Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from February 2009:
AN AVOWED SOCIAL LIST: ; What are you doing right now?; Adults, not just kids, find Facebook is a handy networking tool
Feb 01, 2009; ... Young mothers feel less isolated. Businesses reach a wideraudience. Old friends from elementary school recall the cafeterialunches back in the 1960s. These are a few examples of how thepopular Internet networking vehicle Facebook is no longer just forteens. A quick scroll through the ...
SMELL THE COFFEE: ; There's strange, then there's stranger!
Feb 01, 2009; ... Mom buys me a new calendar every year at Christmas. For a longtime, she chose "Far Side," until Gary Larson called it quits andshe switched to "Quote of the Day." This past Christmas, however,she chose for me a calendar featuring a year's worth of daily"Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" ...
Best-sellers
Feb 01, 2009 ... Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet)(F-H) 2. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for YoungReaders) (F-P) 3. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books ...
Ex-Post man knows 'The Rules'
Feb 01, 2009; ... Question: What does the editor of The Washington Post do when heretires? Answer: He publishes a novel. Second question: How true to real life at the Post, a newspaperthat has uncovered some of the great scandals of our age, is thisbook? One of the first rules of ...
ART Notes
Feb 01, 2009 ... Barry Vance paintings Callen McJunkin Gallery presents paintings by Barry Vance,"Selections from Dwelling in the Backcountry," through Feb. 28, witha reception for the artist from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The exhibition features 16 tiny, minutely detailed paintings, 7by 9 ...
Young woman meets her uncle, a gangster
Feb 01, 2009; ... The weakest writing in Linda Grant's "The Clothes on Their Backs"comes in the very first paragraph. Vivien Kovacs, a grieving womanin her early 50s, passes a sad little shop that's going out ofbusiness. "Through the glass," she observes "the rails on which theclothes hung, ...
BOOK Notes
Feb 01, 2009 ... Progressive governor West Virginia University Press has published the book "GovernorWilliam Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia" by GaryJackson Tucker. Glasscock was governor from 1909 to 1913. According to authorTucker, the state's 13th governor and others ...
Clay exhibit boldly goes 'Out of This World'
Feb 01, 2009; ... WANT TO GO? Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from Filmand Television WHEN: Feb. 7 through May 10. Wednesday throughSaturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m.; closed Monday andTuesday. WHERE: Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences ADMISSION:Adults $7, Children $5.50 ....
Give your personal finances a fresh start
Feb 01, 2009; ... A new year can provide a fresh start and a chance to set newfinancial goals and correct the mistakes you've made. "This economic environment has forced clients to have a financialreality check," said Rett Dean, a certified financial planner inIrving, Texas. So, experts ...
MIND YOUR MANNERS: ; Nicknames for the elderly aren't cute
Feb 01, 2009; ... As Tom Brokow wrote in his book "The Greatest Generation," we owea debt of gratitude to our elders. They survived recessions, theGreat Depression, numerous wars including World War II, politicalupheaval and much more. Yet despite all they have accomplished for us and our ...
Horoscope
Feb 01, 2009; ... Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: You're very creative this year, and alsovery lucky. You have a few old phobias and disappointments toovercome, but you can do that. Learn from the past and forge ahead. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the ...
LIVING LIFE FULLY: ; What lessons do survivors have to share with us?
Feb 01, 2009; ... Breast cancer survivor. Prostate cancer survivor. Plane crashsurvivor. What do you think of when you hear these terms? Relief?Gratitude? Pride? Obviously, it depends on the context. A personalchallenge - or that of a family member or close friend - will, nodoubt, evoke more ...
Jack LaLanne still has a leg up on fitness
Feb 01, 2009; ... SANTA ANA, Calif. - Agile and upbeat, fitness fanatic JackLaLanne is still tossing lifelines to those he says are "exceedingthe feed limit." His advice has outlived diet and exercise fads promoted longbefore America was declared an obese nation. Remember, he's the guy who, ...
