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ART ON THE HILLS
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
ST. LOUIS -- The green meadows and rolling hills in Laumeier Sculpture Park would be gorgeous enough without the 88 works of art that seem to have grown from the landscape. People stretch out on blankets and read or they play Frisbee or games with bats and balls. Families with strollers walk the trails that connect the sites where some of the world's most acclaimed artists have installed works. The scene itself is surreal...
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MISSISSIPPI HEADED TOWARD ANOTHER CREST
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
The pesky flood of 2001 just won't go away. The National Weather Service on Thursday said the Mississippi River would rise through the weekend to new heights at several spots in Missouri and Illinois north of St. Louis. Rainfall, mainly to the north, was being blamed...
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A SCOUTING ADVENTURE: AREA SPECIAL-NEEDS STUDENTS ENJOY SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE PARK
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
Shots fired from a water gun pelted the final pingpong ball sitting on top of a two-liter bottle, but it wouldn't budge. So three other boys joined 7-year-old Anthony Rudin in firing streams of water. They closed in to within a few inches, but the ball still didn't move...
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VETERAN WON'T SELL CHINESE-MADE FLAGS
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
World War II veteran and small-business man Herb Nance has been thinking about the troubles in China for some time. He knew about the communist giant's human rights violations and suppression of religion, but the U.S. spy plane incident was the last straw. Nance struck a blow for democracy...
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KIDNAPPED CHILD BACK WITH MOTHER
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
A 4-year-old Cape Girardeau boy was returned to his mother Thursday after he was abducted by his father and taken to Illinois, police said. About 4 p.m. the boy's mother reported that her son had been taken from a residence in the 2000 block of Bloomfield Road, police said...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: THIS WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS, SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH FIRST
(Column ~ 05/11/01)
Let's just say I had a premonition that Tuesday was going to be a spooky day. It started when the alarm went off at 5 a.m. I don't know about you, but the older my body gets, the more habits it picks up. One habit that's only a few years old is waking up exactly five minutes before the alarm is set to go off. So being awakened by the alarm is a rare thing for me...
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BOMB THREAT CANCELS CAIRO CLASSES
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Friday classes at all Cairo public schools were cancelled late Friday after Illinois State Police received 911 calls warning that pipe bombs were in all the school buildings. Cairo High School principal Carl Riley said the district activated an emergency calling tree to tell parents to keep their children at home plus alerted the media...
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YARD OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
Danny Essner, left, presented the Yard of the Month Award for May to Scott and Teresa Givens with their daughter, Allie, who live at 1250 Kingsway.Danny Essner, left, presented the non-residential Yard of the Month Award for May to Harry Krueger, manager of Quality Car Wash, 1354 N. Mount Auburn Road...
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BANKER LIKES LOCAL CLIMATE
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
David Kemper likes the banking market in Cape Girardeau. "When we came here nine years ago, we had about a million dollars in loans here," said Kemper, president and chief executive officer of Commerce Bancshares, a St. Louis-based bank holding company. Today, we have more than $120 million in loans in the Cape Girardeau area."...
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ZLOKOVICH WON'T STOP ASKING QUESTIONS
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
The questions have not stopped just because Martha Zlokovich won a seat on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education last month. In the past three years, Zlokovich has been a vocal school patron who used personal time to research trends in elementary school enrollments, federal educational funding for poverty-stricken students and other topics...
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SCOTT BIGGS WILL PLEAD GUILTY A JULY 5 COURT DATE, ATTORNEY SAYS
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott City, Mo., man charged in the death of a 57-year-old woman will plead guilty when he next appears in court, his attorney said. Charles "Scott" Biggs will plead guilty to second-degree murder when he appears in court July 5, said attorney Stephen Wilson of Cape Girardeau...
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REUNION TO RECALL STUDENTS OF 1960s
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
In 1960, Cape Girardeau high school students danced to the syrupy strings of Percy Faith's "Theme from a Summer Place" and Elvis asked "Are You Lonely Tonight?" A decade, a jungle war and some assassinations later, Edwin Starr sang the angry "War" and Simon and Garfunkel tried to soothe the pain with "Bridge Over Troubled Water." It was a topsy-turvy 10 years...
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APRIL BUILDING PERMIT STATUS
(Local News ~ 05/11/01)
Following is the April permit list of new buildings, expansions to existing buildings, remodeling projects and the status of those projects in Cape Girardeau. The permit information is provided by the city's Division of Inspection Services. New buildings...
