Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Big Mac's sun is rising
TOKYO -- The arrival of McDonald's in Japan helped change the eating habits of a nation -- wooing rice-lovers to burgers and fries, making fast food a part of everyday life and marking the birth of a business empire.
Disney Co. buys Fox Family Worldwide Inc.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Walt Disney Co. is buying the children's cable network Fox Family Worldwide Inc. for $3 billion in cash plus the assumption of $2.3 billion in debt.
Extra credit
Ryan Smith, the son of Gregory and Evelyn Smith of Brainerd, has been appointed to the 2001-02 student association staff at Concordia College in Moorhead. Smith has been named to the judicial council.
Crosslake school finds a new home
CROSSLAKE -- While Crosslake Community School students are off enjoying their summer vacation, teachers and board members at the one-year-old charter school are busy unpacking from their move into a new more centrally located facility.
Room service
Dear Heloise: I have a couple of hotel-room gripes to add:
Unchecked urban legend waste of time and money
DEAR ABBY: I hope you'll print this and stop an urban legend in its tracks.
Poll: Keeping secrets not unusual in marriage
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) -- About 40 percent of married Americans admit keeping a secret from their spouses, but most have nothing to do with an affair or fantasy, a new poll has found. The most common secret is how much they spend.
Livestock
SOUTH ST. PAUL (AP) (USDA) -- Monday cattle: 250.
Cash grain
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Wheat receipts Monday 192, a year ago 416.
Crimes
Crow Wing sheriff
Accidents
AITKIN -- A 17-year-old Aitkin man died Friday after being hit by a pick-up in Spencer Township, northwest of Aitkin.
Area crime
THEFT -- TNT Towing, 22417 Highway 6, Deerwood, Friday reported a Dodge Dynasty stolen.
Fires
The Brainerd Fire Department investigated what turned out to be a false alarm Saturday at Woodland Acres on Buffalo Hills Lane.
Metals
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices Monday.
Duval emerges from the struggle as British Open champ
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- Fittingly, the final test came on the walk up the 18th.
Jones lead American charge
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) -- It took about two-thirds of the LPGA Tour season, but Americans finally left an event with the title and the biggest of the checks.
Duval escapes his trap
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- The lingering image of David Duval from the 2000 British Open, when he began the final round in a final-twosome showdown with Tiger Woods, was of him, in anguis
Golf scoreboard
Sunday
Rural summit looks at immigration, assimilation in greater Minnesota
DULUTH (AP) -- An influx of immigrants from such places as Mexico, Laos, Somalia and Bosnia is breathing new life into rural Minnesota communities even as it poses new challenges, particularly in education and housing.
Fast track trade facing slow path
WASHINGTON -- Congress is heading toward a trade battle, with Republicans trying to give the president more power to negotiate new deals and Democrats saying that won't happen without looking at the broader effects of world trade.
Feds continue investigation into Minneapolis business practices
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal investigators have subpoenaed city inspections and licensing records for three men identified as key figures in the recent extortion conviction of a former councilman.
Feds wonder if flooding caused Baltimore wreck
As the last smoldering boxcar was pulled from a tunnel beneath downtown Baltimore Monday, investigators considered whether water cascading from a ruptured pipeline had eroded the rail bed and caused last week's calamitous train wreck.
Bush looking for quick U.S.-Russian agreement for new talks on arms control
ROME (AP) -- President Bush said Monday he is looking to reach quick agreement with Russia on a framework for new arms control talks, but will allow President Vladimir Putin and European allies "ample time" to get used to the idea of scrapping a nearly 30-year-old arms treaty.
Greenspan hints of another rate cut if flagging economy doesn't improve soon
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday another cut in interest rates may be on the horizon if the flagging economy doesn't improve.
Bush visits U.S. troops in Kosovo, signs bill raising pay
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Yugoslavia (AP) -- President Bush told U.S. troops in Kosovo on Tuesday that he wants to speed the day when peace is self-sustaining here and they can go home. "America appreciates your service and sacrifices," he said.
Legislative leaders consider stadium study
ST. PAUL (AP) -- Legislative leaders may set up an "informal study commission" to consider stadium possibilities for the Minnesota Twins, the Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota, top House GOP members have confirmed.
Summit fails to resolve climate problem but leaves leaders heartened over other gains
GENOA, Italy -- President Bush and other world leaders left this riot-scarred city able to claim some success on issues that had threatened their summit, even while failing to overcome differences on climate control.
