Charleston Daily Mail back issues from November 2001:
Hunting, fishing licenses now available by a call or a click
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL OUTDOORS EDITOR Getting a West Virginia hunting or fishing license is now as easyas dialing a phone or clicking a computer mouse. Under a new program begun this morning by the Division of NaturalResources, sportsmen can skip the state's laborious ...
Worker resigns in wake of $7 million discrepancy: ; Accounting official leaves her position at county clerk's office
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The employee responsible for a $7.1 million discrepancy inKanawha County's financial statements has resigned, officialsconfirmed. Joan Baldwin left her accounting supervisor post in the countyclerk's office Monday, Kanawha County commissioners said today ....
Dow gives S.C. library $500,000: ; Officials believe gift is largest of its kind in state's history
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Dow Chemical Co. gave a half-million dollars to the city of SouthCharleston today for the renovation of its public library, a giftofficials touted as the largest single donation to a public libraryin state history. Plans for a total of $1.5 million in ...
Tamarack refuses to sell acclaimed novel 'Crum'
Nov 01, 2001; ... BECKLEY - Tamarack, which showcases works by West Virginiaartists and writers, has refused to sell "Crum," the 1988 coming-of-age novel set in the Wayne County community. The critically acclaimed novel by Lee Maynard is considered acult classic by many scholars of Appalachian ...
Traces of anthrax found in Missouri: ; Postal workers told to take antibiotics in Kansas City
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Two-hundred mail workers in Kansas City, Mo., arebeing urged to take antibiotics after traces of anthrax were foundat a specialized postal facility there, extending the anthrax threatto the Midwest. Spores were found in yet more government buildings,with preliminary tests ...
Couple saying sad goodbye to customers: ; New China Restaurant owners ending venture over safety concerns
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF This week is not the first time Dickie and Delcie Chin haveconsidered retirement. It is the first time they have followed through with it. Friday is their last day at New China Restaurant. The husband and wife are leaving their posts at one of ...
Public health labs may get upgrades
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER The anthrax scare could result in money for a major upgrading orreconstruction of West Virginia's state public health laboratory. The crisis is causing government officials to reexamine thepublic health system, and state laboratories that need ...
Tentative deal reached with Microsoft
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department, urged onby a judge concerned with the national psyche, tentatively agreed tosettle the historic antitrust case already won by the government.Attorneys general from 18 states are weighing whether to sign ontothe deal. They ...
Plans in works to thwart attacks: ; Officials concerned about nuclear ships, plants, and trucks
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - While authorities try to cope with the anthraxoutbreak, federal and state officials are taking steps to preparefor a possible escalation of terrorism that experts say couldinclude truck bombings and attacks on nuclear power plants as wellas more hijackings. Since ...
Turkey to send special forces: ; U.S. warplanes hit Taliban garrison
Nov 01, 2001; ... ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey will deploy special forces troops toAfghanistan, the government said today, becoming the first Muslimnation to join in the U.S.-led attacks against the Taliban and Osamabin Laden. Turkey, a member of NATO, said it would send a 90-man unit tonorthern ...
REGIONAL
Nov 01, 2001 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 64 54 Rain Charlotte 75 48 PCldy Cincinnati 68 57 Rain Cleveland 64 55 Rain Columbus,Ohio 67 57 Rain Dayton 65 56 Rain Daytona Beach 81 70 Clr Greensboro,N.C. 73 47 ...
NATIONAL
Nov 01, 2001 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 31 26 Cldy Baltimore 73 51 PCldy Boston 70 55 PCldy Chicago 63 47 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 77 61 PCldy Denver 64 33 PCldy Detroit 66 51 Cldy Honolulu 86 75 Clr Houston 84 63 PCldy Indianapolis 65 55 ...
News briefs
Nov 01, 2001 ... Former radical pleads guilty LOS ANGELES - In an odd final act of a notorious criminal casefrom the 1970s radical era, a former Symbionese Liberation Armyfugitive told a judge she was guilty of possessing bombs with intentto murder police officers, then left court and ...
