Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from March 2008:
Religion Briefs
Mar 01, 2008 ... After 5 to present recording artist Dubuque After 5 Women's Connection will present nationalrecording artist and concert singer Patty Curl, of Ponca City,Okla., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the Midway Hotel. Curl, who speaks at women's retreats and conferences across ...
A winter day filled with thanksgiving to the One
Mar 01, 2008; ... I walked out the door of my new workplace and uttered a prayer ofprofound gratitude. My gratitude wasn't primarily for the workplace, although I wasdelighted and excited to begin work at the Portage (Wis.) DailyRegister - my sixth newspaper in a 28-year journalism career. I ...
Teens suspended for wearing crucifixes
Mar 01, 2008 ... ALBANY, Ore. - A pair of Albany teenagers suspended for "gang-related behavior" because they were wearing crucifixes say they wereonly wearing gifts from ...
The gift of grace
Mar 01, 2008; ... 'Lenten Lessons' lineup On the seven Saturdays during Lent,ministers from different local Christian denominations are offeringmessages we are calling "Lenten Lessons." For previous Lentenmessages, visit THonline.com. Feb. 9: The Rev. Joseph Hauer,Resurrection Catholic Church Feb. 16: ...
Consumer spending stalls
Mar 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer spending is threatening to stall outwhile consumer confidence, battered by soaring energy costs andfalling home prices, has taken a steep nosedive. Analysts said the two new reports Friday were just the latestdanger signals that the country was edging ...
Business briefs
Mar 01, 2008; ... GM shuts down -- more plants DETROIT - A strike at an auto parts supplier has forced GeneralMotors Corp. to shut down three more pickup truck factories, idling12,000 workers, the company said Friday. Plants in Flint; Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Oshawa, Ontario, were toclose ...
Report: Aircraft oversight lax
Mar 01, 2008; ... Northrop Grumman wins tanker contract Northrop Grumman Corp. andthe maker of Airbus planes won a multibillion-dollar Air Forcecontract to build 179 tankers used to refuel military aircraft mid-flight, a congressional staffer familiar with the award said oncondition of anonymity Friday ....
Wall Street
Mar 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series ofdepressing economic and corporate reports as well as high oil pricesstoked concerns about the health of the economy. The major stockindexes fell more than 2.5 percent. Investors were unnerved by disappointing quarterly ...
Letters to the editor
Mar 01, 2008 ... While I have many questions about next year's proposed fiscalbudget, with its accompanying annual increases in taxes and fees,the proposed new refuse truck is a real attention-getter. According to "Budget plans call for higher fees" in the Feb. 24Telegraph Herald, Public Works ...
Robert J. Knockel
Mar 01, 2008 ... Robert J. Knockel, 86, of 2249 Elm St., died Thursday, Feb. 28,2008, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 3, at Sacred HeartCatholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West,Iowa, where military rites will be accorded by ...
Dennis W. Clark II
Mar 01, 2008 ... CLINTON, Iowa - Dennis Wesley Clark II, 59, of Clinton, formerlyof Dubuque, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, at The Finley Hospital,Dubuque. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3, at CatholicChurch of the Visitation, Camanche, with the Rev. Richard Okumuofficiating. Burial ...
School turns into real family affair
Mar 01, 2008; ... Evan Van Vleck, it could be said, is one of the luckiest orunluckiest kids in school. When the third-grade student walks into Hoover Elementary Schooleach morning he does so knowing his grandfather and father aresomewhere in the building. That's because this year there are ...
Marlene G. Sisbach
Mar 01, 2008 ... Marlene G. Sisbach, 70, of 11979 Swiss Valley Road, died Friday,Feb. 29, 2008, at Indian River Medical ...
Mildred E. Bendorf
Mar 01, 2008 ... LANCASTER, Wis. - Mildred E. Bendorf, 79, of Lancaster, diedFriday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, ruralLancaster. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3, at UnitedMethodist Church, Lancaster, where ...
Man cited following incident
Mar 01, 2008 ... A man upset at someone trying to repossess his vehicle struck twoparked cars with his own and was later cited after fleeing the sceneon Wednesday, according to the Dubuque Police Department. Freddie L. Millsap, 44, of 2555 Central Ave., Apt. 6, was citedfor failure to identify upon ...
Craig C. Bennett
Mar 01, 2008 ... Craig C. Bennett, 65, of Dubuque, formerly of Dodgeville, Wis.,Beloit, Wis., and Davenport, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008,after fighting a long battle with chronic illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at St. John'sCatholic Church, Spring Green, Wis., with ...
