Charleston Daily Mail back issues from September 2003:
CAMC hospital to open full bariatric center, New facility will meet needs of gastric bypass patients
Sep 01, 2003; ... Dr. Daniel Stickler has performed obesity surgery on 580 patientsin the last couple of years in Charleston, but that many or more arewaiting in the wings. Now that Women and Children's Hospital is transforming an entire10-bed unit for gastric bypass surgery use, Stickler expects ...
City man hopes to benefit from organization's work
Sep 01, 2003; ... There is no sign that there's anything the matter with DarrellHolley as he stands in his Quarrier Street men's shop. Perfectly groomed and dressed in a crisp tab-collar shirt and asmart yellow tie, Holley looks like someone Charleston's well-heeledgentlemen would have taken their ...
State's jobless rate improves, West Virginia tied with Ohio, Illinois at 12th in country
Sep 01, 2003; ... On Labor Day, the state's unemployment news looks better than in along time. West Virginia no longer ranks higher than all other states interms of unemployment; instead, it is 12th. And although the state's current rate of 6.7 percent is nearly thehighest this decade (a ...
Police increase patrols.: State, county, city add officers for Labor Day weekend
Sep 01, 2003; ... If you've wandered out of your house during the holiday weekend,there's an extra good chance you've seen a cop. Heavy traffic, the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta and the unsolvedthreat of a convenience store gunman have led to increased patrolsduring the Labor Day ...
Board wants church to be cleaned up
Sep 01, 2003; ... BUNKER HILL - West Virginia's oldest Episcopal Church is in astate of disrepair and needs a good cleaning, a Berkeley CountyHistoric Landmarks Commission official says. Commission Chairman Don Wood mailed a letter Friday to WestVirginia Bishop William Klusmeyer about Christ ...
Education act strains state resources, Official says W.Va. needs additional federal funding
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Bush administration's sweeping education reforms under NoChild Left Behind are failing to make the grade in states such asWest Virginia, where budgets are tight and economies sluggish. The 1,200-page law establishes new accountability measures aimedat shrinking the gap between ...
Ky. agency cites mine for 53 safety violations , Man was killed, another killed in accident at site
Sep 01, 2003; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky coal mine where a miner died in Junehas been cited for 53 safety violations, a newspaper reported. Paul Blair, 21, of Paintsville, was killed and another miner wasinjured in an underground explosion on June 13 at Cody Mining's No. 1mine in ...
Former football player receives settlement from school insurer
Sep 01, 2003; ... PARKERSBURG - A former Parkersburg High School football player whoaccused former head coach Marshall Burdette of inappropriate sexualconduct has settled out-of-court for $350,000. The alleged victim received $200,000 in a check mailed July 11with the remainder to be given in ...
REGIONAL WEATHER
Sep 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 73 59 Cldy Charlotte 87 70 PCldy Cincinnati 76 64 Cldy Cleveland 73 60 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 75 64 Cldy Dayton 74 64 PCldy Daytona Beach 88 74 Rain Greensboro,N.C. 85 71 ...
NATIONAL WEATHER
Sep 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 61 47 Rain Baltimore 83 71 Cldy Boston 65 56 Rain Chicago 77 58 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 82 69 Rain Denver 83 53 Clr Detroit 75 61 Cldy Honolulu 75 86 PCldy Houston 90 74 Cldy Indianapolis 77 60 ...
Fighting in Afghanistan leaves two American soldiers dead
Sep 01, 2003; ... QALAT, Afghanistan - A weekend firefight with suspected Talibanguerrillas in eastern Afghanistan left two American soldiers dead,while hundreds of Taliban headed into the mountains to join aweeklong battle with U.S. and Afghan troops. The two U.S. soldiers died and another was ...
Alleged Saddam tape denies role in mosque attack
Sep 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - In an audio recording played on television, avoice said to be that of Saddam Hussein denies involvement in thebombing of a mosque in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf. The Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera broke intoprogramming with the announcer ...
