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WAYS WE WORSHIP: STRUMMING THE SPIRIT
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
PERKINS, Mo. -- An organ or piano prelude traditionally sets the tone for Sunday morning church service, but that isn't the case at Perkins Baptist Church where a few chords coaxed across the strings of a guitar set the spirit for worship. The music of a bass guitar playing "At Calvary" brings the hand-clapping congregation to its feet. Yet it isn't just one guitar leading music -- it's about a dozen, and a mandolin. A keyboard also accompanies the choir...
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PLAY DAY LETS KIDS PERFORM FOR PARENTS
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
When Jefferson Elementary School started its first race at 9 a.m. Friday, the craning necks of dozens of children indicated that only a fraction of parents expected for the day's events had arrived. But throughout the morning the parents came, most toting lawn chairs and cameras or camcorders and many with grandparents and toddlers in tow...
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FALLEN POLICEMEN HONORED; EFFORT TO ASSIST FAMILIES OF OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
A motel-room shootout in February triggered Bob Neff's efforts to set up an organization to assist families of local law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. The organization is in the development stages, said Neff, who announced the effort Friday at a 10 a.m. ceremony at Cape Girardeau County North Park honoring officers who have been killed in the line of duty in Southeast Missouri...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: MISSING NEWSPAPER LEADS TO ENJOYABLE SUNRISE ALONE
(Column ~ 05/19/01)
It only took six words to explain the situation. "We haven't been getting our newspaper." My husband, Patrick, dropped this bomb as I was in the midst of dinner preparations one day last week. He knew it was new information for me, since my internal alarm clock doesn't give me enough time to enjoy the luxury of reading a newspaper before my mad dash to two day-care centers and then to work each morning...
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SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRESENTS RUOPP, COPELAND AWARDS
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Lt. J.P. Mulcahy of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department was awarded the Timothy J. Ruopp Award on Friday as the outstanding officer in the department, Sheriff John Jordan said. Mulcahy, who serves as a jail officer, started his career with the department in 1992...
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FORMER JCPENNEY MANAGER JOINS SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL STAFF
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
Don K. Fisher has joined Southeast Missouri Hospital as business development director. James W. Wente, Southeast's administrator, announced Fisher's appointment Friday. Fisher formerly was associated with the JCPenney Co. for 32 years, four of them as manager of the Cape Girardeau store...
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DOGS STOLEN FROM SHELTER; REWARD OFFERED FOR RETURN
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
Three dogs were stolen from the Southeast Missouri Humane Society, whose director believes they will be used for dog fighting. Two pit bulls and a Rottweiler were taken sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning from the Humane Society at 2536 Boutin Drive, police said...
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TWO ATTORNEYS, ONE JOB
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
A 68-year-old author and a 33-year-old mother of two toddlers have found something in common -- the same job at the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor's office. Assistant prosecutor Ian Sutherland will take on a part-time role starting in June when former federal prosecutor Teresa Bright Pearson assumes part of his duties...
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DRUNKEN DRIVING MEASURE PASSES
(Local News ~ 05/19/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- When stopping by the local bar after work for a few drinks, you might want to consider having one fewer. If not, under a bill likely to be signed into law you could be legally drunk. After five years of effort by anti-drunken driving activists, the General Assembly endorsed a stricter drunken driving standard of .08 blood alcohol content Friday. The current standard is .10...
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HAMSTRING PULLS JHS's WHITNEY OUT OF SECTIONAL
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/01)
Jackson's junior all-state sprinter Mario Whitney won't be able to compete today when the state sectionals are held at Eureka High School. Whitney, who took third in the 100 and sixth in the 200 last year at the state meet, re-aggravated a hamstring injury at last week's district meet. Whitney also ran a leg on Jackson's 4x100 team...
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DAUGHHETEE REPEATS AS 1600 STATE CHAMPION
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/01)
Kelly High School junior Adam Daughhetee successfully defended his Class 2A state title in the mile run Friday, obliterating the competition by five seconds. Scott City's freshman phenom, Loren Groves, meanwhile had an impressive day as well, taking second place in the discus...
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SPORTS DIGEST: TECH, AUSTIN PEAY TO DECIDE OVC TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/01)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- With the top two seeds eliminated, No. 3 seed Tennessee Tech and No. 5 seed Austin Peay will play for the Ohio Valley Conference baseball championship today at Brooks Stadium. Austin Peay, which lost to Tennessee Tech 10-5 in a late game Thursday night, will need to defeat the Eagles twice today to win the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The teams will meet at 1 p.m. today with a possible second game to follow...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/19/01)
Daughter to Josh and Michele Irene Boyd Jr. of Sikeston, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:53 a.m. Sunday, May 13, 2001. Name, Joshlynn Joanne. Weight, 10 pounds 3 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Boyd is the former Michele Shallow, daughter of Patrick and Joanne Shallow of McClure, Ill. Boyd is the son of Josie Eckles of Sikeston...
