Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from September 2008:
Health Briefs
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mental health groups to host forumMental Health America ofDubuque County and the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Dubuqueare hosting the 2008 Political Forum on Mental Health at 6:30 p.m.,Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Dubuque Community School Forum, 2300Chaney Road.Candidates from the ...
Fashion show proves to be just her style
Sep 01, 2008 ... GALENA, Ill. - It's not every 91-year-old who gets to celebrate abirthday by strutting her stuff down a fashion runway.Irene Kennedywas that rare individual Aug. 23, when she took part in the 5thannual High Flute'n Fashion Show, Brunch and Silent Auction tobenefit the Riverview ...
Mooning debate coach loses job
Sep 01, 2008; ... WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Fort Hays State University has fired itsdebate coach for losing his temper at a tournament, engaging in avideotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts toexpose his underwear.University President Edward H. Hammond alsosaid the school was immediately ...
Motorcycle club with a twist
Sep 01, 2008; ... DE KALB, Ill. (AP) - Gigi Beaird doesn't look like the leader ofa women's motorcycle group.Sitting in her office at NorthernIllinois University, she looks like the 45-year-old grants andcontracts administrator she is. She's wearing a bubble gum pink suitthat completely covers her tattoo, ...
Clinics planned in Illinois
Sep 01, 2008 ... Immunization clinics will be held on the following dates andlocations: Tuesday, Sept. 9 - 2 to 3:30 p.m., East Dubuque (Ill.) HighSchool cafeteria. Tuesday, Sept. 16 - 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m., Jo DaviessCounty Health Department, Galena, Ill. Tuesday, Sept. 23 - 2 ...
Home certainly where her heart is
Sep 01, 2008; ... Candace Eudaley Age: 23 Occupation: Digital asset librarian atMcGraw-Hill Education: Bachelor's degree in political science andeconomics from Loras College Family: Parents, Daryl and Amy Eudaley,and sister, Kristin, 21 Volunteer Experience: 2004 John Kerrycampaign, Americorps at Central ...
Almanac
Sep 01, 2008; ... Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2008. There are 121days left in the year. This is Labor Day.Today's Highlight inHistory:On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invadedPoland.On this date:In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr wasfound not guilty of treason ....
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2008 ... I may have missed it, because I've not lived in Dubuque my wholelife, but has Dubuque County Right to Life headquarters ever beenpicketed by the opposition for their stand on a woman's choice tocontrol her own body? I'm guessing not, because the pro-choicepeople still honor the right of ...
Local briefs
Sep 01, 2008 ... Chamber to host legislative breakfastThe Dubuque Area Chamber ofCommerce will host a Dubuque Community School Board LegislativeBreakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Best Western MidwayHotel.Board members and candidates who have been invited include:Craig Beytien, Lesley ...
Letters to the editor
Sep 01, 2008 ... I decided to make my yearly woman's health appointment at PlannedParenthood. As its phone number was not yet listed online, I hoppedin my car and drove to the clinic.After saying hello to the sparsegathering of protesters out front, I walked into the clean andcomfortable office, where I ...
Nature's ways more than just a breeze
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hiking up Valley View trail in Big Sur's National Park, I feelthe usual breeze streaming across my face down from the Santa Luciamountains. But this time, however, instead of California wildflowers, Redwood leaves and, yes, even pollen, this breeze bringsonly ash.The higher I climb, the ...
What's Happening
Sep 01, 2008 ... Todayn Senior citizens activities: 9-11 a.m., line dancing withCountry Steppers; 10-11 a.m., Senior Fitness Friends exercise; 11:30a.m.-12:30 p.m., lunch; noon-3 p.m., open bridge; 12:30-4:30 p.m.,ACBL duplicate bridge; and 6-9 p.m., Woodcarving Club, Hills & DalesLifetime Center, 3505 ...
Economic woes engulf Iowans
Sep 01, 2008; ... The flooding throughout the state has stopped. Or has it? Just in time for the Labor Day holiday, an annual report from theIowa Policy Project found that working Iowans are facing a flood ofan economic variety. "The State of Working Iowa 2008" outlines a growing list ...
Dubuque GOP delegate youngest at convention
Sep 01, 2008; ... Youngest delegate in 1996 In 1996, Dubuque also was home of theyoungest delegate attending a national party convention. In 1996, itwas 17-year-old Paul Kraus, a Wahlert High School student, who wentto the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. News You canuseAs special as a ...
Development will dominate session
Sep 01, 2008; ... Map of the south port area was requested from Mike Day News Youcan use Because of the Labor Day holiday, the Dubuque City Councilwill meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Historic Federal Building, 350W. Sixth Street. The Dubuque City Council has plenty of incentive to meet ...
