Charleston Daily Mail back issues from June 2006:
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHARLESTON
Jun 01, 2006 ... Special Olympics Summer Games - June 2-4. Events held at LaidleyField, Coonskin Park, YMCA, Capital High School and the Martin LutherKing Jr. Community Center. Live on the Levee at Haddad Park - June 2, 16, 23, 30; July 7, 14,21, 28; Aug. 4,11,18, 26 Symphony Sunday - June 4 ...
Post office celebrates 100 years: London fixture is gathering place where residents catch up on local happenings
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF LONDON - A red, white and blue mobile home by the side of U.S. 60may not look like a center of activity to passersby, but residents ofthis unincorporated area know otherwise. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the London Post Office. Itmay be in its third ...
Cato Pool draws big holiday crowd
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF So many people went to Cato Park swimming pool on Memorial Day,it's a wonder there was any water left in it. John Charnock, Charleston parks and recreation director, saidabout 1,300 swimmers showed up on the third day of the openingweekend. The ...
Summer events make for 'a heck of a time' in city, mayor says
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Forget going on vacation. There's too much to do in Charleston this summer to miss. Or maybefolks can just rent a room, pay the hotel occupancy tax and vacationhere. Beginning with Friday's free Live on the Levee concert at HaddadPark on the Kanawha ...
Officer 'busted up' in fall: Charleston patrolman falls through ceiling, breaks both arms, gashes face
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A Charleston police officer today was recovering from surgeryafter suffering several broken bones when he fell through a grocerystore ceiling while investigating a possible break-in. Patrolman Shaun McClure fell about eight feet through a ceilingearly ...
Fewer students on road crews: State trimmed program as interest in jobs waned
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Students looking for summer jobs are shying away from thesometimes-grueling work with state road crews that once wasconsidered a boon for teenagers hungry for paychecks. The number of students with summer highways jobs has fallen tofewer than 500 ...
Hot weather hits early
Jun 01, 2006; ... This week's unseasonably steamy temperatures kept some folksinside and others looking for water activities. Some ...
Woman gets 1 year probation for sex with minor
Jun 01, 2006; ... BECKLEY - A 30-year-old Raleigh County woman will spend one yearon probation after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-oldboy. Tonya Jean Dickens pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of third-degree sexual abuse. She had been indicted on two counts of third-degree ...
Recommendations made for mine safety
Jun 01, 2006; ... West Virginia underground coal mines need larger caches ofemergency air packs, shelter chambers capable of keeping miners alivefor at least two days, and extra two-way communication and trackingequipment, a state mine safety task force has concluded. Most of the recommendations ...
Neb. judge asked to resign for short sex offender ruling
Jun 01, 2006; ... LINCOLN, Neb. - A petition drive is calling for the resignation ofthe judge who sentenced a sex offender to probation instead of prisonin part because of his short stature. The campaign is aimed at Cheyenne County District Judge KristineCecava, who last week sentenced Richard W ....
Query finds false reports were made
Jun 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - The U.S. military investigation of how Marinecommanders handled the reporting of events in the Iraqi town ofHaditha last November, where troops allegedly killed 24 Iraqicivilians, will conclude that some officers gave false information totheir superiors, who then failed to ...
Man busted after angry girlfriends out him as fake U.S. marshal
Jun 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - To some, Richard Kudlik possessed the macho allure of adeputy U.S. marshal on a manhunt. They say he had the badge, raid jacket, flashing lights on hisDodge pickup truck, even a gun. But the real U.S. marshals - and achorus of angry women - say Kudlik was only ...
Troops to get training in values: General says most of the soldiers in Iraq 'do right even when no one is watching'
Jun 01, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - The top U.S. general in Iraq today orderedAmerican commanders to conduct core values training on moral andethical standards on the battlefield. The order from Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the commander ofMultinational Corps Iraq, came as the U.S. military ...
Families find identities of comatose woman, dead crash victim mixed up
Jun 01, 2006; ... CALEDONIA, Mich. - The casket was closed for Whitney Cerak'sfuneral more than a month ago. Her mother, Colleen, declined to lookat the body, battered as it was in a collision between a van and atractor-trailer. "They wanted to remember her the way she was," said ...
