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Stories from Sunday, May 19, 2002

briefs.8a (05/19/02)
Bush urges prescription drug link for Medicare WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Saturday that Congress must deliver on prescription drugs for Medicare, a promise made by Bush and congressional candidates across the country. "Medicare is an essential program, but it has not kept pace with the advances in medicine," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "We need to do more to fulfill Medicare's promise."...
Legislature's perfect storm blows over (05/19/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Finally, House Speaker Jim Kreider's overused metaphor comparing the 2002 legislative session to the film "The Perfect Storm" can be laid to rest. "I think the perfect storm has subsided," Kreider said. "We survived. We lived through it."...
Striking Cairo teachers announce end of stalemate (05/19/02)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Teachers on strike for nearly a month voted Saturday to report back to work on Monday, despite the fact that they don't have a contract with the school district. They said they are calling an end to their strike for the sake of students and to save the school district money, but warned that if a contract isn't in place by the end of summer, they will likely go on strike again...
Racing by the grace of gravity (05/19/02)
Two at a time, the youngsters crawled into separate cars on Saturday morning that they had spent hours putting together with a grown-up. Many tugged at confining helmet straps, snapped on darkly-tinted goggles or pulled on racing gloves. Some even exchanged pleasant conversations with their pint-sized opponents...
comparing cape graphic (05/19/02)
COMPARING CITIES With the City of Cape Girardeau preparing to ask voters to increase sales taxes, the Southeast Missourian compared Cape Girardeau to some other similar cities. Jackson, Tenn., Jefferson City, Mo., Jonesboro, Ark., Joplin, Mo. and Paducah, Ky., are cities with populations near Cape Girardeau's and share the fact that they are regional hubs. None of them are located within close proximity of a major metropolis. Here's a look:...
Cape compares city budgets as tax choice looms (05/19/02)
At Cape Girardeau budget meetings in recent years, there have been debates on items of less than $100, mere droplets in the ocean of a $32 million operating budget. There have been times, city manager Michael Miller said, when a department needed a typewriter, but couldn't afford it...
Water begins retreat in flood battle (05/19/02)
In the early morning hours Sunday, after nearly two weeks on the rise, the Mississippi River finally began to recede. By mid-afternoon, sandbags that once stood as barriers against flood waters started to dry, streets that were once covered with water began to emerge and the boundries of the newly formed lake at Dutchtown started to shrink. For more on this story, read Monday's Southeast Missourian...
Flood watchers wait for crest (05/19/02)
DUTCHTOWN, Mo. -- The people of Dutchtown know how to fight a flood. They've done it five times since 1973 -- watching the river stages, gathering the volunteers, stacking the sandbags. So, as they stood atop their most recent temporary levee and waited for today's anticipated Mississippi River crest, they regarded the rising waters with an air of calm resignation instead of gripping fear...
Multimedia adds to service (05/19/02)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Thelma Miller, 86, is a longtime member of Broadway Presbyterian Church, but is homebound. She gets visits from church members and the Rev. Jeff London, but recently participated in the Sunday service. A videotaped segment of Miller's reading a section of scripture at her home was integrated into the service, using the church's new multimedia system...
Ballpark failure makes Cardinals consider move (05/19/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The worst part for Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder about losing his field of dreams is the way it happened. Had the House of Representatives voted down his stadium funding legislation, the defeat would have stung, but the chamber would have spoken...
Bail denied for defendants charged with gunning down seven peop (05/19/02)
CHICAGO -- A judge refused to grant bail Saturday for two defendants charged in the 1993 slayings of seven people at a suburban Chicago restaurant. Prosecutors indicated they may seek the death penalty. "These two defendants massacred seven people," said Linas Kelecius, a Cook County assistant state's attorney. He asked that they be held without bail. Juan Luna, 28, of Carpentersville and James Degorski, 29, of Indianapolis are charged with seven counts of first-degree murder...
Ashcroft proclaims defending justice as 'calling of our time' (05/19/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Defending justice is "the calling of our time," and young people should consider careers in public service, Attorney General John Ashcroft told Missouri law graduates on Saturday. "Justice has enemies in the world. Her defense is more than an intellectual exercise or an academic pursuit. The defense of justice, liberty and tolerance is the calling of our time," Ashcroft said...
