Charleston Daily Mail back issues from February 2003:
Local flags lowered as shock turns to grief
Feb 01, 2003 ... Flags at the Capitol and at businesses throughout the KanawhaValley were lowered ...
Local flags lowered as shock turns to grief
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF News that the space shuttle Columbia was lost this morning sentshockwaves through people in the Kanawha Valley who recalled asimilar mood in 1986, when the world sat speechless watching theshuttle Challenger explode minutes after liftoff. Almost as soon as ...
Shuttle breaks apart: Columbia breaks into flames, killing seven astronauts
Feb 01, 2003; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Columbia broke apart inflames over Texas today, killing all seven astronauts just 16 minutesbefore they were supposed to glide to ground in Florida. "It's gone," said a senior U.S. official who spoke on condition ofanonymity. The official said ...
Shuttle breaks apart: Columbia breaks into flames, killing seven astronauts
Feb 01, 2003; ... United Space Alliance employees at Cape Canaveral, Fla., ...
Terrorism not likely, leaders say: President plans to address nation following disaster
Feb 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said there was no indicationterrorism was behind the loss of the space shuttle Columbia today.President Bush hastily returned to the White House from his CampDavid retreat to deal with the tragedy. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge called ...
Annexation fight going to court: Resort owner files suit, but mayor says vote will go on
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The fight to annex The Greenbrier Resort will move from WhiteSulphur Springs to federal district court. CSX Hotels, the owner of the resort, and three other plaintiffshave filed suit against White Sulphur Springs city officials in aneffort to stop an ...
Health workers lobby for ouster: Official is running off workers, protesters say
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A group of mental health care workers who successfully sued thestate for the right to speak publicly about their state hospital jobssay they are mounting a public campaign to oust the head of MildredMitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington. The three former ...
Teachers union to try again on testing bill: Group opposes home school test exemption
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The West Virginia Education Association has been unsuccessful inthe Senate in changing a bill on home schooling but will try again inthe House of Delegates, where some people believe it has moreinfluence. What Tom Lange, president of the WVEA, is ...
Agency approves addition
Feb 01, 2003 ... The state Health Care Authority has approved spending for a $3.9million addition to ...
WVU medical school names associate dean
Feb 01, 2003 ... Dr. John Prescott has been named senior associate dean of the WestVirginia University School of Medicine. Prescott, also president of the physician group called UniversityHealth Associates, will assist Dean Robert D'Alessandri in ...
Secretary of state denies secret meeting with resort officials
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Allegations that Secretary of State Joe Manchin met secretly withofficials from The Greenbrier to discuss the resort's annexation bythe town of White Sulphur Springs are simply not true, Manchin said. Those allegations have since been dropped, Manchin ...
Impact of shuttle's loss reverberates worldwide
Feb 01, 2003; ... NEW DELHI, India - Front pages of Indian newspapers Saturdaycarried pictures of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman inspace, to celebrate her expected return to earth on the space shuttleColumbia. The return never happened after the space shuttle Columbia brokeapart at ...
Impact of shuttle's loss reverberates worldwide
Feb 01, 2003; ... Onlookers view a piece of debris believed to be from the ...
REGIONAL
Feb 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 42 27 Cldy Charlotte 60 32 Clr Cincinnati 52 29 Cldy Cleveland 42 27 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 46 26 Cldy Dayton 47 26 Cldy Daytona Beach 67 42 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 58 32 ...
NATIONAL
Feb 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 34 25 Cldy Baltimore 48 34 PCldy Boston 41 33 Snow Chicago 40 33 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 80 52 Clr Denver 38 30 Snow Detroit 39 29 Cldy Honolulu 81 70 Clr Houston 72 48 Cldy Indianapolis 52 33 ...
News briefs
Feb 01, 2003 ... N.C. blast inquiry waits another day KINSTON, N.C. - Investigators waited a second day to get insidethe burned-out ruins of a medical supply factory to determine whatcaused an explosion that killed four people. "We need to get into the site," Don Morel, president and ...
Residents report on blast, debris: Witnesses in Texas say homes shook as shuttle broke up
Feb 01, 2003; ... DALLAS - Residents of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana said they sawflames and heard a window-rattling boom today about the time thespace shuttle Columbia broke up on its way to a landing at CapeCanaveral. "It was like a car hitting the house or an explosion. It shookthat much," ...
Astronaut brought joy, then dread to troubled Israel
Feb 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM - Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, gave hiscompatriots something to cheer about when he blasted off last monthon the space shuttle Columbia. The evident tragedy just minutesbefore landing today brought back a familiar sense of dread. "The government of Israel and ...
Short takes
Feb 01, 2003; ... "Without, or With, Offence to Friends or Foes, I Sketch Your World Exactly As It Goes." GOV. Bob Wise's call to lower the drunk driving level to 0.08percent is cited by some as a way to get tougher on drunken driving.But is it? First-offense drunken driving now carries ...