Tooth decay vaccines are developing
For much of the first half of the 20th century, Boston children could shell out a nickel and get their teeth cared for at the Forsyth Institute, a charitable institution in the Fens section of the city.
Heart Association changes course, opposes estrogen for protecting heart
DALLAS -- The influential American Heart Association is changing course and recommending that women not be prescribed estrogen solely to prevent strokes and heart disease, because of growing evidence that the supplements might cause harm.
Way of washing without water studied
Could a waterless, alcohol-based hand cleaner, rather than antiseptic soap and water, solve the seemingly intractable problem of getting doctors and nurses to wash their hands between patients?
John Hopkins told it may resume human research
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Government regulators told Johns Hopkins University on Monday that the school may resume medical research on humans, four days after the regulators halted such studies because of the death of a volunteer.
Research shows promise in repairing MS damage
Being a woman has never been a good thing when it comes to multiple sclerosis.
New pump performs as expected, but outlook for broader use still uncertain
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For three weeks, a mechanical heart has performed up to expectations inside the chest of its first human recipient, his surgeons say.
Hidden allergy triggers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Learn to look for clues of food allergens where you might not expect them, counsels a New York University Medical Center specialist.
Be sure to take eye medicine
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you been diagnosed with glaucoma, you may find the prescribed medication regime complex and difficult to follow.
Quiet words about ...
NEW YORK -- This is about the mouse that didn't roar.
Supplements more hype than hope for athletes
WASHINGTON -- Supplements may have some modest benefits, but athletes can't swallow their way to success and could make themselves sick, experts say.
This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1981) - The fund to repair the carillon bells on the Courthouse roof stands at $1,000 today. Needed to repair the bells so they can function on a daily basis once again is at least $2,000.
Man dies in industrial accident
DEERWOOD -- An area man died today in what authorities are calling an industrial accident at Trus Joist MacMillan in Deerwood.
This was Brainerd
20 years ago (1981)
Wave of bicycles will roll into area for MS
More than 1,300 bicyclists are expected to converge on the Brainerd lakes area Wednesday as an overnight stop of the 2002 Multiple Sclerosis bicycle event, MS Tram.
COMING Tuesday
Television has come to the Brainerd City Council with two new shows on public access. Read more about it in Tuesday's Dispatch.
City to televise meetings
Television cameras have come to Brainerd city government.
Local briefs
BACKUS -- Construction on Highway 87 between the north junction of Highway 371 in Backus and Highway 84 is set to begin the week of July 30, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Beware, drive-offs
ST. PAUL (AP) -- Gas thieves beware.
3-year-old drowns in yard pool
LITTLE FALLS -- A 3-year-old girl died Sunday, the victim of drowning in a pool.
Local briefs
Kid's Safety Day will be held from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Westgate Mall in Brainerd.
George Bedard dies
George R. Bedard, 91, a former Brainerd mayor and Realtor who started his business in the back booth of his restaurant, died Sunday at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. He was 91.
School cutbacks show an increase
LITTLE FALLS -- The Little Falls School District will see an estimated $61,900 more in program and staff cuts this fall.
MnDOT issues warning on keep signs off highway right-of-way
BAXTER _ The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reminding the public that state law prohibits placement of unauthorized objects and signs on state highway right-of-way.
New e-mail virus flooding systems
New e-mal virus flooding systems.
To parents of twins: You are not alone
Potty training, biting and hitting. A Brainerd area group deals with these sorts of problems ... in multiples.
Deerwood man victim of what sheriff Ross calls worst industrial accident
DEERWOOD -- Crow Wing County Sheriff Dick Ross called it the worst industrial accident of his tenure as sheriff.
Cass deputy proves to be dog's best friend
BEMIDJI -- It was the most doggoned caper Cass County Sheriff's Investigator Mike Diekmann ever did see, but it all ended with a happy
Pillager receives go-ahead for charter school
PILLAGER -- It's goodbye PEAKS. Hello PACS.
Correction
In a page 6A story in Sunday's Dispatch the deadline for performers to submit a video for the amateur talent contest Aug. 10 on the Mills Free Stage at the Crow Wing County Fair was incorrect. The correct deadline date should have been Tuesday, July 31.
AIDS-stricken Thai boy can stay in U.S. under new visa
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Advocates for an AIDS-stricken Thai boy who was used as a prop by immigration smugglers have won their battle to keep the boy in America.
