Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from October 2003:
Students of Note
Oct 01, 2003; ... * Drake University, Des Moines, announced the followingPresidential Scholarship recipients:Jennifer Kuhle, of Dubuque;Thomas Lange, of Dubuque; Jenna Law, of Dubuque; Derek Friederich, ofLuana, Iowa; and Michaella Hahn, of Maquoketa, Iowa. * The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at ...
Betty L. Hovey
Oct 01, 2003 ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Betty L. Hovey, 77, of Maquoketa, died Saturday,Sept. 27, 2003, at home. Arrangements are pending ...
Anniversaries; Westhoff
Oct 01, 2003; ... NEW VIENNA, Iowa - Dan and Mona Westhoff, of New Vienna, willcelebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 12 with a Mass at 10a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church, New Vienna, and an open housedinner reception from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Vienna Hall. Thecouple request no ...
Eagles still standing; Wahlert wins duel of No. 1 teams
Oct 01, 2003; ... They broke out the hammer in Game 2, brought out the baseball batin Game 3 and dropped a couple pianos in Game 4. Still, Dubuque Hempstead couldn't bring down the Dubuque Wahlertvolleyball team, which defiantly withstood its most strenuouschallenge in two years Tuesday. In a ...
Shaky funding stream has Values Fund Board worried; $20 million has been promised to create new jobs
Oct 01, 2003; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Now that the Iowa Values Fund has committed $20million over the next several years to create more than 2,400 jobs,some board members are concerned that the money for some futureprojects may not materialize. Gov. Tom Vilsack pressured the Legislature to create the ...
Robert F. Sutter
Oct 01, 2003 ... Robert F. Sutter, 82, of Stonehill Care Center, formerly of 410Valeria St., and 10861/2 Main St., died at 11:05 a.m. Monday, Sept.29, 2003, at the care center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's CatholicChurch. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call ...
Iraqi rift continues divide between U.S., European allies
Oct 01, 2003; ... UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Old rifts over the war in Iraq kept theEuropean Union from forging a united position on when the UnitedStates should cede power, highlighting the difficulties Washingtonwill face trying to reach agreement on a new U.N. resolution. The unofficial target date ...
Twins 'piece it together'; Minnesota ends frustration vs. Yanks
Oct 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Instead of getting tight when Johan Santanacramped up, the Minnesota Twins stayed loose. Playing a postseason game in Yankee Stadium for the first time,the Twins were guarding a one-run lead in the fifth inning when theirpitcher suddenly couldn't go to the mound for ...
Sports Calendar
Oct 01, 2003; ... Today College volleyball - Upper Iowa at University of Dubuque, 7:30p.m. Men's college soccer - University of Dubuque at Clarke, 4 p.m.;Lawrence at UW-Platteville, 4:30 ...
$94 million crane award reversed; Court says Mitsibishi did not intentionally cause 3 deaths
Oct 01, 2003; ... MADISON (AP) - A state appeals court Tuesday threw out a $94million punitive damage award to the families of three ironworkerskilled when a crane collapsed during the construction of Milwaukee'sMiller Park. The 1st District Court of Appeals left intact a $27 million awardfor ...
Kerry touts repeal of tax cuts for wealthy
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry onTuesday pushed for the repeal of President Bush's tax cuts forwealthy Americans to finance the $87 billion the president isseeking for the military and reconstruction of Iraq. As the Senate was poised to consider the ...
Man skateboards across country in memory of son
Oct 01, 2003; ... MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) - A 46-year-old skateboarding championhonored his teenage son, who died of Lowe syndrome, by boardingacross the country in less than a month. Fourteen-year-old Jack Smith Jr. died May 6 of the genetic ailmentthat targets only boys. Most of the 300 known ...
Consumer confidence falls; The labor market continues to hold back optimism
Oct 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Consumer confidence dropped more than expected inSeptember after rebounding the month before, dragged down by asluggish job market. The Consumer Confidence Index fell to 76.8, a five-point dip fromthe revised 81.7 registered in August, the New York-based ...
Gladys M. Pannell
Oct 01, 2003 ... SAVANNA, Ill. - Gladys M. Pannell, 86, of Savanna, died Tuesday,Sept. 30, 2003, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mount ...
