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Parents raid bank for back-to-school shopping
(Column ~ 08/17/04)
Editor's note: This column was originally published Aug. 20, 2000. A new column will appear next week. It's back to school time, a time when parents' hectic summers give way to hectic school years. Parents save up all year for this occasion. You have to save some money, otherwise you can't afford all that back-to-school stuff....
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Elsie Barnes
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Elsie Louise Barnes, 70, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at her home. She was born April 14, 1934, at Ironton, Mo., daughter of Gilbert and Anna Silvey Hartwick. She and Donald F. Barnes were married in 1952 at Ironton...
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Howard Kinder
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Howard L. Kinder, 90, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at Eldercare of Marble Hill, Mo. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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Allen Sturdivant
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Allen Clark Sturdivant, 79, of Sikeston died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004, at his home. He was born April 12, 1925, in Union City, Tenn., son of Thomas and Pearl Horn Sturdivant. Sturdivant was retired from Rutherford, Tenn., Police Department. He was a Mason...
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Births 8/17/04
(Births ~ 08/17/04)
HerculesDaughter to David and Mary Beth Hercules of St. Louis, Missouri Baptist Hospital, Friday, July 23, 2004. Name, Ava Genevieve. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Fourth child, third daughter. Mrs. Hercules is the former Mary Beth Keusenkothen, daughter of John and Annabelle Keusenkothen of Jackson. Hercules is the son of Jim and Kathy Hercules of St. Louis. He is regional vice president of Primerica Financial Services...
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Out of the past 8/17/04
(Out of the Past ~ 08/17/04)
10 years ago: Aug. 17, 1994 Renovation of Rotary Lake in Jackson City Park, which began in July, is complete and lake is refilling; more than 16,000 cubic yards of silt and sediment were removed from 3.2-acre lake to deepen it and improve fish habitat...
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Blanchard, Jefferson pass MAP test
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Gathered around a conference room computer Monday morning, Cape Girardeau School District administrators hesitated to double click the Web site link revealing how their schools fared on last year's state assessments. There was a lot riding on that double click: the possibility of school choice among lower performing elementary schools, countless hours of professional development, money...
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Ready for rides
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Carnival manager Joe Sutton paced around uptown Jackson Monday night with the tempo of a tilt-a-whirl. Around and around he went, giving instructions, pointing here, waving there. His challenge: assemble all of Homecomers in 24 hours. His legs were moving at an almost frantic pace, but he spoke with a calmness of one who's been here before...
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Jackson couple wants home to be zoned commercial
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Joyce Baker came to Monday night's Jackson Board of Aldermen meeting armed with a large rolled map, an envelope filled with paper, several documents and photos; even a slew of friends to testify on her behalf. Her aim? To prove that her house resides in commercial zone hell...
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Merchants pleased with business brought by sales tax holiday
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Three days of tax-free shopping for school-related items put Cape Girardeau on the retailing map. Joyce Hunter, marketing director for Westfield Shoppingtown West Park, said some major chains there outsold their counterparts in urban markets over the weekend...
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Local Red Cross volunteers on standby for Florida duty
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Although there are no immediate plans to send volunteers from the American Red Cross Southeast Missouri Chapter to southwest Florida to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, the local chapter does have volunteers on standby. "We think there's a very good probability they'll be going," said executive director Mary Burton...
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Law enforcement cracking down on area drug trade
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Two search warrants executed Sunday night by members of the Scott City Police Department and the Scott County Sheriff's Department resulted in the arrests of two local residents, chief Don Cobb announced at Monday's Scott City Council meeting. The police department was actually approved for four search warrants (one warrant expired before it was activated) within a two-week period, which is unusual for Scott City, Cobb said...
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Cletis Limbaugh
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Cletis Limbaugh, 86, of Advance died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 3, 1917, in Bollinger County, Mo. He and Elsie Martin were married Dec. 25, 1957, at Ardeola, Mo. She died July 23, 2003...
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Betty Dickerson
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Betty L. Dickerson, 50, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 5, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Joe and Zita Hess. Dickerson received a bachelor of science degree in management from Southeast Missouri State University in 1988. She was kitchen manager at Cape Girardeau Country Club, and a member of the Eckankar belief...
