Charleston Gazette back issues from December 2003:
Official puzzled by firing: Longtime school building agency member ousted
Dec 03, 2003; ... philk@wvgazette.com An original member of the state SchoolBuilding Authority said Tuesday he was astounded to learn that Gov.Bob Wise had removed him a day before the authority begins crucialmeetings to refinance $140 million in bonds. I dont have a clue. Itjust befuddles me, Beckley ...
Arguments heard on theology student's scholarship
Dec 03, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices appeared deeply dividedTuesday in a church-state case involving a college student who losthis taxpayer-funded scholarship because he chose to major intheology. In a case with implications for President Bush's plan to allowmore church-based ...
Troops will be reimbursed for trips home: Pentagon authorized to spend $55 million for policy change
Dec 03, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - In an effort to bolster military morale, the Pentagonsoon will begin paying travel expenses for troops to get all the wayhome on leave from Iraq and Afghanistan. The cost of that extra leg for tens of thousands of soldiers: $55million. Until now, the largest R&R ...
Bans on public smoking upheld: State Supreme Court affirms authority of health departments to act
Dec 03, 2003; ... johnheys@wvgazette.com Local health department officials can ban smoking in most indoorpublic places, including some bars and restaurants, the state SupremeCourt ruled Tuesday. The unanimous decision, which upholds smoking bans in Kanawha andCabell counties, said the ...
Clinic offers care to the needy: Gazette Charities Christmas Fund
Dec 03, 2003; ... johnheys@wvgazette.com Getting health care for herself and her children hasn't been easyfor Patricia. The mother of two came to West Virginia this past year after herabusive ex-husband was released from prison in another state.Patricia (not her real name) soon found herself ...
Casualty of global warming?
Dec 03, 2003 ... Austria's snow line is expected to rise by more than 300 feet overthe next 30 to 50 years, according to a report released Tuesday bythe U.N. Environment Program. According to the report, global warmingis threatening the world's ski resorts - ...
Education Alliance is all grown up
Dec 03, 2003; ... jginsberg@wvgazette.com The Education Alliance is a stable and thriving organization aftertwo decades of helping students, teachers and schools, its chairmansaid Tuesday. "We have indeed reached adulthood," chairman Dan Foster saidduring the organization's 20th anniversary ...
Sissonville store owner duct-taped
Dec 03, 2003 ... Two Sissonville area men were arrested Monday for allegedly duct-taping and robbing a store owner. Keith Allen Hudson, 22, and Mathew Wayne Jones, 26, both werecharged with the Saturday robbery of L&M market at 180 Cicerone Roadin Sissonville, Kanawha County sheriff's deputies ...
Nitro might fix drainage, reroute Walker crossing
Dec 03, 2003; ... Nitro City Council members decided Tuesday night to use recentflooding as an excuse to alter a problematic traffic pattern. During heavy rains that slammed the Kanawha Valley in lateNovember, one of the hardest hit areas of the city was Walker Street.Although the city had ...
Readers' forum
Dec 03, 2003 ... Holidays not cause of budget problems Editor: Regarding the Nov. 26 editorial "Cushy," I sat in total amazementat the sheer ignorance behind the notion that state holidays and oneextra day off after Thanksgiving are responsible for the state'sbudget woes ....
Spam: Annoying nuisance
Dec 03, 2003; ... ARRIVAL of the Cyber Age opened an amazing new portal. Millions ofAmericans now visit the Internet daily to exchange notes, seekinformation, pay bills, trade research, conduct business and performmany other communication chores. Life has been transformed. However, the flood of ...
Cure?: Terrorism dilemma
Dec 03, 2003; ... HISTORY has unpredictable phases - and it's odd that the world issuffering the Era of the Human Bomb, a time when young Muslim zealotseagerly throw away their lives to destroy strangers they perceive asspiritual enemies. We can't fathom why this phenomenon became thechief dynamo of the ...