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3RD QUARTER HONOR ROLLS: WEST LANE ELEMENTARY
(Honor Roll ~ 05/11/01)
A honor roll 5th Grade: Sierra Bollinger, Bailey Duncan, Dylan Jenkins, Megan Spooler, Megan Ulrich, Sheila Wade Allen Claar, Levi Lewis, Sara Lindy, Jimmy Myers, Whitney Tankersley, Luke Hervas, Roxanna Miller, Nikki Ross, Tray Rush, Richard Stroder, Carrie Walker, Morgan Wessel, Emily Hoffman, Jamie Schmacher, Chrissy Shinn, Tamara Squires, Austin Wessel, Ross Wiginton, Kelsie Birk, Chelby Chezem, Cody Goodpasture, Andrew Graham, Samantha Jaco, Lindsay Poole, Ashlea Soemo, Morgan Stout, Kyle Garvey, Spencer Goodman, Nicholas Grieshop, Kelci Keith, Andrew Koenig, Aaron Kothe, Shaina Miller, Pierce Robertson, Kasey Rutherford, Kyle Schutte, Ellyn Beil, Grace Blades, Ashley Dunn, Lynne Eggimann, Aaron Floyd, Spencer McCormack, Jessica Pitts, Kelsie Storz, Nicholas Welker, Britney Doyal, Zachariah Dumey, William Jenkins, Melissa Leimer, Lacy Sanders, Ashley Sneathen, Chelse Dale, Dusty Gilder, Chase Jamieson, Cassie Kamp, Bobby King, Nathan Meece, Tia Coleman, Josh Cook, Gabe Eggers, Erinne Haff, Evan Henry, Ashten Howard, Jessica Seyller, Bobby Williamson, Raechel Batz, Lindsey Brotherton, Dylan Dee, Chris Naeter, Jake Wolpers, Jacob Wren, Alexis Bogenpohl, Luke Brown, Matt Brown, Megan Davidson, Kayla Mayfield, Josh McWilson, Lance McWilson, Mary Kate DeGraw, Alex Friese, Scott Glastetter, Andrew Ladner, Michael Mouser, Katelyn Myracle, Emily Thompson, Morgan Peters, Maura Neader, Casi Aslin, Jessica Groves, Amy Kilhafner, David Martin.. ...
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ACE UP THE SLEEVE: SOUTHEAST PITCHER GOES FROM ANONYMOUS TO PHENOMENAL
(College Sports ~ 05/11/01)
Meteoric rises are not an everyday occurrence in the sports world. But Southeast Missouri State University right-hander Todd Pennington has put together a year that in many ways resembles the well-documented ascent of the St. Louis Rams' Kurt Warner, who went from backup quarterback to NFL MVP in a matter of months...
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MCCORD MAY BE IN LINE TO BECOME TIGER COACH
(College Sports ~ 05/11/01)
Cape Girardeau Central High School could have a new boys and girls basketball coach as early as today. A source close to the situation said Thursday that the boys job has been offered to Scott City High School coach Derek McCord and that the school district will hold a special board meeting at 3:30 p.m. today to vote on the candidates...
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TIGERS GET BACK ON WINNING TRACK, ROUT RAMS 12-2
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/01)
Cape Girardeau Central High's baseball team took out its recent frustrations on Scott City Thursday afternoon. The previously struggling Tigers scored six first-inning runs and routed the visiting Rams 12-2 in a game stopped after the top of the fifth inning by the 10-run rule...
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SPORTS DIGEST: HUTSON CARDS HOLE-IN-ONE AT CAPE GIRARDEAU C.C.
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/01)
Charlie Hutson of Jackson scored his first hole-in-one on Tuesday at Cape Girardeau Country Club. Hutson used a 7-iron to ace No. 8, a par three playing 130 yards. Witnesses to the shot were Gerald Jones, Joe Gambill and John Grimm.
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SPORTS DIGEST: OTAHKS' KISAKA NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
(College Sports ~ 05/11/01)
Southeast Missouri State University softball player Emmy Kisaka has been named to the Verizon Academic All-District VII team. Kisaka, a junior second baseman, batted .286 for the Otahkians this year. She has a 3.84 grade-point average in Athletic Administration...
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FLORA RUESLER
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Flora E. Ruesler, 88, of Perryville, died Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born May 30, 1912, at Rosebud, Mo. She married Clarence E. "Speedy" Obermeyer, who died May 28, 1985. She married Erich Ruesler, who died Jan. 1, 2000...
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PAULINE HARDY
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Pauline Elizabeth Hardy, 87, of Dexter died Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at Three Rivers Health Care in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, at Idalia, Mo., daughter of Loy Riley "Pat" and Talitha Ann Aslin Patterson. She and Thomas Reed Hardy were married Dec. 5, 1931, at Dexter. He died in 1986...
