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MEDICAL SURFARI: HEALTHFUL TIPS TO BEAT HOT WEATHER
(Column ~ 07/06/00)
Heat and humidity describe the summers of Southeast Missouri. Has this combination of weather conditions ever left you feeling tired, headachy, nauseated or faint? If so, you probably have experienced heat exhaustion. Overexposure to heat can produce a range of effects from a simple skin rash to a potentially deadly "heat stroke."...
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE NEEDS CONTROL
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
An estimated 50 million Americans are affected by high blood pressure or hypertension. Often called the silent killer, hypertension can go undetected until severe levels are reached. Routine physical exams can alert the health care giver to potential problems...
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Daytripper - River Ridge Winery
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
This past weekend, I took a day trip to one of the most interesting places in our immediate area- River Ridge Winery in Commerce, Missouri. This trip marked my fourth visit to the winery in the last couple of years. I have come to associate the trip to Commerce, with warm weather and the life that spring has to offer...
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Poets Pub - Windfall by R. Reklaw
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
There is a scream in the night- the sound of ecstacy - a cat's call. Reminding me of past fullfillments, and the human windfall. Fronds curl, frozen by time as trees scratch the dark sky. Frog voices wait for next spring, when the bugs will start to fly...
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Trendy or Trashy
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
I'm sure like anyone else out there, there are a lot of things that 'bother' me. However, I think out of all the things that bother me, there is one that stands out above the rest. I don't know about you, but I fall in to the category of "plus-size" you know the range for the women size 14 +. ...
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Reel News - Gladiator
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
From general to slave, slave to gladiator, gladiator to hero A Review by a boy who now wants to be a gladiator "While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand. When falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall. And when Rome falls - the World" - Lord Byron Is Gladiator an action movie? Is it a historical drama? Is it a sweeping epic? The answer to all of these questions dear readers is yes. ...
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Profiler - Amy Austin
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
Each issue of OFF! highlights someone who has achieved success in his/her field. This issue's pick is Amy Austin of Mix 104.7. Stats: Age - 24 Education - May 2000 Grad of Semo Major Public Relations and Minor Criminal Justice Home Town - Cape Girardeau, MO...
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The Dharma Bum
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
"I'm old enough to see behind me, but young enough to feel my soul" - Lenny Kravitz Greetings and salutations true believers. Long time, no see. Did you miss me? I missed you. In the brief publication sabbatical of OFF! I've had time to contemplate, reflect, pontificate, and genuflect - all while having my daily dose of adventures and derailments. ...
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Ever Eat Here? Show-Me's
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
by Chad Armbruster Ok, some of you may or may not have heard of Cape's newest restaurant. Regardless, I'll stay away from mentioning the aesthetically pleasing view that goes along with the good food. I'll try to keep this review to the point. Just remember that in the end: FOOD THERE GOOD...
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Ear Candy
(Entertainment ~ 07/06/00)
Artist - Elliott Smith Title - Figure 8 Label - Dreamworks Records/2000 This is a poppy, Beatle-fest nod to the 60's. This album wants to be your friend, but only on its own terms. Call it a thinking-man's pop album. Figure 8 is a "grower." However weird it may initially sound, it merits repeated listenings...
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FAMILY OF MISSING BOATER STAYS CLOSE TO RIVER
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
Family and friends of Ricky Wright have maintained watch at Honker's Boat Dock since the accident on the Mississippi River that claimed Wright's life Saturday night. Residents of Commerce, Wright's hometown, have brought food, drinks and even their boats to help the family as they wait for word that Wright's body had been recovered. Frustration and weariness escalated each time a boat returned to the dock without the body...
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PASSENGER RECALLS EVENTS AFTER BOATING ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
About 15 minutes before Teresa Jaco, her son and three friends were plunged into the Mississippi River, she remarked how God would be watching out for them. Her watch, encircled with designs of guardian angels, is still frozen at 9:55 p.m. She says that is how she knows when the 15-foot boat she was riding in Saturday struck an unlighted barge, capsized, and sent the five under water...
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BACK ON THE JOB: PERRY WORKSHOP WORKERS RETURN
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- When Perry County Sheltered Workshop opened on Wednesday, some items were missing. Artwork made by some of the disabled clients at the workshop was gone, said manager Bill Tweedy. Bulletin boards that had been bolted to the walls had been removed...
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WEEKEND AIR SHOW TO HONOR VETERANS
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival will entertain crowds, pay tribute to veterans and promote aviation in the region, said the event's organizer. "You have an air show for several reasons -- the foremost is to pay tribute to veterans that have served and died for our freedoms," said Bruce Loy, airport manager...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SWEPT AWAY BY THE MYSTERIES OF RIVERS, THUNDER
(Column ~ 07/06/00)
July 7, 2000 Dear Julie, Since I don't fish, I have found other things to do at DC's parents' cabin on the Castor River. I read, I sleep, I swim a bit and drive the 40 miles to a town called Piedmont to play golf. The Canyon Club is a green nine-hole course surrounded by hills that some people in the 1970s claimed were swarming with UFOs. ...
