Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2000:
More talks set in school funding case
Aug 01, 2000; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com State school officials told their lawyer to return to court todayto continue settlement talks in the 26-year-old Recht school fundingcase. "It's still a crapshoot," state School Superintendent DaveStewart said after a two-hour emergency school board ...
Bush stumps here today
Aug 01, 2000; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com Texas Gov. George W. Bush will use a free lunch of West Virginiahot dogs and a patriotic speech to encourage state voters todisregard traditional party lines when he makes a campaignappearance this morning at the state Capitol's Veterans Memorial. Bush, ...
Coal operator makes case over buffet
Aug 01, 2000; ... MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - Brunch on Monday for Republican NationalConvention delegates from West Virginia was chicken, fettucini andeggs, flavored with coal country politics, as one of the nation'slargest mining firms paid for the meal. Vice President TerryO'Connor flew in from the Arch Coal ...
More slots approved for track
Aug 01, 2000; ... philk@wvgazette.com CHESTER - State Lottery commissioners gave Mountaineer Race Trackand Gaming Resort approval to add 550 video slot machines, whichwill make it the largest racetrack video lottery operation in thestate - for at least a month. Next month, the commission will ...
keystone pair get maximum: ; Terry Church and Michael Graham each get over 4 years in prison; Judge Freezes millions in Assets Judge orders both immediately to begin sentence
Aug 01, 2000; ... larrym@wvgazette.com BLUEFIELD - Two First National Bank of Keystone officials willeach spend more than four years in prison after burying thousands ofbank documents to hide them from the federal investigators whoultimately shut down the McDowell County bank because of ...
Rev. Sharpton to attend Philadelphia convention
Aug 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - In another sign that politics makes strangebedfellows, the Rev. Al Sharpton will attend the Republicanconvention as a guest, not a protester. The outspoken civil rightsactivist and Democrat will be the guest today of conservativecommentator Armstrong ...
Republicans open convention with a call for more inclusion
Aug 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - Republicans determined to send George W. Bush tothe White House opened their 37th national convention Monday in ameticulously scripted appeal to voters in the political middle.Colin Powell extolled the Texas governor as a man with a "passionfor inclusion." The Texas ...
In new platform, GOP retains anti-abortion stance
Aug 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - Shoving aside abortion disagreements, Republicansapproved a platform Monday that pledges to fix education, help theneedy and yet advance the party's core belief in limited government.After presiding over a sometimes rocky process of settling onprinciples for the election, ...
Another town goes up in flames
Aug 01, 2000; ... RIDGECREST, Calif. - A tiny mountain town went up in flames andeight homes were destroyed as a 63,270-acre wildfire continued itsweeklong rampage through the Sierra Nevada. The blaze that roaredthrough Sequoia National Forest was only 15 percent contained earlyMonday, and firefighters ...
Chicken: ; Wise runs from debates
Aug 01, 2000; ... ROD BLACKSTONE, spokesman for Gov. Cecil Underwood's re-electioncampaign, called Democratic nominee Bob Wise a bully for refusing toparticipate in debates that include independent candidate DeniseGiardina and Libertarian Bob Myers. We don't think he's a bully. Wethink he's a ...
Is Mccain angling for a run in 2004 ?
Aug 01, 2000; ... Of all the blue highways John McCain journeyed on his "StraightTalk Express" bus, the hardest, most gut-wrenching miles were to hissurrender in Philadelphia. Sure, Lee offered his sword to Grant.But he didn't have to do it in front of 15,000 journalists. I suspect McCain knew how ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2000 ... Decent water still needed in Julian Editor: Street lights and better sidewalks sound really nice, but imaginethis: You wake up in the morning and you decide you would like tohave a drink of water. You go to the faucet turn it on and fill upyour cup of ice. Mmm - it looks so ...
George II: ; Charleston visit
Aug 01, 2000; ... SUCCESS in American politics depends, sadly, on shallow factorssuch as a candidate's looks, speaking style - and even name.(Remember that Gary Hartpence had little political appeal, until hechanged his name to Gary Hart.) Charisma is essential. The "showbiz" element looms large. In the ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2000 ... Main Kwong manager special Editor: I want to comment on, and thank Sandy Wells for the story shewrote on Carina at Main Kwong Chinese Restaurant. I'm glad someoneelse noticed what I have known for years. She deserves therecognition. Carina is one of the nicest people I have ...
