The Capital Times back issues from February 2009:
VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION HELPS BRIDGE THE GENERATION GAP (WITH PHOTOS).(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Chuc Mung Nam Moi! Happy New Year! The Madison area's tiny but spirited Vietnamese-American community gathered at the Knights of Columbus on Verona Road in Fitchburg late Saturday afternoon to celebrate the lunar new year with a beloved lion dance, musical performances and huge ...
MORE ABOVE-FREEZING TEMPS AHEAD.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Enjoy the warm weather Sunday, because it's going to be a lot colder on Monday, said Weather Central meteorologist Dan Thompson. He forecast a high temperature in the mid-30s Sunday, near but not quite the 39 degrees reached on Saturday ....
MADISONIAN WINS WHITE HOUSE FARMER RACE.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Nichols Madison's Claire Strader won the most votes in a national online election to name candidates to fill the role of "White House Farmer." In results announced Sunday morning, Strader, who has farmed for many years at Troy Gardens on the city's north ...
MIDDLETON NURSE FINDS CALLING AS DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEER.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pat Schneider Kathleen Donsing is headed off again, this time to Arkansas, to help out in a disaster. Donsing, a volunteer from Middleton, is being deployed by the Badger Chapter of the American Red Cross to assist in storm-raked Arkansas, where an estimated ...
VICTIMS IN WISCONSIN PLANE CRASH IDENTIFIED.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Associated Press MENOMONIE -- Authorities have identified the three people who died when a small plane crashed near Menomonie on Friday night. Pilot Laurence Berg and his wife Vicki, of Houlton, and family friend Brett Weller of Hudson were killed in the crash ...
SUPER BOWL? 'NO COMPRENDO'.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Shawn Doherty Last summer, when Christ Presbyterian Church on the near east side threw a soccer party for international students to watch the European Championship, 35 people came. On Sunday the church invited students visiting from other countries to watch ...
FROSTIBALL REVELERS DRESS FOR THE OCCASION.(77 SQUARE)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Katie Dean As soon as she walked in to the Overture Center, first-time Frostiball partygoer Anna Thiel attracted attention, the full skirt of a bright red ball gown peeking out from under her coat. A freshman at West High School, Thiel first wore the gown for ...
COMPANIES RECALL PEANUT BUTTER PRODUCTS.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Eillien's Candies Inc. of Green Bay is recalling a variety of peanut candy products, because they could be contaminated with salmonella. This is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune ...
FUTURE DIM FOR GOP IF LIMBAUGH'S AT HEAD.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Dear Editor: Rush Limbaugh's comment about President Obama, "We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever, because his father was black, because this is the first black president," was so pathetic ...
'ELECTION MATTERS' BLOG: AFSCME FOR EVERS IN DPI RACE IS WEAC NEXT?(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: John Nichols PRIMARY ELECTION: Feb. 17 GENERAL ELECTION: April 7 SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BACK EVERS IN DPI RACE Teachers aren't the only unionized workers in the schools of Wisconsin. In many schools across the state, the folks who cook the food, clean ...
COLD AND SUNNY MONDAY FOR JIMMY THE GROUNDHOG.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Keep the winter coats and boots handy for at least six more weeks everyone, because Jimmy the Groundhog is most likely going to see his shadow today. The Sun Prairie prognosticator might need sunglasses this morning when he comes out to ...
SNOWMOBILER KILLED BY CAR.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A snowmobiler was struck and killed Sunday night while crossing a highway in Columbia County. The accident happened about 6 p.m. on Wisconsin 60 near Wendt Road in Columbus township. The unidentified snowmobiler, a 38-year-old man ...
GAS PRICES ON THE RISE.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Gas prices continue to rise in Madison, mirroring price increases across the state and the nation, with one area station now selling regular at over $2 a gallon. Most prices locally range from $1.87 to $1.95 a gallon, according to ...
