Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from June 2007:
America's River Festival Schedule
Jun 01, 2007 ... Cost: General admission free; main stage: $15 in advance at Hy-Vee locations and www.traveldubuque.com, $20 at the gate. Friday, June 8 5 p.m.: Event site opens 5-11 p.m.: Food and beverage vendors open 5-7:30 p.m.: Dock dogs 5-10 p.m.: Toyota NASCAR ...
'Pirates' episode battle-worn but sea-worthy
Jun 01, 2007; ... "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" sailed into theatersover Memorial Day weekend hoping to steal another treasure chest fullof summer box office gold. The supposed finale in the trilogy is an improvement over lastyear's overblown "Dead Man's Chest." The final hour is a ...
River Gathering
Jun 01, 2007; ... It's been nearly 30 years since the Doobie Brothers reached acommercial peak. And it's now been 20 years since the group - withessentially its core original lineup - regrouped in 1987 to beginwhat has been an uninterrupted run of touring and recording. For much of the time during ...
Iowa Graduates
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- Commencement - 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27, in the high schoolgymnasium. -- Speakers - Kristin Fischer, Alex Koob and Drew Manternach. -- Class officer - Brandon Rea, president. -- Graduating seniors - Tabitha Averkamp, Andrew Beck, JeremyBoffeli, Marie Cigrand, Tony ...
U.S. reportedly seeks Iraq cease-fires
Jun 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqimilitants about cease-fires and other arrangements to try to stop theviolence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday. And he suggested he might not be able to strictly meet theSeptember deadline for telling ...
First quarter grows at just 0.6%
Jun 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) -The economy nearly stalled in the first quarterwith growth slowing to a pace of just 0.6 percent. That was the worstthree-month showing in over four years. The new reading on the gross domestic product, released by theCommerce Department Thursday, showed that ...
National Briefs
Jun 01, 2007; ... Spain makes claim to sunken treasure TAMPA, Fla. - The Spanish government has filed claims in U.S.federal court over a shipwreck that a Florida firm found laden withcolonial-era treasure, an attorney said Thursday. If the vessel was Spanish or was removed from that ...
Rice says Russia stuck in Cold War
Jun 01, 2007; ... POTSDAM, Germany (AP) - Russian attitudes are locked in the past,Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday, adding that theUnited States is perplexed by the current fracas with Russia over aplanned U.S. missile system in Europe. "We want a 21st century partnership with ...
Turkish military ready to cross into Iraq
Jun 01, 2007; ... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's top general said Thursday his army -which has been massing troops on the border with Iraq - was preparedto attack separatist Kurdish guerrillas in a cross-border offensive. Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said the military was ready and awaitinggovernment orders ...
U.S. forces battle suspected al-Qaida gunmen, source says
Jun 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - A battle raged Thursday in west Baghdad afterresidents rose up against al-Qaida and called for U.S. military help to end random gunfirethat forced people to huddle indoors and threats that kept studentsfrom final exams, a member of the district council ...
Turks seize weapons in Syria-bound container from Iran
Jun 01, 2007; ... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities seized weapons hiddenamong construction materials on a Syria-bound train from Iran afterKurdish guerrillas bombed and derailed the train, a prosecutor ...
Judge OKs plan to end patronage
Jun 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday approved a sweepingblueprint for ending the century-old practice of hiring Chicago cityemployees based on political clout, admitting it might not work butexpressing hope. "I actually have hope, rooted in a lot of efforts over the ...
Highlights of committee action
Jun 01, 2007; ... MADISON, (AP) - Highlights of action taken Thursday by the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee: VEHICLE FEES: The cost to register a car would increase from $55to $75 a year, starting Oct. 1. The cost for trucks would also go up,depending on the size of the ...
Legislative committee clears oil tax
Jun 01, 2007; ... MADISON (AP) - An attempt to hit big oil companies in thepocketbook with a new gas tax proposed by Democratic Gov. Jim Doylemoved a step closer to reality Thursday, winning support from theLegislature's budget-writing committee. The committee approved the 2.5 percent tax on oil ...
Delhi's Double Feature
Jun 01, 2007; ... Jamie Pilgrim recently was at a store when he spotted a box ofcrackers featuring a shot of the Sandman character in "Spider-Man 3." He immediately bought three boxes. "I gave them out to the guys who created that particular shot andthey thought it was the coolest thing," said ...
Weather Data
Jun 01, 2007 ... Temperatures High/low Thursday* 76/62 Avg. high/low Thursday* 79/63 High/low a year ago 82/57 Record high 6/1 102 in 1934 Record low 6/1 37 in 1993 Heating degree days Wed. 0 Total since July 1, 2006 6782 Cooling degree days Wed ....
