Charleston Gazette back issues from March 2002:
Dow shops SC property: Company wants to develop Tech Center acreage
Mar 01, 2002; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com Dow Chemical officials want to develop the South Charleston TechCenter for other companies looking for office space and laboratoriesin the Kanawha Valley. The company plans to hire an outside agency to develop a site planand marketing strategy for the ...
Sentences in torture case tossed: Possible retrial awaits one N.Y. police officer
Mar 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - A federal appeals court overturned the convictions ofthree white police officers in the Abner Louima torture caseThursday, finding insufficient evidence that they obstructed justice. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reversed theconviction of Charles ...
Hindus burn Muslims to death: Death toll in India passes 100; more violence feared
Mar 01, 2002; ... AHMADABAD, India - Angry Hindus set fire to homes in a shantytownin western India today, killing at least 27 Muslims as they slept,police said. The latest violence raises the death toll in the seriesof attacks on the religious minority to more than 100. At least 76 people died in ...
'Hear our voices': Steel community goes to Washington
Mar 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - "Mr. President, hear our voices," Sen. JayRockefeller, D-W.Va., said to a crowd of 30,000 people Thursday at asteel rally almost within earshot of the White House. "We have cometo your doorstep to make our case." Buses, cars and caravans from 16 steel-producing states ...
Feds keep an eye on overweight coal trucks: Poor enforcement could cost state highway money
Mar 01, 2002; ... kward@wvgazette.com In December 2001, the Wise administration pledged to federalregulators that West Virginia was properly enforcing weight limits onthe state's roads. "I, Fred VanKirk ... do hereby certify that all state laws andregulations governing vehicle size and weight ...
Proposal might help Clay Center parking: The CAPITOL REPORT; 2002 Legislature
Mar 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com A proposal that could help resolve parking problems at the ClayCenter for the Arts and Sciences quickly won approval Thursday in theSenate Finance Committee. Committee members originated a bill that would authorize thePublic Service Commission to buy two ...
State teachers' union says pay raise agreement is close: 'Still looking for more money,' House speaker says; The CAPITOL REPORT; 2002 Legislature
Mar 01, 2002; ... fanny@wvgazette.com Top officials of a teachers' union indicated Thursday that theywere close to reaching an agreement with legislative leaders and thegovernor's office on higher pay for teachers than Gov. Bob Wiseproposed in January. "We think we have a consensus and a ...
Vandals shoot out windows throughout Kanawha Valley
Mar 01, 2002; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com At least 37 Kanawha Valley businesses had windows broken out earlyThursday, apparently by people using a slingshot, pellet gun or both. Damage was estimated in the thousands of dollars, with one Nitrobusiness, Norandex, having to pay $7,000 to replace ...
Wis. trucker is Mason's eighth traffic death of '02
Mar 01, 2002 ... PLINY - A Wisconsin trucker became the eighth traffic fatality inMason County this year, two short of the county's total for 2001. Richard Clement, 61, of Mukwonago, Wis., was killed when hisnorthbound tractor-trailer struck a southbound one head-on about 8:30p.m. Wednesday on ...
BIDCO gets $100,000 from Verizon
Mar 01, 2002; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com Verizon officials granted $100,000 Thursday to expand the Businessand Industrial Development Corp.'s small-business incubator. Verizon's grant will enable the organization to start constructionin the space, which will be subdivided for at least four ...
Senate OKs pill restriction: The CAPITOL REPORT; 2002 Legislature
Mar 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com First OxyContin, now antihistamines. The Senate Thursday passed 31-0 a bill that restricts the numberof packages and the number of pills that can be sold in singletransactions for over-the-counter products containing pseudoephedrineand related active ...
Tax holiday passes; truck bill dead
Mar 01, 2002; ... fanny@wvgazette.com Gov. Bob Wise's bill to create a sales tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and supplies was passed unanimously Thursday by theHouse of Delegates. Finance Chairman Delegate Harold Michael, D-Hardy, told the Housethe three-day holiday would be the first ...
Delegates try to duck overweight truck issue; governor remains mum
Mar 01, 2002; ... DELEGATE Harold Michael, D-Hardy, seems ready to acceptresponsibility for the death of a bill that would finally bring realenforcement to monster trucks. Unless something radical has changed between the time I wrote thisand the time you read it, the bill sponsored by Delegate Mike ...
