The Capital Times back issues from July 2008:
MOCO MARKET CLOSING CONCEPT WAS 'TOO NEW' TO WORK IN MADISON.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jane Burns Madison's "contemporary urban general store" is shutting its doors this week and auctiong off some of its supplies. MoCo Market, at 804 Williamson St., will close Sunday. Owner Megan Ramey said money was a big factor, but she also wanted to join her ...
TEGENKAMP MAKES OLYMPIC TEAM SOLINSKY FALLS SHORT.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jason McMahon It was a bittersweet finish for a pair of former Badger track athletes at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., Monday night. Matt Tegenkamp punched his ticket for the Beijing Olympics with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters, but former ...
BEAUTIFUL START TO JULY AFTER WETTEST JUNE.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES July is starting out warm and sunny Tuesday, following the wettest June in Madison's weather history. Thanks mainly to torrential downpours the first weekend of June, 10.93 inches of rain were recorded at the Dane County Regional Airport ...
CORN KNEE-HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Corn in Wisconsin is expected to be at least "knee-high by the Fourth of July", even with the heavy rains and flooding earlier in June, according to the latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Some fields in the ...
MAN MUGGED, SLUGGED ON GILMAN STREET.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES A Madison man was mugged early Saturday morning downtown, with the muggers going through the man's pockets after he was slugged to the ground, stealing his wallet before fleeing on foot. Madison police said the 23-year-old victim suffered ...
EXPLOSION INJURES 3 AT OAKHILL.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Novak Three people suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning at Oakhill Correctional Facility near Oregon because of a natural gas explosion on a boiler near a food service room in a building on the prison grounds. The three men, two Oakhill maintenance ...
SOUTHWEST SIDE SHOOTING VICTIM REMEMBERED AS 'SWEETHEART' NEIGHBORS CALL AREA QUIET, DESPITE RECENT BURGLARIES.(SOLUTIONS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Samara Kalk Derby Marcus Hamilton was a "sweetheart," said his godmother, Mable Crawford, sitting outside the southwest side duplex where Hamilton, 30, was shot and killed late Sunday night. "He didn't do anything to anybody. He was a giver more than ...
THERE 'S HOPE FOR RELIGION AND POLITICS.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Revs. Winton Boyd and Scott Carlson Dear Editor: Maybe there is a new day in this country for the use of religious faith in the realm of politics. For over a generation, much of the public discourse around faith and politics has centered on faith (usually Christian) as a ...
DAVE OBEY BE GONE!(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Victor Maslakow Dear Editor: Obey be gone! You shame Wisconsin with your "earmarks" and "pork barrel" appropriations role, which corrupts Congress. Earmarks and pork barrel appropriations have been the core disease stalling and plaguing this do-nothing ...
SMALL COMMUNITIES NEED JOB CENTERS.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Michael Fermanich Dear Editor: It has come to my attention that there will be a hearing July 8 in Madison about consolidation of job centers around the state. The reasons are there is a budget crunch. So take what little small cities have in attracting companies to their ...
OBAMA READ ZIMBABWE RIGHT ... MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The world is suddenly paying a measure of the attention that is necessary to the democratic crisis in Zimbabwe, where strongman President Robert Mugabe has used violence and intimidation to prevent the competitive election that would surely have forced him from office. Even ...
DON'T HESITATE TO QUESTION YOUR MEDICAL CARE.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barbara Quirk Of late I have become more skeptical of the medical community and, of late, I have not hesitated to voice my skepticism. Please don't get me wrong. Some of my very dearest friends are doctors. My son-in-law is a physician. Worse, I come from an ...
THE GOOD PROFESSOR'S EPIC BLUNDER.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike McCabe After Epic Systems decided to pull its business from any vendor with ties to Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, it was to be expected that someone would proclaim Epic's action un-American or un-something or other. What was unexpected is that such ...
MOST STATE HIGHWAYS OPEN, READY FOR BIG TRAVEL WEEKEND.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Wisconsin highways will be free and clear for the most part heading into the Fourth of July weekend as practically all state roads shut down by flooding in June are now open. Floodwaters damaged a stretch of Wisconsin 33 from Portage to ...