Genevieve M. Losch
Mar 01, 2008 ... LANCASTER, Wis. - Genevieve M. Losch, 93, of Lancaster, diedFriday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, ruralLancaster. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3, at St ....
Car thieves sought
Mar 01, 2008 ... Two unknown suspects fled from a vehicle reported stolen afterlosing control of the vehicle and hitting two parked cars onUniversity Avenue in the early morning of Feb. 20. According to police, Jesse Schmitz, of Sherrill, Iowa, reportedto police around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, ...
Marjorie Bigelow
Mar 01, 2008 ... LANSING, Iowa - Marjorie Bigelow, 92, of Lansing, died Thursday,Feb. 28, 2008, at Thornton Manor, Lansing. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, at St ....
Minnie I. Wenger
Mar 01, 2008 ... RYAN, Iowa - Minnie Ida Rose Wenger, 101, died Friday, Feb. 29,2008, at Good Neighbor Home, Manchester. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3, 2008, at PeaceLutheran Church, ...
Man to face charges
Mar 01, 2008 ... A Dubuque man was arrested early Thursday morning after Dubuquepolice officers found him passed out in his vehicle, in traffic, onthe Northwest Arterial. Bryce A. Westphal, 21, of 4994 North ...
Francis L. Reed
Mar 01, 2008 ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - Francis L. "Buzz" Reed, 90, of Manchester,died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Good Neighbor Home, Manchester,following a brief illness. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, at FirstLutheran Church, Manchester ....
Susan K. Campbell
Mar 01, 2008 ... Susan K. Campbell, 53, of 3060 Central Ave., died Thursday, Feb.28, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City,Iowa Services will be at 10 a.m ....
Eleanor V. Wickre
Mar 01, 2008 ... Eleanor Virginia Wickre, 86, of Heritage Manor Apts., formerly of2820 Burden St., died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, ...
Police
Mar 01, 2008 ... -- Amanda L. Koopman, 31, 2175 Washington St., was arrestedThursday afternoon at the Parole Office, 745 Main St., on a warrantfrom Linn County, Iowa, for a charge of violating pseudoephedrinepurchase restrictions. -- Jesse J. Baird, 27, 4034 Flamingo Drive, was arrested ...
Trade show today
Mar 01, 2008 ... GALENA, Ill. - The Galena Area Chamber of Commerce will host itsannual Business and Trade Show from ...
Lucille M. Corbett
Mar 01, 2008 ... Lucille Mary Corbett, 96, formerly of 2955 Kaufmann Ave., diedWednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, at Heritage Manor. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 3, at St. RaphaelCathedral. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa.Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March ...
Ronald E. Girot
Mar 01, 2008 ... HANOVER, Ill. - Ronald E. Girot, 65, of Sanger, Texas, formerlyof Hanover, passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at his home inSanger. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, at Law-Jones FuneralHome, Hanover, with Pastor Lynn Matthews, of the Hanover UnitedPresbyterian Church, ...
International briefs
Mar 01, 2008; ... Japan drops charges against U.S. Marine TOKYO - A U.S. Marine who was accused of raping a 14-year-oldgirl in southern Japan has been released after prosecutors droppedthe charges at the teenager's request, the Foreign Ministry saidFriday. Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, ...
Kathleen H. Loso
Mar 01, 2008 ... EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. - Mrs. Terry (Kathleen H. Coyle) Loso, 62, of8861 N. Badger Road, East Dubuque, died Thursday evening, Feb. 28,2008, at Mercy ...
Margaret M. Stephan
Mar 01, 2008 ... SCALES MOUND, Ill. - Mrs. Margaret M. Stephan, 89, of theElizabeth Nursing Home, formerly of 3385 E. Brandt Road, ScalesMound, died Friday morning, Feb. 29, 2008, at FHN Memorial ...
Ruth E. Armstrong
Mar 01, 2008 ... DARLINGTON, Wis. - Ruth E. Armstrong, 88, of Darlington, diedFriday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Lafayette County Manor. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at Holy RosaryCatholic Church, 104 ...
Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq
Mar 01, 2008; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - Gunmen abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishopsoon after he left Mass in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, thelatest in what church members called a series of attacks againstIraq's small Christian community. The gunmen killed three people who were with Archbishop ...