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Larry Cronenbold
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Larry G. Cronenbold, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Life Care Center. He was born July 8, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, son of Chester Lee and Thelma Allen Coakley Cronenbold. Survivors include a brother, Eddie Cronenbold of Cape Girardeau...
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World briefs 8/17/04
(International News ~ 08/17/04)
Iran calls for U.N. to intervene in Iraq fighting TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran and Saudi Arabia called Monday for the United Nations to intervene in Iraq to stop the fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants hiding in the holy city of Najaf. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi made the request in a telephone conversation with U.N. ...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 08/17/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/17/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs Mackey H. Smith, 31, 528 Francis St., Jackson, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and second-degree assault...
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Cape fire report 8/17/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/17/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Sunday: At 1:57 p.m., an open burning at 2101 Woodhaven St. At 5:32 p.m., a stove malfunction at 2922 Beaver Creek Drive. At 7:08 p.m., an emergency medical service at Bloomfield and South Kingshighway...
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Keeping promises
(Editorial ~ 08/17/04)
For many reasons, there has been a long tradition in American family life that puts the mother in charge of religious upbringing. She has been the one to see that the children go to Sunday school, attend classes in religious instruction and get a solid foundation in the church...
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Roberta Penermon
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Roberta Conner Penermon, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Panola County, Miss., daughter of Silas and Evalina Gordon Weakley. She first married Ross Conner, who died in 1954. She later married Joseph Penermon...
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Richard Miller
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Richard E. "Dick" Miller, 66, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 29, 1937, in Bushnell, Ill., son of Russell Max and Mable Lucille Sanders Miller. He and Mary F. Foote were married April 5, 1992, in Cape Girardeau...
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Eugene Sides
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Eugene Sides, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 4, 1913, at Indian Creek, Mo., son of Pearl and Jeffie Abernathy Sides. He and Lucille M. Herbst were married July 8, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. She died Aug. 12, 1994...
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Martha Denson
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
Martha Lynn Niemann Denson, 40, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at the home of her mother in Gordonville. She was born Jan. 8, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Vernon "Pedro" and Judith Moore Niemann. She was formerly married to Phillip Denson...
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Van Burgess
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
OXFORD, Miss. -- Van F. Burgess, 78, of Oxford, died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Burgess was a former resident of Scott City. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church in Calhoun County, Miss. He was also a member of Wahabi Temple Shriners Club, Grand Lodge of Mississippi and the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry...
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Jesse Strickland
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
KELSO, Mo. -- Jesse Eugene Strickland, 76, of Kelso died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 11, 1928, in Chicago, son of Luther Eugene and Hilda Mae McCellvin Strickland. He and Elizabeth H. Slawson were married May 8, 1960, in Jackson. She died May 22, 2003...
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Chester Law
(Obituary ~ 08/17/04)
GIDEON, Mo. -- Chester Samuel "Shinner" Law, 91, of Gideon died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at Gideon Care Center. He was born Sept. 17, 1912, at Gideon, son of Harvey and Alice Struby Law. Law was retired from Gideon-Anderson Co. He was a member of Living Word Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Mo...
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Humanitarian crisis in Sudan
(Column ~ 08/17/04)
The New Zealand Herald How much longer is the West going to stand by and look on while a humanitarian crisis involving hundreds of thousands of people unfolds in Darfur in Western Sudan? ... To date, some 50,000 African villagers are thought to have died and up to a million displaced by the activities of government-backed Janjaweed Arab fighters...
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Haas' gamble pays off with captain's choice
(Professional Sports ~ 08/17/04)
By Doug Ferguson ~ The Associated Press MILWAUKEE -- Jay Haas passed up easy money on the 50-and-older Champions Tour for a chance to play for free in the Ryder Cup. On Monday, he felt like a million bucks...
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Sports briefs 8/17/04
(Other Sports ~ 08/17/04)
Baseball Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's appeal was rejected Monday and he will begin serving his five-game suspension Tuesday. Wood was fined and suspended for angrily confronting umpire Eric Cooper on April 17. Wood initially served the suspension in May -- but it was reinstated when he was placed on the disabled list for a period covering the penalty...
