Charleston Daily Mail back issues from January 2005:
Forecasts
Jan 03, 2005 ... Tonight, cloudy and mild with lingering showers. Low 53 ....
King's dignity recalled: Longtime Kanawha County clerk dies days after end of final term
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Kanawha County officials remember former County Clerk Alma Kingfor the dignity and integrity she brought to her office over threeterms. King died about 9 p.m. Sunday at Charleston Area Medical Center'sMemorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack. She was ...
Yeager chief expects airline to survive: High volume of flights means other airlines will offer service if; Independence pulls out, director says
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Yeager Airport Director Rick Atkinson expects Independence Air toovercome its financial difficulties and continue to provide low-fareair service to Charleston and other cities. But if that service from Independence doesn't continue, Yeager islikely to get ...
Warm weather to continue, but season unlikely to be a record breaker
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF With temperatures soaring into the 60s this week, Kanawha Valleyresidents might find themselves double-checking the calendar - is itreally March instead of January? But Mother Nature is just fooling us - we really are just into thefirst few days of ...
Massive aid effort gets up to steam: Number of confirmed dead nears 140,000,; Powell begins tour today
Jan 03, 2005; ... BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A massive American military reliefoperation picked up steam today with U.S. helicopters dropping offcartons of food aid in Sumatra and U.S. warships with 2,200 Marinesarriving in the Malacca Straits to begin ferrying supplies to thetsunami-battered island ....
Actual gilding not the big job: Only 10 to 15 percent of $5 million restoration to be spent on gold leaf
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF As workers spray off old gold leaf on the Capitol dome under ahuge shroud, don't think you can wait below and catch nuggets in yourcupped hands. Only about half of the tissue-thin gold applied about 15 years agostill gleams. And what remains nearly ...
Inaugural ball to feature Proctor, other entertainers
Jan 03, 2005 ... County music performer Rachel Proctor will perform at theinaugural ball Jan. 17. Also, Three Dog Night, the 1970s hit band, will perform. Gov.-elect Joe Manchin's inaugural committee and first lady-to-beGayle Manchin said many other local bands and performers that appealto a ...
Researchers find unique strain of walleye
Jan 03, 2005; ... Researchers have found a unique strain of walleye in the OhioRiver that West Virginia wildlife officials plan to breed in aneffort to boost the fish's population in the river. Unlike the lake-dwelling walleye normally stocked in the Ohio,this strain of fish has adapted to living ...
Teachers treasure Christmas gifts from children: It's the thought that counts, even when it's a lotion for 'tired eyes'
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Lisa Cox is a self-described pack rat and proud of it. During 19 years of teaching, she has gotten quite a variety ofgifts for Christmas and other occasions. She keeps them all and canpretty much recall the name of the student that goes with each gift ....
Almanac
Jan 03, 2005 ... Yesterday's high 63 Record high 73, 2000 Normal high 43 Yesterday's low 43 Record low -5, 1928 Normal ...
Forecasts
Jan 03, 2005 ... Tonight Showers likely. Lows in the lower 50s. Tuesday Cloudy. Showers likely in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Wednesday Mostly cloudy with ...
Regional forecasts
Jan 03, 2005 ... Akron 43 35 Cldy Charlotte 68 50 Cldy Cincinnati 54 45 Rain Cleveland 41 34 Cldy Columbus,Ohio 49 41 Rain Dayton 49 38 Rain Daytona Beach 55 73 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 67 52 Cldy Lexington 60 ...
National forecasts
Jan 03, 2005 ... Anchorage 29 28 Cldy Baltimore 57 45 Cldy Boston 38 35 Snow Chicago 33 28 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 69 60 Rain Denver 21 16 Snow Detroit 35 27 Snow Honolulu 79 65 Clr Houston 76 64 Cldy Indianapolis 46 40 Cldy Kansas City ...
Elephants helping to clear debris in Thailand: Pachyderms can go into hilly areas where machinery won't work
Jan 03, 2005; ... BANG NIENG, Thailand - A year ago, they were filming battle scenesfor the movie "Alexander." Now six elephants are pitching in to helpwith the massive cleanup from the tsunami that devastated many ofThailand's prime tourist destinations. The massive waves, which killed 5,000 and ...
