The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) back issues from March 2009:
CHECK THIS OUT.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Jones http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4438098/11897249 In a role reversal that makes every parent silently pump their fist in triumphant revenge, ...
'TEXTILE' MESSAGING EXHIBIT SHOWS HOW LATE 19TH-CENTURY WOMEN EXPRESSED THEIR FUN, IMAGINATIVE SIDES BY STITCHING THEIR 'CRAZY QUILTS'.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: GAYLE WORLAND gworland@madison.com 608-252-6188 It was the age of Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and Dorothy in the land of Oz. Theatrical "fairy spectacles," with special effects to evoke moonlight, were a huge hit. Even newspaper reporters would gush over artworks and ...
BACKSTAGE.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Name: Michael C. Fairchild VII Talent: Word juggler, bonfire spitter, inebriate hypnotist and I play guitar. My influences are: Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Bill Bonebrake, Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller The oddest thing to occur at a show was: I was doing a ...
CRANDALL'S FINDS NEW HOME FOR DINING ROOM.(A&E)(DINER'S SCORECARD)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: CHRIS MARTELL cmartell@madison.com 608-252-6179 MCFARLAND -- To say that Crandall's fish fries have been around the block is among the great understatements of local restaurant history. It's moved around like a Monopoly board token since it was opened in 1946 ...
TIME FOR CHANGE FREQUENT TEMPERATURE SWINGS MEANS IT'S TRANSITION TIME BETWEEN WINTER SPORTS AND SPRING ACITIVITIES.(ADVENTURE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: KEN SINGLETARY ksingletary@madison.com 608-252-6159 If you listen closely, you can hear a few intrepid birds singing outside. Daylight is lengthening, and if you look at your calendar, you'll see that spring is only three weeks away. But don't be fooled ....
GO SEE DO.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Go Men Who Cook The 15th annual Men Who Cook Scholarship Fundraiser will feature a cook-off competition featuring prominent men in the community. 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Fitchburg Community Center, 5510 Lacy Road. Call 845-2579 or 233-2103 for tickets or ...
FESTIVALE BREWS UP FUN, FUNDS ENJOY FOOD, DRINK, MUSIC WHILE RAISING MONEY FOR ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: MIKE JONES For the State Journal March is upon us and that could mean one of two things: the dawn of spring, complete with returning birds singing their love songs, new flowers ready to emerge from their buds and a breath of warming thawing the ice in time for baseball ...
CABINET CONFIDENTIAL IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S LURKING IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET, PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR A CLEAN SWEEP.(LIFESTYLE)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Sharyn Alden for the State Journal There are things we clean every day. Others maybe once a week. And others - hang on, closet, I'm coming! - a little less regularly. And then, there's the medicine cabinet. It's a homeowner's last bastion of ...
START PLANNING NOW FOR BREAK GUIDE HELPS PARENTS, STUDENTS PLAN SUMMER ACTIVITIES.(LIFESTYLE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: SANDRA KALLIO skallio@madison.com 608-252-6181 Two boys plus a mom whose work day starts at 5:30 a.m. weekdays means full day summer camp isn't enough for the family of Stephanie Hinson. The Madison mom, however, has a formula for summer success. Last year, ...
PARENTING Q&A.(LIFESTYLE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Q My son starts high school in the fall and I worry that we will lose our connection to him as friends become more important. What can we do? A Dane County young people about to enter high school or in their first year actually report wanting to spend more time with their ...
SUPPER CLUB FARE EVOLVES AS TASTES CHANGE.(LIFESTYLE)(COOK'S EXCHANGE)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Catherine Murray The list will make your mouth water: Ace of Clubs: Amato's, Cuba Club. Crandall's. Hoffman House. Kavanaugh's Esquire, Kehl's Casino. Leske's, Nob Hill. Rohde's and Wing's Inn. I was 13 going on 21 and these and other Madison supper clubs ...