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Many cultures blended in U.S.
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/17/04)
To the editor: This is in response to something I read the other day in regard to someone saying that there is no problem with immigrants coming into our country as long as they learn our ways. Since when have they been our ways anyway? This country has been built on blended cultures from the beginning. Irish, German, English, Japanese, Filipino, Hispanic, African -- you name it, it's here. Our culture is always changing and always being added to...
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Speak Out 08/17/04
(Speak Out ~ 08/17/04)
Bridge sculpture needed SINCE THE old Mississippi River bridge is being demolished, Cape Girardeau should commission artists to design and build a sculpture from the ironwork from the bridge. Once completed, the work of art should be displayed permanently on the riverfront. Have artists in this area submit their designs. Make this a contest...
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Humbled Team USA looks to regroup against Greece
(Professional Sports ~ 08/17/04)
ATHENS, Greece -- Did the Dream Team members get a wake-up call after playing like they were comatose? Can the women's gymnastics team, the gold medal within its grasp, recapture the magic conjured by the "Magnificent Seven" Olympians from eight years ago?...
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'Thorpedo' sinks gold quest
(Professional Sports ~ 08/17/04)
By Paul Newberry ~ The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece -- Ian Thorpe touched the wall, pumped a fist in the air and let out a yell that all but said, "Take that!" Two lanes over, Michael Phelps was draped over the rope, huffing and puffing as he looked at the scoreboard...
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Cards extend hex on Reds
(Professional Sports ~ 08/17/04)
St. Louis improved to 12-2 against Cincinnati this season with a 10-5 victory. By R.B. Fallstrom ~ The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols homered for the fifth time in four games and tied his career high with five RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night...
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Voting lawsuit getting new judge; hearing canceled
(State News ~ 08/17/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A lawsuit by the state Democratic Party over voting procedures has been reassigned to a new judge, and a hearing scheduled for Wednesday was canceled. The party and three Kansas City residents filed suit last week against Secretary of State Matt Blunt, claiming a state voting law violates the federal Help America Vote Act, enacted after the election troubles of 2000...
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Family trip yields many lessons
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Last Wednesday, the family and I packed our bags, got into our purple 1998 Grand Caravan with a transmission ready to spontaneously explode at any given moment and headed out to the Carolinas for a week of relaxation and enjoyment. Now that we have the setting established, let me explain who went along...
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What a difference a tour makes
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Editor's note: Justin Cox, a Scott City native, is writing about his experiences while living in Chile for six months. I spent last weekend in San Pedro de Atacama, a five-hour bus ride east of my home in Antofagasta, Chile. San Pedro (population 5,000) is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the northern half of the continent despite the fact that it is hours from the nearest city, dusty, dry, cold and expensive. ...
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Senior year is just a bad cliché
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
The unofficial end of summer is approaching, to the horror of most schoolchildren -- or, at least, schoolchildren that know better. I think it's ironic that if most of those high school students who think the first day of school is worse than severing a limb take a stroll down memory lane, they'll find that the first day of school used to be exciting in elementary school. ...
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Cape officials may force issue of Commercial Street repairs
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
The Cape Girardeau City Council took the first step toward approving repairs of 1,200 feet of Commercial Street between Walnut and Hickory streets, despite expected opposition from property owners along Commercial Street. City manager Doug Leslie called the street improvement plan an "on and off again project" that began in 1995, when the majority of the property owners along Commercial petitioned the council to improve that section of Commercial Street. ...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen action
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Approved a change order to Dutch Enterprises Inc. for a $16,412 increase regarding the water and sewer relocation along West Jackson Boulevard. Approved a change order for a $3,337 increase to The Power Line Consultants LLC regarding the electric line relocation along West Jackson Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Consent ordinances (Second and Third Readings) Approved an ordinance readopting Sections 2-76 to 2-83 of the City Code relating to conflicts of interest. Approved an ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a contract for water line easement with The Little River Drainage District for a 12-inch water main to serve Nash Road and Airport Loop...
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Learning briefs 8/17
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Clark earns spot on spring dean's list at MUW Margaret Clark of Cape Girardeau was named to the spring 2004 semester dean's list at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss. Tropf earns philosophy doctorate from USM Shonna L. ...