Bush ready to tackle big agenda: Despite GOP majority, many domestic proposals will be tough sell on hill
Jan 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Back from a week at his Texas ranch, President Bushis meeting with newly elected members of Congress where battle linesalready are being drawn on his second-term goals to simplify taxlaws, partially privatize Social Security and rein in medicalliability lawsuits ....
Suicide car bombs kill seven, injure 39: Most victims were Iraqi security troops
Jan 03, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs, one near the prime minister's partyheadquarters in Baghdad, killed seven Iraqis not including thedrivers and wounded 39 others today as insurgents pressed theirdeadly campaign to disrupt national elections. Most of the victimswere security troops ....
Nation & world
Jan 03, 2005 ... Rules criticized at service for fishermen NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Five fishermen lost when their boat capsizedin a storm were honored at a memorial service where some questionedwhether fishing regulations had put them at risk. About 300 friends, family and politicians, ...
Our views: Alma King will be missed; Her career was of good service at whatever task she undertook
Jan 03, 2005; ... WHATEVER Alma Young King did, she did to the absolute best of herability. Kanawha County was the effort in many ways for many decades. King died Sunday at age 81, after spending 18 years as countyclerk. They were years of clean elections, steady progress in thecomputer age, and ...
Your views
Jan 03, 2005 ... Neither side was ...
Our views: The state has changed direction; West Virginians used their votes to restore hope in their lovely state
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY Mail Business Editor George Hohmann asked business leaderswhat the top business story was in West Virginia in 2004. The winnerwas not the coal industry's latest boom or the opening of PullmanSquare or Cabela's or even the historic sale of Weirton Steel. The overwhelming ...
Here's to a good year for a W. Va. family: Our bad choices and good choices affect West Virginia
Jan 03, 2005; ... ON this, the third day of 2005, my thoughts are of family - theWest Virginia family. We live in a small state with people whose lives are ineffablyentwined. A school bus driver in Logan County who plays and wins the workerscomp lottery affects us all. A coal operator who ...
Perennial poverty remains a puzzle: The poor turn out to be both resilient, resistant
Jan 03, 2005; ... MILWAUKEE - Angela Jobe, 38, is a grandmother who has lived mostof her adult life at ground zero of the struggle to "end welfare aswe know it." At about the time candidate Bill Clinton was promising to do that -in autumn 1991 - she boarded a bus in Chicago, heading for ...
Obituaries: Obit
Jan 03, 2005 ... Joseph A. Alexander Joseph Andrew "Dolph" Alexander, 69, of White Sulphur Springs diedJan. 1, 2005. Service will be 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at ShanklinFuneral Home, White Sulphur Springs. Friends may call one hour priorto the service Monday at the funeral home. Helen ...
WVU new hires starting this summer may earn more than existing workers
Jan 03, 2005; ... MORGANTOWN - Non-faculty employees already working at WestVirginia University could earn less than new hires starting thissummer, an employee representative has warned. Paul Martinelli, who represents WVU's classified employee at theschool's board of governors, said it will become ...
Manchin moves toward calling special session: Governor-elect targets ethics, reorganization, finances as topics during meetings with leaders
Jan 03, 2005; ... Gov.-elect Joe Manchin may have a surprise or two in store forwhen he takes office Jan. 17 and outlines his plans in his inauguraladdress. Manchin has hinted at calling a special legislative sessionbetween his inaugural and the Feb. 9 resumption of the regularsession. He ...
Marine documents war as he helps fight it: With his photos on display at Md. school, reservist to head back
Jan 03, 2005; ... ADELPHI, Md. - When Maj. Benjamin Busch prepared for patrols in aregion near the Iraq-Iran border, he strapped body armor across hischest, donned a Kevlar helmet and slung a gun over his shoulder. TheMarine reservist also usually carried another key piece of gear - hiscamera ....
Government's 'faith-based' contributions top $1 billion: Four West Virginia groups among those receiving federal funds
Jan 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - The government gave more than $1 billion in 2003 toorganizations it considers "faith-based," with some going to programswhere prayer and spiritual guidance are central and some toorganizations that do not consider themselves religious at all. Many of these groups have ...
Researchers find deepest U.S. reef off Florida coast
Jan 03, 2005; ... ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Marine researchers have discovered thedeepest coral reef ever found in the United States in about 250 feetof water off the Florida coast. The discovery in the Gulf of Mexico was announced last month bythe U.S. Geological Survey. It was tentatively ...