Coal trucks: ; The state must act to protect both its highways and its citizens
Nov 01, 2001; ... SOUTHERN West Virginia's roads are narrow and not made to NASAspecifications. Daily they face the destructive wear-and-tear ofoverweight trucks. West Virginians discover this the hard way, byaccident. Time and again, coal trucks involved in collisions are found tobe overweight ....
Our views: ; Doctors; Despite appearances, legislators have made a little progress
Nov 01, 2001; ... WEST Virginia cannot afford to lose physicians. But the state'sattempts to head off a malpractice insurance crisis that threatensto drive doctors away would be funny if the situation were not soserious. An undetermined number of the state's doctors face eithercancellation of ...
Islam does not mean peace: ; Iran's support for terrorism is well established
Nov 01, 2001; ... REGARDING recent developments, I express my honest opinion aboutthe world situation and Islam. As a former Muslim, I grew up in a moderately religious family.My mom and dad, my brother and my sister fasted in Ramadan andprayed. I came to the United States in 1971 and studied ...
Why is the United States so strong?: ; Muslim fanatics should be deported
Nov 01, 2001; ... BEFORE answering this question, let me introduce myself. I was born in Iran about 51 years ago. I have been in the United States since March 30, 1976, and inWest Virginia since July of 1977. I am an engineer and graduatedfrom West Virginia Tech and have been working for the ...
Letters to the Editor: ; 43rd Infantry plans reunion in January
Nov 01, 2001 ... The 43rd Infantry Division Veterans Association is attempting tolocate all former members to join us at our Jan. 24-27 reunion atthe Colony Plaza Resort in Ocoee, Fla. We have been unable to contact many veterans of World War II ...
Corporate welfare is a loser for all states: ; Putting money into other things brings better results
Nov 01, 2001; ... THE fact that West Virginia's tax breaks are more generous thanthe tax breaks offered by surrounding states may not be the realproblem. The tax wars among the states and the futility of that war couldbe at the heart of a national dilemma the federal government mayneed to ...
Anarchy injunction rejected: ; Lawyer believes judge's decision unconstitutional
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Wearing shirts with the anarchy symbol and starting a club topromote the concept of no government would disrupt the education ofmore than 700 students at Sissonville High School, a Kanawha Circuitjudge ruled today. Judge James Stucky refused to grant a ...
Harrison firefighters get truck used at Pentagon
Nov 01, 2001; ... SHINNSTON - A volunteer fire department has taken delivery of aladder truck that was used at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11terrorist attack ....
Massey Energy spokesman leaving for Ky. coal group
Nov 01, 2001 ... Longtime Massey Energy Co. spokesman Bill Marcum has taken aposition with the Kentucky Coal Association, both organizationsconfirmed today. Massey spokesman K.O. Damron said the parting was cordial. "Therewas an opening there, and he applied for it and they took him," ...
Bond insurer could be facing suspension
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF State Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said today that she willprobably hold a hearing on suspending Frontier Insurance Co.'s WestVirginia license in the next month or so because New York has putthe company into a rehabilitation process. The New York ...
United, Delta airlines both report massive third-quarter losses
Nov 01, 2001; ... United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, the nation's second- andthird-largest carriers, respectively, reported massive third-quarter losses despite receiving large cash infusions from thefederal government. United's parent, UAL Corp. of Elk Grove Village, Ill., had itsworst ...
Tax breaks do work, official says: ; Kastick says some state tax credits are too complex
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Tax Secretary Brian Kastick said the big message he gets from arecently completed study of state business tax incentives is thatwell-written incentives can work but some of the tax breaks on WestVirginia's books were designed for an economy that no longer ...
Government announces more flu vaccines will be available this year
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER About 85 million influenza vaccines will be available this year,more than in any other year, the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention has announced. However, because three rather than four pharmaceutical companiesare manufacturing the vaccine, ...
