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Cape city officials open improved Silver Springs Road
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
Cape Girardeau city officials opened a newly paved, realigned and widened stretch of Silver Springs Road to traffic Friday on a route that long ago was little more than dirt. "This was a mud road," said Olive Keller, whose father, F.J. Armstrong, had operated a dairy farm on the adjacent land. Armstrong named the road after two springs on his farm, Keller said. She attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday marking the opening of the improved street...
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Correction 06/05/04
(Correction ~ 06/05/04)
In Friday's edition, a story about the death of former newspaper press foreman Walter Wilson should have given his age as 73. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Out of the past 6/5/04
(Out of the Past ~ 06/05/04)
10 years ago: June 5, 1994 The Rev. D. Chad McIntosh is new pastor at West Side Church of Christ; he graduated May 7 from MidAmerica Bible College in Oklahoma City, Okla.; he and his wife, Lynn, have a 3-year-old son, Jacob. Cape Girardeau Central High's baseball Tigers return home from Columbia to hero's welcome; little more than 15 hours after winning Class 4A state championship, Tigers are met at Cape Girardeau city limits by police motorcade that, with lights and sirens blaring, leads team bus to Central High and crowd of 500 well-wishers.. ...
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Sikeston falls to Ozark
(Community Sports ~ 06/05/04)
Sikeston High School's bid for the Class 3 state baseball title fell short Friday afternoon with a 2-1 semifinal loss to the Ozark Tigers in Columbia, Mo. Ozark (28-4) struck first with one run in the first inning. Sikeston (26-2) tied the game in the top of the fifth when J.R. Bizzell scored on a groundout by Lance Rhodes...
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Births 6/5/04
(Births ~ 06/05/04)
Presson Son to Donnie and Susan Presson of Pittsburgh, Pa., Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Name, Christian Tyler. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Presson is the former Susan Busby, daughter of JoAnn Busby of Pittsburgh, and the late Bill Busby. Presson is the son of Don and Janet Presson of Cape Girardeau...
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Speak Out 6/5/04
(Speak Out ~ 06/05/04)
Reading is believing TO THE person who made the comment "He's too nice" in Speak Out: Gary Rust is a nice person, but do you mean to tell me that you can read the Southeast Missourian and not know that he is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican? Teaching modesty...
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Sports briefs 6/5/04
(Other Sports ~ 06/05/04)
Baseball White Sox slugger Magglio Ordonez will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in Chicago on Saturday and is expected to miss four to seven weeks. Ordonez is batting .311 with eight homers and 34 RBIs in 42 games for the AL Central leaders...
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Religion briefs 6/5/04
(Community News ~ 06/05/04)
Gordonville church holds groundbreaking event Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville recently held a groundbreaking service for its new building. The church has continued to grow for the past six years and the new construction will help accommodate that growth. ...
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Religion calendar 6/5/04
(Community News ~ 06/05/04)
Today Gospel singing at 7 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in Villa Ridge, Ill. The Gloryroad Travelers will perform. Sunday Block Party at Mulberry Acres in Fruitland held by Fruitland Community Church. Event is from 4 to 7 p.m. and includes registration for vacation Bible school, which is June 13 to 17...
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Fire reports 6/5/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/05/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Thursday: At 4:13 p.m., an emergency medical service at 305 Hillview. At 5:23 p.m., an alarm at 3102 Blattner. At 7:26 p.m., an emergency medical service at a motor vehicle accident at Morgan Oak and Middle...
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Police reports 6/5/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/05/04)
The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs Ryan T. Schlosser, 20, Scott City, was arrested May 22 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of liquor...
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Ruth Pfefferkorn
(Obituary ~ 06/05/04)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ruth Pfefferkorn, 89, of Chaffee died Friday, June 4, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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Charles Heuring
(Obituary ~ 06/05/04)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Charles J. Heuring, 84, of New Hamburg died Thursday, June 3, 2004, on the family farm. He was born Feb. 19, 1920, at Kelso, Mo., son of Lawrence and Clara Gosche Heuring. He and Lucille J. Westrich were married Oct. 26, 1946. She died Jan. 22, 1991...