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BOBBY WELKER
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
KURREVILLE, Mo. -- Bobby Gene Welker, 63, of Kurreville died Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at his home. He was born July 2, 1937, at Kurreville, son of Hubert Edward and Lou Seabaugh Welker. He first married Marandia Jane Slemmer Feb. 2, 1957. She died May 25, 1995. He and Patsy Riehn were married May 17, 1997...
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PAUL SMITH JR.
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
ESSEX, Mo. -- Paul L. Smith Jr., 26, of Essex died Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. He was born Aug. 11, 1974, in Cape Girardeau, son of Paul Smith and Anne Campbell Smith Sr. Survivors include his parents, Paul and Tammy Smith of Chaffee, Mo., Anne and Joey Davis of Marble Hill, Mo.; two brothers, Steve and Joey Smith of Marble Hill; two half brothers, Jason Smith of Chaffee, Troy Davis of Marble Hill; and paternal grandfather, Melvin W. Smith of Scott City, Mo...
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NELSON FRIESE
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- Nelson H. Friese, 72, of Friedheim died Thursday, May 10, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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LAWANA WALTERS
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
Lawana Fisher Walters, 88, of New York, N.Y., died Monday, March 5, 2001, at St. Clare's Hospital in New York. She was born Sept. 20, 1912, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ernest Greenleaf and Chloe Alice Kassel Fisher. She married Don Wagner Walters Dec. 29, 1936, in St. Louis. He preceded her in death March 3, 1980, in Cape Girardeau...
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CLARA SCHWEPKER
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
Clara Theresa Schwepker, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. She was born July 17, 1905, near Jackson, Mo., daughter of Joseph and Wilhelmina Wirth Kirn. She and Henry Schwepker were married Feb. 10, 1926, in Alton, Ill. He died Nov. 17, 1988...
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ELMER CANNON
(Obituary ~ 05/11/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Elmer Andrew Cannon, 84, of Chaffee died Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 2, 1916, in St. Louis, son of Carl and Ruby Skinner Cannon. He and Ethel Louise Jeffries were married May 4, 1935, in Jackson, Mo. She survives...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/11/01)
ONE OF the almighty Bush clan, Jeb, has fully endorsed the building of a new stadium for the Marlins in Florida. Now that a Republican says its OK, does this mean people in this area will do an about-face on our own stadium issue? DAVID LIMBAUGH'S book signing was a wonderful event and overwhelming success. I should know. I was there. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I have a stunning revelation for you. Most of those who came to the book signing were Republicans...
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CONGRESS LOOKS AT WAYS TO BOOST SAVINGS
(Editorial ~ 05/11/01)
The U.S. savings rate is the lowest it has been in 67 years -- just as 76 million Baby Boomers start retiring. In fact, the federal government calculates overall savings among Americans is a minus figure if you put personal savings and personal debt together...
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TUITION-SAVINGS PLAN IS POPULAR IN MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 05/11/01)
Another plan to encourage savings and save taxes is the Missouri Savings for Tuition program, usually referred to as MO$T. State Treasurer Nancy Farmer was rightfully proud on MO$T when she visited Cape Girardeau last week. The program has been tagged by Money magazine as one of the top five tuition-savings plans in the nation...
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LETTERS: WARMING PHASE BEGAN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/11/01)
To the editor In his recent letter, Alan Journet complained of ignorance in the global-warming debate. He is right. There is a lot of ignorance on the part of those who believe it is a man-made event rather than a naturally occurring one. The current phase of warming we are in now has been occurring for over 10,000 years. ...
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LETTERS: FBLA STUDENTS MAKE TEACHER PROUD OF TEENS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/11/01)
To the editor: So many days we open the newspaper to stories about a few teen-agers who have done wrong, and we listen as adults talk about the faults of teens. I would like for you to hear the other side. On April 22 two Delta High School FBLA students and I joined FBLA students from Chaffee, Mo., and Scott City, Mo., to travel to Columbia, Mo., for state contest. At Columbia, there were hundreds of students from all over the state, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson, Mo...
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LETTERS: PAY ATTENTION TO WARNING SIGNS LEADING TO SUICIDE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/11/01)
To the editor: Every day 86 Americans commit suicide, and over 1,500 attempt suicide. Dr. David Satcher, the U.S. surgeon general, calls suicide "a public-health problem that is preventable." May is Mental Health Month. I would like to offer some important information about mental illness and suicide...
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