Letters to the Editor
Feb 01, 2003 ... Web cam brings city to Texas transplant I'm an ex-Charlestonian, raised there, but have been living justoutside of Houston for almost 20 years. I wanted to let you know howmuch I enjoy the Daily Mail's Web cam. All of my family still resides in Charleston and we speak on ...
HATS OFF
Feb 01, 2003; ... THIRTY-FIVE families from West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvaniaworship at the mosque of the Islamic Society of Western Maryland. For the third time in seven months, the sign for the mosque offInterstate 70, near this state's Eastern Panhandle, has been stolen.The group says it ...
DEARABBY: Gift exchange leaves wife feeling rejected
Feb 01, 2003; ... DEAR ABBY: I had hoped last Christmas would be different, but itturned out to be the same as every other Christmas for the past 14years. My husband and I always go to his parents' for Christmasdinner, followed by the exchange of gifts. In all the years I've beenmarried to their son, my ...
HOROSCOPE
Feb 01, 2003; ... FORECAST FOR SUNDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). Be yourself; creative activity is bestfor you. A Pisces might be your soul mate - keep your eyes open foran opportunity to hook up. If you're attached, it's time to tell yourspecial someone you are ready to go to the next ...
Groundhogs looking for love, not shadows
Feb 01, 2003; ... STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Groundhogs that emerge from their dens inearly February are probably looking for sweethearts, not shadows, aresearcher says. And what's more, the girl groundhogs invite the boysin for a visit. The rodent ritual - whimsically marked each Feb. 2 as ...
Dickson says team will remain here: A few more months at Watt-Powell not so bad, owner says
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Addressing mounting concerns that a new Charleston ballpark isclose to expiring, Alley Cats owner Tom Dickson said he has nointention of taking the minor league baseball team elsewhere, even ifit means pushing back the opening date of the new stadium. As ...
Today's people
Feb 01, 2003 ... Eminem DVD adds new rap battles LOS ANGELES - Extra features on the DVD release of "8 Mile" won'tbe slim, but they will be shady. The Eminem hip-hop drama, set to debut on home video March 18,will include five new "rap battles" between the star and otherperformers as ...
Networks bet on star power during sweeps: Big-name stars give network series added sparkle
Feb 01, 2003; ... HOLLYWOOD - Actress Minnie Driver guest stars as a woman goingafter brassy Karen's ex-husband on the NBC sitcom "Will & Grace" nextweek. A week later, Demi Moore will play Jack's ex-baby-sitter. Meanwhile, on ABC, Ethan Hawke drops in on the spy drama "Alias."And on the WB, ...
Residents report on blast, debris: Witnesses in Texas say homes shook as shuttle broke up
Feb 01, 2003; ... A charred piece of debris believed to be from the space shuttleColumbia lies on the patio of a home in Nacogdoches, Texas, today.The shuttle ...
SHUTTLE HISTORY
Feb 01, 2003 ... Space shuttle Columbia was the oldest in NASA's fleet and thefirst to enter the Earth's orbit in 1981. today's voyage was its 28thtrip into orbit. Named after a ship that made the first American circumnavigationof the globe in 1792, Columbia flew into orbit in 1981. Four ...
James' saga proves prep sports aren't innocent
Feb 01, 2003; ... The charlatans won. The children lost. The gold-braceleted guyswith their limousine rides and first-class tickets and brand-newHummers and throwback jerseys won. The remaining shreds of high school sports innocence lost. One of the best prep basketball players in this ...
Marshall looks to rebound against Bobcats
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER West Virginia Coach John Beilein believes rebounding is the mostoverrated statistic in basketball. Marshall Coach Greg White disagrees. And then some. Who can blame White for dissenting after the Herd was pummeled, 96-75, at Ball State ...
DOUBLING UP
Feb 01, 2003; ... Jim Roncaglione, left, and Joey Holland compete Friday during thefifth annual Charleston Tennis Club/Hospice House Indoors DoublesTournament at the CTC. The tourney drew 177 players and continuestoday through Sunday. All ...
No props, no problem for Herd
Feb 01, 2003; ... REMEMBER when critics claimed that Marshall's football program wasbeing "Propped" up by academic non-qualifiers? Remember when fans and detractors alike expected a self-imposedmoratorium on "props" to hurt Marshall's recruiting severely? Remember when Marshall was ...
Scott makes 'free' throws: Skyhawks knock down foul shots to hold off Hoover
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MADISON - Go ahead, make Paul Carden's day. Pick any of his main four Scott High scorers to foul when thegame's on the line. It's like playing Russian Roulette with a loaded clip. In an age of evermore-mediocre free throw shooting, the ...
