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Tigers pull away from Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Central senior guard Ryan Delph entered the 1,000-point club Tuesday night at the Show Me Center, as the Tigers boys basketball team defeated cross-town rival Notre Dame 67-62. Delph's big game nearly did not happen. Feeling sick over the last couple of days, Delph was nearly sent home from school Tuesday morning...
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Neighbors give thanks as club in Cape closes
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
Neighbors of the Taste after-hours club expressed relief Tuesday that the business has shut down and thanked the owner for staying true to his promise. "He's a man of his word," Margaret Kutz said of club operator Patrick Buck. "I'm very pleased that he's conscientious and honest. I'm very proud of him."...
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A coroner's worth
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
When Michael Hurst is on the job, death is not far away. Coroner is not a job for everyone, but Hurst asked for it. He says he wanted the job because he wanted to be the person who could make a difficult moment as comfortable as possible for the survivors...
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Whither morality?
(Column ~ 02/04/04)
By R. Joe Sullivan If only the baring of Janet Jackson's breast had been the worst of what TV viewers saw while watching Super Bowl XXXVIII. The game itself was one of the best of the season, a fitting conclusion after the hard-fought contests that ultimately brought the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers to Houston to lay claim to the Vince Lombardi Trophy...
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Cooks want recipes for dishes with good taste
(Column ~ 02/04/04)
smcclanahan As I recall back to the birth of our daughter, it seems like only yesterday that our family crowded into the room where she was born and Scott announced HER name to everyone. Most of our family just knew we would have a boy and secretly picked names for the boy except for my niece and Scott's mother. Both of them wanted a girl so badly, and they got it. Seven years ago this week she came to our family and our household has not been the same since...
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Whitman's Sampler celebrates 150 years of chocolate goodness
(Column ~ 02/04/04)
He was in the business 15 years before Milton Hershey was even born and he virtually invented the concept of prepackaged chocolates. This year marks the 150th anniversary of his first boxed assortment, an elegant pink and gilt affair decorated with rosebuds and curlicues with lettering proclaiming "Sugar Plums from Stephen F. Whitman."...
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Playing Ward to Mr. Half's June
(Column ~ 02/04/04)
Have you ever been nostalgic for a time you've never experienced? For me it's the 1950s. Like David Wagner in "Pleasantville," I'm wistful when I think about cookie-cutter homes in new subdivisions, sandlot baseball, nuclear families having dinner promptly at 6 p.m. I don't want to know about all the dysfunction that simmered beneath the pretty pictures back then -- like in "Far from Heaven."...
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Soups add warmth without adding girth
(Community ~ 02/04/04)
CONCORD, N.H. -- When it's chilly outside, it's time to put on a pot of soup inside. Soups and stews not only have an incredible power to create inviting meals and warm the body, they also are a terrific way to add luscious -- even creamy -- dishes to your diet without adding fat...
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After Super Bowl, CBS putting in tape delay for Grammy telecast
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
NEW YORK -- Following Janet Jackson's surprise breast-baring on the Super Bowl halftime show, CBS said Tuesday it would institute a video delay system to avoid any recurrence at Sunday's Grammy Awards. CBS technicians were scrambling to invent the software -- something more than five-second audio delay the network has used to bleep out swear words...
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Nation/world digest 02/04/04
(National News ~ 02/04/04)
North Korea agrees to nuclear talks this month SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea agreed Tuesday to resume six-nation talks Feb. 25 -- a breakthrough in American-led efforts to persuade the communist state to abandon its nuclear weapons programs for economic and other concessions from Washington. The new round of talks is expected to take up North Korea's offer to freeze its nuclear programs as a first step toward what the Bush administration hopes will be a complete dismantling of them...
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Discovery of ricin puts halt to Senate
(National News ~ 02/04/04)
WASHINGTON -- A jittery Senate faced its second attack with a deadly toxin in 28 months on Tuesday, this time in the form of ricin powder sent to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Another letter containing ricin and bound for the White House had been intercepted in November, a law enforcement official disclosed...
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Kerry strengthens campaign lead
(State News ~ 02/04/04)
Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry rolled up big victories and a pile of delegates in five states Tuesday night, while rivals John Edwards and Wesley Clark kept their candidacies alive with singular triumphs in a dramatic cross-country contest...
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Bulldogs top Villa, take third in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Notre Dame finished third in the Queen of Hearts Tournament at Villa Duchesne High School in St. Louis County after beating the host team 40-27 Sunday afternoon. "It was a good tournament," Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim said. "It had some surprising teams in it. I thought we should have been able to play with the teams better than what we did, though."...