Readers' forum
Mar 01, 2002 ... Truckers planned to break the law Editor: It is obvious the trucking companies planned to break the law whenthey purchased trucks that would haul overweight loads. Some of our lawmakers and governor want to reward these outlaws bysubsidizing them with tax dollars and ...
Church action: Against global warming
Mar 01, 2002; ... WEST Virginia's churches have a wide variety of beliefs, butseveral denominations think alike in opposing the dangers ofpollution and global warming. More than 80 churches, ministers and groups have united in theWest Virginia Interfaith Global Climate Change Campaign ....
Lawsuits: More malpractice mess
Mar 01, 2002; ... LAST YEAR, Charleston heart specialist H. James Stanton receivedan urgent phone call from a doctor at Jackson General Hospital. Thecaller said a 59-year-old patient had suffered a massive heart attackand was in shock, and the hospital medical team couldn't halt hisdeterioration. Dr ....
Erbacon man dies: in timber accident
Mar 01, 2002 ... PAGE - A timbering accident killed a Webster County man Tuesday inFayette County. Daniel M. Fisher, 22, of Erbacon died from injuriesreceived in the work accident near Page. Members of the Loup Creek Volunteer ...
After attack, women's shelter re-evaluates its security
Mar 01, 2002; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com On Valentine's Day, domestic violence victims who thought theywere safe inside the Women's Resource Center in Raleigh County weresurprised by an attacker. In the aftermath of the attack, staff members are making sure thefacility is as safe as it ...
PEIA extends co-pay waiver on antibiotics
Mar 01, 2002; ... The state Public Employees Insurance Agency will extend a programthat waives co-payments for certain generic antibiotics that treatupper respiratory infections. The waiver will be extended through March, PEIA Director TomSusman said Thursday. "This program has been a valuable ...
People
Mar 01, 2002 ... Spotlight never gets old, U2 singer says LOS ANGELES - For U2, the adulation never gets old. "This is really amazing," frontman Bono said in a heartfelt, ifsomewhat rambling, acceptance speech as U2 claimed the Grammy forbest rock performance by a duo or group. The award, for ...
SC councilman Hagerman dies
Mar 01, 2002 ... Charlie Hagerman, a member of South Charleston City Council since1975, died Wednesday. He was 75. Hagerman represented the flat area of Spring Hill from ThomasMemorial Hospital west to the city limits. He was first elected to City Council in 1975, the same year ...
EPA official resigns, cites interference
Mar 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The chief of the Environmental Protection Agency'scivil enforcement office has resigned, complaining the White House isundermining anti-pollution efforts at power plants that violate cleanair laws. Eric Schaeffer, an agency lawyer since the first Bushadministration, ...
Teachers group endorses candidates
Mar 01, 2002 ... The Kanawha County Federation of Teachers has endorsed twoincumbents and a newcomer in the school board election. The teachers' organization endorsed school board President BillRaglin, board member Cheryle Hall and Bill Milam, a former schooladministrator. They did not ...
Frozen gas line chills 480 homes
Mar 01, 2002; ... MULLENS - A frozen gas line left about 480 homes in easternWyoming County without service Thursday on one of the coldest days ofthe year, the West Virginia Office of Emergency Services said. The gas line froze about 2 a.m. when a pipeline heater in aregulator station went off, ...
Lottery: Lotteries
Mar 01, 2002 ... Inside information Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 501 Daily 4 - 9257 Cash 25 - 1-3-8-9-20-21 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 211 Night Pick 4 - 1207 Day Pick 3 - 300 Day Pick 4 - 5740 Buckeye 5 - ...
World
Mar 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 48 39 Rain Athens 65 46 Cldy Beijing 59 27 Clr Berlin 45 38 Rain Bermuda 74 62 Cldy Cairo 69 49 Cldy Calgary 30 10 Snow Dublin 44 33 Rain Hong Kong 77 64 Cldy Jerusalem 64 39 Clr London 49 40 ...
National
Mar 01, 2002 ... Anchorage 41 27 Cldy Atlanta 54 23 Rain Boston 43 24 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 52 19 Rain Chicago 29 18 Snow Cincinnati 45 20 Rain Cleveland 37 19 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 64 45 Cldy Denver 10 7 Clr Detroit 32 20 Snow Elkins 40 ...