Births
Jun 01, 2007 ... Thursday, May 24, 2007 Bean-Coates - Tami Bean and Brian Coates, Lost Nation, Iowa, girlat Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Carroll-Wallroff - Irene L. Carroll and Craig L. Wallroff,Dubuque, girl at Mercy. Wednesday, May 30, ...
Leo J. Ceplecha
Jun 01, 2007 ... EASTMAN, Wis. - Leo J. Ceplecha, 82, of Eastman, died Wednesday,May 30, 2007, at the Prairie Maison Care Center, Prairie du Chien. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Wenceslaus CatholicChurch, Eastman, with the Rev. Thomas Huff officiating. Burial willbe in the church ...
Local Detours
Jun 01, 2007 ... West Locust Street is closed to traffic between West 17th andAngella streets. Anticipated opening: 5 p.m. today. Hill Street at the intersection of West ...
Corrections
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- An incorrect name for Dubuque Lutheran School appeared in aphoto caption on Page 1A Thursday. -- An incorrect price was listed for the ...
Robert J. Wilcox
Jun 01, 2007 ... HOPKINTON, Iowa - Robert J. "Pusky" Wilcox, 72, of Hopkinton, diedWednesday, May 30, 2007, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque, followingan extended illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Churchof Hopkinton. Burial will be in the Hopkinton Cemetery. Friends ...
Dubuquer receives 180-day sentence
Jun 01, 2007 ... Dubuque man whose arrest in February preceded a police tacticalteam's search for weapons inside his home has been sentenced. Yahya A. Karim, 28, was unarmed Feb. 8 when he was taken intocustody on a warrant charging driving under suspension and a chargeof violating a no-contact ...
Fishing Derby will take place Saturday
Jun 01, 2007; ... Hy-Vee Food Stores is sponsoring the third-annual Kids FishingDerby Saturday at Bergfeld Pond, just off Seippel Road, in theDubuque Industrial Center West. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is open toyoungsters 16 and younger. There is no charge to participate, but ...
Funeral services
Jun 01, 2007 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Dale S. Bausch, Glen Haven, Wis. - Services: 11 a.m. today, St.Mary's Catholic Church, Glen Haven. Pauline B. Fox, Mount Carroll, Ill. - Memorial gathering: 2 to 4p.m. Sunday, June 10, ...
Mary C. McCauley
Jun 01, 2007 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Mary C. McCauley, 91, of 431 G Ave. NW, CedarRapids, formerly of Waukon, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at MercyHospital, Cedear Rapids, following a short illness. Services will be at ...
Rosemary K. Giunta
Jun 01, 2007 ... Rosemary K. Giunta, 94, of Stonehill Care Center, formerly of 2130Woodland, was escorted by her angels into eternal life on Saturday,May 19, 2007. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 2, atSt. Anthony's Church. The Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview ...
Donald Peloch
Jun 01, 2007 ... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. - Donald "Duke" Peloch, 87, of Prairie duChien, died at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at the Prairie duChien Memorial Hospital, following a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St ....
U.S. diplomat decries corruption
Jun 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The retiring U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, ina farewell assessment, said Thursday he did not know how long U.S.troops ought to remain in the South Asian country. But on his last day in the foreign service, Ronald Neumann saidhelping Afghanistan to develop its ...
Business Briefs
Jun 01, 2007; ... Home-price growth slowest in decade WASHINGTON - The rate of increase in U.S. home prices remainedslow in the first quarter of the year, marking the slowest growthpace in a decade and extending a trend that began last year. Figures released Thursday by the Office of Federal ...
Judith A. Berning
Jun 01, 2007 ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Judith A. "Judy" Berning, 63, beloved wife ofClarence Berning, of 1230 W. Camp St., Platteville, formerly of CubaCity, left this world peacefully on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at theUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, after a heroicbattle with cancer, ...
Listener helps save disc jockey after seizure
Jun 01, 2007; ... SHELBY, N.C. (AP) - A radio listener helped save a disc jockey whosuffered an on-air seizure and pleaded for help before passing out inhis studio. WOHS DJ Tim Biggerstaff, who has suffered from diabetes sincechildhood, has always been candid about his health. When he felt ...
Chandra L. Stannard
Jun 01, 2007 ... VOLGA, Iowa - Chandra Lee Stannard, 34, of Volga, died Wednesday,May 30, 2007, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, IowaCity, following a sudden illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John Lutheran Church,Arling-ton. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in ...
CDC official father-in-law of TB patient
Jun 01, 2007; ... ATLANTA (AP) - The honeymooner quarantined with a dangerous strainof tuberculosis was identified Thursday as a 31-year-old Atlantapersonal injury lawyer whose new father-in-law is a CDCmicrobiologist specializing in the spread of TB and other bacteria. Bob Cooksey would not comment ...
