Charleston Gazette back issues from June 2001:
McVeigh changes his mind: ; Admitted Oklahoma City bomber wants judge to delay his execution
Jun 01, 2001; ... DENVER - Timothy McVeigh asked a judge Thursday to delay hisexecution, accusing the government of withholding evidence in a"fraud upon the court" that denied him a fair trial in the OklahomaCity bombing. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch scheduled a hearing forWednesday, five ...
U.S. senator named West Virginian of the 20th Century
Jun 01, 2001; ... philk@wvgazette.com Sen. Robert C. Byrd returned to the House chamber where he beganhis political career 54 years ago to accept accolades Thursday asWest Virginian of the 20th Century. The 84-year-old patriarch of West Virginia politics even pointedout the desk where he ...
Special session planned: ; Flood relief among priority items on lawmakers' plates
Jun 01, 2001; ... fanny@wvgazette.com Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin said a special legislativesession is being planned during the June interim committee meetingsto appropriate money for flood relief, higher education andresearch. Tomblin's remarks came after legislative leaders met ...
The real last day of school: ; Some are closing for good
Jun 01, 2001; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Karen Wellman started as a teacher at Staunton Elementary Schoolin South Charleston 34 years ago. She spent the past 15 years asprincipal. She taught children, watched them grow up, and now she guides thechildren of former Staunton students. "I ...
Americans contracting AIDS at alarming rates
Jun 01, 2001; ... ATLANTA - Social worker Anthony McWilliams says he sees it everyday - a new generation of gays and bisexuals numb from years ofendless AIDS statistics and warnings about the epidemic. "It becomes blah, blah, blah - noise to them," said McWilliams, acounselor for AID Atlanta. "It's ...
The real last day of school: ; Some are closing for good
Jun 01, 2001; ... Gazette photo Staunton Elementary teacher Gail Stinson comforts fourth-graderStefani Angel, 11, at the end of the last full day of school ...
National briefs
Jun 01, 2001 ... Spy suspect Hanssen pleads innocent ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen pleadedinnocent Thursday to charges of spying for Moscow, setting the stagefor a fall trial that could deal with some of the nation's mostclosely guarded intelligence secrets. Looking haggard in ...
Shortage spurs more nurses to strike, unionize
Jun 01, 2001; ... It was a scenario that nurse Linda Warino had come to dread: Toomany patients. Not enough nurses. No volunteers to work overtime. About once a week - and she only works three days a week - shesaid she was required to work beyond her 12-hour shift. It led herand her colleagues in ...
Bragg mining decision nonsensical
Jun 01, 2001; ... THE state Department of Environmental Protection is breakingfederal law when it issues mining permits with bonds that are toosmall to pay for reclamation if a coal company walks away from itsobligations. DEP Secretary Michael Callaghan admitted that in testimony beforeChief U.S ....
Readers' forum
Jun 01, 2001 ... Income tax cut story was slanted Editor: I'm rarely surprised any more by what appears on your Opinionpage as an editorial, but propaganda pieces such as May 24's "WestVirginians may realize least amount of relief" by Lawrence Messinahave no place on the front page ....
Accept gays: ; Most persecuted minority
Jun 01, 2001; ... TODAY marks the start of the fifth annual West Virginia Gay PrideCelebration, which will conclude with a Charleston parade June 10.Various events are scheduled in Charleston, Huntington andBarboursville. The word "celebration" doesn't quite convey the deeper purpose ofthis ...
Unemployment: ; Low figures not always good
Jun 01, 2001; ... WEST VIRGINIA'S unemployment rate is looking pretty good thesedays. April's 5.2 percent was the lowest for any recorded April.But, as reporter Tara Tuckwiller noted in the Sunday Gazette-Mail,the low rate is not all good news. Officially, joblessness in nine counties fell by 2 ...
Armed children, wild dogs holding off Idaho authorities
Jun 01, 2001; ... SANDPOINT, Idaho - Armed with rifles and a pack of wild dogs, afamily of six children hunkered down in their ramshackle home for athird day Thursday, refusing to accept help from governmentofficials they feared. Bonner County sheriff's deputies blocked off a dirt road innorthern ...
