Charleston Gazette back issues from March 2003:
Board rejects loan package, Ailing Wheeling-Pitt sought $250 million
Mar 01, 2003; ... WHEELING - The Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board on Fridayrejected a $250 million loan package for Wheeling-Pittsburgh SteelCorp., the key to the company's plan for emerging from bankruptcy. The Wheeling-based company's loan package was denied because theboard was unconvinced ...
Logan magistrate denies charges, Wells says he never demanded sex or money in exchange for releasing inmates
Mar 01, 2003; ... Logan County Magistrate Danny Ray Wells testified Friday in U.S.District Court that he never demanded sex or money in exchange forfreeing inmates from jail. Wells, 51, who is on trial for federal racketeering charges, alsodenied involvement in any extortion scheme with former ...
Has it been wet? You Bet, February will go down, as one of the wettest
Mar 01, 2003; ... Television weather reporters remind us grimly that this has beenthe worst winter in memory, but the numbers tell otherwise. The winter hasn't been unusually cold, although it has been colderthan recent ones, and there haven't been unusual amounts of snow,though snow has fallen ...
ATV safety legislation appears dead
Mar 01, 2003; ... West Virginia is likely to go another year without a lawregulating all-terrain vehicles, after the Senate rejected two ATVbills Friday. "You never say never around here, but I would say, in the Senate,there's a real good chance it's dead," Senate President Earl RayTomblin, ...
Iraqis might begin destroying missiles today
Mar 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq agreed Friday to begin destroying its AlSamoud 2 missiles within 24 hours, Iraqi sources said. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix, who set today as thedeadline for Iraqi compliance on destroying the missiles, called thedecision "a very significant piece of ...
Mingo teen killed in car accident
Mar 01, 2003 ... WILLIAMSON - A Mingo County teen-ager was killed Friday afternoonin a car accident. The victim, whose name was not released, was 17. The accident tookplace on Marrowbone Road at about noon, said a Mingo County emergencydispatcher. The ...
Injured children to come home soon
Mar 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Three children who sustained spinal injuries in a NewYear's Day car accident that killed their mother are doing so wellthey are expected to return home from a rehabilitation hospital nextweek. The children from Bruceton Mills have won the hearts of staff ...
Shooting case handed over to prosecutor
Mar 01, 2003; ... The investigation into a city shooting that involved Spring HillCemetery's superintendent has been forwarded to the Kanawha Countyprosecutor's office, a city police sergeant said Friday. Sgt. Carl Hammons would not comment on the matter, other than tosay it has been handed over to ...
House fire
Mar 01, 2003; ... Donald Anderson's home at 1777 Winfield Road was engulfed inflames when the Winfield Volunteer Fire Department responded. ThePoca, Eleanor and Bancroft volunteer fire ...
Savings overestimated, Cabinet advocates say
Mar 01, 2003; ... Several groups refuted the state Department of Health and HumanResources' estimate that the state would save more than $700,000 byeliminating the Governor's Cabinet for Children and Families. On Friday, the state Family Resource Network Association, theCoalition for West ...
Step up to stop Treasury plan that will de-improve your pension
Mar 01, 2003; ... You ain't no John Snow when it comes to pensions. Snow, our newtreasury secretary, was CEO of the railroad company CSX Corp. and gota platinum parachute when he bailed. He gets $2.47 million a year forlife in retirement benefits. This package was based on the premisethat he'd worked for ...
Readers' forum
Mar 01, 2003 ... Heed words of the 'Book' Editor: It has been proven many times that he who starts a war more thanlikely will come out on the losing end. I don't like the thought ofthat. The "Book" says, "He who lives by the sword shall die by thesword." That may not be the exact ...
Smiles and scowls
Mar 01, 2003 ... To 135 West Virginia heart patients who lost an average of 15pounds each, lowered their cholesterol and blood pressure, and gainedother health improvements in an 18-week WVU program of diet andexercise. To Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., who is arranging federal fundsfor a $10 ...