Community Briefs
Sep 01, 2008 ... Course on rules of the roadoffered in Jo Daviess CountyGALENA,Ill. - The Jo Daviess County Courthouse is offering a free Rules ofthe Road Review Course for all citizens in the Galena area.Thecourse helps participants pass the Illinois driver's license renewalexamination and prepares ...
Local Detours
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. 52/Iowa 3 is restricted to one lane from one mile west ofDurango to Luxemburg. Anticipated reopening: September. Iowa 3, at the intersection of Iowa 38 and ...
Rafters restaurant closing down again
Sep 01, 2008; ... After less than a half year back in business Rafters has closedagain.The anchor restaurant for the West End's Fountain Park Plazaserved its last customers Saturday evening, said Tom Kane, owner ofthe commercial complex on Asbury Road.Kane told the TH that theuntimely death this summer of ...
Tennis players not only athletes at U.S. Open
Sep 01, 2008 ... If you look closely, you might catch a glimpse of Kelly Bruno atthe U.S. Open tennis tournament. She's one of those ball girls - youknow, the ones who run out and pick up balls after they hit the net.Well, if you were reclining in your chair watching the U.S. Open,Bruno's story just ...
Damm murder trial heightens security
Sep 01, 2008 ... GALENA, Ill. - Security at the Jo Daviess County Courthouse willbe tightened when a high-profile homicide trial gets under way thismonth.David Damm's trial is expected to begin Monday, Sept. 15, andcourthouse access will be restricted to the Bench Street entranceonly.The trial is ...
Funeral services
Sep 01, 2008 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Michael V. Clarkson, Preston, Iowa - Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday,Sept. 2, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston.Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today, Miller-Law-Jones Funeral ...
Minnie K. Zuber
Sep 01, 2008 ... HANOVER, Ill. - Minnie K. Zuber, 94, of Kingwood, Texas, formerlyof Hanover, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, at Park Manor, Humble,Texas, following a short illness. Private graveside services will be held at a later date in SouthEnglish, Iowa. She was born in South English, ...
Harold Letcher
Sep 01, 2008 ... HAZEL GREEN, Wis. - Harold Letcher, 81, died Sunday, Aug. 31,2008, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at St. Francisde Sales ...
Beth A. Overman
Sep 01, 2008 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Beth A. "Bunny" Overman, 49, of Dyersville,died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at her home, following a lengthyillness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at St. FrancisXavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Phil Kruse officiating.Burial will be in ...
Richard K. Pregler
Sep 01, 2008 ... Richard K. Pregler, 78, of 1075 Kane St., Dubuque, died Friday,Aug. 29, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount CalvaryCemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, ...
Catherine E. Ingles
Sep 01, 2008 ... Catherine E. Ingles, 57, of 305 W. 16th St., died Saturday, Aug.30, 2008, at Mercy ...
Pig-attack victim in stable condition
Sep 01, 2008 ... SOLDIERS GROVE, Wis. - A Crawford County woman who sufferedserious injuries after being attacked by pigs on her farm Friday wasin stable condition Sunday night.Judy Surface, 69, was moving pigsfrom one pen to another at 11:26 a.m. Friday on Surface Farm onSwiggum Road, four miles ...
Jeanette M. Billmeyer
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jeanette M. Billmeyer, 79, of Mitchellville, Iowa, formerly ofDubuque, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at the Mitchellvillage CareCenter, Mitchellville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Sacred HeartCatholic Church, Dubuque, where friends may call from 10 to 11 ...
McCain orders convention hoopla cut back
Sep 01, 2008; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - John McCain tore up the script for hisRepublican National Convention on Sunday, casting himself as abovepolitics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans. "We willact as Americans," not partisans, he declared."This is a time whenwe have to do away with our ...
Obama to ask his donors to help storm victims
Sep 01, 2008; ... LIMA, Ohio (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obamasaid Sunday he will tap his huge political network of donors andvolunteers to help U.S. victims of Hurricane Gustav after it comesinland. "I think we can get tons of volunteers to travel down there, ifit becomes ...
New search begins for missing Fossett
Sep 01, 2008; ... HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) - A year after aviator and adventurer SteveFossett vanished on a Labor Day solo flight over western Nevada,friends and admirers are waging a new search for some sign of him inan area of rugged mountains.Steep canyons and gulches choked byconcealing trees and brush on ...
