Charleston Daily Mail back issues from September 2004:
Road trip down memory lane Twisting and turning 50: The Turnpike is 50, and the Parkways Authority is inviting people to help celebrate
Sep 01, 2004; ... Promotional items honoring the 50 years of the West VirginiaTurnpike will be given to travelers at rest stops along the highway.The West Virginia Parkways Authority wants to celebrate theTurnpike's 50 years of existence by collecting the written memoriesof travelers. DAILY MAIL ...
Twisting and turning 50: The Turnpike is 50, and the Parkways Authority is inviting people to help celebrate
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF It's always been over the hill - and another hill and another andanother - but this year, the West Virginia Turnpike is turning 50. The state Parkways Authority is planning a statewide celebrationthat will include a documentary video, a party with former ...
Swing state status brings big ad bucks: Anti-Bush, anti-Kerry groups have spent more than $70,000 each since start of August
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Swing state status means being saturated by advertisements, andthe candidates aren't the only ones vying for airtime. Fueled by campaign finance reform laws, independent groups such asSwift Boat Veterans for Truth and MoveOn.org are buying up localairtime ...
Woman describes son accused of trying to rob her
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF RIPLEY - The mother of a Jackson County man accused ofmasterminding a plan to rob her at a VFW hall said her son had beenacting strangely, but she thought it was because he was dealing withfatherhood for the first time. "He's a new dad - not getting much ...
Fund for boy nears $10,000: Johns Hopkins surgeon who is also a dwarf is best person to perform operation
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER A fund established to help pay for surgery to correct a RoaneCounty boy's deformed feet generated almost $10,000 in its first twodays. The Andrew Mathewson Fund has received 157 donations, ranging from$10 to $1,000, from people all over West ...
Cheney's power without parallel: Vice president called most influential ever in post on both domestic, foreign policy issues
Sep 01, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON - For weeks, amid growing fears that Iran was secretlydeveloping nuclear weapons, Condoleezza Rice's National SecurityCouncil staff hammered out a tougher, more aggressive stance for U.S.delegates to take at an international meeting later this month ...
Woman describes son accused of trying to rob her
Sep 01, 2004; ... VFW Post 5501 in Ripley was robbed early Monday and police thinkthe manager's son may have played a part in ...
Crowd estimate unknown for Labor Day event: List of groups wanting to participate growing
Sep 01, 2004; ... AT A GLANCE The Kanawha Valley Labor Councils Labor Daycelebration will be Monday at Haddad Riverfront Park. Here is aschedule of events: n Noon Opening Ceremony * 12:30 Labor & Faith:A Gospel Celebration * 1:45 Bob Thompson Unit * 2:30 CarpenterAnts, Larry Groce, Don Dixon * 3:45 ...
New hospital chief focuses on positive: CEO now running both St. Francis and Putnam General
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER HURRICANE - After being named the new president and chiefexecutive officer of Putnam General Hospital, Daniel Lauffer did notshed much light on how he would address the hospital's imageproblems. Lauffer, the current CEO of St. Francis Hospital in ...
Republican House candidate says his address really does exist
Sep 01, 2004; ... A Republican candidate for the House of Delegates is bemused bythe Democratic county chairman's allegation that his address does notexist and he may not live in the district he is seeking to represent. "I'm standing in the apartment right now. I can assure you itexists. I pay my ...
Marion teen pleads guilty in deaths of mom, mom's boyfriend
Sep 01, 2004; ... FAIRMONT - A Marion County teenager accused of killing her motherand her mother's boyfriend pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntarymanslaughter. Crystal Nicole Eagle, who turned 18 on Sunday, entered the pleaTuesday one day after she was scheduled to be tried as an adult ...
Almanac
Sep 01, 2004 ... Yesterday's high 79 Record high 104, 1932 Normal high 81 Yesterday's low 61 Record low 45, 1976 Normal ...
Forecasts
Sep 01, 2004 ... Tonight Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 60. Thursday Sunny early but, cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the ...
Regional forecasts
Sep 01, 2004 ... Akron 57 76 Rain Charlotte 84 70 Rain Cincinnati 75 63 Rain Cleveland 57 75 Rain Columbus,Ohio 73 61 Rain Dayton 72 58 Rain Daytona Beach 75 89 Cldy Greensboro,N.C. 70 90 PCldy Lexington 77 65 ...