Forecasts
Jun 01, 2006 ... Tonight Rain and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around63. Friday Periods of showers and thunderstorms. High around 72. Saturday A ...
Regional weather
Jun 01, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 73 57 PCldy Charlotte 83 66 Rain Cincinnati 75 60 Rain Cleveland 72 57 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 75 62 Rain Dayton 75 60 PCldy Daytona Beach 89 70 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 83 65 ...
National weather
Jun 01, 2006 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 67 44 PCldy Baltimore 77 67 Rain Boston 64 62 Rain Chicago 77 56 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 91 66 PCldy Denver 90 55 Clr Detroit 76 56 PCldy Honolulu 85 71 Clr Houston 87 69 Cldy Indianapolis 77 62 ...
Nation & world
Jun 01, 2006 ... North Korea invites U.S. nuclear envoy for talks SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea today invited the chief U.S.nuclear envoy to visit the communist nation if Washington proves itscommitment to an agreement last year in which the North pledged toabandon its atomic weapons ...
Our views: Histrionics carry their own hazards; Where is the evidence that Massey Energy endangers schoolchildren?
Jun 01, 2006; ... ON Tuesday, a delegation of people interested in Marsh ForkElementary School - and in blackening the name of Massey Energy -marched into the governor's reception room at the state Capitol todemand a new school. Kayla Taylor, 11, presented Gov. Joe Manchin with her piggy bank.Her ...
Our views: Taxpayers don't like being fall guys; Taxpayers who just lost $25,000 will expect better record-keeping
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE Kanawha County Commission will pay Denise Tucker $15,000, andher lawyers $10,000, to settle a lawsuit the county should have wonhands down. It is an expensive lesson in just how poor the county's personnelpolicy has been. Tucker is the wife of former Sheriff David ...
Why have schools become restaurants?: The government may have fattened up a generation
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE debate over selling soft drinks at West Virginia schools is aheated one that misses the point: Why are schools selling snacks? When I was a kid, I walked more than six miles a day to elementaryschool. That was a mile and a half to school, a mile and a half homefor lunch, a ...
Revenues surged thanks to tax cuts: No one should be surprised to witness this result of tax cuts
Jun 01, 2006; ... THE New York Times of May 21 featured estimates of how muchrevenue the federal government is losing as a result of tax cuts,more than $50 billion over a five-year period. Meanwhile, a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal reported the government asreceiving "a surge in ...
Byrd Senate speech: Byrd says Erma gave him a monthly allowance
Jun 01, 2006 ... * Editor's Note: May 29 would have been the 69th weddinganniversary of Sen. Robert C. and Erma Byrd. On the Senate floorrecently, he rose and spoke about his wife, who died March 25. On Saturday, May 29, 1937, I was working in the meat shop at theKoppers Store in Stotesbury, West ...
New Orleans mayor beginning second term
Jun 01, 2006; ... NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Ray Nagin, who urged voters not to changeleaders before the hurricane season, starts his second term just asthe season begins. His inauguration today comes less than two weeks after he defeatedLouisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu and on the first day of the ...
Delegates back Marshall man for speaker post
Jun 01, 2006; ... When he announced he was leaving the Legislature after this year,House Speaker Bob Kiss asked delegates to hold off the debate overhis successor until after the November elections. That hasn'thappened. The Raleigh County Democrat's leadership team - party members onthe House ...
Medicaid cuts won't save W.Va. any money, group says
Jun 01, 2006; ... West Virginia's plan to reduce health care costs for the poorprobably won't save money and likely violates federal law, aWashington, D.C., think tank said. The state intends to limit Medicaid coverage for prescriptions andeliminate coverage entirely for diabetes care unless ...
Senior called 'iron woman of attendance'
Jun 01, 2006; ... MARTINSBURG - Karen Lutman has enjoyed school so much theJefferson High School senior has become "the iron woman ofattendance" in her pursuit to graduate without missing a day sinceelementary school. "It makes me feel good that I can complete something, especiallythat ...
W.Va. speller achieves goal: Putnam teen was to appear today on ESPN
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF WASHINGTON - Putnam County speller Andy Wade, 14, got his wish. The spelling whiz said his goal for this year's Scripps NationalSpelling Bee was to make it to the ESPN broadcast. "All we wanted was to make it on ESPN, and that's what we did,"said ...
