Charleston Gazette back issues from August 2006:
MONDAY'S WEATHER IN CHARLESTON:
Aug 01, 2006 ... Temperatures: High 91 Low 71 High 101 (1931) Low 52 (1956) Precipitation: Last 24 hours at 8 ...
Two men found alive in abandoned Kanawha mine: Fire led rescuers to pair deep in mine
Aug 01, 2006; ... cshumaker@wvgazette.com Two Kanawha County men who allegedly entered a closed Kellys Creekmine to steal scrap metal Saturday were found alive Monday night,State Police confirmed. Rescue crews were about 3,000 feet deep inside the mine when theylocated the two in the closed ...
Mayors want development office: Western Kanawha towns want to reverse economic decline
Aug 01, 2006; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Four western Kanawha County mayors plan to ask the Kanawha CountyCommission for $300,000 to establish an economic development officethat would recruit new businesses to the area. Members of the Lower Kanawha Valley Mayors' Association, a groupthat ...
Two men found alive in abandoned Kanawha mine: Fire led rescuers to pair deep in mine
Aug 01, 2006; ... A State Police trooper informs Franklin Johnson's family lateMonday that he was found alive after two days lost inside a coal minein ...
Israel PM says no cease-fire: Lebanese flee during halt in air strikes; Israel to widen offensive
Aug 01, 2006; ... JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister declared Monday there would beno cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas, apologizing for the deathsof Lebanese civilians but saying "we will not give up on our goal tolive a life free of terror." His Security Cabinet approved wideningthe ground ...
Walk against crime tonight: East End, city looking for ways to combat crime
Aug 01, 2006; ... Walk against crime schedule The East End walk is just one of nearly a dozen events plannedtonight in Charleston alone in conjunction with the National NightOut Against Crime. Other West Virginia cities that are planning events includeBluefield, Buckhannon, Clarksburg, ...
Century plant could close: Health insurance stalls negotiations in Ravenswood
Aug 01, 2006; ... morris@wvgazette.com A strike set to start at midnight tonight could end up closing theCentury Aluminum of West Virginia Inc. plant in Ravenswood for good. "That is a concern we all have," said Tim Dean of the UnitedSteelworkers' Ravenswood local, which represents the 580 ...
NFL commissioner candidate hails from W.Va
Aug 01, 2006 ... NFLcommissioner candidate hails from W.Va A Clarksburg native and West Virginia ...
Man charged in home liposuction death
Aug 01, 2006; ... FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - A man was arrested on charges of practicingmedicine without a license after a woman died during a liposuctionprocedure performed in the basement of a home, authorities saidMonday. Luiz Carlos Ribeiro, a native of Brazil, was to be arraigned indistrict court on ...
Lawyer accuses state of delays: Lawsuit seeks to restore services to elderly, disabled
Aug 01, 2006; ... sfinn@wvgazette.com The lives of a disabled Green Sulphur Springs man and others likehim are being endangered because of delaying tactics by the stateDepartment of Health and Human Resources, according to the man'slawyer. Last month, Bren Pomponio of the non-profit group ...
Guns are familiar props in W.Va. political ads: Analysis
Aug 01, 2006; ... GOP Senate candidate John Raese may appeal to West Virginia's gunowners and hunters in his latest newspaper ad, but he also appears tobe violating at least one safety rule considered fundamental by theNational Rifle Association. The ad depicts a smiling Raese in a business suit, ...
State briefs
Aug 01, 2006 ... Alleged Pa. escapee arrested in St. Albans A federal task force arrested an alleged escapee from aPennsylvania corrections facility who had apparently been residing inSt. Albans for the past eight years. Byfield Blake, who has been going by the name of Devon ...
Rabbinical students travel the state
Aug 01, 2006; ... rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com Moishe Hildeshaim and Dovid Holtzberg are spending a monthtraveling from Wheeling to Bluefield, with intermediate stops inCharleston and Huntington, as part of a mission to strengthen Torah-based traditions among members of West Virginia's Jewish ...
Is a trend being signaled in Conn.?
