Charleston Gazette back issues from June 2004:
'So much more than that': Iraq veteran tells how his view of holiday's meaning has changed
Jun 01, 2004; ... The day after Christmas, a couple of soldiers working with Maj.David Shafer's unit in Iraq were driving from Samarra to a largerbase in Tikrit. The guys were looking forward to video-conferencingwith their families, maybe some better food. On their way to Tikrit, their Humvee ...
Iraq says U.S. is meddling: Countries differ on choice for new president
Jun 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Governing Council members accused Americanofficials Monday of pressuring them to accept Washington's choice forIraq's new president, prompting a delay in the announcement of a newgovernment to take power from the U.S.-led coalition June 30. U.N. envoy Lakhdar ...
Bush, Kerry honor veterans on Memorial Day
Jun 01, 2004; ... ARLINGTON, Va. - President Bush declared Monday that "America issafer" because of its fighting forces while Sen. John Kerry went tothe Vietnam Veterans Memorial in somber but historically asymmetricalMemorial Day tributes. "Through our history, America has gone to war ...
W.Va. workers see longer commuting times
Jun 01, 2004; ... A $7.52-per-hour midnight shift position at Wal-Mart is worth thehourlong drive from rural Boone County to the outskirts of the statecapital for Christina Fisher. The best job the 26-year-old mother of two could find near herhometown of Ottawa had been waiting tables at a Pizza ...
Volunteers document black neighborhoods
Jun 01, 2004; ... mandyrorrer@wvgazette.com Jane Segebrecht rewound the videotape to hear the 10-secondsnippet again. " ... My little friends and I would walk up the street ...."Charleston native Howard Spurlock told an off-camera interviewer ashe described how he walked to school when he was a ...
Man dies in coalfield floods: Wise declares emergency in Mingo, Logan, Wyoming counties
Jun 01, 2004; ... Sheila Lucas moved into a rented house in April - a house thattook a direct hit from floodwaters that ravaged Logan and at leasttwo other counties Monday. More than 4 inches of rain fell on West Virginia's southerncoalfields, killing an elderly man and prompting Gov. Bob Wise ...
Man dies in coalfield floods: Wise declares emergency in Mingo, Logan, Wyoming counties
Jun 01, 2004; ... ABOVE: Floodwaters cover much of Mount Gay on Monday. RIGHT: A mobile home was washed ...
INSIDE
Jun 01, 2004 ... Hornbuckle gets shoplift charge High school basketball star Alexis Hornbuckle has been chargedwith shoplifting stemming from an incident at a Wal-Mart in Nitro,police say. sports, 1b Custom bikes Rob "Bear" Parsons and Jason Barnhouse are off to a good ...
Uranium mined in Congo despite terror risks: Presidential decree not enough to stop illegal digging
Jun 01, 2004; ... SHINKOLOBWE, Congo - Business is booming in the mining zone thatsupplied uranium for the atomic bombs unleashed on Hiroshima andNagasaki - despite a decree by Congo's president banning all miningactivity there. President Joseph Kabila ordered the zone closed three months agoamid ...
Pageant may help Ecuador's image
Jun 01, 2004; ... QUITO, Ecuador - The Miss Universe pageant, watched by hundreds ofmillions around the world, can bring fame and fortune to its winner. The small Andean nation of Ecuador, saddled with an image ofpolitical instability in recent years, is hoping for the same thingfor itself when it ...
Saudi forces hunt for fleeing militants
Jun 01, 2004; ... KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - Saudi authorities hunted Monday for threesuspected al-Qaida militants who used hostages as human shields toescape after a weekend assault on a residential complex that killed22 people, mostly foreign oil industry workers. The attackers fled Khobar to nearby ...
Bomb rips through Shiite mosque in Pakistan
Jun 01, 2004; ... KARACHI, Pakistan - A bomb ripped through a Shiite Muslim mosquein Karachi during evening prayers Monday, killing at least 16 peopleand wounding 38 others. A top Pakistani official said the blast couldbe revenge for the assassination of a senior Sunni cleric. Hundreds of Shiite ...
