Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from September 2003:
Service News
Sep 01, 2003; ... Airman Bobbi Jo B. Donahue Hare graduated from basic militarytraining at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. DonahueHare, daughter of Robert Hare and Brenda Hare, both of Maquoketa,Iowa, is a 2002 graduate of Maquoketa High School. * Specialist Tara Jo Droessler was ...
Dorothy M. Gaul
Sep 01, 2003 ... FARLEY, Iowa - Dorothy M. Gaul, 96, of Oakcrest Manor, Dyersville,formerly of Farley, died at 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, atOakcrest Manor. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's CatholicChurch, Farley, with the Rev. Richard G. Gaul officiating and theRev ....
300,000 mourn cleric's death; Shiites vow revenge
Sep 01, 2003; ... NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Vowing revenge and beating their chests, morethan 300,000 Shiites marched Sunday behind the rose-strewn coffin ofa beloved cleric assassinated in a car bombing. Najaf leaders askedthe FBI for help investigating the blast, which killed 125 people. Iraqi police ...
ALMANAC; Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2003. There are 121 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.
Sep 01, 2003; ... History highlights: On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invadedPoland. On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent oftreason. In 1878, Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operatorin the United States, ...
School board race set for Western Dubuque; Gravel vies for seat held by McCabe on Sept. 9 ballot
Sep 01, 2003; ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Western Dubuque County Community School Boardmember Robert McCabe will face a challenger in the Sept. 9 election. Douglas Gravel, of Dyersville, said he is running for office tohelp bring openness, credibility and accountability to the board. The board lost ...
Legislators shirk responsibility
Sep 01, 2003; ... 783 Fenelon Place In an Aug. 12 letter to the editor, Iowa Sen. Julie Hosch and Rep.Gene Manternach refused to take responsibility for their votes todrastically cut state funding to local governments. First, the state legislature passes the budget, not the governor.Second, ...
Health Briefs; T'ai Chi class to start Sept. 15
Sep 01, 2003; ... A six-week class in T'ai Chi movement patterns (all levels) willbe from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, beginning Sept. 15 at MercyWest Education Center, 3505 Stoneman Road. The instructor is Kelly Clemens, an occupational therapist atMercy Medical Center and certified T'ai Chi ...
Sports Briefs; Giants' Bonds hospitalized
Sep 01, 2003; ... PHOENIX - Barry Bonds was hospitalized Sunday night because ofexhaustion following his father's death. Bonds was scratched from San Francisco's lineup just minutesbefore Sunday night's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, one dayafter he left a game because of an accelerated ...
Families live on edge, waiting for news; Fort Carson has lost 17 soldiers since war's end
Sep 01, 2003; ... FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - When Amy West gave birth six weeks ago,she glanced at the clock, did the math and thought about how herhusband was in the middle of his day in Iraq. Her fears for Army Capt. Mike West's safety have intensified ascasualties from Fort Carson troops build ....
Burr released by Steelers
Sep 01, 2003; ... PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers released Lancaster, Wis.,native Josh Burr this weekend just before the NFL's deadline forsubmitting 53-man rosters. Burr, a 6-foot-9, 320-pound offensive tackle from the Universityof South Dakota, spent ...
Lenore E. Mauzey
Sep 01, 2003 ... Mrs. Lenore E. Mauzey, 88, of 2645 Renaissance Drive, formerly ofDallas, died at 3:20 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, at Mercy MedicalCenter-Dubuque. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Resurrection CatholicChurch. Burial will be in St. Clement's Cemetery, Bankston, Iowa.Friends ...
Bush to celebrate Labor Day with union workers; President targets Ohio as a 2004 battleground state
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation celebrates Labor Day this year withan estimated 9 million Americans on the unemployment rolls - 700,000more than on this holiday last year, when President Bush went to aunion workers picnic and said he was encouraged about job growth, but"not ...
2 U.S. soldiers killed; Taliban gets reinforcements as fighting escalates
Sep 01, 2003; ... QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - Two American soldiers were killed Sundayin a firefight with suspected Taliban fighters in easternAfghanistan, while hundreds of Taliban poured into remote southernmountains to join a week-long battle with Afghan forces and theirU.S. allies. The soldiers ...
