Charleston Gazette back issues from November 2002:
2 more slayings tied to sniper suspects
Nov 01, 2002; ... By Melinda Deslatte The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. - Authorities charged the sniper suspectsThursday with shooting a Louisiana beauty shop worker dead and saidthey had definitively linked the two men to an Alabama slaying twodays earlier. John Allen Muhammad, 41, and ...
Investigation into nomination started
Nov 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered aninvestigation Thursday into allegations that Chairman Harvey Pittconcealed from commissioners information on the corporate ties ofWilliam Webster, his choice to head a new accounting oversight board. The disclosure once ...
Bush urges voters to re-elect Capito: 'She brings class to the office'
Nov 01, 2002; ... philk@wvgazette.com Touching down in Charleston Thursday evening as part of a five-day, 15-state campaign blitz, President George W. Bush told aenergized Civic Center crowd of about 5,000 to urge their friends -Republican and Democrat alike - to re-elect Rep. Shelley MooreCapito, ...
Bush urges voters to re-elect Capito: 'She brings class to the office'
Nov 01, 2002; ... Gazette photo Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., applauds as President GeorgeW. Bush calls on a Civic Center crowd to urge their friends to votefor her ...
School officials subject of probe
Nov 01, 2002; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com sfinn@wvgazette.com Assistant state schools Superintendent G.A. McClung steered morethan $2.3 million in school furniture sales to longtime friendPhillip "Pork Chop" Booth after floods ravaged McDowell and Wyomingcounty schools last year. With ...
Sheriff fires back on insignia
Nov 01, 2002; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com Kanawha County Sheriff Dave Tucker lashed out at U.S. AttorneyKasey Warner Thursday, contending he is not violating federal law andis not wearing a military ordnance badge. Warner sent a letter to Kanawha County commissioners Wednesdaysaying the lapel ...
Preschool children among dead as earthquake kills 22 in Italy
Nov 01, 2002; ... SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA, Italy - An earthquake jolted south-central Italy on Thursday, sending a nursery school roof crashingdown on a class of preschoolers during a lunchtime Halloween party.At least 22 people were killed, nearly all of them children at theschool. Driven on by ...
FDA wants public input on whether to test children for side effects of smallpox vaccine
Nov 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Researchers want to begin the first studies of theeffects of a risky smallpox vaccine on toddlers and preschoolers - aproposal raising such thorny questions about safety and ethics thatthe government is seeking public reaction before giving the OK. Among the issues: ...
Rahall challenger faces facts
Nov 01, 2002; ... CHAPMANVILLE - Republican congressional candidate Paul Chapmanisn't expecting much on Election Day. His only campaign expense has been a $1,500 candidacy fee. He hasposted no signs, has made no campaign speeches and has purchased noadvertisements. Chapman, a police officer ...
Court orders new absentee ballots following Wellstone death in Minn.
Nov 01, 2002; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. - In a partial victory for the Democrats,Minnesota's Supreme Court ordered local election officials Thursdayto send out new absentee ballots to people who ask to change theirSenate vote in the wake of Sen. Paul Wellstone's death. The ruling fell well short of what ...
Wolfe hopes grass-roots push unseats Rockefeller
Nov 01, 2002; ... CLARKSBURG - Jay Wolfe's campaign manager sleeps in a traileradjacent to Wolfe's Harrison County insurance office, which doublesas his campaign headquarters. Wolfe's opponent in the state's U.S. Senate race, Democraticincumbent Sen. Jay Rockefeller, has raised more than 29 times ...
This race is about who would best serve us in Congress
Nov 01, 2002; ... FOR many people in West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, therace between incumbent Shelley Moore Capito and challenger JimHumphreys presents a more difficult choice than it should, at leaston paper. Capito is a Republican, and not an especially moderate one,despite her ...
Readers' forum
Nov 01, 2002 ... Democratic Party best serves W.Va. Editor: I shall vote for Jim Humphreys because I'm hoping that this willcontribute to giving the Democratic Party control of the House ofRepresentatives. I believe that Humphreys and Capito are both intelligent, well-meaning and ...
