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JUST FOR KIDS: BOOTHEEL YOUTH MUSEUM UNVEILS NEW EXHIBITS
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
Trevor Joplin, 5, pretended to drive a 1927 fire truck parked inside the Bootheel Youth Museum. MALDEN, Mo. -- An artist's version of a large light bulb hangs over the entryway to the Bootheel Youth Museum. The idea is clear: Bring your imagination...
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JACKSON LEADS AREA IN GROWTH, CENSUS SHOWS
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
People have flocked to Jackson over the past 10 years, building homes and opening businesses in the city and spurring population growth that other cities can only dream about. Jackson's population grew by a staggering 29 percent in the 1990s, making it the fastest growing town in Southeast Missouri, 2000 census figures show. The Census Bureau Thursday released population figures for Missouri cities and counties...
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DEAD BABY BURIED IN YARD; TEEN MOTHER IN CUSTODY AFTER POLICE UNCOVER GRAVE
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A Jackson teen suspected of burying her stillborn baby girl in a shallow, backyard grave remained in juvenile authorities' custody Thursday as Cape Girardeau County investigators delved into the troubling incident. Police discovered the newborn Wednesday evening. The mother, a 14-year-old student at R.O. Hawkins Junior High School, later surrendered to police at her Cape Girardeau attorney's office...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: WHEN YOU WIN THE RACE, IT'S GOOD NOT TO BRAG TOO MUCH
(Column ~ 03/16/01)
In case you don't have a copy of "The Farmer's Almanac" of your own, it's not too early to put seeds in the ground. Already I've heard several comments about planting lettuce and spinach. And a few onion sets as well. Tomorrow, of course, is the big day for planting potatoes. My father-in-law swore that potatoes planted on St. Patrick's Day were far superior to those planted earlier or later...
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EMERSON OFFICE WILL HONOR AIDE WITH OPEN HOUSE
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
The Cape Girardeau office of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will hold an open house and reception today in honor of longtime staff member Greg Branum. The open house and reception will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in room 246 of the Federal Building at 339 Broadway...
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POPLAR BLUFF WOMAN SHOT IN HAND
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A 32-year-old Poplar Bluff woman was shot in the hand Wednesday morning on a city street corner. Police said the woman was walking home when she noticed three men standing on the corner. The woman told police she argued with the three and one of the men pulled a gun from his jacket and shot in the air...
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CAPE STUDENT SUSPENDED AFTER RUMOR OF GUN THREAT
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
A Central Junior High School student was suspended Thursday after classmates reported a perceived threat of gun violence to school officials. According to school and police officials, an eighth-grade boy was suspended after students overheard him make an indirect comment in the hallways about getting a gun and shooting people...
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WORK ON CAPE MEADOWS PROJECT TO BEGIN MONDAY
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
Work on the Cape Meadows storm-water project will begin Monday after the city officially breaks ground on the project. Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling and contractors will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony at 4 p.m. Monday at Cape Meadows Drive and Fitzgerald Street near Big Bend Road...
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JACKSON TO GET FULL-TIME AMBULANCE
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Getting to a late-night or early-morning emergency at the Procter & Gamble plant takes an ambulance 16 to 18 minutes. Within the next six weeks, that time will be reduced by nine or 10 minutes. Late-night and early-morning response time within the city of Jackson and in the western part of Cape Girardeau County also is about to be greatly reduced...
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BILL WOULD CUT STATE AGENTS IN DRUG BATTLE
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
As federal funds for fighting illegal drugs grow, state legislators passed a bill Thursday that will cut 13 percent of the criminal and narcotics investigators from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. An amendment to the budget for the Missouri Department of Public Safety would trim 11 officers from the patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control, Capt. James Keathley said...
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LADY BULLDOGS AIM FOR 2A TITLE GAME
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/01)
Notre Dame has shown all year that it can contain high scorers. If the Lady Bulldogs can do it one more time, they'll likely end up playing for the Class 2A state championship. Notre Dame (27-3) will take on Elsberry (27-3) at 7:55 tonight in the 2A semifinals at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo...
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TWO INDICTED IN BANK ROBBERY AT LILBOURN
(Local News ~ 03/16/01)
Two Southeast Missouri men were indicted on charges of bank robbery Thursday, an assistant U.S. attorney said. Myron Lee Tillman, 23, was indicted for bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime. Hosea Laverne Williams, 25, was indicted for bank robbery...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/16/01)
Daughter to Randall Wayne and Mary Ann Hibdon of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:52 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2001. Name, Brianna Lea. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hibdon is the former Mary Wicker, daughter of Anna Wicker of Chaffee, and the late Fred Wicker. She is a CMT/CNA at Jackson Manor. Hibdon is the son of Randall and Sandra Hibdon of Chaffee. He is employed at Havco Wood Products...
