The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) back issues from October 2008:
OBITUARIES.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Voigt, A ST. CHARLES, ILL. - Alphilda 'Al' Voigt, age 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Community in St. Charles, Ill. She was born on April 28, 1919, in Bergen, Norway, the oldest daughter of Chris and Ragna Brostrom ....
STEM CELLS NOT AN ISSUE IN RACE BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SUPPORT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH - A WELCOME CHANGE.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Gov. Jim Doyle made a bold and reassuring statement in front of stem cell scientists from around the world last week in Madison. Doyle declared the political fight on stem cell research over in Wisconsin. "The political battle never slowed down stem cell research in ...
BACKFIELD BRINGS THE PRESSURE OHIO STATE'S CHRIS WELLS AND TERRELLE PRYOR "SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS" OUT OF OPPOSING DEFENSES.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: TOM MULHERN tmulhern@madison.com 608-252-6169 Where to start? That's the dilemma facing the University of Wisconsin this week in trying to defend freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor and junior running back Chris "Beanie" Wells of No. 14 Ohio State. ...
JENKINS FINISHED FOR YEAR THE DEFENSIVE END'S PROMISING SEASON ENDS AFTER LEARNING HE HAS A TORN PECTORAL MUSCLE.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JASON WILDE jwilde@madison.com 608-252-6176 GREEN BAY -- On Friday, Cullen Jenkins sat at a table in the Green Bay Packers' locker room, playing cards - Spades - with wide receivers Greg Jennings and Ruvell Martin and defensive tackle Johnny Jolly. He was ...
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Vic Feuerherd 1 CC, AND THEN WHAT? Manager Dale Sveum won't commit to Dave Bush , above, or Jeff Suppan as his Game 3 starter. "I'm not one to make a commitment on anyone because I don't know what's going to happen," he said. Bush would appear to be the ...
DAILY RECORD.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BIRTHS St. Mary's Hospital Sept. 2 8, 2008 HACHANI, Djaouida & Hakim, daughter. MOORE, Heidi & Kevin, daughter. SPINK, Heather & JORENBY, Steven C. Jr., daughter. STROEGER, Stacy & Aaron, daughter. Sept. 2 9, ...
OFFENSE PLACED ON RED ALERT UW HAS 13 TDS ON 21 TRIPS INSIDE TH 20.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: TOM MULHERN tmulhern@madison.com 608-252-6169 It was as if University of Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst saw it coming. For the last couple of weeks, Chryst sounded the alarm about the offense's missed opportunities, its inability to finish drives ...
LET GAMES BEGIN GALLARDO GETS BALL IN BREWERS' FIRST PLAYOFF GAME SINCE 1982.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: VIC FEUERHERD vfeuerherd@madison.com 608-252-6175 PHILADELPHIA -- Now the easy part begins. Or so says Dale Sveum. "After what we went through the last seven days," the Milwaukee Brewers manager said Tuesday, "this is pretty much a cakewalk." ...
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TO CUT 600 JOBS.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Rockwell Automation will cut 600 jobs worldwide, or 3 percent of its global work force, a move the Milwaukee company expects will save $75 million in fiscal 2009. The provider of industrial automation equipment said Tuesday the cuts will affect sales and administrative jobs. ...
ECONOMY WATCH: A DAILY DATA UPDATE ON KEY ECONOMIC REPORTS.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CONSUMER CONFIDENCE: The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index is now at 59.8. That's up slightly from a revised 58.5 in August and higher than analysts expected. But it's still about half what it was a year ago and near the lowest since the index registered ...
CALIFORNIA COMPANY BUYS CONTROL OF SOLRAYO.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Marv Balousek A California company has acquired a controlling interest in Madison-based SolRayo, which develops ultracapacitor technology to improve the storage, delivery and use of energy. Enable IPC Corp. of Valencia, Calif., which specializes in turning ...
BREWERS FLASH FORWARD, WITH 26 YEARS OF PERSPECTIVE.(FRONT)(ANDY BAGGOT)(Column)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Andy Baggot To understand how much has changed in the world of Major League Baseball since the Brewers last appeared in the playoffs, just grab your BlackBerry and start launching Google searches. Or keep reading. When Milwaukee won the American League East ...