BURMASTER IS FINALIST FOR COLLEGE PRESIDENCY.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Associated Press Elizabeth Burmaster, state superintendent of public instruction, is one of five candidates to be the next president of Nicolet College in Rhinelander. The names of the finalists was released Friday by the college's board of trustees. ...
HISTORY SHOWS ONE POSSIBLE, ALBEIT UNLIKELY, SCENARIO FOR UW.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Lucas The University of Wisconsin men's basketball coach didn't try to sugarcoat the dire situation or the mediocre record: 11-9 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten. Asked about his team's position in regard to a potential NCAA tournament berth, he conceded, "It's not ...
JANUARY FORECLOSURES 2ND HIGHEST EVER IN STATE.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Foreclosures in Wisconsin in January were the second highest on record, according to a foreclosure notification Web site. ForeclosureAlarm.com said on Monday foreclosures in January were up 22.6 percent from the monthly average in 2008, with ...
TEEN PUNCHES BUS DRIVER, PASSENGER GRABS HIM FOR ARREST.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A 15-year-old Madison boy was arrested and tentatively charged with battery, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon Saturday afternoon after punching a Metro bus driver in the face before being grabbed by a 61-year-old bus passenger who held ...
MORE STREETS SCHEDULED FOR SNOW REMOVAL.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A dozen Madison streets are scheduled for snow removal Monday through Wednesday, as city crews widen streets narrowed by snow piles. Three streets are being cleared Monday, four on Tuesday and five on Wednesday. The snow removal operation ...
TWO MEN HOLD UP APARTMENT DWELLER.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Two men, one armed with a knife, muscled their way into a 61-year-old man's Brittingham Park-area apartment and robbed him before they fled in a green SUV. The robbery happened about 10:20 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of Braxton Place. ...
PUPPY BEATEN, CHOKED BY AT-LARGE SUSPECT.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Madison police are looking for a man who allegedly beat, choked and kicked Chewy, a 5-month-old pit bull terrier puppy, because the dog apparently started humping the man on the leg. The puppy pounding happened about 12:45 a.m. Monday at an ...
CABBIE, PASSENGER ROBBED AT GUNPOINT?(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A man reportedly robbed a cab driver and his passenger, a 49-year-old Madison woman, at gunpoint in the 900 block of Mayfair Drive just before 2 a.m. Monday. Soon after the passenger got into the cab, the robber walked up and asked the ...
GIRL WANDERS FROM HOME RETURNED SAFELY.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A 6-year-old girl wandered away from home while her mother slept early Monday morning, prompting a police search when someone reported seeing her walking alone near the intersection of Badger Road and Park Street around 1 a.m. Another ...
STATE TO GIVE LESSONS IN EXPORTING.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Wisconsin companies will be learning more about exporting their goods and services to the international markets thanks to a new education initiative announced Monday by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. The initiative, Global Partnership ...
AMERICAN GIRL LONE BRIGHT SPOT IN DARK MATTEL EARNINGS REPORT.(BUSINESS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Staff/news services Mattel Inc. on Monday reported that its fourth-quarter profit fell 46 percent, hurt by the stronger dollar and the weakest holiday season in decades. The results fell far short of analysts' expectations and sent shares of the world's ...
FITCHBURG BUFFALO WILD WINGS CHAIN OPENS.(77 SQUARE)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The fourth area franchise of Buffalo Wild Wings Bar and Grill opens today in Fitchburg at the Orchard Point shopping center on Highway PD/McKee Road, just east of the SuperTarget. The Minnneapolis-based chain restaurant and sports bar specializes in chicken wings with ...
NO INJURIES REPORTED AT GAS STATION FIRE IN SUN PRAIRIE.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Fire departments are on the scene of a fire at a Citgo gas station just north of Interstate 94 at County N and TT in the town of Sun Prairie, north of the village of Cottage Grove. The fire was reported about 11 a.m. ...
