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REGENTS OK PAY INCREASES, TRIM BUDGET
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
Southeast Missouri State University employees, including President Ken Dobbins, will get pay raises this year, and there won't be a midyear tuition hike to pay for it. The university will cut more than $2.3 million in costs by delaying hirings, maintenance projects and equipment purchases under a revised operating budget approved by the board of regents on Wednesday. The budget now stands at more than $105 million...
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ACCIDENT SNARLS TRAFFIC FOR HOURS; BOOM TRUCK SNAPS UTILITY LINES AT WILLIAM AND SHERIDAN
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
A boom truck snagged utility lines Wednesday at William Street and Sheridan Drive causing one to drop on a nearby truck and another to ensnare a tractor-trailer rig. No one was hurt, but 50 to 100 telephone customers were without service while Southwestern Bell employees scrambled to fix the dangling line...
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COUNCIL LIKELY TO APPROVE PLAN TO BUILD NEW CHURCH
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
Cape Girardeau City Council members say First Amendment rulings are tying their hands on a divisive plan to build a church and day-care center on Old Hopper Road. But that doesn't mean First Assembly of God of Cape Girardeau can build whatever it wants, city manager Michael Miller wrote in a memo to councilmen. City government could dictate some of the particulars of the project...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: ISLAND WEDDING: THE GROOM CRIED AND THE FISH DISAPPEARED
(Column ~ 08/02/01)
Aug. 2, 2001 Dear Leslie, Sorry we missed seeing you in California. How are Scotland, Lee and Sheila? Driving through Carmel, we passed the outdoor restaurant where DC and I stopped for lunch before going to Lee and Sheila's house in the highlands to be married nearly eight years ago. I recalled for DC that she wore sunglasses and hardly spoke while we ate that day, making me wonder whom I was marrying...
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EMERSON TO HOLD AG TOUR THIS MONTH
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will meet with farmers and agribusiness owners during her annual agricultural tour, scheduled to begin Aug. 9 at a Cape Girardeau County dairy farm. The agricultural tour will continue Aug. 10, and then resume Aug. 13. Stops also are planned on Aug. 14 and 15 in Southeast Missouri's 8th Congressional District...
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JETER LEAVING KZIM FOR SOUTHEAST TEACHING JOB
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
"Morning Meeting" co-host Cindie Jeter will leave her job at KZIM radio Friday to become a teacher at Southeast Missouri State University. Jeter also served as assignment editor for the Cape Girardeau station's reporting team. She said her love of radio waned after her one-woman morning talk and call-in show, "Talk of Cape," was canceled in January and replaced with the two-host "Morning Meeting" news program...
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BBQ FEST SCHEDULED AUG. 24, 25
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
It's not too late for barbecue enthusiasts to enter a team in the ninth annual Cape BBQ Fest Aug. 24 and 25 at Arena Park. In fact, W.D. Withers, captain of the two-time defending champion Penny Street Porkers, hopes more teams do. "It's really anybody's competition," he said. "There are a lot of factors, like the weather and your grill, that you can't control until you get there."...
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CHAFFEE FOCUSES ON ZONE CROWN
(High School Sports ~ 08/02/01)
The Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy American Legion baseball team will look to continue its season of firsts this week. Last weekend, Chaffee captured its first-ever district championship. Now the squad has its sights set on the program's first zone title...
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SE STAFF WILL KEEP CLOSE EYE ON PLAYERS
(College Sports ~ 08/02/01)
As Southeast Missouri State University's football team prepares to begin practice in the next several days, Wednesday's heat-related death of the Minnesota Vikings' Korey Stringer during training camp has caused Southeast coach Tim Billings and head athletic trainer Lance McNamara to take special notice...
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SPORTS DIGEST: AREA SOCCER PLAYERS HELP TEAM CLAIM FIRST
(High School Sports ~ 08/02/01)
Three of Cape Central's soon-to-be sophomores competed on the Iron Kids U-15 soccer team which recently won first place in a national soccer tournament held in Orlando, Fla. Center fullback Josh Fee, mid-fielder Calen Wills and forward Heath Orr were all starters on the eam, which qualified for the tournmanet in April at a SuperClubs tournament in St. Louis...
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SPORTS DIGEST: TWO SEMO BASEBALL PLAYERS LEAD NATION
(College Sports ~ 08/02/01)
Two Southeast Missouri State University baseball players ended up as national Division I statistical leaders when the final rankings were released by the NCAA this week. Todd Pennington, the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year as a junior, was No. 1 in earned-run average at 1.33. He recently signed with the Cleveland Indians organization and is playing in the New York-Penn Class A Rookie League...
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JEWELL BEAUCHAMP
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
Jewell H. Beauchamp, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001, at Missouri Veterans Home. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo., after 9 a.m. Friday. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Janet Hopkins will officiate...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/02/01)
Son to Tom L. and Sherry M. Westbrook of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:12 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2001. Name, Joshua Thomas. Weight, 7 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. Westbrook is the former Sherry Woods, daughter of Janet Woods of Scott City, Mo., and Levi Woods of Ellsinore, Mo. She is a research director at KFVS-TV. Westbrook is the son of Linda Tranum and Thomas Westbrook Sr. of Cape Girardeau. He is a network specialist at Southeast Missouri State University...
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CAPE PERMIT STATUS REPORT FOR JULY
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
Following is the July permit status of new buildings, expansions and remodeling projects and the status of those projects in Cape Girardeau: New buildings Additions and remodels Source: Cape Girardeau Division of Inspection Services...
