Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN) back issues from August 2008:
Want a job in Duluth? It's about who you know.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe Aug. 1--Young professionals crowded into the Great Lakes Ballroom of Duluth's Holiday Inn on Thursday to hear strategies for finding that elusive Duluth job. The Fuse quarterly luncheon titled "Making it in Duluth" was one of many giving members, ...
City of Duluth to pay for sump pumps.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brandon Stahl Aug. 1--Starting Monday, any Duluth home for sale must have its private sanitary sewer systems inspected. Though some homeowners or buyers will bear some of the cost of eliminating sewer overflows and improving Lake Superior's health, there's a bit of ...
Carlton survivors of I-35W bridge collapse gain strength, anger and fear.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 1--This isn't where Nevada and Theresa Torrance expected to be.It has been one year since the couple and two of their children watched the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in front of their Ford Explorer; it's been one year since the ...
Little League, big fun.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki Aug. 1--Next year, most of the Little Leaguers playing in the Art Von Tournament this weekend in Duluth will move up to play baseball where the mound is 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate and bases are spaced 90 feet apart, just like in the big leagues. ...
Decade of 'Dogs.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kevin Pates Aug. 1--The boys from Fort William, Ontario, had an MVP streak at Minnesota Duluth in the early 1960s. Mike Mithrush and Bill Lenardon shared the most valuable player honor on the men's hockey team in 1960-61, followed by John McCormick in 1962 and ...
EDITORIAL: A bridge, and now a plane: In memory of those taken too soon.(Editorial)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Aug. 1--o matter what anyone believes about our existence on this planet, one thing for sure is that life is precious. That sobering reality hits home every time a tragedy occurs and lives are taken before their time -- a seeming injustice of the universe that leaves us asking a ...
Tall ships arrive in Duluth to the delight of thousands.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Candace Renalls Aug. 1--With cannons' roar, a trio of tall ships, their white sails billowing in the wind, glided into Duluth Harbor Thursday afternoon to the delight of the thousands of people who gathered to watch. The ships, including replicas of 1812 war ...
EDITORIAL: X-cessive: $5.54 is high price for no-show X-Fest concert.(Editorial)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Aug. 2--It was bad enough when rockers 3 Doors Down and the rest of the X Fest concert canceled their Duluth performance this week with little to no explanation. But the real slap didn't come for Jeff Wright until he received an e-mail with his refund for two tickets he purchased online ...
Rope-maker keeps fair-goers spellbound.
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 2--CHISHOLM -- The busiest part of the children's barn at the St. Louis County Fair in Chisholm on Friday wasn't the goat pen, or the miniature horses, or even the frizzled chickens. Nope -- the biggest crowd was around Willard Pearson and ...
'Silly argument' over $20 led to Hillside Laundry shooting.
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Kuchera Aug. 2--An argument over $20 and a slap led to the fatal shooting of James Alton Peterson on Tuesday night, according to the criminal complaint filed Friday against the next door neighbor accused of shooting him.Terrance Callender, 48, is ...
Duluth News-Tribune, Minn., Holly Gruber column: Excitement, anticipation are in the air at the fair.(Column)
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Holly Gruber Aug. 2--There's something in the air in late summer -- county fair time. It's the fragrance of anticipation. The 88th annual South St. Louis County Fair opened Wednesday and runs through Sunday at the Proctor-Duluth Fairgrounds. I was there Tuesday ...
Running down a dream.
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki Aug. 2--Jalon Hopkins of Duluth enjoys playing the EA Sports video game "NCAA Football 09," and whenever his team takes on Ohio State, the best player on the field is Buckeyes senior linebacker James Laurinaitis.There was a day when Hopkins was ...
Racer stays busy.
Aug 02, 2008 ... Byline: Kevin Pates Aug. 2--Working 40 hours a week hasn't kept Marlo McGaver from spending another 20 hours or more swimming, biking and running. Her schedule this weekend includes today's 29th Grand View (Wis.) Firehouse 50-Mile bike race (on her 38th birthday), followed ...
