Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from August 2008:
INTO THE GARDEN: ; Bricks and stones; Many choices to cover outdoor space
Aug 03, 2008; ... Masonry block has come a long way since Peerless Block wasfounded in 1905. When company owner Steve Doty asked me to see theirnew outdoor landscape display, I thought it would be a few paversand some block walls. But I was pleasantly surprised to find astunning display that incorporates ...
LEFT VIEW: ; Partisan questions revealing
Aug 03, 2008; ... "What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to servehim?" I have gone forward and back for a while now trying to figure outwhere today's rant should begin, but I find that I cannot get pastthat question. It was posed by Monica Goodling, an aide to thenAttorney General ...
OUR VIEW: ; Big money; Pharmaceutical millions
Aug 03, 2008 ... Last week's hearing by the Legislature's judiciary interimcommittee shined a spotlight on incredible sums spent by drugmanufacturers to induce doctors to prescribe their high-pricedbrands. "Data mining" was the topic of the Statehouse session. That's theprocess by which ...
OTHER VIEWS
Aug 03, 2008 ... Medieval week shows true nature of Iran The largest mass execution in years is threatened to be followedby death through stoning. Youths are being tortured and executed.The world must condemn the tyranny in Tehran. Last week, an Iranian court sentenced eight women and one man ...
Legal Aid helps the helpless
Aug 03, 2008; ... A YOUNG mother desperately clutched her infant daughter tightlyin her arms, enveloping her frightened child as though a hurricanewere striking, while her husband - the very man who'd sworn beforeGod and family to love her unconditionally - struck her again andagain over her head and ...
Caregivers deserve thanks
Aug 03, 2008; ... "I'LL lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay ..." When we think of healthy relationships, this phrase from a DaveMatthews Band number pretty well sums it up, right? Phrases like: "Friendship is a two-way street," "Friendship is alittle give and take," "You scratch my ...
Sign up for more choice in election
Aug 03, 2008; ... WE'RE doing this for you. The past few weeks, West Virginiansacross the state may have noticed people armed with clipboards andpens asking for signatures to get their candidate on the ballot.Most recently, Libertarians have come to West Virginia hoping for achance to get their candidate, ...
Mountaineers take a look at Hogan on corner: ; WVU FOOTBALL
Aug 03, 2008; ... Staff writer MORGANTOWN - Bill Stewart admits that some of his rookies mighthave to step up quickly to fill needs at two of West Virginia'sthinnest positions - tailback on offense and cornerback on defense. What came as a bit of a surprise during West Virginia's firstfall ...
Herd workouts start today with 10-point plan: ; MARSHALL FOOTBALL
Aug 03, 2008; ... As Marshall football players return to the Huntington campustoday for another round of preseason camp, challenges and goals havebeen clearly spelled out. Many of those are kept "in house" by players and coaches. Butthey all can be summed up in a challenge coach Mark Snyder ...
WEST VIRGINIA AMATEUR GOLF: ; Carter's still the player to beat
Aug 03, 2008; ... For all of the changes surrounding the 89th West VirginiaAmateur, one constant remains. His name is Pat Carter. But even the 12-time State Amateur champion isn't a sure thinganymore. And that may be the biggest change of all when thetournament begins Monday at The Greenbrier ...
Pat White's naive to play the race card
Aug 03, 2008; ... MORGANTOWN - Here's the most ironic thing about Pat White'scontroversial comments about race and baseball at West Virginia: Pat White himself very well could be the poster child for thelack of blacks in the game today. If the connection is somewhat confusing, don't worry. I'll ...
Phelps has a better plan this time: ; Record-breaking eight gold medals within U.S. swimmer's reach
Aug 03, 2008; ... ANN ARBOR, Mich. - On land, Michael Phelps doesn't look like anOlympic hero. He shuffles across the pool deck like a weary old manon his stubby, scythe-shaped legs. His long arms dangle fromslouched shoulders. His lips, surrounded by a Fu Manchu mustache,curve downward. It's time ...
Meetings, etc.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Riverside fall sports: Any student interested in playing a fallsport at Riverside High should plan to attend one of the followingmeetings: football (Monday, 10 a.m.), boys soccer (Monday, ...