WOMAN GETS KNOCKED OUT TRYING TO STOP FIGHT.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A 28-year-old woman took a knockout punch while trying to stop a dispute between two women early Thursday morning outside the apartment where she was staying, Madison Police said. The victim heard two women arguing loudly outside the patio ...
UW CELEBRATES 160TH BIRTHDAY ON THURSDAY.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Guess what world-renowned university on the shores of Lake Mendota celebrates the big 1-6-0 on Thursday? The University of Wisconsin-Madison, of course. The state's flagship institution of higher learning is 160 years old on Feb ....
PRISONER'S DNA MATCHES SAMPLE TAKEN IN UNSOLVED BURGLARY CASE.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Miller A man serving a sentence for a burglary in late April 2007 has emergedas the prime suspect in the burglary and ransacking of a home earlier that month owned by longtime south side advocates Jack and Ruth Ann Bauhs. The man is currently ...
FORMER BANK MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: Kevin Murphy Correspondent for The Capital Times A former Amcore Bank branch manager admitted Monday in federal court that her gambling problem caused her to embezzle approximately $19,000 from the bank until she turned herself in the Madison police. Julie M ....
RAMPED-UP PATROLS CITE 14 FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Extra deputies on patrol over the Super Bowl weekend caught a couple touchdowns worth of drunken drivers on county roads, the tally showed Monday. From Friday to Sunday, sheriff's deputies cited 14 drivers for operating while intoxicated, ...
BORDER BATTLES FOR WOMEN, MEN OFFER INTRIGUE.(SPORTS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Todd D. Milewski In the course of three days, on rinks only a few hundred feet apart, the final weekends of the chase for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's and women's titles will be defined. Big weekend in Minneapolis? Just slightly. ...
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DISPLAYS BAD SHOWMANSHIP.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra is playing hardball in contract negotiations with musicians, and that's not smart for the orchestra or the broader cultural community. A year of contentious negotiating hit its low point last fall, when a strike by the musicians forced the ...
ASSEMBLY RIGHT TO PUSH SPENDING LOCALLY.(OPINION)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Dave Zweifel Because there are no penalties attached, some were deriding the state Assembly's actions last week to pass two bills that would require state and local governments to do their best to buy locally. One bill asks the state Department of ...
AFTER DECADE OF DISMAY, PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.(OPINION)(IMAGES)(Column)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Barbara Quirk We celebrated President Barack Obama's inauguration in our home with close friends and neighbors and some fine champagne. The party was sort of a spur-of-the-moment affair. In retrospect, I can't imagine experiencing those moments without the company of ...
SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION AVAILABILITY VITAL.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Dear Editor: I support the Madison Surgery Center's possible decision to provide second trimester abortions. This is a vital service health for Wisconsinites and I feel it is the duty of UW Health to provide these services to protect the health and rights of women in the Dane County area ....
MIDDLETON ALCOHOL SELLERS FAIL TEST.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Miller After setting a good mark in late 2007, a recent check of those selling alcoholic beverages in Middleton found only 47 percent complied with state laws banning the sale of alcohol to minors, according to a news release from the Middleton Police Department. ...
SNOWMOBILER KILLED BY CAR IDENTIFIED.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Larry T. Haeffner, 38, of rural Columbus, was struck and killed Sunday night while crossing a highway on a snowmobile in Columbia County. The accident happened about 6 p.m. on Wisconsin 60 near Wendt Road in Columbus township, the Columbia ...
WCO STRIKE LINGERS MASTERWORKS PERFORMANCE CANCELED.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Lindsay Christians The latest casualty in the ongoing Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra strike is the Feb. 27 Masterworks performance, which was set to include world-famous harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and Eugenia Zukerman on flute. Orchestra staff canceled the ...
TWO ATTACKED OUTSIDE WEST SIDE HOME.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Three against two was an unfair advantage for an early morning fight Monday on Hammersley Road on Madison's west side. One of the victims in a sudden attack outside a home suffered facial fractures, a chipped tooth, a broken knee and multiple ...
