Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from May 2008:
Student Section
May 01, 2008; ... News You can use What: Citywide All-School Art Exhibition Who: K-12 students in the Dubuque Community Schools and Holy Family When:Opening 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, May 9; continuing through Sunday,May 25; regular museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and ...
Demise of Titanic somehow remains a riveting tale
May 01, 2008; ... Five short weeks after the British White Star liner Titanic sankto the bottom of the icy North Atlantic, Germany launched thelargest passenger ship in the world, a leviathan called theImperator. A little more than a year later, a 24-year-old Bavarianof my acquaintance boarded the ...
Letters to the editor
May 01, 2008 ... I was glad to read of Natalie Weires, the Hempstead student'sperfect ACT scores this year, with no fewer than three other Iowastudents (TH, April 6). These four are among only 56 similarstudents in the entire U.S. So seven percent of all high-achievingAmerican students in all 50 states ...
A & E Briefs
May 01, 2008 ... Farmers Market to open May 3The Downtown Dubuque Farmers Marketwill have a grand opening for the season 7 a.m.-noon, Saturday, May3.There will be live entertainment and a KDTH radio remote broadcastfrom the market, which is the area around City Hall at Iowa and 13thstreets, down to 11th ...
Letters to the editor
May 01, 2008 ... In observance of Earth Day, I would like to thank the gentlemanin the light blue truck who decided my truck - while parked at Wal-Mart - was ...
What's happening
May 01, 2008 ... Todayn Senior citizens activities: 11:30 a.m., Western Party;9:30 a.m., blood-pressure screening; Entertainment-Western Auction;and 2 p.m., Ballroom and Country Western Dance, The Salvation Army,1099 Iowa St.n Senior citizens activities: 10:30-11:15 a.m., low-impact exercises with Manor ...
Letters to the editor
May 01, 2008 ... When I started to read the op-ed column by John Freivalds onApril 24, I noticed the sub-title, "We won't defeat the Taliban withtanks, but with teaching," and I immediately thought of GregMortenson and the book, "Three Cups of Tea." So I read the articlein its entirety.I was happy to see ...
Nightlife
May 01, 2008 ... Thursdayn Denny's Lux Club, 3050 Asbury Road, big band/oldies, 4-7 p.m.n Carnegie-Stout Public Library, 360 W 11th St., Upper MainStreet Jazz Band, 6-8 p.m.n Dubuque County Fairgrounds, 14569 OldHighway Road, Y105's Party Zone, 7-10 p.m.n Rainbow Lounge, theCanfield Hotel, 36 W. Fourth ...
Charges filed in Oteri murder
May 01, 2008; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The father of TV comic Cheri Oteri wasstabbed to death and a country songwriter has been arrested, policesaid Monday.Richard William Fagan, 61, had been charged withcriminal homicide in the Saturday night death of 69-year-old GaetanoThomas Oteri, police ...
GM loses $3.3 billion
May 01, 2008; ... DETROIT (AP) - Bowing to grim reality, General Motors Corp.followed Ford's lead and cut its U.S. sales forecast Wednesday aftera tough first quarter that saw a $3.3 billion loss.But unlike Ford,GM faces more unknowns that could complicate its North Americanturnaround and drag down strong ...
Fed slices off another 0.25%
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Scrambling to shore up the faltering economy,the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the lowest point in nearlyfour years Wednesday as the nation teetered on the edge ofrecession.Wall Street rallied at first but then pulled back,concerned that the reduction might be ...
Stocks dip as Fed cut sends mixed signals
May 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street gave up sharp gains and closed lowerWednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarterpoint but left investors guessing about the central bank's nextmove. The Dow Jones industrial average, momentarily soaring above13,000 for the first time ...
Almanac
May 01, 2008; ... Today is Thursday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2008. There are 244days left in the year. History highlight: On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You mayfire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval forcedestroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay ...
Births
May 01, 2008 ... Monday, April 28, 2008 Morales-Moore - Tessy Morales and Terry Moore, Dubuque, boy atMercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Medinger - Chet and Tessa Medinger, Dubuque, girl at ...
Arrest may settle local mystery
May 01, 2008; ... PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) - It wasn't a UFO or spectral manifestation.A middle-of-the-night mystery that rattled and baffled residents formonths may finally have been solved with police making a real-worldarrest. Deafening blasts accompanied by blinding split-second flashes oflight ...
Funeral services
May 01, 2008 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Patrick R. Boyle, Cascade, Iowa - Memorial services: 10 a.m.Tuesday, May 6, St. Martin's Catholic Church, Cascade. Visitation:After 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, at the church. Darwin F. "Dart" ...
