Story archive for June 2003

Tuesday, July 1

• Police pursue robber.

• Post 447 drops 3 of 4

• Knocks on wood

• Annual Elks Soccer Shoot set for Saturday at Brookside

• Pearl Eugenia Goodell, 88, Lake Crystal

• Iva J. Stephan, 68, Duluth

• Casper L. Larson, 82, Albert Lea

• Charles E. Mershon, 76, Albert Lea

• Alice C. Hughes, 62, formerly of Alden

• Area deaths for Tuesday, July 1, 2003

• Schools wary of new law

• Albert Lea police say fireworks complaints up in last two years

• Jobless rate down, but some sectors hurting

• Editorial: Penny showed why he was a good candidate

• Column: Keeping government out of private lives is important

Monday, June 30

• Hamming it up. Tribune photo by Michael Martin. Bryce Gaudian of Hayward uses Morse code to try contacting somebody during the Albert Lea Amateur Radio Club's field day Saturday afternoon at Pickerel

• Area sports calendar for June 30-July 6

• Wilmer R. Broitzman, 88, Glenville

• Herbert 'Herb' John Niebuhr, 95, Albert Lea

• Daniel Christopher Peik

• Irene G. Thompson

• Area deaths for June 30, 2003:

• Radio operators link up with the world

• A friend for Hospice patients

• Penny says time will prove him right

• Column: Developments left and right make this a town on the move

• Tribune photo by Michael Martin. Albert Lea's Kris Pleiss slides in under the tag of Rochester's catcher to score the go-ahead run during the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday afternoon at Hayek Fie

Sunday, June 29

• It takes a community to foster childrens' interest in history

• Boekelman bound for nationals

• Softball Bulldogs improve to 17-5

• Sluggers run streak to 6, earn state berth

• When it comes to lures, variety is the spice of pike

• Sports memories for June 29, 2003

• William Jenson, 85, formerly of Albert Lea

• Shirley Hoeve, 58, rural Blooming Prairie

• Leona Meyer, 89, Walters

• Darlene Yonkey, 62, Wells

• Area deaths for Sunday, June 29, 2003

• Schools forced to cut reading, math programs

• Flocking to fireworks

• Soldier who fought in Iraq gets parade honor

• Interest-rate cuts spurring mortgage refinancing

• Haun to serve Golden Valley church

• Remembering those colorful engines with stripes

• Nature's World: The magic of the Common Nighthawk

• Editorial: Don't get hopes too high for do-not-call list

• Column: Recognizing the importance of the Tribune's columnists

• Tribune photo by Michael Martin. Lisa Carew, right, helps Vincente Torres of Bricelyn with his fireworks purchase Friday afternoon in the parking lot near ShopKo. Carew is with Outreach for the Inner

• Tribune photo by Michael Martin. For the second year in a row, Brandon Boekelman of Albert Lea has qualified for the USA Junior Gold Bowling National Championships, this year set for July 12-18 in St.

Friday, June 27

• Darol Henry Bixby, 78, Wells

• Water board inspires confidence, criticism

• Hallmark closing is more bad news for Skyline Mall

• Burglary suspect charged

• City could expand district, get aggressive on downtown historic preservation

• Column: A collection of wet, wild and wacky thoughts about water

• Hog heaven.

• JV success spawns optimism

• G-E Legion improves in 2-1 loss to Dodge Center

• Naomi E. Jensen, 86, formerly of Clarks Grove

Thursday, June 26

• Kids take time out for safety.

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• Column: Youthful yen for detective work led to terrifying mission

• Editorial: Business center has potential for great impact

• U-17 soccer boys take the title in Burnsville tourney

• Margaret Engesser, 81, Mankato

• Willis Edwin Swehla, 94, Wells

• Area deaths for Thursday, June 26, 2003

• Demonstrations drive the point home at camp

• High school building may meet its end

• BWSR makes watershed district official

• Ham radio operators set up this weekend

• Timeline for pork plant decision pushed back

Wednesday, June 25

• Area deaths for Wednesday, June 25, 2003

• Post 447 makes it 3 in a row

• Young, Harms, Veldman win ALHS boys' track awards

• U-12 girls win two of three

• U-11 girls' soccer team dominates Rochester, 5-0

• Arlene C. Hillman, 83, Glenville

• Myrtle Asper Bliton, 93, Peoria, Ariz., formerly of Austin

• Anna Simon, 101, Albert Lea

• Gilbert "Bob" Bohm, 86, Wells

• Getting off to a good start

• Library board asks council to rethink new building study

• Sheriff wants K-9, tasers, defibrillators

• Worth County casino backers hit the jackpot

• Police arrest suspect in two burglaries

• Editorial: Talk to kids about safety with fireworks

• Opinion: Bullhead fishing led to the revelation of an odd secret

Tuesday, June 24

• Spin move.