College football TV schedule
Aug 03, 2008 ... All times eastern Subject to Change Thursday, Aug. 28 N.C. State at South Carolina, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wake Forest at Baylor, 8 p.m. (FSN) Oregon State at Stanford, 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Friday, Aug. 29 Temple at Army, 7 p.m. (ESPNC) SMU at Rice, ...
Boxing
Aug 03, 2008 ... Fight schedule National TV in parentheses Aug. 8 At Chicago (ESPN2), Tavoris Cloud, Tallahasee, Fla., vs. JulioCesar Gonzalez, Huntington Beach, Calif., 12, light heavyweights. At Coliseo Antonio R Barcelo, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, AlexDeJesus, Puerto Rico, vs ....
Sports history
Aug 03, 2008 ... Aug. 3 1852 - The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on LakeWinnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the2-mile course. 1995 - Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, signs acontroversial 10-year, $25 million deal with Pepsi to make it ...
Area bowling
Aug 03, 2008 ... Men T&C Summer VIP Chuck Lewis 524, Tom Cook 272-552, Oren Cristy 209-509, LindenReed 201-504, Bob Tweedy 517, Willard Huffman 253-587 T&C Friday ...
NFL preseason
Aug 03, 2008 ... 2008 NFL preseason schedule Subject to change Today's game Indianapolis vs. Washington at Canton, Ohio, 8 p.m. (NBC) Thursday's games New York Giants at Detroit, 7 p.m. Baltimore at New England, 7:30 p.m. New York Jets at Cleveland, 7:30 ...
Sports camps
Aug 03, 2008 ... BASEBALL * YMCA Baseball Camp: Dates: August 4-8. Time: 9 a.m-1 p.m.Location: Charleston YMCA. Contact information: Jim Harris, (304)340-3527. * Tyler Mountain YMCA Baseball Camp: Dates: August 11-15. Time: 9a.m.-4 p.m. For: ages 6-11. Location: Point Harmony Baseball ...
Minor leagues
Aug 03, 2008 ... South Atlantic League Second half Northern Division W L Pct. GB West Virginia (Brewers) 29 13 .690 - Lakewood (Phillies) 27 15 .643 2 Delmarva (Orioles) 23 19 .548 6 Hagerstown (Nationals) 19 23 .452 10 x-Lake County (Indians) 18 24 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Aug 03, 2008 ... TELEVISION SPEED 7:30 a.m. - auto racing: Formula One, Hungarian Grand Prix TBS 1 p.m. - baseball: Angels at Yankees 8 1 p.m. - golf: Women's British Open (same-day tape) 13 1 p.m. - golf: PGA-WGC, Bridgestone Invitational FOXO 1:30 p.m. - baseball: Reds at ...
Auto racing
Aug 03, 2008 ... NASCAR Sprint Cup Pennsylvania 500 lineup After Friday's qualifying; race today At Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 168.215 mph. 2. (8) ...
Pro golf
Aug 03, 2008 ... Women's British Open Saturday's results At Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale, England (a-denotes amateur) Third round Yuri Fudoh 66-68-69-203 -13 Ji-Yai Shin 66-68-70-204 -12 Ai Miyazato 68-69-68-205 -11 Cristie Kerr ...
NASCAR SPRINT CUP: PENNSYLVANIA 500: ; Kahne goes for Pocono sweep
Aug 03, 2008 ... LONG POND, Pa. - Little has changed for Kasey Kahne in the lastsix weeks. After winning the June race at Pocono Raceway, the NASCAR SprintCup star sat in ninth place in the season standings, exactly wherehe remains heading into today's Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500. The ...
NFL camp Briefs
Aug 03, 2008 ... Steelers bring back Legursky, cut kicker LATROBE, Pa. - Rookie center Doug Legursky re-signed with thePittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, while rookie kicker Julian Rauchwas released to create a roster spot for him. The 6-foot-1, 323-pound Legursky signed in April as an ...
SPORTS Briefs
Aug 03, 2008 ... Golf: Mickelson, Singh tied atop Bridgestone Invit. Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh slugged it out in the trees and onthe greens Saturday throughout an up-and-down day at the BridgestoneInvitational until they wound up in a tie for the lead with a farmore conventional Lee Westwood ....
