Charleston Daily Mail back issues from October 1999:
Religious announcements stir debate in Logan: ; Morning quotes violate law, ACLU director says
Oct 01, 1999; ... Already embroiled in a First Amendment controversy over the TenCommandments, Logan High School regularly includes a religious quotein its morning announcements. Logan Principal Bob Lucas said religious quotes are volunteeredby members of the school's Prayer Club. Lucas added that ...
Staying 'home' costs WVU on, off court: ; Charleston wins as Mountaineers travel, some say
Oct 01, 1999; ... The team could suffer, both on the court and in the classroom. The West Virginia University athletic department's financialpicture becomes blurry. A sport that usually contributes to the $23million it takes to annually run the department will insteadcontribute to fiscal ...
Old business remains despite a new fiscal year
Oct 01, 1999; ... Happy New Year! The federal government begins the Year 2000 -make that Fiscal Year 2000 - today. And, as with many New Years, the members of Congress begin todaywith a big headache: Only four of 13 spending bills have passed theHouse and Senate and been signed into law by President ...
Budget battle in Washington may affect your wallet in West Virginia: ; Partisan battle stirs debate over taxes, Social Security
Oct 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON - Washington's raging budget battle may seem remoteand abstract but its consequences could be quite concrete -affecting such pocketbook matters as the price of sport-utilityvehicles beloved by suburbanites, the cost of cigarettes forsmokers, the flow of income supplements to ...
Community upset with board vote: ; , Roosevelt parents not happy about consolidation
Oct 01, 1999; ... ROOSEVELT Junior High Principal John Baird had one thing on hismind this morning when he arrived at the school - the students. How would the students take the news that a year from now, theirschool would be no longer? "It's kind of like losing a ballgame," Baird said as he held ...
Groups oppose expansion of AT&T building
Oct 01, 1999 ... BURKITTSVILLE, Md. - Conservation groups are joining the town ofBurkittsville in opposing the expansion of a nearby AT&T building. Led by the Harpers Ferry Conservancy, they asked the FederalCommunications Commission on Wednesday to ...
Man pleads guilty to kidnapping ex-girlfriend
Oct 01, 1999 ... SUMMERSVILLE - The two-day trial of a Mercer County man chargedin the kidnapping of his former girlfriend has ended with a pleaagreement. Timothy Leon Poore, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday in NicholasCounty Circuit Court to kidnapping Brenda Short of Muddlety ...
Boy grounded after flight without ticket
Oct 01, 1999 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A 12-year-old Alexandria boy was grounded athome after taking an unauthorized and unticketed flight to St.Louis. Renee Peregory told WUSA-TV her son, Christopher, was trying tosee what he could get away with when he sneaked onto a TWA airlinerat Reagan National ...
Clinton calls for review, Nuclear plant accident in Japan injures 3 workers
Oct 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON - President Clinton said today he has asked for areview of safety procedures at nuclear fuel fabrication plants inlight of the incident in Japan "to make sure we've done everythingto protect ourselves." He said he had "a pretty good level of confidence" that the ...
Korean War investigation may take year: ; Soldiers who claim they shot civilians will be questioned
Oct 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON - U.S. and South Korean governments are investigatingan Associated Press report that U.S. soldiers killed up to 400civilians at a railroad bridge in the early days of the Korean War. Army Secretary Louis Caldera, called by Defense Secretary WilliamCohen to head the U.S ....
THISWEEKEND
Oct 01, 1999 ... Milton pays homage to the Great Pumpkin More than pumpkins are now on stage at the West Virginia PumpkinFestival in Milton, where artists, craftsmen and musicians aresharing the limelight. Highlight of today's activities is a children's pumpkindecorating contest. Winners were ...
Putnam records
Oct 01, 1999 ... * Marriage applications The following people applied for marriage licenses at the PutnamCounty Clerk's Office Sept. 20-25, 1999: - Michael Medeiros, 27, of Ontario, Canada, and Carissa AnnMoles, 22, of Bancroft. - Jeremy William Crouch, 23, of Richmond, Va., and Rebekah ...
