Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from May 2005:
Schmidt passes on retirement, then wins award; Dubuque's 'Teacher of the Year' just has to keep herself busy
May 01, 2005; ... Judy Schmidt almost threw in the proverbial towel earlier thisyear. The English teacher, who wears the title "Teacher of the Year2005" in the Dubuque Community School District, said she went to TheForum one afternoon ready to sign the papers for her retirement. "I walked in ...
Council will vote on cable renewal; Public hearing on agreement will precede meeting
May 01, 2005; ... Members of the Dubuque City Council seem ready to approve a cablefranchise renewal agreement between the city and Mediacom. The council will vote on the issue following a public hearing atits meeting Monday. Dubuque officials and Mediacom finalized a 15-year, ...
Little something for every taste; Community-Wide Garage Sale draws experienced buyers and those just looking for the first time
May 01, 2005; ... Gyu Lee and Shinnosuke Onuki acknowledged they had neverexperienced anything like this before. On the corner of Cleveland and Bryant streets, tables were stackedhigh with everything from clothing to videos and other assortedknickknacks. This wasn't just any yard sale, it was a yard ...
Weber, Duhawks win titles; Loras claims 1st men's golf title in 51 years
May 01, 2005; ... Pete Weber accomplished his individual mission. But, in the end,he enjoyed his team accomplishment so much more. Weber broke the Iowa Conference 72-hole scoring record on Saturdayto help the Loras College men's golf team end a 51-year league titledrought. Loras, which last hoisted ...
U.S. Navy investigates chaplain's allegations of bias
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy is investigating a chaplain'sallegations he was punished for theological disagreements withsuperior officers, including his objections to requiring sailors toparticipate in services at a church that accepts homosexuality. Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt says he ...
Esther M. Burbridge
May 01, 2005 ... DELHI, Iowa - Esther M. Burbridge, 93, formerly of Greeley andDelhi, died Friday, April 29, 2005, at the Edgewood (Iowa)Convalescent Home, following complications from congestive heartfailure. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Delhi ...
Local Detours
May 01, 2005; ... Drivers can expect a detour for northbound traffic on Hill Streetbetween Dodge and Ninth streets beginning at 7 a.m. Monday for streetmaintenance. Northbound traffic from Dodge Street will be routed westto Alpine Street, north on Alpine to University Avenue to HillStreet. Northbound ...
Thousands of students attend annual block party; The event has been marred in previous years by riots, injuries and sexual assault
May 01, 2005; ... MADISON (AP) - After weeks of fighting for their right to party,thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison students took to thestreets Saturday for an annual block party that has been marred inprevious years by riots, a man falling from a balcony and sexualassault. This year, ...
Grassley enters state debate; Senator agrees with reinstating the death penalty
May 01, 2005; ... The late-in-session brouhaha over debating a reinstatement of thedeath penalty in Iowa apparently carried as far as Washington. The recent abduction and murder of a Cedar Rapids child that wasgiven as the basis for the reinstatement push in the Iowa Senate wasthe same incident that ...
J. Edgar Hoover's death in 1972 caused sigh of relief; He hired college graduates willing to conform when he led the FBI
May 01, 2005; ... Upon hearing of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's death, whichoccurred this week (May 5) in 1972, both criminals and civillibertarians probably breathed a sigh of relief. For despite his detractors' claims, Hoover was a trailblazer whocompiled an extraordinary record of innovation and ...
Astrology
May 01, 2005; ... If your birthday is today: A secret desire on which you haveworked hard and long could come to pass in the year ahead becausecircumstances that govern the situation are about to make a changedue to the efforts on your part. Luck will not be a factor. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ...
Summer 2005 Movies Sizzle; Movie mates Lucas, Spielberg usher in summer with sci-fi wars
May 01, 2005; ... LOS ANGELES - This summer means war between old buddies GeorgeLucas and Steven Spielberg. Colleagues on the "Indiana Jones" franchise, the two will duke itout for the title of galactic overlord on the 2005 science fictionfront, Lucas with the final installment of his "Star Wars" ...