HEALTHY BITES: ; Classes at Macy's have healthy menu
Feb 01, 2009; ... Last fall, Lisa McCracken, marketing director of Charleston TownCenter Mall, approached Macy's with an idea for cooking classes. Macy's climbed on board and the two entities began a partnershipwith Leonard Bailey, executive chef and director of culinary arts atMountain State ...
CINDY SAYS FITNESS TIPS: ; Heart-smart exercise: Cardio machines
Feb 01, 2009; ... Cindy Boggs, fitness presenter, author and Activate Americadirector, has been an ACE-certified coordinator/instructor since1989. Send your questions about fitness, training or health to YMCAof Kanawha Valley, 100 YMCA Drive, Charleston, WV 25311, or e-mailcindysays@aol.com. Look for ...
A treasure of the Sierra Madre: ; Year-round sunny days, cool nights in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Feb 01, 2009; ... When most people think of Mexico, visions of white sand beachesand azure water come to mind. Another completely differentexperience occurs away from the coast in the mountainous interior. San Miguel de Allende is one of Mexico's prettiest cities.Situated in a wide valley in the ...
Thinking small: ; Make the most of an undersize kitchen space
Feb 01, 2009; ... If you love to cook but are afraid of buying or renting a placewith a kitchen the size of a phone booth, fear not. A small kitchendoesn't have to be a big drawback if you use your space creatively. How to design and outfit a cramped or narrow kitchen is a commonquandary for urban ...
TRENDS: ; Home decor flips back to 'nesting,' Pennington says
Feb 01, 2009; ... TV home-repair guru and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" host TyPennington - who from 2000 to 2004 was one of the carpenters onTLC's "Trading Spaces" - offered observations on today's home-renovation market and the changing attitudes toward home as shelterinstead of a commodity to resell ...
Home and garden notes
Feb 01, 2009 ... Neutral can add drama Alice Buckley's book "Neutral Color Schemes" explores ways to addcalming colors and touches of drama to a home, sometimes usingcolors you might never have thought of as neutral - such as blackcherry, olive and spicy amber. The bulk of the book is a ...
INTO THE GARDEN: ; Expert likes a little wild landscaping
Feb 01, 2009; ... "It's like paying a nickel to see the bearded lady," explainedCarol Reece. "We're attracted to the unusual." Reece, a specialist in ornamental horticultural with theUniversity of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, talked aboutthe appeal of the aberrant recently at the West ...
DO IT YOURSELF: ; Plastic porch rail needs special paint
Feb 01, 2009; ... Q:My plastic porch railing has become unsightly with dirt andstains. Is it possible to paint it? If not, how can it be cleaned? A:It is possible to paint plastic, but special paint is usuallyneeded to ensure good adhesion to the slick surface. You canprobably find a paint suitable ...
Stop counting sheep: ; Tips for falling asleep and waking up when it's time
Feb 01, 2009; ... If you're lucky, you're still sleeping when it's "time to makethe doughnuts." We asked Joni Caputa, a pastry chef of two years at BittersweetPastry Shop in Chicago how she manages to kick the sandman to thecurb at 4:15 every morning. "I don't let myself set a snooze on my ...
WRITE YOUR OWN COLUMN: ; Coming through the other side of mental illness
Feb 01, 2009; ... My name is Christopher Bradley Tucker, and I have a story totell. I am a 27-year-old starving artist who suffers from a slew ofmental illnesses. I've been diagnosed as being a bipolar, borderline-personality with social anxiety disorder and slight paranoia. It's amouthful, I ...
Comfort food by the chunk: ; Simple steps to making a great winter stew
Feb 01, 2009; ... What, exactly, makes a stew a stew and not a soup, a braise or acasserole? First let's define the dish. Then let's find out how bestto cook one. We turned immediately to "The Food Lover's Companion," one of themost authoritative compendiums of culinary knowledge we know, by ...
MEDICARE: ; W.Va. nursing homes receive poor rating; New evaluation system has flaws, operators say
Feb 01, 2009; ... Twelve West Virginia nursing home programs got five-star ratings("much above average") from Medicare's Nursing Home Compare programin December. Medicare also slapped 34 of West Virginia's 130 licensed nursinghomes with a "well below average" rating. Each received only onestar ...