Cigarettes, Tax not just for revenue
Mar 01, 2003 ... AN INCREASE in the state's low cigarette tax finally made itthrough the Senate Finance Committee. In the past, proposed increasesalways went up in smoke in that tobacco-friendly committee. Opponents tried again on the Senate floor to roll back the amountof the increase, but those ...
Readers Forum
Mar 01, 2003 ... Editor: Editorials should have writer's name: Charleston has two independently owned newspapers and yet youcan't tell the difference between them if you didn't read theheadline banner. Their biases are so great, unless you support theirbeliefs, you simply don't get ...
Wise must again veto proposed informed consent law
Mar 01, 2003; ... The issue of abortion is an inflammatory one, and there are noeasy decisions surrounding it. This fact became obvious to anyone whowitnessed floor debate last week in the West Virginia Legislaturewhen House members voted 82-15 to pass Senate Bill 170, the so-called "Woman's Right to Know ...
UMWA urges citizen action to stop legislation, Coal Truck Weight
Mar 01, 2003; ... Being blessed with two great-children and three wonderfulgrandchildren, I know how kids can sometimes act when they don't gettheir way. Oftentimes, they will kick, scream and carry on until theyfinally tire out and give in to reality. But with adults, it'sdifferent. They can still kick ...
McGraw ruling harms state's reputation in law, Medical monitoring
Mar 01, 2003; ... Ken Ward's February 26th coverage of Justice Warren McGraw'smedical-monitoring ruling brings to light an important issue in ourstate's legal system. At the same time, the article omits importantinformation about the ruling's effect on West Virginians. First, the McGraw ...
Obituaries
Mar 01, 2003 ... JoAnn Atkins MADISON - JoAnn Atkins, 64, of Madison, Boone County, went home tobe with the Lord, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003. Mrs. Atkins was a cosmetologist instructor, a member of theWomen's of Aglow, and she attended the Madison Church of God. Survivors include her son, ...
Feds propose warnings for ephedra products
Mar 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bearwarning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes oreven kill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA proposed the warning labels - reviving an attempt thepowerful dietary supplement industry ...
Ads, labels must tout alcohol's dangers
Mar 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Companies that want to advertise a health benefitassociated with drinking beer, wine or liquor would also have to warnabout alcohol's health risks under rules announced Friday. The Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and TradeBureau, which announced the ...
Church activities
Mar 01, 2003 ... Anniversary * The Liberty Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the seventhanniversary of the Rev. L. Allan Hill at 7 p.m. March 12 with PastorHomer Brown of Ebenezer Baptist Church as speaker at the church,located off Edens Fork Exit of Interstate 77. Go 100 yards and ...
Bush reworks drug benefit proposal
Mar 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Stunned by sharp criticism of its original plan, theBush administration has crafted a new Medicare prescription drugproposal that would offer limited coverage to seniors enrolled intraditional Medicare. Administration officials briefed Republican members of the ...
Charleston recycling
Mar 01, 2003 ... Edgewood, Edgewood Acres, West Side Hill area - first and thirdTuesday of each month. Central downtown, including Charleston Town Center, Plaza East,Coal Branch Heights, East End - second and fourth Tuesday. Kanawha City - first and third Wednesday. Loudon Heights, ...
school notice
Mar 01, 2003 ... Kanawha County schools will conduct a practice "shelter in ...
Correction
Mar 01, 2003 ... The Associated Press PITTSBURGH - In a Feb. 27 story about the Mon-Fayette Expressway,The Associated Press reported erroneously that a PennsylvaniaTurnpike ...
Today's chuckle
Mar 01, 2003; ... The most common cause of love at ...
Readers' voice
Mar 01, 2003 ... What's bothering you? What do you think? Express your opinion ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Mar 01, 2003 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
GETTING INTO PRINT
Mar 01, 2003 ... Have a news tip? Got a story idea? Call us: City desk - 348-5100 Statehouse - Fanny Seiler: ...