Morning Smile; Camping reunites Navy buddies
Sep 01, 2003; ... MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) - Two Navy buddies who served together andlater lived less than 80 miles apart in central Iowa ran into eachother for the first time in nearly 50 years - at a campground. Hank Motter Jr. and LaVerne Childers recognized each other bytattoos dating from the ...
An age-old story; Many factors figure into healthy aging, geriatrics
Sep 01, 2003; ... One-hundred and twenty-two years is the longest documented humanlife span. The 85-year-old group is the fastest growing segment inthe United States. In 1900, the average life expectancy in the United States was only50 years; today it is approximately 75 years. A boom in medicine ...
150,000 gather to party; Harley-Davidson turns 100 with huge birthday bash, concert
Sep 01, 2003; ... MILWAUKEE (AP) - Harley-Davidson Inc. topped off its 100thbirthday celebration Sunday by bringing 150,000 devoted followerstogether at the city's lakefront for a party featuring country starTim McGraw, rocker Kid Rock and Elton John as its mystery guests. McGraw rode to the stage ...
Sports Calendar
Sep 01, 2003; ... TODAY College cross country - Loras Labor Day Run, 8 a.m. Men's college soccer - Wartburg at Clarke, 3 p.m. Women's college soccer - Wartburg at Clarke, 1 p.m. Road race - Mississippi Valley Running Association's DubuqueBenefit Classic, Bowling & Beyond parking ...
Labonte wins historic Darlington race; NASCAR driver ends 156-race winless streak
Sep 01, 2003; ... DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Terry Labonte gained a piece of historySunday, winning the final Southern 500 run on Labor Day weekend andending a 156-race winless streak. Labonte took control of the 367-lap event at Darlington Racewaylate in the race with a lightning fast pit stop, and ...
America's River Project; Recent progress
Sep 01, 2003; ... National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Opened June 28) The museum is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Grand River Center (Projected completion date: Nov. 1) Crews continued setting lighting fixtures in the meeting rooms andballrooms last week ....
Catherine Torborg
Sep 01, 2003 ... Catherine "Kay" Torborg, 83, of 2145 Deborah St., died Saturday,Aug. 30, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Nativity Catholic Church.Friends may ...
Muslim leaders announce plans to register voters; They plan to make civil rights top issue in 2004 race
Sep 01, 2003; ... CHICAGO (AP) - National Muslim leaders at their largest conventionof the year announced plans to register 1 million Muslim voters andmake civil rights a top issue in any endorsement of a presidentialcandidate. Upset by government scrutiny of their community in the domestichunt ...
Rivals take aim at Dean; Front-runner hit for his lack of experience
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - He wasn't even on the Sunday talk shows, butHoward Dean got plenty of air time as his Democratic rivals for theWhite House took aim at the former Vermont governor. "Howard Dean has zero experience in international affairs," saidMassachusetts Sen. John Kerry on ...
International Briefs; Some say Gadhafi fears regime change
Sep 01, 2003; ... TRIPOLI, Libya - Libya's deal accepting blame for the bombing ofPan Am Flight 103 is being sold to the Libyan public as a triumph forMoammar Gadhafi that has ended a 15-year standoff with the West andopened the way to badly needed foreign investment. But as the country festoons ...
That's Weird; Teen barely escapes brush with bear
Sep 01, 2003; ... HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A teenager stumbled on a black bear whilesearching for the family dogs and scuffled with the animal beforefreeing himself, state environmental officials and the boy's familysaid. Christopher Magee, 17, was treated for scratches and welts. Thedogs were found ...
Tri-state Briefs; Dodgeville man dies in accident
Sep 01, 2003; ... BARNEVELD, Wis. - A 19-year-old Dodgeville man died in a one-vehicle accident early Sunday near Barneveld. Cory A. Rochon died at about 3 a.m., from injuries suffered in thecrash. According to the Iowa County Sheriff's Department, a 1995 GMC"Jimmy" was southbound on Iowa County F, ...
MVC:Valley division; Wash seeks revenge
Sep 01, 2003; ... A capsule look at the teams in the Mississippi Valley ConferenceValley Division this season, in coaches' predicted order of finish: Cedar Rapids Washington * Team outlook: The Warriors, again the conference favorite,return 18 lettermen and 13 starters from a team that went ...