STRUGGLING TO STAY WARM: ; Ky. Guard called up after ice storm
Feb 01, 2009; ... MAYFIELD, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear deployed every last one of hisArmy National Guardsmen on Saturday, with his state still reelingafter a deadly ice storm encrusted it last week. More than half a million homes and businesses, most of them inKentucky, remained without electricity ...
Sometimes you get the bear...
Feb 01, 2009; ... What big teeth you have? Nathan Starcher, 5, of Charleston, couldnot resist exploring the mouth of a black bear on display at theWest Virginia Hunting & Fishing Show at the Charleston Civic CenterSaturday. The show continues today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m ....
$101 MILLION: ; Stimulus could be windfall for state schools
Feb 01, 2009; ... New schools. Stronger reading and math programs. More money toserve students with disabilities. This is what local education officials say West Virginia wouldreceive if the U.S. Senate approves President Barack Obama'seconomic stimulus bill. They call it the most significant ...
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: ; Doctor experimented on patients, suit alleges
Feb 01, 2009; ... A whistleblower complaint accuses former osteopathic surgeon Dr.John A. King of experimenting on 26 of his patients. The federal complaint says King used medical devices in ways thathadn't been approved by the FDA and received illegal kickbacks fordoing it. "King and David ...
IN VALLEY & STATE
Feb 01, 2009 ... Fresh catch at the Fish ...
IN SPORTS
Feb 01, 2009 ... Louisville outlasts ...
Corrections
Feb 01, 2009 ... A commentary by Dave Cooper in the Jan. 25 Gazette-Mail misstatedseveral details about regulation of coal ash impoundments. Thecommentary should have said that a proposal by Rep. Nick Rahallwould give authority to regulate dam safety at coal-ash impoundmentsto the Department of ...
For English city, apostrophe's a thing of the past
Feb 01, 2009; ... LONDON - On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is nowthe queens English. England's second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophesfrom all its street signs, saying they're confusing and old-fashioned. But some purists are downright possessive about the ...
The countdown to Oscar begins
Feb 01, 2009 ... How often do the Academy Awards get it right? "I basically think the Oscars always get it right for the time,"says TCM host Robert Osborne, who has written the official history,"80 Years of the Oscar." "It's not fair to critique an Oscar-winnerif you weren't there at the time. You ...
Pa. marks 50 years since mine disaster
Feb 01, 2009; ... "I try to smile but instead I weep Because you're under ground so deep; A mine disaster we can't forget Since your body is down there yet." - Excerpt from a poem by the late Caroline Baloga, published in1961 on the second anniversary of the Knox Mine Disaster, ...
Record heat, fires scorch Australia
Feb 01, 2009 ... MELBOURNE, Australia - Wildfires destroyed more than 20 homeswhile hundreds of thousands of others lost power as a record-breaking heat wave that began claiming lives maintained itsoppressive grip on southern Australia on Saturday. About six people died from heat stress in ...
Food safety advocates hope feds will get more aggressive: ; Criminal charges rarely are filed in tainted-food cases
Feb 01, 2009; ... ATLANTA - As federal officials launch a criminal investigationinto a Georgia peanut processor at the center of a deadly salmonellaoutbreak, food safety experts say they hope it's a signal that thegovernment plans to be more aggressive in prosecuting other cases inthe future ....
Obama faces dilemma over protectionism: ; Experts: Language in stimulus bills could spark global trade fight
Feb 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Protectionist language in the stimulus bill presentsPresident Barack Obama with a dilemma: Backing the provisions couldset off a trade war, but opposing them could mean a backlash fromhis supporters. The "buy American" provisions would require major public ...
Fears of free-trade retrenchment build unease at economic forum
Feb 01, 2009; ... DAVOS, Switzerland - Global leaders had a simple message for theworld on Saturday: Keep trading. If nations instead choose to barricade their economies behind newcommercial barriers, they risk making the global economic crisiseven worse, leaders said. "Trade is the best ...
