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CORONER'S INQUEST SET IN DRUG SUSPECT'S DEATH
(Local News ~ 03/29/01)
Almost seven weeks after a motel room shootout with police resulted in the death of a 20-year-old man, a coroner's inquest will be held Friday to determine whether shots were fired in self defense. The inquest, held when a cause of death is questionable or involves a law enforcement officer, could not have been held sooner, Cape Girardeau County Coroner Mike Hurst said. ...
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GOLF COURSE WORK HALTS AFTER CONCERNS VOICED
(Local News ~ 03/29/01)
The heavy machinery on the site of the future Dalhousie Golf Course in Cape Girardeau has been virtually silent since late November. In the meantime, a number of government agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Preservation Commission, have intervened in the project for various reasons...
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BRONZE BEAUTY: CAPE MAN REDISCOVERS CENTURIES-OLD ITALIAN MEDALLION
(Local News ~ 03/29/01)
As an 8-year-old boy, Jim Coffey struck a fortune -- in the form of a bronze medallion designed in the 15th century by Italian artist Antonio di Puccio Pisano. But he didn't know it. The medallion lay stashed away in Coffey's "junk box" for 32 years before he decided to learn more about the three-inch medallion...
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CAPE SCHOOLS TO PROPOSE TAX-LEVY HIKE
(Local News ~ 03/29/01)
Cape Girardeau school officials hope $3.99 will sound like a bargain price to voters at the polls in August. The Board of Education approved a resolution Wednesday to set the tax-levy proposal voters will consider Aug. 7 at $3.99 per $100 assessed valuation, up from the $3.41 tax levy voters have paid over the past five years...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: RESPONDING TO THE BEAT, BEAT, BEAT OF THE E-MAIL
(Column ~ 03/29/01)
March 29, 2001 Dear Leslie, E-mail is the tribal drum of the 21st century, instantaneously bouncing messages around the globe. Hours after someone has thought of something to say, many thousands of people have read it and passed it on. Of course, some of those messages deserve to be bounced and some don't...
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SPRING CLEANING: CITY WORKERS STEEL THEMSELVES FOR 'CLEANUP DAYS'
(Local News ~ 03/29/01)
It's no secret that the annual Cape Girardeau city-wide Spring Cleanup brings out roving bands of treasure-seekers. They emerge when the sun goes down, hunting for goodies in a target-rich environment. Like the saying goes: One man's trash is another man's treasure...
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A SYMPHONY BEGINS WITH A FEW NOTES
(Local News ~ 03/29/01)
A big symphonic work of music often evolves from only a few notes, says Swiss composer Franco Cesarini. His 23-minute "Alpine Poem Suite" began with only an F and a B-flat and the desire to pay tribute to German composer Richard Strauss and his Alpine Symphony...
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SE READY TO SPRING INTO ACTION
(College Sports ~ 03/29/01)
Tim Billings expects to put a bigger, stronger and faster Southeast Missouri State University football team on the field when spring practice begins Friday. Billings, who will be entering his second season as the Indians' head coach, said he was naturally disappointed by the Tribe's 3-8 record last fall...
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INCIANS COLLECT SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN
(College Sports ~ 03/29/01)
Southeast Missouri State University ran its winning streak to six games with a 10-6 victory over St. Louis University at Capaha Field on Wednesday. The win completed a home-and-away sweep over the Billikens and for the third straight game, the Indians (17-8) rang up double-digit hit and run totals...
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KOEPER AMONG 4A's ELITE PLAYERS
(College Sports ~ 03/29/01)
Jackson senior standout Andrea Koeper, who has decided to play her college basketball at Southeast Missouri State University, was named to the Class 4A all-state first team for the second straight year. Jamie Amberger, a 5-11 senior from Perryville, made the second team in 3A...
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CHAFFEE FINALLY COLLARS BULLDOGS
(High School Sports ~ 03/29/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Notre Dame's recent dominance in Class 2A baseball officially came to an end Wednesday. Chaffee, which always seemed to come up on the short end of Notre Dame's big sticks, downed the Bulldogs 10-2 in a SEMO Conference game at Harmon Field...
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TIGERS SUFFER 15-2 LOSS TO SIKESTON
(High School Sports ~ 03/29/01)
The Sikeston Bulldogs baseball team has fared pretty well against the Cape Central Tigers the last few years. Until the Tigers' upset of the Bulldogs in last year's district title game, Sikeston had defeated Cape Central seven straight times. The Bulldogs (3-0, 3-0 SEMO Conference) had to wait a year, but they got some redemption by dominating the Tigers (3-2, 2-1) 15-2 in five innings on Wednesday afternoon at Cape Central High School...
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CAPE CENTRAL GOLFERS DEFEAT FARMINGTON
(High School Sports ~ 03/29/01)
Cape Central's golf team edged out Farmington by four shots in a dual meet Wednesday at Cape Girardeau C.C. The Tigers finished with a 162 total to 166 for the Knights. Central's Nick Harter and Farmington's Eric Griggs tied for medalist honor with 3-over-par 38 on the front nine...
