Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from July 2009:
Take your diet back to the basics
Jul 01, 2009; ... The 4-Day Diet, South Beach Diet, Flat Belly Diet, The All-You-Can-Eat-Soup Diet: Are you following one of these diets? Have youever followed one? Did you know that bookstores typically carry morethan 300 choices for diet plans? As a dietitian, one of the questions I am asked most ...
Changing its name ACORN's dodge
Jul 01, 2009 ... where we stand Name change notwithstanding, giving ACORN a rolein hiring census workers is a bad idea. Leaders of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform,better known as ACORN, might have figured out a way to continueoperating without the taint of the negative ...
Letters to the editor
Jul 01, 2009 ... There is no need or reason for homosexuals to get married. Gayshave the same rights as I have. There is no law that says two mencan't live together. There is no law that says they can't doanything behind closed doors. They say they want benefits. Twostraight men often room together to ...
community calendar
Jul 01, 2009 ... adult events thursday Taize Prayer: "Come Spirit of God," 7:30-8:30 p.m., ShalomRetreat Center, 1001 Davis St. Includes: Musicians, Scripturereading, intercessions and shared silence. People of all faithswelcome. bingo Wednesday Tri-State Independent ...
Letters to the editor
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Galena City Council is telling tourists and the children ofGalena to drop dead. Unless residents of the Wisconsin Driftless region speak up, weall may lose one of the greatest scenic vistas in the Midwest, ourGateway Park. The council is demanding that matching funds be ...
Abu Ghraib scandal haunts former reservist
Jul 01, 2009; ... KEYSER, W.Va. - More than two years since leaving her prisoncell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraibprisoner-abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the fourwalls of her home. Former Army reservist Lynndie England hasn't landed a job innumerous ...
Detectives' tactics legal, state Supreme Court says
Jul 01, 2009; ... MADISON, Wis. - Detectives who kept a woman's lawyer from seeingher during questioning about her infant nephew's death might havemanipulated her, but their actions do not warrant discarding the statements she made that helped convict her, the stateSupreme Court ruled ...
Some promises broken
Jul 01, 2009; ... MADISON, Wis. - Many promises were made and broken during thenearly five-month process of passing Wisconsin's new two-yearbudget. Gov. Jim Doyle said the middle class would be protected while heand fellow Democrats in charge of the Legislature figured out how tosolve a $6.6 ...
Almanac
Jul 01, 2009 ... Today is Wednesday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2009. There are 183days left in the year. This is Canada Day. On this date * In 1859, the first intercollegiate baseball game took place inPittsfield, Mass., between teams from Williams College and AmherstCollege. (Amherst won the ...
ask the th Why are there no pedestrian signals at Five Points?
Jul 01, 2009 ... QUESTION: Why aren't there "Walk" or "Don't Walk" signalindicators at the five-point intersection of Rhomberg Avenue, ElmStreet and Garfield Avenue where so many people have difficultycrossing? Yet, there are signal indicators at the intersection ofthe Northwest Arterial and Chavenelle ...
Laws change in the tri-states
Jul 01, 2009 ... Several new laws take effect in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsintoday. Some of those laws are as follows: Iowa * Those who enjoy a little atmosphere with their alcohol maypurchase beer at a winery and take home leftover wine when theyorder a bottle at a restaurant. * ...
Robberies: Same area, pattern
Jul 01, 2009; ... A middle-aged man leaves a bar in the early morning hours. He's alone as he walks down a Dubuque street, until a group ofteenagers and young adults approaches him. The group wrestles awayhis wallet and what little valuables he carries on him, sometimesassaulting him, sometimes ...
Correction
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Dubuque County Board of Supervisors will hold publicinformational meetings on Tuesday, July 7, and Wednesday, July 8, onproposed ...
Voluntary separation for salaried Deere workers
Jul 01, 2009 ... Deere & Co. announced Tuesday that about 800 salaried employeesare leaving the company through a voluntary separation program. The employees are from the merged Agriculture and Commercial andConsumer Equipment divisions now part of the Worldwide Agricultureand Turf Division, ...
Colts, Cadets family for the Smiths
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Dubuque Colts Drum & Bugle Corps and Colt Cadets hosted theannual Music on the March Tuesday evening at Dubuque Senior HighSchool's Dalzell Field. Seven squads competed in the World Classcompetition. Here are the top finishers and their scores. World Class 1st place - ...
Dubuque man takes steps for tri-state soldiers
Jul 01, 2009; ... Run4Troops What: Fundraiser for military families in the tri-state area. When: 7 a.m., Friday, July 3. Where: Starts at HeritageTrailhead in Dyersville and ends at Heritage Pond in Dubuque. Entryfee: $10 per individual, $200 for team sponsorship. Registration atwww.hodgecom pany.com. ...