Obama promises lower mortgage costs, new loans
Feb 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to lowermortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, getcredit flowing and rein in free-spending executives as he readies anew road map for spending billions from the second installment ofthe financial rescue ...
Despite private-sector layoffs, federal work force is growing
Feb 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Companies are cutting jobs by the tens of thousands.State and local governments are penny-pinching, too. So what aboutUncle Sam? Tough times for him as well? Not exactly. In fact, the number of federal workers is on the rise. That might seem strange to the ...
Grandma: Octuplets' mother is obsessed
Feb 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES - The woman who gave birth to octuplets this weekconceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilization, isnot married and has been obsessed with having children since she wasa teenager, her mother said. Angela Suleman told The Associated Press she was not ...
Michelle Obama active in workplace advocacy
Feb 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - While her inaugural wear, choice of a decorator anddisapproval of unauthorized Sasha and Malia dolls make headlines,first lady Michelle Obama has quietly assembled a staff that'ssteeped in women's and workplace issues to support her role as apolicy advocate. The ...
Hunting for a job? Network, network, network
Feb 01, 2009; ... CHICAGO - You're out of work. You're hardly alone. Through thefirst 11 months of 2008, the nation's economy lost 1.9 million jobs. That means that just like it's a buyer's market for houses, wherehome shoppers can be extra choosy, the recession makes it anemployer's market for new ...
Daschle pays back taxes; confirmation likely: ; Former Senate leader expected to take on health, human services
Feb 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Tom Daschle's failure to pay his taxeson time isn't expected to derail his confirmation as healthsecretary for the Obama administration, Republicans and Democratssay. Daschle, the South Dakota Democrat chosen to lead PresidentObama's health reform ...
Obama eyes Republican N.H. senator as secretary of Commerce Department
Feb 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama appeared Saturday to beleaning toward appointing a third Republican to his Cabinet, a movethat would place the fiscally conservative Sen. Judd Gregg at thehead of the Commerce Department even though a liberal Democrat wasinitially tapped for the ...
Family's fourth generation at GM might be last
Feb 01, 2009; ... LANSING, Mich. - As a 10-year-old, Rollin Green was awestruckwhen he saw the line of hulking orange-and-silver robotic armsswinging with rhythmic precision during his first visit to an autoplant - but something impressed him even more: His dad worked there. As a fifth-grader, ...
ESSAYS ON FAITH: ; Prayer can help us through the darkest of winter's doldrums
Feb 01, 2009; ... I have read that the third week of January is the most depressingweek of the year. I can think of reasons that might be true. In ourenthusiasm to make family and friends happy, we might have gone overour budget. The day of reckoning comes about the middle of January,when bills begin to ...
For two men, one kidney means a new look at life: ; Strangers become 'brothers' through act of salvation
Feb 01, 2009; ... FRESNO, Calif. - Robb Culp believed God was leading him to donatea kidney to Carlos Esqueda even though the two Fresno, Calif., menwere virtual strangers who had only one thing in common: an uncommonfaith. Culp teaches chemistry at Fresno City College. Esqueda used tosell drugs ....
Todays forecast around the country and Saturdays temperatures to 8 p.m.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Anchorage 11 1 Cldy Atlanta 52 35 PCldy Boston 28 21 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 49 28 Clr Chicago 35 27 Cldy Cincinnati 32 30 Cldy Cleveland 28 23 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 32 70 PCldy Denver 31 58 Cldy Detroit 6 23 Cldy Honolulu ...
Solar and lunar stats
Feb 01, 2009 ... Today's sun RISE: ...
Today through Monday around the state
Feb 01, 2009 ... W.Va. Today - Monday Today, mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of precipitation.Lows in the mid-30s. Monday, mostly cloudy with a 70 percent chanceof precipitation. Highs in the upper 30s. Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, ...
Saturday's weather in Charleston
Feb 01, 2009 ... Temperatures: High: 36 record Low: 18 Record high: 78 set in 2002 Record low: 2 set in 1965 Precipitation: Midnight to 5 p.m.: ...
