Charleston Gazette back issues from October 2003:
Two sentenced on meth charges
Oct 01, 2003 ... A Parkersburg woman and an Ohio man face time in federal prisonafter pleading guilty to conspiring to make methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin on Monday sentenced MicheleWingrove, 33, to 63 months in prison and Greg Berry, 31, to 40 monthsin prison. Both pleaded ...
Enforcement of new weight limits delayed
Oct 01, 2003; ... It will be impossible for the state to enforce new coal truckweight limits beginning today, even though the law takes effecttoday, state Transportation Secretary Fred VanKirk said Tuesday. "It's kind of impractical to expect the startup of enforcement onDay One," VanKirk said. "I ...
Doctor joins GOP race for governor
Oct 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - A Bridgeport urologist who envisions a bigger rolefor doctors in government entered the hunt for the Republicannomination for governor Tuesday. Dr. Douglas McKinney, former president of the West VirginiaMedical Association, said physicians could collaborate with ...
'Homework overload' is mostly hype, studies say
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - It's a troubling story: Public school students get soloaded with homework that they stress out and lose out on chances tobe playful kids. But that story is largely wrong, two new studies contend. Most students actually have less than an hour of homework a ...
City panel considers easier-to-enforce noise law
Oct 01, 2003; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com Charleston City Councilman Will Hanna can not only hear the noiseproblem in his neighborhood, he can feel it. Hanna and residents in his West Side ward regularly have theirwindows rattled by a passing car equipped with subwoofers. "I don'tknow if ...
FBI probes Bush staff in CIA leak: Distrusting Ashcroft, Democrats want special counsel appointed
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The FBI began a full-scale criminal investigationTuesday into whether White House officials illegally leaked theidentity of an undercover CIA officer, and President Bush ordered hisstaff to cooperate with the first major probe of his administration. Democrats demanded ...
School suspensions upheld: Capital students skipped class to protest Iraq war
Oct 01, 2003; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Kanawha County school board members on Tuesday upheld a decisionto suspend two Capital High School students who skipped class inMarch to protest the U.S. bombing of Iraq. Emily Basile, a Capital senior, and Jessica Grubb, who graduatedin June, received ...
Third U.S. Muslim at Guantanamo arrested
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The government on Tuesday announced the arrest of asecond translator at the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, bringing the total detentions there to threeand raising new concern about the extent of possible espionage. The latest man arrested ...
GOP forces Bush bill through Senate panel: 2 Byrd amendments axed in debate over $87 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Republicans muscled President Bush's $87 billion planfor Iraq and Afghanistan through a Senate committee Tuesday butsignaled that they may ultimately defy the White House and structuresome of the aid as a loan. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the bill ...
Smilin' and stylin'
Oct 01, 2003; ... Fashion models walk the runway Tuesday night at the "Stepping Outin Fashion" show to benefit the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Atthe Maier Foundation Performance Hall in the Clay Center for the Artsand ...
AFL-CIO unlikely to endorse candidate
Oct 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES - With several of the nation's largest labor unionsunconvinced that longtime ally Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri isthe most electable Democratic presidential candidate, AFL-CIOPresident John Sweeney on Tuesday once again postponed a meeting toconsider issuing an ...
We still carry the baggage of race
Oct 01, 2003; ... UNLESS one is drumming up support for a cause - a politicalcandidate, a nonprofit organization, etc. - race does not cometrippingly off the tongue in this country. But in "Matters of Race,"a documentary series on PBS this week, people give a lot of thoughtto race and have a lot to say ...
Readers' forum
Oct 01, 2003 ... $1 fee may lead to 'no' vote on levy Editor: I am very upset about the $1 a week tax on people who work inCharleston. I can't vote these people down. I am in favor of theexcess levy, but may vote against it because of Charleston's unfairtax. I can't afford any more coming out ...
