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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?: PROFUSION OF PLANTS CREATES REFUGE FROM OUTSIDE WORLD
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
Debbie Naeter's garden is not her hobby and not just pretty to look at, though it pleases all the senses. Her garden is a map of the way she lives. These August mornings, Naeter walks out her back door and picks a handful of blackberries or raspberries for her bowl of cereal. She grew the tomato and most of the ingredients in the tabouli salad she will take to work for lunch. The organic bulgar came from a farm in Wisconsin...
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LOCAL RESIDENTS TO MEET WITH POWER PLANT REPS
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
A meeting involving the people proposing a power plant in southwest Cape Girardeau County and local residents who fear its environmental effects could be electrifying. Rick Kuntze plans to be there. He's the local lawyer for Kinder Morgan Co. of Lakewood, Colo., which wants to build the 550-megawatt plant along Route U north of the Route A junction south of Crump...
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CLIMBING THE TOWERS: STUDENTS MOVE INTO SEMO DORMS
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
The crush of vehicles turned Southeast Missouri State University and surrounding streets into a parking lot at times as about 1,200 freshmen, loaded down with everything from clothes to computers, moved into residence halls Thursday. By Sunday night, when all the returning students are settled, the dorms will be crowded to capacity with more than 2,300 students...
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SOUTHEAST REGENTS NIX CHARTER SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
With no building and no financing, a proposed neighborhood school in south St. Louis won't hold classes this fall and must cope with having its charter revoked. Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents on Thursday canceled the five-year charter less than a year after granting it...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE ORANGE BARRELS
(Column ~ 08/17/01)
Hundreds of fresh-faced university students, many with parents in tow, tried to get to the university campus this week, and without the indispensable "Sullivan's Guide to Getting From Here to There," they pretty much gridlocked all the streets in the immediate area...
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EX-BUTLER JAILER ALLEGES SEXUAL HARASSMENT
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
A former corrections officer is suing Butler County, alleging sexual harassment by supervisors, including sheriff Bill Heaton. In a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Debra Dugger alleges sexual harassment and discrimination during the time she worked at the Butler County Jail...
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MULE, HARNESS RACING HIGHLIGH FAIR AGENDA
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- It's not the Winnemucca Futurity in Nebraska or the Red Bluff Roundup in Red Bluff, Calif., but the mules will be off-and-running here next week. Mule racing provides thrills and excitement at mule tracks in Nebraska and California, but the Union County Fair racetrack at Anna is the only location for mule racing in Illinois...
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BOND PICKS MAN FROM CHARLESTON FOR FARM BOARD
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., announced Wednesday his recommendations for the members to serve on the Missouri Farm Service Agency Board. Fred Ferrell of Charleston, Mo., was the board member selected from Southeast Missouri. He has been operating Ferrell Farms since 1964. He also is owner and chief executive officer of Mid-Valley Irrigation, Inc...
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EMERSON TO HOLD SIXTH ANNUAL PICNIC
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will sponsor her sixth annual Old-fashioned Family Picnic at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Osage Community Centre in Cape Girardeau. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. The picnic will include Rep. Kenny Hulshof, a Southeast Missouri native, Jim Talent, a former candidate for governor, and Peter Kinder, president pro tem of the Missouri Senate. Local elected officials also will attend...
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TRANSPORATION FORUM IN CAPE ON TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 08/17/01)
Area residents will have a chance to comment on Missouri's transportation needs at a forum Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. The meeting, featuring presentations from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, the Missouri Farm Bureau and the Missouri Department of Transportation, will be held at 10 a.m. in the Show Me Center. The meeting is open to the public...
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SOUTHEAST UNVEILS DIFFICULT SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SEASON
(College Sports ~ 08/17/01)
Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner has no doubt where the Indians' 2001-2002 schedule ranks in degree of difficulty compared to his four previous seasons in charge of the program. "It's definitely the toughest schedule we've faced," said Garner. "Our non-conference schedule is extremely tough and it's just a really challenge schedule overall."...
