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Stories from Sunday, February 24, 2002

Year marked by birth center at St. Francis (02/24/02)
Steve Bjelich, president and CEO of St. Francis Medical Center, says 2000 was a year marked by staff growth, new services and an increase in patients admitted and those who visited the ER. "It was a tremendous year," Bjelich said. "There was really quite a bit going on."...
Cape grants contract to crack team (02/24/02)
The job of fixing very real road cracks was falling through the organizational cracks in Cape Girardeau. Last year, for the first time, the city hired an outside contractor to perform routine preventative maintenance on many of the city's streets. Kluesner Concrete from Scott City, Mo., recently finished the street repair work, which was basically to fill in cracks and replace street joints. The contract was for $55,000...
The date that forever changed a nation (02/24/02)
Before Sept. 11, Veronica Dietiker never really thought much about the military or its value. Then, along with the rest of the world, she watched in dread as the world changed on that awful Tuesday. As the World Trade Center Towers fell, Dietiker remembers thoughts that surely were racing through the minds of millions:...
Jackson, Cape Girardeau issue business licenses in 2001 (02/24/02)
The following is a listing of new business licenses issued in the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson during 2001: Cape Girardeau City JANUARY n D&L Pest Control, 1403 N. Kingshighway. Cape Precision Machine, 4925 Route W State Farm Insurance, 1900 Broadway...
2001 was a good year for classics (02/24/02)
The classics, both artists and works of art, had a good year in Cape Girardeau in 2001. After a 40-year career of almost constant touring, Bob Dylan made his first visit to Cape Girardeau in April. Sheryl Crow, practically a hometown girl, returned for another benefit concert in December, this one a stunning acoustic set in sold-out Academic Auditorium...
Several churches welcome pastors (02/24/02)
Six area congregations welcomed new pastors during 2001 while nearly as many found themselves searching for new leadership. Churches with new pastors are Lynwood Baptist Church, Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville, Mo., Maple United Methodist Church, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Christ Episcopal Church and First Baptist Church...
Independent pharmacies seek Rx for success (02/24/02)
If it weren't for the people he's grown close to over the years, pharmacist Ben Tally said he'd almost rather be doing something else. "It's the people that keep it interesting for me," said Tally, who operates Medicap Pharmacy in Cape Girardeau. "The rest of it's been difficult at times."...
Photographer to be featured on KRCU show today (02/24/02)
Valena Dismukes, a freelance photographer and expert on "red-black" culture, will be featured today on KRCU's "Going Public" show. Dismukes will take about American Indian and black cultures in the United States as well as her photography work...
Symbols of progress prevail around region (02/24/02)
The signs are everywhere. Secured to the bumpers of gleaming SUVs and rusty tailgates are postcard-sized, patriotic magnets visible in every parking lot and on every highway near Cape Girardeau. They are frequent reminders of the impact that Sept. 11 had in this area. They are visual testimonials to those who lost their lives and visible salutes to a unified nation that refuses to be intimidated...
Social work prof to deliver lectures (02/24/02)
Robert Polack, an assistant professor of social work at Southeast Missouri State University, will deliver three "social justice" lectures this spring semester. He will discuss sweatshops Feb. 26, food distribution March 26 and immigration April 30. All three lectures will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building, Room 201. Admission is free...
Southeast building for the future (02/24/02)
Southeast Missouri State University continues to build for the future, its Cape Girardeau campus crowded with construction projects. Construction is well under way on a new 291-bed residence hall on Henderson Avenue on the south side of campus and expansion of the Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building on the university's north side...
Windows on the world (02/24/02)
here won't be any lions but, oh my, will there be tigers. When students arrive at the new Central High School at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road in September, they will be greeted by tiger faces on the walls, tiger statues in the halls and inlaid tigers in the tiles on the floors...
graphic virtual tour CHS progress (02/24/02)
OLD CENTRAL HIGH VS. NEW CENTRAL HIGH Here's a look at how the new Central High School at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road matches up to the old school at 205 Caruthers:FEATURES 205 CARUTHERS 1000 S. SILVER SPRINGS ROAD Square feet 170,000 203,000...
Plans on track for new Federal Building (02/24/02)
Cape Girardeau's new federal courthouse could be under construction by 2003 and completed by July 2005 under a design-build process designed to speed up the project. But first Congress must restore construction funding for the project which isn't in President George Bush's proposed budget for fiscal 2003...