Missouri's fallen firefighters memorialized with statue (05/19/02)
KINGDOM CITY, Mo. -- Hundreds of firefighters killed in the line of duty were remembered Saturday at the dedication of the Missouri Firefighters Memorial in Kingdom City. St. Louis firefighters wore black bands wrapped diagonally around their department badges in mourning for two comrades who died of burns and smoke inhalation after they re-entered a burning building to save a person who was believed missing...
Persistence pays off for novelist (05/19/02)
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Friends of Joyce Lamb are wondering how much of her first novel, "Relative Strangers," is based on their lives. One told the Rockford native that he recognized himself in it. Lamb was surprised. Parts of him are in the romantic thriller, but not as the character he named...
Family's TV is used for special occasions (05/19/02)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- People are always asking Central High School junior Joel Mathews how he can live without TV. "I say, 'I don't know. I've never lived with one,"' he said. "We're known at school as the kids without a TV," said older brother Ben, a senior. "You get an answer right in class, and they're like, 'Oh. Yeah, they don't even have a TV."'...
Trial continues (05/19/02)
HOUSTON -- Shouting matches between the judge and defense lawyers have given Arthur Andersen LLP's obstruction of justice trial a splash of drama, with tempers flaring during the second week of the proceedings. But while jurors may get wind of the histrionics, the trial's outcome likely hinges on how the judge instructs them to evaluate whether the firm ordered illegal document shredding, experts say...
Deputy surprised by what he finds in man's mouth (05/19/02)
LaPORTE, Ind. -- A LaPorte County sheriff's deputy who checked on a passed-out, snoring man near the sheriff's department's front desk says he found a mouthful of evidence when he tried to awaken him: small bags containing "rocks" of cocaine. In plain view inside the man's mouth were two clear, plastic bags with several smaller bags inside them containing a substance that later tested positive for cocaine, the sheriff's department said...
Man convicted of shaking toddler stepson to death (05/19/02)
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- A Knob Noster man has been convicted in the shaking death of his toddler stepson. Johnson County jurors on Friday found Carlos Luna Mendoza guilty of felony abuse of a child and second-degree murder in the death of 22-month-old Raven Ridgeway...
Arts center design dazzles (05/19/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's performing arts center is still in the design stage, but already being likened to Australia's famous Sydney Opera House. The design by architect Moshe Safdie won praise from 120 civic, business and arts leaders who were invited to the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation on Friday for the unveiling of the plans for the Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center...
The bill is dead, but stadium plans still stand (05/19/02)
The Associated PressJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- This is not an obituary. True, a bill that would have committed state money to stadium projects in St. Louis and Kansas City is dead. But the plans to build a new ballpark for the Cardinals live on...
Groups revving up for costly transportation campaign (05/19/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- From signs atop gas pumps to billboards along roads, Missouri motorists could encounter messages at every turn this summer seeking to influence their vote on a transportation tax plan. State lawmakers on Friday passed a $511 million proposal asking voters to pay about 40 cents more for a 10-gallon gas fill up and additional nickel for each $10 purchase in a store...
Four reported dead in pileup (05/19/02)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Four people died and eight were injured in a multi-vehicle pileup Saturday morning on Interstate 44, Jasper County medical authorities said. No immediate report of the number of vehicles involved was available from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, but Springfield radio station KTTS reported that seven tractor-trailers and six other vehicles appeared to be involved...
Lawmakers say session a success (05/19/02)
The Associated PressJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State lawmakers are declaring the 2002 legislative session a success, pointing to a balanced budget with millions extra for public education and a ballot question asking voters to raise $511 million in new taxes for roads...
Science class constructs carrier for school egg drop (05/19/02)
NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Students sat quietly on the floor in the Bethany Lutheran School gymnasium as principal Todd Stirn stood on a platform, ready to rise 25 feet into the air. As he let the cherry picker lift him high above the basketball nets in the gym, several cardboard boxes stood stacked at Stirn's feet...
Judge rejects suit on Haitian policy (05/19/02)
MIAMI -- A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging a secret decision by the Bush administration to indefinitely jail Haitians who apply for political asylum after they have been caught trying to enter the United States illegally. U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard accepted the Justice Department argument that immigration "strikes at the heart of a nation's sovereignty" and deferred to the executive branch...