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Area digest 06/05/04
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
Rep. Emerson traveling to Normandy for D-Day U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, is a member of a congressional delegation traveling to Europe this weekend for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. On Sunday, the delegation will attend a memorial at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, attend the U.S. ...
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Life on the farm
(Editorial ~ 06/05/04)
With a cluck-cluck here and a moo-moo there, the perennial children's song "Old MacDonald's Farm" evoked an agrarian life that almost has disappeared in the United States. Today's farms are businesses that depend on high-tech machinery and innovative marketing to survive. Agriculture has become agribusiness...
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Using it or losing it is God's plan
(Community News ~ 06/05/04)
I recently asked my husband to fill our birdfeeders. He answered, "I can't, the old bird seeds had bugs in them and I threw them away last fall." I was surprised and less than happy with that response, because I had just purchased a new shepherd's hook, on which to hang more feeders. I was eagerly anticipating watching the birds dine. I also thought we had seed left from last year. However, the response prompted me to recall a coined phrase, "If you don't use it, you'll lose it."...
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Medicare cards could save money
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/04)
To the editor: The activist group studies cited in your May 26 Associated Press article, "Drug prices 0utstrip inflation rate," require a pretty serious reality check. You've seen those statistics. Here's the reality: Using one group's own numbers, our own study demonstrates that Medicare-approved discount cards save up to 22 percent over prices from a year and a half ago. ...
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Rhonda Westrich is sadly missed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/04)
To the editor: In response to the article "Westrich remembered as 'street-smart officer'": This was a great story. However, there were two incorrect statements. Rhonda Westrich was a dispacther with the Cape Girardeau Police Department from September 1985 until she became the secretary for the detective division. ...
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Tax is important for public safety
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/04)
To the editor: The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted unanimously to support the fire sales tax. This decision was made following a presentation by city manager Doug Leslie and several members of the city staff. The board carefully considered the action for more than one month prior to taking the final vote...
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Many make walk a huge success
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/04)
To the editor: I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of our volunteers, sponsors and walkers who participated in this year's Cape County WalkAmerica. Without these vital persons, the walk would not be what it is today and thousands of babies and families would not be touched by the March of Dimes. To date, we have raised $27,000, a 100 percent increase over 2003's total...
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Supporters need to vote Tuesday
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/04)
To the editor: Most of Cape Girardeau's citizens pay for and maintain their living quarters. Some rent. Some own. Our city is where we live. Paying for quality police and fire personnel plus equipment should be considered part of our expense for living in a quality city...
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Stella Garnett
(Obituary ~ 06/05/04)
Stella M. Garnett, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 4, 2004, at Cape Town Assisted Living Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 25, 1915, at Honaker Va., the daughter of John and Emina Wilson Hubbard. She had been the owner and operator of a mango orchard in Lakeworth, Fla...
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Loren Cato
(Obituary ~ 06/05/04)
Loren "Jack" Cato, 75, of Sacramento, Calif., died Friday, May 21, 2004, at his home. He was born in Cape Girardeau, son of Arthur and Alma Cardwell Cato. Cato was a graduate of John S. Cobb School, and former member of St. James AME Church. He served in the U.S. Air Force more than 20 years...
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Arrest made over campaign signs
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- A Chaffee man was issued a summons for property damage Friday for allegedly removing and destroying two campaign signs belonging to Scott County sheriff candidate Jerry Bledsoe, who is currently a captain with the sheriff's department...
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Patrol kept busy enforcing safety
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol had a busy week making motorists aware of the state seat belt and child restraint laws. From May 24 through May 31, officers from Troop E's 13-county region issued 345 seat belt summonses and 13 summonses for failure to use a child restraint...
