Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2001:
Area golf
Aug 01, 2001 ... Tri-State PGA Sleepy Hollow Open At Sleepy Hollow GC (par-72), Hurricane Sean Farren $6,100 65-69-134 Ed Vietmeier $2763 69-69-138 Travis Dickson $2763 69-69-138 Brad Westfall $2763 67-71-138 Brett Carman $1687.50 69-70-139 Barry Evans ...
House votes to ban cloning of human embryos
Aug 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The House voted to ban all cloning of human embryosTuesday night, casting Congress' first votes on the divisive ethicalissue after a day of emotional debate on science, morality and thedefinition of life. The bill passed 265-162, capping a day in which lawmakers ...
Toddler scores a hole in one
Aug 01, 2001; ... LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Jake Paine got the first hole in one of hislife recently. It came at the Lake Forest Golf and Practice Course. It was onNo. 6, that deceptive 66-yard, par-3, uphill climbing hole. The holewith the narrow fairway, the nasty right-side sand trap and ...
City Holding Co.: ; Banking firm to cut; hundreds
Aug 01, 2001; ... balow@wvgazette.com The parent of City National Bank, which has been foundering in asea of red ink, announced plans Tuesday to cut more than a quarterof its work force by the end of October. City Holding Co. said it will eliminate up to 275 jobs as part ofa "comprehensive ...
Facility prevents major problems at several sites
Aug 01, 2001; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com Boulder-studded Summersville Dam proved its worth to downstreamcommunities in Nicholas, Fayette and Kanawha counties during theflooding last weekend, when it stored nearly 30 billion gallons ofwater, causing Summersville Lake to rise nearly 28 feet ....
Commission approves 595 new slots at Chester track
Aug 01, 2001; ... philk@wvgazette.com CHESTER - Within 10 days, Mountaineer Race Track and GamingResort will reclaim its position as the state's largest video slotmachine operator, after the state Lottery Commission approved thetrack's request for 595 additional machines Tuesday. Mountaineer ...
Guild adds matinee
Aug 01, 2001 ... The Charleston Light Opera Guild, which sold out two performancesof "Fame" on ...
Church chimes upset residents
Aug 01, 2001 ... The daily chimes from the Nitro Church of God have neighborsupset over the volume the taped music puts out twice a day. On Monday, neighbors of the church filed a petition in NitroMunicipal Court asking that the twice-a-day chimes be quelled. The controversy began about 12 ...
People
Aug 01, 2001 ... R.E.M. guitarist pleads innocent in air rage LONDON - R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck pleaded innocent Tuesday toassault and other charges in an alleged air-rage incident during aflight to Britain in April. Buck, 44, made a brief appearance at Isleworth Crown Court inwest London ...
Elder caretakers strike in Mingo
Aug 01, 2001; ... dawn@wvgazette.com About 20 people in Mingo County who help elderly residentsprepare meals and get a bath are on strike for better pay andbenefits. The workers at the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commissionwalked off the job Thursday. They have picketed in Kermit and ...
CURA purchases Ward mall space: ; $2 million deal nears completion
Aug 01, 2001; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com Charleston Urban Renewal Authority officials have agreed to buyCharleston Town Center's vacant Montgomery Ward space for $2million. The Montgomery Ward land and building were appraised at $5.8million, according to the Kanawha County assessor. "We ...
Floods: ; Again, again, again
Aug 01, 2001; ... SICKENINGLY, more floods keep ravaging West Virginia communities -after families had just begun mopping up from previous gully-washers. One Boone County couple was driven from their mobile home threetimes in three months. Mount Hope's city hall was invaded twice in a month - ...
Pious politicos
Aug 01, 2001; ... "Congressional proposals designed to legislate morality neverwork. Words can't change human nature. Take, for instance, theuselessness of a measure calling for a display of the TenCommandments in public buildings that was passed by the Republican-controlled House last year. One of the ...
Perpetual factories overtake lives
Aug 01, 2001; ... OK, it's a great country, but you've got to admit, it is a littlestrange. One of its strangest aspects is the relative attention paidto fluff compared to the stuff that actually makes a difference inpeople's lives. Take the-whale-with-rope-around-its-jaw. I realize that this is a ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2001 ... Floods' causes obvious to most Editor: Areas in southern Raleigh County were especially hard-hit by therecent flooding, especially Helen and Rhodell. The logging around Helen has been intense this year. Steep slopeswere logged with many road cuts, and in many places ...