Birth control possible for wild horses (05/19/02)
LOVELL, Wyo. -- For Linda Coates-Markle, watching the young mares in the herd of wild horses that roam this region's Pryor Mountain Range can be depressing. Many are skinny and weak. Their foals, if they survive, are often sickly, perpetuating the unhealthy condition of their mothers...
'Law & Order' star plans to stay put on television (05/19/02)
NEW YORK -- Sure, Jesse L. Martin would like to be a movie star, but he feels no career pressure to leave his job on NBC's highly rated "Law & Order." Many of the show's 12 seasons have ended with the departure of a high-profile star, such as Benjamin Bratt, Angie Harmon and Chris Noth, but there's been no such announcement this year...
Former ambassador gets college degree -- 70 years after her firs (05/19/02)
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Anne Martindell's quest for a diploma took several detours since the day in 1932 when she arrived for her freshman year at Smith College in a chauffer-driven car with her trunks packed by a French maid. After a year, she was forced to trade her books for debutante balls because her father, a federal judge, feared she'd become too educated to find a husband...
A civilization lost and found (05/19/02)
HAVANA -- Floating aboard the Spanish trawler she chartered to explore the Cuban coast for shipwrecks, Paulina Zelitsky pores over yellowed tomes filled with sketches and tales of lost cities -- just like the one she believes she has found deep off the coast of western Cuba...
Park historian stumped by fort mystery (05/19/02)
BIG POOL, Md. -- Fort Frederick, the cornerstone of Maryland's frontier defense during the French and Indian War, is an awesome, unfinished puzzle. During the American Revolution, Fort Frederick was a prison for Hessian and British soldiers. The state sold it in 1791 and it passed through a number of private owners, including one who tended livestock and fruit trees inside the enclosure...
All-woman Everest team turns back (05/19/02)
TACOMA, Wash. -- The five Americans who hoped to become the first all-woman team to climb Mount Everest were forced to turn back just short of the summit. Health problems and weather forced the women to turn around early Saturday, just 285 feet from the summit. Minutes earlier, expedition leader Eric Simonson of International Mountain Guides had reported that everything was fine, said his wife, Erin, business manager for the trek...
World briefs 9A (05/19/02)
Entrepreneurs want seats in Vietnam's government HANOI, Vietnam -- When communist Vietnam began reforming its centralized economy in the late 1980s, Nguyen Thi Anh Nhan took advantage of the new freedoms to revamp her small state-owned company's product line...
Woman says FBI made up statement in 1963 bombing (05/19/02)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A former FBI informant testified Saturday that she never told the agency she saw Bobby Frank Cherry plant the bomb that blew up a church at the height of the civil rights era and killed four black girls, contradicting a 1964 agency report...
Briefcases at airshow lead to arrest (05/19/02)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A man was arrested Saturday after he entered an airshow at the Chattanooga airport without proper identification while carrying two suspicious briefcases. Workers were evacuated and spectators were kept outside the gates until a bomb squad detonated the briefcases, Chattanooga Police spokesman Ed Buice said...
Antidepressant use might help explain suicide dip, study sugges (05/19/02)
NEW YORK -- Greater use of antidepressants might be driving down the nation's suicide rate, an analysis suggests. From 1995 to 1998, prescriptions for relatively recent antidepressants like Prozac rose 41 percent, while the age-adjusted national suicide rate dipped about 6 percent, said Dr. John Mann, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University...
Foreign treasure hunting firm shows off artifacts of first ship (05/19/02)
HAVANA -- A golden statue of Neptune, bronze forks and spoons, elaborate glass perfume bottles and a handful of musket balls were among artifacts that treasure hunters rescued from their first shipwreck find off Cuba's coast. Laid out carefully on a little table at the Hemingway Marina's Nautical Club in western Havana, the artifacts displayed earlier this year were just a small sampling of what the Canadian firm Visa Gold Explorations Inc. ...
Sen. Lieberman threatens White House with subpoena on Enron (05/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman may try to subpoena information from the White House about staff contacts with Enron officials, but the top White House lawyer says he believes an agreement can be reached. Lieberman, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, said Friday he will ask the panel to authorize a subpoena unless White House officials promise to provide the material by the end of the month...