WHAT'S NEW.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jeanne Kolker FICTION The Believers by Zoe Heller (HarperCollins, $26) Few authors possess the gift for social observation that Zoe Heller has cultivated. She peppers her prose with such descriptions as this one, from the first few ...
"OLE EVINRUDE AND HIS OUTBOARD MOTOR".(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Bob Jacobson (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $13) Wisconsin entrepreneur Ole Evinrude will inspire children in the latest addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers, where the story of Ole's invention, from drawing board to factory floor, is told in a ...
LISTEN UP.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Compiled by Abby Juzwik The Fray, "Syndicate" Halfway around the world Lies the one thing that you want Buried in the ground, hundreds of miles down First thing that arises in your mind while you awake Bending you til you break Let me hold you now Baby close ...
SOME PUZZLES ARE BETTER LEFT UNDONE.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: AARON R. CONKLIN For the State Journal Space has been referred to on more than one occasion as the final frontier. It had better be for the Bejeweled-style match-3 game genre, which has been twisted into just about every possible permutation short of a first-person ...
MILWAUKEE ZOO DAYTRIPPERS.(ADVENTURE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Don't wait for the busy summer season to visit the Milwaukee County Zoo's lions and tigers and bears (all together now: "oh, my!") Head over this Saturday, when all guests get in free. It's the third of four Family Free Days during the 2009 winter and early spring season; the ...
WHERE'S JESSICA?(ADVENTURE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The Where in Wisconsin Is Jessica Doyle? contest highlights cities and towns visited by Wisconsin's first lady. This week's clues: * Clue 1: This week's mystery city is home to Holt and Balcom Camp, the oldest logging camp in the United States that's still on its original site. ...
IN THE CLUB A BOOK GROUP'S PICK.(A&E)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jeanne Kolker Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (Simon&Schuster, 2008) Ginny Steen of Wisconsin Rapids writes of one book club in which she participates, the "Salem Circle," which meets monthly at a local church. The group last discussed the novel "Nineteen ...
PACK A TRAVEL MEDICINE KIT.(LIFESTYLE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sharyn Alden Regardless of whether you're traveling to Antarctica, Zimbabwe or anywhere in between, you should take along a portable medicine cabinet. Just think how frustrated you'd be if you lost a bottle of prescription meds and you didn't have a ...
OBITUARIES.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Thomson, John W. MOUNT HOREB - John Walter Thomson, age 95, died peacefully Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at his rural Mount Horeb home. Born July 9, 1913, in Cockenzie Scotland, he was the son of Elizabeth (Gillis) and John W. Thomson. John, as he was known familiarly by his ...
BONUS OR BOGUS? UW'S POLICY OF REWARDING COACHES FOR PERFORMANCE IS A CAUSE OF DEBATE.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: TOM MULHERN tmulhern@madison.com 608-252-6169 The University of Wisconsin football team's 2008 season fell far short of expectations, by almost any standard. The Badgers were ranked as high as eighth in both major polls after starting 3-0 and had aspirations ...
TIME TO MAKE A POINT UW'S TREVON HUGHES UNDERSTANDS THAT HE NEEDS TO MANAGE HIS TEAM BETTER TODAY.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: TOM ZIEMER tziemer@madison.com 608-252-6174 If you wanted to play the blame game after the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team's 61-50 loss at Michigan State last Sunday, Trevon Hughes wouldn't have drawn the bulk of your ire. The Badgers' inability ...
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR UW COACHES.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... TEAM SPORTS Head and assistant coaches of the listed team sports are eligible to receive awards according to the following schedules. Percentages are based on coaches' contracted base salary figures. Hockey, soccer, softball: Conference champion 5 percent; NCAA ...
WIAA STATE WRESTLING RESULTS.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONSHIP 103 POUNDS - Ellison, Fond du Lac (34-3), def. Bohm (39-7) Shawano, 14-6 112 - Boernke, Marshfield (44-1), def. Furseth (45-2) Janesville Craig, 10-3. 119 - McQuade, Appleton West (47-1), def. Enderby (43-6) Pulaski, 5-4. ...
