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Guy Conley and his Millersville family are reunited
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
"Amber, Amber. Wake up, baby. Time to go get Daddy." Kim Conley had let her 5-year-old daughter sleep while she got ready, but now it's time to get moving. The clock on the microwave reads 4:25 a.m., and Kim is ready to go. She is wearing a special outfit, a black blouse with a dark red floral print that she got for Christmas along with black pants and shoes...
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Jackson woman convicted of attempted murder by fire
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Mississippi County jury deliberated two hours Tuesday before it found a Jackson woman guilty of arson, attempted murder and burglary. The jury recommended that Tara McClanahan serve 20 years for the arson, 10 years for attempted murder and five years for the burglary. ...
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Man breaks Jackson officer's nose
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
A Jackson man who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend Sunday night faces felony charges for breaking the nose of one of the police officers who responded to the call, authorities said. Allison V. Brooks Jr., 22, of 1445 Woodland Drive, is in the Cape Girardeau County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 cash-only bond. ...
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Intense flames stopped firefighters
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/02/05)
To the editor: Thanks for an article on the Chaffee General Baptist Church that was both informative and sensitive to the congregation and pastor. The way reporter Bob Miller explained what happened when the fire started and how quickly it changed the situation in the basement was very important to realizing the speed fire has, especially in close spaces...
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Medicare ills await while Bush tackles Social Security
(National News ~ 03/02/05)
WASHINGTON -- A looming Medicare shortage is seven times the size of the one that Social Security faces and nearly four times the entire federal debt. It is not being addressed by President Bush and Congress, and, to some, that is just as well. Social Security, which Bush has hoisted atop his domestic agenda, is $3.7 trillion short of what it will need for benefits over the next 75 years, under the latest federal projections. ...
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March's opening cooler than in '04
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
A mild winter has left many in Southeast Missouri hoping for an early and warm spring, but that is not in the forecast from the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. Temperatures for the next week and a half are predicted to be in the mid-50s, with lows in the upper 40s. These temperatures are more than 10 degrees cooler compared to March last year...
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Region digest 03/02/05
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
Diesel leaks into Black River over weekend; Two from Scott County get prison sentences; Legislature approves university name change
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Workshop focuses on income tax credits for restoring buildings
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
A tour of Missouri would show a considerable number of historically significant projects -- hotels in St. Louis, libraries in Kansas City and the renovated Marquette Hotel in Cape Girardeau -- that likely would never have happened without federal and state rehabilitation tax credits...
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Planning for buses
(Editorial ~ 03/02/05)
The need for dependable public transportation has been identified in a variety of community surveys as a concern for Cape Girardeau for the past decade. The issue has been addressed, in part, by the creation of the county's transit authority, whose aim is to coordinate existing publicly funded transportation services. And another study -- the latest in a long string of consultants and reports -- is in the works...
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Speak Out 3/2/05
(Speak Out ~ 03/02/05)
Building community; Sign of respect; Wrong-way decision; Cleanup idea for I-55; Show of respect; Cemetery on the left; Resourceful university; Growing pains; School culture shock; Society's direction; Part of democracy; No comparison; Dangerous exposure; Qualified administrators; Faculty contributions; Growing our food; Real-world views
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Beg to differ on opposing views
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/02/05)
To the editor: When I read the recent letter complaining about the "rantings" of Alan Journet and others, I had to laugh. Whether or not the Southeast Missourian feels obligated to publish their letters, I am glad it does. We can stand a little more balanced reporting around here. What good is a newspaper that only presents one point of view?...
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Aid criticism is irrational hatred
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/02/05)
To the editor: Earth to letter writer Emma Franklin regarding squandered opportunities by the Bush administration: $35 million of U.S. tsunami aid was the first installment. The administration has since requested $950 million in tsunami aid. Is that enough? If not, what is Franklin doing about the shortage?...
