Charleston Gazette back issues from January 2002:
Setting up to party down
Jan 01, 2002; ... Gazette photo Steve Starks of Multifest and Rick Clark of the Charleston Parksand Recreation Department load ...
Get tanked, get towed: Wrecker service offered half-price towing on New Year's Eve
Jan 01, 2002; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com As the owner of a wrecking service, John Lyons has seen his shareof nasty accidents on New Year's Eve. This year, he and his employeesdecided to do something about it. They towed people home for halfprice. "Everybody pictures wrecker services like a bunch ...
Much-debated laws taking effect today: New malpractice insurance program, family courts, video poker ban begin
Jan 01, 2002; ... West Virginia is ringing in the new year today with new laws statelawmakers pondered for much of 2001. A state medical malpractice insurance program for doctors, a banon unlicensed video poker machines and a new family court system alltake effect Jan. 1, either by law or by ...
'Not afraid': Tighter security; greets huge crowd; in Times Square
Jan 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Under tight security, huge crowds converged on TimesSquare on Monday to usher in 2002, pay a red, white and blue tributeto the Sept. 11 victims and say goodbye to one of the most terribleyears in New York history. New Year's Eve revelers lined up at security checkpoints ...
Europe's currency of the future becomes current today: 12 nations - one- sixth of world economy - switch from marks, francs, etc., to euro
Jan 01, 2002; ... FRANKFURT, Germany - Greece and Finland led the way as 12 Europeannations adopted the euro at midnight Monday in the most ambitiouscurrency swap in history, one which the euro's architects hope willbolster dreams of a united Europe. The euro takes physical form as notes and coins a ...
Prosecutor investigating Judicial Annex architects
Jan 01, 2002; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com When the cost to renovate the Kanawha County Judicial Annexexceeded $9 million, county officials started asking questions. What brought the cost up so much and what could be cut from theproject, some asked? Now Kanawha County prosecutor Mike ...
New Year's celebrations begin amid worldwide worries
Jan 01, 2002; ... TOKYO - Buddhist priests in black robes rang temple bells andclasped their hands in prayer at midnight Monday, the start of NewYear's celebrations tempered by global economic troubles and militarytension. Counting down the final hours of 2001 In the final hours of 2001, world ...
State briefs
Jan 01, 2002 ... Morgantown lawyer to run against Jay MORGANTOWN - A 30-year-old Morgantown lawyer has announced hiscandidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. senator. Hiram Lewis, a native of Welch, is a West Virginia Universitygraduate and a former Airborne Ranger. Lewis says ...
Part of Pineville school to reopen
Jan 01, 2002; ... PINEVILLE - In about three weeks, Pineville Grade School studentswill be allowed back in the lower level of their school for the firsttime since it was damaged by July floods, says Wyoming County SchoolsSuperintendent Frank Blackwell. Students are now attending class in temporary ...
DEP misses deadline for Massey ruling
Jan 01, 2002; ... kward@wvgazette.com The state's top mining regulator is a week behind schedule to rulein the first in a series of enforcement actions against Massey EnergyInc. Matt Crum, mining director for the state Department ofEnvironmental Protection, was supposed to rule by Dec ....
Afghan government already in trouble
Jan 01, 2002; ... UNTIL A few days ago, it seemed there were only two ways we couldpossibly lose the war in Afghanistan at this late date. The first wasif great numbers of Afghans starve to death this winter, thuscanceling out the good we have done by getting rid of the Taliban andinciting a new wave of ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2002 ... * Do Sharon and all the war hawks in Israel realize there is sucha thing as a win/win situation? * Marshall won the bowl game the same way Bush won the WhiteHouse: Tainted by hook and crook. * Since the terrorists want to die, why not take them to adeserted place, rig them ...
Readers' forum
Jan 01, 2002 ... Israel real guilty party in Mideast Editor: The column by John Warner in the Dec. 12 Charleston Gazette wasright on the mark. It clearly points out that Israel is the realguilty party in the Middle East conflict and the terrorism ensuingfrom there. Both the Gazette ...
EPA finishes fumigating Senate offices for anthrax
Jan 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - An extended four-day effort to kill trace amounts ofanthrax spores from part of the closed Hart Senate Office Buildingwas brought to an end Monday. Officials said they hope it is the lasttime they have to pour poisonous gas into the building that normallyhouses the offices ...
Happy New Year: Smiles for state favorites
Jan 01, 2002; ... EVERY New Year's Day, we salute a multitude of West Virginians whobrightened the past year. Our list can't possibly be complete, but wehope it makes readers pause to appreciate people and groups who givesomething special to their communities and their region. We award"Smiles" to the ...
