Charleston Gazette back issues from June 2002:
Woman admits kidnapping infant: Girl was taken from Chicago bus station
Jun 01, 2002; ... larrym@wvgazette.com A Chicago woman pleaded guilty Friday to the Christmas Evekidnapping of a 16-month-old infant later found by police in MingoCounty. Sheila Matthews admitted to the single-count indictment thataccused her of abducting Jasmine Anderson and taking the girl ...
Court strikes down law requiring Internet porn filters: Legitimate Web sites would be adversely affected, judges rule
Jun 01, 2002; ... PHILADELPHIA - A special three-judge panel Friday morninginvalidated Congress' third attempt at regulating the Internet,ruling that the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 requiringpornography filters on any library receiving federal funds violatesthe First Amendment rights of ...
Many won't leave India: Americans living there don't think war is imminent
Jun 01, 2002; ... NEW DELHI, India - Sipping drinks by the pool at their privateclub, several Americans said Friday night they aren't overly worriedabout war between India and Pakistan - much less a nuclear one. But Washington warned the 60,000 U.S. citizens now in India thatthey should go home, ...
Upsetting Day on the Highways
Jun 01, 2002; ... A flatbed truck carrying an excavator wrecked just east of the36th Street Bridge on Interstate 64/77 at 4:30 p.m. Friday, tying uptraffic for more than six hours. All eastbound lanes were closed, andtraffic was backed up past Winfield. There were no injuries.Witnesses told police that ...
Truck safety panel racing the clock: Group's recommendations unlikely to be ready for July special session
Jun 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com A gubernatorial panel studying the overweight coal truck issue isunlikely to have its recommendations ready for a planned July specialsession of the Legislature, its chairman said Friday. "It'd be real tough for us to get it done," Mike Browning,chairman ...
As our parents age
Jun 01, 2002 ... Breakthroughs in medical science are allowing people to livelonger. The population is graying as a result. This blessing alsocreates challenges, often for the adult children of aging parents.They wonder how to find a reliable caregiver, when to take the carkeys away, how to ...
State briefs
Jun 01, 2002 ... WTC beams set up at Weirton memorial WEIRTON - Three steel beams from the World Trade Center have beenset up at the Brooke-Hancock Veterans Memorial Park to honor the2,823 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The beams were unveiled Thursday in West Virginia after a ...
McDowell students return to school: May 2 floods shortened school year; special commencement ceremonies planned
Jun 01, 2002; ... The May 2 floods may have shortened the school year for McDowellCounty students, but education officials worked to make sure seniorsended their high school careers Friday on a positive note. Students were invited to return to Mount View High School inWelch, Big Creek High School ...
EPA links toxins to cancer
Jun 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - At least two-thirds of Americans live in areas wheretoxic chemicals pose an elevated cancer risk, an EnvironmentalProtection Agency analysis reported Friday. The findings are contained in a long-awaited EPA assessment ofhealth risks from 32 toxic chemicals. The study ...
Alabama family recovers land taken by state in 1964
Jun 01, 2002; ... MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama family got back its farmland Friday,after claiming for decades that a segregation-era court order hadwrongly given the 40 acres to the state. Gov. Don Siegelman calledthe family "the rightful owners." In signing a document making the transfer, the ...
Four people injured in Shawnee Park shooting
Jun 01, 2002; ... joydavia@wvgazette.com Four people suffered minor injuries after a shooting Monday nightin the Shawnee Park parking lot near Institute, according to a parkofficial. Brothers Marlon Hylton, of Charleston, and Lavar Hylton, ofDunbar, told police someone threw beer bottles at a ...
Students to abide by no-prayer ruling: Officials can't stop seniors from expressing themselves, they say
Jun 01, 2002; ... melaniejarvis@wvgazette.com Kanawha County seniors and school officials, mostly disappointedwith Thursday's federal district court ruling banning school-sanctioned prayer, said they would abide by the court's decision. They also said they were powerless to stop students ...
After 11 months, care home board has yet to meet
Jun 01, 2002; ... Call it the board that got bogged down in bureaucracy. The Legislature created the Care Home Advisory Board during the2001 session to report on the burgeoning industry of personal careand residential care homes. The legislation went into effect lastJuly. The board has yet to ...