Thousands pay tribute to Graham
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands paid tribute Monday to Katharine Graham, filling a cavernous church with memories of a gallant lady who befriended presidents and a brave businesswoman who longed for news stories that gave her a "piece of the action."
BODY IMAGE
CHICAGO -- One comes home and announces her intention to diet because "I'm getting fat!"
Pope urges Bush to bar using human embryos for research
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) -- Pope John Paul II urged President Bush to bar using human embryos for medical research, saying Monday that America has a moral responsibility to reject actions that "devalue and violate human life."
Deaths in construction zones continue to rise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people killed in highway work zones is at an all-time high, as orange cones proliferate on crowded roads and harried motorists ignore signs warning them to slow down.
Baltimore breathes easier
BALTIMORE -- Crews removed the last smoldering railroad car from a downtown tunnel Monday, five days after a CSX train derailed and caught fire, creating chaos across the city.
At busiest airports, more than one-quarter of flights at least 15 minutes late
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than one-quarter of flights into 11 of the nation's busiest airports were at least 15 minutes late during the first five months of the year, government figures show.
$3 billion spent so far in security steps for U.S. embassies
WASHINGTON -- Since terrorist bombs destroyed two U.S. embassies in East Africa nearly three years ago, the State Department has spent $3 billion on security initiatives that include shatterproof windows, high-tech screening devices and plainclothes surveillance teams at embassies around the world.
Milk fat costs driving up ice cream prices
OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) -- For years, you could buy an ice cream cone for 99 cents at Jilly's Ice Cream Factory on Ocean City's Boardwalk. It was a point of pride for co-owner Jody Levchuk, who held steady on the price while his competitors went to $2.75 or more.
Study group recommends legal status for some illegal Mexican immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A study group headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Attorney General John Ashcroft has recommended that the United States grant guest-worker status and possibly legal residency to some of the millions of undocumented Mexican immigrants.
Good weather in Florida inviting space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth on time
SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Favorable weather forecasts Monday for NASA's preferred landing site in Florida gave flight controllers confidence that space shuttle Atlantis and its five-member crew would return home on time.
Clemens rockets past Seaver on K list
Whatever Tom Seaver taught Roger Clemens, it's working. And it has been for a long, long time.
Yankees get rings, stop 4-game skid
Mike Mussina walked in from the bullpen as his New York Yankees teammates got their World Series rings, and he thought ahead.
Rehab continues
CHICAGO (AP) -- A tight hamstring will not delay Nomar Garciaparra's comeback.
Who did what
STARS
Mauer makes professional debut
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins's first-round draft pick made an impressive professional debut Monday night for the Elizabethton Twins here as a designated hitter.
A day of rarities in the NL
A Houston Astros shutout at Enron Field. John Smoltz relieving Greg Maddux. It was a day of firsts in the National League.
Ripken Show is hottest ticket in town
BALTIMORE -- Baseball's Iron Man has become solid gold at the box office.
Major League linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baseball weekend
East Division
BASEBALL-LESS WASHINGTON AGAINST THE WORLD Thirty Years' War rages with new ammo
WASHINGTON -- We're approaching an extremely unpleasant anniversary here in Washington. And I'm not coping with it well.
George R. Bedard
George R. Bedard, 91, Brainerd, died Sunday, July 22, 2001, at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.
Matthew A. Moore
Matthew A. Moore, 17, Aitkin, died Friday, July 20, 2001, as the result of a motor vehicle accident.
Cy Kuefler
ST. CLOUD -- Cy Kuefler, 76, St. Cloud, formerly of Lake Shore, died Saturday, July 21, 2001, at St. Cloud Hospital.
Helen E. Needham
BAXTER -- Helen E. Needham, 83, Baxter, died today, July 24, 2001, at St. Joseph's Medical Center.
William D. Vinje
William D. Vinje, 60, Esko, died July 21, 2001.
Lorraine E. Schultz
Lorraine E. Schultz, 71, Brainerd, died Saturday, July 21, 2001, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village.
Duane Hurd
STAPLES -- Duane Hurd, 75, Staples, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
Ann C. Huseby
NEW HOPE -- Ann C. Huseby, 92, New Hope, formerly of Brainerd, died Sunday, July 22, 2001, at North Ridge Care Center in New Hope.
Esther E. Bennett
Esther Elnor Bennett, 75, Brainerd, died Sunday, July 21, 2001, at St. Otto's Care Center in Little Falls.