Blazing: Vivid traffic signs
Nov 01, 2002; ... SOME Charlestonians who drive through Virginia have been impressedby dazzling, highly reflective traffic signs that virtually leap outat motorists. The material in the signs officially is called "fluorescent yellow-green wide-angle prismatic lens sheeting." It's designed to ...
Bush: Little for West Virginia
Nov 01, 2002; ... PRESIDENT Bush received a hero's welcome in Charleston Thursdaynight. But it's hard to fathom why. He has done little that benefitsthe Mountain State. Bush's chief accomplishment to date was passage of a $1.2 trilliontax cut favoring the wealthy. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., ...
Readers' forum
Nov 01, 2002 ... Amendment One vital to future Editor: I am writing to express my support of Amendment One, the LocalOption Economic Development Amendment. Amendment One is vital to thefuture of the business community, not only in Kanawha County, butalso in every region of our state ....
Election Day: Story is not in the score, but in the game itself
Nov 01, 2002; ... THE primary election defeats of state senators Marie Redd andLeonard Anderson, coupled with the retirements of senators MarkBurnette and Lloyd Jackson, ensure that there will be at least fourfresh faces in the next session of the West Virginia Senate. But despite the strong and ...
Former jailers file suit over dismissals
Nov 01, 2002; ... ASHLAND, Ky. - Three former deputies at the Boyd County DetentionCenter have filed a federal lawsuit claiming they were fired in Julybecause they cooperated with law enforcement officials investigatingthe beating death of a West Virginia man. Gabbriela Zamudio of Ashland and Ron ...
Wife sentenced to 15 years in husband's death
Nov 01, 2002; ... PHILIPPI - A Barbour County woman convicted of killing her husbandreceived the maximum sentence after being chastised by the judge forbeing deceptive throughout the case. Sunny D. Nicholson of Moatsville was sentenced Wednesday to 15years in prison by Circuit Judge Alan D ....
Man found guilty in girlfriend's killing
Nov 01, 2002; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com A Charleston man used an electrical cord and kitchen knife tostrangle and stab his girlfriend to death, Kanawha County jurorsdecided Thursday. Jurors deliberated less than three hours before convicting RobertKelly Rogers, 29, of first-degree ...
Raleigh man charged in girlfriend's death
Nov 01, 2002 ... GLEN DANIEL - A Raleigh County man was charged Thursday withkilling his girlfriend. Alfred Gray, 37, of Harper Heights told deputies he was targetshooting in the early morning hours when he allegedly shot StephanieAdkins, 27, of Shady Spring in the back of the head, said Cpl ....
Charleston man sentenced in beating, robbery
Nov 01, 2002 ... A Charleston man will spend the next 60 years in prison forseverely beating and robbing an elderly truck driver last November. Justin Santell Adams, 21, was sentenced by Kanawha Circuit JudgeCharles King Thursday. Adams pleaded guilty to first-degree robberyin ...
Halloween night quiet
Nov 01, 2002; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com It might have been the safest Halloween night in years, despitepolice in Kanawha County being shifted to protect the presidentrather than trick-or-treaters. Thousands of children crowded into the Kanawha County Sheriff'sDepartment's pizza and cake ...
G.W. would get $25,000 toward a fitness center
Nov 01, 2002; ... gregstone@wvgazette.com City Council finance committee members will be asked Monday toapprove $25,000 toward construction of a new George Washington HighSchool fitness center. If approved, the money will go to the Patriot Foundation Inc., anonprofit organization that promotes ...
Recyclers tout trash as rare commodity
Nov 01, 2002; ... cbroadwater@wvgazette.com Trash is money in today's world, and Sally Shepherd wants to knowwhy more people aren't cashing in. "The economics are just, well, duh," Shepherd said Thursdayafternoon at the Solid Waste Authority's recyclables sorting plant ...
Shuttle launch delayed
Nov 01, 2002; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has delayed space shuttle Endeavour'slaunch to international space station Alpha by one day. Missionmanagers settled Thursday on a Nov. 11 launch date in the early-morning hours. The delay is intended to give the space station'sthree residents more time to ...