The total package (02/24/02)
At Nordenia USA, it's all about finding a way to make a package jump off a shelf and into a shopping cart, something it has aimed to do for its entire decade-long history. But with its recent $17 million expansion -- which created about 100 new local jobs as well as upgrade its vast system -- company president Paul Wiedlin said the packaging company is better prepared to do that than ever...
Cape County growth significant, but census errs (02/24/02)
Cape Girardeau County grew by more than 7,000 people in the past decade, fueled by a staggering 29 percent growth in the city of Jackson that made it the fastest growing town in Southeast Missouri. The county remains the most populated in Southeast Missouri. The 2000 census put the county's population at 68,693, up 11.5 percent from the 1990 census. Jackson's population stood at 11,947 in the most recent census...
New campus property, services top year at Southeast (02/24/02)
Ask Jim Wente to name the most important thing that happened at Southeast Missouri Hospital last year and he'll be hard pressed to name one. It's not that Wente, the hospital's administrator, can't think of anything. It's just that so many things happened that he's not sure if any one outweighs the other...
A dutiful mind (02/24/02)
Like lemmings with backpacks, lower-level psychology students dutifully march from their classrooms to the big bulletin board on the fourth floor of Scully Hall, methodically searching the collection of psychology studies posted on a wall and signing up to be test subjects...
Vets remember Iwo Jima (02/24/02)
It was 57 years ago that Marines raised two flags on top of Mount Suribachi, signaling an impending victory for U.S. troops in the Pacific Theater. Cape Girardeau resident Alvin Hoskin was there. He was able to share his memories at a social hosted at VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau Saturday, the anniversary of the raising of the flags...
Chamber recognizes industries in area (02/24/02)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce gave its 2001 industry of the year award to BioKyowa Inc. Past winners include
  • 1988: General Sign Co., largest custom sign maker in Missouri 1989: Lone Star Industries' Cape Girardeau cement plant, which produces about 1.1 million tons of cement annually...
    • Cape Girardeau churches meet demand (02/24/02)
    Two of Cape Girardeau's largest churches are in the midst of construction projects that will give them more room for ministry and education. Lynwood Baptist Church is adding education space and new office suites in an addition that is half as large as its original building, completed in 1998. Cape First Assembly Church is planning construction of a new church and day-care center on 53.7 acres along Old Hopper Road...
    Changing focus (02/24/02)
    JACKSON, Mo. At the end of the 1990s, Jackson reacted to the decade's heady 30 percent population growth by putting many millions of dollars into water, sewer and electrical infrastructure improvements designed to keep the city growing through the 2000s, albeit at an anticipated slower pace. The city now has plenty of residential developments, officials say, and it's time to concentrate on other areas...
    Top 50 keep Southeast area's unemployment rate lower (02/24/02)
    The Cape Girardeau and Perry county areas have outpaced the state's economy as a whole during the past decade, the past few years in particular. The unemployment rate during 1999 for Perry County was 2.5 percent, considerably lower than the states' rate of 3.4 percent. Cape Girardeau County's jobless rate during the same period was 3 percent...
    Cell phone industry booming (02/24/02)
    Ten years ago, cellular phones cost anywhere from $600 to $1,500. Monthly fees were as much as $30 for 10 minutes. And the phones were bulky, and by most accounts, just plain ugly. Fast forward to 2002. Customers can purchase up to 3,000 minutes per month for $35. The phones are sometimes free with a contract and the phones are about the size of a candy bar. And fashion-conscious users can choose from a variety of colorful accessories...
    Second person charged in house fire (02/24/02)
    HILLSBORO, Mo. -- A second person has been accused of murder and arson in a Jefferson County house fire that killed a De Soto man nearly three months ago. Prosecutors on Friday charged Judy Loera, 56, of House Springs, with second-degree murder and first-degree arson in the Nov. 25 fire that killed Matthew Ketcherside, whose body was found inside Loera's home after the fire there was doused...
    University of Missouri Health Care to cut 64 jobs (02/24/02)
    COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri Health Care will lay off 64 employees to help compensate for a $9 million deficit it ran in the first half of its fiscal year. University Hospital also announced Friday that it will terminate five other part-time employees and eliminate 33 vacant positions, officials said...
