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PRAYERS FOR PEACE
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Can the disputes ever be resolved in a region where three major world religions claim ties to Israel as the center for their faith? President Clinton led negotiations this week when leaders from Syria and Israel gathered in Washington for another round of peace talks...
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TOYBOX GIFTS RECEIVED IN NICK OF TIME
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
They've made their lists and checked them twice, but not to find out who is naughty or nice. Instead, volunteers from the Cape Girardeau Jaycees are making sure that every needy child has a gift for Christmas. Without donations of toys and games, many area children wouldn't have any gifts this Christmas. Toybox, which offers gifts to needy families for the holiday, is a joint program of the Jaycees and the Southeast Missourian...
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CAPE GIRARDEANS RESPOND TO DYING GIRL'S WISH FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Children at Alma Schrader School don't know much about a 4-year-old girl in Tennessee, except that she doesn't have long to live and all she wants for Christmas is Christmas cards. "It has been neat to see these kids making cards for someone they don't even know," said Kim Newman, a sixth-grade teacher at Alma Schrader...
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BASEBALL FENCE, WALKWAY BEING BUILT IN PARK
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Capaha Park is getting an early Christmas present. A new, wooden outfield fence is being built at Capaha Field and a concrete walkway is being built around the lagoon. Cape Girardeau Parks Department workers are building the walkway. A concrete walkway already extends around part of the lagoon. "We are just pouring sidewalk on the rest of that and putting more riprap in there," said Dan Muser, director of parks and recreation for the city of Cape Girardeau...
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BUSINESS GROUPS PLAN HANCOCK SUIT
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Two major business groups in Missouri want the state to recalculate the Hancock Amendment tax refund formula and refund more money to taxpayers. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and the Missouri Merchants and Manufacturers Association plan to file a lawsuit next week in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City seeking to force state government to change the way it calculates the tax refunds...
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LETTER CARRIER HELPS ELDERLY WOMAN WHO FELL
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
A letter carrier trying to deliver a parcel on North Cape Rock Drive Friday prompted the rescue of an elderly woman who had been lying on her floor for 16 hours after falling. Bill Adams, a letter carrier for the past 15 years, had knocked three times on the woman's door trying to deliver the parcel when he thought he heard a yell from inside. "Normally when I go to the door she comes right away," he said...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: SOME CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ARE WORTH KEEPING
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
There's something about my family and its traditions that really make me look forward to the Christmas season. There are so many things that we repeat every year, like my parents' decorating rivalry and the television cartoon specials that my mom still takes the time to watch with her grandkids...
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CHRISTMAS PAST
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
For those who want to see an old-fashioned Christmas, circa 1900, two area historic homes are offering a glimpse of what holidays were like then. Both the Glenn House in Cape Girardeau and the Oliver House in Jackson, which have each been restored to how they looked around 1900, are decorated for a Victorian Christmas and will be open for tours this weekend...
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CAPAHA CAR CLUB PLANNING FOR MUSEUM
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Dave Jackson of Cape Girardeau has been elected president of the Capaha Antique Car Club. He said one of the main goals of the club for 2000 is to buy a building or build a structure to serve as a small antique car museum and meeting place. The club has established a building committee to pursue this goal...
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KELLY SCHOOLS OVERCOME LIMITED ENROLLMENT AND IMPROVE STANDING (RATING OUR SCHOOLS; SEVENTH IN A TEN-PART SERIES)
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
BENTON -- Superintendent Don Abner said he is pleased with the results of his freshman effort at Thomas W. Kelly schools last year. Despite challenges faced due to limited enrollment and growing space, Abner said students and staff showed progress in nearly all areas on the recently-released district report card. The report, published annually by all Missouri schools, is a mandatory listing of financial and assessment data...
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PARENTS CAN NOW GET THE MOST FOR THEIR MONEY
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Missourians can start building a nest egg to pay for their children's college education through a new program called Missouri Savings for Tuition or MOST, says state Treasurer Bob Holden. The Legislature approved the program earlier this year. It began operating a month ago. Already, over 1,000 people have put money into the savings program. The program has over $2 million in assets, Holden said Friday during a visit to Southeast Missouri State University to tout the savings plan...
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MILLENNIAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE ARTS PLANNED FOR MARCH
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Shakespeare, Hugo, Tolstoy, Emerson and Goethe will shake things up with the celebrated David Parsons Dance Company in March during a week meant to provide an examination of the arts at the millennium. The Millennial Symposium of the Arts, to be presented March 5-10 at Southeast, will reckon with the names placed high upon the facade of Southeast's Kent Library. ...
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND BILL CLINTON: SIMILARITIES AND CONTRASTS
(Column ~ 12/18/99)
We began and ended the 20th century with two of the youngest men ever to hold the office of president of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was 42 when he became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. Clinton was 46 when he first took the oath of office. John Kennedy was 43...
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SCHOOL REPORTS HELP GAUGE OVERALL PERFORMANCE
(Editorial ~ 12/18/99)
Just as report cards provide a gauge for students, so can they provide a measure of merit and comparison for school districts. Earlier this month, the state released annual report cards for Missouri's 524 public schools. Districts are evaluated in terms of state averages...
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THERE'S STILL TIME TO DONATE TO THE SALVATION ARMY OR PROVIDE GIFTS FOR TOYBOX DELIVERIES
(Editorial ~ 12/18/99)
This is the season for giving. But the Salvation Army and Toybox have found that contributions lagging this year. What's the reason? It could be unseasonable weather early on, or the fact people are rushing around so much. Toybox Santas will deliver their gifts Tuesday evening. In the past two days, generous donations have helped fill the final 50 requests from families...
