Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2003:
Escapee wanted to raft, attend reunion
Aug 01, 2003; ... tomsearls@wvgazette.com He only wanted to experience a New River whitewater trip, thenvisit with his high school classmates at his 20-year reunion inPennsylvania. Instead, the escapee from a Maryland mental institution was pickedup by West Virginia State Police and National ...
Harless to refile lottery lawsuit: Critics see move as delay tactic to development
Aug 01, 2003; ... philk@wvgazette.com Jackson County lawyer Larry Harless said Thursday he has sentletters to the state Lottery Commission and attorney general, givingthem 30 days' notice of his intent to refile a lawsuit challengingthe legality of state-run video lottery. Harless filed a ...
Jordan grants Saddam daughters asylum: 2 more GIs killed in Baghdad
Aug 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two of Saddam Hussein's daughters took refuge inJordan on Thursday, and the Bush administration approved a $30million payment to the informant who led U.S. troops to their twobrothers. The U.S. military commander for Iraq said he had nothingsignificant to report ...
Plan would help US Airways, grieving families: Yeager's Atkinson wants to ease shipment of loved-ones' bodies back to W.Va.
Aug 01, 2003; ... paulwilson@wvgazette.com For nearly two years, grieving Southern West Virginia familieshave paid more and sometimes waited longer to transport the bodies ofloved ones who died in other states. Planes big enough to safely hold bodies no longer fly to YeagerAirport, making ...
Verizon contract dispute reaches the picket lines
Aug 01, 2003; ... Gazette photo Verizon workers demonstrate outside the company's building onMacCorkle Avenue on Thursday. The contract for about 75,000 workersin the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, including about 2,300 inWest Virginia, expires at midnight Saturday ....
U.S. to check background of each airline passenger: Privacy advocates see move as positive, but are wary of abuse
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The government announced Thursday it will begintesting a revised nationwide system for checking personal informationon every airline passenger, a post-Sept. 11 security initiative thathas raised concerns about snooping and false labeling. The Computer Assisted ...
Austrian 'glides' across Channel
Aug 01, 2003; ... CALAIS, France - An Austrian who specializes in high-riskparachute jumps flew across the English Channel on Thursday with asleek, aerodynamic carbon fiber wing. A plane dropped Felix Baumgartner into the sky at an altitude ofmore than 30,000 feet, letting gravity and the wind shoot ...
Senate approves trade deals: Singapore, Chile gain free trade agreements
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Chile and Singapore made trade history Thursday,becoming the first nations in their regions to gain free traderelationships with the United States. Senate votes on the two trade agreements also were a major victoryfor the administration's policy of promoting prosperity ...
Cities enjoying financial success
Aug 01, 2003; ... While several West Virginia cities have struggled to avoid budgetdeficits, Charleston should have at least a $1.5 million surplus whenall the books are balances, a city official said. The cities of Clarksburg and Martinsburg have already ended theirfiscal years with more than $1 ...
Health-care tax credits available for workers
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - People who lose jobs because their employers wereadversely affected by foreign trade will be eligible for tax creditsto help pay their health insurance costs under a program that beginstoday. The Health Coverage Tax Credit will pay for 65 percent ofqualified health ...
Thought police
Aug 01, 2003; ... "When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forcedby fear to shut his ...
Blacks must promote academics
Aug 01, 2003; ... In the summer before my eighth-grade year, my mother handed me avocabulary book and announced that I would spend that summer learningnew words. I still had a little unscheduled time for "Gilligan'sIsland" and sandlot softball, but the book was thick and the wordsdemanding. I studied a ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2003 ... Soldiers punished for their opinions Editor: Picture yourself in Iraq as a young soldier. You have left yourfamily behind, and are serving your country. Almost three months ago,you watched President Bush claim, "Mission Accomplished." Since then you have endured the ...
