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BREAKING BAD HABITS
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
Whether it's a habit hazardous to your health like smoking or simply annoying to others like popping your knuckles, stopping these repeated behaviors can be extremely difficult. "Habits are hard to break because they are comfortable and automatic. You don't even think about doing them," said Barb McKeon, employee counselor at Southeast Missouri Hospital. "When you try to stop, you experience discomfort and no one likes discomfort."...
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MEDICAL SURFARI; ERYTHRON IS OUR LIFE BLOOD
(Column ~ 01/28/00)
Sluicing through our arteries and veins every moment we are alive, blood cells percolate through our tissues providing the obligatory oxygen to maintain the health of every cell in our body. The erythron (red blood cell) has been molded by evolutionary forces to effectively meet the demands for oxygen by the cells in our body. ...
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NEW DOLLAR DEBUTS AT WAL-MART, SAM'S
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
Customers at Wal-Mart and SAM'S Thursday received a little more loose change than expected when the nation's newest currency was put into circulation. An agreement between the U.S. Mint and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. allows customers to be the first to get the new "Golden Dollar" coin as change...
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SIKESTON DEPOT RENOVATED TO BE A CULTURAL HUB
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
SIKESTON -- Renovation of a building that was once the community's link to the outside world and later nearly was torn down is nearing completion in downtown Sikeston. When the Sikeston Depot reopens at the beginning of March, supporters hope it will reclaim its rightful place in the community...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU COUPLE DIES IN BLAZE CAUSED BY HEATER
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
A Cape Girardeau couple died in a fire caused by an electric space heater early Thursday morning, authorities said. The fire started on the back porch where Marion Reed, 63, spent many of his summer days. Reed was often seen sitting in his wheelchair keeping watch on his backyard and traffic along Water Street, said Tom Hinkebein, a fire department shift commander...
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BETS ARE ON FOR BIG SUPER BOWL GAME BETWEN RAMS AND TITANS
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
Wes Kinsey offered condolences to the Jacksonville Jaguars team owner Monday after their defeat by the Tennessee Titans. When Kinsey sent a consolation cheesecake from his company, he didn't expect that his product would later be part of a Super Bowl wager between a Missouri and Tennessee senator...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: IN SMALL-TOWN SOCIETIES, LITTLE SECRETS OFTEN PLAY BIG ROLES
(Column ~ 01/28/00)
This is an entirely true account of a friendship maintained behind a curtain of unbreakable social rules. At a restaurant earlier this week, my wife and I were about to start our salads. The waitress had brought a basket of salad crackers, so we were looking for our favorites...
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MINER MAN ARRESTED FOR SETTING OFF EXPLOSION AT AREA TACO BELL
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
SIKESTON -- Last week, patrons of Taco Bell were shaken when an explosive device was detonated outside of the business. One man is now in custody for making the device. Arrested was Christopher Wesley Beasley, 20, of Miner who is charged with "knowingly exploding." His bond is set at $50,000 and he is expected to be transported to Scott County Jail today...
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WEED AND SEED BOARD CONTINUES WITH REORGANIZATION
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
SIKESTON -- Southeast Missouri Weed and Seed continued the process of reorganizing itself Thursday by adding and subtracting board members and electing new leadership. The changes are part of the suggestions made after an audit of the board by the executive Weed and Seed office last fall...
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VOLUNTEERS AWARDED AT VISION 2000 CEREMONY
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
One of the greatest gifts a city can have is citizens who participate in efforts to better the city. And Cape Girardeau has such citizens, said mayor Al M. Spradling III Thursday morning as he welcomed those at the Vision 2000 Awards of Distinction breakfast...
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REGENTS DISCUSS PROPOSED DESIGN OF RIVER CAMPUS
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
A team of architectural firms led by Sverdrup CRRS of St. Louis and Barton Meyers of Los Angeles will likely work together to design the Southeast Missouri State University fine arts campus. The two firms were the finalists of 10 companies competing to provide architectural and engineering services for the university's River Campus at the old St. Vincent's Seminary. The firms devised a joint effort to provide for the university...
