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FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS ... THIS COULD BE A WILD RIDE
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
The Wild West. The struggle for territory. A time, a state of mind when a gunslinger was either quick or he was dead. A period where outlaws went by the nickname Kid, or Wild Bill. And who could forget The Duke? A place in history where a lot of folks just didn't like each other. The cowboys fought with the Indians. The sheriffs despised the outlaws. And everybody carried a gun...
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THE BLUEJAYS: FULL OF STEAM
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Several teams in the area this year will have to replace quarterbacks and other key personnel at the skill positions. Not Charleston. The Bluejays return 17 starters including the entire backfield for the 2001 season, and that has Bluejay fans excited...
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FREDERICKTOWN: YOUNG BLACKCATS WANT TO KEEP PROGRAM ON RIGHT TRACK
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
After decades of struggling, Fredericktown coach Kent Gibbs and the Blackcats have turned the football program in the right direction over the past two years. In 1999, the club went 6-4. Last year, the Blackcats went 7-3. But the core group of athletes who built the success has taken a mighty hit to graduation...
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THE INDIANS: KINGS OF THE HILL
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Since the famine of the 80's and early 90's, these have been bountiful times for St. Vincent football. The numbers have been positively robust. Last year, with a bumper crop of 22 seniors (70 in the program), the Indians finished Class 1A runner-up for the second time in three seasons. St. Vincent rolled off 13 straight victories before suffering its only loss of the year in a 12-0 loss to Sante Fe in the state championship game...
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COVER STORY: MARIO WHITNEY; FINESSE FOOTBALL AT ITS FINEST
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- In the two years since Mario Whitney left Atlanta, Ga., for Jackson his sophomore year, Indian Country has seen the soon-to-be Missouri Tiger do a little bit of everything on the football field. The play-maker has scored touchdowns in every way imaginable...
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THE RED DEVILS: BIG BOOTS TO FILL
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Chaffee has produced back-to-back 3-7 seasons under coach Allan Horrell, which might not seem like such a great accomplishment. But those records look a little better when one takes into account several factors. First, prior to 1999, the Red Devils hadn't won as many as three games in a season since 1991 (their last winning record came in 1990). And second, Chaffee's pre-district schedule is filled with nothing but larger schools...
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IN FIRST PERSON: KEVIN KELLER
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
While managing a full-time job, I attended our offseason workouts and two college football camps throughout the summer. My day usually started at about 5:30 a.m. We had weightlifting and conditioning on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays starting at 6:30 a.m...
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AROUND THE STATE: TOP CLASSES FEATURE FAMILIARY; ROCKHURST, CAMDENTON FAVORED
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Don't look for big surprises around the state when the high school champions are decided this season. The usual suspects look like they will again be the teams to beat. Defending Class 5A state champion Rockhurst is ranked 19th in the nation thanks in part to sophomore sensation Tony Temple, who rushed for 1,105 yards and 18 TDs as a freshman...
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THE EAGLES: MOVING ONWARD
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
After going winless in 1999, coach John Garner and the East Prairie Eagles made noticeable improvement last season. The squad earned just two victories, but competed well with several teams on the schedule, losing three games by eight points or less...
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THE BULLDOGS: THE NEW SHERIFF
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Three years ago, veteran football coach Jim McKay left his hometown school of Portageville in search of a challenge. He wasn't gone long. McKay, Portageville's coach from 1968-88, has returned to try and pull Portageville back into the playoffs one year after a dismal season...
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COVER STORY: DEREKE TIPLER; TIPLER GETS THE JOB DONE
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
When it's a tie game with only seconds left in the fourth quarter and you need a basket, Derek Tipler is the guy you want with the ball in his hands. When it's third-and-long and you need a first down, or if you're trailing by seven with under a minute left in regulation -- Dereke Tipler is the guy you get the ball to...
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THE RAMS: AT THE CROSSROADS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Desire and determination are big factors in the game of football. For the next couple of seasons, they will be the focal point of Scott City football. The Rams have had their share of talent and success over the years, including a 7-3 record last season, but leaner times appear to be arriving for the Class 2A Rams...
