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WOUND THEARPY: OXYGEN TREATMENT IS A NEW WAY TO HEAL
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
When the wound from a brown recluse spider didn't heal properly, doctors knew another treatment was necessary for Francis Frelix-Vann of St. Mary, Mo. They recommended hyperbaric oxygen treatments. After just three sessions at Southeast Missouri Hospital, Frelix-Vann already can see dramatic differences...
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HELP STARTS HERE
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
Cape Girardeau County residents may find assistance with needs as varied as a new refrigerator, a child with behavioral problems or an unpaid utility bill by calling a single telephone number. First Call for Help, a countywide information and referral service, has answered more than 3,700 such calls since its creation two years ago. The number is 334-HELP (4357)...
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$250 MILLION POWER PLANT IN THE WORKS
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
CRUMP, Mo. -- A 550-megawatt power plant may be built in the rolling farmland of southwest Cape Girardeau County, fueled by possible tax breaks and the nation's ever-growing demand for electricity. Kinder Morgan Power Co. of Lakewood, Colo., wants to build the plant along Route U south of Crump and north of the Route A junction...
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VIOLENT CRIME DECLINES IN 2000, SURVEY FINDS
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
WASHINGTON -- Violent crime in the United States fell by a record 15 percent last year, the government reported Wednesday in a broad survey of victims. Some experts cautioned that the survey was weighted toward less serious offenses. Other government data indicate a seven-year decline in crimes such as rape and murder has leveled off...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE CARPENTER WHO STOPPED BY ON HIS WAY HOME
(Column ~ 06/14/01)
June 14, 2001 Dear Julie, Word arrived this week from New Jersey of the death of Rick Callahan, 54, a thoughtful, well-read, emotionally wounded, soulful, divorced father of two, a man with many abilities who seemed to be searching for a point to focus on or an answer to an unknowable question...
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PROPERTY VALUES HELP SCHOOL DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
Reassessment of property values in Cape Girardeau will mean a slight increase in local school tax revenue. But revenue growth could be significant if coupled with a tax-levy increase voters will consider Aug. 7. Voters will be asked to approve a 58-cent increase in the operating tax levy to raise just over $19 million over five years for increased operating expenses and salary increases for teachers and other staff. The measure requires a simple majority for passage...
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BENTON MAN NAMED DRUG COMMISSIONER
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- James A. Pinkston of Benton has taken the oath of office for the position of drug commissioner for the 33rd Judicial Circuit and will be serve Scott and Mississippi counties. Pinkston was appointed to the four-year term by judges Dolan, David Mann, T. Lynn Brown, and W.H. Winchester...
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TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR BASEBALL GAME
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
Ticket sales for Southeast Day at Busch Stadium have topped the 600 mark. The Saturday event in St. Louis is sponsored by Southeast Missouri State University and the Southeast Missourian. The Cardinals will face the Chicago White Sox in a 12:15 p.m. game...
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TRAFFIC SLOW AT SHOWCASE
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Participants in Wednesday's first-ever Jackson Business Showcase say it's a good idea that will grow and would benefit from being held on the weekend. Thirty-nine businesses, most of them based in Jackson, manned booths at the Jackson Jaycee Community Center during the day-long event sponsored by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. Traffic from outside was light so the business people mostly ended up talking to each other...
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CAPE NOT EXPERIENCING NURSING SHORTAGE, BUT IT COULD, DIRECTOR SAYS
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
Southeast Missouri Hospital is not facing hardships with staffing nurses as others have, but it could, the hospital's director of nursing said at a luncheon Wednesday. "There's a shortage in general in the field of health care professionals," said Karen Hendrickson, assistant administrator and chief nursing executive at the hospital. "Right now we have five full-time nursing positions open and five part-time positions, but this could change overnight."...
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SERVICES FOR ELDERLY TOPIC OF MEETING
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
Many elderly in the area don't know what services to accept or refuse, said a representative from the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging. A gathering of police and 20 local, state and federal agencies on Friday aims to improve understanding. "Most of these will offer services for free or at a reduced cost for seniors," said Ruth Dockins, spokeswoman for the Agency on Aging...