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U.S. men's gymnastics ends 20-year absence from podium
(Professional Sports ~ 08/17/04)
By Eddie Pells ~ The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece -- Twenty years later, the boys are back on the medal stand. The American men's gymnastics program, long overlooked and often unappreciated, won Olympic silver Monday, capping a four-year rebuilding project to take home a medal for the first time since the boycotted 1984 Games...
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Venezuelan president Chavez wins recall referendum
(International News ~ 08/17/04)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelans overwhelmingly voted to keep President Hugo Chavez in office, dealing a crushing defeat to a splintered opposition and allowing the leftist leader to convert one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his "revolution for the poor."...
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Discovery documentary profiles the culture of Scrabble
(Entertainment ~ 08/17/04)
BURBANK, Calif. -- Before the recent National Scrabble Championship, Eric Chaikin was trying to cram for it. But there just wasn't enough time. He was too busy promoting the documentary he co-directed "Word Wars," which profiles the game and some of Scrabble's most skilled players...
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Charley victims wait in long lines
(National News ~ 08/17/04)
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Victims of Hurricane Charley sweated through long lines Monday as they desperately sought out essentials such as hot meals, showers and drinking water three days after the furious storm left their homes in shambles. Barbara Winslow and her fiance were sitting in a van with five antsy children in a thunderstorm waiting for a chance to collect diapers, food, water and ice at a National Guard comfort station...
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Iraqi delegates to mediate al-Sadr's withdrawal from Najaf
(International News ~ 08/17/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The deadly showdown between U.S. troops and Iraqi militants in Najaf dominated Iraq's national conference Monday, with tribal and religious leaders deciding to send 60 delegates to the holy city to persuade a radical Shiite cleric to call off his fighters...
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Cave may have been John the Baptist's
(International News ~ 08/17/04)
KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel -- Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers -- basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher...
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Crop development slowed by weather
(State News ~ 08/17/04)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The development of crops in Missouri was slowed last week by cool temperatures, but they are still progressing ahead of normal, the Missouri Agricultural Services reported Monday. The service said 89 percent of corn has reached the dough stage or beyond, with 65 percent dented and 11 percent mature. That puts denting progress four days ahead of last year and the five-year average, the state said in its weekly crop report...
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Two U.S. Army divisions to leave Germany in restructuring
(National News ~ 08/17/04)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's plan to restructure U.S. military forces abroad includes bringing two Army divisions home from Cold War-era bases in Germany, and increasing the U.S. presence at bases in countries like Poland, Romania and Uzbekistan, Pentagon officials said Monday...
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Figures show income gap increasing
(National News ~ 08/17/04)
WASHINGTON -- Over two decades, the income gap has steadily increased between the richest Americans, who own homes and stocks and got big tax breaks, and those at the middle and bottom of the pay scale, whose paychecks buy less. The growing disparity is even more pronounced in this recovering economy. Wages are stagnant and the middle class is shouldering a larger tax burden. Prices for health care, housing, tuition, gas and food have soared...
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Five area teenagers add their talent and faces to mall mural
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
W hile his young students were painting images of Cape Girardeau's Main Street, riverfront and its history, artist Craig Thomas was adding some personality to their mural project. Thomas taught a class on mural painting through the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. Five students, ages 11 to 15, spent eight days working on the mural near the Pasta House entrance at the mall...
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A time for firsts and lasts
(Local News ~ 08/17/04)
Southeast Missourian It's a year of firsts and lasts. Area high school students beginning their senior year will be faced with many tough choices beyond deciding which courses to take or how many times to take the ACT exam. For some students, it's the first time they will make "adult" decisions about which college to attend and what career path to choose. And many will have to decide whether to stay close to home after high school or head out into the world for college or a job...
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O.J. Turner provides experience for Indians' young linebackers
(College Sports ~ 08/17/04)
By Marty Mishow ~ Southeast Missourian Where have the past few years gone? That's what O.J. Turner wonders as he enters his senior football season at Southeast Missouri State University. "Man, it seems like it was just yesterday when I was starting out," said Turner as he flashed his trademark grin. "It's hard to believe I'm a senior. The four years have gone by so fast."...
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