Charleston Daily Mail back issues from August 2002:
Former WOWK anchor returns to Charleston television
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF TV personality Tom McGee, the once popular news anchor who battledwith his former employer WOWK-TV in court last year, has a home backat WCHS-TV - at least for two days. McGee made his first local television appearance in about twoyears this morning on "Good ...
Retailers offer discounts for tax holiday: Some stores open early; mall offering free parking
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Retailers are expecting aisles to be packed for the state's firstsales tax holiday this weekend with free parking, extended hours anddeep, back-to-school savings being offered as added enticements. J.C. Penney at Charleston Town Center is extending its hours ...
Clifford drops charges: Ex-tax official's embezzlement charges dismissed
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Kanawha County Prosecutor Mike Clifford's office has given up on asecond attempt to prosecute the county's former chief tax deputy,Mike Greenleaf, on embezzlement charges. Bob Martin, a part-time assistant prosecutor who also representsClifford in civil ...
FROM TRAGEDY, A 'BLESSING': Parents hope son's death can be a lesson against drunken driving
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Todd Neeley sat on a set of stairs outside Sissonville HighSchool's gymnasium, his elbows resting on his knees, his chin restingon his hands, tears running down his face. Friends and relatives offered 21-year-old Neeley hugs andhandshakes as they walked by ...
Capitol area may expand: Plan would bring scattered state offices to central area
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR State officials are proposing three plans to consolidate most ofthe state offices that now are scattered around Kanawha County to theneighborhoods surrounding the Capitol. The plans, which would add 700,000 square feet of office spaceplus parking ...
Smokers may pay higher premiums: County considering doubling rates for those who light up
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Kanawha County employees might have a new incentive to quitsmoking, and it won't have anything to do with the county's ban onlighting up at the courthouse. The county is considering doubling health insurance premiums foremployees who smoke, from elected ...
REGIONAL
Aug 01, 2002 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 85 73 PCldy Charlotte 92 71 Clr Cincinnati 94 69 Clr Cleveland 84 73 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 93 71 PCldy Dayton 92 71 PCldy Daytona Beach 90 73 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 91 69 ...
NATIONAL
Aug 01, 2002 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 75 53 Clr Baltimore 92 71 PCldy Boston 83 69 PCldy Chicago 82 70 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 98 77 Clr Denver 85 58 PCldy Detroit 87 73 Cldy Honolulu 87 74 Clr Houston 97 76 PCldy Indianapolis 89 70 ...
Arab leaders call on Bush for action: Latest bombing kills seven; five are Americans
Aug 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Faced with Arab demands that he pressure Israel forterritorial concessions, President Bush is centering his Mideastpolicy on another front - fighting terror, a goal he underscoredafter a deadly bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem that claimedthe lives of five ...
WorldCom executives surrender
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Two former WorldCom executives surrendered today toface fraud and conspiracy charges accusing them of hiding $3.8billion in company expenses from investors in the now bankrupttelecommunications giant. Former chief financial officer Scott Sullivan and formercontroller ...
Airlines cutting Sept. 11 flights: Fear, reverence seen behind drop in sales for week
Aug 01, 2002; ... Some of the nation's largest airlines are cutting back their Sept.11 flight schedules, bowing to Americans' reluctance to fly on theanniversary of the attack. American and United, the two biggest carriers, are makingunspecified reductions for that day based on weak bookings. No ....
Letters to the Editor: Build a runway bridge over Coonskin Yeager
Aug 01, 2002 ... It seems to me that in a state such as ours, being mountainouswith numerous valleys and streams and well capable in bridgebuilding, that Coonskin Park could be easily bridged with a runwayextension for Yeager Airport. This would be cost-effective compared to an enormous cost of a ...
News briefs
Aug 01, 2002 ... Congressional candidate Chuck Kalogianis, seen with his wifeKathy, says he's tired of the attention he gets for his stint as amale stripper. Candidate dogged by past as stripper TAMPA, Fla. - Congressional candidate Chuck Kalogianis wantsaffordable prescription drugs and ...
