Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from April 2009:
Surprise Inside
Apr 01, 2009 ... There's no need to wonder whether the Easter Bunny will leave youcream-filled chocolate eggs this year. With a recipe like this one,it's easy - if calorically costly - to make your own. The sugary, creamy filling in these chocolate eggs isn't as soupyas commercial versions, making ...
Hook your children with fish
Apr 01, 2009; ... Most kids turn up their noses at fish. So, during Lent inhouseholds around Dubuqueland, no doubt, there are mealtime hassleson Fridays when the Catholic Church says its members should abstainfrom eating meat. Laura Valcour, Chicago chef and instructor who teaches cookingclasses ...
Recipe
Apr 01, 2009 ... Cream-Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs Start to finish: 1i>>?1/2 hours 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk -- pounds powdered sugar, plus extra for ...
The Sky
Apr 01, 2009; ... The sky Full of wonder A place to fly with honor Rainbows that mystically shine The beauty of clouds walk here, ...
The Candle's Glow
Apr 01, 2009; ... As I read in the corner, I see the dimly lit candle It is forcefully bright and it captures your eyes The candle's glow is like a seer's song, beautiful and dazzling As I continue to read, looking up and down from the book to theflame, a circled wind blew in and ...
Education a recession-proof investment
Apr 01, 2009; ... In tough economic times, the focus is often directed toward short-term concerns. This typically leads to making poor decisions from along-term perspective. This is a time when we all should clarify our priorities andfortify our core values. One such priority that should serve as ...
Book features auto produced by Adams
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Antique Automobile Club of America recently awarded theThomas McKean Cup to Bill Jepsen, of Boone, Iowa. Jepsen's book "Made In Iowa-Iowa's Automobiles" was recognizedfor exemplary depth of research and contribution to the disciplineof ...
Students can apply for $1,000 grants
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Dubuque Area Labor-Management Council is offering $1,000Education-to-Employment Grants. The second round of applications for the grant program openstoday and runs until May 15. The Dubuque Area Labor-ManagementCouncil will distribute additional funds as part of its ninth ...
Braley to speak at Clarke graduation
Apr 01, 2009 ... Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, will address the graduates at ClarkeCollege's 166th commencement on Saturday, May 9. He also willreceive an honorary of doctor of laws degree at the ceremony. Braley is in his second term serving Iowa's 1st CongressionalDistrict. "During his time in ...
Easter party Thursday
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Salvation Army will sponsor an Easter party for seniorcitizens, age 50 and older, at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at 1099Iowa St. Each person must bring a dish to pass that will serve six and hisor her own table service. Blood-pressure screenings will be from9:30 to 11:30 ...
What's Happening
Apr 01, 2009 ... Today -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library Toddler Time, 6:40-7 p.m.,second floor Story Hour Room. These programs feature short stories,songs, and movement activities for children ages 18-35 months with afavorite adult. No registration is required; parental participationis a ...
Loras teams up with Creighton
Apr 01, 2009 ... Officials from Loras College and Creighton University have signeda collaborative agreement that will enable Loras students priorityplacement in Creighton's School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. Creighton's SPAHP agreed to give priority consideration foradmission, and to ...
Courts
Apr 01, 2009 ... -- Craig Donald Norton; 48; assault with injury; Dec. 26:dismissed by a not guilty verdict. -- Anthony L. Adams; 21; controlled substance violation; Aug. 6:10-year suspended prison sentence, $1,000 suspended fine andprobation. -- Rachel N. Bussan; 24; child endangerment with ...
Program receives grant
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Emergency Food and Shelter Program, through its Iowa StateSet-Aside Committee, has awarded Dubuque County $31,234 to helpsupplement and extend emergency food and shelter programs. A local board, consisting of representatives from countygovernment, United Way Services, Catholic ...
Sister Lucille (Roger) Lammers, OSF
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sister Lucille (Roger) Lammers, OSF, 92, of Mount St. Francis,Dubuque, died at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at MercyMedical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Mount St.Francis Chapel. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friendsmay call ...
Irene M. Novinska
Apr 01, 2009 ... FENNIMORE, Wis. - Irene M. Novinska, 93, of Fennimore, diedSunday evening, March 29, 2009, at Grant Regional Health Center,Lancaster. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April ...
Governmental Meetings
Apr 01, 2009 ... Clayton County Board of Supervisors - 9 a.m., 200 E. Bridge St.,Elkader, Iowa. Dubuque Community School District Activities Council - 9:30 a.m.,Keystone, room 3b, 2310 Chaney Road. Regional Transit Authority - 9:30 a.m., 7600 Commerce Park. Dubuque County 911 Public ...