• Walton, Colonels turn back Aces

• Post 447 sweeps Rochester

• G-E Legion drops 2 of 3 in tourney

• LuVerne M. Burkhow, 87, Pequot Lakes, formerly of Bricelyn

• Axel Miller Peterson, 85, Albert Lea

• Lillian C. Sandvig, 98, Albert Lea

• Area deaths for Tuesday, June 24, 2003

• Habben picked for plant

• Budget cuts endanger septic-system loans

• Students present plan for recreation center

• Editorial: Kids learn a lesson on being involved in city

• Column: There's actually some substance in the Harry Potter craze

Monday, June 23

• Shadow battle.

• Rain fails to wash out 8th annual hoops fest

• ALAHA board to meet tonight

• Eugene M. Tukua, 83, Hartland

• Area deaths for Monday, June 23, 2003

• Helping to build a better future

• Farmers' market planning family friendly activities

• Belshan pushes idea of broadcasting county commissioners' meetings

• Column: Questions, including location, remain on plant

• The Macker goes on.

Saturday, June 21

• Column: Countdown mania inspires a countdown of countdowns

• Canada native named ALHS varsity girls' hockey coach

• Sluggers improve to 9-3 with sweep of Southland, USC

• Column: Those laid-back days of summer

• Selmer Andersland, 78, Scarville, Iowa

• Civic Theatre to put on Alice in Wonderland

• State will assist on pork plant offer

• State grant given to Glenville housing project

• Annual art, garden tour slated for June 27, 28

• Column: Meadowlark sings of life's good things

• Widow traces husband's World War II path

• Tribune photo by Mike Martin, staff photojournalist.

Friday, June 20

• Briefs: LM softball team tops North Iowa

• Hoops Heaven

• Make-A-Wish tourney set for Sunday

• Hazel Pearl Thorgrimsen, 92, Menahga, Minn., formerly of Albert Lea

• Shirley L. Gallentine, 74, New Richland

• Area deaths for Friday, June 20, 2003

• Wells learning how to cope with less state aid

• Local, national Hispanic population trends differ

• Lake dredging could cost $20 million or more

• Editorial: Iraq is still a perilous place for U.S. troops

• Column: Taking a look at three old jails and their present status

Thursday, June 19

• VFW post 447 can't contain Rochester

• Patricia A. Chapek, 69, Austin

• Valborg E. Smith, 94, formerly of Albert Lea

• Area deaths for Thursday, June 19, 2003

• Lining up for Harry's next chapter

• Some owners want city bar rules changed

• Gus Macker tournament runs all weekend

• Editorial: Inconsistency is some cause for concern

• Column: Dad was an enigma, especially regarding Welk

Wednesday, June 18

• Living history.

• Column: Big old quilt wasn't pretty, but it proved to be a lifesaver

• As foes get tough, so do U-14 soccer girls

• Harold E. Egge, 87, Albert Lea

• Leonna Lee Svoboda, 64, Waseca

• Wyman Elwood Jensen, 69, Mabel, Minn.

• Gary Lars Grasdalen, 57, formerly of Albert Lea

• Questions remain as plant decision nears

• Miller, six others get spots on new watershed board

• Gun permits will now cost $100 in county

Tuesday, June 17

• School budget depends on salaries

• Colonels narrow gap with Rochester

• Hollandale softball team 2nd in tourney

• Column: Standing up for convictions not easy, but it's necessary

• G-E Legion nips Blooming Prairie, 3-2

• Kids help spruce up YMCA

• Post 447 wins 1 of 3 weekend games

• Briefs: ALAHA board to meet Monday

• Allen Carlson, 78, Fridley, Minn., formerly of Albert Lea

• Irwin K. Olson, 81, Albert Lea

• Editorial: Drop in bond rating shows error of ways

Monday, June 16

• Albert Lea woman's sad memory included in book

• Kicking it up.

