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LETTERS: HARDEST JOB OF ALL IS GOOD PARENTING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/18/99)
To the editor: For a couple of weeks now I have been keeping up with the letters section and Speak Out column of your newspaper. I have finally reached the point that I would like to say something. It was with a tongue-in-cheek grin that I read in Speak Out about the wife whose husband works for a heating and cooling company. She felt he works harder than the linemen did during the May 17 storm...
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RUSSIA: THE GUEST NOBODY INVITED TO KOSOVO
(Editorial ~ 06/18/99)
No one invited Russia to the war in Kosovo. So Russian troops have crashed the party by taking up positions inside the bomb-wracked province just as NATO forces are stepping in to maintain the peace after the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops. Right now, Moscow's troops hold the airport in Kosovo's capital...
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FLOOD BUYOUTS PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
(Editorial ~ 06/18/99)
For the most part, the Cape Girardeau area has avoided any serious problems this year related to flooding by the Mississippi River. This is in spite of the fact that the river has been above flood stage for the better part of two months. River flooding has become almost an annual occurrence in Cape Girardeau in recent years. The river has exceeded flood levels in 17 of the past 20 years. The severe flooding in 1993 and 1995 was among the worst in the city's history...
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LIMBAUGH COMMENTARY: COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM: WHAT IS IT?
(Column ~ 06/18/99)
Not in recent memory has there been so much enthusiasm about a presidential candidate as there is about George W. Bush. Is this all media hype or something more? The launching of his campaign in Iowa proved that genuine excitement exists among the voters about his candidacy. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/18/99)
I'M COMMENTING on "Standing shows praise for God." I agree. God loves to be praised. We should stand and raise our hands. I don't care if you're at a concert, in your home or in your car (if you're not driving). God loves praise. The person who doesn't understand that needs to search inside themselves. God's people show their respect and love and the gospel in their heart by standing and raising their hands for God and Jesus Christ...
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FBI WILL INVESTIGATE GOOD HOPE MELEE
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
The FBI will conduct an independent investigation into a clash between police and a crowd of about 150 that occurred last Friday, said Rick Hetzel, Cape Girardeau police chief. No timetable has been set for when the FBI will begin its work, but Hetzel said it should start relatively soon...
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RESIDENT HELPED ALERT NEIGHBORS
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
JACKSON -- Lynda Cunningham awoke earlier than usual Thursday morning, a stroke of good fortune for 10 people in the Jackson apartment building destroyed by fire Thursday. "I was just sitting there a little before 6 when I started hearing some commotion next door like someone might be tearing the place up," Cunningham said...
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MAKING A CLEAN SWEEP: VOLUNTEERS TO TIDY UP OHIO RIVER, OTHERS
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Volunteers may not find as much litter as in past years when they kick off the annual Ohio River Sweep Saturday. "We'll hopefully cover our portion of the cleanup in a couple of hours," said Carolyn Mayberry of Cairo, coordinator for the Cairo and Alexander County portion of the cleanup. "We have a group of volunteers ready and will meet at the 8th Street river entrance at 8 a.m. Saturday."...
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JACKSON MAN DIES IN BLAZE
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Cape Girardeau firefighter Fred Vincel reported to fire command from the second floor of an apartment building that burned in Jackson Thursday morning. JACKSON -- Ten hours after the call arrived at Jackson Fire Department, Fire Chief Brad Golden and Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter offered some answers about a fatal fire that destroyed a Jackson apartment building Thursday...
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SEMO GETS GRANTS FOR TRANSPORTATION
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Southeast Missouri State University will receive $1 million in state and federal grants to organize welfare-to-work transportation services in the region. A federal grant will provide $518,635 to help fund the services. The state is providing the rest of the funding...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: AN ANNIVERSARY AND A CAMPING TRIP: THERE'S A CONNECTION
(Column ~ 06/18/99)
There will be no tent to mark the occasion. Our sons are just paying me back for all the fun they had. As it happens, today is our wedding anniversary. So indulge me for a few minutes. OK? Night before last we were sitting in our comfortable chairs -- the recliners we miss every time we go on vacation or have to attend an overnight business meeting in a hotel -- and we were talking about some friends whose plans were in flux for a future weekend get-together...