National forecasts
Sep 01, 2004 ... Anchorage 71 55 Clr Baltimore 86 70 Rain Boston 86 70 Rain Chicago 72 51 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 89 75 PCldy Denver 80 52 PCldy Detroit 73 53 PCldy Honolulu 90 77 PCldy Houston 91 76 PCldy Indianapolis 75 59 PCldy Kansas ...
Talks to end fighting in Baghdad hit snag: Iraqi officials refuse militants' demands to keep U.S. forces out of Shiite slum in capital
Sep 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Talks to end fighting between U.S. forces andShiite militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City have stalled, withthe government refusing militant demands for American troops to keepout of the troubled district, negotiators for the militants saidtoday. Meanwhile, ...
Hundreds held hostage in Russia: Attackers wearing suicide-bomb belts strike on first day of school
Sep 01, 2004; ... BELSAN, Russia - Heavily armed militants wearing suicide-bombbelts seized a Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya today,taking hostage about 400 people - half of them children - andthreatening to blow up the building if police storm it. At leasteight people have been killed, one ...
Nation & world
Sep 01, 2004 ... U.S. denies claims of strikes against civilians KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military denied claims from Afghanofficials and a Danish aid group that it bombed a village and killedseveral civilians during clashes with insurgents in easternAfghanistan. The governor of ...
Our views: Agency driven to distraction; The DMV needs to focus on public service, not education
Sep 01, 2004; ... WHAT do a guy in a chicken suit and high school football have todo with issuing drivers licenses? Nothing. But that isn't stoppingthe Division of Motor Vehicles from using a chicken-costumed mascot,billboards, parades and pamphlets to urge teenagers to bring properidentification when ...
Your views
Sep 01, 2004 ... How about the Mail versus the Tooth Fairy? The Easter Bunny. I'm outraged that you trivialized such animportant issue in the recent online poll, "Who do you believe in themost?" By comparing John Kerry and the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth tothe Easter Bunny, the ...
Our views: America must remember 9/11; The Republicans take the high road in New York
Sep 01, 2004; ... HER firefighter husband died on Sept. 11, 2001, helping peopleescape the burning World Trade Center towers. Her son, Kevin, isheaded for Iraq. On Monday night, Tara Stackpole, had a simple message at theRepublican National Convention. "America must never forget the sacrifices ...
Kerry's 'New Soldier' haunts him now: In 1971, he called them 'baby killers'; they will pay him back
Sep 01, 2004; ... IN addition to two key books about John Kerry - Douglas Brinkley'spro-Kerry book "Tour of Duty" and John O'Neill's anti-Kerry book"Unfit for Command" - there is another book that would be well worthreading - if you can find a copy. It is John Kerry's own book, written in 1971, ...
Democrat promises health care for all: Edwards visits state, says Bush is to blame; for high insurance costs
Sep 01, 2004; ... PINEY VIEW - Finally retired to his rural home after working 43years in the coal mines of southern West Virginia, things aren'tgoing quite the way Dickie Todd thought they would. "These should be what they call the 'golden years,'" Todd saidTuesday as he sat on his front porch, ...
Putnam plan uses funds from proposed tax district: Money needed to fix road to new theater; date set for public hearing on increment tax district
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL PUTNAM REPORTER WINFIELD - Putnam County officials already have plans for money tocome from an as-yet unapproved plan to derive income from increasingproperty values in Teays Valley. County commissioners agreed Tuesday to shell out $50,000 to theSouth Putnam ...
Woman sues State Police superintendent over crash
Sep 01, 2004; ... A woman who says she was injured in a fender-bender with WestVirginia State Police Superintendent Col. Howard Hill two years agohas filed a lawsuit one day before legal limitations were to run out. Susan E. Wilson says she suffered various injuries to her neck andback in the Aug ....
Obituaries
Sep 01, 2004 ... Mark Dwayne Adams Mark Dwayne Adams, 42, of Ravenswood died Aug. 31, 2004. Servicewill be 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood.Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Della Judy Akers Della Judy Akers, 84, of Parkersburg, ...
Ex-Berkeley official accused of embezzling
Sep 01, 2004; ... MARTINSBURG - A former deputy in the Berkeley County Sheriff's TaxDepartment has been charged with embezzling about $3,000 in taxpayerfunds. Cora McDonald of Martinsburg is accused of taking personalproperty tax payments in small amounts over a period of time. Herarrest last ...