Japanese premier endures
Jun 01, 2004; ... TOKYO - Japan's prime minister has hit a rough patch lately. Ahostage crisis shook his Iraq policy, a pension scandal embarrassedhis Cabinet, and his recent summit in North Korea was angrilycriticized. But two months before Parliamentary elections, Prime MinisterJunichiro ...
Wide support is needed for success
Jun 01, 2004; ... LONDON - The apparent split between Tony Blair and George W. Bushon control of Iraq coalition forces after June 30 is more appearancethan split, but it does reveal an important difference between theBritish prime minister and the U.S. president over what "sovereignty"will really mean for ...
How moral is America?
Jun 01, 2004; ... "The moral test of government is how that government treats thosewho are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in ...
Chalabi has become easy scapegoat
Jun 01, 2004; ... THE rise and fall of Ahmad Chalabi should send Americans a codered about the Bush administration's botched war in Iraq. Either Chalabi, an Iraqi exile during Saddam Hussein's reign ofterror and the darling of neoconservatives from sea to shining sea,lied to U.S. officials about ...
Drug card mess: New system too confusing
Jun 01, 2004; ... ONCE again, the Bush administration's obsession with marketsolutions to health-care problems has messed up people's lives. Its Medicare-Plus Choice program has already proved to be anexpensive, confusing failure. The expected savings from allowing theprivate sector to create ...
'Hot' city: New jobs welcome
Jun 01, 2004; ... LEADERS in the Charleston region are quite aware of declining jobsand population. Since 1960, Kanawha County has shrunk by 57,000people, and the number of school students has dropped more than half.The valley's chemical plants have erased 9,000 jobs since 1980, andthe mechanized coal ...
Obituaries: Obit
Jun 01, 2004 ... Venus Rappold Blake Venus Rappold Blake, 94, of Culloden, W.Va., died Sunday, May 30,2004, at home after a long illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Una Rappold;and her husband, John Blake; granddaughter, Joan Bias; and grandson,Terry ...
Alberta Martin, 97, dies; last Confederate widow
Jun 01, 2004; ... MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alberta Martin, the last widow of a Civil Warveteran, died Monday, ending an unlikely ascent from poorsharecropper's daughter to the belle of 21st-century Confederatehistory buffs who paraded her across the South. She was 97. Martin died at an Enterprise nursing ...
114-year-old woman, recognized as oldest in world, dies in Puerto Rico
Jun 01, 2004; ... SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan, who atage 114 was recognized as the world's oldest person, has died after about with pneumonia, her family said Monday. Iglesias died Saturday in a nursing home in San Juan, said ReneMatos, a great-nephew who lives in El ...
Archibald Cox, prosecutor during Watergate, dies at 92
Jun 01, 2004; ... PORTLAND, Maine - Archibald Cox's refusal to curtail his Watergateinvestigation after being ordered to do so by the White House costhim his job, and opened the way for President Nixon's impeachment. Cox, whose principled stand against what he termed "exaggeratedclaims of executive ...
Four taken to hospital after wreck on U.S. 35
Jun 01, 2004 ... WINFIELD - Four people were taken to area hospitals after a three-car wreck Monday afternoon on U.S. 35 near Winfield. A 1999 Ford Escort headed north on U.S. 35 crossed the center lineand hit a 1999 Toyota Celica going south at about 3:15 p.m.,according to Deputy William Seanze ...
Pentagon releases names of three dead servicemen
Jun 01, 2004; ... As of Friday, May 28, 800 U.S. service members have died since thebeginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to theDefense Department. Of those, 585 died as a result of hostile actionand 215 died of nonhostile causes. The department did not provide anupdate on ...
National briefs
Jun 01, 2004 ... Body of girl who jumped into Wis. river found MILWAUKEE - Firefighters Monday found the body of a girl whojumped into the rain-swollen Milwaukee River more than a week earlierto try to save her younger sister. Firefighters searching the river by boat found the body of ...
Complaints, GOP critics threaten anti-terror agency
Jun 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The anti-terrorism agency that Congress rushed intoexistence just weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks to protect America'splanes, trains and trucks is shrinking, and could all but fade away. The Transportation Security Administration, which hired some65,000 employees and ...
