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Dr. Grow: Remedy for success in planting
(Column ~ 03/10/99)
The shrub on the left is ready for planting. The one on the right has to be cleaned first, if it's going to flourish. Lately, I've been asked the same question everywhere I go. "Is it time to plant yet?" I think cabin fever has taken its toll on most people. Sure it's time to plant trees and shrubs. I do think I would hold off on tomatoes...
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LETTERS: DEAD WEIGHT ON BRIDGE IS DANGEROUS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/10/99)
To the editor: I am writing about something that has bothered me for quite some time but really bothers me now even more. As you know, they are working on the Mississippi River bridge, and rightly so. I am proud they are checking the bridge so often and working to keep it open...
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CAPE NATIVE GETS KEY POST WITH BUSH
(Editorial ~ 03/10/99)
A Cape Girardeau native will get a close-up eye view of life on the presidential campaign trail. Jack Oliver, a key GOP fund raiser among grass-roots conservatives, has signed on with Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who recently announced he is considering a run for the White House, the same position held by his father...
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BOOT CAMP HELPS TEENS FIND AIM IN LIFE
(Editorial ~ 03/10/99)
What can society do with high school dropouts who have no interest in going to school? Many of these young men and women are on a fast track to low-paying jobs or, even worse, a life of crime. Enter Camp Clark near Nevada, Mo., on the western edge of the state...
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RUST COMMENTARY: TRIP TO DESERT LEAVES TIME TO REFLECT
(Column ~ 03/10/99)
I was in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., last Saturday thru Wednesday. Traveling gives you perspective on life. I didn't think I had time for this trip, but the desert flight and drive changed my mind. Eighty-four-degree weather versus the 30-degree weather I left and clear visibility with beautiful mountain backgrounds told me I needed to slow down and enjoy the cactus...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/10/99)
THE ITALIANS seem to feel justified in demanding money for the awful gondola accident, but to blame Captain Ashby and his crew for that would be like blaming modern-day Italians for their country's atrocious acts in World War II. Tragedy happens, and knowing that 20 innocent people were killed is punishment for the crew. The United States just cannot pay for all the trouble in the world. We just can't...
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UNITED WAY ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS
(Local News ~ 03/10/99)
The Area Wide United Way appreciates all volunteers, and to recognize them, the United Way is now accepting nominations for its April 21 Volunteer Recognition Awards program. The program is being underwritten by Ameritech in Cape Girardeau. "We have to appreciate the value of the volunteer," said Nancy Jernigan, executive director of the Area Wide United Way. "We want to do this in front of the whole community."...
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LETTERS: FORMER HIGHWAY PATROLMAN BACKS B
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/10/99)
To the editor: We will go to the polls April 6 to vote on Proposition B, the right to carry concealed weapons. I am concerned that many citizens who have never owned a gun or have never had a reason to use one may be swayed against the proposition by opponents who are using scare tactics for whatever reason. ...
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SCOTT CITY'S GLOCK SETTLES IN
(Local News ~ 03/10/99)
SCOTT CITY -- In a small but organized office just past the copy machine, the city administrator quietly awaits the next question. After seven months on the job, Erika Glock is ready to answer questions and make a few observations about the town she now calls home...
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STATION NETS $62,000 FOR ST. JUDE'S HOSPITAL
(Local News ~ 03/10/99)
Radio listeners across the region helped raise $62,000 for St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., during a 12-hour radio-thon Tuesday. Listeners to KEZS/K103 participated in the "Country Cares for St. Jude's Kids" fund-raising event for the children's hospital. Callers offered donations ranging from $5 to $500...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARBIE; DOLL'S POPULARITY STILL HIGH AS EVER
(Local News ~ 03/10/99)
After four decades, Barbie still looks as good as ever, but then it's tough to top a doll with an almost limitless wardrobe. Since the doll debuted in 1959, more than 1 billion Barbies have been sold in 140 countries. Placed head to toe, that's enough to circle the globe seven times...
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CAPE AIR FESTIVAL WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO U.S. VETERANS
(Local News ~ 03/10/99)
Americans wouldn't be celebrating their freedoms without the sacrifices of hundreds of soldiers, many of whom guarded the skies over the nation. Connecting those heroes with airplanes became a simple task that turned into a theme for the 1999 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. "Heroes and Legends: An Aerial Tribute to U.S. Veterans" will be the focus of the three-day show...
