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JUSTICE DEPT. OFFICIALS STAND BY DEFENSE OF GUN OWNERSHIP
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Department officials disputed charges that the department's position that the Constitution guarantees people the right to own guns undermines federal gun laws. The department will defend all federal gun laws, including those that prohibit some individuals from owning firearms because they have committed crimes, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity...
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UNIVERSITY FACES SMALLER CUTS TO SCHOOL BUDGET
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
Southeast Missouri State University will have to cut $2.5 million from this fiscal year's $108 million budget or raise fees as a result of Gov. Bob Holden's decision Thursday to withhold more money because of a funding shortfall in state government...
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CAPE VO-TECH FUNDING FINALLY ON HORIZON
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
After more than a year of delays, the state will finally pay its promised $1.83 million share of costs for the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. Mark Reading, the assistant state budget director, said Thursday that the funding will be released to the Cape Girardeau School District through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as soon as the district completes the necessary paperwork...
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WAIST HIGH IN WEEDS: PROPERTY OWNERS TOLD TO CUT THE GRASS OR PAY UP
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
Clifford Bollinger returned home from a relaxing vacation to discover he has work to be done. Bollinger has until Monday to clear away the 4-foot-tall weeds on his property at 207 S. Spanish St. or else face a fine from the city. Bollinger, who recently bought the property, said he has every intention of cleaning it up, and is irritated that the city has given him such a short time to do so...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: IT'S TRU~E! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LIVE LONG ENOUGH
(Column ~ 07/13/01)
Now I understand. I've heard folks, usually of a particular age, say something like: If you live long enough, you'll see everything. But I didn't know exactly what they meant. Until about 4:02 p.m. Tuesday when an e-mail popped up on my computer screen...
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FARMER SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO SCARE TEENS
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
A Perry County farmer claims he was just trying to scare trespassing teen-agers away from his emus. However, the farmer can't rely on his insurance policy to pay for his assault of two 14-year-old boys whom he caught trespassing on his property, a three-judge panel ruled this week...
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SIEMERS DRIVE TO CLOSE FOR WIDENING PROJECT
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
The intersection of Bloomfield Road and Siemers Drive will be closed for two weeks for a construction project that will widen the road. The work is expected to last six to eight weeks, city officials said. Eventually Siemers Drive will be closed from Bloomfield Road to Richmond Drive...
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SHERIFF'S GROUP SAYS IT DOESN'T SOLICIT BY PHONE
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
Calls requesting donations for the Missouri Sheriff's Association are causing the organization some headaches. The association never solicits donations by phone, said James Vermeersch, the association's executive director. "Some of these calls may be in good faith, since there are some law enforcement organizations that do telemarketing, but we never have and never will," Vermeersch said...
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JACKSON POLICE SEEKING SIX IN ARMED ROBBERY AT HOME
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Police are searching for six men who entered a Jackson residence in the vicinity of West Lane late Tuesday and robbed three victims at gunpoint. The suspects wearing ski masks reportedly forced their way into the residence about 11 p.m. and demanded money and jewelry. The amount of money taken is not known...
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CAPAHAS ENTER NBC REGIONAL AS TEAM TO BEAT
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/01)
On paper, this weekend's National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional in Cape Girardeau appears to be a bit lacking in powerhouse teams, save perhaps for the host Craftsman Union Capahas. But Capahas manager and tournament director Jess Bolen says people shouldn't automatically expect a cakewalk for the home squad during the three-day event that begins today with three games at Capaha Field...
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HOLDEN GIVES MU BASKETBALL NEW ARENA WITH STROKE OF PEN
(College Sports ~ 07/13/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden signed legislation Thursday authorizing $35 million in state bonds for a new basketball arena at the University of Missouri at Columbia. But Holden approved the bonds with a challenge that the university also raise $1 billion in private donations for academics. University officials said they would do so...
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ON AUTO RACING: KING TURNS TO OLD CAR TO TURN AROUND SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/01)
When a new car left him running near the back of the field night after night, Shawn King turned to a proven winner. Over the past two weeks, that decision has made all the difference. King won Saturday's feature race for sprints at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark near Benton, Mo., a week after finishing second. Both finishes were drastic changes from the first five weeks of the season when King's best run was seventh...
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SPORTS DIGEST: BENTON TO HOLD STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- This small community will be buzzing with girls fast-pitch softball activity this weekend as the Missouri Babe Ruth Softball State Tournament for 10-under, 12-under, 14-under and 16-under age groups is held. The tournaments will begin at 6 p.m. today at Benton Ballpark. Saturday's action will begin at 10 a.m., with Sunday's play starting at 1 p.m...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/13/01)
Daughter to Stacey and Stephanie Hart of Eureka, Mo., St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, 8:58 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2001. Name, Olivia Nicole. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Hart is the former Stephanie Fuemmeler, daughter of David and Cheri Fuemmeler of Cape Girardeau. Hart is the son of Ed and Mary Jane Hart of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Electro-Rep Energy Products Inc...
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LENA MARSHALL
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Lena Mae Marshall, 94, of Scott City, formerly of Crowder, Mo., died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 17, 1906, in the state of Texas, daughter of Wesley and Alice Cooper. She first married William Russell Foster in 1931. He died in September 1954. She and Sterling E. "Mutt" Marshall were married in 1963. He died June 30, 1987...
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JANET GREENE
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Janet Paar Greene, 73, of Vancouver, Wash., died Thursday, July 5, 2001, at her home. She was born Jan. 12, 1928, in Jackson. Greene was a 1945 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, attended Cornell University, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Missouri...