GOODMAN'S SONG NOT JUST FOR CUBS FANS.(FRONT)(DOUG MOE)(Column)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Doug Moe There is a pretty good song to be written about Ted Wulfers getting uninvited to sing at Miller Park on Sunday, but unfortunately Steve Goodman is no longer around to write it. It was a Goodman song that got Wulfers in trouble in Milwaukee in the ...
NEW PLAN FOR RESCUE MEANTIME, HOW SHOULD YOU INVEST IN VOLATILE MARKETS?(FRONT)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: State Journal wire services Senate leaders hoped they breathed new life into the $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector Tuesday after they amended the bill to include tax cuts meant to appeal to Republicans in the House. That chamber voted down the original ...
FROM CATALOG MAGNATE TO LION-ATTACK SURVIVOR, A LIFE OF ADVENTURE LEO ROETHE, WHO DIED AT 93, WAS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A SECRET GOVERNMENT PROBE.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: GEORGE HESSELBERG ghesselberg@madison 608-252-6140 Leo Roethe, an honored conservationist who shot, stuffed and was mauled by lions on safari, was a fabulously successful Fort Atkinson businessman who went to jail for filing false loan applications, and was a newspaper ...
7 MEN TICKETED IN ALLIED DRIVE PROSTITUTION STING.(LOCAL)(POLICE REPORT)(Column)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Madison police ticketed seven men aged 18 to 35 during a prostitution sting Thursday night in the Allied Drive area. Members of the West District Community Policing Team ran the sting using undercover female officers posing as prostitutes, according to a police news release ...
WHY THE CONCERN OVER SALE OF WATER?(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2008 ... In Wednesday's editorial on the Great Lakes Compact, you fear "shipping hundreds of millions of gallons to Asia." It would actually be "selling" that fresh water, but who cares about the money? In the quiz accompanying the front-page article about the compact, the answer to ...
CRANBERRY DOMINATION STATE SEEKS WAYS TO STAY TOP PRODUCER.(BUSINESS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press WARRENS -- Until this fall, workers at Nodji Van Wychen's cranberry farm sorted fruit with the wooden Bailey mills used by her grandfather. Firm berries bounced through the mills' seven wooden slats before 15 workers scrutinized ...
LEGALIZING, TAXING POT URGED TO RAISE CASH.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRIS RICKERT crickert@madison.com 608-252-6198 President Bush and the two leading presidential contenders were urging lawmakers to take one for the good of the country Tuesday and pass a highly unpopular Wall Street bailout package. Some drug-reform ...
JENKINS HOPES FOR SPOT THE FORMER BREWER HAS FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR WITH THE PHILLIES, BUT COULD MAKE THE PLAYOFF ROSTER.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: VIC FEUERHERD vfeuerherd@madison.com 608-252-6175 PHILADELPHIA -- It doesn't come as a surprise that the media's go-to man on the Philadelphia Phillies about Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo was a guy who used to play behind him: Geoff Jenkins. The 10-year ...
INJURED SHEETS LEFT OFF ROSTER NELSON GETS SURPRISING NOD.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: VIC FEUERHERD vfeuerherd@madison.com 608-252-6175 PHILADELPHIA -- It was easy to find the happiest Brewer in the clubhouse Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park. It was just as easy to tell who wasn't so happy, too. The happiest, by far, was Brad Nelson, a first ...
FEEL-GOOD WIN FOR WARRIORS.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: TOM ZIEMER tziemer@madison.com 608-252-6174 WAUNAKEE -- The start to the prep boys soccer season didn't go at all how Jeff Tagarelli and his Waunakee teammates envisioned it. Key injuries - four starters, including Tagarelli, missed time - led to a 3-5 mark in ...
Q&A: THE GOVERNMENT'S TOOL KIT BAILOUT ALTERNATIVES TO STEM CRISIS.(FRONT)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- After the House voted down the Bush administration's $700 billion financial rescue plan Monday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he will "use all the tools available" to address the crisis. Congress ...
CITY SETTLES CLAIM FOR $80,000.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: MATTHEW DeFOUR mdefour@madison.com 608-252-6144 A former Madison Streets Division employee who accused her supervisor of sexual harassment has settled her gender discrimination claim against the city for $80,000. Sun Prairie resident Michelle Heimann filed a ...
BUSINESSES HAVE TROUBLE BORROWING.(FRONT)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: MADLEN READ Associated Press NEW YORK -- Stocks rebounded and a new bailout package could be coming soon, but the credit markets - where day-to-day borrowing occurs - are still stuck. Even relatively healthy businesses are being left out in the cold. Randall ...