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AG STILL MUM ON CAPE'S TOUGH SECURITY
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
It appears there is no longer a private security guard on duty at the Missouri attorney general's office in Cape Girardeau. However, the front door of the building remained locked Wednesday and new security equipment was being installed. As they have for more than a week, locally based personnel and an official at Attorney General Jay Nixon's main office in Jefferson City continue to decline to discuss the reasons for the recent security changes at the office at 2860 N. Mount Auburn Rd...
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ROAD CLOSED
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
A section of Route F in Cape Girardeau County will be closed today for resurfacing. Crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation will resurface about four miles of the road. The section is near Tilsit at the intersection of routes F and Z. Work is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. until late in the day...
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JUMPER WON'T BE CHARGED
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
No criminal charges will be filed against a man who threatened to jump from the Mississippi River bridge earlier this week, Cape Girardeau police said. In most cases that involve police handling a potential suicide, the person making the threat is not arrested, Sgt. Carl Kinnison said...
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JAIL ESCAPEE CAUGHT
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Pedro Hernandez didn't get far during his 18 hours of freedom. Hernandez, 40, escaped from the Tri-County Detention Center near here Tuesday night, but was captured within a mile of the private jail facility Wednesday afternoon. Hernandez surrendered to Illinois State Police and Pulaski County Sheriff's authorities with no struggle...
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VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THE AUG. 8 PRIMARY
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
WHO CAN REGISTER You can register if you live in Missouri and are at least 17 1/2 years old. You can vote in the Aug. 8 primary if you are 18 years of age or older on election day. Last day to register to vote for the Aug. 8 primary election in Missouri: July 12 at 5 p.m...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN ACTION TAKEN
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
Action taken Power and Light Committee n Approved the appointment of Gloria Kiehne to fill an unexpired term on the Library Board. n Accepted the bid of Big D Electric Inc., of Eldorado, Ill., in the amount of $141,555.85 relative to the West Substation Project...
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TAXPAYER FINANCED CAMPAIGN COFFEE TOPIC
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce opposes the taxpayer-funded political campaign issue that is expected to be on the statewide ballot in November. The chamber, which takes credit for stopping a similar initiative effort in 1998, takes the position that taxpayers shouldn't bear the burden of funding political campaigns...
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CAPE STUMBLES 13-2 HEADING INTO TODAY'S KEY MATCHUP WITH SIKESTON
(High School Sports ~ 07/06/00)
Wednesday night's game against Paducah, Ky. is one that the Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons Senior Legion team would like to soon forget. Like before 2 p.m. today. With a district doubleheader against Sikeston looming today, Cape looked lethargic Wednesday night, falling to Paducah 13-2 in eight innings at Capaha Field...
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THIES THROWS PERFECT GAME FOR WOOD & HUSTON JR. LEGION
(High School Sports ~ 07/06/00)
SOUTH HAVEN, Miss. -- Wood & Huston Cape Junior Legion capped its weekend in the Mid-South Super Series on a perfect note as John Thies hurled a 10-0 perfect game at Long Island (N.Y.) Monday night. Thies struck out five while not walking a batter and allowing no hits...
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BRIEFLY: JOHNSON NAMED THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
(College Sports ~ 07/06/00)
Former Southeast Missouri State University baseball standout Jeremy Johnson continued to add to his honors Wednesday when he was named a American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division I third-team All-American. Johnson, the OVC's Male Athlete of the Year for 1999-2000, was also named first-team All-South Region...
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DEAN MCDONALD
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dean L. McDonald, 75, of Sikeston died Monday, July 3, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 22, 1924, in Elkhart, Ind., son of Robert H. and Rita Mae Bickel McDonald. He and Barbara Sue Bonifield were married Nov. 26, 1956, in Elkhart. She died June 11, 1995. He and Marge Ingram were married May 29, 1999, in Sikeston...
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SHIRLEY KELLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
Graveside service for Shirley Frank Kelley of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. today at East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery in East Prairie. The Rev. Martin Lucas will officiate. Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 11 a.m. today...
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AL SEBEK
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
Funeral Mass for Albert Anton "Al" Sebek of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Cathedral. Msgr. Richard Rolwing will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park, with military rites to be conducted by the Delta Team...
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PAULINE GAITHER
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
Pauline Gaither, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 7, 1914, in Johnston City, Ill., daughter of Samuel Edward and Beulah May Hunt Dial. She and Emmit Gaither were married Aug. 30, 1932, in Benton, Ill...
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RUBY HARPOLE
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Funeral for Ruby Harpole of Fredericktown, Mo., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. The Rev. Billy Don Heady will officiate. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today, and Friday until service time...
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ETHEL JEFFRIES
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ethel Lou Jeffries, 88, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born on Aug. 4, 1911, in Clarkton, daughter of William Frank and Lydia Isadora Gregory Dame. She married Glen J. "Cotton" Jeffries on Sept. 23, 1933, in New Madrid. He died Sept. 7, 1978...