Delegate seeks changes in police review system
Jun 01, 2001; ... A legislator who advocates citizen review boards says he iswilling to consider a proposal that would allow complaints againstpolice to be heard within the state's civil service system. "I'm open to any idea that fixes the problem," said DelegateLarry Faircloth, R-Berkeley, who has ...
Warden back after mild heart attack
Jun 01, 2001; ... BECKLEY - Warden Howard Painter is back on the job at Mount OliveCorrectional Complex after recovering from a heart attack. "Home confinement is a killer," Painter said Wednesday, laughingabout his absence from the Fayette County maximum-security prison. Painter had what ...
Readers' voice
Jun 01, 2001 ... * Last Friday I had a most pleasant experience in the Town CenterMall. There was a gospel group singing in center court. Everywhere Ilooked people had well kempt hair, their clothes fit them properly,there was no pierced body parts and no thugs. What a pleasantevening it was. * ...
Coal company agrees to post higher bond
Jun 01, 2001; ... A coal company has agreed to the state's request to post a higher-than-normal bond for a portion of its proposed surface mine alongthe Wyoming-McDowell county line. Bluestone Coal Co. of Beckley will post reclamation bondstotaling $2.2 million for the first 262 acres of the ...
Scandal forces driving retests
Jun 01, 2001; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - About 7,000 Illinois drivers could beretested because they used schools involved in a licenses-for-bribes scandal, the secretary of state's office said Thursday. Nine driving schools in the Chicago area were involved. A federal investigation has resulted in ...
Senior vouchers
Jun 01, 2001 ... Kanawha Valley Senior Services will be taking applications forfree food vouchers during the month of June. The vouchers are goodat the Capitol Market in Charleston from July 1 to Oct. 31. Senior citizens ...
Crossing closing
Jun 01, 2001 ... Motorists in Dunbar may need to find an alternate route thisweekend, as the 10th Street railroad crossing will be closed so railcrews can repair the crossing. The crossing will close at midnight tonight ...
World
Jun 01, 2001 ... Amsterdam 73 52 Clr Athens 89 67 Clr Beijing 92 55 Clr Berlin 65 52 Cldy Bermuda 81 68 Rain Cairo 92 68 Clr Calgary 68 41 Cldy Dublin 64 44 Rain Hong Kong 89 76 Rain Jerusalem 82 54 Clr London 74 53 Cldy Madrid ...
National
Jun 01, 2001 ... Anchorage 69 46 Clr Atlanta 77 68 Cldy Boston 68 45 Rain Charlotte,N.C. 77 63 PCldy Chicago 66 50 PCldy Cincinnati 70 60 Rain Cleveland 70 51 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 89 62 PCldy Denver 78 50 PCldy Detroit 70 55 ...
Junk works for Fayetteville
Jun 01, 2001; ... tatkinson@wvgazette.com Fayetteville right-hander Louie Cassis did his best Fred Sanfordimpersonation Thursday. The senior dealt Moorefield hitters a steady diet of self-described junk and kept the Yellow Jackets off-balance all night tohelp the Pirates to a 6-1 win in the ...
Titan-ic: ; Gilmer's Williamson blanks Buffalo 1-0
Jun 01, 2001; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Like Old Faithful, Buffalo's offense would erupt at regularintervals this season. Every few innings, the hits and runs wouldgush out for the Bisons, who averaged nearly 10 runs against acompetitive schedule. Then along came Gilmer County pitcher Andy ...
Double-elimination sectional format isn't going anywhere
Jun 01, 2001; ... FOR THE MOST part they are an easy-going lot, these high schoolbaseball coaches. That's especially true for those who are at thisweek's state tournament at Watt Powell Park. Oh, sure, there are still six who probably didn't get a fullnight's sleep last night. It's not that they ...
Names in the games
Jun 01, 2001 ... Alou out, Torborg in as Expos manager Felipe Alou was fired Thursday as manager of the Montreal Exposand was replaced by Jeff Torborg. Alou, Montreal's manager since May 22, 1992, was let go with theExpos last in the NL East at 21-32. His overall record with theExpos is ...
Championship rematch today in AAA: ; Logan coach saves ace for title game
Jun 01, 2001; ... dphickman1@aol.com Roger Gertz knows better than anyone how dangerous it can be todo precisely what he did Thursday morning. Saving a pitcher for agame that might never come can be disastrous. To save the best pitcher in the state for a game that might nevercome can be ...
