Charleston Gazette back issues from January 2003:
Doctors group stays neutral on walkout
Jan 01, 2003; ... joydavia@wvgazette.com Doctors have periodically suggested to the West Virginia StateMedical Association that they organize what is scheduled to happentoday in Wheeling: a physician walkout to spotlight the need formalpractice insurance relief. "The only reason the ...
Job worries hurt consumer confidence
Jan 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - A research group's survey of consumer confidencedeclined sharply in December, largely because of the discouragingemployment outlook. The New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday that its ConsumerConfidence Index dropped to 80.3 from a revised 84.9 in November,when ...
Health official hopes boss is not on way out
Jan 01, 2003; ... joydavia@wvgazette.com About a day after Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health members askedits medical director to resign, Karol Wallingford said she is stillwaiting for the official word that her boss has been asked to leave. "I'm interested in hearing the official word and I ...
Insurer stops sale of auto policies: W.Va. legal environment 'difficult,' State Farm says
Jan 01, 2003; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com Their motto says, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," butthat's no longer true for state residents looking to buy autoinsurance. Effective Dec. 16, the state's largest insurer stopped writing newauto policies in West Virginia, company officials ...
States fight air rule changes
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency formally issuedmajor changes to clean air rules for utilities, refineries andmanufacturers Tuesday, prompting a court challenge hours later from acoalition of New England and mid-Atlantic states. "The Bush administration has taken an ...
Drop zone
Jan 01, 2003; ... Gazette photos ABOVE: Earl Jones of All Crane & Equipment in Charleston steadiesthe lighted ball at Haddad Riverfront Park on Tuesday, as a cranelifts it ...
Volunteers, police search for missing Calif. woman
Jan 01, 2003; ... MODESTO, Calif. - Hundreds of police and volunteers have searchedparks and rural areas for a pregnant woman who, according to herhusband, vanished on Christmas Eve after saying she was going to walkthe dog. Officials used dogs, horses, helicopters and rafts in a hugeChristmas ...
Diplomacy may solve North Korea problem, Bush says
Jan 01, 2003; ... CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush said Tuesday he is confident adiplomatic solution can be reached in the North Korea nuclearstandoff but said he fears Saddam Hussein "has not heard the message"and Iraq may be headed into war with the United States. Bush told reporters he has not ...
Bulletin board
Jan 01, 2003 ... FUTURE EVENTS Kanawha County Safety Council will meet at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday inthe Kanawha County Courthouse Annex, Court Street. A framed posterwill be presented to Kanawha County Schools Superintendent RonDuerring and others. The posters are directed to Kanawha County youthand ...
Interstate 77 wreck kills one
Jan 01, 2003 ... MERCER COUNTY - An accident Tuesday on Interstate 77 left at leastone person dead and another injured in Mercer County, a Mercer CountySheriff's Department dispatcher said. The accident took place at about 10 a.m. in the ...
4-H to drop stereotypes, but keep tribal camp spirit
Jan 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Ethan Lash didn't know he was hurting anyone'sfeelings when he joined the Delaware "tribe" at 4-H camp three yearsago. In West Virginia's Pocahontas County, that is how hundreds ofchildren each year are taught teamwork, unity and respect forleaders. "A tribe is ...
GOP must change more than leaders
Jan 01, 2003; ... For the second time in December, Republicans have changed horsesin midstream. And each time the lesson has been the same. When Paul O'Neill and Larry Lindsay were sacked as PresidentBush's chief economic advisors, most commentators correctly arguedthat, to fix the economy, the ...
Readers' forum
Jan 01, 2003 ... Coal companies real 'extremists' Editor: My husband is a disabled coal miner and I'm very proud of him.Recent letters to the editor claim that "extremists" are running thecoal industry out of West Virginia. In truth greedy, outlaw coalcompanies are the real "extremists." They ...
Smiles: For West Virginia helpers
Jan 01, 2003; ... ANOTHER year has begun - and, as usual, we mark the calendarchange by saluting many people and groups who brightened WestVirginia during the previous orbit around the sun. To Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., still a powerhouse at 85,bringing federal jobs and benefits to the Mountain ...
Pa. bailout for doctors proposed
Jan 01, 2003; ... PHILADELPHIA - In a bid to keep disgruntled doctors from walkingoff the job today, Gov.-elect Ed Rendell unveiled a proposal to cutphysician payments to a state malpractice insurance fund by two-thirds. The plan, released days before scores of doctors said they wouldstop work ...
Author clears up history of state's glass
Jan 01, 2003; ... CAIRO - As an eighth-grader, Dean Six could not understand whythere was no mention of glass making in his West Virginia historycourse. After all, the glass industry was as critical to Ritchie County ascoal was to the southern counties. "I couldn't believe the glass industry ...