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SCHOOL BOARD POSTPONES VO-TECH BID
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Cape Girardeau school board members postponed awarding a bid for the new vocational school Thursday after construction bids for the project came in more than 50 percent higher than the lowest estimated cost. The project was expected to cost between $7 million and $8 million. The lowest bid was $10,991,000 and the highest $11, 245,000. The low bid was 57 percent higher than the $7 million estimate and 38 percent higher than the $8 million estimate...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD SECOND RETREAT SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will begin planning for the next school year during a meeting this weekend. School board members and outgoing and new administrators will attend the retreat Saturday, which will be held from 7:30 a.m. until noon at the Drury Lodge River Room. The meeting is open to the public...
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BLOOMFIELD MAYOR, ALDERMAN CALL IT QUITS
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
BLOOMFIELD -- Only two months after taking the oath of office, Bloomfield Mayor Luther Burns has resigned, saying his job will prevent from adequately serving the residents of the county seat municipality. Burns' resignation came only moments Tuesday night after the board accepted the resignation of Alderman David Norden...
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NAACP DISCUSSES GOOD HOPE INCIDENT
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Members of the Cape Girardeau County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had more on their minds Thursday night than who would be secretary of their organization. Several people gave passionate speeches about the melee that broke out after police tried to arrest a man last weekend on Good Hope Street...
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MODOT OFFICIAL EXPLAINS BRIDGE CLOSURE
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Closing the Mississippi River bridge some evenings next month will inconvenience the fewest number of people while enabling the Missouri Department of Transportation to make needed repairs as quickly as possible, says Randy Hitt, the engineer overseeing the project...
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SPECIAL DELIVERY: MCKINNIS TO THROW 1ST PITCH AT BUSCH
(College Sports ~ 06/18/99)
Dustin McKinnis doesn't know what's going to make him more nervous Saturday -- throwing out the first pitch at Busch Stadium or giving a talk after the Cardinals' game against the Mets. "I think I might be more nervous about the talk, but I'm not sure," he said with a laugh...
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JR. LEGION TOURNEY TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND
(High School Sports ~ 06/18/99)
Eight teams will battle for the championship this weekend when the Wood & Huston Bank Junior American Legion Baseball Tournament is played in Cape Girardeau. The three-day event, which gets under way today and concludes Sunday, will take place at both Cape Central High School and Notre Dame High School...
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ARTENIS SEGRAVES
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
MORLEY -- Morley Mayor Artenis Segraves, 74, of Morley died Wednesday, June 16, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 26, 1925, in Catalpa, Ark., daughter of T.E. and Maude Dewberry McMillan. She and G.R. Segraves were married Nov. 19, 1942. He died Dec. 11, 1987...
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GLADYS WARREN
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
BLOOMFIELD -- Gladys Warren, 86, of Bloomfield died Thursday, June 17, 1999, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born near Bloomfield July 19, 1912, the daughter of James and Clara Henson Cooper. She married Arvel Warren in Benton Oct. 20, 1932. He died Feb. 21. 1987...
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EARL BLEDSOE
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
DEXTER -- Funeral for Earl Bledsoe of Dexter will be held at 11 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Dale Grissom will officiate. Burial will be in Hagy Cemetery. Bledsoe, 81, died Wednesday, June 16, 1999, at his home. He was born Aug. 24, 1917, at Essex, son of Hugh and Addie Clayton Bledsoe. He first married Ruth Gaines, who preceded him in death. He and Margaret Bledsoe were married in 1966 in Dundee, Ill. She died July 2, 1997...
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NORA SMITH
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
WYATT -- Graveside service for Nora Mae Smith of Wyatt will be held at 11 a.m. today at Oak Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Mark Odle will officiate. McMikle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Smith, 52, died Tuesday, June 15, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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MOLLIE KEENE
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Mollie Mae Keene, 77, of East Prairie died Wednesday, June 16, 1999, at her home. She was born Dec. 31, 1921, in the Sugartree Ridge community near East Prairie, daughter of Fred Buck and Bertha Lee Bisher Conyers. She and Leslie Keene Sr. were married July 22, 1939, at New Madrid. He died May 19, 1986...