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JUANITA MOWERY
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Juanita Louise Mowery, 79, of Tamms, died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at her home. She was born on April 8, 1921, at Elco, Ill., daughter of James Monroe and Marie Dickerson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Leo Mowery on June 15, 1976...
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HOWARD HARDIN
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Howard "Boats" Hardin, 76, of Sikeston died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 6, 1924, in Camden, Tenn., son of William and Gertrude Sterling Hardin. He and Lucille Howell were married July 7, 1972. She died Feb. 16, 1994...
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ODUS SMITH
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Funeral for Odus Smith of Chaffee will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Dr. Mark Hopkins and the Rev. Ernest Kight Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 6 p.m. Friday...
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DONALD 'LEO' LONG
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donald "Leo" Long, 51, of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, as a result of an auto accident near here. He was born Oct. 29, 1948, at Patton, son of Leo Wilson and Mildred I. Douglas Long. He married JoAnne Armstrong on April 22, 1972. On Dec. 24, 1984, he married Suzanne Hammers. She preceded him in death on Feb. 18, 2000...
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OTIS IVIE
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Otis L. Ivie, 73, of East Prairie died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Sept. 27, 1926, in East Prairie, son of Harve Allen and Cleo Eunice Lindsey Ivie. He and Emma Jean Grigsby were married Nov. 18, 1948, in Osceola, Ark...
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BILLY PARKER
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
Billy Ray Parker, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 24, 1939, at Puxico, son of Charles Ray and Lonetta Fields Parker. He and Mary Ann Menz were married May 17, 1958, at Morley...
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DORIS BROOKS
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Doris Louise Brooks, 72, of Perryville died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at her home. She was born on June 9, 1928, daughter of LeRoy and Ruby Washington Meggison. She married Paul Edgar Brooks on May 9, 1947, He died March 19, 1996. She had worked in the packing department at Glister Mary Lee in Perryville...
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CARL L. PENZEL
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mr. Carl L. Penzel, a prominent builder of highways and commercial buildings, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2000, at the age of 91, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Penzel was born Sept. 21, 1908, in San Antonio, Texas, son of the late Linus and Mathilda Kies Penzel. On April 19, 1931, he married the former Mettie Jane Killian...
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SHIRLEY DICK
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Funeral for Shirley Dean Dick of Cantonment, Fla., was held June 24, 2000, at Stygar Florissant Chapel in Florissant. The Rev. Rex Loy officiated. Burial was in Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens at Pagedale. Dick, 65, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at West Florida Regional Medical Center in Pensacola...
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USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HIGHWAY WORK
(Editorial ~ 07/06/00)
Most of us have a tendency to get annoyed when we're driving on a highway and suddenly see those yellow caution signs telling us that road work -- and possible delays -- are ahead. But those highway projects are important to us for many reasons. They improve our highways, and they provide employment to a large number of construction workers...
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VETERANS HOME MARKS 10 YEARS
(Editorial ~ 07/06/00)
The Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau is truly a model for similar facilities around the nation. The home, prominently located at the U.S. 61 interchange at I-55, recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of admitting its first resident. In the past decade, the veterans home has worked to provide outstanding care for area veterans, many of whom served in World War II. ...
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... AND DON'T OVERLOOK HOW GORE HAS SHIFTED RESPONSIBILITY
(Column ~ 07/06/00)
As President Clinton's gifted policy and scandal trainee, Al Gore has proven himself to be a quick study. Nowhere is this more evident than in the recent flap over rising fuel prices. As the administration's second term comes to a close, the price of gasoline has skyrocketed, especially in the Midwest. ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: CAMEL IS ABOUT TO GET IN THE TENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/06/00)
To the editor: (With sincere apologies to the author.) Once upon a time a lonely camel was grazing on the lush grass between two cities when he saw his master spread a tent. It was a magnificent new tent, one which would shame all of his friends. Then the master began to furnish the tent. It was such a big tent, though, that he had lots of room left over...
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CLIFTON ROACH JR.
(Obituary ~ 07/06/00)
BERTRAND, Mo. -- Funeral for Clifton Eugene Roach Jr. of Bertrand will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Jon Archie will officiate. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Roach, 47, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at his home...
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SEVERAL HURT IN ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
Several people were injured in area traffic accidents over the July 4 holiday. Stephan Myers, 38, and a passenger, Melissa Myers, 31, both of Marble Hill, were injured when their vehicle traveled out of control and ran off the outer road near Fruitland and Interstate 55...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/06/00)
Daughter to Mason S. and Lana R.P. Cole of Sherwood, Ore., Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, 3:16 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2000. Name, Delaney Carolyn. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Cole is the daughter of Evelyn and Cyrus Painter of Excelsior Springs. Cole is the son of Truman R. Cole Jr. of Cape Girardeau and Susan B. Cole of Jefferson City...
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BOYS IN CUSTODY
(Local News ~ 07/06/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Three boys have been referred to juvenile authorities in connection with more than 30 instances of damage to mailboxes and thefts from yards that have occurred in the city since June 1. The youths, one 16 and the other two 15, reportedly were caught in the act of committing a burglary and property damage at Kimbeland Country Club June 28...
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