MONDAY STORY BUDGET

Here's the story list for today -- the budget we work with at our 6 a.m. news meeting, where decisions are made regarding what goes on the front page and elsewhere.

ROCHESTER A1

21Carnie has spent 42 years working county fair games (Mann, w/pic) refer to photo page on A3 -- KASSON -- Chances are, if someone has played any of the carnival games at the Dodge County Fair, they have heard the cat-calls of Rodney Bibeau. In fact, anyone who has played a game at a county fair in Minnesota over the last four decades might be familiar with Bibeau’s deep auctioneer-esque bark.
Bibeau, 55, was in town for the Dodge County Fair last week, which wrapped up its 151st year on Sunday. He has spent 42 years working with different vending companies, manning a plethora of different carnival games in the process.

MOVED/ 21Rochester guy and the Republican National Convention (Stolle, 16 inches w/ pic) CAN REFER TO INSIDE WIRE STORIES ON CONVENTION - The eyes of the nation, if not the world, will turn to St. Paul as host of the National Republican Convention in less than two months.
And Robert Todd will be there, doing his part to ensure that the national spotlight captures St. Paul and the likely Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, in the best possible light.

MOVED/ 21Byron death (Sarah Doty, 11 inches w/submitted pic) Brady Schoeusner was set to move to California this week with a friend. He had just gotten the classes he wanted at UCLA for music production and was set to start in the fall “doing what he wanted to do,” according to his father, Wayne. Those dreams were cut short July 13Sunday when Brady was in a car accident and died.

ROCHESTER B1
MOVED/ 21Dialogs, 3 inches w/PB Dialogues logo (top the 1B digest  please)

MOVED/ 21Gallina art shop (Gossman, 13 inches, w pic) When artist Ed Gallina left Mantorville 12 years ago, he knew he’d be coming back.
“I’ve always loved this place,” he said Wednesday at his new art shop called Gallina Art & Gifts in Mantorville. “My heart is in Mantorville, and I’ve been waiting and waiting to come back.”
Gallina, 60, taught art for the Zumbrota-Mazeppa school district in the 1980s and lived in Mantorville, where he was active in its tourism industry. He was the president of the chamber of commerce.

MOVED/ 21Heard on the Street, 18 inches

MOVED/ 21Thompson (Weiss, 13 inches w/pic, box info, refer to inside story) The workhorse dredge that helped keep the main channel of the  Upper Mississippi River open for barges for 70 years is sitting idle in a Fountain City, Wis., harbor — unused but very much wanted. The William A. Thompson, which did its last work on the river in 2007, will take its last trip when it goes a few miles down river to the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona where it will be put on display.

MOVED/ 21Mystery photo identified, w/pics

ROCHESTER INSIDE

WILD ART:
• 26th Antique Engine and Tractor Show north of Spring Valley. Some pix can run in AUST.
• • WILD ART from one of several fests Brownsdale, LeRoy or near Racine, Howard -- use art NOT USED IN AUST
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STORIES:
Photo page - fair coverage

Theater review -- WEBER, COMING A.M.

21fatal crash US 52 (Mann, 5 inches w/ pic) UPDATE IN A.M. -- A New York woman died in a one-vehicle rollover accident Sunday afternoon on Interstate 90, near U.S. 52.

21 make a wish - Snyder, 14 inches, w pullout - Carter, 2 (almost 3), will soon go sailing on a Disney Cruise. The Rochester boy, who has a rare kidney cancer called Wilms’ tumor, will be the first beneficiary of the first annual Co-Ed Sand Volleyball Tournament to Benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota.

21man suffers minor injuries in Sat accident (4 inches) WELCH -- A 30-year-old man from Wanamingo suffered minor injuries Saturday evening after the vehicle he was traveling in ran off of the U.S. 61 in Goodhue County and rolled, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

21column wilmes -- 19 inches

21weekend jaunt Wabasha river run (Schuett, 15 inches w/ logo, info box) WABASHA — The 5K run and fitness walk Saturday during Wabasha Riverboat Days will be focus on something more serious than a race to the finish line.

21smashed bedroom (Grossfield, 8 inches w/ pic) UPDATES COMING IN A.M. -- At 4 a.m. Sunday morning, Maria Crane was asleep in her bed. She awoke to the sound of squealing tires and a loud crashing noise, and the next thing she knew, her bedroom wall exploded 2 feet from where she was sleeping.

21honor rolls ROCH -- 20 inches

UPDATING THE NEWS:
MOVED/ 21Thompson sidebar (Weiss, 15 inches w/pic) You tried to work on the William A. Thompson because the money was good; you stayed because the friendship was great. Keith Graham of Hokah, who worked on the now-retired dredge for 11 years, said working conditions were often harsh. It was usually noisy, too hot or too cold outside, definitely too hot inside, and the wind could be downright nasty. But he stayed because of “the camaraderie” and the satisfaction of keeping the main channel of the Mississippi River open for towboats to push barges up and down the river.

FOR BUSINESS:
MOVED/ 21wind offering (16 inches, Bob F., pic) A developer getting ready to build a wind farm in southeastern Minnesota is taking a rare — and perhaps unprecedented — approach to selling stock to the general public.

MOVED/ 21BandPs,7 inches w/ mugs of Clawson and Engen

MOVED/ 21bizcal, 13 inches

MOVED/ 21mackay, 23 inches

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AUSTIN A1    

Spamtown Belle takes to the water and again can’t go, Tim w/pic from Friday night

MOVED/ 21wind offering AUST (16 inches, Bob F., pic of turbines) - A developer getting ready to build a wind farm in southeastern Minnesota is taking a rare — and perhaps unprecedented — approach to selling stock to the general public.

MOVED/ 21animal show fair practice (Kubat, Agri News, 16 inches w/ pic) RAN IN ROCHESTER ON JULY 9 LEROY -- MaryAnn Marx was surprised she took second in showmanship at the Southeast Minnesota Youth Dairy Show.

21federal drug case AUST (Ruzek 12 inches) SAME DAY -- WRITING IN A.M. -- ON MONDAY A.M. I’LL GET THE BAIL SET ON FRIDAY FOR RAMON LUNA, brother to PABLO LUNA, who’s one of four indicted Thursday in federal court for meth-trafficking based in Rochester;
Ramon Luna’s felony case is related to his brother’s arrest -

• WILD ART from one of several fests Brownsdale, LeRoy or near Racine, Howard

INSIDE
• 26th Antique Engine and Tractor Show north of Spring Valley. Some pix can run in ROCH THAT DON’T RUN IN AUST.

21 summerset play AUST, 16 inches, w pic, pullout) - Never fear, drought-ridden, romance-striken town; Starbuck, the Rainmaker, is here.

• WILD ART from one of several fests Brownsdale, LeRoy or near Racine, Howard

21 steak fundraiser AUST (12 inches) -
21column conradt -- 19 inches

21honor rolls AUST -- 20 inches