    Car-train collision kills two people (02/24/02)
    MARIONVILLE, Mo. -- Two people died when their car drove into the side of a freight train Saturday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The victims were identified as Gary Shephard, 24, of Marionville, and Hillery Shockley, 26, of Springfield. The car they were riding in crashed into the side of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at 2:26 a.m...
    Newspaper- U.S. considered using radiological weapons (02/24/02)
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In planning for the possibility of a Soviet invasion of Saudi Arabia around 1950, the U.S. considered defending Saudi Arabian oil with radiological weapons, according to a recently declassified 1950 CIA memorandum. The idea of using radiological weapons, which would spread radioactive particles without a nuclear blast, came as the Truman administration groped for a way to prevent possible Soviet invaders from using Saudi oil or destroying the oil fields, The Kansas City Star reported.. ...
    Man convicted of murder in fatal traffic accident (02/24/02)
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man has been convicted of felony murder for killing a woman in a traffic accident while he was illegally carrying a gun. The March 24, 2001, traffic death of Ida Taylor, 45, normally would warrant a charge of involuntary manslaughter, which is punishable by seven years in prison...
    Illinois governor makes it hard to tell where he stands on bud (02/24/02)
    SRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Is Gov. George Ryan threatening to veto the entire state budget? Is he proposing an innovative way of funding pensions? Does he feel obligated to stick to deals he has struck? It's hard to tell, at least based on what Ryan has to say...
    Two members of charter school board resign (02/24/02)
    ST. LOUIS -- Two board members of the Thurgood Marshall Academy charter school, including the panel's president, have resigned after administrators said they found spending irregularities in an account containing children's lunch money. "I'm not saying that criminal conduct has taken place, but to have them remain on the board during the investigation would be inappropriate," board lawyer Rufus J. ...
    Ashcroft shows vocal talents at seminary's anniversary (02/24/02)
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Letting his hair down for a little fellowship, Attorney General John Ashcroft helped mark the 10th anniversary of a local theological seminary Saturday night with a special musical treat. The son of a Pentecostal preacher, Ashcroft ended his keynote speech by singing a rousing rendition of "Let the Eagles Soar," a gospel song with strong political overtones that he wrote on his Missouri farm several years ago...
    House calls and more Urban doctor earns praise from grateful pa (02/24/02)
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- To Juanita Newton, the two-story brick building on the southeast corner of 30th Street and Prospect Avenue is one of the most treasured pieces of property in Kansas City. She admits it doesn't look like much from the outside, the bricks are aged and some of the paint peeled off years ago. Still, she insists, what's inside the building is priceless. Any many in the neighborhood agree...
    Wappapello businessman killed in his store Friday (02/24/02)
    WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- The owner of Bud's Country Store was killed Friday apparently after surprising someone inside the store shortly after it had closed. Gary Lee "Bud" Ayers, 52, of Wappapello was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound to the chest, according to Butler County Coroner Larry Cotrell...
    Computerized hospital records may have use in bioterrorism figh (02/24/02)
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Cerner Corp. has picked its hometown to pilot a new program for turning its hospital laboratory management system into a radar to spot bioterrorism attacks and disease outbreaks. The Kansas City-based company, which makes clinical, financial and managerial software for health care organizations, is hoping its Outbreak Detection and Investigation Network will slake the government's appetite for early-detection systems since several anthrax scares last fall...
    Jackson changes aimed at easing traffic, improving highways 34, (02/24/02)
    JACKSON, Mo. -- The first phase of a project expected to help ease Jackson's continuing traffic jams is scheduled to begin in late summer or early fall when the Missouri Department of Transportation begins acquiring right of way to expand Highways 34/72 in Jackson...
    Tourism, population growth fuel church boom (02/24/02)
    BRANSON, Mo. -- To get the money for a new church building, Monsignor Philip Bucher had to nag his congregation every week. It wasn't because those who attend Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church are unwilling to give. It's just that every week, most of the congregation is new. Church officials say the congregation can swell to about 3,000 people on a peak weekend, but about 90 percent are tourists...
    Changes proposed for independent state departments (02/24/02)
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Most state departments are run by directors appointed by and beholden to the governor. However, a handful are overseen by commissions or boards that enjoy varying levels of independence from gubernatorial directives. A proposed constitutional amendment would put all state departments on an equal footing in terms of oversight by the governor...
    McDonald County to get Wal-Mart distribution center (02/24/02)
    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is to build a 50,000-square-foot office building in McDonald County in southwestern Missouri, officials said. McDonald County is one of the few counties in the region without a Wal-Mart store. The giant retailer's headquarters is just to the south, in Bentonville, Ark...