Rec centers: Better uses needed
Aug 01, 2003; ... HURRAH for Councilman Jerry Ware, Parks and Recreation DirectorJohn Charnock, Councilman Will Hanna and other leaders striving topump new life into Charleston's stagnant recreation centers. It's an urgent mission, because thousands of Charleston childrenneed wholesome hangouts ...
Bloat: Cuts imperative
Aug 01, 2003; ... LAST YEAR, alarm spread through the Legislature and most of stategovernment when Gov. Wise declared that state spending wasoutstripping revenue badly. He ordered a hiring freeze, bannedbureaucrat travel, canceled holiday parties and told agencies toslash spending by 10 percent. He vowed ...
9/11 attack funds traced to Pakistan
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Investigators have traced the funding for the Sept.11 attacks to al-Qaida accounts in Pakistan, a top FBIcounterterrorism official told a Senate panel Thursday. Officials didlittle to clarify the Saudi role in the funding. John S. Pistole, deputy assistant director of ...
Gephardt wins Teamsters endorsement
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Richard Gephardt hassecured the coveted political endorsement of the InternationalBrotherhood of Teamsters, sources inside the union confirmedThursday. The influential endorsement, which was sought by all Democraticcandidates as well ...
Windows flaw fuels hacker attack fear
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Government and industry experts consider brewinghacker activity a precursor to a broad Internet attack that wouldtarget enormous numbers of computers vulnerable from a flaw inWindows software from Microsoft Corp. Experts described an unusual confluence of conditions ...
Independents less likely to vote, poll says
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Independents, who outnumber Democrats or Republicans,need a good reason to head to the voting booth, according to a surveyreleased Thursday. The poll, conducted for the New Democratic Network, found thatslightly more than 40 percent identify themselves as ...
Committee amends scooter ban despite objections
Aug 01, 2003; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com Despite the pleas of parents and children, Charleston CityCouncil's Public Safety Committee approved two amendments Thursdaynight that would ban motorized scooters and all-terrain vehicles fromcity property. Parents and teen-agers packed the mayor's ...
Police briefs
Aug 01, 2003 ... Students graduate as 'Junior Troopers' State high schoolers - and perhaps future State Police troopers -will be graduating as "Junior Troopers" today in Institute. After five days full of exercise, self-defense, marching andcadence, fingerprinting, evidence collection, ...
Lane to stay at PSC for immediate future
Aug 01, 2003 ... Charlotte Lane will continue to serve on the state Public ServiceCommission, at least for the immediate future, a gubernatorial aidesaid Thursday. Lane, whose term as a PSC commissioner technically expired June30, is still awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation of her March ...
Wise tries to avoid mid-year budget cuts
Aug 01, 2003; ... philk@wvgazette.com Gov. Bob Wise said Thursday he hopes to avoid mid-year budgetcuts, despite indications that state revenue could be as much as $180million short for the 2004-05 budget year. Administration officials have said increasing costs for statehealth insurance ...
Missing bolts led to frame collapse
Aug 01, 2003; ... PHILADELPHIA - Missing bolts and improperly attached ribbons wereto blame for the collapse of a giant frame at the July Fourth openingof the National Constitution Center, investigators said. The 650-pound frame toppled during the building's dedication ceremony,slightly injuring five ...
Three men indicted in separate Kanawha killings
Aug 01, 2003; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com Two men and a teenage boy were indicted this week by a KanawhaCounty grand jury on separate murder charges. Grand jurors returned the indictments against Isaiah White, 17;Joshua Allen Knight, 21, of Chesapeake and Jesse B. Willis, 39, ofSt. Albans ....
Obituaries: Obit; Express condolences online at wvgazette.com
Aug 01, 2003 ... Melvin L. "Bud" Atkins Melvin L. "Bud" Atkins Jr., 59, of Charleston died July 30, 2003,after a short illness. He was a member and trustee of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.Bud was a veteran of the Air Force and served in Vietnam. Mr. Atkinsworked for Walker Machinery for ...