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GARLAND LEDURE
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Garland LeDure, 58, of Commerce died Friday, May 18, 2001, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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WALTER MATTHEWS
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
Walter John Matthews, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 18, 1929, in Griffith, Ind., son of John C. and Eva Clough Matthews. He and Elizabeth Jane Lang were married April 30, 1974, in Shawneetown, Ill...
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CORA M. HUFFMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Cora M. Huffman, 88, of Jackson, formerly of Whitewater, Mo., died at her residence Friday, May 18, 2001. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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BARNEY BAUDENDISTEL
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
Barney Zeno Baudendistel, 80, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Jan. 9, 1921, at Oran, Mo., son of Barney and Celestine Heisserer Baudendistel. Baudendistel was owner and operator of B.Z. Tile Co. of St. Louis. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars...
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GARY PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
ST. MARY'S, Mo. -- Graveside service for Gary L. Phillips of St. Mary's will be held at 1 p.m. today at Brown Cemetery. The Rev. Gerald McBride will officiate. Military honors will be conducted by American Legion Post 133. Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville, Mo., is in charge of arrangements...
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ARTHUR MURPHY
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Arthur W. "Bill" Murphy of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Mo. Lawrence Murphy will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until the service time...
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BENNIE WALKER
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Benjamin Thomas "Bennie" Walker Jr., 78, of Sikeston died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 31, 1922, at Blodgett, Mo., son of Benjamin Thomas and Esther Louise Kruger Walker Sr. He and Jolene Corlew were married Aug. 12, 1962, in Sikeston...
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ETTA SWINDELL
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Etta Swindell, 87, of Delta, Mo., died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.
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SISTER CLOVIS SEYER
(Obituary ~ 05/19/01)
Sister Clovis Seyer, a native of Kelso, Mo., died Friday, May 18, 2001, at Anna House-The Sarah Community in Bridgeton, Mo. She was 86. She taught primary and intermediate education for 18 years in schools throughout Missouri and Illinois, including at St. Mary School in Cape Girardeau in 1951 and 1952. She also worked as a cook and seamstress for 20 years for the congregation in St. Louis as well as for St. Alphonsus Liguori...
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LETTERS: YOU CAN SHOW APPRECIATION FOR POLICE OFFICERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/19/01)
To the editor: The week of May 13-19 is National Police Week. This letter is a tribute to all officers. Officers go out there every day and put their lives on the line in order to make our communities safer places to live. Most of the time we never give them a second thought. ...
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LETTERS: KIDS MAKE WISH, SO PRINCIPAL HAS TO KISS UGLY FISH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/19/01)
To the editor: Just north of Cape at a school called Nell Holcomb They have teachers and staff that really are awesome. Just this week I attended a big assembly at school About accelerated reading, a program that's really cool. Principal Mary Boeller had told the students if they wish...
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JACKSON ALSO CONSIDERS SCHOOL TAX INCREASE
(Editorial ~ 05/19/01)
The Jackson School District administration's surprise announcement that it might seek a tax increase in August -- made just a few weeks before the deadline to put the issue on the ballot -- means voters in both Jackson and Cape Girardeau could be voting on tax issues that involve waiving a state-mandated rollback of local levies...
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LESS TALKING, MORE LISTENING NEEDED HERE
(Editorial ~ 05/19/01)
Noise pollution is a problem in Cape Girardeau. We've all heard car stereos turned up so loud they actually vibrate our own cars. And noise pollution in south Cape apparently is the favorite cause of two city councilmen, Richard Eggimann and Jay Purcell, who keep discussing it at council meetings. They take potshots at police chief Rick Hetzel, claiming the city's noise ordinance isn't being properly enforced...
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THIS BOOK IS A GOOD BUY AT ANY COST
(Column ~ 05/19/01)
Of all the books chronicling the post-presidential election legal imbroglio in Florida, only one rocketed to No. 5 on the New York Times best-seller list its first week. There are many reasons for the striking success of Bill Sammon's "At Any Cost." I'll share a few, and you can discover the rest when you read the book...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/19/01)
ASKING THE government to lower the price of gasoline is not socialism. Who are we supposed to ask? The millionaires on Wall Street or in the big oil companies? We need the federal government to help. We don't need a handout, just a hand. What else is government for? You pay taxes to be entitled to government help when the big companies get out of hand -- particularly now that the oil companies have one of their own in the White House...
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LETTERS: ENERGY POLICY MUST ASSURE AMPLE SUPPLIES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/19/01)
To the editor: We need no reminder, but the recent heat-related deaths of four people in a St. Louis-area nursing home provides a warning to all of us: Air conditioning and the electricity it uses can be a life-or-death matter. Quality of life or death depends on electricity. ...
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