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LETTERS: CAPE TEENS NEED CENTER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/99)
To the editor: Weed, cocaine, meth, acid, alcohol and other drugs are the scenes teens see on the streets of Cape Girardeau. As a teen, I and others are put into situations almost on a daily basis to do drugs. Just about every place we try to go for enjoyment, there are drugs staring us in the face...
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MISSOURIANA
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
A St. Louis city official says Missouri without St. Louis and Kansas City is Arkansas. City slickers are never very good with maps. It has been a good week, which is computed by seven days during which neither Mel Carnahan nor John Ashcroft insults each other...
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LOCAL TEAMS STRUGGLE IN OPENING NIGHT OF 25TH TIGER CLASSIC
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/99)
The thoughts of Cape Central wrestling coach Josh Crowell and Jackson coach Steve Wachter could be summed up by the famous words sung by Mick Jagger. "I can't get no satisfaction." Neither coach was real satisfied after the first round of the 16-team, 25th annual Tiger Classic Friday night...
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HORNETS PUT FIRST STING ON SCOTT CITY, WIN 60-57
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/99)
ADVANCE -- Garrett Broshuis said that the Advance High boys basketball team he plays for -- which this week broke into the state rankings for the first time in a long, long while -- had a statement to make Friday night. "We wanted to come out and prove we deserve to be ranked," said Broshuis. "I think we did."...
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CAPAHA FIELD TO ADD WOODEN FENCES IN LATEST IMPROVEMENT
(College Sports ~ 12/18/99)
Over the past decade or so, Capaha Field has undergone numerous improvement projects that have made it one of the top places to play baseball in the region. And now, something else is being added to the mix that figures to enhance the image of Capaha Field even more...
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SE TO FEEL MORE HEAT AGAINST SUN BELT'S ASU
(College Sports ~ 12/18/99)
Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner is the first person to admit that the Indians' schedule so far has not been overly stout, although it has been fairly challenging. But things will change quickly beginning tonight as the Indians gear up for their final three non-conference games of the season...
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ST. VINCENT POWERS PAST LEOPOLD 59-40
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/99)
LEOPOLD -- St. Vincent saw three seniors combined for 41 points and churned out a 59-40 victory over Leopold Friday night in boys high school basketball action. Justin Amschler and Todd Meyer each popped in 14 points, while Gabe Hotop added 13 for St. Vincent (4-1)...
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KENNETT RALLIES LATE, CUTS DOWN JACKSON WITH LAST-SECOND SHOT
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/99)
KENNETT -- Kennett's Anton McKinney netted a 15-foot jump shot with one second left to play to defeat Jackson 49-47 Friday night in high school basketball action. McKinney totaled 18 points to pace Kennett in scoring, followed by Noll Billings, who added 10...
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DOROTHY FORTNEY
(Obituary ~ 12/18/99)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Dorothy Fortney, 83, of Cobden died Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden after 10 a.m. Monday. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Rev. Jimmy Keller will officiate. Burial will be in Cobden Cemetery...
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CLARENCE SIEMER
(Obituary ~ 12/18/99)
SHOOK -- Funeral for Clarence B. Siemer of Shook will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Siemer, 73, died Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...
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ROSE REISINGER
(Obituary ~ 12/18/99)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Rose E. Reisinger, 51, of Cairo died Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at the home of a sister in Villa Ridge. She was born July 30, 1948, in Cairo, daughter of Isom and Salome Schmaeng Reisinger. Reisinger was a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She was a teacher at St. Joseph School in Cairo and also taught at Bennett School in Cairo and in Carbondale schools. She received the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award in 1997...
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BUDDY WELCH
(Obituary ~ 12/18/99)
ESSEX -- Buddy Welch, 85, of Essex died Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 14, 1914, at Blodgett, son of Jack and Elizabeth Harris Welch. He and Daisy Campbell were married April 9, 1938, at Bloomfield...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/18/99)
Daughter to Michael H. and Sahar T. Dorris of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:52 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. Name, Gabriella Maryam-Noel. Weight, 6 pounds. Second daughter. Mrs. Dorris is the former Sahar Tavallali. She is employed by state of Missouri Education Department of Disability Determination. Dorris is a counselor at Louis J. Schultz School...
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POLICE0
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Dec. 18 Arrests Yolandis Simone Patterson, 25, of 803 S. Ellis was arrested Thursday for resisting arrest by fleeing. Darrell Dewayne Wiseman, 28, of 627 S. Benton was arrested Thursday for distribution of a controlled substance and delivery of an imitation substance...
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SCOTT COUNTY SATELLITE TV BURGLAR CAUGHT
(Local News ~ 12/18/99)
BENTON -- A man responsible for approximately 150 burglaries involving satellite television equipment in Southeast Missouri has been arrested, the Scott County Sheriff's Department said. William E. Fields, 23, of New Madrid has been charged with first-degree burglary for six of the burglaries that took place in Scott County, Sheriff Bill Ferrell said. His bond has been set at $100,000...
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SHIRLEY REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 12/18/99)
PARMA -- Funeral for Shirley F. Reynolds of Parma will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Saltillo Christian Church in Saltillo, Ind. Morris Westfall will officiate. Burial will be in Saltillo Cemetery. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Parma from 5-8 p.m. today...
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