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ALUMNI DONATE TONS OF BRAN TO DEMO FARM
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Mike Martin of Bernie, Mo., has donated five tons of rice bran to the Southeast Missouri State University Demonstration Farm. Martin and his brother, David, are graduates of Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Agriculture. They farm with their father and brother, Tim. The Martin family plants about 1,000 acres in rice annually...
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OUR TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD... IS IT REALLY GOOD FOR YOUNG STUDENTS?
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Not so long ago, most elementary school teachers managed their classrooms with little more than chalk, pull-down maps of the world and lots of red ink pens. Nowadays, chalk has been replaced with dry-erase markers that won't clog up nearby computer terminals with dust, and who needs a faded, dusty pull-down map when vibrant full-color versions with the latest updates are available on the Internet?...
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PREPARE FOR THE PLAYOFFS VIA WEB
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Forgive me if you're not a sports fan, but this week's column is dedicated to the Boys of Summer. They're still hot -- especially the St. Louis Cardinals -- during this crisp, fall weather. We're lucky enough to have tickets to a playoff game this week. That seems apropos, since this was the first year we were fortunate enough to get opening day tickets. Being married to a sports fanatic for 20 years does have its price. I've become a bit of a sports nut myself...
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THE CASE OF THE WATERMELON PATCH MYSTERY; CPATER THREE: THE ATTACK OF THE HEADLESS COWBOY (PART 3 OF 14)
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
All at once Drover and I were in huge trouble. We were about to be attacked by a headless cowboy. Well, you know me. When I'm confronted by something as spooky as a headless cowboy, I don't just sit there looking simple. I run. Yes sir, we ran, digging several trenches in the ground as we, uh, moved our camp to safer ground, so to speak. Firing barks and squeaks over our shoulders, we raced down the hill toward the house and went flying over the fence...
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PEOPLE: SEMO BAND LEADER TO CREATE BOWL SHOWS
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
It's a long way from Southeast Missouri State University to the Hollywood Bowl, but Barry Bernhardt doesn't mind the journey. Bernhardt, director of university bands at the school, will conduct a 1,500-piece massed band at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles Nov. 24 and 25...
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CRIME: POLICE ARREST SIX AFTER FIGHT OUTSIDE TASTE
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
The Taste Lounge, a nightclub that has caused police problems in the past, faces loss of its city liquor license after the largest crowd in recent months gathered outside its doors to watch a fight. Police Chief Rick Hetzel said the fight attracted nearly 150 people in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Six were arrested, three for disturbing the peace and the rest for failing to disperse from outside the lounge at 402 Good Hope St...
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CARNAHAN OUTLINES PLAN FOR EDUCATION: TEACHERS PRAISE GOVERNOR'S PROGRAMS
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Gov. Mel Carnahan, locked in a tight U.S. Senate race against incumbent John Ashcroft, used a town hall meeting in Cape Girardeau to detail his plan to deliver $50 billion in federal funding to public schools. About 100 supporters came to Barbara Blanchard Elementary School Monday night to hear Carnahan discuss his positions on education and tell him what Missourians want for their school-aged children...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: WHAT'S ROMANCE FOR GOODSE MAY NOT BE FOR GANDER
(Column ~ 10/10/00)
My best friend is in the middle of a male-related crisis, as are so many of my female friends. After a long-term engagement -- and I mean long term as in decade-long term -- she and her man are inching toward the altar. She's picked out a wedding band, a dress and an open Saturday. He's contributed everything expected from the groom-to-be -- a proposal...
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GOVERNMENT: COUNCIL PUTS CAUTION LIGHTS ON CAMERAS AT SIGNALS
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Cape Girardeau City Council members had enough unanswered questions about how an automated red light system would work that they decided to spend another two weeks to research the topic before taking action. Council members discussed an ordinance change to allow a video camera system at traffic signals to catch motorists who run red lights...
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FIRE: PATRICK'S CLEANERS WORK TO ANSWER FIRE QUESTIONS
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Given a few more days, Patrick's Cleaners should have answers for those wondering whether their clothes were burned up in a fire over the weekend, owner David Kimes said. Receipts that were saved are being pieced together so clothes can be identified for customers and insurance claims, Kimes said...