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CHAFFEE TOPS MISSISSIPPI STATE CHAMP
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/01)
ENID, Okla. -- The pitching of Matt Stroup and some timely hitting was enough for Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy to prevail Thursday morning in the opening game of the American Legion Mid-South Regional Tournament. Stroup went all nine innings as Missouri State champion Chaffee knocked off Mississippi state champ West Point 3-1...
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SLAMFEST TURNS 10 YEARS OLD
(College Sports ~ 08/17/01)
The Slamfest is now a decade old -- and bigger and better than ever. Cape Girardeau's popular outdoor basketball tournament is ready for its 10th edition Saturday and Sunday at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau, starting at 8 a.m. both days. Play is expected to last into the night Saturday, with the championship game scheduled for about 5 p.m. Sunday...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO SOCCER HAS EXHIBITION SATURDAY
(College Sports ~ 08/17/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's women's soccer team will have its first game of the 2001 season Saturday night when the St. Louis based Busch Soccer Club under-17 squad comes to Houck Stadium for an exhibition/fundraiser. The event will get started at 5 p.m. ...
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HEAT EVENS WORLD SERIES RECORD
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/01)
ABBEVILLE, La. -- The New Hamburg Heat evened its record to 3-3 Thursday at the 16-U Softball World Series with a 4-1 victory over a squad from the Ohio Valley Region. Kelly Essner went the distance for the Heat, allowing six hits and a lone seventh-inning run...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/17/01)
Son to Timothy Wade and Jamie Sue Birkman of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:24 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001. Name, Ryan Matthew. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Birkman is the former Jamie Floyd, daughter of Charles and Jean Floyd of Leopold, Mo. She is a secretary at Southeast Missouri State University. Birkman is the son of William and Margaret Birkman of Advance, Mo. He is parts manager at Baker Implement Co...
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TOM NIX
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Tom Nix, 62, of Olive Branch, died at 12:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at home. Born Dec. 7, 1938, he was a son of Caleb and Ruby Jordan Nix. He was married on Aug. 20, 1960, to Janet Everett. Nix retired this year as maintenance supervisor at Westvaco in Wickliffe, Ky., where he had worked for 30 years. He had served in the Illinois National Guard...
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WILBERT VERSEMANN
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
NEW WELLS, Mo. -- Funeral for Wilbert Herman Versemann of New Wells will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. The Rev. Walter F. Patzwitz will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo., from 4-8 p.m. today...
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RUDOLPH BROTHERS
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
Rudolph Brothers, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Oct. 21, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Schweikert Brothers. He and Wilmetta Sitzes were married Dec. 20, 1947, in Cape Girardeau. She died Oct. 23, 1983...
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SHIRLEY CUTRIGHT
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Funeral for Shirley M. Cutright of Lebanon, Ill., was held Tuesday at Meyer Funeral Home in Lebanon. The Rev. Delbert Mueller officiated. Burial was in College Hill Cemetery at Lebanon. Cutright, 55, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at Bohannon Care Center in Lebanon...
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BOBBY KELSO
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bobby J. Kelso, 68, of Sikeston died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 2, 1938, in Osceola, Ark., son of Rebel Davis and Willie Mae Raper Kelso. He and Gloria A. McGee were married Nov. 14, 1964, at Sikeston. Kelso was a 1956 graduate of Matthews High School in Matthews, Mo., and a 1966 graduate of Murray State University in Murray, Ky...
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ALMA ERVIN
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Alma May Ervin, 90, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at Monticello House. She was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Wayne County, Mo., daughter of Albert and Louise Baker Heise. She and Glenn E. Ervin were married July 29, 1931, in Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 8, 1997...
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LLOYD MCDOWELL
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
Lloyd Clarence McDowell, 85, of Coral Springs, Fla., died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, at Boca Raton Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 9, 1915, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Charles J. and Nellie Howard McDowell. McDowell graduated from the former Fruitland High School and Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. He was a member of the state championship basketball teams of the college and its high school...