Funeral services
Apr 01, 2009 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Robert D. "Bob" Francis, Dubuque, formerly of Hazel Green, Wis. -Services: 10:30 a.m. today, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church,Hazel Green. Visitation: After 9:30 a.m. today at the ...
Dubuque seeks police chief
Apr 01, 2009; ... The Civil Service Commission kicked off the search for a newDubuque police chief Tuesday, in a process expected to last untilDecember. The commission approved several dates in the search for areplacement for Kim Wadding, who announced his retirement March 9.After more than eight ...
Almanac
Apr 01, 2009 ... Today is Wednesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2009. There are 274days left in the year. This is April Fool's Day. Today's highlight in history On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the amphibiousinvasion of Okinawa during World War II. On this date In 1853, ...
Theater facade section crashes
Apr 01, 2009; ... Oldest theater site west of Mississippi A look at Dubuque'sfamous Main Street theater over time: 3 1840 -- Construction of theAntheum Theater. Remodeled and renamed several times until it wasdestroyed by fire. During that time, it went by the name of CityHotel, Peosta House, Dubuque ...
Harley dealership sold, to reopen
Apr 01, 2009; ... It's not geese flying north or budding tulips that alert VirgilSchulenberg to the onset of spring. It's the sound of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that beckons him outdoors after a long winter. "We live to inhale that fresh air at 65 miles per hour,"Schulenberg said. "We do what we ...
Peggy Lee Rothmeyer
Apr 01, 2009 ... POSTVILLE, Iowa - Peggy Lee Rothmeyer, 79, of Postville, diedMonday, March 30, 2009, at the Ossian Senior Hospice, following abrief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at St. BridgetCatholic ...
Tropical party slated
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Dubuque Phlockers, a nonprofit 501 organization, is raisingmoney for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa with a Jimmy Buffet-styletropical party. "One Particular Harbour" is set for 6 p.m. Saturday, May 2, atthe Holiday Inn Dubuque/Galena. There will be musical entertainmentfrom ...
Donkey Ball game set
Apr 01, 2009 ... FARLEY, Iowa - A Donkey Ball game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday,April 6, at Western Dubuque High School. The event, a basketball game played on donkeys, is sponsored bythe Western Dubuque FFA. Four teams will compete - the WD FFA, ...
Who clears overgrowth on rights-of-way?
Apr 01, 2009 ... QUESTION: Who is responsible for the brush on either side ofFremont Avenue as you go by Wartburg Theological Seminary? It reallyneeds cleaning out. ANSWER: That specific area on Fremont Avenue is private property,and it's the responsibility of the property owner. Owners are ...
Dusty, flat and hot
Apr 01, 2009; ... When a Dubuque Hempstead High School student asked U.S. ArmyMaster Sgt. Craige Reynolds what it's like in Iraq, he got an honestanswer. "A lot of it is desert, flat and hot," Reynolds said. "There area lot of dust storms. And when it rains, it's like walking around ina mud bog ....
Police
Apr 01, 2009 ... -- Bobbie Jo Allen, 40, no permanent address, was transported toThe Finley Hospital early Tuesday, where she was treated for minorinjuries and released. Police say Allen was the victim of domesticassault at 237 E. 14th St., and officers were forced to kick down asteel door to enter the ...
Boy darts into street, is hit by car
Apr 01, 2009 ... An 11-year-old Dubuque boy is in fair condition after he wasstruck by a car Monday afternoon. Marcus D. White, 11, of 1530 Jackson St., was transported toMercy Medical Center-Dubuque, where he was in fair condition Tuesdayafternoon. Police said White darted into the street ...
Local detours
Apr 01, 2009 ... Eighth Street, between Locust and Main streets, is closed for theRoshek Building restoration ...
Births
Apr 01, 2009 ... Monday, March 16, 2009 Stump - Lee and Kristie (Steger) Stump, Oswego, Ill., girl atRush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Ill. She is formerly of NewVienna, Iowa. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Cloos - Dr. Ryan and Erin (Neubert) Cloos, Willowbrook, Ill.,girl at Adventist ...
Robert J. Schnack
Apr 01, 2009 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Robert J. Schnack, 61, of Dyersville, diedTuesday, March 31, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, followinga brief illness. Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Kramer FuneralHome, Dyersville, where friends may call after 3:30 p.m. Thursday.Burial ...