SEIU official target of union probe
Sep 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - The executive vice president of the ServiceEmployees International Union has stepped aside while underinvestigation for allegations she paid thousands of dollars in unionfunds to a former boyfriend, the Los Angeles Times reportedSunday.Annelle Grajeda is the third ...
Feds study drugs for links to suicide
Sep 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Cody Miller was a high school football playerwho was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping withpain from an old back injury.Both are now dead, hanging victimsdriven to suicide, their families believe, when drugs prescribed torelieve physical symptoms ...
Korey D. Eng
Sep 01, 2008 ... POTOSI, Wis. - Korey D. Eng, 41, of Potosi, died Saturday, Aug.30, 2008, at Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster, following abrief battle with cancer. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at theLancaster ...
Prudence E. Brookstra
Sep 01, 2008 ... THOMSON, Ill. - Prudence E. "Peg" Brookstra, 92, of Thomson, diedSaturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at Eagle ...
Births
Sep 01, 2008 ... Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008 Hilbun - Eric and Jamie Hilbun, Dubuque, girl at The ...
Gulf Coast refineries shuttered
Sep 01, 2008; ... HOUSTON (AP) - Hurricane Gustav's threat to the Gulf Coast haltedabout 15 percent of U.S. refining capacity Sunday, though for nowprices at the pump have not risen dramatically.However, analysts andothers say a prolonged disruption in refining operations could causeprice spikes of 20 ...
David J. Campbell
Sep 01, 2008 ... LANCASTER, Wis. - David J. Campbell, 59, of Riverview, Fla.,formerly of Lancaster, died suddenly Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at hishome in Riverview. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at St ....
Public employees' fund sees negative return
Sep 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Tumult in the stock market has had an effect onthe state's largest public employees' pension fund.The Iowa PublicEmployees' Retirement system, more commonly known as IPERS, had anegative return of 1.3 percent on its investments for the statebudget year ending June ...
After floods, some class sites at university move
Sep 01, 2008; ... IOWA CITY (AP) - The site of a former hardware store is now hometo the University of Iowa's theater performance, music and ceramicsclasses, a move that reflects the possible confusion after floodingpushed a slate of old classes into new buildings.The former Menards,now dubbed the "Studio ...
Officials deny paper's request about flood damage
Sep 01, 2008; ... CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) - Cedar Rapids city officials say address-by-address flood damage data are not public record, despite a U.S.Circuit Court ruling in Florida in 2007 that said the data arepublic.An assistant city attorney in Cedar Rapids denied the CedarRapids ...
Cedar Rapids will hire lobbyist
Sep 01, 2008; ... CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) - The city of Cedar Rapids has hired aWashington law firm to lobby for disaster-recovery efforts inCongress.The Cedar Rapids City Council and Linn County Board ofSupervisors voted this month to pay Sonnenschein, Nath & RosenthalLLP $10,000 per month to help the state's ...
Shirley Wood
Sep 01, 2008 ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Shirley Wood, 76, of Burlington, formerly ofMaquoketa, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at Great River ...
Joyce M. Bees
Sep 01, 2008 ... SABULA, Iowa - Joyce M. Bees, 90, of Sabula, died Saturday, Aug.30, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center-North, Clinton. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at ...
Gwenn V. Brown
Sep 01, 2008 ... HANOVER, Ill. - Gwenn V. Brown, 71, of Hanover, died Saturday,Aug. 30, 2008, ...
FBI: Chemical release not fatal
Sep 01, 2008; ... EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - One of two Missouri hospitalemergency rooms reopened Sunday, a day after being shut down underquarantine when eight people sickened by a dangerous chemical'srelease sought treatment.Price McCarty, an FBI spokesman inSpringfield, Ill., said Saturday's chemical ...
'Dark Knight' nabs $500 million
Sep 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - Batman's rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has addedhalf a billion dollars to his riches."The Dark Knight" on Sundaybecame the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million atthe domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million,according to estimates from ...
Students will skip 1st day of school to protest
Sep 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO (AP) - Maurisha Gaiter didn't raise her two daughters tobe honor roll students by letting them skip class.But on Tuesday,when the Chicago Public School year starts, that's what they plan todo, with their mother's encouragement.Upset by her daughters'overcrowded classrooms, ...
2 die in Vilas County boating accidents
Sep 01, 2008; ... EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (AP) - Two men are dead after separate boatingincidents in Vilas County over the Labor Day weekend.The sheriff'sdepartment says a 38-year-old man from Wauwatosa died Saturday nightin a tubing accident on Saint Germain Lake in St. Germain.Three anda half hours later, a ...