Refuge from the storm: ; Community must be part of domestic violence solution
Aug 01, 2000; ... Recently, you published an article in The Charleston Gazetteconcerning three pending murder cases in Monroe County. The articleindicated that a common element in these cases was domesticviolence. The Family Refuge Center is the domestic violence projectthat serves victims of family ...
Skulls on the water: ; Would ex-governor delight in fal of former prosecutor
Aug 01, 2000; ... Just what would Arch Moore say to Jack Field? When I read about John Field III, the former U.S. attorney inCharleston, being sentenced to two years in prison for racketeeringand money laundering, I thought about calling Arch Moore. As aRepublican prosecutor in a Republican ...
Poor attempt: ; Living wage, health care needed, not bureaucracy
Aug 01, 2000; ... The war on poverty seems to be a constant battle. Over the years,many strategies have been applied to the campaign. The federal andstate governments are allied with programs intended to improve thegeneral welfare. In theory, these programs are designed tocomplement each other in order to ...
Democratic mayor wears Bush button as he hosts GOP
Aug 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Mayor John Street, a Democrat, wore atie dotted with elephants and even pinned on a George W. Bushcampaign button as he roamed the GOP convention Monday, playinggracious host. "This is a business opportunity for us and these areour customers and we want our ...
Underwood bypassed by convention schedulers
Aug 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - West Virginia Gov. Cecil Underwood, in an uphillre-election fight, did not get a speaking assignment at theRepublican National Convention. Underwood is battling DemocraticU.S. Rep. Bob Wise to save the state GOP's only major statewideoffice. West Virginia GOP ...
Name recognition gives Underwood edge in Panhandle
Aug 01, 2000; ... WEIRTON - Gov. Cecil Underwood has established solid credentialsin the Northern Panhandle, a politically critical region where U.S.Rep. Bob Wise is fighting to get his gubernatorial campaign off theground. The area could determine the outcome of a close race. "We're probably the ...
Experts urge early testing, treatment of diabetes
Aug 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - The statistic is dismal: Americans too often havethe most common form of diabetes silently festering for up to 12years before they're diagnosed. That's 12 years that diabetesquietly eats away your vision, injures your kidneys and nerves andsets you up for heart disease - ...
Police briefs
Aug 01, 2000 ... Charleston man shot near Littlepage Terrace A Charleston man was in satisfactory condition Monday after anearly morning shooting near Littlepage Terrace. Shannon Clements,21, was being taken to surgery, said CAMC spokesman Andy Wessels. Clements was shot in the arm and hand by ...
Evidence of male biological clock found
Aug 01, 2000; ... LONDON - Once a man passes the age of 24, the older he is, thelonger it takes for him to make his partner pregnant, regardless ofher age, a new study suggests. A decline in male fecundity - thelikelihood of achieving pregnancy within a certain period of time -has never before been ...
Wisconsin woman, son win Powerball
Aug 01, 2000; ... MADISON, Wis. - A Germantown woman and her son won the $10million Powerball jackpot in last Wednesday's drawing, the WisconsinLottery said Monday. Lottery officials said in a news release thatthe two came to the agency's Madison office late Friday, and thevalidation process was ...
Greenbrier physician pleads guilty to fraud
Aug 01, 2000; ... BECKLEY - A Greenbrier County doctor pleaded guilty Monday todefrauding Medicaid and handing out narcotics to patients. Dr.William J. Craske, 65, an osteopath who practices in White SulphurSprings, faces up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine afterpleading guilty to federal ...
Older Americans paying more for drugs
Aug 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - Older Americans are paying twice as much for theirprescription drugs as they did in 1992, and prices are expected tosoar over the next decade, says a group which advocates drugcoverage by Medicare. Families USA, in a study released Monday,argued that unless national policy ...
Water advisory lifted
Aug 01, 2000 ... The state Department of Health and Human Resources has lifted ...