ZZ Top tickets available Saturday
Aug 01, 2003 ... Tickets go on sale Saturday for an upcoming concert with rockersZZ Top and Ted Nugent. Tickets for the Sept. 10 concert at the Charleston Civic Center goon sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. Tickets are $40.50 each. Bearded rockers ZZ Top are ...
Book show coming to Huntington
Aug 01, 2003 ... Book collector and lecturer Jack Walsdorf brings his Book Lovers'Road Show to Marshall University's Jon Deaver Drinko Library at 4p.m. Tuesday. Walsdorf, a well-known authority on old books, willgive talks and offer appraisals of visitors' books. He will be joinedby ...
Mental health meet to be held in city
Aug 01, 2003; ... Support, hope, self-advocacy, personal responsibility andeducation. Those are the key values promoted by a statewideorganization that helps people with mental health disorders. Members of the West Virginia Mental Health Consumers' Associationbelieve in those values and have an ...
Overtime bill testimony leaves senators confused
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - A Senate Appropriations subcommittee heard wildlyvarying claims Thursday about a proposed Bush administration rewriteof federal rules that determine who is eligible to earn overtime pay. The Labor Department official who drafted the revisions said thatfewer than ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
Aug 01, 2003 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * Any judge who smokes should disqualify himself from ruling onany of the smoking bans because that would be a conflict of interest. * This is from a combat vet: To trash our soldiers in our countryat a time of war is not only ignorant, but ...
State briefs
Aug 01, 2003 ... Red Cross tosses blood after sterilization lapse A division of the American Red Cross has disposed of some bloodafter internal auditors discovered that an employee had failed tofollow sterilization procedures. The amount of blood that may have been contaminated is not ...
Rain again threatens skateboard, music fest
Aug 01, 2003 ... Skateboarders and local bands holding a concert in downtownCharleston tonight hope forecasted thunderstorms won't wash them outfor a third time. The city Parks and Recreation Department and Outdoor Extremes, theKanawha City outdoor-sporting goods store, are sponsoring Rage ...
Pair sought in alleged robbery plot
Aug 01, 2003 ... Two men allegedly attempted to rob a woman and her son at gunpointoutside the Southern Kitchen restaurant about 10:15 p.m. Thursdaynight, eyewitnesses said. The men, driving an early 1990s Chevy Corsica or Berretta, fledthe scene, said Kanawha City resident Jeremy Long, ...
This weekend
Aug 01, 2003 ... Like many students, Kate Morgan is preparing for her freshman yearof college. But unlike others, she is just 15 years old. Learn whereshe is ...
Community
Aug 01, 2003 ... A group of grown-up Baptist campers work to preserve their summercamp for future generations - plus a new Web ...
Poindexter to resign post over terror betting flap
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Retired Adm. John Poindexter will resign his positionat the Pentagon after the uproar over a research project he wasoverseeing that included a kind of futures market on politicalviolence in the Middle East. A senior defense official said Thursday that Defense ...
Boil-water advisories
Aug 01, 2003 ... The Department of Health and Human Resources has re-issued boil-water advisories for the following water systems: * Fayette County - Boonesborough Water System and ClifftopCommunity Water System. * Mingo County - Red Jacket Public Service District and NewtonHome Owners ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Aug 01, 2003 ... One good thing about stupidity is, ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Aug 01, 2003 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Aug 01, 2003 ... Thursday, July 31, 2003 West Virginia: Daily 3 - 026 Daily 4 - 4056 Cash 25 - 5-12-14-16-20-25 Ohio: Night Pick 3 - 910 Night Pick 4 - 5387 Day Pick 3 - 993 Day Pick 4 - 3916 Buckeye 5 - ...
World weather
Aug 01, 2003 ... Amsterdam 77 54 Cldy Athens 92 73 Clr Beijing 90 73 Rain Berlin 81 60 Clr Bermuda 90 78 Cldy Cairo 95 74 Clr Calgary 84 57 Rain Dublin 69 56 Rain Hong Kong 93 81 Clr Jerusalem 92 68 Clr London 77 59 ...