Judge upholds '91 murder conviction
Dec 03, 2003; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com A man convicted of a 1991 murder and sentenced to life in prisonwithout chance of parole should remain incarcerated, a KanawhaCircuit judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Duke Bloom denied Gerald Mullins' request to have his murderconviction overturned because ...
New River may get scenic status
Dec 03, 2003; ... HINTON - The National Park Service has revived a study todetermine whether a 20-mile segment of New River should become partof the national Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The study was authorized in October 1992 but was postponed in 1997so the New River Gorge National River and the ...
Police link 12 Columbus highway shootings
Dec 03, 2003; ... COLUMBUS, Ohio - Authorities have linked 12 shootings along a five-mile stretch of interstate around Columbus, including one that killeda woman and another that broke a window at an elementary school. Four of the shootings - three at vehicles and one at the schoollast month - were ...
Man faces weapons charges
Dec 03, 2003 ... A city man who was arrested Tuesday after a stolen pistol wasfound in his possession is the twin brother of a man who was gunneddown three months ago. Duwane Harris, 27, was arrested near the intersection of SeventhAvenue and Florida Street about 2:30 p.m., said Charleston Police ...
Berkeley officials seek life sentence
Dec 03, 2003; ... MARTINSBURG - A Berkeley County man convicted of shooting a StatePolice trooper in the head has pleaded innocent to charges that he isa repeat felon. David Eugene Munday, 38, of Hedgesville made his plea Monday inBerkeley Circuit Court. Munday was convicted in October of 21 ...
Man killed in Fayette car crash
Dec 03, 2003 ... GLEN JEAN - One man was killed late Tuesday in Fayette County whenhis Mazda Miata turned over into the median. The man, who was in his 20s, was driving on U.S. 19 near the SunMine Road exit ...
Judge Walker to seek re-election
Dec 03, 2003 ... Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey Walker announced Tuesday shewill seek re-election in 2004 to keep her seat on the Kanawha Countybench. Walker filed her precandidacy papers Tuesday. She was appointed byGov. Bob Wise to fill the unexpired term of Judge Herman ...
Parks commission hires new director
Dec 03, 2003; ... daveg@wvgazette.com The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission hired a PGAgolf professional as its new director after an emergency meetingTuesday. The 10 of 11 commission members present voted unanimously toapprove Jeffrey K. Hutchinson of Culloden, the lone ...
Holiday events
Dec 03, 2003 ... The 6th Annual Night Time Christmas Parade in Dunbar will takeplace at 7 p.m. Friday. Participants will line up at 6 p.m. at theold Ames building. The route will go down 10th Street to DunbarAvenue, then turn left on Dunbar Avenue to 16th Street and then turnleft again on Myers Avenue ....
St. Albans gets grant to beautify downtown
Dec 03, 2003; ... daveg@wvgazette.com St. Albans will have a more pedestrian-friendly downtown area intime for the next Riverfest around the Fourth of July if all goes toplan. Thanks to a $250,000 federal enhancement grant, the streetscapeplan will include parking and sidewalks improvements, ...
Classroom funding in question
Dec 03, 2003; ... Senate Education Chairman Bob Plymale expects public classrooms tobe spared from looming budget cuts, but his counterpart in the Housesaid no state-funded program is immune. Wise administration officials have estimated the state must reducespending by between 2.5 and 3 percent to ...
Prestera moving to make way for ballpark
Dec 03, 2003; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com As Charleston prepares to replace the Prestera Center for MentalHealth Services' building with grandstands in a new minor leaguebaseball stadium, Prestera's directors have found a new location forone of the two programs it operates from the East End ...
Four King Center tennis courts to be resurfaced
Dec 03, 2003; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com The cracks in the tennis courts' surface got too big to safelyplay a competitive match, so many tennis players left the MartinLuther King Jr. Community Center and headed to Kanawha City, saidlongtime Charleston tennis player C.W. Cook. But Cook ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
Dec 03, 2003 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * Newspaper editors and reporters have failed to ask Bush and thechicken hawks to explain in specific detail how war in Iraq canprevent terror in the USA. * Everyone should boycott the Alabama concert. Those moneygrubbersshow how much ...