Gay teens: ; Society should protect
Aug 01, 2001; ... CIVILIZATIONS can be judged by how well, or how poorly, theytreat their most powerless citizens. A society that turns its backon its children is neglecting its most important responsibility. Even if those children are gay. Especially if they are gay,since, as reporters Scott Finn ...
Suspect rescinds plea in burglary
Aug 01, 2001; ... larrym@wvgazette.com A Kanawha County man no longer wants to admit to a bungled 1999restaurant burglary that netted little more than loose change andstuffed animals from a coin-operated claw machine. Lloyd Jennings Wilson, 32, told Kanawha Circuit Judge Jim Stuckyon Tuesday ...
Court rethinks barring felons from law
Aug 01, 2001; ... larrym@wvgazette.com The state Supreme Court has abandoned the rule it recentlyadopted to bar convicted felons from becoming lawyers in WestVirginia. The court also amended the rule that has long allowed felons whoare already lawyers to practice law again. The rules ...
Putnam OKs culvert to help stop flooding
Aug 01, 2001; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com WINFIELD - After three years and lots of wrangling, residents ofa flood-prone area south of Hurricane may finally see a new culvertunder Thompson Road. Putnam County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to bid outa contract to replace the too-small ...
Obituaries
Aug 01, 2001 ... Mae Bias HAMLIN - Mae Bias, 88, of Hamlin died July 30, 2001. Service willbe 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, at Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin. Friendsmay call one hour prior to service. Burial will be in KirbyCemetery, Cannonsburg, Ky. Neola G. Boggess Neola Gay "Topsy" ...
State briefs
Aug 01, 2001 ... WVU forensics program gets federal infusion MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University's forensic identificationprogram will get $1.6 million from the Department of Justice toimprove training opportunities and build ties to law enforcementagencies. WVU became the first university ...
Forest managers work to stop trash
Aug 01, 2001; ... GRANTSVILLE, Md. - Managers of Savage River State Forest areconsidering closing roads into the western Maryland park to stoparea residents from dumping trash there. Shingles, tires and even abandoned vehicles have been left alongservice roads that wind through the forest. When ...
Lowe's truck wrecks
Aug 01, 2001; ... Gazette photo Eugene Mallory of Abbott's Wrecker Service works on a strap on awrecked Lowe's delivery truck filled with lumber on 40th Street inNitro. The truck's driver, Scott Blake, 34, told police that he ranoff the road because an oncoming truck was across the centerline,said ...
Jefferson principal's degree remains issue
Aug 01, 2001; ... CHARLES TOWN - A high school principal in Jefferson County saysshe has a doctorate degree, but the Ohio school where she graduatedsays she doesn't. Jefferson High Principal Edna Rothwell took a pay cut last fall,when she was unable to verify that she had completed a ...
Volunteers sought to help Greenbrier Humane Society
Aug 01, 2001 ... LEWISBURG - The Greenbrier County Humane Society needsvolunteers. Volunteers are needed for a variety of work, including fund-raising events. Several fund-raising events need help with ticketsales, set-up and preparation of the facility, as well as volunteersto ...
Corrections
Aug 01, 2001 ... A story in Tuesday's Gazette said author and literary professorThomas Chester Andrews died in Greece. Friends said Andrews, who hada rare and incurable blood disorder, was staying in Greece but ...
Two men with McGee the night of murder still not identified
Aug 01, 2001; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com It took more than 24 hours for authorities to locate relatives ofa Michigan man found shot dead on a Charleston street Mondaymorning. Police say they still do not know the identities of two menthat were with him minutes before he was gunned down. Gary ...
World
Aug 01, 2001 ... Amsterdam 78 61 Cldy Athens 99 82 Clr Beijing 89 72 Cldy Berlin 83 64 Cldy Bermuda 89 79 Cldy Cairo 95 76 Clr Calgary 69 46 Cldy Dublin 76 56 Rain Hong Kong 93 84 Cldy Jerusalem 85 61 Clr London 84 62 ...
