Charleston Gazette back issues from March 2000:
What it means
Mar 02, 2000; ... An example of how the Social Security earnings limit works forpeople ages 65 to 69: Ida is 66 years old. Her Social Securitybenefit is $417 a month, or about $5,000 a year. This year, Idatakes a part-time job as a grocery store cashier earning $18,500. The Social Security earnings ...
Opposing higher ed reform
Mar 02, 2000; ... Gazette photo by LAWRENCE PIERCE Opponents, and some supporters, pack the Senate Finance Committeeroom Wednesday for an emotional public hearing on the highereducation reform ...
Ex-trooper indicted in McDowell beating: ; Incident recorded by 911 operators
Mar 02, 2000 ... McDowell County grand jurors on Wednesday returned a six-countindictment against a former State Police trooper for allegedlybreaking into a Welch man's residence last October and beating him. Gary L. Messenger II, who resigned from the State Police followingthe incident, was charged with ...
House votes 422-0 to repeal earnings limit for the elderly: ; Workers between ages 65 and 69 won't take cut in Social Security
Mar 02, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - In uncommon election-year bipartisanship, HouseRepublicans and Democrats united Wednesday behind legislationallowing 800,000 senior citizens between ages 65 and 69 to workwithout fear of losing Social Security benefits. President Clintonpledged his support. The House voted ...
Broken apartment door spurred rage, police say: ; Two dead, 3 critically wounded in shootings in Pittsburgh suburb
Mar 02, 2000; ... WILKINSBURG, Pa. - A gunman who reportedly flew into a rage overa broken door went on a rampage Wednesday, shooting a maintenanceworker at his apartment and customers at two fast-food restaurantsbefore surrendering to police during a hostage standoff. Two peoplewere killed and three ...
Students, faculty fear for their colleges
Mar 02, 2000; ... philk@wvgazette.com Students and faculty of West Virginia State and Fairmont Statecolleges dominated a Senate Finance Committee public hearing on ahigher education reform bill that they fear will destroy theirschools. Opponents of the bill, and supporters - primarilyrepresenting ...
Bills show Marockie made personal calls on state card
Mar 02, 2000; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com State schools Superintendent Hank Marockie made at least 1,700personal long-distance and local phone calls at taxpayer expenseduring the past four years. Using a state telephone calling card,Marockie called dozens of times at night from his apartment ...
House of Delegates passes pension increase
Mar 02, 2000; ... fanny@wvgazette.com The House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday that wouldincrease the monthly retirement benefit of teachers and publicemployees to $500 if they had 20 years of service. Pensions andRetirement Chairman Evan Jenkins, D-Cabell, said the bill affected alittle ...
Pornography bill seems to be dead
Mar 02, 2000; ... philk@wvgazette.com Gov. Cecil Underwood's bill to expand and toughen penalties fordistributing pornography to minors appears to be dead. A House-Senate conference committee's deadline to come up with a compromisebill expired without an agreement. Sen. John Mitchell, ...
Governor encourages lawmakers to support tobacco tax
Mar 02, 2000; ... fanny@wvgazette.com A modified version of the governor's smokeless tobacco tax wasvoted out of the House Finance Committee Wednesday night after Gov.Cecil Underwood challenged legislators during a public hearing tostop hiding behind excuses and support the bill as a health issue ....
ATV Deaths: ; Worst in America
Mar 02, 2000; ... TODAY is the moment of truth in the Legislature. Bills thatemerge from committees today have time for regular passage before acutoff deadline. Bills remaining in committees are doomed, unlessrules are suspended or the proposals are attached belatedly tomeasures already passed. Several ...
Roll calls: ; End secret voting
Mar 02, 2000; ... IN THE state Senate, every floor vote is recorded. Constituentscan learn how their representatives voted on any issue. But not inthe House of Delegates. Despite a fancy electronic roll call systemadded in 1995, most votes in the House are by voice only -anonymous. Roll calls are taken ...
W. has nearly blown funds, chances in fall
Mar 02, 2000; ... ALEXANDRIA, Va. - If George W. Bush only competed in states wherefolks like grits, sweetened ice tea and the Confederate flag, he'dbe halfway to the White House. Trouble is, it's a big country -with places that do not venerate Robert E. Lee. Or bow to the Christian ...
