Charleston Gazette back issues from January 2004:
JACKSONVILLE IS 'MORGANTOWN SOUTH': A sea of blue and gold waits for today's Gator Bowl kickoff
Jan 01, 2004; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Quite simply, West Virginia fans have paintedthis town blue and gold. Everywhere you look, there's blue-and-gold-clad football fans.Every once in a while, you'll hear the familiar refrain of "Let'sGo!" and the answer "Mountaineers!" This isn't Saturday ...
Teays, city Big Bears close for good Sunday
Jan 01, 2004; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com Customers have just a few days left to take advantage of two BigBear grocery stores' liquidation sales, as company officials said thestores will close for good Sunday. According to a newspaper advertisement, the Charleston and TeaysValley Big Bear ...
Medicare fix doesn't cure cost angst
Jan 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Backed by beaming Republicans and a couple of uneasy-looking Democrats, President Bush's triumphant signing ceremony for alandmark Medicare law projected a sense of closure, a happy ending toa fractious debate. At last, the government had delivered promisedbenefits to help ...
Iraq blast kills five: Car bomb targeting GIs hits restaurant
Jan 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb blast ripped through a crowded restauranthosting a New Year's Eve party in the Iraqi capital, killing fivepeople and wounding 35. Some of the injured were foreigners,including three Los Angeles Times reporters. The attack, which witnesses said was a car ...
$1 weekly fee for working inside city begins: Extra $3 million per year is to hire more police, make street, sidewalk repairs
Jan 01, 2004; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com City employers who decide not to withhold Charleston's $1-per-week service fee from employees' paychecks could be hit with fines orfind themselves in court, city officials said Tuesday. Charleston's city service fee goes into effect today. People ...
Heavy guard for the New Year
Jan 01, 2004 ... New York and other cities across the country beefed up ...
Sea interception sparked Libya's change of heart
Jan 01, 2004 ... Nearly three months after the successful operation, Wash- ingtonconfirms the at-sea interception of an illegal shipment of thousandsof parts for uranium- ...
Highs and lows from 2003
Jan 01, 2004 ... The Gazette takes a look at the best and worst in ...
Boy saves sister from house fire
Jan 01, 2004 ... A 12-year-old Parkersburg boy runs through smoke and flames tosave his 18-month-old sister from a fire in their home, ...
Obituaries: Obit; Express condolences online at wvgazette.com
Jan 01, 2004 ... Virgie Lynch Adkins WEBSTER SPRINGS Virgie Lynch Adkins, 72, of Webster Springs diedDec. 30, 2003, in Webster County Memorial Hospital, Webster Springs,after a long illness. Born March 31, 1931, in Webster Springs, she was the daughter ofthe late Minter and Erma Lynch Cogar ....
Bulletin board
Jan 01, 2004 ... FUTURE EVENTS West Virginia Lions Youth Exchange Committee is seeking hostfamilies for two young men from Peru who will arrive Jan. 15 andleave Feb. 25. Alexis Mejia is 16 years old and lists his specialhobbies and interests as listening to music and playing chess. DiegoPerez ...
Single Ohio ticket wins Mega Millions jackpot
Jan 01, 2004; ... SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio - One ticket sold in Ohio won a multistate MegaMillions lottery jackpot worth $155 million, lottery officials saidWednesday. The ticket for Tuesday's drawing, sold at a convenience store inthis Cleveland suburb, was the only one to match all five numbers ...
Many who helped: West Virginians of the Year
Jan 01, 2004; ... TODAY, as we salute West Virginians who benefited the MountainState during the past year, it's appropriate to recount a number ofoutstanding figures from the past half-century. This week, wounded soldier Jessica Lynch became the latest WestVirginian of the Year. Here are her ...
Happy New Year: Smiles for state stars
Jan 01, 2004; ... EACH New Year's Day, we salute various West Virginians whobrightened the past year. Our list can't be complete, but we hope itstirs appreciation for people and groups who give something specialto their communities and their region. We award "Smiles" to thefollowing: *** To ...