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Tigers, Jayhawks stagger into contest
(College Sports ~ 02/04/04)
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas is smarting after a loss to Iowa State. Missouri is struggling to stay above .500. Since there are no ties in college basketball, at least one of these old rivals will walk out of Allen Fieldhouse on tonight with a badly needed victory...
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Bulldogs come to life in second half
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Notre Dame's girls basketball team's offense came to life in the second half in a 55-42 victory over Central Tuesday night at the Show Me Center. The Tigers and Bulldogs combined for only 30 points in the first half with Notre Dame leading 16-14. Both offenses worked deliberately, taking long periods of time off the clock each trip down...
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Charleston boys avenge loss to Jackson 63-49
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Charleston's boys basketball team gained a measure of revenge Tuesday night by knocking off visiting Jackson 63-49. The Blue Jays lost to the Indians in the semifinals of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. Charleston, the state's top-ranked Class 3 squad, improved to 17-1. Jackson fell to 17-4...
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Action taken against Knight
(Professional Sports ~ 02/04/04)
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Bob Knight was reprimanded but not suspended Tuesday for his loud public outburst at Texas Tech chancellor David Smith. Tech athletic director Gerald Myers said in a statement that "appropriate personnel action" was taken regarding Monday's verbal spat involving the coach at an upscale grocery store...
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New legislation would reward hard-to-find teachers
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
Missouri teachers could receive bonuses for accepting difficult or hard-to-fill assignments under recently proposed state legislation, but local superintendents say they foresee problems if the practice is approved. The bill, which a House committee recommended be passed last week, would revise a state law requiring every school board to adopt an annual salary schedule "applicable to all teachers." Under the legislation, a district could offer bonuses out of its own budget if it had a shortage of teachers in given subjects or needed them for "difficult" situations, such as larger-than-recommended classes. ...
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Kinder allows name change bill to run course
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Supporters of changing the name of Southwest MissouriState Univeristy as a way to boost the school's profile have characterized it as being no big deal in terms of its impact on the state's higher education system. And alongside other issues the Missouri Legislature will grapple with this year -- education funding, civil litigation reform and revising workers' compensation laws -- rechristening Southwest as simply Missouri State University is comparatively minor...
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Dalhousie will take national approach
(Community Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Beginning its second full year of operation, Dalhousie Golf Club still has its master plan in place but has added a dogleg to the course its following. The club, which has been semi-private since opening in June of 2002, officially became a private club at the start of February, managing member Cord Dombrowski said Tuesday. Dombrowski also revealed a new national membership direction for the course, which was recently ranked No. 8 nationally by Golf Digest among top new private golf clubs...
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Crime fund bill makes return with governor's input
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After falling to a gubernatorial veto in 2003, legislation to make criminals help pay for law enforcement expenses is back this year with Gov. Bob Holden's support. The bill, which Southeast Missouri lawmakers and sheriffs have pushed for six years, would allow counties to establish special funds to supplement local law enforcement costs. Judges could order criminal defendants who receive probation to pay as much as $275 into the fund...
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More than delegates at stake for candidates in seven-state vote
(National News ~ 02/04/04)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry solidified his standing as the man to beat for the Democratic presidential nomination in convincing cross-country fashion Tuesday night, sweeping primaries in the East, Midwest and Southwest. Sen. John Edwards' win in South Carolina kept him in the Democratic presidential race...
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Missouri primary exit poll findings
(National News ~ 02/04/04)
ELECTABILITY About a quarter of voters said the ability to beat President Bush was the candidate quality that mattered most. Among those voters, about 80 percent favored Sen. John Kerry. GEOGRAPHY Kerry won easily almost everywhere, from the urban areas and suburbs to the rural areas of northern Missouri and the Bootheel. In southwest Missouri, Kerry and Sen. John Edwards ran about even...
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Brady wins MVP for second time
(Professional Sports ~ 02/04/04)
HOUSTON -- Tom Brady is getting quite a collection of playoff wins and Super Bowl MVP trophies. The New England quarterback has won all six of his postseason games, including two Super Bowls in three years. He threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns Sunday in leading the Patriots past the Carolina Panthers 32-29...
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Mildred Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
Mildred Irene Miller, 92, of Millersville died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girar-deau. She was born Aug. 4, 1911, at Millersville, daughter of Ora A. and Myrtle Huff Stearns. She married Tho-mas B. Miller Nov. 26, 1932. He died Jan. 4, 1985...
