Charleston Gazette back issues from November 1999:
No. 1 priority: Child-care push paying off West Virginia receives top ranking in providing child care to poor families
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER West Virginia ranks first among states in providing child care tolow-income families, a recent federal report shows. Although the state is in a rare, favorable No. 1 spot, it stillgives child-care subsidies to just 24 percent of the low-incomefamilies that could ...
DEP to lift ban on strip permits: ; Order not needed since ruling banning new fills suspended, lawyer says
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER The Underwood administration is expected today to lift an orderwhich blocked new strip mine permits and forced active mines to stopdumping waste rock and dirt into streams. A lawyer for the state Division of Environmental Protection saidSaturday the DEP order ...
At Orchard Manor, the silence says it all: ; Amid demolition plans, remaining residents wonder just where it's all going
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER To more accurately reflect the land's heritage, Danny Jett andJimmy Key should have been drinking wine on this sun-kissed fallday. Instead, they sipped beer and talked about the future of OrchardManor, the West Side housing project the two have called home ...
Show donates $1,000 to Salvation Army
Nov 01, 1999 ... A $1,000 donation has been made to the Salvation Army by the Bob& Tom Show on Rock ...
Jet vanishes off coast ; 217 feared dead: ; No immediate reason to suspect foul play, U.S. officials say
Nov 01, 1999; ... BOSTON - An EgyptAir jetliner bound for Cairo with 217 people onboard plunged 33,000 feet in two minutes, crashing into the oceanoff Nantucket Island early Sunday. Dozens of American tourists wereamong the passengers. By nightfall, searchers had retrieved debris and one body, ...
Horoscope
Nov 01, 1999; ... Monday, Nov. 1, 1999 Your birthday today: You may want to resist authority figuresthis year, but you'd be smarter if you learn from one. Rumors couldlead to big changes in December. In January, you're the teacher andthe student, too. In February, keep the most important stuff ...
Group effort on Mozart piece missing spark
Nov 01, 1999; ... For the GAZETTE The West Virginia Symphony joined forces with its SymphonyChorus, the Parkersburg Choral Society and a quartet of soloists forMozart's final work, the Requiem in D Minor, K. 626, on Saturdaynight in Charleston's Municipal Auditorium. It was a performance in ...
West Side fire
Nov 01, 1999; ... Gazette photo Fire destroyed a vacant Charleston house at 612 Georgia St. anddamaged three apartments at 717 1/2 Washington St. W. on Sundayafternoon. No one was injured in the ...
Neighbors disliked fatal-arson defendants: ; Even before allegedly killing kids in Weston fire, they were disrruptive, witnesses say
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Three Weston parents were the bane of their neighborhood longbefore they allegedly set the fatal house fire which killed theirfive children, a series of witnesses presented by prosecutors havealleged. As the trial of one of those parents progresses in U.S ....
Bulletin board
Nov 01, 1999 ... FUTURE EVENTS Putnam County Adult Basic Education Program will offer classesfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays atHurricane City Hall. Emphasis will be on GED preparation and coursesin basic skills to brush up on math, reading and grammar, as well ...
Has Gore given up on environment?
Nov 01, 1999; ... IF you live in New Hampshire in the months before a presidentialprimary, you can't help but get engulfed. Big politicians roll intosmall towns. TV trucks with satellite dishes squat in the fewparking places. Self-absorbed people in suits pace village greens, shouting intocell ...
Catholics, Lutherans sign agreement ending dispute
Nov 01, 1999; ... AUGSBURG, Germany - Putting aside five centuries of differencesin theology, Roman Catholic and Lutheran church leaders embraced ata service Sunday where they signed a declaration ending a disputeover salvation that sparked the Protestant Reformation and led tothe Thirty Years ...
Truck crash kills Poca man
Nov 01, 1999 ... Speed was likely a factor in a single-vehicle accident Saturdaymorning that left one man dead and another critically injured. Robert Bryan Arthur, 30, of Poca, was killed in the crash, whichoccurred around 3 a.m. on Doc Bailey Road in Cross Lanes. Arthur wasa passenger in a ...