BADGERS STUCK IN SECOND THE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM WILL NEED TO RALLY TO WIN ITS NINTH STRAIGHT BIG TEN TITLE.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: State Journal staff Juniors Rayme Mackinson and Victor Dupuy swept the top two spots in the long jump Saturday to put the University of Wisconsin men's track and field team in second place after Day 1 of the Big Ten Conference Indoor Championships in State College, Pa. ...
PIONEERS FALL IN TITLE BOUT MISSED SHOTS IN THE FINAL MINUTE HELP STEVENS POINT WIN THE WIAC TOURNAMENT.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: BRYAN WATSON bwatson@madison.com 608-252-6170 STEVENS POINT -- Frustration had long since set in by the time Curt Hanson slammed the Quandt Fieldhouse floor with both hands Saturday. This was pure rage. So it was evident that after missing yet ...
UW POWERS INTO SEMIS POWER-PLAY GOALS, SURGE NET SWEEP.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: BRANDON STORLIE The Capital Times bstorlie@madison.com VERONA -- Special teams were the name of the game Saturday night at Eagle's Nest Ice Arena as the second-ranked University of Wisconsin women's hockey team dismissed Ohio State 4-1 to advance to the semifinals of the ...
BADGERS MISS CHANCE TO GAIN UW SURRENDERS YET ANOTHER THIRD-PERIOD LEAD EN ROUTE TO A TIE WITH THE MAVERICKS.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANDY BAGGOT abaggot@madison.com 608-252-6175 MANKATO, MINN. -- The last time the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team had its spirit trampled by a loss, it responded with a spacey, uninspired performance that led to another setback. So how would the ...
MCCORMICK LEADS OLYMPIAN EFFORT THE MADISON NATIVE'S FINAL ROLL SENDS HER CURLING RINK INTO THE 2010 VANCOUVER GAMES.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAT GRAHAM Associated Press BROOMFIELD, COLO. -- Debbie McCormick was rock solid on her last roll. And because of it, her team is sliding on to the 2010 Vancouver Games, securing their bid by beating Patti Lank's squad 8-5 in the finals of the U.S. Olympic ...
YAGER ADDS TO TWO LEGACIES WINS POINTERS' 45TH STATE TITLE, FAMILY'S THIRD.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: CASSIE PAULSEN cpaulsen@madison.com 608-252-6170 Cord Yager added to two history books Saturday night. By winning the Division 3 152-pound state title with a 1-0 decision over Glenwood City's Garrett Bonte at the Kohl Center, the Mineral Point senior became ...
OLSON, SPARTANS TOO TOUGH MADISON MEMORIAL GETS PAST WATERTOWN FOR ITS FIRST REGIONAL TITLE IN FIVE YEARS.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: CLINT ROBUS crobus@madison.com 608-252-6170 WATERTOWN -- If the cut on her lower lip was any indication of the physicality Taryn Olson brought to Saturday night's WIAA Division 1 regional final against Watertown, the Madison Memorial junior forward gave as good as she ...
MONROE DENIES SPARTANS LATE INSIDE BASKETS HELP THE CHEESEMAKERS FEND OFF MCFARLAND.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: ROB HERNANDEZ rhernandez@madison.com 608-252-6173 VERONA -- Kyleigh Sellnow has a big admirer in girls basketball teammate Jamie Armstrong, who - at 6-foot-2 - was also a big target for Sellnow at a key point in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon. Sellnow ...
ALL-AROUND GOOD FEELING HAYLEY SCHULER'S ALL-AROUND TITLE LIFTS SOUTHWESTERN-CUBA CITY TO A STATE BERTH.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: TIM COURT tcourt@madison.com 608-252-6170 PLATTEVILLE -- Two days before the WIAA Division 2 Platteville gymnastics sectional, Hayley Schuler didn't know if she'd be able to compete. When she finished Saturday afternoon, she had no idea she had won the ...