PEIA director gets new title, responsibilities
Jun 01, 2002; ... The director of the state's health insurance program for publicemployees is getting a $50,000 raise and an additional title. Public Employees Insurance Agency Director Tom Susman was namedFriday to the newly created post of Insurance and Retirement ServicesDirector. His annual ...
Danger: Pistols at Shawnee Park
Jun 01, 2002; ... MONDAY evening, two groups of rowdies at Shawnee Park beganyelling insults at each other, then threw beer bottles - then pulledpistols and fired more than a dozen shots that wounded four people. Police are trying to find all the victims, some of whom leftThomas Hospital to avoid ...
Joint Chiefs demonstrate cold feet
Jun 01, 2002; ... DEMONSTRATIONS were the common thread of the president's week inEurope. There were the protesters in the streets of Berlin and Paris,even a nervous smattering in Moscow. Then NBC's David Gregory inParis demonstrated a facility in French - he put a question aboutdemonstrations to ...
Readers' forum
Jun 01, 2002 ... Racial profiling by police insulting Editor: The Charleston Police Department needs to learn that being a youngblack male is not a crime, nor does it make one the most likelysuspect of a crime. Being a police officer can be a dangerous, demanding job. I havegreat ...
Smiles and scowls
Jun 01, 2002; ... To multitudes of volunteers who worked hard to make WestVirginia's 26th annual Vandalia Gathering at the Capitol grounds ahappy success in perfect weather. To fiddler Jake Krack, mandolin picker Mike Melton, banjo artistBruce Jones and all the other performers who copped prizes at ...
Prayer: St. Albans upheaval
Jun 01, 2002; ... JESUS taught that prayer is personal, and must not be a publicshow. The Gospel of Matthew says he told his followers: "When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: forthey love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners ofthe streets, that they may be ...
People
Jun 01, 2002 ... Franklin files suit against Star tabloid ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Grammy award winner Aretha Franklin is suingthe Star tabloid magazine for defamation over a story that said thesinger has a drinking problem that's threatening her career and life. "The lawsuit is a rebuttal that ...
Gazette editor to speak on religion, terrorism
Jun 01, 2002 ... A New York seminar on religious factors in war, terrorism andethnic conflict is to be addressed today by Gazette Editor James A.Haught, who has written books on the subject. Sponsored by the Center For Inquiry of Metropolitan New York, theprogram is partly an outgrowth of the ...
Church activities
Jun 01, 2002 ... Anniversaries * The Ferguson Memorial Baptist Church will have its pastor's 22ndPastoral Anniversary at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at thechurch. The ending celebration service will be held at 10:40 a.m. * The Nondenominational Fellowship Temple will begin its ...
ELCA bishop to attend synod
Jun 01, 2002 ... The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church inAmerica, the Rev. Mark Hanson, will join the 200 clergy and layvoting members and visitors during the 15th Annual Assembly of theWest Virginia-Western Maryland Synod. The assembly will be held June 7 and 8 at the Days Inn ...
Huntington grad has perfect attendance
Jun 01, 2002; ... HUNTINGTON - Recent Spring Valley High School graduate Nikki Owenshas accomplished more in her years of education than reading, writingand arithmetic; she's also established a record of dependability. Owens has displayed perfect attendance throughout her entire 13-year educational ...
Second person shot at housing complex
Jun 01, 2002 ... A minor was shot in the leg at Roseberry Circle on Friday, thesame city apartment complex where a 19-year-old was shot in the chestThursday, Charleston police said. At about 4 p.m. Friday, the victim walked into CAMC GeneralHospital with a gunshot wound, said Lt. D. Thomas of the ...
City man shot in hand
Jun 01, 2002 ... A Charleston man was shot in the hand outside Taco Bell onCharleston's West Side early Friday, the victim told city police. Jermain Hill, 23, reported that two men approached him at 1:30a.m ....
Bush weighs options on Mideast
Jun 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush is facing what may be his mostmomentous foreign policy decision so far: whether to put the fullweight of the United States, and his presidency, behind a risky pushfor peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Bush, who came into office determined to ...
