Story archive for October 2003

Saturday, Nov. 1

• Trick or treat.

• Area deaths for Sunday

• Attorney seeks dismissal of Prinzing charges

• Program strives to better community through public input

• Mary Thurston Bennett, 86, Minneapolis

• After 38 years, Andersens retire from retail business

• A murder mystery in Minnesota

• Tender touch

• Gordon Hanson, 65, Clarks Grove

• Bulldogs fall in season finale

• Three volleyball Tigers receive Big Nine honors

• Mildred Marcella Enstad, 87, Austin

• Cranes' well-being assures well-being of ecosystem

• Morin's dream for a big building

• Column: The importance of conferences in every child's education

Friday, Oct. 31

• Learning about entrepreneurs.

• Albert Lea swimmers compete in junior varsity conference invitational

• Lyla C. Ferley, 78, Northwood, Iowa

• Eugene I. Sherman, 76, Albert Lea

• Area native loses home in California wildfire

• USC school board candidates face numerous issues

• Northbridge faces slow economy, Wal-Mart

• Column: Jumping through all the hoops on the telephone

• Close again.

Thursday, Oct. 30

• Community shares concerns about referendum

• ALHS winter sports sign-up this week

• Eva D. Verdoorn, 92, Hollandale

• Thomas C. Simon, 66, Eagan

• Irene Christensen, 87, Albert Lea

• Businesses join forces to compete with Super Wal-Mart

• Early morning opening does not hinder excitement

• Historical society houses over 100 years of history

• Opportunities for trick-or-treat abound

• Column: As a youngster, my life was one long Halloween

• Preserving the past in Bricelyn.

• Defensive battle.

Wednesday, Oct. 29

• Lillian C. Abbe, 87, Albert Lea

• Veronica Ruffing, 96, Wells

• Leaner days ahead for Community Action

• Restructuring won't change facets of economic development

• Library study to be presented in November

• Column: Once you reach a certain age, it gets much easier to become scared

• Tigers, Gillam garner awards

• Marvel Kahler Dyrdal, St. Paul

Tuesday, Oct. 28

• Restructuring presented as more efficient, comprehensible

• Land decision tabled, allowing for sale

• Curb cleaning.

• Column: Referendum isn't just about two communitiesit's about the kids

• Unbeaten SG ends G-E's season

• Season ends for Panther volleyball

• Friday, Oct. 31

• Paul Larry Holland, 34, Freeborn

• Curtis O. Eastlund, 49, Hillman, Minn.

• Search firm to hire new city manager

• Watershed board presents draft of plan

Monday, Oct. 27

• Man dies in vehicle roll-over

• Swimmers take strong sixth in conference meet

• Tough section loss at Waterville ends Panthers' season

• Column: Make this harvest the safest ever

• Area calendar

• Plat of land presents tough decision

• County administrator dispels rumors about courthouse

• Column: French friedFrance turns into an even bigger foe

Sunday, Oct. 26

• City ponders use of search firm for hiring new manager

• Playoff bound

• Wolverines' volleyball season ends

• Woodside commits to NDSU

• Rebels race back to state

• Knights upset Medford in sub-section

• Delores Kraushaar, 69, Fargo, N.D.

• Elizabeth Curtis, 90, Wells

• Gladys Sullivan, 89, Albert Lea

• Hunters may find more deer than ever

• Halloween costume collection has grown along with Kathi Wilder's family

• Restructuring plan to go before council

• Al answers your nature questions

• Thompson & Wulff had the right moves

• Love that Lefse!

• Column: Changes will hopefully bring more prosperity to the community

• Finding just the right look for Halloween.

Friday, Oct. 24

• Prepare to be scared.

• Tigers test Red Wing in section tournament

• Tiger CC teams 13th, 16th in section meet

• Moto-cross kid

• There are no obituaries for today.

• Fire Explorers prepare haunted house

• Awards announced and gavel turned over at annual meeting

• Emmons welcomes new library with open arms

• ACT's 'Blithe Spirit' is a real Halloween treat

• Column: An attempt to explain all those floating islands in our lakes

Thursday, Oct. 23

• Halloween events get an early start

• Swimmers take it to Waseca, 99-72

• Educators critical of proposed standards

• Commissioner talks to teachers about proposed requirements

• Businesses have chance to apply for new grant

• Teacher faces rigorous tests at NASA

• Column: Remembering books, poems is like revisiting old friends

Wednesday, Oct. 22

• Column: Things are booming this fall at Riverland

• Austin ends Tigers' season

• Wolverines turn back Hurricanes

• Panthers advance in section

• Arthur Godtland Jr., 77, Walker, Minn.

