Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN) back issues from May 2007:
Student activists speak out.
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth May 1--In a time-honored protest practice, Erik Lund refuses to eat this week. The University of Minnesota Duluth freshman, along with other UMD and College of St. Scholastica students, kicked off participation in Hungry for Peace week ...
Prep Report: East tops Central.
May 01, 2007 ... May 1--Matt Chruscielski pitched six strong innings and hit a home run to lead visiting Duluth East to a 9-4 victory over Duluth Central in a high school baseball game on Monday. John Tisak went 2-for-4 with a double for East. Central (4-3) got two hits from John ...
Twin Ports night life: Dead or alive?
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Will Ashenmacher May 1--To hear some young professionals talk, the Twin Ports goes silent after sundown. That's a reputation that threatens the area's ability to attract educated young workers, who might be less likely to work here if they see the region as ...
Student activists speak out against war.
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth May 1--In a time-honored protest practice, Erik Lund refuses to eat this week. The University of Minnesota Duluth freshman, along with other UMD and College of St. Scholastica students, kicked off participation in Hungry for Peace week ...
Bars find that change is a key to continued success.
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Will Ashenmacher May 1--In their effort to keep younger patrons happy, several Duluth bars and clubs have come to one conclusion: Keep the options changing. Playhouses, galleries and movie theaters have new exhibits and shows built into their business plans, ...
Pawlenty favors DECC, but could veto bill.
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Hamilton May 1--The Minnesota House and Senate on Monday approved a bill containing $37 million in state money for expansion of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, but the $334 million package may face a veto from Gov. Tim Pawlenty for being too large. ...
Growing gains.
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Passi May 1--Pro Print soon will double the size of its Duluth plant. The 29-year-old company has purchased 3.8 acres of land inside the Airpark, the business park east of Duluth International Airport. Co-owner Scott Cooke said he and his ...
For north woods dealer, bait business is `in my blood'.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sam Cook DULUTH, Minn. _ Yes, the hours are bad. Yes, he's on the road a lot. Sure, he isn't getting rich. But Craig Keuten loves the bait business. "It's in my blood," he says. "I've been around it all my life." Keuten grew up ...
Muskie guide savors the good life as catch-and-release takes hold.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sam Cook When he was a kid growing up in Illinois, Ty Sennett spent six weeks every summer on the Chippewa Flowage near Hayward, Wis. His parents vacationed there, and Sennett spent all the time he could on the water. "I remember looking at the guide boats ...
After seven months, zoo director resigns.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe May 2--Less than a year after being named director of the Lake Superior Zoo, Ryan Gulker resigned Monday afternoon. "Ryan came in yesterday, late afternoon, and gave me his two-week notice," said Parks and Recreation Director Carl Seehus on ...
Ranked squads battle to a draw.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki May 2--St. Olaf baseball coach Matt McDonald wasn't all smiles following his team's 8-2 victory over St. Scholastica on Tuesday at Wade Stadium. That's because the Oles lost the first game of the nonconference doubleheader, 11-5. Over ...
Skate park effort re-energized.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe May 2--Officials are shaking the dust off a plan drawn early this decade for a concrete skate park at Wheeler Field. The idea was shelved for several years while city officials tried to settle on where the Kroc Center would be built. ...
Grandma's sets strict drug rules.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Pates May 2--Mary Akor says she plays by the rules. And even though her doctor has prescribed an inhaler to ease asthma problems, the elite distance runner won't use it. The inhaler includes medication that's on a list of banned substances. ...
Union worked up over part-timers.
May 02, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Hamilton May 2--The city of Duluth could essentially get out of the golf course business to avoid a costly confrontation with the city's largest union. After examining the state's Public Employee Labor Relations Act, the city realizes it should not be ...
Bears are center's stars.
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Bloomquist May 3--LY -- As far as bears go, Ted and Honey Bear are complete opposites. "Ted is the big male," said Jeff Traska of Wausau, Wis., owner of two black bears that will become featured attractions starting Saturday at the newly developed $1.7 ...
Who's the boss?
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers May 3--The new boss is in town, and just in time for a big week on the job. Minnesota's latest weapon in the war on wildfires is a single-engine float plane that looks like a crop duster on steroids. And that's just about what it is. ...
Racing series comes back to the dirt track.
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki May 3--As senior vice president and chief financial officer for Como Oil and Propane, Joe Stariha was looking to help local auto racing while marketing his company's name. The first annual Como Oil and Propane Modified Series was born last year, ...