African penguin gets along just swimmingly with new wetsuit
May 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - What's black and white and warm all over? Apenguin in a wetsuit, naturally. Sounds like a joke, but it's quite serious for biologists at theCalifornia Academy of Sciences, who had a wetsuit created for anAfrican penguin to help him get back in the swim of ...
Peter M. Cate
May 01, 2008 ... Peter Mellen Cate, 81, of Vienna, Austria, formerly of Dubuque,died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in Tulln, Austria. Services were held in Austria. He was born on March 12, 1927, in Dubuque, son of Paul Lewis andGrace Almina (Norton) Cate. He married Elfriede "Elfi" Hoefler ...
Local Detours
May 01, 2008 ... Cleveland Avenue from Bryant Street to Villa Street will beclosed to through traffic beginning 7 a.m. Monday, May 5, due tounderground utility and concrete pavement work. Anticipatedreopening: Nov. 21. Rush Street from Quince Street to Villa Street will be closed tothrough ...
Rainy forecast puts tri-states on flood alert
May 01, 2008; ... Brace for more rain. How much rain we get, forecasters say, depends on the track of acouple approaching storm systems. "We're keeping an eye on the situation," said Jim Hladik, ameteorologist with the Quad Cities office of the National WeatherService. "We certainly don't need ...
Bertrand Kalmes
May 01, 2008 ... St. Donatus, Iowa - Bertrand Kalmes, 83, of Vista, Calif.,formerly of St. Donatus, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at ...
Lennon sisters to sing at Hy-Vee in Asbury
May 01, 2008 ... The Lennon sisters, the foursome singing act that was regularlyfeatured on the Lawrence Welk television show, will perform at theAsbury Hy-Vee store. The group is appearing at 10 a.m. on both today and Friday aspart of the store's "springtime party celebration." ...
Mary C. Moriarty
May 01, 2008 ... Mary C. Moriarty, 85, of 3125 Pennsylvania Ave., died Tuesday,April 29, 2008, at home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 2, at St. Mary's CatholicChurch. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may callfrom 3 to 7 p.m. today at Siegert-Casper Colonial Funeral Home, ...
Corrections
May 01, 2008 ... The Guttenberg (Iowa) Citywide Garage Sale is scheduled forSaturday, May 3 ....
UD will host seminar
May 01, 2008 ... The University of Dubuque will host Stephen Jennings, ofGrasshorse Animation Studios, for a 4 p.m. seminar today in Room 201of the Dunlap Technology Center. The event is free and open to thepublic. Jennings will address issues such as employment opportunities inthe animation ...
Louis C. Berry
May 01, 2008 ... Louis C. "Lou" Berry, 64, of 695 Roberts St., died at 4:13 p.m.Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at home surrounded by his family. Memorial services will be ...
William J. Scharpf
May 01, 2008 ... GALENA, Ill. - William J. Scharpf, 79, of 881 S. Pilot Knob Road,Galena, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at Furlong FuneralChapel, Galena. Burial will be in Pilot Knob Cemetery, Pilot KnobRoad, Galena. Friends may call from 4 ...
Garber man missing
May 01, 2008 ... ELKADER, Iowa - The Clayton County Sheriff's Department isseeking information on the whereabouts of a rural Garber man said tobe taking anti-depression medication. Lee Allan Rolfe, 48, was last seen near Garber on April 13,officials said. His vehicle was located at NorthPark ...
GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS
May 01, 2008 ... Dubuque City Board of Review - 9 a.m., Keystone Area EducationCenter, Room 3A, 2310 Chaney Road. Dubuque Five Flags Center Commission - 4 p.m., ...
Velma L. Dolter
May 01, 2008 ... Velma L. Dolter, 82, of Lincoln Avenue, died Wednesday, April 30,2008, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at Holy ...
Edna W. Meyer
May 01, 2008 ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - Edna W. Meyer, 89, of Manchester, formerly ofDubuque, died Wednesday, April 30, at Good Neighbor Home,Manchester, following an extended illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, at Our ...
Priscilla E. Blindert
May 01, 2008 ... POTOSI, Wis. - Priscilla E. Blindert, 78, of Potosi, died Monday,April 28, 2008, at Orchard Manor, Lancaster, following a battle withcancer. Memorial services ...
Close call at Roosevelt Middle School
May 01, 2008; ... News You can use The Roosevelt Middle School performance of "Guysand Dolls," originally scheduled for this weekend, has beenpostponed after an acoustical ceiling panel fell in the auditorium.The performance has been moved to 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, andSaturday, May 17, in the auditorium ....