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SCHOOL HOPEFULS CITE NEEDS; THREE BOARD MEMBERS TO BE CHOSEN APRIL 6
(Local News ~ 03/10/99)
Cape Girardeau school board hopefuls expressed a desire for open lines of communication between the board and public and increased parental involvement in the school system during a voters forum held at Southeast Missouri State University Tuesday night...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: IT'S GONNA RAIN, PAW -- I FEEL IT IN MY KNEES
(Column ~ 03/10/99)
The arthritis diagnosis was a little depressing, but the Brooke Shields X-ray pose made me feel downright sexy! The one time my HMO-assigned doctor spends more than 30 seconds with me, it's to deliver some really lousy news. My knees snap, crackle and pop because the fluid separating the joints is gone. It's called arthritis...
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SCORES TO BE SETTLED IN 2A SECTIONALS; ND GIRLS ENCOUNTER E. CARTER AGAIN
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
Notre Dame and East Carter are like bickering third cousins who see each other once a year. Call it the annual sectional reunion. For the third straight year, the Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Redbirds will scrap for the opportunity to advance to the Class 2A Quarterfinals...
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BRAVETTES, EAGLES TO PLAY IN 1A SECTIONALS
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
The Oran boys and Scott County Central girls will both look to continue their playoff march tonight when Class 1A sectional basketball games are held at Poplar Bluff High School. Oran will play Thayer at 6:30 p.m. while Scott Central will face Couch at 8:15...
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KELLY, PORTAGEVILLE TO HOLD MUCH-ANTICIPATED REMATCH
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
Tonight Kelly will find out exactly how far it has come over the past month. After losing by 19 points to Portageville 26 days ago the surging Hawks will put their momentum to the test when they take on the Bulldogs at 6:30 at Cape Central's Tiger Fieldhouse in a Class 2A sectional game...
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GARNER SHOWS NO INTEREST IN SLU OPENING
(College Sports ~ 03/10/99)
Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner said nobody has contacted him about the vacant coaching position at St. Louis University -- and that he is extremely happy at Southeast, where he just completed his second season...
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NELSON TO KICK START SE SOCCER
(College Sports ~ 03/10/99)
A native of Canada with a solid coaching background has been named to start up the new women's soccer program at Southeast Missouri State University. Heather Nelson, head coach at Florida State the past four seasons, was announced Tuesday as Southeast's first women's soccer coach...
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CHS SWIMMERS WIN OPENER
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
ST. LOUIS -- Cape Central's girls swim team opened its 1999 season Tuesday with a narrow 96-89 victory over Parkway Central. Central didn't ensure victory until the final event as the quartet of Jennifer Freeze, Jean Maguire, Laura Canupp and Grace Freeman placed first in the 400 freestyle relay (4:08.52)...
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SE ATTEMPTS TO AVENGE LOSS TO ARKANSAS
(College Sports ~ 03/10/99)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team will try to avenge a recent loss and also extend its current winning streak in a battle of Indians today. Southeast and Arkansas State -- both known as the Indians -- will square off in a 3 p.m. single game at Capaha Field...
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AREA BRIEFS: DELTA ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
The fifth annual Delta Alumni Basketball Tournament will be held April 10-11 at the Delta High School gym. For entry forms, contact Diane Horn at (573) 794-2905 or Tory Smith at (573) 794-0256.
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AREA BRIEFS: 1999 SPRING GOLF CLINIC
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
The 1999 Spring Golf Clinic has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. The clinic, for beginners, will be held on three consecutive Tuesdays, beginning March 23. Clinic fee is $60. For more information, contact Arena Park Golf at 332-0862.
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AREA BRIEFS: SCOTT CITY YOUTH LEAGUE REGISTRATION
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
The Scott City Park and Recreation Department will conduct its Youth League registration on March 15 and March 20 at Scott City High School. Registration will be held from 4-8 p.m. on March 15 and 8-11 a.m. on March 20. The league is open to youths ages 6 to 18. Applications for coaches will also be available...
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MCCORMICK PLACES FIRST IN BOWLING TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/99)
JACKSON -- Penny McCormick rolled a 776-handicap total to post a 22-pin victory in the Cape Girardeau Women's Bowling Association 58th annual Handicap Tournament held this past weekend at Jackson Lanes. With a 630 scratch score and 146 handicap, McCormick outdistanced Janis Burford and Debbie Wehmeyer, who both had higher scratch totals but finished tied at 754...
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JEWELL FLOWERS
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
SCOTT CITY -- Jewell Flowers, 89, of Scott City died Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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JOHN SHARP
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
John Roland Sharp, 49, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at his home after an extended illness. He was born Dec. 5, 1949, in Joplin. He was the son of Ronald and Nadine Morrison Sharp. He married Mary Sue Hogan Aug. 21, 1979, in Cincinnati, Ohio...