Seat-belt use among blacks to be studied
Jun 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Blacks are less likely to buckle up than whites, andthe largest auto insurance company and a black medical school areteaming up to figure out why. State Farm Insurance announced Friday that it will give MeharryMedical College $10 million over five years to study ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan collins
Jun 01, 2002 ... These days, giving someone a sporting chance means ...
WEATHER
Jun 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 64 50 Cldy Athens 82 63 Cldy Beijing 95 65 Clr Berlin 68 52 Cldy Bermuda 75 64 Rain Cairo 100 68 Clr Calgary 74 46 Cldy Dublin 61 44 Cldy Hong Kong 90 79 Cldy Jerusalem 80 59 Clr London 63 47 ...
WEATHER
Jun 01, 2002 ... Anchorage 63 44 Cldy Atlanta 88 68 PCldy Boston 81 59 PCldy Charlotte, N.C. 90 66 PCldy Chicago 88 60 Rain Cincinnati 88 64 PCldy Cleveland 82 55 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 88 67 Clr Denver 91 62 Clr Detroit 83 56 ...
A Putnam parade: McGrath's five-hitter quiets Logan
Jun 01, 2002; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com When Billy Joe Hicks started building his baseball program atHurricane seven years ago, all he wanted was to be able to compete.To show everybody that his team belonged with the state powers. Well, seven years later, the Redskins do indeed belong - at ...
Smallest General leads way in romp over Wayne
Jun 01, 2002; ... tatkinson@wvgazette.com The smallest player on Winfield's team made the biggest impactFriday. Billy McDaniel, a 5-foot-8, 140-pound junior lead-off man, went 4-for-4 with a triple and three runs batted in as the Generals repeatedas Class AA champions with an 11-2 victory over ...
Nets have swished into Finals; Lakers force Game 7
Jun 01, 2002; ... BOSTON - This is no joke: The former laughingstocks of the EasternConference are going to the NBA Finals. Jason Kidd became the first player in 35 years to record threetriple-doubles in an NBA playoff series, and the New Jersey Netsfinished off the Boston Celtics and their ...
Names in the games
Jun 01, 2002 ... Three Cats chosen as Sally all-stars Three Charleston Alley Cats have been selected to play in theSouth Atlantic League All-Star Game. First baseman Mike Snyder and starting pitchers Tracy Thorpe andFrancisco Rosario will play in the game, June 18 at Lakewood, ...
Are state championships worth the abuse?
Jun 01, 2002; ... THERE ARE EASIER ways to make a living these days than as a highschool coach. The losers know that all too well. The winners? Well,they know it even better. Take Steve Hensley and Billy Joe Hicks, for instance. Two moresuccessful Putnam County coaches you would be hard pressed to ...
South Atlantic League
Jun 01, 2002 ... Northern Division W L Pct. GB Greensboro (Yankees) 34 22 .607 - Lexington (Astros) 33 22 .600 1/2 Hickory (Pirates) 32 23 .582 11/2 Kannapolis (White Sox) 27 29 .482 7 Hagerstown (Giants) 26 29 .473 71/2 Lakewood (Phillies) 25 29 .463 ...
Cycling
Jun 01, 2002 ... Friday's results 17th Charleston Dowtown Criterium Elite class - 1. Scott Weiss, 2. Paul Martin, 3. Greg Cook, 4. PatO'Donnell, 5. Jeff Bramberger, 6. Dean Rittenhouse, 7. Joe Chapman,8. Mark Light, 9. Marco Aledia, 10. Dave Charnosky. Category 3-4 - 1. Nathan Long, 2 ....
All-Cardinal Conference
Jun 01, 2002 ... BASEBALL First team Winfield - Jonathan Meadows, Matt Brown, Erik Bower, BrandonBright, Daniel Snyder; Wayne - Shayne Smith, Chris Coleman, PatrickAtkins, John Pasley; Scott - Brent Coakley, Nick Nelson, Jacob Smith;Sissonville - Michael Hicks, Justin Young, Anthony Parson; ...
