Charleston Daily Mail back issues from March 2001:
One missing after silo collapse: ; Storage area part of power plant that supplies WVU heat
Mar 01, 2001; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL Cracks are visible in the lower left-hand portion of a coalstorage silo at the Morgantown power plant that ...
Support high for Promise scholarships: ; Funds sought for need-based grant program
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Despite the fact that he helps nearly 10,000 students in WestVirginia go to college each year, Robert Long might get more angryphone calls than any other state official. That's because ascoordinator of the West Virginia Higher Education Grant Program,it's also ...
One missing after silo collapse: ; Storage area part; of power plant that supplies WVU heat
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF One employee was missing after a partial collapse early thismorning of a coal storage silo at the Morgantown power plant thatsupplies heat to West Virginia University, officials said. Theaccident occurred about 2 a.m. at the Beechurst Avenue power plant,said ...
Bush budget a mixed bag for W.Va.: ; Some programs could see cuts in funding
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - President Bush's $1.9 trillion budget funds some keyWest Virginia priorities, but could short some programs consideredimportant to the state. Bush released a 207-page "Blueprint for NewBeginnings" Wednesday, the day after he presented his ...
Support high for Promise scholarships: ; Poll respondents feel it's OK to use gambling funds
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF An overwhelming majority of West Virginia residents supportPromise scholarships and most are not bothered by the fact thatfunding for the program might come from the legalization and taxingof gray machines, according to the latest West Virginia Poll. Ofthe 402 ...
Use of cell phones may alter hospital machines: ; CAMC studying devices that may affect equipment
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER A small dose of epinephrine prescribed by a doctor dripped into ayoung hospital patient through an infusion pump. Unexpectedly,fluid began to build up in the patient's lungs, putting him at riskof death. After examining the pump, the nurse noticed ...
Revised DUI rules proposed: ; Canterbury backs some of Sen. Mitchell's ideas
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Steve Canterbury is welcoming new help in getting people to"think outside of the box" in addressing the problem of drunkendriving. "Clearly what we're doing is not having the desiredeffect," said Canterbury, executive director of the Regional ...
Shortage in donations slows Goodwill work
Mar 01, 2001 ... Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley is running low on donatedgoods. There are 35 people with disabilities who are paid to collect andsort items. When donations are low, they are unable to work as muchas they would like. Donations of clothing, household items,furniture and ...
Authority building support for radio tower: ; Director hopes to get planning commission OK
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Touring the outside of the ambulance authority's buildingcomplex, Director Joe Lynch describes how a $2.5 million projectwill renovate or replace the buildings. Over his shoulder, gustingwinds keep a string of balloons bent over the building's roof. Theballoons ...
Summer intern program taking applications
Mar 01, 2001 ... Gov. Bob Wise has announced that students will have the chance towork this summer in the Governor's Internship Program. The annualprogram provides internship opportunities to state college students.Since the program's creation in 1989, more than 1,100 students haveparticipated in summer ...
International event to be presented on MU campus
Mar 01, 2001 ... Foods, traditional music, dancing and displays of many countriesand cultures will be featured at Marshall University's 35th annualinternational festival Sunday. Entitled "Uni-Versity," it will beheld from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Don Morris Room of the MU MemorialStudent ...
REGIONAL
Mar 01, 2001 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 39 24 Cldy Charlotte 60 37 Cldy Cincinnati 48 30 Cldy Cleveland 39 26 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 46 28 PCldy Dayton 46 28 Cldy Daytona Beach 85 61 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 58 32 ...
NATIONAL
Mar 01, 2001 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage m m mm Baltimore 52 31 PCldy Boston 28 18 Cldy Chicago 41 26 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 54 41 Rain Denver 42 20 PCldy Detroit 41 24 Clr Honolulu 84 69 Clr Houston 61 54 Rain Indianapolis 48 31 ...
Seattle shaken, not stirred: ; Wash. governor says stabilizing structures paid off
Mar 01, 2001; ... SEATTLE - From the doorway of the downtown Sheraton Hotel, valetMark Stanton watched glass-and-steel skyscrapers swaying and flexingin ways he never thought possible under the power of the region'sstrongest earthquake in a half-century. "I watched this whole hotelshimmy," Stanton said ....