Peterson double-murder trial to begin today
Jun 01, 2004; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. - The state attorney general once called the caseagainst Scott Peterson a "slam dunk." But when the notorious double-murder trial begins today, Peterson's defense team will be armed witha powerful strategy to get him acquitted. It's becoming clear that defense ...
Storm-weary Midwest cleans up
Jun 01, 2004; ... MARENGO, Ind. - Residents spent Memorial Day cleaning up andrecovering belongings from the wreckage left by a tornado thatsmashed through town, part of a weekend-long wave of violent weatheracross the Midwest. One person was killed in Marengo. The Sunday night twister in ...
Car bomb kills four near coalition site
Jun 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded Monday near coalitionheadquarters, killing four people and wounding 25 in violence thatU.S. authorities believe was aimed at blocking the coming transfer ofpower. Four American soldiers were reported killed in other attacks. Shiite leaders also ...
Road conditions
Jun 01, 2004 ... Travelers wanting information on current road conditions andclosings throughout West Virginia should call ...
Lottery: Lotteries
Jun 01, 2004 ... Monday, May 31, 2004 West Virginia: Daily 3 653 Daily 4 4169Cash 25 10-11-14-17-22-25 ...
Today's chuckle: by Harlan Collins
Jun 01, 2004 ... Some people look before they leap, ...
World weather
Jun 01, 2004 ... Amsterdam 68 53 Rain Athens 79 58 Cldy Beijing 90 61 Clr Berlin 79 53 Clr Bermuda 83 71 Rain Cairo 95 66 Clr Calgary 62 45 Rain Dublin 62 42 Rain Hong Kong 91 80 Rain Jerusalem 91 64 Clr London 66 48 ...
National weather
Jun 01, 2004 ... Anchorage 60 45 Cldy Atlanta 84 65 Cldy Boston 52 48 Cldy Charlotte,N.C. 87 62 PCldy Chicago 71 54 PCldy Cincinnati 78 55 PCldy Cleveland 77 56 Cldy Dallas-Ft Worth 93 69 PCldy Denver 77 45 PCldy Detroit 75 56 ...
Griffey feels inspired: After seeing Series rings, he leads Reds, 9-7
Jun 01, 2004; ... MIAMI - Ken Griffey Jr. isn't fueled by the drive for 500 homeruns. His inspiration Monday was souvenir World Series championshiprings the Florida Marlins handed out to fans. Griffey passed Lou Gehrig on the career home run list with a go-ahead, three-run drive in the seventh ...
Hornbuckle charged in Nitro shoplifting
Jun 01, 2004; ... Tennessee recruit Alexis Hornbuckle has been charged withshoplifting stemming from an incident at a Wal-Mart in Nitro, policesaid Monday. Hornbuckle, 18, and another teenager, Andrea M. Ford, 18, of St.Albans, were issued citations Saturday night after about $30 in itemswere ...
It's open season on NFL veterans: Starting today, many high-priced, aging stars to become available
Jun 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - Now the bargain hunting starts. Beginning today, Kurt Warner, Eddie George, Rich Gannon and LarryAllen and other aging, high-priced stars are likely to becomeavailable simply because they're aging and high-priced. On June 1, teams can cut veterans who are under ...
University's rout of Jefferson alters the landscape
Jun 01, 2004; ... MORGANTOWN - By the time Thursday rolls around and University Highmakes its first appearance in the state baseball tournament in morethan three decades, the euphoria may have subsided. Not the euphoria of making it to Watt Powell Park, mind you. Thenerves and the excitement of ...
STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Van seeking to continue its tradition
Jun 01, 2004; ... mikewhiteford@wvgazette.com Other than the normal jitters of postseason play, Van coach K.K.Matthews enters this week's Class A state baseball tournament feelingquite good about his Bulldogs. He likes his team's unselfishness, especially among the nineseniors, and believes ...
INSIDE
Jun 01, 2004 ... Dominant Jimmie Johnson led for the first 53 laps and 334 overall in ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Jun 01, 2004 ... Today's quote You know, I have not had anything to drink in 30years, but I feel like I'm drunk right now. I'm sorry." Talk-showhost David Letterman after Buddy Rice, a member of Rahall LettermanRacing, won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday Names in the games Ethiopian runner ...
