Charleston Daily Mail back issues from March 2003:
Column riles up residents, South Carolina paper flooded with complaints
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF West Virginia residents are warning South Carolina newspapercolumnist Bryce Donovan not to taunt highway-cleaning prisonersbecause they might be ex-senators and wishing Donovan had been nailedby a Summersville speed trap. Donovan stirred up a backlash by ...
Local schools focus on reading
Mar 01, 2003 ... Montrose Elementary has students hooked on books with a newprogram called Accelerated Reader. Students read books, takecomprehension ...
Local schools focus on reading, Law requires teachers to use proven method
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Alum Creek Elementary teacher Rene Layer writes a list of words onher chalkboard that her students have never seen before. Bright, light, might - all with that tricky "igh" in the middle. Her fourth-grade students are momentarily stumped by the "g" ...
GOP leader says vote-blocking still option , Attempt to stop judicial pay raise failed in Senate
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Senate Republicans didn't use their new clout as their leaderhoped they would to block a judicial pay raise bill, but he said thatdoesn't mean they wouldn't use it in the future. Senate Minority Leader Vic Sprouse, R-Kanawha, needed only sevenof ...
Lottery defends its pick, Sites in Kanawha County weren't suitable, director says
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER The West Virginia Lottery Commission made every effort to relocateits headquarters near Charleston but business park restrictions,unsuitable space and high costs eliminated locations within KanawhaCounty, Lottery Director John Musgrave said ....
Louisiana chef whips up food, ships it here for local benefit
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF When organizers of an awards dinner and fundraiser at St. AnthonySchool say they're offering an authentic Cajun meal for your $35ticket, they mean all-but-the-bayou Cajun. Tucked safely in the kitchen at St. Anthony are 10 gallons ofprepared red beans, ...
Louisiana chef whips up food, ships it here for local benefit
Mar 01, 2003 ... BOB WOJCIESZAK/DAILY MAIL St. Anthony Church members Tom Resler, Mia Moran-Cooper and herhusband, Bob Cooper, loaded up red beans, ...
Rogers was a class act
Mar 01, 2003; ... I'M starting to think I might be an all right dad. I'm discoveringthat I have a lot in common with little kids. Most notably, I like tobe praised when I burp. As it turns out, I also like children's entertainment. When MisterRogers died this week, I realized I could still name ...
Hooters Air is about to take flight
Mar 01, 2003; ... Hooters has sprouted wings - and not the spicy hot kind. The self-described "delightfully tacky" restaurant chain said itwill launch Hooters Air on Thursday, flying two orange-and-whiteBoeing 737s with its owl logo on the tail from Atlanta to MyrtleBeach, S.C., with two Hooters ...
Iraq says 2 missles destroyed, U.N. inspectors resume interviews with scientists
Mar 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq destroyed four Al Samoud 2 missiles today andagreed with the United Nations on a timetable to dismantle the restof the missile program, Iraqi officials said. The United Nations could not immediately confirm the destruction.Iraq is believed to have more than ...
Man says club owners bought cheap foam
Mar 01, 2003; ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The owners of The Station nightclub had achoice, says the dealer who sold them soundproofing: Buy qualityacoustic insulation or packing material that was cheaper and highlyflammable. The owners went with the packing material, the dealer said. Nowauthorities ...
Shuttle video shows final minutes, NASA footage shows cheerful, busy routine
Mar 01, 2003; ... SPACE CENTER, Houston - Of 250 videos aboard the space shuttleColumbia, it was the only one to survive that had any recording left. On Friday, NASA TV broadcast some of the final minutes in thelives of the shuttle astronauts, showing a businesslike routinebroken by cheerfulness and ...
WEATHER - REGIONAL
Mar 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 33 25 Snow Charlotte 63 44 PCldy Cincinnati 36 33 Snow Cleveland 33 25 Snow Columbus,Ohio 34 32 Snow Dayton 32 30 Snow Daytona Beach 78 65 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 65 43 ...
WEATHER - NATIONAL
Mar 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 37 29 Cldy Baltimore 45 37 Rain Boston 37 31 Snow Chicago 24 22 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 53 38 Cldy Denver 37 13 PCldy Detroit 25 25 Snow Honolulu 82 71 Clr Houston 65 51 Cldy Indianapolis 32 28 ...
NEWS BRIEFS, Two hijackers' remains identified, Man convicted in 1966 slaying, Gunman fires on American soldiers
Mar 01, 2003 ... NEW YORK - The city medical examiner's office has identifiedremains of two of the Sept. 11 hijackers, using DNA profiles suppliedby the FBI, a spokeswoman said. The remains were immediately removed from the city's MemorialPark, where unidentified and unclaimed remains are kept, ...
Short takes, But, or With, Offence to Friends or Foes,
Mar 01, 2003 ... A recent magazine survey surprised one and all by announcing thatWest Virginia is one of the 10 best states in which to do business.Ours was the only eastern state to make this Top 10. The high marks ran counter to all the other studies that rankedthe state among the ...
Letters to the Editor
Mar 01, 2003 ... Older smokers just want to be left alone I am a smoker and have smoked since grade school, as did nearlyall the boys and some of the girls. In 1936 and '37, cigarettes were expensive - 9 cents or 10 cents apack. Like most of my friends, instead of a 10-cent burger and ...
HATS OFF
Mar 01, 2003 ... HATS off to the Lady Pioneers of Glenville State College, who havewon 53 straight home games since 1999 - the longest home-courtwinning streak in Division II basketball for men or women. And hats off to the fans who sustain them in their college in themiddle of nowhere and on the ...
Lawmakers ponder fate of ATV legislation, Senate president says issue faces uncertain future
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Lawmakers are considering how they might revive all-terrainvehicle safety legislation next week after it seemingly died in theSenate. "I would say that in the Senate, there's a real good chance thatit's dead," Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin ...
House passes several measures as session winds down
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The House passed a bill that would hold members of theConsolidated Public Retirement Board responsible for its fiscalactions if members act with negligence. The bill says "board members are personally liable for ... acts inviolation of the laws ...
Greenbrier annexation suit dropped
Mar 01, 2003; ... BECKLEY - A lawsuit has been dropped by three men who sued thecity of White Sulphur Springs over the city's proposed annexation ofThe Greenbrier resort. Capt. Theodore Kleisner II, Daniel Evans and Douglas Vanscoy filedthe lawsuit Feb. 6 in U.S. District Court in Beckley, ...
Disaster loans available in 53 counties
Mar 01, 2003; ... The U.S. Small Business Administration said that federal disasterloans are available to certain small businesses affected by the 2002drought. Small agriculture-dependent businesses and small agriculturalcooperatives that suffered financially as a direct result of thedrought's ...
Two lay Christians justify war against Iraq, Pope, churches do not support 'just war' argument
Mar 01, 2003; ... President Bush has been trying for months to make the case forusing force against Saddam Hussein, but he has won little supportfrom leaders of American and European churches. Yet after heavy, perhaps unprecedented, church agitation and peaceappeals from the likes of the pope and ...
Religious activities
Mar 01, 2003; ... First Presbyterian Church, 18 Leon Sullivan Way, has been selectedto receive a $1,000 award for early childhood education from UnionTheological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education.The church preschool program will receive the Sarah Hill Brown Award. Paid in Full ...
First U.S. Buddhist high school to open in Hawaii
Mar 01, 2003; ... HONOLULU - The nation's first Buddhist high school is set to openin Hawaii this August with a teaching focus on peace. Pacific Buddhist Academy in Nuuanu will include instruction onconflict resolution and communication and will spotlight the valuesof harmony, interdependence and ...
Ex-Williamson fire official enters guilty plea
Mar 01, 2003; ... A former Williamson assistant fire chief has pleaded guilty totaking more than $30,000 in fire department money for personal use. Robert C. Phillips, 45, entered his plea to mail fraud Thursday inU.S. District Court. Phillips defrauded the Williamson Volunteer Fire Department ...
McDonald's plans to sell fruit in Britain, Chain doesn't say whether items will come to U.S.
Mar 01, 2003; ... LONDON - Stung by criticism that its food is laden with fat andsalt, McDonald's said its British restaurants will be the first inthe world to sell fresh fruit. Starting in April, grapes and sliced apples will be sold in 2.3-ounce bags for 95 cents, the company said ...
Sissonville health fair scheduled for March 8
Mar 01, 2003 ... A free Sissonville Community Health Fair for all ages will be held8 a.m. to noon March 8 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 6823Sissonville Drive. Among offerings will be blood pressure checks as well as vision,hearing and dental ...
Big Reds living up to expectations at state tourney
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Pre-tournament favorite Parkersburg took a 196.5-153.5 lead over city-rival Parkersburg South in Class AAA going intothe final day of competition at the state wrestling tournament. Ripley was holding down sixth and Nitro eighth among area ...
Sissonville is making the most of small numbers
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Sometimes a small crowd can make a loud noise. That is exactly what the tiny Sissonville High School wrestlingteam has done this year. The five-boy team qualified every singlemember for the state tournament, concluding here today at the ...
Legg will accept Purdue job offer
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Bill Legg plans to accept an offer to join Purdue's footballcoaching staff. The Marshall assistant coach was interviewed in West Lafayette,Ind., earlier this week. Then on Thursday, Purdue Coach Joe Tilleroffered Legg the position of offensive line ...
Winfield 76, Scott 43
Mar 01, 2003 ... Scott (12-9, 7-5 Cardinal) FG FT Pts. Nick Cabell 2-7 0-2 6 Josh Sheets 0-1 0-0 0 Jeremy Grant 2-2 4-6 8 Zach Green 5-14 6-11 19 Lou Green 2-6 1-2 5 Jordan Bradford 0-3 4-6 4 Nick Mullins 0-0 1-2 1 Brandon Bias 0-0 0-2 ...
Winning is a group effort, Winfield digs deep into bench to defeat Scott, 76-43
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER WINFIELD - Before every home tip-off, the public address announcerreels off the name of everybody who puts on a uniform for WinfieldHigh's boys basketball team. This is the one gym where it isn't just for show. The 500 fans inattendance at Friday's ...
Smoot was a 'workhorse' for Virginia Tech
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Terry Smoot wasn't much worried about being a football star atVirginia Tech - but he was. Smoot, 55, was found dead of an apparent heart attack Thursdaymorning in his Winfield home. He led Tech in rushing all threeseasons he played for Coach Jerry ...
Billboard controversy mishandled
Mar 01, 2003; ... HUNTINGTON - The rapidly eroding relationship between MarshallPresident Dan Angel and the MU athletic department lost more groundthis week. Want the inside dirt? Angel needlessly antagonized the athletic department by the way hehandled the billboard controversy Thursday. If ...
Prep Basketball Boys, Girls roundup,: Herbert Hoover closes in on 10-victory season
Mar 01, 2003; ... Herbert Hoover claimed its eighth victory of the season with a 75-46 defeat of Clay County in boys high school basketball, the mostwins for a Husky team in 24 years. Hoover improved to 8-13 with Friday's victory and moved to withintwo games of becoming the first Husky squad since ...
NASCAR Winston Cup, Labonte warms up a cool Vegas track
Mar 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS - Bobby Labonte was patient with the weather - and hiscold tires. After waiting out a long rain delay and carefully warming up histires, Labonte set a qualifying record under the lights Friday at LasVegas Motor Speedway. The night ...
NATIONAL SPORTS
Mar 01, 2003 ... COLLEGE MEN Friday's Major Scores EAST Colgate 75, Lehigh 68 Cornell 68, Harvard 63 Dartmouth 50, Columbia 36 Holy Cross 54, Bucknell 43 Marist 73, Canisius 68 Niagara 78, Rider 72, OT Penn 69, Brown 65 Princeton 61, ...
Local sports
Mar 01, 2003 ... OFFICIALS MEETING The Kanawha-Southern Board of Basketball Officials will hold itsannual spring business meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Capital HighSchool. For more information call 343-5683. MIDGET FOOTBALL The Tornado Midget Football League is sponsoring a Basket ...
LOCAL SCORES
Mar 01, 2003 ... HIGH SCHOOL Today's Games Riverside at Capital Friday's Results Ballard Christian 76, Rainelle Christian 54 Bluefield 66, Oak Hill 55 Braxton County 79, Richwood 72 Burch 53, Matewan 49 Charleston Catholic 59, Poca 43 George ...
State wrestling results
Mar 01, 2003 ... HUNTINGTON - Results Friday from the high school wrestlingtournament at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena. CLASS AA-A Team Standings 1, Oak Glen, 156.5. 2, Williamstown, 116.5. 3, Calhoun County,101. 4, Cameron, 82. 5, Shady Spring, 79. 6, Braxton County, 75.5 ...
Chertow's influence felt by West Virginia wrestlers
Mar 01, 2003; ... This weekend wrestlers across West Virginia are in Huntingtonpursuing dreams of a state title at the state high school wrestlingtournament. There's a good chance many of the wrestlers competing in tonight'sfinals have been taught at some point by West Virginia's mostinfluential ...
The cupboard won't be bare for McNew's replacement
Mar 01, 2003; ... Gentlemen, start your fax machines. The most coveted high schoolfootball vacancy in the state was set to be made available this weekand will stay posted for 10 days. Everybody and his midget-league-coaching brother are expected tosend resumes to apply to coach defending Class AAA ...
Weekend sports on TV
Mar 01, 2003 ... BASKETBALL 2 p.m. - Florida at Auburn WVAH Penn State at Northwestern ESPN 4 p.m. - Texas at Texas Tech WOWK Mississippi State at Arkansas WVAH Kings at Spurs ESPN Notre Dame at Rutgers ESPN2 7 p.m. - Bulls at Wizards WGN Iowa at ...
Boston College guard on hot streak
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Ask not for whom the Troy Bell tolls. Ask only who next pays the toll. Boston College's 6-foot-2 senior guard, Bell in the last 10 gameshas been the Big East Conference's version of Kobe Bryant. Theleague's Co-Player of the Year in 2000-01, Bell ...
SISSONVILLE REGAINS FOUR FORFEITED GAMES, Result of appeals meeting gives Indians 11-9 record
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Sissonville High's boys basketball team reached its goal of awinning season. All it took was a Thursday night win over Wayne, and a Fridaymorning victory at the Secondary School Activities Commission's Boardof Appeals meeting that reinstated four ...
WVU ADS FORMER WESTERN MICHIGAN ASSISTANT TO STAFF
Mar 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Bruce Tall has been hired as defensive line coach atWest Virginia, school officials announced Friday. Tall replaces Paul Randolph, who coached the Mountaineers'defensive line for one year before being named an assistant atAlabama. Tall also will be the ...
Wahlberg scores as actor on 'Boomtown', Actor says his own life has prepared him well for part of tragic detective
Mar 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Donnie Wahlberg got the offer to play LAPD DetectiveJoel Stevens in the "Boomtown" pilot a year ago. At the time he was in Canada shooting Stephen King's"Dreamcatcher" (which opens in theaters in March), playing Duddits,its mysterious, ...
TODAY'S PEOPLE
Mar 01, 2003 ... Winfrey re-opens book club segment HOLLYWOOD - Just when the notion of book clubs had begun to seemquaint - the luster had faded since a certain TV talk show's retreatfrom the scene - here comes Oprah Winfrey again, thundering in on herwhite horse. Winfrey says she plans to start a ...
ALL THINGS GREAT & SMALL, Giant are the efforts to keep these little ones clinging to life
Mar 01, 2003; ... Swing open a heavy door and enter a softly beeping, ringing,clicking kind of place. Let your eyes adjust to the dimmed-downlights. You've arrived in the neonatal intensive care unit on the secondfloor of Women and Children's Hospital. Here, registered nurses with hushed ...
Christian college students are now allowed to dance
Mar 01, 2003; ... WHEATON, Ill. - Wheaton College, a Christian evangelical school,has lifted its rules against on-campus dancing and has decided toallow faculty and staff to drink alcohol and smoke off campus. No liquor or tobacco will be allowed on Wheaton property and atcollege events and ...