Lawrence A. Jones
Mar 01, 2008 ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Lawrence A. "Dutch" Jones, 86, ofPlatteville, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at Bethel Home, Viroqua. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, ...
Child flu deaths puzzle Iowa officials
Mar 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa health officials are unsure what's behindan apparent increase in the number of young children who have diedfrom flu and respiratory illnesses. About 20 children younger than 4 have died since December 2007,Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, the state epidemiologist, said ...
Prince Harry pulled out of Afghanistan
Mar 01, 2008; ... LONDON (AP) - Prince Harry wanted to be "one of the lads," anordinary soldier sharing risk and hardship with his men. For 10weeks, he got his wish - and that might be enough to advance hiscareer in the military. British defense chiefs announced Friday they were withdrawing ...
Iowa/Illinois/Wisconsin Briefs
Mar 01, 2008; ... Man acquitted of 2 murders MILWAUKEE - A man accused of bursting into a room and gunning down two teens lastSeptember was acquitted by a jury Thursday. Jurors found Lee A. Parker, 23, not guilty of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of ...
Excessive chlorine in pool sickens 40 kids
Mar 01, 2008; ... WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Authorities suspect excessive chlorine levelsin a pool sent more than 40 children to hospitals Friday, includingone reported in critical condition. One student was in a pediatric intensive-care unit at St.Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, said hospital ...
Maquoketa spirits rise from ashes
Mar 01, 2008; ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - The burned-out ruins of a half-block inMaquoketa's downtown have changed little since a raging firedestroyed four historic buildings and damaged two others on Jan. 19.No one seems to know when the stark piles of blackened debris willbe removed. It may yet be ...
National briefs
Mar 01, 2008; ... Mukasey refuses to order probe WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday torefer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush'stop aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief ofStaff Josh Bolten and former presidential ...
Bomb kills at least 35 in Pakistan
Mar 01, 2008; ... PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide attacker blew himself at afuneral Friday for a slain policeman in Pakistan's volatile SwatValley, killing at least 35 people including the officer's 16-year-old son. It was the deadliest attack in the country since the Feb. 18parliamentary ...
'Chemical Ali' scheduled to be hanged this month
Mar 01, 2008; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - The Saddam Hussein henchman known as "ChemicalAli" for gassing thousands of Kurdish civilians is due to hangwithin the month, following the endorsement of his death sentenceFriday by Iraq's presidential ...
Pig Czar keeps feral hogs in check
Mar 01, 2008; ... FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) - Maj. Bobby Toon is known as the Pig Czarat the huge army post on Georgia's western edge. He has been assigned to help rid Fort Benning of its unwantedguests: an estimated 6,000 feral pigs that roam the 184,000-acreinstallation. The animals, common in ...
Police find ricin in Las Vegas motel room
Mar 01, 2008; ... LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadlytoxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by aman who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at ahospital for more than two weeks. Las Vegas police said there was no apparent link to ...
9/11: Terrorist acts send shock waves across America
Mar 01, 2008; ... Editor's note: Students at Central Alternative High School areconducting in-depth research on the impact and significance ofglobal terrorism. During the next several weeks, the Telegraph Herald will publishessays written by the students as part of their project, which ...
Naomi Campbell leaves hospital
Mar 01, 2008; ... SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Naomi Campbell was released Friday fromthe hospital where she underwent abdominal surgery. The 37-year-old British supermodel, a frequent visitor to Brazil,was admitted for an emergency operation Monday. "She recovered very well from her surgery," said ...
Cause of illnesses still unknown
Mar 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Classes resumed at a Des Moines elementaryschool while crews tried to figure out what caused two dozen students and teachers to become sick. The 23 students and two teachers from Cattell Elementary Schoolwere taken to a hospital Thursday afternoon after ...
Taliban drug trade thriving
Mar 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Taliban have built a huge and profitabledrug operation in Afghanistan while provincial governors look theother way, the latest grim sign of backsliding in a country the U.S.has spent six years and billions of dollars trying to salvage. A report Friday on drugs ...
Woman pleads guilty to helping torture boy
Mar 01, 2008; ... PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) - A woman accused of helping her gang of scam artists torture a boy nearlyto death could spend dozens of years in prison after pleading nocontest to abuse charges Friday. Michaela Clerc, 21, helped the gang scald the 11-year-old boy,whip him, starve him and ...
