Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from September 2007:
Religion Briefs
Sep 01, 2007 ... Church to host community event Third Presbyterian Church invites the public to a free family/community event, the Open Door-Open Hearts Block Party, from 2 to 5p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at the church, 3100 Windsor Ave. The afternoon will include activities for youngsters and ...
Perfection isn't what makes a church home
Sep 01, 2007; ... My most recent visit to Madison, Wis. - home to my husband, Jay,now in his third week at his new law firm job - was a homecoming inmany senses of the word. We made an offer on a house, and the sellers accepted. In another way, however, we already had a home in ...
Local/Area Briefs
Sep 01, 2007 ... Library to be closed on Monday, Sept. 3 The Carnegie-Stout Public Library will be closed on Monday in honor of Labor Day. The library will resume its normal hours at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Regular library hours are now Monday through Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2007 ... I am writing concerning the pig-wrestling contest at the GrantCounty Fair in Lancaster, Wis. While this might be entertaining to many people, it is not humane.To have teams of six people chasing you, grabbing you and jumping onyou is a frightful experience. Injuries could happen ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2007 ... Most of us, especially parents, have had occasions whereunexpectedly we need to see a doctor. Most of us would feel betterseeing our regular doctor rather than going to an emergency room orto acute care. Most doctors encourage us to call and see if we can be"worked in." Being worked in ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2007 ... I was at McDonald's recently. The brand new one on Iowa Street.There was a good-looking young lady near the cashier. I asked her ifshe was waiting. She was OK, so I ordered from the cashier. The lady, husband and young daughter and son sat in a booth nearme. They left McDonald's ....
What's Happening
Sep 01, 2007 ... Today -- Dubuque Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, in area around City Hall. -- UPA-Iowa "Bench Bash for Cash" Bench Meet, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Amateur-Bench Meet, 6-10 p.m. Bench Bash for Cash Pro, Grand RiverCenter, Port of Dubuque. Cost: $5 for morning meet and $10 forevening meet ....
We're taking school rankings a bit too seriously
Sep 01, 2007; ... Funny times for education, aren't they? This is the first yearIowa kids face tougher standards to graduate, now needing four yearsof English and three years each of social studies, science, and(eeeew) math. Have those legislators never heard of calculators? Cringeworthy, too, are ...
3 weeks too long to park?
Sep 01, 2007 ... QUESTION: There has been a boat sitting on our street for almostthree weeks. I thought there was an ordinance or law in Dubuque thatboats, campers, trailers, etc., were not to be sitting on publicstreets for more than a certain amount of time. Is there such anordinance? If so, what is it ...
Property owner sues Platteville, township
Sep 01, 2007 ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Platteville Township, the city of Plattevilleand its Joint Extraterritorial Committee are being sued by a townshipproperty owner. Jay Digman is attempting to divide three acres of property alongSouthwest Road to build single-family housing. The city and ...
ED Library closed Sept. 4-13
Sep 01, 2007 ... EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. -The East Dubuque District Library will beclosed Tuesday, Sept. 4, through Thursday, Sept. 13, to move thelibrary to its temporary location at 350 Wall St., the old LibertyBank ...
Weather Data
Sep 01, 2007 ... Temperatures High/low Friday* 78/53 Avg. high/low Friday* 77/57 High/low a year ago 76/54 Record high 9/1 97 in 1913 Record low 9/1 42 in 1967 Heating degree days Thurs 0 Total since July 1, 2007 7 Cooling degree days Thurs ...
Vera J. Kaufman
Sep 01, 2007 ... Vera J. "Pat" Kaufman, 83, of 3090 N. Grandview Ave., Apt. 7, diedThursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at Ennoble Manor Care Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Hoffmann-Schneider andKitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, with Pastor Parker Knollofficiating. Private burial will take ...
Mary C. Wallace
Sep 01, 2007 ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - Mary C. Wallace, 71, of Manchester, diedThursday evening, Aug. 30, 2007, at Regional Medical Center,Manchester, following a brief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's CatholicChurch, ...
Dubuque County parks awaiting rush
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Dubuque County Conservation Board staff is humming the lyricsthis weekend from the popular "Beauty and the Beast" song, "Be OurGuest" on summer's traditional last blast weekend. "It's a great weekend for camping," said Brian Preston, executivedirector of Dubuque County ...
Mabel A. Schutte
Sep 01, 2007 ... MONONA, Iowa - Mabel A. Schutte, 89, of Monona, died Thursday,Aug. 30, 2007, at Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital, Prairie duChien, Wis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul ...