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THE BEARCATS: BUCKING THE NORM
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Stoddard County's only high school football program has been in a slump for about the past 10 years. Don't be mistaken -- the program has never been in shambles. But the team is never particularly bad, never particularly good. Just average. Dexter hasn't had a winning season since 1989, and since then the Bearcats have finished the regular season at 5-5 six times...
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THE PIRATES: NOT DEAD YET
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Lance Bell's first season as Perryville's coach last year did not exactly go the way the former Pirates' assistant hoped. But Bell, while not quite predicting great things for the Pirates, said he is confident they will be significantly improved when the season begins Friday...
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ANALYSIS; QUARTERBACKS IN DEMAND; WHO'S NEXT? AREA COACHES ARE SCRAMBLING TO FILL THEIR QUARTERBACK VOIDS
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Where have all the quarterbacks gone? Poplar Bluff's Stan Revelle has graduated. So has Chaffee's Travis Hanback, New Madrid's Byron Minner, Cape Central's T.J. Erlacker, Jackson's John Jackson and St. Vincent's Jonathan Paulus. While the area figures to boast several top-notch running backs this year, all of last year's top quarterbacks have moved on...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: IT'S TIME TO PLAY
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Tim Billings has no doubt that his second Indians' team will be better -- and more talented -- than his first squad that went 3-8 last year. But the Southeast Missouri State University coach realizes the Indians will be young and inexperienced, with only a handful of senior starters and a host of freshmen likely to either start or see considerable action...
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THE OFFENSE: MCDOWELL GETS NOD IN TIGHT QB RACE
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
A position-by-position look at Southeast Missouri State University's offense: Quarterback The Indians have two experienced quarterbacks in seniors Rashad West and Bobby Brune, who have basically split starting time over the past two years and put up some solid numbers...
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AREA'S BIG GAMES PROMISE BIG THRILLS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Looking for the hottest ticket in town this fall? Then be sure to find a spot in the grandstands for these games, which promise to be the 10 best match-ups of the season: 1. Poplar Bluff at Jackson, Nov. 2 -- The Class 5A, District 1 championship has come down to the last game of the season between these two the last couple of years. Expect the area's two best teams to lock horns again for all the marbles at a packed Jackson Stadium...
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POPLAR BLUFF MULES: PLAYOFF QUALIFIER LOSES AREA'S TOP QB, RETURNS BIGGER, STRONGER LINE
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Stan Revelle's gone. Travis Tinsley is gone. And so is Poplar Bluff. Whoa, hold your horses. Despite losing some of the area's best players, Mules coach Mark Barousse is confident his team will be in the mix again as one of the top teams in Southeast Missouri...
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THE TIGERS: PAST THE SUNSET
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
The last two football seasons at Cape Central could be released as one of those cheesy, feel-good, rags-to-riches sports movies. You know, the kind where a team stinks at the beginning and gets crushed by every team on the schedule. Then something happens, the players get motivated, they do a bunch of sit-ups and, poof, they become champs. Just like that...
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THE BULLDOGS: TEXAS-SIZED LINE
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
If there is a team in the area with bigger linemen than what the Sikeston Bulldogs offer, Charlie Vickery would like to see it. The 2001 Bulldogs will dress 19 players that are 205 pounds or heavier and 10 others that tip the scales at 240-plus. Sikeston returns nearly every lineman from last season's 4-6 team and also return 1,000-yard rusher Heath Hunter...
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IN FIRST PERSON: JUSTIN WELLS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
(IN FIRST PERSON: Cape Central senior lineman recounts changing role, final season and desire to win.) At 2 a.m. on August 6th, I woke with a chilled sweat and my eyes wide open. I realized that the first football practice of the season started in five hours...
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THE EAGLES: READY TO RIDE
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Over the last 18 years, New Madrid County Central football has covered both ends of the spectrum. From embarrassing losses to convincing victories, there has been just one constant -- head coach Ronnie Jones. Now for the first time since 1983, Jones will not be leading the Eagles out to the battlefield. That will be the job of longtime assistant Steve Rogers, who takes over as head coach...