Type of mad cow seen in humans not usually from diet, group says
Jan 01, 2004; ... Since the latest mad cow disease scare hit the headlines, thecalls have been coming in to the Creutzfeldt-Jakob DiseaseFoundation: My loved one died of CJD, people say. Could it have beensomething he ate? The news is full of concern that people can develop the braindisease by ...
Former Capitol Street retailer Moore dies
Jan 01, 2004 ... Sam Moore, a pillar of Capitol Street retailing for half acentury, died in St. Francis Hospital on New Year's Eve, a few daysafter his 90th birthday. For decades, Moore was president of S. Spencer Moore Co., whichhad been owned by his family since the Civil War. Founded in ...
Missed paper/ delivery problems
Jan 01, 2004 ... 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 a.m ....
Former St. Albans Mayor Bassitt dies
Jan 01, 2004; ... daveg@wvgazette.com Former St. Albans Mayor Eddie Bassitt died Wednesday in theintensive care unit at Thomas Memorial Hospital after suffering astroke earlier this year. He was 61. Bassitt was mayor for three terms, until he lost in 1997 to JackGessel. In 2001, he ran again, ...
Sculpture moved
Jan 01, 2004 ... Charleston artist Cubert Smith's sculpture "Justitia," which foryears has decorated the front of the Kanawha County Judicial Annex,will be moved to Capital High School. Workers preparing for renovations to the Judicial ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Jan 01, 2004 ... Absence does make the heart grow ...
Readers' voice
Jan 01, 2004 ... What's bothering you? What do you think? Express your opinion onany subject you wish by ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Jan 01, 2004 ... The Charleston Gazette corrects errors of fact in this space. Ifyou ...
GETTING INTO PRINT
Jan 01, 2004 ... Have a news tip? Got a story idea? Call us: City desk - 348-5100 Environment - Ken ...
National weather
Jan 01, 2004 ... Anchorage 27 12 Clr Atlanta 59 37 PCldy Boston 46 35 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 58 30 Clr Chicago 40 24 Cldy Cincinnati 52 30 PCldy Cleveland 48 27 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 65 56 Rain Denver 51 22 PCldy Detroit 44 24 Cldy Elkins ...
U.S. customs agency triples patrols of Canada border
Jan 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities over the course of 2003 added morethan 340 agents to patrol the border with Canada to help keep outterrorist weapons, drugs and illegal immigrants, the Bureau ofCustoms and Border Protection said Wednesday. That brought the total to roughly 1,000 ...
World weather
Jan 01, 2004 ... Amsterdam 41 33 Cldy Athens 60 51 Rain Beijing 48 21 Cldy Berlin 43 32 Cldy Bermuda 72 64 Rain Cairo 66 48 Cldy Calgary 21 -4 Cldy Dublin 45 35 Rain Hong Kong 73 59 Cldy Jerusalem 59 41 Cldy London 41 34 ...
Mountaintop mining study comment period ends soon
Jan 01, 2004; ... kward@wvgazette.com Time is running out for anyone who wants to critique a detailedfederal government study of mountaintop removal coal mining. The formal public comment period on the study ends at the close ofbusiness on Tuesday. Federal officials are already busy ...
Prompt court ruling could mean $1 billion, Workers' Comp says
Jan 01, 2004; ... The Workers' Compensation Commission has asked the state SupremeCourt not to delay hearing a case it says could make a $1 billiondifference in the beleaguered insurance program for injured workers. Eight workers' compensation claimants last week filed a lawsuitagainst the ...
Rodriguez needs to perform a bit of a magic act today
Jan 01, 2004; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Before attending the Florida practices ofWest Virginia and Maryland, the thought was today's Gator Bowl wouldboil down to Mountaineer quarterback Rasheed Marshall. And that's true. The thought was WVU will have to get off to a fast start in orderto beat ...