EDITORIAL: Hello, Homeland Security? Can you run a check on ...:.(Editorial)
Aug 03, 2008 ... Aug. 3--Everyone should have the right to earn a living. Even the worse offenders serving hard time can find something worthwhile to do in a prison shop. So there's nothing wrong with disgraced former Minnesota Department of Transportation executive Sonia Morphew Pitt seeking a new gig ...
Cloquet's iconic gas station is getting a facelift.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 3--The scuffs on the red-stained concrete steps outside the only gas station ever designed by one of the world's most famous architects tell the story. Though the steps have been scratched and nicked by years of use, they retain the original color ...
The hidden world below ships' decks.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth Aug. 3--The U.S. Brig Niagara has some modern technologies, but life aboard is decidedly old-fashioned. The crew of 32 deals with a lack of running water, minimal electric power and even a hierarchy adhered to for meals. "The crew eats fore and ...
Youths in Ashland study the environment knee-deep in bog.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth Aug. 3--ASHLAND -- After ducking under a low bridge, students entered a world of water "roads" earlier this week in the Kakagon Sloughs.The sloughs in Ashland are known as the "everglades of Wisconsin." The high-school students were ...
Field Reports.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Sam Cook Aug. 3--Ag Department won't allow early CRP withdrawals In a move that surprised conservation groups, the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday decided not to allow farmers penalty-free early withdrawals from Conservation Reserve Program contracts. ...
Retriever test time.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Sam Cook Aug. 3--Red, a black Labrador retriever handled by Jackson, and a lot of other retrievers, did all of that and more last weekend in the Duluth Retriever Club's annual American Kennel Club Hunting Test. A total of 201 retrievers competed July 25-27 not against ...
Duluth News-Tribune, Minn., Sam Cook column: Fish stories often are just that.(Column)
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Sam Cook Aug. 3--The initial report came in the form of a cryptic entry in the weekly conservation officer's report from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. "CO Brad Schultz (Cook) reports a few muskie anglers were trying their luck this past week. A ...
Help couple plan dream Duluth wedding on a budget.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Linda Hanson Aug. 3--Todd Kuball and Katy Blackwood need your ideas. They want to be married in Duluth and need suggestions on how to have the wedding of their dreams, yet stick within their limited budget. The couple welcomes your suggestions for everything from ...
Record number participate in Two Harbors Kayak Festival race.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Andy Greder Aug. 3--The rule for the Two Harbors Kayak Festival was simple and straightforward. "We've been saying all day, 'We are gonna send anyone home that complains,' " joked Scott Neustel, a festival board member. On a pristine August Saturday with kayaks ...
Wright apprentice returning to see gas station.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 3--When Robert Pond drove away from Cloquet in 1958,he left behind a gleaming,copper-topped service station of the future. On Thursday, half a century and a full career as an architect later, Pond will return to Cloquet to see how the Lindholm ...
Duluth News-Tribune, Minn., Chuck Frederick column: What's smaller than a branch? That would be Twig.(Column)
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Chuck Frederick Aug. 3--Driving along U.S. Highway 53, just northwest of Duluth, Marilyn Lueck's cousin suddenly burst out laughing. The visitor from Chicago had spotted a sign for Twig and her guffawing at the word prompted a question in the car. Just how did Twig ...
Duluth News-Tribune, Minn., Linda Hanson column: A driving force for anxiety.(Column)
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: Linda Hanson Aug. 3--My older daughter recently survived the most dangerous year of her life so far. She turned 17 and she's still alive after a year of driving. As a reporter, lots of news releases crowd my e-mail inbox. When the first of my two daughters became ...
Maritime Festival purported to be Duluth's largest-ever tourist draw.
Aug 03, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 3--The visit of three vintage sailing ships to Duluth's harbor was the city's largest ever tourism event, drawing an estimated 125,000 people to the waterfront over three days, the city's visitor and convention bureau reported Sunday. Visit Duluth ...