States work to identify qualified teachers; Today is the deadline for reporting the number of educators who meet guidelines
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than 25 years giving science tests toher middle-school students, Rebecca Pringle might have to pass oneherself to prove she's qualified to teach the subject. Pringle has bachelor's and master's degrees in education, butthat's not enough under federal ...
Roddick, Agassi cruise in straight sets; Federer knocks Blake out of Open
Sep 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Andy Roddick unfurled his body and unleashed a 140mph ace that forced a line judge to duck as the ball slammed againstthe wall with a thud. It was the loudest display Roddick produced Sunday in a 6-1, 6-3,6-3 victory over Flavio Saretta to reach the U.S. Open's ...
DNR to study ways to protect lake
Sep 01, 2003; ... OSHKOSH (AP) - The state Department of Natural Resources willstudy ways to prevent exotic species from entering the Lake Winnebagosystem to help protect its fish once the Fox River locks reopen. The plan would keep nonnative fish species such as white perch andgoby out of lakes and ...
Palestinian power struggle hinders peace prospects; Israel says it will not deal with Arafat appointees
Sep 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will not negotiate with a new governmenthand-picked by Yasser Arafat, its foreign minister said Sunday - thefirst public warning to those trying to topple beleagueredPalestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. A power struggle between Arafat and Abbas has ...
What's Happening
Sep 01, 2003; ... Today * Dubuque Benefit Classic 5K and Half Marathon, 7:30 a.m., Bowlingand Beyond, Haw-thorne and Kerper streets. Registration will be until7:15 a.m. For more information, call Wendy at 563/588-9342 or Greg at563/552-2239. * Marquette (Iowa) Flea Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., City ...
4 die, 2 missing in flash flooding; Vehicles swept off Interstate 35 by heavy downpours
Sep 01, 2003; ... EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) - Flash flooding swept several vehicles off aninterstate highway, killing four children, three of them strappedinside a minivan carried more than a mile by the rushing water.Rescuers Sunday were still searching for the children's mother and adriver from ...
A $6,000 gamble; Eckrich's key move wins Bud Late Model Shootout
Sep 01, 2003; ... Denny Eckrich woke up Sunday morning unsure of his plans forSunday night. Go to a racing banquet or go racing at the Bud Open Late ModelShootout at Dubuque Speedway? Eckrich chose the Shootout. The decision turned out to be worth acool $6,000. Eckrich hijacked Steve ...
O'Donnell, Edwards among NFL veterans cut; Pack dumps long-time starvcenter Winters
Sep 01, 2003; ... Neil O'Donnell, Frank Winters and Robert Edwards were among theNFL veterans cut Sunday as teams trimmed rosters to the season-limitof 53. The release of O'Donnell by Tennessee was a surprise because itleft the Titans without a veteran backup to quarterback Steve McNair.But the ...
Chandler rebounds for Iowa; New QB shakes off rough start
Sep 01, 2003; ... IOWA CITY - Nathan Chandler took his first snap as the Iowafootball team's new quarterback, dropped back, hesitated and wasquickly introduced to the Kinnick Stadium grass. Fifty-thousand people groaned when the Chandler era started with asack. "Great beginning, huh?" he said ....
Appleton inaugurates Houdini Days festival
Sep 01, 2003; ... APPLETON (AP) - Harry Houdini would have felt right at home. Houdini's hometown transformed into a Mecca of magic over LaborDay weekend as the city inaugurated the Houdini Days Magic Festival. The event's main sponsor, Appleton Downtown Inc., expected 3,000to 4,000 people for ...
Weather Data
Sep 01, 2003; ... Temperatures High/Low Sunday*66/56 High/low a year ago84/62 Record high 9/1 .....97 in 1913 Record low 9/1142 in 1967 Cooling degree days Saturday2 Total since Jan. 1, 2003546 (*As of 4:30 p.m.) Precipitation Precipitation ...
Congress comes back to work; Major energy, health, spending issues loom
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - A blackout darkened the skies of the Northeast,more blood has been shed in Iraq and the government's financialpicture has become more grim in the four weeks Congress has been onvacation. Back to work this week, lawmakers will pummel Bush administrationofficials ...