National
Aug 01, 2001 ... Anchorage 71 52 PCldy Atlanta 87 71 PCldy Boston 83 60 Clr Charlotte 85 67 Clr Chicago 95 75 PCldy Cincinnati 92 70 PCldy Cleveland 90 66 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 99 78 Clr Denver 85 62 PCldy Detroit 92 70 PCldy Elkins ...
Rocket Boys start school supply drive
Aug 01, 2001; ... WELCH - After devastating floods hit Southern West Virginia onJuly 8, Homer H. Hickam and Willie Rose tossed about ways that theycould help flood victims in their native state. Hickam, the author of "Rocket Boys," and fellow Rocket Boy Rosedecided to take the advice of Rose's wife, ...
The 'B' factor: ; Top Marshall recruit still needs to make a grade
Aug 01, 2001; ... frankangst@wvgazette.com The Marshall football coaching staff is crossing its fingers thattop recruit Kendrick Starling will be in Huntington Friday whenfirst-year players report to campus. According to a source close to the situation, Starling, a starreceiver at Navarro ...
Big East working on Cotton Bowl deal
Aug 01, 2001; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com The Big East is negotiating a deal with the Southwestern BellCotton Bowl on the strength of bowl partner Notre Dame. Talks are in progress to supply the Cotton Bowl with Notre Dameor a Big East team in one of the next four ...
Marshall opponents: Game 4 vs. Bowling Green
Aug 01, 2001 ... * Date with Herd: Sept. 29 (7 p.m.) * Site: Marshall Stadium (38,019 capacity) * 2000 record: 2-9 (2-6 Mid-American Conference East Division,fifth place) * Last season's result: Marshall 20, Bowling Green 13 * Coach: Urban Meyer (first season at BG, ...
Baseball Trading Deadline: ; Contenders round up arms; Astacio to Astros, Urbina to Red Sox
Aug 01, 2001; ... Pedro Astacio, Ugueth Urbina and a bevy of bullpen arms changedteams Tuesday, with pitching at a premium as contenders scrambled tobeat baseball's trade deadline. Relievers Mike Williams, Mike Trombley and Terry Mulholland wereon the move, while Atlanta filled a need by acquiring ...
Names in the games
Aug 01, 2001 ... Bisons' Mullett resigns, returns next day Bob Mullett, the first-year football coach at Buffalo HighSchool, apparently resigned on Sunday, only to change his mind andreturn Monday morning for the start of preseason practice. "He called me [Sunday] and that's what he told me," ...
Wright stuff at Riverside
Aug 01, 2001; ... THE GNATS BUZZING around Riverside High's practice field Tuesdaywere most unwelcome. The Nate buzzing around the field? A much different story. "All-State" Nate Wright, a transfer from Valley Fayette, hasblended into the Warrior team like a squeeze of lemon in iced ...
Youth softball
Aug 01, 2001 ... Little League softball, 11-12 year-olds Southern Region divisional tournament at McLean, Va. Semifinal N.Carolina 003 000 -3 1 3 Clendenin 004 12x -7 9 4 NC: Sylvester and Wells. C: Rollyson and Carper. Hitting - C:Young 2-3 HR 3 RBIs, ...
Tennis
Aug 01, 2001 ... WTA Tour Acura Classic Tuesday's results Singles First round Alexandra Stevenson, United States, def. Kristina Brandi, UnitedStates, 7-6 (5), 6-0. Elena Bovina, Russia, def. Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, 7-5, 5-3,retired. Daja Bedanova, Czech ...
Minor league baseball
Aug 01, 2001 ... South Atlantic League Second half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Hagerstown (Giants) 23 15 .605 - x-Lexington (Astros) 23 15 .605 - Greensboro (Yankees) 20 18 .526 3 Hickory (Pirates) 20 18 .526 3 Lakewood (Phillies) 17 18 .486 ...
Sports history
Aug 01, 2001 ... Aug. 1 1987 - Mike Tyson wins the undisputed heavyweight championshipwith a 12-round unanimous decision over IBF champion Tony Tucker inLas Vegas. 1990 - Arkansas jumps to the Southeastern Conference, severingits 76-year tie to the troubled Southwest Conference. 1994 ...
Arena Football League
Aug 01, 2001 ... Arena Football Playoffs All Times EDT First round July 27 Toronto 64, New York 57 Chicago 41, Orlando 26 July 28 Arizona 52, Detroit 44 July 29 Indiana 58, Carolina 41 Quarterfinals Friday's game (8) ...
