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Big day finally arrives
(Column ~ 04/30/04)
There are grand-birds at the Sullivan house. On the house, actually. Madame P. Finch was a proud mama more than a week ago when her four eggs hatched in the tidy nest of evergreen twigs in the front-door wreath. We nervously waited eight more days for Miz Wren's brood to come popping out of the eggs in her nest with a roof in the backdoor wreath. Finally, the baby wrens arrived with well-developed vocal cords -- or whatever it is birds use to make sounds...
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Peppy PT Cruiser is sure to make you grin
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
Smile makers: puppies, kittens, babies, ducklings and PT Cruisers! Everywhere I went in this week's test vehicle the reaction was the same, smile after smile after smile. It seems everyone loves the little retro wagon from Chrysler. And why not? It's cute. It's practical. It's comfortable. It's quick. But more than anything else, it's different...
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Region briefs 4/30/04
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
Jackson official to lead storm water association Jackson city building and planning superintendent Janet Sanders has been elected the president of the Missouri Floodplain and Storm Water Managers Association for 2004-2005. Sanders has been involved in floodplain management with the city since 1995. ...
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Wayne County men plead guilty to dumping trash in forest
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
Two Wayne County men pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to dumping trash on federal government property. Brian E. Todahl, 25, of Williamsville, Mo., and Kenny J. Todahl, 26, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., each pleaded guilty to one count of dumping refuse, trash, debris and/or litter on national forest land...
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Goofball legislation
(Editorial ~ 04/30/04)
A decision on Wednesday to end a legislative tax threat against Missouri's two largest newspapers in Kansas City and St. Louis does little to remove the stain of hatchet lawmaking at its worst. Claiming a proposal to end the sales-tax exemption on material and equipment used to produce newspapers in Kansas City and St. ...
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Autism articles help to educate
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: You guys have done the most outstanding job on these autism stories. All I can really say is thank you for telling the stories and showing Southeast Missouri what our worlds are really like. If people knew nothing of autism, they are learning it now...
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Most Americans believe president
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: Jennifer St.Clair is stunned about what Americans believe. Most Americans believe their president. They agree with his argument that Iraq certainly spawned a breeding ground for terrorism. We now know that the scandalous U.N. oil-for-food program was a source for terrorist financing. Given Saddam Hussein's proven dedication to deception and violence, how can there yet be any doubt about Iraq's contribution to the terrorist movement?...
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No pro-life bill in this session
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: On April 22, pro-life Missouri House members pointed out to the Republican leadership that no pro-life legislation had been debated in the House this year. To save face, a pro-life bill was placed on the calendar that evening and debated on April 27. ...
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'Bad' part of town comes to rescue
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: On the afternoon of April 19 I was on my way to work in Cape Girardeau. As I got to the intersection by Don's 24 Hour Store, my vehicle ran out of gas. I had always been told that this was a bad part of town, and I was scared to death to be stranded there...
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Consider benefits of mascot change
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: Change the name of the mascot. I cannot speak for the entire Indian nation or a specific tribe. Nor have I lived on an Indian reservation. But I do have some Indian blood in my veins. This does not make me an expert on Native-American affairs either. However, I would like people to at least take a moment to look at the situation from a different perspective rather than "It's always been the Indians, so why change it" point of view. I am also an alum of Southeast...
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Action was taken prior to attack
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: Paul Greenberg is correct in his April 24 column in stating that the Japanese diplomatic code had been broken shortly before the Pearl Harbor attack, but he is incorrect in implying that President Roosevelt did nothing to prevent the attack...
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'Indian' not to be bought or sold
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/04)
To the editor: I think it is sad that so many people are still arguing about the mascot issue at Southeast Missouri State University. This should have been resolved years ago when the question was first raised. In most cases it was. The group of people we call Indians are not commodities whose symbol can be bought and sold. ...
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NCAA OKs reforms
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/04)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA approved a sweeping package of academic reforms Thursday that will penalize schools starting in 2006 if athletes perform too poorly in the classroom. To avoid punishment, schools will have to stay above a still-undetermined "cut line" that includes graduation rates as one of the factors showing academic progress...
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Marines, Iraqis reach tentative deal; 10 U.S. soldiers killed
(International News ~ 04/30/04)
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- As negotiations began in Fallujah, ten U.S. soldiers and a South African civilian were killed in attacks elsewhere, including eight Americans who died when a bomb hit as they tried to clear explosives from a road south of Baghdad. Negotiations were also taking place in the southern city of Najaf, where tribal leaders and police discussed a proposal to end the U.S. standoff and for followers of a radical Shiite cleric to leave the city...
