The Capital Times back issues from April 2008:
TROUBLING BUMPS ON ROAD TO NEW ECONOMY.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Ivey This won't come as a surprise to the unemployed, under-employed or otherwise underpaid citizens of Wisconsin. But the state is falling even further behind the national averages in income, creating jobs and launching new private sector businesses, ...
PREP PROFILES.(SPORTS)(PREP PROFILE)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Kristina Krogstad Madison Abundant Life Christian Year: senior. Sports: basketball, volleyball, track and field, golf, cross country. Fast facts: Krogstad is a three-time letterwinner in basketball as a guard. A co-captain as a senior, she averaged 17.7 ...
SUBSCRIBE FOR FORECLOSURE SCOOPS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: JEFF RICHGELS The Capital Times A company that tracks foreclosure statistics for nearly the entire state today began offering its detailed subscription service for Dane County. ForeclosuresWI.com already offers its subscription service in eight counties in ...
NOT A SENIOR MOMENT FOR FIRST TIME, AP ALL-AMERICA SQUAD HAS NO SENIORS ON FIRST TEAM.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to The Associated Press' All-America men's basketball team Monday. For the first time, no senior was chosen on the first team. Beasley ...
ALL EYES ON RODGERS.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: From news services The Green Bay Packers will usher in the post-Brett Favre Era on national TV. The 2008 opener, announced Monday, has the Packers hosting the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on Sept. 8. It is the first game of the opening ...
STATE MILK PRICE RISES WHILE U.S. PRICE FALLS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Bucking a national trend, the milk price paid to Wisconsin farmers is expected to average $19.70 per hundredweight (cwt.) in March, 50 cents higher than February and $3.30 more than last March, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported. In contrast, the U.S. milk ...
OIL EXECS DEFEND PROFITS TO CONGRESS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Top executives of the five biggest U.S. oil companies said today they know high fuel prices are hurting consumers, but deflected any blame and argued their profits - $123 billion last year - were in line with other ...
THINK, FIND BEST USE FOR THAT STIMULUS CHECK.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Carol Bracewell ForwardMadison.org Dear Editor: President Bush has made official his plan to stimulate the economy by sending each of us a check. The idea is that we will all run out and buy shiny new objects, thereby rescuing the U.S. economy. Surely there is a better ...
PEACE SITES FULL OF MEANING.(LIFESTYLE)(IMAGES)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barbara Quirk While on a recent trip to the Twin Cities to be with two of our children and their families, we learned about an activity in which our son-in-law David has been involved. David teaches history and civics to ninth-graders in Prior Lake, Minn. A former ...
MOMS HELP MOMS NEW BUSINESS OFFERS SERVICES TO NEW PARENTS.(LIFESTYLE)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: DEBRA CARR-ELSING The Capital Times Caring hearts and hands of two Madison moms are reaching out to other families. It's part of a grassroots effort to start a small business called "Mother's Little Helpers." "The idea for the business came out of my own ...
CHEERS, BOOS FOR CANDIDATES.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Candidates who face no opposition in school board, county and judicial elections are freed from a lot of the responsibilities of contenders in competitive races. But they still have a duty to join in the discussion of the issues that they will have to deal with once elected. ...
REPUDIATE RACISM AND STAND UP FOR WISCONSIN.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Nichols At the northeast corner of the courthouse square in Lancaster, the county seat of Grant County, is the first monument erected to the memory of the Civil War dead of Wisconsin. Contrary to the lie that suggests that the sons of Wisconsin fought ...
CITIZENS' VOTES, AND NO ONE ELSE'S, SHOULD COUNT.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: David McCune Deansville Dear Editor: I am a superdupercalifragilisticexpialidocious delegate. As such I expect my vote to actually be counted. If among the majority I expect it to be applied to elect the candidate or ...
DAVIDSON SIMPLY BESTED US IN DEFENSE.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ernie Pellegrino Middleton Dear Editor: I think that most ardent Badger basketball fans like myself saw what might end up happening to the Badgers in the first several minutes of the game. I don't believe we have ever seen a team like Davidson play with the ...
