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Pilot scares town trying to impress grandmother
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
GENESEO, Ill. -- As a military plane swooped over an Illinois town, frightened residents called police, but a relative said later that the pilot just wanted to impress his grandmother. Witnesses said Maj. Whitney Sieben made at least four low passes and performed loops and barrel rolls Thursday over Geneseo, a town of 6,400 in western Illinois...
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A day after his rusty return, Woods back among leaders
(Professional Sports ~ 02/15/03)
SAN DIEGO -- Gone from golf for two months, it didn't take Tiger Woods long to get back in contention on the PGA Tour. Woods chipped in from 34 yards for eagle on his final hole Friday in the Buick Invitational, giving him a 6-under 66 and sending a strong message about the state of his knee, not to mention his game...
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Cardinals expect Isringhausen to start season on disabled list
(Professional Sports ~ 02/15/03)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Cardinals reliever Jason Isringhausen likely will open the season on the disabled list as he recuperates from offseason shoulder surgery last October, pitching coach Dave Duncan said Friday. "I'm assuming he won't be able to start the season. If he's able to be there, you look at it as a bonus. But right now, you're looking for someone to pitch the ninth inning," Duncan told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for a story on the newspaper's Web site, stltoday.com...
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Painter among hopefuls as pitchers report for training
(Professional Sports ~ 02/15/03)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Lance Painter can look at the numbers and realize that a challenge awaits. The 36-year-old left-hander also feels he's ready for it. "I know how Tony La Russa likes to use his bullpen and they know what to expect from me," Painter said Friday as the Cardinals' pitchers and catchers reported for spring training...
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Pronger shows progress, but no return set
(Professional Sports ~ 02/15/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Chris Pronger still doesn't know when he'll play again, but the Blues' captain said he's encouraged and seeing progress in his recovery from a severe wrist injury. Pronger, who was the most valuable player and Norris Trophy winner as the league's top defenseman in 2000, met with the media Friday to discuss his status. He wouldn't speculate on whether he'd be back in time for the playoffs...
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Saturday's FanFare
(Other Sports ~ 02/15/03)
Briefly Baseball An arrest warrant was issued for former baseball star Jose Canseco for violating his probation stemming from a nightclub brawl. Circuit Judge Leonard E. Glick issued the warrant after being told Canseco has failed to begin community service, take anger control classes and not leave Florida for longer than 30 days. Those were among the conditions of his probation, as well as the payment of court costs and sending monthly reports...
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World digest 02/15/03
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
Iranian court lifts death sentence on professor TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations, one of the judges who heard his appeal said Friday...
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Nation digest 02/15/03
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
Woman fined $500 in beating caught on tape SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A woman caught on a department store security video hitting her 4-year-old daughter in the parking lot pleaded guilty Friday and was given a year of probation and fined $500. Madelyne Toogood, 26, could have gotten up to three years in prison for battery...
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Two bodies in wreckage were shot, officials say
(International News ~ 02/15/03)
FLORENCIA, Colombia -- The bodies of an American and a Colombian found amid the wreckage of U.S. government plane in Colombia had suffered gunshot wounds, Colombian officials said Friday. President Alvaro Uribe said the two had been "murdered." The single-engine Cessna plane -- carrying four Americans and a Colombian -- went down Thursday in rebel territory in southern Colombia. ...
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Bomb in Colombia goes off during investigation of assassination
(International News ~ 02/15/03)
NEIVA, Colombia -- A massive explosion ripped through a house Friday as it was being searched by police investigating a plot to kill President Alvaro Uribe, killing 16 people and scattering debris for blocks in this southern Colombian city. The predawn explosion destroyed three other houses in the working-class neighborhood adjoining the airport. Authorities said among those killed were nine police officers, an investigator with the attorney general's office and three children...
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Mexican party proposes death penalty
(International News ~ 02/15/03)
TOLUCA, Mexico -- Just weeks after Mexico asked the World Court to stay the executions of Mexicans on death row in the United States, politicians here are suggesting the death penalty may be the best way to stop skyrocketing crime rates at home. The proposal has provoked an outcry among human rights groups, rival political parties and business groups -- and struck a raw nerve in a country where opposition to the death penalty has more than once strained relations with its neighbor to the north...