Transactions
Jun 01, 2004 ... BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS-Activated DH Dmitri Young from the 15-day DL.Placed DH Chris Shelton on the 15-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS-Promoted John McDonough to senior vice president ofmarketing and broadcasting. Named Mike Lufrano vice ...
Golf
Jun 01, 2004 ... Senior PGA Championships Monday's results At Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, Ky. p-denotes club professional Final Hale Irwin, $360,000 67-69-69-71-276 Jay Haas, $216,000 67-71-69-70-277 Craig Stadler, $136,00 ...
Today in sports history
Jun 01, 2004 ... 1925 - Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth inningand replaces Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130consecutive games. 1946 - Assault, ridden by Warren Merhtens, wins the Belmont Stakesto become the seventh horse to win the Triple Crown. 1968 - ...
South Atlantic League
Jun 01, 2004 ... First half Northern Division W L Pct. GB Charleston (Blue Jays) 31 18 .633 - Hickory (Pirates) 29 21 .580 21/2 Lexington (Astros) 27 22 .551 4 Lake County (Indians) 25 25 .500 61/2 Lakewood (Phillies) 24 25 .490 7 Kannapolis (White ...
College baseball
Jun 01, 2004 ... NCAA Division I regionals glance (Double elimination) At Davenport Field Charlottesville, Va. Friday, June 4 Game 2 - Vanderbilt (42-17) vs. George Mason (39-17), 3 p.m. Game 1 - Princeton (27-18) at Virginia (42-13), 7 p.m. Saturday, June ...
NHL playoffs
Jun 01, 2004 ... STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Tampa Bay vs. Calgary Saturday's game Calgary 3, Tampa Bay 0, Calgary leads series 2-1 Monday's game Tampa Bay at Calgary, late Thursday's game Calgary at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Saturday's ...
NBA playoffs
Jun 01, 2004 ... CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Saturday's game Minnesota 98, L.A. Lakers 96, L.A. Lakers lead series 3-2 Sunday's game Detroit 83, Indiana 65, Detroit leads series 3-2 Monday's game Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, late Today's ...
NASCAR
Jun 01, 2004 ... NEXTEL Cup Leaders Through Sunday Points 1, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 1,798. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 1,793. 3, MattKenseth, 1,687. 4, Jeff Gordon, 1,654. 5, Tony Stewart, 1,587. 6,Bobby Labonte, 1,554. 7, Elliott Sadler, 1,537. 8, Kurt Busch, 1,521.9, Ryan Newman, 1,500. 10, ...
Tennis
Jun 01, 2004 ... French Open Monday's results At Stade Roland Garros Paris Singles Men Fourth round Gustavo Kuerten (28), Brazil, def. Feliciano Lopez (23), Spain, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, def. Igor Andreev, Russia, 6-4, 7-5, ...
Baseball today
Jun 01, 2004 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr New York 30 19 .612 - z-7-3 L-1 13-7 17-12 0-0 Boston 31 20 .608 - z-7-3 L-1 18-9 13-11 0-0 Baltimore 24 23 .511 5 4-6 W-4 12-13 12-10 0-0 Toronto 22 28 .440 81/2 5-5 L-1 14-14 8-14 0-0 Tampa Bay 18 31 ...
Sports on TV/radio
Jun 01, 2004 ... TELEVISION (ESPN2) 8 a.m. - tennis: French Open, women's quarterfinals (same-day tape) (ESPN) noon - tennis: French Open, quarterfinals (same-day tape) (FOXP) 7 p.m. - baseball: Cardinals at Pirates (TBS) 7:30 p.m. - baseball: Expos at Braves (ESPN) 8 p.m ....
Cubs' Maddux gets 293rd win Orioles batter Red Sox 13-4
Jun 01, 2004; ... CHICAGO - Greg Maddux earned his 293rd career victory and MoisesAlou homered to lead the Cubs over Houston 3-1. Maddux (4-4) allowed seven hits in 62/3 innings, including LanceBerkman's ninth homer in 13 games, before leaving with a mild strainof a muscle in his right ...
