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ATTACKING ANGER
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
A driver forces a fellow motorist off the road. A student assaults a classmate. Across America, there's plenty of anger. There are 1.5 million assaults in the workplace in the United States each year. Fifty-seven percent of the nation's public elementary and secondary school principals reported incidents of violence at their schools in 1996-1997...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: GASTRONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
(Column ~ 06/22/00)
Almost everyone at one time or another has experienced a little "heartburn", particularly after meals. Often people explain this away describing it as "indigestion" or describing the food as "something that just doesn't agree with me." But, in fact, the "heartburn" is often the result of acid escaping from the stomach into the lower esophagus (swallowing tube connecting the mouth to the stomach)...
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SOUTH CAPE CARNIVAL DESIGNED FOR TOGETHERNESS; SCOTT CITY MINISTER, LOUNGE OWNER PLAN SATURDAY EVENT
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
A Scott City, Mo., minister wants to help improve relationships among residents in South Cape Girardeau, so he is helping to organize a South Side Community Carnival Saturday. The event, complete with food, games, and music, will be held from noon to 6 p.m. in a vacant lot in the 400 block of Good Hope Street. All neighborhood residents are welcome...
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CITY GEARS UP FOR VOTE ON ROAD TAX IN AUGUST
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
Cape Girardeau officials have learned that putting a priority to major street repairs isn't always the simplest route to getting the work done. Instead of suggesting a priority order to an extension of the Transportation Trust Fund program, city officials are suggesting specific projects that would be completed under the plan...
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EXPANDED BIOKYOWA PLANT UP AND RUNNING, SAYS SOFFICIAL
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
Bill Hinckley, manager of the BioKyowa Inc. plant, discussed BioKyowa's process of producing L-Lysine a protein additive in swine and poultry feeds -- during a Lions Club meeting at the Holiday Inn Wednesday. Hinckley frequently used the word sterilization. "You lose sterility, you lose everything," he told the group...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE COMMON SENSE OF PRESERVING NEGLECTED BEAUTY
(Column ~ 06/22/00)
June 22, 2000 Dear Leslie, The city has started condemnation proceedings that could lead to the razing of a vacant landmark hotel. Whether the City Council is serious about tearing down the hotel is unclear. It may be trying to use condemnation as a stick to hasten the long-delayed sale to a party wanting to renovate the historic building...
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NEW TECHNOLOGY MONITORS ANESTHESIA
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
New monitoring technology that allows anesthesia providers to administer just the right about of medicine is now in use locally at Physicians Alliance Surgery Center. The ambulatory surgery center at 3241 Percy has a BIS monitor in each of its two operating rooms...
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BERNIE TEACHER PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL CLASS
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
BERNIE -- Pam Maclin, math and science teacher at Bernie High School, was a little intimidated when three cameramen showed up at her Algebra I class. Although she knew they were going to be there filming her lesson on linear graphing using technology, it was still a little different...
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LOCAL TEENS SELECTED TO ATTEND AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE IN WARRENSBURG
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
Several area youth were selected to attend American Legion Boys State of Missouri this week at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Mo. They are among the approximately 960 Missouri high school students participating in this year's program, which aims to give young Missourians a better understanding of our state government...
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REGIONAL COMMISSION FACING CRUNCH
(Local News ~ 06/22/00)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Commissioners of the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission were told the agency is facing an austere fiscal year. "We're in a situation that is necessitating some belt-tightening on behalf of the Planning Commission," said Steve Borgsmiller, Sikeston, chairman of the commission's budget committee. Borgsmiller made the comment as he presented the proposed budget at the commission's meeting at noon Tuesday...
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FOR LOVE OF THE GAME; TOP 40 MEMORIES OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR
(High School Sports ~ 06/22/00)
Memories are why we watch sports. It's why we play them. It's why we tune into Tiger Woods even though he is leading by 12 strokes. We want to watch so we can say we saw it when it happened. Having said that, here are my 40 strongest high school sports memories of the previous school year:...
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BRIEFLY: CAPE GOLFERS FIRST IN ILLINOIS JUNIOR TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 06/22/00)
VIENNA, Ill. -- Two Cape Girardeau golfers finished first in their respective age divisions during Monday's First Annual Gambit Junior Golf Tournament held at the Gambit Golf Club here. Nick Martin won the 16-18-year-old division with a 4-over-par 75. Blake Driskell captured the 12-13 division with a nine-hole score of 42...
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BRIEFLY: MARSHALL LEADS MISSOURI MEN'S AMATEUR
(College Sports ~ 06/22/00)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chris Marshall of Overland Park, Kan., shot a 66 to take the lead Wednesday after the first round of the Missouri Men's Amateur golf tournament. Antonio Serrano, Springfield, was second with a 67, and Brett Alexander, of Richland, was two strokes behind after shooting a 68...
