Charleston Gazette back issues from March 2004:
INSIDE
Mar 01, 2004 ... The Oscars "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won a record-tying 11 Oscars, including best picture and best director, atSunday's Academy Awards. Charlize Theron ("Monster") won the Oscarfor best actress, and Sean Penn ("Mystic River") was chosen bestactor. Tim ...
Budget crunch inspires radical plans for colleges
Mar 01, 2004; ... Legislators have battled over the state's system of publiccolleges and universities throughout this session, but some lawmakershave gone thermonuclear. One Senate Education Committee proposal (SB657) would split thestate in half and create two four-year institutions anchored by ...
Wheelchair providers to challenge Medicare denials
Mar 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - Medicare is refusing to pay for Andy Campbell'srecently delivered $6,242 motorized wheelchair despite the advancedprostate cancer and heart disease that makes his every step painful. Campbell, a former California police officer who lives inHenderson, Nev., will not be ...
Precision bombs, efficient soldiers stop Taliban: Second of three stories
Mar 01, 2004; ... "A commander in chief sends America's sons and daughters intobattle in a foreign land only after the greatest care and a lot ofprayer. We ask them to leave their loved ones, to travel greatdistances, to risk injury, even to be prepared to make the ultimatesacrifice of their lives. They ...
Lawyer alleges stealth lobbying by group: Staff members told to conceal affiliation in calls to lawmakers, he says; The CAPITOL REPORT 2004 Legislature
Mar 01, 2004; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com Employees of a government-funded mental healthorganization lobbied state lawmakers last week and were told not toreveal who they worked for, according to a complaint filed Fridaywith the secretary of states office. West Virginia Mental HealthConsumers Association ...
Spring training
Mar 01, 2004; ... Gazette photo In a familiar sight to Watt Powell Park attendees, a coal trainrumbles ...
Aristide resigns, flees Haiti: U.S. Marines arrive; U.N. approves multinational force
Mar 01, 2004; ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resignedand flew into exile Sunday, pressured by a bloody rebellion and theUnited States. Gunfire crackled as the capital fell into chaos, andU.S. Marines arrived in the country. The contingent totaled fewer than 100 Marines ...
Calif. grocery workers ratify deal
Mar 01, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES - Southern California grocery workers votedoverwhelmingly to approve a new contract with supermarket operators,ending a strike that inconvenienced millions of customers and costthree major grocery chains hundreds of millions of dollars in lostsales. After a two-day ...
Edwards gets tough during feisty debate
Mar 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Democratic presidential underdog John Edwards dismissedJohn Kerry's ideas as "the same old Washington talk" in a feistydebate Sunday, two days before the 10-state slate of contests knownas Super Tuesday. Edwards shed his congenial style and delivered his ...
Iraqis agree on interim constitution: Kurdish zones, role of Islam at center of struggle
Mar 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi politicians agreed on the draft of aninterim constitution early today, reaching a compromise on the roleof Islam and putting off the details of Kurdish autonomy, an Iraqiofficial said. The charter will likely be signed Wednesday. Members of the Iraqi Governing ...
Japan remembers 1954 U.S. nuclear test in Pacific: Bikini atoll hydrogen blast exposed fishermen to fatal radiation
Mar 01, 2004; ... TOKYO - On the night of March 1, 1954, the No. 5 Fukuryu-maru wastrolling for tuna off the Bikini atoll in the Pacific. Suddenly, fisherman Matashichi Oishi saw the sky flash orange andfelt a rumbling shake the trawler. As he and 22 other crew membersrushed to the deck, tiny white ...
Victims of race-based school closings in Virginia have reparations case
Mar 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - My feelings when it comes to reparations have runfrom cool to pretty darned hot. I've been generally cool to the notion that black Americans areowed reparations because their - our - ancestors were enslaved withthe blessing of the federal government; the problem of ...
Readers' forum
Mar 01, 2004 ... Abortion is moral, not party, issue Editor: As a West Virginia Democratic woman, I had major concerns aboutthe Feb. 21 commentary "Pro-choice provides options" by BettijaneBurger, former state president of NOW. Abortion is not a Republican or Democratic issue, but a ...