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UNITED WAY REPORT TOUCHES ON RECENT CHANGES
(Local News ~ 01/28/00)
Concluding its most successful campaign to date, the Area Wide United Way held its annual meeting Thursday. The official total for the 1999 campaign was revealed as $812, 615.85, a 15 percent increase over the $690,887 raised during the 1998 campaign...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/28/00)
ACCORDING TO the paper and Morley Swingle, if you want to go out and kick a policeman in the face, all you have to worry about is spending 15 weekends in jail. In the meantime you can go out and sell dope. I ALMOST fell out of my chair when I read the Speak Out item "It's his free speech too." The caller had it exactly right. ...
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BONDS MAY BE THE ANSWER TO HIGHWAY FUNDING
(Editorial ~ 01/28/00)
The muddle over how to pay for highway maintenance and construction in Missouri is showing the first signs of clearing up since the ill-fated 15-year plan bit the dust. The common thread that is starting to appeal to many is the notion of using bonds to raise a lot of money -- and a lot of money is what it will take...
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LETTERS: MEADOW HEIGHTS LIKES TOURNAMENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/28/00)
To the editor: It has been approximately four weeks since sportswriter Bob Miller's column about Meadow Heights and Chaffee dropping out of the University High Christmas Tournament. Many comments have been made in our community about his sentiments regarding the tournament...
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SCOTT COUNTY VOTERS MUST DECIDE TO BUILD JAIL OR KEEP PAYING PRISONER BOARDING EXPENSES
(Editorial ~ 01/28/00)
For several years, Scott County has been trying to replace its antiquated jail in Benton. In 1995, voters rejected a funding plan. Now county commissioners are asking voters to reconsider on April 4. The issue is a half-cent sales tax for eight years to pay for a $4.5 million, 120-bed jail...
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NOTRE DAME GIRLS NUDGE JACKSON ASIDE 52-47
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/00)
JACKSON -- When it comes to girls basketball programs, Jackson -- which dominated the region the last several years -- is the original recipe. But both Jackson and upstart Notre Dame were extra crispy Thursday night. Crisp passing, crisp execution of the offense, crisp defense and crisp shooting were all on display Thursday night as the Lady Bulldogs pulled out a late 52-47 victory in an epic battle in front of a big crowd at Jackson High School...
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INDIANS RIP EAGLES, BOOST OVC LEAD
(College Sports ~ 01/28/00)
What transpired Thursday night in two communities less than 100 miles apart couldn't have been much sweeter for Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians. First, in Cape Girardeau, the Indians won their fourth straight game as they hammered Morehead State 80-59 in front of 5,513 fans at the Show Me Center...
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OTAHKS PICK UP MOMENTUM
(College Sports ~ 01/28/00)
After starting a big four-game homestand with a loss, Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach Ed Arnzen knew the Otahkians would need to begin stringing together a few victories in a hurry. So far, so good for the Otahkians, who now own only their second two-game winning streak of the season, thanks to Thursday night's 85-62 triumph over Morehead State at the Show Me Center...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/00)
Jennifer Vandeven School: Chaffee Sport: Basketball Coach: Tammy Brock Week Report: Vandeven, a 5-foot-7 freshman point guard, scored 76 points in a three-game span last week scoring 20 against Sikeston, 30 against Valle Ste. Genevieve and 26 points against East Prairie. The three-game total was the highest put forth by any female basketball player in the region this season...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: ROSS CONNER
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/00)
Ross Conner School: Cape Central Sport: Basketball Coach: Brett Reutzel Week Report: Conner, an athletic 6-foot-5 post player, recorded three double-doubles last week as the Tigers went 2-1 with wins over Notre Dame and Riverview Gardens and a loss to DeSmet, the defending Class 4A state champions. ...