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Mary Horn
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
Mary Jo Horn, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Sept. 7, 1906, in Advance, Mo., daughter of Elijah and Melinda Taylor Jenkins. She and Stephen T. Horn were married Feb. 3, 1924, in Advance. He died July 23, 1964...
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Conrad Karraker
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Conrad Karraker, 74, of Anna, Ill., formerly of Dongola, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at Union County Hospital. He was born November 13, 1929, in Dongola, the son of Oral and Myrl Casey Karraker. He and Ruth Bird were married June 30, 1951...
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Births 2/4/04
(Births ~ 02/04/04)
Boyer Son to Brad L. and Tosha A. Boyer of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., St. Francis Medical Center, 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004. Name, Zachary Joseph. Weight, 11 pounds. Second son. Mrs. Boyer is the former Tosha Zoellner, daughter of Joe and Judy Zoellner of Perryville, Mo. She is a receptionist. Boyer is the son of Virgil and Sandy Boyer of Ste. Genevieve. He is a laborer...
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Correction 2/4
(Correction ~ 02/04/04)
In Monday's edition, a story about Pioneer Days at the Cape Girardeau Public Library should have reported that the Feb. 10 event is for children in grades three and four. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Club news 2/4
(Community News ~ 02/04/04)
Excelsior Optimist Club The Excelsior Optimist Club met Jan. 21 at Drury Lodge. Jana Jateff, Mary Kay Cosmetics director, presented the program on skin care. She also made a contribution for the Project Charlie Program to help with expenses. Excelsior Optimist funds and manages the Project Charlie Program at Jefferson, Franklin, Clippard, Alma Schrader, Blancard, and Nell Holcomb elementary schools...
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Out of the past 2/4/04
(Out of the Past ~ 02/04/04)
10 years ago: Feb. 4, 1994 Sen. Peter Kinder predicts members of House and Senate will resolve differences in riverboat gambling bills Monday; if lawmakers take final action Monday, it will be in time for proposed constitutional amendment to correct State Supreme Court-detected flaws in state's riverboat gambling law to go before voters in April 5 election...
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Coroner - Inmate's death was completely preventable
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
BENTON, Ill. -- Franklin County Jail inmate Anthony Snyder's death "was 100 percent preventable," according to the coroner who determined Snyder died of pneumonia so severe that doctors mistook it for tuberculosis. The 36-year-old's body also had the kind of open bedsores more likely to be found on patients who have been neglected at nursing homes than on jail inmates, Cape Girardeau County Coroner Mike Hurst said Tuesday. ...
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Missouri bill would cut required insurance coverage
(State News ~ 02/04/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Insurers would no longer be required to cover some services that currently must be provided by minimal health insurance plans, such as mammograms and hospital stays after giving birth, under legislation being considered by a House committee...
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Mae Anderson
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Mae Anderson, 83, of Glenallen died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 5, 1920, at Glenallen, daughter of Marvin L. and Clara Lincoln Burns. She and Thomas W. Anderson Sr. were married July 4, 1942. He died March 13, 1999...
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Anna Halter
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Anna Mae Halter, 74, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 19, 1929, at Chaffee, daughter of Levi Andrew and Nettie Thresa Schwepker Miller. She and Clarence Halter were married Oct. 19, 1954...
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Clinton Hartley
(Obituary ~ 02/04/04)
Clinton Dale Hartley, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 24, 1924, in Venice, Ill., son of Clinton N. and Cecelia Butler Hartley. He and LaVerne Mayfield were married July 5, 1980, in Cape Girardeau...
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Region briefs 2/4/04
(Local News ~ 02/04/04)
Four injured in Holcomb car, bus collision HOLCOMB, Mo. -- Four persons were were injured one of them seriously, in a rearend collision involving a car and bus north of Holcomb at 3:28 p.m. Monday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 1994 GMC Bluebird school bus driven by Jerry Dye of Holcomb had stopped to unload passengers. ...
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Cape fire report 2/4/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/04/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded Monday to the following items: At 3:23 p.m., carbon monoxide detector at 2503 Marvin. At 3:57 p.m., medical assist at 3439 William. At 3:58 p.m., alarm at 380 S. Mount Auburn Road. At 5:07 p.m., alarm at 429 N. Frederick...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 2/4/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/04/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Jesse J. Boyer, 23, of 890 County Road 618, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Monday on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for violation of bond...
