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MORE UNMARRIED COUPLES IN CAPE COUNTY
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
We're not the Cleavers. Cape Girardeau County families are looking less like the squeaky clean, traditional one of "Leave It to Beaver" television fame, census figures released today reveal. Over the last 10 years, the county has seen the number of unmarried couples and single mothers soar, dwarfing even national figures...
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SIX-HOUR STANDOFF ENDS IN ARREST
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A dispute that escalated into a neighborhood shootout and six-hour standoff with Sikeston police ended peacefully late Wednesday. Ronnie Robinson walked out of an arcade and pool hall pulling up his shirt to show police he had no weapons as black-clad members of the police special response team surrounded him. Robinson lay on his stomach while he was handcuffed near the intersection of Branum Street and Malone Avenue...
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS COMPLETES CABLE TV UPGRADES
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
Charter Communications has switched to its new control center at 630 Industrial Park on Corporate Circle and is offering 14 more cable television channels. The switch was made at midnight Tuesday, said Roger Harms, general manager for Charter Communications Cable TV in Cape Girardeau...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: PICTURES OF CHILDREN WE COULD NEVER FORGET
(Column ~ 05/17/01)
May 17, 2001 Dear Karin, John, Inga and Christien, It has been a long time since I last wrote, but we have not forgotten you. If anything, we hold fast to that year in Garberville more each day. The bulletin board on the wall by my desk at home is a haven for photographs and scraps of paper that are important to me. ...
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MEETING SET TO DISCUSS TAX HIKE
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- What residents say at a public meeting Monday could influence whether Jackson school board members push ahead with plans to put a 25-cent tax increase proposal before voters in August. The board must make a final decision before a May 29 deadline to place the issue on the Aug. 7 ballot...
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CAPE PRESENTS AWARDS FROM PROJECT IMPACT
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
Cape Girardeau has lessened the potential impacts of a tornado, earthquake or flood thanks to help from Project Impact. The grant-funded program that originated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency marked its second year in Cape Girardeau with an annual luncheon and awards ceremony Tuesday at the Osage Community Centre...
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JURY FINDS CAPE MAN GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING TO ROB TEEN
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A 26-year-old Cape Girardeau man faces a maximum of 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty Wednesday of attempted robbery, a prosecutor said. Wesley Don Bartles was found guilty of the class B felony, which carries a punishment range of five to 15 years, said Angel Woodruff, Cape Girardeau County assistant prosecutor. However, since he has two prior felony convictions, the possible punishment doubles...
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MAN CHARGED IN ABDUCTION TO GET MORE TESTS
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A 23-year-old man charged with abducting and abusing a 4-year-old girl last fall will continue to undergo mental examinations for another month, a judge said Wednesday. Samuel Farrow Jr.'s attorney David Roth asked for another 30 days to complete examinations of his client by a Kansas City, Mo., psychiatrist. Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bullerdieck granted an extension until June 20...
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LADY TIGERS WIN DISTRICT TITLE OVER JACKSON IN 4OT
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/01)
For the second consecutive year, the Jackson and Cape Central girls soccer teams battled deep into overtime to decide the Class 4A, District 1 championship. Wednesday night's version saw the Lady Tigers break a scoreless tie in the fourth overtime period to deal a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to the Lady Indians at Houck Stadium...
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AUSTIN PEAY STUNS SE ACE IN 1ST ROUND
(College Sports ~ 05/17/01)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Todd Pennington's magical year finally hit a snag here Wednesday. And as a result, Southeast Missouri State University's baseball season has been placed in serious peril. Pennington, the nation's earned-run average leader, had an uncharacteristic shaky performance as the second-seeded Indians lost to fifth-seeded Austin Peay 9-4 in the opening round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament at Brooks Stadium...
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CENTRAL, ND SWIMMERS PREPARE FOR STATE
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/01)
The area will be well represented during this weekend's Missouri State Swimming and Diving Championships at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. Cape Girardeau Central, as usual, qualified several athletes for the two-day meet. And Notre Dame also had several state qualifiers during its inaugural season of competition...
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PHS ADVANCES TO CLASS 1A-3A DISTRICT TITLE GAME
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/01)
Perryville and St. Louis-Notre Dame will meet for the Class 1A-3A, District 1 girls soccer championship at 7 p.m. Friday after both claimed semifinal victories at Cape Giradeau-Notre Dame Wednesday night. Perryville, the second seed, slipped past Cor Jesu 2-1, while the Rebels knocked off the host Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs 2-1 in overtime...
