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THIRD QUARTER HONOR ROLL: ALMA SCHRADER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Honor Roll ~ 04/17/01)
A Honor Roll 6th grade Zach Bowles, Ben Caughlan, Brian Davis, Kevin Drews, Jimmy Flesher, Garrett Gunning, Crockette Leible, Zack Martin, Taylor McMillan, Hafiz NorRazak, Rebekah Pfanstiel, Emily Ponder, Paige Reynolds, Sarah Schneider, Betsy Schroeder, Melody Stone, Courtney Teegarden, Emily Viers, Emily Williams, Andrea Wilson, Tyler Yeargain...
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WIDE MEADOWS: WATCHING GRANDMA COOK ON CHRISTMAS DAY (A CONTINUING SERIES)
(Column ~ 04/17/01)
Lou and I, who have seen to it that the wood box is filled and spilling over with good dry split wood, pulled from underneath the pile, are allowed to lean our elbows on the table and watch the proceedings. Into the big blue crock Grandma drops a cup of butter, and over this she sifts a cup of sugar. ...
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THIRTEEN AWARDED PRESIDENT'S SCHOLARSHIPS
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
The following students have been awarded a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University. The scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who achieve an ACT composite score of 24 or score 1110 on the SAT. Students must also rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class or achieve a grade-point average of 3.5 or greater. The scholarship is worth $1,500 per academic year...
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LET THE INTERNET PUT A LITTLE COLOR INTO YOUR LIFE
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
It seems like everywhere you turn, you'll find references to the World Wide Web -- even in the most unlikely places. I bought a box of crayons for my girls the other day. Nestled among the traditional hues, I found these Internet-inspired colors: green.com, online orange, plug & play pink, floppy yellow, circuit board green, www.purple and cyber space orange...
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COUNCIL: STAY OFF STREETS IN AUTOPSY COLLECTION
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
The sister and niece of a woman who died in September won't be permitted to stand on Cape Girardeau streets and ask passers-by for money to exhume the body and perform an autopsy. Cape Girardeau City Council denied the request of Sharon Simpkins and Charlotte Cannon at Monday's meeting, hoping to quell excessive future requests...
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A UNIQUE HEALER: 'PATCH' ADAMS CALLS
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
Clown. Farmer. But, above all, physician. Those are the faces of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who brought his vision for health care to Cape Girardeau Monday. His is a personalized approach to medicine and a means for people to improve their quality of life through love, humor and relaxation...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: DREAMING ABOUT LIFE AS TONY SOPRANO, MAFIA BOSS
(Column ~ 04/17/01)
"The Sopranos" is violent, sexually graphic and features characters who drop the F-bomb so frequently that you stop noticing. Having said that, I'm on that show like Tony Soprano on a plate of mussels. And so are my HBO-subscribing friends -- including one who signed up over his cell phone after I described the March 31 episode -- and the 7 million folks who picked the Sopranos over the Oscars two Sundays ago...
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GROUP HOPES TO SWEETEN FOOD CHOICES IN NUTRITION FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
If parents buy less candy and junk food and more fruits and vegetables for their children, then the organizers of the Supermarket Festival will have accomplished their goal. "What you eat affects your health and how you feel," said Fran Haupt, coordinator for the Healthy Children Nutrition Education Initiative in Cape Girardeau, which is sponsoring the supermarket fair...
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HORSE IS A JACKSON FIXTURE; PRINCE AN ATTRACTION TO MANY OVER THE YEARS
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Prince Truxton was President Andrew Jackson's favorite horse; Prince Truxton II is the city of Jackson's, and he has gained a celebrity of his own. For more than a century, the horse was called Prince until a horse-naming contest in 1965 during the city's sesquicentennial named him for the seventh president's famous horse...
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JACKSON TO SEEK STATE GRANT TO SPUR BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The City of Jackson will apply for a state grant of $140,000 to make infrastructure improvements that will enable a company within the city to expand. Midwest Sterilization, a company that sterilizes everything from medical instruments to spices, plans to expand its facility, adding 15 jobs to its work force...
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CAPE COUNCIL GRANTS HEARING FOR BIRTHRIGHT ON SPECIAL-USE PERMIT
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
The Cape Girardeau City Council has set a public hearing for May 7 regarding a request by Birthright Inc. for a special-use permit. The organization wants to operate its center at 404 N. Louisiana Ave. in a two-family residential area. The neighboring property owners voiced their opposition last week during a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN ACTION
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 16 Public Hearings Action Items Power and Light Committee Street committee...
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SAFETY CLASSES OFFERED IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
Registration for classes on pedestrian safety, substance abuse and stranger danger will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Jackson City Library's community room. Any child in kindergarten through third grade may participate. The sessions will be offered on May 5 and 12 from 9-11 a.m., noon-2 p.m. and 3-5 p.m., at Safety City USA in Jackson City Park. For information, call Shelly Littleton at 243-7525...