Budget consultants get first payment, more coming; Lawmakers increased firm's initial proposal to cut local assistance
Sep 01, 2003; ... DES MOINES (AP) - A private consulting firm has been paid $800,000for recommending crippling budget cuts to cities and counties - andchecks for $2 million more are on the way. Public Strategies Group was hired by Gov. Tom Vilsack to reinventstate government, helping the state to ...
Army burns sarin gas in incinerator
Sep 01, 2003; ... ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) - The Army on Sunday began burning about 800gallons of deadly sarin drained from rockets, marking the mostdangerous phase of its weapons incinerator use since the processbegan here Aug. 8. The burn was expected to be completed around midnight, Armyspokesman ...
Engagements; DeHeck-Cushion
Sep 01, 2003; ... Pat and Patty DeHeck, of 27 Gandolfo St., announce the engagementof their daughter Mariah to Brian Cushion, of Randalia, Iowa. He isthe son of Duane Cushion, of Maynard, Iowa, and Denise and JohnLogan, of Independence, Iowa. She received degrees in elementary and physical education ...
Greenspan touts flexibility; The Federal Reserve chairman says the economy is better able to withstand shocks
Sep 01, 2003; ... JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - The U.S. economy and the global economy arenow better able to withstand shocks because of governmentderegulation and more flexibility in such areas as labor markets,Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan believes. Greenspan made that observation at a two-day ...
ED grad getting medal for valor; Jeremiah Sample will receive the Silver Star for heroism in Iraq
Sep 01, 2003; ... EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. - Five years ago, Jeremiah Sample was catchingfastballs fired by his East Dubuque High School baseball teammateCory Schultz, who now is pitching in the Philadelphia Philliesorganization. This spring, Sample, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, was catchingshrapnel in ...
Other Obituary; Herbert E. Abrams
Sep 01, 2003; ... HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Herbert E. Abrams, the painter ofpresidents and dignitaries whose work included White House portraitsof former President Bush and former President Carter, has died at theage of 82. Abrams, of Warren, died Friday of prostate cancer, his familysaid. In ...
Anne K. Friedmann
Sep 01, 2003 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Anne K. Friedmann, 81, of Dyersville, diedSaturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dyersville, after abrief illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis XavierBasilica, Dyersville. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery,Luxemburg ....
City's southern entrance weak
Sep 01, 2003; ... 9269 Bellevue Heights The city of Dubuque has spent millions of dollars to improve ourimage to the growing number of tourists coming to our fair city. Thecity's gateways have been beautified, historic districts have beenimproved and the river project is in full swing. One of ...
Iowa Briefs; Internet worms interrupt colleges
Sep 01, 2003; ... IOWA CITY - Two Internet worms that wreaked havoc on computersaround the world also interrupted university networks in easternIowa. The University of Iowa, Cornell College, Mount Mercy College andCoe College reported various levels of network interruption from theworms, Blaster ...
Major League Baseball Roundup; Brewers' Davis shuts down Cubs
Sep 01, 2003; ... Maybe the Chicago Cubs should stop worrying about gaining groundon St. Louis and Houston and start paying attention to the once-lowly Milwaukee Brewers. Doug Davis extended his stellar run for the Brewers, scatteringfive hits and pitching into the ninth inning Sunday, and Jason ...
National Briefs; Mentally disabled rape victim has baby
Sep 01, 2003; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - A mentally disabled rape victim whose pregnancybecame the center of a court battle over whether a guardian can beappointed for a fetus has given birth. The girl, for now known as "Baby Girl S," was born by Caesareansection Saturday and placed in the temporary ...
Engagements; Cabanas-Hastings
Sep 01, 2003; ... Announcement is made of the engagement of Leslie Cabanas to AndrewHastings, both of Minneapolis. She is the daughter of Petra Sanchez,of Minneapolis. He is the son of Frank and Jane Hastings, ofMaquoketa, ...
Union work a labor of love; Leader of the Dubuque Education Association says progress has been made over the years
Sep 01, 2003; ... Peg Becker has been a leader of the local teachers union for 12years. She has been president since 1996. As a labor representative for the 525 members of the DubuqueEducation Association, Becker sits at the bargaining table duringnegotiations, helps new teachers get their feet on ...
