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ENCEPHALITIS VICTIM, 11, SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
Stephanie Buttelwerth is slowly beginning to emerge from a four-month coma that has locked her away from her home and family. "At least we've seen that Stephanie is still in there," said Stephanie's mother, Rhonda Buttelwerth of Cape Girardeau, in a telephone interview from Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Columbia. "Now we just need to get her out for good."...
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TWO GROUPS RECEIVE ANNUAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AWARDS
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
The East Missouri Action Agency and the Private Industry Council on Friday received the Community Partnership Awards presented at the Community Caring Council's 11th annual Caring Conference. The awards, which have been presented annually since 1995, are given to organizations that have partnered with the Caring Council on activities, programs or initiatives or have made contributions of meeting space, staff support or financial donations...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU IS NAMED A MAIN STREET CITY
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
It's official: Cape Girardeau is a Main Street community. Gov. Mel Carnahan Friday named Cape Girardeau and Fayette the latest Main Street communities, bringing the state's total to 14. The announcement came as Main Street coordinator Randy Gray and a number of Main Street managers were in Cape Girardeau for a Main Street managers meeting Thursday and a Missouri Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit workshop Friday...
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WINDS CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGE IN CAIRO, ILL.
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
CAIRO, Ill. -- What was described as the apparent "tail end" of a tornado wreaked havoc on a seven-block area of Cairo, Ill., Friday afternoon. Cairo Police Chief Jim Wright said 18 houses were damaged at about 3:15 p.m. when powerful winds struck a neighborhood west of Sycamore Avenue. About six of the houses between 21st and 28th streets were badly damaged by what appeared to be "the tail end of a tornado," said Wright...
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SEMO GETS CHARTER SCHOOL REQUEST
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
A not-for-profit corporation wants approval from Southeast Missouri State University to open a charter school in St. Louis. Lift for Life Gym in St. Louis, which operates an after-school athletic program that centers around weightlifting, wants to open a middle school next fall for 60 students...
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MORE THAN ONE FBI REPORT ON MELEE IS LIKELY
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
The FBI report that some people viewed earlier than Cape Girardeau officials likely isn't the only one prepared by agents, said an FBI spokesman. Over the course of an investigation, reports are prepared at different stages to track progress, said Gary Fuhr, an FBI special agent in St. Louis. What is in a report depends on who is supposed to receive it, he said...
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MODOT GETS TWO BIDS ON BRIDGE
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
SIKESTON -- Two companies submitted qualifying bids to complete the remaining work on the Missouri side of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge under construction in Cape Girardeau. Bids from Massman Construction Co. of Kansas City and Traylor Brothers Construction of Evansville, Ind., were opened in Jefferson City Friday by Missouri Department of Transportation officials. The companies submitted bids of $35,950,054 and $53,766,177, respectively...
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PARMA MAN INJURED
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
One man was injured in an two-vehicle accident north of Marston Wednesday evening. Rickey Barnes, 42, of Parma suffered minor injuries and was treated at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston after his vehicle was struck by a car driven by Tommy Dunn, 63...
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PROVOST CANDIDATE STEPHEN BOWEN SAYS PROVOST SHOULD LET FACULTY DO THEIR JOB
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
A provost should stay out of the way of faculty and let them do their jobs, says Dr. Stephen Bowen, one of five finalists for the chief academic post at Southeast Missouri State University. A provost, he said, should encourage faculty "to try a variety of things" in their teaching efforts...
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MAN GETS LIFE FOR METH LAB FIRE THAT KILLED HIS FATHER
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
BENTON -- A Bollinger County man was sentenced to life in prison for the death of his father in an accidental fire from a methamphetamine lab, a Scott County judge said. Michael Wayne Summers was sentenced by Judge David Dolan to life in prison for second-degree murder, along with a seven-year sentence for the class C felony of manufacturing methamphetamine. The sentences are to run consecutively, Dolan said...
