Charleston Daily Mail back issues from October 2002:
Nothing stops this Marshall marcher: Marshall band member takes to field in wheelchair
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL Marshall freshman Alicia Kiser plays the piccolo at halftime ofall of the school's football games. Her ...
Accident destroys bright futures: Coal truck driver fined for hauling overweight load
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The three college students killed when their car slid in front ofa coal truck included a young couple beginning life together in Ohioand an ambitious girl studying to become an engineer. A close family friend of 22-year-old Anna Hoyt Busse of St.Albans, one ...
Nothing stops this Marshall marcher: Marshall band member takes to field in wheelchair
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Not being able to do something has never crossed Alicia Kiser'smind. She may have to use a wheelchair to get around, but she isn'tgoing to let that stop her from doing what she wants. Right now, shewants to play in the Marshall University marching band. So ...
Retirement key issue in district: Humphreys courting D.C. TV market
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Long before new congressional representatives assumetheir seats, Democratic hopeful Jim Humphreys is becoming a familiarface in Washington. Humphreys last week began airing campaign advertisements in thehyper-expensive Washington ...
City fire department budget faces scrutiny: Reports say service hasn't faltered amid myriad of problems
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Charleston Fire Department is again on the City Hall choppingblock, with a litany of management problems and chronic budgetbusting eliciting scrutiny. Yet in the two reports of the department that will be debatedtonight at a special City Council meeting, ...
Retirement key issue in district: Humphreys, Capito favor different fixes for Social Security
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - On the marquee issue of Social Security, thedistinction between the candidates for the 2nd District congressionalseat is more significant than mere semantics, with the pair holdingmarkedly different philosophies on how to best preserve the ...
CD price-fixing case settled
Oct 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK - The five top U.S. distributors of compact discs andthree large music retailers have agreed to pay $143 million in cashand CDs to settle charges they cheated consumers by fixing prices,authorities announced. The settlement brings to a close accusations made by ...
Two dead in bus attack: Greyhound bus crashes off Calif. highway
Oct 01, 2002; ... FRESNO, Calif. - A passenger slashed the throat of a Greyhound busdriver as the bus traveled down a California freeway, causing it tocareen out of control, authorities said. Two people died and dozenswere injured. The bus, heading from Los Angeles to San Francisco, flipped on ...
REGIONAL
Oct 01, 2002 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 79 61 PCldy Charlotte 85 64 PCldy Cincinnati 85 66 PCldy Cleveland 80 62 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 83 65 PCldy Dayton 83 65 PCldy Daytona Beach 88 76 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 84 61 ...
NATIONAL
Oct 01, 2002 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 50 35 PCldy Baltimore 87 62 PCldy Boston 85 65 Rain Chicago 74 68 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 90 71 PCldy Denver 49 36 Clr Detroit 78 63 Cldy Honolulu 86 75 Clr Houston 90 69 Cldy Indianapolis 85 65 ...
Conventional troops taking on greater role: U.S. commanders changing strategy in Afghanistan
Oct 01, 2002; ... MASI KALAY, Afghanistan - Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne arecombing the rugged mountains that border Pakistan in a new U.S.military strategy emphasizing conventional forces rather than elitetroops in the search for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. In a strong show of force, more than ...
President pans proposal on Iraq: Senators' version of resolution comes up short, Bush says
Oct 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush expressed deep reservations todayabout an alternative congressional measure authorizing force againstIraq, and demanded that the United Nations "put some calcium in thebackbone" as it works up its own resolution on disarming Baghdad. Congress, while ...
News briefs
Oct 01, 2002 ... Militants blamed for 15 deaths PAHALGAM, India - Suspected Islamic militants unleashed a seriesof attacks today, killing at least 15 people, during polling for thethird round of state elections in troubled Jammu-Kashmir state. Attackers opened fire with guns and threw ...