Anniversaries; Ingles
Oct 01, 2003; ... Kenneth and Louise Ingles, of 14654 Universal Drive, willcelebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 4 with an open housefrom 1 to 5 p.m. at 582 Elm Ridge, Peosta, Iowa. Kenneth Ingles, of Greeley, Iowa, and Louise Perry, of Dubuque,were married Oct. 5, 1953, at the Dubuque ...
Partisan hatred creates blind spot
Oct 01, 2003; ... 5151/2 Arlington St. In response to my Sept. 2 column, "President Clinton's geniussadly wasted," many friends and fellow patriots decried my havingwritten anything complimentary about Bill Clinton. Regrettably, theycared not that such an observation might be appropriate because it ...
Militant's hatred a clue to Iraq's deeper problems; Sunni Muslim's beliefs exemplify larger social problems
Oct 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Mohammed Salem Abu Bakr, devout Muslim andseller of religious books, reached inside a wooden cabinet and tookout a large knife, a present from a friend in the southern Russianrepublic of Dagestan. "Do you think it's sharp enough to slaughter anAmerican?" he asked, ...
Prosecutors allege race war in prison
Oct 01, 2003; ... BENTON (AP) - When two white inmates at Marion's federal prisonheld down Terry Walker and stabbed him nine times, prosecutors saidTuesday it wasn't just another case of prison violence, but part of aplot to systematically kill black inmates. "These people were traveling in a wolf ...
Rosemary M. Mergen
Oct 01, 2003 ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Rosemary M. Mergen, 74, of Platteville, diedTuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, ruralLancaster. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church,Platteville, with the Rev. Charles Schluter officiating. Burial willbe in ...
Food Briefs
Oct 01, 2003; ... Answers to food safety questions AMES, Iowa - An Iowa State University project team has developed ascience-based question-and-answer Web site that provides answers toconsumers' food-safety questions. At FoodSafetyAnswers.org, consumers can search - either by keywordor by ...
Governor chooses ag design for state quarter; Public Internet vote beats out choice of quarter committee
Oct 01, 2003; ... MADISON (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle selected an agricultural design forWisconsin's commemorative quarter Tuesday, following the wishes of apublic vote taken over the Internet last week. Doyle forwarded his pick to the U.S. Mint, which is expected tobegin circulating the coin in October ...
$87 billion plan passes committee; The unanimous vote belies divide
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans muscled President Bush's $87 billionplan for Iraq and Afghanistan through a Senate committee Tuesday butsignaled that they might ultimately defy the White House andstructure some of the aid as a loan. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the ...
Bush faces uphill fight in state; The president raises $3.6 million at luncheon with cold chicken sandwiches on the menu
Oct 01, 2003; ... CHICAGO (AP) - President Bush raised at least $3.6 million for hisre-election campaign at a luncheon Tuesday, but even Republicansconcede he will have a tough time winning Illinois, a Democratic-leaning state with a fractured GOP. "We're under no illusions but we're working hard," ...
Power outage a minor disruption at museum; Backup system takes over, protecting fish and other creatures in the aquarium
Oct 01, 2003; ... The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium lost powerMonday for more than an hour but Dubuque's latest attraction stayedafloat. Museum officials said the outage was notable for what did nothappen: No fish died. No paddlewheels rolled away. The alligatordidn't break free ....
Stanley R. Parkins
Oct 01, 2003 ... BLOOMINGTON, Wis. - Stanley R. Parkins, 88, of Lancaster, formerlyof Bloomington, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, at the Lancaster (Wis.)Care Center, after a long illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Martin Page Funeral Home,Bloomington, with the Rev. David Leistra ...
Anniversaries; Schueler
Oct 01, 2003; ... Robert "Bob" and Kathy Schueler, of 3366 Venture Court, willcelebrate their 35th wedding anniversary Oct. 5 with a family supper.They also will celebrate with a trip to Miami in October. Robert "Bob" Schueler and Kathy Willman, both of Dubuque, ...