Correction
Aug 01, 2000 ... Melissa Dawn Taylor and Shannon Wayne Butler were ...
World
Aug 01, 2000 ... Amsterdam 69 53 Cldy Athens 90 74 Clr Beijing 99 72 Clr Berlin 67 58 Cldy Bermuda 86 77 Rain Cairo 110 78 Clr Calgary 83 51 Cldy Dublin 67 59 Rain Hong Kong 93 84 Cldy Jerusalem 95 75 Clr London 77 61 ...
National
Aug 01, 2000 ... Anchorage 64 52 Rain Atlanta 84 70 PCldy Boston 73 62 Cldy Charlotte 88 70 Cldy Chicago 86 66 Cldy Cincinnati 83 67 PCldy Cleveland 80 66 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 95 72 PCldy Denver 94 60 PCldy Detroit 82 68 Rain Elkins ...
Scott hoping to recapture magic
Aug 01, 2000; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Shane Griffith was looking for a way to rejuvenate the Scott HighSchool football program, to bring back some of the excitement. Whatbetter way, he thought, than to schedule a midnight practice? Noone in the state hit the practice field earlier than the ...
GRIDDING UP: ; GW looking good
Aug 01, 2000; ... andyhansroth@wvgazette.com The George Washington High football team has a tough act tofollow after its 7-4 season in 1999, when the Patriots provided theschool its first winning season since '90 and its first playoffappearance since '88. When the Pats took the field Monday ...
Guilty plea in Carruth case
Aug 01, 2000; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The man accused of shooting the girlfriend offormer Carolina Panthers receiver Rae Carruth pleaded guilty tosecond-degree murder and other charges Monday, a prosecutor said. Van Brett Watkins also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, intent to ...
Workouts vary, but pain remains
Aug 01, 2000; ... MORGANTOWN - Jason Brooks wasn't around for Al Johnson's tankescapades last summer. Nor was he here two summers ago when WestVirginia's mad scientist of a strength coach cooked up the junk carraces in the Puskar Center parking lot. But don't think for amoment that what Brooks and his ...
Braves, Cards pull trigger on deals
Aug 01, 2000; ... The Atlanta Braves made the biggest trade on deadline day - theyboosted their lineup with B.J. Surhoff. The St. Louis Cardinals madeone with ominous overtones: Worried about Mark McGwire's health,they got Will Clark. Rondell White, Todd Hollandsworth and HenryRodriguez also changed ...
Names in the games
Aug 01, 2000 ... Huggins says he's turning down Clippers Bob Huggins said Monday night he decided to turn down an offer tocoach the Los Angeles Clippers, preferring to stay at the Universityof Cincinnati. "I've decided to stay as head basketball coach atthe University of Cincinnati," Huggins told ...
Today's quote
Aug 01, 2000 ... "You learn after awhile that you can't test your manhood on everyplay in this league. At least not if you want to play more than twoor three years. Last year, I would just try to hit it up in there ashard as ...
Not quite ready for prime time ?
Aug 01, 2000; ... Dennis Miller didn't quite seem ready for the regular season.Time will tell if viewers are ready for Dennis Miller. The comediangave an unsteady performance in his debut with ABC's "Monday NightFootball" during the preseason Hall of Fame Game between the SanFrancisco 49ers and New ...
Latest line
Aug 01, 2000 ... Baseball Favorite Odds Underdog National League CHICAGO CUBS 5 1/2-6 1/2 Colorado PITTSBURGH 5 1/2-6 1/2 Los Angeles Houston Even-6 FLORIDA St. Louis 6-7 MONTREAL NY METS 8-9 Cincinnati San Francisco 6 1/2-7 1/2 ...
Mets fans retaliate, boo Larkin
Aug 01, 2000; ... NEW YORK - Barry Larkin looked forward to playing at Shea Stadiumand didn't expect any extra heckling from New York fans forrejecting a trade to the Mets. "I'm going to get some boos here andthere," Larkin said Monday before the Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game series with the Mets ....
