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HYROID PROBLEMS COULD BE CAUSE OF STRESS, LETHARGY
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
We all get tired when we overwork, but for some this feeling occurs daily and may be the result of a failing thyroid gland. If you feel stressed, anxious or revved up, it may be because you are keeping a lifestyle that is too fast and furious or it could be that your thyroid is overactive...
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BEHIND THE MASK: DRIFITING OFF TO SLEEP; PATIENT COMFORT KEY TO NURSE ANESTHETISTS' JOB
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
The nurse anesthetist's day usually begins with a routine of changing into scrubs, checking the surgery board to see what has been scheduled and scanning patient files before meeting them and heading into surgery. That simple routine can change into a job full of challenges by day's end. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists make sure a patient sleeps comfortably during surgery and awakens quickly. They administer about 65 percent of the anesthesia for surgical procedures in the United States...
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MAN CARRIES BOMB INTO CAPE POLICE STATION
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
A bomb squad detonated a glass jar containing liquid and an explosive substance Wednesday after a man carried it into the Cape Girardeau Police Department and announced that he didn't want it around his house. The Missouri State Highway Patrol handled the detonation, and experts are trying to determine what the substances were...
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DUNKLIN TRANSIT ROLLS ALONG
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Nina Davidson walked slowly to a mini-bus, inching along with the help of a walker outside the Country Mart supermarket. Driver Ricky Smith carried her plastic bags of groceries and helped the 98-year-old Malden woman to a seat on the 16-passenger Dunklin County Transit bus...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: NOSEDIVES AND BARBECUE AMONG THE BODHISATTVAS
(Column ~ 01/25/01)
Jan. 25, 2001 Dear Carolyn, In California, I knew an artist named Duane Flatmo who had a kind of cubist style that made his paintings and murals distinctive. But that's not what I remember him for. I remember him for creating art people wanted to destroy...
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CAPE COUNTY TRANSIT SERVICE GETS $1 MILLION
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation has budgeted more than $307,000 in federal and state money to help operate transit services in Cape Girardeau County this fiscal year. That's part of about $1 million a year in local, state and federal money for four major transportation providers: VIP Industries, which shuttles its sheltered workshop employees; Cape County Transit, which operates out of Jackson; the city of Cape Girardeau, which has a taxi coupon program; and Southeast Missouri State University, which operates a campus shuttle system.. ...
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JUDGE DELAYS HEARING ON P AND Z LAWSUIT
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- An associate circuit judge Wednesday delayed a hearing on the Cape Girardeau County Commission's motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the commission of illegally spending money to develop planning and zoning regulations. Scott County Judge Hense Winchester convened the hearing at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson, then rescheduled it for Feb. ...
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JACKSON MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A 26-year-old was charged with domestic assault of a woman and then kidnapping their 1-year-old child on Wednesday, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor said. James D. Proffer of Jackson was charged with second degree domestic assault and parental kidnapping, both felonies, prosecutor Morley Swingle said...
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JUDGE: BOND STANDS FOR JACKSON MAN
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A judge refused to lower a $1 million bond against a 23-year-old man charged with abducting and sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl. Samuel Farrow Jr. of Jackson appeared in court Wednesday before Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bullerdieck...
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STUDENT'S ARTWORK PICKED FOR STATIONARY
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
A local seventh-grader never guessed a year ago that a routine art class project would live on in perpetuity thanks to the City of Cape Girardeau. Carrie Lasky's watercolor of the historic Kage house, 120 Broadway, was selected from dozens of other entries to be printed on informal city stationary and note cards...
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PLAY GIVES KING INSIGHT
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
A five-member acting troupe condensed the biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the history of the civil rights movement into a 50-minute educational program for area students Wednesday. The St. Louis Black Repertory Theater presented "Martin Luther King: The Man and His Dream" before more than 1,000 students in performances at Jefferson and Alma Schrader schools and at Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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NON-LEAGUE WIN AT MORRIS BROWN A GOOD ONE FOR SEMO
(College Sports ~ 01/25/01)
Last week I talked about the difficulty of playing a non-conference road game in the middle of your conference season. I didn't and don't like the idea of having to go on the road and play a non-conference game at this point in the season, but our 82-63 win over Morris Brown Monday night can help us become a better basketball team...
