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ANIMAL COMPANIONSHIP OFFERS HEALTH BENEFITS
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
Years ago Harry Reasoner interviewed Dr. James Lynch regarding his book "The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness" wherein he describes human loneliness as one of the single most important contributors to premature death in America. He had noted that, "those who lived alone -- the single, the widowed and the divorced -- had death rates from all causes that ranged anywhere from two to 10 times greater than the rates of those who were married." During the two days that the film crew spent at his home filming and interviewing him, he experienced what he described as a "defining moment ... ...
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DOUBLED GAS BILLS SHOCK CONSUMERS
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
Irene Wright thought she misread her December natural gas bill this week. At $360, it was almost triple what she expected from years past. "That's high," said Wright, who heats a two story, three bedroom house in Cape Girardeau. "My house is well insulated."...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: HEY BABY, I'M NOT YOUR HANDYMAN
(Column ~ 01/11/01)
Jan. 11, 2001 Dear David, The tree trimmer was just here nipping off branches that might endanger our newly repaired roof. As he left, a different repairman appeared to resurrect the telephone line downed by the last storm. The day before, the plumber dropped by to unstop the downstairs toilet...
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P&Z BACKS HOPPER ZONING
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
Anticipating increased commercial activity near Kingshighway and Hopper Road, the city Planning and Zoning Commission voted Wednesday night to rezone property on Hopper to make way for a proposed insurance agency. The recommendation will go before the City Council for final approval...
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MILLERSVILLE TEEN HURT IN WRECK
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- An 18-year-old Millersville woman was seriously hurt Thursday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident near Millersville. Amy Koehler was flown to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after the 1:12 p.m. accident on County Road 481, one mile west of Millersville...
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CAPE STUDENTS TO PRODUCE MEETINGS OF SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
Cape Girardeau Central High School broadcast students will show their work later this month when they assume video production of the school district's monthly Board of Education meetings. The district plans to equip a television studio at the Career and Technology Center under construction on Silver Springs Road where students will learn to produce programs. The class was offered this year for the first time at Central High School...
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CONFERENCE PROMOTES AG CAREERS
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
Hundreds of youth from the region turned out Wednesday to learn more about setting educational goals that lead to careers in agriculture. The Greenhand Motivational Conference held at Southeast Missouri State University was one of six held throughout the state this week for high school Future Farmers of America chapters. ...
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LOCAL PROF SPENDS FALL IN BRITISH THEATERS
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
When a play or musical pauses for the interval (intermission) in London, vendors stream down the aisles selling ice cream bars. Dennis C. Seyer saw that delicious sight about 40 times during the fall semester he spent as a professor in the Missouri London Program...
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PERRY COUNTY MAN DIES WHEN CAR OVERTURNS
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A 22-year-old man died in a one-car accident Wednesday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Thomas J. Slinger of 3855 County Road 415 in Perry County was driving south on U.S. 51 at about 7:15 a.m. when his car traveled off the right side of the road and overturned, the Highway Patrol said...
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MAN'S CONFESSION COULD PLAY ROLE IN TRIAL FOR MONTH
(Local News ~ 01/11/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- If a Perryville, Mo., man is convicted of murder in a trial that started Wednesday, another man who earlier confessed to the killing might play a role. Russell Allen Cline, 40, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of William H. Dial in a shooting Feb. 8. The jury trial was moved to Cape Girardeau County on a change of venue request from Perry County...
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RACERS, RIVALS, REVENGE: MURRAY STATE VISITS SOUTHEAST WITH PLENTY OF MOTIVATION
(College Sports ~ 01/11/01)
The roles have definitely been reversed as Southeast Missouri State University and Murray State renew their fierce basketball rivalry at the Show Me Center tonight. In years past, the Indians always entered their games with the Racers intent on gaining some payback for all the wounds they had suffered at the hands of Murray State...
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OTAHKS STRIVE TO FORGET OT LOSS
(College Sports ~ 01/11/01)
Despite Tuesday's stunning overtime loss to Ohio Valley Conference power Tennessee Tech, Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team still has a chance for a successful homestand that would keep the Otahkians near the top of the OVC standings...
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KELLY, SCOTT CITY GIRLS TO MEET FOR SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 01/11/01)
BENTON, MO. -- Host Kelly and Scott City will meet for the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament championship at 8 tonight as both posted easy semifinal wins Wednesday. Kelly disposed of Delta 54-24, while Scott City posted a 56-23 win over Oran...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/11/01)
Daughter to Sonny Lee and Tuesday Lynn Polley of Bell City, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:09 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001. Name, Erin Reneigh. Weight, 6 pounds 8 1/2 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Polley is the former Tuesday Heisserer, daughter of Belinda Webb of Oran, Mo. ...