Monster scare highlights online vulnerability
Sep 01, 2007; ... By now, the perils of securing online data with little more thanuser names and passwords should be well known. Monster.com learnedthat lesson late and the hard way, prompting this week's disclosurethat the Web jobs board will spend millions of dollars to improve ...
Bernanke vows Fed ready to act
Sep 01, 2007; ... JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke vowedFriday to do all that is necessary to protect the national economyfrom the ill effects of a global credit crunch - but not to bail out investorsand lenders "from the consequences of their decisions." Friday's ...
Bush offers plan for homeowners
Sep 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush outlined ways the federalgovernment can help troubled borrowers keep their homes Friday in aneffort to address rising foreclosures fueled by the mortgage crisis. The administration's first attempt at dealing with a wave ofdefaults is not aimed at ...
Consumer spending rebounds in July
Sep 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers returned to the malls in July aftertaking a breather in June, although worries about the future couldmake the rebound short-lived. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spendingrose by 0.4 percent in July, double the June increase. The ...
Sunni clerics rebuked
Sep 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's Shiite prime minister said Friday hard-lineSunni clerics outside Iraq share the blame for this week's bloodshedat a Shiite religious festival in Karbala because they issuedreligious decrees terming Shiites heretics. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did not spell ...
Clarke hosting prayer vigil
Sep 01, 2007 ... Clarke College invites the public to join in prayer for an end tointolerance and prejudice at a special liturgy at 5:30 p.m. onWednesday, Sept. 5, in Sacred Heart Chapel. On Friday, Clarke College President Joanne M. Burrows sent aletter to the college campus expressing the need ...
Walter E. Voigts
Sep 01, 2007 ... Walter E. Voigts, 87, of 2 Julien Dubuque Drive, died Thursday,Aug. 30, 2007. At Walt's request, there will be no public service or visitation.The Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Rd., is in chargeof arrangements. He was born on July 13, 1920, in ...
Lloyd J. Wagner
Sep 01, 2007 ... Lloyd J. Wagner, 89, of 703 Garfield Ave., died at 4:35 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at the University of Iowa Hospitals andClinics, Iowa City. Services will ...
Braley goes face-to-face in 1st District
Sep 01, 2007; ... Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, spent the last two weeks of Augustgoing nose-to-nose with his constituents and apparently enjoying theexperience. Beginning Aug. 21 in De Witt and ending Friday in Dubuque, Braleywas on a 23-town "Congress on Your Corner" tour of Iowa's 1stDistrict, ...
Police Beat
Sep 01, 2007 ... -- Douglas J. Dempsey, 39, 1595 Hickson Ave., reported $2,300worth of property stolen, including a TV and a power tool, from hishome sometime between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday. -- Zachary R. Vondran, 22, 2492 Green St., reported $531 worth ofdamage to his vehicle parked near his ...
Victor L. Amundson
Sep 01, 2007 ... Victor L. Amundson, 71, of 5310 Saratoga Road, died Friday, Aug.31, 2007, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Trinity LutheranChurch ....
Dubuque firm given national honor
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Dubuque investment firm earned a prestigious honor in thebusiness world this week. Steele Capital Management, Inc. and itspresident made the list of the country's top 100 independentfinancial advisors, coming in at 41 on the list, published in thecurrent Barron's magazine. The ...
Group: Expanded secrecy troubling
Sep 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Government secrecy by almost any measure isexpanding and little is being done to stop it, according to acoalition of 67 organizations favoring greater openness. From classified information to the president's use of the statesecrets privilege, the lack of ...
Jeanette F. Eglseder
Sep 01, 2007 ... GALENA, Ill. - Ronald Joseph Cate, 64, of Galena, passed awayFriday, Aug. 31, 2007, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church,Galena. Burial will be in the church cemetery, where military honorswill be accorded at graveside. Friends may call from 3 ...
Stocks higher off Bernanke, Bush talks
Sep 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street closed out another erratic week with abig gain Friday after investors took comments from President Bush andFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as re-assuring signs WallStreet won't be left to deal with problems in the mortgage and creditmarkets on its ...
Business Briefs
Sep 01, 2007; ... WTO investigates Chinese subsidies GENEVA - The World Trade Organization opened a formalinvestigation Friday into allegations by the U.S. and Mexico thatChina is providing illegal subsidies for a range of industries. The two countries accuse Beijing of using WTO-prohibited ...
