The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) articles from March 2001

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) archives from March 2001

Poor Timing Plagues Milwaukee-Based Bank's Data Processing Subsidiary IPO.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Mar. 31--Marshall & Isley Corp.'s aborted attempt to spin off its Metavante Corp. data-processing subsidiary last fall as a separate company cost the bank holding company about $4.5 million, according to a document...

Racine, Wis.-Based Construction-Equipment Maker Gets Deal with Japanese Firm.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Jason Gertzen Mar. 31--CNH Global NV said Thursday that it had reached a $200 million deal with a Japanese company that is expected to help it enter the construction equipment industry in Asia and increase its sales in Europe....

Harley-Davidson Employees Prepare to Vote on Labor Contracts.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 31--Members of three unions representing over 1,900 Harley-Davidson Inc. employees in Wisconsin are to vote Sunday on preliminary labor contracts, union officials said Friday. Ratification of all three...

Milwaukee-Area Hospital Affiliation Plans to Disband.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Joe Manning Mar. 31--Horizon Healthcare Inc., a loose-knit affiliation of six Milwaukee-area acute care hospitals, has outlived its usefulness and will disband, Horizon's interim president and chief executive, Mark Knight, said...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Historical Perspectives Column.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Tom Saler Mar. 31--Thirteen months and $4.5 trillion later, investors are earnestly digging through the financial rubble for clues that the bear market may finally be winding down. Among the indicators being examined most closely...

Brewers win Miller Park debut.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Drew Olson The surroundings were glitzy. The mood was giddy. The game was ragged. The finish was stirring, but the final result was meaningless. As housewarming parties go, the Milwaukee Brewers' unveiling of Miller Park...

Brewers put spring training behind them.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Drew Olson MILWAUKEE _ After dropping a rather lethargic 7-2 decision against Boston on Saturday afternoon at Miller Park, their fifth defeat in their last six exhibition games, the Milwaukee Brewers took consolation in one of...

Battier seeks elusive title.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart Minneapolis _ Enjoy Duke's Shane Battier while you can. It may be a while before you see another with his versatility. The senior forward is not only the national player of the year, according to a number of...

Packers spare no expense to stay in contention.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein PALM SPRINGS, Calif. _ The option was always there for the Green Bay Packers. Facing a massive salary-cap overrun and the possibility of losing some key free agents, the club could have sacrificed this season...

Drug companies routinely lobby politicians.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Joe Manning and John Fauber MILWAUKEE _ To maintain their patent protections on drugs _ and exclusivity on sales _ drug companies routinely lobby politicians, to the tune of $90.6 million in 1999. "We are vigorous in...

Pharmaceutical industry is leader in Fortune 500.
March 31, 2001... Byline: John Fauber and Joe Manning MILWAUKEE _ Go back 20 years, when the cost of prescriptions was an afterthought and Viagra just a gleam in a biochemist's eye. It also was the last time America's pharmaceutical industry did not...

Olympic hero Sheets ready for Milwaukee debut.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Lori Nickel Richie Sexson airlifted a ball onto the Pepsi sign high above center field at the new ball yard during batting practice Friday. Someone said Mark McGwire will break a few of these new pretty windows. So . . . Ben...

A night well worth the wait at Miller Park.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Dale Hofmann It figured that when the politicians threw out the first pitch at Miller Park, they did it with a committee. Seven civic leaders from five counties scattered knuckleballs in every direction. Ordinarily this could...

Miller Park impresses White Sox.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Frank Clines Jose Valentin smiled at the familiar photo he was being shown. There he was on the cover of the 1997 Milwaukee Brewers media guide, holding a bat-handled shovel next to the slogan "Diggin' for Home," the promise...

White House welcomes baseball.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Katherine M. Skiba Washington _ Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Ernie Banks and other Hall of Famers lunched at the White House on Friday with George W. Bush, the country's baseball fan-in-chief. Forty-seven legends visited the...

Spartans' captains lead by example.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart Minneapolis, Minn. _ For a team on which leadership has been a prime concern, Michigan State seems to have plenty. Charlie Bell. Andre Hutson. Even an unheralded player such as David Thomas. Spartans coach...

Confident Bucks hit the road.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt San Antonio _ Like a gathering offshore storm, it has been tracked for weeks with a combination of fascination and dread by the Milwaukee Bucks. Now it is here, the six-game Western Conference trip, and there are...