STATE RESPONDS TO REPORT ALLEGING SWEATSHOP CONTRACTS.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Elbow A new report has prompted the Doyle administration to ask four state contractors to look into whether their suppliers produce sweatshop goods. The letter from Michael Morgan, secretary of administration for Gov. Jim Doyle, went out on June 27 to ...
COPS PRAISE PUBLIC'S HELP IN TRYING TO FIND MURDER SUSPECTS.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Novak Madison police detectives are getting a lot of help from the community in trying to track down the suspects who shot Marcus Hamilton to death Sunday night, according to police spokesman Joel DeSpain. "We are very pleased that people within the ...
HIGH-END COSMETICS STORE SEPHORA OPENING HERE.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Byline: Sarah Probst Correspondent for The Capital Times "Discover a breathtaking new look," a sign implores patrons of West Towne Mall. A brunette beauty invites the same, her mischievous smile and impossibly flawless skin luminous from the light shining behind the ...
FORECLOSURES FAR SURPASSING 2007 RATE.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Home foreclosure filings in Wisconsin are far outpacing last year's rate, according to figures released today by ForeclosureAlarm.com. "The housing crisis is far from over," said ForeclosureAlarm.com president Phil Crawford. "In every county ...
WPPI SPLITS WIND POWER CONTRACT.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Wisconsin Public Power Inc. (WPPI) is changing plans to purchase wind produced power, splitting purchases between two wind farms instead of buying all the power produced by one farm. WPPI will buy 20 megawatts of renewable energy from the ...
DAIRY DILEMMA: ORGANIC VALLEY'S FORAY INTO FACTORY FARMING A SHOCK.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Ivey Over the past 20 years, Wisconsin-based Organic Valley has grown into the nation's largest organic cooperative, carving out a niche selling milk from small dairy farmers who treat their cows like members of the family. So imagine the shock within ...
PUBLIC MARKET PROPOSED FOR DOWNTOWN MADISON.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Pat Schneider The nonprofit Common Wealth Development is asking the city to put up $500,000 to purchase land for a public market, an indoor foodstuff and crafts mall in the manner of Pike Place Market in Seattle and Midtown Public Market in Minneapolis envisioned for ...
AFL-CIO GEARS UP TO PUSH FOR OBAMA.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Nichols The nation's largest union federation, the AFL-CIO, was going to endorse Barack Obama for president. Once the race for the Democratic nomination was settled, that was not up for debate. Not since Richard Nixon in 1972 has a Republican made a ...
'WE'RE JUST CRAZY' OVER WAR.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Garvey Remember the wonderful movie, "The Gods Must be Crazy"? Well, change a few words and you will catch my flow. "We must be crazy." Think about it. We are on the verge of bankruptcy, flag lapel pin or not, because of the costs of a war and occupation ...
SUMMERFEST REVIEW: FUNK LEGENDS, HASIDIC RAPPERS AND '90S HAS-BEENS COLLIDE.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE -- Ah, Summerfest. Where stoned 15-year-olds wearing too much eyeliner enjoy music right alongside retirees in fanny packs. Where you can buy frog-themed pajama pants, pimp hats and corn on the cob, all within a 20-foot radius. With such prime people-watching along the ...
IRS WANTS YOU TO CHAT ABOUT STIMULUS CHECKS THIS JULY 4.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... IRS officials are asking people who plan on attending family get-togethers over the Fourth of July weekend to be on the lookout for relatives who received economic stimulus checks. "The July 4 holiday is a perfect opportunity to encourage family and friends to reach out to those ...
BAIL SET AT $1 MILLION IN MARINO MURDER CASE.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Bail was set at $1 million Tuesday afternoon for the man charged in the Jan. 28 stabbing death of Joel Marino. Adam Peterson, 20, said nothing as he stood next to public defender Dennis Burke during his initial appearance in Dane County Circuit Court. Peterson, of ...
STEVE & BARRY'S CONTEMPLATES BANKRUPTCY.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Retailer Steve & Barry's LLC is running out of cash and is preparing to close more than 100 of its stores as it contemplates bankruptcy, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Port Washington, N.Y.-based apparel chain is ...