Championship rematch today in AAA: ; Jefferson reaches finals for fourth straight year
Jun 01, 2001; ... frankangst@wvgazette.com Jefferson trailed Cabell Midland 1-0 in Thursday's Class AAAstate semifinal game - for about five minutes. After Cabell Midland scored the first run of the game in thebottom of the fourth inning, Jefferson quickly answered with a four-run fifth to ...
RedStixx top Alley Cats 9-3
Jun 01, 2001 ... The Columbus RedStixx jumped on Alley Cats starter Tracy Thorpefor three runs in the first inning and never looked back en route toa 9-3 win and series sweep in Columbus, Ga., Thursday. The Alley Cats were outhit 13-9. Mike Snyder and Raul Tablado hadtwo hits each for the Cats ...
MAC awards
Jun 01, 2001 ... 2000-2001 Mid-American Conference Reese/Jacoby Trophy winners Reese Standings (men) - 1. Central Michigan; 2. Ball State; 3.Miami; 4. (tie) Kent State, Toledo; 6. Western Michigan; 7. Ohio; 8.(tie) Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan; 10. Marshall; 11. Akron; ...
WNBA
Jun 01, 2001 ... Thursday's games Cleveland 69, Washington 34 Miami 68, New York 59 Houston 82, Indiana 78 Minnesota at Portland, late Phoenix at Seattle, late Today's game Los Angeles at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Saturday's ...
Transactions
Jun 01, 2001 ... BASEBALL American League TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Activated INF Russ Johnson from the 15-daydisabled list. Placed SS Felix Martinez on the 15-day disabled list,retroactive to May 28. TEXAS RANGERS-Recalled LHP Doug Davis from Oklahoma of the PCL.Optioned LHP Aaron Myette ...
French Open
Jun 01, 2001 ... Thursday At Roland Garros Paris Purse: $9.6 million Surface: Clay-Outdoor Men Singles Second Round Franco Squillari (16), Argentina, def. Andreas Vinciguerra,Sweden, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. Sebastien Grosjean (10), France, def ....
NHL
Jun 01, 2001 ... STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Colorado vs. New Jersey Tuesday New Jersey 2, Colorado 1 Thursday Colorado 3, New Jersey 1, Colorado leads series 2-1 Saturday Colorado ...
NBA
Jun 01, 2001 ... Conference Finals (Best-of-7) Wednesday Philadelphia 89, Milwaukee 88, Philadelphia leads series 3-2 Today Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. Sunday Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m., if ...
Latest line
Jun 01, 2001 ... MILWAUKEE 5 Philadelphia Baseball Favorite Odds Underdog National League Atlanta 6-7 PITTSBURGH FLORIDA 6-7 Ny Mets Philadelphia Even-6 MONTREAL MILWAUKEE Pick'em Chicago Cubs HOUSTON 5 1/2-6 1/2 Los Angeles ST ....
Sanchez' hitting streak goes to 18 as Royals top Rangers: ; AL
Jun 01, 2001; ... ARLINGTON, Texas - Rey Sanchez is finally getting noticed, andnot because he is one of the best fielding shortstop in the majorleagues. Sanchez extended his career-best hitting streak to 18 games withfour hits Thursday as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas ...
Golf
Jun 01, 2001 ... Women's Open Thursday At Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club Southern Pines, N.C. Purse: $2.9 million Yardage: 6,256; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round (a-amateur) Cindy Figg-Currier 32-35-67 A. J. Eathorne 34-33-67 Juli ...
Sally League
Jun 01, 2001 ... First Half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Kannapolis (White Sox) 39 14 .736 - Lexington (Astros) 37 17 .685 21/2 Hagerstown (Giants) 28 26 .519 111/2 Greensboro (Yankees) 26 26 .500 121/2 Delmarva (Orioles) 24 28 .462 141/2 Hickory ...
Prep baseball
Jun 01, 2001 ... State tournament At Watt Powell Park Thursday's box scores Logan Elkins ab r h bi ab r h bi Fleming ss 3 2 2 1 Rozich cf/p 1 0 0 0 Willis 2b 4 2 2 3 Workmn ph 1 0 0 0 Dowden 1b 4 3 3 2 White rf/p 2 0 1 0 Chambrs rf 3 2 2 0 ...