Corrections
Nov 01, 2001 ... * Four firms are competing today for the state tourismadvertising contract. A headline in some editions of Wednesday'sDaily Mail listed the wrong state agency. * The Ripley Veterans of Foreign Wars, not the Ripley VolunteerFire Department, was among organizations recently ...
Police blotter
Nov 01, 2001 ... Vandalism damages 90 gravestones A weekend vandalism spree left 90 gravestones knocked over andthousands of dollars in damage at a St. Albans cemetery. Philip Smith, a board member of the Teays Hill CemeteryAssociation, said he found the 125-year-old hilltop graveyard ...
WORLD SERIES
Nov 01, 2001 ... WORLD SERIES (All games on Fox, WVAH locally) Saturday Arizona 9, New York 1 Sunday Arizona 4, New York 0 Tuesday New York 2, Arizona 1 Wednesday New York 4, Arizona 3, 10 innings, ...
Jeter is first 'Mr. November': ; Yankee shortstop hits game-winning home run in 10th
Nov 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - Yankee Stadium registered about a 5.4 on the RichterScale. The House that Ruth Built and that Jeter, Martinez, Williams, etal have so lovingly maintained quivered with excitement, as the NewYork Yankees staged one of their most dramatic comebacks in recentplayoff ...
McGinnis heads list for Gens' hoops job
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Current Buffalo High baseball coach Pat McGinnis will berecommended for the Winfield High boys basketball head coaching jobby school administrators at the Putnam County Board of Educationmeeting tonight. McGinnis, 48, would replace Danny Mullins, who ...
Davis is back home at tackle
Nov 01, 2001; ... EVER seen a defensive tackle on the cover of "GQ" magazine? Of course not. And you never will. The position simply isn't glamorous. If you don't believe it, tryto name a sexy defensive tackle and see who comes to mind. Alex Karras? I loved him as Mongo in ...
This Kendall can play, too: ; Indian sophomore emerging from siblings' shadows
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER At most schools Rebekah Kendall would be THE star girl athlete. But there have been so many of those in the ultra-successfulSissonville High School girls sports programs the last few yearsthat the easy-going sophomore has gone largely unnoticed ....
Offering up some MSAC Martinis
Nov 01, 2001; ... SHAKE, stir, use some sort of leftover pumpkin-flavoredingredient. Any recipe is sufficient for the Martinis, 2001 MountainState Athletic Conference football edition. Player of the Year Martini: Cortez Lacy, RB, George Washington He averaged more than 130 yards per game and ...
SPORTS ON TV
Nov 01, 2001 ... BASEBALL 8 p.m. - World Series Game 5, Arizona at New YorkYankees WVAH BASKETBALL 8 p.m. - Washington Wizards at Atlanta Hawks TNT FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. - North Carolina at Georgia Tech ESPN 9:50 p.m. - Colorado State at Brigham Young ESPN2 GOLF 1 p.m. Friday - ...
Local sports
Nov 01, 2001 ... GARNETT BACK West Virginia University center Chris Garnett returned tobasketball practice Wednesday afternoon after completing a 10-daysuspension for violation of team rules. The 6-foot-10 Garnett, asophomore, is battling John Oliver and Ales Chan for playing time atcenter. WVU ...
Viewers choose World Series over Jordan
Nov 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - Michael Jordan had no chance against the World Series. About 13 million more U.S. TV homes tuned in to see the New YorkYankees play the Arizona Diamondbacks than watched Jordan's firstgame with the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Fox's broadcast of the Yankees' ...
Led by Kidd, Nets win again
Nov 01, 2001; ... Congratulations are in order for the New Jersey Nets. Right now,they are the only NBA team with a 2-0 record. Jason Kidd had 21 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds Wednesdaynight as the Nets, who led by as many as 25, held off the BostonCeltics 95-92. Todd MacCulloch had ...
TODAY'S LINE
Nov 01, 2001 ... WORLD SERIES Today FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at N.Y. Yankees -230 Arizona +210 NCAA FOOTBALL Today FAVORITE OPEN TODAY (O/U) U'DOG at Georgia Tech 41/2 3 (48) North Carolina at Brigham Young 14 14 (59) Colorado ...