    Bush touts oil drilling in Arctic refuge (02/24/02)
    WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Saturday renewed his campaign to open an Arctic refuge to oil exploration, contending that drilling is essential to national security and job creation. Bush, in his weekly radio address, said that plan is vital to his goal of making the United States less dependent on foreign energy sources. He also want to promote energy efficiency, develop wind and solar power, build fuel-efficient vehicles and combat pollution...
    Governors seek common ground (02/24/02)
    WASHINGTON -- Governors will search for common ground on changes they want to see in welfare and Medicaid during their winter meeting here, while pressing on a united front for more federal transportation money. When state leaders speak with one voice on an issue, Washington tends to listen...
    Counting on loose change Who says Americans aren't saving? (02/24/02)
    WASHINGTON -- It's lurking out there in sock drawers and coffee cans, ash trays and cigar boxes, wicker baskets and coconut shells. And, yes, in piggy banks. By design or neglect, Americans have tucked away loose change to the tune of an estimated $7.7 billion, enough to pay for the war in Afghanistan for nearly eight months...
    Bell companies battle cable firms for lines (02/24/02)
    WASHINGTON -- The four regional Bell telephone companies are about to get a vote in Congress on whether they can sell high-speed Internet access without letting competitors use their networks. Legislation before the House this week would undo parts of a 1996 law that forced the Bells to open those networks to competitors at a reasonable cost. The phone companies say Internet access is a new service that requires new rules...
    Research aims to reduce depredation of farms, forests (02/24/02)
    ADOLPH, W.Va. -- Tyler Campbell shades his eyes from the sun, ignoring the biting wind and snow, to scan a clump of trees for a white-tailed deer. The University of Georgia graduate student has spent the last three years here in the West Virginia woods, researching the habitat, range, seasonal movements and social interactions of the area's deer population. His five-year study, in a 8,400-acre research forest established by Westvaco Corp., still has two years to go...
    Hellraiser Ball draws gunfire, knives (02/24/02)
    x0The Associated Press PLAINVIEW, N.Y. -- At least 11 people were injured in shootings and stabbings Saturday at an indoor motorcycle and tattoo expo called the Hellraiser Ball, authorities said. Nassau County Police Commissioner William Willett said at least six people had been shot and others stabbed at the event in the Vanderbilt, a concert and catering hall in Plainview, N.Y. He said several people who fled the scene were apprehended nearby...
    Virginia home can monitor seniors (02/24/02)
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Jim Humphries stretches over the kitchen counter, rummaging through his shelves for a box of tea. If he feels on display, it doesn't show. But his house is watching him closely. Seven red-eye sensors track his every move, blinking on and off as he walks past. There are sensors in his refrigerator and kitchen cabinets. Another soon will be installed at leg-level in the living room to monitor how Humphries is walking...
    Spice Girl expecting another child by fall (02/24/02)
    LONDON -- Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her soccer star husband, David, are expecting a second child in September. "This year has been such an exciting year for us -- England is in the World Cup finals, Victoria's had a second top 10 hit and now we are expecting a new baby," the couple said in a statement Friday. "It's fantastic."...
    Oscar-winning animator Chuck Jones dead at 89 (02/24/02)
    LOS ANGELES -- Animators and filmmakers were mourning the death of Chuck Jones, the Oscar-winning animation director who gave life to a host of cartoon icons ranging from Bugs Bunny to the Grinch. Jones, 89, died Friday of congestive heart failure at his home in Newport Beach. His wife, Marian, and daughter Linda Jones were by his side...
    CDC tests powder found at Army post (02/24/02)
    ATLANTA -- An Army spokesman said Saturday that a suspicious package found at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters building at Fort McPherson did not contain anthrax. The results on the powder, found in a plastic bag inside the building on Friday, were nearly 99 percent accurate, Sgt. Johnny Beatty said Saturday...
    Military's most lethal weapon in future wars is information (02/24/02)
    NEW YORK -- During the 1991 Gulf War, one task in particular bedeviled American air forces. Try as they might, they couldn't destroy Iraq's mobile Scud missile launchers. The truck-mounted launchers would be driven out into the open, fired and hidden. Coalition air forces flew about 2,400 Scud-hunting sorties and never hit a single one...