Potpourri
Mar 01, 2004; ... IN HIS autobiography, My American Journey, written in 1995, Gen.Colin Powell expressed bitterness toward privileged young men whoeluded the Vietnam War draft. "I am angry that so many of the sons ofthe powerful and well-placed ... managed to wangle slots in Reserveand National Guard ...
Legislature: More bad than good
Mar 01, 2004; ... COMMENDABLY, the Legislature lowered West Virginia's officialintoxication level to 0.08 percent blood alcohol, a step thatprevents loss of federal highway funds - and may save lives. And finally, after seven years of failure, lawmakers passed a billto protect riders of all-terrain ...
Readers' forum
Mar 01, 2004 ... Let voters decide on table games Editor: The pro-gambling people are back in Charleston with theirimpossible-to-believe stories about how legalizing table games is notgambling expansion. I am not joking. I heard Sen. Andy McKenzie, R-Ohio, and the owner of Mountaineer ...
West Virginia politics: Don't move state offices
Mar 01, 2004; ... Charleston is the capital of West Virginia. Will someone please tell Del. Barbara Fleischauer? The chairwomanof the House Constitutional Revision Committee has pulled a fast oneby introducing a last-minute resolution that would ultimately lead tothe elimination of Charleston's ...
Gulf of Tonkin and WMD: Lessons from Vietnam apply now
Mar 01, 2004; ... One of my best students chose the Vietnam War for her informativespeech topic. In our pre-speech conference, she said that she kepthearing Iraq being compared to Vietnam and she wanted to find outwhat the similarities were. Big subject, I told her. Narrow it down.Think about comparing ...
'Laci Peterson bill': Legislation's detractors express unfounded fears
Mar 01, 2004; ... Following is my rebuttal to the Feb. 23 Gazette article, "'Lacibill' harmful, doctors say - SB 566 wording 'would destroy medicalcare for pregnant women.'" The Gazette needs to be aware of laws passed in other states andcurrently before the U.S. Congress that do exactly what the ...
Access to abortion: Cutting options hurts teen girls
Mar 01, 2004; ... Responsible parents should be involved when their young daughtersface a crisis pregnancy. Indeed, every parent hopes that a childconfronting a crisis pregnancy will seek the advice and counsel ofthose who care for her most and know her best. And even in theabsence of laws mandating ...
Obituaries: Obit; Express condolences online at wvgazette.com
Mar 01, 2004 ... Bonnie Marie Balser Bonnie Marie Lanham Balser, 69, of Elkview, fell asleep in Christawaiting the resurrection. She was born Jan. 10, 1935, at Mammoth, the daughter of the lateClifton Franklin and Sylvia Mae Pauley Lanham. She was also precededin death by her sisters, Jean ...
Workshop to address tapping into East End's diversity
Mar 01, 2004; ... jginsberg@wvgazette.com A nationally recognized diversity management expert will conduct afree workshop sponsored by the East End Community Development Projecton Saturday. R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr., CEO of Thomas Consulting and TrainingInc. and president of The American ...
Alleged 9/11 coordinator reported at Guantanamo
Mar 01, 2004; ... MADRID, Spain - The suspected coordinator of the Sept. 11 attacksis being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,and has told investigators he met with the lead hijacker, a Spanishnewspaper reported Sunday. El Pais, the country's largest daily newspaper, said ...
SUNDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Mar 01, 2004 ... * Temperatures: High 66 Low 26 High 78 (1976) Low 14(1920) * Precipitation: 24 hours at 5 ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Mar 01, 2004 ... The more mud you throw, ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004 Hot Lotto: 1-14-23-27-37: 15 *** The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball gameSaturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 6-25-26-52-53: 40 (x2) Players ...
