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SIKESTON LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG POSSESSION
(Local News ~ 08/01/01)
A year after an informant led federal drug enforcement agents to the prominent Dempster and Edwards law firm in Sikeston, Mo., a partner in the firm has pleaded guilty to buying and distributing methamphetamine. The lawyer, Spencer L. Edwards, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of felonious possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine...
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YELL TURNS FROM ANNUAL STREET SALES TO SPONSORSHIPS
(Local News ~ 08/01/01)
For the past 10 years, about 300 volunteers have flooded the streets of Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City, Mo., one day each September to sell newspapers in the name of literacy. That chapter has ended. Dwindling donations and resident complaints have led to YELL Day being discontinued, leaving members of the YELL Foundation scrambling to raise enough money to get newspapers in the classrooms by the time school starts...
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SUPERMOMS: MORE THAN HALF OF MARRIED MOMS IN U.S. ARE WORKING
(Local News ~ 08/01/01)
The theme song for today's generation of working mothers was written more than 45 years ago. "I'm a Woman" featured a working mother who claimed to be able to "bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan," and complete any number of seemingly amazing feats...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: MARRIAGE FORCES WIFE INTO ROLE OF 'OLDER WOMAN'
(Column ~ 08/01/01)
The Other Half is having his hair colored this morning. He's thinking auburn with some dramatic blond streaks. This comes after some self-inflicted hair color -- basically using hydrogen peroxide, lemon juice and sunlight to lighten his close-cropped 'do. He read about it in his Men's Health magazine. The article suggested it would turn his hair blond. It went orange instead. Bright orange. Just like my hair, only overprocessed due to the drying effect of the chemicals...
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IMPROVEMENT OF STADIUM COULD BE PUT ON HOLD
(Local News ~ 08/01/01)
Southeast Missouri State University would trim $2.32 million from its $108 million operating budget under a cost-cutting plan that includes delaying Houck Stadium and Field House improvements for a year. The board of regents is scheduled to vote on the cost-cutting plan today, which looks to cut maintenance, repair and operating expenses while also granting 2 percent pay raises on average for the school's 1,200 employees...
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FOTO FEST SEMIFINALISTS TURN EYE ON CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 08/01/01)
Children were the main focus in the four photographs chosen as semifinalists in the fourth week of the Foto Fest 2001 amateur photography contest. Winners this week were Janet Lowes, Joan Talley and Carla Ford, all of Cape Girardeau, and Katrina E. Puls of Jackson...
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LEGG ACCEPTS NEW BROADCASTING JOB
(College Sports ~ 08/01/01)
It is with somewhat mixed emotions that Mike Legg prepares to leave Cape Girardeau after seven years as the primary radio voice of Southeast Missouri State University football and basketball. Legg will take over the radio play-by-play duties for Western Kentucky University football and basketball this fall. He will also serve as director of broadcasting and sales on the Western Kentucky athletics staff...
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FALL PRACTICES BEGIN MONDAY
(High School Sports ~ 08/01/01)
Under Missouri State High School Activities Association guidelines, the first day fall sports teams can begin practicing is Monday. All athletes must have a completed physical and proof of insurance before they can participate. Following are the times of the first day's practices for the various fall sports at Cape Girardeau Central and Notre Dame. Practices are at the high schools unless noted...
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AREA SOFTBALL TEAMS PREPARE FOR BABE RUTH WORLD SERIES
(High School Sports ~ 08/01/01)
Two local girls fast-pitch softball teams will look to make their mark among the nation's best over the next couple of weeks. The New Hamburg Heat will compete in the 16-under Babe Ruth World Series that begins Aug. 11 in Abbeville, La., while the Benton-based Heartland Nationals will participate in the 12-under Babe Ruth World Series that begins Saturday in Pine Bluff, Ark...