Letters to the Editor: Set up a system outside the courts for asbestos claims
Aug 01, 2002 ... I agree with former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell that legalreform is needed to ensure that the real victims of asbestos receivethe compensation they deserve, as stated in the story, "Ex-judgesuggests changes: Bell says asbestos litigation should be handleddifferently," in the July ...
Letters to the Editor: Classy West Virginians took time to help a stranger
Aug 01, 2002 ... On July 13, I traveled through West Virginia. I stopped at aTurnpike service area about 30 miles south of Charleston. When I returned to my car and tried to open the door with theremote, I somehow triggered the security system and the car wasdisabled. I called Saab roadside ...
Our views: Utilities; Of course W.Va. should welcome a major water and sewer investor
Aug 01, 2002; ... A major international corporation has asked for permission to makea major investment in West Virginia, and it appears state regulatorswill allow this. RWE Aktiengesellschaft, based in Essen, Germany, has offered topay $7.6 billion for American Water Works, based in Voorhees, N.J ....
Asbestos: Rewarding those who aren't ill undermines help for those who are
Aug 01, 2002; ... WEST Virginia's court system will go on trial this fall. The U.S.Supreme Court agreed to review a West Virginia jury award of $5.8million to six retired railroad employees who fear their exposure toasbestos might some day cause cancer. This is a very unusual case involving ...
Letters to the Editor: Even Chuck Yeager thinks Yeager should be replaced
Aug 01, 2002 ... When Gen. Chuck Yeager was visiting this area several weeks ago,he was asked about the development of a regional airport. He againrepeated his long-held position that it should be built because ofthe severe operational restrictions at Yeager. Curiously, neither Charleston ...
Letters to the Editor: Griffin Bell works for corporations, not the injured
Aug 01, 2002 ... It's a shame that at 84, former U.S. attorney general and federalJudge Griffin Bell is spending his time touring the country as amouthpiece for asbestos defendants. Bell's quotes in Chris Stirewalt's July 25 article, "Ex-judgesuggests changes: Bell says asbestos litigation should ...
This outdoor nursery holds more than plants: Rabbits exploit an opportunity denied the deer
Aug 01, 2002; ... THE good news this garden season at Peyton Place is that my 8-foot, deer-proof fence is working. It's working for me because it's keeping the pesky deer out of mygarden. But the fence is working better for the rabbits. You may recall I had the fence constructed late ...
Letters to the Editor: Words of wisdom worked a miracle
Aug 01, 2002 ... I write to thank a man I don't even know. I hope he may recognizeour chance meeting by reading this letter. We met a couple of months ago outside of the emergency room atMemorial Division of Charleston Area Medical Center, late on a Sundayafternoon. We had taken my ...
Osteopathic foundation honors state professor
Aug 01, 2002 ... A professor at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicinewas named as national 2002 Educator of the Year by the AmericanOsteopathic Foundation. James Nemitz, who coordinates the gross anatomy course at theLewisburg college, received the award in Chicago late last ...
Man charged after alleged altercation
Aug 01, 2002 ... A Lincoln County man was charged with unarmed robbery anddestruction of property after he allegedly confronted a stateDivision of Forestry officer who was inspecting an area loggingoperation. Douglas Walker, 27, of Branchland, an employee of J. ThompsonContracting Co., was ...
State clarifies guidelines for job training assistance: Changes may help displaced women find paying jobs
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Former housewives looking for paying jobs have a better shot atgetting government-funded training now that a state official hasclarified who is eligible. But an organization that advocates for economic opportunities forwomen wants the state to do ...
Bodies pulled from two W.Va. rivers
Aug 01, 2002; ... The bodies of two drowning victims have been pulled from theShenandoah and Tygart Valley rivers. A 34-year-old Jefferson County man was pulled from the murkyShenandoah River on Wednesday night, about six hours after he wentunder the surface, said state police Trooper M.L ....