Gumballs are a bit of history we can all chew on.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Jackie Loohauis Your symptoms: Blue tongue. Busted bicuspid. Carpal wrist damage leaving you unable to grip and twist small metal knobs. The diagnosis? Chronic "Gumballs on the Brain." It's a syndrome that society has...

Patients rely too heavily on antibiotics.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Marilynn Marchione Doctors have had little luck convincing sick people that antibiotics have been overused in the past and that now, for the greater good of society, must be saved for when they're really needed. People aren't...

Woman chooses to remain positive despite paralysis.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Meg Kissinger MILWAUKEE _ Most days, Mary Gies doesn't even think about it. What would be the point? The wheelchair, the constant beeping in the hallways, the middle-of-the-night searches for bedsores: They've become just as...

Amendment allows limited quantities of imported prescriptions.
March 30, 2001... Byline: John Fauber and Joe Manning If you walk across the U.S.-Mexican border with 50 doses of Vicodin, Valium or any other potentially addictive, controlled substance, customs officials won't touch you. However, try to sneak in a...

Wisconsin Extends Deadline on Phone Reimbursements.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Lee Bergquist Mar. 30--Wisconsin consumers who lost their phone connections last year when Ameritech struggled with service problems have received only $252,105 of $2 million in cash payments Ameritech has paid into a restitution...

Milwaukee-Based Boutique Bank Will Open Branch in Pewaukee, Wis.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Mar. 30--Meridian Capital Bank, a boutique bank catering to middle-market businesses and their owners, plans to open a branch in Pewaukee this summer, the bank president said Thursday. Meridian will occupy 4,000...

Brookfield, Wis.-Based Data-Service Provider Keeps On Growing.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Mar. 30--With sales, revenue, earnings, stock price and the number of new clients all up in 2000, the only thing that decreased at Fiserv Inc. compared to a year earlier was the number of business acquisitions,...

Wisconsin Energy Company Plans to Hold Annual Meeting in Michigan.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Lee Hawkins Jr. Mar. 30--Wisconsin Energy Corp., which ran into investor criticism for its poor stock performance and halving its dividend last year, plans to hold its annual meeting in Iron Mountain, Mich., in May. The...

Redevelopment of Milwaukee Mall May Lead to New Retail Tenants.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 30--The planned $12 million redevelopment of the Grand Avenue mall will include pitches to large retailers like Urban Outfitters Inc. and a larger main entrance, the downtown mall's new manager said Thursday. ...

Investors Group Is Buying Former Leather Warehouse Buildings in Milwaukee.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 30--The former offices and warehouse of United States Leather Inc. in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley are being sold to an investors group led by a Waukesha construction company executive. The 30,000-square-foot...

Oak Creek, Wis., Postal Service Building Sold to Illinois Firm.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 30--A 150,000-square-foot building in Oak Creek that is leased to the U.S. Postal Service has been sold to a real estate investment trust for $3 million to $4 million, the building's new owner said Thursday. ...

Records Indicate Oak Creek, Wis.-Based Airline Tapped Bank Credit Line.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Avrum D. Lank Mar. 29--Midwest Express Holdings tapped a bank credit line for $20 million in December to shore up its cash position, according to a government filing made public Wednesday. The filing also said that Midwest...

Official Says Milwaukee-Area College to Change Location.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 29--Bryant & Stratton College plans by late April to move to Reuss Federal Plaza, an office tower on downtown's west side, from its building on the northern edge of downtown, a college official said Tuesday. ...

Former Printing Plant Workers Lose Fight Over Stock in Milwaukee, Area.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Kertscher Mar. 29--Former employees of a Jefferson County printing plant who allege they lost money because they had to sell their stock in Journal Communications Inc. have lost the major portion of their class-action lawsuit...

New Owner May Convert Vacant Milwaukee Building to Condominiums.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 29--A downtown office building that's sat empty for several years might be converted to condominiums by the building's new owner. The 69,000-square-foot building at 731 N. Water St. could accommodate four...

West Bend, Wis.-Based Water Distiller Maker to Pay $250,000 Fine.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Thomas Content Mar. 29--The West Bend Co. will pay a $250,000 fine to settle allegations that the company knew its water distillers posed a fire hazard to consumers but did not inform federal product safety regulators of the...

Fed Chairman Says Statistics Understate Productivity, Growth.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Avrum D. Lank Mar. 29--WASHINGTON--Government statistical data understates both productivity and growth, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan told a group of economists here Tuesday, while Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill...