FARMERS UNION INSURANCE EXPANDS TO WISCONSIN.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times National Farmers Union Insurance (NFUIC) will be offered throughout Wisconsin beginning Monday, the Wisconsin Farmers Union announced Tuesday. "We know they offer good products and services to family farmers with the same dedication we offer ...
EX-BADGER SOLINSKY 'HUNG OUT TO DRY' BY FAILED RACE STRATEGY.(SPORTS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Chris Solinsky's plan to secure a berth on the U.S. Olympic track and field team went awry late Monday night, and the former University of Wisconsin standout isn't happy about it. One of the favorites in the 5,000 meters at the national ...
'CELEBRATE HOPE' FOR LUNG CANCER RESEARCH AT CAPITAL BREWERY.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES A new event to support national lung cancer research will be held at Middleton's Capital Brewery in August. Celebrate Hope will benefit the Creating Hope Lung Cancer Campaign, which provides funds for lung cancer research at University of ...
TWO SOUGHT IN PISTOL-WHIPPING, ROBBERY.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Two men are wanted in connection with a robbery that took place early Tuesday morning on the 800 block of Mayer Avenue on the city's east side. According to an incident report released by the Madison Police Department, a man was outside his ...
DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS TO REMAIN OPEN OVER HOLIDAY WEEKEND.(NEWS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Wisconsin Emergency Management is reporting that all 12 federal and state Disaster Recovery Centers will be open over the Fourth of July weekend. Federal Coordinating Officer Dolph Diemont said centers will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 ...
UNDER ARMOUR TAPS LANDS' END EXEC.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Athletic apparel and footwear maker Under Armour Inc. announced Tuesday that Lands' End President David McCreight will become its president, responsible for long-term growth strategy development. The 45-year-old McCreight joined ...
FARMERS INSURANCE ADDS PETS TO AUTO POLICIES.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Farmers Insurance Group announced Tuesday that its customers in Wisconsin who carry a collision and comprehensive automobile insurance policy are gaining coverage for their pets if they are injured or killed in a covered collision loss or injured, ...
TOMOTHERAPY GETS NO TAKERS IN CHALLENGE AIMED AT COMPETITOR.(BUSINESS)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Madison-based TomoTherapy Inc. announced Tuesday that its "Treatment Quality Challenge" targeting a competitor drew no takers. TomoTherapy, which makes the Hi-Art image-guided radiation treatment system, had offered $250,000 to any U.S ....
CAN THAT BE LEGAL? CONSENTING ADULTS, HIDDEN CAMERA.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Pat Schneider Does agreeing to get naked with someone mean it is lawful for them to film you in the buff without your consent? That's the issue before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in a case brought by a man convicted of secretly taping his girlfriend in the ...
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE SAME-SEX WISCONSIN COUPLES WILLING TO RISK CRIMINAL PENALTIES TO MARRY IN CALIFORNIA.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jane Burns Every summer, Bob Klebba and David Waugh take a family beach vacation to San Diego. Besides fun and sun, this year's trip will have a little something extra: a wedding. The two Madison men will be getting married at a San Diego courthouse in ...
A CONTENDER STEPS UP TO TAKE ON WMC.(THE CAP TIMES)(MIKE IVEY)(Column)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Ivey If it was coming from the usual left-wing suspects, one could dismiss the latest attack on Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. But given the criticism is coming from Wisconsin's most successful "new economy" company, it's hard to ignore. ...
STORMY WEDNESDAY, SUN REST OF WEEK.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Thunderstorms are expected to rumble through southern Wisconsin Wednesday, but when the thunder and lightning is over, fair skies and cooler temperatures will take over for the rest of the week. The National Weather Service forecast expects ...
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO KEEP FULL BUS WRAPS.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Madison's City Council voted Tuesday night to keep Metro bus windows covered by full-wrap advertising after a heated debate over the trade-offs between advertising revenue and the wraps' effects on the riding experience. Council members ...
