The Capital Times back issues from September 2008:
HOT MONDAY AND TUESDAY, COOL TEMPS COMING.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Labor Day, the unofficial last day of summer, will be one of the hottest days of the season, but the high Monday could be topped on the first day of school on Tuesday. Weather Central meteorologist Brian Olson said the temperature should reach 88 degrees Monday, the same as ...
OBAMA RALLY SOLD OUT.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Tickets are sold out for the Barack Obama rally in Milwaukee Monday night, where the Democratic presidential nominee will speak to a full house at the Marcus Amphitheater on the Summerfest grounds. Obama's campaign comes to Wisconsin for the ...
UW LAUNCHES SAFETY WEB SITE.(NEWS)(Website overview)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES The University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched a new Web site promoting safety as students return to campus for the fall semester. Dean of Students Lori Berquam says she hopes everyone integrates safe habits into their every day lives. ...
LABOR DAY RECALLS THE STRUGGLE FOR STRIKERS.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008 ... For Midwesterners, 25 degrees is practically jacket weather in the second week of January. But we had been standing on the frozen concrete since early morning, and the persistent wind off the lake was beginning to penetrate the layers of clothing we had thought would sustain us through ...
THANK CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS ON LABOR DAY.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dear Editor: While The Capital Times often reports on the many contributions made by our community's working men and women, I hope this Labor Day we can highlight the efforts of a particular group that is sometimes overlooked ndsh the construction industry's craft professionals. ...
PHIL JACKSON CHALLENGES US TO END OBJECTIFICATION OF AMERICAN INDIANS.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dear Editor: Today Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers coach and University of North Dakota alum, lived up to his reputation as "the man with the longest reach." After being conferred with an honorary degree (a doctor of letters), at an academic convocation at the University of ...
DIESEL VEHICLES CAN BE MADE CLEANER WITH FILTERS.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dear Editor: It's sad to welcome Madison to the dirty air club that already includes Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Louis. Or maybe we should liken it to a 12 step program. But it's no joke that breathing particle pollution increases asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes and deaths. ...
FEDS SHOULD NOT BAIL OUT AUTO INDUSTRY.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dear Editor: RawStory.com has it that the automotive industry wants federal monetary relief to the tune of $50 billion just to try and save face in the face of changing trends and the heavy losses thus aggravated. I, for one, feel the money would be ...
SCHOOL'S IN SESSION START DAYS AND TIMES VARY IN MADISON.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Novak Parents cheer and kids jeer, but once Labor Day ends the school year begins for most students in Wisconsin. Here is a short primer of what Madison Metropolitan School District has in store for students starting Tuesday -- or Wednesday in some ...
OBAMA'S LABOR DAY LEAP DEM CANDIDATE KICKS OFF FALL CAMPAIGN IN MILWAUKEE, DETROIT.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Nichols ST. PAUL -- Barack Obama will return to the traditional heartlands of the American trade union movement on this Labor Day, marching in and speaking at the close of the annual Labor Day Parade in Detroit and then flying later to a huge LaborFest celebration ...
GROUND GAME KEY TO BADGERS' SUCCESS.(SPORTS)(UPON FURTHER REVIEW)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Lucas Whenever Barry Alvarez was quizzed on why he was so reluctant to throw the football on first down, the former University of Wisconsin football coach would always explain, "Because I don't want to be second-and-long." That was particularly true during the 1998 ...
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET SET.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times The public will have a chance to weigh in on how to spend over $226 million on human services next year, as public hearings begin on the 2009 Dane County budget. Two hearings are scheduled for the human services department budget, the first ...
FOOD, POLITICS SERVED UP AT LABORFEST.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Hundreds of labor supporters worked hard to have fun in the sun Monday afternoon, during the annual LaborFest at the Madison Labor Temple on South Park Street. Labor activist groups, political parties and environmentalists all shared space ...
BIELEMA SEES BOTH GOOD AND BAD IN VICTORY OVER AKRON.(SPORTS)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Nate Carey Correspondent for The Capital Times Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema made his weekly media address Monday, and talked at length about both the positives and negatives his young team took away from Saturday's 38-17 win against Akron. ...