Water main break leaves prison under water advisory
Nov 01, 1999; ... A water main break in Fayette County has left the Mount OliveCorrectional Center and other Gauley River Public Service Districtcustomers under a boil-water advisory. The warning, issued Sunday, recommends residents avoid using thewater to drink, bathe or brush their ...
Brothers die in U.S. 35 wreck
Nov 01, 1999 ... Two brothers were killed Sunday morning in a single-vehicle wreckon U.S. 35. Dustin Robert Hardwick, 18, of Huntington, died at the scene ofthe accident. Deputy Scott Pauley of the Putnam County Sheriff's Departmentsaid he believes Hardwick was driving the 1986 Chevrolet ...
City man shot ; no arrests yet
Nov 01, 1999 ... A Charleston man shot downtown early Sunday was hospitalized instable condition. Robert Palmer, age unavailable, was shot three or four times witha small-caliber handgun, according to Lt. Randy Young of theCharleston Police Department. A witness heard five gunshots and saw ...
School menu
Nov 01, 1999 ... Kanawha County school menus for the week of Nov. 1-5 Monday Breakfast Breakfast pizza Cereal Fresh fruit Juice/milk Lunch Mini corn dogs Macaroni and cheese Steamed broccoli Fruit ...
Domestic violence at issue
Nov 01, 1999; ... Domestic violence is responsible for a third of murders in WestVirginia, yet some candidates for governor say there is not muchthey can do. "I don't think there is a whole lot the government can do to getinto a home situation to prevent domestic violence between twoadults," said ...
INNERVIEWS: ; 'I wore that uniform proudly'; Andy Peddycord always wanted to drive a bus, so he did
Nov 01, 1999 ... Did he star in one of those old Greyhound Bus commercials? Helooks the part, even at 83. You can easily imagine him behind thewheel in the meticulously creased uniform he wore so proudly (andcan still fit into), smiling broadly, imploring viewers to "Take thebus. Leave the driving to ...
Lincoln man found guilty in bar killing
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER A Boone County jury decided on Saturday that a former LincolnCounty school official murdered a 19-year-old man at a bar fortapping the woman he was dancing with on the shoulder. The jury convicted Johnnie Adkins of second-degree murder, afterdeliberating for ...
Sale of building in works
Nov 01, 1999; ... THE state Department of Administration is negotiating anagreement with Mike Thompson of RealCorp Inc. to sell the guttedMorris Square Building in downtown Charleston. Leasing coordinator Tammy Goad says Thompson has nationalconnections. By law, Secretary of Administration Joseph ...
Sports megastore has it all
Nov 01, 1999; ... Buddy Clendenin knows a lot about Dick's Sporting Goods. Clendenin, assistant general manager for SportMart, corrected mewhen I suggested that the owners of the new sporting goodssuperstore out Corridor G started out in Pittsburgh. I checked Dick's Web site and, sure enough, I ...
General Seafood is now afloat: ; Restaurant finally opens following relocation saga
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER SEEMS YOU'VE BEEN reading forever about plans for GeneralSeafood's new restaurant, right? You've probably wondered if the newplace would ever really open. Well, proprietor Jean Simpson wonderedthe same thing herself. But it's time at last to bring out the ...
Rapidly rising B&O tax accounts for at least 50 percent of city funds
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Customers of the old Lowe's store in South-ridge Centre were onlyslightly inconvenienced when the building products chain moved to alarger store across Corridor G. City of Charleston officials, on the other hand, lost a bigsource of tax revenue. Lowe's not only ...
Business faces
Nov 01, 1999 ... Hospitality Ann H. Walker has been named executive director of sales at TheGreenbrier resort in White Sulphur ...
Lands flattened by mining must be put to good use: ; COMMENTARY
Nov 01, 1999; ... Much ado about valley fills has left little ado about use of theland for jobs after the coal is mined - new jobs in potential farms,factories and home building. Former Welch Mayor W.B. Swopes, among others, thinks there shouldbe more strip mining in the state to make more land ...
