Somalia - Gunmen kidnapped two Libyan diplomats from abusy market in Somalia's lawless capital Saturday, a guard at theLibyan Embassy and the Foreign Ministry in Tripoli said. "They were abducted by men with pistols," said the embassy guard,who asked that his name not be ...
Chilled to the gills
Jan 06, 2008; ... Ten-year-old Khalil Weldon of South Charleston braves Saturday'scold weather to angle for trout at Indian Lake Fisheries in ...
Long tribal recognition process frustrates groups
Jan 06, 2008; ... GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Long after the Little Shell Tribe ofChippewa was stripped of its land and scores of its people had beenmoved to Canada, the 4,300 surviving members are fighting to reclaimthe shards of their past. Through the years, and with intermarriage with Canadian ...
Bhutto's husband wants U.N. probe
Jan 06, 2008; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto's widowed husband accusedmembers of Pakistan's ruling regime of involvement in his wife'skilling and called Saturday for a U.N. investigation, as Britishofficers aiding Pakistan's own probe pored over the crime scene. "An investigation conducted ...
Russian fishing crew rescued after 3 months at derelict base: ; 8 men, 3 women subsisted on fried flour
Jan 06, 2008; ... MOSCOW - Eleven fishing boat crew members who had been strandedsince October in a remote part of Russia's Far East have beenrescued after sheltering nearly three months at an abandonedmilitary base, according to television and Russian news agencyreports. The eight men and three ...
Kenyan leader says he's willing to share power; violence eases
Jan 06, 2008; ... NAIROBI, Kenya - President Mwai Kibaki told the top U.S. diplomatfor Africa that he was willing to share power and the oppositionbacked off demands for his resignation on Saturday, offering hopefor an end to Kenya's deadly electoral crisis. As Kibaki and Raila Odinga faced growing ...
Naples mayor tries to calm public as trash problems continue
Jan 06, 2008; ... NAPLES, Italy - The mayor of Naples appealed to angry residentsSaturday to stay calm in the city's 2-week-old garbage crisis, andthe prime minister called it an emergency that must to be tackledquickly. Scattered clashes between youths and police continued, newsreports said, as ...
College students with mental illness walk a tightrope
Jan 06, 2008; ... CHICAGO - Jill Manges was in her French history class at EasternIllinois University, when she felt the symptoms - the waves ofnausea, the tightness in the throat - that signaled an impendingflashback. Threading her way through the row of desks that Septemberafternoon, Manges - ...
Settling in: Iraqi families adjust to new lives in the U.S.
Jan 06, 2008; ... LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Safe on Long Island, the little things havebecome big things. A trip to the movies. Some last-minute groceries. The unlikelyluxury of commuting on the same roads, at the same time, everysingle day. It wasn't that way in Baghdad. "Sometimes I would ...
Tiger attack highlights oversight weakness at nation's zoos
Jan 06, 2008; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. - The tiger that escaped its San Francisco Zoopen on Christmas did more than kill a San Jose teenager. It exposedalarming gaps in oversight - both at the well-regarded zoo itselfand beyond. How did no one notice until after the tragedy that killed CarlosSousa ...
Weather data
Jan 06, 2008 ... CHARLESTON AND VICINITY Saturday's temperatures High 49 Low 23 Jan. 5 record high 70 set in 2007 Jan. 5 record low -6 set in 1942 Saturday's precipitation Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...
Billion-dollar roadkill: Researchers hope to cut loss of animal, human life
Jan 06, 2008; ... LOGAN, Utah - Wildlife researchers Patricia Cramer and JohnBissonette scanned the bushes and brush amid patches of snow,looking for signs of mule deer. Gleefully, Cramer kicked at a pile of droppings. "There you are," she said. "I like to see that. It means the muledeer are ...
State & regional weather
Jan 06, 2008 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid-50s. Tonight, mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid-40s. Monday, mostlycloudy. Highs in the mid-60s. Monday night, mostly cloudy. Lows inthe upper 40s. Boone, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln: ...