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PAULINE NOTHERN
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Pauline Nothern of Anna will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. P.L. Montgomery will officiate. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today. Nothern, 83, died Wednesday, June 16, 1999, at Union County Hospital...
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JAMES WILLIAMSON
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
BLOOMFIELD -- James Melvin Williamson, 57, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, June 16, 1999, at his home. He was born Sept. 1, 1941, son of James Marion and Irene M. Corbin Williamson. He and Brenda Tucker were married Nov. 24, 1966. Williamson was an inspector at Arvin Automotive in Dexter. He was a member of South Pleasant Valley General Baptist Church near Essex, Stoddard County Fair Board, Stoddard County Antique Tractor Club, and board member of Bluff Special Road District...
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OPAL BEGGS
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
BLODGETT -- Opal Williams Beggs, 86, died Wednesday, June 16, 1999, while traveling in Ontario, Canada. She was born May 8, 1913, in Paragould, Ark., daughter of Louis and Mary Viola McGines Wagoner. She and Earl D. Williams were married Oct. 1, 1932. He died in 1974. She later married Finus Beggs Jan. 14, 1979. He died in 1996...
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JIM WATERS
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
Jim Foster Waters, 78, of Arkadelphia, Ark., died Thursday, June 17, 1999, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia. He was born Dec. 4, 1920, in Ida, La., son of Albert Joseph and Addie Driggers Waters. He married the former Helen Horton. Formerly of Cape Girardeau, he was a supervisor with Potashnick Construction Co. 37 years...
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OWEN ST. JOHN
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Owen St. John, 87, of Jonesboro died Thursday, June 17, 1999, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Survivors include a friend, Mary Stewart of Buncombe. Graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at McGinnis Cemetery east of Anna. The Rev. Donald Childers will officiate...
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LENA GISI
(Obituary ~ 06/18/99)
CHAFFEE -- Lena Gisi, 109, formerly of Chaffee, died Thursday, June 17, 1999, at Riverview Manor Nursing Home in Ste. Genevieve. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/18/99)
Son to Steve Shane and Anne Elizabeth Brown of Gordonville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:53 a.m. Friday, June 11, 1999. Name, Nathan Andrew. Weight, 7 pounds. Second son. Mrs. Brown is the former Anne Mabry, daughter of Dewayne and Ruthann Mabry of Millersville. She is a teacher at Jackson R-2 Schools. Brown is the son of James and Pat Brown of Millersville. He is an accountant with Columbia Construction Corp...
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NEWS IN MEDICINE: ST. FRANCIS READIES FOR Y2K
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Since April, 1998, St. Francis Medical Center has been doing inventories of all equipment and getting information from suppliers, manufacturers and other vendors on their Y2K status. Diane Gammon, Information Services Manager said St. Francis "really got a jump on this problem because we started earlier and have really focused heavily on being prepared."...
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NEWS IN MEDICINE: CAMP DAY BREAK ENROLLMENT OPEN
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
Children with diabetes are invited to take part in summer fun at a day camp designed to help them learn to better cope with their disease. Camp DAY (Diabetes and Youth) Break will be held Aug. 12 and 13 at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Main Street Family Fitness Center in Jackson. The camp is co-sponsored by the hospital and the Southeast Area Chapter of the American Diabetes Association...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: PREVENT BIRTH DEFECTS
(Column ~ 06/18/99)
There are about 150,000 babies born each year in the United States with birth defects. About 2500 of these babies are born with a certain type of defect of the brain and spine called neural tube defects (NTDs). The neural tube is the embryonic structure that develops into the brain and spinal cord. ...
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TODDLER STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
(Local News ~ 06/18/99)
DECATUR, Ill. -- Kristina Simmons' outgoing personality and angelic face mask the fact that she's is not like most toddlers. The 16-month-old Decatur girl spends her days learning basic skills natural to most children her age. Her time is spent in the company of speech therapists, neurologists, eye specialists and rehabilitation doctors...
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