Monday's Sports Transactions
Aug 01, 2000 ... BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Traded OF B.J. Surhoff and RHP Gabe Molina toAtlanta for OF Trenidad Hubbard, C Fernando Lunar and RHP LuisRivera. Traded 1B Will Clark and cash to St. Louis for 3B Jose Leon.DETROIT TIGERS-Released OF Luis Polonia. Called up OF ...
Little League Softball
Aug 01, 2000 ... Junior Division Regionals At Summersville South-Atlantic Region Championship North Carolina 000 030 0 -3 6 2 Elk District 000 202 x -4 8 1 Allen and Gaskin. Swor, Dickey (5) and George. Top hitters - N:Beaber, double, 2 RBIs; Dlugos 2-4; Ehringhaus ...
Fight Schedule
Aug 01, 2000 ... National TV in parentheses Friday At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (ESPN2), HasimRahman, Baltimore, vs. Frankie Swindell, Nashville, Tenn., 10,heavyweights; Daniel Lynem, Corona, Calif., vs. Humberto Zubia,Odessa, Texas, 10, super lightweights. ...
Meetings, etc.
Aug 01, 2000 ... * LITTLE LEAGUE: Signups for the South Putnam fall Little Leaguebaseball program will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday and from 1to 3 p.m. Sunday at Winfield City Park. - HORACE MANN FOOTBALL:Ameeting of Horace Mann Middle School football candidates will beheld from 4 to 6 p.m ....
WNBA: ; Williamson, Bichette help Reds snap Mets' streak
Aug 01, 2000 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 18 10 .643 - Cleveland 15 12 .556 21/2 Orlando 14 13 .519 31/2 Detroit 12 15 .444 51/2 Washington 11 15 .423 6 Miami 10 17 .370 71/2 Indiana 7 19 .269 10 Charlotte 7 21 .250 ...
NASCAR
Aug 01, 2000 ... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR Winston Cup driver standingsand money leaders through July 23: Points 1, Bobby Labonte, 2,825. 2, Dale Jarrett, 2,772. 3, DaleEarnhardt, 2,718. 4, Jeff Burton, 2,624. 5, Rusty Wallace, 2,557. 6,Tony Stewart, 2,540. 7, Ward Burton, 2,535. 8, Jeff ...
NFL preseason
Aug 01, 2000 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct. PF PA N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 New England 1 0 0 1.000 20 0 Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 13 20 Central Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 33 ...
Golf
Aug 01, 2000 ... Kanawha Valley Women's Tournament Second-round pairings at Berry Hills Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - Rachel Williamson, Lois Kinneer; 8:37 - Jo Ann Shea,Naomi Krieg; 8:44 - Sharon Southworth, Linda Sims; 8:51 - SheilaHolstein, Sheila Batch; 8:58 - Isabelle Hedge, Mary ...
Baseball today
Aug 01, 2000 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 56 44 .560 - z-7-3 W-1 26-21 30-23 11-6 Boston 53 48.525 31/2 4-6 L-2 27-23 26-25 9-9 Toronto 55 51 .519 4 z-4-6 L-3 28-25 27-26 9-9 Baltimore 46 58 .442 12 z-5-5 W-3 29-22 17-36 7-11 Tampa Bay 44 ...
Williamson, Bichette help Reds snap mets' streak: ; NL
Aug 01, 2000; ... NEW YORK - Scott Williamson pitched six strong innings and DanteBichette drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds snapped the NewYork Mets' six-game winning streak with a 6-0 victory Monday night. Barry Larkin, in his first game at Shea Stadium since rejecting atrade to the Mets on ...
Minor leagues
Aug 01, 2000 ... South Atlantic League Second Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB x-Piedmont (Phillies) 23 14 .622 - Delmarva (Orioles) 21 16 .568 2 Hickory (Pirates) 19 19 .500 41/2 Charleston (Royals) 18 19 .486 5 Hagerstown (Jays) 14 22 .389 ...
Birdie gives Clark his first win: ; Golf
Aug 01, 2000; ... As a Q-school graduate and self-described "good old boy," MichaelClark has big plans for his first winner's check on the PGA Tour. Clark became the sixth first-time winner this season when he rolledin a 12-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole Monday to defeatveteran Kirk Triplett ...
