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LIVING ROOM BALLADEERS: HOUSE CONCERTS BECOMING POPULAR VENUE FOR ACCOUSTIC MUSIC
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
Upstairs in Teri Wondra's Broadway apartment, guests arrived bearing salads, fruit trays and the like for a potluck supper. Down in the parking lot, New England folk singer Cliff Eberhardt checked the oil in his Chevy conversion van. An hour later, Eberhardt tuned his guitar to begin an increasingly popular event in the world of acoustic and folk music -- a house concert...
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JACKSON EYES RECORD YEAR FOR SALES TAX
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The city of Jackson likely will hit the $100 million mark in retail sales a month earlier this year than in 2000. And with September and December, two of the biggest retail months of the year, still ahead, the city could have its highest retail sales year ever...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Every American knows the country's birthday is July 4. But how many Missourians know the day their state was born? Several state lawmakers were given a pop quiz on the question. The responses were likely typical of those most Missourians would give -- none of them knew...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: ZUCCHINI ATTACK: PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN AFRICA, YOU KNOW
(Column ~ 08/10/01)
First, Susan McClanahan devoted her entire recipe column this week to -- hold on to your socks -- zucchini. Then Bill Kiel tried to bribe me -- I am not making this up -- with zucchini chocolate-chip cookies. You know what I think? I think the August heat is addling more brains than we realize...
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EMERSON BEGINS TOUR AT CAPE DAIRY FARM
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson voiced support for a dairy cartel as she kicked off her annual farm tour Thursday with a visit to a Cape Girardeau County dairy farm where there was plenty of chocolate milk on hand. The bottles of chocolate milk came from a Murray, Ky., company that uses milk from Jerry Siemers' dairy cows...
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WORKSHOP GEARED TO LESSONS ON READING
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Twenty-nine teachers from around the area gathered for three days in the Masterson Elementary School library to learn techniques to establish a balanced literacy program for their classrooms. Flory Simon, with the nationally based company, The Wright Group, led the three-day workshop, which taught the teachers different ways to approach reading and writing in their own classrooms...
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JACKSON ALDERMAN ANNOUNCES RUN FOR COUNTY AUDITOR
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
David Ludwig, a 20-year member of the Jackson Board of Alderman, has announced that he will run for Cape Girardeau County auditor when H. Weldon Macke retires next year. Ludwig, 55, works at Drury Inn's Reservation Call Center in Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing management...
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BULLFIGHTERS: RODEO NO TIME TO CLOWN AROUND
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dustin Brewer got a bad break at the 2000 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Literally. Brewer, a bullfighter, broke his leg during the first night of competition, putting him out of the prize money and out of work for seven months. This year Brewer got another break at the Sikeston rodeo, and he hopes this will be a lucky one. Brewer is moving from the bullfighting ring into the barrel for the Sikeston rodeo...
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HOT TIGER PRACTICES PICK UP STEAM
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/01)
Of the four days that Cape Central has practiced, Thursday was the hottest. It was also the happiest. Cape Central's coaches were all upbeat and optimistic Thursday after the Tigers completed their first day of full-contact practice. It was a good day for the Tigers, who didn't start the week off so well...
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CHAFFEE DROPS OPENER AT STATE
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kirksville exacted a measure of revenge against Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy Thursday night in the opening game of the Senior American Legion State Tournament. Kirksville knocked Chaffee into the loser's bracket of the four-team, double-elimination event with a 9-6 victory at the University of Missouri's Taylor/Simmons Field...
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SWITCH LIGHTS UP COOPER'S SMILE; INDIANS RETURN RECEIVER TO HIS NATURAL POSITION -- RUNNING BACK
(College Sports ~ 08/10/01)
Curtis Cooper was all smiles at Southeast Missouri State University's football media day Thursday afternoon. In addition to being a generally pleasant person, the reason for Cooper's cheery outlook as he was being interviewed at steamy Houck Stadium had everything to do with a position switch...
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WEST BRACES FOR HIS FINAL SEASON AT SE
(College Sports ~ 08/10/01)
So far, so good concerning Southeast Missouri State University quarterback Rashad West's injured left knee. West, who hurt the knee during a pickup basketball game in June and thought for a while that his college career might be over, said during media day Thursday afternoon that so far the knee is holding up fine...
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ON AUTO RACING: THE RECORD HAD TO END SOONER OR LATER
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/01)
Before Chris Hall won Saturday, an unusually balanced group of open-wheel modified racers combined to give Auto Tire and Parts Racepark eight different feature race winners in eight weeks. It was a feat no division has matched since the track opened May 11, 1991...
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SPORTS DIGEST: HEARTLAND TEAM GETS ELIMINATED
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/01)
PINE BLUFF, Ark. --The Heartland Nationals, a 12-under girls softball team based in Benton, Mo., was eliminated from the Babe Ruth World Series Thursday with a 3-2 loss in seven innings to Concord, Calif. (a regulation game is six innings). Heartland, which went 1-2 in the six-team, double-elimination bracket play, wound up tied for fourth in the tournament...
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TERESA GRASS
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo.-- Teresa A. Grass, 82, of Ste. Genevieve died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 13, 1918, at Ste. Genevieve. She and Earl H. Grass were married Feb. 23, 1941. He preceded her in death in 1979...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/10/01)
Son to Michael Paul Stanberry and Amanda Nichole Eftink of Oran, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:29 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001. Name, Landon Michael. Weight, 7 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Ms. Eftink is the daughter of Keith and Tammie Eftink of Oran. She is a student. Stanberry is the son of Charles and Susan Hoffman of Sikeston, Mo. He is employed at CPS Trailers...