International Briefs
Jun 01, 2007; ... Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Israeli and Palestinian leaders willmeet next week in the Palestinian territories for the first time in abid to restore a shattered cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, a seniorPalestinian official said Thursday. The ...
Bernida Frye
Jun 01, 2007 ... Bernida "Bea" Frye, 85, of 2015 Garfield Ave. died Wednesday, May30, at Stonehill Care Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity CatholicChurch, with the Rev. Mark Nemmers officiating and the Rev. TomSherman concelebrating. Friends may call from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 ...
Syria condemns U.N. tribunal
Jun 01, 2007; ... BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Both Syria and the Lebanese opposition thatit supports criticized the United Nations on Thursday for itsdecision to establish a tribunal to prosecute the killers of formerPrime Minister Rafik Hariri. Also Thursday, Lebanon reopened the road where Hariri was ...
Iowa Briefs
Jun 01, 2007; ... Culver veto not end of Earthpark plans DES MOINES - Gov. Chet Culver's veto of a tourism grant programwill not sway attempts to build a proposed $155 million environmentalproject near Pella, organizers of the attraction said. The Earthpark project, an interactive museum-like ...
Judge OKs sale of 3 diocese properties
Jun 01, 2007; ... DAVENPORT (AP) - A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the saleof property by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport to pay itscreditors as part of settlements in sex abuse cases against priests. The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006 because itsaid its settlements ...
Police Beat
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- Alexandra M. Wiest, 20, of Epworth, Iowa, turned herself in topolice at 6:06 a.m. Thursday and was arrested on a warrant chargingforgery. Court documents allege that Wiest in July 2006 opened a children'sBook of the Month Club membership under the name of Holly Sutter, thename ...
Man victim of 'brutal' murder
Jun 01, 2007; ... DODGEVILLE, Wis. (AP) - A man whose body was found by a workermowing ditches along a rural road died in an "extremely brutalhomicide," authorities said Wednesday. Iowa County investigators said the body was that of a black manwith short-cropped hair, about 20 to 30 years old, ...
Alfred L. Neuhoff
Jun 01, 2007 ... Alfred L. Neuhoff, 77, of 1575 W. 53rd St., Davenport, Iowa,formerly of Dubuque, died Thursday, May 31, 2007, at home. Friends may ...
NASA boss not sold on warming
Jun 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of NASA said he was not sure globalwarming was a problem and added that it would be "arrogant" to assumethe world's climate should not change in the future. Scientistscalled the remarks ignorant. "I have no doubt that global - that a trend of global ...
Kenneth W. Lang
Jun 01, 2007 ... Kenneth W. Lang, 67, of Sunny-crest Manor, died at 3:17 p.m.Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at Sunnycrest Manor. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Leonard Funeral Home &Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, with Deacon Tim LoBianco offi-ciating. Burial will be in the East Dubuque (Ill.) ...
Chopper dropped off troops before crash
Jun 01, 2007; ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Up to 40 U.S. soldiers streamed out of aCH-47 Chinook in an air assault on a Taliban position in southernAfghanistan shortly before the helicopter crashed, officials saidThursday. Five Americans, a Briton and a Canadian were killed. The Chinook's plunge ...
Marie Hite
Jun 01, 2007 ... SAVANNA, Ill. - Marie Hite, 55, of Dixon, formerly of Savanna,died Sunday, May 27, 2007, at Amberwood Care Center, Rockford. Memorial services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at First ...
Exploits end up covered in goo
Jun 01, 2007; ... EPWORTH, Iowa - As reward for meeting outside reading goals,Epworth Elementary School students covered their principal with maplesyrup, hot sauce, baby powder, mashed potato flakes, oatmeal, whippedcream and other gooey concoctions on Thursday. "I couldn't even tell you half of ...
GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS
Jun 01, 2007 ... Dubuque Community School District Hempstead Oversight Committee,11 a.m., The Forum, 2300 Chaney ...
Ruby Rouse
Jun 01, 2007 ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Ruby Rouse, 91, of Platteville, died Tuesday,May 29, 2007, at Southwest Health Center Nursing Home, Cuba City. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Melby-Bendorf Funeral Home,1245 N. Water St., Platteville, with the Rev. John Christiansonofficiating. Burial ...
Iowa Graduates
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- Commencement - 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 16, in the high schoolgymnasium. -- Speakers - Kelli Kregel and Megan Sawyer. -- Class officers - Dan Mack, president; Audrey Salow, vicepresident; and Jamie Stelken, secretary/treasurer . -- Valedictorian - Kelli ...