Summer drills benefit Kent LB
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Kent State linebacker James Harrison spent the summer doing seven-on-seven drills with the Golden Flash receivers and secondary - andit shows. An outside linebacker at 6-foot-1, 235-pounds, Harrison was askedat times to cover the opposition's wide ...
Herd line knows how to protect
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - When time runs out on their collective footballcareers, which in some cases may be a long time, MarshallUniversity's offensive linemen could move into Secret Service work,because they have protection down. Quarterback Byron Leftwich has ...
Father, son don't waste time
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Bill and Ryan Cubit plan on a re-introduction following the 2001season. "Bill, this is your 18-year-old son, Ryan." "Ryan, this is your 48-year-old father, Bill." They see each other every day. Yet each time, the same obstaclelurks - the ...
Shootin' from the Hip
Nov 01, 2001 ... West Virginia vs. Rutgers Brad Lewis or Derek Jones ... it won't matter. WVU, 35-17 The whole world is watching ... something else. WVU, 44-17 Even the 1972 Miami Dolphins are rooting against Cherry now. WVU, 5-3 Mike Cherry doesn't ...
Shootin's from the Hip
Nov 01, 2001 ... THE BIG QUESTION THIS WEEK isn't whether West Virginia orMarshall will win. It's how long can Mike Cherry stay unbeaten andcontinue to embarrass his Shootin' brethren? Cherry's trigger ...
Can GW contain Mohigan speed?
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER A year ago, some of Morgantown High's girls soccer players fellvictim to breathing problems due to smoke-filled air from forestfires near the state tournament. This weekend, the Mohigans are hoping to put the pressure ontheir opponents' ...
Ex-prep coaches like new jobs
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR One year removed from highly visible jobs as high school headfootball coaches, Moe Townson and Todd Chevalier are having a blastin the background this season as college assistants. Townson, a former head coach at Stonewall Jackson, GeorgeWashington, ...
STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Nov 01, 2001 ... STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT At Beckley Friday's Semifinals Girls Sissonville (16-5-0) vs. Wheeling Park (21-1-0), 9 a.m. George Washington (17-2-2) vs. Morgantown (19-1-1), 11 a.m. Boys South ...
Wheeling Park girls team on a roll
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR Wheeling Park picked up where Winfield left off in West Virginiahigh school girls soccer. Now, the three-time defending state champions from the NorthernPanhandle are trying to take it one step further by winning anunprecedented fourth consecutive ...
WVU statistics
Nov 01, 2001 ... RUSHING Name Att Yds Avg. TD Long Avon Cobourne 185 876 4.7 5 60 Cooper Rego 14 64 4.6 0 15 Derek Jones 36 44 1.2 0 17 Quincy Wilson 13 28 2.2 0 12 Cassel Smith 8 15 1.9 0 11 Antonio Brown 4 15 3.8 0 11 R. Marshall 8 13 1.6 0 ...
Finally, Black Eagles reach goal
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Brian Moody has seen his share of soccer-related disappointment. Moody, a three-year starter for South Charleston High School,experienced two years of postseason disappointment after his teamfailed to advance past sectional play. But in his ...
Marshall statistics
Nov 01, 2001 ... RUSHING Name Att Yds Avg. TD Long Franklin Wallace 98 516 5.3 6 43 Trod Buggs 27 202 7.5 0 36 Chanston Rodgers 21 134 6.4 2 25 Brandon Carey 30 87 2.9 2 20 Byron Leftwich 45 67 1.5 1 32 Marcus Hairston 10 50 5.0 0 24 Josh Davis 2 21 ...
Briefly
Nov 01, 2001 ... BASEBALL St. Louis Cardinal Manager Tony La Russa says he expects sluggerMark McGwire to retire. "I don't expect him back," La Russa told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from his California home. FOOTBALL * The increased cost of securing NFL stadiums and assuring a ...
