Charleston Daily Mail back issues from October 2004:
Census data shows Kanawha Valley growing again
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Rate of population loss falls in Kanawha County; Putnam Countygains 1,450 residents The Kanawha Valley gained population in 2003 after losingpopulation in 2001 and 2002, according to new U.S. Census Bureaupopulation estimates. The estimates, released Thursday, show the ...
Fram Ctas,: Ball club's front office takes up residence at former Bob Evans site
Oct 01, 2004; ... The Alley Cats have left the building. In anticipation of the city auctioning off Watt Powell Park inabout two weeks, the minor league baseball team has taken up newquarters in the former Bob Evans restaurant on Quarrier Street. Ryan Gates, director of business development for ...
Foes spar over role of office
Oct 01, 2004; ... Both want prosecuting powers, disagree on use of consumerprotection in attorney general's office Both of West Virginia's candidates for attorney general would likethe Legislature to give the office prosecutorial power, butRepublican Hiram Lewis contends the only way that would ...
Weather,: Almanac
Oct 01, 2004 ... Almanac Yesterday's high 69 Record high 94, 1953 Normal high 73 Yesterday's low 53 Record low 34, ...
Weather,: Forecasts
Oct 01, 2004 ... Tonight Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Saturday A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around ...
Official blasts ad contract
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Deal was awarded to one Charleston firm, but another company has filed a protest The Arnold Agency has been awarded a controversial advertisingcontract to improve the state's image, but a state official says thecontract evaluation was "fatally flawed," and the ...
Tax dedicated to cleaning up abandoned mines gets new life
Oct 01, 2004; ... * With time running out, Congress approves extension until Nov. 20 A tax on coal production that pays for reclaiming dangerousabandoned coal mines will be extended through Nov. 20 after Congressadopted a continuing resolution one day before the government'sauthority ...
Lottery thinking very big
Oct 01, 2004; ... * With court requiring agency to stay in city, officials outline needs State lottery officials say they'll start working to find adequatespace for their new facility in the city of Charleston, but theycan't accept a facility smaller than 75,000 square foot - ...
Weather,: Around the U.S.
Oct 01, 2004 ... Regional forecasts Akron 66 46 Clr Charlotte 77 61 PCldy Cincinnati 70 48 Clr Cleveland 67 48 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 70 48 Clr Dayton 69 46 Clr Daytona Beach 86 72 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 73 60 ...
Weather: , National forecasts
Oct 01, 2004 ... National forecasts Anchorage 47 34 Snow Baltimore 71 56 PCldy Boston 62 53 Clr Chicago 66 44 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 83 61 PCldy Denver 73 45 PCldy Detroit 69 46 PCldy Honolulu 89 75 Clr Houston 86 62 Clr Indianapolis 71 ...
Debate highlights stances on Iraq
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Bush stands by decision to oust Saddam, Kerry says going into battle was wrong choice CORAL GABLES, Fla. - It was no surprise that Iraq dominated thefirst debate between President Bush and Democratic challenger JohnKerry, but rarely have the differences between the two men - ...
Boy still reeling from lightning strike on sunny day
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Florida teen was knocked flat as he helped repair roof TAMPA, Fla. - Hank Watson calls his son Whit "a miracle inprogress." Whit Watson, 15, was struck by lightning while helping repair aroof in Port Charlotte in August, five days after Hurricane Charleyroared ...
Nation &world
Oct 01, 2004 ... House declines to pass gay marriage initiative WASHINGTON - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejectinga constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this yeardebate on what has become the dominant issue for the RepublicanParty's conservative base. The ...
Legislative trips cost cold cash
Oct 01, 2004 ... Once again, the state is broke; once again, lawmakers spend BUDGET projections show state government will be in the red forthe next six years if the next governor and the Legislature do notstop spending like there is no tomorrow. But that did not stop 11 legislators and the ...
Your: views
Oct 01, 2004 ... Liberalism lies and enslaves people It would seem that the reason for all the lies, slander, and theall-out assault on our president by the liberals is to simply gainpower by using whatever means. It is much more than that. President Bush knows that God's authority, ...
West Virginia needs a Martha brigade
Oct 01, 2004; ... * We could hire ringers to play locals on TV AS reporters descended upon Alderson like flies lighting upon thatsubstance that is neither honey nor vinegar, I did the West Virginiawince as I braced myself for the "local reaction to the news" portionof the show. Here comes ...
Court contest: is about jobs
Oct 01, 2004 ... McGraw's home cooking costs West Virginians dearly THE state Supreme Court decides, in large measure, what "justice"is in West Virginia. Justices are elected to 12-year terms. Theyaffect West Virginians far longer than most governors do. The five-member court is currently ...