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Little bit of sales tax mounts up
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/02/05)
To the editor; We own a small business that collects sales tax on the merchandise we sell. By state law, we get to keep part of the sales tax we collect. While the amount our business keeps is relatively small, the total amount kept by all Missouri businesses is close to $33 million. ...
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Top-seed Tech avoids upset bid by EIU
(Professional Sports ~ 03/02/05)
Willie Jenkins scored 17 points and Tennessee Tech, the top seed in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, came back to beat Eastern Illinois 72-68 Tuesday night in Cookeville, Tenn. The Golden Eagles (18-10) advanced to the semifinals, where they will face Austin Peay on Friday in Nashville. The Governors knocked off Samford 71-60 earlier Tuesday in Alabama...
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FDA wants responsibility of warnings on drug labels
(National News ~ 03/02/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration wants the power to write warning labels for drugs, telling Congress on Tuesday it would help end the haggling with pharmaceutical companies that delayed warnings to Vioxx users about potential heart problems...
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BTK suspect charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder
(National News ~ 03/02/05)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man and Cub Scout leader accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder. Rader made his first court appearance by videoconference from his jail cell. ...
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Bell City pass Saxony, reach district title game
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/05)
Defending Class 1 state champion Bell City will play for its fourth straight district title on Thursday after downing Saxony Lutheran 71-55 on Tuesday in the District 2 tournament at Delta. Bell City jumped to a 24-12 first-quarter lead and had a seven-point halftime advantage...
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Southeast men pick up second 61-58 victory at Murray State
(College Sports ~ 03/02/05)
MURRAY, Ky. -- The last time Southeast Missouri State's Redhawks beat Murray State twice in the same season, they advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time. Southeast still needs two more victories to pull off a similar feat, but the sixth-seeded Redhawks took a major step toward that Tuesday night with a pulsating 61-58 victory over the third-seeded Racers in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament...
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Redhawks will host St. Louis in home debut
(College Sports ~ 03/02/05)
After two long road trips, Southeast Missouri State's baseball team is finally ready to open its home season. The Redhawks (2-4) take on St. Louis University (1-3) at 2 p.m. today at Capaha Field as they start a seven-game homestand that includes a three-game series this weekend against Bradley...
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Church cookbook is treasure of tasty treats
(Column ~ 03/02/05)
smcclanahan Basketball season has come to an end at our house. Both of our children played this year on three different teams. Between practices, games and keeping the uniforms clean, it seems like all we have done for weeks is basketball. However, watching them play makes it all worthwhile. ...
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Cooking not an issue for working wife
(Column ~ 03/02/05)
Editor's note: This column originally appeared June 20, 2000. The Other Half killed my will to cook. Not that it was strong anyway. My will to cook had been on life support for a few years, expressed through the same five recipes week after week, year after year...
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Searchers seek signs of missing child
(National News ~ 03/02/05)
HOMOSASSA, Fla. -- A scaled-back search of the area immediately surrounding the home of a missing 9-year-old girl Tuesday turned up no new clues in her disappearance, and was suspended at sunset. Searchers were expected to resume the hunt for Jessica Marie Lunsford at dawn today. The child has not been seen since her grandmother tucked her into bed last Wednesday night...
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'Star Wars' trailer gets airtime on Fox's 'The O.C.'
(Entertainment ~ 03/02/05)
NEW YORK -- Darth Vader is coming to "The O.C." The trailer for "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" will premiere during the March 10 episode of the Fox show. The final installment of the "Star Wars" saga will open in theaters on May 19. The new trailer will be released in movie theaters beginning March 11...
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Charter co-CFO resigns; quarterly loss widens
(National News ~ 03/02/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Charter Communications Inc., the nation's third-biggest cable television system operator, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter loss widened to $340 million, citing higher programming and service costs, increased interest expense and a lower income tax benefit...