Fishermen rescued after 30 hours at sea
Mar 01, 2008; ... CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hoursto shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his twocrewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero Friday. Michael Williams, a 39-year-old deckhand aboard the trawler SeaRogue, reached shore at New ...
Robots as compatible as pets
Mar 01, 2008; ... ST. LOUIS - Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws aroundthis one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department. A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable poochnamed Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally ...
Officer's fate in court's hands
Mar 01, 2008; ... The professional fate of a Dubuque police officer who admitted todrinking excessive amounts of alcohol, driving home and leavingsexually explicit phone messages for a female co-worker is in thehands of judge. A hearing to determine whether Officer Kurt W. Rosenthal shouldbe fired ...
Teen once hailed as a hero arrested after break-ins
Mar 01, 2008; ... NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A teenager who was labeled a hero and metPresident Bush after turning in a boy who planned a high schoolattack admitted in juvenile court Friday that he had recently brokeinto the potential attacker's home. The 14-year-old told a judge that he was involved in ...
Judge dismisses vaccine challenge
Mar 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon can require its troops bevaccinated against anthrax, a federal judge said Friday. Judge Rosemary M. Collyer said the Food and Drug Administrationacted appropriately when it found the vaccine to be safe andapproved its use. She dismissed a lawsuit by ...
Every Child program opens journey
Mar 01, 2008; ... WHAT: The Every Child Every Promise community breakfast meeting.WHEN: 7:30 a.m. Monday, March 3. WHERE: Dubuque Greyhound Park &Casino. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Nancy Van Milligen at 563-588-2700. A local effort to help kids begins mapping its future on Monday. Every Child ...
Taliban blows up phone tower
Mar 01, 2008; ... KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants blew up atelecommunications tower Friday in southern Afghanistan following awarning to phone companies to shut down the towers at night or faceattack. The militants fear U.S. and other foreign troops are using mobilephone signals to ...
Almanac
Mar 01, 2008; ... Today is Saturday, March 1, the 61st day of 2008. There are 305days left in the year. History highlight: On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old sonof Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family homenear Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as ...
Community thanks firefighters with banquet
Mar 01, 2008; ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - The atmosphere was bittersweet Friday night atthe Jackson County Fairgrounds where hundreds of firefighters andemergency workers were gathered six weeks after together theybattled a raging fire that devastated part of Maquoketa's downtownbusiness district. Rep ....
Letters to the editor
Mar 01, 2008 ... Congratulations to the cast, production staff, orchestra andeveryone involved in the production of "Oklahoma" at the Grand OperaHouse. What a ...
Relentless winter taking its toll on everyone
Mar 01, 2008; ... My friend Mary Kay, a good Catholic girl - heck, even a formernun! - tries to "offer it up." But like the rest of us, she's begunto take personally this winter from hell. I don't know about you,but these mornings all the energy that should go into merely gettingup, at'em, caffeinated and ...
Osprey program landing in Dubuque
Mar 01, 2008; ... The osprey Ospreys are large, narrow-winged, fishing raptors,weighing between 2 1/2 and 4 1/2 pounds. Studies report a familywith two young needs four to five fish per day. Ospreys are superbat fishing, catching prey with their feet after spectacular feet-first dives. Ospreys, commonly ...
Tri-state students advance to TH Spelling Bee
Mar 01, 2008 ... The following are winners in sectional spelling bees. Theyadvance to the Telegraph Herald's 21st annual Spelling Bee on March15 at Clarke College. The winner of the TH Bee will compete in the Scripps NationalSpelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Iowa Ben Collins, George ...
What's happening
Mar 01, 2008 ... Today -- Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa Annual Job Fair, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,Eagle Ridge Conference Center at the main Inn, Territory Drive,Galena, Ill. -- Winter Farmer's Market, 9 a.m.-noon, 1044 Iowa St. Enter thebuilding from the alley side facing Central Ave. -- Dubuque ...
Births
Mar 01, 2008 ... Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 Flores-Kelly - Angie Flores and David Kelly, Dubuque, boy atMercy Medical Center-Dubuque. McPhail-King - Jennifer McPhail and Ken King, Dubuque, boy atMercy. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 Olmstead - Chad and Carrie Olmstead, Lancaster, Wis., ...
Snow can be a draining issue
Mar 01, 2008 ... QUESTION: The city has been plowing the street but not returningto remove the blockage they put over the city drains. If peopledon't clear a path to the drains, when the snow starts to melt itgoes out into the street resulting in large ice spots whentemperatures plummet again. Why is the ...