Aug 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Consider the uncanny similarity between Sen. JoeLieberman's campaign for re-election in Connecticut last weekend anda certain political weekend in New York 26 years ago. In Connecticut, four Senate Democrats pleaded with the party'srank and file to support Lieberman ...
Readers' forum
Aug 01, 2006 ... City must counter bad reputation Editor: Charleston needs to look further than annexing nearby communitiesand selling the city to businesses to encourage growth. We first need to convince people that Charleston is a good placeto live. The city has developed a ...
Gunslinger: Candidate shoots first
Aug 01, 2006; ... JOHN Raese, who is after Robert C. Byrd's U.S. Senate seat, posedin a full-page newspaper ad with a rifle slung casually over hisshoulder, with the caption "West Virginia Needs A New Gun InWashington." We can't help but wonder exactly what kind of image Raese istrying to ...
PSC crackdown: Lesson for antagonists
Aug 01, 2006; ... LAST week, the state Public Service Commission dismissed a windfarm developer's application to erect 50 huge turbines on JackMountain in Pendleton County. The reason? Because Liberty Gap WindForce refused to let a hydrologist hired by local windmill opponentsonto its property ....
Gunmen raid offices in Iraq, abducting 26
Aug 01, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into theoffices of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and a nearby mobilephone company Monday, seizing 26 people in a daylight raid in amostly Shiite area of the capital. Also Monday, at least 30 people were killed or ...
U.S. military deaths in Iraq
Aug 01, 2006; ... As of Monday, at least 2,577 members of the U.S. military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according toan Associated Press count. The figure includes seven militarycivilians. At least 2,043 died as a result of hostile action,according to the military's ...
Troops in Iraq count down the days until home leave
Aug 01, 2006; ... CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq - In 109-degree weather, Sgt. RonaldDelrosario is already dreaming of the mashed potatoes, stuffing andturkey he'll have this Thanksgiving when he takes off for one of themost anticipated parts of any soldier's life in Iraq: home leave. "That holiday is the ...
America broils as heat wave continues to blister Midwest
Aug 01, 2006; ... CHICAGO - The blowtorch heat that blistered California last weekgripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions ofpeople with outdoor jobs - including NFL players in training camp. Temperatures ...
FDA revives over-counter Plan B sales: Morning-after pill without prescription
Aug 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - Women over 18 may soon be able to get the morning-after pill without a prescription. In a surprise decision Monday,health officials revived a long-stalled application to allow over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive. The Food and Drug Administration told ...
LOTTERY: LOTTERIES
Aug 01, 2006 ... Monday, July 31, 2006 West Virginia: Daily 3 529 Daily 4 8737Cash 25 ...
CORRECTIONS
Aug 01, 2006 ... Leon P. Miller of McDowell County was the state's first blackjudge, not Herman Canady as indicated in Monday's Innerviews column.Miller was elected in 1968. *** In the July 30 Sunday Gazette-Mail, a caption under a photo fromthe Boone County Fair incorrectly listed events ...
Street paving
Aug 01, 2006 ... West Virginia Paving will pave the following streets between 7a.m. and 7 p.m. today: ...
World weather
Aug 01, 2006 ... Amsterdam 80 60 Rain Athens 91 68 PCldy Baghdad 109 77 Clr Beijing 92 77 Rain Berlin 86 62 PCldy Bermuda 86 79 PCldy Cairo 96 75 Clr Calgary 79 48 Rain Dublin 72 53 Rain Hong Kong 87 77 Rain Jerusalem 90 72 ...
National weather
Aug 01, 2006 ... Anchorage 63 52 Cldy Atlanta 92 74 PCldy Boston 83 72 Rain Charlotte,N.C. 95 72 Clr Chicago 99 79 Clr Cincinnati 93 74 Clr Cleveland 93 76 Clr Dallas-Ft Worth 101 80 PCldy Denver 92 61 Cldy Detroit 96 76 Clr Elkins 90 ...