FBI to aid bombing probe, Iraqi officials ask for help after attack on mosque
Sep 01, 2003; ... NAJAF, Iraq - The FBI said it would join the investigation intothe bombing that killed 125 people at Najaf's holiest Shiite shrine,while U.S. forces - under pressure to provide better security -postponed turning over control of the region to Polish troops. The decision by local ...
Suspects charged in bombings.: Indian authorities arrest three people in deadly blasts
Sep 01, 2003; ... BOMBAY, India - Police today charged two men and a woman with thetwin bombings that killed 52 people last week in Bombay, India'sfinancial capital. The three suspects were arrested under India's tough anti-terrorism law and would appear in court later today, said M.R. Raut,chief ...
News briefs
Sep 01, 2003 ... Flooding kills four; two still missing EMPORIA, Kan. - Flash flooding swept seven vehicles off aninterstate highway, killing four children, three of them strappedinside a minivan that was dragged for more than a mile by the rushingwater. Rescuers were still searching for the ...
Letters to the Editor
Sep 01, 2003 ... Charleston is being overlooked by county officials Regarding the sheriff stating he is short-staffed and will notprovide deputies to patrol the Regatta. If that is the case, I have no problem. The sniper investigationshould take precedence. What concerns me is the ...
Our views
Sep 01, 2003 ... Labor Day Freeing the worker leads to success for everyone THIS summer the Toronto-based Fraser Institute issued its annual"Economic Freedom of the World" report. Once again, the United Statesranked behind only Hong Kong and Singapore in the rankings of 123nations. Milton ...
Working like a dog ain't so bad, It's not a rough life for the barking duo
Sep 01, 2003; ... THE dogs that own me - Barkley and Stella - have taught me a lotabout work. When it comes to laboring, they're not much different from humanbeings. They must have something to do in order to feel as if theyare contributing to the welfare of the family and for their ...
Deficits don't stop legislative travel, Cheap motels exert no pull on lawmakers
Sep 01, 2003; ... COURAGEOUSLY refusing to let their pursuit of happiness bedisrupted by widespread unemployment and general economic miseryamong the people, a merry band of state legislators is making readyfor the Junket Season. They will be off to seminars that, they will tell us, are wellworth ...
Could happen, but not just yet, Becky Jordon will focus on levy, not state Senate
Sep 01, 2003 ... KANAWHA County school board member Becky Jordon paid politicalconsultant Larry LaCorte $1,000 to produce a video touting the excesslevy, touching off rumors that Jordon might have other jobs in mindfor LaCorte. Jordon, a Republican with deep pockets, says she's been pressed ...
Obituaries
Sep 01, 2003 ... Ruth A. Anderson RIPLEY - Ruth A. Anderson of Ripley died Aug. 30, 2003. Servicewill be 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Siniaville United MethodistChurch, Statts Mills. Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, is incharge of arrangements. Kathleen Arthur NEWTON FALLS, ...
Volunteer pilots to be part of effort.: Homeland Security plan will be ready by 2005
Sep 01, 2003; ... VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - When most flights were grounded for securityreasons after the Sept. 11 attacks, Angel Flight pilots were still inthe skies. The volunteer pilots, who normally use their small planes to takeneedy patients around the country for medical treatment, ...
Event draws 30,500 people to Nevada desert
Sep 01, 2003; ... BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. - Artists, spiritualists and old hippiesat the annual counterculture Burning Man festival decamped from theirtemporary desert community following a peaceful gathering marred by aseries of accidents. A record 30,500 people turned some of the nation's ...
Tough guy actor Bronson dies, Fame in Europe came long before stardom in U.S.
Sep 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES - Charles Bronson, the grim-faced tough guy who builta European following before making his mark in the United States withaction films including the "Death Wish" series, wondered if he wastoo manly to achieve instant stardom in his home country. "Maybe I'm too ...
Researchers say snakes not that likely to strike.: The creatures just want to be left alone, experts say
Sep 01, 2003; ... NEW ELLENTON, S.C. - Before stepping down the short woodenstaircase into the pit, researcher Xavier Glaudas nonchalantlyexplains what lies beneath. Poisonous snakes - about 40 of them. "They are mostly all copperheads. There are some canebrakerattlesnakes, and there is one ...