World weather
Jan 06, 2008 ... Amsterdam 41 33 Rain Athens 44 33 PCldy Baghdad 59 39 PCldy Berlin 23 17 PCldy Bermuda 60 52 Rain Cairo 66 49 Clr Calgary 40 19 PCldy Dublin 47 28 Rain Hong Kong 68 56 Clr Jerusalem 62 51 Rain London 48 37 ...
U.S. weather
Jan 06, 2008 ... Anchorage 14 4 Clr Atlanta 51 42 PCldy Boston 42 35 PCldy Charlotte, N.C. 53 37 PCldy Chicago 41 37 Cldy Cincinnati 44 42 Cldy Cleveland 41 37 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 72 59 PCldy Denver 54 28 PCldy Detroit 36 36 ...
Manchin's record gives advantage in 4th session
Jan 06, 2008; ... As he readies the fourth and final legislative agenda of histerm, Gov. Joe Manchin has already compiled a track record ofgetting lawmakers to see things his way. Slightly more than four out of every five bills that the formerlegislator has proposed since taking office in 2005 have ...
Recycled Christmas trees to help state fish
Jan 06, 2008; ... veronican@wvgazette.com Christmas and New Year's have come and gone, and it's time to getrid of that once-fresh pine tree. The state Department of Environmental Protection providedCharleston residents with a means for doing that on Saturday thatbenefits the state's lakes and ...
The dog days of winter
Jan 06, 2008; ... AFTER a three week absence from my day job, I find myself back atmy office computer, poring over a digital mountain of unopened e-mail - a collection of spam vast enough to fill a Honolulusupermarket's canned meat section. While it's good to know that the folks at Colon Cleanse ...
Glacier warming: ; Elkins scientist finds many Himalayan ice floes melted
Jan 06, 2008; ... tara@wvgazette.com Fifty years ago, the Pokhalde glacier snaked across the slopes ofthe Himalayas, a bloated tongue of ice hundreds of meters wide. Today, it's gone. An Elkins scientist, Alton Byers, just spent 30 days climbing allover the Mount Everest region with a ...
Westminster College choir to sing Monday
Jan 06, 2008 ... The Concert Choir from Westminster College (New Wilmington, Pa.)will offer a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the sanctuary of ...
MSHA misses deadline for mine rescue rules
Jan 06, 2008; ... kward@wvgazette.com The Bush administration missed a legal deadline to finalize rulesto require more and better-trained mine rescue teams across thenation's coalfields. Under a 2006 law signed by President Bush, Labor Secretary ElaineChao was required to issue final rules by ...
Atlantic City hopes to stop thieving gulls with filament
Jan 06, 2008; ... ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Squawking gulls are as ubiquitous on thisseashore resort's famous Boardwalk as gamblers and rolling chairs. But the dive-bombing birds have become the target of a city-improvement committee that wants to stop them from stealing foodfrom unsuspecting tourists ...
THINGS TO DO TODAY
Jan 06, 2008 ... Dance lessons * ROUND DANCE: 4-5:30 p.m. First two lessons free, call for costthereafter. Instructors: Glenn and Kay Anders. St. AlbansPresbyterian Church, 201 Kanawha Terrace. Call 346-6386. Outdoors * KANAWHA TRAIL CLUB: A carpool meets across from the post officeat ...
THE WILD SIDE: ; Where have cardinals gone?
Jan 06, 2008; ... Two topics have dominated my mailbox over the last few weeks. Oneof the questions has me concerned. The other I hear every winter andwarrants review. Back in November, I began receiving e-mails and phone calls suchas this one from Judy Rich from Glenville: "We have not seen ...
The Way It Was: ; Field of dreams, 1963; By Richard Andre
Jan 06, 2008 ... Bounded by the Boulevard, Court, Capitol and Virginia streets,this vast open space was the heart of the capital city's businessdistrict for a century - until the bulldozers cleared it for thecity's first Urban Renewal project. In 1963, when this photo was taken, downtown real ...