State briefs
Jan 01, 2003 ... Site prep begins on Huntington project HUNTINGTON - Work began Tuesday on a $54 million project to turnaround the city's downtown district. Huntington's City Council on Monday approved a resolution thatmodifies two contracts of the Pullman Square project and allows ...
Black presence urged in shooting probe
Jan 01, 2003; ... PITTSBURGH - The NAACP is demanding that blacks be represented atall investigations - including a coroner's inquest - into theshooting death of a 12-year-old black boy during a state police chaseTuesday. "We insist upon and demand cooperation and a completeinvestigation at all ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2003 ... * I found it very appropriate for ESPN2 to have a dog show onbefore the Tire Bowl. * This is to the person leaving South Charleston and moving to thecountry: good riddance. * To the idiot who said Sylvester wouldn't exist if it weren't forthe coal mines: Sylvester was ...
Putnam settles insurance suit: Beaver says thanks, goodbye at his last commission meeting
Jan 01, 2003; ... cbroadwater@wvgazette.com WINFIELD - Putnam County commissioners ended a longtime disputewith an insurance company Tuesday. After listening to advice from Putnam lawyer Harvey Peyton,commissioners unanimously accepted a $225,000 settlement with TwinCity Fire Insurance Co ....
Vaccine recipients warned against donating blood
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Recipients of the smallpox vaccine should not donateblood for at least three weeks after getting the shot, the governmentis warning, because that vaccine contains a live virus that mightenter the blood supply and endanger other people. The Food and Drug ...
Researchers culture human blood frozen for 15 years
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Human umbilical cord blood frozen for 15 years wasrevived and able to grow and expand in laboratory mice, suggestingthat specimens preserved for that long could restore the bone marrowin cancer patients, experts say. Researchers at the Indiana University School of ...
2002 marks third losing year
Jan 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - Wall Street ended its third straight losing year on amixed and dreary note Tuesday as investors' hopes of a resurgenteconomy in 2002 were stifled by fears of terrorism, war and a wave ofaccounting scandals. In the end, 2002 closed with the Dow Jones industrials down ...
Hard times derail the 'mommy track' for some
Jan 01, 2003; ... As the economy sputters and employers try to do more with less,the much-vaunted "mommy track" may be veering off course. In prosperous times, when the labor pool was smaller, employeesseeking work/family balance could easily secure part-time work, jobsharing and generous ...
War's expense threatens tax cuts
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - It could be $50 billion. It could be $200 billion ormore. No one knows how much a war with Iraq would cost, but thathasn't stopped Democrats and Republicans from fighting over thefigure. What's at stake isn't just the fate of Saddam Hussein - it'swhether the United ...
For the blind
Jan 01, 2003 ... The Charleston Gazette is available to the blind and visuallyimpaired from the National Federation of the Blind's Newslineprogram ....
Mutual fund reports urged in money laundering fight
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Mutual fund companies would have to file reports onsuspicious financial transactions as part of an effort to catch drugdealers, terrorists and others who launder money, federal regulatorsrecommended Tuesday. If implemented, the recommendation by the Treasury ...
Holiday trash pickup
Jan 01, 2003 ... During the week of New Year's those residents with Wednesday trashpickup will have pickups on the following dates: * ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2003 ... A story in Tuesday's Gazette should have said that a temporaryrate increase for Charleston Area Medical ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Jan 01, 2003 ... Today is the first day of the rest ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2003 ... What's bothering you? What do you think? Express your opinion ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Jan 01, 2003 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
GETTING INTO PRINT
Jan 01, 2003 ... Have a news tip? Got a story idea? Call us: City desk - 348-5100 Statehouse - Fanny Seiler: ...
World
Jan 01, 2003 ... Amsterdam 51 33 Cldy Athens 62 48 Clr Beijing 30 0 Clr Berlin 34 25 Snow Bermuda 67 61 Cldy Cairo 70 55 Clr Calgary 32 0 Cldy Dublin 46 43 Rain Hong Kong 61 54 Cldy Jerusalem 63 48 Cldy London 54 41 ...
National
Jan 01, 2003 ... Anchorage 16 7 Cldy Atlanta 58 51 Rain Boston 44 36 Clr Charlotte 60 50 Rain Chicago 42 25 PCldy Cincinnati 48 35 Rain Cleveland 50 27 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 55 33 Clr Denver 52 24 Cldy Detroit 43 21 PCldy Elkins 55 38 ...
Boise St. pummels Cyclones
Jan 01, 2003; ... BOISE, Idaho - Brock Forsey scored three touchdowns as No. 18Boise State beat Iowa State 34-16 Tuesday in the Humanitarian Bowl. Forsey, who scored on runs of 4, 2 and 9 yards, finished theseason with 32 touchdowns, the second-highest season total inDivision I-A. Barry Sanders has ...