Today's People
Oct 01, 1999 ... Schwarzenegger may run for office Conan for California governor? Not to be upstaged by actor Warren Beatty's flirtation withpolitical office, Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a magazine interviewthat he is considering running for governor in 2002. Profiled in the ...
Today's people
Oct 01, 1999 ... Some programs actually appear to show promise By KEVIN McDONOUGH UNITED FEATURE NEW YORK - While it may be too early to uncork the champagne, Ithink it's safe to say that this new TV season is shaping up as thesmartest and most successful in years ....
Maryland company purchases HMO from CAMC
Oct 01, 1999; ... As of today, Charleston Area Medical Center's parent company nolonger owns a health maintenance organization. The new owner of Carelink Health Plans is the for-profit,Maryland-based Coventry Health Care, now with a combined total of94,000 members - the state's largest ...
State not last in income anymore, W.Va. makes gains; Arkansas drops to 51st
Oct 01, 1999 ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas could not keep up with job gainsWest Virginia made and dropped into last place in median householdincome. U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday showed that Arkansasranks 51st among the states and the District of Columbia in what theaverage ...
Obituaries
Oct 01, 1999 ... Chester E. Adkins MEDINA, Ohio - Chester Edward Adkins, 55, of Medina died Tuesday,Sept. 28, 1999, at home after a short illness. He was an assembly line worker for Owens-Corning. Surviving: mother, Georgia Oxley of St. Albans, W.Va.; sisters,Jean LaChance of St ....
Charleston angler may earn trip to big bass show
Oct 01, 1999; ... A Kanawha County angler stands just one step from fishing in theworld's biggest bass tournament. Russell Smarr, familiar to many Charleston-area sportsmen thanksto his work at a popular local sporting-goods store, will travel toTennessee next spring to try to earn a spot in ...
Fitness is an elusive commodity
Oct 01, 1999; ... JUST when I thought I was fit enough to go back into the woods,along came this little old couple and. . . Oops. I'm getting ahead of myself. The last three months have been rather strenuous for me. Anexercise in exercise, if you will. A too-sedentary lifestyle, coupled ...
Underhunted?: ; West Virginians are only beginning to tap the state's waterfowl resource
Oct 01, 1999; ... FOR a state that will never rank among the nation's leaders inwaterfowl hunting, West Virginia offers a surprising number ofadvantages. Stable duck and goose populations, good habitat and low huntingpressure combine to make the Mountain State's waterfowl resource ahidden gem just ...
Daily Mail Movie guide
Oct 01, 1999 ... Listing includes title, rating, genre, length, our score and whostars: - The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (G, family, 1:30) - KevinClash, Mandy Patinkin - American Beauty (R, drama, 1:58) - Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening - Drive Me Crazy (PG-13, comedy, 1:33) - ...
DEARABBY
Oct 01, 1999 ... DEAR ABBY: I'm 80 years old, living alone and desperately lonely.I have a good wife and five fine children. My present situation isdue to a major mistake I made after retirement. My wife had a lifelong dream of spending our retirement years inthe country, "in touch with nature." ...
Trains making special trips for leaf-peeping
Oct 01, 1999 ... Special runs to view fall foliage began this week for state-owned railroads. The Potomac Eagle on the South Branch Valley Railroad based inHampshire County is running daily excursions now through Oct. 10,traveling from Romney along the South Branch River. The newly acquired ...
HOROSCOPE
Oct 01, 1999 ... FORECAST FOR FRIDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). You can have the love relationshipyou want, but do you really know your inner desires? A visit from arelative convinces you to make changes in your home. Stop being thescapegoat. Your creativity hits a new high. rTAURUS (April ...
Life
Oct 01, 1999 ... Community centers offer activities Here are a list of activities at area community centers forOctober. North Charleston Community Center 348-6884 Special Activities - Hunter's safety course on Oct. 12, 13, 14 - Halloween craft-making for children ($1 per ...
Schools just face audit for now, Lincoln officials say it is too early to discuss takeover
Oct 01, 1999; ... Lincoln County schools are under intense scrutiny this week, buteducators caution it may be too early to say whether the system isheaded for state takeover. "They're going through an accreditation process just like everyother county in this state goes through," said Logan ...