DOG DAY AT THE POOL.(NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Novak It was hard to tell who was having more fun in the Goodman Pool on Labor Day, the hundreds of dogs swimming, leaping, splashing and shaking off during the second annual Labor Day Dog Paddle, or the hundreds of owners trying to keep track of all the wet ...
ELDER ABUSE ON RISE, BUT SO IS RESPONSE.(OPINION)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barbara Quirk It's enough to make a grown man cry. A new study conducted at the University of Chicago concludes that nearly 13 percent of America's older adults suffer some form of abuse. Specifically, 9 percent reported they have suffered from verbal ...
ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST AT GOP CONVENTION.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN NICHOLS ST. PAUL -- "We are the troops!" chanted the Iraq War veterans. "How do you support us? their comrades responded. "Bring us home!" came the response. So began Monday's massive anti-war demonstration, led by members of Iraq ...
COLUMNIST AMY GOODMAN ARRESTED OUTSIDE GOP CONVENTION.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN NICHOLS ST. PAUL -- Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was among more than 100 people detained outside the Republican National Convention here as police clashed with demonstrators on the streets of St. Paul. Goodman, a columnist for The Capital Times and ...
HOTTEST DAY OF YEAR EXPECTED TODAY.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Monday was the hottest day of the year in Madison when the temperature reached 89 degrees, but the mark could be short-lived with another scorcher on tap Tuesday. The forecasted high Tuesday is 90 degrees, but that most likely will be the ...
FORECLOSURE RATES LEVELING, BUT STILL HIGH.(FORUM)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Foreclosure filings are leveling off in Wisconsin but are still at record levels, according to the latest report from ForeclosuresWI.com. Another 1,848 foreclosures were filed in the state in August, bringing the year-to-date total up to ...
FLYNN GETS BACKUP QB ROLE WITH PACKERS.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press GREEN BAY -- Seventh-round pick Matt Flynn has beaten out second-round pick Brian Brohm for the Green Bay Packers' backup quarterback job behind starter Aaron Rodgers, coach Mike McCarthy said after practice Monday. "We just felt Matt was a ...
MAN SHOT, ROBBED ON EAST SIDE.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times A man giving a woman a ride early Tuesday morning was shot and robbed by two men after he pulled into a parking lot in the 700 block of Dexter Street on Madison's east side. According to Madison police, the shooting occurred at about 1:10 ...
SUSPECT DETAINED IN WILSON STREET BURGLARY.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Police answering a burglary call early Saturday morning arrested a suspect after he was found checking doors in the neighborhood where the burglary took place. Fontaine Dillard, 21, Madison, was tentatively charged with burglary and casual ...
POLICE SEEK SUSPECTS IN ATTEMPTED ATM ROBBERY.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Madison police are looking for three suspects who tried to rob a man as he used an automated teller machine at a bank on Atwood Avenue early Monday morning. The 27-year-old victim was using the ATM at Chase Bank, 1965 Atwood Ave., about 6 ...
MATC TO HOST OPEN HOUSE FOR VETERANS.(WEB)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Madison Area Technical College will be hosting an open house for veterans on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans Affairs staff and MATC officials will not only discuss federal and state education programs, but also will talk about ...
MASKED MEN ROB PIZZERIA ON PARK STREET.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Two masked men, one armed with a handgun, robbed Falbo Bros. Pizzeria, 406 S. Park St., early Tuesday morning. Madison police said the robbery took place at about 2:40 a.m. No one was injured. ...
DISCARDED FIREWORKS BLAMED IN HOUSE FIRE.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Discarded fireworks in a garbage can inside a garage are being blamed for a fire that destroyed a $350,000 home Monday night in the town of Pleasant Springs. McFarland fire marshal Scott Miller said the cause of the fire was determined after ...
OBAMA MANIA HITS MILWAUKEE.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Katjusa Cisar Harley t-shirt hawkers, make way for Obama t-shirt hawkers. After presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a 15-minute speech Monday night in Milwaukee, thousands of Obama supporters streamed out of the Marcus Amphitheatre on the Summerfest ...