Shabby: Clean up properties
Oct 01, 2003; ... CHARLESTON keeps acquiring splendid new facilities, such as theClay Center and the Byrd federal courthouse, which make the statecapital an attractive "destination city" for the region. But that lure is marred by some rental properties that are allowedto decay into seedy eyesores ....
Energy: Little vision for future
Oct 01, 2003; ... WEST Virginia has a stake in the national energy plan beinghammered out in Congress - chiefly because it would greatly increaseresearch into clean-coal technology. Unless cleaner methods arefound, coal will remain a last-choice "dirty fuel" in today'senvironment-conscious world. If ...
State briefs
Oct 01, 2003 ... Guard deployment delayed by four days BLUEFIELD - About 500 members of the Army National Guard's 150thArmored Battalion will get a few extra days at home. The unit was scheduled to leave Saturday for Fort Bragg, N.C., andthen go from there to the Middle East, said Maj. Mike ...
Ex-gamblers: Four meetings to be held in state
Oct 01, 2003; ... MORGANTOWN - It took 20 years of trying for Warren Biller to stopgambling. He went through five periods of recovery and relapse, andthen quit for good in 1993. What helped was the support of other gambling addicts. People whodidn't judge him. People who didn't tell him what to do ....
State launches flag system for fire warnings
Oct 01, 2003; ... If red flags are unfurled over public buildings beginning today,residents should not burn debris outdoors. A warning flag system introduced Tuesday by the state Division ofForestry is designed to inform the public of dangerous burningconditions, division spokeswoman Leslie ...
Fort Pitt Bridge ramp to I-376 to reopen today
Oct 01, 2003; ... PITTSBURGH - The ribbon was cut Tuesday, but the real treat comesthis morning. At 6 a.m., the Fort Pitt Bridge ramp leading to Interstate 376reopened, marking the final step in the 10-year reconstruction of thebridge, tunnel and related roads. The bridge and tunnel carry ...
Property broker files for Capito's seat
Oct 01, 2003; ... philk@wvgazette.com Charleston real estate broker Howard Swint filed Tuesday with theFederal Election Commission as a pre-candidate for the 2ndCongressional District seat. The filing will allow him to raise funds while deciding if hewants to run in 2004 for the House of ...
To stop GOP's Arnold, Independent Arianna pulls out of recall race
Oct 01, 2003; ... SAN FRANCISCO - A week before the election, independent candidateArianna Huffington dropped out of the California recall race Tuesday,saying it was her best hope of preventing Arnold Schwarzenegger frombecoming governor. "I'm pulling out and I'm going to concentrate all my time ...
Wal-Mart agrees to a tobacco sales crackdown
Oct 01, 2003; ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largestretailer, and attorneys general in 43 states have reached anagreement to curb tobacco sales to minors. Wal-Mart has agreed to adopt new procedures in their storesnationwide such as accepting only valid government-issued ...
Plant permit not tough enough, EPA says
Oct 01, 2003; ... kward@wvgazette.com Three federal agencies have concluded that a proposed state permitfor a new Morgantown power plant is not stringent enough. Among other criticisms, federal regulators say the Longview Powerproject could slash its nitrogen oxide emissions in half and ...
Business briefs
Oct 01, 2003 ... 10 area financial advisers honored Ten Charleston area financial advisers were named to a statewidehonor roll on Tuesday for promoting college savings in West Virginia. "These men and women have excelled in showing parents andgrandparents the advantages of the state's SMART529 ...
Woman pleads guilty to 11-state bank fraud
Oct 01, 2003; ... ST. LOUIS - A woman said to use charm and aliases to take otherpeoples' money from banks in 11 states, including West Virginia,pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud charges. With her plea in U.S. District Court, Lottie Mae Stanley, 51,admitted that she carried out bank scams dating ...
Ex-Rite Aid secretary testifies she created falsified documents
Oct 01, 2003; ... HARRISBURG, Pa. - A former Rite Aid executive gave an aide $25,000for a new car a week after she helped him create backdated documentsqualifying him and other executives for thousands of shares ofcompany stock, the secretary testified Tuesday. Franklin C. Brown, former chief ...