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DNR moving ahead on regulatory reform
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has already started implementing legislation awaiting the governor's signature that would strengthen the procedures it must follow before enacting new environmental regulations. State Rep. Peter Myers, R-Sikeston, failed to win passage of a stricter version of the bill last year. With overwhelming support, Myers' follow-up proposal cleared the legislature last month on the final day of the 2004 legislative session...
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Curtis among three players tied for lead at Memorial
(Professional Sports ~ 06/05/04)
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Ben Curtis shot a 3-under 69 on Friday for a share of the lead with Justin Rose and Stephen Ames at the Memorial Tournament. Curtis, who won the British Open at Royal St. George's last year, navigated Muirfield Village without a bogey for the second straight day to wind up at 7-under 137...
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Smarty Jones goes for Triple Crown
(Professional Sports ~ 06/05/04)
NEW YORK -- So what if rain is forecast for the Belmont Stakes? Smarty Jones has already splashed to victory through pools of mud at the Kentucky Derby. Think the grueling 1 1/2-mile oval may prove too long for him? He's finished his last two races with stamina to spare!...
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Iraqi prime minister says U.S.-led forces needed
(International News ~ 06/05/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's new prime minister made his first address to the nation Friday, saying a rapid U.S. withdrawal from the country would be a "major disaster" because Iraqis are not ready to handle their own security. Iyad Allawi's call for improved Iraqi security and an end to guerrilla attacks came as unknown assailants attacked a U.S. Army patrol in Baghdad near the Shiite district of Sadr City, killing five U.S. soldiers and wounding five others...
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TV networks plan special coverage to mark D-Day anniversary
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
NEW YORK -- Television viewers may get a peculiar sense of time warp if they tune in to MSNBC tonight. For two hours, MSNBC's reporters and anchors will simulate how D-Day might have been covered if modern technology were in place in 2004. It's part of special plans networks have in place for marking the 60th anniversary commemoration this weekend...
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Renderings of murals available for charitable donation
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
With only a handful of Mississippi River Tales artwork available for sale, time is running out for those who want to own a piece of Cape Girardeau history and support the ongoing painting process that will continue on Cape Girardeau's floodwalls until the fall...
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Plaza Tire rolls past Valmeyer in opener
(Community Sports ~ 06/05/04)
There were plenty of rough spots for the Plaza Tire Capahas Friday night, but they still had little trouble winning their season opener. Plaza Tire banged out 16 hits while taking advantage of 10 walks, three hit batters and four errors to roll past the Valmeyer (Ill.) Lakers 19-5 at Capaha Field. The contest was stopped after seven innings by the 10-run rule...
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Southeast hires men's basketball assistant
(College Sports ~ 06/05/04)
Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball program has filled one of its two vacant assistant coaching positions with Friday's hiring of Robert Guster. Guster has been an assistant coach at Southwest Missouri State-West Plains Community College the past five seasons, helping lead the Grizzlies to a 120-36 record during that time. Eight players Guster recruited went on to play Division I basketball...
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Redbirds stop Astros for fifth straight victory
(Professional Sports ~ 06/05/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Scott Rolen is on such a roll, the St. Louis Cardinals have come to expect success. Rolen snapped a fifth-inning tie with a two-run single, giving him a major league-leading 57 RBIs and sending the Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. The five-time Gold Glove third baseman is also among the league leaders with a .354 average...
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La Russa, McClendon suspended 2 games
(Professional Sports ~ 06/05/04)
NEW YORK -- St. Louis manager Tony La Russa and Pittsburgh manager Lloyd McClendon each were suspended for two games Friday after getting into a shouting match during a game that caused both benches to empty. McClendon and La Russa also were both fined undisclosed amounts by Bob Watson, baseball's vice president of on-field operations...
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Survey finds schools shying away from naming valedictorians
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
For years, it's been the crowning achievement of high school students' academic efforts, but a growing number of schools no longer find the practice of naming a valedictorian beneficial to students. Nearly 50 percent of U.S. schools surveyed for a recent national report no longer rank students, but the tradition still holds a strong grip on Southeast Missouri schools...
