2009 Charleston Regatta CANCELED!

[CoolBreeze]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Charleston Mayor Danny Jones announced Monday night that the 2009 Regatta has been canceled.

Jones cited a lack of financing as the reason for the cancellation, saying that there has been a lack of sponsors for next year's event.

According to the mayor, private sponsors would have to come up with $350,000 in order to save the 2009 Charleston Regatta.

Right now, Jones says the city is working to come up with a different event for Labor Day weekend.

Charleston's Sternwheel Regatta has been an annual riverfront tradition in the city since 1971. Thousands of people have come every year to enjoy live entertainment and other activities.

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/34620839.html

[Big Media]

It's about time. Huntington canceled their Redneckfest years ago. My last trip to Huntington's Redneckfest was in the early 90's. When I walked by the portapoties and some drunk-ass redneck was sitting on the john with the door wide open shouting explicatives.

Not a family event.

[cgarison]

Yep. Ashland has scaled dropped their summer events and replaced them with 2 day get together on Judd Plaza.

[fearpeddler]

Charleston could take some of the money they're taking from the user fee pool and put it towards regatta, considering they've been spending it on everything else it wasnt intended for..

[Bob Campbell]

Damn! And after I went to all the trouble of saving it in '04.

Signed,
Steve Campbell

[Lee]

Ironton has Rock on the River and...................Ironblow days or something.

And Coal Grove has Crucifest!

This is my 2000th post. I want a Nintendo Wii.

[AmpedNow]

Will it be replaced with anything else similar?

This is my 2000th post. I want a Nintendo Wii.

Well, crap... Then I should've got mine last Xmas...

[cgarison]

Ironton has Rock on the River and...................Ironblow days or something.

And Coal Grove has Crucifest!

This is my 2000th post. I want a Nintendo Wii.

They are readily available at Amazon. I just bought one for a less computer literate for a friend this past weekend and it was delivered today.

Toys R Us also has them online but at a $100.00 premium.

[Lester]

And that, as a whole, is the greatest game platform ever developed.

[genlock]

Sharon King wants to take over the state basketball tournament and make a festival of it.
She, of course, will run the entire show.