Health care blasted: ; Institute backs total overhaul of the system
Mar 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The nation's health care system is a tangled mazethat too often leaves Americans with inadequate, outdated, evenunsafe therapy, according to a scathing report today that recommendsan urgent overhaul to bring 21st century care to more patients. U.S. specialists know ...
News briefs
Mar 01, 2001 ... Day-care worker accused of abuse RENO, Nev. - A day-care worker is accused of sexually assaultingmore than 25 toddlers and videotaping many of the attacks,authorities said. "This is the worst case of this kind to hit ourcommunity in some time," said Cheryl Hier-Johnson, ...
Letters to the Editor: ; Let's be fair about public insurance; State workers pay a fair share, want a fair shake
Mar 01, 2001 ... As we enter a new legislative year, with a new governor at thehelm, we would like to address the Public Employees InsuranceAgency's situation from the perspective of the taxpayers who alsohappen to be public employees in the state of West Virginia. Whileour position has been ...
Clean air: ; Congress should instruct EPA that regulatory costs do matter
Mar 01, 2001; ... IN a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week thatthe Environmental Protection Agency does not have to consider thecost of complying with the Clean Air Act and may not engage in cost-benefit analysis when it sets its standards. Justice Antonin Scaliawrote that Congress told ...
Our views: ; Tax reform; Ignoring the state's problem won't make it suddenly go away
Mar 01, 2001; ... UPON becoming governor, Bob Wise inherited a patchwork quilt oftaxes that is threadbare in too many places. A hard-workingbipartisan commission recommended a revenue-neutral reform that11,000 businesses were to test this year. The businesses wouldfigure their taxes under the proposed ...
Letters to the Editor: ; Ask your doctor if the state has a problem
Mar 01, 2001 ... My husband and I are family physicians. We were among thehundreds of other physicians attending the rally on Feb. 20. We aredeeply concerned about a potential physician shortage in this state,caused by outrageous malpractice insurance premiums and a specialtax levied against medical ...
Letters to the Editor
Mar 01, 2001 ... Don't blame kids for adults' failings I take great exception to the Daily Mail's Feb. 12 editorial,"Disruptive: West Virginia cannot afford to create parallel schoolsystems," referring to children who attend alternative schools as"louts." While the National Education ...
Simplified domestic relations bill passes
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Cleaning up and clarifying the state's domestic relations lawswas the goal of a 258-page bill passed by the House to the Senate. The fact that 90 percent of people represent themselves in divorceproceedings made the changes necessary, House Judiciary ...
Ex-tax official says there's still life in reform effort
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Former Gov. Cecil Underwood's tax secretary said tax reform isnot dead, even though even though new Gov. Bob Wise told statebusinesses not to submit information meant determine how theproposed reforms would affect revenue. "Quite frankly, I thinkwe're going to ...
Obituaries
Mar 01, 2001 ... Lydia Sarah Ball GORDON - Lydia Sarah Ball, 83, of Gordon died Feb. 27, 2001, inBoone Health Care after a long illness. She was a homemaker and a member of Van Church of God for 60years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilburn Ball, anddaughter, Ruth ...
Death Notices
Mar 01, 2001 ... Ella Louise Byrd, 93, of Beckley died Feb. 26, 2001, at homeafter a short illness. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, Mar. 2, atRitchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley. Friends may call one hourprior to service at the funeral home. Cletis "Skeet" Fagg, 70, of Cunard died Feb. 26, ...
City woman wins award
Mar 01, 2001 ... Traci Lea Strickland, 28, of Charleston has been named recipientof the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2001 Personal AchievementAward for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of West Virginia. Theaward recognizes the ...
Police blotter
Mar 01, 2001 ... Driver of pickup killed in bus wreck ELEANOR - The driver of a pickup truck was killed in a collisionearly today with a Putnam County school bus, authorities said. Nostudents were on the bus, and the driver of the bus was notseriously injured. The name of the person ...