Irwin captures Senior PGA
Jun 01, 2004; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Hale Irwin survived a grueling week and achallenge from the Champions Tour's newest player to win his fourthSenior PGA Championship. Irwin birdied the 18th hole to win the weather-plagued event byone stroke over Jay Haas on Monday. The tournament was delayed ...
Pacers coach mum about adjustments: NBA playoffs
Jun 01, 2004; ... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Judging by the way he dodged specificquestions Monday, Rick Carlisle could have a surprise up his sleevefor Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. "I'm not going to talk about lineups, matchups or anything likethat," Carlisle said on the eve of the Indiana ...
Blisters too much for Safin: French Open
Jun 01, 2004; ... PARIS - Marat Safin's left pinkie was mummified. Parts of fourother fingers were wrapped with white tape, too, and matchbook-sizedpatches protected each burning palm. Splotches of rust-coloredmedicine stained his hands. This was no way to try to reach the French Open ...
Sports briefs
Jun 01, 2004 ... SEC sets record with 9 teams in NCAA tourney The road to the College World Series will go through theSoutheastern Conference. Widely regarded as college baseball's best league the past fewseasons, the SEC had an NCAA-record nine schools earn berths for the64-team Division I ...
NHL irrelevance: Considering the lack of interest, is league still a major? Analysis
Jun 01, 2004; ... Outside of Canada and Tampa Bay, is anyone talking about theStanley Cup final? The television audience in the United States is minuscule.Coverage of the Calgary-Tampa Bay series in many newspapers hasshrunken to a brief. It's a championship without a buzz. On the surface, ...
Gordon's double duty filled with travel but little success: NASCAR notes
Jun 01, 2004; ... CONCORD, N.C. - Robby Gordon will have to wait another year tocomplete a grueling racing double. Gordon planned to race in the Indianapolis 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 - a combined 1,100 miles - but managed to get in just 27laps in Indy before rain derailed his bid to win both ...
Johnson's effort draws raves: Coca-Cola 600 winner led for the first 53 laps and 334 overall
Jun 01, 2004; ... CONCORD, N.C. - Jimmie Johnson took off at the start and hardlyslowed down. Less than halfway through the race, only 13 otherdrivers were left on the lead lap. It was a dominating performance, one of the best ever, and lefteveryone else racing for second in Sunday night's Coca-Cola ...
Rices's win at Indy really no surprise: Success before race told the story
Jun 01, 2004; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Raise the Stars & Stripes. Sing the "The Star-Spangled Banner." There's an American champion at the Indianapolis500. Unlikely victor Buddy Rice, at Indy for only the second time,raced to the win Sunday in a race shortened 50 miles by rain. But don't think the ...
Baylor player wins NCAA tennis crown
Jun 01, 2004; ... TULSA, Okla. - Benjamin Becker of Baylor won a long tiebreaker inthe second set and defeated Tulane's Michael Kogan 6-4, 7-6 tocapture the NCAA men's tennis championship Monday. Stanford's KC Corkery and Sam Warburg won the doubles title,beating Georgia's Bo Hodge and John Isner ...
Roberts helps Cats avoid sweep
Jun 01, 2004 ... EASTLAKE, Ohio - Second baseman Ryan Roberts belted a pair of homeruns and the Charleston Alley Cats defeated the Lake County Captains9-3 to avoid a series sweep in a South Atlantic League game on Mondayevening. Northern Division-leading Charleston (32-18), which snapped ...
Notre Dame's youth blossomed this year: PREP Baseball
Jun 01, 2004; ... mikewhiteford@wvgazette.com Notre Dame's 32-2 record this season came as only a mild surpriseto veteran Irish coach Mark Starkey. After all, the Clarksburg school compiled a 24-7 record last yearwith just one senior in the starting lineup and, in addition topicking up ...
City's 'creativity' gets high marks
Jun 01, 2004; ... paulwilson@wvgazette.com The number of people in Charleston paid to "create" ideas, contentor technology grew more than three times the national average at 6.7percent between 1999 and 2002, one of the reasons the area was listedas an up-and-coming city in Money magazine. In ...