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OTAHKS SWEEP AUSTIN PEAY IN DOUBLEHEADER
(College Sports ~ 03/29/01)
Southeast Missouri State's softball team improved to 8-12 with a convincing doubleheader sweep over Austin Peay at the Southeast Complex. The Otahkians, now 2-0 in Ohio Valley Conference competition, clubbed the Lady Governors 8-0 in the first game and 11-4 in the second...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/29/01)
Daughter to Scott and Lori Moyers of Ashland, Mo., Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., 1:02 p.m. Monday, March 19, 2001. Name, Hannah Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Moyers is the former Lori Ferguson, daughter of the Rev. John and Shirley Ferguson of Cape Girardeau. She is a physician at Capital Region Medical Center. Moyers is the son of Charles and Vicky Moyers of Cape Girardeau. He is editor of Columbia Business Times...
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AMANDA SHORT
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Amanda "Babe" Short, 97, of Jackson died Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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MARY CATT
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
Mary Elizabeth Catt, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services of Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 8, 1936, at Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Emory Eugene and Mary Benedict Anderson Hadley. She and Howard Catt were married Sept. 1, 1961, at Sikeston. He died April 27, 1985...
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IDELL BRADLEY
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
A memorial Mass for Idell Bird Bradley of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Celebrant will be Msgr. Richard Rolwing. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to St. Mary's Cathedral, 615 William, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 63703...
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INEZ SNELL
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Inez M. Snell, 90, of Anna died Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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TRUMAN ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Truman D. Allen, 61, of Caseyville, Ill., formerly of Perryville, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, in St. Louis County. He was born March 8, 1940, at Cedar Fork, Mo., son of Lawrence and Launieta Favier Allen. Allen was a tile setter...
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EVERETT TULEY
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Everett Ray Tuley, 69, of Dexter died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at his home. He was born Feb. 11, 1932, at Monroe City, Mo., son of Corder Everett and Marvel DeLashmutt Tuley. He and Marilyn Dodd were married Aug. 30, 1952, at Palmyra, Mo...
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ETHEL BOLAND
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
MINNITH, Mo. -- Ethel Adele Boland, 77, of Minnith died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. She was born April 24, 1923, at Minnith, daughter of Albert Edwin and Florence Allen Tallevast. She and John Raymond Boland were married Sept. 26, 1946. He died March 22, 1992...
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BLANCHE AVERY
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Blanche Alice Avery, 81, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at the home of a daughter. She was born June 10, 1919, at Idalia, Mo., daughter of Samuel A. and Myrtie Mae Lincoln Harper. She first married Henry Stultz in 1936. He preceded her in death. She and John Wes Avery were married Aug. 19, 1955. He died July 28, 1982...
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MAE MCMULLEN
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Etta Mae McMullen, 92, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 24, 1908, in Marble Hill, daughter of Edward and Sarah Bell Stevens Barks. She and W.H. "Mac" McMullen were married May 24, 1958...
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LEE JONES
(Obituary ~ 03/29/01)
Norman Leon "Lee" Jones, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 26, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 7, 1914, at Whitewater, Mo., son of Herman Arlando and Ida Mae Jones. He and Claire Peets were married in 1945 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jones was an agent with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Prior to that he worked for Standard Brands in New York City, N.Y., and had been a field director with American Red Cross in Hawaii during World War II. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1982...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/29/01)
CAMPAIGN-FINANCE laws are useless if you have corrupt politicians. They will find a way to take money for favors. Honesty in politics should be both parties' goal. Passing laws to punish those who lie and distort the truth is the better solution. When a politician accuses someone of throwing old folks out in the street, cutting Social Security and Medicare, starving children, he should be able to prove it and be held accountable for his accusations...
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HILLARY, MCCAIN: W's DOUBLE TOUBLE
(Column ~ 03/29/01)
It occurs to me that if an English-speaking Martian were to visit our nation for a short while, he might reasonably conclude that Hillary Clinton and John McCain were engaging in a bipartisan contest to become President Bush's chief nemesis and general thorn in the side...
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UNWANTED GEESE ARE TREASURES TO HUNTERS
(Editorial ~ 03/29/01)
Giant Canada geese in Missouri are causing havoc for St. Louis-area property owners and golf courses with lush, green lawns, plenty of water and no predators to bother them. The geese have found Missouri so hospitable that thousands have taken up permanent residence in the state. So bad is the problem that for the first time, in extreme cases, Missouri is granting permits to round up and kill the geese, and a lot of people are even using dogs to scare off the geese...
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AMTRAK SHOULD LISTEN TO FEDERAL PANEL
(Editorial ~ 03/29/01)
Although the plan hasn't been given a green light, a federal panel has suggested that Amtrak's financial problems could be reversed if it were allowed to shed its government responsibilities and focus exclusively on commercially viable train service...
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