China blames drugs for AIDS rate
Jan 01, 2002; ... BEIJING - The number of known drug addicts in China has topped900,000, fueling crime and the spread of AIDS, state media saidMonday. More than 30 percent of robberies are committed by addicts to payfor drugs, the reports said. They said two-thirds of new AIDS casesare linked to ...
Lewisburg, Madison doctors face medical board hearings
Jan 01, 2002; ... joydavia@wvgazette.com State Board of Medicine officials will decide if they shoulddiscipline a Lewisburg doctor at a hearing in February. Dr. William Lee Mossburg did not mention on his 1999 licensurerenewal application about a neck injury that kept him from ...
N.Y. postal workers ignore danger
Jan 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Apparently ignoring the urging of their union, postalworkers reported to work in normal numbers Monday at a Manhattan mailfacility where traces of anthrax were discovered on a sorting machinethat previously had been infected and cleaned. The affected sorting equipment ...
Three killings shake Putnam during 2001
Jan 01, 2002; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com Three apparently random slayings in 2001 shook Putnam County'ssafe, suburban image of itself. The county has averaged about one or two murders per year for thepast decade, said Putnam County Prosecutor Mark Sorsaia. Usually, theaccused murderer and the ...
2001 safe for air travel, despite Sept. 11
Jan 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Here's an odd statistic for a year dominated by theimages of planes crashing into buildings: There were fewer majorairplane accidents in 2001 than in any year since World War II. That's because record-keepers don't count the four airliners thatcrashed Sept. 11 as ...
Gas station robbed in Cabin Creek
Jan 01, 2002 ... A Cabin Creek gas station attendant was robbed at gunpoint Sundayevening. The attendant called police just after two men approached theEcono-Track gas station and demanded money about 8:30 p.m., saidDeputy J.M. Launi of the Kanawha County ...
Road conditions
Jan 01, 2002 ... Travelers wanting information on current road conditions andclosings throughout West Virginia should call ...
New Year's: Stay in, go out? Kanawha residents split
Jan 01, 2002; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com What were Kanawha Valley residents going to do on New Year's Eve? On New Year's Eve afternoon, some people predicted local residentswould stay at home, afraid of drunken driving laws or in search ofquality time with family and friends. Others said, no, ...
Congress expected to fight over money: Entrenchment over economic stimulus may foreshadow 'difficult' 2002
Jan 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Without a federal surplus at its disposal, Congresswill resume work at the end of January in a pitched battle for moneyto fund legislative priorities, even as lawmakers pump billions ofdollars into the nation's military and intelligence agencies to fightthe war in ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2002 ... What's bothering you? What do you think? Express your opinion ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2002 ... In On the Town in the Sunday Gazette-Mail on Dec. 30, an "AfterHours" event ...
Clarification
Jan 01, 2002 ... An article published in the Dec. 23 Sunday Gazette-Mail mentionedhealth realization research in ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Jan 01, 2002 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
GETTING INTO PRINT
Jan 01, 2002 ... Have a news tip? Got a story idea? Call us: City desk - 348-5100 Statehouse - Fanny Seiler: ...
World
Jan 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 38 28 Snow Athens 62 49 Cldy Beijing 41 18 Clr Berlin 32 25 Snow Bermuda 72 64 Rain Cairo 65 49 Cldy Calgary 07 -10 Cldy Dublin 37 22 Cldy Hong Kong 70 57 Clr Jerusalem 55 40 Cldy London 41 29 ...
National
Jan 01, 2002 ... Anchorage 32 24 Cldy Atlanta 39 26 PCldy Boston 31 20 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 45 22 Clr Chicago 18 8 PCldy Cincinnati 26 12 PCldy Cleveland 26 11 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 37 27 Cldy Denver 30 14 Cldy Detroit 23 13 Cldy Elkins 24 ...
2001: THE YEAR IN SPORTS: It wasn't all bad news; Things to remember from a forgettable sports year
Jan 01, 2002; ... nscala@wvgazette.com FACE IT, for the most part, 2001 was a forgettable sports year. From the ill-conceived dream of the XFL to the nightmare of Sept.11, from Dale Earnhardt's tragic death to the mess that is the BCS,from Little League shenanigans to bottle-throwing hooligans, ...
Names in the games
Jan 01, 2002 ... Notre Dame expected to hire Stanford coach Notre Dame was close to hiring Stanford's Tyrone Willingham as itsfootball coach. Willingham was to travel to South Bend, Ind., on Monday forfurther contract talks and was expected to get the job, a sourceclose to the Stanford ...
Boxing
Jan 01, 2002 ... Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses Saturday At Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio (HBO), Jesse James Leija, SanAntonio, vs. Micky Ward, Lowell, Mass., 10, junior welterweights;Raul Balbi, Argentina, vs. Leonard Dorin, Romania, 12, for Balbi'sWBA lightweight title ....