Medical tools can help seniors prone to falls (05/19/02)
TAMPA, Fla. -- A group of medical detectives has set up shop at an abandoned supermarket in a gutted strip mall. There, on the desolate site, sits the Patient Safety Center, a complex of laboratories, evaluation rooms and exam rooms crowded into the corner of the grocery store at the crossroads of two bustling Tampa arteries...
Bush administration goes on offensive to contain criticism (05/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- The White House dug in for a protracted political battle as new details emerged about a pre-Sept. 11 warning to U.S. intelligence that terrorists might try to fly airliners into government buildings. While Democrats demanded answers, the Bush administration sought to put out of bounds any criticism of how the president handled advance information...
Cell phones help seniors remain connected to 911 (05/19/02)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Hertha Gross knew there had to be a use for the old cell phones people toss out when they move on to newer models. She was bothered by the waste, but particularly disturbed because she knew of elderly people who couldn't afford cell phones but whose lives could depend on quick calls for help...
Sara Lee hawking crustless bread for kids (05/19/02)
CHICAGO -- Look ma, no crusts. Sara Lee wants to take over a duty moms have carried out for kids for decades -- slicing the crusts off white bread. The consumer goods giant is touting its new IronKids Crustless Bread as a fresh-from-the-oven idea. The product, introduced earlier this month at the supermarket industry's annual convention in Chicago, will be a bit of an upper-crust loaf. ...
Why does my clothing size vary depending on store or label? (05/19/02)
Q: My girlfriends and I have no idea what our clothing size is these days. Our body types and weights haven't really changed, but the clothing sizes we wear varies depending on the store or the designer. What gives? A. There are two key factors. First, there are no universal sizing standards in the United States. And, while American women are bigger than they used to be, many merchandisers have failed to adjust sizes according...
Coomer- Harless (05/19/02)
Town threatens to secede from Norway OSLO, Norway -- The Arctic town of Narvik got the media attention it was looking for when it threatened to secede from Norway and join neighboring Sweden to protest Oslo's policies. Narvik, about 225 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, has long complained that the central government has cut half its public service jobs in recent years...
History in black and white (05/19/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- With her petticoats and apron, Nora Martin looks the picture of an upstanding Philadelphian from the late 1700s as she strolls the city's historic district and engages curious tourists. But the reception is often chilly. As a black woman, many assume she is portraying a slave...
Fourth-graders are steppin' out (05/19/02)
WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Ten-year-old Nathan Langston puts his right foot forward, eyes down, and makes his way across the floor like a man headed to the electric chair. Ten-year-old Emily Whissell is waiting for him. It's time to waltz at West Cape May Elementary School, and Nathan is in no rush to start...
Study suggests diabetics get deadly drug (05/19/02)
CHICAGO -- A significant number of patients with diabetes are inappropriately prescribed a common drug that potentially could kill them, a study suggests. The study on metformin, also sold as Glucophage, is one of several on diabetes published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. It's the first JAMA issue devoted entirely to research on diabetes, which has reached epidemic levels and afflicts about 17 million people nationwide...
Gardeners battle allergies, pollen (05/19/02)
NEW MARKET, Va. -- Gesundheit! That was a sneeze, wasn't it? A runny nose, too? Irritated eyes? Itchy skin? Maybe you should take yourself and your allergies out of the garden. Or perhaps you should shape your yard to fit your allergies. Make your little corner of the world a safe haven rather than continue suffering at No. 10 Pollen Place...
Pollution blamed for allergies (05/19/02)
You wake up in the morning congested and sniffling. Your eyes itch. The roof of your mouth burns. You sneeze. It's allergy season, and pollen is in the air. Pollen is the archenemy of an estimated 20 million allergy sufferers in the United States alone, according to the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons...
Congress may alter housing aid (05/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- People who get federal help to pay for housing should be required to work, and rules that discourage them from marrying and pursuing higher-paying jobs should be changed, a commission created by Congress will recommend. The proposals are among the ideas laid out in the bipartisan Millennial Housing Commission's final report that soon will go to Capitol Hill...
Cubans left hopeful but confused by Carter's call for more libe (05/19/02)
HAVANA -- Tottering on spiked heels on Old Havana's cobblestone streets, Alejandra lowers her voice when talking about hopes for greater liberties after Jimmy Carter's groundbreaking visit to Cuba. She switches into English when a policeman nears...