BLACK HAWK DROPS PEC AGAIN.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: LUKE BRIGGS lbriggs@madison.com 608-252-6170 DARLINGTON -- Even after knocking off Eastern Six Rivers Conference rival Pecatonica in the WIAA playoffs for the third consecutive year, Black Hawk girls basketball coach Mike Flanagan isn't satisfied. While a ...
EHLEN, CAMBRIDGE FLY HIGH SENIOR SCORES 20 POINTS TO OUST DEERFIELD.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: BENJAMIN WORGULL bworgull@madison.com 608-252-6170 OCONOMOWOC -- They say too much of one thing isn't necessarily a good thing. The Cambridge prep girls basketball team puts no stock in that phrase, not when they have a player such as Katie Ehlen. ...
KOLB GIVES EDGE THE SENIOR'S 31 POINTS SPARK MADISON EDGEWOOD PAST TOP-RANKED COLUMBUS.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: TOM KAHL Beaver Dam Daily Citizen WATERTOWN -- Running on fumes, Kenzie Kolb wasn't about to let Madison Edgewood's chance to take down top-ranked Columbus get away Saturday afternoon. "We've been looking forward to playing Columbus all year," Kolb said ....
EAGLES TIP WAUNAKEE ASHLEY WIPPERFURTH HELPS SAUK PRAIRIE CLAIM A REGIONAL TITLE.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAN LARSON Sauk Prairie Eagle PRAIRIE DU SAC -- Ashley Wipperfurth entered the locker room holding a WIAA Division 1 girls basketball regional championship plaque Saturday night, and she emerged from it moments later with it still cradled in her arms. The ...
LEAGUE OF HIS OWN BRUMMEL BECOMES MIDDLETON'S FIRST STATE CHAMPION.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: ROB HERNANDEZ rhernandez@madison.com 608-252-6173 If Ben Brummel has wrestled his final competitive match - and, should things go well over the next couple days during a scholarship interview at the University of South Carolina for the future bio-medical engineer, that's ...
WINNING PEDIGREE LODI BROTHERS KEEGAN AND LOBAN EINERSON EARN TITLES.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: MIKE KAEBISCH mkaebisch@madison.com 608-252-6170 Keegan Einerson found a way to take a not-so-subtle jab at his older brother Logan earlier this year. While discussing the possibility of the duo, along with Keegan's twin brother, Kasey, winning WIAA Division 2 ...
DID POLICE FRAME CONVICTED MAN? KENNETH HUDSON AND HIS ATTORNEY ARE ASKING FOR A NEW TRIAL.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: DEE J. HALL dhall@madison.com 608-252-6132 It's a story that stretches the bounds of credulity: Police arrest a man, pour blood on him and plant a blood-smeared knife in his truck to frame him for a murder he didn't commit. Prosecutors and police then ...
ON WITH THE SHOW WITH COMPANIES TIGHTENING THEIR BUDGET BELTS, MADISON NATIVE GETS CREATIVE IN SELLING HIS GAME SHOW PRODUCTIONS.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: BARRY ADAMS badams@madison.com 608-252-6148 Matthew King's game-show business was born in a classroom in Edgerton and over the last 13 years has taken him around the country. But the recession is forcing the Madison-born entrepreneur, who now calls Baraboo ...
SNOW ON CITY'S SIDEWALKS NO EXCUSE.(LOCAL)(SOS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: CHRIS RICKERT It's ingrained into the psyche that when accused of mistakes or petty sins, we are as likely to point the finger as to say "whoops, my bad." Call it defensiveness or rationalization if you must, but there are times when the urge to share the ...
HOSPICE CARE FOR THE INCARCERATED DYING INMATES RECEIVE 'COMFORT CARE' IN PRISON PROGRAM.(FRONT)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: KAREN RIVEDAL krivedal@madison.com * 608-252-6106 WAUPUN -- At 51, he looks two decades older. His thin body is swallowed up by the afghan that covers his bed. The blanket's vibrant colors, and the powder-blue paint on the walls, make his gaunt face look even ...
