Charleston Daily Mail back issues from March 2000:
Panel rejects deer hunting changes
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER New legislation regulating deer hunting has been shot down by theHouse Natural Resources Committee. Members instead today decided toask for an interim study committee to look at wildlife issues. Bills that would have moved the opening day of buck ...
Goldman proposes payment: ; Mayor wants $75,000 to pay Regatta vendors
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Hoping to lift the "tainted cloud" over last year's SternwheelRegatta, Charleston Mayor Jay Goldman said today he will seek a$75,000 settlement of the approximately $100,000 debt the CharlestonFestival Commission owes vendors. Goldman's proposal calls forusing ...
Authorities say 6-year-old shooter lived in a house 'in chaos'
Mar 01, 2000; ... MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The 6-year-old boy who fatallyshot a fellow first-grader lived in a "flophouse" and used a stolenhandgun he apparently found loaded and lying in a bedroom there, theprosecutor said today. The boy's jailed father told a sheriff hehad "a sickening feeling" ...
Board travel detailed: ; School officials; tally from $1,152 to $10,337 annually
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF State school Superintendent Hank Marockie isn't the only persongetting reimbursed for attending funerals of state officials andtheir relatives. State school board member J.D. Morris receivedgovernment reimbursement of $152.21 for mileage to attend ...
Widened bridge planned on I-64: ; Proposal would help part of road near Dunbar
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Plans to widen the Interstate 64 bridge between South Charlestonand Dunbar mean constructing a new four-lane bridge for eastboundtraffic, converting the existing bridge to westbound flow andeliminating a Red Roof Inn and a proposed City National Bank ...
Clothes, coffee and a cause: ; Proceeds from YWCA store will help women
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF IN one stop, you can sip cappuccino and buy clothes at bargainprices. And you will simultaneously be contributing to a good cause. The YWCA's Perkin' Up Coffee Shop and Past n' Present ClothingStore is now open for business at the corner of Elizabeth ...
Subcommittee tries to make digest palatable: ; House members willing to set rules for allocating funds
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Despite being on the receiving end of this session's hottestpolitical football, members of a House Judiciary subcommitteestudying the Budget Digest said they are ready to consider somesubstantial changes to the process of disbursing discretionaryfunds ....
Gore, Bush win primaries: ; Victories give candidates boost for next week
Mar 01, 2000; ... Gov. George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain turned their Republicanhostilities toward the main event - Super Tuesday - after the Texasgovernor won a three-state parlay to recapture the lead in thestruggle for the GOP presidential nomination. They tradedaccusations of divisive, low-road ...
REGIONAL
Mar 01, 2000 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 39 32 PCldy Charlotte 66 43 Clr Cincinnati 49 32 PCldy Cleveland 39 34 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 46 33 PCldy Dayton 44 31 PCldy Daytona Beach 78 56 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 66 43 ...
NATIONAL
Mar 01, 2000 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 34 21 Cldy Baltimore 53 39 Clr Boston 47 39 Rain Chicago 50 30 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 65 52 Rain Denver 39 30 Snow Detroit 41 28 PCldy Honolulu 83 71 Clr Houston 78 62 Cldy Indianapolis 46 32 ...
Toyota, Honda top: ; most-stolen car list; Major vehicle theft down 15 percent from last year
Mar 01, 2000; ... DETROIT - Some cars seem to never go out of style - especiallyamong car thieves. The Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord againdominated the most-stolen vehicle list last year with 19 of the top25 spots. The 1989 Camry took the crown for the third year in a row,followed by the '90, '91 and ...
IRS fails to pass its own audit: ; Report says agency has insufficient internal controls
Mar 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - Sloppy bookkeeping is no excuse for any taxpayer wholands on the Internal Revenue Service hot seat. But the IRS itselfcontinues to have serious, chronic accounting problems of its own,according to congressional auditors. The General Accounting Officereported Tuesday that ...
News briefs
Mar 01, 2000 ... Thousands flee volcano eruption LEGAZPI, Philippines - U.S. military and embassy officialsvisited crowded evacuation centers around Mayon volcano today andpromised to help the more than 57,000 people displaced by its recenteruptions, officials said. Defense Secretary Orlando ...
