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LETTERS: THIS SOUNDS LIKE MORE TAX-AND-SPEND
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/14/99)
To the editor: I am a new resident of Cape Girardeau County, and I hope all of our county officials are not like County Auditor Weldon Macke and Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones. It is unfortunate that these two men have jumped on the tax-and-spend liberal Democrat bandwagon of taxing the Internet...
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CLICK AND DOUBLE CLICK: GET SOME CHRISTMAS SPIRIT FROM HOLIDAY WEB SITES
(Column ~ 12/14/99)
Are you in the Christmas mood yet? Perhaps it's the weather or the rushing around, but I've had a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. But a trip to St. Louis Sunday night for the Amy Grant/Michael W. Smith Christmas concert at Kiel Auditorium changed all that. I'm humming Christmas songs and checking my list. It's hard to believe Christmas is only 11 days away...
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TEACHER FEATURE: TEACHER WANTS STUDENTS TO SEE THE WONDER OF LIFE
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Lisa Mosby wants her students to enjoy school and achieve good grades. More important, she wants them to realize that what they learn in school will be tools they use for the rest of their lives. Mosby, a third-grade teacher at Shawnee South Elementary School, encourages her students to see the wonder in the world around them...
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U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW MIRANDA WARNING
(Editorial ~ 12/14/99)
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you." Countless Americans are familiar with these words, usually from popular cop-and-robbers television shows and movies. They are known in legal and law-enforcement circles as the Miranda warning from the 1966 case bearing that name...
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MISSOURI SUPREME COURT LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT ABOUT PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO VIEW ARREST VIDEOTAPE
(Editorial ~ 12/14/99)
The Missouri Supreme Court recently faced an important test concerning the people's right to know important information about their government. At issue was a sheriff's department's booking video of state Rep. Mark Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, on a misdemeanor charge of drunk driving. ...
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LETTERS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPLIES ON RECORDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/14/99)
To the editor: Residents of the Cape Girardeau School District and Cape Girardeau Public Water District No. 2 are fortunate to have elected officials who understand they are doing the public's business. State Auditor Claire McCaskill recently conducted a test of the Missouri Sunshine Law. ...
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LETTERS: COUNTY IS GRINCH ON SALES TAXES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/14/99)
To the editor: Oh my goodness, what shall we do? The county revenue only went up a paltry 4.7 percent from $4.76 million to $4.98 million, and there sits that Internet thing just brimming with consumers' dollars waiting to be confiscated. Wake that Grinch up and see if he can't figure out how we can get some of that cash for our governmental stew. Steal those wrapped packages from under the tree. Push those trees up the chimney. We'll make off with their bucks if it is the last thing we do...
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HOLIDAY MAIL MARKS START OF BUSIEST SEASON FOR POST OFFICE
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
The big rush of holiday mail is officially under way. Cape Girardeau and Jackson post offices have been gearing up for the deluge of mail and packages that come the final two weeks before Christmas. "It's happening now," said Matthew Peters, manager of customer services at the Cape Girardeau post office, and Mike Heuschober, postmaster at Jackson...
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COACH INTERVIEWED
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
Richard Wilson, one of four finalists for the head football coaching position at Southeast Missouri State University, visited the school Monday. Wilson, the first candidate to interview, is currently passing coordinator at Oklahoma State. He met with school officials, athletic director Don Kaverman, Southeast boosters, players and media during the visit...
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DECEMBER RAIN HELPS, BUT AREA REMAINS 10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
Despite recent steady rains, Southeast Missouri remains in a severe drought with rainfall still measuring more than 10 inches below normal for the year. The more than 4 inches of rain that have fallen at Cape Girardeau so far in December ended seven straight months of below-average precipitation, a string which equaled a record set in 1936 during the Dust Bowl years...
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NEW BOLLINGER COUNTY PLANT STUDIED
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
MARBLE HILL -- A Houston, Texas-based company may build a $200 million, peak-energy power plant in Bollinger County. The Bollinger County Commission is negotiating with Duke Energy North America, which would pay money to the county in lieu of taxes...
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JACKSON SCHOOLS' GROWTH BEING FELT (RATING OUR SCHOOLS; THIRD IN A TEN-PART SERIES)
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
JACKSON -- Although pleased with enrollment growth in past years, Jackson school officials said the growth has affected school district performance in some areas. For example, the district's ratio of 20 students to a classroom teacher was a little higher than the state average this year. The ratio has decreased annually since the 1994-95 school year, when it was 26 students per classroom teacher...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: STRINGS OF HOLIDAY LIGHTS MAKE EVERY SEASON BRIGHT
(Column ~ 12/14/99)
Drive down any street in Cape Girardeau and you'll see colored lights on dozens of houses illuminating the night sky. The city's Convention and Visitor's Bureau holds its annual contest to see who has the best lighted display in town. The Downtown Merchants sponsor an annual Parade of Lights...
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M&W DISCRIMINATION RETRIAL BEGINS
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
A new trial with a new jury in a gender discrimination lawsuit against M & W Packaging started Monday in U.S. Eastern District Court. The original eight-member jury that heard the case in October could not reach a unanimous decision in the two-day trial after nearly five hours of deliberations. So Judge E. Richard Webber declared a mistrial and started over with new jurors...
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SHOW ME PANEL ADVISES RIVER CAMPUS BOARD
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
The River Campus Board of Managers needs to set policies, but whoever is hired as director of the performance hall and other facilities at the site should be in charge of the day-to-day operations, Show Me Center Director David Ross said Monday. Ross and two members of the Show Me Center's board -- Anne Bradshaw and City Manager Michael Miller -- discussed the operation of that facility at a meeting with the River Campus board...