LeRose brother sentenced to prison
Oct 01, 1999; ... HUNTINGTON - Rodney LeRose helped federal agents build asuccessful case against a state senator. He sold a fortune inproperty to pay back the bank he was kiting checks from. He madeemotional pleas and impassioned apologies. All that, though, wasn't enough to keep him out of ...
New group takes over ex-Scout site
Oct 01, 1999; ... Girl Scout leaders were relieved this morning to discover anInternet search engine had replaced the pornography site recentlyoccupying the address www.blackdiamondgirlscouts.com. The porn Web site had taken over the Internet address onceassigned to the Black Diamond Girl Scout ...
Localbriefs
Oct 01, 1999 ... Event to celebrate new high school The Third Annual Upper Kanawha Valley Fall Festival kicks off at10 a.m. Saturday with a ceremony celebrating the grand opening ofRiverside High School. Festivities at the daylong event will include a 6 p.m. cruise-inantique car show, an arts ...
Mayberry would run a lot smoother with a new car, checkpoints
Oct 01, 1999; ... MAYBE I should try my hand at writing scripts for TV shows. Is the world ready for "Mayberry 2000"? The story centers on Barney Fife, now played by Mick Jagger asDon Knotts is too old. Once they name a street after you inMorgantown, your acting career is over. Anyway, ...
Rink users make do whth less: ; Skaters had expected to be in new facility
Oct 01, 1999; ... It wasn't supposed to be this way. The aging ice rink at theCharleston Civic Center should be closed, replaced by a brand-newskating facility built in Charleston. But in June those plans fellthrough. And it'll be at least another year before a newmultimillion dollar rink is erected ...
Bank to cater to homosexual market
Oct 01, 1999 ... PENSACOLA, Fla. - The first bank to cater to a nationalhomosexual market has opened its doors in Pensacola and will begindoing business Oct. 11 on the Internet. G&L Bank - the initials stand for gay and lesbian - is among asmall number of Internet-focused banks and the first to ...
Recall
Oct 01, 1999 ... ENGINES WASHINGTON - A potentially dangerous fuel leak in a faultyshutoff valve forced the recall of about 118,000 gasoline engines invarious brands of outdoor power equipment. Tecumseh Products of Grafton, Wis., recalled the enginesThursday, which primarily run snow blowers ...
Academics, executivel line up to sing bar code's praises
Oct 01, 1999 ... WASHINGTON - Consumers might ignore them but to the groceryindustry, bar code technology - which made its debut 25 years ago -is among the most significant advances since sliced bread. Academics from some of the nation's top Ivy League schools joinedexecutives from Wal-Mart and ...
Putnam water lines drop insurance rates , Homeowners save $150 to $250 with fire hydrants
Oct 01, 1999; ... WINFIELD - As new fire hydrants go up, fire insurance billsgenerally go down, insurers say. With $18 million of water extension projects under way in PutnamCounty, homeowners are checking on their rates, Kenneth Clark ofClark Insurance Agency in Scott Depot said ...
Prep Game of the Week
Oct 01, 1999 ... Key players It's no secret that the Redskins rely on the passing attacktriggered by junior quarterback Travis Jones. He's completed 53-of-108 passes for 720 yards and five scores in only four games thisyear, sitting out a win over Herbert Hoover with a sprained rightankle. But if ...
Navy leaders
Oct 01, 1999 ... Rushing Name Att Yds Avg TD Long Brian Broadwater 93 398 4.3 4 52 Raheem Lambert 45 330 7.3 2 79 John Vereen 15 79 5.3 1 18 Brian Madden 12 76 6.3 0 11 Receiving Name Rec Yds Avg TD Long Matt O'Donnell 9 145 16.1 0 ...
St. Albans, others feeling playoff heat
Oct 01, 1999; ... They sit at 400, and need to play 800. Add a season finale against sixth-rated Capital, and anythingless than perfection probably won't cut it. It's Oct. 1, but already the St. Albans Red Dragons (2-3) arealready in a playoff mode. "We know we need to win four of five ...
Riverside overcomes pain of first loss
Oct 01, 1999; ... Riverside received an early chance for redemption, but theWarriors couldn't get the school's first loss out of their heads. The Warriors polished off Logan, 42-21, at Laidley Field onThursday, but not before scaring the thousands of fans on hand. "Capital might have been in our ...
