Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - November 28, 2003, Carroll, Iowa Weather I Message Center Iowa November 28, 2003 Single Copy 500 relates over visit ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - Three hours from landing on a high-risk visit to President Bush was most anxious about keeping it a was fully prepared to turn this baby come Bush said later aboard Air Force To everyone's amazement the secrecy The world did not learn that Bush had spent 2 1/2 hours Thursday on a Thanksgiving Day visit to troops in Baghdad until his jumbo jet was again in the flying back to the United where he arrived early Friday making it back to his ranch in Texas shortly before As the president was cheering up soldiers in a mess hall in newscasters back home were reporting that he was enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with his family at his ranch in That was what reporters had been told by White House Bush said he thought would be understanding about the deception because it was important for soldiers at risk to know that the commander in chief and the country supported them and appreciated their He told reporters that Americans understand that if the trip had been announced would have put me in It would have put others in including The bold nature of the with television networks broadcasting the news on a day when most Americans were at home with families watching football or could give Bush a PR boost at a time of steadily increasing casualties among U.S. troops and polling that shows postwar Iraq becoming more of a liability for the Behind the trip were weeks of top-secret doubts See PRESIDENT on Page 9 Iowa Christmas shoppers line up early eager to Iowa - eager to begin their holiday spending and take advantage of sale line for as long as three hours before a 6 a.m. opening Friday at Best About 500 people waited outside the electronics store at Coral Ridge Mall in 20-degree temperatures with gusty winds and snow been here since about 3 a.m. I'm going to buy a home theater system for my apartment and a TV for my said of North never done this before but I'm hoping to get a good He stood near the front of the line expecting to spend about See SHOPPERS on Page 9 Season opener Shoppers eagerly await opening day of holiday buying Carroll Wal-Mart manager Dick German steps out of the way of customers as they enter the store this morning to snap up holiday specials at 6 a.m. Quinn Palmer shares a laugh with an customer at Carroll's Big K Store while ringing up a Retailers look forward to the day after traditionally the kick-off to the holiday shopping but it can also bring some headaches and Datly limes Herald photos by Jeff Storjohann man staffing would include more than 100 would use on an average The Carroll of will help kick off the holiday season with a Christmas Lighting Ceremony at 6 tonight on the steps of the County Santa scheduled to help with the event and will meet children afterwards in the Old Alley and Westgate SARH B irth Place nears a By LARRY DEVINE Times Herald Staff Writer business is booming at St. Anthony Regional Hospital's Birth The Carroll hospital in 2003 is on pace to deliver more than 300 births for the first time since 1986, when there were 313 newborns at St. With a newborn on St. Anthony has delivered 280 babies since Jan. 1, and prenatal notes from local offices indicate 25-30 babies are due the rest of the year and 36 in January 2004. This baby boom comes despite the fact that the total number of births in St. service area the last four Friday Feature years has declined the number of births in St. Anthony's obstetric department has increased 24.8 percent In 1-June 30) comparisons from 1999 to 2003, the number of births at St. Anthony rose from 226 to 282, while there were declines at other area 128 in 1999 and 118 in 2003; 120 in 1999 and 93 in 2003; 121 in 1999' and 93 in 2003; and 29 in 1999 and 23 in 2003. The 300-babies milestone St. hopes to reach is for the 2003 calendar It's no coincidence that this increase in St. Anthony Clinic has welcomed to the staff a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist ara did a to create the - The Place is a recovery and with all four services prided in the same patient located on the hospital's third offers an The rooms are more like suites than a traditional hospital Get to stepping Dance all day for United Way 4 - 1 i 1 1 See BIRTHS on Page 8 - r JiV J ' H I * i t r. * 4 I Jl Z J H - i Organization sets j dance marathon for Jan. 10 in Carroll United Way of Carroll has a few more steps to reach its fund-raising So United Way board members figured they might as well be dance The United Way is holding an area dance marathon Jan. 10, from noon to 10 p.m. at the Carrollton Centre There will be a kickoff rally at 7 p.m. next Dec. 3, at Carroll High School People of all ages will participate in the but there is a special high school For complete information on the check out the cleverly titled Web site - The Graphic Edge and Subway are among the early sponsors of this fund-raising effort for United an organization that supports several entities with vital handing in the and the surrounding area can always be counted on to support worthwhile said Sonia a United Way board member and one of the chief organizers of the giving kids a chance to join in charitable they know before they leave home to continue on their life's pursuits that making the world a better place isn't it's Added and be a and fun way to raise money for a worthy Walsh said the United Way is working hard to make sure are high school kids know they are welcome to participate - hopefully in large why we've created the contest between the Walsh college students will still be home on winter break and are See DANCE on Page 3 Dally Times Herald Photo by Jeff Storjohann F i J Pat Hogan nurse manager at St. Anthony Regional Hospital's Birth talks with Shari and Kevin Bieret on Nov. 18 following the birth of their Chelsey Ann. 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