    Woman creates winning SPAM recipe (02/24/02)
    GOSPORT, Ind. -- Mary Jones, homemaker, wife and mother, rarely strays from the rural roads of south central Indiana. She hasn't been to a mall in more than six years. She has never been on an airplane. That's about to change. Inside the green-and-white checkered walls of her tiny kitchen, Jones created a recipe for oversized muffins made of cranberry, corn bread stuffing and SPAM Oven Roasted Turkey. ...
    the recipe 7c (02/24/02)
    Escaped Texas murderer captured at hotel (02/24/02)
    RALEIGH, N.C. -- An escaped Texas murderer was arrested at a North Carolina hotel on Saturday, almost a week after he overpowered a corrections officer and fled in a pickup truck. John William Roland III, 33, was arrested around 5 p.m. after police negotiated with him for about an hour, said Lt. Tom Earnhardt of the Raleigh Police Department...
    Therapy dogs joined in marriage during ceremony at nursing cent (02/24/02)
    JACKSON, Mich. -- Lucky and Stormy were married, despite the bride coming down with a case of cold paws. The therapy dogs at the Summit Park Assisted Living Center were joined in matrimony Wednesday in front of about 40 family and friends. They didn't say 'I do,' but when Gail Yates, the center's activities director, read the vows, no one objected and the two didn't run away...
    Moving cross country uproots gardeners (02/24/02)
    NEW MARKET, Va. -- Relocating can mean some educational spadework for gardeners -- especially after a cross-continent move. Departing Alaska for Virginia, in our case, amounted to more than hefting boxes and saying goodbyes. It also meant cultivating new suppliers, adapting to a different growing season and taking the pulse of our new property...
    Quest to beat the common cold (02/24/02)
    EXTON, Pa. -- Like the people it hopes to treat one day, ViroPharma Inc. has seen its share of aches and pains. But officials at the pharmaceutical firm say they're optimistic their groundbreaking common cold drug will reach the market. The search for a medicine to treat the common cold has been a 20-year quest for the 10 scientists who founded ViroPharma in 1994. Researchers experimented with 1,500 versions before starting human testing on the drug, called pleconaril...
    Researchers- Second plane to hit WTC was going faster (02/24/02)
    NEW YORK -- Researchers believe the second hijacked plane to hit the World Trade Center tower was traveling about 100 mph faster than the first, according to a published report. Investigators are focusing on the speed of the two planes as they seek to explain what caused the south tower to collapse first, even though it was hit later, The New York Times reported Saturday...
    Egyptians try to identify train fire victims (02/24/02)
    CAIRO, Egypt -- Families were given more time to identify loved ones among the 363 dead from a train fire before the scores of charred bodies are buried in a mass grave this weekend, officials said Saturday. Trying to dampen public outrage over Wednesday's fire, President Hosni Mubarak vowed to "hold accountable anyone who has proven to have been negligent" in the disaster...
    Israeli Cabinet to debate lifting blockade on Arafat (02/24/02)
    JERUSALEM -- Israel's plans to consider lifting the blockade on Yasser Arafat's West Bank headquarters drew sharp criticism from a hard-line government minister and a Palestinian negotiator Saturday, a day before a planned Cabinet debate on the issue...
    Poking holes in neutrality Switzerland prepares to vote on U.N. (02/24/02)
    LIESTAL, Switzerland -- "I'm proud to be Swiss," declares Edgar Giess as he smoothes his festive carnival costume and takes a swig of beer after the exertions of a unique and fiery Lenten procession through the streets of this medieval town. "But we belong to the rest of the world," he adds, in a moment of wistful reflection amid the celebrations...
    Search continues for seven missing U.S. servicemen (02/24/02)
    ABOARD GUNBOAT 370, Philippines -- Search teams scanning a deep sea in the southern Philippines for a second day Saturday found little debris and no survivors from a U.S. military helicopter that crashed with 10 American servicemen on board. Three bodies were recovered shortly after the pre-dawn crash Friday in the Bohol Sea. Since then, rescue workers have found only pieces of the MH-47E Chinook that witnesses say was on fire as it fell from the sky and exploded when it hit the water...
    Europe sees first convictions linked to al-Qaida terrorists (02/24/02)
    MILAN, Italy -- An Italian court has handed down the first al-Qaida-linked convictions in Europe since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, ruling on the case of a group of Tunisians accused of helping al-Qaida recruits get fake documents. Judge Giovanna Verga sentenced four men -- including Essid Sami Ben Khemais, one suspected of heading Osama bin Laden's European logistics operations -- after a two-day closed trial earlier this month...