DISPLAY OF CUPS, BALLS REMOVED UW OFFICIALS HAD TOLD WALGREENS THE ARRAY PROMOTED BEER PONG, A DRINKING GAME.(FRONT)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANDY HALL ahall@madison.com 608-252-6136 Walgreens' pingpong balls and plastic cups are back in their regular places - no longer displayed together in a manner that UW-Madison officials said promoted binge drinking. And peace has returned to the relationship ...
NO, IT'S NOT BREWERS' TIME TO WIN.(SPORTS)(TOM OATES)(Column)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tom Oates After surveying his handiwork - the joyous celebration that accompanied Milwaukee's first trip to baseball's postseason since 1982 - hired-gun-turned-franchise-savior CC Sabathia had one thing to say about the Brewers' chances in the playoffs. "It's ...
SKUNK GREASE WAS USED FOR RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.(LOCAL)(ODD WISCONSIN)(Column)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Among the oddities going on display Friday at the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison is a yellowing bottle of skunk grease concocted by New Glarus farmer Hank Blumer. He made it for an ailing neighbor to spread on his chest, much as we use Vicks VapoRub today. Until modern ...
MAN ACCUSED OF FONDLING GIRLS.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Treleven A 79-year-old man was charged Tuesday with fondling two girls and attempting to fondle another Saturday in their South Side apartments. Vang T. Thao, of Madison, was charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 and one count of ...
FORMER OAKHILL GUARD CHARGED WOMAN ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH INMATE.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: ED TRELEVEN etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134 A former guard at Oakhill Correctional Institution has been charged with having sex with an inmate, in what would be the third case of its kind at the facility since 2004. Julie S. Alt, 51, of Madison, a former ...
SURGERY AFTER POLICE CHASE A PORTAGE MAN JUMPED OFF A PARKING RAMP - A 15- TO 18-FOOT FALL - AND LANDED ON HIS FACE .(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: SHANNON GREEN Portage Daily Register A Portage man must undergo facial reconstruction surgery after he attempted a 15-foot leap off a Portage parking garage while on the run from police Tuesday. Phillip J. Sanders, 23, was taken to UW Hospital early Tuesday ...
CANDIDATES TARGET WESTERN COUNTIES.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: SCOTT BAUER Associated Press To win Wisconsin, John McCain and Barack Obama know they have to do well with independent-minded voters in eight counties that border Minnesota along the Mississippi River. While voters in the area have supported Democrats at the ...
WEARING OBAMA GEAR TO POLLS OK.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press The Wisconsin Democratic Party is trying to debunk a chain e-mail that warns voters who wear Barack Obama buttons, hats or shirts to the polls will not be allowed to vote. Democratic Party spokesman Alec Loftus said Tuesday that party ...
MOTORISTS WARNED OF CAR-DEER COLLISIONS.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press The chances of meeting a deer on the road in Wisconsin are highest in October and November. Law enforcement officials say about 18,000 motorists hit a deer last year in Wisconsin. And the majority of those accidents happened in October and ...
OPEN RECORDS GROUP MARKS ANNIVERSARY.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A state group that fights for open government celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. The public celebration for the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council will feature a talk by Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. It also will feature a ...
SENATE WILL VOTE ON REVISED BAILOUT BILL TAX CUTS WERE ADDED TO APPEAL TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS.(FRONT)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHARLES BABINGTON and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In a bold bid to revive President Bush's multibillion-dollar financial rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote for tonight on a version of the bill that adds substantial tax cuts meant to appeal to ...
PROPOSED POWER PLANT BACKED, OPPOSED TWO HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED ALLIANT ENERGY PLANT AT CASSVILLE OFFER DIFFERING VIEWS.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: LYN JERDE Portage Daily Register Two hearings in Portage on Tuesday over a proposed Alliant Energy coal-fired electric power plant brought forth vastly divergent perspectives on the issue. In the first hearing, most of those who testified said the plant, if ...
MEN'S GOLF TAKES SECOND AT PEBBLE BEACH.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... UW SPORTS The University of Wisconsin men's golf team fired a 1-under-par, final-round 283 Tuesday to capture second place at the St. Mary's Invitational at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif. Junior Jordan Elsen had the best finish of his career, ...