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RADIOLOGY CENTER GETS OK
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
A certificate of need has been approved for a $3.2 million diagnostic imaging center being built by Cape Radiology Group Inc. The center, which is under construction at 70 Doctors' Park, will consolidate the four offices that presently house Cape Radiology Group, said the practice's manager Warren Miller on Friday. Currently the group offers services at four locations, three at Doctors' Park and one on Broadway, Miller said...
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MICHAEL DAVIS SECTURE TOMORROW AT SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
A noted author and researcher on journalism ethics will give the annual Michael Davis Lecture at Southeast Missouri State University Sunday. Dr. Shirley Staples Carter will be featured at the lecture, which begins at 7 p.m. Sunday at the University Ballroom. Admission is free for the event, which is open to the public...
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DESPITE RAIN, AREA STILL FEELS EFFECTS OF DROUGHT
(Local News ~ 02/19/00)
When it rains it pours, but so far it hasn't been enough. Despite more-than-usual rainfall over the past month, Southeast Missouri and surrounding areas are still feeling the effects of last year's drought. Storms which have buried the north in snow and touched off tornados in the south have left Cape Girardeau all wet, but according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, recent rains have not erased the long term moisture deficit...
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LEAVE PROMOTION RULES TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS
(Editorial ~ 02/19/00)
In the final moments of the last session, the Missouri General Assembly passed a bill that school officials say will affect the promotion and retention of students across the state. The law makes it mandatory to retain -- that, is not promote -- any student who is reading more than one year below grade level...
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WILL VOTERS CHOOSE THE PROGRAMS OF BUSH, OR FOUR MORE YEARS OF CLINTON-GORE?
(Column ~ 02/19/00)
President Clinton recently weighed in on the GOP presidential contest, feigning sympathy for Republican candidates for having to run against his stellar record. Let's take a look at Clinton's claim. "I have a lot of sympathy with Governor Bush and Senator McCain. ...
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UMC TAKES A MORE RESTRICTIVE APPROACH THAN SIUC BUT STILL ALLOWS DRINKING AT FRATERNITIES
(Editorial ~ 02/19/00)
The University of Missouri-Columbia is tackling the sticky issue of fraternities and drinking in a way that goes against the national trend of banning all drinking. The school's Dry 2000 policy will allow fraternities to have alcohol in their houses but only if they don't have pledges living in their houses. All fraternities on the UMC campus have signed the Dry 2000 pledge...
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LETTERS: POEM RESPONDS TO PROF. EINSTEIN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/19/00)
To the editor: I'm enclosing a poem I wrote to Professor Einstein back in 1955 after reading that he had said there were things in the Bible that weren't true. After reading that, I just had to answer. I felt the poem was an appropriate answer to NASA's evidence that the Bible is true. I'm not 86 and still love to write poetry...
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JACKSON'S WACHTER REACHES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/00)
COLUMBIA -- Jackson High School advanced 140-pounder senior Adam Wachter into the state title match at the Class 4A Missouri State Wrestling Championships Friday at the Hearnes Center. Wachter will take a 34-4 record into tonight's title match, where he will meet Travis Craig of Oak Park, who bring in a 42-1 record...
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INDIANS HOPE TO EXTRACT WIN FROM EIU's LANTZ GYM
(College Sports ~ 02/19/00)
CHARLESTON, Ill. -- The Eastern Illinois men's basketball team has lost just once at home all season, that coming after the Panthers led Murray State by 15 points before faltering down the stretch against the Ohio Valley Conference leader. Taking the above into consideration, Southeast Missouri State University coach Gary Garner knows how difficult a task the Indians (18-6 overall, 11-4 OVC) face tonight when they take on the Panthers (14-10, 9-6) in a 7 o'clock tipoff at Lantz Gym...
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DEXTER DEFEATS RAMS IN BATTLE OF NO. 1 TEAMS
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/00)
DEXTER -- After being outscored 32-21 in the first half Friday night, Scott City might have felt that it had weathered an impressive Dexter storm. But the first half was just a prelude to the real show as a tornado in the form of Brett Hale finally unveiled his turbulence, leaving 25 second-half points -- and Scott City's second loss of the season -- in his wake...