Baseball today
Jun 01, 2001 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 29 22 .569 - 5-5 W-2 17-10 12-12 0-0 New York 29 22 .569 - z-7-3 L-1 14-9 15-13 0-0 Toronto 26 27 .491 4 z-4-6 L-2 13-13 13-14 0-0 Baltimore 24 27 .471 5 z-6-4 L-3 14-14 10-13 0-0 Tampa Bay 15 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jun 01, 2001 ... TELEVISION (TGC) 9 a.m. - golf: Victor Chandler British Masters (USA) 10 a.m. - French Open tennis (FoxP) 1:30 p.m. - NASCAR Winston Cup qualifying for MBNAPlatinum 400 (PAX) 2 p.m. - Senior PGA: BellSouth Senior Classic (same-daytape) (ESPN) 3 p.m. - ...
Herd men 10th in MAC: ; Roundup
Jun 01, 2001 ... The Marshall University men finished 10th in Reese Trophycompetition, named for former Mid-American Conference commissionerDavid E. Reese, and the Herd women were 13th in Jacoby Trophycompetition, named for former MAC commissioner Fred Jacoby. The MAC announced its top ...
76ers' Snow a 'Willis Reed': ; For inspiration, Brown shows tape of 1970 NBA Finals
Jun 01, 2001; ... PHILADELPHIA - Eric Snow limped into the First Union Center on afractured ankle, traded his designer suit for a uniform and put hisname among some legendary performers. Hours after learning he had another fracture in his surgicallyrepaired right ankle, Snow scored 18 points, ...
Another early Sampras exit: he tumbles in second round: ; French Open
Jun 01, 2001; ... PARIS - Forget the marvelous serve, lethal volley, ferociousforehand and beautiful backhand. At the French Open, Pete Samprashas almost no shot. He walked off the clay a loser again Thursday, beaten by Spanishjourneyman Galo Blanco, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2. The second-round ...
Bourque's goal helps rally Avs
Jun 01, 2001; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Ray Bourque, whose search for his firstStanley Cup in 22 seasons is one of the most riveting stories everin the finals, scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period,and the Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey 3-1 in Game 3 Thursdaynight to regain the series ...
Sports briefs
Jun 01, 2001; ... Day earns 8,000th victory LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Pat Day became the third jockey to reach 8,000wins by guiding Camden Park to a one-length victory on the turf inThursday's sixth race at Churchill Downs. The 47-year-old Day trails only Laffit Pincay Jr. (9,147) andBill Shoemaker ...
Sorenstam within sight of lead: ; But U.S. Women's Open full of surprises after first round
Jun 01, 2001; ... SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. - Annika Sorenstam was steady but notspectacular Thursday in the U.S. Women's Open. She shot an uninspired round of 70 that left her in good shape asshe pursues the second leg of the Grand Slam. Everything else at Pine Needles was one surprise after ...
Prep Baseball State Tournament Notebook: ; Old friends to meet in AA finals
Jun 01, 2001; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com When Daniel Snyder and Brandon Benson were growing up as bestfriends in Ridgeley, they daydreamed about playing in the statebaseball tournament in Charleston. Little did they know that one day their wish would come true -with a twist. They would be ...
New 'Dracula' production a bloody good time
Jun 01, 2001; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com The good news is the Charleston Stage Company's production of"Dracula" isn't bloody awful. In fact, the show, which opened Thursday at the Capitol CenterTheatre in Charleston, is pretty bloody good. Which is not to say the play, an adaptation ...
Courthouse renovation capped at $8 million
Jun 01, 2001; ... cshumaker@wvgazete.com When Kanawha County commissioners first discussed renovations tothe courthouse judicial annex in February, they guessed it wouldcost between $3.5 and $7 million. Since then, the cost for the proposed renovations has gone ashigh as $10 ...
Court briefs
Jun 01, 2001 ... Cabell man suspected in rapes to remain in jail A Cabell County man suspected in a string of rapes will remain injail, a Kanawha Circuit judge ruled Thursday. Charles Edward Woods, 39, of Milton, asked to have bond set on akidnapping charge and to have his bond reduced on a ...
Ex-Esquire Club being revamped
Jun 01, 2001 ... Construction workers have removed the gray stucco facade from theformer Esquire Club on Capitol Street. Building owner John Smallridge, a downtown developer and owner ofSteak Escape restaurants, said he is talking with a restaurant andbar owner "west of Charleston" who wants to ...