Tigers show why they can make region plans
Mar 01, 2002; ... WEST VIRGINIA Wesleyan is the West Virginia Conference regular-season champion. Alderson-Broaddus is the league's Rudy story. The University of Charleston: came in as the home-standing power. But the conference team that's in the driver's seat? Salem ...
Valley ousts Catholic 66-33: Boys Basketball
Mar 01, 2002; ... Valley High claimed the Class A Region 8 Section 1 boys basketballtitle with a 66-33 victory over Charleston Catholic Thursday night atRiverside High. Greyhounds coach Joby Groom said winning the sectionalchampionship felt great. "Charleston Catholic has been a thorn in our ...
Winfield's Martin sinks No. 4 Sissonville 49-48: Girls Basketball
Mar 01, 2002; ... jworkman@wvspn.com If you want the definition of regaining one's composure, just askWinfield's Tiffany Martin. The senior forward sank a running, off-balance jumper with 12seconds remaining to lift Winfield over No. 4-ranked Sissonville 49-48 to claim the Class AA Region 5 ...
Names in the games
Mar 01, 2002 ... MU softball player commits suicide A Marshall University softball player has committed suicide in thesoftball team locker room, the school announced Thursday. The body of Dana Marie Black, 19, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., wasfound by another student at about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday ...
Today's quote
Mar 01, 2002 ... "We didn't win the conference so we have to come out here and makea big statement." Chris Weakley, Salem International ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE MEN'S TOURNAMENT: Salem's Kelly adapts to his surroundings
Mar 01, 2002; ... dphickman1@aol.com For Wykeen Kelly, it took awhile to get accustomed to the peaceand quiet of tiny Salem. Now, after spending nearly two years there, he's almost forgottenwhat the alternative was like. "Now I go back home to Philadelphia and I hear all the noise ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE MEN'S TOURNAMENT: A family photo finish; Gee's seldom-used nephew hits key bucket in UC win
Mar 01, 2002; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com Jayson Gee was joking after his team's latest tightrope act aboutthose "accurate genes" in his family. After nephew Barrett Williams canned a 3-point goal with 1:57 leftto put the University of Charleston up for good Thursday nightagainst Glenville ...
Transactions
Mar 01, 2002 ... Thursday's transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Agreed to terms with OF Chris Richard, OF LuisMatos, RHP Josh Towers, RHP Willis Roberts, RHP Kris Foster, LHP JohnParrish and LHP John Bale. MINNESOTA TWINS-Signed C Matthew LeCroy and OF Bobby ...
Latest line
Mar 01, 2002 ... College basketball Favorite Points Underdog YALE 9 Harvard BROWN 12 1/2 Dartmouth Pennsylvania 8 COLUMBIA Princeton 8 1/2 CORNELL MARQUETTE 20 Depaul Sun Belt Conference, first round Arkansas State 9 1/2 ...
Youth basketball
Mar 01, 2002 ... Youth Division at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center Week 5 VanDalia Rec Center 51, Lincoln 29 V - Zegler 14, Toliver 12. L - Straughter 8, Fischer 8 King Center 37, WV Swoosh 31 KC - Lacy 12. WV - Davis 1 Hope, LDL 49, COGIC 26 H - ...
Table tennis
Mar 01, 2002 ... Charleston Table Tennis Club Team standings 1. Wilkerson 14-1, 83-52; 2. Carpenter 12-3, 79-56; 3. Fulks 9-6,69-66; 4. Hill 8-7, 70-65; 5. Anderson 7-8, 70-65; 6. Saul 5-10, 61-74; 7. Kilpatrick 3-12, 56-79; 8. Hughes 1-14, 49-86 ...
Golf
Mar 01, 2002 ... Genuity Championship Thursday At Doral Golf Resort and Spa Miami Purse: $4.7 million Yardage: 7,125; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Chris DiMarco 31-34-65 Vijay Singh 35-31-66 Ernie Els 33-33-66 Steve Allan ...