Unmanned U.S. spy plane crashes near Pakistan village (05/19/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An unmanned U.S. spy plane returning from a mission crashed Saturday near a remote village in southwestern Pakistan, not far from a military base being used by U.S. forces, U.S. and Pakistani officials said. The Predator's wreckage was found near Karim Bakhsh, about 15 miles northeast of Jacobabad, and was being examined by U.S. soldiers, said local police official Mohammed Mustafa...
A wistful, ailing pope turns 82 (05/19/02)
VATICAN CITY -- A wistful, ailing Pope John Paul II celebrated his 82nd birthday Saturday before thousands of cheering youngsters, but could only muster reading a few lines of his speech before deferring to an aide. The celebration capped a week in which two prominent cardinals said they believed the pope would retire if his frail health deteriorated to the point where he no longer could govern his church...
Wallflower no longer (05/19/02)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- First lady Laura Bush has come a long way -- 4,895 miles -- from the political-wallflower image she carried into the White House 16 months ago. In her overseas debut, Mrs. Bush lashed out at Palestinians who incite teen-age suicide bombers, rose to defend her embattled husband and let it slip that she greased a pet project through the executive bureaucracy with a single phone call...
Attacks foreshadowed by hints from overseas (05/19/02)
A plan to crash a plane into CIA headquarters was exposed after an arrest in the Philippines. A meeting of future Sept. 11 hijackers aroused suspicion in Malaysia. Information that al-Qaida was seeking to assassinate President Bush at a summit in Europe led to heightened security...
Fianna Fail party runaway winner in Ireland election (05/19/02)
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Prime Minister Bertie Ahern will remain in office atop a stronger Fianna Fail-led government, analysts and opposition leaders agreed Saturday as results flowed in from a parliamentary election dominated by Ireland's thriving economy...
Son of South Korean president arrested in bribery scandal (05/19/02)
By Soo-Jeong Lee ~ The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea-- South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung's youngest son was arrested Saturday for allegedly taking bribes, dealing another blow to the credibility of his Nobel peace laureate father...
War leaves Afghans with mental illness (05/19/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The wages of war are starkly visible across Afghanistan, in silhouettes of broken walls, in mounds of pulverized brick. But the most lasting damage can't be seen: the wounds to the minds of Afghans, after 23 years of dread punctuated by moments of terror...
Scott City sophomore tops list of all-state track performers (05/19/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Scott City sophomore Loren Groves earned all-state status in four events to account for all her team's points and a seventh-place at the Missouri Class 2A Track and Field Championships, which concluded Saturday. Groves, all-state in three events as a freshman, finished second in the discus and the 100-meter hurdles, third in the shot put and fourth in the 300 hurdles for 27 team points...
Indians sweep first day of final OVC weekend (05/19/02)
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University beat Morehead State at its own game, belting five home runs in its sweep of an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader Saturday. The Indians -- who end the regular season at noon today at Morehead --hit three homers in the 9-3 opener and two more in a 9-2 win in the second game, including a grand slam by Eric Hoffman...
Win streak no more- Reds stump Morris (05/19/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Morris can't win them all at home. Juan Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and Todd Walker was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles as the Cincinnati Reds beat up on Morris and the St. Louis Cardinals for a 7-3 victory Saturday. "It's pretty tough to beat Morris anytime," Reds manager Bob Boone said. "We had the bats going today. It's a funny game, you can never figure it."...
Bonds homers twice, closes in on McGwire (05/19/02)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds homered twice to move within one of Mark McGwire for fifth place all-time, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 10-5 victory over the Florida Marlins on Saturday. Bonds went 3-for-3 with two walks, giving him 582 career homers. ...
Red Wings pile it on Avs late, win 5-3 for series lead (05/19/02)
DETROIT -- On a team bursting at the seams with stars, a gritty grinder stole the show. Darren McCarty scored three goals in the third period as the Detroit Red Wings beat Colorado 5-3 Saturday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. McCarty began the game with no goals and just three assists in the playoffs after scoring just five goals during the regular season, but such meager numbers are rendered insignificant in Hockeytown, which will always adore the winger for his charisma and his series-winning goal in the 1997 Stanley Cup.. ...