Nicotine lozenge approved by FDA
Nov 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Smokers trying to quit soon can try a lozengecontaining nicotine to help reduce their cigarette cravings. The Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline's Commitlozenge for over-the-counter sales Thursday. It marks the firstnicotine-containing lozenge to ...
Hechler ads target Amores for defeat on coal truck issue
Nov 01, 2002; ... Former congressman and Secretary of State Ken Hechler has targeteda Kanawha County legislator for Election Day defeat in TV and radioads because of his stance on coal truck weight limits. The 30- and 60-second spots single out House Judiciary ChairmanJon Amores as the only Kanawha ...
Wounding reported at Alum Creek bar
Nov 01, 2002 ... Kanawha County sheriff's deputies were investigating a reportedshooting at an Alum Creek bar late Thursday. A person was reportedly wounded outside Froggy's bar, 1734Childress Road, just before ...
Bush urges voters to re-elect Capito: 'She brings class to the office'
Nov 01, 2002; ... Gazette photo "Uncle Scam," makes a point Thursday night with people going tothe Charleston Civic Center to hear a speech by President ...
Absentee voting
Nov 01, 2002 ... People wishing to vote in person as a "no excuse" absentee maystill do so at the Voter Registration Office, 415 ...
Paving
Nov 01, 2002 ... West Virginia Paving will begin paving the following streetsbeginning 7 a.m. today and vehicles should be removed by that time: Bank Street - from Kent to Green Street Green Street - from Bank Street to Irwin Street Irwin Street - ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan collins
Nov 01, 2002 ... Give your boss enough rope ...
LOTTERIES
Nov 01, 2002 ... Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 693 Daily 4 - 8637 Cash 25 - 1-5-8-12-17-18 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 599 Night Pick 4 - 4112 Day Pick 3 - 917 Day Pick 4 - 2302 Buckeye 5 - 1-5-17-21-36 Wednesday, ...
WEATHER
Nov 01, 2002 ... Amsterdam 54 37 Cldy Athens 69 51 Cldy Beijing 52 37 Cldy Berlin 50 42 Cldy Bermuda 82 71 Rain Cairo 79 63 Clr Calgary 23 0 Cldy Dublin 52 42 Cldy Hong Kong 75 70 Rain Jerusalem 73 57 Rain London 54 51 ...
WEATHER
Nov 01, 2002 ... Anchorage 40 33 Cldy Atlanta 61 41 PCldy Boston 51 36 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 61 37 Clr Chicago 40 26 Clr Cincinnati 43 35 Clr Cleveland 39 32 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 51 45 Cldy Denver 31 16 PCldy Detroit 40 30 Snow Elkins ...
Big-play Smith gives Herd versatility in secondary
Nov 01, 2002; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com While trying to upset Marshall last week, Central Michiganquarterback Derrick Vickers saw another wrinkle in the Herd'sdefense: the Willie Smith blitz. As the old ABC Sports line went, it was "up close and personal." As the Chippewas were ...
Names in the games
Nov 01, 2002; ... Ripken seeks GM job, preferably with Orioles Cal Ripken Jr. is seeking to land a front-office job in the majorleagues - ideally with his former team, the Baltimore Orioles. Syd Thrift still holds the title of vice president of baseballoperations for the Orioles, but his ...
Poca, Wayne seeking late-season answers
Nov 01, 2002; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com As the regular season winds down, you'd think more answers wouldbe surfacing than questions. But that's not the way it seems fortonight's Class AA showdown between host Wayne and defending championPoca. Among other things, the Pioneers and Dots will try ...
Running for a repeat: Charleston Catholic coach expects tight battle for AA-A girls title
Nov 01, 2002; ... debbiemoore@wvgazette.com As Scott Welch sees it, the state cross country championship, setfor Saturday morning in Mineral Wells, may come down to a tiebreaker. "We have several excellent teams competing against each other, andthose teams are so evenly matched, it could come ...