Montgomery's million-dollar fire still remains undetermined
Jun 01, 2001; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com The April fire that caused a million dollars' worth of damage toa Montgomery building and nearly killed seven people remainsclassified "undetermined," a member of the state fire marshal'sstaff said Thursday. "Unless we can get more information, we ...
AEP-Virginia transmission line given approval
Jun 01, 2001; ... RICHMOND, Va. - The State Corporation Commission on Thursdayapproved construction of American Electric Power's proposed 765,000-volt transmission line through parts of Virginia and southern WestVirginia. The line will begin in Wyoming County, W.Va., crossing intoVirginia near ...
Hotel closing next month
Jun 01, 2001; ... HUNTINGTON - The Best Western Gateway Inn on U.S. 60 nearInterstate 64 is closing next month, after nearly 3 1/2 years inbankruptcy court. Barboursville chiropractor Mark Davis said he has bought thehotel. Davis said Wednesday he plans to remodel it, but it will notremain a ...
City man not guilty in 1999 murder, jury finds
Jun 01, 2001; ... rachellebott@wvgazette.com Danjuama "Boomer" Marshall walked out of Kanawha Circuit JudgeIrene Berger's courtroom Thursday a free man. Minutes after the Kanawha Circuit Court jury found Danjuama"Boomer" Marshall not guilty of first-degree murder, the Charlestonman hugged his ...
Cool days
Jun 01, 2001; ... Gazette photo Kanawha County students have their last day of school today, butLinda's Ice Cream Truck got a jump on summer Thursday ...
Common Cause urges Capito to join reform push
Jun 01, 2001; ... larrym@wvgazette.com Both before and after he ran for president last year, Sen. JohnMcCain backed the House campaign of Rep. Shelley Moore Capito. TheArizona Republican now wants the favor returned. McCain wants Capito, R-W.Va., and the other GOP freshmen hehelped, to ...
Mall lands Abercrombie & Fitch: ; Schwabe-May will be moving into a smaller location at Town Center
Jun 01, 2001; ... balow@wvgazette.com Abercrombie & Fitch will be opening a store in Charleston TownCenter, although no one at the mall or the chain was willing to saymuch about it Thursday. "Thanks for your interest in Abercrombie & Fitch and our upcomingstore opening in Charleston, WV," a ...
City trash plan out of the bag: ; Negotiations kept 'quiet' ; rates could rise by 50 percent
Jun 01, 2001; ... gregstone@wvgazette.com Mayor Jay Goldman acknowledged Thursday asking a select few CityCouncil members to keep secret his negotiations to privatize citygarbage collection and recycling. "I asked them to keep quiet, yes," Goldman said Thursday. "But Ican't put a gag order on ...
Inmate compatibility key, warden says
Jun 01, 2001; ... Compatibility is the key to successfully carrying out a plan toreduce overcrowding in local jails by double-bunking inmates atMount Olive Correctional Complex, warden Howard Painter saidThursday. Inmates at the state's maximum security prison are beinginterviewed this week to ...
Huntington to toughen tax policy for MU, delinquents
Jun 01, 2001; ... HUNTINGTON - City officials are banking that Marshall Universitywill help pull Huntington out of its budget crisis by paying 160percent higher municipal fees. As a state institution, Marshall has paid a discounted flat rateof $60,000 in annual municipal fees for the past 10 years, ...
13-year-old Minn. boy wins national spelling bee
Jun 01, 2001; ... W.Va. contestants in the three-day 2001 Scripps Howard NationalSpelling Bee, the round in which they were eliminated and the wordmisspelled. * Brandee Cain, 12, Romney, 1st round, holomet-abolous. * Kara Ann Beevers, 13, Jane Lew, 2nd round, ...
7 accused in rustling of black cherry trees
Jun 01, 2001; ... ELKINS - Seven men are on trial in Elkins, charged with stealingblack cherry trees valued at nearly $250,000 from the MonongahelaNational Forest. Ernest Ray Brant, 33; Michael Newsome, 39; Dallas Newsome, 33;Steve Newsome, 30; Jonathan Hatfield, 33, all of Kermit, MingoCounty; ...