Story archive for June 2002
Monday, July 1
- Column: Free speech allows the good and bad in the name of freedom
- Untitled Document A stroll through history By
- Colonels' bats silent at Mankato
- U-12 boys fall to Apple Valley, rally to tie Austin
- Marvin 'Hockey' Hockinson, 77, Albert Lea
- Ronald D. Nielsen, 53, Las Vegas, Nev.
- Opal Hope Gulbertson, 72, Albert Lea
- Area deaths for July 1, 2002
- New building to be ready by fair time
- Henderson volunteers for museum, schools
Saturday, June 29
- R. W. 'Buzz' Kaplan, 78, Owatonna
- City begins planning future of Farmland site
- Study reveals contaminants
- Local sales tax down, but not out
- Float makers get fired up for parade
- Earl Hunt led many bands and made much music
- Q and A on birds
- Column: Penny needs to rise above party games to succeed Ventura
- Untitled Document Close game for Colonels By
- Editorial: Pledge decision should be overturned
- Hit the water for family fun in the sun
- Tiger football golf event July 19-20 at ALCC
- U-13 soccer boys knock off LaCrescent
- Fast-pitch team improves record to 9-5
- Reds rally past Colonels
- Audres Vivian Tufte, 89, Albert Lea
- Maynard W. Mogk, 78, Kensett, Iowa
- Area deaths for June 30, 2002
- Richard W. Bergstrom, 80, Austin
Friday, June 28
- Anderson to challenge Callahan
- Award winners announced for ALHS boys' track
- Area deaths for June 28, 2002
- Eleanor G. Haukoos, 87, Conger
- Road work shutters downtown
- Thrond to run for county board
- Rider gets $700,000 for fall from horse
- State grant will equip precincts with vote-counting machines
- Column: A few 'Kool' tips for the kids and their Kool-Aid stands
- Editorial: Letting judges talk makes the most sense
Thursday, June 27
- Area deaths for June 27, 2002
- Paving to close downtown streets
- Porter to run for auditor
- Weekend Planner: Theater, skating and crafts are on tap
- Clarks Grove couple dedicated to helping Nepalese
- Column: Reunion games were painful in more ways than one
- Editorial: Elks deserve congratulations on success
- Untitled Document Fireworks shopping By Christine Moser,
- Riverland Community College - http://www.riverland.cc
- Albert Lea Chamber of Commerce - http://www.albertlea.org
- Colonels fall to defending champs
Wednesday, June 26
- Column: Mowing, caring for the lawn is an ordeal best avoided
- Untitled Document Cool in the pool By
- Editorial: Transit would be valuable but expensive
- G-E Legion baseball team falls 12-2 to BP
- Cope, Budd top field in Fountain Lake Five
- Cleon M. Baer, 79, La Mesa, Calif.
- Douglas C. Claussen, 46, Twin Lakes
- Ron Dale Elvebak, 44, San Diego, Calif.
- Dustyn Paul Bogue, 19 days, Albert Lea
- Area deaths for June 26, 2002
- Filing for offices starts next Tuesday
- Wheelchair skiers realize dreams on Fountain Lake
- Callahan recognized for implementing new system
Tuesday, June 25
- Eaton plans to run for mayor
- Golf event aims to raise funds, reunite players
- G-E Legion looking for offense
- 18-and-under team splits with Owatonna
- Robert Alexander Ginter, 65, Everett, Wash.
