Charleston Daily Mail back issues from November 2003:
Red Ribbon Week promotes benefits of staying drug-free to kids
Nov 01, 2003; ... ELEANOR - It's not every day a helicopter lands on the front lawnof George Washington Elementary School, or that Army Special Forcesset up camp in the George Washington Middle School gym. As part of Red Ribbon Week, a national event that can be describedas a next-generation drug ...
Reopening would take time.: Kroger official says immediate opening can't follow strike
Nov 01, 2003; ... Even when Kroger resolves its labor dispute, it won't exactlythrow open the doors and let eager consumers start shopping. Reopening stores could take from a few days to a week because thesupermarket chain will have to schedule employees and stock storeshelves with the perishable ...
Sacred space
Nov 01, 2003; ... A $3 million expansion and renovation project is nearly completeat historic Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral in downtown Charleston. Care was taken to match the new portion of the ...
Surge pleases leaders.: Business officials cautiously optimistic about economy
Nov 01, 2003; ... Although the national economy grew at a 7.2 percent rate in thethree months that ended Sept. 30, some local business leaders saidthey're still watching for signs of a pickup in West Virginia'seconomy. "I think everyone was a little bit surprised" at the nationalgrowth spurt, ...
Ridge to announce grants, Homeland Security chief set to visit city next week
Nov 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has pickedCharleston as the site for his announcement of $2.2 billion in grantsto first responders nationwide. Ridge will visit Charleston Monday, touring the state's emergencyoperations center and meeting with local law ...
Sacred space.: Additions to co-cathedral approach completion
Nov 01, 2003; ... SERENITY, history and a facelift may sound like an oddcombination. But it works at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral where ayearlong expansion and renovation project is nearing completion. "Work began over a year ago," said the Rev. P. Edward Sadie. "Westill have some landscaping to do on ...
Saturdays, Name this column!
Nov 01, 2003; ... A lot of landmarks are selling the rights for big companies toname them. Now it's happening in West Virginia, too. The big questionin my mind is, what goes well with Mystery Hole? The Charleston Civic Center is the next target in the area fornaming rights. "If somebody wants ...
Gang of Catholic school girls nabs flasher suspect
Nov 01, 2003; ... PHILADELPHIA - About 20 Catholic school girls chased down a manwho had been flashing them near their high school, tackled him to theground and held him there until police arrived, authorities said. The students from St. Maria Goretti's High School for Girls inSouth Philadelphia ...
Mason man killed in construction fall
Nov 01, 2003; ... WINFIELD - A welder died after falling at least 70 feet from acatwalk at the John Amos Power Plant. Tim Siders II fell at about 7:30 a.m. Friday, said SharynMcCaulley, a spokeswoman for The Babcock & Wilcox Co. of Barberton,Ohio, a contractor installing a pollution control system ...
Checks for poll workers ready on time
Nov 01, 2003; ... The Kanawha County clerk's office met a deadline for processingmore than 900 paychecks totaling $174,945.75. The checks are for poll workers employed during the Oct. 18special election for the school levy. The deadline for processing those paychecks by Friday wasn't instate ...
Jefferson case sent to grand jury.: Kanawha deputy says victim was hit with hammer
Nov 01, 2003; ... The case of a suspect accused of beating a Braxton County man todeath with a hammer in a Jefferson motel then stuffing his body intoa trash can will be bound over to a grand jury. Keith W. Lowe, 29 is accused of killing Roy Glen Loyd then dumpinghis body along the riverbank behind ...
A close look
Nov 01, 2003; ... Seven-year-old Benjamin Ward of Teays Valley watches as a steamengine puffs past at the St. Albans C&O Modelers Model Train Show onFriday. Benjamin ...
REGIONAL WEATHER
Nov 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 66 45 Cldy Charlotte 78 52 Clr Cincinnati 76 55 PCldy Cleveland 66 45 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 75 53 PCldy Dayton 75 53 PCldy Daytona Beach 82 69 Cldy Greensboro,N.C. 77 53 ...
NATIONAL WEATHER
Nov 01, 2003 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 42 30 Cldy Baltimore 68 52 PCldy Boston 56 45 PCldy Chicago 67 46 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 82 65 Cldy Denver 55 28 PCldy Detroit 65 43 PCldy Honolulu 86 74 PCldy Houston 83 69 Cldy Indianapolis 74 53 ...