Familes' tax burden on rise, study finds: ; Low-income bracket hit by increased liability
Mar 01, 2001; ... The income tax burden for low-income families in West Virginia isincreasing, according to a national report to be released today. Although the federal poverty line rose 16 percent from 1994 to 2000,West Virginia's state income tax liability for a family of four atthe poverty level rose ...
Mother of children killed in Weston fire is sentenced
Mar 01, 2001; ... WESTON - Janette Ables, the mother of two children who died in ahouse fire that investigators say was deliberately set, wassentenced to three to 15 years in prison today for felony childneglect. Lewis Circuit Judge Thomas Keadle ordered the sentences beserved concurrently and gave her ...
Tickets still available for legislative breakfast
Mar 01, 2001 ... Reservations are still available for anyone interested inattending the 22nd annual legislative prayer breakfast, set forMarch 9 at Charleston's Christ Church United Methodist. FormerSouth Carolina Gov. David Beasley will be the main speaker at thebreakfast, which is patterned after the ...
Kiss says bill still lacks needed support: ; Speaker says Wise must begin selling gray machine plan
Mar 01, 2001; ... Two weeks after handing the Legislature his strategy forregulating video poker machines to raise $22 million, Gov. Bob Wisestill doesn't have the votes to pass it and lawmakers say he needsto start making his case. "They need to identify the concerns andstart addressing them," House ...
He plays hoops, too: ; University of Charleston star Kalan Smith barely has time for basketball
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Roll calls by day, pick-and-rolls by night. Welcome to the busy, busy, ever so busy world of Kalan Smith. If he isn't student-teaching at St. Albans High School, Smith isplaying basketball for the University of Charleston. And if he isn'tdoing ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT: ; Can a 6-11 center play in WNBA?
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER For most West Virginia Conference women's basketball players,college is the last stop in their athletic careers. But WestLiberty's Jaana Kotova isn't like most WVC players. In fact, at 6-foot-11, Kotova is unlike any other women's collegeplayer in the ...
Herd improves after first-half doldrums
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Marshall University was playing its first game inalmost a week. Bowling Green was playing its third game in five days. And it showed Wednesday when the teams met in a Mid-AmericanConference game here at the Henderson Center. The ...
'Canes hold Armstead, Bowman to single digits
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MIAMI - Casper had some company Wednesday night in South Florida. Forward Calvin Bowman and guard Lionel Armstead were mere ghostsof themselves for West Virginia University against a young, improvedMiami (Fla.) squad. The Hurricanes held each to ...
Dakich shows self at Marshall
Mar 01, 2001; ... HUNTINGTON - Dan Dakich is about as classy as a sportscoat wornbackward. Which, appropriately enough, is how the Bowling Green coach wasattired when he entered the Henderson Center here Wednesday. Atleast Dakich is consistent. He began the evening just like he endedit. By making ...
Big East giving Owls the boot, not a hoot
Mar 01, 2001; ... PHILADELPHIA - The Temple football team hasn't had a winningseason since 1990 and still has no stadium to call home. Now, theOwls might not have a conference, either, after being informed theschool is no longer wanted in the Big East. "They have not, since 1996, fulfilled our ...
NATIONAL
Mar 01, 2001 ... NCAA BASKETBALL Today FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Iowa 4 Penn St. at South Florida 11/2 Cincinnati at Arizona St. 51/2 Oregon at UCLA 7 California Stanford 61/2 at Southern Cal NATIONAL BASKETBALL ...
Briefly
Mar 01, 2001 ... SOCCER - The young Americans did in the slumping Mexicans in the openerof World Cup qualifying. Josh Wolff and Clint Mathis, bothsubstitutes, combined on the first goal in the United States' 2-0CONCACAF qualifying game victory in Columbus, Ohio. Wolff then setup veteran Earnie ...
Local sports
Mar 01, 2001 ... MU'S PETTIT OUT Marshall University backup tight end Scott Pettit will skip hissenior season after having wrist surgery during the offseason.Pettit, a John Marshall High graduate, missed the final seven gamesof last season with a sprained knee and the wrist injury. "We ...
