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Historic house shaping up with funds from city
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Cape Girardeau's historic Glenn House hasn't always been treated well. Over the years, the Victorian-era home that is now a house-museum has seen its share of owners and tenants, some of whom haven't been kind to the 122-year-old home. The Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau has owned the house for about 35 years, said association building and grounds supervisor Bill Port, but in the last 18 months, several major repairs have been made to the home, some of them using $31,117 of surplus funds from the Convention and Visitors Bureau.. ...
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Schools' funds for financial safety vary
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Some say 10 percent, others say 20 percent. A few aren't comfortable at less than 50 percent. Opinions on how much reserve funding is enough vary from school district to school district in Missouri, depending on revenue sources, past financial history and general preference...
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Performing on cues
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
After almost 50 years of playing pool, 61-year-old Larry "Hambone" Richmond of Advance, Mo., is pretty sure he has the game down. "Hambone" said the members of his pool team in Advance call him the "ace in the hole." "I even taught some of them how to play," Richmond said...
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Income tax revenue balances state budget
(State News ~ 06/04/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Despite earlier concerns, state government now appears likely to close out its fiscal year with a balanced budget, thanks partly to strong individual income tax collections. Figures provided Friday by the state treasurer's office show the state's net general revenue was up almost 4.2 percent through Thursday, compared with the same period last year. That is comfortably above the 3.8 percent forecast upon which the state budget had been based...
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NCAA puts guideline on media guides
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/05)
LANSING, Mich. -- In the rough and tumble Big 12, Missouri is always looking for an edge to impress recruits. The Tigers thought they had found one with a mammoth 614-page football media guide -- unofficially, the largest in the nation -- that is mailed to prospective student athletes. But now the NCAA is taking it away with an edict that colleges trim their media guides to a maximum of 208 pages for next school year...
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Bruce heart test shows irregularity
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/05)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce was held out of minicamp Friday due to an irregularity in a heart test given to all players. "His physical showed just a slight abnormality," coach Mike Martz said. "He had a little glitch." After watching the first of two workouts Friday, Bruce said he believed the test was a mistake. ...
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The Boss holds conference call after sweep by Royals
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/05)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Looking for answers after a historic sweep at the hands of the worst team in baseball, an upset George Steinbrenner held a conference call Friday with New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman and manager Joe Torre. Torre said it has become an increasingly rare occurrence in recent seasons for The Boss to include him in such discussions, but this was a rare situation...
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He rex or she rex- Science may now be able to tell
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
WASHINGTON -- The bones of the mighty T. rex tell a lot about the great dinosaurs, but one major detail has been missing: how to determine gender. Researchers think they have found the answer. A team led by Mary H. Schweitzer of North Carolina State University reports finding a layer of medullary bone inside the leg bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in Montana...
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Pentagon confirms abuse of Quran at Guantanamo
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon on Friday released new details about mishandling of the Quran at the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, confirming that a soldier deliberately kicked the Muslim holy book and that an interrogator stepped on a Quran and was later fired for "a pattern of unacceptable behavior."...
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Carpenter silences Astros
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/05)
HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros can make almost any opposing pitcher look great these days. It was Chris Carpenter's turn Friday night. Carpenter pitched eight mostly dominant innings, and Albert Pujols hit a solo homer in the ninth to lead the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Astros...
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State digest 06/04/05
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Assault charge against woman dismissed ; Community of Christ ordains new leader; Moberly, six officers and Taser sued over incident
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Car show in Oran expecting more than 200 entries
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Standard-Democrat ORAN, Mo. -- Things have changed since the first Oran Car Show 10 years ago. "In the first one, we only had 39 cars entered and it rained all day," said Oran Chamber of Commerce president Ed Evans. "The second year it went up to close to 100 and has been growing ever since."...
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Desloge police officer got burger laced with methamphetamine
(State News ~ 06/04/05)
DESLOGE, Mo. -- The police officer's Quarter Pounder with Cheese tasted a little funny, and for good reason: It was laced with methamphetamine. The incident happened in December in Desloge, Mo., about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis, but was not made public until Friday...