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Sports briefs 4/30/04
(International News ~ 04/30/04)
Ex-nurse pleads guilty in 13 patient deaths SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- A former nurse pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering 13 patients and attempting to kill two others, under an agreement with prosecutors that spares him from the death penalty. Charles Cullen also agreed to plead guilty to a murder in Pennsylvania. ...
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It's called 'power' steering for a reason
(Column ~ 04/30/04)
Dear Tom and Ray: My son has an '87 Ford Escort wagon with about 80,000 miles on it. His recent visits to two different mechanics read like an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." One said, "You went to that guy??" And the other said: "You went to that guy?? His dad sneaks over here to have me work on his car." Anyway, the problem is the power steering, which went out. ...
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Bush answers Sept. 11 questions
(National News ~ 04/30/04)
WASHINGTON -- Hoping to shape history's judgment, President Bush told the Sept. 11 Commission Thursday his administration tried to protect America from terrorists as warnings grew before the devastating attack of 2001. Members pressed him on his response to a controversial memo that raised the issue of plane hijackings and attacks with explosives...
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Memorial for WWII veterans opens in D.C.
(National News ~ 04/30/04)
WASHINGTON -- Gray-haired war veterans sat in quiet reflection. Tourists came by to quietly say thanks. Schoolchildren on field trips crowded around asking for autographs. Decades in the planning, the National World War II Memorial opened to the public Thursday...
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Statues evoke 1904 exposition
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
It has been 100 years since the World's Fair of 1904 brought St. Louis to the world and the world to St. Louis. From April 30 to Dec. 1, what was officially known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition brought in nearly 20 million visitors. The event was so huge that its impact was felt throughout the state, including Cape Girardeau...
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Injured teens recovering at home
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- The two teenagers injured April 14 in a car crash that killed two other teens are now home from the hospital. Heather Martin, 13, was released from St. Francis Hospital Monday. Jerry Dees, 13, came home from St. Louis Children's Hospital Tuesday, said his aunt Pam Lindley...
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U.S. - Put guerrillas on payroll, give Saddam general command
(International News ~ 04/30/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A new Iraqi military force being proposed to tame Fallujah's guerrillas could bear a striking resemblance to the guerrillas themselves. The band of about 1,000 Iraqis would be led by one of Saddam Hussein's generals, and its U.S.-funded payroll might include some of the same gunmen who have been fighting U.S. Marines...
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Jackson shuts out Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/04)
Rebecca Richbourg scored two goals for Jackson to lead the Indians to a 2-0 win over Notre Dame on Thursday night at Notre Dame Regional High School. Jackson improved to 14-3-1, and has taken two of three meetings with Notre Dame (11-3-1). Jackson's one loss to the Bulldogs came in a penalty kick shootout after both teams went scoreless throught regulation and overtime...
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Gators host Long Course Kickoff
(Community Sports ~ 04/30/04)
Swimmers will take the first step in making the adjustment from little indoor pools to larger outdoor venues this weekend at Central Municipal Pool. The Gators Swim Team will host the annual Long Course Kickoff Meet with 14 clubs expected to bring about 225 swimmers to town...
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This colt brought to you by ...
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/04)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Twin Spires. Mint juleps. Thousands of fans singing "My Old Kentucky Home." The Kentucky Derby now has a new tradition to start at 130-year-old Churchill Downs: ads plastered on jockeys' uniforms. Two days before the world's most famous horse race, U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II ruled in favor of jockeys, blocking a state rule barring them from wearing ads. The judge agreed that the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority's regulation violated First Amendment rights...
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Poop fiction - Using irreverent humor to get children reading
(National News ~ 04/30/04)
CHICAGO -- Glenn Murray blushes a hearty shade of red when a cashier at a Chicago deli recognizes him: "Heyyyyyy!" the young man shouts gleefully -- and loudly. "You're the fart-man!" Murray, an educator-turned-children's author from Canada, is still getting used to the ruckus over two books he co-wrote. They feature "Walter the Farting Dog," a flatulent pooch whose little problem saves the day time and time again...
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American fears rise along with 'hot lab' building boom
(National News ~ 04/30/04)
SAN FRANCISCO -- From Boston to Livermore, Calif., "hot labs" designed to combat bioterrorism and house the world's deadliest germs are being planned and constructed with a huge cash infusion from the federal government. Supporters of the unprecedented building boom say the new or expanded high-containment labs -- there are least 18 -- are essential to national security in a post-Sept. 11, 2001, world...
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Speak Out 04/30/04
(Speak Out ~ 04/30/04)
Family entertainment I WOULD like to thank the Show Me Center for its recent offerings of the Ringling Brothers Circus and the touring musical "Cats." This is outstanding family entertainment. I hope more will be offered in the future. Outstanding articles...
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Charlotte Proffer
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
Charlotte Mae Proffer, 71, of Jackson died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at her home. She was born April 23, 1933, at Zalma, Mo., daughter of Frank and Leafy Cato Rowe. She and Wilburn Proffer were married Aug. 19, 1950. Charlotte worked several years at Monsanto Co. ...