MAN MUGGED ON SOUTH SIDE.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES A man refusing to give money to two men late Tuesday night ended up getting mugged and robbed anyway. Madison police said the victim suffered minor injuries and did not seek medical treatment following the incident, which happened about ...
MAN CUT ON ARM IN DAYTON STREET ATTACK.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES A 19-year-old man was cut on his arm late Tuesday night by a suspect wielding a knife in the 500 block of West Dayton Street. Madison police said the victim was walking home with ...
REDHEADED SUSPECT ROBS RED LETTER NEWS.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Red Letter News was robbed early Wednesday morning by a red-bearded suspect. Madison police said the suspect entered the adult bookstore at 2528 East Washington Ave. shortly before 4 a.m., went to the counter, grabbed the ...
GAS COST A RECORD FOR 3RD DAY IN ROW.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES After several weeks of stability, the price of gasoline set a record for the third straight day Wednesday, with regular unleaded going up a half-cent both nationally and in Wisconsin. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline ...
A SPOONFUL OF SCIENCE MATC HOSTS SUMMER CAMP TO GET GIRLS INTERESTED IN TECH FIELDS.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Todd Finkelmeyer Two years ago, while attending a conference in Texas, Nina Milbauer and Lori Kelley heard a speaker expound on the dwindling number of women entering the computer sciences field. This was not news to Milbauer or Kelley, information technology ...
IS A $424 FINE TOO HIGH FOR LAUNCHING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS? MADISON COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO LOWER FINE SO POLICE WILL WRITE MORE TICKETS.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Kristin Czubkowski At one local fireworks vendor, you can spend $189.99 for two nine-packs of "King's Ransom" airborne fireworks, but using them in Madison this Fourth of July weekend could cost you even more. The current fine for violating the city ordinance ...
THE FOURTH IS HARD ON FIDO.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Pat Schneider Veterinarian Jesse Sondel said he once had to sew up a dog so frightened by Fourth of July fireworks that he jumped through a plate glass window. His own dog ran away from a North Woods cottage on the holiday one year and was missing for two days. ...
ONWARD, SOLDIERS! DESPITE DEFEAT OF STATEWIDE SMOKING BAN, THOSE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE BATTLE ON.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Dennis Punzel Pete Madland, executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, believes he has the perfect solution to snuff out the raging battle over smoking bans breaking out around the state. "It'll go away if we get our way," said Madland. ...
A DAUGHTER'S LEGACY GUN VIOLENCE SPURRED MOTHERS TO ACTION.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Judith Davidoff Wanda Lavendel Bincer and Jeri Bonavia got caught up in criminal justice issues by way of their respective daughters, though the circumstances were quite different. Bincer, who died last Thursday, co-founded the local chapter of Parents of ...
IN DANE COUNTY, FARMERS ARE THE BIGGEST VICTIMS OF JUNE'S FLOODS BUT CONSUMERS WILL NOTICE WHEN FOOD PRICES RISE MORE.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Todd Finkelmeyer For some who live, work and play in Madison and its immediate suburbs, it may come as a surprise to learn that the capital city still sits smack dab in the middle of one of the most productive agricultural regions in Wisconsin. In 2006 Dane ...
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT THE DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN AFFECT ENTIRE FAMILY.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Shawn Doherty Grace Keegan stopped kissing her mother when she was 2 years old. Sam Lacey, 4, doesn't know how to tell his dad he is hungry or in pain. Calvin Aerts, 8, bit his grandmother so badly her arms are scarred permanently. Josie Wagnitz is 10, but can't play ...
SANTA ALWAYS COMES.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Shawn Doherty Pam Aerts spent her 2006 Christmas season shopping for a mental hospital. Calvin, her 6-year-old autistic son, was acting out violently but no hospital would accept him. She called Meriter, Rogers Memorial, West Allis Clinic, Aurora Psych, and ...
WORKING VACATION RESEARCH, RECRUITING, CAMPS FILL BIELEMA'S SUMMER.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Lucas How do you explain the shrinkage, the dropoff, the decline in numbers? Blame the economy. That was the knee-jerk reaction when the first session of the University of Wisconsin football summer camp drew far fewer participants than anticipated, far fewer than ...
