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CANCERS DEVELOP FROM ABNORMAL CELLS
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
The body's organs and tissues are made up of basic units called cells. These cells age and, in most cases, they are replaced by younger cells that divide to produce new cells. This orderly process keeps our body healthy by replenishing or repairing aged, worn and damaged tissues...
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DOCTOR, CEO SIBLINGS THANK PARENTS FOR SUCCESS
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
An annual $100,000 award for teaching excellence in Cape Girardeau public schools was created with no strings attached and no expiration date in mind. Dr. Jerry Kinder of Cape Girardeau and his brother, Richard Kinder of Houston, Texas, created the Edna C. Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award in memory of their mother, a longtime special-education teacher at May Greene Elementary School...
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NEW SCOTT JAIL TO BE PACKED; SHERIFF FERRELL SAYS OLD JAIL LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED AFTER NEW ONE IS BUILT
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- A 120-inmate Scott County jail approved by voters in November likely will have to operate beside the existing 48-prisoner jail built in 1932 because the new jail won't be large enough, Sheriff Bill Ferrell said. "This is the first time we have had in excess of 100 people in custody at one time," Ferrell said Wednesday. "If the new jail was built and operating today, it would be full."...
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DELAYS KEEP BROADWAY BUMPY
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
Broadway construction should be completed as soon as Cape Girardeau gets a few dry days with temperatures above 40 degrees. But as it stands, the major downtown thoroughfare is riddled with protruding manhole covers, gravel, low spots and thick sheets of metal that cover unfilled holes...
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MASKED MAN ROBS CAPE RESTAURANT
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
A fast-food restaurant was robbed about a half hour before closing Wednesday by a man who threatened the restaurant manager with a handgun, Cape Girardeau police said. About 8:27 p.m. an armed robbery occurred at Blimpie Subs & Salads, 3036 William St...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: JIMI, BONNIE, STEVIE RAY, ERIC ... AND ME AND MY GUITAR
(Column ~ 01/18/01)
January 18, 2001 Dear Ken, You know how it is when you yearn for someone. A word leaps out of an overheard conversation because it sounds like her name. You call her answering machine when you know she isn't home just to listen to her voice. It can make you crazy...
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JACKSON ALDERMEN ACTIONS
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 City Hall Action Items Power and Light Committee Street Committee...
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SOUTHEAST ENROLLMENT SHOWS DROP
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
Southeast Missouri State University has 72 fewer students enrolled spring semester than it did the first day last spring. School officials, however, expect to see higher enrollment figures by the fourth week of classes as occurred last spring semester...
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MAIN STREET GEARS UP IN OLD CAPE
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
Studies analyzing consumer attitudes about shopping downtown revealed most people visit downtown Cape Girardeau to dine. That's not too surprising. The evidence helps Main Street officials predict things are about to start happening in Old Town Cape, the city's Main Street project...
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PERRYVILLE PLANS GAMES FOR GROWN-UPS
(Local News ~ 01/18/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The new games in town are for mature adults only. The Perry Park Center will receive 10 or more inquiries a day about its Southeast Missouri Games for those 50 or older, said Jennifer Lopez, marketing director for the center. The games, planned for the first weekend in June, will give older residents of the region an option they haven't had before, Lopez said...
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OVC SCORES AMONG THE BEST; CONFERENCE BOASTS FOUR OF NATION'S TOP 20 SCORERS; EIU HAS TWO IN TOP 7
(College Sports ~ 01/18/01)
When it comes to offensive standouts so far this season, Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball has to take a back seat to no league in America. In the most recent NCAA Division I statistics that were released Monday, the OVC was the only conference in the country to have four players ranked among the nation's top 20 scorers...
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CAPE CENTRAL JR. HIGH TEAMS WIN
(High School Sports ~ 01/18/01)
Cape Central's eighth and ninth grade boys basketball teams will both play for championships tonight after posting wins Wednesday in Central's junior high tournaments. Central's ninth graders (11-0) won 75-43 over Notre Dame. Central got 17 points from Michael Brown and 14 from Cape Central. Matt Wulfers and Lee Essner each had 13 for Notre Dame...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/18/01)
Son to Senior Airman David and LaDonna Hackler of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000. Name, Dylan Michael. Weight, 4 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hackler is the former LaDonna Perr, daughter of Howard and Debbie Perr of Scott City, Mo., and James and Lisa Dale of Jackson, Mo. Hackler is the son of Mike and Ginnell Hackler of Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He is serving in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Eielson AFB...