SUCCESSFUL INVESTING: ; Callaway Golf Co. swinging against stiff competition
Nov 01, 1999 ... Q. I have 500 shares of Callaway Golf Co. What's the future forthis stock? Should I hold or sell? - C.M., Philadelphia A. Best-known for its Big Bertha, Great Big Bertha and BiggestBig Bertha oversized golf clubs, Callaway hasn't been scoring aswell financially as it once ...
Business briefs
Nov 01, 1999; ... Tamarack's Web site to feature new products Since Tamarack introduced online shopping in October 1998, it'sreceived 24 Internet sales - not a very impressive number, admittedDeborah Groves, director of public relations, tourism and marketingfor the Interstate 64/77 arts and crafts ...
Tennis
Nov 01, 1999 ... Generali Ladies LINZ, Austria - Result Sunday of the $520,000 Generali Ladies WTAtournament: Singles Championship Mary Pierce (1), France, def. Sandrine Testund (5), France, 7-6(7-2), 6-1. Eurocard ...
On file
Nov 01, 1999 ... Marriages The following people applied for marriage licenses between Oct.25 and 29. James Gilmore Rinick III, 28, of Dunbar and Nancy Burcher Holt,31, of Cross Lanes. David Charles Rucker, 41, of Nitro and Kimberly Gail Confere, 38,of Cross Lanes. Matthew Jess ...
Prep football
Nov 01, 1999 ... Friday's games George Washington at Spring Valley Oak Hill at Poca Glen Mills, Pa at Riverside Buffalo at Hannan Capital at South Charleston, postponded game resumes Cabell Midland at Greenbrier East Roane County at ...
Golf
Nov 01, 1999 ... Southern Farm Bureau Scores MADISON, Miss. - Scores Sunday after the second round of the $2million Southern Farm Bureau Classic on the 7,199-yard, par-72Annandale Golf Course. Due to the weather, the first group of theday completed only 15 holes and the top 40 players had yet to ...
Rain delays Southern Farm Bureau
Nov 01, 1999 ... Rain delays Southern Farm Bureau MADISON, Miss. - Play at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic wassuspended Sunday after nearly two inches of rain fell, and thecompletion of the already shortened tournament was pushed back untiltoday. Only 40 of the 74 players who made the ...
NFL
Nov 01, 1999 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct. PF PA Miami 6 1 0 .857 172 143 New England 6 2 0 .750 191 150 Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 198 145 Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 147 129 N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 114 143 Central Jacksonville 6 1 0 .857 180 ...
Gridiron Gold Mine
Nov 01, 1999 ... Mark the boxes beside the teams you predict to win. Then pick thewinner of the bonus game and the total points that will be scored bythe two teams combined in the bonus game. The Gazette will pay $100 to the week's winner, determined by themost number of correct winners picked and ...
NHL
Nov 01, 1999 ... National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T RT Pts GF GA New Jersey 6 4 1 1 14 30 26 Philadelphia 6 6 1 1 14 37 33 N.Y. Rangers 4 7 2 0 10 23 30 Pittsburgh 2 4 3 1 8 29 30 N.Y. Islanders 2 6 1 0 5 18 ...
McNair's Titan-ic effort sinks Rams
Nov 01, 1999; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Quick starts had made the St. Louis Rams theNFL's last undefeated team. On Sunday, they couldn't get going fastenough. Steve McNair, playing his first game in six weeks following backsurgery, threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as theTennessee Titans ...
Big plays lift Redskins past Bears 48-22
Nov 01, 1999; ... LANDOVER, Md. - On the first play from scrimmage, the ChicagoBears nearly scored. On the second play, the Washington Redskinsdid. The whole game went like that, with Dan Wilkinson, Stephen Davisand the rest of the Redskins making big plays and pounding the hard-luck Bears 48-22 ...
Pitt exposes Hokies' secondary
Nov 01, 1999; ... PITTSBURGH - If nothing else, No. 3 Virginia Tech learned thislesson in Pittsburgh: it's not always as easy as it looks. The Hokies' defense sacked Pittsburgh's David Priestley eighttimes, knocked him out of the game with a mild concussion and heldthe Panthers to minus-12 yards ...
