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YOUNG SMOKERS AT RISK: NEW LAW BANS POSSESSION OF TOBACCO BY ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 18
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
A Missouri law banning anyone under 18 from possessing tobacco products takes effect at the end of the month, but police may have a tough time enforcing it. Cape Girardeau police Cpl. Ike Hammonds said enforcing the law probably won't be high on the city's list of priorities. "We are simply too busy," Hammonds said. "We don't have the manpower to concentrate in that area," he said...
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GONCHER QUITS SCHOOL BOARD OVER DISPUTE
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
Writing that the Cape Girardeau school board "undermined its own integrity and sincerity" when it didn't renew Cape Central principal Randie Fidler's contract in February, board member David Goncher resigned Wednesday, a day after city voters narrowly passed a school tax increase...
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GOVERNMENT CAN BE IMPORTANT CUSTOMER
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
Business owners from throughout Southeast Missouri have discovered a potential new client: the government. On Wednesday, at the area's first conference on procuring government contracts, they found out how to entice that client and provide customer satisfaction...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: MARSHMALLOW FIELDS FOREVER ... AND THE ART OF SURPRISE
(Column ~ 08/09/01)
Aug. 9, 2001 Dear Pat, Driving through California a few weeks ago, I rounded a bend on Highway 101 and was confronted by an astonishing sight: a field filled with gigantic marshmallows. Naturally, I didn't believe my eyes. How could that be? At 65 mph, there was no time to look for clues, just the lines of the highway to stay between...
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$4 MILLION AWARD STANDS FOR MAN HURT IN EXPLOSION
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A $4 million award to a Sikeston, Mo., man injured in an explosion at an aluminum processing plant will stand following a decision by a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District. Ernest Bland was working at Marnor Aluminum Processing Inc. at Miner when a furnace explosion occurred on Jan. 12, 1997. Bland suffered third-degree burns after being hit with molten aluminum that caught his clothing on fire...
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MISSOURI TREASURER UNVEILS WEB SITE
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
The state treasurer's office has a new Web site devoted to helping Missourians recover abandoned money and other assets that belong to them. At www.showmemoney.com, computer users can search a data base of more than 1.2 million names of owners of unclaimed assets being held by the state treasurer's office...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTION TAKEN
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
Wednesday, Aug. 8 Hearings Subdivision plats...
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SOUTHEST MISSOURIAN JR. TO COLLECT SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR TEACHERS
(Local News ~ 08/09/01)
Russell Grammer, a fourth-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, estimates that he and his wife, Amy, spend about $100 to $200 per year for teaching supplies out of their own pocket. "There are all kinds of supplies that teachers have to supply on their own," he said...
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CHAFFEE IN GOOD STATE OF MIND
(High School Sports ~ 08/09/01)
As good a season as the Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy Senior American Legion baseball team has had so far, manager Jeff Graviett figures his squad is not ready to stop quite yet. "We want the season to last as long as we can," he said. "We want to see how far we can take this thing."...
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CHAFFEE BATS COMING ALIVE AT THE RIGHT TIME
(College Sports ~ 08/09/01)
Most of the year, pitching and defense were probably the strong suits of the highly successful Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy American Legion baseball team. But during last weekend's zone tournament, Chaffee picked up the pace considerably offensively and that was one of the keys to the squad qualifying for this week's state tourney in Columbia, Mo...
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SPORTS DIGEST: HEARTLAND GIRLS EARN VICTORY
(High School Sports ~ 08/09/01)
PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- The Heartland softball team, a squad based in Benton, Mo., won its first game in bracket play of the 12-under girls fast-pitch Babe Ruth World Series Wednesday, knocking off Homewood, Ill. 8-0. Heartland went 2-2 in pool play to qualify for the six-team, double-elimination competition...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO STUDENT-ATHLETES HONORED BY THE OVC
(College Sports ~ 08/09/01)
Southeast Missouri State University student-athletes were honored Wednesday by the Ohio Valley Conference for achieving high marks in the classroom. Thirteen Southeast student-athletes won the OVC Medal of Honor a total of 17 times while 71 student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll a total of 81 times...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/09/01)
Son to Capt. Matt and Dr. Jill Goddard of Centerville, Ohio, Wright-Patterson Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, 5:17 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2001. Name, Hal Daniel. Weight, 5 pounds. Second son. Mrs. Goddard is the former Jill Henning, daughter of Charles and Marilyn Pippens of Dexter, Mo. ...