10th annual Tri-State's Largest Chili Cook-Off schedule; These activities will be featured at the Tri-State's Largest Chili Cook- Off at Cable Car Square on Saturday:
Oct 01, 2003; ... * 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: vendors selling specialty foods (Italian beef,and pork sandwiches, walking tacos, nachos, chili dogs, desserts,chili, etc.); Kid's Korner (pumpkin painting, apple bobbin', games,prizes, putting contest) and Keyboards Plus-Musical Menagerie * 11 a.m. - noon: ...
Births
Oct 01, 2003 ... Friday, Sept. 26, 2003 Herrig - Jude and Amanda (Kennedy) Herrig, Waukegan, Ill., girl atCondell Medical Center, Libertyville, Ill. They are formerly ofDubuque. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 Kronlage - Paul and Angie Kronlage, Epworth, Iowa, boy at MercyMedical ...
Lotteries; Drawings from Monday, Sept. 30
Oct 01, 2003 ... ILLINOIS Pick 3-Midday: 7-4-6 Pick 3-Evening: 8-1-5 Pick 4-Midday: 0-6-8-8 Pick 4-Evening: 3-0-1-3 Little Lotto: 2-4-7-8-27 Estimated Lotto jackpot: $9.5 million Estimated Mega Millions jackpot: $150 ...
International Briefs
Oct 01, 2003; ... Mayoral candidate killed in Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia - Assassins riding a motorbike killed a candidatefor mayor Tuesday in a city on the Caribbean coast, marking the 15thcandidate killed across Colombia in the run-up to next month's stateand municipal elections. Jose ...
Study: W-2 program still poverty-prone; Income increases haven't stopped welfare problems
Oct 01, 2003; ... MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin's welfare reform program hasn'tprotected its participants from the pain of poverty, at least in theshort term, a new study has found. The study released Tuesday shows economic insecurity remains amajor problem for Wisconsin Works participants and their ...
National Briefs
Oct 01, 2003; ... Former abuse watchdog details lies Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, who resigned this year as headof a watchdog panel on clergy abuse, has told a conservative RomanCatholic magazine that a clergyman tried to undermine him bycirculating a letter that accused him of keeping a ...
Muslim group sues Morton Grove; The village has refused to issue it a zoning permit
Oct 01, 2003; ... CHICAGO (AP) - A Muslim group sued suburban Morton Grove onTuesday, asking for $5 million in damages because the village hasrefused to issue a zoning permit that would clear the way forconstruction of a mosque. "We stand here because we have been denied our rights," ...
NICC seeks public input in search for president; Participants at Monday's sessions will be asked what the new leader's focus should be for improving the school
Oct 01, 2003; ... Northeast Iowa Community College is seeking input from students,staff and the public regarding the school's next president. Several open forums will be held Monday with Larry Ebbers, theIowa State University professor hired by the NICC Board of Trusteesto act as a consultant during ...
Margaret L. Morgan
Oct 01, 2003 ... GRATIOT, Wis. - Margaret L. Morgan, 92, of Gratiot, died Tuesday,Sept. 30, 2003, at Lafayette County Manor, Darlington. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's CatholicChurch, Gratiot, where friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Friday.Burial will be in St. Matthew's ...
A time for celebration (and trepidation); Chicago Cubs fans have many reasons to be proud - and a bit wary
Oct 01, 2003; ... Please excuse Chicago Cubs fans for acting a little out ofcharacter. When October arrives, these eternal optimists, seeingtheir team finish out of the money, usually are saying, "Wait 'tilnext year!" This autumn, however, "next year" has arrived. Thus, Cubs fansmight be less than ...
Anniversaries; Boeckenstedt
Oct 01, 2003; ... EARLVILLE, Iowa - Jim and Betty Boeckenstedt, of Earlville, willcelebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Oct. 5 with a family dinnerat a later date. Jim Boeckenstedt, of New Vienna, and Betty Lansing, of Dyersville,were married Oct. 5, 1963, at St. Francis Xavier ...
Still cookin' after 10; Chili cook-off is a tough one to win, even with 'the' cookbook
Oct 01, 2003; ... When somebody gives you a cookbook full of nothing but chilirecipes, and you still can't make a winning batch of chili,something's wrong. Jan Feltes told me recently that she gave Tom Parsley, owner andgeneral manager of Radio Dubuque, a chili cookbook after he jokinglyaccused ...