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J. MARK NUNNELEE
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
J. Mark Nunnelee, 57, died July 30, 2001, at his home in Smithville, Mo. He was born Sept. 17, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joe Robert and Janice Lessley Hartle Nunnelee. He lived in Charleston, Mo., until 1956 when he moved with his mother and brother to Cape Girardeau...
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JANE DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jane Davis, 89, of Chaffee died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 11, 1912, at Ellsinore, Mo., daughter of Russell and Louisa Elzina Watson Hester. She and Edgar Davis were married Dec. 26, 1936. He died in January 1938...
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SHARON HOFFMAN
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- Sharon Ann Hoffman, 51, of Gordonville died Monday, July 30, 2001, at her home. She was born Aug. 18, 1949, in St. Louis, daughter of Walter and Zita Baylard Brown. She and Gary L. Hoffman were married Dec. 19, 1970. Hoffman was a distribution manager at Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee, Mo. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church at Chaffee and its Daughters of St. Ambrose...
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WILMA TEMPLE
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
Wilma Temple, 93, of Richmond, Calif., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, July 23, 2001, at Shields Nursing Center in Richmond. She was born July 18, 1908, in Mississippi, daughter of Thomas and Avy Alexander Banks. Burial was Saturday in Lorimier Cemetery. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau was in charge of arrangements...
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WILLIE PARKER
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Willie Mae Parker, 71, of Charleston died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 26, 1929, at Charleston, daughter of Henry and Lovey Douglass Treadwell. She was married to John Parker, who preceded her in death...
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SHERYL DAVIDSON
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
Sheryl Lynn Davidson, 46, of Muleshoe, Texas, died Monday, July 30, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 11, 1954, at Muleshoe, daughter of Kenneth and Barbara Burton. Survivors include two sons, Darrell Allan Davidson of Cape Girardeau, Timothy Charles Davidson of Marble Hill, Mo.; a grandson, Timothy Davidson Jr.; and her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Sharon and Ruben Davidson of Jackson, Mo...
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ERNA SHRUM
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
MARQUAND, Mo. -- Erna Oles Shrum, 91, of Marquand died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at Cla-Ru-Deville Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Mo. She was born Dec. 3, 1909, at Marquand, daughter of Dewitt and Sarah Long Reagan. She and Monroe James Shrum were married Feb. 23, 1928. He died July 4, 1982...
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CLYDE METZGER
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
Clyde Metzger, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at Chateau Health Center. He was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Turrell, Ark., son of Clarence and Irene Davis Metzger. He and Orneda McKinzie were married in January 1948. She died Oct. 15, 2000...
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GOLDIE MANGELS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Goldie V. Mangels, 78, of Perryville died Monday, July 30, 2001, at St. John's Hospital in Washington, Mo. She was born Sept. 12, 1922, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of John and Ena Sarah Sanford Reiss. She and Melvin Mangels were married April 22, 1941. He died March 15, 1999...
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TRISHA RENSCHEN
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
Trisha L. Renschen, 22, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 30, 2001, at the University of Chicago Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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PAULA CANNON
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Paula Cannon of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Dolan Rogers will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cannon, 57, died Monday, July 30, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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JOSEPH HOPKINS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. -- Joseph C. Hopkins, 94, of Crystal City died Monday, July 30, 2001, at Crystal Oaks Skilled Nursing Center in Crystal City. He was born July 6, 1907, at Zalma, Mo., son of John and Illa Hembree Hopkins. He and Edna Mitchell were married Sept. 7, 1968, at Bismarck, Mo. She died March 25, 1986...
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KATHLEEN AKERS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
Kathleen Akers, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria British Columbia, Canada. She was born Jan. 13, 1924, at Sesser, Ill., daughter of Arnold and Luella Hagle Rowark. Akers was employed as a secretary by DLH Services Inc. before retiring in 2001. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Chaffee, Mo...
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DOROTHY WILSON
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
Dorothy LaDonne Wilson, 86, of Santa Ana, Calif., died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 28, 1914, at Neelys Landing, Mo., daughter of Odus Cleveland and Ethel Myree Masterson Litzelfelner. She and William Wilson were married in 1951. He died in April 1985...