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Valentine rejection puts couple together in jail
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- A woman rammed her car into one carrying her male friend after he refused to open a Valentine card she'd brought him, police said Friday. The couple ended up together on Valentine's Day after all, in the Martin County jail. "Every year, we end up having one," Martin County sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. ...
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Boeing plant in St. Charles takes on growing importance
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Behind chain-link fence and barbed wire, in an industrial complex of sprawling cream-colored buildings, the Boeing Co. manufactures a kit that converts traditional weapons into smart bombs. Every warhead receives some type of tailkit. In a conventional bomb, it adds stability during flight...
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Seven killed in head-on crash
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
KNOB NOSTER, Mo. -- Seven people were killed Friday in a fiery head-on collision in western Missouri, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The collision happened about 5:20 p.m. six miles north of U.S. 60 in Johnson County when a van and car collided, the patrol said. The crash caused the car to catch fire...
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Cowboys find motivation is variety of ways
(Community Sports ~ 02/15/03)
Before a game, athletes have been known to crank up their favorite tunes, sneak off by themselves, maybe say a prayer. For rodeo competitors in the 15th Annual Show Me Center Championship Rodeo on Friday, cowboys found their own ways to get ready to ride...
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Illegal carburetor costs Wallace $28K, 30 spots inDaytona line
(Professional Sports ~ 02/15/03)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Rusty Wallace was booted 30 spots down the starting grid for the Daytona 500, and his crew chief was fined $10,000 for using an illegal carburetor in his qualifying race. The carburetor in Wallace's car did not meet the minimum size requirements when it was inspected after his fourth-place finish in Thursday's qualifying race...
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Minorities are scarce at America's great race
(Sports Column ~ 02/15/03)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was a sunny Havoline day with Miller Lite clouds streaking the blue Kodak sky. A 185 mph box of Tide zoomed alongside speeding M&Ms and Cheerios. There was Viagra on wheels, Rubbermaid roaring on the straightaway, Kellogg's/got milk? with an attitude. Home Depot battled Lowe's, the National Guard took on the U.S. Army, Caterpillar chased Georgia Pacific...
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Words in deeds
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
Black history month: Foundations of faith Next week: What's ahead for African-American churches? ~ Pastors aim to make black theology more practical than academic By Laura Johnston ~ Southeast Missourian...
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Jury trial set for former bookkeeper
(Local News ~ 02/15/03)
A jury trial has been set for March 5 for a former bookkeeper at the Cape Girardeau County Juvenile Office charged with embezzling more than $97,000 from local schools. The trial for Robin Whitson, 38, will be held in Columbia, Mo., on a change of venue to Boone County...
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Black Baptist church ordains four women
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Beatrice Cunningham was 9 when she got a divine call to enter the ministry. But it wasn't until she reached 75 that she was ordained as a pastor. It happened in a historic ordination service in December at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Wichita...
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State chamber official touts new health insurance plan
(Local News ~ 02/15/03)
The head of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce spoke to Jackson business leaders Friday morning about a new chamber-driven health insurance plan that some say could be the new wave of insurance that will drive down growing costs. Dan Mehan, state chamber president, outlined a new formula for insurance, called Missouri Chamber Care...
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New fed budget directs millions toward Missouri
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
Southeast Missouri is slated to receive a considerable boon from a $397.4 billion federal spending bill on its way to President Bush, thanks in large part to two of the state's elected officials in Congress. The government dollars are among hundreds of millions destined for Missouri now that Congress has approved the measure. It pays for the operations of nearly every federal agency for the current fiscal year, which began Oct. 1...
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Names narrowed in selection of new police chief for Jackson
(Local News ~ 02/15/03)
A hiring committee seeking a new Jackson police chief met Friday and continued the process of whittling down their candidate list. Jackson city administrator Jim Roach said the six-member committee didn't want to give many details about Friday's meeting...
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Woman receives 20 years for running over husband
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
HOUSTON -- A jury sentenced Clara Harris to 20 years in prison Friday -- her 11th wedding anniversary -- for mowing down her cheating husband with her Mercedes-Benz after catching him with his lover. The 45-year-old dentist, who could have received a life sentence, drew a lesser penalty after jurors decided she was driven by "sudden passion" to run over David Harris repeatedly in a suburban Houston hotel parking lot July 24. She will be eligible for parole after serving 10 years...