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STOKES SHINES AT POINT
(College Sports ~ 01/25/01)
Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner has been a coach on various collegiate levels for more than 30 years. Naturally, he's had plenty of outstanding point guards during that time. But Garner has no question that his current floor general ranks right up there with the very best point guards who have played for him...
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EX-SEMO COACH TAKES OVER LIONS
(College Sports ~ 01/25/01)
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Marty Mornhinweg got the head coaching job he wanted. It just wasn't the one many people expected. The Detroit Lions hired the San Francisco offensive coordinator on Wednesday to replace Gary Moeller. Mornhinweg is a former assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State University who spent two seasons with the Indians, serving as their quarterbacks coach in 1989 and their offensive coordinator in 1990...
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BRIEFS: SEMO TO HOST INDOOR TRACK MEET
(College Sports ~ 01/25/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's men's and women's indoor track teams will host Western Illinois in dual meets Friday at the Student Recreation Center. Field events will begin at 4 p.m. with running events scheduled to start at 6 p.m. "We should have very close meets for both the men and women," said Southeast coach Joey Haines...
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CAPE CENTRAL GIRLS CRUISE PAST DE SOTO FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN
(High School Sports ~ 01/25/01)
Cape Girardeau Central High School's girls basketball team notched its second straight home victory as the Lady Tigers rolled past De Soto 54-35 Wednesday night. Six players scored at least seven points for the Lady Tigers as they improved their record to 9-6...
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FOOD GIANT REMODELING STORE ON KINGSHIGHWAY
(Local News ~ 01/25/01)
Food Giant in Cape Girardeau is getting a new look. The 17,000-square-foot grocery at 1120 N. Kingshighway is undergoing a facelift, from the new front entrance to the large signage along the Kingshighway end of the building, to interior remodeling...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/25/01)
Daughter to Jody Elaine Thele of Marble Hill, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:38 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, 2001. Name, Johna Aubrey Breanne. Weight, 5 pounds 15 ounces. Third daughter. Ms. Thele is the daughter of Marilyn Thele of Marble Hill and John Cook of Scopus, Mo...
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EULENE MARCHBANKS
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eulene Marchbanks, 80, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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BESSIE HITT
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Bessie Marie Hitt, 90, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 27, 1910, daughter of Salis and Bernice Proffer Helderman. She first married Ellis Reed April 25, 1925. He died Oct. 8, 1947. She and Lloyd Hitt were married Sept. 19, 1964. He died Dec. 5, 1973...
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AN STAFFELDT
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ann J. Staffeldt, 81, of Perryville died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born April 15, 1919, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of George W. and Lousia Hahn Seabaugh. She and Don Staffeldt were married July 30, 1965. He died Nov. 1, 1987...
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ALBERT WESSELL
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- Albert H. "Bud" Wessell, 89, of Gordonville died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at his home. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo., from 4-8 p.m. Friday. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church.
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DALLAS ALSIP
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dallas Joe Alsip, 82, of Anna died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at Union County Hospital. He was born Oct. 2, 1918, in Johnson County, Ill., son of Marshall Oscar and Clara Gertrude Grimes Alsip. He and Myrtle K. DeHart were married July 3, 1965, in Alto Pass, Ill. She died Nov. 4, 1988...
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VERNIE DEWITT
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Vernie L. DeWitt, 97, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 11, 1903, in Briartown, Okla., daughter of Jess and Janie Gipson Perry. She and J.L. DeWitt were married April 5, 1928, at Matthews, Mo. He died Dec. 6, 1952...