Police report
Jan 03, 2005 ... S.C. fire may have been arson, firefighters say South Charleston firefighters think a fire that broke out on thefront porch of a Central Avenue home early today was arson. Crews were called to 312 Central Ave. about 3:15 a.m., saidAssistant Chief James Wood of the ...
Business briefs
Jan 03, 2005 ... Charleston, Wheeling public relations firms unite TSG Consulting, a Charleston public relations and governmentaffairs firm, and Beyond Marketing, a Wheeling advertising and publicrelations agency, have merged. Tom Susman of Charleston and Chris Hall of Beckley head ...
Internet loans offer easy cash but often come with hefty fees: Some services charge $30 interest on $100 for a two-week loan
Jan 03, 2005; ... Sharon Jackson and her family were about to drive to Florida inJuly on their first vacation in many years when their truck brokedown. With Jackson's husband between jobs, they didn't have an extra$200 to fix the truck. And the Ohio family didn't want to cancel thetrip because ...
Interest in agriculture growing: High school students in urban areas taking classes in agriculture, considering it as a career
Jan 03, 2005; ... TOLEDO, Ohio - Inside a greenhouse here, high school studentsstudying hydroponics are growing lettuce and basil without soil. In Philadelphia, teenagers tend to a herd of cows. And inMinneapolis, students are researching how grass grows in differentkinds of soil. An ...
Investigators find gas can at site of deadly building fire
Jan 03, 2005; ... NEW YORK - Investigators found a gasoline can at the scene of anapartment building fire that killed four people - including twochildren - and critically injured two others. Fire Department spokesman Charlie Markey said the New Year's Dayfire on the top floor of a six-story ...
Walls of Sri Lankan facility crushed by waves; inmates return to rebuild
Jan 03, 2005; ... MATARA, Sri Lanka - For the 413 inmates of the prison here, Dec.26 dawned like any other day. Many were let out of their cells at 6a.m. for exercise and spent the next several hours milling about thecommon area. Those housed in cellblocks A and H - convicted ofmurder, rape, making bombs, ...
Indian teen now breadwinner for family: Tidal wave killed his parents; now he's caring for younger brothers and sister
Jan 03, 2005; ... NAGAPPATTINAM, India - A week ago, A. Dharmaraj was a carefreeteenager, fishing alongside his father as his younger brothers andsisters played in the sand. But with his parents now dead, swept out to sea in last week'stsunami, the 15-year-old has been forced to grow up very fast ....
Survivors now grappling with memories of disaster: Health experts warn it may take years to overcome trauma
Jan 03, 2005; ... PHUKET, Thailand - The images play over and over in Jasmin Hasic'smind. He is in a bungalow on a Thai beach with his wife Nadja. Atowering wave crashes over them. He holds out his hand, but a wallcollapses on her back and she's pulled out to sea. She clings to apalm tree in the ...
DEAR ABBY: Husband's contrition is hard for wife to accept
Jan 03, 2005; ... DEAR ABBY: I need to know if I should forgive my husband, "Kurt,"or move on and start over. I had been married 26 years when Kurt called me one day at work tosay he no longer knew how he felt about me. I was speechless. Atfirst, I thought he was joking, but it went from bad to ...
Horoscope
Jan 03, 2005; ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). If you're open to it, a super-interesting chance meeting sparkles up your day. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). When there's a chance to put yourtalent on the line for all to judge, you have no fear. tGEMINI (May 21-June 21) ....
Car Talk: Booster likely cause of brake problems; Device uses engine vacuum to amplify force, make stopping easier
Jan 03, 2005; ... Dear Tom and Ray: I live in Germany, and I love your show. I have a 1995 BuickSkylark with 120,000 miles on it. I often drive 80 to 90 mph on theAutobahn. I find I must change my front brakes (and often my rotors)about every four to six months. Why is this happening? ...
Showdown with squirrel launched man's career: Battle for birdfeeder yielded million-dollar how-to book series
Jan 03, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - In the beginning - before Bill Adler Jr. became anauthor, a self-help guru or a guest on the "Rosie O'Donnell Show" -there was a confrontation between man and squirrel. On one side of the window was Adler: former lobbyist, fledglingfree-lance writer and proud new ...