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CLETA TREECE
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
MARION, Ill. -- Funeral for Cleta G. Treece of Marion will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden, Ill. The Rev. Clifford Heil will officiate. Burial will be in Cobden Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1:30 p.m. Friday...
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ELMER HUBBS
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Elmer L. "Pete" Hubbs of Anna will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Todd Hawk will officiate. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery with military honors by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455...
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CLOLA BROWN
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Clola Mae Brown, 78, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 17, 1922, at Mill Creek, Ill., daughter of John M. and Virgie May Poole Rinehart. She and Melvin Brown were married Feb. 22, 1948, in White Castle, La. He died March 17, 1992...
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CHRIS SHEEHAN
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
Chris R. Sheehan, 81, of Upper Arlington, Ohio, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She married Brian Sheehan, who died in 1993. Sheehan was formerly of Cape Girardeau. Survivors include a son, James W. "Bill" Terry of Tullahoma, Tenn.; a grandson; and two great-grandchildren...
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J.T. PRUETT
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Funeral for Thomas Jack "J.T." Pruett of Morehouse will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Mo. Dr. Jim Guffie will officiate. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield, Mo. Pruett, 73, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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ALVIN STOFFREGEN
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
Alvin Ray Stoffregen, 82, of Zalma, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 18, 1918, in Delta, Mo., son of Fredrick and Olive Brown Stoffregen. He and Madeline Bader were married Aug. 17, 1940, in Benton, Mo...
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ETHEL DEAN
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ethel Dean, 86, of Anna died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at Union County Hospital. She was born Nov. 9, 1914, in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Bona and Alice Earnhart Fisher. She and Robert Glenn Dean were married Jan. 25, 1941. He died Jan. 25, 1970...
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MARY HAMPTON
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Funeral for Mary Katherine Hampton of East Prairie will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home. Martin Lucas will officiate. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until service time...
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BUTCH MOORE
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
DELTA, Mo. -- G.E. (Butch) Moore, 68, died Wednesday evening at his residence. Arrangements are under the direction of Amick-Burnett Funeral Home.
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TRUMAN BAKER
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Truman J. Baker, 88, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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IMOGENE LAPLANT
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Imogene LaPlant, 76, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Sikeston, daughter of Patrick C. and Una Lillian Atherton Davis Sr. She and Richard William LaPlant were married April 25, 1951. He died Jan. 16, 1965...
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ELDEN PROFFER
(Obituary ~ 01/18/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Elden William Proffer, 100, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 29, 1900, at Aquilla, Mo., son of Edgar and Mamie Cook Proffer. He and Delia Foeste were married Dec. 9, 1922. She died March 6, 1993...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/18/01)
THANK YOU for your editorial outlining the reasons why Sen. Jean Carnahan has not yet made a decision on whether or not to confirm John Ashcroft as attorney general. I think it is a testimonial to Carnahan that, though the Southeast Missourian was an almost continual critic of her late husband, she sees fit to confide in you her many understandable reasons for delaying a decision on the Ashcroft nomination. ...
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DON'T GIVE UP ON U.S. ECONOMIC STRENGTH
(Editorial ~ 01/18/01)
President-elect George W. Bush has been talking about a possible recession. Some analysts are predicting higher unemployment, generally an indicator of economic sluggishness. Interest rates creeped up for awhile. A recent nationwide poll indicated most Americans expect to feel a financial pinch over the next year...
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RED HOUSE COULD BE AN EXCITING PROJECT
(Editorial ~ 01/18/01)
About all that's left to remind Cape Girardeau residents of the city's founder are a street and a cemetery named Lorimier. Property owners have another connection as well: Their abstracts of property ownership probably begin with some mention of the legal battles over claims to what once was a vast land grant to Louis Lorimier...
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LETTERS: ANSWERS NEEDED ON KELLY SCHOOL BOND-ISSUE PLANS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/01)
To the editor: Although I've stayed quietly on the sidelines during the past five attempts to pass the Kelly School District bond issue and only did my civic duty by voting my choice in the matter, I think it's high time I voiced my opinion. Even though I have never and will never have children in the district, I very much would like a school we can all be proud of. ...
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