Talking tough; 50-game penalty for steroid offense
May 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig asked players toagree to a 50-game suspension for first-time steroid offenders and alifetime ban for a third violation under what he called a "threestrikes and you are out approach" to doping. In a letter sent this week to union head ...
NBA Roundup; Mavs tie Houston at 2-2
May 01, 2005; ... Jason Terry might never pass enough to earn favorable comparisonsto Dallas' previous point guard. That's OK with the Mavericks, aslong as Terry keeps scoring the way he did in Game 4. With Dirk Nowitzki in another slump and Houston's Tracy McGradysuddenly struggling after scoring ...
Alo M. Taake
May 01, 2005 ... ELKADER, Iowa - Alo M. Taake, 87, of Elkader, died Saturday, April30, 2005, at the Guttenberg (Iowa) Municipal Hospital, following ...
Wisconsin Briefs
May 01, 2005; ... Schuth hoped for arrest or suicide LA CROSSE - A La Crosse County man who hid his mother's body inhis freezer for years told investigators his money was running outand that he planned to kill himself or get arrested when it did. Philip Schuth, 52, was taken into custody last ...
Nature can replace harmful pesticides; Biological agents used to wage war on insects might really bug you
May 01, 2005; ... "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a principle that worksequally well when waging war or practicing statecraft. Farmers andgardeners are embracing the strategy, too. After all, insect invadersare everywhere. Be advised up front that some of these biological bedfellows ...
Meth workshops set for May
May 01, 2005; ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - A two-day series of workshops titled "TheEffects of Methamphetamines on Children" will be held in May. The featured speaker will be Dr. Rizwan Shah, medical director ofthe Regional Child Protection Center at Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines. The ...
Lotteries; Drawings from Saturday, April 30
May 01, 2005; ... ILLINOIS & IOWA Pick 3-Midday: 9-1-3 Pick 3-Evening: 8-1-8 Pick 4-Midday: 1-7-5-5 Pick 4-Evening: 6-2-3-0 Both states use the same numbers for these drawings. ILLINOIS Little Lotto: 8-12-18-28-38 Lotto: ...
Renewable energy making cents?; Some consumers say the investment brings a 'psychic income'
May 01, 2005; ... For people like Ronald Cascio, who fuels his pickup with a soybeanoil derivative, and J.D. Doliner, whose home is partly solar powered,the high price of energy is not a worry. That doesn't mean their renewable energy preferences come cheap.In fact, it requires an extra financial ...
Hybrid cars shift into higher hear; Market grows by 960% since 2000
May 01, 2005; ... DETROIT - The lure of the Toyota Prius and other hybrid carshelped drive healthy sales of electric and alternative-poweredvehicles last year, according to new data showing that the hybridmarket has grown by 960 percent since 2000. New hybrid vehicle registrations totaled 83,153 in ...
Pendants carry alarm for high-risk abuse victims; The device provides another safety tool
May 01, 2005; ... Victims of domestic abuse around the nation are arming themselveswith necklace-style alarms - pendants its provider says have saveddozens of lives. But officials say the technology only goes so far. Through a coordinated program with area law-enforcement officials,domestic violence ...
Almanac
May 01, 2005; ... Today is Sunday, May 1, the 121st day of 2005. There are 244 daysleft in the year. History highlights: On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You mayfire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval forcedestroyed a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during ...
Iowa Briefs
May 01, 2005; ... State drops charges against stepfather ATLANTIC - Sexual abuse charges against the stepfather of a girlcharged with setting a fire that killed two children have beendismissed in the wake of federal charges being filed against the man. Brian Street, 37, of Griswold, was facing ...
Deadly blasts continue in Iraq; At least 65 people are killed over a 2-day period
May 01, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents unleashed a second day of deadlybombings in Iraq's capital and beyond Saturday, staging a series ofcarefully coordinated and increasingly sophisticated assaults thatkilled at least 65 over two days. The blasts appeared timed todeflate hopes in Washington ...
Target touts redesign of traditional pill bottle; The company hopes it can lure customers from other pharmacies
May 01, 2005; ... MINNEAPOLIS - Target Corp. is turning the old pill bottle designon its head - literally. Target pharmacies last month rolled out a flattened bottle witheasier-to-read labels and plastic rings that can be color-coded foreach family member. To make it all fit, Target flipped ...