Letters to the Editor: ; In West Virginia, churches should fight for tax cuts
Mar 01, 2000; ... Nathan Wilson, lobbyist for the West Virginia Council ofChurches, sent out an alert on Feb. 28, asking that action be takento support the tax on smokeless tobacco. He stated that researchindicates, then he went on to state that it is "proved," that highercosts curb youth tobacco use ....
Our views: ; Wyoming; Voters agree that two high schools are better than four high schools
Mar 01, 2000; ... WYOMING County is the quintessential Southern West Virginiacounty. It has the best coal in the world. It is losing populationfast. Increasingly, those who remain behind are retirees too poor tomove to Florida. Wyoming County also has a school system that costsmore per student to run ...
Our views: ; Change; Colleges and universities must be flexible to meet the challenge
Mar 01, 2000; ... LIKE blind people in a familiar room, West Virginians have grownaccustomed to the architecture of their economy. Familiarindustries, familiar corporations, familiar community institutions.They were in place so long that people expect them to continue to bethere. Surprise. West ...
W.Va. colleges must change now: ; The state needs higher standards and fewer colleges
Mar 01, 2000; ... THERE is no goal more critical to West Virginia's ability toprovide its citizens with jobs and opportunities than thestimulation and development of new and expanded economic enterprise.Carnegie Mellon Economist Richard Florida, speaking to the Businessand Industrial Development Corp. in ...
Letters to the editor: ; Just state the facts about Sissonville High School
Mar 01, 2000; ... I am in the 11th grade at Sissonville High School. I feel disgusttoward the editorial, "Race: Schools cannot ignore it and hope itgoes away," in the Feb. 9 Daily Mail. This is the most ludicrous,untrue accusation I have ever heard. Sissonville High School should not be classified ...
Letters to the Editor
Mar 01, 2000; ... Eleven years ago, when I graduated from Duval High School, theDaily Mail stated that I received a "second-class education" from "aseriously impaired high school." This scared me, but I ended upgraduating from West Virginia Tech with a chemical engineeringdegree. Duval did not ...
Letters to the Editor: ; Lincoln County needs two high schools
Mar 01, 2000; ... Whoever wrote the editorial, "Lincoln: If residents usedresources wisely, students could have good schools," in the Feb. 25Daily Mail may have many facts accurate. However, having lived ineastern Lincoln County 18 of my first 19 years, and having graduatedfrom Duval High School in 1941, ...
Surber owes 'lifers' an apology
Mar 01, 2000; ... As a veteran of Vietnam and more than 20 years of active militaryservice, I felt it necessary to respond to Don Surber's demeaningand disrespectful column, "It's all just song and dance," in theFeb. 23 Daily Mail. For the Mail to allow such a slap in the faceto our state veterans is ...
Letters to the Editor: ; Congratulations, record-breakers
Mar 01, 2000; ... I am a swimming parent, and have been for about 10 years. The state high school swimming championships were in Morgantown.The Bridgeport High School girls team won the state title. Mydaughter, Melissa Webb, a sophomore at Nitro High School, broke astate record in the 200-meter ...
Byrd says Congress needs to take action on violence
Mar 01, 2000; ... Lamenting the nation's latest stunning juvenile crime, U.S. Sen.Robert Byrd asked why his fellow lawmakers aren't doing more toprotect "babes with sweet young faces" who should be waiting for thetooth fairy instead of handling guns. In a statement released aftera 6-year-old boy shot a ...
Judge gives more time for people to join case
Mar 01, 2000 ... Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger has ruled that the issue ofresidents having pets at the Kenna Homes apartment complex in SouthCharleston may affect more people than have already come forward inthe matter. Berger on Tuesday gave both sides in the case - theowners' board that wants ...
Business briefs
Mar 01, 2000; ... EZNET joins high-speed Internet providers EZNET Total Access has become the latest provider of broadbandInternet access service in the Charleston and Huntington market. The company said its Digital Subscriber Line service offersresidential customers high-speed, always-on, direct ...
Natural gas-fueled power plant promises new jobs in Cabell
Mar 01, 2000; ... CULLODEN - A Texas company announced it will build a 1,000-megawatt natural gas-fueled power plant in Cabell County that willcreate 500 jobs during construction and 46 full-time jobs once itbecomes operational. Panda Energy International Inc. said theplant, to be located in Culloden, ...