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IN FIRST PERSON: SETH HARRELL
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
I'm not too worn out right now because of the workouts I did this summer. Our first day of practice didn't go so well, probably just because we've had a week off with no workouts. It took a little while to get used to the heat. It was a busy summer for me...
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MSHSAA: NEW 6A A PLUSS FOR TOP AREA PROGRAMS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
In an effort to level the playing field for high school athletes, changes are in the works for sports in Missouri. Missouri high schools voted to add another classification in football (6A) and boys and girls basketball (5A) starting in 2002. Football has used five classifications since 1982, while basketball has had four classes since 1974...
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OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS Quick Hits LOCATION: Charleston, Ill. ENROLLMENT: 11,700 COACH: Bob Spoo, 84-75-1 at Eastern Illinois (14 years) LAST YEAR: 8-4 overall, 6-1 OVC (2nd) Coming back RETURNING STARTERS: 14 (5 offense, 8 defense, 1 specialist) KEY RETURNERS: (QB) Tony Romo, (RB) J.R. Taylor, (DB) Kourtney Young, (DB) John Williams...
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THE INDIANS: ON THE WARPATH
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Every morning when the sun rose, it was on their minds. Every morning when they slapped weights on the squat bar, every time they ran a sprint, it was on their minds. And it will be on their minds until Destination Day: November 2, 2001. Last season was a disappointment to the Jackson Indians...
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MISSISSIPPI AREA CONFERENCE: LEAGUE EMBARKS ON SECOND SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
The name is new, the members, old rivals. The Mississippi Area Football Conference is the result of a merger of the Jefferson County Conference and the Mineral Area Activities Association. Football is the only sport under the conference, which was created in 2000 to provide more parity among competitors...
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2000 STANDINGS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
SEMO CONFERENCE Northern Division Southern Division Central Division Other Local Schools Perryville, St. Vincent and Fredericktown compete in the Mississippi Area Football Conference, in the Blue, White and Red divisions, respectively; Anna-Jonesboro is a member of the River to River...
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2000 PLAYOFFS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
SECTIONALS Class 5A Parkway South 45, Poplar Bluff 0 Class 4A Cape Central 33, Hillsboro 17 Class 3A Festus 30, New Madrid Co. Central 28 Class 2A Malden 34, Charleston 14 Class 1A St. Vincent 28, Vandalia Van-Far 0 QUARTERFINALS Class 4A Washington 21, Cape Central 14...
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2000 LEADERS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
SEMO CONFERENCE Rushing Passing Receiving...
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THE DEFENSE: YOUNG, INJURED GUNS READY FOR ACTION
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
A position-by-position look at Southeast's defense: Line This unit got trampled much of last season as opponents rushed for nearly 3,000 yards and averaged a whopping five yards per carry, but Billings is looking for considerable improvement. Much of this position's success could hinge on the health of massive junior James Jennette, a 300-pound tackle who was injured much of 2000 but can be a dominant player. The two-year starter had 28 tackles last season...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL ROSTER
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
OFFENSE P DEFENSE...
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HOT WEATHER FORCES SCHOOLS TO DISMISS EARLY WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 08/30/01)
Allen Walker said his classroom at L.J. Schultz School was hot as a Roman candle. "I looked at my friend and said, It's so hot, you know we're fixin' to get out of school early today,'" said the seventh-grader as he mounted his bike Wednesday to head home...
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MORE THAN JUST WINDOW DRESSING: AN ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY MEANS MORE BUSINESS AND SOMETIMES AN AWARD
(Local News ~ 08/30/01)
Business owners offhandedly call it window dressing, but it's more like the haute couture of merchandising. An attractive store window not only attracts casual passersby, it also attracts serious buyers. Some Cape Girardeau retailers have perfected the art over generations of styles. Others, like Curious Goods' attention-grabbing groupings on Broadway, are more recent additions to the city's shopping environment...