Virginia apologizes, plans action: UVa officials seeking videotape of pep band's halftime performance
Jan 01, 2003; ... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia apologizedTuesday for the performance of a student pep band that made fun ofWest Virginians during halftime of the Continental Tire Bowl. The independent band of Virginia students staged a parody of thetelevision show "The Bachelor" ...
O.J. treated like a hero at USC: In sports, guys go from good to bad and back to good; Analysis
Jan 01, 2003; ... O.J. Simpson strolls onto the football field at an Orange Bowlpractice and finds himself welcomed by the USC coach and players likea prodigal son come home. Handshakes and hugs. Autographs and photos. Friendly banter andwide-eyed hero worship. And an unsettling thought comes ...
Even in our city, Pete was a baseball ambassador
Jan 01, 2003; ... IT WAS obvious that Pete Rose wanted to talk more baseball. TheReds manager was standing in the Charleston Civic Center and tellingme all about his young center fielder, Eric Davis. Unfortunately, aCivic Center official intervened. Rose, it seemed, was needed elsewhere in the ...
Names in the games
Jan 01, 2003 ... Weatherspoon, Willis suspended by NBA Knicks forward Clarence Weatherspoon and Spurs forward-centerKevin Willis were suspended for one game without pay by the NBATuesday for fighting. Weatherspoon also was fined $20,000 and will miss New York's gameagainst Toronto today ....
Boxing
Jan 01, 2003 ... Fight schedule National TV in parentheses Feb. 8 At Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (HBO), Shane Mosley,Lynwood, Calif., vs., Raul Marquez, Mexico, 12, junior middleweights;Antonio Margarito, Mexico, vs. Andrew Lewis, Guyana, 12, forMargarito's WBO ...
Sports history
Jan 01, 2003 ... Jan. 1 1934 - Columbia upsets Stanford 7-0 in the Rose Bowl when AlBarabas scores in the third quarter on a 17-yard hidden-ball play. 1935 - Bucknell beats Miami 26-0 in the first Orange Bowl. 1991 - Georgia Tech routs Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl tofinish as ...
College football
Jan 01, 2003 ... 2002-03 Bowl Glance Monday's results Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. $750,000 Minnesota 29, Arkansas 14 Seattle Bowl $1 million Wake Forest 38, Oregon 17 Tuesday's results Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, ...
NHL
Jan 01, 2003 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA New Jersey 20 10 2 3 45 85 73 Philadelphia 17 10 8 1 43 82 77 Pittsburgh 15 14 3 5 38 107 110 N.Y. Islanders 15 16 5 0 35 97 106 N.Y. Rangers 14 20 5 1 34 97 129 Northeast ...
NBA
Jan 01, 2003 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 23 9 .719 - Boston 19 12 .613 31/2 Philadelphia 18 12 .600 4 Orlando 18 15 .545 51/2 Washington 13 17 .433 9 New York 10 17 .370 101/2 Miami 11 19 .367 ...
Men's college basketball
Jan 01, 2003 ... Big East CONFERENCE East Team Conf. Pct. All Pct. Connecticut 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000 Boston College 0-0 .000 6-3 .667 St. John's 0-0 .000 5-3 .625 Villanova 0-0 .000 6-4 .600 Providence 0-0 .000 6-3 .667 Miami 0-0 .000 6-4 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jan 01, 2003 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 11 a.m. - Outback Bowl: Florida vs. Michigan (11) 11 a.m. - Cotton Bowl: Texas vs. LSU (3) 12:30 p.m. - Gator Bowl: N.C. State vs. Notre Dame (8) 1 p.m. - Capital One Bowl: Penn St. vs. Auburn (8) 4:30 p.m. - Rose Bowl: Washington State vs ....
NFL
Jan 01, 2003 ... National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA x-N.Y. Jets 9 7 0 .563 359 336 New England 9 7 0 .563 381 346 Miami 9 7 0 .563 378 301 Buffalo 8 8 0 .500 379 397 South W L T Pct PF PA x-Tennessee 11 5 ...
Still no deal for Parcells
Jan 01, 2003; ... IRVING, Texas - Bill Parcells is back in a familiar position:apparently on the verge of another coaching job. Within hours after Dallas fired Dave Campo on Monday followingthree straight 5-11 seasons, conflicting reports surfaced on whetherParcells had become the new Cowboys ...
49ers look to regroup after being stung by Rams
Jan 01, 2003; ... ST. LOUIS - Steve Mariucci knows his San Francisco 49ers can'tdwell on their collapse against the St. Louis Rams. The New York Giants are waiting in the wings, and the 49ers haveto be prepared to win a game that actually matters. "On we go to the playoffs," Mariucci said ...
NFL: WILD CARDS; Unpredictable Steelers optimistic, yet very cautious, as playoffs arrive
Jan 01, 2003; ... PITTSBURGH - In a season that has seen them alternate betweenbeing very, very good and very, very bad, the Pittsburgh Steelershave every reason to be extremely optimistic going into the playoffs. And every reason to be very concerned. They have everything a Super Bowl team ...