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Prisoner payoff
(Editorial ~ 02/04/04)
For years, Cape Girardeau County annually salted away hundreds of thousands of dollars into its reserve fund thanks to economic prosperity and conservative budgeting. One year the county took in $1 million more than it spent. The result was a $5 million reserve in the late 1990s...
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Sports briefs 2/4/04
(Other Sports ~ 02/04/04)
Baseball The Dodgers have expressed interest in Greg Maddux, with pitching coach Jim Colborn speaking with the future Hall of Fame right-hander. Maddux, who turns 38 in April, has won 289 major league games, including 15 or more in a record 16 straight seasons. He was 16-11 with a 3.96 ERA for the Atlanta Braves last year, then became a free agent. The Chicago Cubs made a two-year offer to Maddux last month and remain interested...
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Halftime show was repulsive and shocking
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/04)
To the editor: I was utterly shocked and repulsed by the Super Bowl halftime show. And the exposing of Janet Jackson's body was only the fitting culmination of a fully lascivious program. The sexually explosive nature of the preceding lyrics and choreography of the performers was utterly and completely out of place at an event designed for family viewing...
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Paying to play less important than standards
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/04)
To the editor: Paying sports fees to participate in high school athletics is not new. Schools across the country have the same funding issues as the Cape Girardeau School District. Businesses are having to deal with solvency issues. What your income is has little to do with this issue. At the heart of the issue is what parents are doing to make a difference in our children's future and the standards we allow to be set...
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Voters - Consider enemy within as you decide
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/04)
To the editor: As the 2004 elections draw near, God's people -- the Christians of America -- must prepare for battle. A powerful enemy is inside the gates and bent on the destruction of America's Christian moral foundations. The enemy has already inflicted much damage by outlawing prayer and Bible reading in public schools, by outlawing "One nation under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance, by stopping Boy Scouts from meeting on public property, by suing towns for displaying "God bless America" signs on public property and by forcing same-sex marriages on America. ...
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Speak Out 02/03/04
(Speak Out ~ 02/04/04)
MLK's dream IT WAS a rare act of civic courage when the Martin Luther King Jr. committee recognized the SEMO Coalition for Peace and Justice. But it was such an obvious choice considering that the coalition and the committee stand for and against the very same things. They both oppose violence, war, racism and poverty. They both stand for nonviolence, peace, racial and economic justice. How wonderful it was to be reminded that warmongering is not part of MLK's dream...
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The Zone Insider
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
Thanks for reading this month's Insider. You can be my valentine. As for the folks at the Zone, they're still recovering from the Three Doors Down show. In fact, we still haven't found Kevin Casey. And Boner keeps pretending to put people on hold, just so he can shout Wesley Willis songs into the phone...
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Kill Your T.V.
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
by Jason Parker With my third round of bootlegging copies of the Paris Hilton video for friends and co-workers too afraid to brave the new world of file sharing, I take this moment to remind you that pornography is bad. Which leads me to the question: Is it bad bedroom manners to answer your phone mid-coitus?...
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Screen Time
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
by Leroy Grey Winter movies gets a lot of short shrift. Sandwiched between the holiday holdovers and the Oscar re-releases, the movies that debut aren't usually known for getting people across the snow. Of course, we haven't had a lot of snow, so let's see what coming soon!...
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Grey picks the Oscars
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
by Leroy Grey Okay, so no one saw the Panthers beating the spread. How do you restore your reputation as a know it all? By predicting the Oscars, of course. The Academy Awards are an annual gala that rivals the premier sports championships for national discussion. ...
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Why I Can Never Run For Office
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
by Chris Morrill Since I'm so interested in politics, the thought has crossed my mind a time or two that maybe I could actually run for public office someday. It's not like I haven't made some moves like that in the past. However, my previous history of holding elective office has been, ah, spotty at best...
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Dear Auntie Rohn
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
Valentine's Day...For most men it conjures up the image of the Chicago St. Valentine Massacre...and rightly so. Men, for the most part aren't comfortable with gift giving. They worry if they got the right gift. Especially on the high holy day of expressing your love to your wife/fiancee/girlfriend. ...
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Game Review - Mario & Luigi, Superstar Saga
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/04)
by Keayn Dunyan "Prepare for an epic journey beyond the borders of the Mushroom Kingdom as Mario and Luigi team up for a hilarious, action-filled role-playing game! The deep storyline and gripping puzzles pf a role-playing game combine with awesome action elements to make this adventure a Mario experience like no other."...
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