NEED GROWS FOR FED FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS.(OPINION)(Column)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: MARGARET KROME They say the way to boil a frog is to heat the water slowly, so the frog doesn't realize it's getting cooked. By the time it gets really hot, it's too late to get out. I stood in long lines for hours last week to register our two teenaged tadpoles for high ...
STATE FAILS TO MAKE RIGHT 'GREEN' MOVES.(OPINION)(Column)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: DOUGLAS B. JOHNSON Like Jon Foley, I do environmental work. And just as he is leaving the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a better opportunity at the University of Minnesota, I too left Wisconsin at the end of July. In 1996 I received my doctorate from the ...
'STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS' TAKES A DETOUR.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Sep 02, 2008 ... John McCain is getting a bit testy these days. There was a time not too long ago when he invited reporters to ask him about anything, maintained that he has nothing to hide, and said there was no such thing as a dumb question. He even dubbed his campaign bus the "Straight Talk ...
ROYS WOULD BRING ENERGY TO LEGISLATURE.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Laurene Bach, Waunakee Dear Editor: I'm voting for Kelda Helen Roys because we need real change in the state Legislature. Kelda is a fresh face with new innovative ideas about how to make Wisconsin an even better place for us to live, and she has the energy to make ...
UNTHINKING DEMS ACCEPT WAR ON AFGHANISTAN.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Alan Bickley, Madison Dear Editor: Let the record show that the grass roots of the Democratic Party have fully embraced the war in and on Afghanistan. Barack Obama's quest for the presidential nomination became credible only because a clear majority of Americans had ...
BRANDON WISCH: SARGENT BEST CHOICE FOR 81ST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Brandon Wisch, Madison Dear Editor: In this election season there is very lively race going on for the 81st District Assembly seat. Six people are running for this seat that is open for the first time in decades, and there is one stand-out candidate, Justin Sargent. ...
CABLE FIRMS RIGHT TO HOLD OUT FOR BETTER DEAL.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: James A. Bartlett, Middleton Dear Editor: I dropped Charter last spring for a satellite dish, so I've had the Big Ten and NFL Networks all summer - and as a result, I've acquired a new sympathy for Charter and the cable companies who resisted signing up with them. The ...
TOO BAD GOP DIDN'T LISTEN TO BILL STEIGER.(OPINION)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: John Nichols ST. PAUL -- The Republican Party that meets this week in national convention was not always the party of reaction and conservatism. This is the party of Lincoln, after all. It was at a Republican convention that an African-American man, Frederick Douglass, ...
HOW MUCH ARE BIG TEN TEAMS PAYING/MAKING?(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times HOW MUCH THEY'RE PAYING Payouts from Big Ten Conference teams for nonconference home games Team -- Opponent -- Payout Michigan -- Utah -- $800,000 Ohio State -- Troy -- $800,000 Penn ...
CONSTRUCTING THE UW FOOTBALL SCHEDULE IS NO SMALL TASK.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Polzin The worst days for Bill Nayes are the ones when he returns to his office on the eighth floor of Camp Randall Stadium and has an e-mail or phone message waiting for him from a representative of a football team scheduled to play the University of Wisconsin in ...
BECKUM 'WILL PLAY', SAYS BIELEMA.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Polzin University of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said Tuesday on the Big Ten Conference coaches teleconference that senior tight end Travis Beckum is expected to play Saturday when the Badgers host Marshall at Camp Randall Stadium. Beckum missed last ...
BADGERS JUMP TO NO. 11 IN AP FOOTBALL POLL.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press The University of Wisconsin football team jumped two spots to No. 11 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, while Southern California moved past Georgia and Ohio State into the top spot. The Badgers (1-0), coming off a 38-17 victory over ...
UW FOES: SHOW ME THE MONEY SCHOOLS LIKE AKRON, MARSHALL AND CAL POLY ARE BIG WINNERS IN MADISON, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY FARE AGAINST THE BADGERS.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Polzin When Akron visited Camp Randall Stadium in 2003, it was a good trip for the Zips on at least two fronts. They opened some eyes by throwing a scare into the University of Wisconsin football team, although the then-No. 18 Badgers managed to hold on ...