Dickson an owner we should support
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Charleston Alley Cat owner Tom Dickson arrived at the StateCapitol complex on Friday, and he didn't set off the metal detectors. In a development that is likely to surprise some Charlestonians,Dickson wasn't toting a gun to hold to anyone's head about ...
Los Angeles in top form
Feb 01, 2003; ... Back at the arena where they ended Sacramento's title dreams lastspring, the Los Angeles Lakers served notice that they're capable ofplaying at the level they usually save for the playoffs. Kobe Bryant had 38 points, five rebounds and five assists andShaquille O'Neal added 36 ...
NATIONAL
Feb 01, 2003 ... BASKETBALL Friday's Major College Scores EAST Brown 70, Cornell 54 Bucknell 62, Colgate 42 Holy Cross 63, Lehigh 39 Iona 64, Canisius 61 Lafayette 67, American U. 66 Manhattan 71, Niagara 65 Navy 65, Army ...
Local sports
Feb 01, 2003 ... WVC HOOPS The University of Charleston will try to do what West VirginiaState couldn't. The Golden Eagles host Alderson-Broaddus at 7:30 p.m. today in aWest Virginia Conference men's basketball game at Eddie King Gym. A-B, on Thursday, drilled the Yellow Jackets, 90-69, in ...
LOCAL
Feb 01, 2003 ... BOYS BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL Today's Games Hurricane at Poca Herbert Hoover at Wayne Logan at Scott St. Joseph Invitational Wednesday's Results Chesapeake (Ohio) 81, Gilmer Co. 37 Fairland (Ohio) 59, St. Joseph ...
All-Pro Mountain State team packs punch
Feb 01, 2003; ... The AFC is playing the NFC in Sunday's Pro Bowl, the NationalFootball League's excuse to hang out in Hawaii for a few days afterworrying all season that TV viewers were reading Jon Gruden's lips onthe sidelines. Two former Marshall University players and one ex-West ...
Weekend sports on TV
Feb 01, 2003 ... BASKETBALL Noon - Georgetown at Notre Dame WCHS Xavier at Richmond ESPN 1 p.m. - Indiana at Louisville WOWK Arkansas at Florida WOWK 2 p.m. - West Virginia at Villanova WCHS Kansas at Nebraska ESPN Temple at St. Bonaventure ESPN2 4 ...
Scott 79, Herbert Hoover 67
Feb 01, 2003 ... Hoover (5-7, 1-4 Cardinal) FG FT Pts. Jason Petry 9-19 0-2 24 Andy White 4-4 2-2 11 Adam Myers 5-12 1-3 11 Adam Carnefix 1-2 3-5 5 Jamie Prowse 1-4 0-0 2 Nathan Koepsel 4-10 2-3 12 Adam Douglas 1-4 0-0 2 Daniel Turley 0-2 0-2 ...
Many NHL all-stars won't be playing in Sunday's game
Feb 01, 2003; ... SUNRISE, Fla. - Mario Lemieux. Mats Sundin. Ed Belfour. BrianLeetch. Pavel Bure. Saku Koivu. Certainly, a lineup that could hold its own in any All-Star game.Just not this All-Star game. As the NHL takes its annual midwinter's break, some of its biggestnames will gather in ...
Cook lifts Tide to victory
Feb 01, 2003 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS Courtney Cook hit the game-winning free throws with less than 15seconds to play to give Sherman High a 46-45 home girls basketballwin over Van. Cook, a junior guard, led the way with 19 points on Friday, added12 rebounds and hit all four shots at the foul ...
State must develop inside game to complement guards
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Man can not live by bread alone. The West Virginia State men can't live by the 3 alone. Even two of the West Virginia Conference's leading 3-pointshooters acknowledge that much. Senior Ronald Donaldson and junior Mike Taylor have combined ...
Buffalo wins second, 63-54
Feb 01, 2003 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS Even though Buffalo High entered its home boys basketball gameagainst Hamlin with only one win on the season, there remains abright spot for the Bisons and his name is Nathan Hescht. The sophomore has overcome a gruesome injury. And on Friday hepoured in ...
They're young but still pack a PUNCH!
Feb 01, 2003; ... FOSTER - The kids in the Boone County Boxing Club might be cute ifthey weren't so intimidating. Even the youngest member of the club, 11-year-old Zack Kuhn, wouldmake a grown man think twice before climbing into the ring. It isn'tjust his speed and fitness; it's his ...
President to visit The Greenbrier resort this month
Feb 01, 2003; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - President Bush is scheduled to visit WestVirginia on Feb. 9 for the final day of a Republican congressionalretreat at The Greenbrier resort, White House ...
Senators want plan changed
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - A group of senators, including former VeteransChairman Jay Rockefeller, wrote to President Bush to urge him toreopen enrollment to moderate income veterans without service-related disabilities. Twenty-seven senators signed the ...