Readers' forum
Mar 02, 2000 ... Pro-choicers use ridicule and deceit Editor: In their latest screed ("Anti-choice forces threatening Roe vs.Wade," Jan. 25), the American Civil Liberties Union's Hilary Chizand Catherine Weiss revealed their deepest fear: "the loss ofwomen's right to autonomy and ...
Boondoggle: ; End timberland exemption
Mar 02, 2000; ... LAST SESSION, the Legislature half undid one of the dumbestthings it had ever done. Now it's time to undo the rest of it. In1998, the Legislature passed a managed timberland bill that wassupposed to encourage small landowners to take better care offorests. The measure was supposed to be ...
State: ; Don't weaken college
Mar 02, 2000; ... WEST Virginia State College is a "down-home" school for thousandsof Kanawha Valley families. Generations of local people - many ofwhom can't afford to attend major universities - have builtsuccessful lives by climbing the ladder of higher education through"State" and its community ...
Racist motivation?: ; Senate bill would isolate historically black college
Mar 02, 2000; ... THE SENATE BILL recently drafted by state Sen. Lloyd Jackson andhis staff is based on the National Center for Higher EducationManagement Systems report. That report was recently accepted by theLegislature's Joint Study Committee on Higher Education. The billcalls for sweeping changes ...
BIDCO courting British drug packaging company
Mar 02, 2000; ... balow@wvgazette.com If Ann Saville and Skip Lineberg have their way, a Britishcompany that makes pharmaceutical packages could be setting up shopin the Charleston area later this year. Graham and Anne Wildish,owners of G&A Printers, visited the area earlier this week to lookat ...
Tuition fund taking online registrations
Mar 02, 2000 ... People can now use computers to sign up for the popular WestVirginia Prepaid College Plan, which guarantees students fulltuition and expenses at today's prices. State Treasurer John Perdueannounced that parents, grandparents and other sponsors may registera student in the program online ...
Century blames losses on strike
Mar 02, 2000; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com Wildcat strikers at Century Aluminum in Ravenswood are to blamefor a profit loss of $3.5 million at the company during the fourthquarter of 1999, officials say. Century Aluminum will file aninsurance claim for costs incurred from the strike, estimated at ...
Four sentenced: ; in Medicare fraud
Mar 02, 2000; ... PENSACOLA, Fla. - Four people convicted of billing Medicare for$20 million worth of "diaper kits" not covered by the federal healthcare program were sentenced to up to 3 years in prison. Thedefendants marketed and sold the kits for incontinence to elderlypatients in nursing homes then ...
Schedule
Mar 02, 2000 ... History Day 2000 9 a.m. in the State Capitol Rotunda. A reception will be held inthe Cultural Center Great Hall at 9:30 a.m. At 10 a.m. History HeroAwards will be presented by Gov. Cecil Underwood in The CulturalCenter Theater to acknowledge contributions to the collection ...
Flood relief
Mar 02, 2000 ... The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a toll-free telephonenumber for flood victims to call to register for federal assistance.Residents and business owners sustaining damages from the Feb. 18flooding may call (800) 462-9029 to begin the application process.Those with hearing or ...
Group wants tougher timber laws
Mar 02, 2000; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com The West Virginia Highlands conservancy wants the Legislature topass a tougher law requiring timbering operations to register beforethey begin work and to obey the Logging and Sediment Control Actpassed in 1992. Former Sen. Mike Withers, D-Taylor, who is ...
UMW defends Underwood appointee
Mar 02, 2000; ... kward@wvgazette.com Two days after filing a lawsuit over the appointment, the UnitedMine Workers on Wednesday defended Gov. Cecil Underwood's choice tofill a vacant seat on a state mine safety board. UMW PresidentCecil Roberts issued a statement to "make sure people and the ...
Flood debris removal
Mar 02, 2000 ... Kanawha Valley residents who have been depositing flood-damageditems at the state Division of Highways collection point in theEdens Fork park-and-ride area off ...
FEMA adds 6 counties to disaster list
Mar 02, 2000; ... Six more counties were declared a federal disaster areaWednesday, allowing them to receive Federal Emergency ManagementAgency assistance. Lincoln, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylorand Tucker counties qualify for individual and public assistance. Families and businesses whose ...
Byrd plans high-tech summit on school safety
Mar 02, 2000; ... MORGANTOWN - Students from across the state will gather at WestVirginia University next month, many linked electronically fromseven cities, to take part in a youth summit on school safety. Sen.Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., who held a forum on school violence at WVUlast year, is organizing ...