    Angolan officials display body of rebel leader (02/24/02)
    LUANDA, Angola -- The government displayed the body of Jonas Savimbi, the leader of Angola's UNITA rebels who was killed in a gunbattle with the army, and appealed to his followers Saturday to end the civil war that began in the mid-1970s. The government said it hoped for an end to the civil war that has devastated this southwest African nation now that the rebel movement had lost the man who led it without question since its founding and who was blamed for wrecking peace efforts three times in the 1990s.. ...
    Duty-bound (02/24/02)
    NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia -- Lt. Gen. Lev Pavlov, a battle-hardened career soldier, says his own courage pales compared to that of 20 conscripts who have opted to serve as hospital orderlies rather than take up arms in the dreaded Russian military. Pavlov commands a detachment of young men on the front lines of a national debate over alternative civilian service -- a right guaranteed by the constitution but long ignored in practice. ...
    Pakistan warns U.S. diplomats of terrorist plot (02/24/02)
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has warned U.S. and other foreign diplomatic missions and businesses to boost their security, fearing that the slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl may signal a wider plan to thwart President Pervez Musharraf's drive against extremism...
    Colombian president visits former rebel capital (02/24/02)
    SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Colombia -- President Andres Pastrana returned Saturday to the very spot in former rebel territory where he began a tortuous peace process three years ago and blamed the guerrillas for sabotaging the talks to end Colombia's 38-year war...
    Strike shuts down Nepal as army reports 37 killed (02/24/02)
    KATMANDU, Nepal -- Rebel calls for a nationwide strike shut down much of Nepal for a second day Saturday as business owners closed their shops and bus drivers stayed off the streets, fearing violence. The Himalayan kingdom's Mao-inspired rebels called for a general strike Friday and Saturday to celebrate the sixth anniversary of an insurgency that has flared since they abandoned a cease-fire last fall...
    Scott City wins first-round game in 2A district (02/24/02)
    DELTA, Mo. -- Sparked by Maria Eftink's 34 points, Oran displayed a strong inside-outside offensive attack in its 70-53 win over Scott County Central in a semifinal of the Class 1A, District 2 Tournament. "We were patient on offense today," Oran coach Susan Diebold said, "which we don't do very often. We worked the ball inside where we needed it and the outside shots came when we needed them, too."...
    Transfers have stepped in with big contributions (02/24/02)
    BELL CITY, Mo. -- Coach David Heeb has a hard time putting a label on his team's most perplexing senior, C.J. Hadley. "He's really kind of a freak," Heeb said jokingly. "He's 6-foot-4, he's got a 6-8 wingspan, can shoot the three, he's our backup point guard and he averages 13 rebounds."...
    High school athletes celebrate, suffer heartbreak in 2001 (02/24/02)
    Area high school sports fans were treated to plenty of excitement in 2001. The year contained some memorable performances, dramatic finishes and some heart-breaking moments. Baseball Defending 1A state champion St. Vincent of Perryville, Mo., fell painfully short from repeating with a 5-4 loss to Jasper in the state championship game...
    Bell City's back- Cubs enjoying their best season in decades (02/24/02)
    BELL CITY, Mo. --Little wonder Bell City won a coin flip with Oran for the top seed in its district ournament. Good fortune has been on the Cubs' side all season. They're 21-5, their best record in 18 years. They're No. 7, their first visit to the state rankings in nearly as long...
    SEMO's soccer, baseball highlight year (02/24/02)
    As usual, there were ups and downs, highs and lows for Southeast Missouri State University athletics in 2001. Football Tim Billings' second season as Southeast's coach netted only one more victory than his debut squad. The Indians finished 4-7, including a 1-5 Ohio Valley Conference record that placed them sixth...
    Team looks young, but coach has high hopes (02/24/02)
    For the second straight season, Southeast Missouri State University's men's golf team will feature a youthful look. But coach Carroll Williams is optimistic that Southeast will be able to improve on last year's showing in the OVC Championships, where the Indians placed eighth out of nine squads...