Garvin gets a reprieve
Jan 01, 2004; ... dphickman1@aol.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Travis Garvin's college football career mightnot be over after all. When No. 20 West Virginia (8-4) plays Maryland (9-3) in today's12:30 p.m. Gator Bowl, Garvin will be in uniform, having been given areprieve by coach Rich ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Jan 01, 2004 ... Bowl games Music City Bowl Auburn 28, Wisconsin 14 Sun BowlMinnesota 31, Oregon 30 Liberty Bowl Utah vs. Southern Miss., lateIndependence Bowl Missouri vs. Arkansas, late San Francisco BowlColorado St. vs. Boston Coll., late NBA Hornets 96, Celtics 94 Trail Blazers at Pistons, late ...
59TH GATOR BOWL: WEST VIRGINIA VS. MARYLAND: 'What ifs' aplenty as; Terps, WVU meet again
Jan 01, 2004; ... TOYOTA GATOR BOWL * When: 12:30 p.m. today * TV: (WSAZ) * Line:Maryland by 31/2 Gator Bowl names and numbers West Virginia Mountaineers * Coach:Rich Rodriguez (third season, 20-16) * 2003 record: 8-4 (6-1 BigEast, co-champions) * Rank: 20th (AP), 23rd (ESPN/USA Today) *Overall ...
Boxing
Jan 01, 2004 ... Fight schedule Jan. 3 At Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Conn. (SHO), Artur Grigorian, Germany,vs. Acelino Freitas, Brazil, 12, for Grigorian's WBO lightweighttitle; Kassim Ouma, West Palm Beach, Fla., vs. J.C. Candelo, Denver,12, IBF junior middleweight eliminator; Terrance Cauthen, ...
NHL
Jan 01, 2004 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA Philadelphia 19 6 9 4 51 110 81 New Jersey 19 7 8 1 47 86 59 N.Y. Islanders 19 15 2 1 41 110 95 N.Y. Rangers 15 13 5 3 38 99 94 Pittsburgh 9 20 5 3 26 75 132 Northeast ...
Sports history
Jan 01, 2004 ... 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 ...
Women's basketball
Jan 01, 2004 ... West Virginia Conference Team WVC Rat. All West Virginia State 3-0 100 7-1 Fairmont State 1-0 100 6-1 West Virginia Wesleyan 1-0 100 6-3 Shepherd 1-0 100 5-4 Glenville State 0-0 0.00 5-1 Charleston 0-0 0.00 ...
NBA
Jan 01, 2004 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 16 14 .533 - Boston 16 17 .485 11/2 Philadelphia 14 17 .452 21/2 New York 14 19 .424 31/2 Miami 13 19 .406 4 Washington 8 21 .276 71/2 Orlando 8 24 .250 ...
Sports briefs
Jan 01, 2004 ... NBA: Hornets end road woes in Boston BOSTON - Baron Davis scored 29 points and had 10 assists whileP.J. Brown scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, leading NewOrleans past the Boston Celtics 96-94 on Wednesday and snapping theHornets' four-game road losing streak. New ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jan 01, 2004 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 11 a.m. - Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. Florida (3) 12:30 p.m. - Gator Bowl: Maryland vs. West Virginia (8) 1 p.m. - Capital One Bowl: Georgia vs. Purdue (ESPN) 2:30 p.m. - men's basketball: Minnesota at Texas Tech (8) ...
College football
Jan 01, 2004 ... Bowl glance Monday's game Alamo Bowl At San Antonio $1.45 million Nebraska 17, Michigan State 3 Tuesday's games Houston Bowl $1 million Texas Tech 38, Navy 14 Holiday Bowl At San Diego $2 ...
College basketball
Jan 01, 2004 ... MEN Big East Conference League All games W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Pittsburgh 0-0 .000 13-0 1.000 Georgetown 0-0 .000 9-0 1.000 Connecticut 0-0 .000 10-1 .909 Syracuse 0-0 .000 8-1 .889 Providence 0-0 .000 7-1 ...