- Carol Sue Anderson, 62, Circle Pines
- Area deaths for June 25, 2002
- Elks' growth to be recognized
- Wal-Mart study gets council's OK
- Untitled Document A berry good time By
- Column: Ventura's departure welcome, but it does leave a hole
Monday, June 24
- Harold S. Bakken, 69, Albert Lea
- Colonels drop a frustrating one
- Fast-Pitch Hall of Fame adds five
- Albert H. Jahnke, 89, Albert Lea
- Cory M. Vander Woude, 21, Atascosa, Texas
- Area deaths for June 24, 2002
- County not sold on public transit plan
- New statewide system would link law-enforcement records together
- Wal-Mart study on city's plate tonight
- Column: Back in the day, everybody had a case of 'Pac-Man fever'
- Untitled Document Hall of fame By Jim
- Untitled Document Conger turns 100 By Ed
Saturday, June 22
- Untitled Document Heading for the highway By
- No surprise: G-E's Toulouse is Coach of the Year
- The Tribune's 2002 All-Area Baseball Team
- Column: The key to safe boating? Common sense
- A season of dominance: G-E's Meier Player of the Year
- Manuel E. Sanches Bernal, 74, Albert Lea
- Jerry W. Oothoudt, 60, Reno, Nevada
- Area Deaths
- Julius Saltness, Jr, 90, Albert Lea
- Donald M. Levisen, 77, Albert Lea
- John Michael Haddy, 90, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Albert Lea
- City to purchase Lea Center
- Sunday Portrait: Parenting lessons
- City, county discuss sewage treatment options
- YFC Canoe trip turns rain, flooding into successful disaster
- Actresses get immersed in intense roles for latest MFT production
- Column: Second cemetery tour to be an incredible history lesson
- Graceland Cemetery to feature echoes from the past
- Column: Nature books to check out
- Column: Terrorism is widespread because it is often rewarded
- Column: A New Adventure Begins
- Untitled Document Tribune Baseball Player of
Friday, June 21
- Area deaths for June 21, 2002
- Elks squad opens season 3-1
- Baas, Baas, Olsen win golf tourney
- Football Tigers display offseason dedication
- Eagles baseball team off to 2-1 start
- Viola H. Wangen, 88, Manchester
- Claudy Guckenburg, 60, Albert Lea
- Train revives railroad memories
- Anderson announces second run for Albert Lea mayor
- Wal-Mart deal begins stirring
- Cops nab suspects in pizza delivery attack
- Guest column: Speaker has an important message
- Editorial: Hard to protect homes in the wilderness
- Column: I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and I lived in Albert Lea
Thursday, June 20
- Rally just falls short for Colonels
- Orpha J. Storby, 80, Lake Mills, Iowa
- Area deaths for June 20, 2002
- City may buy new police HQ
- Weekend Planner: Conger centennial leads weekend activity
- Controversial women's health author to speak
- County to change how it feeds inmates
- Column: The sound of a rattlesnake is something you don't forget
- Guest column: Refuting the arguments for the '54
- Untitled Document No parking yet By Masaaki
Wednesday, June 19
- Untitled Document Almost home By Jim Lutgens,
- Column: From sleeping sharks to rabbit's feet, Al has the answers
- G-E Legion holds off DC
- Road doesn't get easier for Post 56
- Violet Idora Nelson Jensen, 89, Albert Lea
- Donald S. Berg, 79, Austin
- '54 building gets a reprieve
- Western Grocer building gets the axe
- Steele County still hopes to rent jail space to Freeborn, others
- Demolition starts after asbestos removed
- Editorial: Ventura clearly had enough of governorship
Tuesday, June 18
- Republicans pledge attention to rural areas
- U-13 girls battle fatigue, Rochester
- Hall of Fame inductees announced
- Legion team falls 15-0
- Edith Vivian Rasmussen, 75, Blue Earth
- Area deaths for June 18, 2002
- Editorial: Maneuvering on budget has consequences
- William 'Willie' Allen Olsen, 58, Hayward
- John E. Kirsch, 69, Albert Lea
- Column: Abusing your e-mail is a practice offensive to 'netiquette'
- Bonita 'Bonnie' Ann Erickson, 72, Madison Lake
- One arrested in meth lab bust last week
- Farmland will trim 103 jobs in cost-cutting measure