• Duane Raymond Vinge, 70, Albert Lea

• Nels Emil Nelson, 86, Austin

• Presidential hopeful visits area school

• County discusses suggested changes in rules

• Fertilizer being used around lake deemed safe for people, pets

• Column: On Halloween, all the things we teach our kids go out the window

• Photo by Christine V. Johnson, Austin Daily Herald

Tuesday, Oct. 21

• Winds, dry conditions fuel blazes

• Irene H. Christensen, 87, Albert Lea

• Carolyn L. Cowles, 39, Roberts, Wis.

• Calvin Berg, 69, Paynesville

• Port authority reaffirms resolution

• Citizens offer discussion on decision

• Artist finally finds time to do what she loves

• ALHS students get a taste of opera

• Column: More of the process needs to be opened up to the public

• Column: Hearing on new standards coming

• Home finale.

Monday, Oct. 20

• USC/A-C girls defend conference crown

• Bulldogs still searching for victory

• USC/A-C boys take title again

• Paul A. Grasdalen, 59, Albert Lea

• Shirley Anne Donahue, 74, Albert Lea

• Animal control officer can't always control her love for animals

• Local student explores role in national security

• Church can't run without volunteers

• Low-key woman is writing prescription for changing political life

Friday, Oct. 17

• Love that lefse.

• Column: Predicting weather with the The Old Farmer's Almanac

• Sports calender

• Knights finish strong

• Richard 'Joe' Besser, 71, New Richland

• Ruth Margaret Sawyer, 83, Ellendale

• Soy plant could follow Exol's steps

• City has eye on Hanson building

• City holding tons of contaminated sludge

• Albert Lea blood drives set

Thursday, Oct. 16

• Editorial: Driver's license decisions best left to parents

• Tigers blanked by No. 4 Mayo

• Knights drop regular-season finale

• Wolverines take momentum into sub-section

• Rebels fall 30-0 to MCW

• Henry Gerard Reynen, 86, Austin

• New Bend in the Road owner finds he can put business on autopilot

• Events planned to mark VFW Day

• Grinding corn, driving spikes and sawing logs

• Larger fountain is in the works

• Column: Love of writing is the only requirement for club

Wednesday, Oct. 15

• Albert Lea girls edged in section semifinals

• Kids get up-close look at distant art.

• Column: Warm food and warm feelings found at soup-and-pie suppers

• Glenville-Emmons putting new fund request on ballot

• Program brings fine art to schools around the state

• Changing times spell end for local Birthright group

• Some question city's restructuring moves

• Jobs changes are part of plan

• Dorothy C. Selland, 83, Moorhead

• Season ends for ALHS boys' soccer

• Swimmers rally past Rochester JM

• Finally, home sweet home victory

Tuesday, Oct. 14

• Short week.

• ALHS soccer boys win section opener

• Volleyball Tigers 1-2 in tourney

• Season ends for Albert Lea tennis girls

• U-13 soccer girls win fall district title

• Dale B. Jackson, 72, Honolulu, Hawaii

• Sparks out, but not completely

• Secrecy, surprise move stir up controversy

• Emotions still smoldering on burning ban

• Eagles Club donates $10,000 toward new police equipment

• Man wanted on warrant found outside police center

• Editorial: Process used for city's big decision stinks

• Opinion: Controversy seems to follow Sparks; the question is why

Monday, Oct. 13

• Column: Planning effort is the area's chance to have its voice heard

• ALHS girls win section opener

• Ralph Besser, 73, Albert Lea

• Martha M. Thomas, 85, Albert Lea

• Edna Kocanda, 64, Northfield

• Boys spend afternoons casting lines into lake

• DeBoer provides pet foster home

• Column: Recycling bins are for convenience, not for junk

• Fishing and friendship.

Saturday, Oct. 11

• Avoiding reporters a success for Schwarzenegger

• Tigers give Packers a battle

• Wolverines fall 14-0 to No.-4-rated Nicollet

• Area roundup: Panthers slip past Blossoms; second-half turnovers spell defeat for Rebels

• Sports memories for Oct. 12

• Fall brings colors and 'jumbo perch'

• Dale Gordon Cambern, 78, Austin

• Herman J. Miller, 90, Albert Lea

• Yields matching forecasts

• Business: Family furniture store grows into a regional market

• Lawmakers want kids to reach for the moo juice

• The color of fall

• Nature's World: A good bug with a few bad habits

• Dane Bay and the wandering dredge

• Recent conference offered important lessons for mayor

• Photo for the Tribune by Christine V. Johnson

Friday, Oct. 10

• Working on the Union Center.