Steel trade show attendees discuss tariffs
Oct 01, 2003; ... PITTSBURGH - Major steel producers say they have done everythingasked of them during the 18 months since President Bush enactedtariffs, yet concerns that those protections could end before theyare set to expire in 2005 were evident during a large steel tradeshow Tuesday. Wilbur ...
State ranks low on list for small-business policies
Oct 01, 2003; ... paulwilson@wvgazette.com Mary Mumma says workers' compensation and health costs foremployers in West Virginia are too high compared with other states.But she says state programs that train employees have beeninvaluable. For the past five years, Mumma has owned Underwater ...
Big Bear parent still losing money
Oct 01, 2003; ... SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Penn Traffic Co. has lost $12.4 million sincedeciding to restructure itself under federal bankruptcy courtprotection in May. The troubled regional grocer lost $7.9 million of that amountduring August, the company reported in required legal filings withthe ...
Welfare program gets performance bonus
Oct 01, 2003; ... West Virginia's welfare program has received a $1.5 million bonusfrom the federal government for its success in helping welfarerecipients find jobs and do well in them. The award was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services and represents West Virginia's ...
Missed paper/ delivery problems
Oct 01, 2003 ... If you're having problems with the delivery of your Gazette, call348-4800. If your Gazette isn't delivered by 6 a.m. Monday throughFriday or by 7 ...
Omission
Oct 01, 2003 ... Deana Steiner Smith took the black-and-white photograph of JudyBonds speaking at a conference in ...
Boil-water advisory
Oct 01, 2003 ... The Department of Health and Human Resources has issued a boil-water advisory for the Last Resort Water System ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Oct 01, 2003 ... Beware of people who fall at your feet. They're ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Oct 01, 2003 ... Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003 West Virginia: Daily 3 184 Daily 4 4745Cash 25 1-7-12-15-16-20 ...
World weather
Oct 01, 2003 ... Amsterdam 62 45 Cldy Athens 79 65 Cldy Beijing 65 55 Rain Berlin 63 46 Rain Bermuda 84 73 Rain Cairo 87 67 Clr Calgary 56 29 Clr Dublin 58 50 Rain Hong Kong 90 80 Rain Jerusalem 79 62 Clr London 67 48 ...
National weather
Oct 01, 2003 ... Anchorage 60 51 Rain Atlanta 72 51 Clr Boston 64 50 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 71 46 Clr Chicago 52 34 PCldy Cincinnati 57 40 PCldy Cleveland 53 37 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 77 59 PCldy Denver 69 38 PCldy Detroit 52 40 ...
Sissonville girls break out, win 9-5: PREP soccer
Oct 01, 2003; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com Sissonville has reached the midway point of the season, yet thedefending state champion Indians remain an enigma to their coach andto themselves. Sometimes, they struggle because of an influx of six new startersand several freshmen playing key roles ....
Free safety trouble spot for MU
Oct 01, 2003; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com HUNTINGTON - Office pool fodder in the Marshall camp: Who willemerge as starting free safety by season's end? Marshall coaches indicated Tuesday they're going back to thedrawing board on the position once manned so well by Cleveland Brownsrookie Chris ...
Big East, WVU brace for ACC interest in BC
Oct 01, 2003; ... IT LOOKS as though the Big East can say bye, bye to its birdies. And probably a bunch of television revenue as well. According to a Boston Globe report, "with its courtship of NotreDame apparently over, the Atlantic Coast Conference is turning itsattention toward Boston ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Oct 01, 2003 ... Baseball National League playoffs Giants 2, Marlins 0 Cubs 4,Braves 2 American League playoffs Twins 3, Yankees 1 Today's quote "If they do not respond to them dancing and wigglingtheir rear ends in our face the last minute of that game and tearingdown the goal posts ... and making ...