White on target ; Van Pelt 'rusty'
Aug 01, 2000; ... It took Reggie White only one play to show flashes of his oldself. On the very first play of his first practice as a CarolinaPanther, White tossed aside rookie offensive lineman Allen Mogridgeand immediately converged on the ball carrier. "I didn't even knowit was him until ...
Faulk's play lifts Patriots
Aug 01, 2000; ... The AssociatedPress CANTON, Ohio - Kevin Faulk set up a field goal with a puntreturn, then turned a short pass into a 25-yard touchdown as the NewEngland Patriots beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-0 Monday night inthe Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game. The crowd of ...
Kanawha women's tourney to begin: ; Roundup
Aug 01, 2000 ... Defending champion Mary Payne will be in the field when theKanawha Valley women's golf tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. today atKanawha Country Club. The tournament will continue Wednesday atBerry Hills, and the final round is scheduled for Thursday on theEdgewood Country Club ...
Sports briefs
Aug 01, 2000; ... Georgia suspends seven football players ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia suspended seven football players for onegame each Monday for using a school long-distance code to makepersonal phone calls. The players used an access code left on a deskat the university's Athletic Association office to ...
First things first: Capital sets tone at opening drills
Aug 01, 2000; ... andyhansroth@wvgazette.com Can a high school football coach learn much about his up-and-coming team at its first practice of the season? Capital High coachMoe Townson says yes. In fact, at the Cougars' first day of practice at Laidley FieldMonday, Townson said he enjoyed ...
Deputy allegedly threatened to kill: ; Sheriff's Department also looking into possible drug activity
Aug 01, 2000; ... schnaars@wvgazette.com Misdemeanor charges will be dropped against Logan County AssessorRussell "Rick" Grimmett and three others who allegedly attacked agroup of people re-enacting a historic march near Hernshaw lastAugust. Grimmett, Logan County school bus driver Debra ...
Deal is reached on money lost in sheriff's care: ; Department responsible for losses of $250,000 from citizen accounts
Aug 01, 2000; ... schnaars@wvgazette.com The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department lost $67,000 of CharlesBaldwin's money while Art Ashley was at the helm. Because of theloss, Baldwin had to sell the Charleston duplex that was bringing inrent money every month, and he had to move to a cheaper ...
Fort Hill soccer field advances
Aug 01, 2000; ... Gazette photo City Councilman Charlie Loeb argues for a soccer field at DannerMeadow Park in front of Councilwoman Ditty Markham and a packedgallery at ...
Office expansion is in talks
Aug 01, 2000; ... THE Department of Health and Human Resources is negotiating witha Clarksburg landlord to expand its office space and parking. Inorder to build onto its existing structure, Park Properties hasasked Clarksburg City Council to either abandon sections ofalleyways or authorize their ...
Fort Hill soccer field advances: ; Parks committee recommends approval ; City Council vote will be next week
Aug 01, 2000; ... gmoore@wvgazette.com A proposal to put a soccer field at Danner Meadow Park will comeup for a final vote next week after Charleston City Council's Parksand Recreation Committee changed its mind and recommended that thecity put the field in Danner Meadow. After nearly three hours ...
'I don't get confused; I don't get depressed': ; Rite Aid chief has saved a struggling company before
Aug 01, 2000; ... CAMP HILL, Pa. - Long before troubled Rite Aid Corp. put feelersout for a new top executive last fall that eventually reached hisdoor, Robert G. Miller knew how it felt to head a company that somewere labeling a near "dead duck." As chief executive of Fred MeyerInc. in the mid-1990s, ...
Don Knotts does hometown a favor
Aug 01, 2000; ... MORGANTOWN - The most famous voice in Mayberry wants people tovisit his other hometown. Don Knotts, the comedic actor best knownas goofy Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," is the newvoice of the Greater Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau.Audiotapes he recorded ...
Stroke Center to open at Ruby Memorial
Aug 01, 2000; ... MORGANTOWN - A new team of stroke specialists at Ruby MemorialHospital can help limit or reverse brain damage for victims whoreach them within three hours. The key for thousands of at-riskWest Virginians, however, is getting that message out to doctors,emergency medical technicians and ...