Report says numerous ferry accidents result of human error
Nov 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - More than 30 accidents on Staten Island ferries since1978 have been attributed to negligent captains or other ferryworkers, according to a review of Coast Guard safety records. Passengers or crew members were hurt in at least 50 accidents, thereview found, but some of ...
White House, Senate headed for showdown
Nov 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The White House defied a Senate deadline for turningover documents and providing access to witnesses, setting up apossible showdown with members of the Senate Intelligence Committeeinvestigating problems with the prewar intelligence on Iraq. The White House failed to ...
Bomb kills 2 soldiers, Leaflets call on Iraqis for 'Day of Resistance'
Nov 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb killed at least two U.S. soldierstoday in Mosul, and many parents kept children away from classes inthe capital after leaflets attributed to Saddam Hussein's partywarned of a "Day of Resistance" against the U.S. occupation. Also Saturday, witnesses ...
Cold gives firefighters a reprieve.: Weather aiding efforts to put out California blazes
Nov 01, 2003; ... BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - For the first time in days, firefighterstook a break from battling a massive blaze creeping eastward towardthis mountain resort town, as a welcome chill helped their cause andtemperatures were expected to fall even further into the low 20s. Hundreds of ...
News briefs
Nov 01, 2003 ... Capitol police admit security problems WASHINGTON - The chief of the Capitol Hill police says hissecurity personnel will take cues from airport security screeners andsacrifice speed to slower passage through X-ray machine posts. Lines to enter the Capitol complex will likely ...
Short takes
Nov 01, 2003 ... "Without, or With, Offence to Friends or Foes, I Sketch Your World Exactly As It Goes." IN January 2001, George W. Bush inherited an overheated economythat had flattened. Eight months into his administration, terroristslaunched the first foreign attack on the United States ...
Letters to the Editor
Nov 01, 2003 ... Capitalizing on good fortune I am a former resident of Charleston who ended up in Naples, Fla. I read in the Naples News Press an item from the Associated Press:"Iraqi who rescued Lynch won't forget his visit." It stated that Jessica Lynch was too busy with ...
About teaching to the test . . ., The real world will expose what education hides
Nov 01, 2003; ... YOU want to know what liberal bias and media spin are? Try arecent headline in the San Francisco Chronicle: "California SchoolRankings Improve." According to education officials quoted in the story, an"unprecedented rise" in test scores has been achieved by "shiftingaway from a ...
HATS OFF
Nov 01, 2003 ... FOR four years as an undergrad at Marshall, he was Marco theMascot of the Thundering Herd. Long before the football team beganracking up Mid-American Championships, he was gaining nationalrecognition for the Green and White. But his Universal Cheerleading Association's National ...
Corridor G retailers ready for traffic, Area will feature extra officers, trolley service
Nov 01, 2003; ... Retailers along Corridor G are expecting a smoother run during thebusy holidays this year, thanks to extra traffic officers andtrolleys that will cart shoppers from store to store. Storeowners met Friday to get an early start on preparing for theshopping season, which they say ran ...
Church drawing on tales of Dr. Seuss
Nov 01, 2003 ... The Cat in the Hat (a.k.a. Charles Belcher) will attend threeconsecutive Sunday services beginning Nov. 9 at Redeemer ...
Church drawing on tales of Dr. Seuss, Church to use books to illustrate religious truths
Nov 01, 2003; ... A series of sermons at Redeemer Lutheran Church will be pepperedwith Dr. Seuss stories and followed with foods like green eggs andham. Also, the Cat in the Hat will be there in full attire each Sunday. "In a brainstorming session, it just came to me," the Rev. KirkDueker ...
Moore's lawyers cite 'fairness' of Hey ruling, Former governor continuing battle to regain license
Nov 01, 2003; ... The state Supreme Court cannot deny a law license to former Gov.Arch Moore because it recently reinstated the license of anothertainted public figure, former Kanawha Circuit Judge John Hey, lawyersfor Moore argued. "Fairness is fundamental," the lawyers said in a court ...