Wisconsin Jobless Rate Increases, Reflecting Slowing Nationwide Economy.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Joel Dresang Mar. 29--The nation's economic sluggishness is showing up in increased joblessness among most Wisconsin cities and counties, according to February unemployment estimates released Wednesday. Nine of the state's 11...

Cedarburg, Wis.-Based Online Mortgage-Application Unit to Be a Separate Firm.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Mar. 29--Marshall & Ilsley Corp. is planning to turn its growing online mortgage-application subsidiary into a separate company, M&I officials confirmed Wednesday. M&I will retain a partial stake in...

Wisconsin Governor Endorses Funds for Downtown Milwaukee Redevelopment Project.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 29--About $6 million in state funds proposed to help redevelop the Boston Store building at the Grand Avenue mall are needed to strengthen downtown Milwaukee, Gov. Scott McCallum said Wednesday. "We need to...

Wisconsin Utility Executive Expects Approval for New Transmission Line.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Lee Hawkins Jr. Mar. 29--The top executive at WPS Resources Corp. said Wednesday he expects regulators to approve a 250-mile transmission line the Green Bay utility company wants to build from Duluth to Wausau by the end of the...

Eldred starting for White Sox, not Brewers.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Haudricourt When the Milwaukee Brewers signed pitching ace Cal Eldred to a four-year, $14.1 million contract before the 1997 season, it was reasonable to expect he'd start the first game when the team moved into Miller Park....

Brewers meet White Sox.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Haudricourt and Drew Olson Seeing her players working out at Miller Park for the first time Thursday afternoon, it finally hit home with Wendy Selig-Prieb that the big day was at hand. "I have to admit, as much as I've...

Brewers set for Miller Park.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Drew Olson The home dugout at Miller Park was just about spotless on Thursday when Milwaukee Brewers third-base coach Gary Allenson squirted a stream of tobacco juice _ the first of about a million _ onto the wooden floor. ...

Brewers find some answers to questions.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Drew Olson Phoenix _ In addition to the bags full of bats, balls, uniforms and other equipment, the Milwaukee Brewers packed generous supplies of confidence and optimism onto the charter plane that took them from Arizona to...

Ryan brings the zeal to Wisconsin.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Dale Hofmann Madison _ Bo Ryan tells us to wait and see, which would be the next logical step after sitting and hearing for most of Thursday morning. If the University of Wisconsin's new basketball coach never wins a Big Ten...

Wardle won't give up dream; Marquette guard believes he belongs in NBA.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Lori Nickel MILWAUKEE _ Every time some fan comes up to Brian Wardle in a restaurant, he just plays along. Whenever one of his own classmates at the Union brings it up, he smiles politely. They don't even know they're insulting...

Wisconsin players eager to check out Ryan's system.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Jeff Potrykus Madison _ Rick Majerus, who decided after a brief deliberation that he was not prepared to take over the University of Wisconsin men's basketball program, nonetheless was present at Bo Ryan's coronation Thursday.....

Bennett still on board at Wisconsin.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart Madison _ One of Bo Ryan's first acts as the University of Wisconsin men's basketball coach was to name Tony Bennett as one of his assistants. Consider it a testament of the job the 31-year-old did in his first...

Off to a Bo-dacious beginning; new Wisconsin basketball coach Ryan makes a great first impression.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart Madison _ This wasn't Bob Knight saluting 7,500 fans at Texas Tech. And it couldn't compare to the fanfare for Rick Pitino in Louisville last week. But, in their own way, a couple hundred or so University of...

Bo Ryan finds his way back to the capital city.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Charles F. Gardner Madison _ Bo Ryan's family hiked up the road from Milwaukee to Madison on Thursday to celebrate the basketball coach's ascension to the top Division I job in the state. And Ryan's family seemed to expand from...

Bucks face a new challenge against Mourning.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ Before Tuesday, the Milwaukee Bucks' primary obstacle to the Eastern Conference finals was thought to be the Philadelphia 76ers. Now, another roadblock has emerged, this one standing 6-foot-10 and...

Students suggest priest, spokesman, as career options for Clinton.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Gary Rummler MILWAUKEE, Wis. _ Now that Bill Clinton is no longer president, he needs a job. So students at Hampton Elementary School offered the former president tips on choosing a new career and then listed his job skills...