Miss USA cancels, banquet postponed
May 01, 2008 ... BELLEVUE, Iowa - Miss Iowa USA has canceled plans to appear asthe keynote speaker for the annual Jackson County Area TourismBanquet, resulting in the event being postponed. The banquet was set for tonight at the Bellevue State Park ...
GDP grows 0.6% in 1st quarter
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) -The bruised economy limped through the firstquarter, growing at just a 0.6 percent pace as housing and creditproblems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down.Thecountry's economic growth during January through March was the sameas in the final three months of ...
House clears funding for SW Arterial
May 01, 2008 ... The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday gave overwhelmingapproval to a change in transportation funding that will shift $5.5 million toward construction of Dubuque's Southwest Arterialproject. The Technical Corrections Bill, which moves money from stalledprojects to ...
LaVerne A. Nelson
May 01, 2008 ... MONTICELLO, Iowa - LaVerne A. Nelson, 88, of Monticello, formerlyof Delaware, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital,Cedar ...
Walkers celebrate colleague's memory
May 01, 2008; ... News You can use The 2008 Dubuque County Start! Heart Walk of theAmerican Heart Association will be held from 8 a.m. to noonSaturday, May 3, off Kerper Boulevard near Klauer Manufacturing.BendaFest will follow the walk at the Point Restaurant, 2370Rhomberg Ave. Employees at The ...
Church reports $53,000 theft
May 01, 2008 ... Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2155 University Ave., reportedthe internal theft of $53,232 on Wednesday. Thomas W. Young , the church's pastor, reported that the theftoccurred between July 1, 2007, and April 21, 2008. Young said irregularities were discovered while following ...
Rotary welcomes visitors
May 01, 2008; ... A team of five professionals from India is visiting Dubuque thisweek as part of a Rotary Group Study Exchange, bringing a new levelof understanding to cultural experience.The group members fromseveral states in eastern India are stopping in cities throughoutRotary District 5970, which ...
Hotel tax defeated
May 01, 2008 ... MARQUETTE, Iowa - A proposed hotel-motel tax for Marquette wasdefeated on Tuesday. The tax, which would have added a 7 ...
Police
May 01, 2008 ... -- Laurie Lee Stewart, 46, 1475 Montrose Terrace, reported aburglary to her vehicle in the amount of $1,175. The incidentoccurred sometime between 1 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. Wednesday. Missingitems included an FM modulator and an iPod. Stewart also reportedthe unlawful use of a credit card in ...
International briefs
May 01, 2008; ... Giant squid has world's largest eyesWELLINGTON, New Zealand -Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid saidWednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across -bigger than a dinner plate - making it the largest animal eye onEarth.One of the squid's two ...
Board gives preliminary OK for Marshalltown coal plant
May 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa environmental groups have derided coal-fired energy plants as antiquated, an ecologically harmful relic ofthe past.On Wednesday, they learned one coal plant in central Iowacould be part of their future.The Iowa Utilities Board gavepreliminary approval to a proposed ...
School district cleared in BB-gun case
May 01, 2008; ... With its verdict Wednesday, a Dubuque jury found no fault in theactions of the Dubuque Community School District, its school boardand an assistant high school principal before or after a 2005 BB-gun shooting outside the school. Lauren Herrig, 18, and her mother, Laura, had sued the ...
Wisconsin briefs
May 01, 2008; ... Praying parents will remain free on bondWAUSAU - Parents accusedof reckless homicide in their 11-year-old daughter's death can stayout of jail on signature and property bonds totaling $450,000, ajudge ruled Wednesday.Dale and Leilani Neumann made their firstcourt appear-ance after being ...
7 killed in raid on militant hideout
May 01, 2008; ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Hundreds of intelligence agents onWednesday raided the hideout of militants with suspected links to anattack on President Hamid Karzai, as the Afghan capital was suckeddeeper into the war against the Taliban.Terrified residents hid frombooming guns and grenades ...
Judge approves settlement for clergy-abuse victims
May 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a $37million settlement between the Davenport Diocese and more than 160people who claimed they were sexually abused by diocesepriests.Judge Lee Jackwig's approval of the diocese's reorganizationplan allows the diocese to start ...
Braley backs Obama
May 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Rep. Bruce Braley endorsed Barack Obama for theDemocratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, saying he's theright candidate to bring the country together.Braley, one of 11 Iowasuperdelegates, said he was impressed with Obama's enthusiasm andenergy and his ability to ...
Traffic stop leads to drug arrests
May 01, 2008 ... The Clayton County Sheriff's Department on April 17 arrestedScott A. Sorenson, 39, of Mable, Minn., and Jamie Beach, 25, ofByron, Minn., for possession with intent to manufacturemethamphetamine. Beach also is charged with possession of ...