Recycling: The solid waste authority is not making much financial sense
Oct 01, 2002; ... SALLY Shepherd is a well-meaning civic leader who really wants tomake the world a better place. For 13 years she has tried to make theKanawha County Solid Waste Authority work as a community recyclingcenter. But it just isn't working. Her agency has taken the discarded junk of ...
Our views: County levy; Vote to keep buses, ambulances and emergency services in order
Oct 01, 2002; ... WE Americans are surrounded by working systems whose existence wetake largely for granted. On Nov. 5, residents of the Kanawha Valleywill be asked to keep two of those systems in good working order, andto strengthen two emergency response networks as well. The Kanawha County Bus, ...
Letters to the Editor
Oct 01, 2002 ... 'Friday Night Lights' about Permian High I respond to Thomas C. Damewood's article concerning "Friday NightLights" written by H. G. Bissinger. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. This story was written about Odessa Permian High School, inOdessa, Texas, not Midland, ...
Obituaries
Oct 01, 2002 ... Matthew Alexander Berlin ATHENS, Ohio - Matthew Alexander Berlin, 21, of Athens, Ohio, diedSept. 28, 2002, of injuries received in an automobile accident. Born Sept. 23, 1981, in Colorado Springs, Colo., he was the son ofretired Lt. Col. Jon and Stephanie Perry ...
Police blotter
Oct 01, 2002 ... FBI searching for robbery suspect The FBI is searching for a man with local connections whoauthorities believe is responsible for a May 2001 bank robbery inMinnesota. Mark William Samples, 39, of Ohio is thought to be traveling withhis 2 1/2-year-old son, Christopher ...
Boone native resigns from state school board after 13 years
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Longtime state school board member Jim MacCallum has resigned hispost to move to North Carolina, officials announced today. The Boone County native served 13 years on the board, includingthree terms as board president. "Serving on the West Virginia ...
Twins, Athletics in small-market faceoff
Oct 01, 2002; ... OAKLAND, Calif. - Minnesota Manager Ron Gardenhire felt thankfuljust to go to spring training, so reaching the postseason is a hugeplus. His Twins meet the Oakland Athletics in the playoff series thebaseball hierarchy never expected to see: two small-market teamsmaking it ...
D.C. football roots run deep
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Byron Leftwich and Joshua Cribbs share similar backgrounds andmutual admiration. Which is why Marshall's Leftwich and Kent State's Cribbs - twoquarterbacks from the same neighborhood in Washington, D.C. - pullfor each other so fervently. "I'm ...
Parkersburg South proves its elite status
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Here is a fact about Parkersburg South High's football team evenmore shocking than its recent 44-7 decimation of archrival and ClassAAA defending champion Parkersburg. The outcome could have been much worse, said Patriot Coach MikeDeVol. "The ...
Long-snapper earns WVU 'nail' award: Fleming took a hit but is as adept at dishing them out
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MORGANTOWN - Scott Fleming arrived at Monday night's post-practice interview session carrying a nail. Not some little nail, either. This is one that could be used tohang a painting - to the side of the Empire State Building. On the nail was ...
Pennington will get his chance
Oct 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Somewhere above the Eastern seaboard on Sunday night,at about 30,000 feet in a chartered jet, Herman Edwards and VinnyTestaverde started to reach the same conclusion: Chad Pennington willbe the Jets' new starting quarterback. The idea that Edwards began to publicly ...
Don't ask McBrien about it
Oct 01, 2002; ... MORGANTOWN - Here is how to scare some of the football-concernedat the University of Maryland and West Virginia University four weeksbefore Halloween. Scott McBrien. BOO. "I'm not even going to comment about it," WVU quarterback RasheedMarshall said ...
Stewart expecting to remain at controls of Steeler offense
Oct 01, 2002; ... PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Kordell Stewart wasn'ttold Monday by Coach Bill Cowher whether he will start Sunday in NewOrleans. In Stewart's mind, he didn't need to be told. "Do I expect to start? Of course I do," Stewart said. "Why?Because I'm the starter on ...