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Alma Harmon
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Alma Louise Harmon, 89, of Chaffee died Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 19, 1915, at Chaffee, daughter of Otis Alma and Mabel Jennie White Keller. She and DeWitt Wilson Harmon were married March 27, 1976. He preceded her in death April 8, 2000...
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Frank Stuckey
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Frank R. Stuckey, 71, of Eureka, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born May 10, 1933, near Commerce, son of Clarence S. and Viola Riggs Stuckey. He married the former Shirley D. Jeffries. Stuckey owned and retired from a construction company in St. Louis...
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Cape fire report 03/02/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Monday: * At 6:48 p.m., emergency medical service in the 2300 block of Jane Drive. * At 9:35 p.m., emergency medical service in the 800 block of Clark Avenue. Firefighters responded to the following items on Tuesday:...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 03/02/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Tuesday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs * Nicholas Kostnos Demopoulos, 76, 1034 Broadway, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, failure to drive in a single lane and driving an unlicensed vehicle...
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Terrorists based in Syria blamed for Tel Aviv bombing
(National News ~ 03/02/05)
and Anne Gearan ~ The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration on Tuesday blamed terrorists based in Syria for last week's deadly suicide attack in Israel and called for an immediate end to Syrian military and political domination over neighboring Lebanon...
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Families, friends bury dead after suicide bombing
(International News ~ 03/02/05)
HILLAH, Iraq -- Thousands of mostly black-clad Iraqis protested Tuesday outside a medical clinic where a suicide car bomber killed 125 people a day earlier, braving the threat of another attack as they waved clenched fists, condemned foreign fighters and chanted "No to terrorism!"...
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'Law & Order' overkill?
(Entertainment ~ 03/02/05)
NEW YORK -- There was a time when even two seemed like a lot. But "Law & Order" didn't stop there. Taxing the show-biz adage "If they liked it once, they'll love it twice," NBC went beyond "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (started in 1999) and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) to add yet a fourth edition, "Law & Order: Trial By Jury." (It previews 9 p.m. Thursday on NBC, with another episode at 9 p.m. Friday in what will be its regular slot.)...
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Women avoid upset, defeat Samford 47-45
(College Sports ~ 03/02/05)
One of the standards of a good team is being able to win when it is not playing well. Southeast Missouri State's Redhawks showed their meddle Tuesday at the Show Me Center, withstanding an inspired effort from heavy underdog Samford to win 47-45 in the opening round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament...
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A fairytale finish for Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/05)
Notre Dame will play Festus in a Class 2 sectional game today. ~ Southeast Missourian About a week after Bryce Willen tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the finals of the Class 2 District 1 championship soccer game in early November, doctors gave the senior little hope of participating in athletics in his remaining months at Notre Dame Regional High School...
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Soldiers' happy ending
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
With no wine glasses nearby, Spc. Dustin McDowell and friend Spc. Andrew Smith toasted their homecoming with what they had on hand -- pepperoni pizza. "Cheers," said McDowell, as the two men touched their slices together and laughed. "It's six in the morning and we're eating pizza. That's why it's great to be home."...
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Pemiscot County wins $2.5 million in casino tax fight
(State News ~ 03/02/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Pemiscot County Assessor Donna Snider finally beat the house on Tuesday when the Missouri Supreme Court sided with her in a long-running tax dispute with Casino Aztar. In a unanimous ruling, the court said Snider correctly assessed the Caruthersville facility under its "highest and best use" as a casino for property tax purposes. The decision should clear the way for Pemiscot County to collect approximately $2.5 million in back taxes owed from 1999 through 2004...
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High court puts end to juvenile executions
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
When a Cape Girardeau County jury recommended the death sentence for Christopher Simmons in 1994, it is doubtful jurors contemplated the possibility that their verdict would lead to a nationwide abolition of capital punishment for underage offenders...
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Spinning round and round - Reuse some worn records
(Community ~ 03/02/05)
I hope in the six weeks since I wrote my first column you've checked out chairs at your local thrift store or hit a few garage sales. And I hope you've been able to clean up any unwise buys. And I hope just a few of you have an unusable chair as a new eyesore in your home. Misery loves company...