NHL playoffs
Jun 01, 2002 ... CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Friday's results Detroit 7, Colorado 0, Detroit wins series 4-3 STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Detroit vs. Carolina Tuesday,'s game Carolina at Detroit, 8 p.m. Thursday's game Carolina at ...
Golf
Jun 01, 2002 ... PGA-Kemper Open Friday's results Second round Greg Norman 67-65-132 -10 Craig Barlow 67-67-134 -8 Bob Estes 65-69-134 -8 Willie Wood 66-68-134 -8 Bob Burns 68-66-134 -8 Harrison Frazar 69-66-135 -7 Andrew Magee 67-68-135 ...
World Cup soccer
Jun 01, 2002 ... 2002 World Cup All times EDT FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts Senegal 1 0 0 1 0 3 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 1 0 0 1 0 Friday's results At Seoul, South Korea Senegal 1, France ...
NBA playoffs
Jun 01, 2002 ... CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Friday's results New Jersey 96, Boston 88, New Jersey wins series 4-2 Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, late Sunday's game L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, TBA, if necessary NBA FINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday, ...
NASCAR
Jun 01, 2002 ... MBNA Platinum 400 lineup Sunday's race At Dover Downs International Speedway Dover, Del. 1. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 154.939 mph. 2. (9) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 154.374. 3. (10) Jerry Nadeau, Pontiac, 154.136. 4. (15) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, ...
Prep baseball
Jun 01, 2002 ... State tournament at Watt Powell Park Class A Championship MOOREFIELD10, WHEELINGCENTRAL 7 Moorefield Wheeling Central ab r h bi ab r h bi Barb 2b/ss 5 0 2 1 Sleime cf 1 2 0 1 Rggleman c 4 0 3 0 Ball rf 2 1 0 1 ACrites cr ...
French Open
Jun 01, 2002 ... Friday's results Men Singles Third round Lleyton Hewitt (1), Australia, def. Sjeng Schalken (30),Netherlands, 6-1, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Gustavo Kuerten (7), Brazil, def. Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Albert Costa (20), Spain, ...
Baseball today
Jun 01, 2002 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 35 15 .700 - z-6-4 W-3 15-11 20-4 0-0 New York 36 18 .667 1 z-7-3 W-5 16-8 20-10 0-0 Baltimore 24 28 .462 12 z-5-5 W-1 12-13 12-15 0-0 Toronto 18 33 .353 171/2 2-8 W-1 8-20 10-13 0-0 Tampa Bay ...
Hidalgo's two homers carry Astros to 4-1 win over Cubs
Jun 01, 2002; ... CHICAGO - Richard Hidalgo hit two home runs and Carlos Hernandezallowed three hits over seven innings as the Houston Astros beat theChicago Cubs 4-1 on Friday. Sammy Sosa hit his major league-leading 19th homer for Chicago inthe eighth inning. Hernandez (5-2) struck out ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jun 01, 2002 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 7:25 a.m. - World Cup: Germany vs. Saudi Arabia (TGC) 9:30 a.m. - golf: The British Masters (FX) 11:30 a.m. - NASCAR Winston Cup: final practice for MBNAPlatinum 400 (same-day tape) (ESPN) noon - tennis: French Open (FX) 1 p.m. - NASCAR ...
All-tournament teams
Jun 01, 2002 ... All-tournament teams Class AAA Daniel Carte, Hurricane Luke Cunningham, John Marshall Mark Gibson, Hurricane Brandon Halstead, Hurricane Brian Peterson, Jefferson Cody Southern, Logan Jonathan Stowers, Hurricane Sam Walls, ...
Big innings go a long way for Winfield
Jun 01, 2002; ... sports@wvgazette.com There certainly will be old-timers coming out of the woodwork todisagree, but here's what folks are calling Friday night's crowd forthe Class AAA state championship baseball game at Watt Powell Park: The biggest in the history of high school baseball in ...
Moorefield upends No. 1 Wheeling Central in 7th
Jun 01, 2002; ... jworkman@wvspn.com They weren't the first team you thought of when you considered thefavorites to win the Class A state baseball championship. But theMoorefield Yellowjackets were certainly the last team standing Fridayafternoon at Watt Powell Park. The No. 10-ranked ...