National weather
Aug 01, 2003 ... Anchorage 65 50 PCldy Atlanta 86 71 PCldy Boston 70 62 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 85 70 PCldy Chicago 85 66 PCldy Cincinnati 87 65 Rain Cleveland 84 64 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 100 76 Clr Denver 87 58 PCldy Detroit 85 65 ...
Baseball - Beating the trade deadline, Reds purger continues: Last flight out of Cincy Reds deal Boone, White to Yanks for minor leaguers, cash
Aug 01, 2003; ... CINCINNATI - Three days after his father was fired, Aaron Boonewas shipped off to the New York Yankees, who hope the All-Star thirdbaseman can make a difference in a tight race. The Yankees got Boone and left-handed reliever Gabe White in apair of trades Thursday with the ...
Mountaineers hope Kay-Jay has more surprises
Aug 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - Calvin Magee had known Kay-Jay Harris for nearly 10years. He had coached him, mentored him, befriended him. Magee had watched Harris play football, watched him sign a probaseball contract right out of high school, had shared virtuallyevery significant moment in the ...
Cloud over Big East affecting ticket sales
Aug 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - The Atlantic Coast Conference's raid on the Big Easthas claimed another casualty: West Virginia's season ticket sales. West Virginia officials say the Big East's cloudy future hassuppressed this year's preseason football ticket campaign noticeably.But they expect ...
WVU game 12: Temple
Aug 01, 2003 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Concluding our daily previews of the 2003 footballopponents of West Virginia and Marshall, today's focus is on Temple,the Mountaineers' 12th opponent. * Date with WVU: Saturday, Nov. 29, 1 p.m. * Site: Mountaineer Field (63,500) * 2002 record: 4-8 (2-5 ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Aug 01, 2003 ... Baseball Today's quote "He doesn't talk to himself. He's kind of normal fora kicker." Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren on rookie Josh Brown Names in the games Herd's Crocker signs five-year Browns deal Defensive back Chris Crocker agreed Thursday to a five-year ...
Meetings, etc.
Aug 01, 2003 ... * SC SOCCER: All prospective South Charleston High School boyssoccer players and their parents should meet in the school librarytoday at 7 p.m. Paperwork will be distributed at the meeting. * POCA FOOTBALL: All prospective Poca High School football playersshould be at the Poca ...
Latest line
Aug 01, 2003 ... Baseball Today's games National League Arizona 6 1/2-7 1/2 CHI. CUBS PITTSBURGH Even-6 Colorado MONTREAL 6 1/2-7 1/2 Milwaukee PHILADELPHIA 8 1/2-9 1/2 San Diego San Francisco 8 1/2-9 1/2 CINCINNATI St. Louis 5 1/2-6 1/2 ...
Minor leagues
Aug 01, 2003 ... South Atlantic League Second half Northern Division W L Pct. GB x-Lake County (Indians) 28 11 .718 - Lexington (Astros) 23 17 .575 51/2 Lakewood (Phillies) 21 19 .525 71/2 Greensboro (Marlins) 20 19 .513 8 Hagerstown (Giants) 19 20 ...
Pro tennis
Aug 01, 2003 ... ATP Legg Mason Classic At William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center Washington Purse: $600,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Third Round Paradorn Srichaphan (3), Thailand, def. Brian Vahaly (16), UnitedStates, 7-6 (3), 6-4 ....
College football
Aug 01, 2003 ... USA Today/ESPN Preseason Top 25 Poll The preseason top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN college footballpoll, with first-place votes in parentheses, team's 2002 records,total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote, through onepoint for a 25th-place vote and ranking in the ...
CFL
Aug 01, 2003 ... CFL East Division W L T OTL Pts PF PA Montreal 6 1 0 0 10 239 166 Toronto 3 3 0 1 6 191 130 Ottawa 2 5 0 0 4 164 231 Hamilton 0 6 0 0 0 80 224 West Division W L T OTL Pts PF PA Brit. Col. 4 2 0 0 8 200 153 Edmonton 4 3 ...