WEATHER
Mar 02, 2000 ... Amsterdam 48 41 Rain Athens 54 36 Clr Beijing 50 27 Clr Berlin 49 38 Rain Bermuda 66 53 Rain Cairo 67 50 Cldy Calgary 34 10 Cldy Dublin 47 35 Rain Hong Kong 58 51 Rain Jerusalem 56 39 Cldy London 50 35 ...
WEATHER
Mar 02, 2000 ... Anchorage 35 23 PCldy Atlanta 72 44 Clr Boston 48 38 Rain Charlotte 75 46 Clr Chicago 52 30 Clr Cincinnati 60 31 Clr Cleveland 55 29 Cldy Dallas 72 56 Rain Denver 54 28 Snow Detroit 54 28 PCldy Elkins 60 34 ...
Threat received over logging sediment bill
Mar 02, 2000 ... A death threat was received by the House Judiciary Committee thisweek and Chairman Rick Staton said he had to call in extra securityand install another phone line to his committee to handle the calls.The threat was over a logging sediment control bill. Two co-sponsors of the bill also ...
'Gray' video poker rules advance to Senate floor
Mar 02, 2000; ... philk@wvgazette.com Legislation to legalize and regulate the "gray" video pokerindustry in the state advanced to the Senate floor Wednesday, afterthe Senate Finance Committee made some minor changes to the bill. Committee members tightened some restrictions in the bill, which ...
A little defense could take MU a long way
Mar 02, 2000; ... HUNTINGTON - The conclusion of Marshall's tournament win Fridaynight was exciting for the scant crowd of 4,107 at the HendersonCenter. An alley-oop dunk from Tamar Slay near the end. Ticketinformation about the Cleveland portion of the MAC tournament. Evenan appearance by reserve Brian ...
WVU regresses in 72-54 loss to Hoyas
Mar 02, 2000; ... dphickman1@aol.com WASHINGTON - It almost defies explanation, so Gale Catlett didn'teven try. How could West Virginia's basketball team play arguably its worstgame of the season just four days after playing its best? "I don'tknow. I have no idea," Catlett answered Wednesday ...
WL rains 3-pointers on Tech
Mar 02, 2000; ... For the Gazette West Liberty lives and dies by the 3-point shot, and it was fatcity Wednesday night. The Hilltoppers sank 10 long-range shots inthe first half in handing West Virginia University Tech an 83-52loss in the quarterfinals of the West Virginia Conference ...
Golden Eagles hope to avoid letdown
Mar 02, 2000; ... frankangst@wvgazette.com While the West Virginia Conference season provided some answersabout this season's teams, there are still plenty of questionsremaining. The answers come quickly beginning today as the WVCmen's basketball tournament kicks into high gear at the ...
Results, pairings
Mar 02, 2000 ... WVC women Wednesday's quarterfinal results at the Charleston Civic Center - Wheeling Jesuit 63, Fairmont State 50 - W.Va. Wesleyan 67, Shepherd 63 - West Liberty 83, WVU Tech 52 - Glenville State 69, W.Va. State 54 WVC men Today's ...
Names in the games
Mar 02, 2000 ... Rocker's suspension reduced to 14 days John Rocker's suspension was cut in half to the first 14 days ofthe regular season, and he can report to the Atlanta Braves' springtraining camp today. Shyam Das, making his first decision asbaseball's independent arbitrator, also cut ...
Today's quote
Mar 02, 2000 ... "It's going to make my All-Star team a little lighter, but ...
State ski report
Mar 02, 2000 ... Today's conditions - Canaan Valley - loose granular, 24-96 base, 27 trails 2 lifts.9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Snowshoe Mountain - wet granular, 24-96 base,56 trails, 12 lifts. Snowshoe: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; ...
'SEE YOU IN CLEVELAND': ; Dominant second half sends Herd to MAC quarters
Mar 02, 2000; ... mikewhiteford@cnpapers.com HUNTINGTON - With the season's highest stakes clearly on theline, Marshall responded with a no-account first half. From hisposition on the Herd bench, coach Greg White spotted a number ofshortcomings and addressed them emphatically during what he ...