Las Vegas hotel-casino opens; Expensive resort is first to open in over five years
May 01, 2005; ... LAS VEGAS (AP) - Gambling impresario Steve Wynn finally hasdelivered. His $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas debuted early Thursday morning tohundreds of eager people clamoring to get the first glimpse of thiscity's newest attraction and the most expensive megaresort ever ...
Reality and the papacy; Not all popes have been as traditional as the newest one
May 01, 2005; ... It's good to know that some people still like old-fashionedtraditions. Take Paris Hilton. What's more American than getting a patent? Of course, her plan to copyright the phrase "That's hot" ismisguided. Apparently, she is under the impression she has coinedthis ...
Marion R. O'Connor
May 01, 2005 ... Marion R. O'Connor, 92, of 2650 Renaissance Drive and 780Willowbrook, Naples, Fla., died at 1:36 a.m. Saturday, April 30,2005, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph the WorkerCatholic Church, Dubuque. Burial will be in Mount Olivet ...
Jetta receives good marks in crash tests; Researchers rate midsize vehicles with base price of less than $21,000
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - The 2005 Volkswagen Jetta received good ratings infront and side crash tests, the insurance industry reported last weekin an evaluation of midsize vehicles. Researchers rated 15 midsize vehicles with a base price of lessthan $21,000. The Jetta, the only newly tested ...
Eisenhower teacher picks up $25,000
May 01, 2005; ... Eisenhower first-grade teacher Tammy Duehr recently returned froma trip to Washington, D.C., where she was honored with a $25,000check from the Milken Family Foundation. Duehr won the Milken National Educator Award for excellence aspart of the foundation's nationwide teacher ...
Boys/Men's Roundup; Senior boys break into win column
May 01, 2005; ... Chase Knight scored two goals and Joel Oduro had three assists asthe Dubuque Senior boys soccer team broke into the win columnSaturday with a 6-0 Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer victoryover Waterloo East at Waterloo, Iowa. Tyler Wilker, John Conlon, Derek Schmitt and ...
Weather Data
May 01, 2005; ... Temperatures High/low Saturday* 52/29 High/low a year ago 57/37 Record high 5/1 88 in 1887 Record low 5/1 28 in 1994 Heating degree days Friday 21 Total since July 1, 2004 6,255 Cooling degree days Friday 0 Total since Jan. 1, 2005 ...
Fatal farm machine accidents on roads, highways double; Officials are unsure about what is causing the increase
May 01, 2005; ... CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) - More Iowans are dying in farm equipmentaccidents on state roads and highways, and officials don't know why. In 2004, 12 people died from 11 fatal wrecks involving farmequipment, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. That'sup from five deaths in ...
Edward A. Grant
May 01, 2005 ... Edward A. Grant, 78, of 1704 Rustic Drive, Ardmore Okla., formerlyof Dubuque, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at the VeteransAdministration Hospital, Ardmore. Memorial services were held April 30 in Marietta, Okla. He was born on June 8,1926, in Dubuque, son of Harry and ...
Broadcast basic cable TV means basic; From the start, no one promised music video channels or the Food Network
May 01, 2005; ... For years, Dubuque has been asking for it. We finally are getting it. Now, don't complain about it. Mediacom has agreed to offer a basic cable package - that includesfewer channels but at a lower price. Here it is: the heralded "basic-basic" plan for which Dubuquers ...
Double Take: Assuming that Medicare is a more urgent problem than Social Security, what are the causes and solutions?; Politicians create shortfalls by buying senior citizens' votes
May 01, 2005; ... Health benefits should take consumer-driven approach Don't worry - be happy. Such is the mantra of our electedpoliticians in Washington. These guys are fiddling while Rome isburning. Ask them a tough question about Medicare and their answerwill contain God, mother and apple pie - ...
Preparing for earthquakes
May 01, 2005; ... Earthquakes are not just a California problem. No matter where youlive, you should be prepared. Locate main controls for water, gas and electricity, and know howto shut them off quickly. Keep a three-day supply of drinking waterper person. And keep ...