Lonnie G. Bausch
Jul 01, 2009 ... Lonnie G. Bausch, 55, of 2935 Kaufmann Ave., formerly of EastDubuque, Ill., and Cassville, Wis., died at 3:22 a.m. Monday, June29, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Miller Funeral Home, 1185 Route 35N., East Dubuque, with ...
James J. Vaske
Jul 01, 2009 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - James J. "Jim" Vaske, 73, of Janesville, Wis.,formerly of Dyersville, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, in Janesville. Services will be at 4:30 p.m. today at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery Chapel,Dyersville, with the Rev. Philip Kruse officiating. The ...
"Public Enemies" Movie Times
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dubuque Mindframe Theaters 11:05 a.m. 1:50 p.m. 4:40 p.m. 7:20 p.m. 10 p.m. Star Cinema 11:40 a.m. 12:45 p.m. -- p.m. 4 ...
Funeral services
Jul 01, 2009 ... Compiled from tri-state-area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Erna E. Berzins, formerly of 2608 Mineral St. - Visitation: 3 to5 p.m. Thursday, July 2, Siegert-Casper Colonial Funeral andCremation Services, 390 N. Grandview Ave. Jackie A. Briggs, 2558 ...
Harold Buelow
Jul 01, 2009 ... Harold Buelow, 90, of Opportunity, Wash., formerly of Dubuque,died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in Opportunity. Services will be held today in Opportunity. He was born Feb. 8, 1919, son of Alfred and Susan Buelow. He entered the military in March 1941. Following the war, ...
Darlington friends gather for 'Public Enemies' showing
Jul 01, 2009; ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Niamh O'Neill-Cullhane and Emily Guerin dranka double dip of Depp, Dillinger and "Public Enemies" in a whirlwindtrek that took them from Monroe to Platteville to Madison Tuesdaynight. "Both of us are into the Johnny Depp stuff, and we get into it inthe ...
George J. Zugenbuehler Jr.
Jul 01, 2009 ... George J. "Zuke" Zugenbuehler Jr., 78, of Dubuque, was peacefullycalled into his heavenly home at 9:47 p.m. Monday, June 29, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be ...
Delta move no surprise
Jul 01, 2009; ... 'we don't know anything about it' Richard Tharp recently bought aticket to fly Northwest Air Link out of Dubuque to Minneapolis/St.Paul, en route to visit his daughter over Thanksgiving weekend. After reading that Delta Airlines, which merged with Northwest inOctober, is discontinuing ...
Gayle J. Graybill
Jul 01, 2009 ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - Gayle J. Graybill, 70, of Manchester, diedMonday, June 29, 2009, at Regional Medical Center, following a briefillness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 2, at United Methodist Church,Manchester, with the Rev. Roger Henry officiating. Burial will ...
Ambrose H. Schaul
Jul 01, 2009 ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - Ambrose Henry Schaul, 94, of Manchester, diedTuesday, June 30, 2009, at Good Neighbor Home, Manchester. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 3, at St. Mary's Catholic Church,Manchester, with the Rev. John Flaherty as celebrant. Burial will bein St ....
Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa program expanding
Jul 01, 2009 ... Eligibility requirements for the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa(hawk-i) insurance program expand on Wednesday, July 1. Uninsured children in families with incomes of up to 300 percentof federal poverty levels will be eligible. The previous income threshold was 200 percent of ...
Donald J. Dougherty
Jul 01, 2009 ... STOCKTON, Ill. - Donald J. Dougherty, 86, of Stockton, diedMonday, June 29, 2009. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at Holy CrossCatholic Church, Stockton. Burial ...
Wisconsin/Illinois briefs
Jul 01, 2009 ... Soldier dies from his wounds PESHTIGO, Wis. - A 19-year-old northern Wisconsin soldier woundedin Afghanistan has died in Germany, his family said Monday. Army gunner Pvt. Steven Drees, of Peshtigo, was wounded lastTuesday and he died Saturday, said Henry Drees, the ...
KWWL documentary wins national honors
Jul 01, 2009 ... "Rising Waters," KWWL's documentary of the station's coverage ofthe eastern Iowa floods of 2008, has been honored as the winner ofthe Radio & Television News Directors Association National Edward R.Murrow Award for Television Small Market Best News Documentary.These awards honor ...
Gerald E. Johnson
Jul 01, 2009 ... DARLINGTON, Wis. - Gerald E. Johnson, 74, of Darlington, enteredthe gates of heaven Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, at Erickson FuneralHome, Darlington, with the ...
meetings
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dubuque County 911 Public Safety Committee - 1 p.m., Old ...