BASEBALL: DIVISION SERIES, GAME 1: Wood works over Atlanta; Cubs pitcher gets victory and winning hit as Chicago takes opener
Oct 01, 2003; ... ATLANTA - They came by the thousands, intent on helping theirbeloved Cubbies break a 58-year losing streak in postseason roadgames by transforming Turner Field into Wrigley Field South. It worked. Kerry Wood allowed only two hits and drove in the go-ahead runswith a double in ...
Prep volleyball
Oct 01, 2003 ... At Capital Capital d. Huntington 23-25, 25-21, 25-20 Huntington d. Nitro 25-18, 25-9 Capital d. Nitro 25-16, 25-12 George Washington d. Spring Valley 25-18, 25-20 GW d. Cabell Midland ...
Still waiting to catch a break: WVU tight ends have no receptions through four games
Oct 01, 2003; ... WVU at Miami * When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday * TV: (ESPN) * Line: Miamiby 261/2 dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - Tory Johnson has had so many ticket requests fromfriends and relatives who want to see him play at the Orange BowlThursday night that he finally just threw up his hands ....
Twins thwart Yankees, 3-1: AL playoffs
Oct 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - Those pesky Minnesota Twins quickly put the big, badYankees in another postseason funk. Torii Hunter circled the bases when his line drive resulted in apair of misplays and the Twins finally beat New York, defeating thestumbling Yankees 3-1 in Tuesday's AL playoff ...
College football
Oct 01, 2003 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE Conf.Overall W L PF PA W L PF PA Miami 1 0 33 14 4 0 157 59 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 4 0 174 60 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 3 1 153 85 Rutgers 0 0 0 0 3 1 136 102 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 3 1 141 98 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 1 3 85 ...
Latest line
Oct 01, 2003 ... Favorite Points Underdog NFL Sunday's games Tennessee 2 (41) NEW ENGLAND BUFFALO 8 (40) Cincinnati NY GIANTS 1 (38) Miami GREEN BAY 2 1/2 (46) Seattle Oakland 4 (42) CHICAGO CAROLINA 7 (38) New Orleans Minnesota 4 1/2 (43) ...
NFL
Oct 01, 2003 ... Standings AMERICAN East W L T Pct PF PA Miami 2 1 0 .667 58 38 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 89 57 New England 2 2 0 .500 71 77 N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 45 77 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 4 0 0 1.000 120 47 Tennessee 3 ...
Today's area schedule
Oct 01, 2003 ... HIGH SCHOOL Boys soccer George Washington vs. Point Pleasant at Schoenbaum, 7 p.m. COLLEGE Men's soccer Univ. of Charleston at Alderson-Broaddus, 4 p.m. Women's soccer Salem Int'l at WVU Tech, 3 p.m. Women's tennis W.Va. State ...
Schmidt throws three-hitter as Giants win Game 1, 2-0: NL playoffs
Oct 01, 2003; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Jason Schmidt aced another test. Schmidt pitched the San Francisco Giants to their first playoffshutout in 16 years, throwing a three-hitter for a 2-0 victory overthe Florida Marlins in Game 1 Tuesday. Schmidt outdueled Josh Beckett while Barry Bonds and the ...
Sports briefs
Oct 01, 2003 ... ACC doesn't discuss expansion CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Scheduling formulas and perpetuatingrivalries were topics at an Atlantic Coast Conference businessmeeting Tuesday, but athletic directors said expansion was notdiscussed. "This was not a meeting about expansion," Wake ...
Prep soccer
Oct 01, 2003 ... State soccer ratings The top 20 teams in the West Virginia High School Soccer CoachesAssociation ratings released Tuesday, based on points for wins andties and points for wins and ties of opponents. Records are throughSaturday: BOYS Team W L T Pvs 1 ....
Prep golf
Oct 01, 2003 ... Class AAA Region 6 At Big Bend Golf Course Team scores - 1. St. Albans 301, 2. South Charleston 317, 3.George Washington 319 SA scores - Chris Sauvageot 72, Cliff Wheeler 72, AndrewStonestreet 73, Kevin Davis 84, Ryan Harvey 85 SC scores - A.J. Sikula ...