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SOUTHEAST VOLLEYBALL ADDS FOUR RECRUITS
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/00)
Southeast volleyball has announced the signings of four recruits for the 2000 season. Sarah Frost, Suzanne Gundlach and Emily Scannell will all be incoming freshmen while Lisa Gaines (formerly Lisa Messey of Woodland High School), a junior-college transfer, will be a junior...
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CAPE CENTRAL DROPS DOUBLE-OVERTIME DECISION TO SLUH
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/00)
ST. LOUIS -- Despite a 35-point effort by Cape Central's Eric Wessel, St. Louis University High School downed the Tigers 61-59 in a thrilling double-overtime boys' basketball game Friday night. Wessel hit a total of nine 3-pointers, six in the fourth quarter alone, which was one short of the Cape Central single-quarter record for 3-pointers that is held by Talley Haines. He was the only Tiger to finish in double figures...
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OTAHKS, EIU DUEL FOR FINAL SPOT IN OVC TOURNEY
(College Sports ~ 02/19/00)
CHARLESTON, Ill. -- One of the top goals for Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team has fallen by the wayside, but the Otahkians still have the opportunity to salvage something out of what has been a disappointing season. The Otahkians can no longer finish among the Ohio Valley Conference's top four teams, which would have meant hosting a first-round OVC Tournament game, something Southeast did last season...
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BOBBY DELK
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
BERTRAND -- Bobby Lee Delk, 58, of Alvarado, Texas, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2000, in Alvarado. He was born Aug. 13, 1941, in Denver, Colo. Delk was a maintenance worker at General Dynamics. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include two sons, Brian and Bobby Delk Jr. ...
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CORONA FEUERHAHN
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
Corona Gosche Feuerhahn, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2000, in Austin, Texas. She was born Nov. 14, 1913, in Oran, daughter of Tony and Ida Dannenmueller Gosche. She and Herman Paul Feuerhahn were married Sept. 12, 1942, in Oran. Corona was a longtime resident of Hudson, Ohio, living in Ohio 55 years. While living in Hudson she was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Hudson Women's Club. She enjoyed sewing, bridge, gardening and traveling...
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GLEN H. THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
JACKSON -- Glen H. Thompson, 71, of Jackson died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born on April 8, 1928 in Oak Ridge, son of Virgil and Ada Ruesler Thompson. He and Linda J. Riehn were married Nov. 23, 1952, in Oak Ridge. She survives...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/19/00)
Daughter to Jeremy W. and Tiffany D. Kennon of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:22 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2000. Name, Allison Corinne. Weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Kennon is the former Tiffany Beggs, daughter of David and Lynne Beggs of Murphysboro, Ill., and Claudia Young of Wood River, Ill. ...
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RUFF KELLY
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
SCOTT CITY -- Johnny Ray "Ruff" Kelly, 46, of Scott City died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, at John Cochran Veterans Administration Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 5, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, son of John F. "Pete" and Norma Louise Brant Kelly. He and Jayne Fowler were married Feb. 10, 1995, in Cape Girardeau...
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NORMAN MILLER
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Norman Miller, 53, of O'Fallon, Mo., formerly of Dongola, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, at his home. He was born Nov. 26, 1946, at Cairo, son of Loren and Lizzie Phalin Miller. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the American Legion in Alton. He worked as a forklift operator for Excel Logistics in St. Peters, Mo...
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BUD PEARSON
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
CHARLESTON -- John Carl "Bud" Pearson, 76, of Charleston died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, in a one-car accident on Highway H north of Miner. He was born April 19, 1923, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Mack Hugh and Willa Vaughn Pearson. He and Wanda Gaines were married Nov. 19, 1948...
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SUE LONG
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
MARBLE HILL -- Sue Long, 50, of Marble Hill died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 11, 1949, at St. Louis, daughter of Lynn Earl and Dorothy Robbins Carpenter Hammers. She and Leo Long were married on Dec. 24, 1984...
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NADENE BYRNE
(Obituary ~ 02/19/00)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral for Nadene J. Byrne of Charleston will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the United Methodist Church in Charleston. The Revs. Rick White and Gerald Collier will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston from 6-8 p.m. today...
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