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NURSE GIVEN PRISON TIME FOR BOGUS PRESCRIPTIONS
(Local News ~ 08/30/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A licensed nurse was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for falsifying prescriptions to feed her addiction to pain pills. Lori Ann Ennis, 34, of Ozark, Mo., was in a drug rehabilitation center in Cape Girardeau when she was caught fraudulently obtaining prescriptions at local pharmacies in June. The rehab program was part of a previous criminal sentence for the same type of crime...
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UNIVERSITY POLICE MAY MOVE INTO NEW GARAGE
(Local News ~ 08/30/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Public Safety has little room to operate from its headquarters in a crowded wing of a residence hall on the south side of campus. But that could change in the next several years. Southeast officials are considering building new quarters for the DPS in a proposed $12 million parking garage on New Madrid Street near the Show Me Center...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: CHASING CATS AND SQUIRRELS IN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
(Column ~ 08/30/01)
Aug. 30, 2001 Dear Patty, In these last dog days of summer, sweaty and yet dimming with portents of autumn, the Dog Star and the sun rise and set together. Whether it's the weather or some interstellar magnetic pull acting on them, the neighborhood cats seem to be prowling more than usual...
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POLICE CHIEF HOPEFULS INTERVIEWED
(Local News ~ 08/30/01)
City manager Michael Miller said he expected a new police chief to be named within two weeks after he interviewed three of the four finalists for the job on Wednesday. "I'd hope to have it done by then anyway," Miller said. The fourth candidate, who comes from within the department, was interviewed last week, Miller said...
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DEADLINE FOR CABLE TV CUSTOMER SURVEY NEAR
(Local News ~ 08/30/01)
Cable television subscribers wanting a chance to make a change in their cable service are being asked to complete and return a survey mailed by the city of Cape Girardeau and Charter Communications. The survey is being conducted to determine customer satisfaction and what current customers want from their cable providers...
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LOWERY TO LEAVE SE
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Chris Lowery is proving that you can go home again. Or at least to a place where you spent plenty of time. Lowery, an assistant basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University, has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois University, where he played basketball for four years. Lowery will begin his duties in Carbondale Friday...
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OTAHKS LOSE SOME TALENT, NOT TRADITION
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
On paper, Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team definitely appears to face a huge challenge this year. But the Otahkians have faced such challenges before -- and always come out none the worse for wear. That's what coach Cindy Gannon is counting on again as the Otahkians prepare to open the 2001 season this weekend in the four-team Lamar Tournament in Beaumont, Texas. Their first home match will be Sept. 18 against Austin Peay...
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DOWN, SET ... NOT YET; DESPITE RAPID GROWHT, NOTRE DAME HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO START A FOOTBALL PROGRAM
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
The landscape of Notre Dame sports is changing quite rapidly -- literally and figuratively. With the school to add track and field for the 2002 season, construction is currently underway on a new track, which should fit quite nicely next to the new baseball field, which sits adjacent to the new softball field, which is situated next to a pair of new soccer fields. Put simply, it's looking like a complex...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO TENNIS TEAM LANDS NEW RECRUITS
(College Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Southeast Missouri State University women's tennis coach Donna Ryan has filled out her 2001-2002 roster with three players. Ryan recently announced the signing of Indiana State transfer Daniela Garcia and freshmen Cassie Foster and Tyla Wells. Garcia saw limited action at Indiana State as a freshman last year...
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JACKSON ROLLS PAST CENTRAL IN TENNIS
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/01)
Jackson High School's girls tennis team pushed its dual-match record to 3-0 while dropping Cape Girardeau Central to 0-2 as the visiting Lady Indians prevailed 7-2 over their major rivals Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Indians' top four singles players -- Nicole Poythress, Katie Domian, Kelly Mitchell and Carly Vogelsang -- all won handily by dropping just one game apiece. Jackson swept the three doubles matches...
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JAMES STAUSE
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- James A. Stause, 75, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital Emergency Room. He was born May 24, 1926, at Glennon, Mo., the son of Hubert and Mayme Beel Stause. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus in Jackson. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II...