Free ads encourage swapping cast-offs.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: Candace Renalls Aug. 4--Got a used lawn mower that still works but you don't need it anymore? Got a couch that's in good shape but you've replaced it with a newer model? How about that pricey coat you never wore and don't plan to? Too good to toss? Would you consider ...
The windmill comes around.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Passi Aug. 4--Elliott Bayly aims to return a once-common fixture to the American farm. The Duluth businessman wants to bring back the windmill. Toward that end, Bayly, a longtimepromoter of wind power, has developeda three-bladed wind turbine designed to generate ...
Text messaging used to advertise on the go.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe Aug. 4--Duluth area advertisers are on the verge of adding text messaging to their arsenals. Within the past few weeks, Dubh Linn Irish Pub downtown began running an advertisement on the radio asking people to text "Irish" to 313131. Aces on 29th ...
Corrections.(Correction notice)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Aug. 4---- The victim of a motorcycle accident that occurred early Saturday morning on Piedmont Avenue in Duluth was in critical condition Sunday at a Duluth hospital. The victim had been reported dead in a story on Page D3 in Sunday's newspaper. -- The Superior Stampede won the ...
Kolquist wins Arrowhead Invitational golf tournament.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: Andy Greder Aug. 4--Reed Kolquist waited for assistance as his golf ball sat on the edge of the cup on the 14th hole Sunday at Ridgeview Country Club.The 46-year-old from Hermantown would have welcomed a combination of Mother Nature's wind and Isaac ...
Thompson repeats as winner in Brewhouse Triathlon.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: Kevin Pates Aug. 4--Minnesota's best multi-sport athlete got to the finish line of Sunday's 22nd Brewhouse Triathlon on only one leg, and still broke his own course record. David Thompson of St. Paul aggravated a kneecap injury during the concluding five-mile run and ...
Another school tax increase?
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: Sarah Horner Aug. 4--Just months after raising taxes to pay for its controversial long-range facilities plan, the Duluth School Board soon will be asking residents to dig deeper into their pockets to support school programs, only this time Duluthians don't have to say ...
Maritime Festival purported to be Duluth's largest-ever tourist draw.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 4--The visit by three vintage sailing ships to Duluth's harbor was the city's largest-ever tourism event, drawing an estimated 125,000 people to the waterfront over three days, the city's visitor and convention bureau reported Sunday. Visit Duluth ...
Duluth Maritime Festival: Too much of a good thing?
Aug 05, 2008 ... Byline: Candace Renalls Aug. 5--As Canal Park restaurants and shops tally reportedly record profits from the weekend's Duluth Maritime Festival, many people who came to tour the visiting tall sailing ships are complaining. With nearly all 25,000 tickets for boat tours sold, some ...
Minnesota wolf population, range have stopped growing.
Aug 05, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 5--The population and home range of Minnesota's wolves have stalled over the past10 years after three decades of growth, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reports. The slight decline in wolf numbers and stable range in recent years is ...
A full house, all at once: Duluth couple adopts eight siblings.
Aug 05, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 5--Jaime and Rob Scott have waited eight years to start a family.On Aug. 14, their wait will be over -- and it might not be long before they forget that wait entirely. That's the day the last of their eight adopted children will arrive in ...
Company gets more room for burgeoning wind turbine shipments.
Aug 05, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Passi Aug. 5--Lake Superior Warehousing Co. Inc. should be better equipped to handle growing shipments of wind power equipment, thanks to a deal struck with the Duluth Economic Development Authority on Monday. DEDA approved a plan for the company to ...
Duluth man charged in stabbing.
Aug 05, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Kuchera Aug. 5--An argument over a cigarette may have led to a stabbing in downtown Duluth early Thursday morning. William Charles Nelson was charged Monday with one count of first-degree assault for allegedly stabbing Raymundo William Morris multiple times in ...
EDITORIAL: A Night Out (or if you prefer, Night to Unite) effort against crime.(Editorial)
Aug 05, 2008 ... Aug. 5--A quarter century ago, way back in 1984 when Lionel (not Nicole) Richie's "All Night Long" was blaring on the radio and "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" was on the silver screen, some 2.5 million Americans decided to do their part to try to write a final chapter to the ...