Wissonsin/Illinois Briefs
Sep 01, 2007; ... Jury deliberates Chicago mob case CHICAGO - Do you believe "The Clown" or an admitted hit man? Jurors will have to decide when they begin deliberations Tuesdayin Chicago's biggest mob trial in years. The jury got the case Thursday night after prosecutors made a ...
Almanac
Sep 01, 2007; ... Today is Saturday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2007. There are 121days left in the year. History highlight: On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invadedPoland. On this date: In 1807, 200 years ago, former Vice President Aaron Burr was foundnot ...
Births
Sep 01, 2007 ... Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 Mueller - Heather Mueller, Sherrill, Iowa, boy at Mercy MedicalCenter-Dubuque. Neyens-Moris - Lindsay Neyens and Mark Moris, Dubuque, girl atMercy. Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 Gotto - Chad and Carrie Gotto, Dyersville, Iowa, boy at ...
Funeral services
Sep 01, 2007 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Dolores C. Basten, East Dubuque, Ill. - Services: 11 a.m. today,St. Mary's Catholic Church, East Dubuque. Betty J. Doty, Mount Carroll, Ill. - Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday,Frank-Law Jones ...
Council races offer crowded slate of candidates
Sep 01, 2007; ... A full slate of candidates awaits voters to fill three seats onthe Dubuque City Council this fall. There will be two candidates each for the At-Large and Second Wardraces, where incumbents will face challengers. The pickings are thickest in the Fourth Ward, where ...
Man barking about pit-bull ban
Sep 01, 2007; ... PEOSTA, Iowa - When Shawn Erickson arrives home from work, thefirst thing he does is let his dog out of her kennel. Kina bounds out to greet him with flashing green eyes and longears that flop with her forward motion as they head for the backyardto play fetch and wrestle. But ...
Nanfred Meyer
Sep 01, 2007 ... CASTALIA, Iowa - Nanfred Meyer, 79, of Castalia, died Thursday,Aug. 30, 2007, at his home, ...
Bison attack injures backpacker
Sep 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A backpacker fell prey to one ofSouthern California's lesser-known hazards: being gored by anAmerican bison on Santa Catalina Island. Jardrec Anangos was recovering from a fractured pelvic bone, asore back and an open wound after he was attacked Wednesday ...
Margaret E. Koenig
Sep 01, 2007 ... BOSCOBEL, Wis. - Margaret E. Koenig, 87, of Boscobel, died Friday,Aug. 31, 2007, at the Boscobel Area Health Care. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First Congregational ...
Alan A. Papenthien
Sep 01, 2007 ... EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. - Alan A. Papenthien, 70, of 561 Michigan Ave.,East Dubuque, formerly of Granbury, Texas, and Dubuque, died at 3:45a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, ...
Couple wins another lottery jackpot
Sep 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK (AP) - How lucky can you get? Adeline and Eugene Angelo won $5 million Thursday after buying thewinning ticket in last week's New York Lotto. In 1996, they won $2.5million after splitting a $10 million jackpot with three otherpeople. Eugene Angelo, 81, said he and ...
Sister Helen O'Keefe, BVM
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sister Helen O'Keefe, BVM (Reginata), 88, of Marian Hall, 1050Carmel Drive, died at 10:35 a.m ....
Shirley A. Dahlstrom
Sep 01, 2007 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Shirley A. Dahlstrom, 72, of Waukon, died Friday,Aug. 31, 2007, at Northgate Care Center, Waukon. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m ....
Sylveria Hird Pauly
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sylveria "Sally" Hird Pauly, 93, of Luther Manor, formerly of 3351Kimberly Drive, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at Luther Manor. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday ...
Local Detours
Sep 01, 2007 ... No traffic will be permitted on Main Street between First andFourth streets starting at 6 a.m., Tuesday Sept. 4. Also, no parkingwill be allowed on Main Street during this time, though eastbound andwestbound traffic will be allowed on Third Street ....
National Briefs
Sep 01, 2007; ... 2 men accused of starting wildfire SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Two men and a cattle ranch were chargedwith felonies on Friday on suspicion of recklessly starting a firethat has been burning for nearly two months in the central Californiawilderness. The 375-square-mile ...
Norma Jean L. Tyler
Sep 01, 2007 ... SAVANNA, Ill. - Norma Jean L. Tyler, 75, of Savanna, died Friday,Aug. 31, 2007, at her home, ...
Attorney: Coal-mine search indefinitely suspended
Sep 01, 2007 ... SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Federal officials have indefinitelysuspended efforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeksinside a coal mine after a robotic camera failed to provide anyuseful information, an attorney for the men's families said Friday. "They said,'We've exhausted the ...