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THIRD QUARTER HONOR ROLL: SCOTT CITY ELEMENTARY
(Honor Roll ~ 04/17/01)
A Honor Roll Third grade Tiffany Barr, Michael Bohn, Olivia Bradshaw, Hayley Compass, Blake Crail, Katie Diebold, Cody Dodd, Lisa Farrar, Corey Gettings, Marshall Glaus, Lindsey Hadley, Krista LaFentres, Harley Markhart, Lauren McClellan, Taylor Mungle, Troy Phegley, Shannon Raz, Rachel Reed, Brooke Simpson...
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ARRAIGNMENT SET IN CHILD-ABUSE CASE
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jennifer Schwepker's 12-year-old stepson had trouble remembering sequences of events regarding several incidents of abuse earlier this year, but he was certain of Schwepker's role as both participant and observer in abuse that included a kick to the groin, a deep cut in the head and strikes from a hammer...
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BRUCE JANSSEN STARTS DUTIES AS VETERANS HOME ADMINISTRATOR
(Local News ~ 04/17/01)
Bruce C. Janssen is the new Missouri Veterans Home administrator here, but he is not new to Cape Girardeau. He started his new job Monday. Janssen has bachelor degrees in biology and education from Southeast Missouri State University and taught a year at Cape Central Junior High School...
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INDIANS ENCOUNTER MISSOURI, SIU AGAIN
(College Sports ~ 04/17/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team will have a chance to salvage a split with one regional rival and complete a sweep of another this week. Today, the Indians will be in Columbia, Mo., for a 6 p.m. game against the University of Missouri Tigers. Then Southeast will return home for a 3 p.m. Wednesday contest against the Southern Illinois Salukis...
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DONIPHAN STANDOUT COMMITS TO SOUTHEAST
(College Sports ~ 04/17/01)
One of Southeast Missouri's premier basketball players --and certainly its tallest -- has decided to attend Southeast Missouri State University. Doniphan High School senior Adam Crader, a 6-foot-11 center, said that he has given the Indians a verbal commitment and plans to sign a national letter of intent in the next few days...
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SIU TAKES OUT ROUGH GAME ON OTAHKIANS
(College Sports ~ 04/17/01)
Sometimes the price you pay is the consequence of someone else's action. Southeast Missouri State University women's softball team may have fallen prey to such a situation as it met a Southern Illinois University squad coming off an embarrassing loss to lowly Southwest Missouri State...
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SPORTS DIGEST: JACKSONVILLE ST. ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN OVC
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/01)
The Ohio Valley Conference will add a 10th member as Jacksonville State University accepted an invitation to join the conference on Monday. Jacksonville St, located in Jacksonville, Ala., will become a member of the OVC no later than July 1, 2003. The Gamecocks are currently a member of both the Trans America Athletic Association and Southland Football League...
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CAPE CENTRAL STAVES OFF POPLAR BLUFF
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The Cape Central Tigers built an early lead and held off Poplar Bluff for an 8-5 victory Monday. Cape Central (6-7) held a 6-1 lead after four innings, but Poplar Bluff scored three in the fifth and one in the sixth to close the gap to 6-5...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/17/01)
Son to Jerry Leland Pickett and Jessica Leigh Spooler of Jackson, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:52 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2001. Name, Cole Leland. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Ms. Spooler is the daughter of Vickie and Mike Webb and Kenny and Michelle Spooler, all of Jackson. Pickett is the son of Patsy Pickett of Jackson...
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RICHARD PATTERSON
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Richard E. "Pat" Patterson, 59, of Bloomfield died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. He was born Oct. 27, 1941, at Shelbina, Mo., son of Darrell and Margaret Maupin Patterson. He and Beverly Snider were married April 29, 1966...
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JONNIE HORD
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
Jonnie Lillian Hord, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Biloxi, Miss., died at 1:45 a.m. Friday, April 13, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She had resided at Chateau Girardeau since 1991. Jonnie was born May 23, 1907, in Lumberton, Miss., daughter of George Sanford Sutherland and the former Cora Elizabeth Eskew. She married Rhodin C. Hord June 27, 1934, in Wiggins, Miss. He died Sept. 4, 1984...
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DONALD NANCE
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Donald Wayne Nance, 50, of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo., died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at Christian Hospital Northeast in St. Louis. He was born June 8, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, son of Richard and Geneva Nance. He and Gladys Comeaux were married June 5, 1993...
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ANNA WATKINS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Anna Lou Watkins, 66, of Sikeston died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Sept. 9, 1934, in Hagarville, Ark., daughter of Nathan and Allie Belle Hutchins Neal. Watkins was a custodian at Scott County Central Schools, and attended Blodgett Church of Christ...