Kali Marcella Imse
LITTLE FALLS -- Kali Marcella Imse, 3, Little Falls, daughter of Julienne Kaiser, Little Falls, and Kevin Imse, Dousman, Wis., died Sunday, July 22, 2001.
George R. Bedard
George R. Bedard, 91, Brainerd, died Sunday, July 22, 2001, at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.
Richard L. Seiner
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Richard Lee Selner, 48, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Monday, July 16, 2001, in Chadron, Neb.
Shirley A. Midgley
BURTRUM -- Shirley A. Midgley, 66, Burtrum, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at home.
Andrew S. Nelson
DEERWOOD -- Andrew Sven Nelson, 20, Deerwood, died Monday, July 23, 2001, as the result of an industrial accident.
Kaley Isme
LITTLE FALLS -- Kaley Isme, 3, died Sunday, July 22, 2001, in Little Falls.
Laverne C. Hendrickson
CROSSLAKE -- Laverne Carol Hendrickson, 74, Crosslake, died Saturday, July 21, 2001, at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Douglas Dukowitz
STAPLES -- Douglas Dukowitz, 36, Staples, died today, July 24, 2001.
LaVerne C. Hendrickson
CROSSLAKE -- LaVerne Carol Hendrickson, 74, Crosslake, died Saturday, July 21, 2001, at Hennepin County Medical Center.
After the 'Energy Crisis'
The following editorial appeared in Sunday's Washington Post:
Open Forum
I wonder how many people are aware that the county plans on taking over Highway 25 North.
Prenatal care, backward
The following editorial appeared in today's Washington Post:
Truth be told
In response to The Dispatch's July 20 editorial on Bob Olson's Wednesday (Ch. 8 at 7 p.m.) cable TV public access show, "What's Bob About? Bob's About the People!":
Election 2000
The New York Times, the Miami Herald and many other newspapers have gone to a great deal of trouble to demonstrate what should have been fairly obvious by the end of last year: that, for all the problems with the presidential vote in Florida, the result was, in essence, a statistical tie.
Open Forum
No Minnesota dairy p
The Brainerd Dispatch's editorial views
Editorial views in The Brainerd Dispatch represent a consensus of opinion by members of the newspaper's editorial board.
George Bedard
Getting involved was second nature to George Bedard, the former Brainerd mayor and Realtor who died Sunday.
OTHER OPINIONS Not a normal vote
House supporters of campaign finance reform have begun anew the laborious process of pressing for an unobstructed up-or-down vote on their bill.
Drivers battle in the heat at NCMS
One hundred drivers battled the blistering heat Saturday as Nick Musel, Dave Mass, Chuck Olson and Brad Dwyer won their respective division at the North Central Motor Speedway competitions.
Jarrett pushes past teammate for victory
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -- It's tough being a team player when a victory is on the line.
Carpentier gets first career win
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Patrick Carpentier kept waiting for Dario Franchitti or Michel Jourdain Jr. to suddenly appear in his mirrors as he approached the checkered flag in Sunday's heartstopping Harrah's 500.
Triathlete from Illinois dies after Minnesota triathlon
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) -- An Illinois man has died after competing in a triathlon in northern Minnesota.
Gun battle raises concerns over legally armed felons
ANOKA (AP) -- A running gun battle in Columbia Heights last week between police and a convicted murder has some people concerned about felons being allowed to own guns.
State briefs
ST. PAUL (AP) -- Minnesota victims of severe weather this spring have only one more week to apply for state and federal aid to replace their losses.
Perham man remains hospitalized after losing foot at potato chip factory
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A Minnesota man remains hospitalized three weeks after losing his foot at the Barrel O Fun snack food plant in Perham, Minn.
Weekend rains bring relief to Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Southern Minnesota got its first significant rainfall of the month over the weekend, bringing some relief to brittle lawns and giving farmers a fighting chance to keep their crops alive.
Eagan man pleads guilty to kidnapping
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) -- An Eagan man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 12-year-old girl last year. James Adam Roth, 45, will be sentenced Sept. 17.
Police beat teen during arrest, witnesses say
ST. PAUL (AP) -- The city's police chief promised to investigate allegations that his officers beat a teen-ager as they tried to disperse crowds clogging downtown streets after a neighborhood festival.
Teachers union 2001 lobbying dwarfs its past spending
ST. PAUL (AP) -- One of the 2001 session's biggest fights, over education funding, proved the most costly ever for the state's largest teachers union.