Ortha S. Cornelius
Sep 01, 2007 ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Ortha S. Cornelius, 96, of Maquoketa, formerlyof Andrew, died Friday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2007, at ...
Illinois cracks down on parents
Sep 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO (AP) - A new state law cracks down on underage drinkingbut it's not teenagers who will get in more trouble, it's theirparents. The law increasing penalties for adults who knowingly allowunderage drinking in their homes comes after a car accident last yearkilled two teens ...
Judge issues stay on gay marriages
Sep 01, 2007; ... DES MOINES (AP) - The window of opportunity for gay and lesbiancouples to marry in Iowa closed after just 22 1/2 hours Friday whenthe judge who struck down Iowa's gay marriage ban the day beforeissued a stay, halting the acceptance of marriage licenses. Between 2 p.m. Thursday and ...
Microsoft settlement final
Sep 01, 2007; ... DES MOINES (AP) - A district court judge on Friday approved the$179.95 million settlement in the Iowa class-action lawsuit againstMicrosoft Corp. The approval pays the attorneys who brought the suit seven yearsago $75 million in fees and costs, an amount legal experts said ...
Governor signs towing truth law
Sep 01, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill (AP) - Illinois motorists now have the law ontheir side to help protect against towing companies that swoop downon accident scenes, remove vehicles and then charge the owners highfees. "Truth in Towing" legislation signed into law Friday will shieldthousands of ...
DOT issues reminder on campaign signs
Sep 01, 2007; ... DES MOINES - Those campaign signs and banners popping up acrossthe state could be breaking the law. The signs, some aimed at local issues but most introducing Iowansto White House hopefuls leading up to the state's caucuses, promptedthe state Department of Transportation on ...
International Briefs
Sep 01, 2007; ... Chavez agrees to broker hostage deal BOGOTA, Colombia - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombia'sAlvaro Uribe agreed Friday to allow a representative of Colombia'slargest guerrilla group to travel to Caracas for talks aimed atfreeing dozens of rebel-held hostages, including ...
Dems vow to ignore 'rogue states'
Sep 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd and JoeBiden on Friday became the first presidential candidates to promisenot to campaign in states that hold early nominating contests inviolation of party rules. The three quickly signed onto a pledge circulated by ...
Lawyer gets 12 years for stabbing neighbor to death
Sep 01, 2007; ... BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A lawyer who stabbed his neighbor todeath because he thought the man had molested his 2-year-old daughterwas sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for first-degreemanslaughter. "It's a Shakespearean tragedy brought into the real world,"Superior Court ...
Iowa Briefs
Sep 01, 2007; ... Ex-mayor convicted of drug dealing DAVENPORT - The former mayor of Wilton was convicted Thursday ofhelping to grow marijuana and selling it to a confidential informant. Dick Summy, 56, who served as mayor for two years in the easternIowa town, faces up to 40 years in federal ...
River search for missing man expected to resume today
Sep 01, 2007; ... SHERRILL, Iowa - Authorities this morning will likely resume thesearch for a Sherrill man missing since a boating accident Thursdaynear Sherrill. Douglas W. McMurrin, 44, of 20193 S. Waupeton Road, Sherrill, wasejected from the 16-foot boat operated by Robin Peterson, 57, of25811 ...
Pentagon warning of strain on troops
Sep 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the militarychiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about agrowing strain on troops and their families from long and repeatedcombat tours. Bush met privately at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs of Staffand ...
Perino will replace Snow
Sep 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush named a new press secretary onFriday, replacing the high-profile showman Tony Snow with hisquieter, stickler-for-detail deputy, Dana Perino. Snow, 52, battling cancer, said he was stepping down because heneeded to earn more than his $168,000 White ...
New single by Spears debuts on Web site
Sep 01, 2007; ... New single by Spears debuts on Web site NEW YORK (AP) - It seems like forever since Britney Spears had six-pack abs and a hit song on the charts. But the fallen pop princess -tarnished by a tumultuous divorce, late-night partying and erraticbehavior - is trying to get her ...
Prince Harry: Diana 'entirely genuine"
Sep 01, 2007; ... LONDON (AP) - Princess Diana should be remembered as a loving,down-to-earth mother, Prince Harry said Friday at a memorial servicewhere a bishop urged an end to a decade of bitterness over her deathand her broken marriage. The service, organized by Prince William and Prince ...