TODAY'S ODDS
Oct 01, 2002 ... Major League Baseball Playoffs National League Division Series Tonight FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at Arizona -220 St. Louis +200 Wednesday at Atlanta -145 San Francisco +135 Tonight American League Division Series at Oakland ...
Briefly
Oct 01, 2002 ... BASEBALL Manager Bobby Valentine was fired by the New York Mets today aftera last-place finish in the NL East. The Mets said they would formally announce the move, firstreported by Newsday on its Web site, at an afternoon news conference. According to the newspaper, Met ...
Local sports
Oct 01, 2002 ... PREP HONORS Gilbert's Caleb Lester piled on more yardage than many runningbacks might have in a month. Lester was named The Associated Press state high school player ofthe week Monday after rushing for 338 yards on 27 carries in a 34-6victory over Hamlin. Lester ...
LOCAL
Oct 01, 2002 ... FOOTBALL Big East Conference STANDINGS Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Miami 2 0 82 27 4 0 186 60 Pittsburgh 1 0 23 3 4 1 125 70 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 5 0 179 39 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 3 1 145 90 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 1 3 140 ...
After trying season, Morris faces Arizona again
Oct 01, 2002; ... PHOENIX - The world of a big-time pitcher in postseason baseballwas new to Matt Morris a year ago. He returns wiser, maybe stronger,after a season of emotional and physical pain. "Some of the stuff we've been through during the season is goingto make us tough," Morris said. "I'm ...
The boys of autumn: There's no place like Yankee Stadium
Oct 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - He showed up early, stepping alone into the Bronxsunlight, tiny red shorts, high red socks, an accidental tourist. David Eckstein draped himself over the Yankee Stadium dugoutrailing and stared. High above home plate, a couple of guys were carefully hanging ...
NL, AL playoff capsules
Oct 01, 2002; ... Capsule looks at the 2002 best-of-five Major League baseballplayoff series: Angels-Yankees Projected Lineups Angels: SS David Eckstein (.293, 8 HRs, 63 RBI, 21 SBs, 27 HBP),CF Darin Erstad (.283, 10, 73), RF Tim Salmon (.286, 22, 88), LFGarret Anderson (.306, 29, 123, ...
Reds final season at Cinergy a disappointment
Oct 01, 2002; ... CINCINNATI - While players took batting practice before one ofCincinnati's final home games, lifelong Reds fan Lou Ann Waldenglanced around the stadium and remembered. So much has happened in the riverfront stadium's 32 years: PeteRose bowling over Ray Fosse; Hank Aaron catching ...
Syracuse has dominated Pittsburgh
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Some are easy to explain. Miami 10, Rutgers 0. Miami 11, Temple 0.Syracuse 11, Temple 0. Yet one series record in league play since the Big East Conferencebegan play does not compute. Syracuse 11, Pittsburgh 0. Or maybe it ...
They can pick 'em in Pond Gap
Oct 01, 2002; ... MY picks have been pond scum in Pond Gap. How else can I explain the fact that five Pond Gappers alreadyhave won coveted Daily Mail ballcaps in the "I Beat Chuck Landon"football predicting contest? It takes four wins to earn a ballcap. Yet, Pond Gap's LizHuddleston, American ...
MAC has star rising in West
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Ime Akpan is not "A Star Is Born" material. The Eastern Michigan senior's amazing story is more suited to"Ripley's Believe It Or Not." It all started when the 6-foot, 230-pound running back transferredfrom Youngstown State. "Ime just ...
Ravens hand Denver its first loss
Oct 01, 2002; ... BALTIMORE - Ray Lewis is known for ferocious tackling. On thisnight, the Pro Bowl middle linebacker threw a devastating block tocarry the Baltimore Ravens to victory. With an assist from Lewis, Chris McAlister returned a missed fieldgoal 108 yards to put an exclamation point on a ...