Lakers remain kings of the road, win at Sacramento (05/19/02)
The AssociatedPress SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Nobody silences an enthusiastic crowd like the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant scored 30 points, and Shaquille O'Neal had 26 as the Lakers extended the longest road playoff winning streak in NBA history to 12 games, beating the Sacramento Kings 106-99 Saturday in the first game of the Western Conference finals...
Meet me in St. Louis- Last reunion for old Brownies? (05/19/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Every spring in recent years, the old baseball players hear the same refrain: This is the last reunion for the St. Louis Browns. "That's what they say," said 75-year-old first baseman Roy Sievers. "But didn't they say that a few years ago, too?"...
Triple Crown one win away for War Emblem (05/19/02)
BALTIMORE -- War Emblem is versatile after all, and his victory in the Preakness Stakes has trainer Bob Baffert back in the Triple Crown chase. The ornery Kentucky Derby winner didn't lead all the way this time, but he held on for a three-quarter length victory Saturday to set up a shot at the Triple Crown in three weeks...
Indians have had a big season, but biggest test awaits (05/19/02)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team has had some big weeks this year on the way to its first Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship. There was the week the Indians upset nationally ranked Oklahoma State. There was the week the Indians swept a three-game series from preseason OVC favorite Austin Peay...
As baseball's image gets worse, who's really at fault? (05/19/02)
Not even an intelligent guy like Mark Lamping could have seen this fiasco coming. Given baseball's history, maybe he should have just assumed the worst. He already knew that several major league teams are setting record lows for attendance this season. He knew Missouri's finances were in disarray. He knew public interest in paying for a new ballpark in St. Louis was almost nil...
Sunday's briefs (05/19/02)
AREA RAIN WIPES OUT RACING PLANS AT ATPR, OTHERS Saturday's racing events at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark near Benton, Mo., were called off because of heavy rain through the week. Racing is scheduled to resume at 7 p.m. Saturday...
New proposal is a symbol of irony (05/19/02)
To the editor: The new proposal by the MSHSAA is ludicrous. I realize students in private schools achieve higher in most all areas, but I thought you reward these accomplishments, not punish them. The purpose of most private schools is to help students achieve higher morals, academics and athletic skills. I guess the public school system can't compete, so they are trying to even the playing field in a very unfair way...
FanSpeak (05/19/02)
Congratulations, golfers I'D LIKE to congratulate the Jackson golf team and the soccer team for winning their districts. Good luck through state. Move to 4A is deserved I'D LIKE to comment on Notre Dame moving to Class 4A. I think it's a move that should have been made years ago. They play all these little schools that have to play with the athletes that they've got. They don't to go out and hand choose a team...
barcelona tips.4c (05/19/02)
  • THE BEST TIME TO GO: The weather is mild most the year in Barcelona, and ever-changing cultural offers like festivals, local fiestas and this year's "Year of Gaudi," celebrating the 150th birthday of the famed Catalan architect, mean that any time of year could be a good time to visit the city. But, generally speaking, it is hard to beat late spring or early summer in Barcelona. Try to avoid muggy August, when natives abandon the city and tourists abound...
    • Web sites help plan family vacation to Palmetto state (05/19/02)
    Spend a couple of days sunning on the Grand Strand at Myrtle Beach, tour scenic Southern towns, or polish your golf game on a variety of courses. You can even paddle a canoe in South Carolina, the Palmetto State. Learn more by exploring a few Web sites set up to ease your travel planning...
    Boulevard reflects Barcelona's magic (05/19/02)
    BARCELONA, Spain -- Strolling down Las Ramblas is like looking through the wrong end of a telescope. The city is reduced to one slightly out-of-whack focal point, and all that makes up Barcelona is squashed into a thin line that runs from the city center to the sea...
    Country cottage appeal (05/19/02)
    One of my favorite books to read to my two daughters is a story about a little girl who lives in a house known as "Ivy Cottage." The home, of course, gets its name from the fact that it is covered with ivy, emerging from the woods in a magical and unexpected way...
    Picture perfect (05/19/02)
    COBDEN, Ill.Mark Allen and Tabbie Little held hands as they stepped into the photography studio. With Allen shipping off next month for the Army National Guard, they had come to get their picture taken. They could have done it for less than $5 at a local discount store, but they are willing to pay the several hundred dollars that the photographer, Keith Cotton, will charge them...