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WILLIAM GAINES
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
William Edward Gaines, 83, of Farmington, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at the Park Hills Medical Center at Park Hills, Mo. He was born Oct. 14, 1917, in Clawson, Mich., the son of Lon and Minnie Graham Gaines. He married Zola Osburn on April 14, 1946. She died Jan. 5, 1976. He married Grace James on April 24, 1976. She died Dec. 19, 1995...
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RUBY SKAGGS
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Funeral for Ruby Mae Skaggs of Piedmont, Mo., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The Rev. Gene Robbins will officiate. Burial will be in Grassy Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until service time...
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EMMA MCCLEARN
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Emma L. McClearn, 69, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, at Monticello House. She was born Oct. 13, 1931, at Malden, Mo., daughter of Luther and Nora Humphrey Paul. She and Don McClearn were married Oct. 27, 1956. McClearn worked 10 years in the office at Famous-Barr Warehouse in St. Louis, and later worked at Holiday Inn in St. Louis. She moved to Jackson in 1996...
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WILLIAM BOYD
(Obituary ~ 08/17/01)
TAMMS, Ill. -- William "Willie" Boyd, 89, of Tamms died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, at City Care Nursing Center in Anna, Ill. He was born April 19, 1912, in Rock Hill, S.C., son of Henry and Easter Lillie Williams Boyd. Boyd was a retired farm laborer...
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LETTERS: KINDER COLUMN HITS NAIL ON HEAD REGARDING SCHOOLS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/17/01)
To the editor: Thank you for Peter Kinder's words on school choice in his Sunday column. I can attest to the fact that, in all too many instances, the St. Louis public schools are an educational wasteland. The protection of incompetent teachers and administrators is rampant. Extremely abusive individuals work directly with children. I worked in the system for 8 1/2 years and feel fortunate to have escaped with my life. Many of the buildings are war zones...
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LETTERS: NO EXTRA FEES CAN BE CHARGED FOR GUIDE DOGS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/17/01)
To the editor: I would like to take this opportunity to educate the public about provisions for service dogs. There are several types of service dogs for people with a variety of impairments. Whether an individual is blind, hearing impaired, has seizures or is mobility challenged, with service dogs they are entitled to ride on any public transportation that is available to the general public. Anyone who is accompanied by a service dog should not be charged extra for the dog...
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HOLDEN IS THE GOVERNOR FOR ALL OF BIG LABOR
(Editorial ~ 08/17/01)
If his efforts so far are any indication, Gov. Bob Holden's attempts to be the governor who wants to heal divisive wounds have fallen flat. In particular, Holden's special favoritism for labor unions has only alienated the majority of Missourians who are not union members or supporters...
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HOLDEN LEAVES AGENCIES HANGING ON BUDGETS
(Editorial ~ 08/17/01)
Gov. Bob Holden's aim of being the governor for all the people of Missouri (see editorial below) has the ring of good intentions. But, aside from the passage of women's health initiative legislation he backed during this year's legislative session, the governor has exhibited an uncanny ability to divide Missourians rather than bring them together...
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INTERNET TAX VITAL TO LOCAL TAXPAYERS
(Editorial ~ 08/17/01)
I have written or spoken about the taxing of consumable goods over the Internet many times. I have been referred to as Scrooge, a taxing bigot, a money-hungry politician and other derogatory names. That's all right with me, because I believe you and Main Street businesses are being duped by Big Business...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/17/01)
YOU KNOW the story about the so-called shocking and explosive set of circumstances leading up to the governor of Missouri's issuance of an executive order? Why, if old Will Shakespeare were still with us, he'd write a comedy about it and give it a title very similar to one he'd already penned: "Much Ado About Absolutely Nothing."...
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LETTERS: MOUNTAINTOP DAMAGE COULDN'T EVER BE REPAIRED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/17/01)
To the editor: To posit, as you did in a recent editorial, that Ameren's plans to cut off the top of Church Mountain can be done in an "environmentally sensitive manner" is pure poppycock. Blown-up mountains can never be reassembled or remediated or mitigated. ...
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