U.S. soldier slightly injured in apparent grenade attack
Oct 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - One American soldier was slightly injuredTuesday when an apparent grenade exploded as a U.S. convoy waspassing over a bridge in northern Baghdad, witnesses said. Witnesses said the explosive device appeared to have been thrownor fired from a passing vehicle on ...
Ferentz moves on; Hawks forgetting about road defeat
Oct 01, 2003; ... IOWA CITY (AP) - Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz wants his team toremember the feeling after Saturday's loss at Michigan State. He just doesn't want them dwelling on it. So two days after Michigan State handed No. 23 Iowa its first lossof the season, Ferentz sat down with several key ...
New study reveals Nazi killings of handicapped; Hospital staff used gas, starvation or drugs, report says
Oct 01, 2003; ... BERLIN (AP) - Nazi Germany used hundreds of hospitals and clinicsto kill at least 200,000 handicapped, mentally ill and otherinstitutional patients who were deemed physically inferior,researchers said Tuesday. The conclusion is based on what researchers said was the ...
Sports Briefs; Ankeny star commits to Iowa
Oct 01, 2003; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Ankeny's Andy Brodell gets most of his yardsrunning the football. Once he starts playing for Iowa, he expects toget them catching the ball. Brodell, a senior running back at Ankeny, said he has accepted ascholarship offer from Iowa, where he and Grant McCracken ...
Francis M. Mulligan
Oct 01, 2003 ... Francis M. "Herb" Mulligan, Army Colonel, Ret., 81, of Garden CityBeach, S.C., formerly of Dubuque, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, inSouth Carolina. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. MichaelCatholic Church, Garden City Beach. The Goldfinch Funeral Home, ...
Police Beat; Dubuque police reported the following:
Oct 01, 2003; ... * Mario Owens, 28, 2750 Washington St., was arrested Tuesday on acharge of domestic assault with injury. Police said he assaulted hiswife, Jackie Owens, 27, at their home. * Dereka Williams, 22, 2404 Washington St., was arrested Monday ona charge of domestic assault with injury ....
Students: Alcohol overshadows pot; Marijuana use among students is rising, but drinking is more acceptable, many say
Oct 01, 2003; ... A recent survey showed marijuana use on the rise among Dubuquehigh schoolers, but drinking remains the high-risk behavior that ismost accepted among teens, students and counselors said. The most-recent Iowa Youth Survey, given to sixth-, eighth- and11th-graders, showed an increase ...
Food drive offers opportunity for prizes
Oct 01, 2003; ... Skowronek Jewelers announced the kick-off of a unique food drive.Customers and the general public are invited to bring canned food tothe store in return for Diamond Point Certificates. Thesecertificates are part of a contest in which six prizes, with a totalvalue of more than $5,100, ...
Maxine R. Hansel
Oct 01, 2003 ... COLESBURG, Iowa - Maxine R "Mickey" Hansel, 59, of Colesburg,formerly of Garber, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at the Edgewood(Iowa) Convalescent Center, following a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's ...
Beckman overpowers Western Dubuque girls; No. 11 Blazers sweep Bobcats
Oct 01, 2003; ... EPWORTH, Iowa - Laura DuBois was disruptive and deceptive Tuesdaynight. The Dyersville Beckman volleyball team encouraged the behavior.Cheered it. Rode it to victory. Beckman went on runs of eight, seven and nine unanswered pointsbehind the frustrating service of senior ...
P. Diddy training for marathon
Oct 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK (AP) - He's rapped that he runs this city, but now Sean"P. Diddy" Combs really means it. The hip-hop mogul has been in training for the past three weeksbecause he plans to run in the New York City ...
Leading hospitals not immune to mistakes; State review sharply criticizes Harvard-affiliated children's facility
Oct 01, 2003; ... BOSTON (AP) - When their children are critically ill, parents fromNew England and beyond come to Children's Hospital of Boston, a placewhere cutting-edge medicine and even apparent miracles are a near-daily occurrence. But Children's, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital ...
Sports Briefs; Eau Claire player responding
Oct 01, 2003; ... EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire linebackerJustin Greenwood remains in critical but stable condition and isresponding to speech and light. Greenwood, of Park Falls, collapsed and lost consciousness in thefirst half of Saturday's game against UW-River Falls. He ...