Kerry is caught in an ethical quagmire
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Statesmen must consider more than the next election JOHN Kerry doesn't want things to go badly for the United Statesin Iraq. But if he wants to be president, he needs them to. As Kerry continues to lag in the polls and would-be voters seemincreasingly confident in President ...
One-third of W.Va. students take remedial courses
Oct 01, 2004; ... More than a third of West Virginia's 2003 high school graduateshad to take remedial courses in their freshman year of college,indicating the need for better preparation in high school, HigherEducation Chancellor J. Michael Mullen said. Thirty percent of those who attended a public ...
Judge OKs sale of bankrupt firm
Oct 01, 2004; ... * UMW vows to keep fighting plan because it sacrifices healthbenefits ASHLAND, Ky. - A federal judge has lifted his order blocking the$768 million acquisition of bankrupt Horizon Natural Resources byNewcoal LLC, allowing the sale to proceed. U.S. District Judge Henry Wilhoit ...
Marshall receives grant for five-year cancer project
Oct 01, 2004 ... Marshall University has received $9.3 million from the NationalInstitutes of Health to study the link between vitamin A and severaltypes of cancer. Seven MU scientists are collaborating in the five-year project,led by Dr. Richard Niles, chairman of the Department of ...
School empty after meningitis rumors spread in McDowell
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Cause of boy's death not confirmed, but parents say they aren'ttaking any chances AVONDALE - About half of the 290 students at Bradshaw ElementarySchool stayed home because of rumors the younger brother of a first-grade student died of meningitis, McDowell County Superintendent ...
Obituaries
Oct 01, 2004 ... Janet Elkins Booth Janet Elkins Booth of Dayton, Ohio, died Sept. 27, 2004. Servicewill be noon Saturday, Oct. 2, at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison.Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Priscilla D. Bostic Priscilla D. Bostic of Charleston ...
Election: briefs
Oct 01, 2004 ... Congressional candidate dishes up some free pork Democratic congressional candidate Erik Wells handed out hot dogsto lunchtime passers-by in downtown Charleston. "I figure if I want to be a politician, I need to figure out howto give out free pork," Wells joked. The ...
Judge says gun maker not liable in police shooting
Oct 01, 2004; ... A judge has ruled the country's largest firearms maker is notliable for two police officers being shot by a felon using a gun madeby the company. Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger on Thursday ruled that formerOrange, N.J., police officers Dave Lemongello and Kenneth McGuire ...
Highway, welfare reform bills on hold
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Congress lacks time to work on 2 bills expected to create thousands of jobs, reduce welfare rolls WASHINGTON - Struggling to wrap up its work so members cancampaign, Congress has effectively put off until next year passage oftwo top legislative goals: a new ...
Three die as violence breaks out in flood-ravaged Haiti
Oct 01, 2004; ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hundreds of Haitians ran for cover asgunfire erupted during a march demanding the return of oustedPresident Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Three were killed in the clashes, which underscored tensions in anation struggling to recover from catastrophic ...
Man's tree is memorial to fallen soldiers
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Neb. resident engraves name and age of each person on copperleaf PAPILLION, Neb. - For months now, Bill Deane has been building an8-foot-tall tree made of copper leaves, each engraved with a name ofa U.S. or coalition soldier killed in Iraq. He started with just a few ...
Beethoven program too expensive for symphony
Oct 01, 2004; ... Beethoven is just too expensive. The West Virginia Symphony will play Bach, Handel and Mozart inJanuary instead of the planned all-Beethoven program because thoseworks require fewer musicians, saving more than $30,000. Performing Beethoven's music would have required 69 ...
Edwards says faith shouldn't divide voters
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Religion becoming key issue in battleground state WEIRTON - John Edwards says voters should know that religion isimportant to him and to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry,but the issue shouldn't be used to divide people in the election. "My faith is very important ...
Thousands lose electricity when tree hits power line
Oct 01, 2004 ... About 2,900 customers in the Sissonville area were left withoutpower today when a tree fell on a power line, said Phil Moye,spokesman for American Electric Power. About 7 a.m. a tree fell on a line at 5727 Sissonville Drive,breaking a power pole and damaging lines, he ...
Police Report
Oct 01, 2004 ... Two Kanawha City men in jail on drug charges Two Kanawha City men who live at South Park Village apartmentswere in jail today after police allegedly found a methamphetamine labin each of their apartments. Charleston police Cpl. K.O. Peoples and Cpl. R.M. Creel were onpatrol ...
It's time for drivers to get testy
Oct 01, 2004; ... TALLADEGA, Ala. - Jeff Gordon has never enjoyed racing in the hugepacks of cars created by the use of carburetor restrictor plates atTalladega Superspeedway. "I never finish one of those races without a headache fromconcentrating so hard for so long," Gordon said. Between ...