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MELVIN THURMAN
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Graveside service for Melvin C. "Barney" Thurman of Charleston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Anniston Cemetery. Martin Lucas will officiate. Friends may call after 11 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, Mo. Thurman, 82, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, at Charleston Manor Nursing Center...
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OPAL DINKENS
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Opal Marie Dinkens, 75, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance, Mo. Born Oct. 25, 1925, in Gumbo, Mo., she was a daughter of Fred and Carrie Burt Poucher. Dinkens was a retired nurse's aide and had once worked at Bond Nursing Home...
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GLADYS LAW
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Gladys Law, 82, of Charleston died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Feb. 15, 1919, in Mississippi County, daughter of Frank O. and Willie Blandford Presson Smith. She and Mayo A. Law were married March 7, 1940. He died July 20, 1987...
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LEONELLE LEDGERWOOD
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Leonelle Ledgerwood, 76, of Anna died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at the City Care Center of Cobden, Ill. Born Oct. 1, 1924, in Anna, she was a daughter of Ralph and Annie Lingle Ledgerwood. Ledgerwood was a member of the Anna Church of Christ...
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WALTER KASTEN
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Walter E. Kasten, 90, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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JENNIFER HAYDEN
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jennifer Loree Hayden, 15, of Sikeston died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at her home, following an extended illness. She was born Aug. 16, 1985, in Perryville, Mo., daughter of Jeffery P. and Lisa Marie Hayden. She had attended New Dawn State School...
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BETTY BAKER
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Betty D. Baker, 59, of Waterloo, Ill., died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, at her home. She was born Feb. 22, 1942, in Anna, daughter of Doyle and Jean Frick Graham. She and Jack Baker were married Sept. 16, 1961, in Jonesboro, Ill. He died March 19, 2000...
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LA FAYE WICKER
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
BERTRAND, Mo. -- Funeral for La Faye Wicker of Bertrand will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Mo. The Rev. Dean Wallace will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m...
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LOLA PATE
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
SWINTON, Mo. -- Lola M. Pate, 95, of Greenville, Ill., died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at Fair Oaks Nursing Center in Greenville. She was born June 5, 1906, at Swinton, daughter of Thomas and Elsie Eaker Fowler. She and Clarence S. Pate were married in 1920 at Bloomfield. He died March 5, 1981...
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GAYNELLE BERNDT
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
THEBES, Ill. -- Gaynelle Berndt, 88, of Thebes died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at her home. She was born Oct. 20, 1912, at Thebes, daughter of John and Della Simpkins Rimer. She married Herbert Frank Berndt, who died June 22, 2000. Berndt retired as a bookkeeper at Allic Oil Terminal in Gale, Ill. ...
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MILDRED AMELUNKE
(Obituary ~ 08/10/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mildred Lucile Amelunke, 74, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 16, 1926, at Daisy, Mo., daughter of Peter and Lulu Bear Friese. She and Paul Amelunke were married Nov. 15, 1941. He died Oct. 13, 1986...
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LETTERS: GREAT MEMORIES, BUT ENJOY YOUTH TO ITS VERY FULLEST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/10/01)
To the editor: Never regret living to a ripe age. You have many blessings. Be thankful for them. Very vivid recollections of World War I often bear upon me. The enjoyable rides on an open street car in the summertime are nostalgic thoughts. How interesting it is to recall the thrill of listening to the first radio, which could be done only by means of an earphone...
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LETTERS: DISTRICT, VOTERS SHARE THE BLAME ON JACKSON LEVY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/10/01)
To the editor: Here is my view on the failure of the Jackson school levy. It appears that both the school district and the voters are being shortsighted. As for the school district, to attempt a new tax increase so soon after the latest hard-fought one, was unwise. You cannot ask for a tax increase every year. On top of that, after saying how bad the junior high school needed new space, the district has yet to break ground on the new addition...
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CHURCH PROJECT RAISES LOTS OF STREET CONCERNS
(Editorial ~ 08/10/01)
The decision-making process for building a large church complex between an interstate highway and a sizable residential area is complicated and far-reaching, as we have learned in recent weeks from First Assembly of God's plans for a major development along I-55 near both New Hopper Road and Old Hopper Road...
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HOMESCHOOLERS SEEKING BETTER EDUCATIONS
(Editorial ~ 08/10/01)
Approximately 2 percent of the nation's 50 million schoolchildren are being homeschooled by parents, a new Department of Education report says. This represents a growing trend, up substantially from just five years ago. Most of the children who are taught at home have well-educated parents, and most live in urban areas...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/10/01)
CAPE SCHOOL board president Bob Fox said he was "shocked" because board member David Goncher resigned in protest over the firing of one time Central High School principal Randie Fidler. Frankly, I am flabbergasted that Fox and the other board renegades who unjustly fired Fidler haven't had the decency to submit their resignations...
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LETTERS: STEM-CELL RUSH: SCIENTISTS SEEK FAME AND FORTUNE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/10/01)
To the editor: Here is what Wesley Smith, author of "Culture of Death: Assault on Medical Ethics in America," has to say about stem-cell research. "Bait and switch has been one of the primary tactics of the Brave New Worlders who see some forms of human life as a merely exploitable and profitable natural resource, ripe for the harvest. ...
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