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KERMIT SAMONS
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Kermit V. "Buck" Samons, 72, of East Prairie died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at his home. He was born Feb. 1, 1929, in Arkansas, son of Troy E. and Lethel Duff Samons. He and Norma Jean Stevenson were married July 15, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...
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AUDREY MILAN
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Audrey E. Milan, 89, of Mounds died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services of Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 23, 1911, in Olive Branch, Ill., daughter of Don and Alice Chandler Kirkham. She married William Milan, who died in 1967...
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WANDA ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Wanda Geraldine Robinson, 89, of Bloomfield died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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IVA COOK
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
Iva Dell Cook, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Ratliff Care Center. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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ROY STATEN
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Roy W. Staten, 69, of Mounds died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home. Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds is in charge of arrangements.
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THELMA MYERS
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Thelma Myers, 86, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at South Brook Skilled Nursing Center in Farmington, Mo. She was born Feb. 22, 1915, near Zalma, daughter of Fulton and Tula Harold Cooper. She and James Doward Myers were married Jan. 21, 1934...
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DOROTHY BRUST
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Dorothy H. Brust, 75, of Mound City died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at the home of a daughter. She was born July 21, 1925, in Grand Chain, Ill., daughter of James and Agnes George Neeley. She married Wilmer "Whimpey" Brust, who died in 1979...
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KINUKO GUMS
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
Kinuko B. Gums, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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MATILDA MEYER
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Matilda M. Meyer, 91, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 15, 1910, in Perryville, daughter of Theo and Helen Buchheit Wibbenmeyer. She and Elmer F. Meyer were married Nov. 22, 1934, at Perryville...
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PATRICIA O'NEAL
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
STEELVILLE, Mo. -- Patricia L. O'Neal, 51, of Steelville died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood, Mo. She was born Jan. 24, 1950, in St. Louis, daughter of Stanley and Jetty O'Neal. She had also lived in East Carondelet, Ill., and Sullivan, Mo...
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DR. JOE WARD
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
Dr. Joe Ward, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 12, 1917, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., son of George W. and Florence Freeman Ward. He and Billie Muir were married in June 1940 at Camdenton, Mo...
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FRED BAUER
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Fred E. Bauer, 64, of Jackson died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 24, 1936, in St. Louis, son of Roy E. and Imogene White Bauer. He and Dorris Ann Green were married Sept. 1, 1956, in Cape Girardeau...
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PAUL SHELTON
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Paul Edward Shelton, 84, of Villa Ridge died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at his home. He was born March 27, 1916, in Broughton, Ill., son of John Edward and Lora Little Shelton. He married Anna Katherine Dowdy, who died Aug. 19, 1990...
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ROBERT STROEHLEIN
(Obituary ~ 03/16/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Robert L. Stroehlein, 71, of Cobden died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Dec. 3, 1929, in Cobden, son of Louie and Ruth Lence Stroehlein. Stroehlein retired as a food service supervisor with Illinois Department of Corrections. He was a member of Anna Church of the Nazarene, VFW Post 3455 in Anna, and Masonic Lodge 466 AF&AM in Cobden...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/16/01)
FURTHER THOUGHTS on America's drug war: How many lives and futures must be destroyed by the continuation of an ill-focused, losing battle? I'm not defending the rights of violent drug traffickers. I'm speaking on behalf of good people who are being jailed for making the personal choice of smoking marijuana grown and smoked within the privacy of their own homes. ...
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BOOK REVEALS HOW A TRAGIC SECRET WAS KEPT
(Editorial ~ 03/16/01)
The horrors of the Holocaust have been with us since the last days of World War II. Now comes a grim book, "Neighbors," about 1,600 Jews slain in a small Polish town in 1941. For 60 years, official propaganda and closely held secrets in the town have led the world to believe the Jews were slaughtered at the hands of German occupiers...
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CAUTION ON CITY'S DEAL WITH AIRPLANE MAKER
(Editorial ~ 03/16/01)
The possibility of bringing 200 new jobs to Cape Girardeau is significant. Communities across Missouri 00 across the nation, for that matter -- have year-round campaigns to attract news businesses and industries that increase employment opportunities. Certainly there were other cities where Renaissance Aircraft could have relocated. But it chose Cape Girardeau...
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LETTERS: SO-CALLED WIN FOR GORE BASED ON FALSE PREMISES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/16/01)
To the editor: This is in response to Alan Journet's recent letter. He claims Al Gore should have received 8,238 additional votes in Florida, thereby making Gore the legitimate president. The arguments he makes are based on false premises. False Premise No. 1: At least 99 percent of those additional ballots that were cast for both Gore and another candidate should be votes for Gore...
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LETTERS: ON GREATNESS, CLINTON FAILS, BUT BUSH PASSES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/16/01)
To the editor: I have not seen too many people rushing to the defense of Bill Clinton lately. Now that he is again being investigated, is there nobody to come to his defense? It is time to realize that the measure of a man's character can be gauged by how he handles success and power...
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