NFL
Jan 01, 2004 ... Wild-card playoffs Saturday's games Tennessee at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. (ABC) Dallas at Carolina, 8 p.m. (ABC) Sunday's games Seattle at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Denver at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. (CBS) Saturday, Jan. 10 Carolina, Green ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: NFL injury report
Jan 01, 2004 ... Saturday's games * TENNESSEE TITANS (12-4) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (10-6) - Titans:Questionable: WR Eddie Berlin (concussion); WR Tyrone Calico (knee);LB Rocky Calmus (leg); WR Darrell Hill (knee); RB Robert Holcombe(hamstring); DE Jevon Kearse (hip); LB Jordan Kramer (ankle); ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Close games should highlight first round; Playoff picks
Jan 01, 2004; ... The Tennessee Titans are 56-24 since 1999, tied with St. Louis forthe NFL's best record during that time. But when the Titans open the playoffs in Baltimore on Saturday,they face these daunting numbers: The Ravens have won five straightgames and six of the past seven in the ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Raiders fire embattled coach
Jan 01, 2004; ... ALAMEDA, Calif. - Bill Callahan went from the Super Bowl to theunemployment line in less than a year. The Oakland Raiders announced Callahan's firing Wednesday, justone season after he took the team within a victory of an NFLchampionship as a rookie head coach. The team told ...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Peppers key to Panthers' turnaround
Jan 01, 2004; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Drafted by a 1-15 team desperate for a star,Julius Peppers didn't want the responsibility of carrying theCarolina Panthers. Turns out, he's done a fine job. In two seasons, Peppers has stabilized the defensive line andhelped carry Carolina (11-5) to the ...
Fresno State makes its mark with win over UCLA
Jan 01, 2004; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Pat Hill has been perturbed that UCLA and theother West Coast football powers decline to play his Fresno StateBulldogs. So, for now at least, the coach will settle for beating thoseschools when he does get the opportunity - in the postseason. Bryson Sumlin ...
Ground game drives Auburn past Wisconsin
Jan 01, 2004; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Auburn Tigers finished the season the waythey had hoped to open 2003. Carnell "Cadillac" Williams and Ronnie Brown scored in the lastfour minutes, and each finished with two rushing touchdowns, leadingAuburn to a 28-14 victory over Wisconsin on Wednesday in ...
Winning traditions drive Florida State, Miami
Jan 01, 2004; ... MIAMI - Winning conference championships and playing for nationaltitles have become almost routine for Florida State and Miami. Not this year. When No. 9 Florida State plays No. 10 Miami in the Orange Bowl ontonight, it will end a five-year run in which one or the other ...
USC ready to make its case for national title: ROSE BOWL GAME
Jan 01, 2004; ... PASADENA, Calif. - For more than three weeks, the talk in collegefootball has been about split titles, disputed finishes and computerrankings. Southern California has been at the center of the flap that willeither quiet down or pick up after the top-ranked Trojans play No ....
59TH GATOR BOWL: WEST VIRGINIA VS. MARYLAND: Lynch a hit at Gator Bowl parade
Jan 01, 2004; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Former POW Jessica Lynch's appearance in theGator Bowl parade on Wednesday surprised many in the crowd, includingsome West Virginia football fans who got their first personal glimpseof their home-state hero. Lynch wore a blue and gold visor and a No. 3 jersey, ...
59TH GATOR BOWL: WEST VIRGINIA VS. MARYLAND: WVU seniors pumped for last hurrah
Jan 01, 2004; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Most kissed away 2003 Wednesday night. Today, 19 West Virginia senior football players will kiss awaytheir college careers in the Gator Bowl. "My teammates in my class are ready to go out with a bang," saidAll-America ...
59TH GATOR BOWL: WEST VIRGINIA VS. MARYLAND: Friedgen; popular with WVU fans; Gator Bowl notes
Jan 01, 2004; ... dphickman1@aol.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It's hard to take a step in any directionhere in Jacksonville without running into a West Virginia fan. Morethan 23,000 bought tickets through West Virginia outlets and whoknows how many others purchased them through the bowl and ...