WINNING THE TIP HAMMOND'S FIRST DRAFT DAY LEADING BUCKS A GOOD ONE.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Schultz ST. FRANCIS -- John Hammond's first draft day with the Milwaukee Bucks certainly was a good one. The Bucks' new GM traded for Richard Jefferson, a talented small forward in his prime, and drafted Joe Alexander, an up-and-coming forward with a ...
'END OF AN ERA' MADISON AREA COMPETITORS BUMMED THAT BADGER STATE GAMES ARE MOVING TO FOX VALLEY.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jane Burns and Ryan Mellenthin As swan songs go, this one went off without much -- if any -- ceremony. The 24th Badger State Games wrapped up Sunday without a hitch and will now set sights on a move north for next year. The games have been held in Madison ...
'THE LIBERTIES OF OUR COUNTRY ... ARE WORTH DEFENDING AT ALL HAZARDS'.(THE CAP TIMES)(Editorial)
Jul 02, 2008 ... There is an inclination, perhaps especially at the approach each year of the Fourth of July holiday, to believe the great struggles for freedom are a part of our history rather than the stuff of a current affairs quiz. But the Bush administration's attempt to rewrite the Foreign ...
WMC CAN THANK AN 'ACTIVIST' COURT.(THE CAP TIMES)(PLAIN TALK)(Column)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Dave Zweifel Jim Pugh, the hardball mouthpiece for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, called me the other day to complain about a recent column in which I remarked that WMC had "aided and abetted" the borderline-racist campaign of soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice ...
MADISON KNEW DANGER OF WARS AND KINGS.(THE CAP TIMES)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: John Nichols The city of Madison is named for James Madison, the essential framer of the Constitution and the last of the nation's founding presidents. Eight years younger than Jefferson, 16 years younger than Adams and 19 years younger than Washington, Madison lived ...
THANK YOU, EVJUE FOUNDATION.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Stickels Dear Editor: The Bridge Lake Point Waunona Neighborhood staff, volunteers and participants would like to thank The Evjue Foundation for the $5,000 gift to purchase kitchen appliances that will be used for the older adult ...
REWARD NONMILITARY PUBLIC SERVICE TOO.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Gordon Cunningham Dear Editor: Why are we using taxpayers' money to give big bonuses and the promise of college tuition to young folks volunteering to enter one public service (military) but not to those young folks volunteering to enter other public services, for ...
SCHOOL DISTRICT INEPT IN STAFF MOVES.(THE CAP TIMES)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: Julie Pophal Dear Editor: This letter is to Madison Metropolitan School District taxpayers. We are suffering the consequences of the district's inept decision-making when it comes to last year's cutting of four athletic directors. The waste of ...
INDEPENDENCE DAY.(THE CAP TIMES)(THE WEEK AHEAD)(Column)
Jul 02, 2008 ... If you were one of the thousands who trekked to Warner Park for the Rhythm & Booms fireworks extravaganza, it might seem as if July 4 has come and gone. But there are quite a few opportunities left to celebrate Independence Day, and you don't even have to wait until Friday, July 4, to do ...
WEEK IN REVIEW.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Wednesday, June 25 The state Natural Resources Board approves a rule that would require a reduction in the amount of mercury sent into the environment by coal-powered power plants by 90 percent by 2015. The rule will not be final until committees of the state Legislature review ...
TOP 10 CLICKED STORIES ON CAPTIMES.COM.(THE CAP TIMES)
Jul 02, 2008 ... 1. Mike Ivey: Should Madison ban the drive-through? 2. Mike Lucas: Cosgrove the consultant 3. Strange behavior led police to Marino's alleged killer 4. Peterson's friends and neighbors shocked at murder charge in Marino case 5. Rhythm and Booms ...
EIGHT MADISON BEACHES CLOSED.(NEWS)
Jul 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Eight city beaches are now closed on Madison's two big lakes after elevated algae levels were discovered at the James Madison Park beach on the south shore of Lake Mendota on Gorham Street. Seven beaches on Lake Monona remain closed because ...