You can't go wrong with Kennedy favorites
Nov 01, 2002; ... THE KENNEDY Award, which signifies the state's best high schoolfootball player, will probably go to either Geremy Rodamer ofMorgantown or Brandon Barrett of Martinsburg. It's just a guess. But the state's most highly recruited senior,wideout Seth Fogarty, has been hampered by ...
Spread the word: WVU's familiar with Owls' style
Nov 01, 2002; ... dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - All spread offenses are not created equally. And, asa result, they are not all defended equally. Defending West Virginia's run-oriented spread, for instance, isnothing like defending Temple's balanced spread. Sure, the formationsare often the ...
College basketball
Nov 01, 2002 ... USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the preseason USA Today-ESPN men's collegebasketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2001-02 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place votethrough one point for a 25th-place vote and final ...
Volleyball
Nov 01, 2002 ... High School Charleston Catholic d. Wayne Co. 15-8, 10-15, 15-6; GeorgeWashington d. Wayne Co. 15-7, 15-7; George Washington d. CharlestonCatholic 13-15, 15-1, 15-4; Middle School At Stonewall Jackson John Adams d. South ...
Middle school football
Nov 01, 2002 ... Hayes 0 0 0 0 -0 McKinley 12 16 8 0 -36 M - James 65 kickoff return (run failed) M - Brown 6 run (pass failed) M - Brown 45 interception return (Eads run ) M - Eads 6 pass from Hudson (Brown pass from Hudson) M - Eads 30 run (James pass from Hudson ...
Transactions
Nov 01, 2002 ... Thursday BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Declined to exercise their 2003 option on RHPDustin Hermanson. OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Exercised their 2003 option on 1B ScottHatteberg. Declined to exercise their 2003 options on RHP Jeff Tamand INF Olmedo Saenz ....
Golf
Nov 01, 2002 ... PGA-Tour Championship Thursday At East Lake Golf Club course Atlanta Purse: $5 million Yardage: 7,029; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round Steve Lowery 31-34-65 Vijay Singh 33-32-65 Charles Howell III 34-32-66 Fred Funk ...
Latest line
Nov 01, 2002 ... NFL Favorite Points Underdog Sunday BUFFALO 2 1/2 (48) New England TAMPA BAY 7 (37) Minnesota ATLANTA 7 1/2 (41) Baltimore Philadelphia 6 1/2 (39) CHICAGO Pittsburgh 3 (43) CLEVELAND DETROIT 3 (38) Dallas HOUSTON ...
NHL
Nov 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA Philadelphia 7 1 2 0 16 40 21 Pittsburgh 6 2 2 0 14 35 30 New Jersey 6 2 0 0 12 19 13 N.Y. Rangers 4 6 2 0 10 28 41 N.Y. Islanders 3 6 1 0 7 26 37 Northeast Division W L ...
NBA
Nov 01, 2002 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Orlando 2 0 1.000 - New Jersey 1 0 1.000 1/2 Philadelphia 1 1 .500 1 Washington 1 1 .500 1 Miami 0 1 .000 11/2 New York 0 1 .000 11/2 Boston 0 2 .000 2 Central ...
State fishing report
Nov 01, 2002 ... Following is the weekly West Virginia fishing report compiled bythe Division of Natural Resources for the weekend of Nov. 1-3. Thereport is divided into two segments, one each for lakes and streams. Lake report BEECH FORK - Lake is approximately one foot above summer pool ....
NFL
Nov 01, 2002 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Miami 5 2 0 .714 190 143 Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 241 231 New England 3 4 0 .429 168 158 N.Y. Jets 2 5 0 .286 116 193 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 4 3 0 .571 145 ...
Gazette sports staff pigskin predictions
Nov 01, 2002 ... Nick Scala Temple over WVU Marshall over Akron Glenville over W.Va. State Wesleyan over WVU Tech Parkersburg over GW Riverside over Huntington Nitro over St. Albans Capital over Brooke Wayne over Poca Ripley over ...