First black woman to serve in Congress dies: Shirley Chisholm also first black person to seek major party nomination for U.S. president
Jan 03, 2005; ... MIAMI - Shirley Chisholm, an advocate for minority rights whobecame the first black woman elected to Congress and later the firstblack person to seek a major party's nomination for the U.S.presidency, has died. Chisholm, who took her seat in the U.S. House in 1969, was ariveting ...
For the record
Jan 03, 2005 ... Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for Dec. 27, 2004: * Dora Jean Lafferty, P.O. Box 2007 Princeton. Chapter 7. Assets:$650. Liabilities: $50,584.44. * Daniel Franklin Bowles, 955 Evergreen Road, ...
Crime watch
Jan 03, 2005 ... The following crimes were reported to the Charleston PoliceDepartment between Dec. 23 and Dec. 29, 2004. EAST DISTRICT * 1700 block of Fourth Avenue, breaking and entering into an autoat 7:45 p.m. Dec. 26. * 1500 block of Lewis Street, burglary at 3:35 p.m. Dec ....
Mountaineers 'were more underachievers'
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - There was another New Year's Day bowl, ashare of the Big East Conference title and a third straight seasonwith eight or more wins. Yet 2004 for West Virginia University's football program will beremembered as the season that got ...
MU BASKETBALL: Herd still looking for the 'D'; Marshall 'frustrated, discouraged' in giving up 88 points to CMU
Jan 03, 2005; ... CMU 88, MARSHALL 83 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (6-4, 1-1 MAC) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Barrett 28 9-19 2-4 7-8 6 1 27 Pantlind 14 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Blevins 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 Watson 30 4-9 2-4 5-7 2 5 15 Nelson 25 7-9 5-6 5-5 4 1 ...
WVU MEN'S BASKETBALL: Top 25 may be one day away; Mountaineers beat No. 17 N.C. State, ready to move out of 'others'
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER RALEIGH, N.C. - In 27 seasons as a college head coach, JohnBeilein has yet to experience the joys of running a Division I Top 25team. That could come to a close by Tuesday, when the national polls arein public view. Beilein's West Virginia University ...
BeileinBall complicated, yet successful
Jan 03, 2005; ... RALEIGH, N.C. - Don't try to find one reason for West Virginia'sstunning start to the basketball season. There isn't one. It's more complicated than that, kind of like an opponent tryingto solve the Mountaineers' 1-3-1, area-trapping zone defense. "We didn't invent ...
Rams, Jets, Vikings not likely to go far
Jan 03, 2005; ... The Jets, Vikings and Rams made it into the NFL playoffs Sunday. The way they played, they might be out in a week. New York and Minnesota backed in, the Vikings losing seven oftheir last 10 for the second straight season. The Jets lost 32-29 inovertime at the Rams, and the ...
Top of the 2nd
Jan 03, 2005 ... WVU women lose to No. 14 Boston College MORGANTOWN - Boston College (10-1) extended its all-winningdomination of West Virginia (9-2) in women's basketball here Sundayafternoon. The high-flying Eagles, ranked No. 14 in the nation, jumped out toa 4-0 lead and never looked back ...
National scoreboard
Jan 03, 2005 ... Odds NCAA Football Bowl Games Tonight Sugar Bowl At New Orleans FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U U'DOG Auburn 6 1/2 5 1/2 (44 1/2) Va. Tech Tuesday Orange Bowl At Miami Southern Cal 3 1/2 1 (54) Oklahoma NFL Wild Card ...
Local scoreboard
Jan 03, 2005 ... SCHEDULE College The upcoming athletics schedule for West Virginia, Marshall,Charleston, West Virginia State and WVU Tech: Men's basketball Today - WVU Tech at Ohio State-Marion, 7 p.m. Wednesday - West Virginia at Villanova, 7:30 p.m. Thursday - ...
Stage is set for battle of defending state champions at Winfield
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Area girls basketball fans get a rare treat tonight when tworeigning state champion teams square off in Winfield. The Class AA Generals (4-1) host Class AAA South Charleston (3-0)at 7:30 p.m. "It should be a great game," Generals Coach Paul ...
GATOR BOWL: Henry's talent will be missed
Jan 03, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - In the end, Chris Henry was a man of fewpublic words, but ample action. One can remember him streaking down the field to snag fallingbombs in multi-touchdown games during 2003 road wins at BostonCollege and Syracuse. One can also ...