For the record
Aug 01, 2002 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on July 25 , 2002: * Scotty Orviel Whited, 129 Giles St., Bluefield. Chapter 7.Assets: $680. Liabilities: $11,718.43. * Mary Sue White, Box 965, Welch. Chapter 7 ....
Working together is vital, Norton says: Official tours state to get firsthand look at coal mining
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Snubbed by environmental groups who didn't feel they were allottedenough of her time, U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton said todaythat she still wants to bring people together to work out disputesover coal mining. "It's the (energy) resource that we ...
Direct flight could save jobs: Officials hope link with Houston hub will benefit region
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF West Virginia could recover some of the 1,500 chemicalmanufacturing jobs it has lost over the last year if local officialscan persuade an airline to create a direct flight between Charlestonand Houston, Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper said. On ...
Democrats endorse acting magistrate
Aug 01, 2002 ... Kanawha County's Democratic party unanimously nominated GuylaBlack to retain her current position as magistrate. Black's name will be on the ballot in November to fill a seat leftvacant when Magistrate Jack Kinder died April 26. The county's circuit judges unanimously ...
Today's people
Aug 01, 2002 ... Festival to honor Louis Armstrong NEW ORLEANS - Louis Armstrong would have turned 101 Sunday, andthe city of his birth is celebrating in typical New Orleans fashionwith music, food and a Roman Catholic Mass. "Satchmo SummerFest," planned as a one-time event, was so ...
'Reruns' a nasty show one can grow to love: Re-enactments of classic sitcoms are raunchy but so much fun
Aug 01, 2002; ... AS its name implies, "The Rerun Show" (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14),presents line-for-line recreations of classic sitcom episodes. Butthey are given a decidedly raunchy spin by an ensemble company thatperforms many of the characters in drag. In tonight's adaptation of a"Diff'rent Strokes" ...
WVU gets OK to expand emergency department
Aug 01, 2002 ... West Virginia University has received permission from the stateHealth Care Authority to expand the ...
Stolen ATM falls from getaway van
Aug 01, 2002 ... Police say at least four men broke into a city restaurant and madeoff with a cash machine, only to lose it in the getaway. Lt. J.W. Johnson of the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department saidthe suspects broke through a plate glass window at Harding's FamilyRestaurant, 2772 ...
Police blotter
Aug 01, 2002 ... Man shot in thumb at housing project Police are investigating the shooting of a man in a Charlestonhousing project. Charles Moore, 24, told police that he was walking in the area of213 Clark Drive in Washington Manor about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday when heapproached a ...
Cats return
Aug 01, 2002 ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Charleston Alley Cats open a four-game homestand today lookingto avoid their longest losing streak of the season. The Cats havedropped seven straight games and own a 19-20 second-half record inthe South Atlantic ...
Players express guarded optimism in labor talks
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - While the union and owners remain far apart on the mainissues, players are relatively optimistic a deal can be reachedwithout baseball's ninth work stoppage since 1972. Negotiators made progress Wednesday on the minimum salary and thebenefits plan. Union head Donald ...
Elliott's tank is not on empty quite yet
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL NASCAR WRITER Bill Elliott knows retirement isn't too far around the corner. "It crosses your mind," he said. "You're at the point in timewhether it's two years down the road or five years down the road,you're on a short end of the stick. "For the people who ...
Elliott brightly heading into twilight: NASCAR's 15-time most popular driver turns corner on a once- floundering career
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL NASCAR WRITER About 20 months ago, Bill Elliott seemed to be on the way out. The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup champion hadn't won a race since 1994and the team he owned and races was floundering. "From my standpoint, I was probably staring (retirement) right ...
Catlett reportedly headed to Ga. State
Aug 01, 2002 ... DAILY MAIL STAFF West Virginia University Tech men's basketball Coach Drew Catletthas resigned without coaching his first game to take an assistantposition at Georgia State, a Charleston radio station reported. Citing unnamed sources, WQBE 1240-AM reported Wednesday ...