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THREE INJURED FROM ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Three people were injured Sunday and Monday in accidents on Southeast Missouri highways, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Leroy Winford, 34, of Howardville, Mo., was injured Sunday night when his vehicle struck a tractor pulling a trailer near Marston, Mo. He was taken by ambulance to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo...
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AREA MAN ABDUCTED, ROBBED
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
A man reported that he was abducted and robbed after he got money from a bank's ATM in Cape Girardeau on Friday, police said. A 35-year-old man told police he was walking away from a Bank of America ATM at 2001 William St. about 8 p.m. on Friday when a yellow or beige car with three men pulled up and told him to get in, Lt. Carl Kinnison said...
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EDUCATION: AREA BANDS TO COMPETE
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Southeast Missouri State University wants high school bands to play in the Homecoming parade, but in recent years it has been difficult because many bands attended band festivals rather than march at Homecoming. Cape Girardeau Central High School is a case in point. Its marching band won't march at Homecoming because it has another band contest that day, said Barry Bernhardt, university band director...
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PAUL KEYS RESIGNS AS SEMO DEAN
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Dr. Paul Keys, a top official at Southeast Missouri State University, has resigned to take a position as provost and vice president for academic affairs at a Chicago area school. Keys, an associate provost for public service and dean of the College of Health and Human Services, has been hired by Governor's State University in University Park, Ill., south of Chicago...
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PLANNING AND ZONING AGENDA
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. Council chambers, City Hall, 401 Independence Hearings n Request of P&J Marketing LLC and Jeffrey J. Maurer for a special-use permit for gasoline pumps in the 1100 block of North Sprigg Street in a C-1, local commercial district...
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CAPE CREWS SCHEDULE PICKUP TIMES FOR LEAVES
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
As property owners exchange lawn mowers for yard rakes, city crews have prepared a schedule for curbside leaf pickup. The program runs Nov. 6 through Dec. 15 and is a service offered by the city's Public Works Department. The leaves are taken to the city's compost holding area...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
Monday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. Council Chambers, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearings n Held public hearing regarding the request of Cape Girardeau Baptist Association to rezone 2912 Bloomfield Road from R-1, single-family residential district to R-4, multiple-family residential district...
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STATE REJECTS JACKSON'S INTERSECTION REQUEST
(Local News ~ 10/10/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A city of Jackson request that the Missouri Department of Transportation make immediate safety improvements to a city intersection has been rejected. In a letter to the city dated Oct. 3, MoDOT director Henry Hungerbeeler said the volume of traffic at the intersection of Highways 72-34 and Route PP does not warrant a traffic signal. He said the accident rate at the intersection is "significantly lower than the statewide average for similar type intersections."...
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: GROSS HURLS NO-HITTER IN FINAL
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/00)
Cape Central's theme song "Eye of the Tiger" could very well have been retitled "Arm of the Tiger" for the performance of pitcher Cassie Gross. Gross was nearly perfect as she hurled a no-hitter to lead the Lady Tigers to a 4-0 win over Jackson in the Class 4A, District 1 championship game at Arena Park on Monday...
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SPORTS BRIEFS: OTAHKIAN SPIKERS HAND FOUR-SET LOSS TO EVANSVILLE
(College Sports ~ 10/10/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team turned back Evansville University in four sets Monday night at Houck Field House. Southeast won the first two sets 15-3, 15-9, lost the third set 10-15, and won the final set 15-8. Krista Haukap, the OVC offensive player of the week, hammered a game-high 25 kills while Lea Beckemeyer had 22 and Rachelle Knapp 19. Emily Scannell dished out 64 assists on the match...
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HIGH SCHOOL; JACKSON SOCCER SILENCES ND 3-0
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/00)
Patrick Kohm netted two goals and assisted on a third as Jackson rolled past Notre Dame 3-0 in boys soccer action Monday afternoon at Notre Dame High School. Kohm scored the lone goal of the first half, depositing a pass from Jon Coleman at the 21-minute mark. Midway through the second half Kohm struck again on a direct kick. He then helped ice the game at the 77-minute mark, feeding Matt Neal for the final goal...