Consumer confidence falls
Jul 01, 2009; ... Home prices fall NEW YORK -- It appears home price declines aremoderating -- another sign the housing market is stabilizing,according to data released Tuesday. While the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index of 20 major cities tumbled by 18.1 percent inApril from the year before, it ...
Births
Jul 01, 2009 ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 VeDepo - Jeff and Pam (Orris) VeDepo, North Liberty, Iowa, girlat Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. She is formerly of Dubuque. Maas-Cray - Beth Maas and Kevin Cray, Dubuque, boy at MercyMedical Center-Dubuque. Monday, June 29, 2009 Vaassen - ...
Laura Klinkhammer
Jul 01, 2009 ... Laura Klinkhammer, 48, of St. Anthony, Minn., formerly ofDubuque, died Monday, June 29, 2009, at Hennepin County MedicalCenter, Minneapolis, after a sudden illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, at St. Columbkille'sCatholic Church, with the Rev. Phil Thompson, Laura's ...
Richard L. Engler
Jul 01, 2009 ... ZWINGLE, Iowa - Richard L. "Rick" Engler, 51 of 2417 HeartlandLane, Zwingle, formerly of Dubuque, joined his father in eternallife at 11:13 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, following a sudden complication from his longtime battlewith ...
Bernice O'Meara
Jul 01, 2009 ... Bernice O'Meara, 101, of Stonehill Franciscan Center, formerly ofAlverno Apts. for 10 years and Zwingle, Iowa; died at 3:10 p.m.Sunday, June 28, 2009, Stonehill Franciscan Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 2, at St. Raphael's Cathedral, wherefriends may ...
More corn, soybeans planted than expected
Jul 01, 2009; ... ST. LOUIS - Farmers planted an unexpectedly large crop of cornand soybeans this year, easing some fears of rising food costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday a record 77.5million acres of soybeans were planted through June, up 1.8 millionacres from last year ....
Derailment kills 14, injures 50 in Italy
Jul 01, 2009 ... VIAREGGIO, Italy - Elia Quiroz was about to go to bed in his homenear the railroad station in this Tuscan seaside town when the trainrumbled by. His kitchen table started shaking. "Then I heard an explosion and I went outside," the 32-year-oldItalian recalled. "I saw flames as high ...
malcom, iowa Durango woman killed in crash
Jul 01, 2009 ... A Durango woman was killed late Monday night when her vehiclecollided with a sem-tractor trailer in Poweshiek County. Joan Marie Leick, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene of thecrash, which injured two of the woman's family members, according to the Poweshiek County Sheriff's ...
Jet crash kills 153
Jul 01, 2009 ... MORONI, Comoros - A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashedin the Indian Ocean as it came in for a landing during howling windson the island nation of Comoros. Yemeni officials said a teenagegirl survived. The crash came two years after aviation officials reported faultswith ...
More sex might help infertile men, study says
Jul 01, 2009; ... LONDON - For men with fertility problems, some doctors areprescribing a very conventional way to have a baby: more sex. In a study of 118 Australian men with damaged sperm, doctorsfound that having sex every day for a week significantly reduced theamount of DNA damage in their ...
Richard L. Dorr
Jul 01, 2009 ... Richard L. "Dick" Dorr, 63, of Bettendorf, formerly of Dubuque,passed away peacefully Monday, June 29, 2009, at Trinity PathwayHospice, Bettendorf, surrounded by family after a courageous battlewith cancer. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 3, at St. John Vianney ...
Mary Lou Herrig
Jul 01, 2009 ... Mary Lou Herrig, 66, of Ennoble Manor, formerly of La Motte,Iowa, died at 3:20 a.m. Tuesda, June 30, ...
Judge: Illinois must maintain child-welfare standards
Jul 01, 2009 ... CHICAGO - A federal judge directed state officials Tuesday tomaintain court-ordered child-welfare standards he said would beseriously threatened by the so-called doomsday budget underconsideration in Springfield. U.S. District Judge John F. Grady issued an order requiring ...
Bruce Gillmore
Jul 01, 2009 ... MONTICELLO, Iowa - Bruce Gillmore, 73, of Monticello, diedsuddenly Monday evening, June 29, 2009, at the Jones ...
Tax revenues fall $165 million short
Jul 01, 2009; ... DES MOINES - The state is ending its budget year Tuesday with taxrevenues about $165 million less than expected, leading someRepublicans to question how Gov. Chet Culver will handle theproblem. Iowa's tax revenues had been projected to total $5.86 billion forthe fiscal year, ...
police reports
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dubuque police reported the following: - Eric M. Redfearn, 33, Galena, Ill., was arrested on a warrantcharging unauthorized use of a credit card. - David B. Kelley, 24, 2215 Rosaline St., was arrested on acharge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Kelley ...