No special deal forRite Aid, officials say: ; State says role limited in saving warehouse jobs
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The state's role in the negotiations to save about 500 jobs atRite Aid's Poca warehouse was that of a concerned bystander, a stateofficial said. Jan Dickinson, spokeswoman for the state DevelopmentOffice, said Rite Aid qualifies for the same business incentives ...
Recalls
Mar 01, 2000; ... BATTERY PACKS Sony Electronics Inc. issued a worldwide recall Tuesday for415,000 battery packs produced between March and June last year foruse in its camcorders, portable DVD players and other devices. Sonysaid it is offering free replacements for InfoLithium battery packswith ...
Hearings scheduled
Mar 01, 2000 ... The House of Delegates will hold a public hearing on repealingthe Logging Sediment Control Act at 9:30 p.m. today in Room 410-M atthe Capitol. The bill deals with sediment control during commercialtimber harvesting operations. A ...
Woman fined $1,000 for biting deputy
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAVENPORT, Iowa - A woman who bit a deputy who tried to give hera speeding ticket has been given a 60-day jail sentence and a $1,000fine. Leslie Hebeler was sentenced last week for speeding andresisting arrest. She also was ordered to pay a $54 traffic fine,court costs and the deputy's ...
Lottery
Mar 01, 2000 ... * WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 606 Daily 4: 1788 Cash 25: 1-6-11-18-20-25 - OHIO Day Pick 3: 979 Pick 4: 0476 Night Pick 3: 579 Pick 4: ...
WVU's five freshmen have had mixed year
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Next season, they hope to be Mr. Chan, Mr. Dennis, Mr. Kincade,Mr. Lyles and Mr. Yeager. This season, they are just Ales, Kent,Keith, Tim and Josh - the five freshmen on West VirginiaUniversity's basketball team. Boys still hoping to earn respectbefore ...
'Chief' does a little bit of everything for Herd
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - If Tamar Slay did claim the nickname "Chief," hecould certainly put another achievement feather in his ceremonialheaddress. Marshall University's 6-foot-9, 195-pound sophomoresharpshooter, who resembles former Boston Celtic center ...
Bigger lineup not enough for Nitro against Huntington
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER BARBOURSVILLE - Nitro High girls basketball Coach Scott Tinsleyknew that facing a team like Huntington, he might have to rob Peterto pay Paul. But Tinsley learned that when you do, not only can theplan backfire, the entire roof can fall in. "We got ...
Bleak Tuesday for Kanawha girls: ; GW falls to Logan
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Now, Logan High School's girls can talk basketball too. Long known for its boys basketball prowess, Logan is sending itsgirls team to the state tournament for the first time ever. Tuesday's stunning 66-52 upset victory over George Washington in ...
Bleak Tuesday for Kanawha girls: ; Ripley slows down,; knocks off Capital
Mar 01, 2000; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL SPENCER - It wasn't hockey on gravel, but Ripley High Schooldefinitely forced Capital to play a game it wanted no part of. Using a variety of delay offenses and a smothering inside defense,Ripley was able to pull off its biggest girls basketball win inschool ...
Tech advances with OT victory: ; WVC's top freshman helps Golden Bears by Bluefield
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MONTGOMERY - West Virginia Conference basketball awards mightlack the nationwide appeal of the Oscars, but they are superior inone way. The winners are permitted to perform thereafter in theforum called the WVC Tournament. That is instead of merely ...
Blizzard settles for shootout loss
Mar 01, 2000 ... The Huntington Blizzard gained a point in the standings, but letanother one slip away to the Richmond Renegades, losing 4-3 in ashootout Tuesday at the Huntington Civic Arena. Andrew Shier scoredfor the Renegades with 1:56 left in the game to tie the game, andhelped win the shootout ....
Golden Eagles should roar to another tournament title
Mar 01, 2000; ... HERE are my odds on each of the final eight West VirginiaConference team's chances of winning the 63rd annual tournament thisweek: - University of Charleston - When Coach Jayson Gee took overthis program four years ago, he set one simple three-word goal -"Restore The Roar." Mission ...
SLIM'S PICKINS
Mar 01, 2000 ... Race 1: 1, Evasive Maneuver; 8, Craigie Fly Guy; 6, Cs Bad Tina Race 2: 4, Lcs Mona; 7, Nitro Nuke; 8, Brook Stay Race 3: 6, Lcs Moonstruck; 7, Ripley Raider; 3, Craigie Romance Race 4: 6, Imported; 1, Fbs Chucka Luck; 5, Dks Gold Dust Race 5: 8, Tmcs Dokothebay; 4, ...