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HARLEY A. ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
Harley A. Anderson, 87, of Caruthersville died Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems in Hayti. He was born March 1, 1912, in Hayti, son of Daniel and Mattie Smitherton Anderson. He married Ardella Jenkins on Sept. 4, 1934, at Caruthersville...
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VIVIEN LOVELL
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
DEXTER -- Vivien L. Lovell, 99, of Dexter died Monday, March 8, 1999, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 9, 1900, in Guthrie County, Iowa, daughter of Wilse L. and Lucy Bower Lambert. She and John Jackson Lovell were married Feb. 24, 1919, in Omaha, Neb. He died Jan. 15, 1982...
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CHERITA SIMMONS
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
CHARLESTON -- Cherita Lynn Simmons, 29, of Charleston died Friday, March 5, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 22, 1970, at Hayti, daughter of Leroy and Annie Mae Simmons Reed. Simmons was a 1988 graduate of New Madrid Central High School. She was a member of Mercy Seat Baptist Church...
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MARGARET STOUT
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Funeral service for Margaret June Stout of Metropolis will be held at 1 p.m. today at Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City. The Rev. Terry Cathey will officiate. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until service time...
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TRISTAN AND CONNOR SCHAEFER
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
Private graveside service for Tristan John and Connor Travis Schaefer was held Tuesday at St. Mary's Cemetery. The twins were born Monday, March 1, 1999, in Aurora, Ill., sons of Geoffrey and Valerie C. Holland Schaefer of Mooseheart, Ill., and formerly of Cape Girardeau...
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ROBERT SWEITZER
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Robert W. Sweitzer, 88, of Anna died Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at City Care Center. He was born March 2, 1911, at Cobden, son of John and Sophia Vitt Sweitzer. He and Bemis Fuller were married April 21, 1934, in Belleville. Sweitzer was a retired carpenter and farmer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cobden...
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D.K. MCCARTY
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
BERNIE -- D.K. McCarty, 83, of Bernie died Monday, March 8, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born Feb. 6, 1916, at Lavalle, son of Charles H. and Myrtle Bell Trammell McCarty. He and Ruth Hazel Hobgood were married Jan. 9, 1943. McCarty was a shipping clerk at IXL Handle Factory in Bernie, retiring in 1981. ...
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NATHANIEL ARMSTRONG SR.
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
CHARLESTON -- Nathaniel Armstrong Sr., 72, of Charleston died Friday, March 5, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born March 11, 1926, at Wyatt, son of James and Lurende Armstrong. He and Dorothy Marie Tucker were married Aug. 7, 1949...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/10/99)
Daughter to Douglas and Angela Poindexter of St. Charles, St. Joseph Hospital there, 5:20 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999. Name, Emma Joan. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Poindexter is the former Angela James, daughter of Robert and Marie James of Cape Girardeau. Poindexter is the son of Wayne Poindexter of St. Charles, and the late Joan Poindexter. Mr. and Mrs. Poindexter are physical education teachers at Jefferson Middle School in St. Charles...
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PEARL ODEGARD
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Pearl Margaret Odegard, 80, of McClure died Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 16, 1918, at Geneva, daughter of Benjamin and Cora Bagbesby Hunsaker. She and Alvin T. Odegard were married Sept. 21, 1943, in Los Angeles, Calif. He died Dec. 13, 1982...
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JACKIE SKILES
(Obituary ~ 03/10/99)
DEXTER -- Jackie Clinton Skiles, 27, of Dexter died Tuesday, March 8, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 4, 1971, in St. Louis, son of George Michael and Linda Sue Trotter Skiles. He and Dorris Francine Roos were married Jan. 3, 1997, at Bloomfield...
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ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI: A TOUCH OF IRELAND -- IRISH STEW AND RAISIN PIE
(Column ~ 03/10/99)
Two staples of Irish life -- beef and Guinness, the stout, dark ale -- come together in this richly flavored stew. If you don't have Guinness, any dark beer or ale can be used. This "one-pot" dish can be made ahead of time, and an overnight stay in the fridge doesn't hurt the flavor one bit ... it may even improve it! Pappy Mays could remember his mother cooking this stew in a hanging pot in their fireplace...
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RECIPE SWAP: BREAD PUDDING AND SOURCES MAKE A SWEET LOVERS' DREAM
(Column ~ 03/10/99)
If your sweet tooth has not been tugging at you, it will after reading this week's Recipe Swap. Bread pudding with a variety of sauces and desserts using cake mix as the main ingredient are the featured recipes we have to share with you. Last week we had a request for a Amaretto Sauce recipe for bread pudding. Alma Evettes of Cape Girardeau sent in her favorite recipes that can easily be prepared in the microwave...
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