Spring training
Mar 01, 2002 ... Wednesday's games Pittsburgh 13, Manatee CC 7 Minnesota 13, Cincinnati 0 San Diego 3, Anaheim 2 Detroit 5, Florida Southern 4 Thursday's games Los Angeles 3, Florida 3, tie, 10 innings St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 2 NY Yankees 8, Cincinnati ...
NHL
Mar 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA Philadelphia 35 15 6 3 79 182 132 N.Y. Islanders 29 19 7 3 68 171 160 New Jersey 26 22 9 3 64 147 141 N.Y. Rangers 27 27 4 3 61 167 185 Pittsburgh 23 27 6 4 56 142 172 Northeast ...
NBA
Mar 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 38 18 .679 - Boston 31 26 .544 71/2 Orlando 31 26 .544 71/2 Philadelphia 28 28 .500 10 Washington 27 29 .482 11 Miami 24 32 .429 14 New York 20 35 .364 ...
Prep basketball
Mar 01, 2002 ... Thursday's scores Girls Regionals Braxton County 49, Greenbrier West 22 Grafton 70, Ritchie County 37 James Monroe 52, Summers County 48 Oak Glen 47, Williamstown 45 Petersburg 71, Frankfort 50 Tolsia 52, Scott 48 Winfield 49, ...
College basketball
Mar 01, 2002 ... Thursday's men's scores EAST Saint Joseph's 91, St. Bonaventure 84 Villanova 67, Syracuse 61 SOUTH Virginia 87, Duke 84 MIDWEST Xavier 68, La Salle 53 SOUTHWEST SMU 63, UTEP 61 Tulsa 67, Rice 62 FAR ...
Sports briefs
Mar 01, 2002; ... Tyson to apply for license in Michigan DETROIT - Mike Tyson is applying to have his Michigan boxinglicense reinstated in a possible attempt to fight heavyweightchampion Lennox Lewis in Detroit. Jerome P. Barney, chairman and chief financial officer of Detroit-based All World ...
Sports on TV/radio
Mar 01, 2002 ... TELEVISION (TGC) 11 a.m. - golf:European PGA Tour, Carlsberg Malaysian Open,second round (same-day tape) (PAX) 2 p.m. - golf:SBC Senior Classic, first round USA) 4 p.m. - golf:Genuity Championship, first round (TGC) 5 p.m. - golf:LPGA Tour, Takefuji Classic, ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: No. 11 Concord faces West Liberty in women's semifinals
Mar 01, 2002 ... Concord's Cinderella run through the West Virginia Conferencewomen's basketball tournament meets its tallest obstacle today inJaana Kotova and the West Liberty Hilltoppers. The 11th-seeded Mountain Lions (14-14) have stunned the Universityof Charleston and Shepherd on their way to ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: State natives get it done for Battlers
Mar 01, 2002; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Who said you can't have a successful college basketball program inWest Virginia by stocking it with state natives? Certainly notAlderson-Broaddus. While WVU, Marshall and others struggle with a smattering of stateplayers, the Battlers have worked their ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Mar 01, 2002 ... WVC men's results, pairings Results from the West Virginia Conference men's basketballtournament. First-round games are at campus sites. West VirginiaWesleyan and Alderson-Broaddus received first-round byes: First round Tuesday At campus sites * Charleston 77, ...
WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Wesleyan's getting the right blend
Mar 01, 2002; ... dphickman1@aol.com There are a lot of different ways to build a college basketballteam. Charlie Miller, for his part, prefers the old-fashionedapproach. And so does his school. "Our administration would prefer that if we can go out and get agood freshman or a good sophomore, ...
Princeton ends Woodrow's state run: Prep Basketball
Mar 01, 2002 ... The streak is finally over for Woodrow Wilson. Senior center Daniel Reed plucked a teammate's missed 3-pointerout of midair and laid it in the basket at the buzzer to givePrinceton a stunning 64-62 victory over the Flying Eagles Thursdaynight in a Class AAA sectional at the Raleigh ...
State opens vs. Northern Kentucky today: WVIAC Baseball
Mar 01, 2002; ... tatkinson@wvgazette.com West Virginia State outfielder David Smith doesn't see this year'steam getting distracted. "Last year we kind of got off track and started playing forpersonal reasons," said the former Capital High School standout. "This year we have more team ...