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2 ARRESTED ON DRUG COUNTS
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
JACKSON -- A report of a burglary uncovered a methamphetamine lab on Saturday, the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department said. Deputies went to investigate a burglary at a house on County Road 646, and found two people, Lt. David James said. They arrested James R. Niswonger, 32, and Tammy L. Aaron, 31, both of Cape Girardeau...
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WILSON STRESSES PLAYER RELATIONS
(College Sports ~ 12/14/99)
The ability to communicate with players and a strong coaching pedigree are two of the primary attributes Richard Wilson believes he would bring to Cape Girardeau if he is hired as Southeast Missouri State University's new head football coach. An assistant at Oklahoma State since 1995, Wilson became the first of four finalists for the Southeast coaching position to be brought to campus for a series of interviews...
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TIGERS CAPTURE 1ST VICTORY OVER WINLESS PIRATES
(High School Sports ~ 12/14/99)
When the boys basketball teams from Cape Girardeau Central and Perryville high schools squared off Monday night, it was certain that one of the squads would end a game totally fulfilled for the first time all season. Color the Tigers happy after their 60-52 victory at the Tiger Fieldhouse. Central improved to 1-4 while Perryville fell to 0-3...
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ST. CINCENT CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE RULE IN ALL-STATE BALLOTING
(High School Sports ~ 12/14/99)
A great team may be defined by a win-loss record, a playoff run, margin of victory, its heart or even its sportsmanship. But when a team has twice as many all-staters as losses, that's a sure sign of splendor. Such was the case for St. Vincent this season...
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SHORTHANDED TIGERS OVERCOME FORFEITS, PIN LOSS ON DEXTER
(High School Sports ~ 12/14/99)
The Cape Central wrestling team grabbed its first win of the season with a dominating performance over Dexter, posting a 57-21 victory Monday despite giving up 18 points in forfeits. The Tiger grapplers improved to 1-3 in duals with the win. "The kids have been working hard for a win and they got it," said Cape Central coach Josh Crowell. "They did a heck of a job, and I'm very proud of them."...
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BRIEFLY: SOUTHEAST'S JOHNSON NAMED OVC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 12/14/99)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Roderick Johnson of Southeast Missouri has been named the Ohio Valley Conference player of the week. Johnson, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, had 15 points in each game last week as Southeast Missouri fell 60-48 to Montana in the Coca-Cola Classic but bounced back to defeat Robert Morris 55-44...
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GERTRUDE COOK
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Gertrude Cook, 99, of Cairo died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Daystar Care Center. She was born July 9, 1900, in Pulaski County, daughter of William Jasper and Anna Ellen Nelms Kinslow. She and Shannon H. Cook were married Sept. 21, 1947. He died Aug. 12, 1988...
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VIRGINIA TUCKER
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
HAZELWOOD -- Virginia Lee Tucker, 74, of Hazelwood died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at Country Manor in St. Louis. She was born Feb. 10, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Andrew and Edith Parker Tucker. Tucker worked 20 years at Crown Cork and Steel Co. in St. Louis. She was a member of St. Martin's Giboury Catholic Church in St. Louis...
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CURTIS GOBBLE
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
MARBLE HILL -- Curtis G. Gobble, 85, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999, at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. He was born Sept. 1, 1914, at Zalma, son of Nelson Eli and Edna Mae McDaniel Gobble. He and Pauline Meador were married Dec. 27, 1934, in Bollinger County. She died Dec. 16, 1997...
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ONA DIAL
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
CHARTER OAK -- Ona Dial, 71, of Charter Oak died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at Sikeston Health Care Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 5, 1928, at Charter Oak, daughter of Dick and Verna Wilson Asher. She and William E. "Bill" Dial were married Jan. 31, 1950. He died Nov. 1, 1991...
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DAVID BLANTON
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
SIKESTON -- David Edgar Blanton, 91, of Sikeston died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center, following a brief illness. He was born Oct. 17, 1908, in East Falls Church, Va., son of Charles L. and Mary Agnes Cullen Blanton. He first married Mary Anne "Polly" Hearne June 17, 1940. She died Feb. 15, 1964. He then married Kate Hearne Smith Nov. 25, 1970. She died April 21, 1983. He and Emma Crouthers Doster were married March 28, 1987...
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HAZEL ASHCRAFT
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
SIKESTON -- Hazel Elnora Ashcraft, 56, of Sikeston died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Aug. 27, 1943, at Kennett, daughter of Clyde Oliver and Helen Lucille Seals Ammerman Crockett. She and Amon Benson Ashcraft were married Aug. 1, 1976, at Sikeston...
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ROBERT YOUNGBLOOD
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
Robert C. Youngblood, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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BUCK SMITH
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- William E. "Buck" Smith, 54, of Dongola died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born March 19, 1945, in Anna, son of Claude E. and Ellen E. Tellor Smith. He and Mildred Smith were married April 20, 1965...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/14/99)
Son to Carlandus Edward Ware and Natalie Nicole Criddle of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:13 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999. Name, Kavante Marquis. Weight, 5 pounds 1 ounce. Fourth child, third son. Ms. Criddle is the daughter of Teresa Moore of Cape Girardeau and Willie Goodall of Champaign, Ill. She is a dietary aide at Fountainbleau Lodge...
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PERRY OAKES
(Obituary ~ 12/14/99)
SIKESTON -- Perry Oakes, 25, of Sikeston died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 7, 1974, at Sikeston, son of William Jerry and Theresa Jane Graham Oakes Sr. of Crowder. He and Jennifer Long were married on April 11, 1998...
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WISH TREE TO BENEFIT COTTONWOOD
(Local News ~ 12/14/99)
Friday is the final day for contributing to the Christmas Wish Tree that benefits the young residents at the Cottonwood Treatment Center...
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