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The Gazz Calendar: ; April 2-8, 2009

Today 4.2 Music

Rabble Rousers and Roller Girls

From Page to Stage

Cover Story: ; Fools Rush In: Christian Band Makes Its Message Fun for Fans

WANT TO GO? Christian rock concert Rush of Fools, Jimmy Neeham, Sarah Reeves and Joy Lippard WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday WHERE: University of Charleston auditorium, Geary Student Union TICKETS: Advance $12, at door $14, groups of 10+ $10 each. Available at Pilgrims Progress, Tolleys Bookstore or Emanuel Baptist Church. INFO: 304-542-0681 or 740-516-1842 On Friday night, Rush of Fools brings its "Wonder of the World" tour to the University of Charleston.

Re-Enlisting with Jeff Ellis: ; Army Reservist Fights War, Writes Songs; Set to Play in St. Albans On Saturday

WANT TO GO? Jeff Ellis and Will Jones Colesmouth Concert Series WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Alban Arts Center, 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans TICKETS: $10 INFO: 304-539-3147 or www.myspace .com/ jeffellismusic READ MORE: The Albans Arts and Conference Center 10D

'Adventureland' has Its Ups and Downs

REVIEW Adventureland HH1/2 RATING: R (strong language, drug use, sexual references) DIRECTOR: Greg Mottola CAST: Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Paige Howard, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader On the surface, "Adventureland," director Greg Mottola's follow- up to his hit, "Superbad," looks like another good-time, raunchy romp, and it certainly has healthy amounts of partying and pranks to go along with its gross-out gags.

Learn Your Instruments with 'Peter and the Wolf'

WANT TO GO? Peter and the Wolf and The Magic Toyshop The River City Youth Ballet and the West Virginia Youth Symphony WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday WHERE: Clay Center TICKETS: $11 to $21 INFO: 304-561-3570 When composer Sergei Prokofiev wrote "Peter and the Wolf" in 1936 to teach children about the instruments in the orchestra, perhaps he didn't envision its performance by young people.

'Community Destination' Is 'a Work in Progress': ; St. Albans Revives

READ MORE: Jeff Ellis to perform at Alban 7A The gospel group The Kingsmen earned a standing-room-only crowd there one recent night. Theatre West Virginia hosts acting classes on the stage. FOOTMAD jams there regularly and invites you to jam along.

In Short

'Thistledowne Faeries' The JADCO Contemporary Dance Company will present "The Thistledowne Faeries: A Polar Adventure" at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Cultural Center Theater. The original production, part two in the four-part Thistledowne Faeries series, sees the faeries swept away to the Artic region where they will encounter polar bears and a great blue whale.

Film Clips

* "THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT": H1/2 MC, PPSC. It offers more in the way of atmosphere than genuine scares, even as it plays up its supposedly based-on-a-true-story origins, "Amityville Horror"- style. There's nothing subtle or original here. Rated PG-13. * "RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN": HH1/2 MC, PPSC. This is the first kids' film in ages to have action beats that measure up to Hollywood's grownup action fare. The air goes out of the balloon, though, when the kids reveal their "mission." Rated PG.

Lottery: ; Lotteries

In Session

79th Legislature Day 51 Bill keeps Promise scholarships available

Capitol Cookout

Subway Owner Protests Changes in Menu-Labeling Bill

INSIDE: Editorial 4A A local franchise restaurant operator said Wednesday he and other franchisees were reluctantly willing to follow a proposed law that would require them to post calorie contents on their menu boards.

Removal of Slide Continues

The Gazette Watchdog: ; State Sought Grant for Bowling; Agency Pursued Federal Funding Despite Guilty Plea

West Virginia's employment programs agency worked to secure a $900,000 federal grant in February for convicted Cross Lanes computer executive Martin Bowling and his employer, Comar Inc., even though Bowling had pleaded guilty to felony computer fraud charges two months earlier and was awaiting sentencing. The grant request is still pending before the U.S. Department of Labor, an agency spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Drugs: ; Feds Probe Pain-Pill Ring in Southern West Virginia; Charleston Doctor's House Searched

Federal authorities investigating an alleged prescription pill ring have searched a medical facility and two pharmacies near the Kentucky border and a doctor's house in Charleston. Patients at the Justice Medical Complex openly discuss how easy it is to get prescription painkillers during their lengthy waits to be seen by nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, according to an affidavit filed in support of the search warrants by Special Agent M.A. Withrow of the U.S. Department of Hea...

Election Ads Bill Passed by House

State legislators are trying to clarify which groups that run election advertisements must file campaign finance reports, but some say the rules unfairly target certain people. Under current law, candidates and political action committees must file campaign finance reports. In recent years, West Virginia has tried to make other groups that run election ads do the same, and to ban corporations from targeting specific candidates in advertisements.