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TRISHA RENSCHEN
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
Trisha L. Renschen, 22, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 30, 2001, at the University of Chicago Hospital. She was born March 8, 1979, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Donna Renschen and Jerry Varel. Renschen was an appointment scheduler with Rainsoft Co...
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HAROLD DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
Harold M. Davis, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Aug. 1, 2001, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis, Ill. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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JOHN SATER
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- John Russell Sater, 70, of East Prairie died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center emergency room of an apparent heart attack. Born Oct. 10, 1920, in Chaffee, Mo., he was the son of John P. and Ruby Goolsby Sater...
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AUGUST COMTE
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- August F. "Skip" Comte, 57, of Cobden died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born Sept. 3, 1943, in Murphysboro, Ill., son of Eugene Alvis and Lillian Mileur Comte. He and Linda L. Braggs were married Feb. 15, 1997, in Cobden...
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ANGELINE OWENS
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Angeline Owens, 66, of Malden died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at Three Rivers Healthcare North Campus in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Born Oct. 19, 1934, in Malden, she was the daughter of the late James Elmer Cullum and Leona Lamunion Cullum. Owens was a homemaker and a seamstress for the R.B.A. Garment Factory in Malden until she retired in June...
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BEVERLY PELTZ
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Beverly Ann Peltz, 59, of Dexter died Sunday, July 29, 2001, in the emergency room at Southern Missouri Healthcare. She was born June 25, 1942, in Corning, Ark., daughter of Emul and Lucille Work King. She and Joseph Peltz were married Aug. 10, 1967, in Alpena County, Mich. He died Dec. 24, 1977...
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MARY DOWNS
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Mary Jo Downs, 67, of Cobden died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001, at her home. She was born Aug. 21, 1933, in Mounds, Ill., daughter of Louis and Lena Story Scales. She married Kenneth Downs. Downs retired as a registered nurse at Choate Mental Health Center...
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ORVILLE FRASER
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Orville Francis Fraser, 73, of Farmington died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center. He was born Feb. 19, 1928, at Farmington, son of Guy and Lola Harrington Fraser. Fraser retired as a truck driver in the food service industry...
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ERWIN LOWES
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Erwin E. Lowes, 81, of St. Ann, Mo., died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at his home. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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BRANDY JACOBS
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Brandy Kay Jacobs, 20, of Jackson died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 6, 1980, in Englewood, Colo., daughter of David and Christine Guenther Trotter. She and Donald E. Jacobs III were married May 20, 2000...
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OPHELIA BROWN
(Obituary ~ 08/02/01)
Ophelia Brown, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at her home. She was born Jan. 22, 1943, in Memphis, Tenn., daughter of John L. and Lillie M. Lewis Wiseman. Brown was a member of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and its choir, and a former member of Eastern Star...
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LETTERS: TRY ROCK 'N' ROLL AT SEMO FAIR INSTEAD OF COUNTRY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/02/01)
To the editor: I am compelled to speak out about the entertainment at the SEMO District Fair. I'm sure I speak for many who feel as I do. Year after year it's the same thing; nothing but country music. I can't remember a rock concert at the fair since the mid-1980s. ...
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LETTERS: ELECTORAL SYSTEM IS BIG SAFEGUARD OF OUR ELECTIONS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/02/01)
To the editor: I am writing to rebut a letter disputing the county-by-county U.S. map indicating the results of last year's presidential election. The writer seems to think that since Al Gore won the popular vote, a better representation would yield a sea of blue (presenting Gore votes) dotted by some red (indicating votes for George W. Bush). I don't see how this could be possible...
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LETTERS: CONSIDER INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT BEFORE VOTING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/02/01)
To the editor: Whether you are renting an apartment or own your own home, real estate taxes will take their bite. If you are renting, you already have or soon will get a rent increase to offset the change of assessed value owners of real property received this past May...
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UNIVERSITY BUDGETS HAVE PLENTY TO SPARE
(Editorial ~ 08/02/01)
In a year that public colleges and universities around Missouri must find ways to cut expenses because of Gov. Bob Holden's order that they trim spending in the budget year that began July 1, Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents on Wednesday still found a way to grant faculty and staff members 2 percent-or-better pay hikes...
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AN ALTERNATIVE STEM-CELL OPINION
(Editorial ~ 08/02/01)
JACKSON -- There have been a number of letters, columns and Speak Out comments regarding embryonic stem-cell research. I would like to add an alternative and perhaps minority opinion, given the results of recent polls reported in the news media. While the human egg cell, or ovum, and the human sperm cell are human cells with intact cellular metabolism in and of themselves, they are incapable of developing into a human being. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/02/01)
SOME TIME ago, there was a Speak Out caller who claimed that those taxpayers who made less than $30,000 would not be getting a tax refund. I'm here to prove that caller wrong. My wife and I made a combined total of $17,740 last year. We received a letter in the mail just last week. ...
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LETTERS: PARK RESTROOMS IN CAPE NEED GOOD CLEANING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/02/01)
To the editor: The public parks are clean, fun places to play with our children. But as soon as my daughter has to go to the restroom, it's time to go home. Please clean the bathrooms. Stop making us cut our fun short. CHRISTIN BEARD Cape Girardeau
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SEEKIG SOLACE: SENIORS COPE WITH LOSS THROUGH HELP OF CHURCHES AND SUPPORT GROUPS
(Local News ~ 08/02/01)
The day began like so many others. D. Carl Johnson, ailing with diabetes, had trouble standing in the shower, so his wife, Janice, washed his hair in the sink. Carl combed his hair and came downstairs for breakfast. Afterward, he stepped out onto the patio to read and collapsed, a blood clot lodged in his brain. It was June 20, 1998...
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