Organization looking for volunteers for AmeriCorps programs
Sep 01, 2004 ... The West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service islooking for more than 40 volunteers for three new AmeriCorpsprograms. In West Dunbar, the Kanawha Institute for Social Research andAction is doing renovation and creating a child care center. Memberswill address ...
Local briefs
Sep 01, 2004 ... St. Francis Hospital files lawsuit to block heart unit In a last-ditch effort to keep a competitor from opening adiagnostic heart clinic, Charleston's St. Francis Hospital has askedKanawha Circuit Court Judge Charlie King to block the opening ofThomas Memorial Hospital's planned ...
For the record
Sep 01, 2004 ... Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for August 25, 2004: * John Henry and Beulah Mae Johnson, 860 Walsh Road, Vincent,Ohio. Chapter 7. Assets: $8,810. Liabilities: $120,709.01. * Emily M. Hack, 108 ...
Schwarzenegger pumps up convention: Laura Bush offers compassionate view of her husband
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - The Republican National Convention turned fromaccenting strength to emphasizing opportunity and compassion, asArnold Schwarzenegger presented his improbable life story - the risefrom immigrant bodybuilder to movie star to California governor - asan embodiment of the GOP and ...
Appalachian Trail may be vulnerable to new rules: Bush administration proposes lifting ban on logging 58 million acres along scenic pathway
Sep 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - About one of every 13 miles of the Appalachian Trailbetween Maine and Georgia passes through national forests where aBush administration plan could allow clear cutting of wooded areas,an environmental group said. The Campaign to Protect America's Lands said it found ...
Capito and W.Va. delegation visit a Republican landmark: Congresswoman today has special job of keeping convention on schedule; CONVENTION NOTEBOOK
Sep 01, 2004; ... * editor's note: Professor Robert Rupp of West Virginia WesleyanCollege is filing daily reports from New York City on the RepublicanNational Convention. FOR THE DAILY MAIL NEW YORK - Given the relationship of Abraham Lincoln to both WestVirginia and to the Republican Party, ...
Police report
Sep 01, 2004 ... Man allegedly sold fake magazine subscriptions Charleston police are looking for city residents who might havebeen duped by a man who is accused of selling phony magazinesubscriptions. Police arrested Gregory Riddick, 43, of Belcamp, Md., Sunday afterseveral people ...
Six years of hard work worth it for Cross Lanes
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Cross Lanes Christian's girls soccer program is only one game old,but it already has a trademark play. The corner kick. The Warriors used a pair of second half goals, both of which cameon corner kicks, to erase a 1-0 second half deficit en route ...
Cats racing past 2004 attendance: With Tuesday's crowd of 3,069, turnstile count for season now 117,526
Sep 01, 2004; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL The Charleston Alley Cats received a special treat with a visitfrom Gov. Bob Wise Tuesday night at Watt Powell Park. The large crowd of 3,069 on the last Two-for-Tuesday of the seasongot a treat on the field as well. After Wise addressed the crowdbefore ...
Another freshman gets start
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - First, came Aaron Ferguson. Next, was Nate McPeek. Now, there's Doug Legursky. Precocious offensive linemen winning starting jobs as truefreshmen is becoming a trend at Marshall University. When the 18-year-old ...
Coach says lay off WVU schedule
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER MORGANTOWN - Tuesday's political convention venues were notlimited to New York City. Inside the Puskar Center football facility, West VirginiaUniversity Coach Rich Rodriguez stumped for his own team during hisweekly Tuesday afternoon in-season press ...
Former college coach at Dot helm: Hancock County native Carl Watson replacing Allen Osborne in Poca program
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER POCA - Replacing Allen Osborne as Poca High's boys basketballcoach would be daunting for anybody. Luckily for Carl Watson, he has nearly as much experience as thelongtime Dot coach. So X's and O's shouldn't be a problem. Poca Principal Vic ...
Look for one last Marshall MAC attack
Sep 01, 2004; ... HUNTINGTON - Marshall is going to run the MAC's table this season. That's my prediction. Sure, I know the Herd has accomplished that feat only once (1999)since rejoining the Mid-American Conference in 1997. However, I alsoknow Marshall came within one loss of going undefeated ...
