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GROWING CAREERS
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
Hospitals searching for trained technical staff looked at their current employee rosters and set up programs to help those employees get training for key jobs. Ten years ago, many hospitals were facing a shortage of clinical and technical workers like medical technicians, radiologists, nurses and therapists. But a group of health care executives pulled together to avert any crisis...
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REGION BLANKETED BY SNOW, SLEET AND ICE
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
A storm system carrying snow, sleet and freezing rain almost paralyzed Southeast Missouri on Wednesday, closing businesses, hampering mail delivery and causing class cancellations at schools across the region. Residents were warned to stay off perilous roads and wait out the weather at home...
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TWO SIBLINGS, TWO BIRTHS, ONE DAY
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
As brother and sister, Joel Wilmarth of University City, Mo., and Laura James of Cape Girardeau competed for bragging rights in everything from grades to completion of household chores. They never expected that competitiveness would carry over years later to childbirth...
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TO OUR READERS
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
Most of Wednesday's Southeast Missourian newspapers were delivered. But today, circulation director Mark Kneer said, you may be lucky to be reading this. "With sleet following the snow, driving (today) could be treacherous," he said. "And we don't want our people endangering their life. We'll go where we can."...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE PLEASURES OF BEING JUNE CLEAVER
(Column ~ 12/14/00)
Dec. 14, 2000 Dear Julie, We've had a good snowfall, enough to close schools. DC had a day off in the middle of the week for the first time I can remember. The first thing she said is, "I can't blow it." Blow what? I wondered. "This is my only chance to clean the house," she said with a determined look...
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MORE INFORMATION FOR NEWSPAPER READERS
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
With today's edition, the Southeast Missourian began printing the names and phone numbers of page editors at the top of most pages. The idea is to give readers another way to contact our staff if they have questions about the way we've handled the news...
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HEARING SET FOR PHILANTHROPIST'S SWINDLER
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
The man sentenced to prison in September for swindling Cape Girardeau philanthropist B.W. Harrison will have his first parole hearing today. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said he expects it to be a routine hearing held to set Bradley W. McIntyre's conditional release date...
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MORE SILVER BARS FOR ARMY
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
In 1995 and again in 1996, someone dropped a one-ounce silver bar into a Salvation Army collection kettle at Christmastime. This week, three more of the same kind of silver bars were found in another Salvation Army kettle. The bars were accompanied by a note that read: "Now that I know you got those bars here's the last of them. Given in memory of O.W. ... and thereby hangs a tale!' " Below the note was a large letter M. The word "dome" was written vertically beside the M...
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DEMS TO PICK CORONER CANDIDATE
(Local News ~ 12/14/00)
The Cape Girardeau County Democratic Central Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to vote on a candidate for coroner. The meeting will be at the Cape Girardeau County Administrative Building in Jackson, Mo. The committee's recommendation will be sent to the governor's office, and the governor will make the appointment to fill the post left vacant by the death of longtime Coroner John Carpenter. Carpenter, who had suffered from colon cancer, died Monday at his home...
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FORMIDABLE FIELD WILL BE GRAPPLING FOR CLASSIC TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 12/14/00)
The Tiger Classic generally features a down-to-the-wire finish for the team title and this weekend's 26th annual wrestling event at Cape Girardeau Central High School figures to fit that pattern. Cape Central coach Josh Crowell said he considers four squads to be among the favorites in the 16-team event that will be held Friday and Saturday, but as far as which one of those four will emerge as the champion.....
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CHARLIE RENDLEMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Funeral for Charlie J. Rendleman of Advance has been changed to 11 a.m. Friday at Morgan Funeral Home. The Rev. Gary Cooper will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Advance. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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RUTHIE LONG
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
MARSTON, Mo. -- Ruthie Mae Long, 69, of Marston died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born June 13, 1931, in Marston, the daughter of Joe and Hattie Johnson Treadwell. She married Cornell Long on March 26, 1949. He died Dec. 11, 1998...
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LINDA FOWLER
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Linda S. Fowler, 55, of Dexter died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 25, 1945, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., daughter of Lloyd and Thelma Mossman Brown. She and Marion "Pete" Fowler were married Jan. 10, 1964, at Dudley, Mo. He died Dec. 11, 2000...
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CARMEN VAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Carmen M. Vaughn, 68, of Carbondale died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, at her home. Memorial service will be announced later. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BETTY LAROSE
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Betty J. LaRose, 69, of Perryville died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was born May 26, 1931, at Lithium, Mo., daughter of Emil and Louise Schroeder Klobe. She and Kirby J. LaRose were married Jan. 14, 1950, at Claryville, Mo...
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RUBY VANSCYOC
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Ruby Vanscyoc, 96, of Puxico died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, at Pine Lawn Residential Care. She was born Oct. 12, 1904, in Puxico, daughter of Oscar and Minnie Gray Buckhanan. She and Robert Vernon Vanscyoc were married Aug. 23, 1925. He died July 16, 1986...
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JOHN CARPENTER
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
Funeral Mass for Cape Girardeau County Coroner John "Doc" Carpenter of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Msgr. Richard Rolwing will officiate. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau from 4-9 p.m. today...
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WILLIE WALTON
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Willie Etta Walton, 74, of Sikeston died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at the Three Rivers Health Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Oran, Mo., the daughter of Will and Mary Tate Pipkins. She married Eddie Walton Sr. on Nov. 21, 1942. He survives...
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EVA HODGE
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Eva E. Hodge, 92, of Anna died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at Union County Hospital. Graveside service will be announced later. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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JIM DEXTER
(Obituary ~ 12/14/00)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral for James A. "Jim" Dexter of Jonesboro will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Friday. Dexter, 62, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at his home...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/14/00)
TO THE Speak Out caller who indicated that tearing down the Marquette Hotel is the "successful" way to manage a property: Tearing down a building can often be the worst thing to do in a decaying downtown area. All you'll be left with is an empty lot. Thousands of business owners have instead chosen to rehabilitate historic buildings and make them the cornerstone of revitalized downtowns. Tearing down the Marquette will only result in the downtown area declining even more than it already has...
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IT'S TIME TO DRAW FROM LINCOLN LEGACY
(Editorial ~ 12/14/00)
At last, it appears, we have closure. And a new president. With Vice President Al Gore's speech last night, America's 36-day nightmare can come to an end -- and end it must. We say "can" come to an end because it isn't at all clear that it will. There are those who seem to want to prolong the indecisive quagmire still further, either for narrow partisan purposes or fevered ideological ones. Or a combination of the two...
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