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PROGRAM TARGETS HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce has introduced a program to help small- and medium-sized businesses offer workers health insurance. The program is designed to combine benefits of self-insurance and traditional health-care plans in a customized program for businesses, said Daniel R. Mehan, president and chief executive officer of the state chamber...
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MAN PUT ON PROBATION FOR THEFTS, CHASE
(Local News ~ 06/14/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- One of two men who stole cars, broke into houses near Whitewater, Mo., and led police on a multistate chase was given supervised probation after pleading guilty, court officials said. Benjamin Brase, 18, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to burglarizing two houses and stealing two vehicles on Route N last February...
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SE's DOBBINS TO HEAD OVC
(College Sports ~ 06/14/01)
Southeast Missouri State University President Dr. Ken Dobbins has added another presidential title to his duties. The Ohio Valley Conference Board of Presidents, during the league's annual summer meetings last week, elected Dobbins to serve as president of the OVC in 2001-2002...
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CAPE SPLITS WITH BALLWIN
(High School Sports ~ 06/14/01)
Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team pushed its winning streak to three games by staging a stirring comeback in the opener of Wednesday night's doubleheader against Ballwin. And Cape threatened to make it four in a row with another big rally in the nightcap...
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CAPS HAMMER HERRIN 12-4
(High School Sports ~ 06/14/01)
WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. -- James Beever homered twice and went 3-for-4 with three RBIs as the Craftsman Union Capahas ripped host Herrin 12-4 Wednesday night. Jody Gajewski homered, went 2-for-3 and reached base four times for the Capahas (6-3). Josh Eftink went 3-for-6, while Denver Stuckey drove home two runs...
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TOP-NOTCH RECRUITING CLASS IS ONE OF HAINES' BEST EVER
(College Sports ~ 06/14/01)
Southeast Missouri State University track and field coach Joey Haines has been able to sign strong recruiting classes over the years, which is why his program has become one of the best in the Ohio Valley Conference. But Haines said this year's recruiting crop that was recently finalized just might rank as one of the program's best ever...
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RICHARDET REMAINS ON TOP AT CLASSIC
(High School Sports ~ 06/14/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Wes Richardet of Perryville, Mo. remained in first place in the 17-18 year-old division after shooting a 79 Wednesday in the second round of the St. Francis Heartland Junior Golf Classic Tournament at Bent Creek. Richardet has a two-day total of 157, which is two strokes ahead of Jarred Greene of Silva, Mo...
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SHIRLEY LEWIS, CHARLES LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- A joint funeral for Shirley Mae Webb Lewis, 37, and her son, Charles Cornelius Earl Lewis, 5 1/2 months, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Algee Memorial Chapel in Cairo, Ill. They died in a fire June 8, 2001, at their residence...
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ALBERT DUTY
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral for Albert Duty of Cairo will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo. Dr. Larry L. Potts will officiate. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. today. Masonic rites will be held at 7...
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ARA SCHROEDER
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Ara Caroline Kinder Schroeder, 94, of Jackson passed away Tuesday morning, June 12, 2001, at her home, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 29, 1906, at Marble Hill, Mo., daughter of John Edward and Mary Ann Penturf Kinder. She was one of 12 children...
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SYBIL DEPRO
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
Sybil Depro, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at Ratliff Care Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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RICHARD BRUCE
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Richard V. Bruce of Jackson died Wednesday, June 13, 2001, in Tunica, Miss. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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JANE HUNT
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
Jane S. Hunt, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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FAY SPRAGGS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Fay Spraggs, 60, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, from injuries received in an automobile accident on Route 3 north of Cairo, Ill. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., from 5-8 p.m. Friday. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Billy Don Heady officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge, Ill...
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EDWARD SIMS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Edward G. Sims, 75, of Cairo died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at Daystar Care Center. He was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Kirbyton, Ky., son of William and Etta Ledford Sims. Sims retired as a clerk with Illinois Central Railroad. He was a member of the Church of Christ...