Top of the 2nd
Sep 01, 2004 ... MU's Charles among Walker candidates DALLAS - The SMU Athletic Forum announced today the names of thecandidates for the 2004 Doak Walker Award, presented annually to thenation's top college running back and Marshall University senior EarlCharles is among the ...
National scoreboard
Sep 01, 2004 ... NCAA Football Thursday Favorite Open Today Underdog at E. Michigan 51/2 6 Buffalo at Utah 91/2 81/2 Texas A&M Boston College 17 171/2 at Ball St. at TCU 71/2 7 Northwestern at Arizona St. 241/2 251/2 UTEP Friday Washington St ....
Local scoreboard
Sep 01, 2004 ... COLLEGE SCHEDULE Schedule for West Virginia, Marshall and the Kanawha Valley's WestVirginia Conference schools: Football Thursday - West Virginia State at Western Carolina, 7 p.m. Saturday - Fairmont State at Charleston, 1 p.m.; Troy at Marshall,4:30 p.m.; East ...
Capital quarterback will play vs. Black Eagles
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER He didn't want to start the "watch from the sidelines" routineagain. Capital quarterback Geoff Romeo returned to football practiceTuesday, signifying his availability to face South Charleston. Romeosat out over half the season last year after breaking ...
American League
Sep 01, 2004 ... red sox 10, angels 7 ANAHEIM BOSTON ab r h bi ab r h bi Eckstin ss 3 1 1 0 Damon cf 5 1 2 0 Amzga ss 2 1 2 4 Kapler rf 0 0 0 0 Erstad 1b 3 0 2 0 Bllhorn 2b 4 1 1 0 ARiggs 1b 2 0 0 0 MRmrz lf 5 2 2 4 VGrero rf 3 0 1 0 Millar lf 0 0 0 ...
Baseball P.M.
Sep 01, 2004 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 81 50 .618 - 5-5 L-2 43-19 38-31 10-8 Boston (WC leader) 77 53 .592 31/2 z-9-1 W-7 45-21 32-32 9-9 Baltimore 59 71 .454 211/2 2-8 W-2 29-35 30-36 5-13 Tampa Bay 59 72 .450 22 ...
National League
Sep 01, 2004 ... BRAVES 5, PHILLIES 3 ATLANTA PHILA ab r h bi ab r h bi Furcal ss 4 0 0 0 Rollins ss 4 1 1 0 MGiles 2b 3 1 1 0 Mchels lf 4 1 2 0 JDrew rf 3 1 1 0 BAbreu rf 4 0 0 0 CJones 3b 4 1 1 0 Thome 1b 3 0 1 1 JuFrco 1b 5 0 2 2 DaBell 3b 4 0 0 ...
Distance run is more than just a walk in the park for Ellison family
Sep 01, 2004; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL The 32nd annual Charleston Distance Run takes place Saturday. Asthousands of runners take to the streets of the city to claim theirown personal glory, one Charleston resident, along with her family,will be behind the scenes ... and running the relay portion of ...
General, Dot girls earn first soccer victories of year
Sep 01, 2004 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS Huntington shut down Hurricane's girls soccer team with dominanceand aggression. Aly Shattls earned a hat trick from a pair of penalty kicks and ashot from the field in the 4-0 Highlander victory at Hurricane HighTuesday. The Redskins fell to ...
Deion Sanders signs with Baltimore
Sep 01, 2004; ... OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Deion Sanders is back in the NFL, this timewith the Baltimore Ravens. The seven-time Pro Bowl defensive back passed his physical Tuesdayand formally ended his retirement by signing a one-year contractladen with incentives. Sanders will practice with the team ...
AFC EAST PREVIEW: Patriots' chances keep getting better
Sep 01, 2004; ... New England's chances of winning the AFC East again certainlyimproved when it acquired Corey Dillon to be the heavy-duty runningback the Patriots haven't had since Curtis Martin left after the 1997season. They got even better when everything went wrong in Miami. After ...
Wise touts progress of state: Governor kicking off Business Summit; talks of economic growth
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Gov. Bob Wise was expected to kick off the 2004 Business Summit atThe Greenbrier resort today by promoting the state's progress overthe last four years. "We have many assets; it is now time to promote them," Wise saidin prepared remarks. "In ...