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First cloned sheep put to death at lab
(International News ~ 02/15/03)
LONDON -- Dolly the cloned sheep was put to death Friday, after premature aging and disease marred her short existence and raised questions about the practicality of copying life. The decision to end Dolly's life at age 6 -- about half the life expectancy of her breed -- was made because a veterinarian confirmed she had a progressive lung disease, according to the Roslin Institute, the Scottish lab where she was created and lived...
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Sikeston endures late Central run, wins league game
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- All-state forward Lontas McClinton scored 26 points to lead Sikeston to a 75-70 SEMO Conference basketball victory over Central's boys basketball team Friday night. Central which led by four points, 36-32, at halftime fell to 16-7 overall and 3-4 in the conference...
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ND, Central swimmers advance to second day
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/03)
Central had its best showing since 1999 at the Missouri Swimming and Diving Championships as the Tigers qualified their 200-yard freestyle relay team Friday for today's finals. Central's team of Alex Heddle, Clay Schermann, Sam Maguire and Andrew Moreton swam the event in 1:33.11 to qualify eighth on the opening-day of the two-day meet at the St. Peter's Rec Plex in St. Peter's, Mo...
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Fresh off surprise loss, Otahks look to rebound
(College Sports ~ 02/15/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's women should have plenty of motivation for today's game at Murray State, the Ohio Valley Conference's last-place team. Wednesday's surprising non-league loss at Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne figures to give the Otahkians all the incentive they need...
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Daume finds success as Hutchinson coach
(College Sports ~ 02/15/03)
There are few college athletes who have come out of Oak Ridge in recent years, let alone collegiate head coaches. But Nathan Daume has broken the mold. Daume, a 1989 Oak Ridge graduate, is in his first season as the head women's basketball coach at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College after spending the four years as head coach of another Kansas junior-college women's program, Fort Scott...
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Indians take a tough road to break skid
(College Sports ~ 02/15/03)
If Southeast Missouri State University can duplicate its earlier performance against Murray State, maybe the Indians have a shot at upsetting the Racers again. But Southeast coach Gary Garner knows that will be difficult, especially because he expects a mad bunch of Racers to greet the Indians tonight in Murray, Ky. The 7 p.m. game will be televised by WPSD-TV...
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INS extends registration deadlines
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
WASHINGTON -- Deadlines for thousands of male visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries to register with U.S. immigration authorities were extended one month Friday by the Justice Department. About 15,000 males age 16 or older from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will have until March 21 to be fingerprinted, photographed and show certain documents at local Immigration and Naturalization Service offices...
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Security chief says preparation, not panic, required
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge sought to calm jittery Americans on Friday, saying they should be vigilant but there was no need "to start sealing the doors or windows" against terrorist threats. After many people spent a week stocking up on duct tape and watched anti-aircraft missile launchers set up around their national capital, Ridge said preparation, not panic, is in order...
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Births 2/15/03
(Births ~ 02/15/03)
Hill Son to Serina Ann Hill of Advance, Mo., St. Francis Medical Center, 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. Name, Dakota Lee. Weight, 8 pounds 15 ounces. Ms. Hill is the daughter of Timothy Hill and Betty Hill of Advance. She is employed at Orscheln Farm and Home...
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Speak Out 2/15/03
(Speak Out ~ 02/15/03)
Take the reins IT TOOK 172 years -- 1821 to 1993 -- for Missouri's annual spending to reach $9 billion. It has only taken 10 years under Democrats Mel Carnahan and Bob Holden for annual spending to more than double to $19 billion, and we have nothing to show for it except a bunch of social programs designed primarily to buy Democratic votes. Thank goodness the Republicans have finally gotten control of the legislature. Perhaps they can rein in this spending...
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Religion calendar 2/15/03
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
Today Author Nancy Guthrie will speak during a daylong women's conference at Cape Bible Chapel. The event is from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday New Beginning Southern Gospel quartet will perform at 4 p.m. at Sedgewickville Baptist Church...