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NATHAN HUNTER
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Dr. Nathan Hunter, 82, died Saturday, July 14, 2001. He was born Jan. 20, 1919, in Choctaw, Ark., son of J.O. and Maude L. Hunter. He and Margaret Lucille Kelly were married in 1940. She preceded him in death. Hunter graduated from high school at Bragg City, Mo. He received a bachelor's degree from Southeast Missouri State University, and a master's degree in health education from Washington University in St. Louis...
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ALVIN WILEY
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
Alvin S. Wiley, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 7, 1920, in Cape Girardeau County, son of James and Eugie Kinder Wiley. He and Betty Hyslip Blumenberg were married April 17, 1971, in St. Louis...
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BOYCE TOOLE
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
Boyce W. Toole, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at his home. He was born July 30, 1922, at White Oak, Mo., son of Odie and Ola Belle Toole. He and Frances Pullum were married March 18, 1947. Toole worked 15 years at Procter & Gamble, retiring in 1984. Prior to that he farmed at Gideon, Mo...
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J.D. MEISENHEIMER
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- J.D. Meisenheimer, 77, of Golden, Colo., died Monday, Aug. 6, 2001, at his home. He was born July 18, 1924, in Cairo, son of Harold M. and Pearl B. Rendleman Meisenheimer. He married Barbara Gerstmann. Meisenheimer was a retired ironworker and race car driver...
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MYRTLE WALLIS
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
PATTON, Mo. -- Myrtle Gertrude Wallis, 97, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at her home. She was born Feb. 15, 1904, at Patton, daughter of Joseph and Cora Linton Shirley. She and James E. Wallis were married Feb. 16, 1925. He died Jan. 25, 1962...
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NORMA DAWLEY
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Norma Jean Dawley of Anna will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. Msgr. Tom Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today...
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JOAN VAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
Joan Vaughn, 69, of Houston, Texas, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. She was born Sept. 2, 1931, at Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Ernest and Lena Elizabeth Murphy Mize. She and Donald Eugene Vaughn were married July 4, 1952, in Hernando, Miss...
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RAYMOND BENEFIELD
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
THEBES, Ill. -- Raymond E. Benefield, 70, of Thebes died at 7:41 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2001, on arrival at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 17, 1930, in McClure, Ill., son of Ray and Bertha Groves Benefield. He married Donna Parks Nov. 3, 1957...
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JOSEPH KIEFER
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Joseph C. Kiefer, 56, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001, at his home. He was born Oct. 16, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, son of Wilbert and Ruby Marie Sadler Kiefer. Kiefer had worked at McDonnell Douglas. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church...
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JEWELL JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Jewell Jackson, 86, of Anna died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, at City Care Center. He was born April 17, 1915, in Union County, Ill., son of Marcellus and Shalottie Adams Jackson. He first married Lucille Barker, who died Nov. 21, 1982. He later married Virgie Barlow...
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BILLY BRAGG
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
Billy Joe Bragg, 72, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elk Grove Village. He was born June 7, 1929, in Cape Girardeau. He and Lorene E. Biri were married Feb. 20, 1948, at Glen Allen, Mo. She died June 24, 2001...
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NATHANIEL WOODS
(Obituary ~ 08/09/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Graveside service for Nathaniel Tyler Ray Woods will be held at 1 p.m. today at Dogwood Cemetery. Clyde Quick will officiate. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements. The newborn died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo...
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LIST ISN'T STOPPING ALL UNWANTED CALLS
(Editorial ~ 08/09/01)
Judging by the number of people who have signed up to be on the state's list of resident telephone numbers that telemarketers aren't supposed to call, Missourians are making it clear they don't want to be bothered by uninvited sales calls to their homes...
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GOOD RULE, MISSING OATH, WINNING HERO
(Editorial ~ 08/09/01)
Rule of thumb: Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. -- Winston Churchill --- So help me, Pat? Sen. Jim Jeffords' jump from the Republican Party made Sen. ...
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PLANNED WASTE-TO-OIL PLANT SOUNDS PROMISING
(Editorial ~ 08/09/01)
A $15 million demonstration plant that will convert waste from poultry processing operations into oil that can be refined into gasoline will be built at Carthage, Mo., and developers believe the process may someday reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/09/01)
THE MOSQUITO sprayer from the city just came by my home. These trucks must go about 40 mph. What do they do it for? I am not surprised that we didn't get any of the fog at all. I have lived in cities where mosquito prevention was important. Cape Girardeau is not one of them...
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UNCLAIMED FUNDS SHOULD BE RELEASED
(Editorial ~ 08/09/01)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Recently, Gary Rust penned a few paragraphs regarding unclaimed property being held by the Cole County Circuit Court. I would like to take this opportunity to provide additional information about the state treasurer's legal pursuit of unclaimed property funds being controlled by Cole County Circuit Judges Byron Kinder and Tom Brown...
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