Charleston Daily Mail back issues from August 2005:
Nitro residents worry about dioxin findings: Mother already was having daughters tested for symptons when she heard of school findings
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Leslie Marion has lived in Nitro since she was 2 years old. That'sabout 45 years for the woman, who currently lives across the streetfrom Nitro High School, her windows adorned with "Go Wildcats!"signs. Her health is fine. But she plans to begin researching ...
Wise gets to focus on just one issue: Ex-governor has cut many ties but says he still considers himself; a West Virginian
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Former Gov. Bob Wise said he is running a never-endingCongressional campaign - not to gain a seat in Congress but toimprove U.S. high schools. In the six months since he took over the presidency of theAlliance for Excellent Education, based in Washington, ...
Pay for area hospital officials' not too shabby at all: Report filed with state shows CAMC chief making $680,073
Aug 01, 2005; ... HEALTHCARE Working in the hospitalHeres Here's a sample of some of the highest local hospital salariesfor 2004: Charleston Area Medical Center David Ramsey President andChief Executive Officer $680,073* Glen Crotty Executive V.P. andChief Operating ...
NOT THE AVERAGE CRUISER: Kanawha County Sheriff's Department to get seven new vehicles
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Deputies from the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department will becruising the highways and byways in style. Within the coming weeks, the department will have seven newlydesigned 2005 Ford Crown Victorias in the fleet. The look is in stark contrast to most ...
Kasey Warner is no longer U.S. attorney: Former assistant Chuck Miller is holding post on interim basis
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Kasey Warner is no longer U.S. Attorney for the Southern Districtof West Virginia. Chuck Miller, the former assistant U.S. Attorney, was namedinterim director of the federal prosecutors' office, he said. "Effective this morning (Warner) is no longer ...
Honduran police arrest youths in agent's death
Aug 01, 2005; ... TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A 13-year-old gang member and his teenagedbodyguard have been arrested in the killing of a U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration agent during an apparent bungled robbery,a Honduran official said. DEA Special Agent Timothy Markey was shot to death on Friday ...
Manchin says digest not aimed at bypassing him: Governor did not veto the money, but only the way it was to be spent
Aug 01, 2005; ... Legislative leaders don't believe this year's Budget Digest doesan end-run around Gov. Joe Manchin's line-item vetoes from when thebudget was passed, and Manchin tends to agree. "I didn't veto the money," the governor pointed out last week. "Ivetoed the way in which the agencies ...
W.Va. has first Hot Lotto jackpot winner
Aug 01, 2005; ... West Virginia lottery officials and 7-Eleven workers believe theymay have found the winner of Saturday's $1.75 million Hot Lottojackpot. Lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla said she received a phone calltoday from a person associated with the winner. This happened sometime after ...
REVIEW: Band lacked energy, but fans didn't care; 3 Doors Down seemed to rely on visuals, not their music
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF 3 Doors Down. More like 3 Doors Frown. While the Mississippi quintet headlined Sunday night's concert atthe Charleston Civic Center, they were a disappointment when comparedto opening acts Breaking Benjamin and Staind. Kicking off at 7 p.m., Breaking ...
Former soldier goes on killing spree in Mexico, leaving 10 people dead
Aug 01, 2005; ... ACAPULCO, Mexico - A former soldier killed his wife, infant nephewand a police officer in a vicious rampage that left 10 people deadbefore being wounded by police and killed by an angry crowd insouthern Mexico, authorities said. Oscar Flores, 35, killed his wife and nephew with a ...
Polish center to study life of Pope John Paul II
Aug 01, 2005; ... WARSAW, Poland - Warsaw will open an independent center forstudying the teachings of Pope John Paul II and offer scholarships tounderprivileged students, the city council said. The Study Center of John Paul II will "support and promoteintellectual and moral values," council leader ...
President addresses scouts, offers prayers and praise: In third attempt to visit, Bush speaks of leaders who died
Aug 01, 2005; ... BOWLING GREEN, Va. - As President Bush took to the podium in frontof the enormous crowd at the National Boy Scout Jamboree, two troopsof Scouts from Alaska stood up and cheered loudly along with theirpeers. But as Bush began to speak about the tragic electrocutions thathad taken ...