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Religion briefs
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
Gospel Explosion Week coming to Southeast The Black Collegiate Christian Ministries at Southeast Missouri State University will sponsor Gospel Explosion Week Feb. 18 through 22 with special music, drama and services. A drama and women's service is being sponsored at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Baptist Student Center...
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Cape police report 2/15/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/03)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Feb. 15 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Shannon C. Sullivan, 19, of 1004 E. Towers, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and a traffic violation...
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Fire report 2/15/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/03)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Feb. 15 Firefighters responded Thursday to the following items: At 5:17 p.m., emergency medical service at 1400 S. West End Blvd. At 7:50 p.m., emergency medical service at 105 N. Clark. At 9:28 p.m., alarm sounding at 321 Dearmont...
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Sheriff report 2/15/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/03)
Cape Girardeau County Thursday, Aug. 8 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Shelby W. Farrow, 25, of Perryville, Mo., was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated...
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New privacy rules prompt overhaul of patient information
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
WASHINGTON -- Family, friends and clergy will soon find it more difficult to get information about hospital patients under health privacy rules that give patients new power to keep their conditions secret. Years in the making, the rules represent the first comprehensive federal protections for health privacy. They will prohibit disclosure, without patient permission, of information for reasons unrelated to health care, and there will be new civil and criminal penalties for violators...
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People news
(National News ~ 02/15/03)
Banjo player honored with Walk of Fame star LOS ANGELES -- It seems fitting that "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" banjo player Earl Scruggs got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on a rainy, foggy morning. Scruggs, the banjo master whose three-fingered approach to playing is credited by many with giving bluegrass music its distinctive sound, was honored Thursday with a ceremony in front of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. His is the 2,215th star on the Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk...
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New superintendent named for Oak Ridge schools
(Local News ~ 02/15/03)
Dr. Gerald W. Landewee has been named superintendent of the 400-student Oak Ridge School District. The 35-year-old Landewee currently is the district's assistant superintendent and elementary school principal. He replaces Cheri Fuemmeler, who will retire at the end of June after seven years as the district's superintendent. She will become the director of the Southeast Regional Professional Development Center on July 1...
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River Campus board OKs plan for Fountain Street
(Local News ~ 02/15/03)
Plans to construct a new Fountain Street at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus gained approval Friday from the River Campus board of managers, two days after winning the OK from the city's planning and zoning commission. The street would be built on the west side of the grounds of the former St. Vincent's Seminary where the university plans to construct its $36 million visual and performing arts school...
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State to cut Medicaid payments to doctors
(State News ~ 02/15/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state has told health-care providers that it will trim Medicaid reimbursements next month to save money -- a move some doctors say may force them to stop seeing Medicaid patients or to go out of business. At issue is health care for Missourians who are covered by both the state-funded Medicaid program for the poor and the federally funded Medicare program for the elderly or disabled...
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U.S. rebuffed on Iraq weapons
(International News ~ 02/15/03)
UNITED NATIONS -- In a dramatic showdown, major powers rebuffed the United States in the Security Council on Friday and insisted on more time for weapons inspections after top U.N. inspectors failed to give Washington the ammunition it needs to galvanize support for military action...
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Out of the past 2/15/03
(Out of the Past ~ 02/15/03)
10 years ago: Feb. 15, 1993 Construction continues on building that will house Sanders Enterprises Inc., plastics recycling center on Nash Road; Harry Sanders, president of new firm, hopes plant will be operating by March 1; Sanders says he initially will employ 30 people...
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Larry Forhan
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
Larry J. Forhan, 57, of Scott City died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at his home. He was mayor of Scott City from 1992 to 1996, and had also served as mayor of Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Erna Bass
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Erna B. Bass, 94, of Perryville died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born May 5, 1908, in Perryville, daughter of Henry J. and Albertine L. Vogt Ochs. She and George A. "Bert" Bass were married April 22, 1933. He died June 11, 1992...
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Using the Internet for panhandling
(Editorial ~ 02/15/03)
Most people have been short on cash at one time or another and at least been tempted to ask a relative or friend for money. But the Internet is spawning a generation of cyberbeggers. They're asking millions of strangers who surf the Internet to get them out of their jams...