Dog park will be pooper-scooped for April Stools' Day.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Scott Williams BROOKFIELD, Minn. _ There will be funny hats, games, door prizes _ and pooper-scoopers _ Sunday when patrons of a popular suburban dog park throw a spring cleanup party. Billed as "April Stools' Day," the event...

NFL calls for more protection for QBs.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein PALM DESERT, Calif. _ To counteract the growing number of quarterback injuries in the National Football League, club executives have ordered officials to throw more penalty flags for roughing the passer. ...

`In Search of Captain Zero,' By Allan C. Weisbecker; Tarcher / Putnam (352 pages. $24.95).
March 28, 2001... Byline: Meg Jones Like Eskimos who have an incredible number of words to describe the snow that crunches under their boots, surfers use an equally rich vocabulary to describe the water that roils under their feet as they dart under the...

Would you believe 47 hours of `Get Smart'?
March 28, 2001... Byline: Joanne Weintraub Don Adams would bet his shoe phone on it: If the executives at NBC had watched the entire half-hour pilot of "Get Smart," it never would have gotten on the air. As it was, six minutes of secret agent Maxwell...

Wisconsin Securities Regulators Target Bratwurst Entrepreneurs.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Rick Romell Mar. 28--Fun-loving bratwurst guys Alan Pape and James Prange, trying to drum up interest in their dream of building a sausage-shop empire, have run afoul of not-so-fun-loving state securities regulators. Pape and...

Milwaukee-Based Health Care Organization Plans to Relocate Medical Clinic.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Joe Manning and Amy Rinard Mar. 28--Aurora Health Care plans to build a hospital and relocate the Wilkinson Medical Clinic to 43 acres of the former Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc, the Milwaukee-based health care organization said...

Milwaukee Business College Moves to Office Tower.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 28--Bryant & Stratton College plans by late April to move to Reuss Federal Plaza, an office tower on downtown's west side, from its building on the northern edge of downtown, a college official said Tuesday. ...

Economist Offers an Optimistic Outlook to Milwaukee Audience.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Mar. 28--Citing historical patterns of solid growth following serious economic slowdowns, the chief economist for Robert W. Baird & Co. offered a bullish outlook for the stock market and economy to Milwaukee business...

Greenspan Calls for Better Economic Data; Treasury Official Talks Taxes.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Avrum D. Lank Mar. 28--WASHINGTON--Government statistical data understates both productivity and growth, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan told a group of economists here Tuesday, while Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill...

Chicago-Area Developer Abandons Plans for Milwaukee Hotel.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Mar. 27--A Chicago-area developer said his plans to build a $10 million Hawthorne Suites Hotel on downtown's east side are dead. Richard Sobelman said the plans were dropped after he was unable to buy the last...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Selling Points Column.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Doris Hajewski Mar. 28--KEWASKUM, Wis.--It's a Wednesday evening at the city's municipal building, and about 10 members of the Country Chix are gathered in the community meeting room, getting a lesson on how to shop online. ...

Hales Corners, Wis., Banking Company Plans to Consider Merger.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Mar. 27--A dissident stockholder's proposal urging the sale or merger of State Financial Services Corp. will be put to a vote at the company's annual meeting in May. In a resolution contained in the company proxy...

Possible Price Cuts from Duracell Affect Battery Industry.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Lee Hawkins Jr. Mar. 27--Shares of Rayovac Corp. fell 14 percent Monday, as Wall Street reacted to an analyst's warning that industry leader Duracell may cut prices to recoup sales, setting off a price war. Andrew Shore, an...

Beverage Industry Slowdown Hurts Manitowoc, Wis.-Based Company.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Thomas Content Mar. 27--The stock price of The Manitowoc Co. moved higher in heavy trading Monday after the company disclosed that slowing beverage equipment demand will hurt sales and earnings this quarter. Earnings per...

Chicago Developer Scraps Plans for New Milwaukee Hotel.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin and Rick Barrett Mar. 27--A Chicago-area developer said his plans to build a $10 million Hawthorne Suites Hotel on downtown Milwaukee's east side are dead because he was unable to buy the last remaining parcel needed...

Burnitz tries to get back to basics.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Drew OLSON Phoenix _ For Milwaukee Brewers rightfielder Jeromy Burnitz, participating in the 1999 All-Star Game in Boston was a thrilling experience. Finishing second to Ken Griffey Jr. in the Home Run Derby that year gave...