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RAY BODENSCHATZ
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ray "Bogie" Bodenschatz, 66, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at St. Luke's West Hospital in St. Louis County, Mo. He was born Nov. 24, 1934, at Belgique, Mo., son of Fred W. and Lydia Verseman Bodenschatz. He and June A. Hagan were married July 9, 1955...
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RALPH RHODES
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Ralph Michael Rhodes, 47, of Whitewater died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 8, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, son of William W. and Alice Ann Mosley Rhodes. He and Lenny Fletcher were married Sept. 8, 1973...
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LARRY ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Larry Joe Adams, 49, of Hillsboro, Mo., died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 14, 1951, at Sikeston, son of Willie C. and Dorothy J. Brown Adams. He and Becky Glenn were married May 20, 1972, in Clayton, Mo...
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MYRTLE WHITE
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Myrtle A. White of Cairo will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge, Ill. Jerry McIntosh will officiate. Barkett Funeral Home at Cairo is in charge of arrangements. White, 94, died Saturday, June 9, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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FRANK JAMES
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
Funeral for Frank James of Lone Oak, Ky., was held Monday at Milner and Orr Funeral Home in Lone Oak. Paul Phelps officiated. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in McCracken County, Ky. James, 79, died Friday, June 8, 2001, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky...
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MARJORIE MARABLE
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Marjorie "Marge" Marable, 86, of Sikeston died Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born April 28, 1915, in Rochester, Ind., daughter of Robert David and Elizabeth Joy Mow. She and John Robert Marable were married Nov. 28, 1937. He died Jan. 22, 1982...
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DONNA TINNIN
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donna L. Tinnin, 50, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 7, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles William and Myra Miller Choate. She and Dean Tinnin were married April 15, 1973...
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J.D. EDDY
(Obituary ~ 06/14/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- John D. "J.D." Eddy, 83, of Sikeston died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at Hunter Acres Caring Center. He was born Dec. 17, 1917, in Atkins, Ark., son of William O. and Lydia Venis Eddy. He and Margaret Graham were married May 26, 1945, in Norfolk, Va...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/14/01)
Shouting the truth A CALLER pointed out that blacks commit more crimes even though they make up only 18 percent of the population. I'd like to comment. I don't agree that blacks commit more crime than other groups, but I must agree that crime is a serious problem in the black community. On that point, I thank the caller for having the courage to shout the truth...
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TRAGEDY SHOWED A NEED FOR GUARDIANS GROUP
(Editorial ~ 06/14/01)
Tragedy in a local motel brought together 12 Cape Girardeau businessmen who saw an unmet need and did something about it in an effort to show their appreciation for law enforcement in the county. The businessmen each pledged $1,000 to establish the Guardians, an organization which would help meet financial needs of the families of Cape Girardeau County law-enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty...
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MAJOR CASE SQUAD WILL HELP BOOTHEEL COUNTIES
(Editorial ~ 06/14/01)
The formation of a major case squad in Scott and New Madrid counties should quickly prove its worth in solving crimes in the two Bootheel counties. While the squad has not yet formally been put together, the three law enforcement agencies whose officers will become the major case squad already are working jointly in the investigations of three suspicious deaths within the past six months. ...
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LETTERS: WE ALL CAN USE HELP IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/14/01)
I strongly urge citizens of Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area to go St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church at 2 p.m. June 24 and watch the videos on violence and capital punishment. The time will be well spent. Our society is not addressing violence as it should. Society teaches money and material things are power. Children are being sent wrong signals by seeing adults using force to get their way on TV, in the movies, in games and in real life...
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LETTERS: MUNICIPAL BAND'S VETERAN MEMBER DESERVES FANFARE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/14/01)
To the editor: At the 75th anniversary concert of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band last week, the announcer said, "Due to failing health, this will be John Braswell's last concert." My dad would not ask for more than that short statement, but he deserved much more...
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