State GOP chairman quitting after term: Capehart heading to Eastern Europe to teach, says he has no plan to return to politics
Jun 01, 2006; ... WHEELING - West Virginia Republicans will have to look for a newchairman to lead them in this year's general election. State GOP Chairman Rob Capehart, who recently was awarded aFulbright Scholarship, has sent a letter to party leaders saying hewill not seek another term when his ...
Groups give school an ultimatum: Officials told they must remove portrait of Jesus from Bridgeport High by June 8 or face lawsuit
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Two nonprofit groups are telling Harrison County Schools officialseither to take down a picture of Jesus hanging in Bridgeport HighSchool or find themselves in court. The American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United forSeparation of Church and State ...
Man allegedly sold gas cheap, kept money
Jun 01, 2006; ... BALTIMORE - A man pretended to be a station attendant and "sold"gasoline to drivers for $10 a tank, then pocketed the purchase money,police said. Joseph K. Boulware, 41, was arrested May 19 at a gas station inWest Baltimore where police said he dispensed 450 gallons of gasworth ...
Collision injures two students and an adult
Jun 01, 2006 ... Two students and an adult were injured when a school bus wasstruck head-on by a pickup truck. The accident occurred Wednesday morning as the bus was travelingto Pineville on W.Va. 10. The bus was carrying elementary and middleschool students, said Wyoming County Sheriff's Chief ...
Declining ESPN offer doesn't make 'cents' for the Mountaineers
Jun 01, 2006; ... WEST Virginia University has insisted for the past 380 days thatno television network would be interested in airing a WVU-Marshallfootball game. The Mountaineers were wrong. According to Marshall sources, ESPN approached WVU during a recentmeeting in Charlotte, N.C., about ...
LET'S PLAY BALL!: Top-ranked Cougars shooting for first title
Jun 01, 2006; ... High school baseball champions Year Class AAA Class AA ClassA 2005 Jefferson Logan Wheeling Central 2004 Ripley Weir Pendleton County 2003 Cabell Midland Lincoln Matewan 2002 Hurricane Winfield Moorefield 2001 Logan Winfield GilmerCounty 2000 Logan ...
LET'S PLAY BALL!: Yellow Jackets aren't intimidated by Bison
Jun 01, 2006; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL There is no question that Buffalo High's baseball team isfinishing a superb year in athletics for the Putnam County school. Just because the second-ranked Bison defeated Williamstown twiceduring the 2006 season, don't think the Yellow Jackets are just ...
Young Russian building experience at Open
Jun 01, 2006; ... PARIS - Ana Ivanovic needed only 47 minutes today to defeat EmilieLoit 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the French Open. Seeded 19th, the 6-foot Ivanovic struggled with her serve, butreturned well, breaking Loit six times. "She is very powerful," Loit said. "She has a lot of ...
Top of the 2nd
Jun 01, 2006 ... WVU football drops three players MORGANTOWN - Three players have been dropped from the WestVirginia University football team, including running back PernellWilliams, who has been in the team's two-deep roster on and off overthe past two seasons. Williams, fellow running back ...
Local & National scoreboard
Jun 01, 2006 ... Baseball South Atlantic League First Half North Division W L Pct. GB Delmarva (Orioles) 31 19 .620 - Lexington (Astros) 31 20 .608 1/2 Greensboro (Marlins) 28 23 .549 31/2 West Virginia (Brewers) 27 23 .540 4 Lakewood ...
Detroit claws its way back into series
Jun 01, 2006; ... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Tayshaun Prince's left elbow sticks out, andthe basketball rotates sideways toward the basket when he flicks hiswrist. Remarkably, the awkward-looking shot works for Detroit's lankyforward - and the Pistons. Prince scored a career playoff-high 29 points ...
Clemens ready for new challenge with Houston
Jun 01, 2006; ... HOUSTON - Wearing a pinstriped suit and a black Houston Astroscap, Roger Clemens took a last sip from a bottle of water, thenstepped to a podium at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday. "The ball's in my court now," Clemens said at a news conferenceannouncing his return to baseball. "I ...