Putnam to build new annex entrance
Dec 03, 2003 ... WINFIELD - Security guards keeping the Putnam County JudicialAnnex safe won't have to freeze any more during the cold wintermonths. Tuesday morning, Putnam County commissioners voted to spend$20,000 to rebuild the annex's entrance and make the first floor moreairtight. A ...
Amid tariff debate, Bush visits steel country
Dec 03, 2003; ... PITTSBURGH - Facing a politically tough decision on steel tariffs,President Bush came to the heart of steel country Tuesday andencountered last-minute lobbying from high-profile backers of thesanctions that have helped prop up the U.S. industry for 20 months. Bush raised campaign ...
Business briefs
Dec 03, 2003 ... Pentagon puts off Boeing tanker order WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will delay plans to acquire 100 airrefueling tankers from Boeing Co. in light of a scandal at theaerospace giant that has led to the dismissal of two executives andthe resignation of Chairman and CEO Phil ...
NLRB issues complaint, calls firing of employee 'tactic'
Dec 03, 2003; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint againstSt. Albans Manufacturing Inc., which owns St. Albans Windows, forfiring an employee who made a complaint to the NLRB. In June 2003, workers at the company voted to join Teamsters Local175, ...
Global warming threatens winter sports, report says
Dec 03, 2003; ... TURIN, Italy - Global warming is threatening the world's skiresorts, with melting at lower altitudes forcing the sport to movehigher and higher up mountains, according to a United Nations studyreleased Tuesday. Downhill skiing could disappear altogether at some resorts, whileat ...
Big Bears up for auction in bankruptcy plan
Dec 03, 2003; ... SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Penn Traffic Co.'s financial bleeding hasslowed but not enough to deter the regional grocery chain's plan toauction off its Big Bear supermarkets on Wednesday in federalbankruptcy court. Penn Traffic lawyers will appear in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in WhitePlains ...
Putnam man faces 'road rage' charge
Dec 03, 2003 ... Nitro police said a case of road rage aimed at an off-duty policeofficer led to an assault charge being filed Tuesday against a PutnamCounty man. John Nash Elswick Jr., 22, of Hurricane was arrested on BankStreet following the afternoon incident. Patrolman D.K. Richardson ...
Two killed, 1 hurt in Harrison crash
Dec 03, 2003 ... WEST MILFORD - Two people were killed Tuesday evening after anaccident along Duck Creek Road involving their Chevrolet Lumina. Police have not released the names of the man and the womankilled, but their immediate families have been notified, a dispatchersaid. A third passenger ...
America's oldest man celebrates for 113th time
Dec 03, 2003; ... BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. - At his age, Fred Hale Sr. doesn't mindgetting a year older. Hale, recognized as the oldest man in America, celebrated his113th birthday Monday quietly with four generations of descendants athis side. "It was just a small, quiet party. He cut the cake," ...
Teachers cited for deep knowledge
Dec 03, 2003 ... Sixty-three West Virginia teachers have received certificationfrom the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. To become certified, teachers must prove deep knowledge of thesubjects they teach and that they can teach those subjects tostudents well. The state ...
Leaf collection
Dec 03, 2003 ... The city of Charleston will resume loose-leaf collection now thatthe state emergency, declared because of flooding, has beenofficially lifted. Collection will continue through the ...
Correction
Dec 03, 2003 ... The Dunbar Christmas Parade will be held at 7 p.m ....
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Dec 03, 2003 ... Distinguishing between asthma ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Dec 03, 2003 ... Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 West Virginia: Daily 3 833 Daily 4 3077Cash 25 ...
TUESDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Dec 03, 2003 ... Temperatures: High 41 Low 28 High 78 (1982) Low 10 (1929)* Precipitation: 24 hours at 5 ...
World weather
Dec 03, 2003 ... Amsterdam 54 45 Cldy Athens 62 56 Rain Beijing 38 27 Clr Berlin 46 38 Cldy Bermuda 75 64 Cldy Cairo 72 55 Cldy Calgary 32 0 Cldy Dublin 51 39 Rain Hong Kong 72 57 Cldy Jerusalem 65 47 Rain London 51 45 ...