Women's soccer
Aug 01, 2001 ... Women's United Soccer Association W L T Pts GF GA Bay Area 9 5 4 31 23 17 Atlanta 8 3 7 31 25 19 Philadelphia 8 6 3 27 26 21 New York 7 6 5 26 27 24 San Diego 6 7 4 22 23 23 Boston 6 9 3 21 26 33 Carolina 6 10 2 20 25 ...
WNBA
Aug 01, 2001 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Cleveland 20 6 .769 - New York 17 9 .654 3 Miami 15 11 .577 5 Charlotte 12 14 .462 8 Orlando 9 16 .360 101/2 Washington 8 16 .333 11 Indiana 8 17 .320 111/2 Detroit 7 18 .280 ...
Major League Soccer
Aug 01, 2001 ... Eastern Division W L T Pts GF GA Miami 12 3 4 40 39 24 N.Y.-N.J. 9 7 3 30 28 25 New England 5 10 5 20 24 34 D.C. 6 12 1 19 30 38 Central Division W L T Pts GF GA Chicago 11 4 3 36 36 19 Columbus 7 5 5 26 29 27 Dallas 7 ...
Meetings, etc.
Aug 01, 2001 ... * GAME NEEDED: Hurricane Middle School football is looking toschedule a game the week of Sept. 6. If interested, call coach PerryEstep at 757-0678. * STONEWALL ATHLETICS: Stonewall Jackson Middle School fallathletes - football, soccer and volleyball players - should meet at1 ...
Transactions
Aug 01, 2001 ... BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB-Suspended Pittsburgh C Jason Kendall two games and fined himan undisclosed amount for excessive arguing and causing contact tobe made with umpire Jim Wolf in the Cubs-Pirates game July 24.Suspended Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes two games and ...
Baseball today
Aug 01, 2001 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 64 42 .604 - 8-2 L-1 34-20 30-22 10-8 Boston 60 45 .571 31/2 z-5-5 L-1 30-23 30-22 10-8 Toronto 49 58 .458 151/2 z-3-7 W-1 24-31 25-27 8-10 Baltimore 44 63 .411 201/2 2-8 L-2 22-32 22-31 ...
Lima, Tigers snap Mariners four-game winning streak: ; AL
Aug 01, 2001; ... DETROIT - Jose Lima pitched eight solid inning as the DetroitTigers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 Tuesday night after both teamsdecided to stand pat on trading-deadline day. Detroit won its third straight game and snapped Seattle's four-game winning streak. The two teams had ...
Youth baseball
Aug 01, 2001 ... Junior League Division tournament Ages 13-14 At Watt Powell Park West Virginia 101 00 -2 2 3 N. Carolina 034 14 -12 9 2 Beerbower and Slusser; Josey, Nance (2) and Cooke; Top hitters -WV: Middlemas 1-2; Dunlap 1-2; NC: Cooke 4-4, 2 doubles; Nance 1-2,2 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Aug 01, 2001 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 1 p.m. - tennis: Masters Series Canada (ESPN) 7 p.m. - baseball: Braves at Cardinals (ESPN2) 7 p.m. - baseball: A's at Indians (ESPN) 10 p.m. - golf: Par 3 Shootout (same-day tape) (ESPN2) 11 p.m. - tennis: Masters Series Canada ...
The only thing missing was the golf: ; Battle at Bighorn a big disappointment
Aug 01, 2001; ... PALM DESERT, Calif. - Tiger Woods invited British Open championDavid Duval and the best two women golfers into his prime-timearena. The only thing missing was the kind of golf that has madeeach of them a star. "I would like to do it again," Woods said after he and AnnikaSorenstam ...
NFL Training Camps: ; Lions' Mornhinweg rides back into camp; Weinke celebrates 29th birthday with Panthers
Aug 01, 2001; ... UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Detroit Lions resumed training atSaginaw Valley State following a meltdown by first-year coach MartyMornhinweg. Mornhinweg cut the practice Monday after just 35 minutes. He toldhis team to leave the field and rode away on his ...