Nastasi sees winning season for Mountaineers: WVU receiver optimistic about rise from abyss
Aug 01, 2002; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL MORGANTOWN - Despite gloomy forecasts, wide receiver A.J. Nastasithinks West Virginia's football team will bounce back with a winningrecord this fall. "Yeah, I really do," the 5-10, 183-pound senior said. "Absolutely. "That's the attitude of everyone ...
Cookie capers at Redskin camp have a happy ending after all
Aug 01, 2002; ... Maybe the last person a small child wants to see is an old manwearing a badge and carrying a walkie-talkie. Usually such a man hasa stern look on his face. Usually he's about to tell you somethingyou don't want to hear. Usually he sounds like your father atbedtime. So when a ...
Briefly
Aug 01, 2002 ... BASEBALL Tampa Bay Devil Ray pitcher Tanyon Sturtze has been fined $750 bythe commissioner's office for hitting Boston outfielder Manny Ramirezwith a pitch on July 18. FOOTBALL n Offensive tackle John Tait will miss two weeks of the KansasCity Chiefs' training camp ...
Local sports
Aug 01, 2002 ... SLEEPY HOLLOW OPEN Sean Farren, of Totteridge Golf Club, won the Sleepy Hollow Openthis week, shooting a two-day score of 135 in the Tri-State SectionPGA event. Farren shot rounds of 66-69 to finish at 9-under par in the 36-hole event. Totteridge won by three shots ...
LOCAL, NATIONAL
Aug 01, 2002 ... MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at Cincinnati -120 Los Angeles +110 at Chicago -210 San Diego +190 at Philadelphia -120 San Francisco +110 Arizona -250 at Montreal +220 at Pittsburgh -105 Colorado ...
Giles, Mackowiak spark Pirates past Rockies, 7-6
Aug 01, 2002; ... PITTSBURGH - The trade-depleted Colorado Rockies began the nightdown four players and ended it down a run. Brian Giles put Pittsburgh ahead with a two-run double off KentMercker in the reliever's first appearance in nearly two months, andthe Pirates ran Colorado's losing streak to ...
Rangers set records with rout of Yankees
Aug 01, 2002; ... ARLINGTON, Texas -Subtle disappointment has colored Mike Mussina'ssecond season in pinstripes. How worked up can one get, after all,when a pitcher has 13 victories? Wednesday night, however, Mussina's flaws grew Texas big at TheBallpark in Arlington. In only three innings, he gave ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Baseball P.M.
Aug 01, 2002 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 67 39 .632 - z-7-3 L-1 33-17 34-22 11-7 Boston 63 43 .594 4 z-6-4 W-2 28-24 35-19 5-13 Baltimore 49 55 .471 17 z-3-7 W-1 24-26 25-29 9-9 Toronto 46 59 .438 201/2 z-5-5 W-2 ...
Kansas City's Tait gets 17 stitches after fight in scrimmage
Aug 01, 2002; ... Offensive tackle John Tait will miss two weeks of the Kansas CityChiefs' training camp after a fight with a rookie teammate left himwith cuts that needed 17 stitches to close. Tait, the starting right tackle, also broke his nose in the fightTuesday with defensive lineman Eddie ...
Mets acquire John Thomson, Steve Reed in deadline deals
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - The New York Mets have finally gotten their bats going. General Manager Steve Phillips did what he could at the tradedeadline to bolster their pitching. The Mets made a pair of deals to reinforce their pitching staffWednesday, acquiring starter John Thomson from ...
Western drought causing worry about state rafting: Operator says some assume local water levels are low
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL OUTDOORS EDITOR A drought in Colorado is making people think twice about bookingwhitewater trips to West Virginia's New and Gauley rivers. "We're getting a lot of calls, asking if we have enough water inour rivers," said Dave Arnold, managing partner for Class VI ...