Ski area plans more improvements.
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe May 3--Before the winter season, Spirit Mountain's staff will make a few changes that will create one slightly more challenging run, along with several cosmetic improvements skiers may hardly notice. "This is the year of the nonsexy projects," ...
Corrections.
May 03, 2007 ... May 3--In Wednesday's News Tribune, one quote and two sentences regarding the merits of concrete skate parks versus wooden parks should have been attributed to Taylor Legee, owner of Freestyle of Duluth. The News Tribune regrets the error. Copyright (c) 2007, Duluth ...
Pawlenty backs DECC expansion despite veto.
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Hamilton May 3--Providing $37 million in state money for a new arena at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center remains a top priority for Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. But the Republican leader said Wednesday that he will not allow the $67 million ...
Driving force.
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: Andy Greder May 3--Tyler Hill's pet peeve is not having enough practice time on the golf course, and lately, the Virginia-Mountain Iron-Buhl senior hasn't been agitated. Hill, the top-ranked golfer in Class A, and his brother, Casey, live across the street ...
No smoking? No problem.
May 03, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Brissett May 3--The Red Star Lounge, a nightclub in the Fitger's Brewery Complex, will voluntarily go smoke-free on June 1. Owners Tim Nelson and Rod Raymond believe it is the first bar-only establishment in the city to ban smoking. The ...
Traditional Ojibwe canoe will travel to Russia.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt May 4--Marvin DeFoe paddled his first birch bark canoe part way down the Mississippi River. He didn't make it all that far -- at 18, his urge to get going was stronger than his urge to plan the trip, and winter closed the river before him. That ...
Too few tenants for new spaces.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Hamilton May 4--After almost a year of negotiations, the city of Duluth and SMDC Health Systems remain at loggerheads over terms for leasing hundreds of spaces in the new medical district parking ramp. Meanwhile, the city's $13 million ramp at First ...
Social worker settles for $90,000.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Stodghill May 4--A former St. Louis County social worker will receive $90,000 after settling a lawsuit against the county in which she claimed she was fired after complaining that the Social Services Department did not follow federal law in issues involving the ...
Arts hub new mission of 19th-century building.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Passi May 4--The Gardner Hotel building at 12 Lake Ave. N. is about to be transformed by a new owner intent upon jump-starting Duluth's art scene. The A.H. Zeppa Family Foundation purchased the structure this week. The building, which was built in 1890, ...
The powers that be.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki May 4--Minnesota Duluth senior softball player Ellen Colby doesn't look like the proverbial power hitter, and coming into this season, the 5-foot-3 catcher's statistics backed it up. Colby had just four home runs in three college seasons. ...
Red tape soured director on his job.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe May 4--Ryan Gulker, who resigned Monday after starting in September as the director of the Lake Superior Zoo, issued a statement Thursday largely blaming his departure on a government bureaucracy that makes it extremely difficult to make improvements at ...
Birch bark filled needs both practical and sacred.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth May 4--Long ago, the Ojibwe people noticed birch bark outlasted the wood it surrounded. The tree would rot away and the bark would lie on the ground for years. That led to the creation of many things from the bark, said Carl Gawboy, a ...
Let them eat pancakes.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe May 4--The sweet, syrupy smell of pancakes wafted through the Skywalk Thursday morning, like a siren song for the annual Duluth Lions Pancake Day. And boy, did the crowds hear it. Whether on foot or by car, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m ....
Duluth's top sprinters to duel.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Weegman May 4--Twenty-nine years ago this week Affirmed and Alydar began their month-long showdown in the Triple Crown horse races. Affirmed won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes en route to becoming the last racehorse to win the ...
Light heavyweight won't be taken lightly.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki May 4--Never mind that one of the boxers featured in tonight's Superior Showdown III fight card has lost 11 straight bouts. Or that another featured boxer is 41 years old. Nothing in life is a given, and that's definitely true of boxing. Duluth's ...
Excelsior fights judges' findings.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Bloomquist May 4--Against the opinion of two administrative law judges, Excelsior Energy Inc. is asking the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve a power-purchase agreement that would lead to development of a $1.5 billion coal-gasification power plant ...
Subsidies best spent on kids, expert says.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Brissett May 4--Arthur J. Rolnick, senior vice president and research director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, says economic development money would provide a far better return if invested in young children than in stadiums or Mall of America expansions ....