UW OFFICIALS WILL UNVEIL PARTNERSHIP.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MADISON -- UW-Madison officials will announce what they are calling a "major new private partnership" today in a broader fundraising initiative to improve an area of campus and retain top faculty and students. Spokesman Brian Mattmiller wouldn't offer specifics about the ...
ARMED MAN FORCES DOOR OPEN.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MADISON -- Police went to a gun call Tuesday morning at a residence in the 1800 block of Browning Road. At 10:53 a.m., the victims, a male and female both in their 20s, told police an intruder with a handgun forced open a door. The intruder was described as a black ...
OPRAH WINFREY'S MOTHER CONTESTS DEBT.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE -- Oprah Winfrey's mother said she shouldn't have to pay a nearly $156,000 debt to a high-end fashion store because store officials shouldn't have extended credit to her. Valentina Inc. alleges that Vernita Lee, of Milwaukee, racked up $155,547 in purchases and ...
GROUPS SEEK SHELTER FOR ANIMALS.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TOWN OF LIMA -- Animal rescue groups are working to find shelter for more than 80 endangered horses, goats and llamas that need to be removed from a Rock County farm. Nearly 30 pygmy goats have been turned over to foster care. Spirit Horse Equine Rescue took 10 horses ...
ACCUSED KILLER WILL GET MENTAL EXAM.(LOCAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... APPLETON -- A Grand Chute man accused of fatally stabbing his roommate has been ordered into a mental health facility for a competency exam. Gerardo Galvan-Gomez has entered an insanity plea in the November 2006 death of Hilario Nava-Samoza. Authorities say he ...
MANDARICH ADMISSION.(SPORTS)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Tony Mandarich admits for the first time that he was addicted to alcohol and painkillers the entire time he played for the Green Bay Packers from 1989 to 1991. He also acknowledges using ...
FINDING THE RIGHT FIT QTI HEAD HELPS COMPANIES FIND QUALIFIED HELP.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Nick Heynen Interviewed by Nick Heynen Q: How does your company make money in the employment business? How does the industry work? A: The answer to that question is different depending on the type of business you're talking about. We work in four ...
AIRPORTS NOW APPEALING TO SENSES TO EASE TENSION SPAS, MUSIC AND ART AWAIT AIR TRAVELERS.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Betty W. Stark The Department of Homeland Security announced recently that it is testing a new concept at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, one that will "calm the airport checkpoint environment" and, while they are at it, enhance security. ...
'THE MINDFUL LEADER' EXPLORES SERENITY, BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: DANA ZURBUCHEN A longtime student of Buddhist meditation, an authorized teacher and former executive with companies such as Paine Webber and Walt Disney Co., Michael Carroll has managed to bring the serenity and peacefulness of Buddhist principles to leaders through the ...
SONIC FOUNDRY AND ITS WORKERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MS FIGHT 150-MILE BIKE RIDE IS BIG RUNDRAISER.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: James Edward Mills An enthusiastic crowd cheered as Steve Jansen and Brian Raemisch cruised across the finish line in matching jerseys. The men bumped fists in triumph as they slowed their bikes to a stop. A grinning teammate, dressed in the same uniform of ...
TECH DIGEST.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Hologic cuts about 15 jobs at Third Wave Three top executives of Third Wave Technologies and about a dozen other employees lost their jobs in August, just days after Hologic, of Bedford, Mass., bought the Madison biotechnology company for $580 million. Chief ...
THERE'S STILL TIME LEFT TO MEET YEAR'S GOALS OVERCOME THE POOR ECONOMY.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BUD GAYHART We have arrived at the fourth quarter of the year, a time when we begin, as business people, to make the final push toward the end of the year finish line. This has been a challenging year for many businesses. We started the year off with the home ...
CORE COMPETENCIES KEY TO DEVELOPING PROFITABLE PRODUCTS.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: KAY PLANTES How do you explain this? Apple, a company whose brand image is innovation, invests relatively little in research and development, yet reliably achieves new product victories, most recently its iPhone. Apple spends only 3.7 percent of its revenue ...
ELECTION BATTLES SHAPE UP FOR CONTROL OF ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE A CLEAR PATH FOR THEIR AGENDA REPUBLICANS COULD CONTINUE THEIR GOAL-KEEPING ROLE.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JR Ross Two years ago, a tide swept across the state Assembly that carried Democrats to the verge of taking back control of the chamber for the first time since losing it in the 1994 elections. The question is whether they can catch another wave this fall that ...