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JOHN ASHCROFT'S DAILY BIBLE STUDY HARMS NO ONE
(Column ~ 05/17/01)
Can you tell me why Attorney General John Ashcroft's morning Bible study at the Justice Department is news? The Washington Post ran this story: "Ashcroft's Faith Plays Visible Role at Justice." The Bible and prayer meetings are behind closed doors. These meetings do not involve the Justice Department, as the headline implied. All employees are welcome but not required to attend...
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OFFICE OF ESCHEATS REFRESHING IN TODAY'S WORLD
(Editorial ~ 05/17/01)
One Missouri office still operates strictly out of huge, handwritten ledgers. Those ledgers are kept meticulously by a 94-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman, the two longest-serving state employees. Frank Blankenship and Nancylea Hunt are the only two employees of the obscure Office of Escheats, which is responsible for the transfer of money to the government when there are no legal heirs to claim estates. ...
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ILLINOIS PRESCRIPTION PLAN IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED
(Editorial ~ 05/17/01)
Democrats in the Illinois Legislature have put forth a plan to create a giant buying club to help the state's senior citizens get discounts on prescription drugs. The plan would work like any private-sector buying club, whose members enjoy savings because they make up a large customer bloc...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/17/01)
GOV. GRAY Davis and the Democratic legislature of California are to blame for the energy crisis in California? Well, there's a new one. I think the real problem goes much further back than that. Do you remember all the promises we were told about deregulation of gas, oil, air transportation and telephone communication? Ronald Reagan, GOP's sacred cow, began this insane push. You Republicans have a tendency to remember only what you choose to...
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LETTERS; LET'S MOVE AHEAD ON MISSOURI'S HIGHWAY NEEDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/17/01)
To the editor: I have read that many Missourians believe our roads are in good shape. I have heard the argument that the road that takes me to work is OK, and I don't need to spend any more money on road taxes. I have heard the 15-year highway plan has been abandoned, and there needs to be more accountability from the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/17/01)
Son to Brad and Jean Mouser of Spring Hill, Tenn., Maury Regional Hospital, 8:14 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2001. Name, Christian Lloyd. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Fourth son. Mrs. Mouser is the former Jean Stewart, daughter of Jay and Sandra Stewart of Columbia, Tenn. Mouser is the son of Janet Mouser of Millersville, Mo., and Larry Joe Mouser of Jonesboro, Ark. He is an engineer at Murray Inc...
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FOUR AREA WRECKS RESULT IN INJURIES
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
A Parma, Mo., man was seriously hurt in one of four injury accidents on Southeast Missouri roads Tuesday. Jeremie Johnson, 22, was taken to Dexter Memorial Hospital at Dexter, Mo., after the 7:30 p.m. accident on state Highway 153, three miles north of Parma...
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MARY CROWELL
(Obituary ~ 05/17/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Graveside service for Mary Velma Crowell of Bloomfield will be held at 1 p.m. today at Bloomfield Cemetery. The Rev. Kevin Eskew will officiate. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Dexter, Mo., is in charge of arrangements. Crowell, 60, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at Beverly Healthcare Center...
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ANNA BAUGH
(Obituary ~ 05/17/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Anna Ruth Baugh, 89, died Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 6, 1911, at Fredericktown, Mo., daughter of Frank and Emma Clark Matthews. She and Russell H. Baugh were married June 6, 1936, at Doe Run, Mo. He died Nov. 23, 1996...
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MARIE COFFEY
(Obituary ~ 05/17/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Marie Coffey, 92, of Dexter died Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at Vintage Villa Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 5, 1909, at Doniphan, Mo., daughter of Charles C. and Lilly Jane Doyle Worley. She and Orville Coffey were married Dec. 14, 1929, at Piggott, Ark...
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IMOGENE WHITEHEAD
(Obituary ~ 05/17/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Imogene Whitehead, 72, of Bernie died Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born March 1, 1929, at Powe, Mo., daughter of John Webb and Myrtle Hathaway Boyd. She and Dayton Whitehead were married May 19, 1947, in Piggott, Ark...
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DOROTHY MCLARD
(Obituary ~ 05/17/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Dorothy Marie McLard, 95, of Dexter died Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at Vintage Villa Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 25, 1905, at Bloomfield, Mo., daughter of Robert Jasper and Sarah Viola Janes McLard. McLard was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church...
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BREATHING EASIER: PATIENTS LEARN TO MANAGE ASTHMA CARE
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
White tufts from cottonwood trees drifting through the air can trigger more than just attacks of sneezing and runny eyes. For some people it can be the beginning of an asthma attack. Billy Thatcher likens it to sipping through a coffee stirrer after being accustomed to using a large straw...
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