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Ceremony honors new Eagle Scouts
(Editorial ~ 02/15/03)
Several Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois boys had good reason to be excited last week when they were recognized at Southeast Missouri State University for a lot of hard work. These boys achieved their Eagle Scout rank in the Boy Scouts of America...
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NMCC pulls away from Jackson, wins by four
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/03)
Jackson's boys basketball team stuck with New Madrid County Central for four quarters, but in the end the Indians couldn't stick with NMCC's athletic team and fell 54-50 on the road. Jackson (10-15) jumped out to a 26-22 halftime lead, but the Eagles kept working and grabbed a two-point lead after the third quarter...
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Women need timing, hard work to be hired as men's coaches
(College Sports ~ 02/15/03)
The Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- In coaching, timing is everything. Teresa Phillips made history Thursday night as the first woman to coach one game of men's Division I college basketball because she is the athletics director at Tennessee State and substituted for her suspended coach...
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Hancock limits have served Missouri well
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/03)
To the editor: In his Feb. 10 column, Jack Stapleton blames Missouri's current financial condition on the Hancock Amendment. His reasoning is "millions of dollars were refunded to wealthy taxpayers," and this "served to prevent the state from wisely investing its money in rainy-day accounts."...
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Special blankets available at no cost to recipients
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/03)
To the editor: In response to the article "Tilsit 4-H creates weighted blankets for autistic children": Thank you for the wonderful article on weighted blankets and vests. The only correction I may add is that the blankets are going to be distributed at no cost to the recipient through the Sikeston Regional Center of the Missouri Department of Mental Health. ...
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Sometimes war is only option that remains
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/03)
To the editor: In his letter, Warren E. Whitworth says he was in Vietnam and saw death. Then Whitworth knows that when you're attacked you must defend yourself. We were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Those who protested the war in Vietnam are responsible for brothers, husbands and fathers not coming home alive. ...
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Other nations getting better data about Iraq
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/03)
To the editor: I really must ask myself why the majority of the people in almost every European nation, including the eastern countries that have signed on with the United States, are against the war? Even in Great Britain, the people are against the war by a large majority. Prime Minister Tony Blair is about to commit political suicide by sticking with President Bush. Turkey, Iraq's near neighbor, should be frightened of Iraq if it is really capable of mass destruction...
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James Emerson
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James Eugene "Jimmie" Emerson, 63, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at his home, following a brief battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). He was born Dec. 16, 1939, at Morley, Mo., son of Jim Mac and Ava Evans Emerson. On Dec. 31, 1960, he married Norma "Gene" Whittley, daughter of the late Jesse and Violet Kirby Whittley of Sikeston...
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Elameda Napier
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Elameda Napier, 65, of Sikeston died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at her home. She was born March 24, 1937, at Netherlands, Mo., daughter of James G. and Sarah G. Hobbs Wade. She and Carl W. Napier were married Feb. 26, 1955, at Lilbourn, Mo...
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Howard McRaven
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Howard H. McRaven, 62, of Jonesboro died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Oct. 20, 1940, in Jonesboro, son of Claude and Sophronia Harwood McRaven. He and Peggy Bird were married Aug. 28, 1958, in Cobden, Ill...
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Nellie Caldwell
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Nellie Mae Caldwell, 83, of Sikeston died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 23, 1919, at Crowder, Mo., daughter of Henry Jackson and Annie Mae Tippy Kindred. She and Jasper Caldwell were married Aug. 15, 1957, in Hernando, Miss. He died Oct. 6, 1976...
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Emma Hayes
(Obituary ~ 02/15/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Emma Hayes, 73, of Columbia, Mo., died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at her home. She was born June 28, 1929, in Sikeston, daughter of Elisha and Fern Bennett Moore. Hayes retired as a caregiver for Kelly Assisted Living in Columbia. Survivors include two daughters, Linda Robert and Brenda Blevins of Columbia; a brother, Marshall Moore of Sikeston; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...
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Cape nurses say smallpox vaccinations successful
(Local News ~ 02/15/03)
Photo courtesy of St. Francis Medical Center Steven C. Bjelich is president and CEO of St. Francis Medical Center. Last year, St. Francis unviled a $48 million multipurpose master facilities plan that supports the hospital's long-range strategic plans.By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian...
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