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Plan your week with our
extensive events calendar at
www.herald-dispatch.com.
What’s Up
n Jammers Night,
7-9 p.m. every Thursday.
Anybody who plays the guitar,
fiddle, bass, banjo, mandolin,
drums or harmonica are wel-
come to come and play or if you
don’t play, just come to listen.
Questions, call (304) 429-4848
or visit www.burrellguitars.com.
Burrell Guitars, 4942 Waverly
Road, Huntington.
n ElectricSky Theater:
Forces of Nature, noon,
1 p.m. 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, 1 p.m.
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 8-July 3. This giant
screen film follows three
adventurous scientists in their
attempts to discover what
triggers natural disasters.
Directed by George Casey,
narrated by Kevin Bacon.
Questions, call (304) 561-3500
or visit www.theclaycenter.
org. Clay Center for the Arts
& Science, One Clay Square,
Charleston.
n Junior Recital: Melody
Cook, violin, 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 17. Mar-
shall University Depart-
ment of Music. Questions,
call (304) 696-6417 or visit
www.marshall.edu/cofa.
music. Smith Recital Hall at
Marshall University, 3rd
Avenue, Huntington.
n Comedian J.
Medicine Hat,
7:30 p.m. Wednes-
day-Thursday, 7:30
p.m. and 10 p.m. Fri-
day-Saturday, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 16-20.
His performances
are characterized
by lewd actions,
raunchy situations
and unforgettable
wildness and fea-
tures stage hypnosis
and standup comedy. For
mature audiences only. Tick-
ets, visit www.wvfunnybone.
com. Funny Bone Comedy
Club and Restaurant, 26 Pull-
man Square, Suite 207, Hun-
tington. $10-$16.
n Kindred Spirits: Tour of
the Bourbon Trail, 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, April 17. Travel
the Central Kentucky Bour-
bon Trail from Lexington to
Louisville and along the way
sample six fabulous bourbons.
Each will be described by
an expert in the libation and
accompanied by foods espe-
cially prepared for bourbon or
with bourbon in the recipe. A
fundraiser benefiting the Mar-
shall Artists Series. Tickets
required; call (304) 696-6656,
visit the box office or go online
to www.ticketmaster.com.
Residence of Steve and Mary
Williams, 156 Camelot Drive,
Huntington. $50 per person.
n Biscuit Miller Show,
6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17.
Sponsored by the Charles-
ton WV Blues Society. For
more information, visit www.
chaswvblues.org. Unitarian
Universalist Congregation, 520
Kanawha Blvd. W. Charleston.
$10 donation or whatever you
can afford.
n Tuba/Euphonium
Ensemble, 7 p.m. Thursday,
April 17. Tubonium, an ensem-
ble of tuba and euphonium
players from Marshall Univer-
sity, will present a concert.
George Palton, instructor of
tuba at Marshall, will conduct
the program. Questions, visit
www.georgepalton.com/
marshall. Renaissance Center,
900 8th St. Huntington. Free.
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upcoming events, go to www.
herald-dispatch.com.
CALLERS: Willa Slack,
Marie Scheff, Maybelle
Messinger, Sally Cyrus and
Isabel Spindel were call-
ing out numbers for bingo
games in March at Woodlands
Retirement Community. Bingo
begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
and Saturday.
CONGRATS: Dot Hicks has
made a name for herself in
Marshall University women’s
athletics with a new state-of-
the-art softball complex field
at Marshall University carry-
ing her name. Dot, a resident
of Woodlands Retirement
Community, is a former pro-
fessor of Division of Health,
Physical Education and Recre-
ation at Marshall University.
She has also coached golf,
tennis, volleyball and other
sports. Not only has she been
an inspiration to many, she has
made many proud to know her.
FUN: The first annual Enslow
Park Presbyterian Preschool
spring carnival is from 11 a.m. to
 
Life Thursday, April 17, 2008 3C
Features: Robyn Rison (304) 526-2799
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“God opens doors for me to get out the message. He must have
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something in the works for this one.”
Francesca Karle with
Bottle
Back to the
Karen
HYSELL
Beautiful
colors will
Marshall student spreads message at tonight’s debut
By DAVE LAVENDER
The Herald-Dispatch
lavender@herald-dispatch.com
always work
HUNTINGTON — Marshall
University junior Francesca Karle
was sitting in a physics lab class
together
when her cell phone flashed a Cali-
fornia number. QUESTION: I just bought a beau-
Karle got up and took the call. tiful beige colored bedding set that
It was award-winning Holly- I love. I want to do something with
wood actress Jamie Lee Curtis robin’s egg blue like you see every-
calling personally to say she would where but just wondered if you
love to be part of Karle’s new docu- thought this combination would
drama, “Back to the Bottle,” a film go out of style soon. Where would
tracing the life and tug of war of you use this
Huntington resident Paul Meade MORE HOME color? Thank
with alcohol. TIPS: For more you, Marsha
Similar calls were received stories about ANSWER:
from fellow veteran Hollywood home improve- Beautiful color
actor Clint Howard and a host of ment, look for our combinations
Huntingtonians who have stepped h omes section in will never go
forward to help Karle make her Sunday’s out of style, and
second film. newspaper. they’ll always
“God opens doors for me to get look great
out the message,” Karle said Tues- together. Blue
day night at Java Joint, following and brown, or any variation of this
after another day of classes. “He combo are classic. I’ve used these
must have something in the works colors in my own home, and I don’t
for this one.” see tiring of them any time soon.