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ALVIN ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
Alvin Robinson, 41, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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MAPLE KINDER
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
Maple Frances Kinder, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. She was born April 9, 1913, at Illmo, Mo., daughter of Benjamin Elder and Mary Alice Roark Wadley. She and Norman H. "Pete" Kinder were married July 17, 1937, at Benton, Mo...
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BARBARA GRAVES
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Barbara Graves, 56, of Marion, Ill., died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Park Avenue Health Care Home in Herrin, Ill. She was born July 5, 1945, in Buncombe, daughter of Donald and Mina Gurley Crawford. She and Johney Graves were married July 18, 1965...
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IMOGENE JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Imogene Jackson, 81, of Charleston died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at her home. She was born Oct. 2, 1919, in Ravenden Springs, Ark., daughter of William Kent and Emma Jane Spalding Childress. She and Joseph Jackson were married March 13, 1937. He died May 1, 1958...
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WAYNE POWERS
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
Wayne Oliver Powers, 71, of Sherman, Ill., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill. He was born May 15, 1930, in Boxholm, Iowa, son of Daniel I. and Stella M. Kirkendall Powers. He and Freda M. Schupbach were married June 15, 1947...
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IDA MANTZ
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Ida M. Mantz, 86, of Jackson died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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OMIE HALE
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Omie May Hale, 84, of Sikeston died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born June 5, 1917, in Lanty, Ark., daughter of Virgil Monroe and Virdie Jane Davis Powell. She and William Sherdie Hale were married Feb. 7, 1963, in Sikeston. He died May 16, 1989...
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JAMES CUNDIFF
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- James "Al" Cundiff, 78, of McClure died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.
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DEWEY STATLER
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
LIXVILLE, Mo. -- Dewey E. Statler, 81, of Lixville died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 4, 1920, at Lixville, son of Samuel and Effie Statler. He and Helen G. Propst were married March 16, 1940. She died July 22, 1998...
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JEFFREY KONDRAD
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
Jeffrey Dean Kondrad, 37, of Manchester, Mo., died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at St. John Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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ROSA WAGNER
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Rosa Lee Wagner, 85, of Westland, Mich., died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was born April 11, 1916, in Lilbourn, daughter of Gusdavis and Amanda Ewing Tinsley. She and the Rev. Herman L. Wagner were married June 6, 1941, in Lilbourn. He died March 29, 1996...
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MICHAEL CURTNER
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Michael W. Curtner, 38, of Knoxville and formerly of Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, Mo., died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at St. Mary's Hospice Care in Knoxville. Announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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RONNIE HORNBURG
(Obituary ~ 07/13/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Veronica Jo "Ronnie" Hornburg, 37, of Sikeston died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, in an automobile accident north of Sikeston. She was born Oct. 30, 1963, in Sikeston, daughter of James E. and Margaret Reed Housman. Hornburg was a 1982 graduate of East Prairie High School at East Prairie, Mo., graduated from the LPN program in Sikeston, and was a member of the first graduating class at Park College in 1990...
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LETTERS: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES FACE CHURCH BARRIERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/13/01)
To the editor: The latest news is President Bush is backing off exempting religious entities from discrimination when accepting federal dollars. I am shocked that churches should receive federal money, let alone discriminate. I would like to know from churches why discrimination against persons with disabilities is occurring? SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence has received numerous complaints from individuals with disabilities that they are refused bringing a service dog in unless they are blind. ...
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GOV. HOLDEN'S LESSON IN BARGAINING
(Editorial ~ 07/13/01)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Gov. Bob Holden recently gave Missourians a lesson in bargaining. His move June 29 to sign into law -- through executive order -- the unionization of state employees demonstrated a simple bargaining concept: If you give something, you should get something back...
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DO HONOR ROLLS VIOLATE STUDENT PRIVACY RIGHTS?
(Editorial ~ 07/13/01)
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review how far school districts should go in allowing what might seem like useful and harmless practices but in reality likely violate the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Under that act, schools have learned to be extremely cautious about making public any information that reveals how a student is performing or what grades the student is making...
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MAKE SANCTIONS ACCOUNTABLE TO ANNUAL REVIEW
(Editorial ~ 07/13/01)
The use -- and, it would seem, abuse -- of unilateral sanctions by the U.S. government needs to be both focused and controlled. Currently, more than 75 of the world's 200 countries are targets of U.S.-imposed sanctions for a total of 100 sanctions. Sanctions have uses that are useful, but they can also be mere retribution with the power to do more harm than good. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/13/01)
GET THE federal government out of the business of providing financial assistance for farmers, claimed an Opinion-page contributor and a Speak Out caller. To me, such arguments seem to be primarily designed to assist private banks and would have the effect of returning already financially distressed farmers to the not-so-halcyon days of the Great Depression...
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LETTERS: U.S. WON'T BE UNDULY INFLUENCED BY EUROPEANS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/13/01)
To the editor: I would like to respond to an article regarding the death penalty, "Europeans hold U.S. to higher standards than China." The article said Western Europe has long outlawed capital punishment. The article as much as indicated that Americans are barbaric in such practice. ...
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LEARNING FROM A STONE
(Local News ~ 07/13/01)
Five hot, dusty days spent carving a 5-pound block of soapstone will have at least one positive effect on his young students, Robert Friedrich expects. "Hopefully they won't go to an art museum in the future and giggle at the human figure," the Central High School art teacher says...
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