Reynolds candidacy a surprise: Clarksburg native, WVU alumnus among finalists for NFL job
Aug 01, 2006; ... mitchvingle@wvgazette.com In the business world, he's known as the vice chairman and chiefoperating officer of Fidelity Investments. In the sports world, he's one of five finalists to succeed PaulTagliabue as the National Football League's commissioner. At Washington ...
Dodgers acquire Maddux: Reds add pitchers on busy final day
Aug 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - Greg Maddux was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers in thebiggest deal before baseball's non-waiver trade deadline Monday whilethe Washington Nationals surprised some teams by holding onto AlfonsoSoriano. A 327-game winner and four-time Cy Young Award winner, Madduxwaived ...
Beware of the Old White, especially the mounds
Aug 01, 2006; ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The names will be redacted to protect theinnocent. Could have been me, but I have as much chance of playing inthe West Virginia Amateur as Temple does of cracking the Top 5 incollege football. One young participant in the 87th State Am faces a 90-yard chip ...
Reale leads with a 66: 4-under round good for two-stroke edge
Aug 01, 2006; ... Leaders W.Va. Amateur First round Par 70 Anthony Reale 32-3466Christian Brand 32-3668 Hop White 33-3669 Jon Burnside, 35-3671 Nathan Kinker 36-3571 David Boggs 38-3472 Pat Carter 35-3772 Don Jones35-3873 Matt Hicks 36-3773 Ryan Stewart 36-3874 Michael Wetzel ...
INSIDE
Aug 01, 2006 ... Keep cool, stay home On a hot day of NFL training camps, high-profile ...
TWO-MINUTE DRILL
Aug 01, 2006 ... Today's quote You dont know what you have until you get a playerin the game. We finally convinced ourselves to throw Steve [Slaton]in there after four, five games last year, and it turned out prettygood. We should have done it earlier, but we werent sure if he wasready. West Virginia ...
Utley hits the road with streak intact
Aug 01, 2006; ... PHILADELPHIA - Chase's chase is still on and he's taking thelongest hitting streak in the majors on the road. All-Star second baseman Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to32 games Monday with a single in the sixth inning of the Phillies' 15-2 loss to the Florida Marlins, the ...
Area golf
Aug 01, 2006 ... Sewickley Heights Invitational At Sewickley Heights Golf Club Sewickley, Pa. Monday's first-round results Brad Westfall 37-33-70 Ed Vietmeier 34-36-70 Denny Dolci ...
87th West Virginia Amateur golf
Aug 01, 2006 ... Monday's results At The Greenbrier The Old White course, par 70 Anthony Reale, Glenville 32-34-66 Christian Brand, Charleston 32-36-68 Hop White, Scott Depot 33-36-69 Jon Burnside, Fairmont 35-36-71 Nathan Kinker, Barboursville 36-35-71 David Boggs, ...
Meetings, etc.
Aug 01, 2006 ... * MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER: Boys soccer players from DuPont, CedarGrove and East Bank middle schools are requested to meet at theDuPont soccer field at 6 p.m. today. * RIVERSIDE BOOSTERS: The Riverside Athletic Boosters will have anorganizational meeting at 7 p.m. today in the commons ...
Today in sports history
Aug 01, 2006 ... 1936 - The Olympic Games open in Berlin. The opening ceremony ispresided over by Adolph Hitler. 1945 - New York's Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victoryover the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds. Only Babe Ruth with 714and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more. 1972 - Nate ...
Fight schedule
Aug 01, 2006 ... National TV in parentheses Wednesday At Yokohama, Japan, Koki Kameda, Japan, vs. Juan Jose Landaeta,Venezuela, 12, for the vacant WBA light flyweight title. At New Alhambra, Philadelphia (ESPN2), Rogers Mtagwa,Philadelphia, vs. Alvin Brown, Kansas City, Mo., 12, for ...
Major League Soccer
Aug 01, 2006 ... Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 2 6 45 38 19 New England 6 6 8 26 26 26 New York 5 6 9 24 23 26 Chicago 5 7 7 22 24 26 Kansas City 6 11 3 21 22 28 Columbus 4 9 8 20 16 28 Western Conference W L T Pts GF ...