Hall of Fame induction ceremony goes Hog wild
Aug 03, 2008 ... CANTON, Ohio - The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hogwild Saturday. Darrell Green and Art Monk walked across the stage waving theirarms and urged thousands of Washington Redskins fans to give themone more salute. Emmitt Thomas, the former Chiefs player andRedskins coach, ...
Goodell wants Favre situation resolved by Monday
Aug 03, 2008 ... GREEN BAY, Wis. - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hopes to haveBrett Favre's standoff with the Green Bay Packers resolved by Monday- even if he has to force the issue. "Both parties are talking," Goodell said in an interview with theNFL Network on Saturday. "I think the discussions ...
Griffey Jr. thanks Reds: ; fans, apologizes for gesture
Aug 03, 2008 ... CINCINNATI - Ken Griffey Jr. thanked Cincinnati Reds fans onSaturday for their support during his nine seasons in his hometown,and apologized to them for his throat-slash gesture last weekend. The Reds traded Griffey to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday,when the team was in ...
Mussina, Yanks cool Angels 8-2: ; American League
Aug 03, 2008 ... NEW YORK - Mike Mussina got a big assist from his catcher andshut down the surging Angels. Mussina retired the final 17 batters he faced in seven solidinnings, Jose Molina hit one of New York's four home runs and theYankees snapped Los Angeles' five-game winning streak with an ...
Baseball today
Aug 03, 2008 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Tampa Bay 65 44 .596 - z-7-3 W-4 42-16 23-28 12-6 Boston 63 48 .568 3 z-5-5 W-2 39-16 24-32 11-7 New York 60 50 .545 51/2 z-5-5 W-1 35-26 25-24 10-8 Toronto 54 55 .495 11 z-6-4 L-3 30-23 24-32 ...
SATURDAY'S MLB BOXSCORES
Aug 03, 2008 ... National League Cubs 5, Pirates 1 PITTSBURGH CHICAGO ab r h bi ab r h bi Rivas 2b 5 0 0 0 ASrano lf 4 1 1 0 JaWlsn ss 4 0 1 0 Theriot ss 3 0 0 0 McLuth cf 4 0 1 0 DLee 1b 1 0 0 1 Doumit c 4 1 3 0 ArRmz 3b 4 1 1 0 AnLrch 3b 3 0 0 ...
Lilly pitches Cubs past Pirates; Sabathia wins again: ; National League
Aug 03, 2008; ... CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs have a solid starting rotation withCarlos Zambrano, Rich Harden and Ryan Dempster, and manager LouPiniella just loves Ted Lilly, too. Lilly pitched 61/3 solid innings, Reed Johnson had three hits andthe Chicago Cubs bounced back from a rare home loss, ...
Emmanuel Baptist to honor church league athletes in Aug. 17 service
Aug 03, 2008 ... Emmanuel Baptist Church on West Washington Street will honor itsathletes who have competed in the Charleston Church RecreationAssociation at its 11 a.m. worship service Aug. 17 and at a luncheonimmediately afterward. Dating back to the 1940s, the church has competed in ...
Cloudy outlook for Brewers; White Sox in need of a boost: ; NOTES
Aug 03, 2008; ... Whether the Brewers are able to rebound from the Massacre inMilwaukee remains to be seen. But, at some point before opening day2009, they must figure out second base and center field, if theywant to be a perennial contender. Manager Ned Yost recently called Rickie Weeks a "late ...
Gates steps down as Power GM: ; ROUNDUP
Aug 03, 2008 ... The West Virginia Power announced the resignation of GeneralManager Ryan Gates Saturday. The resignation is effectiveimmediately as Gates will pursue an opportunity to launch a newfranchise in the Frontier League in Avon, Ohio by May 2009. "His understanding of our industry and ...
Major league baseball statistics
Aug 03, 2008 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM BATTING AB R H HR RBI Avg Texas 3904 619 1102 134 594 .282 Minnesota 3756 540 1043 76 518 .277 Boston 3776 540 1049 118 511 .277 Detroit 3814 552 1054 124 523 .276 New York 3733 516 1009 106 499 .270 Chicago 3712 ...