Couple injured in U.S. 20 accident
Sep 01, 2003; ... GALENA, Ill. - A McConnell, Ill., couple were injured when theywere thrown from a motorcycle on U.S. 20 Sunday afternoon. James W. Heiler was riding his motorcycle eastbound at Golf ViewDrive at about 2:20 p.m. Sunday. As the vehicle approached Golf ViewDrive it came upon several ...
Celebrity News
Sep 01, 2003; ... BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The Doors are trying to light a fire amongaudiences and they don't care if people disapprove of their attemptto revive the group without Jim Morrison. "I suppose there's always going to be those hardcore naysayers whobelieve that if it's not Jim Morrison, it's ...
Panel mulls elections after terrorist attack
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is engaged in a testydebate with a bipartisan commission over how best to replace membersof Congress who are killed or incapacitated in a terrorist attack. Sensenbrenner's bill calls for special elections that would beheld within three weeks ...
Catherine M. Myers
Sep 01, 2003 ... BLOOMINGTON, Wis. - Catherine M. Myers, 96, of Bloomington, diedSaturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, ruralLancaster. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Martin Page FuneralHome, Bloomington, with the Rev. David Leistra officiating. Burialwill be in Dodge ...
Twain never imagined modern life on Mississippi; Gloria, gloria in excelsis polka
Sep 01, 2003; ... "We been playing polka for 10 years," he claims, scratching hisnavel beneath a mustard-splattered T-shirt. "RIVER RAT," three incheshigh, runs across his chest. "Name's Ferdinand. You can call me'Ferd,'" he says as we pull into the dock. It's Labor Day weekend atSpruce Creek; we're lucky ...
U.N. study: Americans most productive workers overall; However, some Europeans are more productive per hour
Sep 01, 2003; ... GENEVA (AP) - U.S. workers are the world's most productive, butthey put in more hours than Europeans to score higher, according to astudy released today by the United Nations labor agency. Workers in France, Belgium and Norway beat the Americans inproductivity per hour, the ...
Housing fund helps balance budget; State takes $5 million, about 20% of program
Sep 01, 2003; ... SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Joyce Probst wants to bring 42 new low-costapartments to Beardstown, a little river town with a growing numberof blue-collar workers and few affordable places to live. Jobs at the local meatpacking plant don't pay a lot. Many rentersin Beardstown must spend more ...
Engagements; Hermsen-Schindler
Sep 01, 2003; ... Merle and Sheila Hermsen, of Long Grove, Iowa, announce theengagement of their daughter Stacey to Jordan Schindler, both ofWarrensburg, Mo. He is the son of John and Cindy Schindler, ofLancaster, Wis. They graduated from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. She is atraining ...
Eagles ask 'Smoke' to burn opponents; Saeugling enjoys pressure situations
Sep 01, 2003; ... "Smoke" always seems to rise higher when the fire is hottest. Maybe that's why so many have their eyes on him as a pre-seasonall-state football player in Iowa's Class 4A. Aaron "Smoke" Saeugling, a speedy senior safety/receiver/kickreturner for Dubuque Wahlert, poses a serious ...
Stevens wins title
Sep 01, 2003; ... Jeff Stevens had two titles in his mind when he started the 2003season. He nailed both. The Davenport driver wrapped up the Street Stock season points crown with a feature win Saturday on season championship night atJackson County Speedway Saturday in Maquoketa, Iowa. The win ...
NASA plans for smaller space vehicle; Orbital Space Plane would carry just 4 astronauts and cargo
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - In just five years, astronauts might journey tothe International Space Station in a stripped-down four-seaterinstead of the mammoth - and aging - space shuttle. In effect, NASA hopes to commute to orbit in a sleek sedan insteadof an 18-wheeler. NASA ...
Dyersville family battles muscular dystrophy; The Wessels family holds an annual fund-raiser and will be featured during telethon
Sep 01, 2003; ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Over the past 38 years, Americans have come toassociate Labor Day with the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. As they routinely do, more than 200 "Love Network" televisionstations are carrying the telethon today, hoping to beat last year'srecord of $58.3 ...
Births
Sep 01, 2003; ... Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003 Jurisic - Amy Jurisic, Dubuque, boy at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Timmerman - Jon and ...
Dorothy Hunt
Sep 01, 2003 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Dorothy Hunt, 76, of Dyersville, formerly ofHopkinton, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at The Finley Hospital,Dubuque, after a ...