WNBA
Aug 01, 2006 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Connecticut 21 6 .778 - x-Detroit 18 8 .692 21/2 x-Indiana 17 10 .630 4 x-Washington 15 13 .536 61/2 Charlotte 8 20 .286 131/2 New York 7 20 .259 14 Chicago 4 23 .148 17 WESTERN ...
Transactions
Aug 01, 2006 ... BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Placed LHP Kurt Birkins on the 15-day DL,retroactive July 30. Recalled RHP Julio Manon from Ottawa of the IL. BOSTON RED SOX-Activated LHP David Wells from the 15-day DL. AddedRHP Bryan Corey to the active roster. Placed OF ...
NHRA
Aug 01, 2006 ... Fram-Autolite Nationals Sunday's results At Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Final Order Top Fuel 1. J.R. Todd. 2. Tony Schumacher. 3. Doug Kalitta. 4. HillaryWill. 5. Rod Fuller. 6. Larry Dixon. 7. Bob Vandergriff. 8. DavidGrubnic. 9. Cory ...
NASCAR
Aug 01, 2006 ... Nextel Cup Leaders Through July 23 Points 1. Jimmie Johnson, 2939. 2, Matt Kenseth, 2842. 3, Jeff Burton,2621. 4, Kyle Busch, 2582. 5, Kevin Harvick, 2563. 6, Mark Martin,2557. 7, Kasey Kahne, 2515. 8, Denny Hamlin, 2514. 9, Jeff Gordon,2512. 10, Tony Stewart, 2477 ....
Baseball today
Aug 01, 2006 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Boston 63 41 .606 - z-5-5 W-1 34-15 29-26 16-2 New York 61 41 .598 1 6-4 W-1 33-19 28-22 10-8 Toronto 57 48 .543 61/2 z-4-6 L-2 35-21 22-27 9-9 Baltimore 48 59 .449 161/2 4-6 L-1 28-28 20-31 9-9 Tampa ...
Minor league baseball
Aug 01, 2006 ... South Atlantic League Second Half North Division W L Pct. GB Lakewood (Phillies) 26 12 .684 - Lake County (Indians) 20 16 .556 5 Hickory (Pirates) 20 18 .526 6 West Virginia (Brewers) 18 20 .474 8 Greensboro (Marlins) 17 19 .472 ...
Red Sox's Ortiz does it again
Aug 01, 2006; ... BOSTON - David Ortiz hit a game-ending, three-run homer in theninth inning Monday night to give the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 win overthe Cleveland Indians that kept them in sole possession of firstplace in the AL East. Ortiz, who also hit a solo homer in the third, got his second ...
Sports on TV/radio
Aug 01, 2006 ... TELEVISION (FOXP) 7 p.m. - baseball: Braves at Pirates (ESPN2) 8 p.m. - WNBA: Indiana at Detroit (ESPN2) 10 p.m. - WNBA: Houston at ...
Cards' Leinart, Pats' Brady no-shows: NFL camps
Aug 01, 2006; ... Arizona rookie quarterback Matt Leinart stayed out of the sunMonday, as did veteran counterpart Tom Brady, who was mysteriouslyabsent from workouts with the New England Patriots. Leinart missed the first day of practice while contractnegotiations went on between the Cardinals and ...
Westfall tied for lead at Tri-State golf event: Roundup
Aug 01, 2006; ... Brad Westfall of Tygart Lake Country Club was tied for the leadMonday after the first round of the PGA Tri-State Sewickley HeightsInvitational in Sewickley, Pa. Westfall shot a 2-under-par 70 at the 7,004-yard Sewickley HeightsGolf Club. He is tied with Ed Vietmeier. Barry ...
Alberts makes return to college football on CSTV
Aug 01, 2006; ... Love him or hate him, Trev Alberts always had an opinion ready forevery college football topic during his nearly four-year stint as astudio host on ESPN. We are closing in on the one-year anniversary of Alberts' far-too-public implosion as a college football commentator for ESPN ....