SOCIAL STUDIES EN ESPANOL UNDER REVIEW SOME WAUNAKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARENTS WORRY THAT COURSEWORK IN SPANISH IS SHORTCHANGING STUDENTS.(FRONT)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: GENA KITTNER gkittner@madison.com 608-252-6139 WAUNAKEE -- Heather Lawnicki - Se n ora Lawnicki to her students - sweeps into her fourth-grade classroom at Heritage Elementary and immediately leads students in singing "Buenas tardes," a popular Spanish tune that gets the ...
FIVE QUESTIONS CHRIS BOERBOOM.(LOCAL)(FIVE QUESTIONS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: MELANIE CONKLIN mconklin@madison.com 608-252-6187 Chris Boerboom, 47, is a weed scientist. In his role as one of three weed scientists with UW-Extension, he recently was chosen by the Weed Science Society of America as winner of the Outstanding Extension Award for his ...
THIRD-GENERATION OWNER LIKES FORD'S PLAN FOR GROWTH HUDSON BEGAN HIS CAREER BY CLEANING BATHROOMS, SCRUBBING FLOORS.(BUSINESS)(EXECUTIVE Q&A)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: MARV BALOUSEK mbalousek@madison.com 608-252-6135 Bob Hudson, president and owner of Middleton Ford, is a third-generation auto dealer. The dealership was founded in 1947 by his grandfather, William G. Hudson, then operated by his father, Robert. ...
KNOW YOUR MADISONIAN: JIM ESSER.(LOCAL)(KNOW YOUR MADISONIAN)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Name: Jim Esser Hometown: Born and raised in Madison. I have lived here my entire life except for a year in New Mexico when I was a boy and several years in the Army in the early '60s. Family: My wife, Kathy, two daughters in Madison area and a son in Salt Lake ...
THRIVE LOOKS AT HOW MADISON REGION RATES AGAINST PEERS.(BUSINESS)(ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Compiled by Sue Gleason, Director of REgional Assets and Metrics - Thrive According to Thrive's first "State of the Madison Region Report," this area ranked highest among six regions in 2006 in the percentage of total employment in manufacturing. The Madison region ...
YOU TOON.(SUNDAY OPINION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Don Dorn of Verona is this week's You Toon winner. Congratulations, Don! His clever caption, included with the cartoon above, was the best among more than 100 entries last week. Dorn wins publication of his funny line in today's newspaper and a signed ...
CHANGES.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Amy Geiger Roger Herritz has been appointed president of the Midwest Region for Erdman, a Cogdell Spencer company. Erdman, a developer of health-care facilities, is at 1 Erdman Place. Steve Wolters has been appointed vice president of inpatient project ...
HOW TO HELP: OLDER ADULTS.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Be an elder friend Peer Support of Dane County needs volunteers to visit or call older adults in their homes. This is an opportunity to bring warmth and joy into an older person's life. Volunteers must go through a two-day training and must pass security screening. Contact Anna ...
18 THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS POSTED ONLINE TO THE STATE JOURNAL'S RECENT EDITORIAL, "APPROVE 50-CENT BUS FARE HIKE FOR MADISON METRO TRANSIT.".(SUNDAY OPINION)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009 ... "Ken Kesey said: 'You're either on the bus or off the bus." The Wisconsin State Journal is way off the bus. And so is Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.'" - scoffer "Pay or walk." - Malcom "Raising the fare to $2 is absolutely inappropriate. Bus services ...
FACE TO FACE.(SUNDAY OPINION)
Mar 01, 2009 ... See the faces behind the names of State Journal readers who regularly submit letters to the editor. Watch them describe a strong opinion up close and in person. Name: Ernie Pellegrino Home: Middleton resident who grew up in Kenosha. Job: Retired orthopedic surgeon ...