Contracts only protect one side.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Dale Hofmann A man could catch cold sitting in the draft created by all the coaches rushing around these precincts. Soderberg to Northern Iowa? Karl to Portland? Rick hither, Bo yon. There has to be a video game in there...

UWM coach Ryan may sign with Wisconsin on Wednesday.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Jeff Potrykus Madison,Wis. _ With University of Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter still determined to hire a men's basketball coach before the weekend, UW-Milwaukee's Bo Ryan has emerged as the leading candidate. In...

Ryan emerges as Wisconsin's leading candidate.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Jeff Potrykus Madison _ With University of Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter still determined to hire a men's basketball coach before the weekend, UW-Milwaukee's Bo Ryan has emerged as a strong candidate, perhaps even the...

Bucks tout Thomas as top sixth man.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ George Karl, who can work himself up on a number of topics, has a new cause to pound: Why is Tim Thomas receiving almost no attention as a Sixth Man Award candidate? "I haven't even heard him...

Productivity probably higher than is apparent, economists say.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Avrum D. Lank WASHINGTON _ Government statistical data understates both productivity and growth, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan told a group of economists here Tuesday, while Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said...

NFL reviews realignment.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein Palm Desert, Calif. _ National Football League owners spent three hours reviewing about a dozen or so options for realignment Tuesday afternoon but no vote was taken on any of the plans. Commissioner Paul...

Packers pondering a high-rise in draft.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein Palm Desert, Calif. _ The opportunity to move up from the No. 10 spot in the National Football League draft is there for the Green Bay Packers, it's just a matter of whether they choose to take the plunge. ...

Field of gene therapy suffers from lack of public confidence.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Marilynn Marchione NEW ORLEANS _ The death of an Arizona teenager in 1999 and revelations about sloppy research have had a chilling effect on the field of gene therapy research _ so much that applications to do it dropped 50...

Leading authority in freshwater ecology dies at 93.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Eric LaRose MADISON, Wis. _ A visit to a mountain stream he knew in his childhood inspired scientist Arthur Hasler to prove how salmon "sniffed" their way upstream in their quest for their ancestral spawning grounds. Hasler,...

School modeled on Main Street.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Nahal Toosi WAUPACA, Wis. _ Caitlin Carpenter sits on a bench on Main Street, grasping a camera and papers in her hands. Despite Main Street's wide pathway and clearly marked signs, the 16-year-old Waupaca High School junior...

A quiet day in May would let us hear the silence in a clamorous world.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Meg Kissinger MILWAUKEE, Wis. _ With all the commotion that surrounds us each day _ phones, radios, TVs, fax machines, beeping watches, CD players, DVDs, computers and pagers _ it's hard to imagine, but silence is creeping back...

Hawks fall to Bucks, but future looking bright.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE, Wis. _ The Atlanta Hawks debated right up until the trading deadline last month whether to deal all-star Dikembe Mutombo. When they ultimately decided to trade the defensive stalwart, the deal not only...

Wisconsin AD Pat Richter left holding milk bone.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Garry D. Howard Turns out the PHAT man didn't give the University of Wisconsin a fat chance. Rick Majerus is out. And although the Kentucky Derby will not take place until the first Saturday of May, on this last Tuesday of...

Defending champion Michigan State overlooked.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jeff Potrykus Has anyone seen Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans lately? They're dressed in green and white. They're fond of embarrassing foes on the backboards and lead the nation in rebounding with an outrageous margin of...

Badgers shift gears after Majerus drops out.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart MADISON, Wis. _ Scratch Rick Majerus' name off the list of candidates to fill the University of Wisconsin's men's basketball coaching vacancy. Athletic director Pat Richter announced Monday in a statement that...

Karl set to sign new deal.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt PHILADELPHIA _ George Karl will end nearly a month of delay this week and sign the two-year contract extension offered him by the Milwaukee Bucks. According to sources close to the situation, the Bucks are...

Objections to a hunt for mourning doves fail to fly.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Steven Walters MADISON, Wis. _ Opponents of the mourning dove hunt set to begin Sept. 1 pleaded with state senators to block the hunt, but their emotional appeal appeared doomed. Although state Sen. Jim Baumgart (D-Sheboygan)...

NFL is out to end shenanigans.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein PALM DESERT, Calif. _ Those who push and shove after the whistle or wear bandanas on their heads beware: The National Football League has a hefty fine or yellow flag waiting for you. Apparently not...