Earnhardt must get to work to make Chase: NASCAR
Aug 01, 2006; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent his final off weekendat Will Ferrell's movie premiere, judged a Miss Hooters pageant inLas Vegas, then returned home to host a get-together for his onlineracing league. Now it's back to work, with little time to play over the next ...
Three singles in ninth lift Gnats past Power
Aug 01, 2006 ... Coming up for the Power * Today: Open date * Wednesday: COLUMBUS,7:05 p.m. * Thursday: COLUMBUS, 7:05 p.m. * Friday: COLUMBUS, 7:05p.m. SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Savannah Sand Gnats used three consecutivesingles in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday night to score thegame-winning ...
Sports briefs
Aug 01, 2006 ... Saban declines bid to dine with President DAVIE, Fla. - When the White House called with an invitation todine with President Bush, Miami Dolphins coach Nick Saban said no. Saban, a Marion County native and former West Virginia assistant,said Monday in Davie, Fla., that his ...
New formula for jail fees withdrawn
Aug 01, 2006; ... Reserve fund The change would have created an operational reservefund that would allow the Regional Jail Authority to set aside fundsequal to the cost of running the nine regional jails for up to fourmonths roughly $20 million. philk@wvgazette.com A new formula for ...
Will he ever wash his face again?
Aug 01, 2006; ... Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., puts his autograph on JacobFowler's forehead Monday after a ceremony celebrating the 10-yearanniversary of Diamond Electric Manufacturing Corp.'s plant inEleanor. "I've always wanted to have an important person like asenator or governor to do it," said ...
Four birth control solutions discussed: Drug-buying pool an option for state
Aug 01, 2006; ... mkelly@wvgazette.com West Virginia may reach out to public and private partners orpartner with other states to help clinics ward off a drought ofcontraceptive pills and patches. West Virginia Family Planning Director Denise Smith and actingPharmaceutical Advocate Shana ...
Commission wants details on resignation
Aug 01, 2006; ... ericeyre@wvgazette.com Kanawha County commissioners want to know what's going on at thecounty's leading economic development agency after the group'spopular public relations executive abruptly resigned last week. At a meeting later this week, commissioners plan to ask ...
Exploding tire kills coal plant welder
Aug 01, 2006; ... kward@wvgazette.com A welder was killed Sunday at a Randolph County coal preparationplant, adding to a mining industry death toll that is already WestVirginia's highest in 15 years. Jermey T. Heckler, 30, was welding and grinding on a tire rim whenthe pressurized tire blew ...
McCartney goes classical
Aug 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK - Paul McCartney has made his share of classic music: Nowthe ex-Beatle is releasing a classical album. "Ecce Cor Meum," which means "Behold My Heart," is a choral andorchestral work in English and Latin, due out next month. Britain'sMagdalen College Oxford commissioned ...
Bulletin board
Aug 01, 2006 ... TODAY American Red Cross will sponsor blood drives from 12:30 to 6:30p.m. at the Red Cross Blood Center, 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd.,Huntington. A drive will also be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at the OldFellowship Hall, 2635 Main St. Hurricane. Additional drives will beheld from 1 to ...
PARENTING: Hickeys not a big problem
Aug 01, 2006; ... Q. My 17-year-old son came home with a large red hickey on hisneck, presumably given to him by his girlfriend. I'm inclined toforbid them from seeing one another for a month or so, but I knowfrom reading your column over the years that you would probably callthat micromanagement. What ...
ASK AMY: It's the parents' job to establish values in home
Aug 01, 2006; ... Keeping up Kids treat daughter cruelly at school. Parents were told to buyflat-screen TVs in their home and drive fancy cars to attract friendsfor daughter. Amy says: A. Encourage daughter to join clubs to make friends. B. Move to less ritzy neighborhood. C ....
Horoscope
Aug 01, 2006; ... Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 Your birthday today: Caution is advised this year when involvedwith real estate. Listen to your family as you make long-termdecisions. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March ...
Gitmo guards attacked often, reports show
Aug 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON - The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the waron terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times,turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloodylizard tail into makeshift weapons. Pentagon incident reports reviewed by The Associated ...