Pro hockey
Mar 02, 2000 ... National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T RT Pts GF GA New Jersey 38 19 7 5 88 198 151 Philadelphia 33 19 11 1 78 184 145 Pittsburgh 26 29 8 6 66 187 179 N.Y. Rangers 26 29 10 3 65 183 183 N.Y. Islanders 17 39 ...
Transactions
Mar 02, 2000 ... BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Agreed to terms with LHP B.J. Ryan, LHP MattRiley, LHP Brian Falkenborg, INF Carlos Casimiro, INF Ivanon Coffie,LHP Radhames Dykhoff, INF Eddy Martinez, OF Luis Matos and RHPRichard Negrette on contracts for the 2000 season. Named ...
Latest line
Mar 02, 2000 ... Favorite Points Underdog NBA Philadelphia 3 WASHINGTON MIAMI 5 Seattle NEW YORK 5 Milwaukee ORLANDO 2 1/2 Charlotte SAN ANTONIO 7 1/2 Minnesota Sacramento 2 1/2 HOUSTON Cleveland 4 CHICAGO DALLAS 3 1/2 New ...
SCOREBOARD
Mar 02, 2000 ... BOYS BASKETBALL Wednesday's sectional summaries Class AA Chapmanville 18 16 12 29 -75 Scott 15 15 11 20 -61 C - Kelly 25, Copley 20, Mullins 15, Bowling 7, Mazon 4, Bartram2, Akers 2 S - Banks 22, Brumfield 16, Jones 11, Anthony 8, Hager ...
Meetings, etc.
Mar 02, 2000 ... * Elk River soccer: Elk River Soccer registration forms areavailable at Smith's Hardware in Big Chimney and Zontonz Soccer inSouth Charleston. Registration deadline is March 6. For moreinformation call Annette ...
College baseball
Mar 02, 2000 ... Thursday's box scores N. Kentucky W.Va. State ab r h bi ab r h bi Tudor c 5 2 3 2 Allie ss 4 3 3 2 Lubbe rf 5 1 2 2 C. Hoffm'n c 4 3 3 6 Martin dh 3 2 2 1 Petko 1b 3 3 2 3 Kelley pr 0 0 0 0 Cabell cf 4 1 1 1 Mason 1b 5 1 1 0 Withrow dh 4 ...
NBA
Mar 02, 2000 ... National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Miami 36 21 .632 - New York 34 21 .618 1 Philadelphia 31 25 .554 41/2 Orlando 26 31 .456 10 Boston 23 34 .404 13 New Jersey 23 34 .404 ...
Horse racing
Mar 02, 2000 ... Road to the Kentucky Derby NEW YORK - The NTRA 3-year-old thoroughred poll, ranking leading3-year-old contenders through Feb. 27. The Top 10, ranked on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 point scale, is based on the votes of thoroughbredracing media representatives with first-place votes in ...
College basketball
Mar 02, 2000 ... Big East Conference Conference All games W L PCT W L PCT Syracuse 13 2 .867 24 3 .889 St. John's 12 3 .800 21 6 .777 Miami 12 3 .800 19 9 .679 Seton Hall 10 6 .625 19 8 .704 UConn 9 6 .600 20 8 .714 Villanova 8 7 .533 18 10 ...
Sports briefs
Mar 02, 2000 ... NBA: Wizards pick up road win ATLANTA - Mitch Richmond scored 18 points and Gerard King added17 as the Washington Wizards won their first road game since Dec. 21with a 102-83 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Rod Strickland finished with 11 assists and 10 points, ...
Sports on TV/radio
Mar 02, 2000 ... Television (TGC) 9 a.m. - golf: Dubai Desert Classic (TGC) 1:30 p.m. - golf: Mississippi Gulf Coast Open (USA) 4 p.m. - PGA: Doral-Ryder Open (TGC) 5 p.m. - LPGA: Takefuji Classic (ESPN) 7 p.m. - college basketball: Minnesota at Michigan ...
Glenville gets back at State when it counts
Mar 02, 2000; ... For the Gazette The Glenville State College women's basketball team had to be alittle uneasy heading into Wednesday night's West VirginiaConference tournament quarterfinal at the Civic Center. It was lessthan a month ago that the Pioneers visited West Virginia State andcame away ...