Funerals today
Nov 01, 1999 ... ADKINS, Laura - 1 p.m., Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin. ADKINS, Lola E. - 11 a.m., Carl Wilson Funeral Home, Clay. BARKER, Flora - 11 a.m., Ellyson Mortuary, Glenville. BAYS, Charles C. - 11 a.m., Allen Funeral Home, Hurricane. BEALL, Worth C. - 1 p.m., Lambert-Tatman ...
OBITUARIES
Nov 01, 1999 ... William Harold Bird GLEN - William Harold Bird, 54, of Glen, Clay County, died Oct.31, 1999, in Memorial Division, CAMC, after a long illness. Pennington Funeral Home, Gauley Bridge, is in charge ofarrangements. Billy E. Cook SPENCER - Billy E. Cook, 66, of ...
Off-Marc again: ; Cardiac 'Canes tired of needing big comebacks
Nov 01, 1999; ... CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The Miami Hurricanes have found an identity -as a comeback team. And they are tired of the routine already. "I feel uncomfortable about not being able to put solidperformances and four quarters together," coach Butch Davis saidSunday, a day after his ...
Off-Marc again: ; This wasn't how Bulger's year was supposed to be
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER No one knew better than Don Nehlen that West Virginia's footballteam would suffer through some growing pains this season. It wouldmake mistakes and quite possibly lose some games it should win. But eight games into what will almost certainly be an 11-game -not ...
Hail Cleveland: ; Last-second prayer gives new Browns first victory
Nov 01, 1999; ... NEW ORLEANS - With time running out on what looked like theireighth straight loss, the Cleveland Browns were desperate. They werealso armed. The combination added up to the first victory for the first-yearexpansion team and a shocking sixth straight loss for the NewOrleans ...
One moment helped Herd gain national respect
Nov 01, 1999; ... FEARING A Clemson blitz, the Herd sent just three receiversdownfield and kept seven players at the line to protect quarterbackChad Pennington. Clemson, however, did not blitz but insteadpositioned seven players in deep pass coverage. When he saw no open receiver, Pennington ...
Names in the games
Nov 01, 1999 ... Herd climbs to No. 12 in ESPN/USA Today poll Marshall continues to climb - albeit in baby steps - up thenational college football polls. The Thundering Herd moved up one spot to No. 12 in the ESPN/USAToday coaches' poll, announced Sunday, after Saturday's 41-9 winagainst ...
Today's quote
Nov 01, 1999 ... "Never been to bed with a 60-year-old man. I'm going to get ...
Another bowl deal possible for Herd
Nov 01, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER HUNTINGTON - The most likely bowl destination for Marshall,provided the Herd qualifies, is the Motor City Bowl at the PontiacSilverdome on Dec. 27. That would change, of course, if the Herd finishes in the top 12of the final Bowl Championship Series poll and is ...
College football
Nov 01, 1999 ... Big East Conference Conference All games W L PF PA W L PF PA Virg. Tech 3 0 150 37 7 0 290 65 Miami 2 0 59 48 4 3 206 148 B.College 3 2 113 101 6 2 190 162 Syracuse 2 2 77 110 5 3 219 164 W.Virginia 2 2 109 91 3 5 203 212 Temple 2 2 ...
Readers' forum
Nov 01, 1999 ... If coal's so good, why do towns die? Editor: I was glad to hear that Judge Charles Haden had made a ruling onmountaintop-removal mining, but then I was disheartened to see thatthe federal regulators may pull his ruling. I work for a major coal company, and I'm not proud ...
Potpourri
Nov 01, 1999; ... WHEN the Rev. Jim Lewis was rector of St. John's Episcopal Churchin Charleston, he was embroiled in endless social reforming -creating Manna Meal for "street people," opposing fundamentalistviolence against "godless textbooks," etc. Well, he hasn't changed.The New York Times recently ...
Year and a day: ; LeRose gets off easy
Nov 01, 1999; ... DESPITE federal sentencing guidelines calling for 27 to 33 monthsin prison for his crime, former state Republican Chairman SteveLeRose got off easy with a year-and-a-day sentence, a small fine anda recommendation from the judge for the prison of his choice. The judge said he ...
Hackers break into AP Web site
Nov 01, 1999; ... NEW YORK - Hackers gained access Sunday to the corporate Web siteof The Associated Press and displayed a Halloween greeting with apoem by Edgar Allan ...