Sports briefs
Aug 01, 2001 ... Reports: Carter nears deal with Raptors TORONTO - Vince Carter might be staying with the Toronto Raptorsfor a long time. The NBA star is close to signing a six-year contract extensionworth about $94 million that would keep him with the team through2008, Toronto newspapers ...
Cats limited to three hits in 5-2 loss
Aug 01, 2001 ... KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Left-hander Dan Mozingo allowed three hits insix innings and Steve Madril pitched three hitless innings as theKannapolis Intimidators defeated the Charleston Alley Cats 5-2Tuesday night. Mozingo (8-3) struck out 11, walked three, allowed three hits andtwo ...
Twins get a Reed on playoff hopes
Aug 01, 2001; ... MINNEAPOLIS - Outfielder Matt Lawton thought he was trade baitwhen he reported to spring training for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins finally did move Lawton late Monday night, but not tounload a big salary during another miserable season. By getting All-Star pitcher Rick Reed ...
Greater Kanawha Valley Summer Championship swimming results
Aug 01, 2001 ... Greater Kanawha Valley Summer Championship (Top finisher, swim club and winning time, followed by the topfour runners-up) Girls 6-and-under * 25-yard freestyle: Allison Bradley, Greenbrier Pool 22.35;Jenna Eggleton, Hilawn; Kathleen Sweet, Cross Lanes; Casey ...
Deadline deals
Aug 01, 2001 ... A look at the trades made Tuesday before the 4 p.m. non-waivertrade deadline: * The Colorado Rockies traded RHP Pedro Astacio (6-13, 5.49 ERA)and cash to the Houston Astros for RHP Scott Elarton (4-8, 7.14) anda player to be named. * The Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Mike ...
Farren wins Sleepy Hollow Open: ; Roundup
Aug 01, 2001 ... Sean Farren of the Pittsburgh Field Club finished with a two-round total of 10-under-par 134 Tuesday to win the Tri-State PGASleepy Hollow Open in Hurricane. Farren won $6,100. Brad Westfall and Ed Vietmeier of Morgantown tied for second at138 along with Travis Dickson. Each won ...
Slots get earlier Sunday start-up
Aug 01, 2001; ... philk@wvgazette.com CHESTER - Video slot machine players at the state's fourracetracks will be able to get an early start on Sunday mornings,after the state Lottery Commission Tuesday approved a 10 a.m. start-up for the games. Commissioners, meeting at Mountaineer Race Track ...
Deal between school, car dealer questioned: ; Company pays Elkview school to use lots
Aug 01, 2001; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Elkview Middle School was closed to students Friday. There wereno football or baseball games. But the school's gravel and paved parking lots were packed. About200 used cars, vans, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles wereparked there. Auto carriers ...
Pared down Multi-CAP may reopen: ; If budget is approved today, anti-poverty agency can pay interim director
Aug 01, 2001; ... dawn@wvgazette.com Multi-CAP could be back in business today. On Tuesday, the anti-poverty agency's board members approved arevised budget. It includes $900,000 from the state's CommunityService Block Grant, and another $854,000 the board hopes to collectfrom other sources ....
More flood lawsuits filed against coal, timber
Aug 01, 2001; ... kward@wvgazette.com Six more lawsuits were filed Tuesday against coal and timbercompanies over July's massive flooding in Southern West Virginia. The new suits were filed in circuit courts in Kanawha, McDowell,Raleigh, Boone, Fayette and Mercer counties. On July 8, the ...
Third strike for small town ?: ; 'People are scared' in thrice-flooded Fayette County community
Aug 01, 2001; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com MINDEN - The history of Minden stretches back to the days beforeWest Virginia was a state, but three floods in three weeks threatenits future. The small community next door to Oak Hill had a reputation in the1950s as one of the state's greatest ...
3,000 pot plants found; Ritchie man arrested
Aug 01, 2001 ... PULLMAN - State Police in Ritchie County arrested one man andconfiscated an estimated $7.8 million worth of marijuana Tuesdayafternoon. Using a National Guard helicopter, troopers from the Harrisvilledetachment and Ritchie County sheriff's deputies spotted two largeplots of ...
No quick video poker ruling expected
Aug 01, 2001 ... A federal judge does not plan on ruling anytime soon on thelawsuit filed to block West Virginia's new video poker law. U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden has denied the suit'srequest to suspend immediately the recently passed legislation aimedat regulating and taxing video poker ...