Golden Eagles' Springston already missing tailback
Oct 01, 2004; ... There are currently two degrees of separation going on at theUniversity of Charleston. Because Golden Eagle tailback Chris Moore displayed separationspeed against NCAA Division I-AA Charleston Southern last week, CoachMike Springston is already beginning to feel separation anxiety ...
Let's keep the rivalry going
Oct 01, 2004; ... THERE is West Virginia's dead-ending football series with VirginiaTech. There's the unbeaten, No. 6 Mountaineers' lack of nationalappreciation and underdog status to a .500 team at soldout LaneStadium, in a compelling date on ESPN. There's the WVU Orange Bowl urgency to ...
WVU players hope series continues,: Mountaineers think annual game against Virginia Tech is beneficial
Oct 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - This might be an election year in the United States,but there is still an American group that is practically living in adictatorship. For NCAA football players, the matter of scheduling is nodemocracy. So even though West Virginia University players stronglyfeel the ...
Connecticut earns first league win
Oct 01, 2004; ... EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut linebacker Alfred Fincher saidhis defensive line allowed him to run free Thursday night. And he did. The senior tri-captain matched his career high with 17 tackles andhelped the Huskies secure their first Big East win as a conferencemember, ...
Herd gets another basketball recruit
Oct 01, 2004; ... When Travis Aikens and Bernard Morris were growing up together inan inner city neighborhood of Orlando, Fla., they never dreamedthey'd both end up playing for the same college in faraway WestVirginia. Yet, that will be the case. When Aikens, who has given a verbal commitment ...
Riverside QB right where he wants to be
Oct 01, 2004; ... If Riverside's Josh Clark had long ago made a childhood wish forhis 17th birthday, it likely would have been to start at quarterbackfor his high school football team. Whether he blows out any candles today or not, his wish hasalready come true. Clark, the Warriors' fleet-footed ...
Local Sports
Oct 01, 2004 ... Poca sophomore sharp in defeat Poca High sophomore goalkeeper Jessica Coleman was up to the taskThursday, stopping 12 Point Pleasant shots. However, a goal off a rebound by Point Pleasant's Shawna Drain inthe 65th minute was the difference in the game as the visiting ...
National Scoreboard
Oct 01, 2004 ... TODAY'S ODDS NCAA Football Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog Tonight Utah 91/2 10 (48) at New Mexico Saturday at Virginia Tech 3 3 (481/2) West Virginia Miami (Fla.) 12 14 (42) at Georgia Tech at Wisconsin 17 141/2 (43) ...
American League
Oct 01, 2004 ... A's 3, Mariners 2 The biggest home run in rookie Bobby Crosby's career gave theOakland Athletics a dramatic victory and set up a winner-take-all ALWest showdown with the Anaheim Angels. Crosby homered in the ninth inning Thursday to give the A's avictory over the Seattle ...
Local: Scoreboard
Oct 01, 2004 ... SCHEDULE Colleges This week's schedule for West Virginia, Marshall and the threeWest Virginia Conference schools in the Kanawha Valley: Men's soccer Today - St. Francis at WVU, 4 p.m. Saturday - Charleston at Wheeling Jesuit, 6 p.m. Sunday - ...
Baseball: P.M.
Oct 01, 2004 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr x-New York 100 59 .629 - 6-4 W-3 57-24 43-35 10-8 y-Boston 95 63 .601 41/2 6-4 L-1 55-26 40-37 9-9 Baltimore 77 81 .487 221/2 7-3 W-3 37-40 40-41 5-13 Tampa Bay 68 90 .430 311/2 z-5-5 ...
National League
Oct 01, 2004 ... DODGERS 4, ROCKIES 2 Los Angeles put itself in prime position to make the playoffsheading into the final weekend of the regular season, while Chicago,Houston and San Francisco were fighting to reach the postseason andSan Diego retained only a long-shot hope. The Dodgers ...
Baseball throws sucker pitch past Washington, D.C.
Oct 01, 2004 ... The deal that brought major league baseball back to Washington isso one-sided there's no need to hold a contest to come up with a namefor the franchise. "Suckers" is a perfect fit. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines the word as "aperson easily cheated or ...
High School Game of the Week
Oct 01, 2004 ... Cabell Midland is tough to beat with running back John Saunders(77 carries, 563 yards and nine touchdowns) but Capital Coach JackWoolwine points out that the Chip McMillian-coached Knights would betough without him as well. "They give you quite a few different formations," ...
Roddick beats Australian Open champion to reach Thailand Open semis
Oct 01, 2004; ... BANGKOK, Thailand - Andy Roddick stormed into the semifinal of theThailand Open today, beating Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-4 injust 43 minutes. The second-seeded Roddick fired 20 aces at Johansson, the 2002Australian Open champion. "I was serving pretty well, which was ...