Obituaries
Nov 01, 2003 ... Goldie Louise Adkins Goldie Louise Adkins, 83, of Gallagher died Oct. 31, 2003, at herhome. She was born Dec. 9, 1919, in Dry Branch, Kanawha County, adaughter of the late Jonathan and Effie Collins Arms. She was alsopreceded in death by her husband, Emmitt. She was ...
Religious activities
Nov 01, 2003 ... * Deliverance Revival Center Church, Hurricane, will have a gospelsing at 7 p.m. today. In addition to special singing groupsparticipating, there will be an open sing for everyone. CharlesSpence is the pastor. * Tony's Branch Freewill Baptist Church will host a gospel sing at7 ...
Retreat focuses on modern need for rest
Nov 01, 2003 ... The Manor in Parkersburg will offer a retreat package featuringauthor Wayne Muller. It will focus on finding renewal in hecticlives. Muller, author of "Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delightin our Busy Lives," is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School. Muller will present a ...
Union sending pension bonuses
Nov 01, 2003; ... The United Mine Workers is sending pension bonuses totaling nearly$51 million to members, UMW President Cecil Roberts said. The UMWA Health and Retirement Funds on Friday mailed its firstchecks to retired coal miners and their widows throughout thenation's coalfields. The ...
Clarification
Nov 01, 2003 ... * The registration deadline to be eligible for BidBucks in theCharleston Newspapers online auction is Wednesday. A story inThursday's Daily Mail did not specify the ...
Corrections
Nov 01, 2003 ... * Four lawyers have joined the staff at Spilman Thomas & Battle. A"Business People" item in Thursday's Daily Mail stated an incorrectnumber. Also, Christopher Harich, one of the lawyers, is a 2003 graduateof the University of ...
Ribbon
Nov 01, 2003 ... Sixth-grader Marcus Hartwell, center, listens as Sgt. Mark Harryfrom Logan shows the students how much of the gear used by the ...
Dots claim Putnam title with win over 'Skins
Nov 01, 2003; ... POCA - Clinging to a 7-6 halftime lead over Hurricane, Poca CoachBob Lemley challenged his Dots during the intermission. "I told them they needed to find something down deep inside,"Lemley said. "If they want to be a championship team, then they haveto play four quarters, and they ...
Hoover defeats Dragons
Nov 01, 2003; ... On a night when both quarterbacks were throwing to the opposingteam seemingly as much as to their own players, Herbert Hoover wasable to pull out a victory over St. Albans partly because it returnedtwo interceptions for touchdowns. "We played very well defensively; I was happy how ...
Nitro's Fulmer alone at the top
Nov 01, 2003 ... Greenbrier East 0 14 0 24 - 38 NItro 14 7 14 14 - 49 N - Josh Culbertson 2 run (Jeff Rollins kick). N - Chris Fulmer 38 pass from Mike Williams (Rollins kick). GE - Neil Toothman 1 run (Nate Bryant kick). N - Fulmer 27 pass from Williams (Rollins ...
Nitro's Fulmer alone at the top
Nov 01, 2003; ... Nitro football Coach Scott Tinsley remembers clearly when he firstbegan to think he had a special player in Chris Fulmer. "At the Riverside game last year. He had 19 catches, and that'spretty good against the athletes they have," Tinsley said. With a big night in Friday's ...
Riverside gets needed help.: Reserves step up as Warriors climb in playoff ratings
Nov 01, 2003; ... Josh Clark could get used to playing a hero on Friday nights. And Nate Johnson didn't mind getting back to masquerading as atailback. It was Warrior junior tailback/cornerback Adison Ealey who wasinvolved in the Halloween hijinks a night earlier in a trick gonebad ....
Local sports
Nov 01, 2003 ... COLLEGE SOCCER Marshall and West Virginia will meet in men's soccer on Sunday at6 p.m. at Schoenbaum Stadium in Coonskin Park. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Sunday's game marks the 19th meeting between the two schools. WVUleads the series, 13-5-1. The ...
Far, far outside the huddle
Nov 01, 2003; ... One second, it was traveling through electronic space toward itsforetelling touchdown destination. In the next instant, it was mysteriously plucked from orbit, as ifby the Stick-'Um-soaked hands of Lester Hayes. Last week "Far, Far Outside the Huddle" was to be a masterpiece ...