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS - A 401(K) FOR YOUR HEALTH.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRENT A. LINDELL One sticking point for small business owners has always been health insurance. As the cost of premiums rise, entrepreneurs are presented with a couple of common problems: It forces some to go without adequate insurance and makes retaining ...
PERFECT CONNECTING THE DOTS TO IMPROVE YOUR SALES.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JACQUI SAKOWSKI As children my siblings and I often made pictures by "connecting the dots" in preprinted picture books. Some of my siblings could never tell what the picture was until the last dot was connected to the first. My twin sister and I could usually ...
1 IN 10 RESIDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... More than one of every 10 Wisconsin residents lives in poverty, according to a report by the Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty. In 2007, 588,287 people lived below the poverty line, or 10.8 percent of the population, the Chicago nonprofit organization says, ...
STRATEGIC PLAN PLOTS COURSE TO FIRM'S GOAL.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: IAIN MACFARLANE Strategic planning is the most important function of a CEO or business owner. It identifies where a company wants to be in the future and what actions it is going to take to get there. If the company has a board of directors, a ...
RISING GAS PRICES BOOST ONLINE SHOPPING.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JONNY BUROKER Is your company prepared for the latest e-commerce trend? The quick rise in gas prices has reduced the number of casual trips that shoppers are taking. Consumers are doing their window shopping online now more than ever. With many ...
FALK SEEKS $10 MILLION BUDGET HIKE WOULD BOOST TAX ON AVERAGE HOUSE BY $2.13.(LOCAL)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: MATTHEW DeFOUR mdefour@madison.com 608-252-6144 ***** CORRECTION: A story on Page 3 of Thursday's Front section incorrectly stated there have been two cases in which a child was killed after Dane County allowed a parent to have custody. In one of those cases, ...
RIFLE HUNT TOO DANGEROUS.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: Howard Olson, Cambridge For at least 50 years, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has not allowed the use of high-powered rifles to hunt deer in the state's southern counties. In open, flat, agricultural areas, high-powered rifle slugs, which travel over 10 ...
BIDEN BLOWIN' IN WIND OF WOMEN'S HISTORY.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JAMIE STIEHM Oh Joe, don't blow it this time. Remarkably, history has put Sen. Joseph Biden right in the ring with two of the most galvanizing women of our time. Professor Anita Hill is still seared on our national psyche, and now so is Gov. Sarah Palin. ...
PASS RESCUE TO STOP MELTDOWN WISCONSIN'S HOUSE DELEGATION SHOULD VOTE "YES" ON THE ECONOMIC RESCUE PLAN.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Americans may be outraged about Washington's plan to put $700 billion in taxpayers' money at risk to rescue the financial industry. But they'll be a lot more outraged if Congress fails to adopt it. Failure to pass a rescue plan would put more than $700 billion at ...
OBITUARIES.(LOCAL)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Voigt, A ST. CHARLES, ILL. - Alphilda 'Al' Voigt, age 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Community in St. Charles, Ill. She was born on April 28, 1919, in Bergen, Norway, the oldest daughter of Chris and Ragna Brostrom ....
WATERSHED EVENT A BOUT WITH CANCER CHANGED MADISON MEMORIAL SWIMMER JULIETTE WALKER'S LIFE.(SPORTS)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: BRYAN WATSON bwatson@madison.com 608-252-6170 A year ago, life couldn't have been better for Juliette Walker. Seeded 22nd in the 100-yard breaststroke at the WIAA Division 1 state swimming and diving meet, the then-Madison Memorial junior swam the race of ...
COMEBACK ROUTE AFTER A YEAR OFF, EAST'S MARQUIS MASON STARS ON GRIDIRON.(SPORTS)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: TOM ZIEMER tziemer@madison.com 608-252-6174 Marquis Mason's raw athleticism caught their eyes. The way he ran and jumped, the explosiveness that showed up in anything he did - it all screamed the kid could play high-level college football. The only ...
DROPPING THE BALL UW'S YOUNG RECEIVERS WILL TRY TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST A TOUGH OHIO STATE PASS DEFENSE.(SPORTS)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: TOM MULHERN tmulhern@madison.com 608-252-6169 It was always going to be a group effort. Lacking a marquee player and leaning on too many sophomores, the University of Wisconsin receivers were going to compensate by counting on everyone this season. ...