• Column: Setting goals and then getting there is what vision is about

• Caring during crisis

• Alex takes band fest crown

• Area deaths for Monday, June 16, 2003

• Millard R. Hamersly, 84, Glenville

Saturday, June 14

• Tribune photo by Michael Martin. Laura Hillman, 16, and her father Gary, stand in their yard in Albert Lea. Laura is recovering from a car crash which killed her mother Marilyn this past April. Laura,

• Hullopeter proves key as NRHEG wins Gopher Conference title

• The Tribune's 2003 All-Area Baseball Team

• By Dick Herfindahl, Outdoors writer

• Coach of the Year Reese still enjoys himself after 24 seasons

• Eldora M. Smith, 87, of Owatonna

• June Lillian Kirsch, 82, of Rochester

• Milton Christenson, 81, of Albert Lea

• Gary Grasdalen, 57, of California, formerly of Albert Lea

• Carol Christensen, 91, of Geneva

• Merle Brodkast

• Lorraine Porter, 79, of Albert Lea

• Ivan Nielsen,77, of St. Charles

• Area deaths for Sunday, June 15, 2003

• A lesson in detemination: Laura Hillman fights back from severe car accident

• Riverland, Workforce Center to start cooking course

• By Dylan Belden, Managing Editor

• Tribune photo by Jim Lutgens. NRHEG baseball coach Jeff Reese, right, watches the action from the third base coaching box during a section tournament game this past season. Reese is the Tribune's 2003

Friday, June 13

• Column: Here's a special salute for the good folks over in Walters

• Tigers emerge atop 61-team tournament

• G-E, Stewartville exchange 10-run decisions

• U-11 girls fall to Prior Lake, shut out Eagan

• Rice Lake best shot tourney held

• Ellis Jim James Jessen, 79, Waseca

• Blanche I. Olson, 97, Rochester

• Area deaths for Friday, June 13, 2003

• Nelsons make bid for store

• Mankato looking to defend Festival of Bands banner

• Nostalgia in style for Eddie Cochran weekend

• Music, mud and motorcycles draw thousands to Emmons' Borderfest

• Community harvest.

Thursday, June 12

• Weekend packed with big events

• Colonels can't muster offense in 6-1 defeat

• VFW team wins on 10-run rule

• Shirley A. Bothum, 67, Albert Lea

• Irma A. Jurgensen, 87, Owatonna

• Alvin L. Larson, 84, Albert Lea

• Dora Ann Muniz, 55, Omaha, Neb.

• Area deaths for Thursday, June 12, 2003

• Department to raise money for cause during parade

• Rolling the dice on a casino

• Two face charges in Myrtle nudity case

• Editorial: Target tax cuts to those who were left out

• Column: Well-liked former resident reaches his goal of priesthood

• Firefighters adopt child with MD.

Wednesday, June 11

• Worldly instruction.

• Raising dollars for Gopher scholars

• Colonels edged at Faribault

• VFW team drops two to Century

• Briefs: Make-A-Wish golf tourney June 22

• Rebecca Barr, 65, Evanston, Ill.

• Hollandale man charged in Owatonna shooting

• City still labors on Lea Center

• Collaboratives differ in scope of duties, number of participants

• Tolbers found to be mentally ill, dangerous; committed at St. Peter

• Editorial: Relay for Life another strong cancer weapon

• Column: Insightful answers on gender relations and other odd stuff

• Summer yellow.

Tuesday, June 10

• Cutting a big lawn.

• So far, so good for Lake Mills softball squad

• Briefs: Baseball Bulldogs 2nd

• Margaret Hoffman, 84, Hopkins

• Robert Kniss, 81, Albert Lea

• Chester A. Preston, 91, New Richland

• Russell A. Jensen, 88, Sun City, Ariz.

• Area deaths for Tuesday, June 10, 2003

• City goes on offensive against mosquitoes

• Organizers gear up for county's first Relay for Life

• Editorial: Funding for Guthrie Theater went too far

• Column: Creative solutions for city library should get consideration

• Gopher sighting.

Monday, June 9

• Meal program keeps Buboltz on the go

• Bartusek sixth at state

• Christenson, Lonning seventh in state meet

• Jon T. Goskeson, 55, Albert Lea

• Sylvia Naomi Gregerson, 93, Albert Lea

• Jeffery Forrest Brown, 36, Albert Lea

• Gerhard S. Haugerud, 76, Albert Lea

• Striving for five.