Wisconsin, Illinois briefs
Sep 01, 2008; ... Wisconsin dove hunt begins todayMADISON, Wis. - Another Wisconsinmourning dove season opens today.The Natural Resources Board createdthe hunt in 2000, generating a firestorm of controversy. Themourning dove was Wisconsin's symbol of peace during the VietnamWar.Wisconsin Citizens ...
Police
Sep 01, 2008 ... -- Gregory K. House, 23, 2263 1/2 White St. was arrested at 1:25a.m. Sunday on a charge of domestic assault with injury. Police saidHouse assaulted Amy Lynn Cook, 30, of the same address. The assaulttook place between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:15 a.m. Sunday. -- Blas A. Chalas, ...
Gustav could cut very costly path
Sep 01, 2008; ... HAMMOND, La. (AP) - Although attention is focused on thepetroleum industry as Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast,billions of dollars are at stake in other economic sectors: NewOrleans' trademark tourism industry, the shipping business, sugarharvesting - and even such niche ...
Anbar drawdown could take time
Sep 01, 2008; ... SAN DIEGO (AP) - The drawdown of Marines from the former Sunniinsurgent stronghold of Anbar will take time because there is stillmuch work to be done, a top U.S. commander said Sunday on the eve ofthe once violent province's transfer to Iraqi securitycontrol.Today's handover of Anbar, ...
International briefs
Sep 01, 2008; ... Palestinians reject partial peace planJERUSALEM - PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas rejected Israel's idea of an interim peaceagreement at a Sunday summit, a Palestinian negotiator said,insisting on an all-or-nothing approach that virtually ruled out anaccord by a January target ...
Russia vows aid for 2 separatist regions
Sep 01, 2008; ... MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's president said Sunday his country willgive military aid to the two separatist regions at the center of thewar with Georgia - signaling Moscow has no intention of backing downin the face of Western pressure.Dmitry Medvedev also warned thatAmerican domination of ...
Report: U.S. troops fired on
Sep 01, 2008; ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan army commander said that U.S.and Afghan troops were fired on first from a village where agovernment investigative commission says scores of civilians werekilled, according to a report released Sunday.The chief of staff forthe army's Herat corps told ...
Pakistan halts strikes against insurgents
Sep 01, 2008; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Sunday it was suspendinga military operation against insurgents in a tribal region for theMuslim holy month of Ramadan but warned any provocations in the areawould bring immediate retaliation.A Taliban spokesman welcomed thedecision to halt the ...
Victims scramble for dry land
Sep 01, 2008; ... TRIVENIGANJ, India (AP) - Stranded by hundreds of miles offloodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagersstormed rescue boats on Sunday as they tried to escape the floodingthat tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India's vastplains.Two weeks after the ...
Thousands cheer Obama, Biden in Michigan appearance
Sep 01, 2008; ... BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - Thousands broke out in cheers asDemocratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and running mate JoeBiden arrived Sunday evening at a minor league baseball stadium totalk about their plans for making life easier for strugglingworkers."Folks, if I walked out of ...
Russian police kill critic
Sep 01, 2008; ... MOSCOW (AP) - The owner of an independent Web site critical ofauthorities was shot and killed Sunday by police, his body dumped bythe side of the road in a volatile province in southern Russia, hiscolleague said. The killing of Ingushetiya.ru owner Magomed Yevloyev could ...
Labor Day Parade at 9:30 today
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dubuque's Labor Day Parade is set for a 9:30 a.m. kick-offtoday.The parade will begin at Jackson Park and travel south on MainStreet to Ninth Street, then proceed east to Iowa ...
raq war deaths
Sep 01, 2008 ... I As of Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, at least 4,151 members of the U.S.military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military ...
A touch of the Caribbean
Sep 01, 2008; ... EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. - As a youngster, Randy O'Mara was alwaysfascinated by pirate ships. Now he builds them - at least pirateship replicas with a 21st century touch.O'Mara's two ships - theBlack Pearl and the Flying Dutchman - were among the highlights atthe fourth annual Captain Jack's ...
Will Gustav be another Katrina?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hurricane Gustav leaves Cuba for Gulf HAVANA (AP) -- Cubansreturned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out roadsSunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous HurricaneGustav roared across the island and into the oil-rich Gulf ofMexico. Gustav hit the Isla de la ...
National briefs
Sep 01, 2008; ... Report: Detroit mayor offers dealDETROIT- Lawyers for DetroitMayor Kwame Kilpatrick have proposed a deal in which he wouldresign, plead guilty to two felonies, make restitution and servefive years' probation in exchange for avoiding jail time, anewspaper reported Sunday.The Detroit Free ...