Jackets must shake off the rust
Oct 01, 1999; ... It hasn't reached the point where Carl Lee is passing outdiagrams of a football field while reminding his players to puttheir shoulder pads on before their helmets. But considering West Virginia State hasn't played a game in threeweeks, who'd be surprised to learn the Yellow ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES
Oct 01, 1999 ... orioles 5, yankees 0 yankees 12, orioles 5 By beating Baltimore for a split of a doubleheader, New Yorkeliminated second-place Boston from division title contention. Up next is a matchup with Cleveland or Texas in the playoffsstarting Tuesday. Orlando Hernandez ...
Baseball P.M.
Oct 01, 1999 ... NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr x-New York 96 63 .604 - z-6-4 W-1 48-33 48-30 9-9 y-Boston 91 68 .572 5 z-4-6 L-2 49-32 42-36 6-12 Toronto 81 78 .509 15 4-6 L-1 40-41 41-37 9-9 Baltimore 78 81 .491 18 z-5-5 L-1 41-37 ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
Oct 01, 1999 ... braves 4, mets 3 11 innings For the second straight year, a late-season collapse could meanno postseason play for the Mets. New York held a four-game lead in the NL wild-card race with 12games left, but have lost 8-of-9 games to reach the brink ofelimination from the ...
Wildcats fend off surging SC
Oct 01, 1999; ... It's still 30 days until Halloween, but Nitro junior goalkeeperJustin Burgess had his fill of black and orange Thursday night. And like the family on the corner who forgot to buy itsindividually wrapped goodies, he refused to hand out treats to SouthCharleston. Burgess ...
Hamilton, White overpower Terrapins
Oct 01, 1999 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA - Maryland allowed only 10 points in its first threegames. No. 9 Georgia Tech was hardly impressed. The Yellow Jackets scored two touchdowns against the nation's top-rated scoring defense before the game was seven minutes old. When itwas over, the ...
Catlett distressed over playing 'all road games'
Oct 01, 1999; ... MORGANTOWN - Playing all games away from home "could bedevastating" to the West Virginia University men's basketball team. That's what Coach Gale Catlett declared Thursday shortly beforelearning that the WVU Coliseum won't be available for any conteststhis winter. WVU ...
MU's Grace is amazing in big games
Oct 01, 1999; ... "AMAZING John Grace, "How sweet the sound, "That smacked a wretch like No. 3. "Marshall's defense once was weak, "But, now, it's strong, "Because of Grace, you see." - Landon Tabernacle Choir HUNTINGTON - Everybody ought to be singing the praises of ...
Prep football
Oct 01, 1999 ... Thursday's games Riverside 42, Logan 21 Preston 8, Fairmont Senior 6 Tonight's games (All games 7:30 p.m.) Baileysville at Shady Spring Beaver Local, Ohio at Weir Berkeley Springs at Petersburg Big Creek at Hurley, Va. Bluefield at ...
LOCAL
Oct 01, 1999 ... JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL Thursday's games John Adams 0 0 0 8 - 8 Elkview 12 0 8 0 - 20 Elk - Justin Haynes 14 run (run failed) Elk - Daniel Turley (pass failed) Elk - Andy Anderson (Haynes run) JA - John Allevito 1 run (Jimmy Easter pass ...
Riverside overcomes pain of first loss
Oct 01, 1999 ... Logan 7 6 0 8 -21 Riverside 14 7 7 14 -42 R - Michael Terrell 3 run (Jimmy Meadows kick) L - Jeff Altizer 17 pass from Billy Manuel (Walter Elmore kick) R - Rowdey Province 3 run (Meadows kick) R - Terrell 1 run (Meadows kick) L - Elmore 27 run (kick ...
Navy figures to bring a stronger defense
Oct 01, 1999; ... One thing about the military branches - they know how to keep asecret. It may not be the site of the D-Day attack, but the fact MarcBulger will not be throwing against Navy's defense had to cause afew jigs on aircraft carriers this week. Yet, as Navy (1-3) prepares for ...