Mother testifies on abuse: Child traumatized by sexual assault, woman claims
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The mother of the girl who prosecutors say was kidnapped andmolested by Mark Harris said the alleged incident left her daughter"utterly traumatized." Harris is on trial in Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman's courtfor having allegedly taken a 12-year-old ...
Drug votes a mixed bag for state: Plan to give seniors Medicare benefits for drugs fails
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - For West Virginia's seniors - and for their senators -it was a bittersweet day. The Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly passed, 78-21, legislation tospeed up the approval of low-cost generic drugs, which had beenamended by Sen. Jay ...
Sheriff calls incidents hate crimes: Campground owner says he anticipated problems
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER WALTON - Eric McCarty came to Roane County from the Pittsburgharea to open a campground. The 34-year old says his welcome was a gunshot through his mailboxand a burning can of gasoline under one of his new cabins. Roane County Sheriff Todd ...
Sheriff calls incidents hate crimes: Campground owner says he anticipated problems
Aug 01, 2002; ... Eric McCarty says whoever lit a gallon can of gasoline under thiscabin at his Long Fork Campgrounds in Roane County was a ...
Let's get homeland plan right
Aug 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - It's August, which means Congress has just aboutcompleted its annual legislating binge, whereby members go into a law-making frenzy so they have many accomplishments to "share" with theirconstituents over the monthlong recess. The House already has vacated its side of ...
Obituaries
Aug 01, 2002 ... Naaman J. Aldredge BRADENTON, Fla. - Naaman J. Aldredge, 85, of Bradenton, Fla.,formerly of Logan, W.Va., died July 30, 2002. He was born April 30, 1917, in Logan and was a former circuitcourt judge in Logan. He is survived by a sister, Audrey Aldredge Pirrung of ...
Group works to lure new jobs: Development entity looking to offset falling employment
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF With at least 500,000 square feet of technology-ready office spacein the Charleston area, the Business and Industrial Development Corp.hopes to convince some northern Virginia technology businesses thatthe Kanawha Valley is the perfect place for them to expand ...
Stray cat that bit woman was rabid
Aug 01, 2002; ... MORGANTOWN - A Morgantown woman is undergoing treatment for rabiesafter being bitten by a stray cat. The cat tested positive for rabies Monday, the Monongalia CountyHealth Department said Tuesday. The unidentified woman was bitten July 26 when she walked outsideher ...
Morgan officials tighten public smoking rules
Aug 01, 2002; ... BERKELEY SPRINGS - Smoking has been banned in Morgan County'srestaurants and other public establishments, but smokers can continueto light up in private clubs and most bars. The Morgan County Board of Health voted Tuesday night to tightenthe county's smoking ordinance, which was ...
Verizon reports loss of $2.12 billion for quarter
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Infected by the same malaise that has sickened theentire telecom sector, Verizon Communications Inc. posted a $2.12billion net loss after being hit with an earnings charge, weak demandand tough competition. The company also cut its earnings and revenue outlook for ...
State expects to lose $1.5 million on tax holiday
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR State Tax Commissioner Rebecca Melton Craig said the state issticking with its original estimate that the tax holiday will costthe state about $1.5 million in revenue. To gauge the impact of the sales tax holiday that runs Fridaythrough Sunday, ...
W.Va. offering refund for tax-exempt purchases: Some stores not participating in sales tax holiday
Aug 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Shoppers who don't receive a tax break on an exempt item duringthe sales tax holiday have another way to get back the 6 cents oneach dollar they spend - a refund. A special refund form is available on the Tax Department'sInternet site at ...
Massey reports earnings up
Aug 01, 2002 ... Massey Energy Co. said it earned $398,000 or 1 cent a share oncoal revenues of $330.9 million in the second quarter of 2002. In comparison, Massey lost $2.3 million or 3 cents per share oncoal revenues of $305 million during the same quarter a year ago. The company said coal ...