World weather
Mar 01, 2004 ... Amsterdam 39 34 Cldy Athens 66 56 Cldy Beijing 49 26 Clr Berlin 39 23 Cldy Bermuda 64 53 Rain Cairo 94 65 Clr Calgary 30 18 Cldy Dublin 41 20 Clr Hong Kong 79 70 Cldy Jerusalem 82 54 Clr London 38 31 ...
National weather
Mar 01, 2004 ... Anchorage 36 29 Cldy Atlanta 65 46 Rain Boston 50 32 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 61 44 Cldy Cleveland 37 55 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 71 46 PCldy Denver 41 20 PCldy Detroit 53 38 Cldy Elkins 64 24 Rain Honolulu 80 65 PCldy Houston ...
Huntington police may expand
Mar 01, 2004; ... HUNTINGTON - Huntington could hire four new officers now that thecity's administration and council have approved changes to the policebudget. The City Council on Saturday approved the administration'soffsetting reductions of $100,000 from the contingency fund, $120,000from ...
20th Century Images: Grocery store; by Richard Andre
Mar 01, 2004 ... Fifty-seven years ago, when this photo of the St. Albans Krogerwas taken, we just called them grocery stores. There was nothing"super" about them. But today we call them supermarkets, and seemingly endless aislesare packed with delights that have elevated obesity to a ...
Spring forest fire season starts today: Daytime burning banned until 4 p.m.
Mar 01, 2004; ... Outdoor burning restrictions go into effect today with the startof West Virginia's spring forest fire season. Through May 31, all outdoor burning is prohibited from 7 a.m. to 4p.m., the state Division of Forestry said. Nearly 900 acres have been damaged by forest fires since ...
Closed glass company plans to liquidate stock
Mar 01, 2004; ... WILLIAMSTOWN - A Wood County glass company forced to close due toproduction problems and foreign competition plans to sell itsaccumulated handpainted glassware in stock at reduced prices thisspring. "We've never had a retail facility; this will really be the firstexposure that ...
BCS agrees to add fifth bowl
Mar 01, 2004; ... MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Bowl Championship Series agreed to add afifth game Sunday, increasing access for schools not part of collegefootball's most lucrative postseason system. The champions of the six BCS conferences - the Big East, ACC, SEC,Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-10 - will ...
For WVU, a lesson learned
Mar 01, 2004; ... dphickman1@aol.com MORGANTOWN - It was perhaps West Virginia's ugliest exhibition ofbasketball all season long, what with bodies crashing and sliding allover the place and shot after shot clanking off the rims. But a 53-49 loss at Virginia Tech Saturday in Blacksburg, Va., ...
Herd survives Bobcats' spree
Mar 01, 2004; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio students had a little trouble with the 2 p.m.start on a Sunday afternoon, as the "O-zone" was half-full andsilent. That problem apparently extended to the Bobcats' basketball team.Marshall took advantage, jumping to a 20-point ...
'Miracle' not perfect but it'll lift the spirit
Mar 01, 2004; ... GO AHEAD, call me tardy. I finally broke down and saw "Miracle,"the Disney film about the greatest upset in sports history. That I saw an actual movie in an actual movie theater is news. Forinstance, I had never stepped foot in Park Place in 15-plus years,until Friday. Like Kyle ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Mar 01, 2004 ... Today's quote He just kind of scared me. That's the first time Iever saw him shake someone's hand. University of Texas center JasonKlotz, on being congratulated by Texas Tech coach Bob Knight afterthe Longhorns 74-71 victory Saturday in Austin, Texas Names in the ...
INSIDE
Mar 01, 2004 ... $1.2 million smile Despite some shaky tee shots, Tiger Woods defeated Davis Love IIIin the Match Play ...
First title in 17 years gives jackets an edge: Women's tourney opens, kicking off busy month
Mar 01, 2004; ... rickryan@wvgazette.com West Virginia State coach Bryan Poore has struck it rich. Others will try to strike it rich in a hectic month of basketballtournaments beginning tonight. The West Virginia Conference tournament, which begins with campusgames tonight and moves to ...