Boy donating gifts to N.C. flood victims
Oct 01, 1999 ... BECKLEY - A Raleigh County boy who turns 8 years old today isbypassing birthday presents to give toys to North Carolina childrenwho lost theirs to flooding. While Andrew Humphrey and his family were watching news coverageof the recent floods, Andrew had an idea. "What if I ...
Cut in KRT, ambulance levy proposed: ; Changes would take place over three year period
Oct 01, 1999; ... Two Kanawha County commissioners are proposing to save taxpayers$1 million at the expense of the Kanawha County Ambulance Authorityand Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority. Commissioners Duke Bloom and Kent Carper are proposing that thelevy that funds the two county ...
Supporters will fight proposal to close Roosevelt Junior High
Oct 01, 1999; ... Roosevelt Junior High supporters say they're not in denial aboutthe school's potential closure. They're just not in acceptance. "This is far from over," said Marshall Snedegar, Roosevelt LocalSchool Improvement Council president said today, adding that thecommunity group ...
Clarifications
Oct 01, 1999 ... * COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a Sept. 27 report on grants distributed bythe Appalachian Regional Commission since 1966, The Associated Pressdid not explain that some counties getting the least money had onlybecome eligible in the past year. Five of the 10 counties at the bottom of the ...
Lottery
Oct 01, 1999 ... * WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 166 Daily 4: 8505 Cash 25: 7-12-13-18-19-20 - OHIO Day Pick 3: 951 Pick 4: 3554 Night Pick 3: 377 Pick 4: ...
Recent woes do not concern RedHawk QB
Oct 01, 1999; ... Miami (Ohio) quarterback Mike Bath isn't worried that the RedHawkoffensive machine is faltering. The RedHawks managed only 218 total yards against CentralMichigan, and just 17 points. Dustin Cohen's touchdown after aninterception, then his blocked punt which set up a Travis ...
Mountaineers keeping it simple for Lewis: ; Meanwhile, freshman McBrien must stay focused
Oct 01, 1999; ... MORGANTOWN - The seats in West Virginia University's quarterbackroom have not changed. The status of the fannies in those seats, however, has. With Marc Bulger ending his 28-game streak of starting for theMountaineers, sophomore Brad Lewis is preparing for his first whenWVU ...
Street, Smith ready to plug Puggi's spot
Oct 01, 1999; ... HUNTINGTON - Street and Smith will be playing defensive end forMarshall University Saturday. Not the famed sports magazine, but Ralph Street and Carlos Smith.With Ron Puggi out because of a strained knee ligament, theexperienced substitutes will see plenty more action lined ...
WVU coach fearing the worst
Oct 01, 1999; ... They will be basketball gypsies, nomads. No doubt they will bethe source of numerous road-weary angles from national media. Traveling will become more than just a turnover to West VirginiaUniversity's men's players this winter. It will be an every-gameoccurrence. "It's ...
Newsbriefs
Oct 01, 1999 ... Survivors mourn quake victims OAXACA, Mexico - Candles on the bare concrete floor of a simplehome flickered next to a white casket holding the crushed body of an18-year-old woman, one of at least 15 people killed in the latestearthquake to strike Mexico. The ...
Letters to the Editor
Oct 01, 1999 ... The lead editorial in the Friday, Sept. 24 Daily Mail calls forfinancing a proposed skating rink in South Charleston in aresponsible manner. I agree, and am proposing to do so. I have never stated or suggested that the revenues from a rinkwould pay off the $3 million I intend ...
Our Views
Oct 01, 1999 ... Aides Legislators should carefully consider nursing homes' request WHEN you have a family member in a nursing home, the first thingyou learn is an abiding respect for certified nursing assistants.They do the hard work that makes the difference between neglect ...
Our views
Oct 01, 1999 ... Justice The appointment of Kiss should not be blocked on a technicality IN 1984, the state Supreme Court seized the discipline of acircuit judge to give a pension to justices who hadn't served longenough to qualify. Trial lawyers were silent about this ...
Letters to the Editor
Oct 01, 1999 ... Another 30 years of Yeager Airport? Over 30 years ago, Yeager Airport supporters convinced themajority of voters in Kanawha County there was no need to build ajetport near Hurricane. Now, once again, it's the same old story. Yeager Airport isalready serving this ...