LOCAL
Mar 01, 2001 ... BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Statewide sectional results Big Creek 74, Mercer Christian 67 Buckhannon-Upshur 60, Lewis County 53 Cabell Midland 70, Huntington 50 East Fairmont 66, North Marion 53 Guyan Valley 94, Hamlin 56 Jefferson ...
WVU questions last-second block
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MIAMI - One different official's call late in Wednesday's gameand there would be talk of a five-game West Virginia Universitywinning streak. Dwayne Wimbley's block of a Chris Moss in-closedriving shot perhaps saved Miami (Fla.) in its 73-66 victory ...
UC and State baseball coming off good seasons
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR Last year, West Virginia State's baseball team used the "oldguys" for leadership and played its way to a West VirginiaConference championship and NCAA Division II regional tournamentberth. The University of Charleston hopes to do the same ...
Some things never change
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - What was possibly Travis Young's last game at theCam Henderson Center turned out to be much like his first 13 therefour years ago. As a freshman - and the Mid-American Conference'sfreshman of the year - Young was the Marshall University ...
Marshall 63, Bowling Green 55
Mar 01, 2001 ... Bowling Green (13-13, 9-8 in MAC) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Almanson 8 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Klassen 21 2-3 0-1 5 0 4 Matela 26 3-9 0-2 5 1 6 McLeod 37 6-15 2-5 6-8 3 2 20 Pardon 37 2-6 1-4 0-0 3 4 5 Jackson 33 3-6 1-3 0-0 7 5 7 Ryan 9 ...
MAC standings
Mar 01, 2001 ... MAC standings East Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Kent State 13 4 .765 20 8 .714 Ohio 12 6 .667 17 10 .630 Marshall 11 6 .647 17 8 .680 Miami (Ohio) 10 7 .588 14 14 .500 Bowling Green 9 8 .529 13 13 .500 Akron 8 9 .471 ...
Big East standings
Mar 01, 2001 ... Big East standings East Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT x-Boston College 12 3 .800 22 4 .846 Providence 10 5 .667 20 8 .714 Connecticut 8 7 .533 19 9 .679 Villanova 8 7 .533 17 10 .630 St. John's 8 7 .533 14 13 ...
Miami (Fla.) 73, West Virginia 66
Mar 01, 2001 ... WEST VIRGINIA (17-9, 8-7 in Big East) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Yeager 21 1-7 0-3 0-0 1 2 2 Bowman 30 1-6 6-8 9 1 8 Moss 35 9-15 2-2 10 0 20 Lyles 39 4-9 8-8 8 2 16 Armstead 36 2-6 0-3 4-5 3 1 8 Berry 24 3-8 1-5 2-2 3 1 9 Hewitt ...
Confident Senators stun shaky Shepherd
Mar 01, 2001; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL Shepherd Coach Betsy Blose leaned with her back against theCharleston Civic Center wall outside the Rams' locker room, thenstood upright and walked a few paces before returning to herposition along the wall. Inside the locker room, her playersthought about ...
Sub leads Jesuit to another win
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Wheeling Jesuit women's basketball Coach Joe Key didn't even waituntil the first practice to put upstart freshman Amy Oliva in herplace. "He told me from the beginning, 'You may never start here,'"she said. "I accepted that. That's OK with me. ... When I'm ...
WVC Tournament boxes, statistics
Mar 01, 2001 ... Play of the Day Well, it isn't really one play. It is Wheeling Jesuit's defenseat the start of the second half against Salem International. Tied atthe half, the Cardinals (15-13) held the Tigers without a point foralmost the first seven minutes of the second half and eventually ...
Coach, player go back a long way
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Way back in the late 1980's Steve Harold was still in college anddoing his student teaching in second grade at tiny Sand ForkElementary in Gilmer County. It was there that he noticed a kidthat, even though obviously shy, still managed to stand out both ...