Hip-hop bands shout it out for Homegrown Music Festival.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt May 4--YO, Yo, Duluth -- put your hands up. We're out here. Four hip-hop bands, three local and one from Minneapolis, shouted that message from the Central Hillside Thursday night during the Homegrown Music Festival's Hillside Hip-Hop Showcase at ...
Judge orders 15-year-old must stand trial as adult.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Stodghill May 4--A 15-year-old Duluth boy in a cold, calm and calculated manner allegedly shot two Lincoln Park store clerks in the back in November so he could steal a handful of cash from the register. The shooter was not a young, scared child when ...
Man faces prison for sexual assault of young girl.
May 04, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Stodghill May 4--A Gnesen Township man faces a possible prison sentence of up to 14 1/2 years after admitting Thursday that he sexually assaulted a pre-teen girl and exposed her to methamphetamine. Bradley John Abrahamson, 33, of 5913 Howard Gnesen Road, ...
Homegrown hip-hop pulses through Central Hillside.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt May 5--YO, Yo, Duluth -- put your hands up. We're out here. Four hip-hop bands, three local and one from Minneapolis, shouted that message from the Central Hillside on Thursday night during Homegrown Music Festival's Hillside Hip-Hop Showcase at ...
Pickwick wins prestigious culinary award.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Brissett May 5--Two generations of the Wisocki family will be in New York City on Monday night to accept perhaps the most prestigious award a restaurant can receive, a James Beard Foundation Award, for the Pickwick Restaurant. Chris Wisocki and his ...
Happiest at home: If you go.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt May 5--* What: Rose bush and shrub planting -- Where: Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota Highway 61 north of Two Harbors -- When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today -- Instructions: Meet at the visitor'scenter, bring work gloves ...
Radio station thrives with unique identity.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth May 5--KUMD doesn't compete with satellite and commercial radio and doesn't want to. The radio station's main goal is to present news and information not offered by commercial stations. "If we played foreign music and it became ...
$500,000 bail set for shooting suspect.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Stodghill May 5--Bail was set at $500,000 for a 15-year-old boy who was charged Friday with four counts of attempted first-degree murder and three other crimes after two Lincoln Park convenience store clerks were shot in the back in November. Steven ...
Jury sorts out first lawsuit against aquarium contractor.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Stodghill May 5--A St. Louis County jury determined Friday that the Great Lakes Aquarium owes one of its contractors about $56,000 for work it completed, but jurors also found that the contractor is responsible for causing the aquarium to open three days late in ...
Superiority Showdown III.
May 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki May 5--Boxing trainer Chuck Horton takes a cautious approach when his boxers go against veterans. Horton has been around and knows that a veteran, even when appearing overmatched, can still pull out a trick or lure a less-experienced fighter into ...
'Foreign' has a new ring on the Range.
May 06, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Bloomquist May 6--Not long ago, leaving a foreign-branded car in an Iron Range taconite plant parking lot was asking for trouble. "I remember when they used to key-scratch foreign cars in the parking lots," said Peter Kakela, a Michigan State University ...
Fire northwest of Ham Lake grows.
May 06, 2007 ... Byline: Will Ashenmacher May 6--Fire crews responded to a fire near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness that had grown to 1,400 acres by 8 p.m. Saturday. A fire that apparently started near the northeast corner of Ham Lake was reported to the Cook County ...
CSS star crafts a fine finish.
May 06, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Weegman May 6--St. Scholastica senior Rilee Dawson had waited four years for a moment like this. As the backup pitcher to four-time Upper Midwest Athletic Conference softball player of the year Laura Heise, the spotlight seldom landed on Dawson. But she ...
LeBard helps Superior win tournament.
May 06, 2007 ... May 6--Amanda LeBard gave up two runs and seven hits in 14 innings as Superior beat St. Francis and Irondale to win the St. Francis high school softball tournament Saturday. Ashley Martin hit a solo home run in the Spartans' 3-0 win over St. Francis. Superior's ...
Climate changes may force Minnesota anglers to find new fish to pursue.
May 06, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers May 6--Temperatures in Minnesota continue to rise, causing lake waters to become warmer. Walleyes become stressed when water temperatures exceed 77 degrees -- and the fish they prey on also fare poorly. Fish better-suited to warmer waters, like ...
Bye-bye, walleye?
May 06, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers May 6--Maybe it's prophetic that Minnesota is changing its new conservation license plates to show a jumping largemouth bass. As 2 million anglers prepare for Minnesota's walleye season, which opens Saturday, some fisheries experts warn that the ...