Wal-Mart backs mandate for health coverage
Jul 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Wal-Mart has embraced President Barack Obama's callfor requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to theirworkers, adding momentum to the president's push for far-reachingchanges to the nation's health care system. Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private ...
Irene Beauchamp
Jul 01, 2009 ... Irene Beauchamp, 81, of Stonehill Care Center, formerly of 2185Elm St., died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, at St. Paul'sLutheran Church ....
Iowa briefs
Jul 01, 2009 ... Woman receives 10 years for child abuse SIOUX CITY - A northwest Iowa woman has been sentenced to 10years in prison for what authorities said was a hammer attack on her5-year-old son. Nikki Moreno, of George, pleaded guilty to child endangerment andwillful injury causing ...
Opposition to smoking ban burning out?
Jul 01, 2009 ... DES MOINES - Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of thesmoking ban, and the uproar that first accompanied the ban seems tobe flickering out. Lynn Walding, the administrator for the Iowa Alcoholic BeveragesDivision, said compliance rates for bars and restaurants have ...
Business briefs
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jobless rates rise in all U.S. metro areas WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates rose in all the largest U.S.metropolitan areas in May for the fifth straight month, and they arelikely to keep marching higher this year, a potential obstacle to ahoped-for economic recovery. The Labor ...
Detours
Jul 01, 2009 ... (NEW) East 13th Street, between Jackson and White streets, isclosed to traffic for water main work. Anticipated reopening: 5 p.m.Friday. Portions of Kennedy Road and Pennsylvania Avenue will be closedperiodically for reconstruction of the sanitary sewer beginning ...
Mistress was 'soul mate"
Jul 01, 2009 ... COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford declared hisArgentine mistress his soul mate Tuesday but said he is committed toreconciling with his wife in hopes of saving his ...
Grassley: No public health care
Jul 01, 2009; ... A public health care option could lead to the one thing Sen.Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he doesn't want: government-run healthcare. Iowa's senior U.S. senator reiterated his argument at a town hallmeeting in Asbury, Iowa, Tuesday. As the ranking member of the Senate ...
Iowa fair will have butter statue of Michael Jackson
Jul 01, 2009 ... DES MOINES - Michael Jackson is getting a new tribute. And it'sin butter. Iowa State Fair organizers announced Tuesday that in addition totheir annual butter cow statute, there would be one of the pop musicicon. Jackson died Thursday at age ...
Rita A. Whalen
Jul 01, 2009 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Rita A. Whalen, 57, of Waukon, died Tuesday, June30, 2009, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 3, at St. Patrick's Catholic ...
Celebrity news
Jul 01, 2009 ... 'The Bachelor' is history: Melissa Rycroft engaged NEW YORK - When "The Bachelor" winner Melissa Rycroft got jiltedfor the runner-up, she returned the engagement ring - and walked offthe set. That was so five months ago. Now, Rycroft has another sparkler - and a new fiance, ...
Coleman concedes; Franken to Senate
Jul 01, 2009; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat AlFranken in Minnesota's contested Senate race on Tuesday, hours aftera unanimous state Supreme Court ruled the former "Saturday NightLive" comedian should be certified the winner. Coleman announced his decision at a ...
Jackson fans converge on Apollo Theater
Jul 01, 2009; ... Will gives mother custody of kids LOS ANGELES -- MichaelJackson's will gives custody of his children to the singer's motherand leaves all of his assets in a trust fund, a person withknowledge of the document said Tuesday. The word came just a dayafter the family said in court documents ...
Oregon man's wallet resurfaces after 63 years
Jul 01, 2009 ... BAKER CITY, Ore. - Bill Fulton doesn't remember losing hiswallet, but getting it back more than 60 years later helped himremember the past. The leather stayed smooth and the zipper moved as easily as itdid in 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind thebalcony bleachers ...
Dillinger's legend celebrated in Tucson
Jul 01, 2009; ... Bank robber John Dillinger might have thought he'd found theperfect hideout in Tucson, Ariz., in January 1934. The dusty citywas a far cry from Chicago, where every law enforcer was looking forhim. "The Dillinger gang was the most notorious gang in America atthat time," said ...
Freemasons' spat spills into court
Jul 01, 2009 ... ATLANTA - There are a few prerequisites for anyone applying to bea Freemason: You must be a man, you can't be a slave, you must havegood character and you must have faith in a supreme being. Those broad rules have allowed some of the more progressivechapters in the centuries-old ...
Nation&World briefs
Jul 01, 2009 ... China backs down in Web-filter dispute BEIJING - In a rare reversal, China's government gave in todomestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from arule that would have required personal computers sold in the countryto have Internet-filtering ...