FORMER MAYOR SOGLIN TEACHING PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT UW-MADISON.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008; ... Byline: Todd Finkelmeyer The Capital Times Former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is teaching at UW-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs as an adjunct associate professor. Soglin - who served as mayor six times between 1973-79 and 1989-97, and who currently heads ...
TEMPE DRIVE MURDER WITNESS JAILED FOR CRACK, POLICE SAY.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: The Capital Times Law enforcement officials probably won't have far to look when they want Artis Furlow to testify again in the murder case against his cousin. Artis Furlow was arrested over the weekend for possession of crack cocaine with intent to deliver ...
MCCAIN HEADED FRIDAY TO CEDARBURG.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will deliver a speech in Cedarburg Friday morning. McCain is expected to accept the GOP nomination for president the night before at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. His Cedarburg ...
BACKERS SAY NADER HAS SIGNATURES FOR WIS. BALLOT.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Ralph Nader campaign workers turned a stack of nomination signatures over to state election officials Tuesday, saying they've got enough names to get the consumer advocate on Wisconsin's presidential ballot. Justin Richardson, co-coordinator of Nader's Wisconsin campaign, told ...
STRICKER TO MAKE RYDER CUP DEBUT.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Doug Ferguson Associated Press NEW YORK -- Chad Campbell made one last impression on U.S. captain Paul Azinger and was rewarded Tuesday with a spot on the Ryder Cup team, joining Madison's Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan and J.B. Holmes as captain's picks. ...
NO PACKERS MEANS NFL NETWORK NO BIG DEAL HERE.(SPORTS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jeff Richgels Now that Charter Communications finally has a deal with Big Ten Network, the next item on the cable provider's agenda figures to be NFL Network. Perhaps, but with no Green Bay Packers game on the channel this season, the Madison area's dominant ...
WOMEN ACCUSED IN DRUNKEN DRIVING DEATH GET SEPARATE TRIALS.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Separate trials will be held for two women charged with crimes in the drunken driving death of Craig S. Sawicki in February, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Stuart Schwartz decided Tuesday. Nicole Endres is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and several ...
DANE COUNTY INMATE AWOL.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Dane County Sheriff's officials are looking for an inmate who failed to return to the jail Tuesday after being let out for an appointment at about 1:30 p.m. Sheriff's Sgt. Kerry Porter said Kimberlee A. Upright, 23, was declared absent without leave at 3:45 p.m. when she had not ...
CROP REPORT: RAIN URGENTLY NEEDED.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Miller The weekly Crop Progress report from the United States Department of Agriculture's Wisconsin field office says rain is needed throughout the state, and little was seen in the past week. "Growers in the west central part of the state received some ...
5 APPLY TO SUCCEED BRANDON IN 7TH DISTRICT.(NEWS)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE CAPITAL TIMES Five people have submitted their names for consideration to be appointed to succeed Seventh District Alder Zach Brandon, who resigned when he was appointed to a job with the State Department of Commerce. The list to represent the district, ...
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE WITH AN EYE TO THE PAST UW PROFESSOR, LOCAL ARCHITECT ASSISTING STATE TRIBES WITH HOUSING PLANS THAT COMBINE SUSTAINABILITY WITH FAMILY CUSTOMS.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: ANITA WEIER The Capital Times Imagine a house where an extended family could live comfortably - grandmother, parents, children and maybe an uncle or aunt. And try making that house "green" - one that would not harm the environment or waste energy. Wisconsin's ...
BRAND NEW WEST SIDE SCHOOL FULFILLS WISHES.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: TAMIRA MADSEN The Capital Times It was a warm late summer afternoon, and Sidney Helle was escorting her little sister, Lydia, through the bright hallways of Paul J. Olson Elementary School in search of Lydia's classroom and locker. Lydia tentatively glanced in ...
SMOKED OUT UNDERCOVER STINGS SLASH TOBACCO SALES TO MINORS.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: SHAWN DOHERTY The Capital Times sdoherty@madison.com One recent afternoon a young woman in a red T-shirt and jeans strolled into the Road Ranger, a 24-hour convenience store and gas station at a busy intersection in Sun Prairie, and asked for a pack of cigarettes. ...