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GARY PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Gary V. Phillips, 55, of Dexter died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at the V.A. Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He was born March 24, 1946, at Dexter, son of Clyde and Etta Johnson Phillips. Phillips was retired from the U.S. Army, where he served 20 years...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/01/01)
THE PROBLEM with the Mexicans coming in is that Americans are lazy. They don't want to work. They want a job and a paycheck, but they don't want to do manual labor. The only way Americans get it done is through Mexican labor. So if Americans don't like it, then they should change their work ethics so they're willing to work and do a little sweating for their pay instead of wanting someone else to do it and then get a handout from the government...
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CONFIDENCE IN FBI RESTS ON REAL REFORMS
(Editorial ~ 08/01/01)
Just when the Timothy McVeigh, Wen Ho Lee and Robert Hanssen debacles were beginning to go away, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was in the headlines again, this time for losing 449 guns and more than 180 computers, one of them with classified information...
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MISSOURI GETS BIG CHUNK OF ROAD FUNDS
(Editorial ~ 08/01/01)
One would never know ST. LOUIS "is not getting its fair share of highway money" if you've recently sat in the traffic lines on I-55, I-70, U.S. 40 and I-44 created by all of the new construction. Also U.S. Sen. CHRISTOPHER BOND announced the Senate is considering appropriating $80 million in additional federal highway funding to Missouri...
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LIBRARY DISTRICTS TAKE A LOOK AT BOUNDARIES
(Editorial ~ 08/01/01)
The idea to gather directors from the three area libraries (Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Riverside Regional) along with state library officials and local elected officials for a meeting on boundaries was absolutely inspired. They came to Cape Girardeau in mid-July to discuss a law that, like so many others, seemed to be a good idea at the time it was passed...
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LETTERS: VO-TECH TRAINING CAME TO CAPE TOO LATE FOR SOME
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/01/01)
To the editor: Having just read the article about the good shape Cape Girardeau is in regarding a vo-tech school, I've got a few questions and comments regarding same. What took you so long? Having grown up in Cape during the 1940s, I'm sad to say Cape dragged its feet entirely too long. ...
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LETTERS: STORY ABOUT COMEDY CLUB WAS OFFENSIVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/01/01)
To the editor: I am offended by the article on the July 27 Arts & Leisure page, "What's so funny? Comedy night at Cape Girardeau club features open mike." When a person sits down to read the daily newspaper, you don't expect this kind of news. If people want to go to the club and listen, that doesn't make it right for this kind of thing to be in the daily paper...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/01/01)
Son to Blake Matthew and Michelle Gerard of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:35 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, 2001. Name, Wyatt Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Gerard is the former Michelle Himmelsbach, daughter of Robert and Clara McNabb of Imperial, Mo. She is a health promotional specialist at St. Francis Medical Center. Gerard is the son of Donna Pikey of Cape Girardeau, and the late H. Lynn Gerard...
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RECIPE SWAP: A ROOM FULL OF DESSERTS IS BEST PLACE TO BE
(Column ~ 08/01/01)
The annual Humane Society Dessert Auction is Sunday, and I sure hope to see you there. Over the past two years of being at the auction, I have had the pleasure of meeting many of you. The doors open at 1 p.m. so you can view all of the fabulous desserts as they come in and choose your seating position. The auction is at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6.50 and are available at the door of the Holiday Inn Sierra Room in Cape Girardeau...
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A HARTE APPETITE: VIVE LA DIFFERENCE: THE FRENCH VERSION OF PANCAKES IS NOT ONLY REFINED BUT VERSATILE
(Column ~ 08/01/01)
"Boy, those French," comedian Steve Martin once mused. "They have a different word for everything." But it's not only their language that's different and, to hear them talk, more beautiful than ours. They think they're superior to us when it comes to clothing, wine and food, not to mention romance. Admittedly, they do have a way with each...
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