Saudi King Fahd dies; new king named appointed: Ruler, 84, had been hospitalized since May
Aug 01, 2005; ... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Fahd, who moved Saudi Arabia closer tothe United States but ruled the nation in name only since suffering astroke in 1995, died today, and his half brother was quickly named toreplace him. The first change in the throne in 23 years uncorked ajockeying for ...
Sudanese capital erupts in violence: Ex-leader of southern rebels is killed in crash just weeks after becoming vice-president
Aug 01, 2005; ... KHARTOUM, Sudan - Rioters burned cars and threw stones in Sudan'scapital today after a helicopter crash killed the country's vicepresident, who until recently was a southern rebel leader. Sudanese leaders appealed for calm and said the nation's peaceprocess would remain on track ....
Almanac
Aug 01, 2005 ... Yesterday's high 89 Record high 101, 1931 Normal high 78 Yesterday's low 66 Record low 52, 1956 Normal ...
Forecasts
Aug 01, 2005 ... Tonight Mostly clear with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds. Tuesday Mostly sunny with highs in the lower 90s. Light winds. Wednesday Mostly clear with ...
Regional weather
Aug 01, 2005 ... Akron 90 67 PCldy Charlotte 88 68 PCldy Cincinnati 93 68 Clr Cleveland 91 68 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 93 70 PCldy Dayton 92 70 PCldy Daytona Beach 89 76 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 90 67 PCldy Lexington 92 ...
National weather
Aug 01, 2005 ... Anchorage 63 51 Rain Baltimore 92 71 PCldy Boston 82 68 PCldy Chicago 93 71 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 99 75 PCldy Denver 94 64 PCldy Detroit 91 70 PCldy Honolulu 90 76 Clr Houston 97 72 Clr Indianapolis 92 70 Clr Kansas City ...
Nation & world
Aug 01, 2005 ... Bush names Bolton ambassador to U.N. WASHINGTON - President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installedembattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nationstoday, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Boltonof abusing subordinates and twisting ...
Our views: U.S. 35 needs federal funding; The 18.3 cent gas tax should fix unsafe highways
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEWSPAPERS on the left and on the right wasted little time indenouncing the latest federal highways funding bill. The editorialwriters might want to reconsider their positions. Perhaps it is time those who are quick to call a new highway"pork" drove a mile or two along U.S. 35 ...
Our views: Anti-meth laws ease the problem; Now Congress is considering adopting a new law from the states
Aug 01, 2005; ... FOR several years now, people have used common products to cook upa powerful drug in their homes. The epidemic of methamphetamine thathas hit the nation has concentrated largely in rural areas. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Nik Green was shot and killed onthe day after Christmas ...
Your views
Aug 01, 2005 ... West Virginians showed they do care I am originally from St. Albans, and on May 14, my husband RogerD. Hancock, 30, was killed in a car accident where we reside inMurrells Inlet, S.C. I would like to thank all of those from the area who sent our 4-year-old daughter, ...
Nothing matters now but the 'maters: West Virginia simply grows the best
Aug 01, 2005; ... I know I should be worried about the great issues of our time,everything from Iraq to America's slipping standard of living. Our mean streets are getting meaner. And what about Robert C.Byrd? Should he run again or would it be better for West Virginia ifhe retired? Should 40-ounce ...
Obituaries: Obit
Aug 01, 2005 ... Thelma Lee Hanna Blake Thelma Lee Hanna Blake, 85, of Craigsville, died July 30, 2005, atSummersville Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was bornJan. 14, 1920, in Beaver Mills, near Craigsville. A homemaker, Thelmalater worked along with her husband at their business, ...
Local briefs
Aug 01, 2005 ... University to add three new undergraduate degrees VIENNA - Ohio Valley University plans to add undergraduate degreesin sports management, English and history, school officials said. The sports management degree will help students interested incareers in marketing, advertising ...
Women should keep ovaries, report says
Aug 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - Most women getting a hysterectomy should keep theirovaries because the common extra step of removing them seems to do nogood and might decrease their long-term survival, researchers report. The provocative study, being published today in the journalObstetrics & ...
Pataki vows to veto 'morning-after pill' legislation
Aug 01, 2005; ... ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. George Pataki will veto legislation that wouldallow women to buy the "morning-after" pill without a prescription, adecision described by abortion rights advocates as "sheer politicalexpediency" to build conservative support for a 2008 presidentialrun. Pataki ...