Crime Watch
Sep 01, 2003 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment between Aug. 21-27, 2003: EAST DISTRICT: * 900 block of Chilton Street, motor vehicle theft at 1:30 p.m.Aug. 21. * 110 block of Quarrier Street, larceny at 2:20 p.m. Aug. 21. * 1300 block of ...
Jailed professor apparently kills herself
Sep 01, 2003; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Villanova University professor charged withkilling her baby daughter with a kitchen knife apparently committedsuicide in jail by putting a plastic garbage bag over her head,authorities said. Mine Ener had been on a suicide watch, and her attorney ...
Shooting in Kashmir leaves 5 people dead
Sep 01, 2003; ... MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani and Indian troops traded heavyweapons fire in Kashmir, killing five people and wounding threeothers in Pakistan's portion of the Himalayan region, police said. A 15-year-old girl was hit by shrapnel from an Indian artilleryshell that landed near ...
Friend of bank robber who accidentally blew himself up found dead
Sep 01, 2003; ... ERIE, Pa. - A friend and co-worker of a pizza deliveryman whorobbed a bank then died when a bomb strapped to his body exploded wasfound dead at his home. Police said Sunday there was no obvious connection between the twodeaths. Still, authorities sent a bomb squad to search the ...
City man hopes to benefit from organization's work
Sep 01, 2003; ... Darrell Holley has been an active supporter of the MuscularDystrophy Association. Holley, who owns a Quarrier ...
Walk From Obesity set for Sept. 20
Sep 01, 2003 ... The local bariatric surgery support group will host the first-ever "Walk From Obesity" Sept. 20 at Kanawha State Forest. Registration, which costs $15, begins at 8:15 a.m. and the ...
Some describe surgery as a 'new lease on life'.: Gastric bypass patients share stories of success
Sep 01, 2003; ... Penny Dick got a tattoo to celebrate her new physique. She haslost 86 pounds since Dr ....
Some describe surgery as a 'new lease on life'
Sep 01, 2003; ... Penny Dick went from being a fat kid to being a fat teen. And when she grew up, she blossomed into a "huge, fat adult," shesaid. "I've been overweight as long as I can remember," she said, justlike most of her family. When Dick was 26, her mother died of problems ...
Police blotter
Sep 01, 2003 ... Firefighters find apparent meth lab St. Albans firefighters found what appeared to be amethamphetamine lab after responding to a blaze at a home on the 1400block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Firefighters made the discovery after extinguishing the blaze,which caused minimal damage ...
Chinese army will cut another 200,000 soldiers
Sep 01, 2003; ... BEIJING - China will cut an additional 200,000 soldiers as part ofefforts to modernize its armed forces, state media reported today,quoting military commission chief and retired president Jiang Zemin. The cuts were reported by the official Xinhua news agency and comeon top of an ...
Smoking ban spurs the 'nicotini', Fla. bar offers nicotine-laced drinks to smokers
Sep 01, 2003; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Forget the cosmopolitan. Set aside themojito. A new drink has emerged on this city's trendy Las OlasBoulevard since restaurants were forced to ban smoking - thenicotini. Call it a liquid cigarette because this drink comes complete withthe nicotine rush ...
Frustration prevails as Thundering Herd squanders opportunities
Sep 01, 2003; ... HUNTINGTON - Color the Herd frustrated. What hue would that be? Orange. Tennessee orange. Marshall was so bummed by its sometimes spectacular, sometimessloppy performance in a 45-21 win over Hofstra in front of 25,141fans here Saturday, it already had its ...
Mountaineer defense needs a break
Sep 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Middle linebacker Adam Lehnortt said he knows theWest Virginia University defense has a job to do this season. He just did not know Saturday afternoon that it would require somuch overtime. "I know personally that the defense was on the field too much,"Lehnortt ...
Just like old times for WVU
Sep 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - For openers in 2003, West Virginia football lookedpretty much like it did in 2002. The Mountaineers want to be a perennial Top 25 program, likeWisconsin. They're not there yet. To do that, WVU must win a big non-conference game occasionally.Before 60,663 at ...