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RUTH SPIVEY
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ruth May Saliers Spivey, 90, of Conroe, Texas, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001, at Woodlands Hospital in Texas. She was born Aug. 13, 1910, at Oran, Mo., daughter of James Saliers and Eva Sivert Saliers. She and Lee Arthur Spivey were married Sept. 14, 1931. He died Aug. 2, 1977...
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KATHRYN DANIELS
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
Kathryn D. Daniels, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001, at The Lutheran Home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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CURT PALISCH
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Curt C. Palisch, 85, of Altenburg, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at Sombrillo Nursing Center in Los Alamos, N.M. He was born Dec. 4, 1915, in Altenburg, son of Carl and Frieda Stueve Palisch. He and Mildred R. Fiehler were married June 1, 1947. She died May 2, 1986...
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JANE WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jane Painter Williams, 74, of South Bend, Ind., died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. She was born Feb. 9, 1926, in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of Conway G. and Jane Cramer Williams. Williams was formerly of Jackson. She was a graduate of Westminster College in Salt Lake City and of Peabody College in Tennessee. She had been a librarian at Kansas State, Virginia Tech, and Notre Dame...
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IRENE MYERS
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Irene A. Myers, 89, of Marble Hill died Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Oct. 31, 1911, at Laflin, Mo., daughter of Edward and Lydia Ann Ramsey Hubbard. She and Charles "Chalk" Alexander were married in 1946. He died May 30, 1975. She and Dr. John J. Myers were married July 1, 1976. He died June 11. 1979...
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HOWARD KNAPP
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
H. Howard Knapp, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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AGNES FOLLOWELL
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Funeral for Agnes Followell of Bloomfield will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield. Followell, 97, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo...
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JIM BOB DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 01/11/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- James Robert "Jim Bob" Davis, 52, of Kennett, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at his home. He was born July 2, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, son of Robert M. and Glenda R. May Davis. Davis moved to Kennett from Benton. He was a member of Benton United Methodist Church. He was a machine operator at Magee Co. in Piggott, Ark...
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LETTERS: TEST ON FETUS TURNED OUT TO BE TOTALLY INCORRECT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/11/01)
To the editor: A mother-to-be in Bakersfield, Calif., recently made an awful mistake. She decided to have some genetic tests done to make sure her baby would be born healthy. The tests indicated her baby had Down syndrome. The mother-to-be went to the local family-planning abortion clinic where a staff member told her they would give her baby a shot in the heart to kill it. Luckily, the woman decided to think it over and left...
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LETTERS: NO ADDRESSES MEANS PROBLEMS FOR OTHERS TOO
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/11/01)
To the editor: Bravo for your front-page article Jan. 8, "Location, location, location important in crises." I travel 20 counties in Southeast Missouri for a company that makes real-estate inspections and surveys for many of the major insurance companies. Since most of my territory is rural, I have all the difficulty in finding my assignments as your article mentions. Every day I wonder what would happen to these people in the case of a medical emergency or a fire...
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OFFICIALS MUST PROBE VOTING IRREGULARITIES
(Editorial ~ 01/11/01)
Although the Missouri secretary of state's office concluded that no election results in St. Louis were affected by voting irregularities during the General Election on Nov. 7, there are still important questions to be answered. In the end, perhaps criminal charges would even be in order...
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ST. LOUIS DISTRICT LOOKS TO BUSINESS MODEL
(Editorial ~ 01/11/01)
The superintendent of the St. Louis School District has some good news and some bad news for principals and teachers. The good news is principals and teachers in schools where student performance, dropout rates and college-entrance test scores improve will be entitled to bonuses...
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DEFYING ODDS, GUNNING FOR ASHCROFT
(Column ~ 01/11/01)
Never say die: --- Gunning for Ashcroft: No partisans are more eager to derail the Bush nomination of John Ashcroft than high officials of the Clinton Justice Department. They much prefer someone who will not flip over the flat rock of the blocked prosecution of heavy Clinton contributors...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/11/01)
I AM so tired of the Grammys accepting bad for good when it comes to music. Specifically, I mean rap. It disappoints me that someone like Eminem can even be nominated. In my family, if his song comes on the car radio we immediately turn it off. It's not fit for children to hear. ...
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LETTERS: JOHN ASHCROFT IS HERO, HAS THE RIGHT STUFF
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/11/01)
To the editor: John Ashcroft has always had a strong pro-life position, citing his opposition as a religious and moral imperative. "If I had the opportunity to pass but a single law, I would fully recognize the constitutional right to life of every unborn child and ban every abortion except for those medically necessary to save the life of the mother," the former senator explained...
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