Arabs confront United Nations about Israeli 'weapons of mass destruction'
Oct 01, 2003; ... UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Arab nations accused some countries ofignoring Israel's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It hasnever confirmed being a nuclear power, but it is widely believed tohave nuclear ...
Astrology
Oct 01, 2003 ... If your birthday is today: Several new avenues for personaladvancement can open up for you in the year ahead. Two might have todo with work-related projects, but one will involve something privatethat brings you great joy. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) If you want to experience a true ...
Senators impatient at SEC chairman's pace
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators questioning the chairman of theSecurities and Exchange Commission showed impatience Tuesday with thepace of actions they say are needed to shore up investors'confidence. SEC Chairman William Donaldson, grappling with a host of problemsthat includes the ...
Feds agree on Meskwaki election plan
Oct 01, 2003; ... IOWA CITY (AP) - Federal officials have approved a Meskwakielection plan that will put a new tribal council in office byNovember and lay the groundwork for reopening the tribe's lucrativecasino in Tama. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs signed off on a blueprintthat sends ...
Do-not-call list in effect
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The millions of people who signed up for thegovernment's do-not-call list should get fewer sales pitches fromtelemarketers starting today, but for how long is anybody's guess. A confusing legal fight has thrown the list into disarray, forcingfederal officials to ...
Humble tool offers hope for Liberia; Wheelbarrows have become a key cog for the nation's war-splintered economy
Oct 01, 2003; ... MONROVIA, Liberia - Thousands of men weave through the mortar-blasted streets of Liberia's capital, pushing wheelbarrows laden withsacks of rice, onions or anything else in need of fast delivery. Theyare an industry born of war, and perhaps a solution for the future. In a city ...
Bears' house party turns into wake; Next 4 games could define Packers' season
Oct 01, 2003; ... CHICAGO - The problem is simple to pinpoint. Every amateurpsychologist in town has diagnosed it. It's everything. Missed tackles. Dropped passes. A complacent, predictable gameplan. A near lifeless running game that's done less running latelythan John Goodman. And a team-wide ...
Orangutans could face extinction
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Habitat destruction by illegal loggers couldmean the extinction of orangutans within 10 to 20 years, a Harvardresearcher studying the apes said Monday. Logging has been increasing in recent years, moving away from theriver edges into the interior of the forests ...
Comic Louie Anderson hospitalized
Oct 01, 2003; ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - Comedian Louie Anderson is recovering in ahospital following two procedures to correct an unspecified heartproblem, his agent said Tuesday. The heavyset performer, 50, felt ill and admitted himself to anundisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital last week, his ...
Weather Data
Oct 01, 2003 ... Temperatures High/Low Tuesday*56/31 High/low a year ago74/63 Record high Oct. 188 in 1976 Record low Oct. 129 in 1886 Heating degree days Mon .....21 Total since July 1, 2003166 Cooling degree days Monday0 Total since Jan. 1, ...
Feeding off the frenzy at Five Flags; Former foes excited to play for ThunderBirds
Oct 01, 2003; ... Every time the Shattuck St. Mary's prep team visited Five FlagsCenter, Nick Schneider noticed the wild man seated directly acrossfrom the visitors' bench. The guy taunted the Sabres every chance he had, screamed at thetop of his lungs and danced like a scarecrow when "Cotton Eye ...
Don't believe hype about homework, studies say; Most public school students have less than 1 hour per night
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - It's a troubling story: Public school studentsget so loaded with homework that they stress out and lose out onchances to be playful kids. But that story is largely wrong, two new studies contend. Most students actually have less than an hour of homework a ...
Civilian translator at Guantanamo arrested; Authorities find classified information in his possession
Oct 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - A civilian translator at the U.S. prison camp atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, was arrested at a Boston airport afterauthorities found classified information in his possession, officialssaid Tuesday. The arrest was the third involving someone who worked closely withthe ...
Israel considers more extensive fence; Palestinians say it is a land grab
Oct 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to shieldseveral large Jewish settlements by extending Israel's securitybarrier deep into the West Bank, but he would leave gaps in thesection in hopes of defusing U.S. objections that the fence couldmark a permanent border, a Sharon ...