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JAMES SIFFORD
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Funeral for James Edward "Jim" Sifford of Matthews was held Monday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Mo. The Revs. Ron Dunivan and Kasten Countz officiated. Burial was in Lick Creek Cemetery. Sifford, 79, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo...
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VEDA EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Veda Edwards of Dexter will be held at 11 a.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Bob Hopkins will officiate. Burial will be in Lick Creek Cemetery. Edwards, 93, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...
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BETTY WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Betty Joyce Williams, 56, of Malden died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 12, 1945, in Morehouse, Mo., daughter of Jewell and Fern Lee Williams Bryan. She and Calvin Williams were married Oct. 7, 1977, at Summersville, Mo...
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ALBERT BANES
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Albert C. "Al" Banes, 71, of Fredericktown died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown. He was born Oct. 14, 1929, in St. Louis, son of J.W. and Eunice Banes. Survivors include his wife, Melba; four daughters, Kathie Quade of Jackson, Mo., Patricia Leslie of Loveland, Colo., Gail Davis of Louisville, Tenn., Laura Duncan of Fredericktown; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren...
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LESSIE LUSK
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Lessie Lusk will be held at 2 p.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Fred Leist will officiate. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery. Lusk, 91, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas...
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LARRY REVELLE
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
Larry Bruce Revelle, 59, of Union, Mo., died Friday, April 13, 2001, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, Mo. He was born March 2, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, son of Raymond Eugene and Eva Lodean Hager Revelle. He married the former Kay Powell...
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NADINE KUENZER
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Nadine W. Kuenzer of Dexter will be held at 7 tonight at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Kevin Eskew will officiate. Burial will be in Crescent Hills Cemetery in Pontiac, Mich. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 p.m. until time of service...
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HAZEL MCSWAIN
(Obituary ~ 04/17/01)
Hazel Marie McSwain, 87, of Bourbonnais, Ill., died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at Provena Our Lady of Victory Nursing Home in Bourbonnais. She was born Aug. 20, 1913, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert Brazil and Freida Alice Niswonger Rhyne. She and Winston Alfred McSwain were married Feb. 15, 1935, in Cape Girardeau. He died in 1983...
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LETTERS: JESUS' PRECEPT: LESS JUDGING AND MORE LOVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/01)
To the editor: Much has been said in recent days about being judgmental of others, such as how one should dress in church. God's Word is very clear about the subject of judging one another, as it is about the subject of our need to love one another...
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LETTERS: BOND, CARNAHAN SHOULD COOPERATE ON U.S. TAX CUTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/01)
To the editor: The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass President Bush's plan to reduce taxes for all Americans who pay federal income taxes. Now Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have a historic opportunity to help Americans keep more of their hard-earned money and jump start the economy at the same time...
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AN ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR BILLS
(Editorial ~ 04/17/01)
Let me summarize, as I see it, the status of key legislation currently being considered in Jefferson City and take it outside of the political reporting that so obsesses the media ... especially with the election of the first Republican majority in the Senate in over 50 years, an outcome unknown until Jan. ...
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KC SCHOOL CHIEF KEEPS UP PRESSURE TO EXCEL
(Editorial ~ 04/17/01)
In all the years that the Kansas City School District has been under the thumb of a federal judge, there has been plenty to watch. The spectacle has been anything but entertaining. Even when one U.S. district judge declared his oversight was no longer needed -- after decades and millions of taxpayers dollars with precious few positive results, agitators found another judge to put the district back under the control of the federal judiciary...
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IN THIS CASE, THERE'S MORE-THAN-AMPLE SUPPLY
(Editorial ~ 04/17/01)
Human stem cells are amazing things. From them, medical wizards can produce any number of lifesaving tissues. Indeed, scientists predict stem cells will one day be used to regenerate organs, glands, nerves and brain tissue. But the source of stem cells has encountered a good deal of controversy. Aborted fetuses and frozen embryos have been a major supplier...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/17/01)
A little mix-up I ALSO enjoyed reading Tamara Zellars Buck's column about the combine turning the soil on her neighbor's field. It reminds me of the article I read about a wagon train going from Kansas to California, stopping at schools. The wagonmaster asked one of the students what he knew about mules. The student said mules are the result of a breeding between horses and cows...
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LETTERS: STUDENTS NEED GOOD GUIDANCE, NOT ARROGANCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/01)
To the editor: Concerning the student who was having a problem getting student housing: The assistant director for residence life at Southeast Missouri State University comes across in the story as an especially rude and arrogant person. In employment situations I am familiar with, persons who are supposed to be serving a select group of people -- in this case, young adults more than 50 miles from home without the physical support of family -- would not abruptly end a conversation with a client unless they either had another job lined up or they were a particular class of employee that was not answerable for their actions.. ...
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