    Spring things happen (05/19/02)
    "Springtime, sweet springtime, we greet thee with song!" That is a line from the song we sang at my high school graduation. When the birds are singing the day in now, I fancy I can hear echoes coming from our music practicing room. There were not outstanding singers, but the robust exuberance we felt for the new season made up for any musical flaws...
    Family likes raising red flag in snail mail world (05/19/02)
    Imagine no more bills, credit card applications or junk circulars in the mailbox. There wouldn't even be a real mailbox. It would disappear from the landscape like those quaint round barns. That's the vision of Posten, Sweden's national postal service, which is encouraging an Internet mail delivery system that could make most physical mail seem like ancient history...
    Exhibit features world's rare chess sets (05/19/02)
    PHILADELPHIA -- In one match, the communists fight the capitalists, whose laborers are bound in chains. At the next table, Napoleon and Josephine take on Henri IV and Marie de Medici for their place in French history. Across town, modern battles spring up on chess boards made with Legos, Muppets and even Ecuadorean nuts...
    Class clown gets best grades (05/19/02)
    WAYNE, N.J. -- The newest course at William Paterson University is a joke. But the 15 students enrolled in it are deadly serious about wanting to become stand-up comedians. They're graded on how well they rant about their sex lives and how weird their parents can be...
    Networks replace hit shows for fall season (05/19/02)
    NEW YORK -- The Fox network, stuck with sagging ratings and the end of two signature shows, will replace "Ally McBeal" this fall with another drama about lawyers produced by David E. Kelley. With "The X-Files" also ending its run, Fox will turn Sundays into a comedy night -- part of an extensive overhaul that leaves only its Tuesday and Saturday night schedules intact...
    'Star Wars' features less Jar Jar Binks (05/19/02)
    SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Jar Jar Binks' slapstick antics and grating singsong in 1999's "The Phantom Menace" made him one of the most reviled characters in movie history, even among admirers of the "Star Wars" franchise. The computerized creature has a lot less screen time in the new "Attack of the Clones" -- only about three scenes -- but "Star Wars" creator George Lucas denies that was done to placate critics...
    Katy Kaser (05/19/02)
    Katy L. Kaser, 92, formerly of Nashville, Ill., passed away Saturday, May 18, 2002, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by a nephew, the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer of Jackson, Mo. Friends may call after 6:30 p.m. Monday at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Funeral service will be Wednesday, May 22, in Nashville. Local arrangements by McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson...
    Daisy Long (05/19/02)
    JACKSON, Mo. -- Daisy Long, 88, of Jackson died Saturday, May 18, 2002, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 7, 1914, in Jackson, the daughter of Thomas Edward and Stella Mae Ramsey Godwin. She first married Wilson Lewis in 1933, and he preceded her in death. She later married Harry Long in Feb. 9, 1946, and he died May 25, 1967...
    Maggie Hribernik (05/19/02)
    Maggie C. Hribernik, 99, formerly of Jackson, Mo., died Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum in St. Louis with a chapel committal service. The Rev. Grant Gillard will officiate...
    Edward Thele (05/19/02)
    MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Edward Henry Thele, 81, of Marble Hill died Friday, May 17, 2002, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 6, 1920, in Leopold, Mo., the son of Bernard and Josephine Lenderick Thele. He married Martha Broshuis on Sept. 8, 1943, in Leopold, Mo., and she died March 29, 2000...
    Orlin Feagan (05/19/02)
    SIKESTON, Mo. -- Orlin "Roy" Feagan, 59, of Sikeston, died Friday, May 17, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born on Sept. 9, 1942, in East Prairie, Mo., to Elmer and Willie Youngblood Feagan. He married Jolene Rettig on Aug. 5, 1995, in Sikeston...
    Emmons-Sadler (05/19/02)
    SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Jennifer Lee Emmons and Jerry Wayne Sadler were married May 19, 2001, at Bollinger Mill in Burfordville, Mo. The Rev. Robert Smithey Jr. performed the double ring ceremony. Kerri Doyal of Burfordville played keyboards and sang. Parents of the bride are Don and Mary Sue Emmons of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Carol Jobe of Cape Girardeau and Jack Sadler of Chaffee, Mo...