STATE COURTS NO PROBLEM FOR ACTUAL CEOS, LAWYERS.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Marc Galanter Wisconsin's Supreme Court race has attracted the attention of the Wall Street Journal, which admonishes Justice Louis Butler and other court members for making the state an unfriendly environment for business, potentially depressing business activity and ...
REGULATION TAKES BACK SEAT IN BUSH'S PRIVATIZED WORLD.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Stanley Kutler With our economic and financial crises deepening, government insiders reportedly are debating whether we need to restore some regulation - or not. Given the state of things, we can expect further woes and no regulation. Why have regulation when ...
WILL CLINTON, DEMS TURN TO EDWARDS FOR HEALING?(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Anatole Beck Madison Dear Editor: It has become clear that Sen. Hillary Clinton has painted herself into a corner with her venom directed at Sen. Barack Obama. However understandable her disappointment at being upstaged by an upstart who will not wait his ...
AZERBAIJAN IS STRATEGIC U.S. ALLY, AND DESERVES U.S. AID.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Narguiz Birk-Petersen Fitchburg Dear Editor: I am an Azerbaijani-American who is concerned on the matters related to the Caucasus and Caspian regions. I recently found out a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee is under intense pressure from pro-Armenian ...
MASCOTS ARE PERSONAL FOR THIS INDIAN AD MAN.(EDITORIAL)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Berry STEVENS POINT -- The first time I met Richie Plass was on the telephone more than a decade ago. He was fronting for his Menominee Indian Reservation Band country band, and I was doing the music beat for a local paper. The band was coming to town ...
THE LOSS OF MILT MCPIKE.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2008 ... We share the sentiment of Gov. Jim Doyle, who says of former East High School Principal Milt McPike: "Milt was an exceptional educator, and an inspiration to generations of young people. He built a sense of pride not just in the classroom, but in the community and state as well." ...
TUDORS RETURN, UNBRIDLED AND UNBUTTONED.(LIFESTYLE)(MEDIA MUSINGS)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jane Burns So many life lessons can be culled from "The Tudors." * Never tell your best friend that his new girlfriend is going to ruin his life, much less destroy his nation. * Never have your soon-to-be ex-wife make your shirts, especially when ...
FILM VISITS WOOD'S IOWA 'GOTHIC' TOWN.(LIFESTYLE)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: KEVIN LYNCH The Capital Times Is there a more famous American painting than the stern farmer with the razor-sharp pitchfork, and the tight-lipped woman glancing shyly away? "American Gothic," stolid, creaky, stuck in a time warp. Pretty near homely. How did ...
ON TAP: WATER PRICING PLAN AIMS TO CUT HOME USE BY 20%.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: ANITA WEIER The Capital Times The Madison Water Utility Board is considering a water conservation plan aimed at reducing residential per capita water use by 20 percent by the year 2020, to protect the groundwater supply that feeds area wells. The daily indoor ...
BIG OIL FIND HERE MEANS CHEAP GAS, TAX CUTS FOR ALL.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE MILLER The Capital Times Three geologists who persuaded officials from Wisconsin and Michigan to take a big risk last year have hit the jackpot and discovered vast oil fields beneath the floor of Lake Michigan, a discovery they say could put the two states among the ...
DETENTION DRAWS BIG PROTEST PHARMACY MAJOR A FUGITIVE, FEDS SAY UW STUDENT FROM NIGERIA 'IS ONE OF MY ROLE MODELS'.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAT SCHNEIDER The Capital Times Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison took to the streets Monday to protest the detention of Tope Awe, a Nigerian pharmacy student being held by federal immigration authorities. University officials, meanwhile, made cautious ...
MCPIKE EAST HIGH? MANY WOULD LIKE IT.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: SAMARA KALK DERBY The Capital Times Even before the death of Milt McPike on Saturday, Elizabeth Davis, a 2002 East High School graduate, thought it would be appropriate to rename her alma mater Milton McPike East High School. So Davis spent most of Monday ...