Sissonville 69, Winfield 51
Mar 01, 2001 ... SISSONVILLE (20-4) Player FG FT Points Emily Facemyer 5-10 10-10 20 Andrea Lewis 1-2 1-2 3 Krissy Cavender 5-5 0-0 13 Christina Kessell 3-7 6-10 12 Mary Fowler 5-8 1-2 11 Ashley Elam 1-4 2-2 4 Rachel Kendall 1-2 2-2 4 Rebekah ...
High school girls basketball regionals
Mar 01, 2001 ... CLASS AAA Region 1 Wheeling Park 61, Parkersburg 58 Region 2 Hampshire 45, Martinsburg 35 Region 3 Fairmont Senior 55, Morgantown 49 Region 4 At Lincoln Elkins 65, Robert C. Byrd 26 Region 5 Nicholas County 56, ...
High school boys basketball sectionals
Mar 01, 2001 ... CLASS AAA Region 5 Section 1 - Beckley at Princeton, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Section 2 - Nicholas County at Greenbrier East, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Regional final - Tuesday at Fayette Memorial Building, 7:30 p.m. Region 6 Section 1 - Ripley at Roane County, 7 ...
Riverside boys cruise by Hoover
Mar 01, 2001 ... Riverside's boys basketball team spread the scoring evenly inposting a 31-point halftime lead against Herbert Hoover in the ClassAAA Region 6, Section 2 championship at the University ofCharleston. The Warriors (11-11) coasted to an 87-54 victory thatsets up Friday's 7:30 p.m. sectional ...
What's new?: ; Indian girls win again
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER The sun came up Wednesday, we still had to pay taxes and aSissonville girl's team is on its way to a state tournament. Inother words, it was just another typical day. A talented Winfield squad became the latest to fall before thered-clad juggernaut ...
Veterans' disability claims may get quicker action
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Veterans may see speedier action on their disabilityclaims after the Secretaries of the Air Force and Navy agreed toassign additional staff to claims processing. The move comes afterSens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Tom Daschle, D-S.D., ...
CAMC in need of specialists, official says: ; CEO highlights different facts about the hospital
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER Admissions at Charleston Area Medical Center slowly are slidingback up, but CEO David Ramsey said the hospital has lost 41physicians in the last couple of years. However, officials duringthe same time have hired 30 physicians, most of whom specialize ...
Lawmakers look for court savings: ; McGraw defends budget request, judicial expenses
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Legislators have heard for years about how the use of moderntechnology will save money for West Virginia's judicial system, butthey're wondering when they will see the results. The response fromSupreme Court Chief Justice Warren McGraw is that they ...
Yeager seeks funding: ; Airport board wants County Commission to continue support
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Business and Industrial Development Corp., which is meant torecruit new business to the region, is having trouble keeping itsown financial support steady. BIDCO stands to lose about $50,000under proposed budget cuts by the city of Charleston. But ...
Goldman faces the problems
Mar 01, 2001; ... THE next Charleston election is still two years away, but MayorJay Goldman's approach to governing already is raising doubts abouthis future at City Hall. Since winning Charleston's top job in1999, Goldman has behaved like a man with a political death wish. Shortly after he ...
Bankruptcy legislation to go before House
Mar 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Buoyed by anticipated approval from President Bush,legislation that would make it harder for people to erase creditcard and other debts in bankruptcy court is ready for a House vote. Momentum for passage of the bipartisan measure comes despite newgovernment data showing that ...
BB&T announces increased cash dividend payments
Mar 01, 2001 ... BB&T Corp.'s Board of Directors has declared a second quarter2001 dividend of 23 cents a share, up from the dividend of 20 centsa share paid in the same quarter a year ago. BB&T said it hasincreased its quarterly cash dividend payments for 28 consecutiveyears. The latest dividend will ...
Dow official visits, studies plants: ; Jobs will be cut over six months, company says
Mar 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR The Dow Chemical Co. executive who heads the business group thatcovers about 80 percent of the former Union Carbide Corp.manufacturing facilities in West Virginia was in the Kanawha Valleyto meet employees and size up assets. Andrew Liveris is ...