Local sports
Mar 01, 2000 ... UC SOCCER Ricardo "Marty" Martinez has been named the new men's soccercoach at the University of Charleston. Martinez comes to Charlestonfrom Marshall University, where he served as an assistant coach lastyear. Martinez, a James Madison graduate, also coached women'ssoccer at ...
College basketball
Mar 01, 2000 ... COLLEGE MEN BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct Syracuse 12 2 .857 23 3 .885 St. John's 12 3 .800 21 6 .778 Miami (Fla.) 12 3 .800 19 9 .679 Seton Hall 10 6 .625 19 8 .704 Connecticut 9 6 .600 20 8 ...
NCAA Basketball
Mar 01, 2000 ... FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Duke 15 at Clemson at Florida20 South Carolina at Georgetown 8 West Virginia at Virginia Tech 9 La Salle at Villanova 11 Providence Oklahoma10 at Texas A&M at Memphis3 ...
Banks providing double-double threat for Scott: ; Boys basketball Scott High
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR MADISON - You know you're having a noteworthy basketball seasonwhen news of a double-double is tossed aside like a piece of junkmail. "I don't even take those into consideration," said Scott HighSchool boys basketball Coach Paul Carden. Carden can ...
W.Va. State 88, Shepherd 86
Mar 01, 2000 ... SHEPHERD (12-15) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Parkman 36 6-12 1-5 0-1 5 2 13 Fitzpatrick 31 4-9 1-2 2-2 2 5 11 Tapscott 38 6-12 0-2 2-2 3 4 14 Stewart 29 4-5 3-3 6-6 2 1 17 Price 34 8-12 8-10 6 2 24 Jones 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Johnson 7 ...
WVU TECH 103,: ; Bluefield State 94 (OT)
Mar 01, 2000 ... No. 13 BLUEFIELD STATE (3-24) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Green 42 6-14 0-6 1-4 3 3 13 Byrd 33 8-19 2-9 2-4 3 8 20 Pannell 32 6-13 1-4 1-2 8 1 14 Simpkins 12 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 Frazier 37 7-17 1-4 0-0 7 0 15 Crews 5 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 Redd ...
Second time's a charm for State's Green
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER The first half ended with West Virginia State's Jevon Greensprawled on the new Fleming Hall artificial hardwood just outsidethe 3-point arc, peering up at an unobliging referee with a look offrustrated puzzlement. He did not get the foul call. So, is ...
Briefly
Mar 01, 2000 ... BASEBALL - Sparky Anderson, the only manager to win World Series titles inboth leagues, was elected into the Hall of Fame by the VeteransCommittee. The former Cincinnati and Detroit manager, third onbaseball's career win list, was elected in his first year ofeligibility. Anderson ...
West Virginia Conference women
Mar 01, 2000 ... WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Results from the West Virginia Conference women's basketballtournament. West Liberty and Glenville State received first-roundbyes: First round Monday Fairmont State 71, Salem-Teikyo 54 Shepherd 71, Davis & Elkins ...
Prep boys sectional schedule
Mar 01, 2000 ... CLASS AAA Region 1 Section 1 - Brooke vs. John Marshall, 7:30 p.m. today at WheelingPark; winner at Wheeling Park, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Section 2 -Parkersburg South at Parkersburg, 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Regional final - March 7, at Wheeling Civic Center. Region ...
Riverside 75, St. Albans 61
Mar 01, 2000 ... St. Albans (10-12) FG FT Points Dusty Herscher 4-7 2-2 12 Gavin Herscher 5-11 2-5 12 Matt Fletcher 3-7 0-0 6 Ken-Michael Samms 6-15 0-0 15 Mike Ellis 2-2 0-0 4 Ricky Ross 4-6 1-1 9 Parrish McKittrick 1-4 1-1 3 Mike Keiffer 0-1 0-0 ...
Moles a mountain in victory
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Riverside's junior point guard can shoot, drive, pass and playdefense. He can also make the opposing coach sound like a repetitivezoologist. "Moles, Moles, Moles," said St. Albans Coach Tex Williams. "Hewas the deciding factor. I'd like someone ...