Tonight that message gets out There’s something very relaxing
with a big, downtown bash. about entering a bedroom dressed in
Karle’s 36-minute docudrama, the pale palette that you want to use.
shot by Josh Edwards and edited You could actually paint the walls
by Joe Murphy of Trifecta Produc- robin’s egg blue and use accent pil-
tions, hits the giant screen at 9 p.m. lows in varying shades of the same
at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts color. Draperies in a color that is a
Center, 925 4th Ave. shade or two darker than the walls
Capping off the opening day of would look great also. I’ve used
the fifth annual Appalachian Film glass and mirror to accent with and
Festival, “Back to the Bottle” comes also chose a shiny silver finish as
with a full-blown party featuring opposed to gold or brass as an accent
Photo courtesy of Francesca Karle
music, food, red carpet and limo- metal on the lighting — beautiful.
filled premiere fundraiser for the Francesca Karle filmed her new film “Back to the Bottle” around QUESTION: I have a double door
Huntington at places such as Ritter Park, St. Mary’s Medical Center,
Cabell County Substance Abuse cabinet with glass in my kitchen that
the Heritage Farm Museum and Village and Sharkey’s.
Prevention Partnership. I display things in, but nothing is
Tickets are a $25 donation for the showing up well in it. Most people
opening red carpet event at 5 p.m. Plaza Hotel Catering, Brunetti’s commence at 7:15 p.m. Among the walk right by it and never notice
with refreshments and the 6:15 p.m. Bakery, Uno Chicago Grille, Bob celebrities present will be Ash- what I have displayed until I point it
dinner in the theater with food Evans Restaurants, Heiner’s Bak- ley McNeely of MTV’s “A Shot at out. It’s painted a slightly distressed
by Rocco’s Restaurante, Sodexho ery, Pepsi and Starbucks. cream color with glass knobs and I
at Marshall University, Pullman The VIP red carpet entrance will Please see BOTTLE/8C don’t want to paint over it. What else
can I do short of destroying the fin-
ish to make my collections show up
better? It’s not the focal point I was
hoping for.
‘Mocumentary’ opens Ashland’s film festival ANSWER: You don’t have to paint
your entire c­abinet to fix what I
think might be wrong. If what you’re
By DAVE LAVENDER of the sport, maybe in the displaying is not extremely color-
The Herald-Dispatch history of anything round ful, it may not pop against a cream
lavender@herald-dispatch.com that could be thrown,” Fisher background. You can remedy this
ASHLAND — When most said laughing. “We were a by painting only the back of the
people take a beating on the bunch of actors and theater cabinet inside with an accent color
softball field, they slink away kids in ragged shorts and you already have in your kitchen or
and clink the bottles in a hot purple T-shirts going pull one out of your collection. For
darkened corner pub. against like the local pip- example, if you’re trying to show off
Mickey Fisher did that but efitters’ union. Huge guys in some blue and white pieces that are
went a step further — he got full pinstriped uniforms. It mostly white, they would look great
the last laugh out of all those looked like we were playing with the back of the cabinet painted
bad innings of ball. the Pittsburgh Pirates.” the same blue or even something
Fisher, the Ironton native “Summer Nuts,” which has in the orange family if you can use
who is known for writing and some PG-13 related material, this color. Since orange and blue are
directing the movie “King of uses a mockumentary-style opposite on the color wheel, either
Iron Town” and the musical of storytelling to depict a color will pop off the other one. If
“Something in the Water,” struggling, small, midwest- you don’t want to commit and paint
wrote, directed and made ern summer stock theater even the inside, you can always cut
an indie comedy film about
Courtesy of www.summernutsmovie.com
that decides to produce their pieces of beaded board, thin ply-
his diamond dustings called Mickey Fisher’s latest film, “Summer Nuts,” is about a group own show based on The Old wood, or even foam core to fit, paint
“Summer Nuts.” of theater actors who play in a men’s softball league. Testament and to become them and put them inside for the
“Summer Nuts” is just one more active in the commu- background. Your accessories will
of several films to be shown Love,” an animated short A University of Cincinnati nity. One of the projects they love you for it.