Happy People in a Challenging Land; Despite struggles, Nigerian villagers celebrate life
May 01, 2005; ... Like an oasis amid the chaos, life in northern Nigeria's remotevillages proved to be a moving but welcome escape from the fast paceof the sprawling cities of Kaduna and Jos. In January, I was invited to join a team of Iowans on a culturalexchange trip to Nigeria. Dubuque ...
Concerts
May 01, 2005; ... Editor's note: The following list is a sample of major events insome of the larger venues outside of Dubuque. For most, you cancontact ticketmaster.com to obtain tickets. Events are subject tochange. Cedar Rapids U.S. Cellular Center (319/363-1888) Green Day, ...
Expanding the target; State seek more women for shooting sports
May 01, 2005; ... BATH, Mich. (AP) - One of 6-year-old Kristen Carroll's feetdangles above the ground as she perches on her seat and focuses onshooting a .22-caliber rifle at a paper target 25 yards away. "Watch where your gun's pointing," warns her mother, MichelleCarroll, as the ponytailed ...
Newcomer lights up qualifying round; Spigner rolls top score at PBA event
May 01, 2005; ... Robert Spigner joined the Professional Bowlers Association a monthago. On Saturday he certainly announced his presence with authority. The 23-year-old from Vernon Hills, Ill., easily shot the topqualifying score in the Diamond Jo/Budweiser Shootout at Creslanes.The Wild Turkey ...
Luck will speak at Clarke graduation
May 01, 2005; ... Jo Luck will be the featured speaker at Clarke College's 162ndcommencement exercises on May 14. Luck is the president and chief executive officer of HeiferProject International, a non-profit organization aimed at reducinghunger and poverty ...
Work continues on water quality; Area landowners and farmers try to improve streams
May 01, 2005; ... Water quality has long been a concern for farming. It will be agrowing concern in the years ahead. But locally, farmers and landowners are working together tovoluntarily improve water quality in eastern Iowa streams. In the Hewitt-Hickory Creek watershed northeast of ...
David R. Morrison
May 01, 2005 ... GALENA, Ill. - Dr. David Richard Morrison, died Thursday morning,April 28, 2005, in Galena. He was 80 years old. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church,Galena, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. David's life of ...
President's 2nd term gets off to rocky start; Approval rating sags as prices for gas soar
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - One hundred days into his second term, President Bushhas lost much of the political muscle he boasted about after winningre-election. Gas prices are rising, his approval ratings are saggingand Americans are unhappy with his handling of the economy and Iraq. Now he's ...
Vietnam fetes 30th anniversary of war's end; Parade includes logos of U.S. firms
May 01, 2005; ... HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - Communist Vietnam marked the 30thanniversary of the war's end with a colorful parade of floats - someemblazoned with American business logos - down the same boulevardwhere North Vietnamese tanks rolled to victory against a ...
Best-Sellers
May 01, 2005; ... Hardcover Fiction 1. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books) 2. "The Mermaid Chair" by Monk Kidd (Viking) 3. "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith" by Matthew Stover (Del Rey/LucasBooks) 4. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 5. "A Stroke of ...
Celebrity Flashback
May 01, 2005; ... Entertainment highlights during the week of May 1-7: 1968: The Beach Boys began a U.S. tour in New York that featuredthe Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Audiences weren't wild about theMaharishi's lectures, and many of the tour dates were canceled. 1968: Buffalo Springfield broke up ....
Hollywood's summer lineup
May 01, 2005; ... LOS ANGELES - Highlights of Hollywood's summer film slate. Releasedates are tentative, and some films play in limited release. May "Brothers": A black sheep becomes surrogate father figure for hissister-in-law's family after his brother is presumed killed inaction. With ...
Coming Events/Youth Sports
May 01, 2005; ... Baseball Thunder win tourney - The Dubuque Thunder 12 and under baseballteam won the Cedar Rapids Reds Classic on April 23 & 24. On Saturdayin pool play, Dubuque Thunder went 2-0 by beating the Cedar Rapids J-Hawks 9-3 and then beating Barnstorm Thunder 14-2, to earn the ...
