News Archive for December 19, 2009
Latest high school scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Saturday's boys, girls basketball
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RSVP's new cell phone bank program to benefit elderly, domestic violence victims
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Many older residents don't want to own or learn to operate cell phones, but they could benefit from the new 911 Cell Phone Bank Program that RSVP launched informally earlier this month.
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Public record for Dec. 19, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Will sidewalk delay doom program?
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Janesville City Council members earlier this week and for the second time delayed a program to build 63 miles of unfunded sidewalk, citing tough economic times.
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Parker to raise honor wall
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Parker High School plans to start honoring distinguished alumni, following the lead of the other Janesville high school.
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Undocumented immigrants pose threat on roads
By ANDY SZAL AND JACOB KUSHNER - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Drivers beware: There's a woman driving a stretch of Interstate 90 between Sparta and Tomah—without a license or any training about Wisconsin's traffic laws.
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New York transplants have variety of experiences chasing their dreams
By STACY VOGEL - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Aly Bitter has known since she was a teenager that she wanted to be a Broadway star. That doesn't mean she has stars in her eyes as she prepares to move from Janesville to New York City to launch her career.
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Rock County officials react to report criticizing juvenile justice system
By TED SULLIVAN - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Rock County officials said they didn’t know of all the problems listed in a report on the juvenile justice division, but they stood by the division’s managers and believe they can make improvements.
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Jets skate past Traverse City
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Extra week off doesn't slow down Janesville youth hockey team
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Parker swept in Big Eight swim dual dual
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Madison East, Middleton cruise past Vikings
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Craig’s Loftus cruises to victory in 200 IM
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Craig swimmers drop double dual to Madison Memorial, Verona
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Milton boys win second straight
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Badger South boys basketball roundup
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Madison Memorial shines against Cougars
By CRAIG HENQUINET/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
MADISON --
Spartans roll to impressive 65-53 victory over Craig boys
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Unbeaten Parkview girls down Big Foot; Brodhead, Clinton, Jefferson, East Troy, McFarland win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Rock Valley basketball roundup
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Verona dominates Parker from the start
By JOHN BARRY - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Wildcats put on a clinic in 81-43 victory over Vikings
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Milton girls jump ahead in Badger South
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Badger South basketball roundup
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Delavan-Darien's big second half takes down Elkhorn girls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Southern Lakes basketball roundup
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Two Edgerton residents arrested on drug charges
By BETH WHEELOCK - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Sheriff's officials say a search warrant uncovered marijuana, cocaine and other drug paraphernalia.
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Shoppers, wary of credit cards, get creative
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
NEW YORK --
Shoppers are doing all they can to keep their credit cards in their wallets this holiday season.
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Bucks late surge not enough
By TOM WITHERS - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
CLEVELAND --
Milwaukee rookie Brandon Jennings scored 18 points, but the speedy point guard fired up an air ball on a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left that would have tied it. Jennings, who was just 5 of 21 from the field, took the last attempt with Williams in his face.
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Latest scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
High school boys, girls basketball
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Threats to religious liberty in 2009, mountains and molehills
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
Truth be told, most religious people around the world would give anything to live in a country where the top 10 religious-liberty news stories of 2009 include disputes over Christian-themed license plates, Ten Commandments monuments on public property, and a lonely cross in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
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Con: Roosevelt would be shocked by the stampede to despoil the environment
By WAYNE MADSEN - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
WASHINGTON --
Once again, Republicans in Congress are attempting to open up pristine Arctic wilderness areas in Alaska, as well as Florida coastal marine areas of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to the environmental destroyers of Big Oil and Gas.
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Pro: Prosperity lies in the huge oil and gas deposits
By MARK J. PERRY - Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
WASHINGTON --
For an economy that depends on energy reliability and wants greater energy independence, there’s only one realistic solution: adopting government policies to boost production of America’s oil and natural gas resources.
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