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Clyde Hogg
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Clyde M. Hogg, 66, of Bell City died Thursday, April 29, 2004, at his home. He was born Feb. 6, 1938, at Painton, Mo., son of James and Lydia Ethel Story Hogg. He and Karen Jean Yates were married July 12, 1969. Hogg retired from Leo Lape Farms...
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University's choral union and symphony feel spirit of Africa
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/04)
While there is nothing new about a joint performance including Southeast Missouri State University's choral union and symphony, this year's concert, "Feel the Spirit," is special. It's special because it marks the last time Dr. John Egbert will conduct the university's choral union, and it will be the debut of a reworked "Dona Nobis Pacem" by renowned British composer David Fanshawe...
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For the love of dance
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/04)
Dance has allowed Katharine Stricker to break ground at Southeast Missouri State University by being the first person to receive a bachelor of fine arts degree in performing arts when she graduates in May, and in her personal life, where she has turned her experience with abuse into her senior dance project, "Bred Consciousness: (in)sight," which will be performed at the Student Performance Showcase Saturday evening...
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Artifacts 4/30/04
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/04)
Arts council offers summer classes It's almost time to register for the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri's 29th annual summer art classes. Courses for ages 1 to adult are being offered and include "Drawing: Learning to See," "Architectural Drawing" and "Beginning Watercolor," among others. For more information, call the arts council at 334-9233...
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Area digest 4/30/04
(Community Sports ~ 04/30/04)
Jackson woman rolls perfect game Jeanna Tollison of Jackson rolled a 300 on Wednesday at Perryville. Kohlfeld Scorpions hammer Principia The Kohlfeld Scorpions trounced the Principia College rugby club 78-0 Saturday on a wet field at Arena Park. Brendan McClarney, Ian Barnhouse, Denny Genovese, Mark Lineberry, Ben Schwab, Alan Kloss, Scotty Johnston and Carlos Velasco accounted for the Scorpions' scoring. First-year player Andy Chesser was named the match's most valuable player...
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POW camps in Missouri revisited in presentation
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
During the 1940s, Missouri's landscape was dotted with barbed wire and watch towers surrounding 15,000 German and Italian soldiers imprisoned in concentration camps throughout the state. It's one of history's little-known chapters, one that St. Louis writer David Fiedler has captured in his book, "The Enemy Among Us: German and Italian POWs in Missouri during World War II."...
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Hospital association meets for annual dinner
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
More than 800 Southeast Missouri Hospital Association members and guests came to the Show Me Center to review the past year at the association's annual dinner meeting Thursday evening. Highlighting the festivities was the presentation of four special service awards to thank those who have helped advance the quality of health services for the community. ...
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Edmonds' HR lifts St. Louis
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/04)
ST. LOUIS -- With one big swing, Jim Edmonds helped the St. Louis Cardinals ease their home miseries. Edmonds homered to lead off the 13th inning for a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, and the Cardinals avoided getting swept at Busch Stadium for the second time this season...
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Officials - Tornado did strike area Saturday
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
The storm rotation that forecasters' radar picked up Saturday night in Cape Girardeau County was a tornado after all. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., sent personnel to Cape Girardeau County Wednesday who then told county officials Thursday that a tornado touched down between Crump and Tilsit, two tiny unincorporated villages southwest of Jackson...
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Cardinals concentrate on wins instead of their rivals
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Last September, the last time the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals played, it was the beginning of the end of St. Louis' NL Central hopes. The Cubs took four of five in Chicago en route to the championship while the Cardinals straggled in third...
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Cheney party draws interest in Cape
(Local News ~ 04/30/04)
Joseph Midkiff * photos@semissourian.com A group of about 25, which included George W. Bush supporters and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson campaign workers, listened to an address from Washington, D.C., by Vice President Dick Cheney on a speaker phone in Emerson's campaign office in Cape Girardeau on Thursday.Southeast Missourian...
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NMCC nips Scott City to open tourney
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/04)
New Madrid County Central and Scott City opened the SEMO Conference baseball tournament up on Thursday night at Capaha Park with a pair of pitching gems that led to a tight ballgame. NMCC, the No. 8 seed, came away with a 3-2 decision in a game that lasted less than an hour and a half, featured only eight hits and three walks...
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Coming to theaters 4/30/04
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/04)
'Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius' Starring Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani, Jeremy Northam, Connie Ray, Brett Rice and Malcolm McDowell. This movie is about Bobby Jones, a young golfer who dominated the sport throughout the 1920s, winning nine major championships before retiring from competition at age 28 to spend time with his family. He later founded the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters tournament. Rated PG for language, running time 120 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Man on Fire'
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/04)
Three stars (out of four) What starts out as an enjoyable movie with Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning becomes another violent story about getting revenge. John Creasy (Washington), an ex-military man, takes a job as a bodyguard for a wealthy Mexican family. ...