Girl attacked by tiger at private camp
RACINE, Minn. (AP) -- A 7-year-old girl was hospitalized with minor injuries after being attacked by a tiger at a private wild animal refuge in this southeastern Minnesota town, authorities said.
2nd half blues Mighty Gulls continue to struggle, drop doubleheader to St. Cloud
The Brainerd Mighty Gulls managed to lose games in two different cities Sunday, adding two more losses to their ever-growing pile of defeats.
Same story, same result Errors get the best of Mighty Gulls, who fall 10-0 to St. Cloud
Three goals by one hockey player is usually called a hat trick. Some fans, usually those in Detroit, react to a hat trick by throwing an octopus onto the ice.
To the plate
RANDALL-- In the North Division playoffs Saturday, the Randall Cubs rallied from a 6-1 deficit to beat St. Mathias 17-11. This game turned in the bottom of the fourth inning when the Cubs sent 12 batters to the plate and scored eight runs on seven hits.
Scoreboard
Northwoods League Baseball
Scoreboard
Northwoods League Baseball
Tuesday briefing
The Brainerd Bees traveled to Waupaca, Wis. over the weekend, taking two of three games.
Mariners win without any slugger
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins play similar styles of baseball. The Mariners execute the game plan just a bit better.
Mariners deal defeats to Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Paul Abbott took a two-hit shutout into the ninth inning, showing once again how far he has come with the Seattle Mariners.
State forecast for South Dakota
Today...Mostly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs 70 to 80.
Minnesota state forecast
Today...Partly cloudy north. Increasing clouds central and south. A chance of show
Iowa state forecast
Today..Widely scattered morning thunderstorms west. A chance of thunderstorms again late in the afternoon west and central. Highs from 75 to 80 northwest to the lower 90s southeast.
State forecast for North Dakota
Today...Partly sunny. Highs 75 to 85.
Shake, pal
Weather drawing by Anna Pitts of Mr. Hendrickson's third grade class at Baxter school.
State forecast for North Dakota
Today...Partly sunny. A chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms west and south. Highs in the lower and middle 70s.
The Weather Elsewhere
Monday
Rough weather
Weather drawing by Jave Madison of Sharon Jendro's first grade class at Lowell school.
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Partly to mostly sunny and less humid. Highs in the mid to upper 70s north...To the mid 80s south.
Minnesota state forecast
Severe thunderstorm watch southeast through 10 am...
Wisconsin state forecast
Today...Very warm and humid central and south. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s far northwest to around 90 south. Heat indices of 95 to to around 100 south. Cooler near lake superior and lake michigan.
State forecast for South Dakota
Today...Partly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms ending southeast this morning. A chance of thunderstorms west. Highs in the 70s northwest to near 90 southeast.
Iowa state forecast
Heat advisory today portions of eastern iowa...
The Weather Elsewhere
Tuesday
Names and faces
LONDON (AP) -- Former Beatle George Harrison says he is "active and feeling very well," denying published reports that cancer has brought him close to death.
What's doing
There will be a spaghetti dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Cost: $5.
Church's manipulative scare tactics cause family to flee from the fold
DEAR ABBY: Last year, our family went through the most traumatic experience of our lives: We left the church we'd been attending for more than a decade.
Friends, authors mourn passing of writer Eudora Welty, who gave voice to the South
JACKSON, Miss. -- It was Eudora Welty's eyes that writer Toni Morrison most vividly recalled when the two authors met decades ago.
Names and faces
MIAMI (AP) -- Janet Reno's doctors say her mild form of Parkinson's disease should not prevent the former U.S. attorney general from running for the Florida governor's office.
Father gets probation, apologizes for bullying home-schooled children
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- A man accused of bullying his five home-schooled children to win spelling bees and other competitions apologized Monday and was sentenced to three years of probation.
China sentences two U.S. residents and Chinese national for spying
BEIJING (AP) -- Two U.S. residents were convicted Tuesday of spying for Taiwan and sentenced to 10 years in prison, the state news agency reported, casting a pall over a visit this weekend by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Negotiators rescue global warming pact
BONN, Germany -- Negotiators from 178 nations rescued the 1997 Kyoto Protocol after 48 hours of marathon talks ending Monday, leaving the United States isolated as the rest of the world embraced the first binding treaty on combating global warming.
Effort to create whaling sanctuary blocked
LONDON (AP) -- Japan and other pro-whaling countries on Tuesday blocked an effort to create a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific.