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CAPE LEGION SPLITS PAIR WITH SIKESTON
(High School Sports ~ 07/07/00)
A slumping Ford & Sons Legion team headed into Thursday's doubleheader with Sikeston needing some confidence. It didn't get it in the first game, losing 9-2, but Cape manager Ron Michel hopes that his team may have started something in its 14-4, five-inning win in the second game...
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MISSOURI CASINOS PLAN TO TELL OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS IN BILLBOARDS
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
Missouri riverboat gambling provides 11,000 jobs to Missouri employment numbers. The casino industry has contributed more than $1.2 billion to state and local communities during its six years of existence. The casinos paid $754 million in taxes to help finance the state's public school system...
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CAMPAIGN FINANCE LIMITS UNCLEAR TO ETHICS COMMISSION
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
The impact of a federal judge's decision to reinstate campaign finance limits on Missouri's political parties remains unclear even to the state's Ethics Commission, the agency authorized with enforcing campaign finance laws. Joe Carroll, director of campaign finance for the Ethics Commission, said Thursday that he doesn't know what impact the ruling will have on the state's political parties and their contributions to candidates in the 2000 election...
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SIGN LISTS SHOP'S DEBTORS; PAY UP OR SEE NAME IN LIGHTS
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Jim Glueck wants his customers to pay up. Those that don't run the risk of getting their names publicized on the portable sign that sits in front of his auto repair shop on U.S. 61 south of Scott City. He's been doing it for about a year. Glueck, 36 said he got the idea from a Cape Girardeau motorcycle shop that listed on a sign the names of customers who had written bad checks...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: TIME JIGGERS GEOGRAPHY TO REPORT ON OUR PULSE
(Column ~ 07/07/00)
Time magazine came out this week with its report on the big float trip down the Mississippi River back in April. Naturally, I've been waiting for this. It's like Providence, you know? Sometimes a column just walks in, hops up in your lap and gives you a big hug and a wet smooch...
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EATERIES RAISE MONEY TO FIGHT DIABETES
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
Eateries, Inc., has announced that the employees of the company's 78 restaurants, including Garfield's Restaurant & Pub, have raised over $47,000 during a two-week period for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. The money will go directly towards research to find a cure for diabetes...
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HEALTHY FAMILIES BLOCK PARTY PLANNED FOR JULY 15
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
Parents, grandparents and children can enjoy an educational and entertaining afternoon July 15 when the Family Resource Center hosts the Healthy Families 2000 Community Block Party. The event will be held from 1-5 p.m. at Fort D next to May Greene Elementary School, 1000 Ranney. ...
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MAN ADMITS HE DECEIVED CAPE PHILANTHROPIST
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau man pled guilty Thursday to defrauding an 89-year-old philanthropist out of several thousand dollars, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor said. But even though Bradley W. McIntyre pled guilty, the 40-year-old man still disputes the amount of money he received from B.W. Harrison of Cape Girardeau, prosecutor Morley Swingle said...
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OFFICERS TAKE PART IN 'FAN CLUB'
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
When Cape Girardeau police officer David Freeman was following up on a property damage report last week, the family stayed on the front porch while he went inside the house. He found out why when he walked in the door. "It was probably 30 degrees warmer inside the house than out," Freeman said. "They had no air conditioner, no fans."...
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CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY ON POLYTECHNIC BUILDING
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building is beginning to take shape on the north end of the campus. Construction workers from Brockmiller Construction of Farmington are erecting the steel framework for the three-story, 58,000-square-foot building...
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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TO TEST NEW 'PUPILOMETER'
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
The Illinois State Police will conduct an 18-month campaign to test the pupillometer as a tool to detect and measure motorist fatigue or impairment by drugs and alcohol. Under provision of Senate Bill 1626, the state police will be authorized to use the pupillometers over the next 18 months on consenting motorists...
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DRIVER KILLED NEAR DONGOLA
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in a single-car accident in rural Union County. The name of the 41-year-old woman has not been released pending notification of next of kin. The accident near Dongola occurred about 5 p.m. on Big Creek Church Road just east of Interstate 57...
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RIDES TO BENEFIT CHILDREN'S CAUSE
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
Visitors who take a tethered ride in a hot-air balloon this weekend at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival can help a worthy cause. Proceeds from the rides will benefit Children's Miracle Network. The fund-raising event is being held in conjunction with Re/Max Achievers and Schnuck's markets...
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HARRY POTER WAIT ALMOST OVER
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
Waldenbooks in the West Park Mall is planning a Harry Potter Party Saturday with boiling cauldron, a castle, cookies and punch and the opportunity to have Harry's signature lightning-bolt painted on your face and to dress like Harry for a photograph...
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MID-SOUTH REGIONAL NBC TOURNEY OPENS TODAY
(High School Sports ~ 07/07/00)
History is on the Capahas' side. But then again, maybe it isn't. The McDowell Capahas won the Mid-South Regional National Baseball Congress tournament seven times in the 1990s. They've also won it each of the last two years. So they're shoo-ins to win the two-weekend tournament -- which starts tonight -- and gain an automatic berth into the NBC World Series at Wichita, Kan., right?...
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YANKEES SQUEEZE PAST NEW MADRID
(High School Sports ~ 07/07/00)
Jeremy Greenley executed a game-winning suicide bunt in the bottom of the seventh as the Cape Senior Babe Ruth Yankees scored three runs in their final at-bat and squeezed out a 5-4 win over New Madrid Thursday night. The bunt scored James Powell, who earlier doubled home a run in the seventh. Powell had two hits and two runs batted in...
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ELMER FETTERHOFF
(Obituary ~ 07/07/00)
MARBLE HILL -- Elmer Fetterhoff, 86, of Jackson, Mo. died Thursday, July 6, 2000 at the St. Francis Medical Center. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel...
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VIRGINIA POLK
(Obituary ~ 07/07/00)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Virginia Mae Polk, 80, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at Jonesboro Healthcare Center. She was born May 4, 1920, in Jonesboro, daughter of Charles and Ollie Rader Butler. Survivors include a daughter, Pat Peshoff of Richmond, Texas; a son, Charles Peshoff of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; a sister, Ruby Butler of Anna; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter...
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JUANITA MOWERY
(Obituary ~ 07/07/00)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral for Juanita Louise Mowery of Tamms will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Elco Pentecostal Church in Elco. The Revs. Johnnie B. Gibson and Carl Hester will officiate. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery near Dongola. Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, and Sunday after 12:30 at the church...
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WINIFRED HAMMOCK
(Obituary ~ 07/07/00)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Winifred E. "Wink" Hammock, 78, of Morehouse died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 20, 1922, at Big Ridge, daughter of George and Bessie Gray Turner. She and Donald E. Hammock Sr. were married Dec. 13, 1941, at Matthews...
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ARDELLA MATHIS
(Obituary ~ 07/07/00)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Ardella Mathis, 78, of Charleston died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 19, 1921, in Tennessee, daughter of Monroe Barber and Minnie Kelley Vinson. She and J.R. Mathis were married May 9, 1936...
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HELEN UNNERSTALL
(Obituary ~ 07/07/00)
Helen Lorene Unnerstall, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 6, 2000, at Ratliff Care Center. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/07/00)
Son to Kent Douglas and Heather Michelle Quade of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:33 a.m. Thursday, June 29, 2000. Name, Ethan Gabriel. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Quade is the former Heather Dickman, daughter of Barry and Joann Dickman of Jackson. She is a florist at Country Mart. Quade is the son of Cleman and Kathie Quade of Jackson. He is a delivery driver with Alliant Food Service...
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BOY FALLS OUT OF TRUCK BED, BADLY HURT
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
MALDEN, Mo. -- A Malden boy was seriously injured Thursday when he fell out of the bed of a pickup truck being driven by a Cape Girardeau man. Anthony Hughes, 5, was taken to Dexter Memorial Hospital after the 12:45 p.m. accident on Highway 25, one-half mile south of Malden...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: IF ANYBODY CAN, DR. KINDER CAN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/07/00)
To the editor: The Scanlons, as were many others, were involved in the restoration of Old St. Vincent's Church. When it was finished, Lauren took their small son inside. His mother reported that he looked about in wonder and then stopped at a station of the cross...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: BOTH GRATEFUL AND SAD TODAY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/07/00)
To the editor: I sought a dictionary today to find the spelling for the word "scalawag." This word hadn't occurred to me in a while, but it was the first thing that crossed my mind on learning of the death of Dr. James A. Kinder. Don't read this the wrong way. ...
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DR. JAMES A. KINDER WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED AS THE GENTLE PHYSICIAN FOR CHILDREN
(Editorial ~ 07/07/00)
At the funeral Thursday for Dr. James A. Kinder, his four sons eloquently paid tribute in words and song. The moving testimonials to a life lived good and well will linger in many hearts and minds for a long time. There is widespread agreement among his family, friends, acquaintances and patients that Dr. ...
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TIME MAGAZINE SKIPS THE REPORT, TAKES A SWIPE
(Editorial ~ 07/07/00)
Time magazine's "Pulse of America" report came out this week. This was the Fourth of July project that was supposed to tell readers what Americans in the midsection of our nation are thinking and doing. The magazine's editors, reporters and photographers floated down the Mississippi River for this project...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/07/00)
OUR SUPREME Court, in a very narrow decision, has reaffirmed its ability to proclaim death. It has allowed the death penalty for convicted criminals and for abortion victims. I am pro-life, as are most churches. I think we ought to have a sanctity of life that protects not only criminals, but unborn babies. ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: COURT POLICIES ARE BUREAUCRATIC
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/07/00)
To the editor: As the parent of a teen-age son involved in a car accident, I accompanied him to Municipal Court in Cape Girardeau. The sign said, "No shorts in the courtroom." It would be nice to know this before your court appearance. I was told to go home and change and come back. ...
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ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ART
(Local News ~ 07/07/00)
The galleries of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri are available to artists looking for a place to show their work, but anyone with an itch to display painting, sculpture or work in some other medium might have to wait, says Leslie Stucker, Arts Council assistant director...
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