WVU scrambling for game plan
Sep 01, 2003; ... Given the option, Rich Rodriguez would easily take an extra twodays' rest over trying to counter the unknown. Still, East Carolina's delayed debut - today at Cincinnati - willcreate a few problems for Rodriguez's West Virginia University team.Those regular non-conference rivals ...
Volunteers no more satisfied than Marshallafter win
Sep 01, 2003; ... Philip Fulmer knows precisely how Bobby Pruett feels. That's because the University of Tennessee head football coachwasn't any happier with the Volunteers' 24-6 win over Fresno StateSaturday than Pruett was with his Herd's 45-21 victory over Hofstra. Which explains why Fulmer's ...
Local sports
Sep 01, 2003 ... ALLEY CATS Charleston Alley Cat pitcher D.J. Hanson was named the Topps SouthAtlantic League Player of the Month for August. The right-hander from Richland, Wash., went 4-0 in August with an0.27 ERA. In five starts (33 innings), Hanson struck out 40 andwalked just six. He ...
NFL transactions
Sep 01, 2003 ... NFL-Suspended Atlanta LB Keith Newman four games for violating theNFL's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances. ARIZONA CARDINALS-Signed CB Emmanuel McDaniel. Placed S MichaelStone and DT Talifaia Atoe on injured reserve, OL Raleigh Roundtreeon the reserve-suspended ...
Alley Cats close season today
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Charleston Alley Cats were scheduled to close out their SouthAtlantic League season today at Watt Powell Park against the DelmarvaShorebirds. The Cats brought a second-half record of 29-40 into the contest,scheduled to start at 2:05 p.m. On Sunday, Delmarva defeated ...
Local, National
Sep 01, 2003 ... South Atlantic League Northern Division W L Pct. GB xy-Lake County (Indians) 49 20 .710 - Lexington (Astros) 42 27 .609 7 Lakewood (Phillies) 35 33 .515 131/2 Hagerstown (Giants) 33 33 .500 141/2 Delmarva (Orioles) 31 38 .449 ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sep 01, 2003 ... yankees 8, red sox 4 Turns out, the fickle fans at Fenway Park still have plenty ofrespect for the Rocket. Roger Clemens got his 100th win at fabled Fenway in his finalregular-season start there, leaving to a standing ovation Sundayduring the New York Yankees' victory over ...
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Baseball P.M.
Sep 01, 2003 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 83 52 .615 - 5-5 W-2 39-28 44-24 13-5 Boston 78 58 .574 51/2 z-7-3 L-2 46-24 32-34 10-7 Toronto 67 69 .493 161/2 z-5-5 L-1 29-36 38-33 10-8 Baltimore 61 75 .449 221/2 z-2-8 L-8 ...
Pujols hits 2 homers as Cards blank Reds
Sep 01, 2003; ... CINCINNATI - Albert Pujols is all the way back - and just in time. Pujols extended his hitting streak to six games with two homersand tied his career high with five RBI to back up SterlingHitchcock's six shutout innings in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-0 winover the Cincinnati Reds on ...
Federer silences crowd with straight-set win over Blake
Sep 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - Roger Federer's fan club barely stretched beyond theman wearing a red Swiss flag T-shirt and dangling the country's flagover the rail of the middle deck. Even with the minimal fanfare, the reigning Wimbledon championstill foiled things for the local favorite. It ...
Rodriguez, Pruett contracts
Sep 01, 2003 ... A breakdown of the contracts of West Virginia football coach RichRodriguez and Marshall coach Bob Pruett, according to informationreleased by school officials. Rodriguez - Base salary: $150,000. - Promotional income: $550,000, which increases annually by$50,000 for ...
Mountaineers' Rodriguez salary could approach $1.1 million this season
Sep 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN- West Virginia Coach Rich Rodriguez could be amillionaire on Jan. 4. After Rodriguez was mentioned for several high-profile openings,WVU officials locked up their coach with a seven-year contractextension worth nearly $1.1 million this season if several conditionsare ...