FALL RIVER MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED STANDOFF WITH KIDS' MOTHER.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A Fall River man was taken into custody Monday after a standoff in which he locked himself and his two small children in a house while armed with a large knife. Fall River Police Chief Brent A. Van Gysel said police were initially sent to a ...
STEPHEN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PLAN EXPERIMENTS FOR SCIENCE NIGHT.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Young scientists at the Glenn Stephens Elementary School are all geared up for the school's seventh annual Science Night, which will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the school gym, 120 S. Rosa Road. The event, sponsored by the Stephens ...
DANE COUNTY ADDING 3 NEW DEPUTIES.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney announced Monday that three newcomers to the force have begun a 23-week training program to become the latest deputies in the department. The three are Kalvin Barrett, 27, of Keller, Texas; Tammy Barth, 36, ...
'ELECTION MATTERS' BLOG: ANTI-ABORTION GROUP BACKS SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE KOSCHNICK PD BACKS TODD PRICE.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: John Nichols CALENDAR: PRIMARY ELECTION: Feb. 17 GENERAL ELECTION: April 7 RIGHT TO LIFE GROUPS BACKS ABRAHAMSON CHALLENGER Conservatives often criticize what they refer to as "judicial activism" on the part of liberal judges. But the ...
BUS FARE INCREASE COULD BE RECONSIDERED -- AGAIN.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Kristin Czubkowski Madison's Transit and Parking Commission may end up reconsidering its reconsideration of a proposed 50-cent bus fare increase at its meeting next week. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz confirmed Monday that he brought up the issue with commission ...
WOMEN DESERVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Dear Editor: I cannot believe that in the year 2009 I still have to write to you to protect the health of women and families. But I feel I must. I am not pro-abortion as the pro-life folks tend to think. I am pro-women. I am pro-family (I have three daughters and a ...
LIGHT SNOW, SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS GREET TUESDAY COMMUTE.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Sub-zero wind chills and bands of snow showers combined for an unpleasant start to Tuesday in south central Wisconsin, but the forecast shows dramatic improvement through the week. Motorists were advised to use caution when driving Tuesday ...
MORE SNOW REMOVAL SET THIS WEEK.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Madison snow removal crews will hit the streets the next three days, clearing snow from streets narrowed by snow piles. Snow removal operations will begin at 9 a.m. each day Tuesday through Thursday and could continue until 2 p.m. each day, ...
DELIVERY VEHICLE STOLEN AS DRIVER ROBBED AT GUNPOINT.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A Jimmy John's delivery driver was robbed Monday night by two men, one armed with a handgun, on the city's east side, police said. The robbery took place at about 7:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Brandie Road, northeast of Commercial Avenue and ...
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON CHANCELLOR NOT SURE IF SHE'LL BACK PROPOSED ABORTION CLINIC.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Todd Finkelmeyer When queried about a proposed clinic which would offer second-trimester abortions, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin said Monday she has received "a lot of phone calls from people on both sides of the issue." ...
FACE OF SPACE TYSON LAMENTS AMERICANS' SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: PJ Slinger Neil deGrasse Tyson is one in a million. He said so himself. "There are six-and-half billion people on this planet, and there are 6,500 astrophysicists, so that makes each of us (astrophysicists) one in a million," Tyson said Monday ...
IN MIDST OF LOSING STREAK, WILSON SITS.(SPORTS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Schultz The last time Rob Wilson got into a game was at Illinois 10 long days ago. The 6-foot-4 freshman guard for the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team played exactly 24 seconds midway through the first half, or just long enough to lose ...
WISCONSIN BADGERS MEN'S BASKETBALL: THE WEEK AHEAD.(SPORTS)(Calendar)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Schultz UP NEXT FOR WISCONSIN (12-9, 3-6 Big Ten Conference): Thursday: No. 23 Illinois (18-4, 6-3), Kohl Center; 8 p.m., ESPN. It's the final game of the series that began with a 64-57 loss to the Illini at Assembly Hall on Jan. 24. That game ...