Transactions
Jan 01, 2002 ... Weekend transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS-Placed C Evan Eschmeyer and F Donnell Harvey onthe injured list. Activated G Greg Buckner and F Johnny Newman fromthe injured list. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES-Activated G Felipe Lopez ...
State ski report
Jan 01, 2002 ... The latest West Virginia snow conditions as supplied by SnoCountryMountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather,skier traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. * Canaan Valley - Packed powder groomed 18-24 base 8 of 37 trails,22 percent open, 2 ...
NHL
Jan 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 22 14 3 2 49 121 115 Philadelphia 20 11 5 1 46 111 81 N.Y. Islanders 19 11 5 2 45 105 96 New Jersey 16 14 5 2 39 87 90 Pittsburgh 14 17 5 2 35 83 108 Northeast ...
NBA
Jan 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 19 9 .679 - Boston 18 11 .621 11/2 Washington 15 14 .517 41/2 Orlando 15 17 .469 6 New York 13 17 .433 7 Philadelphia 12 18 .400 8 Miami 5 23 .179 14 Central ...
NFL
Jan 01, 2002 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA x-New England 10 5 0 .667 333 266 x-Miami 10 5 0 .667 310 283 N.Y. Jets 9 6 0 .600 284 273 Indianapolis 5 10 0 .333 384 476 Buffalo 3 12 0 .200 258 386 Central W L T Pct PF ...
College basketball
Jan 01, 2002 ... AP Men's Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketballpoll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 30,total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through onepoint for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record ...
College football
Jan 01, 2002 ... Monday Humanitarian Bowl Clemson 49, La. Tech 24 Clemson 7 7 28 7-49 La. Tech 3 7 0 14-24 First Quarter LaT-FG Scobee 29, 12:22. Cle-Bailey 9 pass from Dantzler (Hunt kick), 5:48. Second Quarter LaT-McCown 11 run ...
Obituaries
Jan 01, 2002 ... Thomas E. Bell Sr. Thomas E. Bell Sr., 68, of Charleston died Dec. 29, 2001, at home. He was a retired sales representative from Certain Teed Corp. Hewas a member of AHEPA and the church council at his church, St.John's Greek Orthodox Church, Kanawha City. He was a veteran of ...
Sports briefs
Jan 01, 2002 ... Coleman suspended, fined by NBA NEW YORK - Derrick Coleman of the Philadelphia 76ers was suspendedfor one game without pay and fined $7,500 on Monday for throwing apunch at Karl Malone. Philadelphia coach Larry Brown, who complained about theofficiating, also was fined $7,500 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jan 01, 2002 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 11 a.m. - Outback Bowl: Ohio St. vs. South Carolina (FOX) 11 a.m. - Cotton Bowl: Arkansas vs. Oklahoma (3) 12:30 p.m. - Gator Bowl: Florida St. vs. Virginia ...
Fiesta 'feels like championship': No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Colorado could earn share of title
Jan 01, 2002; ... TEMPE, Ariz. - For the past week, The Associated Press nationalchampionship trophy has been on display at every Fiesta Bowl newsconference, offering tantalizing evidence of the implications oftoday's game. Not only should the matchup of No. 2 Oregon (10-1) and No. 3Colorado ...
Dorsey, Crouch in duel for title
Jan 01, 2002; ... PASADENA, Calif. - They look harmless enough off the field. Nebraska's Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch and Miami's KenDorsey speak softly about the fierce game they play. They talk aboutdedication, hard work and loyalty; about winning a nationalchampionship for their coach and ...
Dantzler tosses four TD passes as Tigers romp
Jan 01, 2002; ... BOISE, Idaho - Even in the snow, Woodrow Dantzler was dazzling. Dantzler tied a school record with four touchdown passes andClemson coach Tommy Bowden got his first postseason victory as theTigers beat Louisiana Tech 49-24 in the Humanitarian Bowl on Monday. With snow falling ...
Communication woes plagued Jets in defeat: NFL
Jan 01, 2002; ... HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Fifteen games into the NFL season, and the NewYork Jets still lack communication on offense. Five months since training camp began and nearly a year since thecoaching staff was hired, and the team can't get things straight inthe most critical times. The ...
Bulls win second in a row
Jan 01, 2002; ... Ron Mercer scored 20 points, and Marcus Fizer had 17 points and acareer-high 14 rebounds Monday as the Chicago Bulls beat theMilwaukee Bucks 90-83 in Chicago to win their second straight game. The Bulls (6-23) improved to 2-0 under coach Bill Cartwright, whotook over last week when ...
Looks like an anticlimactic final week for NFL
Jan 01, 2002; ... The Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Bucs are in a bizarreposition, playing each other Sunday night in Tampa to close out theregular NFL season. Then, no matter what happens, they meet again thefollowing week in Philadelphia in a game that really counts - a first-round playoff ...