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SHARON ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 06/22/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sharon A. Anderson, 57, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1943, at Aid, daughter of William Lee and Hallie Lee Hull Taylor. She and Jack Anderson were married April 20, 1963...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/22/00)
Daughter to Karl Steven and Wendy Dawn Reker of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:04 p.m. Thursday, June 15, 2000. Name, Delaney Katherine. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Reker is the former Wendy Sargent, daughter of Harry and Suzanne Sargent of Lake Jackson, Texas. Reker is the son of Richard and Susie Reker of Midland, Texas. He is operations manager at Ford Motor Credit Co...
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BILLY MCBRIDE
(Obituary ~ 06/22/00)
Billy E. McBride, 60, of Cape Girdeau died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at the Lutheran Home. He was born April 7, 1940, in Sallis, Miss., son of Elmer and Birdie Mae Acy McBride. He and Patricia A. Harbin were married July 9, 1961, in Hobbs, N.M. McBride received an associate's degree from Hines Junior College in Raymond, Miss...
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THOMAS KILHULLEN
(Obituary ~ 06/22/00)
OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Thomas D. Kilhullen, 41, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at Scott General Hospital in Morton, Miss., from a trucking accident. He was born in Carbondale, Pa., on Oct. 2, 1958, son of Thomas R. and Janet V. Roe Kilhullen of Kresegville, Pa...
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EMMA HARWOOD
(Obituary ~ 06/22/00)
MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Funeral for Emma Lee Harwood of Matthews will be held at 11 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Morehouse. Woodrow Phillips will officiate. Burial will be in Matthews Cemetery. Harwood, 65, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at her home...
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DELORIS NATIONS
(Obituary ~ 06/22/00)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Funeral for Deloris Nations of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Dexter, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Burial will be in Chalk Bluff Cemetery near Dexter. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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WANDA NEWBERRY
(Obituary ~ 06/22/00)
RANDLES, Mo. -- Wanda Mae Newberry, 57, of Randles died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at her home, following an extended illness. She was born June 1, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Joe and Daisy Skinner Niswonger. She and Edward Coomer were married in January 1965. He died in May 1991. She later married Paul Newberry May 27, 1994...
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LETTERS: LARRY NISWONGER TOUCHED OUR LIVES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/22/00)
To the editor: Someone said, "You have not lived if you have not touched the life of someone and left an impression that brought forth fruit." Such was the life of Larry Niswonger, who recently went on to be with the Lord. I met Larry soon after buying my first guitar. ...
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LETTERS: VETERANS SHOULD FIGHT FOR MEMORIAL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/22/00)
To the editor: On the matter of the veterans memorial at North County Park, I am truly grieved that the veterans have acquiesced on the relocation of the hallowed memorial like a group of aging, toothless tigers. Even worse, it appears that local veterans organizations have put up only token opposition to the hijacking of the memorial by the Department of Conservation...
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PAW NEWSPAPER STAFF AT SCHULTZ SCHOOL TAKES AN ARMLOAD OF HONRS -- MAKING US VERY PROUD
(Editorial ~ 06/22/00)
Pardon us if our pride is showing, but we're excited as proud parents about the high honors received by the staff of the Paw newspaper, a publication produced by seventh graders at Louis J. Schultz School. The Southeast Missourian has been the school's Adopt-A-School partner since 1985, and it has been a joy over those years to see the student newspaper grow and thrive, giving these young journalists a worthwhile learning experience...
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PLANS TO EXPAND GI BILL BENEFITS DESERVE SCRUTINY
(Editorial ~ 06/22/00)
Efforts are being made in Congress to both expand and increase benefits available under the GI Bill. Hundreds of thousands of veterans have taken advantage of college funding over the years. As a result, higher-education opportunities have been provided for a large segment of the American population that might otherwise never have walked into a college classroom...
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WACO: WE ARE THE JURY IN THE MATTER OF THE MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT
(Column ~ 06/22/00)
On Monday, a civil trial began to determine the government's culpability for the Waco massacre in 1993. At least, that's how the media are portraying this wrongful death lawsuit against the government brought by survivors of the Branch Davidians who died in the 1993 raid on the Waco compound. But the truth is that we don't need a trial to establish the government's culpability. It has already been established through the investigations conducted following the event...
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LETTERS: HONOR FOR NAETERS IS A FITTING TRIBUTE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/22/00)
To the editor: I was most pleased to read that the Missouri Press Association will induct Fred and George Naeter into the distinguished ranks of the Newspaper Hall of Fame. How very fitting it is that they receive this prestigious honor. It gives me great pleasure to have known the Naeters for such a long time...
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