Frosh carry Wheeling past Fairmont
Mar 02, 2000; ... dwells@wvgazette.com Maybe next season Wheeling Jesuit may suffer from a sophomorejinx, because the freshman jitters never seem to set in with thisyoung and talented team. At least they didn't in the Cardinals'first West Virginia Conference women's tournament game. With a ...
Green paces Wesleyan's upset win
Mar 02, 2000; ... dwells@wvgazette.com Shepherd College saw more green than it expected this far fromSt. Patrick's Day. Shana Green, a 6-foot junior, was all over thecourt while leading West Virginia Wesleyan to a tight 67-63 upsetvictory over Shepherd Wednesday afternoon in the quarterfinal ...
WVC men's basketball, today's capsules
Mar 02, 2000 ... Salem-Teikyovs. Glenville State - Game time: 1 p.m. - Seeds: S-T 3, Glenville 6 - Conference, overall records: S-T 16-3, 24-3; Glenville 9-10, 12-14 - Offensive averages: S-T 84.6 (2nd); Glenville 80.1 (5th) - Defensive averages: S-T 69.5 (3rd); ...
Nitro, Catholic seek sectional titles
Mar 02, 2000; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Opening-round sectional games aren't supposed to be this toughfor teams like Nitro and Charleston Catholic. The Wildcats begintheir search for another Class AAA state tournament berth tonight ina Region 8 Section 1 contest against visiting Hurricane. The ...
Irish girls smiling after OT win
Mar 02, 2000; ... FOR THE GAZETTE Charleston Catholic's lone seniors, Erin Giardina, Laura Gresham,and Megan Shuerger stood arm in arm, red-faced and red-eyed; onesmile spread across all three players' faces. The Irish had justdefeated Hamlin in overtime 49-48 at Hurricane High School for ...
New ATV design helps disabled hunters get around
Mar 02, 2000; ... andyhansroth@wvgazette.com Disabled hunters in wheelchairs may want to check out a productrecently introduced around the country at outdoors shows. TomcoConversions of Wilcox, Pa., has designed an all-terrain vehicle thatallows a disabled person to go almost anywhere. A ramp ...
Hoyas 72, WVU 54
Mar 02, 2000 ... West Virginia Player FG FT R A P Marcus Goree 5-9 6-7 5 0 17 Tim Lyles 1-6 0-2 0 3 2 Lionel Armstead 1-8 0-0 2 2 3 Chris Moss 3-9 1-2 12 0 7 Calvin Bowman 4-10 4-6 5 0 12 Brooks Berry 1-3 0-0 1 0 2 Jason D'Alesio 1-4 1-2 1 2 ...
Herd 83, Buffalo 66
Mar 02, 2000 ... BUFFALO Player FG FT R A P Clement Smith 2-3 0-0 3 1 4 Jon Kleidon 2-8 0-0 5 2 5 Nikolai Alexeev 5-14 1-1 9 1 11 Louie Campbell 0-5 0-0 3 5 0 Damien Foster 4-14 2-3 8 0 13 Alexei Vasiliev 2-8 0-0 4 3 6 Mike McKie 2-4 1-2 4 0 ...
Sayles wins MSAC honor
Mar 02, 2000 ... Capital's Rae Rae Sayles was honored Wednesday as Mountain StateAthletic Conference girls basketball player of the year. Sayles, asenior, averaged 20 points per game during the regular season. Sheis also considered a front-runner for the state player of the yearhonor. Capital coach ...
Greater Beckley Christian ousts Valley
Mar 02, 2000 ... Rebekah Anderson tallied 13 points to lead Greater BeckleyChristian (18-4) to a 39-25 win in the Class A Region 5 championshipover Valley at Oak Hill High School. Tunsia White led theGreyhounds (11-10) with eight points. Greater Beckley will face East Hardy in the state tournament ...
Goldman would cover part of vendors' losses
Mar 02, 2000; ... gmoore@wvgazette.com Unpaid vendors from last year's Charleston Sternwheel Regattawould get about 75 percent of the money owed them under a planproposed by Mayor Jay Goldman Wednesday. Goldman, with the approvalof City Council, would direct $75,000 to be split among the ...
New regatta board members are familiar faces at festival
Mar 02, 2000; ... gmoore@wvgazette.com The board of the new Charleston Regatta Commission will be heavywith city officials and people with connections to the oldCharleston Festival Commission. After Mayor Jay Goldman wrestedcontrol of the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta in December from theFestival ...