WISCONSIN GIVES MILLIONS TO STARTUP COMPANIES. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT PAYS OFF?(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE IVEY The Capital Times The corporate press release made it sound like the business coup of the decade: "State Initiatives Yield Positive Results: Florida Pharmaceutical Company Moves to Wisconsin." But upon further review, it turned out that the Florida ...
THE HOLE STORY WHEN WILL WHOLE FOODS FINISH WHAT IT STARTED AT HILLDALE?(CAP TIMES)(BUSINESS BEAT)(Column)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Ivey It's anybody's guess when developers might start filling that big hole in the ground behind the Hilldale Shopping Center. Officials with Joseph Freed and Associates, the Chicago-based firm heading Hilldale's redevelopment, are meeting Wednesday, ...
EMERGENCY AID TO FIGHT EVICTION BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO GET.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: PAT SCHNEIDER The Capital Times Has the state changed its regulations regarding Emergency Assistance program eviction prevention funding? It's a matter of interpretation, say Dane County officials. Social work supervisor Barb Berlin told members of ...
POLITICAL SCIENCE TITLE IX WATCHDOGS ARE STARTING TO KEEP TABS ON UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS, SPARKING DEBATE ALONG THE WAY.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: TODD FINKELMEYER The Capital Times Critics of Title IX in Madison know the 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination at any school that receives federal funding as the one that helped doom the University of Wisconsin-Madison's baseball team. Yet the next ...
WHAT'S THE PACKERS' MAGIC NUMBER? FANS' CONSENSUS: IT'LL TAKE AT LEAST 10 WINS TO FORGET ABOUT FAVRE.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: DENNIS PUNZEL The Capital Times dpunzel@madison.com GREEN BAY -- Adam Kissling wore his conflict on his sleeves - a No. 4 Brett Favre New York Jets jersey, which he wore over a Green Bay Packers T-shirt. Fittingly, he was torn as he contemplated the ultimate ...
PREP PROFILES: DREW BIRRENKOTT.(CAP TIMES)(PREP PROFILE)(Column)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Drew Birrenkott School: McFarland Year: Senior Sports: football, swimming, track and field Football highlights: Birrenkott is a two-time letterwinner, a three-year starter at center and a reserve defensive tackle for the Spartans who was recently named a captain. He earned ...
BATTLE-TESTED BREWERS LAST YEAR'S DISAPPOINTMENT TAUGHT CLUB ABOUT ADVERSITY, PAVING WAY FOR POTENTIAL PLAYOFF RUN IN '08.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: DENNIS PUNZEL The Capital Times dpunzel@madison.com MILWAUKEE -- If experience is indeed the best teacher, the Milwaukee Brewers apparently learned some painful lessons last season. Sensational in the spring, the Brewers led the National League Central by as ...
TAKE A NUMBER IT'S EASIER TO REPORT CRIMES, BUT POLICE LAG ON RESPONSE TIME.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: KRISTIN CZUBKOWSKI The Capital Times There are more ways than ever now to get ahold of Madison police, but it's the response that's causing a stir at the City Council. In early June, police unveiled a redesigned self-reporting system that allowed citizens to ...
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR COLLEGE STUDENT, UW DOCTOR FORGE BOND WHILE BEATING DISABILITY'S ODDS.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: TAMIRA MADSEN The Capital Times Brittany Saylor is a typical college student: She likes pizza, meeting new people and spending time on the computer navigating Facebook. Though she's quick to dismiss any differences, what sets the Wisconsin Rapids 19-year-old ...
ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGNS MAKE PROGRESS, BUT WORK STILL REMAINS.(CAP TIMES)
Sep 03, 2008; ... Byline: SHAWN DOHERTY The Capital Times sdoherty@madison.com ***** CORRECTION: A story in the Sept. 3 edition of The Cap Times about teenagers' thoughts on smoking reversed the identities of two of the speakers in the story and in a photo. They were Memorial High ...
THE WEEK AHEAD.(CAP TIMES)(Calendar)
Sep 03, 2008 ... Ironman Wisconsin Whether you're one of the hundreds participating in the annual brutal test of endurance - a 2.4-mile swim, followed by a 112-mile bike ride and then a marathon - or watching in your cars as the athletes block traffic, there's no way you can miss the Ironman ...