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Sports briefs 3/2/05
(Other Sports ~ 03/02/05)
Baseball...
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Jon Roberts
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
Jon E. Roberts, 86, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 23, 1918, at Essex, Mo., son of Ephriam and Minnie Cleveland Roberts. He married Kathryn Kimmich in 1948. She preceded him in death Nov. 12, 1966. He then married Frances Wood Neal in 1968...
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Ruby Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
Ruby M. Bollinger, 85, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, at Park Lane Care Center in Wentzville, Mo., where she had been a resident since September 2004. She was born Aug. 5, 1919, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of Thomas J. and Hattie Blaylock Lukefahr. She and Hubert C. Bollinger were married Nov. 24, 1936, at Patton, Mo. He passed away Oct. 27, 1999...
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Lillian Joiner
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
Lillian U. Joiner, 92, of Cape Girardeau died at her home Monday, Feb. 28, 2005. She was born Sept. 4, 1912, in Norma, Tenn., daughter of William Franklin and Patsy J. Byrd Sharp. She and Troas Joiner were married May 18, 1937, in Peron, Ark. He preceded her in death July 11, 1982...
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Vela Polley
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Vela Mae Polley, 80, of Sikeston died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 5, 1924, in Sikeston, daughter of Everett and Gladys Wilson Harbison. She and Joseph Cullen Polley were married Feb. 15, 1941. He died March 23, 1994...
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Mary Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mary E. Mitchell, 76, of Sikeston died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born April 30, 1926, in Walls, Miss., daughter of Zingo and Essie Sloan. She married Jimmie Mitchell, who preceded her in death. Mitchell was a retired cook and had lived in Missouri since 1955. She was a member of Travelers Rest Missionary Baptist Church...
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Corine Kilburn
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Corine Joy Kilburn, 63, of Chaffee died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born April 20, 1941, in Oran, Mo., daughter of Edward Lee and Edna L. Simmons Kilburn. Kilburn moved to Chaffee two years ago from Sparta, Ill...
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Strauther Bell Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
Strauther Bell Jr., 60, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, at his home. He was born Nov. 25, 1944, in Byhalia, Miss., son of Mattie Lee Johnson and Strauther Bell Sr. He and Avis Jenkins were married Aug. 9, 1997, in Cape Girardeau. Bell grew up in Holly Springs, Miss. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1978 from Chicago. He worked at Standley Bin and then 23 years at General Sign Co. He was a member of IBEW Electrical Workers of Cape Girardeau...
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Sidney Frick
(Obituary ~ 03/02/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- Sidney N. Frick, 68, of Anna died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at his home. He was born June 26, 1936, in Jonesboro, Ill., son of Everett C. and Allie Brown Frick. He and Carol N. Wingrove were married Nov. 8, 1958, in Chicago. Frick was an honorary member of Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 in Anna, Anna Moose Lodge 1346, Anna Masonic Lodge 52 AF&AM, Cobden American Legion Post 259 and Operating Engineers Local 318...
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Correction 03/02/05
(Correction ~ 03/02/05)
In Tuesday's edition, a story on the Parents as Teachers program should have said 375 participate in Cape Girardeau. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error....
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Out of the past 3/2/05
(Out of the Past ~ 03/02/05)
25 years ago: March 2, 1980 Wes Schlosser of Guardian Angel Parish in Oran, Mo., and Ron Baird of Immaculate Conception Parish in Springfield, Mo., have been named chairmen of the 1980 Diocesan Development Fund for the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese...
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Southeast severs ties to Poplar Bluff community college
(Local News ~ 03/02/05)
Southeast Missouri State University's decision to eliminate Three Rivers Community College courses at its three Bootheel higher education centers has outraged officials at the Poplar Bluff community college and prompted its president to file a complaint with the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education...
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