National
Nov 01, 2003 ... Today's Odds NFL Sunday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog N.Y. Giants 11/2 21/2 (381/2) at N.Y. Jets at Baltimore 61/2 7 (37) Jacksonville Oakland 21/2 3 (39) at Detroit at Chicago 21/2 21/2 (40) San Diego at Miami 3 3 (39) ...
Local
Nov 01, 2003 ... Football BIG EAST STANDINGS Big East Overall W L Pct. W L Miami 3 0 1.000 7 0 Pittsburgh 2 0 1.000 5 2 Virginia Tech 2 1.667 6 1 West Virginia 2 1 .667 3 4 Boston College 1 2 .333 5 3 Syracuse 1 2 .333 4 3 Rutgers 1 3 .250 4 4 Temple 0 3 ...
High School Football
Nov 01, 2003 ... MOUNTAIN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS Conf Overall W L W L Cabell Midland 7 1 8 2 Riverside 6 1 7 2 Nitro 6 2 8 2 George Washington 6 2 6 3 Parkersburg 5 2 6 3 Huntington 5 3 7 3 Capital 5 4 5 ...
BETWEEN THE GOALPOSTS
Nov 01, 2003 ... Scott 25, Sherman 7 (Scott 9-0, Sherman is 5-4) Scott's quest for the third unbeaten regular season in schoolhistory will have to be done at the expense of the two-time defendingClass AA champion. The Skyhawks took a 12-point lead at halftime and never trailed ...
Point Pleasant hurts Roane's Class AA playoff chances
Nov 01, 2003 ... Point Pleasant 13 0 0 6 - 19 Roane County 7 6 0 0 - 13 PP - Newton Mattox 2 run (Ned Park kick). RC - Jason Alvis 6 run (Bryan Bush kick). PP - Travis Riffle 41 punt return (kick failed). RC - Stephen Buck 38 pass from Justin Simmons (kick ...
Point Pleasant hurts Roane's class AA playoff chances
Nov 01, 2003; ... SPENCER - It turns out there was more than one team with somethingto prove. Everybody at County Stadium Friday night knew Roane County hadplenty of motivation heading into its regular season finale againstPoint Pleasant. The Raiders were rated No. 16 in Class AA and lookingto sew ...
Patriots keep composure, overcome early SC lead
Nov 01, 2003 ... George Washington 10 13 8 7 - 38 South Charleston 6 0 0 6 - 12 GW - Don Supcoe 27 field goal. SC - Tommy Spurlock 89 kick off return (pass failed). GW - John Allevato 6 run (Supcoe kick). GW - Josh Dodd 28 pass from Allevato (run failed). GW - Daniel ...
Riverside gets needed help
Nov 01, 2003 ... Huntington 0 7 7 0 - 14 Riverside 14 7 0 0 - 21 R - A.D. Hale 45 pass from Derek Terry (Adam Lilly kick). R - Chris Nugent 3 run (Lilly kick). R - Shane Long 12 pass from Nugent (Lilly kick). H - Tay Edwards 50 pass from Marquis Martin (Jesse Anderson ...
Patriots keep composure, overcome early SC lead
Nov 01, 2003; ... Even with an 0-8 record, South Charleston has put a scare inseveral opponents this season, having dropped five games by sevenpoints or fewer. And after a Tommy Spurlock 89-yard kickoff return gave SC an early6-3 lead over George Washington on Friday night, it appeared ...
Bearcats: fall in OT; to South Florida
Nov 01, 2003; ... TAMPA, Fla. - Lee Roy Selmon Jr. intercepted a pass in the secondovertime to clinch South Florida's 24-17 victory over Cincinnati. Running back DeJuan Green had a 25-yard touchdown run in thesecond overtime Friday to give South Florida (5-3, 3-2 ConferenceUSA) the ...
Red Devils win battle of Jackson County
Nov 01, 2003 ... Ravenswood 6 7 0 0 - 13 Ripley 0 0 0 2 - 2 Rav - Brett Greene 27-yard pass from Brandon Smith (kick blocked). Rav - Brandon Smith 68-yard run (Nick Wolfe kick). Rip - Safety, Ravenswood punter Nick Wolfe stepped out of endzone. Team ...