PREP WRESTLING: Coaches: Supportive communities helped build winning teams
Mar 01, 2004; ... HUNTINGTON - It takes a village to raise a high school wrestlingdynasty. Strong-willed communities built two big-school wrestlingpowerhouses in Wood County, Parkersburg coach Scheny Schenerleinsays. His Big Reds won their second straight and state record 19th ClassAAA ...
NHL
Mar 01, 2004 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L T OL Pts GF GA Philadelphia 33 16 12 6 84 190 154 New Jersey 33 19 11 1 78 157 129 N.Y. Islanders 30 23 9 3 72 183 164 N.Y. Rangers 23 30 7 5 58 169 191 Pittsburgh 13 43 5 4 35 134 ...
College baseball
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NBA
Mar 01, 2004 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New Jersey 36 22 .621 - New York 26 35 .426 111/2 Miami 25 35 .417 12 Boston 25 36 .410 121/2 Philadelphia 24 36 .400 13 Washington 18 39 .316 171/2 Orlando 17 44 .279 ...
Golf
Mar 01, 2004 ... Accenture Match Play Championship Sunday's results Championship (36 holes) Tiger Woods, def. Davis Love III, 3 and 2. Third place Darren Clarke, def. Stephen Leaney, 2-up. PGA Chrysler Classic of Tucson Sunday's results Final ...
Sports on TV/radio
Mar 01, 2004 ... TELEVISION (ESPN) 7 p.m. - men's basketball: Seton Hall at UConn (ESPN2) 8 p.m. - NHL: Lightning at Avalanche (ESPN) 9 p.m. - men's basketball: Texas at Oklahoma ...
Sports briefs
Mar 01, 2004 ... NBA: Celtics edge Raptors 91-82 Paul Pierce scored 12 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter,helping the Boston Celtics beat Toronto 91-82 Sunday, the Raptors'season-worst ninth straight loss. Milt Palacio had a season-high 19 points and eight assists for theRaptors, who are ...
Prep basketball
Mar 01, 2004 ... BOYS How they fared How teams in last week's Associated Press boys high schoolbasketball poll fared in the past week, with records in parentheses: Class AAA 1. Morgantown (21-1) beat Buckhannon-Upshur 72-54; beat FairmontSenior 72-41; lost to Parkersburg South ...
College basketball
Mar 01, 2004 ... MEN Big East Conference League All games W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Pittsburgh 11-3 .786 25-3 .893 Connecticut 11-3 .786 23-5 .821 Providence 11-3 .786 20-5 .800 Syracuse 9-5 .643 19-6 .760 Seton Hall 9-5 .643 19-7 ...
Smoltz calls for tougher steroid testing: Baseball
Mar 01, 2004; ... John Smoltz is one player who's clearly concerned about steroidsin baseball. The Atlanta Braves closer called for tougher testing Sunday,saying the sport's integrity is at stake. "The more this becomes a monster, the more it plays intoeverybody's mind," Smoltz said after a ...
Love no match for Tiger: Woods wins second straight Match Play Championship
Mar 01, 2004; ... CARLSBAD, Calif. - Tiger Woods simply has no match. Spraying his tee shots all over the course, Woods went 25 holesbefore he finally took the lead Sunday, then roared past Davis LoveIII with key putts to win the Match Play Championship for the secondstraight year, 3 and 2 ....
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Mar 01, 2004 ... * ATHLETE: Alex Damron * SCHOOL: Winfield * CLASS: Senior * SPORTS: Soccer, track * HIGHLIGHTS: Has been a center midfielder or forward for Generalssoccer the past four years . . . Team captain the past two years . .. In 2003, Generals had an 11-game winning ...
Recruiting trips not just for athletes: COUCH SLOUCH
Mar 01, 2004; ... In college football's latest recruiting twist, the weight room hasbeen replaced by the strip club. From Alabama to Colorado to Minnesota, our next generation ofgridiron greats is being escorted through the halls of higherlearning by kind and knowledgeable strippers, who entertain ...
State's Heasley named WVC's top coach: Area roundup
Mar 01, 2004 ... West Virginia State's Gill Heasley was named the West VirginiaConference women's coach of the year Sunday after leading the YellowJackets to a record-setting season. Heasley is the first State women's coach to receive the honor. After posting a 12-16 record in 2003, the ...