Meetings, etc.
Oct 01, 2003 ... * NORTHEAST LL: A meeting will be held to elect board members forNortheast Little League at 3 p.m. Saturday at Amherst Field. * YOUTH HOOPS: Signups will be ...
Prep football
Oct 01, 2003 ... SSAC ratings PARKERSBURG - The Secondary School Activities Commission highschool football computer ratings, with team records, points and lastweek's ratings. The top 16 teams in each class advance to theplayoffs beginning Nov. 14: Class AAA Team Rec Pts ...
Golf
Oct 01, 2003 ... West Virginia Club Team Championship Monday at The Pines, Morgantown Par 71 Team results - 1. The Pines (Vanhorn, Forbes, Lavery, Richards)227; 2. Big Bend (Whitman, Estepp, Jones, Smith) 229; 3. Berry Hills(Tomblin, Taylor, Mays, Jones) 230; 4. Cress Creek (Tedder, ...
Sports on TV/radio
Oct 01, 2003 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 4 p.m. - baseball playoffs: Marlins at Giants (ESPN2) 4:30 p.m. - soccer: Women's World Cup quarterfinals,Brazil vs. Sweden at Foxboro, Mass (ESPN) 7 p.m. - baseball playoffs: Cubs at Braves (ESPN2) 7:25 ...
SCOREBOARD
Oct 01, 2003 ... Major league baseball DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) American League New York vs. Minnesota Tuesday, Sept. 30 Minnesota 3, New York 1, Minnesota leads series 1-0 Thursday, Oct. 2 Minnesota (Radke 14-10) at New York (Pettitte 21-8), 8:18 ...
Prep soccer: Woodrow tops Catholic
Oct 01, 2003 ... Chase Deweese opened the scoring in the second period and assistedon a goal by Alex George to lead fourth-ranked Woodrow Wilson pastNo. 8 Charleston Catholic 3-1 in boys soccer Tuesday in Beckley. Gary Taylor also scored on a penalty kick for the Flying Eagles (9-2-1). Matthew ...
McComas leads Huntington to regional golf championship: Roundup
Oct 01, 2003 ... Huntington's Chris McComas shot a even-par 71 to top individualparticipants in the Class AAA Region 7 golf tournament as Huntingtonbeat out Cabell Midland, Spring Valley and Hurricane for the teamtitle at Guyan Golf & Country Club Tuesday. * Chris Sauvageot and Cliff Wheeler of ...
WVU, Hokies extend rivalry through '05
Oct 01, 2003 ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's football rivalry with Virginia Techwill survive after all. Or at least it will for the next two seasons. The two schools on Tuesday announced a two-game series for the2004 and 2005 seasons. Virginia Tech - which along with Miami willleave the Big ...
Henry welcomes UM secondary challenge: WVU Notebook
Oct 01, 2003; ... dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - Chris Henry hasn't played enough college football -just parts of four games - to really form a list of the bestdefensive backs he's ever faced. In fact, when asked about it, West Virginia's precocious sophomorewide receiver scans his memory ...
Boston sports writer announces he's gay
Oct 01, 2003; ... BOSTON - A Boston Herald sports writer came out as gay in a columnTuesday, saying he could no longer tolerate the "unabashedhomophobia" in professional sports. "I just got to the point where I didn't want to be silentanymore," Ed Gray, a 55-year-old reporter who has worked at ...
Kennedy watch
Oct 01, 2003 ... Here's a look at some of the leading candidates for the KennedyAward, which goes to the top high school football player in the stateas voted upon by members of the West Virginia Sports WritersAssociation. This is not intended as the definitive list; playerswill be added and deleted as ...
Capitol commission approves wheelchair entrance
Oct 01, 2003; ... philk@wvgazette.com Construction of a new wheelchair-accessible entrance to theCapitol should begin in the spring, following approval of the projectby the Capitol Building Commission Tuesday. Commission members approved construction of the ramp to the EastWing of the ...