Missing teenager found unharmed in Queens
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK - A 13-year-old boy who disappeared from a men's room inYankee Stadium had run away and was found in Queens early Sunday,police said. Detective John Sweeney, a police spokesman, declined to elaborateon how or why Majelique Lewis ended up in another borough. Hundreds ...
Police report
Aug 01, 2005 ... Former employee charged in robbery of pizza shop A former employee of a pizza shop has been arrested in connectionwith a robbery there, police said. Danielle Renee Clyburn, 23, was arrested by Kanawha Countysheriff's deputies Sunday in connection with a robbery that ...
Indian officials urge people to stay at home
Aug 01, 2005; ... BOMBAY, India - Authorities warned residents to remain at homeafter heavy rains fell again across Bombay and surrounding areashammered last week by devastating floods, with more than 900 peoplenow reported dead. Cleanup efforts and the distribution of food supplies to ...
Fatal accident may be result of drag race
Aug 01, 2005 ... A Kanawha County man has died in a motorcycle accident in BooneCounty, apparently while drag racing, police said. Marland Eugene Clark, 35, of Cross Lanes was dead at the sceneSunday afternoon along W.Va. 85 just south of Wharton, Sheriff RodneyMiller said. Clark was riding ...
Elk raise concerns among some in Ky.: Critics say animals are destructive; others say they are good for the state's economy
Aug 01, 2005; ... PIPPA PASSES, Ky. - Elk roam free in at least 16 counties ineastern Kentucky, but many residents have varied concerns about thegrowing population. Gary Cox, the manager of the Big Sandy Regional Airport, isworried that an errant elk will wander onto a runway and cause ...
WVC FOOTBALL: Questions surround WVC opponents
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER FAIRMONT - The live television premiere of Fairmont StateUniversity football will go on as planned, but not without somemoments of trepidation. The Falcons open their season Aug. 27 at 12:30 p.m. againstPennsylvania State Athletic Conference member ...
Marshall missing substantial number of recruits: Herd picked by coaches to finish 4th in C-USA East Division
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER HUNTINGTON - Nearly one-third of Marshall University's 2005football recruiting class is not on the Thundering Herd roster. Ten of the 33 prospects that signed with Marshall apparently areacademic non-qualifiers. MU officials expect most of the 10 to ...
There's a method to Midnight Madness at Nitro High School
Aug 01, 2005; ... HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Top of the state The top 10 college footballprospects among West Virginia high school players, as ranked byRivals.com. West Virginia high schools can begin workouts today: RankNamePos. Ht. Wt. High school1. Chris Fulmer WR 6-0 180 Nitro2. ...
One small step, one giant leap for Laidley: Capital High's football team first today on Laidley's new turf
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER The black dots on uniforms and marked-up shoes from LaidleyField's new surface will eventually fade with the daily twistedankles created by the former artificial turf. By the time Capital opens its football season on Aug. 25 againstHuntington at ...
A Golden Future: WVU tech rebuilding an athletics program; Part 1 of a series; Uncertainty is norm at WVU Tech
Aug 01, 2005; ... Editors note: The recent struggle for success in athletics competitively and financially at West Virginia University Tech hastaken the Golden Bears program down some wrong roads. In a Daily Mailseries beginning today, sportswriter Andrew J. Beckner takes an in-depth look at what got the ...
PREP GOLF: For former Irish boss, there's no dropoff
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER When longtime Charleston Catholic fixture B.J. Calabrese took thehead coaching job at Capital High, he was leaving a tradition that hehelped build. Seventeen years, two Class AA/A state golf championships - 1999and 2001 - and second-place finishes in ...
Top of the 2nd
Aug 01, 2005 ... Herd single-game tickets on sale today Season ticket holders and Big Green members are getting first shotat single-game tickets for Marshall's 2005 home football season,which kicks off Thursday, Sept. 1 against Wiliam and Mary. Tickets are $30 for sideline seats and $20 for end ...
Bassmaster champion one of only two anglers to reach five-bass limit
Aug 01, 2005; ... PITTSBURGH - Kevin VanDam won his second Bassmaster Classic titlein five years on Sunday, while Aaron Martens had to settle foranother second-place finish. VanDam was one of only two anglers to reach the five-bass limit onthe third and final day of competition. His catch totaled 4 ...