• Area deaths for Monday, June 9, 2003

• Tuition to go up 13 percent at Riverland

• Column: The city is a corporation and citizens are the shareholders

Saturday, June 7

• Softball 2003: All-around talent

• Softball 2003: G-E's Ziebell still having a ball

• The Tribune's 2003 All-Area Softball Team

• Fast-pitch team wins 3 of first 4

• 'Keeper' walleyes becoming more common in area

• Wesley Glynn, 92, Austin

• Area deaths for Sunday, June 8, 2003

• The long awaited walk across the stage

• Workforce employees laid off because of state budget cuts

• Dogs run rampant in Oakland

• Ready, set, read!

• Henry Morgan: the last of the one-year mayors

• Nature's World: Q and A on our feathered friends

• Eddie Cochran's story a reminder of how fragile life is

• Column: Little good can come from letting media companies get bigger

• Column: Some advice for our 2003 graduates

• Class of 2003. Tribune photo by Michael Martin. Albert Lea High School senior Dustin Lynch celebrates after receiving his diploma Friday night at the graduation ceremony at the high school.

• Player of the year. Tribune photo by Jim Lutgens. Erin Anderson of NRHEG winds up during a game at New Richland this past season. Anderson is the Tribune's Softball Player of the Year for the second t

Friday, June 6

• Farmland plant demolition expected to pick up

• Ethanol backers pleased with federal legislation

• Driver in high-speed chase charged

• Column: 'Rite of passage' initiations can easily wind up in tragedy

• Raising a tent.

• Lonning to end six-year varsity career at state

• Colonels keep it close at Austin

• ProExcel soccer camp next week

• Berdine T. Loge, 87, Bricelyn

• Eight share valedictorian honors

• City unsure about spraying for mosquitoes

Thursday, June 5

• Small-town stripping

• School has few budget concerns

• Craftsmanship takes pair to national event

• Music in the park programs start this weekend

• Gabrielsen denies acting inappropriately in Belshan FSC removal

• Editorial: Time will tell if this session was a success

• Submitted photo.

• Column: House still bears marks of odd pair of cats from the past

• U-14 soccer girls off to strong start

• Breuer has tough rounds at state

• VFW team rallies over Owatonna

• Briefs: Summer hockey school July 14-27

• Ruth Lenora Walk, 93, Albert Lea

• Joel Thomas Sumner, 50, Albert Lea

• Mildred Adelia Pfahning, 90, Wells

• Alice A. Bernau, 77, Emmons

• Marlyn Dodge, 65, Blooming Prairie

• Area deaths for Thursday, June 5, 2003

Wednesday, June 4

• Collision ends chase through Albert Lea

• Bunkers hinder Breuer at state

• Rice Lake hosts couples golf tournament

• Briefs: Williams Fund event Monday

• Clarence O. Torkelson, 68, Albert Lea

• Josephine Gladys Martinson, 67, Lake Mills, Iowa

• Luella Kaeding Nielsen, 83, Albert Lea

• Area deaths for Wednesday, June 4, 2003

• Man toting cross says he's roamed for 17 years

• Different takes on session

• County to add three to jail staff

• Belshan says time is right to reevaluate collaborative

• Column: Saying goodbye to a trusty pickup truck is tough to do

• Wanderer crosses the nation.

• Sign on the dotted line.

Tuesday, June 3

• Column: Does a hot butterscotch chili cheese dog sound appetizing?

• A day in the park.

• NRHEG's Berg, USC relay make it to Blaine

• VFW team opens with a split at Rochester

• Briefs: Colonels fall to Rochester

• Four area girls advance to state

• Area deaths for Tuesday, June 3, 2003

• Parties take competing views on road

• Workshop to address effects of aging

• County experiencing house-building boom

• District spotlights integrity building program at school

Monday, June 2

• Tribune photo by Michael Martin.

• Scrubbing for a cause.

• Back to Blaine

• Young 4th in discus at section

• Area athletes reach state

• Kay C. Knudsen, 51, Albert Lea

• Helen Jane Aasgaard, 80, Lake Mills, Iowa

• Area deaths for Monday, June 2, 2003

• Column: Plenty of reasons for a more careful approach on library

• Glenville-Emmons teacher sets longevity record

• Riverland president takes reins in tough fiscal time