WVU line must improve against Tech
Oct 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - Mama said Rick Trickett would have days like he hadlast Saturday. Mama also had some other advice for her son. "One of those things my mama says is 'If you can't say anythinggood about anybody, don't say anything at all,' " said Trickett, WestVirginia ...
Bargains galore await shoppers as stores hold sales
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Retailers make way for new wares for holiday season Grab your mad money. Stores throughout the Kanawha Valley are having sales on a varietyof wares to make room for new merchandise. From Kanawha Mall to Corridor G to Charleston Town Center, bargainhunters can find ...
WOWK revamps newscasts
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Sandra Cole to anchor all Channel 13 evening broadcasts whilemorning crew changing Sandra Cole is going to anchor all of Channel 13's eveningnewscasts from now on, and the station also is revamping its morningcrew. "Nobody likes to change, but what we're trying to do is ...
Tearing down to help build back up
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Houses being razed for hospital project; architectural elements sold for Habitat charity For the sake of medical progress, 12 Kanawha City houses must go. But in the interest of humanity, many of their architecturalelements will remain. And they'll be ...
Bayer will pay $33 million fine in price-fixing case
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Bayer Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Bayer AG ofGermany, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $33 million criminalfine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix chemical prices, theJustice Department announced. Court papers filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in ...
CSX rejects bids for 530 miles of track running through state
Oct 01, 2004; ... * 260 employees could be affected by change CUMBERLAND, Md. - A CSX Transportation decision on whether to sellor lease 530 miles of track in West Virginia has been delayed becausethe company rejected initial bids from nine short-line railroads andasked five others to rebid, said ...
New Jersey group acquires mall in Martinsburg
Oct 01, 2004; ... LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The Lightstone Group of Lakewood has purchasedfive shopping centers across the country for $110.7 million,including one in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The deal with Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Real EstateInvestment Trust, announced Thursday, involves ...
Business: Briefs
Oct 01, 2004 ... Putnam development group honors two people David Bunger of Bank One has been named the Putnam CountyDevelopment Authority's 2004 "Volunteer of the Year" and Roy Elswickof Tasty Blend Foods Inc. has been received the authority's 2004"Community Development Award." The ...
Recall
Oct 01, 2004 ... AIR CONDITIONERS WASHINGTON - The Goodman Company is recalling about 875,000Package Terminal Air Conditioner / Heat Pumps (PTAC) due to possiblefire hazards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said. There were 29 reports of units overheating, including eightreports where ...
Paving schedule announced
Oct 01, 2004 ... West Virginia Paving Inc. is scheduled to mill five sections ofstreet between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday. The milling prepares thestreet for paving. The street sections scheduled for milling include Noyes Avenuefrom 35th Street to 36th Street and from 49th Street to ...
Doctors leading program on dealing with migraines
Oct 01, 2004 ... Local physicians will lead a free migraine awareness seminar from7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Clay Center. The seminar is part of the Migraine Masters Program. The word"masters" is an acronym for management, advice, support, tools andeducational ...
RFK's children oppose hotel preservation
Oct 01, 2004; ... * School district officials are considering a plan to save partsof the building where he was shot in 1968 LOS ANGELES - Five of Robert F. Kennedy's nine surviving childrenurged school officials Thursday to scrap plans to preserve parts ofthe landmark hotel where he was ...
Basham convicted of all charges in S.C.
Oct 01, 2004; ... * Kentucky man also accused of murdering Marshall University coed COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Kentucky man on trial in the death of an HorryCounty woman was convicted of all charges by a federal jury. Branden Basham was found guilty on Thursday of eight charges,including carjacking ...
Girl was stabbed first, witness says
Oct 01, 2004; ... The niece of a Kanawha County man accused of stabbing to death hiswife and daughter says her uncle knifed her cousin first. The 8-year-old girl told Kanawha County sheriff's investigatorsthat Christopher W. Blackwell stabbed his daughter multiple timesafter she said her father hit ...
Federal nuclear materials moved to safer site
Oct 01, 2004; ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Federal officials said that the first shipmentof weapons-grade nuclear material has been sent out of a steep canyonat Los Alamos National Laboratory that some warned was vulnerable toa terrorist attack. The Energy Department has been working since December 2002 ...
Putnam: Records
Oct 01, 2004 ... * Marriage applications The following people applied for marriage licenses at the PutnamCounty Court Clerk's Office on Sept. 20-23, 2004: * Travis William Hoffman, 26, and Paige Ellen Ward, 27, both ofRed House. nJoseph Michael McLaughlin, 22, and Melissa Dawn Ramsey, ...
For the record
Oct 01, 2004 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for Sept. 24, 2004: * Diana Elaine Fleming, State Route, Lower Salem. Chapter 7.Assets: $3,031. Liabilities: $77,809.32. * Frederick Edwin and Janet Thomas, 1820 ...