Local & National scoreboard
Aug 01, 2005 ... baseball South Atlantic League Second Half North Division W L Pct. GB Delmarva (Orioles) 25 10 .714 - Hickory (Pirates) 21 15 .583 41/2 Lexington (Astros) 19 17 .528 61/2 West Virginia (Brewers) 19 17 .528 61/2 Lakewood ...
American League
Aug 01, 2005 ... red sox 4, Twins 3 MINNESOTA BOSTON ab r h bi ab r h bi ShStwrt lf 5 0 1 0 Damon cf 4 0 1 0 LRdrgz 2b 2 0 0 0 Rnteria ss 4 1 1 0 Mauer c 3 0 0 0 DOrtiz dh 3 1 1 1 Tiffe 3b 5 0 2 0 Olerud 1b 3 2 2 1 JJones rf 3 1 1 1 Stern rf 0 0 0 ...
Baseball P.M.
Aug 01, 2005 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 59 45 .567 - z-7-3 W-5 30-18 29-27 12-6 New York 56 47 .544 21/2 5-5 W-2 33-21 23-26 11-7 Toronto 53 51 .510 6 z-6-4 W-1 30-22 23-29 8-10 Baltimore 51 53 .490 8 1-9 L-5 28-26 ...
National League
Aug 01, 2005 ... reds 7, padres 1 CINCINNATI SAN DIEGO ab r h bi ab r h bi Freel cf 5 0 1 0 EYong lf 4 0 1 0 FLopez ss 4 1 2 0 Loretta 2b 4 0 0 1 Casey 1b 3 2 1 0 Nady 1b 4 0 0 0 Dunn lf 4 1 1 4 BGiles rf 4 0 0 0 Aurilia 2b 4 1 1 2 Randa 3b 4 0 0 ...
Conservation expert offers advice on saving family keepsakes: Basements, attics often worst place to store things, man says
Aug 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - In my living room, antique Russian brasscandlesticks, which are in little danger of damage, have a safe,climate-controlled perch on the mantel. Two flights up in the attic,the fragile Super-8 movie cassette of my wedding stashed in acardboard box years ago is burning to a ...
Despite physical challenges, former football player gives back to a community he loves: EASLEY DOES IT
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The past few years have been tough for Walter Easley. The formerWest Virginia University and San Francisco 49ers standout suffersfrom end-stage renal disease related to cysts that have troubled himsince his WVU days. Easley, 47, is in need of a kidney ...
Funeral brings back memories
Aug 01, 2005; ... Like tattered pieces of yellowed snapshots, fragmented memoriesrode with me as I traveled south on the interstate. The February weather reminded me of my grandmother, Elmira Frame.During unsettled days in the shortest month, she often said thatFebruary borrowed from March. I ...
Bonds used to renovate Power building don't worry officials yet: Little of the space in the structure is taken, but Molgaard says that was to be expected
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Charleston officials aren't fretting yet over unoccupied space inthe city's 601 Morris St. building adjacent to Appalachian PowerPark. The city has to pay back about $266,000 annually in $3 millionbond obligations to the renovated building that currently ...
GRAND GAINS: State tweaks, adds; to aircraft fleet
Aug 01, 2005; ... The Aviation Division charges agencies for use of state aircraft.It charges $1,200 per flight hour for the King Air, $600 per flighthour for the Caravan, $600 per flight hour for its 1981 Bell 206BIIIhelicopter and $700 per flight hour for its 1993 Bell 206L4helicopter. DAILY ...
Bank warns of scam: Crooks get security number from card, then use it to make purchases, United says
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF United Bank is warning consumers against a new version of a creditcard scam where sophisticated thieves obtain the three-digit securitycode and then rack up purchases. In this scheme, the crooks call (or in some cases e-mail) creditcard holders and represent ...
Coke plants see growth as demand for steel rises
Aug 01, 2005; ... CLEVELAND - Demand from the steel industry has triggered interestin the construction of new coke plants across the Midwest andAppalachia. The rush of activity reflects the changing economics of the globalsteel industry. It also highlights the latest coke-making technology,which ...
Business briefs
Aug 01, 2005 ... Japan to slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel imports Japan will slap 15 percent levies on U.S. steel imports startingSept. 1 in retaliation for American steel industry protectionmeasures, the trade ministry said Monday, turning up the heat on along-festering dispute between the ...