WEATHER
Mar 01, 2003 ... Inside information Amsterdam 60 38 Cldy Athens 56 35 Cldy Beijing 45 29 Cldy Berlin 43 27 Clr Bermuda 72 64 Rain Cairo 65 45 Cldy Calgary 28 0 Snow Dublin 50 43 Rain Hong Kong 77 67 Rain Jerusalem 53 38 ...
WEATHER
Mar 01, 2003 ... Anchorage 39 31 Cldy Atlanta 55 43 PCldy Boston 37 25 Snow Charlotte,N.C. 53 38 PCldy Chicago 37 23 PCldy Cincinnati 42 30 Snow Cleveland 34 19 Snow Dallas-Ft Worth 60 38 Cldy Denver 39 18 PCldy Detroit 33 18 ...
Easter rising to the task, Nitro senior goes for fourth state crown tonight
Mar 01, 2003; ... HUNTINGTON - Don't expect Matt Easter to get all sentimentaltonight. Sure, it's his last match ever in the West Virginia statewrestling tournament and, yes, he could wrap up his career bybecoming just the seventh four-time champion ever. But the Nitrosenior doesn't want to lose ...
Catholic picks up second win over Poca
Mar 01, 2003; ... POCA - A pair of Charleston Catholic juniors put on a show duringSenior Night Friday at Poca. Brandon Shamblin scored a game-high 24 points and Femi Kusimoscored 12, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked nine shots as the Irishcompleted a regular-season sweep of the Dots with a 59-43 ...
Evans, partner open with win at PGA Cup Matches
Mar 01, 2003 ... PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Barry Evans' iron play and two key puttsmade the difference on the back nine as he and partner Tim Thelen ofTexas collected a 2 and 1 victory in Friday's opening round of thePGA Cup Matches. Evans, the club pro at Berry Hills Country Club, teamed ...
Legg out, Darlington in on Marshall staff
Mar 01, 2003; ... One coach is joining the Marshall football staff. Another is leaving. Charleston native George Darlington, a longtime assistant with TomOsborne at Nebraska, will be announced as the Herd's outsidelinebacker coach on Monday. Meanwhile, Poca native Bill Legg, MU's tight ...
Names in the games
Mar 01, 2003 ... WVU's new defensive line coach is Tall: Bruce Tall has been hired as defensive line coach at WestVirginia. Tall replaces Paul Randolph, who coached the Mountaineers'defensive line for one year before being named an assistant atAlabama. Tall also will be the Mountaineers' chief ...
Today's quote
Mar 01, 2003 ... "We want to see if the kid makes excuses, or does he takeresponsibilities ....
Heated but friendly, Grapplers take Parkersburg, South rivalry to the max
Mar 01, 2003; ... HUNTINGTON - It's been said that if students from Parkersburg andParkersburg South challenged each other in something mundane likepitching pennies or a spitting contest, three things would happen: Someone would show up to cheer them. Someone would show up to jeerthem. And someone ...
Table tennis
Mar 01, 2003 ... Charleston Table Tennis Club Team standings 1. Anderson 14-2, 84-60; 2. Wilkerson 12-4, 81-63; 3. M. Hill 10-6, 80-64; 4. Saul 9-7, 73-71; 5. Carpenter 7-9, 71-73; 6. Kilpatrick7-9, 67-77; 7. Hage 6-10, 65-79; R. Hill 4-12, 65-79; 9. Fulks 3-13,59-85. Individual ...
Boxing
Mar 01, 2003 ... National TV in parentheses Today At Caesars Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (PPV), John Ruiz, Chelsea,Mass., vs. Roy Jones, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., 12, for Ruiz's WBAheavyweight title; Fres Oquendo, Puerto Rico, vs. Maurice Harris,Newark, N.J., 12, IBF heavyweight elimination; ...