Wall Street
Jun 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks finished largely flat Thursday after a weakreading of the nation's gross domestic product muted Wall Street'senthusiasm over a new spate of acquisitions. The Commerce Department's latest estimate of first-quarter GDP was0.6 percent, lower than the average ...
Iowa Graduates
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- Commencement - 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, Central School Gymnasium. -- Graduating seniors - Chelsea Armstrong, Matthew Aulwes, BrandonBergan, Derek Bergan, Paul Berns, David Bindert, Joy Bolsinger, DarinBouska, Cody Brehme, Amy Breitsprecher, Preston Brink, DustinClinton, Kyle ...
Putin says missile tests response to U.S. plans
Jun 01, 2007; ... MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia'stest-firing of new missiles this week was a response to U.S. plans tobuild missile defense sites across Europe, and suggested Washingtonis pursuing an imperialist policy that has triggered a new arms race. In a clear ...
Iowa Graduates
Jun 01, 2007 ... -- Commencement - 1 p.m. Sunday, May 20, Starmont SpectatorGymnasium. -- Graduating seniors - Matthew Althoff, Breanna Bachman, MattBanse, Matt Baumgartner, Emily Beauregard, Ashley Berg, JustinBergan, LaTosha Berinobis, Carrie Blackford, Bridget Breitbach,Anthony Brown, Natasha ...
Veterans meeting set
Jun 01, 2007 ... A staff member for Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, will hold a meeting todiscuss veterans issues at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 7, at ...
Nuclear component on its way south
Jun 01, 2007; ... An anti-nuclear watch-dog group reports that a train containing a20-year-old component that once housed the radioactive fuel rods atthe heart of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor near Genoa, Wis.,left that area sometime after 11 a.m. Thursday. It is believed the reactor pressure ...
What;s Happening
Jun 01, 2007 ... Today -- Senior citizens activity, 1 p.m., square dancing with RoseRamblers, Senior Citizen Center, Salvation Army Building, 1099 IowaSt. -- Senior activities, 10-11 a.m. Senior Fitness Friends exercise;and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. lunch, Hills and Dales Lifetime Center,3505 ...
Almanac
Jun 01, 2007; ... Today is Friday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2007. There are 213 daysleft in the year. History Highlight: On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the U.S.frigate Chesapeake, Captain James Lawrence, said, "Don't give up theship" during a losing battle with a British ...
Travis still finds inspiration
Jun 01, 2007; ... News You can use What: America's River Festival Who: Randy Travis,country singer When: 9 p.m., Friday, June 8 Where: Port of DubuqueCost: $15 in advance at Hy-Vee or www.traveldubuque.com; $20 at thegate Country singer Randy Travis is a low-tech kind of guy who isn'tafraid to ...
Letters to the editor
Jun 01, 2007 ... Both sides of the political spectrum are wrong about immigrationreform. This is not a political issue, although there are politicalelements (security, fair wages etc.) In the end this is truly aboutjustice. A society is measured by how it treats the least among them, andby this ...
Boys & Girls Club meal program begins June 7
Jun 01, 2007 ... The Boys & Girls Club of greater Dubuque is participating in theSummer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all childrenages 6 to 18 at no charge. Acceptance and participation requirementsfor the program and all activities are the same for all regardless ofrace, color, ...
Myth: Fed estate tax hurts family farmers
Jun 01, 2007 ... Iowa State University Economist Neil Harl won't be joiningpresidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's advance team anytime soon. Buthe could teach Giuliani's people a thing or two. Giuliani is trying to win people over to his view on the estatetax by making it out to be a threat to the ...
Best Bets
Jun 01, 2007 ... 'The Queen of Bingo' FRIDAY-SUNDAY The Bell Tower Theater, at 2728 Asbury Road, presents "The Queenof Bingo" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $17.Dinner/theater packages are available for $37 on Friday and Sunday.Call 563/588-3377 or go ...
Pauline Tiedemann
Jun 01, 2007 ... BELMONT, Wis. - Pauline "Sal" Tiedemann, 82, of Belmont, diedWednesday, May 30, 2007, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's EvangelicalLutheran Church, with burial in Hillside Cemetery, both inPlatteville. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at ...
Letters to the editor
Jun 01, 2007 ... I was shocked and disappointed to see the picture of a graduatingsenior from Wahlert smoking a cigar. Congratulations to all 2007 seniors. They certainly have a reasonto celebrate, but doing so by smoking is ...
Grad lists
Jun 01, 2007; ... The Telegraph Herald is running area high school graduation listsand photos on a day-to-day basis. All information and photospublished are what schools submitted to the TH. Look for lists on theCommunity page Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and the Focus onYouth page ...