Cabinet secretaries determine when to fly
Aug 01, 2005; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Although the state has reorganized the way its aircraft are ownedand maintained, it has not changed the process used to justifyaircraft use. Cabinet secretaries determine when a flight is justified. When itreceives a request, the Aviation Division ...
Massey 'trying to play a role' to keep government in line: Blankenship doesn't want state to take; advantage of coal industry
Aug 01, 2005; ... Massey Energy Co. head Don Blankenship, who last week sued Gov.Joe Manchin in federal court, says his company is "trying to play arole" to make sure state government doesn't take advantage the coalindustry and "burden businesses like Massey as much as they have inthe past." ...
Chinese pirates produce copy of latest in Harry Potter series
Aug 01, 2005; ... BEIJING - The wizards of China's thriving piracy industry haveworked their magic again and produced a rush translation of thelatest Harry Potter book. Though it's missing some paragraphs and gets a couple of factswrong, an unauthorized Chinese version of "Harry Potter and the ...
For the record
Aug 01, 2005 ... Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for July 25, 2005: * Charles Dwight and Britney Nicole Forshay, 36 Colonel PhelpsCourt, Parkersburg. Chapter 7. Assets: $23,597.37. Liabilities:$30,443.03. * ...
Suspects in bombing grilled: Eighteen people are in custody in Britain, and three are jailed in Italy
Aug 01, 2005; ... LONDON - Police in Britain and Italy questioned 21 suspects asthey sought to piece together the networks behind the Londonbombings, probing for possible links between the two sets of attacksand for connections to any accomplices overseas. Investigators arrested seven people Sunday ...
Coonskin Park plans two golf events
Aug 01, 2005 ... Kanawha County Parks and Recreation will host the Kanawha CountyAmateur Championship Aug. 27 at Big Bend Golf Course and at SandyBrae Golf Course on Aug. 28. Entries must be received by Aug. 20. The entry fee is $75 plus cart fees. Tee time will be 8-9 a.m.,depending upon the ...
Hurricanes expected to intensify: Meteorologist says storms' duration, wind speeds have increased in the past 50 years
Aug 01, 2005; ... Hurricanes are likely to become more destructive in the futurebecause of rising ocean temperatures, according to research publishedonline Sunday in the journal Nature. Kerry Emanuel, an MIT professor and meteorologist, reviewed aboutfive decades of hurricane and typhoon data, and ...
Town battles to ban trucks on federal highway: Berkeley Springs officials, residents say trucks harmful to town known for tourism
Aug 01, 2005; ... BERKELEY SPRINGS - Four decades ago, when someone made a movieabout this small West Virginia town for a time capsule, the highwayhad the starring role. "It was a 20-minute film, and at least half the time was trafficon U.S. 522 - and particularly truck traffic," says Beth ...
DEAR ABBY: Dad's girlfriend enforces vegetarian diet on family
Aug 01, 2005; ... DEAR ABBY: My dad's girlfriend, "Coral," moved in with us lastmonth. Ever since she moved in, things have changed. Coral is avegetarian. She says sugar is poison, and milk and eggs are bad. Theweek she moved in, she went through our fridge and pantry and threwout everything that wasn't ...
Horoscope
Aug 01, 2005; ... FORECAST FOR TUESDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). Your valuable contributions at workhave gone unnoticed - until now. Higher-ups have been watching from adistance and are impressed with your can-do attitude. rTAURUS (April 20-May 20). An event that has been planned formonths ...
Car Talk: Two likely causes exist for non-starting car; Battery either has a dead cell or a current drain
Aug 01, 2005; ... Dear Tom and Ray: I am a student in Boston with a car that is originally from Texas.I have a 1996 Chevrolet G Van that has more than 150,000 miles on it.The car had been working really well until last fall. This was its first real winter. Basically, I have to jump-start ...
For some mothers, only the very best will do: Women feel need to control every aspect of their lives, expert says
Aug 01, 2005; ... You know who they are. They're the mothers who pore over everydetail of their children's development and analyze every element oftheir own parenting skills. She does it even though she may know better, reading the books,shopping the stores, researching the schools, scheduling ...
Harrison Ford will continue to lead program
Aug 01, 2005; ... OSHKOSH, Wis. - Harrison Ford will stay on as chairman of anExperimental Aircraft Association program that introduces children toflying. Ford, an avid pilot, has given more than 200 young people rides asa volunteer pilot for the program. He will serve as the EAA YoungEagles ...