NBA Report
Mar 01, 2000 ... Standings, schedule EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Miami 36 21 .632 - New York 34 21 .618 1 Philadelphia 31 25 .554 41/2 Orlando 26 31 .456 10 Boston 23 33 .411 121/2 New Jersey 22 34 .393 ...
NBA
Mar 01, 2000 ... Lakers 90, Trail Blazers 87 For the first time in NBA history, two teams with 11-game winningstreaks played each other. The Lakers came away with a 12-gamestreak. Shaquille O'Neal had 23 points and Kobe Bryant scored 22 ina thrilling battle between the NBA's two best ...
Sissonville breezes by Calhoun
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Sophomore Jeff Honaker netted a season-high 18 points to leadSissonville to a 59-33 win over Calhoun County in boys Class AARegion 5, Section 1 play on Tuesday night. The Indians (5-17) willface Ravenswood in the sectional championship game at 7:30 p.m ....
WVC men
Mar 01, 2000 ... WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Pairings for the West Virginia Conference men's basketballtournament and results from Tuesday's first-round games at campusesaround the state. The University of Charleston and Fairmont Statereceived first-round byes: First ...
Prep girls regional schedule
Mar 01, 2000 ... Class AAA All Games Tuesday Region 1 Parkersburg South 44, John Marshall 42 Region 2 Hampshire 63, Martinsburg 60 Region 3 Morgantown 53, Fairmont Senior 38 Region 4 Buckhannon-Upshur 52, Philip Barbour 46 Region ...
Ripley 32, Capital 20
Mar 01, 2000 ... Capital (20-2) FG FT Points Tavia Franklin 1 0-0 3 Lasha Fortson 1 0-0 2 Milan Cary 2 0-0 4 Lisa Lee 1 0-0 2 Rae Rae Sayles 3 0-2 7 Erica Reese 1 0-0 2 Totals 9 0-2 20 Ripley (19-6) FG FT Points Jay ...
Logan 66, Geo. Washington 52
Mar 01, 2000 ... G. Washington (13-11) FG FT Points Erica Marcum 6-11 5-11 20 Sarah Stowers 6-20 9-12 21 Nikki Israel 2-10 2-4 6 Becky Molinini 2-6 0-0 4 Lindsay Yanov 0-2 0-0 0 Elizabeth Showalter 0 1-2 1 Katy Taylor 0-1 0-0 0 Mary Ballard 0-0 0-0 ...
Huntington 66, Nitro 51
Mar 01, 2000 ... Nitro (18-4) FG FT Points Lisa Cooper 1-4 0-0 2 Tara Scott 0-1 0-0 0 Amy Myers 1-3 0-0 2 Ashleigh Huffman 6-9 0-2 16 Tara Hammond 3-9 2-2 9 Charissa Watts 3-8 2-2 8 Keisha Tyler 5-8 4-4 14 Totals 19-42 8-10 51 Huntington ...
House OKs liquor license plan
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER With the time remaining until the bid deadline now measured inhours rather than days, a bill redistributing some retail liquorlicenses will need to fly through both houses of the Legislature inthe next 24 hours. Then, Gov. Cecil Underwood would have to ...
I-64 not the place to speed now
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL Senior State Trooper T.S. Mills is one of many law enforcementofficers targeting traffic violators on Interstate 64 ...
Panel considers way to sell Morris Square Building: ; Structure has cost state $16 million so far, official estimates
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER State officials today were considering moving a step closer tounloading the $16 million white elephant otherwise known as theMorris Square Building. Members of the Senate Finance Committeewere to consider a proposal this afternoon that would make it ...
GOP not backing tax bill: ; Snuff legislation came from Underwood
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER When the House Finance Committee votes on smokeless tobacco taxlegislation later today, it's likely only one Republican member willcast a vote for Gov. Cecil Underwood's plan. The plan, which enjoysstrong support from the House's Democratic leadership, ...
I-64 not the place to speed now: ; Officers give more than 300 tickets in two days
Mar 01, 2000; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Based on his daily travels to and from his job in Charleston,Wayne County resident Ron Grimes says Interstate 64 has become moreinfested with speeders and careless drivers. Grimes said he thinksthe increase in suburban development between Charleston ...