Golf
Mar 01, 2003 ... Accenture Match Play Championship Friday Carlsbad, Calif. Purse:$6 million Yardage: 7,002 Third Round Upper Bracket Tiger Woods (1), United States, def. Stephen Leaney (48),Australia, 7 and 6. Scott Hoch (25), United States, def. Toshi Izawa (56), Japan, ...
Meetings, etc.
Mar 01, 2003 ... ST. ALBANS LITTLE LEAGUE: Registration for baseball and softballwill be held today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Billy Dunne field forages 5-18. Bring a raised-seal birth certificate, proof of residencyand $35 participation fee. For more information call Kevin Penningtonat 727-5790 ....
AUTO RACING
Mar 01, 2003 ... NASCAR UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 Qualifying After Friday qualifying, race on Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas 1. (18) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 173.016 mph. 2. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 172.772 3. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, ...
Latest Line
Mar 01, 2003 ... College basketball Favorite Points Underdog Villanova 5 1/2 VIRGINIA TECH SETON HALL 10 West Virginia FLORIDA STATE 3 1/2 Virginia MIAMI-FLORIDA Off Boston College DAYTON 26 Fordham LOUISVILLE 18 1/2 East ...
NHL
Mar 01, 2003 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA New Jersey 37 16 6 4 84 166 129 Philadelphia 33 17 11 2 79 150 131 N.Y. Islanders 29 24 8 2 68 174 175 N.Y. Rangers 26 31 8 2 62 175 201 Pittsburgh 25 30 4 5 59 163 191 Northeast ...
NBA
Mar 01, 2003 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 38 21 .644 - Philadelphia 33 24 .579 4 Boston 33 25 .569 41/2 Orlando 29 30 .492 9 Washington 28 29 .491 9 New York 25 33 .431 121/2 Miami 19 39 .328 ...
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Mar 01, 2003 ... Friday's major scores EAST Charlotte 80, Southern Miss. 54 Colgate 72, Lehigh 60 Dartmouth 68, Columbia 66 Fairfield 72, Iona 62 Harvard 61, Cornell 47 Holy Cross 91, Bucknell 79 Manhattan 85, St. Peter's 72 N.C.-Wilmington ...
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Mar 01, 2003 ... Friday's major scores EAST Colgate 75, Lehigh 68 Cornell 68, Harvard 63 Dartmouth 50, Columbia 36 Holy Cross 54, Bucknell 43 Marist 73, Canisius 68 Niagara 78, Rider 72, OT Penn 69, Brown 65 Princeton 61, Yale ...
PREP BASKETBALL
Mar 01, 2003 ... Friday's scores Girls ssectionals Bridgeport 51, Ritchie County 34 Charleston Catholic 52, Van 21 Elkins 35, Buckhannon-Upshur 24 James Monroe 67, PikeView 50 Pendleton County 56, Tucker County 29 Roane County 50, Calhoun County ...
Sports Briefs
Mar 01, 2003 ... CARLSBAD, Calif. - Tiger Woods made sure he wasn't part of thenail-biting drama Friday in the Match Play Championship, winning sixof the first seven holes in a ruthless display of golf to beatStephen Leaney and advance to the quarterfinals. No one else had such a short day of ...
TELEVISION
Mar 01, 2003 ... (ESPN) 10:30 a.m. - golf:Accenture Match Play Championship atCarlsbad, Calif. (8) 1 p.m. - men's basketball:Georgia Tech at North Carolina (3) 1 p.m. - men's basketball:Marshall at Ohio (ESPN) 2 p.m. - men's basketball:Penn St. at Northwestern (FOXSN) 2 p.m. - ...
Ohio's Hunter a focal point as Marshall battles Bobcats
Mar 01, 2003; ... Just to show everybody what might have been this season, Ohioknocked off Atlantic Coast Conference member Virginia 78-73Wednesday. Suddenly, the Bobcats are showing signs of salvaging adisappointing season that has teetered on the edge of catastrophe.This is not your average ...