School evacuated after bomb threat
Apr 01, 2009 ... CUBA CITY, Wis. - Students and staff at Cuba City High School hadto be evacuated Tuesday because of a bomb threat. Cuba City High School Principal Tim Hazen said the threat waswritten on a restroom stall door. It was discovered around 12:30p.m. by a faculty member. The ...
Donald R. Malone
Apr 01, 2009 ... Donald R. Malone, 71, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Dubuque,died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Iowa ...
Barbara J. Morris
Apr 01, 2009 ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Barbara Jean Morris, 62, of Maquoketa, formerlyof De Witt, died Monday afternoon, March 30, 2009, at CrestridgeNursing Home, Maquoketa. A memorial visitation will be from 4 ...
Winona M. Schlemme
Apr 01, 2009 ... CASCADE, Iowa - Winona M. Schlemme, 83, of Cascade, died at 9:35a.m. Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, ...
Vincent P. Leibold
Apr 01, 2009 ... MONTICELLO, Iowa - Vincent P. Leibold, 85, of Monticello, diedMonday, March 30, 2009, at the Monticello Nursing and RehabilitationCenter, following a long illness. Services will be at 10:30 ...
James A. Williams
Apr 01, 2009 ... POTOSI, Wis. - James A. Williams, 75, of Potosi, died Tuesday,March 31, 2009, at Mercy ...
Social Security receipts fall with job losses
Apr 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Job losses are cutting into Social Security taxcollections so much that the retirement program is projected to payout almost as much in benefits next year as it collects in payrolltaxes and other cash receipts. The Congressional Budget Office projects that the ...
Dow posts best month in nearly 7 years
Apr 01, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ended a tumultuous March on a highnote, managing its first winning month this year and its bestmonthly performance in nearly seven years. Stocks finished off their earlier highs on Tuesday but resumed athree-week rally that has brought the Dow Jones ...
Charles Troester
Apr 01, 2009 ... GUTTENBERG, Iowa - Charles "Leon" Troester, 94, of Guttenberg,died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at the Guttenberg Care Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at St. Paul'sLutheran Church, ...
Frank Kerulis
Apr 01, 2009 ... Frank Kerulis, 66, of Dubuque, formerly of Charles City, Iowa,died Monday, March 30, 2009, at his home. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 3, at ImmaculateConception Catholic Church, Charles ...
Consumer confidence holds steady
Apr 01, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Americans seem more resigned to the hardships ofthe recession as consumer confidence stabilized in March afterfalling to an all-time low in February. But economists caution that shoppers - dealing with shrinkingretirement funds, falling home values and worries about ...
Former Dubuque auxiliary bishop dies
Apr 01, 2009 ... WINONA, Minn. (AP) - Bishop Loras Joseph Watters, who led theRoman Catholic Diocese of Winona from 1969 to 1987 and was anauxiliary bishop in Dubuque in the 1960s, has died. He was 93. The diocese said Watters died peacefully early Monday. No causeof death was given. Watters ...
Will your pocketbook be STIMULATED?
Apr 01, 2009 ... President Obama has asked employers to change their payrollsystem to accommodate the Making Work Pay Tax Credit, a provision ofthe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in February. The credit will give extra take-home pay for workers, startingtoday. Here's what it means to ...
Netanyahu: Israel seeks peace with Arabs
Apr 01, 2009 ... JERUSALEM (AP) - Benjamin Netanyahu, taking office as Israel'snew leader Tuesday, promised to seek "full peace" with the Arab andMuslim world, but refused to utter the words the world was waitingto hear: "Palestinian state." The well-spoken, U.S.-educated hawk took pains to portray ...
Hundreds of migrants feared drowned off Libya
Apr 01, 2009 ... TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Hundreds were feared dead Tuesday in thechilly waters of the Mediterranean Sea, days after an overcrowdedwooden fishing boat packed with migrants seeking a better life inEurope capsized in stormy waters off the coast of Libya. A few survivors - those who could ...
International briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... Caterpillar workers hold bosses at plant GRENOBLE, France - Angry French workers facing layoffs at aCaterpillar factory held four of their bosses Tuesday at the U.S.manufacturer's plant in the Alps to protest job cuts, a regionalofficial and police said. It is the third time ...
North Korea warns Japan not to intervene in rocket launch
Apr 01, 2009 ... SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Nuclear-armed North Korea warned Japanon Tuesday that intervening in Pyongyang's impending rocket launchwould be considered an act of war. North Korea says it will send a communications satellite intoorbit on a multi-stage rocket between April 4 and 8. The ...