Around the world
Feb 01, 2009 ... Amsterdam 41 26 Clr Athens 55 41 Rain Baghdad 68 49 Clr Berlin 33 28 Snow Bermuda 72 67 PCldy Cairo 66 52 Clr Calgary 50 41 Cldy Dublin 50 42 Rain Hong Kong 66 55 PCldy Jerusalem 66 49 Clr London 46 32 ...
Nitro voters approve renewal of levy
Feb 01, 2009 ... Nitro voters agreed Saturday to renew a levy that will providemoney for street maintenance, the library and wages for police andfirefighters. Mayor Rusty Casto said 797 people voted in favor of the levy and387 people voted against it. It needed 60 percent of the votes ...
Gazette announces three staff changes
Feb 01, 2009 ... Eric Eyre has been promoted to business editor of The CharlestonGazette. Eyre joined the Gazette in 1998 and has won more than 20 nationalawards for journalism during his reporting career in Charleston. After winning a Kaiser Media Fellowship in Health in 2007, Eyrespent six ...
Flaking out in Cross Lanes
Feb 01, 2009; ... I don't really mind a little cold and snow, but this winter'sstarting to get on my nerves. So far, the artists' colony of Cross Lanes has only experiencednuisance snowfalls. You know, the kind that leave you wondering allnight long whether snow will be deep enough for school to ...
Fresh catch: ; Fish Market an East End institution
Feb 01, 2009; ... WANT TO GO? Fish Market HOURS: Between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Friday, and between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday. PHONE:304-342-7827 When Charlestonians want the area's best seafood, they show up atthe Fish Market. On Friday, Susanne Coffield came in to buy a quart ...
State school menu changes part of national revolution
Feb 01, 2009; ... Check out recipes inside Three recipes from around the countryappear on 7B: Banana Chocolate Chip Bread Low Fat Blackened ChickenSalad Alaska Baja Salad Toasted Italian sub with roasted garlic sauce. Grilled chickenCaesar wrap with red onions and romaine. Wasabi beef stir fry ....
Requests flood in for 'Queen of Soul's' hat
Feb 01, 2009; ... DETROIT - The calls began to flood Luke Song's hat shop not longafter Aretha Franklin finished belting out "My Country, 'Tis ofThee" at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Franklin, who wore a gray felt custom-designed hat from Mr. SongMillinery, has inadvertently caused an ...
Eagle Scout badge awarded
Feb 01, 2009 ... Jonathan Kiser of Charleston was awarded his Eagle Scout badgeduring a Court of Honor on Jan. 24 at Dunbar United MethodistChurch. Kiser, a senior at George Washington High School, began as a CubScout ...
THE WAY IT WAS: ; Edgewood racer, 1915; By Richard Andre
Feb 01, 2009 ... If you go up Edgewood Drive on Charleston's West Side, you willbe able to recognize these elegant old mansions that still exist. What you see is my dad - B.E. Andre - riding an Indianmotorcycle, engaging in a race against the clock to see who couldroar up Edgewood Hill the ...
THE WILD SIDE: ; An opossum's tale of survival
Feb 01, 2009; ... A few years ago on a cold winter night, Daisy, my yellow Lab, andI took a walk in the woods after a snowstorm. Daisy enjoyed plowingthrough the ankle-deep snow with her nose. At one point, shewallowed in the snow the way she rolls in mud holes in the spring. As we returned toward ...
THINGS TO DO Today
Feb 01, 2009 ... Music * "MOUNTAIN STAGE": 7 p.m. Tickets $12.50 in advance, $18 at thedoor. Country singer Dierks Bentley headlines along with folk rockerJessica Lea Mayfield, genre-bending singer Grayson Capps, country/folk artist Reagan Boggs and rockabilly band Andy Friedman & OtherFailures ....
Google warning bogus
Feb 01, 2009 ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Computer users doing Google searchesbetween 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Saturday were greeted with erroneousmessages that every site ...