• Swimmers rally to tie Mayo 93-93

• Tiger CC teams contine to run hard

• Volleyball Tigers fall to Mayo

• Wolverines drop 3-0 match to No. 3 Mabel-Canton

• Rebels win No Frills meet

• Norman Dale Bonnerup, 68, Albert Lea

• Leaders discuss changes for port authority

• City council prepares for first job evaluation for city manager Sparks

• Service to recognize importance of pets

• Local team helped ease trauma in Cold Spring

• Editorial: Economic issues need new solutions

• Column: Saluting the veterans of the nation's 'forgotten war'

Thursday, Oct. 9

• Rivalry week.

• Thursday, Oct. 9

• Mary E. Hanson, 95, Albert Lea

• 'Think Tank' hoped city manager would step down

• Some say he's a problem, some say a scapegoat

• Firm measuring popularity of city sales tax for lakes

• Lack of interest puts plans for new cooperative on hold

• Charity events on weekend schedule

• Column: Recalling bits and pieces of poems not always opportune

• Here, ducky.

Wednesday, Oct. 8

• Column: Ask a series of silly questions and Al's got your silly answers

• Optimism reigns for Rebels

• ALHS spikers outlast Austin

• Breuer reaches national tourney

• Dual-meet season ends for Tiger tennis team

• Mildred Lareto Dahl, 99, Albert Lea

• Frederick D. Paulsen, 87, Hollandale

• Ruth E. Klema, 89, Austin

• Saturday luncheon to raise money for Ducks Unlimited

• County accepts bids on courthouse work

• Exol to appeal ditch fee

• Editorial: Wild animals are nothing to mess with

• Time to flush.

Tuesday, Oct. 7

• Winding down.

• USC/AC boys fourth at Duluth

• ALHS spikers 4th in tourney

• Panthers take third at Blue Earth

• Roger J. Campbell, 82, Lyle

• Beetle mania returns

• Wells still hoping to keep ConAgra beef plant open

• Cable channel may show high-school news program

• Editorial: Cut financial aid for rioting MSU students

• Column: Beetle infestation may be problem of our own creation

• The facts about fire.

Monday, Oct. 6

• Local men hurt in speedway accident

• Area Sports Calender

• ALHS girls fall to Park

• Alton Horvei, 78, Albert Lea

• Hilma G. Flo, 87, Bricelyn

• Area deaths for Monday

• Building character

• Column: Minnesota needs its animal-agriculture industry to succeed

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Column: Readers will notice a few changes in Lifestyles section

• Cougars break it open

• Panthers rule at USC homecoming

• Battling the elements in search of lunkers

• USC/A-C girls win at Waseca

• ALHS swimmers 6th in Austin Invitational

• Shirley A. Whelan, 68, Albert Lea

• Area deaths for Oct. 5, 2003

• For better or worse, homecoming not what it used to be

• Heating costs to rise

• ALHS garden flourishes with loving memories of a graduate

• Nature's World: Joe saw beauty in everything

• Looking Back: Albert Lea's pearl of an island

• Editorial: Danger still lurks in south of Afghanistan

• Tribune photoMichael Martin

Friday, Oct. 3

• Expansion project underway at Ventura

• ALHS spikers keep it close with East

• ALHS boys drop tough one to Austin

• ALHS soccer girls play to 1-1 draw at Austin

• Swimmers perform well in dual meet at Austin

• Dorothy Brandt, 83, Wells

• Bernadine Caroline Parker, 84, Alden

• Wanita M. Tukua, 82, Rochester

• Area deaths for Friday

• Old-style entertainment

• Judge says company was built on theft

• Misgens make salvage yard a family affair

• Column: Al Franken, his newest book, and the local connection

Thursday, Oct. 2

• Rendezvous leads list of weekend festivities

• Hormel workers ratify new contract with 65 percent in favor, averting strike

• Editorial: 'Super teacher' program seems worth a shot

• Column: Lack of tolerance for other views is dangerous

• Jail cells arrive.

• Turned back.

• Sports calendar

• Dorris A. Knutson, 83, Lake Mills, Iowa

• Goal of land deal kept quiet

• County hoping to find buyer for mammoth truck

Wednesday, Oct. 1

• Woman charged with posession of meth

• State names day for Maas

• Two killed in crash involving AL man

• Letter to the editor: Defending gun owners

• Singing suits.

• Column: A job cleaning toilets can be a foundation for great things

• Tigers can't contain Northfield

• ALHS soccer girls fall despite spirited effort

• Tiger CC teams make a run for it in Minneapolis South Border Battle

• Blue Devils warm up for state, regional

• Lyle/Pacelli rallies past Wolverines

• Wilbert Katzung, 91, Albert Lea

• Dolores M. Seifert, 91, Sleepy Eye

• Workers ratify Hormel contract

• Mixing GMO, other crops, is a concern