Logan assessor happy to be cleared of battery charges
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Logan County Assessor Russell "Rick" Grimmett was cleared ofbattery charges more than two years after highly publicizedallegations that he menaced and pushed a woman half his size. "I'm so grateful to finally have this weight off my shoulders,"Grimmett said ....
Early fire guts Davis Creek bar: ; Hogwild Saloon blaze still under investigation
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A morning fire gutted the Hogwild Saloon on Ruth Road and spreadsmoke over a section of U.S. 119 in the Davis Creek area. The fire began about 4:30 a.m. today, said Phil Snodgrass,assistant chief of the Davis Creek Volunteer Fire Department. Thecause of the ...
Capito again a swing vote: ; Airport security workers' status divides Congress
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Although she is a co-sponsor of Republicanlegislation that would maintain private screeners, Rep. ShelleyMoore Capito said she is seriously considering supporting acompeting bill that would federalize airport security personnel ....
Coal blazes blamed: ; Dry, warm weather also contributing to forest fires
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Underground coal seam fires, aided and abetted by unseasonableweather, were the culprits in three of the four new forest firesthat broke out in Kanawha County, a state forestry official saidthis morning. Matt Dillon, the fire mobilization coordinator for the ...
Symbols offer us bonding
Nov 01, 2001; ... BONO, the front man for the popular rock band U2, looked out atthe full house, thousands of people packed into an arena that sevenweeks earlier was only miles from the World Trade Center. "I can't believe the news today," he sang. "Oh, I can't close myeyes and make it go ...
Obituaries
Nov 01, 2001 ... Laura Gay Anderson Laura Gay Anderson, 79, of Dunbar died Oct. 30, 2001, inSunBridge Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Fairlawn Baptist Church,Dunbar. She was a 53-year resident of Dunbar and a former residentof Jackson County. Laura was preceded in ...
No residents attend liquor law hearing
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF No one showed up at a public hearing to discuss the city's ideato require a special permit to sell any type of alcohol in theWashington Street Urban Renewal District. Whatever the reason, the public hearing Wednesday was over withinminutes, and the proposal ...
Some legislators will keep working during break: ; Lawmakers hope state's doctors can get coverage
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Dr. J.W. Endicott wasn't sure if he would still be practicingmedicine today. His medical malpractice insurance was set to expire today. His insurer, PHICO, withdrew from West Virginia because offinancial troubles. Without insurance ...
Child porn suspects to go on trial in March
Nov 01, 2001; ... MARIETTA, Ohio - The trial of two men indicted on nearly 200counts of using computer networks at two colleges to spread childpornography over the Internet has been set for March 25. Eugene Robert Anderson, 51, of Parkersburg, W.Va., and RobertLynn Sandford, 32, of Vincent were ...
Kanawha grand jury indicts 52 people
Nov 01, 2001 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS A Kanawha County grand jury has returned indictments against 52people for various crimes. The charges, which range from murder towriting bad checks, are unproven and the defendants are consideredinnocent until proven guilty. Those charged in the ...
Police increasing patrols to encourage seat belt use
Nov 01, 2001 ... Beginning Friday through Nov. 12, the Charleston PoliceDepartment, the Governor's Highway Safety Program and other lawenforcement agencies in the state will step up patrols in a trafficenforcement blitz called, "Click it or Ticket." Last year 415 people died on West Virginia's ...
Fire department officials want 12 positions filled
Nov 01, 2001; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charleston firefighters say they need a dozen personnel to get upto safe levels of operation, and asked city officials to add thosepositions to the budget. Firefighter union member Les Smith asked City Council's PublicSafety Committee on Wednesday for 12 ...
For the record
Nov 01, 2001 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on Oct. 25, 2001: * Brenda Sue and Carl Edison Quesenberry, Box 682, Northfork.Chapter 7. Assets: $51,156.45. Liabilities: $161,642.18. * Rebecca Lynn Burns, Box ...