Doris M. Lickel
May 01, 2008 ... BLACK EARTH, Wis. - Doris M. Lickel, 80, of Black Earth, diedWednesday, April 30, 2008, at Hospice Care, Fitchburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at Midland UnitedMethodist Church, with the Rev. Dianne Vielhuber officiating. Burialwill be in Oakhill Cemetery, Black ...
Magician breaks breathtaking world record
May 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO (AP) - David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in thewater tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a newbreath-holding record. Oprah Winfrey, however, was anything butcalm. She fidgeted in her chair, pursed her lips, placed her head inher hands, and ...
U.S. troop deaths hit 7-month high in Iraq
May 01, 2008; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military death toll hit a seven-monthhigh of 49 on Wednesday - with more than half the losses in Baghdadas American forces wage growing street battles against Shiitefighters.Iraqi civilian deaths also remained high following theIraqi government crackdown on Shiite ...
Iowa briefs
May 01, 2008; ... Culver announces wind-energy allianceDES MOINES - Gov. ChetCulver announced Wednesday the creation of an alliance to trainIowans for high-paying jobs in the growing wind energyindustry.Culver said the newly formed Iowa Alliance for WindInnovation and Novel Development will combine ...
3 bodies found in possible drug house
May 01, 2008; ... House toughens gun law SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- The Illinois Househas approved legislation that would punish parents who fail to keepguns away from their mentally ill children. The measure would coverparents or guardians of anyone younger than 21 with a diagnosedmental disorder. They would ...
Speaker: It isn't your father's Cold War
May 01, 2008; ... Perhaps it's hard to think of the Cold War era as the good olddays, but considering only the superpowers had nuclear weapons, inmany ways it was.Now, there are some 40 nations that have weapons-grade uranium, the stuff to build nuclear bombs, and Michael Hurleyis urging Americans to ...
Case revives debate on prison terms
May 01, 2008; ... Police reopen unsolved murder AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) -- Policeare looking into possible links between a young woman's killing andthe man who confessed to holding his daughter captive and fatheringher children, a law enforcement official said. Alois Lissl, thechief of police of Upper ...
Fort Bragg's barracks 'unacceptable"
May 01, 2008; ... FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - The secretary of the Army said Wednesdaythe poor condition of Korean War-era barracks at Fort Bragg are"unacceptable."Army Secretary Pete Geren said ...
Illinois briefs
May 01, 2008; ... Ex-cop offers reward for wife's safe returnBOLINGBROOK - A formersuburban Chicago police officer suspected in his wife'sdisappearance is offering a $25,000 reward for information leadingto her safe return.Drew Peterson said in a statement Wednesday hehoped his wife, Stacy, would've ...
Police remove 3 children from church compound
May 01, 2008; ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - State police have removed three childrenfrom an apocalyptic church whose leader claims to be the Messiah andacknowledges having sex with some of his followers.The two girls andone boy - all younger than 18 - were taken from the northeastern NewMexico compound ...
DNA tests confirm IDs of czar's children
May 01, 2008; ... MOSCOW (AP) - For nine decades after Bolshevik executionersgunned down Czar Nicholas II and his family, there were no traces ofthe remains of Crown Prince Alexei, the hemophiliac heir to Russia'sthrone.Some said the delicate 13-year-old had somehow survived andescaped; others believed ...
CIA director says Iran wants to kill Americans in Iraq
May 01, 2008; ... MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - CIA Director Michael Hayden said Wednesdaythat Iranian policy, at the highest government level, is to helpkill Americans in Iraq, the boldest pronouncement of Iranianinvolvement by a U.S. official to date.Hayden made the statement inresponse to a student question ...
Obama continues to cut into deficit in superdelegates
May 01, 2008; ... Obama wants pro-Clinton group investigated WASHINGTON (AP) --Barack Obama's presidential campaign wants federal regulators toinvestigate fellow Democrats who are backing Hillary RodhamClinton's candidacy, taking intraparty discord to a new level ofconfrontation. Obama's campaign lawyer, ...
Farm bill focuses on feeding needy
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Most people call it a farm bill. But it'sreally more of a food bill.That's even more true this year asnegotiators, spurred by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other urbanlawmakers, move dollars from crop subsidies to food stamps and otherprograms for feeding the ...
Pentagon easing security requirements
May 01, 2008; ... White House admits fault on 'Mission Accomplished' banner WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Wednesday that PresidentBush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that wasflown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S.misjudgments and mistakes in the ...