Repairs to Duluth's steam plant will improve efficiency.
May 07, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Passi May 7--The foam will flow along First Street this week, as crews pump insulation into the conduits that cradle Duluth's network of steam pipes. It's part of a $4.2 million initiative to improve the efficiency of the city's steam works. The project ...
Barnyard sale draws a crowd in Embarrass.
May 07, 2007 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt May 7--Shoulda brought more guinea hens. That's one lesson Scott Christensen of Palo took away from the first-ever animal swap at the Embarrass fairgrounds on Sunday. "I had two, but they went right away," Christensen said. The animal ...
Fire on Gunflint Trail forces evacuation.
May 07, 2007 ... Byline: Will Ashenmacher May 7--ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL -- The sky above the upper reaches of the Gunflint Trail was milky Sunday afternoon with the haze of smoke from the season's first major forest fire in Northeastern Minnesota. The fire-friendly weather conditions ...
Bullish on Bulldog.
May 07, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Brissett May 7--Senior University of Minnesota Duluth business students stood before about 60 members of the Duluth financial community last week, presenting investment recommendations for their mutual fund. Tough questions followed: How do the ...
LOCAL NAMES & NEWS.
May 07, 2007 ... May 7--Running Polson wins 5K Jeremy Polson of Duluth won Saturday's Melpomene 5-kilometer men's race in St. Paul, finishing in 14 minutes, 55 seconds. Polson, 29, led a field of 109 and Christopher Grossin, 32, of Minneapolis was second in 16:17. Amy ...
City plans skywalk project.
May 08, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Hamilton May 8--Duluth's city business manager, Tom Cotruvo, said Monday that plans -- and potential funding -- have been developed that could lead to the long-awaited construction this summer on vital missing links to the city's skywalk system. The ...
Failure of four bolts cited in mine death.
May 08, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Bloomquist May 8--The failure of four bolts on a stabilizing cylinder caused a mining drill at United Taconite to tip over last month, killing the drill operator when he was ejected from the machine's cab, according to a St. Louis County Inspector of Mines report. ...
EDITORIAL: Ham Lake fire sparks resolve.(Editorial)
May 08, 2007 ... May 8--Their stunned faces were as ashen and blank as the charred landscape around their homes, cabins and outbuildings yesterday. Residents of the evacuated Gunflint Trail were left with little else to do but digest the horrible and discouraging news. A wildfire burning since ...
Cirrus Design unveils new aircraft that's no carbon copy.
May 08, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Passi May 8--Cirrus Design Corp. already produced the best-selling aircraft in the world, but it wasn't satisfied. The Duluth-based company just revealed a lighter, more agile version of the plane with a longer flying range than anything it has ever produced -- the ...
Gunflint Trail fire leaves path of destruction.
May 08, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers May 8--ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL -- The Ham Lake fire took an ugly path of destruction Sunday night into Monday morning, burning an estimated 40 homes, cabins and outbuildings and becoming Minnesota's most damaging wildfire in decades. The fire, ...
Discourse dares to imagine an end to poverty.
May 08, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe May 8--The idea of completely wiping out poverty in Duluth might seem ludicrous to some, audacious to others. Nevertheless, a group of nearly 100 people Monday night decided to talk about what it would take to help turn that hope into some ...
Minnesota's famed walleyes giving way to bass and bullheads.
May 09, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers DULUTH, Minn. _ Maybe it's prophetic that Minnesota is changing its new conservation license plates to show a jumping largemouth bass. As 2 million anglers prepare for Minnesota's walleye season, which opens Saturday, some fisheries experts warn ...
Fire rekindles in strong west winds; one building destroyed.
May 09, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers May 9--SEAGULL LAKE -- Strong west winds fanned life back into the Ham Lake fire Tuesday, pushing it into new areas, torching pine trees and filling the Gunflint Trail air with smoke as thick as storm clouds. At least one additional building burned ...
Another fire flare-up.
May 09, 2007 ... Byline: John Myers May 9--SEAGULL LAKE -- Jan Sivertson didn't cry Tuesday afternoon as she pulled into the driveway of what had been her cabin. Only a pile of ash and disfigured rubble remained under a formerly blue metal roof that had been scorched white by the ...
Radiation effects haunt vets' lives.
May 09, 2007 ... Byline: Brandon Stahl May 9--Marvin Ford was 17 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1945, eager to serve his country during World War II. Though the war ended two months after he got out of basic training, his time in the military would leave him battling with his health for the ...