Red Devils win battle of Jackson County
Nov 01, 2003; ... RIPLEY - Halloween night proved to be a "scream" for Ravenswoodand a "nightmare on school street" for Ripley. The 70th meeting between the Jackson County rivals saw Ravenswoodprevail 13-2 on Friday before a standing room only crowd at MemorialStadium. The 11th-rated Red Devils ...
Dots claim Putnam title with win over 'Skins
Nov 01, 2003 ... Hurricane 0 6 6 0 - 12 Poca 0 7 12 7 - 26 P - Matt Santmyer 43 run (Jonathan McCormick kick). P - Tony Sotelo 7 pass from Jake Shamblin (kick failed). P - Santmyer 17 run (pass failed). H - Tyler White 34 pass from Jared Chapman (kick failed). H - ...
St. Albans and Hoover
Nov 01, 2003 ... St. Albans 0 0 6 6 - 12 Herbert Hoover 12 8 0 13 - 33 HH - Jacob McCoy 6 run (kick failed). HH - Austin Harper 38 interception return (pass failed). HH - Harper 29 pass from Jamie Hamrick (pass failed). SA - Eric Titlow 7 pass from Andrew Eggleton (kick ...
Three-time All-Star talks before surgery
Nov 01, 2003; ... SEATTLE - Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen said he doesn't knowhow long the upcoming arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle willsideline him. "The doctor hasn't given me any timetable yet," the three-time NBAAll-Star said Friday in a conference call from Los Angeles, where ...
Lewis shakes off aches, scores 50 in Japan
Nov 01, 2003; ... Aches, pains and an early start time couldn't slow down RashardLewis. The Los Angeles Clippers offered little resistance as well. Lewis scored a career-high 50 points today in Japan to lead theSeattle SuperSonics to a 124-105 victory over the Clippers. "I felt sore when I woke ...
Shaq says feud is over
Nov 01, 2003; ... EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Shaquille O'Neal ended his media boycott,saying he and Kobe Bryant need each other and he's put the well-documented feud with his Los Angeles Lakers teammate behind him. "It happens, it's over with, we just have to move on," O'Neal saidFriday before the Lakers ...
USF likes move to Big East
Nov 01, 2003; ... TAMPA, Fla. - Touting it as a move that will put the University ofSouth Florida into a new league both athletically and academically,trustees voted unanimously to back President Judy Genshaft's effortsto move the university to the Big East Conference. An invitation could come as ...
WVU women seek elusive league title
Nov 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - The Big East championship and the West VirginiaUniversity women's soccer team may become the next Super Bowl ringand Buffalo Bills of a decade ago. Chances are the No. 7 Mountaineers will wind up in the Big EastTournament championship match for the third consecutive ...
Mountaineers must finish strong to bowl
Nov 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Considering it sits with a sub-.500 record, WestVirginia University will gladly again accept the moniker of "TeamNovember." Last season, WVU collected November intra-Big East Conference winsagainst Temple, Boston College, Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh to closethe ...
Zips' back will rock your world.: Akron senior's free time spent jamming on the guitar
Nov 01, 2003; ... Bobby Hendry rocks. On and off a football field. When Akron's star running back isn't playing football, he'splaying riffs as the lead guitarist in a rock band. Sometimes he goes off-tackle. Sometimes he goes off-key. But either way, Hendry rocks. That's just his ...
Tire Bowl would like WVU again
Nov 01, 2003; ... When West Virginia received a bid to the inaugural ContinentalTire Bowl last December, the Mountaineers reacted as if they'd gottena retread. Then they had little answer for a blowout. That was then. This is now. With Central Florida visitingMountaineer Field today, WVU (3-4) ...
Checker Auto Parts
Nov 01, 2003 ... NASCAR-Checker Auto Parts 500 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz. Lap length: 1 mile 1. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 133.675 mph. 2. (25) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 133.640. 3. (48) Jimmie ...
Vickers gives Newman tough challenge for pole
Nov 01, 2003; ... AVONDALE, Ariz. - Upstart Brian Vickers has already seen enough ofRyan Newman's qualifying ability. Vickers, in only his third Winston Cup race, qualified second toNewman on Friday, missing the pole for Sunday's Checker Auto Parts500 by just .007 seconds. That margin kept ...