Syracuse ends Pitt's 40-game home streak
Mar 01, 2004; ... PITTSBURGH - Gerry McNamara, held scoreless by No. 3 Pittsburghfor the equivalent of nearly a game and a half, hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and two key free throws in overtime and Syracuse ended thePanthers' 40-game home winning streak with a 49-46 upset Sunday. Pitt's streak was the ...
MAC standings full of intrigue
Mar 01, 2004; ... dougsmock@wvgazette.com ATHENS, Ohio - Akron threw a curve ball into what was a four-teamrace for the No. 8 seed in the Mid-American Conference. Marshall entered Sunday expecting to be all alone in eighth if itbeat Ohio, which it did 71-68. But Akron toppled Kent State 64-61 ...
Readers' voice: Call 357-4451
Mar 01, 2004 ... or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com * American families need background checks for people buying gunsat gun shows. We do not need to make it legal for criminals to buyassault weapons. If you call yourself a Christian, do not support thepresident's gun bill. * Talk about a ...
Food scares raise questions about safety
Mar 01, 2004; ... DALLAS - Mad Cow disease. Fish tainted with mercury and PCBs.Contaminated green onions from Mexico. Bird flu in ducks andchickens. Is anything safe to eat these days? Across the nation, many consumers have made adjustments to theirgrocery lists, opting for organically grown meats ...
STATEHOUSE BEAT: Where is talk; of cuts, taxes?
Mar 01, 2004; ... It's been two weeks now since lawmakers got the dire news that thestate will face progressively larger budget shortfalls in each of thecoming years, totaling $1.4 billion by 2010. So how have they reacted? They've advanced pay hike proposals for teachers, judges and thestate ...
INNERVIEWS: 'I went into big stuff'
Mar 01, 2004; ... He was a child of the Depression. He quit school in the 10th gradeto help his dad, a plumber. Machinist and refrigeration training inthe Navy enhanced his skills. He spent World War II on a destroyer. Back home, he remodeled dozens of kitchens, installed heating inhomes, ...
John Henry ballad still has meaning, speaker says
Mar 01, 2004; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com From the famous song, we all know that John Henry was a steel-driving man. But author John Douglas believes Henry was real, andthat his legendary competition with a steam engine was an actualhistorical event that took place in Summers County. Douglas, ...
Martha Stewart case closing arguments begin
Mar 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Their most serious charge cast aside by a federaljudge, prosecutors will zero in today on their accusation that MarthaStewart and her stockbroker cooked up a cover story for a 2001 stocksale. The government will present its closing argument in the five-weektrial, ...
Trade penalties on U.S. take effect: Congress must revise tax breaks to appease WTO
Mar 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The United States comes under World TradeOrganization penalties for the first time today, the result ofcongressional failure to steer through presidential politics,employment anxiety and budget deficits and head off the tariffs. A 5 percent penalty tariff awaits U.S ....
Disney dissenters strike at CEO Eisner
Mar 01, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES - Michael Eisner probably won't lose his job at theannual Walt Disney Co. shareholders meeting this week inPhiladelphia, but his foes intend to make sure he at least feelsnervous about the possibility. Ex-board members Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold hope Wednesday ...
DVD rental pioneer has big plans
Mar 01, 2004; ... LOS GATOS, Calif. - It would be easy to cast Netflix Inc. founderReed Hastings as simply a dot-com rebel whose online DVD subscriptionservice empowers consumers by letting them keep video rentalsindefinitely without facing late fees. But Hastings, a former Peace Corps volunteer who ...
Hatred of president runs deep for some Democrats: Analysis
Mar 01, 2004; ... CANTON, Ohio - Johnnie Maier remembers driving by the Burger Kinga few years ago and seeing a sign with the message: Help Wanted, $150signing bonus. "How good is the economy when Burger King has to put a help-wanted signing bonus on the front marquee?" he said. "The ...