    Ahuja-Harker (05/19/02)
    Mala Ahuja and William Richard Harker were married Feb. 17, 2002, at the Atrium at Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna, Va. Pandit Amarnath-ji performed a Hindu ceremony, which was followed by a Christian ceremony by the Rev. John P. Gaffney. The bride is the daughter of Mangho and Mevi Ahuja of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Jacqueline Martin of Clarksburg, W.Va...
    Baker-Whitworth (05/19/02)
    Laura Rachelle Baker and Keith Allen Whitworth were united in marriage April 27, 2002, at Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. Anselm Williams performed the double ring ceremony. Pianist was Laura Bollinger of Cape Girardeau. Soloists were Mike Dumey of Cape Girardeau and Bollinger...
    Riley-Robert (05/19/02)
    BENTON, Mo. -- Carol Riley of Benton and Richard Riley of Blodgett, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Rhonda Rochelle Riley, to David Aaron Robert. He is the son of David and Carla Robert of Benton. Riley is a 1989 graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School. She received an associate's degree in nursing from Jefferson Community College in Louisville, Ky., in 1995. She is employed at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo...
    Coomer- Harless (05/19/02)
    SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coomer of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Coomer, to Charles Harless. He is the son of Mary Harlow of Cape Girardeau and Ronnie Kirk of Sikeston, Mo. Coomer is a graduate of ABEP in Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Larry's Store 24...
    Call-Lacy (05/19/02)
    Don and Sharon Call of Strafford, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine Marie Call of Jackson, Mo., to Matthew Ryan Lacy of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Glen and Sharon Lacy of Advance, Mo. Call is a 1992 graduate of Strafford High School. She received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield in 1996. She is employed at Clippard Elementary School...
    Kraatz-Murphy (05/19/02)
    OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Joe and Wilma Kraatz of Olive Branch announce the engagement of their daughter, Shannon Jo Kraatz of St. Louis, to Brian Patrick Murphy. He is the son of Daniel and Barbara Murphy of Manchester, Mo. Kraatz is a 1993 graduate of St. ...
    Hill- Gramlisch (05/19/02)
    SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Kimberly Dawn Hill and Ronald David Gramlisch will be married today in a seaside ceremony at Kure Beach, N.C. She is the daughter of Wanda Hill of Pikeville, N.C., and Ronnie Hill of Mount Olive, N.C. Gramlisch is the son of Diane Scholl of Scott City and David Gramlisch of Jackson, Mo...
    Zeigler-Baker (05/19/02)
    BENTON, Mo. -- Allen and Donna Zeigler of Benton announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Marie Zeigler, to Bryan Eric Baker. He is the son of Charles and Sheila Baker of Sikeston, Mo. Zeigler is a 2001 graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School. She is employed at U.S. Bank in Sikeston...
    Lukefahrs mark 50 years (05/19/02)
    JACKSON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lukefahr of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and reception April 20, 2002, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Hosts were their children and spouses and grandchildren. Lukefahr and Nelda Moranville were married April 20, 1952, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, Mo., by the Rev. A.M. Lohmann...
    Essners celebrate 50 years (05/19/02)
    John A. and Ina Essner of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 27, 2002. An anniversary Mass was held at St. Mary's Cathedral with Msgr. Richard Rolwing officiating. A dinner, reception and dance followed at Route 25 Banquet Hall in Jackson, Mo...
    7b - record - fire report 5/19 (05/19/02)
    Cape Girardeau Sunday, May 19 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:At 3:50 p.m., a gas leak at 2027 Broadview. At 4:01 p.m., a request for emergency medical service at 1119 Hillsdale Circle. At 4:12 p.m., a request for emergency medical service at 118 N. Main...
    Out of the past 5/19/02 (05/19/02)
    10 years ago: May 19, 1992 Cairo, Ill. - Cairo has new police chief; Harold Nelson, 60, retired Illinois State Policeman who was named assistant chief in February, has been elevated to chief's position; he becomes first black police chief in Cairo's history; move follows last week's announcement by Burl Pickett that he was resigning as chief to return to his previous duties as Cairo's representative on Southern Illinois Drug Task Force...
    When Santa became Scrooge (05/19/02)
    KENNETT, Mo. -- Members of the Missouri General Assembly, by now safely nestled in their own homes and communities after the close of this year's legislative session, are no doubt hoping their constituents will understand at least a few of the problems and barriers they faced in Jefferson City...
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