WEST VIRGINIA POWER BASEBALL: ; Wheeler homer lifts Power
Aug 03, 2008; ... West Virginia Power second baseman Zelous Wheeler only had onehit Saturday night, but boy was it a doozey. Wheeler belted a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventhinning to cap a nine-run uprising that propelled the Power past theDelmarva (Md.) Shorebirds 12-8 in a wild ...
Olympics, Schaus, Little League and even a little bit of NASCAR
Aug 03, 2008; ... IN 1972, Mike D'Antoni was a basketball star at Marshall and wascompeting for a spot on the United States Olympic basketball team. Had he made the team, he would have continued our state's Olympichoops tradition that saw East Bank's Jerry West play in the 1960Games in Rome and ...
IOC head: magic of games will rule in Beijing
Aug 03, 2008; ... BEIJING - Despite the thorny issues of politics, pollution andmedia freedoms, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Saturday he has noregrets about holding the Olympics in China and predicted the "magicof the games" will take over once the competition begins. Less than a week before the ...
Sport-by-sport Olympic capsules
Aug 03, 2008 ... ARCHERY WHERE: Olympic Green Archery Field. WHEN: Aug. 9-15, 2008. MEDALS: Men's and women's individual and team competitions. OUTLOOK: South Korea has won the men's and women's teamcompetitions in the last two Olympics. Butch Johnson, 52, willcompete in his ...
CALENDAR
Aug 03, 2008 ... Today * The Putnam County Gun Club will hold a USPSA pistol match atthe club's range near Eleanor. Call 757-6061. Aug. 9 * The West Virginia Bowhunters Association will hold a 3-Darchery shoot, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Mid-State Archers Range nearFlatwoods. Call ...
Otters 'just about everywhere,' DNR says
Aug 03, 2008; ... Reintroduced to West Virginia waters just two dozen years ago,river otters have spread rapidly throughout the state. So rapidly, in fact, that there aren't many more places for themto go. "They seem to have spread to all of the good habitat available inthe state," said Rich ...
Fishin' the falls: ; Iconic landmark appeals to anglers
Aug 03, 2008; ... GLEN FERRIS - If West Virginians were to list their favoritefishing holes, Kanawha Falls would likely rank near the top. "It's a unique fishery because it has so many different species,"said Mark Scott, a district fisheries biologist for the stateDivision of Natural Resources ....
W.Va. needs to research coyote kills
Aug 03, 2008; ... The effect coyotes might be having on West Virginia's deer,turkey and small-game populations has not yet been effectivelymeasured. Wildlife officials have been short on money for most of the timesince coyotes began roaming the state. Studies of bear, turkey andgrouse population ...
Two jobs: ; Economy forces workers to seek secondary employment
Aug 03, 2008; ... Aaron Bradley of South Charleston works a full-time, corporateday job. It keeps him busy 40 hours a week. But he adds another 18hours at Charleston Town Center's guest services. It's been that waysince December. "I'm trying to get some bills paid off," he said. As the ...
A good deal all around for BB&T
Aug 03, 2008; ... Earlier this month BB&T Corp. announced that the company'spension plan had purchased 2.45 million shares of BB&T stock forabout $52.9 million. That's worth looking into, considering that BB&T gained thousandsof stockholders in West Virginia when it purchased One ValleyBancorp ...
BANS: ; Drugstore tobacco sales come under fire
Aug 03, 2008; ... Anti-smoking advocates are taking the battle against cigarettesto the aisles of pharmacies as well as retailers with in-storehealth clinics, arguing that stores promoting health care shouldn'talso be selling tobacco products. Tuesday, San Francisco's city board of supervisors will ...
THE WORKPLACE: ; Ivy Leaguers' big edge: higher starting salaries
Aug 03, 2008; ... Where people go to college can make a big difference in startingpay, and that difference is largely sustained into midcareer,according to a large study of global compensation. In the yearlong effort, PayScale Inc., an online provider ofglobal compensation data, surveyed 1.2 million ...
BUSINESS Faces
Aug 03, 2008 ... Banking The Fayette County National Bank has elected John "Frank" HindsonIII and Linda L. Ramsey to its Board of Directors. Hindson has beenin the insurance business for 30 years with five offices servingSouthern West Virginia. He attended Beckley and Concord College witha degree ...