Gazette sports staff pigskin predictions
Nov 01, 2002 ... Doug Smock Temple over WVU Marshall over Akron Glenville over W.Va.State Wesleyan over WVU Tech GW over Parkersburg Riverside over Huntington Nitro over St. Albans Brooke over Capital Poca over Wayne Ripley over ...
College football
Nov 01, 2002 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conference Overall W L PF PA Pct. W L PF PA Pct. Virginia Tech 3 0 83 47 1.00 8 0 262 86 1.00 Miami 3 0 122 50 1.00 7 0 302 124 1.00 Pittsburgh 3 0 90 43 1.00 6 2 198 124 ...
Sports briefs
Nov 01, 2002; ... Singh, Lowery share lead with 65 ATLANTA - Vijay Singh hit a 5-wood within 8 inches of a hole-in-one on East Lake's tough finishing hole Thursday, giving him a 5-under 65 and a share of the lead with Steve Lowery after the firstround of the Tour Championship. Singh's was one ...
Sports on TV/radio
Nov 01, 2002 ... TELEVISION (TGC) 9 a.m. - golf: Italian Open (same-day tape) (ESPN) noon - golf: The Tour Championship (TNT) 3 p.m. - auto racing: pole qualifying for Pop SecretMicrowave Popcorn 400 (ESPN2) 3 p.m. - tennis:Paris Masters (same-day tape) (TGC) 3:30 p.m. - ...
Colorado, Oklahoma at it again
Nov 01, 2002; ... The last time Oklahoma beat Colorado, nobody had heard of the BowlChampionship Series. Games ended in ties, and computer rankings werea thing of the future. College football was simpler in 1988. Since then, the Buffalos are 8-0-1 against the Sooners in a seriesthat resumes ...
High school football standings, statistics
Nov 01, 2002 ... Conference standings Mountain State Athletic Pos-School Conf All Rate 1. Riverside 8-1 8-1 13.56 2. Ripley 5-1 8-1 12.44 3. Cabell Midland 6-2 7-2 11.22 4. George Washington 5-2 7-2 11.11 5. Hurricane 5-2 6-2 10.50 6. Spring Valley ...
Tradition, more at stake tonight in Jackson feud
Nov 01, 2002; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Jackson County rivals Ripley and Ravenswood have been knockingheads in football since 1923. But few of those games probably carriedthe impact of tonight's showdown. Each school enters the game ranked seventh in its respectiveclass, meaning it could ...
Much luster gone from Bills vs. Pats
Nov 01, 2002; ... This is supposed to be a grudge game: Drew Bledsoe and the BuffaloBills against New England, which traded him away after he lost hisjob to Tom Brady last season. But it really isn't. In fact, with the Patriots having lost four straight afterstarting their post-Super Bowl ...
Wheeling Jesuit men lose home field, game to Ashland: Roundup
Nov 01, 2002 ... The Wheeling Jesuit men's soccer team lost to Ashland University 1-0 Thursday in a game relocated to the Astroturf field at theWashington & Jefferson College campus, Washington, Pa., due to poorweather-related field conditions in Wheeling. The game's only score was an own goal ....
GW girls, SC boys ousted in regional
Nov 01, 2002 ... Both Kanawha Valley teams were eliminated from the Region 4 soccersemifinals Thursday evening by host Huntington. George Washington suffered a 2-1 loss to the Highlanders in thegirls match, while South Charleston fell to Huntington 3-1 in theboys contest. The 11th-ranked ...
Prep soccer regionals
Nov 01, 2002 ... BOYS Region 1 * Wheeling Park 2, Weir 0 * Bridgeport 2, Parkersburg South 0 Final:Saturday at Wheeling Park Region 2 * Martinsburg 6, Petersburg 0 * Morgantown 2, Buckhannon-Upshur 1 Final: Saturday at W.Va. Wesleyan Region ...
Celtics suffer franchise-worst loss to Wizards
Nov 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Michael Jordan and the Washington Wizards handed theBoston Celtics their worst defeat in franchise history. Shaking off a rusty performance that made him look his age thenight before, Jordan scored 21 points in 22 minutes as the Wizardsbeat the Celtics 114-69 Thursday ...