DIRTY TRICKSTER IS NEW CHAIR OF GOP.(OPINION)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: John Nichols When Michael Steele ran for Maryland's open U.S. Senate in 2006, his backers hired 300 mostly poor African-Americans from Philadelphia -- most if not all of them unemployed, many of them homeless -- fed them doughnuts and then packed the crew onto Trailways ...
NOBODY WINS THE CONFLICT-MONGERS' GAME.(OPINION)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Bill Berry STEVENS POINT -- Watching Gov. Jim Doyle's State of the State speech last week proved the obvious: Democrats and Republicans are on different teams. They set the example for others too. For the most part, Democrats stood and cheered, and Republicans ...
LONGTIME COUNTY CLERK HEBL DIES AT 92.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times Francis R. "Jack" Hebl, who for 16 years served as Dane County clerk, has died at the age of 92. One of the county's best known Democratic politicians, Hebl was county clerk from 1966 to 1982 and before that served two terms on the Dane ...
MAN FINDS STRANGER IN HOUSE, CHASES HIM OUT.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A man returning to his far east side home startled a man standing in his laundry room, with the homeowner giving chase to the prowler before he escaped into the night. The attempted burglary happened about 9:40 p.m. Monday in the 700 block ...
BASEBALL FANTASY CAMP ISN'T JUST A VACATION, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.(SPORTS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Dennis Punzel Matt Varney thought he'd give himself a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he decided to attend the Milwaukee Brewers fantasy camp in 2003. But it's been a gift he felt compelled to keep on giving. This week Varney, a Madison ...
SPARTAN TALES: SURVIVING THE GRIND OF AN NBA SCHEDULE -- AND A 'BLACK EYE' FOR THE PROGRAM.(SPORTS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Steve Collins Editor's Note: Steve Collins, who is in his 11th season as the coach of boys basketball powerhouse Madison Memorial, updates his blog every Tuesday for The Capital Times this season as the Spartans aim for their sixth straight WIAA Division 1 state ...
FALK SMART TO HIRE DAVE MERRITT.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk could not have found a better addition to her staff than Dave Merritt, the veteran environmental, consumer and clean government advocate who will join the county executive's staff Feb. 16. Merritt, a former executive director of the Citizens ...
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR'S LOSS NOT AS BAD AS FORECAST.(BUSINESS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: Jeff Richgels American Superconductor, which has its booming wind power unit based in Middleton, on Tuesday reported a fiscal third quarter loss slightly better than what it forecast last month. The Devens, Mass.-based company reported that for the three ...
ANCHOR GETS $110 MILLION IN TREASURY CASH.(BUSINESS)
Feb 03, 2009; ... Byline: Judy Newman and Marv Balousek Wisconsin State Journal Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin said Monday it issued 110,000 shares of its senior preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury Department in return for $110 million in cash, effective last Friday. Anchor also issued a warrant to ...
CAPITOL WILL BE RADIANT IN RED FOR AMERICAN HEART MONTH.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times The State Capitol will be awash in red on Thursday, and not because of a red-ink state budget. February is American Heart Month, so the Capitol will be the site for free health screenings, speeches and heart-healthy tips starting at noon on ...
UW TEAM FINDS KEY TO PARKINSON'S PREVENTION.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has unlocked clues on how to possibly prevent Parkinson's disease -- by boosting a gene that prevents a toxic chemical from destroying neurons in a region of the brain that regulates movement. ...
MADISON FIRM'S SKIN SUBSTITUTE FIGHTS INFECTION.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Capital Times A Madison firm has developed a bacteria-fighting skin substitute that should help prevent infection from burns and other severe skin injuries. Stratatech Corp. announced the innovation Tuesday in an article published online by the journal ...