- Lower price hinges on extent of remodeling
- School restores four teaching jobs in budget
Monday, June 17
- Untitled Document Unwinding By Jim Lutgens, Tribune
- Column: Being a recycling-smart shopper
- Column: 'Objectivity' talk doesn't excuse handling of Alden clinic
- Budget on school agenda
- Republican candidates to swing through area today
- Mankato repeats at Band Fest
- Area deaths for June 17, 2002
- Kevin K. Hanna, 43, Blue Earth
- Edith V. Rasmussen, 76, Blue Earth
- Colonels beat Austin on no-hitter
Saturday, June 15
- Untitled Document Celebrating Eddie Cochran on
- U-14 fast-pitch girls win 3 of 4
- Swinging into summer fishing
- U-16 girls dominate tourney
- Two baseball Tigers named All-Big Nine
- Soccer squad wins inaugural Albert Lea Invitational
- Area deaths for June 16, 2002
- Tillie Oldenkamp, 84, Oakland
- Kathryn Warmka, 90, Easton
- Katherine Schneider, 89, Albert Lea
- Bankruptcy leads to changes
- Property values up from 2001
- District 24 candidates endorsed by DFL and IR conventions
- Bruised, but unified, Republicans offer Pawlenty
- Baptized by 'Fire', Pennington sees a strong community
- Five interns spend summer misinstering to kids
- Remembering Hartland's tornado with three tails
- Answers to bird questions
- Column: Never a shortage of summertime things to do
- Editorial: Subtracting '54 is an addition to courthouse
- Untitled Document U-13 girls start season
Friday, June 14
- Column: More circus memories and the little fairgrounds train
- 18-and-under softball team opens season
- Walton, Colonels end long drought
- Post 56 holds off Owatonna
- Raymond D. Samudio, 62, Albert Lea
- Area deaths for June 14, 2002
- Karen Marie Whelan, 43, Bentonville, Ark.
- Census data shows local housing costs rising, diversity increasing
- Farmers will see new price supports under farm bill
- SPAM museum festival in Austin
- Untitled Document A win for the
Thursday, June 13
- Defenders of '54 building speak out
- Evelyn H. Thompson, 97, Albert Lea
- Kevin L. Vogland, 50, Inver Grove Heights
- Area deaths for June 13, 2002
- Marilyn Haaland, 54, Plymouth
- Iowa couple dies in crash
- Marion Ross says Albert Lea helped make her a success
- Start-up companies laud business center
- Weekend Planner: Cochran, band fest, Freeborn Days on tap
- Editorial: Business center looks to have a bright future
- Column: Losing weight can make it harder to keep your pants on
- Untitled Document Back to her roots By
Wednesday, June 12
- Untitled Document Summer rocks By Trish Lease,
- Albert Lea Legion team drops opener
- G-E Legion wins its opener
- Kenneth R. Frantum, 80, Byron
- Crossroads set to reopen
- New K-9 unit will help cops sniff out crime
- Farmer leaves $450K to heart association in his estate
- Ross visit, new events top Cochran weekend
- Steele puts 4-H experience to work in Extension job
- Editorial: Consolidations a symptom of school troubles
- Column: Dispensing wisdom that will be with graduates always
Tuesday, June 11
- Editorial: A sign of good things to come
- ALCC hosts 12th Annual Williams Fund event
- Three Panthers place at state
- Rebels' season ends on disappointing note
- Maxine Elizabeth Dorr, 78, Albert Lea
- Clarine L. Pence, 78, Geneva
- Jay Granville Fenwick Jr., 55, La Porte, Texas
- Blazing Star Trail staying the course
- Company goes bankrupt, leaves city loan unpaid
- Contract gives CVB crack at surpluses
- Column: Garage sale spurs the cycle of basement stuff once again
Monday, June 10
- Wong Ming memorial scholarship gaining funds
- Iowa team tops Macker
- Short-handed Colonels thrashed
- Bartusek seventh in state track meet
- Area deaths for June 10, 2002
- Untitled Document Kids reel in fruits
- Van Patten relishes chance to see America
- Sportsman's Club has invested much in Fountain Lake
- New welcome signs at entrances moving closer to reality
- 'Y' volunteer says he focuses on helping others
- Untitled Document Weekend Mackers By Jim Lutgens,
Saturday, June 8