American League
Jun 01, 2006 ... twins 7, angels 1 MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES ab r h bi ab r h bi LFord rf 5 1 2 0 Figgins 2b 3 0 0 0 LCstillo 2b 5 2 1 0 OCbera ss 3 0 1 0 Mauer dh 5 1 3 2 GAndsn lf 4 0 0 0 THnter cf 3 0 1 2 VGrero rf 4 0 0 0 Kubel lf 4 0 2 0 Mrales 1b 4 0 0 ...
Baseball P.M.
Jun 01, 2006 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 31 20 .608 - z-6-4 W-1 16-8 15-12 2-1 New York 31 20 .608 - 7-3 W-5 16-9 15-11 1-2 Toronto 29 23 .558 21/2 6-4 L-1 19-11 10-12 0-3 Baltimore 25 28 .472 7 5-5 W-3 16-12 9-16 ...
National League
Jun 01, 2006 ... Cardinals 4, astros 3 (11 innings) HOUSTON ST. LOUIS ab r h bi ab r h bi Tveras cf 5 0 0 0 Eckstin ss 5 2 2 0 OPlmro lf 4 2 2 0 Rdrgez rf 3 0 1 0 Brkski p 0 0 0 0 Tguchi cf 3 0 1 1 Munson ph 1 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 3 1 1 1 Wheelr p 0 0 ...
Kyle Busch receives $50,000 fine
Jun 01, 2006; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kyle Busch felt the sting of his angry toss inhis wallet on Wednesday, when NASCAR fined him $50,000 for throwing asafety device at Casey Mears' passing car. Busch was also docked 25 driver points and placed on probationuntil the end of the year, and car owner ...
WVU's Poe named to CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Jun 01, 2006; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL MORGANTOWN - Shelly Poe, West Virginia University's veteran sportsinformation director, has been selected to the College SportsInformation Directors Hall of Fame. She will be formally inducted on July 5 at the nationalorganization's annual convention in ...
Russell has the tools to compete
Jun 01, 2006; ... WVU recruiting A look at reported verbal commitments to WestVirginia Universitys 2007 football recruiting class: Player Pos. Ht.Wt. Hometown School Victor Anderson RB 5-9 170 Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier HS Donny Barclay OL 6-4 283 Harmony, Pa. Seneca Valley HS ...
County should help fund Multifest with hotel-motel tax, Hardy says: Official says area will reap benefits if money is used as dedicated revenue stream for future events
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Kanawha County Commissioner Dave Hardy wants the county to give$10,000 to support this year's Multifest celebration at the stateCapitol grounds. But he doesn't want the money to come from general funds - hewants hotel-motel tax revenue to support the ...
Leaders take bus to event after day on job: Manchin flew to event, meetings in other cities
Jun 01, 2006; ... Some top state government executives put in a full workdayWednesday and then endured a bus trip to and from a forum inClarksburg, but Gov. Joe Manchin avoided the bus ride. He flew up andback in one of the state's airplanes. "The governor had been up there all day," said Manchin ...
W.Va. strawberries - sniff, sample, SAVOR: Jackson County man selling scrumptious local fruit from his farm at Capitol Market
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF All it takes is a whiff. But Jason Hartley lets potentialcustomers have a taste, too. Hartley has had no trouble selling his Jackson County-grownstrawberries at Capitol Market, because everyone who sniffs andsamples says the berries are just ...
Corporation founded by Mollohan sued over missing property deadline
Jun 01, 2006 ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FAIRMONT - A real estate development group founded by U.S. Rep.Alan Mollohan has been sued for allegedly missing a deadline topurchase 70 acres near a north-central West Virginia mall. Vandalia Redevelopment Corp. was sued by Southland Properties LLCin ...
Business people
Jun 01, 2006 ... INSURANCE Mike Idleman and David Knox have joined the staff of CityInsurance Professionals, the insurance division of City NationalBank. Idleman has been named senior vice president and director ofworkers' compensation services. He was assistant vice president atMSI Risk ...