Fairmont wins WVC cheerleading crown: Roundup
Mar 01, 2002 ... Fairmont State College captured the 2002 West Virginia Conferencecheerleading title at the Charleston Civic Center Thursday. The Falcons scored 100 points to earn the championship. Runner-upwas Wheeling Jesuit (88) followed by Concord (83.5). Jessica Margoldand Jade Traugh took ...
Cleveland CART event picks up partner
Mar 01, 2002; ... CLEVELAND - Hoping to improve the Cleveland Grand Prix's economicimpact and to better showcase the city, CART has become promotionalpartners with IMG for the annual summer racing event. CART president Chris Pook made the announcement at City Hall alongwith Mayor Jane Campbell, who ...
Investors seek racetrack in state
Mar 01, 2002; ... A group of investors is looking at the Eastern Panhandle as apotential site for a NASCAR racetrack, Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, said Wednesday. "Some of these investors are multibillion-dollar companies thatare traded on the New York Stock Exchange," Snyder said. "They seethe ...
'We Were Soldiers': West Virginia veterans remember battle at Ia Drang Valley
Mar 01, 2002; ... rustymarks@wvgazette.com Jim Ahearn's war ended in the chest-high elephant grass at a placecalled the Ia Drang Valley in South Vietnam. "I was crawling after a sniper when I got hit, so I was alreadydown," the 61-year-old Hurricane resident and former U.S. Army ...
Beschloss kicks off 'Festival' with talk on presidents
Mar 01, 2002; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com What's the difference between a good president and a greatpresident? For the nation's "leading presidential historian," as Newsweekmagazine has called him, the answer is a willingness "to do thingsthat are politically unpopular ... When the crunch ...
Company whose coal truck wrecked cited many times, PSC says: Safety violations and excessive weight found in inspections of Howell's trucks
Mar 01, 2002; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com Rick L. Howell, who owns the truck that overturned and spilledcoal Feb. 21 on Paint Creek Road, has a history of citations fromboth the state Public Service Commission and state Division ofHighways inspectors. Howell owns Chell Chell Trucking and Howell ...
State may intervene at alternative school
Mar 01, 2002; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com The state Department of Education will intervene at CabellAlternative School and ensure students receive adequate instructionif Kanawha County school officials don't fix Cabell's problems byApril 18, state schools Superintendent David Stewart said Thursday ....
Gazette's Eric Eyre wins 3 more awards
Mar 01, 2002 ... Three more national news writing awards were won Thursday byGazette reporter Eric Eyre. The Education Writers Association gave Eyre an investigativewriting prize for his disclosure that Kanawha County pupils werebused to movie theaters to watch cartoons, supposedly as ...
Threat to Hawks Nest view packs pipeline hearing
Mar 01, 2002; ... susanwilliams@wvgazette.com FAYETTEVILLE - The company that wants to build a more than 200-mile natural gas pipeline agreed to look at routes that would not marthe view from Hawks Nest State Park, an official said Thursday. Members of the Fayette County Commission hosted a ...
NiSource contract rejected
Mar 01, 2002; ... kellyr@wvgazette.com Natural gas workers for three NiSource subsidiaries overwhelminglyrejected a contract offer from the company Thursday, but agreed notto go on strike while negotiations with the company continue, unionofficials said. Employees were ready to strike if the ...
Business briefs
Mar 01, 2002 ... Mall owner files for bankruptcy protection FAIRMONT - Middletown Mall's owner has filed for federal Chapter11 bankruptcy protection but a mall official says the filing is notexpected to affect the mall's merchants. Middletown Investments filed its bankruptcy petition Feb. 13 ...
DEP deal cuts Elkem pollution
Mar 01, 2002; ... kward@wvgazette.com Elkem Metals in Alloy will make $6 million in plant upgrades toresolve allegations that its air emissions were hundreds of timesgreater than permitted limits. Under a settlement with the state Department of EnvironmentalProtection, Elkem will also pay a ...
AEI Resources files for bankruptcy
Mar 01, 2002; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - The nation's fourth-largest coal producer filedfor bankruptcy reorganization Thursday in Lexington - one day beforethe state-imposed deadline for new reclamation bonding for miningcompanies. Ashland-based AEI Resources Inc. announced last month that itplanned to ...