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RICHARD BLACKWELDER
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
Richard Eliot Blackwelder, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Jan. 29, 1909, in Madison, Wis., son of Eliot and Jean Bowersock Blackwelder. He and Ruth MacCoy were married Jan. 3, 1934, in Washington, D.C. She died Nov. 27, 1989...
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LEE SIDES
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
Funeral for Lee L. Sides will be held at 10 a.m. today at Jay B. Smith Maplewood Chapel in Maplewood, Mo. Burial will be in Bellerive Heritage Gardens in Creve Coeur, Mo. Sides, 66, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood, Mo...
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BILLY RAY DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
Billy Ray Davis, 43, of East St. Louis, Ill., died of a gunshot wound Monday, Jan. 22, 2001, at St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis. He was born Dec. 13, 1957, in Cape Girardeau. He attended Cape Girardeau public schools and had lived in East St. Louis since 1986...
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ROBERT MISKELL
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
Robert Miskell, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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JEAN LATIMER
(Obituary ~ 01/25/01)
Funeral Mass for Jean Ellen Latimer of St. Ann, Mo., was held Tuesday at St. Gregory Catholic Church. Burial was in Mounds Park Cemetery near Lilbourn, Mo. Collier's Funeral Home in Bridgeton, Mo., was in charge of arrangements. Latimer, 59, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, at Christian Hospital Northeast...
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LETTERS: MURDERER GETS MORE ATTENTION THAN PRESIDENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/25/01)
To the editor: Imagine my disgust when I opened Sunday's paper a saw that Page 1 was taken up with a 6 1/2-by-9-inch picture of Jerome Mallett, a murderer, and a 4-by-2 1/2-inch picture of our new president. That seemed to me and, I'm sure, to many others that the murderer of Jim Froemsdorf was much more newsworthy than the inauguration of our new president...
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LETTERS; MARQUETTE EVENT WAS MUCH LIKE A HOMECOMING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/25/01)
To the editor: In the chilling wind on Saturday, my family and I stood in line and waited with many, many others to catch a glimpse of history inside the Marquette Hotel. Cameras flashed, music played and the majestic lobby filled with citizens, both young and old, from all walks of life. ...
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STATE'S GAMBLING LOSS LIMIT SHOULD STAY
(Editorial ~ 01/25/01)
Missouri's gambling industry once again this year will try to get the General Assembly to eliminate the $500 loss limit rule on the state's riverboat casino gamblers. Every year the industry tries unsuccessfully to get lawmakers to do away with the rule, claiming the loss limit keeps many non-Missouri gamblers from coming to Missouri and sends many Missouri gamblers to other states...
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MILITARY MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AGAIN FOR MISSING BOMB
(Editorial ~ 01/25/01)
A 7,600-pound nuclear bomb dumped more than four decades ago by a crippled Air Force plane is lost beneath the shallow waters and sand off the Georgia coast. The government is considering whether to renew a search for it. The bomb is somewhere near Tybee Island, about 12 miles east of Savannah, Ga. It is in Wassaw Sound, which was the site of the 1996 Olympic sailing competition...
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BAD ACCOUNTING, POWER CUTS AND GAPS
(Column ~ 01/25/01)
From the best selling book ..."The O'REILLY FACTOR" ... "Ridiculous note: Jesse Jackson, who likes to call himself a creative capitalist, has four not-for-profit organizations, yet he does not itemize on any of his tax returns. We do get some very interesting hints, however. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/25/01)
THIS IS to the citizens of Cairo, Ill. Here is one visitor who will never set a foot in your beautiful town again. My daughter and I were there looking for an antique store. There was a car in front of us and one in back of us. Yet we were stopped for speeding. ...
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LETTERS: STORY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED TROOPER'S PHOTO
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/25/01)
To the editor: My husband and I were very offended by the large picture of convict Jerome Mallett on the front page of Sunday's paper, while right next to it was a small picture of our president. We don't object to the write up about Mallett, but we think you should have had a picture of the state trooper who was killed instead or perhaps a picture of the victim's wife and children. ...
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