Sports Briefs
May 01, 2005; ... Wariner loses to Williamson again DES MOINES - Jeremy Wariner can beat anyone in the world at 400meters - except his former teammate. In a crowd-pleasing duel of Olympic gold medalists, DaroldWilliamson outran Wariner in the stretch Saturday to win the featurerace in the ...
Donald M. Fandel
May 01, 2005 ... CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Donald M. Fandel, 63, of 931 39th St. SE,Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, April 28, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center,Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at All Saints CatholicChurch, Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Douglas ...
Minnesota professor to lecture at UD
May 01, 2005; ... The University of Dubuque will host Paul Morin, from theUniversity of Minnesota's Department of Geology and Geophysics, tolecture on GeoWall - a technology for visualizing in threedimensions. His lecture will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in Hadley Auditorium inthe Dunlap Technology ...
Local Business Briefs
May 01, 2005; ... * Dave Sheehan opened Dave Sheehan Real Estate Co. He is licensedin Illinois and Iowa, and has more than 10 years of experience inresidential, farmland and commercial real estate. He is a member ofthe Galena/Freeport and Dubuque Multiple Listing Services. * Tom and Jackie ...
Top Songs
May 01, 2005; ... Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as theyappear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted withpermission. Billboard Hot 100: Top 20 1. "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani. Interscope. 2. "Hate It Or Love It," The Game (feat. 50 Cent) ....
Historic Churchill Downs unveils $12.1 million facelift; Facilities now match Derby's prestigue
May 01, 2005; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Twin Spires still loom over the mostfamous stretch of soil in horse racing. Little else seems the sameafter a $121 million facelift to Churchill Downs. The 31/2-year renovation, the most ambitious in the track'sstoried history, replaced the six-level ...
Wizards' big man has big day; Thomas leads Washington to win
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The game-defining moment came late in the firstquarter, when the Washington Wizards became more than just the BigThree. Larry Hughes drew a double team and passed to a wide open EtanThomas, whose two-handed dunk raised the roof and set the tone forthings to ...
Reservoir of hope; Nigeria's potential plagued by corruption
May 01, 2005; ... Vast oil wealth remains in the pockets of the few or is routinelysquandered Heaving with people, choked by dust and internal division, Nigeriastands as an unsteady African giant. "It was utter chaos and noise," said Mark Hirsch, the TelegraphHerald's visuals editor and one of ...
Inspired efforts; Beckman places 6th in relay
May 01, 2005; ... DES MOINES - The big dogs of Iowa high school sprinting don'talways come from big schools. The Dyersville Beckman 4x100 boys relay team proved it on Saturdayafternoon with a breakthrough day at the sold-out Drake Relays. TheTrailblazers were the only non-Class 4A team to finish in ...
Legal downloading of songs starting to click; Companies begin to offer music and movies to college students
May 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON - College junior Kyle Taylor is downloading hundreds ofsongs by No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen and others onto the Compaqlaptop in his cramped dormitory room. With a few more clicks of his mouse, Taylor is watching commercial-free "Seinfeld" episodes on his computer. In ...
Chamber hosts workshop June 9
May 01, 2005; ... The Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce will host the "OneInc.redible Morning" workshop with Steven Little, senior consultantfor Inc. magazine, on June 9. Little will offer a variety of advice for organizations interestedin profitable and sustainable growth. Highlights ...
Chunks turn up in city water
May 01, 2005; ... CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - As officials wait to learn the source of themysterious chunks of flesh that were found in the city's watersystem, residents were buying up bottled water at local stores. City officials have said the city's water is safe to drink, butthat hasn't stopped people ...
Police Beat; Dubuque police reported the following:
May 01, 2005; ... * Adam J. McCarthy, 20, 2093 Key Way, reported his vehicle wasburglarized while parked at his residence between 2 a.m. and ...
International Briefs
May 01, 2005; ... 2 veiled women shoot at tour bus CAIRO, Egypt - Two veiled women shot at a tour bus, and a man -the brother of one shooter and the fiance of the second - blewhimself up as he leaped off a bridge during a police chase Saturday.All three attackers died and seven people, four of them ...