Wisconsin briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... Judge OKs release of priest's killer LA CROSSE - A La Crosse County judge has approved the release ofa man found insane in killing a Catholic priest and two others in achurch in 1985. Judge Ramona Gonzalez's decision Tuesday followed a Novemberruling by a state appeals court ...
Records show Tribune Co. negotiated with Blagojevich
Apr 01, 2009 ... CHICAGO (AP) - Tribune Co. was secretly negotiating with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a deal in which the state would buy WrigleyField even as federal investigators were closing in on the governor,state records show. E-mails, phone logs and calendars released to the Chicago ...
Doyle offers plan to save farms
Apr 01, 2009 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle has proposed the state buydevelopment rights to some agricultural property as a way to stopdevelopers from gobbling up Wisconsin farms. The proposal also would give some farmers money to invest intheir farms if Doyle's two-year budget plan is ...
Reform commission offers blueprint for change
Apr 01, 2009 ... CHICAGO (AP) - The reform commission launched by Gov. Pat Quinnunveiled a sweeping blueprint for change Tuesday, calling for curbson the types of political corruption expected to be detailed in animpending indictment of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The commission's recommendations ...
New indictment filed in Agriprocessors case
Apr 01, 2009 ... DES MOINES (AP) - Former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse managerSholom Rubashkin has been named in a new 79-count indictment filedTuesday that consolidates many previously filed charges anddismisses two other counts. The indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapidsreplaces ...
Illinois briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... 1 dead, 1 injured in Peoria shooting PEORIA - A 27-year-old Peoria man is dead and a second man ishospitalized after a shooting early Tuesday. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll said Lonnie L. Williamsdied of a gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy is scheduled ...
Conficker worm unlikely to disrupt
Apr 01, 2009 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Even if it's not an April Fools' joke, thelatest moves by the dreaded Conficker worm are by no means anInternet Armageddon, either. The worm's alarming outbreak entered a new phase today as clocksaround the world ticked into the first day of April, the ...
Fake rats, dusty phone lines and other tomfoolery
Apr 01, 2009; ... Editor's note: This is the complete version of the story that wasmirror-imaged on Page 1A OK folks, watch where you step, eat, wash, sit and sleep today.You just never know what good-natured prankster might have targetedyou for an April Fools' Day joke. The origins of the ...
Iowa briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... Zoo says Mr. C. Lyon awaiting phone calls DES MOINES - If you get a message to call a "Mr. Don Key" onWednesday, the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines is one step ahead ofyou. The zoo, in an effort to stop the numerous prank calls ittypically gets on April Fools' Day, has set up ...
Warning sought for huge burger
Apr 01, 2009 ... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The staff dietitian at a doctors groupsaid a minor-league baseball team in Grand Rapids, Mich., shouldwarn fans that a 4,800-calorie burger it plans to sell is bad forthem. Susan Levin, of the Washington-based Physicians Committee forResponsible ...
Iowans gear up for battle over income tax
Apr 01, 2009 ... DES MOINES (AP) - Disagreement over plans to change Iowa's incometax system is growing more intense with an advertising campaignairing around the state and the issue being picked up by aRepublican candidate for governor. The anti-tax group Iowans for Tax Relief has launched a ...
Andy Hallett
Apr 01, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andy Hallett, who made his mark playing green-skinned, good-guy demon Lorne on the TV series "Angel," has died ofcongestive heart disease. Hallett was 33. Hallett was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center inLos Angeles after having ...
Youth coach resigns over note
Apr 01, 2009 ... SCITUATE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts youth soccer coach toldparents in an e-mail his team of 6- and 7-year-old girls would beknown as "Green Death," encouraged them to feed their daughters"undercooked red meat" and said "losing is for losers." Coach Michael Kinahan has since ...
Ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish guests walking tour
Apr 01, 2009 ... NEW YORK (AP) - The city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took thePennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, sayingtheir communities are naturally drawn to each other with acommitment to simpler lifestyles. "It's reinforcing to the Amish community to see us Jews livingthe ...
National briefs
Apr 01, 2009 ... Police: Elderly woman set on fire GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Police say a 78-year-old woman wassexually assaulted and set on fire in her Texas home by a man whomight have gained access by saying he was selling magazines. Grand Prairie police didn't identify the woman, who ...
Red River recedes below most sandbags in Fargo
Apr 01, 2009 ... FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The Red River on Tuesday dropped to a levelbelow most of Fargo's sandbag levees, taking some pressure off themakeshift floodwalls as engineers and National Guard troops watchedfor signs of leaks during a blinding snowstorm. The river fell to 37.98 feet, an ...