National weather
Dec 03, 2003 ... Anchorage 12 -11 Clr Atlanta 51 32 Cldy Boston 33 18 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 46 27 Cldy Chicago 38 31 Snow Cincinnati 39 24 Rain Cleveland 34 20 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 65 50 PCldy Denver 55 27 PCldy Detroit 36 21 Cldy Elkins ...
WEST VIRGINIA: 66, SAINT LOUIS; 57; Patience pays for WVU; Schifino's second-half surge sinks Saint Louis
Dec 03, 2003; ... dphickman1@aol.com For the longest time Tuesday night at the Civic Center, SaintLouis looked like it had Drew Schifino all figured out. Shoot, the Billikens had him more than figured out. They had himfluffed, folded and stuffed in a bag. In fact, in the first 18 ...
What to do about the crowd at center?
Dec 03, 2003; ... AT THE START of West Virginia's game with Saint Louis, the hottopic was the crowd. Late-arriving. Smallish. OK, so the Mountaineers weren't playing host to Florida or rivalMarshall at the Civic Center, but Saint Louis should be a good draw,right? Was it the $25 tickets? The timing ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Dec 03, 2003 ... NBA Raptors 95, 76ers 88 Hornets 100, Magic 91 Bucks 106, Hawks 94Mavericks 97, Wizards 72 Nuggets 115, Cavaliers 103 Today's quote [Dor] Fischer is a big difference from their teamlast year that we beat. He is a great presence in the middle and theydont have to rely on [Drew] ...
Black leads Herd's improved inside game
Dec 03, 2003; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com CINCINNATI - Marshall may have given up 56 points in the paintagainst Kentucky, but life in the lane isn't all grim for theThundering Herd. Far from it. When Ron Jirsa took the MU basketball coaching job, other coachesexpected immediate ...
NBA
Dec 03, 2003 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 9 10 .474 - Boston 7 10 .412 1 New Jersey 7 10 .412 1 New York 7 11 .389 11/2 Washington 6 11 .353 2 Miami 5 12 .294 3 Orlando 1 16 .059 7 Central ...
Women's basketball
Dec 03, 2003 ... Tuesday's game W.VA. STATE (74) Hill 4-11 6-6 14; Byrd 2-7 0-0 4; Kestner 3-5 0-0 6; Jackson 4-8 0-2; Suggs 6-17 12-14 26; Martin 2-5 0-0 4; Salmons 3-5 0-1 9; Burkes 1-1 0-0 2; Williams 0-1 1-2 1; Beatty 0-1 0-0 0. CONCORD (64) Hamric 1-6 0-0 3; Walls 5-10 4-5 ...
Prep basketball
Dec 03, 2003 ... Girls basketball Elk Valley 0 6 4 1 -11 Cross Lanes 24 9 16 6 -55 EV - Armentrout 5, Schwender 4, Button 2. CL - Duff 16, Williams12, Moles 11, Call 6, Fallin 6, Canterbury 2, Monk 2 Parkers. Chr. 6 3 14 12 -35 Fair Haven 8 12 16 14 -50 PC - ...
College basketball
Dec 03, 2003 ... West Virginia Conference Records through Tuesday Team WVC All Rating Wheeling Jesuit 2-0 5-0 150.0 Concord 0-0 6-0 0.0 Fairmont State 0-0 4-0 0.0 Alderson-Broaddus 0-0 2-0 0.0 Univ. Charleston 0-0 4-1 0.0 W.Va. State 0-0 4-1 ...
NHL
Dec 03, 2003 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA Philadelphia 14 3 5 1 34 71 44 New Jersey 12 5 6 0 30 55 39 N.Y. Rangers 9 9 5 2 25 68 65 N.Y. Islanders 9 12 2 0 20 60 63 Pittsburgh 6 12 4 1 17 45 79 Northeast ...