Deputies take aim at overweight trucks: Four coal haulers, one logging truck cited at checkpoint
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL Cpl. B.D. Reynolds, left, and Sgt. Sean Crosier of the KanawhaCounty Sheriff's Department weigh a truck hauling coal through Pratton ...
W.Va. State plans events for Black History Month
Feb 01, 2003 ... West Virginia State College kicks off its observance of BlackHistory Month on Monday. School President Hazo Carter and Gov. Bob Wise, along withofficials from the Department of ...
Deputies take aim at overweight trucks: Four coal haulers, one logging truck cited at checkpoint
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Four overweight coal trucks, one of which deputies say tipped thescales at more than 163,000 pounds, and an overweight logging truckwere cited during a sting by the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department. The trucks were stopped at the intersection of W.Va. 61 and ...
Jail official pleads guilty in inmate death: Deputy jailer admits to beating of Charleston man
Feb 01, 2003; ... COVINGTON, Ky. - Family members of an inmate who was severelybeaten in the Boyd County jail last year and eventually died watchedin silence as a deputy jailer pleaded guilty to assault. So far, that is the only charge filed against anyone in connectionwith the death of Chad ...
Obituaries
Feb 01, 2003 ... Kathern Minerva Adkins LAYLAND - Kathern Minerva Adkins, 81, of Layland died Jan. 30,2003. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, at Wallace & WallaceFuneral Home, Rainelle. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday atthe funeral home. Juanita V. Bailey Juanita V ....
Federal authorities end search of Md. mountains for clues in anthrax investigation
Feb 01, 2003; ... FREDERICK, Md. - The FBI said it has ended its latest search inthe Catoctin Mountains for clues to the deadly anthrax mailingsnearly 16 months ago. Investigators left the area Wednesday night, spokeswoman DebraWeierman said Friday. The agents used divers and video gear to ...
Company ordered to pay $100 million
Feb 01, 2003; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A jury awarded $100 million to the familyof a young girl who suffered permanent brain damage after fallinginto an apartment complex pool during a game of hide-and-seek. Loren Hinton's family had sued the complex's owners fornegligence, saying that they knew ...
Pastors say they don't play hardball on tithing: Lottery winner has put practice in the spotlight
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF While area religious leaders vary on how they encourageparishioners to tithe, they agree that giving should be done in theright spirit. "We teach giving is a gift just as teaching and hospitality aregifts," said Lee Walker, church administrator for Bible ...
Iranian cleric decries Islamic government
Feb 01, 2003; ... QOM, Iran - Iran's leading dissident cleric kept up his defiancejust days after his release from house arrest, calling the Islamicestablishment a dictatorship that is afraid of reform. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri made the comments after agroup of clerics issued a ...
N.C. churches resisting town's sign ordnance
Feb 01, 2003; ... EDEN, N.C. - Some local churches want members to post religioussigns on their properties in response to a crackdown on placards thatviolate a city ordinance ....
Churches split over winnings: Congregations divided on question of lottery money
Feb 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Since Powerball winner Andrew "Jack" Whittaker announced hisdecision to give money to several churches, the question has hummedamong congregations as to whether accepting such funds is the properthing to do. One area religious leader who chose not to go on ...
Italian cell phones offer daily papal thoughts
Feb 01, 2003; ... VATICAN CITY - Italian cell phone users can now click on to adaily thought from Pope John Paul II, culled from his sermons andspeeches and squeezed into a screen-size message. The cost for the "short message service" is 15 euro ...
Southern Baptists promote revised statement of faith
Feb 01, 2003; ... RICHMOND, Va. - The Southern Baptists Convention is making anotherattempt to get all its overseas missionaries to pledge that theyagree with the denomination's revised statement of faith - a documentthat opposes women pastors and says wives should submit to theirhusbands. Avery ...
Church council makes TV plea for peace
Feb 01, 2003; ... A high-ranking United Methodist bishop began appearing in anunusual television spot aimed at convincing the nation's opinion-makers, if not fellow Methodists George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, thata U.S. attack on Iraq would "violate God's law." The 30-second commercial, which ...
Religious briefs
Feb 01, 2003 ... * A special installation service is scheduled for the Rev. ChuckGoddard II at 7 p.m. today at Grace Nazarene Church, 499 Second Ave.,South Charleston. He will be assuming his new role as pastor of thechurch. A reception will follow the service. * Gospel soloist Jim Edens will sing ...
CAIFA/Jody Jividen Charleston Daily Mail COACH OF THE MONTH
Feb 01, 2003 ... Annette Olenchick Sissonville High School * Olenchick is in her10th season as the Indians girls basketball coach. * Sissonville hastwice finished as state Class AA runner-up under ...