    Gilbert's record day leads MU past Colorado (02/24/02)
    BOULDER, Colo. -- Anyone looking to define "on fire" need only watch tape of Saturday's game between Colorado and Missouri. The Tigers' Clarence Gilbert hit 12 3-pointers, a Big 12 record, and had 40 points as Missouri beat the Buffaloes 96-83. "The shots went well for me tonight," Gilbert said. "I just took what the defense gave me and I got good shots."...
    Otahkians protect late lead, topple Govs (02/24/02)
    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- This time, Southeast Missouri State University's women were able to hang on to a late lead against Austin Peay. And as a result, the Otahkians will make a return trip to Clarksville for the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament...
    Indians flounder in finale at AP (02/24/02)
    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- As the lone Austin Peay senior, Nick Stapleton was the only player honored in pre-game ceremonies Saturday night as the Governors had their final regular-season home game. Stapleton then went out and helped make sure the Govs would get to play one more contest at Dave Aaron Arena...
    Winter Games bid farewell to stars (02/24/02)
    SALT LAKE CITY-- Goodbye, Picabo. Auf Wiedersehen, Stephan. Do svidanya, Larissa. And, ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the ice rink. Farewell to those Winter Olympic greats and dozens of other skiing, skating and sliding stars chasing precious medals for the last time in Salt Lake City...
    After early frustration, Spencer, Stewart face uphill battle (02/24/02)
    ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- The Subway 400 is an important race for a lot of people, none more so than Jimmy Spencer, Hut Stricklin and Tony Stewart. Spencer, who will start 12th in today's 43-car field, dug himself a rather deep hole in the season points standings by failing to qualify for the Daytona 500...
    The slump is over-U.S. bobsledders win medals (02/24/02)
    SALT LAKE CITY -- The streaks are over -- one just days old, the other decades. After winning two straight silver medals, U.S. skier Bode Miller finished 25th in the Olympic slalom. And after 46 straight years of futility, an era running from Elvis to Britney, the U.S. men's bobsledders finally won a medal...
    Babe's sunken piano could be music to ears of Red Sox fans (02/24/02)
    BOSTON -- Red Sox fans will go to any depths to break the Curse of the Bambino. On Saturday, a group went to the bottom of a suburban Boston pond in search of Babe Ruth's piano, which, the story goes, was tossed into the water by the slugger in 1918...
    John Rocker to make movie debut as homicidal greenskeeper (02/24/02)
    PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- John Rocker will be flinging bodies instead of baseballs when he makes his big-screen debut as a homicidal maniac. The controversial Texas Rangers reliever is playing a slasher-killer in movie called "The Greenskeeper," Rangers spokesman John Blake confirmed Saturday...
    Age-old questions (02/24/02)
    Wow, Bartolo Colon, Rafael Furcal and a bunch of major leaguers sure got old in a hurry. The shortest offseason in baseball history turned out to last a lot longer for Rey Ordonez and Enrique Wilson, too. Neifi Perez and Ramon Ortiz? Both good players -- just no longer some of the better young guys in the game...
    Wood eager to play totally healthy season (02/24/02)
    MESA, Ariz. -- Kerry Wood wants stability in his personal life and his professional one, too. So, he proposed marriage earlier this month to his girlfriend, Sarah Pates, whom he credits with pushing and motivating him during his off-season workouts...
    Age, injury, position switch pose challenge for Zeile (02/24/02)
    TUCSON, Ariz. -- The odds are against Todd Zeile: He's attempting to resurrect his career at age 36 while coming off elbow surgery and having to switch positions. "I like challenges," Zeile counters. "I have confidence that I'm going to be fine and bounce back to where I've been in years past -- or better."...
    News mixed for area district contenders (02/24/02)
    By Jeff Breer ~ The AssociatedPress March Madness is on hold. Until then, it's February Frenzy as high school district basketball takes a strong on grip on the state this week. The 1A and 2A tournaments opened Saturday, but the real battles will be over the next few days...
    Indians face tough path, but anything's possible (02/24/02)
    Chances are, Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team won't upset Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee Tech night in the first round of the league tournament Tuesday, although stranger things have happened. But regardless of what transpires in Cookeville, Tenn., you've got to applaud the Indians for the way they refused to quit and were able to close out the regular season strong...
    People & accomplishments (02/24/02)
    Uzoaru clears personal best at Florida A&M Central High School graduate Marisa Uzoaru has climbed to new heights in the long jump this season at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Fla. Uzoaru, a junior, recently cleared 5 feet, 10 inches at the Sprint Invitational in Johnson City, Tenn. The jump tied her for second in the 46-woman field and made the provisional qualifying standard for the national championships...