Attorneys make cases for, against new trial in music download lawsuit.
Aug 05, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe Aug. 5--There's a good chance that Jammie Thomas, found liable last October in the nation's first music download trial, will get another chance in court. That was the upshot of an hour-long hearing Monday in which attorneys for Thomas and the recording ...
West Duluth veterans housing gets money.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Passi Aug. 6--Plans for a West Duluth housing development for military veterans took a step forward this week when the Duluth Economic Development Authority approved spending up to $300,000 to support the project. Duluth Veterans Housing LLC expects to ...
election bulletin board.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 6--Leaders of Duluth's arts, environmental and conservation communities rallied Tuesday in Canal Park to support this fall's ballot question on raising the state's sales tax for natural resource and the arts. Minnesota voters will be asked ...
EDITORIAL: Busiest, best-ever Northland summer continues.(Editorial)
Aug 06, 2008 ... Aug. 6--Don't exhale quite yet, Northland. This whirlwind summer of nonstop, top-flight events and activities isn't over. Not yet. Sure, we've already helped Glensheen celebrate its 100th anniversary, cheered thousands of Grandma's Marathon runners, oohed and aahed at the ...
UMD football team is early NSIC favorite.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki Aug. 6--Minnesota Duluth football coach Bob Nielson had a quick response for reporters on Monday after finding out the Bulldogs were picked by Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference coaches to win the league this year. "I told them that a ...
Proctor coach Dave Hylla dies.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: Kevin Pates Aug. 6--The American Football Coaches Foundation has an annual high school coaching award that is measured by the lives a coach has touched. Dave Hylla of Proctor was Minnesota's nominee for the Power of Influence Award in 2007, and those who ...
Huskies get win in final home game.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki Aug. 6--The Duluth Huskies have endured a rocky season, with more losses than wins, a slew of injuries and the departure of one of the top players in team history in Joey Bonadonna. Fans have had reasons to jump ship, but spurred by promotional ...
Recent elevator sales may bode well for grain trade.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Passi Aug. 6--W.B. Duluth Storage LLC purchased AGP's Duluth grain terminal at the beginning of this month, completing its second local elevator acquisition this year. The company, an offshoot of Twin Cities-based hedge fund Whitebox Advisors LLC, ...
Input sought on river cleanup: If you go.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 6--Public input sessions on St. Louis River pollution cleanup Aug. 7: 6-8:30 p.m., Superior Public Library, 1530 Tower Ave, Superior Aug. 13: 6-8:30 p.m., City Center West. 5830 Grand Ave, Duluth Aug. 20: 6-8:30 p.m., ...
Duluth school district misses mark on "adequate yearly progress".
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: Jana Hollingsworth Aug. 6--Despite not making adequate yearly progress for the third year in a row, the Duluth School District says progress has been made. Results from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment II test given to students last spring have been ...
Input sought on St. Louis River cleanup.
Aug 06, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 6--The St. Louis River's last run, through Duluth and Superior and into Lake Superior, may some day be clean enough to take off the list of the most contaminated sites along the Great Lakes. But exactly how clean does the river have to get before it's no ...
Urban trees a victim of municipal budget constraints.
Aug 07, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 7--Tom Gelineau knows nearly every tree along the streets of Two Harbors, from the few gnarled oaks that need pruning to the young maples that need mulching. The city's public works director has entered each tree into a computer program that tracks ...
Minnesota Duluth geologist's find could prove existance of supercontinent.
Aug 07, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Kuchera Aug. 7--IT DOESN'T LOOK EXTRAORDINARY -- but a rock found in Antarctica by a University of Minnesota Duluth professor is helping researchers reconstruct what a supercontinent that existed a billion years ago looked like. Analysis of the chunk of granite ...
Swimming pond gets a chance.