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CHAFFEE GIRLS DEFEAT DELTA FOR THIRD TIME THIS SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/00)
CHAFFEE -- A smaller, but quicker Chaffee girls basketball team defeated Delta for the third time this season with a 57-53 victory in girls high school basketball action Thursday night. "The Delta kids played us hard," said Chaffee coach Tammy Brock, who saw her team improve to 7-9. "We're smaller, but if we move the ball down the court quickly we can score on the fastbreak."...
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SOPHIA ELFRINK
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
LEOPOLD -- Sophia Elizabeth Elfrink, 95, of Leopold died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. She was born March 18, 1904, at Leopold, daughter of John Herman and Mary Grada Hulshof Elfrink. Elfrink was a former vice president of Bollinger County Bank in Lutesville. She attended Ursaline Academy in Arcadia...
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PAULINE BEWLEY
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
MATTHEWS -- Graveside service for Pauline Bewley of Matthews will be held at 2 p.m. today at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston. The Rev. Don Heitmen will officiate. Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston after noon today. Bewley, 71, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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HOMER ASLIN
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
BLOOMFIELD -- Homer Aslin, 92, of Bloomfield died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Bloomfield. He was born Feb. 23, 1907, at Bloomfield, son of Monroe and Dovie Miller Aslin. He and Iva Irene Poe were married Aug. 26, 1928. He died June 1, 1996. Aslin was a retired farmer, and member of First General Baptist Church...
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HELEN GINTHER
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
BLOOMFIELD -- Helen Marie Ginther, 78, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2000, at Lake Wales Extended Care Center in Lake Wales, Fla. She was born Feb. 24, 1921, at Bloomfield, daughter of Clyde and Carrie Cleveland Stephens. She married Russell Ginther, who preceded her in death...
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ELMER SEYER
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
DEXTER -- Elmer Lawrence Seyer, 61, of Dexter died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Ozark Medical Center in West Plains. He was born Dec. 25, 1938, at Oak Ridge, son of Andy and Colletta Westrich Seyer. He and Rita Marie Naeger were married Aug. 25, 1962...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/28/00)
Daughter to Danny Ray and Julie D. McCrite of Tamms, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:34 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000. Name, Kelsey Danielle. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Sixth child, fourth daughter. Mrs. McCrite is the former Julie Cotton, daughter of Howard and Frances Cotton of Ava, Ill. She is employed at Southeast Hospital. McCrite is the son of Pedro and Hester McCrite of Tamms. He is a teacher at Egyptian High School...
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JOHN GREENWELL
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
CAIRO, Ill. -- John R. Greenwell, 73, of Cairo died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at his home. He was born June 7, 1926, in Cairo, son of George and Catherine Redman Greenwell. He was a farmer in Alexander County before retiring. He had owned Redman Farms. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo, the Cairo Knights of Columbus Council 1027, fourth degree; Cairo Elks Lodge 651, and the Alexander-Pulaski County Farm Bureau...
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WILMA LEHMANN
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
JACKSON -- Wilma Evelyn Lehmann, 78, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 21, 1921, at Neelys Landing, daughter of Gilbert and Florence Virginia Littleton Gohn. She and John Reinhart Lehmann were married Feb. 27, 1943. He died June 3, 1975...
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DOROTHY CARTER
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
Dorothy S. Carter, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Feb. 4, 1902, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of William D. and Donna I. Wing Sisk. She and Nick F. Carter were married Sept. 21, 1921, in Mound City, Ill. He died April 26, 1964...
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DALE CARTER
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
SIKESTON -- Funeral for Dale Elmore Carter of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Rick Lasley will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery with military rites. Carter, 70, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000, at his home...
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LOUISE MCCLANAHAN
(Obituary ~ 01/28/00)
BERTRAND -- Louise McClanahan, 74, of Bertrand died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 10, 1925, in Miston, Tenn., daughter of Odie B. and Maudie Mae Vincent Clark. She and Mac McClanahan were married Dec. 7, 1941...
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