Hechler seeks old job back at Statehouse: Ex-secretary of state becomes instant front-runner, poll says
Jan 01, 2004; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com Ken Hechler is making it official: He wants his former job back. The five-term ex-secretary of state announced Wednesday hedefinitely was seeking to return to his old post. "West Virginians deserve a 'People's Office' where citizens canget immediate ...
"She's my sister, and I'm supposed to take care of her.": Michael Wedekamm; 12-year-old attributes fire rescue to Boy Scout training
Jan 01, 2004; ... PARKERSBURG - A 12-year-old boy ran through smoke and flames tosave his 18-month-old sister from a fire in their home, grabbing herfrom her crib and kicking out a window screen before climbing onto aporch roof to escape. "She's my sister, and I'm supposed to take care of her," ...
ATV accidents kill 2 in Fayette
Jan 01, 2004; ... SCARBRO - Two Fayette County men are dead after losing control ofall-terrain vehicles in separate accidents. David Sean McGraw, 32, of Scarbro, died in the single-vehicleaccident late Monday. "The four-wheeler had apparently hit a log, lost control andoverturned on the ...
LOTS IN A NAME: Newborn girls get more diverse monikers than boys
Jan 01, 2004; ... pjnyden@wvgazette.com State Registrar Gary L. Thompson, who keeps all the state's birthand death certificates, along with marriage licenses and divorcerecords, also collects interesting statistics and tidbits aboutnames. Parents have named their children after famous people, ...
Stocks end mixed for day, but up for year
Jan 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Wall Street approached the end of 2003 on a cautiousnote as investors welcomed the latest set of employment data pointingto a firm economic rebound but opted to cash in gains from the firstwinning year since 1999. Stocks were headed toward a remarkable yearly gain to end ...
Business briefs
Jan 01, 2004 ... FreeMarkets to buy out auto parts auction firm PITTSBURGH - FreeMarkets Inc., an operator of online auctions, hasagreed to acquire the auction business of Covisint LLC, which wasfounded by the Big Three auto makers to help them do business onlinewith their suppliers. Terms ...
Who won, who lost in the 2003 business world
Jan 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - The opening bell of the stock market finally stoppedsounding like a funeral chime in 2003, but that doesn't mean everyonewas a winner. Allegations of greedy behavior this year put many high-profilebusinesspeople on the hot seat - and on our list of losers. Among ...
Cleveland police union rejects compromise deal
Jan 01, 2004; ... CLEVELAND - The police union rejected contract concessions thatwould have saved about 90 of the 263 jobs slated to be cut by thecash-strapped city government, officials said Wednesday. The votes, cast Monday and Tuesday, were 1,050 to 235 against theconcessions, said Bob Beck, ...
Judge decertifies Fla. light cigarette suit
Jan 01, 2004; ... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A state appeals court decertified a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA Inc. over light cigarettes,ruling Wednesday that the potential plaintiffs did not have enough incommon to proceed. The 4th District Court of Appeals said in an opinion that ...
Judge dismisses spam suit filed by AOL
Jan 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought byAmerica Online against a group of Florida computer technicians whoallegedly helped senders of junk e-mails. Chief Judge Claude Hilton at the U.S. District Court for theEastern District of Virginia found on Dec. 24 that ...
Most ports, ships fail to meet security deadline
Jan 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Almost 5,000 ships and less than a fourth of thenation's ports, ferry terminals and fuel-chemical tank farms failedto meet a Wednesday deadline for submitting maritime security plansshowing how they will deal with terrorism threats. Security measures to prevent ...
Sierra Club urges Tyson Foods to have independent chairman
Jan 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor,is urging shareholders to reject a proposal that the company chairmanmust be an independent director who hasn't previously served as chiefexecutive. The proposal from the Sierra Club, the San ...