Seton Hall, Barrett looking good as WVU pays a visit
Mar 01, 2003; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - It wasn't much of a surprise when SetonHall managed to get a clutch basket with just two seconds to playThursday night and beat Villanova. After all, this is a Pirates team that has now won eight straightand charged not only into the Big East West Division ...
Thanks to Bell, BC eyes a title,: Former Big East co-player of year a top candidate to do it again
Mar 01, 2003; ... To say that Troy Bell is on a roll or a hot streak would be todiminish what Boston College's point guard is accomplishing thesedays. Sorry, folks, but rolls just don't last six weeks. Hot streaks, as we are all well aware, come to an end. But Bell? Well, like that ...
Labonte's qualifying sets mark
Mar 01, 2003; ... LAS VEGAS - Cool track conditions helped Bobby Labonte set aqualifying record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he waited out along rain delay before winning the pole Friday night. Labonte ran a lap at 173.016 mph around the 11/2-mile oval to takethe top spot and bump fellow ...
Williams leads Griz in OT
Mar 01, 2003; ... Jason Williams had 18 points - including five points early inovertime - and 15 assists as the Memphis Grizzlies defeated thevisiting Miami Heat 126-116 Friday night. Wesley Person scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for theGrizzlies. * 76ers 104, Jazz 88: At ...
Wesleyan women win
Mar 01, 2003 ... Frances Carvajal scored 18 points and Katie Davis had 15 as WestVirginia Wesleyan (16-9, 13-4 WVC) defeated host Davis & Elkins 65-53 in West Virginia Conference women's basketball Thursday. JanelleAdams led the Senators (8-18, 6-12) with 11 points. *** NEW TACKLE: Local ...
Catholic girls win sectional
Mar 01, 2003 ... Charleston Catholic (15-4) jumped to a 26-4 halftime lead andstayed well ahead throughout the rest of the contest to win theRegion 8 Section 2 championship with a 52-21 victory over Van. For the Irish, Brittany Williams was the game's lone double-digitscorer ...
Freshman leads South Charleston past Logan 72-52
Mar 01, 2003 ... Freshman Josh Daniel dropped in a career-high 17 points in leadingSouth Charleston to a 72-52 victory over visiting Logan in a Fridaynight boys basketball matchup. Jeraude Lowe added 15 points and Klint Frazier and Lee Hall eachchipped in 13 for the Black Eagles (13-9), who ...
State high school wrestling tournament results
Mar 01, 2003 ... Results Friday from the high school wrestling tournament at theBig Sandy Superstore Arena: Class AAA Team standings 1, Parkersburg, 196.5 points. 2, Parkersburg South, 153.5. 3, EastFairmont, 103. 4, Brooke, 92. 5, Huntington, 86.5. 6, Ripley, 85. 7,North Marion, 79 ....
Today in History
Mar 01, 2003; ... On this date: In 1781, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles ofConfederation. * In 1845, President Tyler signed a congressional resolution toannex the Republic of Texas. * In 1864, Rebecca Lee became the first black woman to receive anAmerican medical ...
People
Mar 01, 2003 ... Carol Channing engaged to childhood sweetheart NEW YORK - Carol Channing is getting married again - to herchildhood sweetheart from 70 years ago. The 82-year-old singer-actress said Harry Kullijian, with whom shegrew up in San Francisco, tracked her down after reading ...
It's your day at the mall on March 8
Mar 01, 2003; ... Teens in the area often complain that there is nothingentertaining or fun for them to do. On March 8, Charleston TownCenter and Electric 102.7 are teaming up to provide a boredom-busting solution for all those complainers. "I think it's a good relationship between the Town Center ...
Students have mixed feelings: about going to war with Iraq
Mar 01, 2003; ... Riverside High School An eerie tension has settled over the country. The months-longdebate on war in our nation's capital continues, and the threat ofconflict looms larger and nearer with each passing day. Attempts at diplomacy are failing. The United Nations' ...