Patience can pay off in the college coaching carousel
Jan 01, 2002; ... UMASS ATHLETIC director and Huntington native Bob Marcum couldonly shake his head and smile to himself following Marshall's easier-than-expected 81-66 romp over his Minutemen of the Atlantic 10Saturday night in Huntington. A penny for your thoughts, Bob. Last season, when it ...
Business: briefs
Jan 01, 2002; ... Benedum funds 'Vision' economic plan The Council for Community and Economic Development, a 19-personboard that sets policy for the West Virginia Development Office, hasreceived $350,000 from the Benedum Foundation in Pittsburgh toimplement Vision Shared, the state economic ...
Get a handle on your finances with a 'to do' list
Jan 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Ever wish you could get ahead of the game when it comesto managing your personal finances? There are a number of steps you can take to get on the righttrack, from organizing your papers to checking your credit reportsand updating your insurance. What better time to start ...
Keeping an eye out: Patriot Services of Putnam County helping to protect utilities
Jan 01, 2002; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com RED HOUSE - The name Patriot Services might remind you of asecurity outfit, or a defense contractor. George Sizemore's company does contribute to national security,but in a different way: It makes sure that our water and natural gassystems run like ...
Nearly a million have lost insurance since March: Many others see double-digit rate increases
Jan 01, 2002; ... Peggy Christensen had long taken health insurance for granted.Even though her husband is self-employed, she'd always been able toenroll her entire family in her employer-sponsored plan. Then in March, she lost her job and the family's safety net waspulled out from under ...
City Holding stockholder sues over alleged mismanagement
Jan 01, 2002; ... balow@wvgazette.com A stockholder of City Holding Co. has sued fired CEO Steve Day,former executives Bob Henson and Matt Call and a long list of currentand former directors of City Holding and City National Bank, chargingthem with negligence, breach of contract and breach of ...
Worried Americans still have hope for the future, poll says
Jan 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Seven in 10 Americans think another terrorist attackis likely, an Associated Press poll says, although their worry isless intense than it was a few months ago. Despite these concernsgoing into 2002, the public is optimistic about the strugglingeconomy. "I think ...
Retailers seek way to bring: back full price
Jan 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Margaret Lowe, who has always loved a finding goodbargain, admits she's become addicted amid all the heavy discountingthat defined this past holiday season. "Who wants 20 percent when you can now get 40 percent?" asked thePalm Coast, Fla., resident while shopping at ...
SUCCESSFUL INVESTING: Walgreen has weathered past recessions well
Jan 01, 2002; ... Q. I have been a shareholder of Walgreen Co. for 10 years. Howdoes the stock look now? Does it do a large part of its business overthe holidays? - V.C., via the Internet A. The leading U.S. drugstore chain, whose same-store sales rose10 percent in November, did put a strong ...
Natural gas doesn't follow pump: COMMENTARY
Jan 01, 2002; ... The old saying that God protects old folks and fools falls shortof protecting them from the rising prices of natural gas in WestVirginia. No doubt, the price is pinching the pocketbooks of the old andyoung, the foolish and the wise. Natural gas is a fuel for cookingand heating ...
Bankruptcies
Jan 01, 2002 ... Chapter 7 designates the liquidation of nonexempt property;Chapter 11 calls for business reorganization; Chapter 13 establishesa schedule of payments to creditors. The bankruptcies listed beloware limited to those filed by residents or companies in the Gazette'scirculation area ....
Argentine default will hit U.S. soon
Jan 01, 2002; ... MIAMI - Argentina's sweeping default on its mammoth $132 billiondebt is producing ripple effects that will soon roll across LatinAmerica, into South Florida and through the top echelons of power andfinance in Washington, D.C., and New York. Analysts, economists and other experts ...
India demands morePakistan arrests: New Delhi calls jailing of top Islamic militant a 'step forward'
Jan 01, 2002; ... NEW DELHI, India - India called Pakistan's arrest of a top Islamicmilitant a "step forward" Monday but demanded 20 more suspects bejailed. Islamabad said it was now up to New Delhi to end thedangerous standoff and avoid war between the South Asian nuclearrivals. The arrest of ...
Al-Qaida computers may yield data
Jan 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - A computer used by Osama bin Laden's agents inAfghanistan could be an intelligence bonanza pointing to futuremethods of attack and inside information about how the al-Qaidaterrorist network operates, former military officials and analystssaid Monday. A U.S ....
Marines leave Kandahar, may be looking for Omar
Jan 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Combat-ready U.S. Marines on Monday joined a missionto capture Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, thought to be hidingin the remote mountains of central Afghanistan, Prime Minister HamidKarzai said. "If he's there, he'll be arrested," Karzai told The ...