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Nation adds 1.2 million jobs
(National News ~ 06/05/04)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers hired almost a quarter-million new workers in May, swelling payrolls by nearly 1.2 million for the year so far in a jobs market steadily gaining steam ahead of November's presidential election. The nation's unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent as more jobless workers renewed their searches and re-entered the labor pool, the Labor Department said Friday...
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Play days
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
The action starts at Litz Park in Jackson. About 40 parents and two puppies sit in the shade as the Diamondbacks and Athletics engage in a friendly game of T-ball. The T-ballers are as interested in a puppy that's been brought into the dugout as they are with the game...
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Warrant for blood sample is granted in fatal crash
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
Days after the Missouri Supreme Court declared it is legal to execute a search warrant to obtain blood in a suspected case of driving while intoxicated, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle applied for such a search warrant against a driver involved in a wreck that killed two people Thursday night in Wayne County...
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Supreme Court justices make side money from writing, teaching
(National News ~ 06/05/04)
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas picked up a $500,000 advance for his memoirs, while Antonin Scalia was the court's most frequent flier with 20 paid trips last year to places like Japan, France and Italy, financial reports released Friday showed...
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An athlete without greed or arrogance
(Professional Sports ~ 06/05/04)
Sourpusses argue that a racehorse, even one as grand as Smarty Jones, is not an athlete. They say that it (not a he or a she) does not aspire to be a champion, does not consciously train to win and break records. A racehorse, not being human, therefore lacks the essential qualities of the athlete to achieve something noble of body and spirit. All the beast does is carry out its genetic imperative: It is bred and born to run...
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Coria to face Gaudio in French final
(Professional Sports ~ 06/05/04)
PARIS -- Guillermo Coria swept 13 games in a row, then withstood Tim Henman's comeback bid to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-0, 7-5 Friday at the French Open, setting up the first all-Argentine Grand Slam final. The No. 3-seeded Coria's opponent Sunday will be unseeded Gaston Gaudio, who lost track of the score in the second set but knew when to celebrate after beating yet another Argentine, No. 8 David Nalbandian, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0...
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Holden 'frees' explorer's slave
(State News ~ 06/05/04)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden posthumously "freed" the only black member of the Lewis and Clark party, calling the recognition of the slave named York "long overdue." And even in a contentious election year, not even Holden's political opponents would accuse him of exploiting York's memory by signing emancipation documents on Thursday at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center and Civil Rights Museum...
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State panel declares drought officially over
(State News ~ 06/05/04)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Department of Natural Resources officials have officially declared an end to Missouri's nearly two-year-long drought, though some folks in the hardest-hit areas of the state aren't popping any corks in celebration. The Missouri Drought Assessment Committee on Thursday declared the state drought-free because of heavy rainfall in the past few weeks over northwest Missouri, where 24 counties still were experiencing drought conditions when the panel last met in March...
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Missouri's Danforth picked for U.N. post
(International News ~ 06/05/04)
ROME -- President Bush is turning to former Missouri Sen. John Danforth to make the administration's Iraq case in the United Nations, choosing a Republican who was a Senate ally of his father and has been a troubleshooter for both Democratic and Republican presidents...
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Maytag to cut jobs
(National News ~ 06/05/04)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Maytag Corp. announced Friday it is cutting its salaried work force by 20 percent, or 1,100 jobs, as part of a restructuring, and lowered its earnings expectations, citing lower sales and higher materials costs. Maytag shares closed down more than 7 percent...
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Crowell reviews legislature's record at Chamber coffee
(Local News ~ 06/05/04)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee for the month of June was a time for hellos and good-byes. The chamber opened the proceedings by welcoming 56 new members who joined during a recent membership drive. This was followed by a legislative wrap-up from guest speaker Jason Crowell, who said good-bye to some of his constituents after four years as 158th District state representative...