Insurance company sues Clendenin: In wake of fire, civil suit claims town's application for coverage misrepresented its 'liability exposure'
Sep 01, 2004; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The latest repercussion from a fire that destroyed a big part ofClendenin's business district in October 2002 is a civil suit thetown's insurance company has filed against the town, its water systemand 21 other defendants. In the case filed in U.S. District ...
Firm to keep offering free Internet plan: ComScape official says company pulling out of; city with this exception
Sep 01, 2004; ... ComScape Telecommunications Inc. Vice President Bhogin Modi calledthis week to confirm an Aug. 25 story that said the company ispulling out of the Charleston market, with one exception. "We are providing free dial-up Internet service," Modi said. "Wehave customers we're going to ...
Online firm raises eyebrows with pimp suits for kids: Company says '70s-themed costumes are selling briskly
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE WASHINGTON POST Hey Mom! Hey Dad! We've found the perfect Halloween costumes forthe kids. What Josh and Caitlin need are the rags that are selling brisklyin California and New York: Child pimp suits and "ho" dresses. At $40to $50, they begin at size 4, tailored in the ...
Nintendo cuts price on Game Boy Advance
Sep 01, 2004; ... DALLAS - Nintendo Co. has permanently slashed prices on its GameBoy Advance SP portable video game system as the company tries toentrench its No. 1 position in the handheld game market. Beginning today, the flip-up, color screen Game Boy Advance SPwill retail for $79, down $20 ...
Business people
Sep 01, 2004 ... ASSOCIATION * Marion Kostka of Morgantown has been elected president of theWest Virginia Psychological Association for 2005. Also elected: LyndaDanley of Morgantown, president-elect; Peggy Allman of Bridgeport,past president; Penny Perdue of Huntington, secretary; MichaelMcDaniel ...
Police in England pull 10-year-old driver from car wreckage
Sep 01, 2004; ... LONDON - Firefighters got a surprise when they cut a driver from awrecked car - he was 10 years old. The youngster was alone and driving his father's blue Rover 420through Basildon, northeast of London, when he lost ...
Judge refuses to revisit mountaintop rulings
Sep 01, 2004; ... A federal judge declined to revisit his recent rulings barring theuse of valley fills for disposal of mining waste. Environmentalists had asked U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin toclarify his Aug. 13 order that nixed the streamlined permit processfor mountaintop removal mining ...
Judge to consider EPA action against DuPont: Agency seeking fines from company for alleged violations of toxins rule
Sep 01, 2004; ... WILMINGTON, Del. - The DuPont Co. has declined to seek an out-of-court settlement of a government complaint accusing the company offailing to report possible health and environmental risks related toa chemical used to make Teflon. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleged ...
Utility plans to build 'clean-coal' plant: American Electric Power responds to demands with proposal for nation's first full-scale facility
Sep 01, 2004; ... COLUMBUS, Ohio - Building at least one "clean-coal" plant in thenext six years is part of American Electric Power's response todemands by environmentalists and shareholders to release pollution-reduction plans and cost estimates. This will be the nation's first full-scale ...
Phony hospital inspector pleads guilty to fraud charges
Sep 01, 2004; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A former safety inspector at dozens of EastCoast hospitals pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court,after an investigation showed he faked his credentials andmiscalibrated mammography machines and other diagnostic equipment foryears. Perry Beale, ...
Suspect in spying case will continue to teach in W.Va.
Sep 01, 2004; ... An FBI investigation into a Pentagon analyst suspected of passingon secrets about Iran to Israel will not prevent him from teachinghistory courses at Shepherd University, a school official said. Investigators are trying to determine whether Middle East analystLarry Franklin passed ...
Official speaks out on family violence: U.S. attorney urges men to take active role in ending domestic battery
Sep 01, 2004; ... ROANOKE - Law enforcement agencies have become more nimble andmore determined to prosecute domestic violence cases by whatevermeans necessary, but West Virginia continues to have one of thehighest rates of abuse in the nation, U.S. Attorney Thomas Johnstonsaid. At the state's ...
More charges of cruelty recommended for England: Prosecutor says soldier was acting on her own free will, not on orders from ranking officers
Sep 01, 2004; ... FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Prosecutors ended a military court hearing fora soldier shown in infamous photos of naked Iraqi prisoners byrequesting additional charges of "maltreatment and cruelty" againstPfc. Lynndie England. The Article 32 hearing, which is to determine whether ...