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Dr. Grow: The ways of watering
(Column ~ 05/16/01)
Watering is one of the most critical, if not the most critical maintenance practice in gardening. In fact, in all the textbooks I have read on gardening, greenhouse growing, etc., one or more chapters are reserved for watering practices. In fact, each one of them states -- usually in bold print -- your best grower, gardener or landscaper should be the one who makes all the decisions on when and how much to water...
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NO MORE DICK, JANE AND SPOT: TEACHING KIDS TO READ INVOLVES COMBINATION OF METHODS
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
Cape Girardeau children don't see Spot run anymore. The traditional primers -- which immortalized characters like Dick, Jane and Spot 00 were classroom must-haves as late as the 1970s for teaching beginning readers and improving their skills. But the word recognition and memorization taught in the textbooks were largely done away with during that decade after researchers discovered not all children were learning to read using those methods, and they set out to discover the source of their problems, said Dr. ...
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NO RUSH FOR LOCAL REDISTRICTING
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
Cape Girardeau city and county officials won't have to rush to redraw boundaries for city wards and county commission districts. Each must redraw boundaries based on the 2000 census before the next elections for councilmen and county commissioners. Cape Girardeau will hold elections in 2002 in wards 1, 2 and 6. The next Cape Girardeau County Commission election will be in 2004...
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SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL BUYS WEST-SIDE LAND
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
Southeast Missouri Hospital is in the process of obtaining land near Interstate 55. The hospital intends to use the property for future expansion options. The new site will almost double the property owned by the hospital at its main campus on Broadway across from Capaha Park...
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NARCOTICS AGENT: SYNTHETIC OPIUM GAINING POPULARITY IN THE REGION
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
A 45-year-old woman's attempts to purchase an illegal amount of painkillers at several Cape Girardeau pharmacies underscores the rising regional problem with OxyContin, a narcotics agent said. "It has been a problem in Western Kentucky, but now we're seeing more here," said Kevin Glaser, head of the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force...
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CAPE MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING WIFE, DAUGHTER
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
A 40-year-old Cape Girardeau man was arrested on charges of assaulting his 16-year-old daughter and his wife, police said. Gregory Benn was taken into custody after police were contacted by the state Division of Family Services, Cpl. Rick Schmidt said. He is charged with abuse of a child and domestic assault, both felony crimes, Schmidt said...
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HEARING POSTPONED FOR TEACHER
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The preliminary hearing for a Jackson teacher charged with sexual crimes against a 13-year-old student was postponed Tuesday, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor's office reported. Thomas Mark Sprandel, 37, of Fruitland, Mo., will appear June 7 to face charges that were filed in March. He faces two counts of statutory sodomy and first-degree child endangerment for reportedly having sexual contact with the girl...
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ST. VINCENT CAPTURES 1A CROWN
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- St. Vincent High School has its second state golf championship as the Indians held on to win the Class 1A title Tuesday. The Indians held a commanding nine-stroke lead after Monday's opening round as they fired a 305 at Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Club. They slipped a little bit to 315 Tuesday, but their 620 total was still good enough to hold off runner-up Gallatin (624). Springfield Greenwood was third (642)...
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TIGERS ROAR INTO TITLE GAME
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/01)
Cape Central made a couple of errors and starting pitcher Jason Chavez didn't have good command of his curveball. But the Tigers' bats more than made up for that. And it didn't hurt that Jackson chipped in with six errors, either. Central pounded out 13 hits and took advantage of Jackson's poor defense as the second-seeded Tigers (14-13) crushed the third-seeded Indians 12-5 in a Class 4A, District 1 semifinal game at Capaha Field Tuesday...
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INDIANS TO OPEN OVC TOURNEY AGAINST GOVS
(College Sports ~ 05/16/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team swept the season series from Austin Peay and the Indians finished six games ahead of the Governors in the Ohio Valley Conference standings. But all that doesn't make Southeast coach Mark Hogan very comfortable as his squad prepares to meet Austin Peay in today's opening round of the OVC Tournament in Paducah, Ky...
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INDIANS RECEIVE TOP HONORS
(College Sports ~ 05/16/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team fell short of winning the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship this year. But the runner-up Indians did earn a nice consolation price -- capturing the two major postseason player awards handed out by the OVC...
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KELLY SLAMS DOOR ON NOTRE DAME SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/01)
Justin Simpher didn't have nearly his best stuff on the mound but he more than made up for it at the plate. As a result, the Kelly High School baseball team has moved into the championship game of the Class 2A, District 2 Tournament. Simpher, one of the area's premier hurlers, belted a pair of home runs including a grand slam and drove in six runs to lead the third-seeded Hawks past second-seeded and host Notre Dame 13-10 in Tuesday afternoon's semifinal round...
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JENKINS, TURNER WIN TOP AWARDS AT CHS BANQUET
(College Sports ~ 05/16/01)
Cape Central High School recognized its top scholars and athletes at its annual All School Recognition Banquet at the A. C. Brase Arena Tuesday night. The Darla Pannier and Lou W. Muegge Awards, presented to the senior female and male athlete who best exemplify the qualities of citizenship, scholarship and athletics, were bestowed upon Heather Jenkins and Otis "O. J." Turner...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SAMFORD UNIVERSITY TO JOIN THE OVC
(College Sports ~ 05/16/01)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Samford University will join the Ohio Valley Conference, competing in all sports by June 1, 2003, the league announced Tuesday. Samford has been a member of the Trans America Athletic Conference since 1978 in all sports except football, in which competed as an independent. This will be the first time that all 17 men's and women's sports will be members of the same athletic league...