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ANNA LUTON
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
Anna L. Luton, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 9, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. She is formerly of Olmsted, Ill. Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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WILBERT LUEDERS JR.
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Wilbert H. "Petey" Lueders Jr., 45, of Altenburg died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 16, 1955, in Perryville, Mo., son of Wilbert "Pete" and Eileen Emmenderfer Lueders. He and Phyllis Head were married May 9, 1981...
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CLARENCE KENNEDY
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Clarence Edward Kennedy, 63, of Jonesboro died Monday, Oct. 9, 2000, at the Jonesboro Health Care Center. He had formerly lived in Thebes, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill.
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EULIS PRUETT
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Eulis A. Pruett, 79, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 10, 1921, at Senath, Mo., son of William Arthur and Alice Holt Pruett. He and Charlene Macke were married June 11, 1950, at Jackson. She survives...
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HOMER WILBURN
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Homer B. Wilburn, 94, of Farmington, formerly of Advance, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 7, 1906, at East Prairie, Mo., son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Sweet Wilburn. He married Grace E. Nelson...
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DONALD FAHLBERG
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Donald S. Fahlberg, 75, of Anna died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was injured in an automobile accident Saturday, Oct. 7. He was born Nov. 25, 1924, in northern Illinois, son of Joseph and Oddie Tambur Fahlberg. He and Patricia Holmberg were married June 6, 1948...
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JOANNE WEBER
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Joanne Weber of Clayton, Ga., was held Saturday at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge, Ill. The Rev. Harold Herman Weber officiated. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau was in charge of arrangements...
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GARY SMITH
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Gary Smith, 23, of Anna died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, in Canton, Ill. Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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BILL AUTREY
(Obituary ~ 10/10/00)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Billy G. Autrey, 66, of Dexter died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He was born March 12, 1934, at Essex, Mo., son of Willie and Fay Evelyn West Autrey. He and Mildred J. Ross were married July 26, 1953, at Florissant, Mo...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/10/00)
Daughter to Mindy Gene Bryant and Ronnie Abraham Jr. of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:24 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000. Name, Trinity Lee-Ann. Weight, 5 pounds 15 ounces. Second daughter. Ms. Bryant is the daughter of Timothy S. Hess and Diane Hess of Memphis, Tenn. Abraham is the son of Ronnie Abraham and Ella Abraham of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Gilster-Mary Lee in Perryville, Mo...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/10/00)
THE MORE people see of George W. Bush on TV, the less likely he is to get elected president. You can tell just by looking at the man and watching him talk he's a crook. He's got the same hawkish, mean, greedy look as David Limbaugh and Gary Rust and Peter Kinder and some of those people up there at the newspaper. ...
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MORAL IMPLICATIONS ABOUND IN TEST-TUBE CASE
(Editorial ~ 10/10/00)
"In the first known case of its kind," said The Associated Press story, "a Colorado couple created a test-tube baby who was genetically screened and selected in the hope he could save the life of his 6-year-old sister." The ailing sister has a rare genetic disease that prevents her body from making bone marrow. Last week, doctors gave her an infusion of umbilical-cord blood from her newborn brother, Adam, to try to correct the disease...
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PUBLIC DESERVES FULL HEARINGS ON RU-486
(Editorial ~ 10/10/00)
Issues relating to abortion, test tube babies and the meaning of human life are once again in the news. They remain just as vexing now as they ever have been. The first of these to capture recent attention was the long-awaited approval of the controversial abortion pill, RU-486, by President Clinton's Food and Drug Administration. ...
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LETTERS: YELLOW CURBS, STREET SIGNS ARE CONFUSING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/10/00)
To the editor: I am writing in regard to a recently issued ticket placed on my car. I am a student at Southeast Missouri State University and am confused by the signs on and around campus. To my knowledge, it has always been OK to park a car as long as it was outside the yellow paint on the curb. ...
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