Aug 07, 2008 ... Byline: Janna Goerdt Aug. 7--Plans to repair the leaking sand-bottom swimming pond in Cloquet's Pinehurst Park are moving forward, thanks in large part to a legislative amendment this year allowing the city to bypass a Minnesota Department of Health stance against a pool that ...
EDITORIAL: Help wanted!(Editorial)
Aug 07, 2008 ... Aug. 7--Now is the time for all good job applicants -- and especially all excellent administrators -- to come to the county's aid. For whatever reason, St. Louis County seems to be having trouble attracting enough qualified applicants for the county administrator position. That's ...
Ness proposes new way to charge for water use.
Aug 07, 2008 ... Byline: Brandon Stahl Aug. 7--Duluth Mayor Don Ness' administration is proposing an ordinance that would cut the "sprinkling allowance," which would save the city money while promoting water conservation. But it also would increase sanitary sewer fees -- with two city councilors ...
St. Louis County extends deadline for administrator post.
Aug 07, 2008 ... Byline: John Myers Aug. 7--You still have time to brush up your resume. St. Louis County officials have extended the deadline to apply for the position of county administrator for another month. Applications were supposed to close Friday. But Martha Watson, county employee ...
Judge in Link Snacks trial to issue his multimillion dollar ruling today.
Aug 08, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Garmoe Aug. 8--SHELL LAKE -- Judge Eugene Harrington is poised today to issue the most significant ruling in a court case that began in 2005 involving Minong-based Link Snacks, which sells jerky all over the globe. The feud is between Jay Link and his father, ...
The birth of the blues at Bayfront: Bluesfest turns 20.
Aug 08, 2008 ... Byline: Brandon Stahl Aug. 8--Let's face it: Duluth doesn't exactly come to mind when one thinks of cities with a long tradition of the blues. And yet the Bayfront Blues Festival is traditionally the city's second-biggest yearly tourist draw, bringing in an average of 20,000 to ...
Corrections.(Correction notice)
Aug 08, 2008 ... Aug. 8---- Tickets for the Daughtry concert Sept. 2 at Marshall School are available by phone at 336-1375 or online at www.secretserviceconcerts.com. The phone number was wrong in "Hot Ticket: Daughtry in Duluth" on Page 13 of Thursday's Wave. -- The Blues Train associated with Blues Fest ...
Minnesota Point State Park? Resident suggests that city sell parkland to state.
Aug 08, 2008 ... Byline: Candace Renalls Aug. 8--When Park Pointer David Johnson told Duluth Mayor Don Ness last week that he opposed the planned sale of wooded Park Point land for development, Ness challenged him to come up with a compelling reason not to. After thinking about it, Johnson ...
EDITORIAL: With Goucher, it's the summer of the Northland's Olympic pride.(Editorial)
Aug 08, 2008 ... Aug. 8--The Northland has had its fair share of Olympians. Skiers, snowboarders, skaters, hockey players galore and others all have emerged from our region to compete on the world stage. But did you detect something about that list? Did you notice how most of our Olympic athletes have ...
Burke in stock: Defensive end returns to Shoremen.
Aug 08, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki Aug. 8--Tom Burke said he feels older than 31, but the former NFL player tries to focus on the positives. "Every year I feel a couple years older, but I better enjoy this now," Burke said, "because I know when I'm 50, I'll wake up and say, 'I know I ...
Can modified NHRA format bring old results?
Aug 08, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Nowacki Aug. 8--Driver Greg Anderson was skeptical when a new playoff system was introduced before the 2007 National Hot Rod Association season.The Duluth native easily would have won his fourth NHRA Pro Stock points title under the previous format, ...
Olympics: Duluth's Gebeck is keeping athletes on path to gold.
Aug 08, 2008 ... Byline: Kevin Pates Aug. 8--Working for USA Baseball means enjoying success. Athletic trainer Chris Gebeck of Duluth has two favorite moments with the American team: --Beating Cuba 4-0 to win the 2000 Summer Olympics gold medal in Sydney, Australia. --Beating Cuba 8-5 to ...