Transactions
Aug 01, 2003 ... BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Traded RHP Sidney Ponson to San Francisco forRHP Kurt Ainsworth, LHP Damian Moss and LHP Ryan Hannaman. BOSTON RED SOX-Obtained RHP Jeff Suppan, RHP Brandon Lyon and RHPAnastacio Martinez from Pittsburgh for 2B Freddy Sanchez ...
Pro golf
Aug 01, 2003 ... PGA Tour - Buick Open At Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club Grand Blanc, Mich. Purse: $4 million Yardage: 7,127; Par 72 (36-36) First Round Mike Sposa 35-30-65 Carl Paulson 32-34-66 Craig Perks 36-30-66 David Sutherland ...
Baseball today
Aug 01, 2003 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 65 40 .619 - z-6-4 W-2 30-21 35-19 13-5 Boston 63 44 .589 3 z-6-4 L-2 35-16 28-28 10-7 Toronto 54 54 .500 121/2 3-7 L-3 25-30 29-24 10-8 Baltimore 50 55 .476 15 z-5-5 L-2 27-24 ...
LaRue homer takes sting off Reds' unpopular trades
Aug 01, 2003; ... NL CINCINNATI - Jason LaRue led off the 10th inning with a homerThursday night as the Cincinnati Reds got beyond their latestwrenching trade with another dramatic win, 5-4 over the ColoradoRockies. The Reds have gone 2-1 while trading four players to save moneyand get ...
Sports on TV/radio
Aug 01, 2003 ... TELEVISION (Golf) 9 a.m. - golf: European Tour, Scandinavian Masters (TNT) 10 a.m. - golf: Women's British Open (Golf) 1:30 p.m. - golf: Champions Tour, FleetBoston Classic (USA) 4 p.m. - golf: PGA Tour Buick Open (TGC) 4:30 p.m. - golf: Canadian Tour, ...
Louisville AD has no timeline on Big East move
Aug 01, 2003; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said hehas no timeline for a decision on whether the Cardinals will leaveConference USA and join the Big East. "It's going to be a slow, deliberate process everybody's going tobe very conservative with," Jurich said ...
Rome burns Alley Cats again 10-4
Aug 01, 2003 ... ROME, Ga. - Despite having put up a comparable number of hits intheir recent series in Rome, the Alley Cats lost three-of-four gamesto the Braves, including a 10-4 beating Thursday night. The Braves collected 15 knocks and only out-hit the Alley Cats byfour, but clutch hitting ...
Eagles' first-round pick ends holdout
Aug 01, 2003; ... NFL First-round pick Jerome McDougle ended a one-week holdout bysigning a six-year contract Thursday with the Philadelphia Eagles. The contract would pay McDougle up to $12.6 million withincentives over the first five years, including a $6.1 millionsigning bonus. A sixth year ...
WVU's Abbott gets Big East preseason soccer honor: Roundup
Aug 01, 2003 ... West Virginia women's soccer player Chrissie Abbott has been namedBig East preseason Offensive Player of the Year by the league'scoaches. She was the Big East Offensive Player of the Year in 2002 after a20-goal, three-assist performance. Fellow Mountaineer Lisa Stoia wasalso ...
Pirates trade streaking Suppan to Red Sox
Aug 01, 2003; ... Jeff Suppan, one of the NL's best pitchers during the last monthfor Pittsburgh, returned to the AL Thursday as the Boston Red Soxadded a reliable starter for their stretch drive. In a reworking of a July 22 trade, the Pirates sent Suppan, right-hander Brandon Lyon and minor league ...
Sports briefs
Aug 01, 2003 ... St. Marys' Armstrong pleads guilty, resigns ST. MARYS - A Pleasants County teacher and coach has resigned fromthe school system after pleading guilty to contributing to thedelinquency of a minor. John Armstrong's resignation was part of his plea, which wasentered in ...