LIGHTS OUT IN FITCHBURG SMOKING BAN GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: SAMARA KALK DERBY The Capital Times Kevin Evers decided to quit smoking when the smoking ban took effect in Madison three years ago, but he didn't. Now the 30-year-old Fitchburg resident is poised again to quit smoking now that the ban has inched itself out to ...
SUIT: CHRISTIAN ART CENSORED TOMAH STUDENT SUES SCHOOL DISTRICT.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference. The lawsuit alleges other students were allowed to draw "demonic" images ...
SCHOOL SHOO-INS DO THEIR HOMEWORK.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: SUSAN TROLLER The Capital Times Without opponents in their races for Madison School Board seats, candidates Ed Hughes and Marjorie Passman have spent more time identifying issues that unite rather than divide them. Although both candidates said they were ...
BIRTHS.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008 ... MERITER HOSPITAL ANDERSON, Bethany and Joshua, a son, March 31. COLEMAN, Chanel, and MILLER, Courtney, a daughter, March 29. HAGEN, Vicki and Joseph, a daughter, March 30. HENDRICKSON, Anna and Rob, a daughter, March 31. HUBBARD, ...
MILWAUKEE PLANE CRASH FILES: 'SHE'S ROLLING, HELP ME'.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ANN ARBOR, MICH. (AP) -- Conversation between two pilots grew increasingly frantic as they struggled to stabilize their aircraft minutes before a crash that killed the pilots and four members of a University of Michigan organ transplant team, according to a transcript. The ...
TAX HELP IS AVAILABLE -- AND IT'S FREE.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: BILL NOVAK The Capital Times It's crunch time for tax return filers. The deadline is only two weeks away, but free help is available for residents with low or moderate income, older people and residents with disabilities. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance ...
'JEOPARDY!' TO UW STUDENTS: TRY OUT FOR THE SHOW.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: BILL NOVAK The Capital Times The answer is, "This popular television game show needs UW-Madison students as contestants." The question is, "What is 'Jeopardy!'?" The syndicated quiz show will tape the 2008 collegiate championships April 11-12 at ...
PARENTS WARNED OF FLASHER.(METRO)(POLICE REPORT)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: ALEXANDRA CLINTON Correspondent for The Capital Times Madison schools sent an advisory letter to parents after a female student reported a man exposed himself while she was walking to Frank Allis Elementary School Thursday morning. Police said the 9-year-old ...
17 BIG CITIES' GRAD RATES UNDER 50%.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities, including Milwaukee, had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released ...
FLOOD WARNINGS HERE, HEAVY SNOW UP NORTH.(FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: BILL NOVAK The Capital Times Heavy rains pelted southern Wisconsin on Monday, but at least residents here didn't have to pull out snowblowers and shovels the way they did in northern Wisconsin. A thick blanket of white covers the north today with some areas ...
DNR SAYS ELK HERD IN STATE STRONG WOLF ATTACKS MINIMAL.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press A state biologist says Wisconsin's elk herd is strong, despite wolf attacks that have killed some of the animals in recent months. Five elk out of a herd numbering about 130 have been killed by wolves in the Clam Lake area. ...
MARINO'S MONONA BAY SEWER SUIT LOSES.(METRO)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE MILLER The Capital Times The city of Madison won the first round in its fight to put in a new storm sewer to allow water to flow into Monona Bay, but lawyers for the late Joel Marino and his family and friends say the fight is not over. Before he was ...
ANOTHER BIG LOSS: UW'S TURRIS TO NHL.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Byline: TODD D. MILEWSKI The Capital Times Kyle Turris' long season isn't over yet. And that news, while not unexpected, was a second blow in two days to the University of Wisconsin hockey team. One day after finishing his freshman season with the Badgers in an ...
MAKING A SPLASH RESILIENT BREWERS RALLY IN 10TH TO WIN WET OPENER AT WRIGLEY.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... CHICAGO -- It was a historic day at Wrigley Field Monday, beginning with a mid-morning ceremony that honored "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks and ending with a late-afternoon unveiling of a future Cub star in Japan transplant Kosuke Fukudome. But instead of letting the host Chicago Cubs ...