I can really sink my teeth into competitive eating
Mar 01, 2003; ... I decided to take up a sport. I'm 55 years old, and it's time Idid something good for my body, other than occasionally burp it. But which sport? A lot of men my age play golf, but as far as Ican tell, this "sport" consists mainly of guys describing to eachother, in great detail, ...
DEAR ABBY
Mar 01, 2003; ... DEAR ABBY: For the last 11 years, my ex-wife and I have sharedjoint custody of our 13-year-old son, "Brad." He has often complainedto me about his mother not respecting his wishes. Recently, Brad told me his mom walks around the house in the nude,and it makes him very ...
HOROSCOPE
Mar 01, 2003; ... FORECAST FOR SUNDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). Artistic happenings bring you togetherwith interesting new friends and future business partners. Organizeyour closet, and it will help you organize your mind. Deja vu islucky; take a little risk when it happens to you. rTAURUS ...
OBITUARIES
Mar 01, 2003 ... JoAnn Atkins MADISON - JoAnn Atkins, 64, of Madison, Boone County, went home tobe with the Lord, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003. Mrs. Atkins was a cosmetologist instructor, a member of theWomen's of Aglow, and she attended the Madison Church of God. Survivors include her son, ...
Member of prominent Boston family charged in subway beating
Mar 01, 2003; ... BOSTON - A scion of a prominent local family was charged withbeating two black girls at a downtown subway station in whatauthorities say was a racially motivated attack. Josiah A. Spaulding III, 23, had been a fugitive until his arrestFriday in the November incident. He pleaded ...
Crime watch
Mar 01, 2003 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment between Feb. 21-27, 2003: ZONE 2 * First block of Woodsedge Way, grand larceny about 4:58 p.m. Feb.21. * 800 block of Watts Street, burglary between 10:30 a.m. and 6p.m. Feb. 24. ZONE ...
Florida man sentenced in two hit-and-run deaths
Mar 01, 2003; ... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A man was sentenced to 35 years in prisonfor the hit-and-run deaths of an off-duty firefighter and a homelesswoman. On Friday, Octavio Berrera, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts ofvehicular homicide and tampering with ...
Accused magistrate takes stand in trial, Logan County official denies federal charges
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Logan County magistrate accused of demanding sex and moneyfrom people in his court took the stand at his federal racketeeringtrial to proclaim his innocence. Danny R. Wells, 51, of Chapmanville spent more than three hours onthe witness stand Friday in ...
Wheeling-Pitt loan denial prompts outrage, Governor pledges to help come up with alternative plan
Mar 01, 2003; ... WHEELING - The Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board, sayingWheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. lacks the earning potential to repaya $250 million loan package, rejected the company's loan application. The loan package was considered the key to the company's plan toemerge from ...
House kills bill providing funds for 35 state projects
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The House killed a bill that would have secured funds for 35projects approved for funding by the West Virginia EconomicDevelopment Grant Committee like the Wheeling Outlet Mall orCharleston's new ballpark. But House Speaker Bob Kiss says the idea ...
Most proposals fall by the wayside, Time becomes an important issue late in the session
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The West Virginia Legislature has debated hundreds of bills overthe last two months, and Friday was the last day for many of them toeither pass or die. Since lawmakers decided not to meet today, Friday was the last dayto pass bills out of the ...
No problems with inoculations reported, No bad reactions to smallpox vaccine reported in state
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER While a total of 131 West Virginians have received the smallpoxvaccine, none have exhibited medical problems as a result. However, nationwide federal health officials are investigating thecases of three health care workers who became ill after ...
Songwriters win big with a little 'Duct Tape Magic'
Mar 03, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF In the freaky coincidence department, this is hard to beat: Thesame day the government made duct tape a major player in the war onterrorism, Charleston resident Mark Scarpelli came home to find two40-pound boxes of duct tape on his porch. That's because ...
Living with the past, hoping for his future.: Decades after crime, a father tries to balance the memory of his daughter with his career
Mar 03, 2003; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A man who murdered his infant daughter 33 years ago is asking Gov.Bob Wise for a pardon so he can continue his career as a socialworker. Larry Creech, 52, says he doesn't want to "get out from under"what he did as a 19-year-old, but changing laws soon may ...