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ORAN TO FACE DEFENDING 1A STATE CHAMPION IN TITLE GAME
(High School Sports ~ 05/16/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- Oran and defending state champion St. Vincent will meet in the Class 1A, District 2 Tournament title game after posting semifinal wins Tuesday. Oran the top seed, knocked off No. 5 Oak Ridge 13-2 in five innings, while third-seeded St. Vincent got past No. 2 Bell City 7-3...
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EDWIN EASTWOOD
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Edwin Eastwood, 84, of Karnak died Monday, May 14, 2001, at his home. He was the son of Hosea and Tula Ann Russell Eastwood. He married Kakky Kean. He was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Karnak. He owned Eastwood Plumbing & Heating in Karnak...
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MARY KOEPPEL
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Marie R. Koeppel, 84, of Jackson died Monday, May 14, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1916, at Egypt Mills, Mo., daughter of William and Emma Lange Rehkopf. She and Fred A. Koeppel were married April 20, 1935. He died Dec. 13, 1997...
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JOHN DRAPER
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- John Edward Draper, 81, of Anna died Monday, May 14, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born June 22, 1919, in Cobden, Ill., son of John C. and Sabra Penland Draper. He and Violet Burnett were married April 14, 1942, in East St. Louis, Ill. She died Jan. 16, 1997...
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AGNES KESLER
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Agnes A. Kesler, 93, formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews, Mo. She was born April 18, 1908, in Ripley, Tenn., daughter of Thomas "Zeb" and Mary G. Meyer Gaines. She and Frank Kesler were married Dec. 10, 1926, in Blytheville, Ark. He died Nov. 16, 1972...
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MARY MILLS-ING
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
Mary M. Mills-Ing, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 14, 2001, in Carbondale, Ill., following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 1, 1928, in Bollinger County, Mo., daughter of Albert and Iris Buckingham Cotner. She and Norman Ing were married in 1945 in Cape Girardeau...
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CLETUS KELLER JR.
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cletus J. Keller Jr., 44, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, May 14, 2001, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Licking, Mo. He was born Aug. 8, 1956, at Perryville, son of Cletus J. and Carol S. Unterreiner Keller. Keller had worked at Keller Motors...
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JANET SMITH
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
Janet L. Smith, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 14, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 14, 1940, at LaPlata, Mo., daughter of Harry and Eva Shockey Davidson. She and Edwin Smith were married June 13, 1964. Smith previously taught art and English in Missouri and Kansas schools. She also worked at Famous-Barr in Cape Girardeau more than 20 years...
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WID TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 05/16/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Wid Curtis Taylor, 77, of Anna died Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at City Care Center in Cobden, Ill. He was born Nov. 21, 1923, in Metropolis, Ill., son of Vernon I. and Violet Nannie Taylor. He and Maymie Elizabeth Harris were married March 8, 1964, in Anna...
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LETTERS: OUTDATED LAWS, TABOOS OBSTRUCT INDUSTRIAL HEMP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/16/01)
To the editor: Industrial hemp is a possible tool to boost our nation's agricultural richness 10 thousandfold. It is a raw material which has endless uses such as clothing, lubricants, bio-friendly cleaning agents, shampoos and toothpastes. Although American retailers spend billions each year for hemp-based products, industrial hemp is illegal to grow in our country because of outdated taboos and laws surrounding cannabis containing tetrahydrocannibinol (known as THC). ...
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SCAMS: IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS
(Editorial ~ 05/16/01)
As more of us cruise the information superhighway, more con artists are bound to come tooling along behind. They go where the money is. Two Cape Girardeau County residents in one week reported receiving the same e-mail from someone claiming to be in Nigeria. He or she -- who knows on the Internet? -- just happened to be in control of $10 million left behind by a dead man...
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GOVERNOR SHOULD HAVE HAD A BARBECUE
(Editorial ~ 05/16/01)
Later this week I will travel to Jefferson City for the final days of the legislative session. It promises to be a circus -- as it always is at the session's close -- with several pressing issues still unresolved. Among the issues hanging in the balance is the governor's transportation plan...
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LET PERMIT PROCESS OWRK AT CEMENT-PLANT SITE
(Editorial ~ 05/16/01)
Missouri Gov. Bob Holden has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to broaden its study of the impact a new $600 million cement plant to be built by Swiss-based Holnam Inc. would have on the Mississippi River at Ste. Genevieve. His request came after similar urgings from the Sierra Club and Missouri Coalition for the Environment. Members are concerned because Holnam has applied for permits to discharge pollution and build a harbor for barges...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/16/01)
THIS IS in response to the comment about the school attendance policy. A mother wanted to know why the children get credit for being at school-sponsored event. It all boils down to money. If the student is at a school sponsored event, the state pays the school money just as if the child were in class. ...
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LETTERS: SPORTSWRITERS FOCUS ON NEGATIVE IN SCOTT CITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/16/01)
To the editor: In my sincere effort to help your sportswriters, who seem to be experiencing creative block, let me offer some suggestions. It is not necessary to continually tell us how mediocre, so-so and futile Scott City's basketball program has been. ...
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THE WAYS OF WATERING
(Local News ~ 05/16/01)
Watering is one of the most critical, if not the most critical maintenance practice in gardening. In fact, in all the textbooks I have read on gardening, greenhouse growing, etc., one or more chapters are reserved for watering practices. In fact, each one of them states -- usually in bold print -- your best grower, gardener or landscaper should be the one who makes all the decisions on when and how much to water...
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RECIPES COOL DOWN FOR SUMMER COOKING
(Column ~ 05/16/01)
As the weather heats up, recipes tend to cool down. And that is exactly what happened this week. One of our Cape Girardeau readers sent in several recipes for cool salads to serve during warm weather. Both of these salad recipes call for brand-name sodas. We are not brand specific and the off-brand similar sodas will work just fine...
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