Wheeling developer needs additional property
Jun 01, 2006; ... WHEELING - A developer with plans to create a commercialdevelopment in Central Wheeling says he needs to purchase at least160 parcels of property to make the deal work. Area residents and property owners heard of Robert Glimcher'splans during a public meeting Tuesday. The plans ...
Obituaries: Obit
Jun 01, 2006 ... Helen Adkins Helen Adkins, 81, formerly of Kistler died May 29, 2006. Servicewill be 11 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at Davin Baptist Church, Davin.Friends may call from 5 p.m. to midnight Friday at the church. Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home, Man, is in charge of arrangements. Roger ...
Rain triggers wrecks on N.C. highway
Jun 01, 2006; ... HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Just as commuters on a busy highway weredriving east into the rising sun, a blinding rainstorm hit,triggering a series of wrecks involving more than 80 cars, trucks andbuses, officials said. Thirty-four people were hurt in 44 collisions Wednesday along ...
State gets $7.5 million for response planning
Jun 01, 2006; ... West Virginia has been awarded more than $7.5 million in federalfunds to prepare for a mass evacuation of the Eastern Seaboard in theevent of a terrorist attack, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security also awarded $5.5 millionto the state to help ...
Lottery officials target machines: Retailers could lose licenses if they have coin-pusher devices
Jun 01, 2006; ... Coin-pusher machines are popping up at limited video lotterybusinesses in violation of state law, and the West Virginia Lotteryis warning operators that it will yank their licenses if they do notget rid of the devices. Coin-pusher machines are touted as skills games by ...
Search continues for man swept away by river
Jun 01, 2006; ... ARDEN - Divers braved whitewater to search for a man whodisappeared in the Tygart Valley River while trying to rescue anotherman stranded on a rock. Richard Lynn Moats was swept away and went over a falls on Mondayas he attempted to wade through the water to help the other ...
Delegate criticizes CSX for handling of rail line: Transportation Committee chief says deal bad for workers, shippers
Jun 01, 2006; ... A CSX Transportation engineer who also is a member of the House ofDelegates is highly critical of CSX's handling of a rail line betweenGrafton and Cowen. Watco Companies Inc. of Pittsburg, Kan., has transferred the leaseof 117 miles of railroad between Grafton and Cowen plus five ...
For the record
Jun 01, 2006 ... Bankruptcy filings There were no petitions filed in the Daily Mail's circulation areain U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District for May 25, 2006. * Marriage applications The following people applied for marriage licenses at the KanawhaCounty Clerk's Office on ...
Police say 1-year-old was 'left for dead'
Jun 01, 2006; ... GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - A 1-year-old girl spent up to three daysalone with the bloody bodies of her murdered family, her face kickedor beaten and lips cracked from dehydration, police said. "She was left for dead," Lt. Mike Handfield said Tuesday. "If shewould have been here any ...
Symphony goes BIG TOP: Orchestras annual outdoor festival joins the circus, complete with clowns and a three-ring musical set
Jun 01, 2006; ... An outdoor concert presents interesting challenges for musiciansbecause heat and humidity can affect how their instruments are tunedand in ...
Symphony goes BIG TOP: Orchestras annual outdoor festival joins the circus, complete with clowns and a three-ring musical set
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The theme is the Big Top for this year's Symphony Sunday on thelawn of the University of Charleston. From the music to the games to the food, "Circus Around the World"will flavor the fun. While the day is always capped at 8 p.m. with a free ...
LIVE on the Levee: Summer Fridays come alive with the sound of music on the Kanawha
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Looking for something cheap and fun to do this Friday night? Head on down to Haddad Park in Charleston. Santa Cruz, a local dance band, will kick off the third season of"Live on the Levee," a series of 12 free Friday night concerts on theKanawha ...
Museum teaches art, science of movies: Avampato event targets kids with an insider's view of film, from special effects to costumes
Jun 01, 2006; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The science and art of moviemaking will come alive this weekend atthe Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center. "Hooray for Hollywood," geared to age preschool and up, is set for11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. "It's a whole day of celebrating the art ...
Museum teaches art, science of movies: Avampato event targets kids with an insider's view of film, from special effects to costumes
Jun 01, 2006; ... As part of "Hooray for Hollywood," the staff at Avampato DiscoveryMuseum will present a lineup of the "stars." ...