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Gary Flanagan
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Gary L. Flanagan, 52, of Farmington died Thursday, April 29, 2004, in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 18, 1952, in South Dakota, son of Noel and Dorothy Flanagan. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen; a daughter, Patty Flanagan; two sons, Gary Flanagan II and Jimmy Flanagan; a stepdaughter, Carrie Willaby, all of the state of California; his mother of Farmington; three sisters, Donna Flanagan of California, Tammy Flanagan of Fredericktown, Mo., Evelyn Skinner of Bonne Terre, Mo.; two brothers, Terry Flanagan of Fredericktown, Cary Flanagan of Cape Girardeau; and seven grandchildren.. ...
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Mary Bloodworth
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mary Anita Bloodworth, 71, of Anna died Thursday, April 29, 2004, at City Care Center. She was born April 23, 1933, in West Frankfort, Ill., daughter of Henry Oscar and Mary Smith Garrard. She and Earnie E. Bloodworth were married Dec. 25, 1953, in Vienna, Ill. He died Dec. 3, 1992...
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Gerald Throgmorton
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Gerald A. "Jerry" Throgmorton, 64, of Sikeston died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 19, 1940, son of Dr. Howard B. and Bonnie Jackson Throgmorton. Throgmorton was a 1958 graduate of Sikeston High School, where he was a member of the All-American Football Honor Roll...
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Hazel Johnson
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
Hazel I. Swett Johnson, 79, of Ware, Mass., died Monday, April 19, 2004. She was born in Jackson, daughter of Philip and Myrtle Hahs Crites. She married Stephen Swett, who died in 1957. She later married Richard Johnson, who died in 1999. Johnson was a cafeteria worker 16 years at William E. Wright Co. in West Warren, Mass. She was a member of Warren Federated Church in Warren, Mass., and Disabled American Veterans Post 59 Auxiliary in Ware. She was formerly of Jackson...
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Mary Warren
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
Mary Jane Warren, 84, of Jackson died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 10, 1919, at LaValle, Mo., daughter of Henry Ola and Flora L. Knotts Fields. Survivors include two daughters, Juanita Bruce of Dix, Ill., Marilyn Davis of Jackson; two sisters, Olla Parker of Fredericktown, Mo., Nettie Frederick of Cahokia, Ill.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren...
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Velma Frymire
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
Velma D. Frymire, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 8, 1926, at Grassy, Mo., daughter of Charles and Della Robins Hovis. She and Troy Frymire were married May 15, 1943. He died May 29, 1999...
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Jean Cavaner
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
Jean Cavaner, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 10, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, son of Leo Emerson and Jane McCormick Cavaner. He and Ruby Pittman were married May 29, 1966, in Cape Girardeau. She died June 26, 2001...
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Angela Brice
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
Angela Brice, 93, of Jackson died Thursday, April 29, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until time of service. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Monsignor Edward Eftink will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Heath Self
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- William Heath Self, 21, of Sikeston died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, in a vehicle accident near Sikeston. He was born March 2, 1983, in Sikeston, son of Dewayne and Wendy Baker Self. Self was a 2001 graduate of Sikeston High School, and was a varsity letterman in football, baseball and basketball. He was majoring in physical education at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Nora Cain
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Nora Gwendolyn Cain, 87, formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 28, 1916, in Eaton, Ohio, daughter of Chester Benjamin and Mary Treva Sommers Wikle. She and Henry Cain were married April 27, 1946, in Wilmette, Ill. He died Aug. 15, 1985...
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Aubrey Whorton
(Obituary ~ 04/30/04)
ORAN, Mo. -- Aubrey Dempsey "Jack" Whorton, 77, of Florissant, Mo., died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at Christian Hospital Northeast in Florissant. He was born Feb. 20, 1927, in Russellville, Ark., son of True and Ather Deatherage Whorton. He and Peggy Louise Brindley were married Oct. 9, 1955...
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Out of the past 4/30/04
(Out of the Past ~ 04/30/04)
10 years ago: April 30, 1994 St. Francis Medical Center is planning new "one-stop" facility, combining doctors' offices with medical laboratories and technology on medical center campus; hospital hopes to break ground for expansion this September and to see completion in November 1995...
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Most Missouri counties could get ordinance power
(State News ~ 04/30/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's smaller counties are a step closer to winning what their larger counterparts were granted last year -- the power to enact local ordinances. The Missouri Association of Counties and other groups that represent the interests of county governments in the Capitol have lobbied for giving expanded powers to the state's 89 third-class counties. ...
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