Cotton win would help LSU recruit in Texas
Jan 01, 2003; ... DALLAS - The LSU Tigers had plenty of reasons for wanting to playin the Cotton Bowl. If recruiting wasn't the top one, it was a closesecond. Although Louisiana shares a border with Texas, about the only timeLSU crosses it is when coaches are trying to woo high school ...
Bars hold no appeal to Dorsey
Jan 01, 2003; ... TEMPE, Ariz. - Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey, college football'sconsummate homebody, strode through the lobby of the Scottsdale PlazaResort on Sunday morning when he spotted his teammate, offensivelineman Sherko Haji-Rasouli. Dorsey, who will attempt to lead the Hurricanes to their ...
Don't forget The Streak: 'Canes' feat most impressive in age of parity
Jan 01, 2003; ... Win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win,win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win,win, win, win, win, win, win, win. That's 34 wins in a row. That's the streak that Miami has builtover the past three seasons. The Hurricanes (12-0) ...
It's football's big-money week, but not for players: Analysis
Jan 01, 2003; ... PHOENIX - No one used an electric prod to herd Shane Olivea into ahotel ballroom for a Monday morning press conference, but the OhioState offensive lineman was still feeling fairly bovine. "We're like cattle," he said. "We're being used, basically." Don't get him wrong. Olivea ...
QBs in '97 WVU-Herd game now stand atop NFL ratings
Jan 01, 2003; ... We have reached the season when sports predictions for theupcoming year will be turning up in virtually every publication overthe next few days. But it's a safe bet that no one looked into hispersonal crystal ball last January and saw the meteoric rise offormer Marshall quarterback Chad ...
Georgia stuns No. 2 Pittsburgh: Top 25
Jan 01, 2003; ... Pittsburgh wasted a chance to reach No. 1 for the first time,losing to Georgia 79-67 Tuesday as Ezra Williams scored 20 points inAthens, Ga. Second-ranked Pittsburgh (9-1) never has led The Associated Presspoll. The 1987-88 team also reached No. 2, the only other time thePanthers ...
Louisville hangover ?: After losing to arch rival, Wildcats need wakeup call
Jan 01, 2003; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. Demoralized by its loss to Louisville and a slowstart against outmanned Tennessee State, the Kentucky Wildcatsresponded by getting aggressive on defense. Coach Tubby Smith benchedhis starters in the opening minutes and ordered full-court pressure,which led to several ...
State revenue ahead of estimate: Collections put budget in black
Jan 01, 2003; ... fanny@wvgazette.com After a dismal November, revenue collections in December put thestate ahead of estimates for both the month and the first six monthsof the fiscal year, based on the auditor's monthly revenue report. "Now we're back in the black," said Todd Childers, ...
Judge, er, clerk retiring from Kanawha Circuit
Jan 01, 2003; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com THE index card marked with multicolored letters spelling "incourt" is still perched on top of Emma Lou Pennington's computermonitor. It's her next-to-last day as a clerk in Kanawha County CircuitCourt and her desk is piled with orders and court ...
Charities get $28,000 more from Christmas Fund: Gazette Charities Christmas Fund
Jan 01, 2003 ... Area charities received another $28,000 this week from the GazetteCharities Christmas Fund because of the continued generosity ofGazette readers. The second distribution brings the total to $55,500 that has beenshared with 18 agencies that serve the less fortunate in ...
A reason for giving: Whether for tax deduction or less clutter, Goodwill donations help
Jan 01, 2003; ... gregstone@wvgazette.com The end of the calendar year, always a busy time for thosedonating to Goodwill Industries, has been especially so this year. Monday saw 265 people drop off clothes and other articles, asingle-day record for the complex on Virginia Street West. A ...
Obituaries: Express condolences online at wvgazette.com
Jan 01, 2003 ... Dwane E. Adkins SIAS - Dwane E. "Mickey" Adkins, 55, of Sias died Dec. 29, 2002.Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at Koontz Funeral Home,Hamlin. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will bein Goldsbury Cemetery, Sias. Loma B. Adkins TIOGA - Loma ...
Baby dies, two boys hurt in fire
Jan 01, 2003; ... WILLIAMSON - A 17-month-old boy was killed and two other childrenwere injured Tuesday in a house fire. The victims were not identified. Injured were a 3-year-old boy anda 6-year-old boy, Williamson police said. Three other children, their mother and an unidentified man ...
Deaths of note
Jan 01, 2003 ... Mary Wesley, a writer who published her first novel when she was70 and went on to produce a string of slightly racy best sellers, hasdied at age 90 in London. Wesley, whose examinations of middle-classvalues have been described as "like Jane Austen with sex," diedMonday at her home in ...