    FanSpeak (02/24/02)
    Rams hurt themselves I'D LIKE to comment on the Rams' season. First, Mike Martz and his team's arrogance cost them the Super Bowl. Being fundamentally sound, playing good physical defense and ball control are what win championships, not leading a team to believe that they're good enough to turn the ball over and still win. ...
    Letters (02/24/02)
    To the editor: I would like to comment on the new column, FanSpeak, in which readers are invited to share opinions on local sports. People in Southeast Missouri are passionate about high school sports, and this is good. At times, however, this passion and the intense criticism that it brings may do more harm than good...
    Mother collects hints, parenting suggestions (02/24/02)
    NEW YORK -- Mothers come in all shapes and sizes. They live in big cities and small towns. Some have one child while others have many. The one completely unifying theme among them all, according to Stacy DeBroff, president and founder of Mom Central, is "juggling a thousand different logistics at any time, all the time."...
    Museum boasts largest collection of dinosaur tracks (02/24/02)
    AMHERST, Mass. -- Whether it's the towering skeleton of a mammoth poised to skewer visitors with its enormous tusks, or the several hundred-pound clam shell that was just the right size 25 million years ago, the only thing that seems small at the Pratt Museum of Natural History is the building itself...
    House offers midday walk with Paul Revere (02/24/02)
    BOSTON -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow launched an obscure Boston patriot into stardom with his 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride." Longfellow exercised some poetic license when he tinkered with the famous "one if by land, two if by sea" ride of April 18, 1775. But the folks at the Paul Revere House, Boston's oldest home, are happy to set the record straight...
    odds and ends 10c (02/24/02)
    Judge wins title at powerlifting exhibition OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Justice may be blind. But in Washington state, it's also buff. State Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland proved she's more than just a legal powerhouse earlier this month when she won the National Powerlifting Championship in Chicago...
    Missouri is home to some unusual museums (02/24/02)
    When the winter months linger on and you need a break, there are plenty of places to travel, especially if you're looking for something out of the ordinary. Missouri is home to two of the nation's seven wackiest museums, according to Fodors.com, a travel-related Web site. They are Leila's Hair Museum in Independence and the Elvis is Alive Museum and 50s Cafe in Wright City...
    Bungalow beauty Home highlights craftsman accents of the 1920 (02/24/02)
    It was the arts and crafts period of architecture, a period combining function with aesthetics. And the year of 1921 saw the building of this style home at 339 North Park in Cape Girardeau. Indeed the architect met his goal of functionality, not only through architecture, but through location. This home is located close to such important Cape Girardeau icons as Southeast Missouri State University, Capaha Park, Franklin Elementary School, Southeast Missouri Hospital, and downtown Cape Girardeau...
    Landscapers pass along ideas for Southeast Missouri yards (02/24/02)
    Whether it's the soothing sounds of water dripping from a fountain or the color that a gazing globe provides among the plants in a garden, homeowners and gardeners are looking for ways to spruce up their outdoor living space. And area garden centers plan to be ready when the peak shopping and planting season hits about mid-April...
    Exhibits show feasts for eye (02/24/02)
    NEW YORK -- Food as culinary art is more than literally mouthwatering. To continue your pursuit of its civilized pleasures when you push your chair back from the table, depending on your mood, you can go off to a museum, or settle back with a variant of the cookbook-artbook genre...
    Rocks draw huge crowd to Quartzsite (02/24/02)
    Editor's note:Lillian and Vyron Harmon of Scott City, Mo., have traveled the country extensively in their motor home over the years. This is an article she wrote about one of their visits West. By Lillian Harmon QUARTZSITE, Ariz. -- Where and what's at Quartzsite you may ask, just as I did back in our early motor-homing days. ...
    Roman fortification still stands in northern England (02/24/02)
    HOUSESTEADS, England -- In A.D. 128, hundreds of soldiers from the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire were garrisoned on this remote hillside, guarding their conquests in Britain from the barbarians to the north, on the other side of their brand new wall...
    travel briefs.8c (02/24/02)
    Visitors get an inside look at Biosphere 2 TUCSON, Ariz. -- For the first time since the $150 million structure was built more than a decade ago, the Biosphere 2 Center is offering a tour that allows visitors to experience the different ecosystems in the laboratory from inside...
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