Lakers to make a run at four crowns
Oct 01, 2002; ... LOS ANGELES - The significance of four, probably, is simply thatit is more than three, and way more than none, which is what it hadbecome before Phil Jackson came along, and before Shaquille O'Nealand Kobe Bryant hugged and meant it. The Los Angeles Lakers have won three ...
ALL THEY ARE SAYING . . .: Dozens call for peace with Iraq; Alum Creek man showed his support of Bush
Oct 01, 2002; ... Protesters gathered on the steps of the Robert C. Byrd U.S.Courthouse in Charleston on Monday to voice their opposition to a warwith Iraq ....
Dozens call for peace with Iraq: Alum Creek man showed his support of Bush
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Two opposing protests gathered on the steps of the Robert C. ByrdU.S. Courthouse, and both claimed they were voicing the thoughts ofthe silent majority. At a rally in Charleston Monday afternoon, the Rev. Jim Lewis, aretired Episcopalian priest, led 86 ...
Fliers take off for first direct flight to Houston
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The first direct flights between Charleston and Houston begantoday, with an afternoon flight into Yeager Airport booked beyondcapacity. A 37-passenger Embraer regional jet made its first departure forHouston at 7 a.m. this morning, carrying about 20 ...
One dies in clash over card
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER New electronic welfare cards being implemented today in Cabell andWayne counties were supposed to cut down on food stamp and welfarebenefit theft. But over the weekend in Cabell County, one man was killed andanother charged with murder after an ...
Leaders say Promise aids rich, poor: Officials say gross income doesn't represent need
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Almost a third of Promise scholarship recipients came from wealthyfamilies, numbers released by the state show. But officials sayincome levels are deceiving and that the merit-based scholarshipprogram helped as many needy families as wealthy ones ....
Moore has been rewarded: Most citizens would cheerfully take his place
Oct 01, 2002; ... A Southern coalfield joke - maybe it isn't a joke - has it that anoffice-seeker advertised his candidacy with his picture placed abovethe caption "Never Indicted." I make the same claim. I have never been indicted. Has my virtuebeen rewarded? The question struck me when I read a ...
Toyota announces minicar recall
Oct 01, 2002; ... TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. said today it was recalling 397,263subcompact and minicar vehicles exported to the United States, Europeand Canada because of improperly designed brake pipes. An improper design of the rear brake pipe may cause brake oil toleak when its exterior is ...
Malpractice insurance rate requests pending
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Three medical malpractice insurance rate requests pending beforethe West Virginia Insurance Commission won't affect manypolicyholders but are another sign of how much malpractice rates arerising. John Mooney, a policy and rate analyst for the ...
Local business moving, changing name: Paranzino says he will focus on custom tailoring
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Paranzino's Menswear is having a going-out-of-business sale, butAnthony Paranzino plans to continue serving customers. Paranzino blames a divorce for the closing of the shop at 814Quarrier St. A sale that began Wednesday advertises up to 60 ...
Wal-Mart says growth will go on: Company plans 130 new stores outside the U.S.
Oct 01, 2002; ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largestretailer, announced today that it plans to add as many as 165 newstores in 2003 and expand or relocate about 170 U.S. properties,continuing its aggressive expansion. The construction will occur in Wal-Mart's fiscal 2004, ...
New bank branch opens in Teays Valley
Oct 01, 2002 ... The First State Bank was to mark the opening of a new location inTeays Valley with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today. The new location, named the Business Advantage Center, is at 1101Hospital Drive, near Putnam General Hospital. It will focus onserving small businesses and ...
Paving projects continue
Oct 01, 2002 ... Paving will continue on the following Charleston streets at 7 a.m.Wednesday: * Woodbine Avenue, from Albert to Elmore. * ...
Oh, boy ... or girl: From boy to girl with the blink of an eye
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF IT'S a girl. A girl. A g-i-r-l. I know what's on the way becausean oracle said so. It was a modern oracle - kind of a crystal ballsituation, except it was a dark and blurry image on a computermonitor. It was an ultrasound, and it said to me, as an oracle ...