Sports briefs
Jun 01, 2002; ... Golf: Norman surges ahead at Kemper Earlier this week, Greg Norman said that over-40 players werebecoming a "forgotten entity" on the PGA Tour. No one will forget Norman if he keeps playing like this. On a day of withering heat and fluctuating scores, the 47-year-old ...
Wings soar into Finals: Detroit ousts defending Stanley Cup champs 7-0
Jun 01, 2002; ... DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings chased Patrick Roy and sent theColorado Avalanche packing. Detroit scored on its first two shots and knocked out the Coloradogoalie early in the second period as the Red Wings eliminated thedefending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche with a 7-0 victory ...
Viva la upset!: Defending champion France stunned in World Cup opener
Jun 01, 2002; ... SEOUL, South Korea - Sacre bleu! Defending champion France opened the first World Cup in Asia witha most shocking result - a 1-0 loss to Senegal, a former Frenchcolony playing its first game ever in the tournament. The hero for Senegal was Papa Bouba Diop, a midfielder ...
Fiery Clijsters takes early French exit well
Jun 01, 2002; ... PARIS - Nothing was going right for Kim Clijsters, who sprayedstrokes long, short and wide against an opponent playing the match ofher life at the French Open. Yet last year's runner-up was nothing but calm, almost oddly so.She didn't toss her racket or yell at herself or kick at ...
Bats erase 5-0 lead, and then some
Jun 01, 2002 ... The Charleston Alley Cats lost 11-5 to the Greensboro Fridaynight, losing a five-run lead. Jeff Christensen, Bronson Sardinha and Robinson Cano each hit homeruns to help the Bats score 11 unanswered runs, including five in thefifth inning. Greensboro has now won ...
Tall 'Topper skipping draft
Jun 01, 2002; ... BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Western Kentucky center Chris Marcus, apossible lottery pick in next month's NBA draft, has decided toreturn to Western Kentucky for a final season. "I've decided to pull my name out of the 2002 NBA draft because ofmy foot," Marcus said at a news conference ...
Winfield places 5 on all-Cardinal: Roundup
Jun 01, 2002 ... Winfield, the two-time defending Class AA state champions, led allschools with five selections to the first-team of the CardinalConference all-conference baseball team. Wayne was next with four picks followed by Scott and Sissonvillewith three apiece. For a complete list of ...
Obituaries
Jun 01, 2002 ... Navada I. Baker ANSTED - Navada I. Baker, 86, of Ansted died May 30, 2002. Servicewill be 2 p.m. Sunday at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Ansted.Burial will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens, Victor. Friends may callfrom 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Dave ...
U.S. group aids Mexico City with traffic dilemmas
Jun 01, 2002; ... MEXICO CITY - In a city where minibuses weave wildly throughsmoggy streets clogged with everything from bicycle cabs to tractortrailers, a group of Washington-based academics and Mexican officialsunveiled a project Friday to provide the only thing lacking: a bit oforder. The ...
General predicts impact from withdrawal
Jun 01, 2002; ... BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A new American general took control of theU.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan on Friday, acknowledging in aninterview with The Associated Press that the hunt for elusive al-Qaida and Taliban fighters has gotten tougher. Lt. Gen. Dan K. McNeill said he may have ...
Severe storm slams Pa. amusement park; 1 dead, dozens hurt
Jun 01, 2002; ... WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - About 100 West Virginia school children werevisiting a crowded amusement park in suburban Pittsburgh on Fridaynight where one person was killed and at least 47 others were injuredas a severe thunderstorm damaged a ride. None of the children from Elkins Middle ...
'It happened so quick': Survivors recall Mount Hood
Jun 01, 2002; ... TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore. - The deadly accident high on Mount Hoodbegan with one false step by a climber who swept eight others withhim into an icy crevasse after a terrifying chain-reaction near the11,240-foot summit. Cleve Joiner watched in disbelief as his 14-year-old ...
Exchange opens one student's eyes
Jun 01, 2002; ... Capital High School I am 18 years old and am an exchange student from Japan. I havewanted to come to the United States since I was 14. I went to Oregon for a month when I was 14. Then, I felt that Iwanted to learn more about this exciting country, because I like tosee ...