Road work
Nov 01, 1999 ... Westbound motorists on Interstate 64 are advised by the stateDivision of Highways to expect daytime delays between Institute andCross Lanes during completion of a six-lane upgrading on a ...
World
Nov 01, 1999 ... Amsterdam 64 52 Cldy Athens 73 57 Cldy Beijing 57 40 Cldy Berlin 59 38 Cldy Bermuda 79 69 Cldy Cairo 82 66 Clr Calgary 59 30 Cldy Dublin 56 43 Cldy Hong Kong 83 74 Cldy Jerusalem 75 57 Cldy London 63 50 ...
National
Nov 01, 1999 ... Anchorage 23 14 Cldy Atlanta 70 61 Rain Boston 65 51 Cldy Charlotte, N.C. 75 59 Rain Chicago 69 47 Clr Cincinnati 75 53 Rain Cleveland 74 52 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 72 53 Clr Denver 46 35 Clr Detroit 69 49 Rain Elkins 72 ...
GAZETTE: ; 1899
Nov 01, 1999 ... Taken from the pages of the Daily Gazette in the months and daysprior to the turn of the 20th century. Each item corresponds withthe same week in 1899. Italic type denotes actual text from 100years prior: Hoop dreams There is an ...
SNAPSHOTS Of The 20th Century
Nov 01, 1999 ... Company officials escorted union members out of the RavenswoodAluminum Plant shortly after midnight Nov. 1, 1990. The 1,600workers would not return for another 20 months. The bitter,sometimes violent labor dispute divided the Ohio River town of4,200. Nearly 1,000 replacement workers were ...
LOTTERIES: ; Lottery
Nov 01, 1999 ... Sunday, Oct. 31, 1999 Cash 4 Life: 27-39-65-85 *** DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - One of the tickets sold for the Powerballgame Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 10-26-33-37-41: Powerball 21 The ticket matching all five numbers and ...
Deaths around the state
Nov 01, 1999 ... BECKELHEIMER - Rexell G., 43, of Salt Rock, Oct. 30, 1999, McGhee-Handley Funeral Home, West Hamlin. BENNETT - Ivous A., 81, of Hinton, Oct. 30, 1999, Ronald MeadowsFuneral Parlor, Hinton. BROWN - Levi W., 78, of Beckley, Oct 29, 1999, Blue Ridge FuneralHome, ...
League of Women Voters head picked to lead Greater Kanawha Foundation names St. Albans native Becky Cain president
Nov 02, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, the biggest communityfoundation in the state and 51st biggest in the nation, has namedBecky Cain its new president. From mid-1992 to mid-1998, Cain served three terms as nationalpresident of the League of Women Voters. "The ...
20-minute lockdown, but no mock disasters, boards say
Nov 02, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER There won't be a mock shooting or pretend disaster at RiversideHigh School during school hours this year, school board members saidMonday night. Kanawha County school officials said they won't permit Riversideadministrators to hold a planned two-hour security ...
Regular flight ? 'So we thought': ; With Coast Guard ruling out survivors, families feel the loss
Nov 02, 1999; ... NEWPORT, R.I. - Coast Guard crews searching for clues in thecrash of EgyptAir Flight 990 found the first large piece of wreckageMonday and detected a signal believed to be from one of the plane's"black boxes." About 80 grieving relatives arrived in Rhode Island as thePentagon ...
Trooper accused in Welch beating resigns: ; As state Police investigation continues, 1 trooper cleared, 3 others placed on leave
Nov 02, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER One trooper accused in the beating of a Welch man last month hasresigned. Another trooper was cleared and three additional troopershave been placed on administrative leave as the investigationcontinues. Trooper Gary Messenger, accused of breaking into a house ...
Sting role may lessen ex-official's fraud term: ; Former U.S. attorney helped land indictment against telemarketers
Nov 02, 1999; ... STAFF WRITER Charleston's former top federal prosecutor, awaiting sentencingin New Jersey on a fraud charge, posed as an officer of a dummycompany to snare crooked telemarketers in a nationwide undercoversting, investigators say. John A. Field III helped land a 67-count ...