at 7 p.m. Saturday during film from Ashland film- graduate who has been living take on is forming a softball
the Ohio Valley Filmmakers maker Brandon Withrow, and working in New York City team to play in a citywide Karen Hysell is the owner The Fin-
Night at The Paramount Arts and “The Big Blue Mean- for part of the year, Fisher said men’s league. ished Room in South Point, Ohio. Her
Center in Ashland. ie,” a short suspense film the softball experience was too “Summer Nuts” stars fel- columns will appear each Thursday in
Admission is $7 at the from Huntington filmmaker funny not to chronicle. low Ironton native and NYU The Herald-Dispatch. E-mail her your
door. Josh Edwards (based on an “I was on one of the worst decorating questions at decorating-
Also showing will be “Pop Ashland story). softball teams in the history Please see FILM/4C gal1@aol.com.
Proceeds go to the youth group in Sutton. The next meeting Jones, Becky Bryant, Pete Matthew Jeffers, Zandra
and its activities. begins at 10 a.m. Sunday, April Jones, Leanna Johnson, Sue Lawrence, James Lackey,
MILITARY: Air Force Air- 20, at Clarksburg Beauty Acad- Adkins, Kimberly G. Holley, Virginia Miller, Jennifer
man Joshua L. White gradu- emy and School of Massage. Ashley Sinclair, Joel More- Wood, Murle Shepard and
Brenda ated from basic military train- PROMOTED: Gene Canter land, Ryan Kelley, Gail Hol- Ronald Adkins, retired law
ing at Lackland Air Force Base, has been promoted as vice ley, Libby Buffington, Har- enforcement officer.
LUCAS San Antonio, Texas. The air- president of sales and market- riet Matthews, John Crock- FRIDAY’S ANNIVERSA-
COMMUNITY NEWS man, a 2007 graduate of Valley
High in Lucasville, Ohio, is
ing for Carelink Health Plans
Inc. in Charleston. The West
ett, Clem Smolenski, Sonny
Bowen and Dustin Scarberry.
RIES: Reggi and Lorraine
Wolfe (1946); Joe and Neda
3 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at the the son of Virginia White of Virginia native has been with BELATED BIRTHDAY: Ash- McGlothlin (1986); Tom and
church. Cake walk, games, give- Lucasville and Randal White Carelink since January 2000 ley Gray, a junior at Cabell Lynn Knopp (1992), Greg
aways and more are featured. In of Maineville, Ohio. and has been director of new Midland High School, turned and Shirley Brammer, Dan
case of rain, it is rescheduled for STAMPERS: Stamp for Char- group sales for the Charleston 17 yesterday. and Robin Patton.
Saturday, April 26. ity, a local group sponsored and Wheeling offices for more TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES: CHUCKLE: As little Joey
SPOTLIGHT: The spotlight is by Joyce Pacer, needs local than two years. Gene has an Bob and Sally Carico, Mac prayed, his mother listened
on Andrew Colvin — he tied stampers for local charities undergraduate degree from and Betty McClure, Darrell to this prayer: “Dear God,
for third place in Scottish Rite requesting its services. Joyce the University of Charleston and Becky Fonduk. please take care of Daddy and
of Freemasonry’s American- offers a meeting at 6:30 p.m. and a master’s degree from FRIDAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Tam- Mommy and my sister and my
ism Essay Contest. Andrew Tuesday, April 22, at 1 Jacque- Marshall University. my Keyser, Electa Harmon, brother and me. And please
was awarded in February at a line Heights. Call 304-733-3851 TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Brian Marian Owens, Greg Craw- take care of yourself, God. If
banquet in Huntington. Con- or e-mail joycepacer@ Cardwell with the produc- ford, Kristen Chaffins, anything happens to you, we’re
gratulations Andrew on this comcast.net. tion/building department of Mark Kipp, Scotty Robert- gonna be in a big mess.”
well-deserved honor. ELECTED: Angela Barker The Herald-Dispatch blows son, Joshua Copley, nurse
FLAPJACKS: A pancake of Milton is the new interim out birthday candles, as do extern with Cabell Hunting- Send items to Brenda
breakfast is offered from 8 to president of West Virginia Earl Waldron, Rick Pettit, ton Hospital, Mark Stickin, Lucas, in care of The Herald-
10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, State Massage Association. Matthew Cremeans, Kaylin Mary E. Rogers, Kyra John- Dispatch, P.O. Box 2017,
at Susannah Baptist Church, The association’s first meet- Hayes, Karen Kazee, Nell son, Denny Cruise, Charlie Huntington, WV 25720; fax to
Fudges Creek Road, near Ona. ing with 17 members attending Major, Doug Shultz, Amy Jones, Virginia Miller, Basil (304) 526-2857; or e-mail to
The cost is by donation only. was conducted in February Booth, Paula Dickerson, Jeff Asbury, Rosemary Bess, bklucas53@aol.com.