ON FIELD, IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR RUDOLPH.(SPORTS)(MIKE LUCAS)(Column)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Lucas University of Wisconsin tight ends coach Joe Rudolph was working toward a master's degree from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pa.) when it may have dawned on him that he still had more in common with Lou Tepper, the ...
THE STATE OF THINGS.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... COLLEGES Offensive lineman leaving UW University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema said this morning that reserve offensive lineman Brad Thorson is no longer with the team. Thorson, a Mequon native who would have been a third-year sophomore in the ...
AT&T SETS FASTER WIRELESS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: JEFF RICHGELS The Capital Times AT&T today announced the launch of 3G (third generation) wireless service in the Madison market, part of an expansion that will have the faster service in more than 300 U.S. cities by the end of this year. "Madison is a key ...
DNR'S PERMIT SALES SYSTEM FAILS AGAIN.(SPORTS)(OUTDOORS)(Column)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Eisele The Department of Natural Resources restored wild turkeys into Wisconsin, established a season and actively promoted interest in turkey hunting. Hunters took up the interest, and are required to buy licenses, stamps and permits to hunt what once ...
DEER & TURKEY EXPO RETURNS.(SPORTS)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: TIM EISELE Special to The Capital Times Deer and turkeys will be on the front burner this weekend as the 24th Annual Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo returns to Madison at the Alliant Energy Center. This should help to get hunters in the mood for the coming spring ...
OUTDOOR WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN SET.(SPORTS)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: TIM EISELE Special to The Capital Times Registration is open for several Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshops sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The BOW program, and advanced Beyond BOW programs, introduce women to outdoor sports and allow them to ...
THE STATE OF THINGS.(SPORTS)
Apr 02, 2008 ... BUCKS Simmons, Redd lift Bucks in OT Bobby Simmons just wants to play. Scoring is a bonus. Simmons scored a season-high 24 points and Michael Redd added 36 in the Milwaukee Bucks' 119-115 overtime win over the New York Knicks Tuesday in Milwaukee. ...
A CLOSER EYE ON JOBS SPENDING.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE IVEY The Capital Times Wisconsin doles out millions in economic development assistance each year to private business. Over the past decade, those handouts have included $8.2 million for General Motors Corp., $3.4 million for Kohl's Department Stores and ...
EXTRA FEBRUARY DAY BOOSTS AIRPORT TRAFFIC.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2008 ... The additional traffic from Feb. 29 helped the Dane County Regional Airport roughly equal last year's February passenger counts, after months of being well below the prior year's counts. In February, 54,985 passengers flew out of Madison, 0.5 percent more than February 2007, and ...
R-WORD POSSIBLE BERNANKE HAS MORE PESSIMISTIC REPORT FOR CONGRESS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: JEANNINE AVERSA Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today a recession is possible and policymakers are "fighting against the wind" in trying to steady a shaky economy. He would not say if further interest rate cuts are planned. ...
INSPECTIONS GROUND UNITED FLIGHTS.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2008 ... CHICAGO (AP) -- United Airlines temporarily grounded 11 percent of its fleet and cancelled 31 flights today while it tested dozens of Boeing 777s to make sure components of a cargo fire suppression system were operating effectively. The unscheduled inspections are the latest to ...
POINTED IN RIGHT DIRECTION? BADGERS CAN BUILD ON, BE MOTIVATED BY WAY THE SEASON ENDED.(SPORTS)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: TODD D. MILEWSKI The Capital Times It seemed like more of a hope than an affirmation all along, but it turned out to be not that far off. University of Wisconsin men's hockey players and coaches said throughout the season that they thought they could have a ...
INJURED LANGFORD VOWS STRONG RETURN SENIOR CORNERBACK AND TEAMMATE AARON HENRY BOND WHILE DEALING WITH ACL INJURIES.(SPORTS)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: JIM POLZIN The Capital Times When Allen Langford takes the field as a fifth-year senior in the fall, he doesn't believe he'll be the same player he was before a left knee injury ended his 2007 season. "I'll be better," said Langford, who has started 31 games ...