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DONALD FARRIS
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
Donald R. Farris, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2001, at his home. He was born Feb. 12, 1940, at Qulin, Mo., son of Joseph "Joe" and Buna Boley Farris. He and Glenda Johnson were married Oct. 2, 1958. Farris worked at the former Florsheim Shoe Co. 25 years, and for BFI three years. He was a member of Free Will Baptist Church, and taught Sunday School in the children's department many years...
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JAMES EVANS SR.
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
James Evans Sr., 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at the Massie Funeral Home in Cairo, Ill.
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CONA ULMER
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Cona Alline Ulmer, 83, of Morley died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001, at her home. She was born Oct. 22, 1917, in Maynard, Ark., daughter of Henry Adolphis and Lofa Ann Evans Casey. She and J.E. Ulmer were married Oct. 5, 1935, at Morley. He preceded her in death...
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VERNELL BOREN
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
Vernell Alma Boren, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 16, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles and Minnie Hagan Bock. She and Wilbur L. Boren were married April 17, 1938, at Benton, Mo. He died May 22, 1978...
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JAY WITT
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Jay Witt, 70, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 22, 1931, in Cairo, Ill., son of Jay and Evelyn Witt. He was raised by his stepmother, Louise Witt. He married Joanna Witt, who died in 1993...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/30/01)
Son to Kenneth C. and Teresa L. Pemberton Jr. of Henderson, Ky., St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, Ind., 10:26 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2001. Name, Brandon Tyler. Weight, 5 pounds 12.5 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Pemberton is the former Teresa Conner, daughter of Larry and Dottye Jo Conner of Henderson. ...
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RUTH HOLDER
(Obituary ~ 08/30/01)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Ruth Holder, 90, of Olive Branch died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Visitation will be after 11 a.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Beachwood Cemetery in Mounds, Ill...
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LETTERS: JACKSON BOARD NEEDS TO HEAR FROM OPPONENTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/30/01)
To the editor: Jackson has plans to put West Lane through to Route D, making the traffic past West Lane Elementary, Orchard Elementary, the middle school and the junior high school even worse than it already is. The school board has not voiced any opposition to this, and board members we have contacted seem to be blowing smoke at us. If you get frustrated dropping off your children or picking them up now, just wait. It will just get worse...
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COMMUNITY CAN ACT ON BUDGET CRUNCH
(Editorial ~ 08/30/01)
Missouri's budget situation, real or imagined, is already having some serious impact on families and lives. Mental health community-based facilities have seen treatment dollars shrink, and this year is no exception. What that means is less help for people with alcohol- and drug-addiction problems and the possibility that some of those most in need will not receive services. That, of course, leads to more family distress, and so it goes on...
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DRUG-DILUTION CASE MAY RAISE AWARENESS
(Editorial ~ 08/30/01)
Reports that a Kansas City, Mo., pharmacist diluted chemotherapy drugs ordered by doctors to treat cancer patients shocked a nation that relies heavily on prescription drugs and puts all its faith in the men and women who fill them. Robert R. Courtney, 48, is being held without bond accused of misbranding and adulteration of drugs by diluting prescriptions for Taxol and Gemzar filled at his Research Medical Tower Pharmacy in Kansas City...
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SLOWING DOWN WILL SAVE LIVES ON RURAL ROADS
(Editorial ~ 08/30/01)
Congress' General Accounting Office recently cited all kinds of statistics to support its finding that two-lane roads in rural areas claim more lives per mile than urban expressways. The bottom line of the study was that rural, two-lane roads maintained by local governments don't get enough federal funding...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/30/01)
I WAS always under the impression that Missouri state senators were supposed to work with the governor for the people of Missouri. However, Peter Kinder has made it his goal to do the complete opposite. He nitpicks Gov. Bob Holden about every topic and will not agree on anything good for the people of Missouri. ...
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LETTERS: AUTO INDUSTRY DOESN'T NEED NEW MANDATES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/30/01)
To the editor: Due to this year's gas and energy crisis, our federal government is attempting to push upon American car manufacturers a federal mandate that would call for new gas-mileage regulations on trucks and SUVs. The new mileage regulations call for trucks and SUVs to increase their miles per gallon from 20 to 27...
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