Pruett deal includes $260,000 worth of incentives
Sep 01, 2003; ... HUNTINGTON - Marshall Coach Bobby Pruett has plenty of incentivefor his Herd to be successful. About $260,000 worth, as it turns out. A copy of Pruett's new seven-year contract, which was released byMU Athletic Director Bob "Kayo" Marcum, shows that although thefootball ...
MYTURN:: Enjoying the call of summer
Sep 01, 2003; ... IT'S the dog days of summer; I'm glad. My petunias look as ifMother Nature has poured scalding water on them. She almost has. I'mhappy about that, too. In early spring, I couldn't wait to getflowers planted. I did. I bought ageratums, alyssums, petunias,marigolds, snapdragons, salvia, ...
Dear Abby
Sep 01, 2003 ... Mother regrets not stopping wedding DEAR ABBY: My 27-year-old daughter, "Ruthie," was married a yearago. The night before her wedding, Ruthie came to me and said shedidn't think she could go through with it. I told her she was "just anervous bride," and that we had already paid for ...
HOROSCOPE
Sep 01, 2003 ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll have a slow start this morningbecause of the stuff you never budget time for - like shopping fornecessities or buying birthday presents. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). As much as you'd like to make everyonehappy, there's no ...
Click & Clack Talk Cars
Sep 01, 2003 ... Oil change has driver feeling 'stripped' Filter was probably just the wrong size Dear Tom and Ray: I went to a quick-oil-change shop (I won'tmention the company's name, but I think it also makes peanut butter)to get my first oil change for my brand-new, 2002 Dodge ...
Musician moves forward by stepping back, Ex-4 Non Blondes member penning hits for new stars
Sep 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES - Linda Perry looks every bit the rock star she alwayswanted to be, wearing leather pants and denim shirt and striking ahaughty pose as she lays a guitar arpeggio into a majestic rockarrangement. But Perry isn't playing to a packed arena. Leaning against ...
Sequels don't fare as well for Hollywood this summer
Sep 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES - Hollywood banked big on sequels this summer, scoringhugely on a couple but falling short of the industry's pie-in-the-sky expectations on many. Studios dodged early forecasts of a slump in box-office receipts,riding a late surge of hits that produced another summer ...
Duck flotilla aids ocean current study, Shipload of bathtub toys makes its way around the world
Sep 01, 2003; ... They've never lost their smiles. Granted, those smiles are molded permanently into their plasticheads. Back in 1992, a violent storm tossed 20 containers of rubberduckies off the back of a cargo ship halfway between China andSeattle, and they were quickly presumed lost at ...
Befriending pooches pays off, Calif. woman earns good living by walking stars' dogs
Sep 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES - As Annie Lever padded along a sun-scorched trail inthe Hollywood Hills, a white Labrador, a Gordon setter, and a goldenretriever sprinted ahead. A 5-pound Maltese dashed in the dust byLever's sneakers, and two chocolate Labradors and a pit bull mixplodded behind ....
For the record
Sep 01, 2003 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for Aug. 25, 2003: * Marvin Evart Ferrell, Box 813, Bradshaw. Chapter 7. Assets:$970. Liabilities: $25,105.20. * Patsy VanBlaricom and William West Eaton, HC 68, ...
Internet providers urge users to get Microsoft patch, Worm protection an be found on company site
Sep 01, 2003; ... Computer users with Microsoft Corp. operating systems vulnerableto infection by electronic worms are being urged by Internet serviceproviders to download protective patches from Microsoft's Web site. "Most worms out there now are attacking the operating systems byMicrosoft," said ...
Hospital promotes helathy lifestyle
Sep 01, 2003 ... , Like many West Virginia hospitals, Monongalia General evolvedfrom a Catholic ...
Hospital promotes healthy lifestyle, Monongalia General wellness program gets national honor
Sep 01, 2003; ... EMPLOYEES at Morgantown's Monongalia General Hospital - thestate's 35th largest employer - glow with health. Last month, the hospital's parent company, Mon Health System,received a national award for its "exemplary" employee wellnessprogram - the only one chosen in West Virginia ...