BUDGET SLIGHTS MATC STUDENTS.(SUNDAY OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009 ... What are your views on the state budget? The education and training Madison Area Technical College provides to its students is critical for our future job market. Slighting MATC in the state budget and funding the UW System more neglects a critical part of the population. ...
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE OVER ON STEINIES.(SUNDAY OPINION)(JOHN SMALLEY)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: John Smalley Wisconsin State Journal One of the best things about coming to Madison a couple months ago - new city slogan: It Snows Every Day in December! - and working at the State Journal has been the chance to catch up with old friends, some of whom I hadn't connected ...
BOOK OF BUSINESS CORRECTIONS.(BUSINESS)(Correction notice)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The 2009 edition of the Book of Business published Feb. 22 contained errors and omissions including: * Printing company CoakleyTech/CCI has Madison-area offices at 5241 Voges Road, 53718. Phone: 838-9147; Web site: www.coakleytech.com . The company's estimated 2008 revenue was ...
CONTRIBUTORS.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kris Crary Donations: The National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 159 Madison will make four donations of $2,000 each to local organizations, thanks to a successful 20th anniversary year of the Holiday ...
NBC SERIES FEATURES STORY OF UW ALUMNI.(FRONT)(DOUG MOE)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Doug Moe Ralph Ramirez's mother came from a family of migrant workers. "She used to go to Door County all the time," Ramirez was recalling recently, "but not to do anything but pick cherries." Ramirez's father worked in foundries most of his life ....
TAP INTO BEER TAX WISCONSIN'S MANY RESPONSIBLE DRINKERS WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE THE TINE INCREASE, YET THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THE RESULTING CRACKDOWN ON DRUNKEN DRIVING.(SUNDAY OPINION)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009 ... ***** CORRECTION: Wisconsin's beer tax ranks 48th in the nation, meaning it is the third lowest. A graphic on the Sunday Opinion cover March 1 mistakenly listed Wisconsin's rank as 47th. (correction published 3-4-09) ***** It's time for ...
KEEP LIST AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY.(SUNDAY OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009 ... I, like most people, think our lawmakers are being totally irresponsible by accepting a pay raise at this time. Can anyone remember one thing this Legislature accomplished last year except for bickering endlessly about our state budget? And we should reward them for that? ...
COMING UP.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Madison and Dane County government Monday 3 p.m. Dane County Ethics Board, City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 419. Review of proposed amendments to ethics code, including provision that would prohibit use of county facilities, ...
HOW THEY VOTED: CITY BUS FARE INCREASE.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Nick Heynen The Madison City Council voted 11-8 on Tuesday to increase bus fares on Madison Metro buses. The change will raise the rate of an adult cash fare 50 cents to $2, among other rate hikes. The fare increase will take effect April 5. The fare increase ...
EYES ON SEX OFFENDERS: SOMETIMES, OR ALWAYS?(FRONT)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: MARK PITSCH mpitsch@madison.com 608-252-6145 Weeks before the 2006 election in which he sought a second term, Gov. Jim Doyle touted his willingness to punish sex offenders, including signing a law requiring real-time electronic monitoring of some of the worst sex ...
CELL PHONE ART TOUR THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.(LOCAL)(ON CAMPUS)(Column)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Deborah Ziff Visitors to the Memorial Union art galleries can now take a cell phone audio tour, the first of its kind to be offered by an art gallery in Wisconsin. Organized by UW-Madison students, the interactive cell phone guide, called Dial Up Art, offers ...
BILL SEEKS TO TAKE POLITICS OUT OF DNR LEADERSHIP GOVERNOR WOULD NO LONGER APPOINT DNR SECRETARY.(LOCAL)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: RON SEELY rseely@madison.com 608-252-6131 After nearly succeeding last year, proponents of legislation that would remove the position of Department of Natural Resources secretary from the governor's cabinet say they are convinced a similar bill will pass this session. ...