CAIFA / Jody Jividen: COACH OF THE MONTH; Ashley Shepler; Charleston Catholic
Jan 03, 2005 ... * In her inaugural season as Catholics girls basketball coach, the23-year-old Shepler has the Irish off to a 5-0 start, including avictory over Class AA defending state champ Winfield. n Shepler wasCatholics starting point guard for four seasons (1996-99) andfinished her career with over ...
Dow pledges tsunami relief: of $5 million
Jan 04, 2005 ... FROM STAFF REPORTS The Dow Chemical Co. today announced it would contribute $5million to the relief efforts under way for victims of the recentearthquake and subsequent tsunamis in Southeast Asia and the Indiansubcontinent. Andrew Liveris, Dow president and chief executive ...
Kanawha hones in on math: Proposed grant would test juniors' math skills,; try to reduce number who need college remediation
Jan 04, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF High school juniors in Kanawha County might get some academic helpto make sure they don't end up in remedial classes in college. Beginning next year, juniors likely will be tested to see wherethey stand in math ability and to determine where they need ...
Family makes tragic discovery: Photo of high school sophomore posted on bulletin board outside morgue in Thailand
Jan 04, 2005; ... SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Exhausted after more than a week ofsearching for her missing sister, Shonti Breisch was scanning a longbulletin board of tsunami victims' photos posted at a makeshiftmorgue at Khao Lak, Thailand. Suddenly, and finally, she saw her sister, Kali, and cried ...
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS: Manchin seems to be approaching this critical time as Caperton did
Jan 04, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF In early 1989, West Virginia's newly elected governor, GastonCaperton, dashed into office, proposed four pieces of sweepinglegislation and scored 100 percent approval - in just two weeks. At the time, many said he accomplished in half a month what ...
Comp studies ways to go private: Workers' compensation analysis one of several ordered by lawmakers
Jan 04, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR The Workers' Compensation Commission is soliciting proposals fromprivate companies to develop a plan to transfer operation of Workers'Comp from a state agency to a private entity. Proposal bids will be opened Feb. 4, according to the request ...
Putnam school board picks new member
Jan 04, 2005; ... Putnam schools Superintendent Chuck Hatfield administers the oathof office to new board ...
Putnam school board picks new member: Rural Liberty resident hopes to represent same concerns as predecessor
Jan 04, 2005; ... At age 35, Jeff Cox is the youngest member of the Putnam CountyBoard of Education as well as the newest. Cox was chosen from a field of nine candidates Monday night tofill the seat left vacant last month by the death of Patty Thornton. Picked by a unanimous vote of the four ...
Charleston newcomer sparks Eagle victory
Jan 03, 2005; ... UC 111, Clermont 49 CINCINNATI-CLERMONT (8-8) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Dunn 32 4-14 2-3 0-0 2 1 10 Brooks 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 Girty 31 5-22 2-13 0-0 2 0 12 Holmes 22 0-2 0-0 0-1 3 1 0 Baynes 18 0-6 0-0 1-2 4 0 1 Wallace 11 1-5 0-2 ...
Lottery: Lotteries
Jan 03, 2005 ... Here are the winning numbers drawn Saturday: WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 952 Daily 4: 9853 OHIO Day Pick 3: 883 Pick 4: 1344 Evening Pick 3: 310 Pick 4: 2542Rolling Cash 5: 2-5-8-11-38 Super Lotto: 5-7-8-35-42-46 Kicker:969928 KENTUCKY Midday Pick 3: 008 Pick 4: ...
NFL PLAYOFFS
Jan 03, 2005 ... Local calls A look at some of the performances by NFL players witharea ties in Sundays games: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former WVUquarterback Marc Bulger led the Rams into the playoffs. Marc Bulger Rams QB (WVU)C-A-I Yds TD Team 29-39-2 4503 (8-8) ...
NFL Report
Jan 03, 2005 ... AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div x-New England 14 2 0 .875 437 260 8-0-0 6-2-0 10-2-0 4-0-0 5-1-0 z-N.Y. Jets 10 6 0 .625 333 261 6-2-0 4-4-0 7-5-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 Buffalo 9 7 0 .563 395 284 5-3-0 4-4-0 5-7-0 4-0-0 ...