- Farmland clears first legal hurdle
- Bartusek reaches 400 finals
- Riverland's Clark earns All-American status
- Column: The fishing, like the weather, is warming up
- Area sports briefs
- Melvin 'Harvey' Irish, 67, Phoenix, Arizona and Albert Lea
- Sunday Portrait: Local actor in a 'really big show'
- Student Health Clinic planning underway
- Column: The crow, a survivor
- Memories come rock'n'rollin' back
- Giving travelers a place to stay
- Citizens of the Year: Thompsons share faith every day
- Citizens of the Year: Learning importance about community service
- Column: Search for a hobby a dismaying and unsuccessful pursuit
- Untitled Document Running into the finals By
- Untitled Document One, two, three little
Friday, June 7
- Untitled Document Holm cookin' at Borderfest By
- Walton pitches Colonels to first win
- U-13 boys 1-1-1 to start season
- Softball Bulldogs start 7-2
- Kermit O. Gilbertson, 79, Albert Lea
- Leota V. Neste, 85, Waseca
- Lawrence Arrett, 82, Northwood, Iowa
- Closings leave towns concerned
- Hartland officials quit over dispute
- Board to offer contract to construction managers
- Editorial: Handling of clinics led to towns' mistrust
- Column: Albert Lea's Sig Haugdahl and the Daytona 250 car race
- Column: Grants, gifts help enhance college
Thursday, June 6
- Column: Reunion experience a reminder of painful punishment
- Macker mania arrives early
- 1-0 loss ends G-E season
- Clark sixth at nationals; Bennett in 21st
- First Albert Lea soccer invitational draws teams from seven communities
- Michael Allen Raymond, Albert Lea
- Area deaths for June 6, 2002
- ALMC makes clinic closings official
- Local bus service to expand
- Weekend Planner: Macker, Borderfest and play lead busy weekend
- Thousands to flood Emmons for Borderfest
- Coleman says he'll be rural advocate
- Untitled Document 'Sunshine' to light up
Wednesday, June 5
- U-17 boys win home opener, take second at Rochester
- Elseth, Bennett in contention
- Robert Gerald Draayer, 68, Albert Lea
- Dr. Gordon Sward, 68, Matthews, N.C.
- John P. Stegenga, 64, Hollandale
- Marvin LeRoy Schroader, 72, Albert Lea
- Area deaths for June 5, 2002
- County delays decision on '54 building
- Company reworks operations after filing
- 'Gramma's' will be new downtown restaurant
- Deputies write 23 tickets in seat-belt sweep
- Editorial: Bush cannot ignore global warming trend
- Column: New user baptized into the fraternity of the cell phone
- Untitled Document The final hurdle By Jim
Monday, June 3
- Glenville-Emmons 1-1 in tourney, still alive
- Harold Loge, 92, Blue Earth
- Ruth Timm, 87, Bricelyn
- Area deaths for June 3, 2002
- Grad standards not in full force
- Voters must fill school board vacancy
- Hawthorne principal says goodbye
- Benda puts law talents to work for community
- Wellstone, Moe roll through
- Column: Considering circumstances, 2002 session was successful
- Untitled Document Dancing season By Masaaki Harada,
- Untitled Document Back to state By Jim
- Tigers' Bartusek, Kolling advance
- Five area track athletes, including three from NRHEG, advance to state tourney
- Berge, Colonels battle for 12 innings but lose 3-2
Saturday, June 1
- Answers to your nature questions
- There's a mystery with an elusive marker
- Here come 'The Sunshine Boys'
- Chamber fireworks fundraiser a success
- Raising money a fun way: Community Variety Show
- Colonels drop season opener
- Fishing fever: Catch it and pass it on
- Local Williams Fund Golf Outing June 12
- U-13 Classic 2 girls open with a win and a tie
- Girls' basketball camp starts June 5
- Muriel Viola (Wuerflein) Wogen, 83, Kiester
- Untitled Document Rocky start By Jim Lutgens,
- Doris L. (Steele) Svendsen, 81, St. Paul
- Farmland files for bankruptcy
- Workers at Wells concrete Procucts walk off job Friday
- Five is the luckiest number
- Untitled Document It's finally over! By Trish
- Column: Old Albert shines a common-sense light on our problems
- Editorial: Rural telework provides great opportunity