Oh, boy ... or girl: Holding out for the great surprise
Oct 01, 2002; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL IF ignorance is bliss, my wife and I are about to become thehappiest parents in the world. As our New Year's Eve due date approaches, we realize we don'tknow the first about being parents - including whether our firstchild will be a boy or a ...
Trend shows ultrasound integral part of care
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER Just before Amy Keith and Karen McElhinny underwent theirultrasound scans, they had to drink lots of water - between one andtwo quarts. Though such a full bladder can be, well, uncomfortable, it helpspush the intestines aside so the ultrasound ...
MYTURN: The best present of all; Mother's great recovery seems to be a miracle
Oct 01, 2002; ... WE celebrated my mother's 83rd birthday on Friday with food,friends, family, laughter and gifts. The greatest gift was the presence of the guest of honor. Earlierthis year we wondered if she would be with us for another birthday. From Oct. 28, 2001, to Jan. 13, 2002, she was ...
DEARABBY: Reconsider excluding divorced dad from life
Oct 01, 2002; ... DEAR ABBY: I have never written to a newspaper before, but when Isaw the letter from the 12-year-old girl, "Mad at Dad in Virginia,"who doesn't want to invite her "cheating" father to her wedding orhave him walk her down the aisle when she marries, I knew I had to. It takes two to ...
HEALTHBRIEFS
Oct 01, 2002 ... Kanawha Mall to host disability fair A fun-filled fair teaching about disabilities will be held from 10a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kanawha Mall. Available will be free blood pressure screenings, 30 displays, ahandicapped golf cart and entertainment including Moe ...
HOROSCOPE
Oct 01, 2002; ... FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). You are super-productive at work. Meetirritable colleagues with a taste of their own medicine, and theyfeel understood. Your communication style gets more and more refined.Resolve differences tonight. rTAURUS (April 20-May ...
Government will pay for chimpanzee rest home
Oct 01, 2002; ... SHREVEPORT, La. - The federal government has agreed to pay $8million to help build a rest home in Louisiana for aging chimpanzeesonce used ...
For the record
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on Sept. 24, 2002: * Mary Lou Turner, P.O. Box 551, Bradshaw. Chapter 7. Assets:$23,750. Liabilities: $63,050. * Sharon Deneal Comer, Rt. 3, Box 299B, Halls Ridge ...
Bridge Day routes adding 60 miles to old trip: Fayetteville event draws more than 175,000 visitors
Oct 01, 2002; ... FAYETTEVILLE - Vehicles barred from crossing the New River GorgeBridge during this year's Bridge Day festival will be forced totravel an additional 60 miles on alternative routes around the event. "The routes are as reasonable as they can be when you consider thefact we're closing ...
State ends first quarter with modest amount of excess revenue
Oct 01, 2002; ... West Virginia ended the first quarter of its fiscal year with $68million more than it thought it would. This good news has more to dowith sober estimates than revenue growth, state officials said, and adeficit continues to loom over next year. Still, the modest excess revenue ...
Clifford removed from case: Defense lawyer claimed prosecutor had personal stake
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Kanawha County Prosecutor Mike Clifford has been removed from acase that he says one of the women accusing him of sexual harassmentwanted him to drop. Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom barred Clifford from anyinvolvement with the case of Charles Thompson, ...
No budget cuts planned for state schools
Oct 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Gov. Bob Wise has no plans to ask local school boards across WestVirginia to cut back their budgets in an effort to save the statemoney, his spokeswoman said today. "It is not on the governor's agenda to dip into county schoolboards' funds," said Amy Shuler ...
Today's people
Oct 01, 2002 ... Former General Electric Co. Chairman and Chief Executive JackWelch is the subject of "Jack: Straight From the Gut," one of themost influential business books as rated by Forbes.com. Forbes.com rates top business books NEW YORK - "In Search of Excellence," a best-selling ...