Transactions
Dec 03, 2003 ... BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Acquired INF Juan Uribe from the ColoradoRockies for INF Aaron Miles. Named Allen Thomas director ofconditioning. OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Named Curt Young pitching coach. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Named Ed ...
Sports briefs
Dec 03, 2003 ... NBA: Carmelo, Nuggets top LeBron, Cavs DENVER - LeBron vs. Carmelo the sequel had the same ending as theoriginal. Carmelo Anthony scored 20 of his 26 points in the second halfTuesday night, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 115-103 win overLeBron James and the Cleveland ...
Sports on TV/radio
Dec 03, 2003 ... TELEVISION (ESPN)7 p.m. - men's basketball: Georgia Tech at Ohio St. (ESPN2) 7:30 p.m. - men's basketball: Clemson at Purdue (ESPN) 9 p.m. - men's basketball: Duke at ...
NFL
Dec 03, 2003 ... STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 2 0 .833 257 209 Miami 8 4 0 .667 241 191 Buffalo 5 7 0 .417 197 194 N.Y. Jets 5 7 0 .417 234 238 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 9 3 0 .750 343 ...
Latest line
Dec 03, 2003 ... NFL Sunday's games Favorite Points Underdog NY GIANTS 3 (37) Washington BALTIMORE 31/2 (39) Cincinnati PHILADELPHIA 6 (36) Dallas PITTSBURGH 5 (41) Oakland DETROIT 3 (43) San Diego GREEN BAY 7 1/2 (39) ...
Kennedy watch list
Dec 03, 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 was never intended as the definitive list; playerswere added and deleted as ...
College football
Dec 03, 2003 ... BIG EAST CONFERENCE ConferenceAllgames W LPF PA W L PF PA Miami 6 1 193 113 10 2 345 182 West Virginia 6 1 248 158 8 4 369 256 Pittsburgh 5 2 206 183 8 4 373 288 Virginia Tech 4 3 216 152 8 4 411 ...
PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES: All's well for Tracewell, Jackets; Class A Playoffs
Dec 03, 2003; ... tatkinson@wvgazette.com Williamstown coach Dave Chapman enjoys calling plays for tailbackAlan Tracewell. "He's just fun to watch even from the sidelines as a coach," saidChapman. "He's a home run waiting to happen. A lot of the stuff hedoes isn't coachable. He just has the ...
PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES: Williams' return comes at right time for Moorefield
Dec 03, 2003; ... Moorefield coach Alan Fiddler hopes the fast-improving health ofReed Williams, his linebacker-tight end, will make a difference inthe Class A championship game. Second-seeded Moorefield (12-1) will be trying to hand top-seededand unbeaten Williamstown (13-0) its first loss of the ...
Jackets take down Kentucky State: WVC roundup
Dec 03, 2003 ... Senior Mike Taylor scored 28 points and senior center Larry Penncompiled a double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 rebounds,to lead West Virginia State's men's basketball team past KentuckyState Tuesday (1-1) in Frankfort, Ky. Sophomores Tony Cornett and Christopher Dunn ...
UC gets first WVC test tonight vs. Wesleyan: WVIAC Basketball
Dec 03, 2003; ... mikewhiteford@wvgazette.com If things go as expected tonight, coach Greg White will see histeam given the kind of test every good basketball team needs. White's University of Charleston Golden Eagles visit Wesleyan intheir West Virginia Conference opener beginning at 7:30 ...
Hewitt finding a home at UC
Dec 03, 2003; ... mikewhiteford@wvgazette.com It's a common predicament in college athletics. After a coachingchange, an athlete recognizes he is not part of the new coach's plansand, still feeling his competitive juices, enrolls at a schooloffering the opportunity for more playing time. It ...
Edwards keeps Jets believing
Dec 03, 2003; ... HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The New York Jets started their season 2-6 andwere without their best player for the first six games. Yet somehow, they never gave up. The reason: Herman Edwards, whoalways finds a way to get his players motivated no matter thecircumstances. Before they ...