Changing the conversation: ; Many Sri Lankans dealt with tsunami trauma without the need for professional mental help
Aug 03, 2008; ... COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Iresha Susanthi was playing on the beachwith friends in the southern Sri Lankan village of Batheegama whenthe tsunami came in late 2004. She was 8 years old at the time, but said recently she rememberswell the cries: "The sea is coming! The sea is ...
Mental health workers becoming standard in disaster relief efforts
Aug 03, 2008; ... COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - It was morning when the water unexpectedlyrose and rushed ashore, destroying nearly everything in its path.The human toll was inexplicable and fears of a mass mental healthcrisis were profound. Those are just some of the many similarities between the ...
Pool parasites survive chlorine
Aug 03, 2008; ... Rising infections from a chlorine-resistant parasite calledCryptosporidium are forcing pools and water parks across the countryto take new measures - from ultraviolet-light water treatments totighter swimming restrictions - to keep their water clean. The parasite - commonly called ...
Robotic technology puts smile back on Chicago woman's face
Aug 03, 2008; ... CHICAGO - For 20 years, LaVerne Petersen was afraid to laugh,worried that even the glimmer of a smile could send her into a fitof agonizing pain. Petersen kept her face as still as possible to avoid flare-ups ofa rare facial nerve disorder that could be triggered by something ...
ON GARDENING: ; Cathedral Windows hosta is a religious experience
Aug 03, 2008; ... Gardeners, if you have even a little shade, you need to rememberthe name Cathedral Windows. This is one of the most beautiful hostasin the world. I need to admit, first, that when I see hostas, I lovethem all. I run from one to the next, drooling over them and listingtheir virtues and ...
Design tips for walls arent complicated
Aug 03, 2008; ... Decorating walls isnt that complicated or expensive. Check outthese design tips from art.com and youll see: Focus on one area: Acommon mistake is to decorate walls by sprinkling things around tofill up empty space. Instead, draw an imaginary rectangle on themain focal wall in the room ...
TODAY'S News
Aug 03, 2008 ... Olympic spirit Beijing A man shows his Olympic spirit atTiananmen Square on Saturday before he was asked to leave the areaby Beijing police. The 2008 Beijing Olympics begin Friday. Airportscreening method raises issues of privacy MIAMI Travelers, beaware: Your full-blown image, ...
LOTTERY: ; LOTTERIES
Aug 03, 2008 ... Saturday, Aug. 2 2008 West Virginia: Daily 3 459 Daily 4 2572Ohio: Night Pick 3 181 Night Pick 4 0123 Day Pick 3 476 ...
Obama opposes slavery reparations
Aug 03, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Democratic presidential candidate BarackObama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves,putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders. The man witha serious chance to become the nations first black president arguesthat government should ...
EYEWITNESS NEWS: ; STORMTEAM WEATHER; WCHS/FOX 11 Steve Borecky's Outlook
Aug 03, 2008 ... Partly cloudy today and ...
CN LIBRARY HOURS
Aug 03, 2008 ... The Charleston Newspapers library is open to the public from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The library is on the secondfloor of the ...
MISSED PAPER/DELIVERY PROBLEMS
Aug 03, 2008 ... To report a problem with the delivery of your newspaper, call 348-4800 by 9:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday and by 1 p.m ....
ESSAYS ON FAITH: ; Out of darkness, into light
Aug 03, 2008; ... Since I had errands to run today, I was happy to awaken and findthat last nights rain had cooled things down quite a bit from thehumid 90s of the past week to the mid-70s. It was a beautifulmorning! After breakfast and a few chores, I was on my way. Headingfor the Interstate, which is my ...
Do pets go to heaven? No one knows for sure
Aug 03, 2008; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. Carolyn Sharps beloved greyhound Starr was 4years old when she was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer. Sharpdecided the two of them would stay together as long as Starr was notsuffering too much. The greyhound received radiation treatments andpain patches for ...
WEST VIRGINIA POWER
Aug 03, 2008; ... West Virginia Power second baseman Zelous Wheeler turns a doubleplay against Delmarvas Brian Valichka during the Powers 12-8 ...