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Wal-Mart plans to employee treatment, equalize pay
(National News ~ 06/05/04)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, facing lawsuits for alleged gender bias and unfair treatment of workers, pledged Friday to work harder to promote women to management and announced a new pay system for hourly employees. CEO Lee Scott told employees and shareholders at the company's annual meeting that executive bonuses, including his own, would be cut up to 7.5 percent this year and 15 percent next year if the company does not meet its goals for promoting women. ...
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25 years after the 'take back'
(State News ~ 06/05/04)
HOUSTON -- Back in 1979, the Rev. Jimmy Allen thought the highlight of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting would be a giant rally at the Astrodome featuring the Rev. Billy Graham. Instead, Allen and other moderate leaders in the nation's largest Protestant denomination were caught by surprise as conservatives who had attacked the denomination's seminaries as "hotbeds of liberalism" flocked to the meeting...
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Screen Time
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
Have you guys found a reason to go to the theater yet? Besides air conditioning? How about these?: Harry Potter/ Prisoner of Azkaban If you're a Harry Potter fan (a totally different reader than my column attracts), you're definitely ready for this. If you think you're too old for these, consider that Harry Potter's nemesis is a serial killer, and he's being played by GARY OLDMAN. He made Hannibal Lector look like a good guy in HANNIBAL. You know this ain't a cartoon, folks...
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The Secret Scene
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
I know you love my Screen Time column; believe it or not, some people don't. One of my pals took me to task for, basically, giving my opinion about movies I've never seen. That's a matter of logistic necessity, along with the results of my annals of movie watching experience. I got a sixth sense about these things...
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Kill Your T.V.
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
Did you know that the term "mullet" was started by the Beastie Boys? "Number 1 on the side and don't touch the back/Number 6 on the top and don't cut it wack, Jack". There was such an overwhelming response (i.e. all 7 of you liked it) that I've decided to list a few more of my favorite mullet nicknames...
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St. Louis Entertainment Guide
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
06/03/04 - Zao - Creepy Crawl 06/03/04 - Milton Mapes - Off Broadway 06/03/04 - Todd Rundgren Et The Liars - The Pageant 06/04/04 - Mason Jennings - Blueberry Hill's Duck Room 06/04/04 - Vienna Teng - Blueberry Hill's Duck Room 06/04/04 - "MADE Clothing Tour" - Mississippi Nights...
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Local Music Schedule
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
WED JUNE 2 Bruce Zimmerman - California Juice Bar 8pm Karaoke - Brother's Lounge 8pm THURS JUNE 3 Bruce Zimmerman & The Waterstreet Blues Band - Port Cape 9pm FRIDAY JUNE 4 Electric Shag - Rude Dog Pub 9pm Bruce Zimmerman - Broussard's 9pm John Warren Project - Cheers in Sikeston 9pm...
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Pretty pictures
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
Myka Bohnsack, a senior at Southeast Missouri State University, recently exhibited a collection of her contemporary, acrylic paintings at Garden Gallery, which is above Grace Cafe at 835 Broadway. This was the second time Myka, who is majoring in graphic design, has shown her paintings to the public. She has been painting for many years, and majored in art at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield for three years before transferring to Southeast...
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Off! the Wall 8-Ball
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
1. Do they have security alarms at Christian book stores? Answer: Outlook not so good. 2. Do coffins have lifetime guarantees? Answer: My reply is no. 3. Can you make a candle out of your earwax? Answer: You may rely on it. 4. Can it be cloudy and foggy at the same time?...
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The Zone Insider
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/04)
Man, times are changin'... Boner's got a girl; Bondsy got the Swan treatment; Tabatha's up for prizes, and Parker's got this 'Meatwad' haircut. If you see him, tell him it's working. (Mwoo-ha-ha...) I tried the radio thing, but it's harder than it looks. ...
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