WILL O'NEILL MULL A MILWAUKEE SEQUEL?(SPORTS)(MIKE LUCAS)(Column)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Lucas In the late '80s, the Marquette men's basketball program had reached a dead end with the piano-playing Bob Dukiet, who tickled the ivories as an entertainer but nobody's fancy as a coach; not unlike his University of Wisconsin football equivalent Don Morton, ...
TO MR. CUB, STATUE AT WRIGLEY A 'MIRACLE'.(SPORTS)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Dennis Semrau CHICAGO -- Monday was a time for reminiscing, a time to remember when a simple man with a zest for life played a game he loved in a city he adored and one that adored him, too. Monday, it was time for Chicago to give back some love to the man ...
YES, IT WAS A COUGAR 20 YEARS AGO.(EDITORIAL)(PLAIN TALK)(Column)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Dave Zweifel The news that it was indeed a wild cougar that had been sighted in southern Wisconsin a few months ago has created a big stir among outdoor types around the state. After examining footprints and other evidence, wildlife biologists confirmed last ...
LET'S FOLLOW CALIFORNIA'S LEAD ON HEALTH CARE COSTS.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: William R. Benedict By now we know that solving Wisconsin's ever-growing home health care costs is a multifaceted problem and will not be solved by any single solution. And while there are many comprehensive solutions being proposed, none of them goes directly to the ...
DOYLE NEEDS TO DO MORE FOR KIDS' HEALTH.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Laura Chern Madison Dear Editor: Gov. Jim Doyle's challenge to join the National President's Challenge to exercise and eat right rings hollow. Public school budgets, restricted by Wisconsin's ridiculous finance laws, have meant that recess, physical education, ...
AFTER GOP TRAIN WRECK, WE NEED ANOTHER FDR.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: John Murphy Madison Dear Editor: It took a Democrat, Franklin Roosevelt, to save America when the Republicans and their big corporation friends nearly destroyed our country economically during the Depression of the 1930s and 1940s. Roosevelt and Congress ...
ALL IN THE FAMILY 5 BROWNS BILLED AS 'NEW FACE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC'.(LIFESTYLE)
Apr 02, 2008; ... Byline: JACOB STOCKINGER The Capital Times If they play the way they talk, sibling rivalry will be replaced by sibling synergy. In this case, the "they" are The 5 Browns, five sisters and brothers who are all Juilliard-trained classical pianists who will make their ...
DELLS DEVELOPMENT WILL RUIN NATURE'S BEAUTY.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: W. Carson Mettel Madison Dear Editor: Rob Zaleski's fine article "Distressed in the Dells" has ramifications far beyond the Wisconsin River. Door County's Lake Michigan and Green Bay shores are blighted by recent construction as well. The Gulf of Mexico in ...
INEQUITIES IN ECONOMY POSE THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Allegra Zick North Freedom Dear Editor: The economy has become a major issue in the presidential campaign. Tax data provided by David Cay Johnston in "Free Lunch" show it is not merely the poor and middle class who are being left behind. The only people ...
BALDWIN BLOSSOMING WITH DEMS IN MAJORITY.(EDITORIAL)(Column)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Deb Price Middle-schooler Tammy Baldwin faced a problem: A lady had complained that students trampled her flowers on their way to school. So student council member Baldwin worked with other kids on an outreach team to fence the flowerbed. Solving problems ...
DRIVING WHILE TEXTING INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Gordon Cunningham Madison Dear Editor: I was riding in the left rear seat of a minivan returning from Milwaukee recently. Our driver was at about the speed limit (65 mph). A small car began passing in the left lane. He appeared to be driving with his elbows as he keyed ...
SPONSORS HELP MAKE GREENBUSH DAY A HIT.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Wagler Madison Dear Editor: About 300 people came to the 2nd Annual Greenbush Day celebration on March 25. The success of this event is largely due to the generous financial support of Meriter Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Italian Workmen's Club, and the ...