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Tipster in Doe case called police 50 times
(State News ~ 06/04/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police have acknowledged that detectives returned only one of 50 calls made to them by the tipster who led to an eventual break in the case of a beheaded girl known for years only as Precious Doe. "We dropped the ball," Sgt. Dave Bernard, who led the four-year investigation into the killing of the girl whose headless body was found April 28, 2001, in a wooded area near a Kansas City park. Her head was found nearby a short time later...
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Jobless rate dips, job growth slows in May
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
WASHINGTON -- Job growth slowed nearly to a crawl in May, with new hiring registering the smallest gain in almost two years. The unemployment rate dipped to a low 5.1 percent, however. The latest employment snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, kept up the recent pattern of choppy job creation. Employers boosted payrolls by just 78,000 after a hiring spurt of 274,000 in April...
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U.S.- Fugitive terrorists hide in Iran
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence and foreign allies have growing evidence that wanted terrorists have been residing in Iran despite repeated American warnings to Tehran not to harbor them. The evidence, which stretches over several years, includes communications by a fugitive mastermind of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing and the capture of a Saudi militant who appeared in a video in which Osama bin Laden confirmed he ordered the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to U.S. and foreign officials...
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Rep starts new outreach program
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Staff from Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's three regional offices will hit the streets beginning June 13 as part of the new constituent outreach program, Congressional Connections. Emerson said Congressional Connections will replace Mobile Offices, a program in which one staff member traveled across the district. Emerson said the change will allow people to talk to staff from their own region who can work with them personally...
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Spaniard takes out Federer in semis
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/05)
PARIS -- Rafael Nadal celebrated his 19th birthday with the match of his young life. The precocious Spaniard won a showdown Friday against top-ranked Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final in his first French Open. Nadal avenged a loss to Federer at Key Biscayne two months ago and extended his winning streak to 23 matches, all on clay. Nadal became the youngest men's finalist at Roland Garros since Michael Chang, the 1989 champion at age 17...
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Nicklaus bids farewell at Memorial; Sluman leads
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/05)
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Jack Nicklaus pressed both hands to his lips for a farewell kiss to the crowd as he walked off the 18th green Friday afternoon at the Memorial. Two groups behind him, Tiger Woods fired at as many flags as he could and moved quickly into contention...
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Jackson revs up offense early in a pair of routs
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/05)
While the Jackson American Legion schedule includes more than 40 games spanning over two months, if the first three games are any indication, Jackson fans could see plenty of offense this summer. After scoring seven runs in a 7-6 win Tuesday in its season opener, Jackson put up 11 runs on the board for an 11-1 five-inning rout of Metropolis in the first game of a doubleheader Friday night at Jackson. In the nightcap, Jackson (3-0) once again routed Metropolis 12-1 in five innings...
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Missouri Democrats support opportunity
(Column ~ 06/04/05)
As Missourians, we all have a stake in our state's success. As Democrats, we showed in the last legislative session that we stand for opportunity and responsibility -- the opportunity for Americans who work hard and play by the rules to live the American dream, and the responsible stewardship to get us there...
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Michael Jackson case goes to the jury after closing arguments
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The case ended Friday as it had begun 14 weeks earlier, with videotapes being played in a dimly lit courtroom. And the last faces jurors saw on the big screen were those of Michael Jackson and his accuser. Before the case was put in their hands, jurors were told to believe one or the other. Defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. called the boy a cunning liar. Prosecutor Ron Zonen painted Jackson as a pedophile who lured the boy into a sex trap...
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Pit bull kills boy at home
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A boy was fatally mauled in a pit bull attack at his home Friday, authorities said. Police killed one of two dogs in the house, and captured the second. The attack occurred in the city's Sunset District, about a block from Golden Gate Park, according to San Francisco Fire Lt. Bill Wickliffe...
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State business awards presented
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Business and community leaders from across the state attended the 47th annual Governor's Business Development Conference on Thursday and Friday. The conference included speakers and sessions about economic development and available resources for businesses...
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Fire reports 6/4/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: * At 5:03 p.m., emergency medical service in the 100 block of Silver Springs Road. * At 2:02 p.m., hazardous materials in river * At 6:38 p.m., box alarm at 25 S. Kingshighway...
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Speak Out 6/4/05
(Speak Out ~ 06/04/05)
More shock time; Sidewalk spending; Stem cells wasted; Flying the flag; Ivy on trees; Beautiful rose garden; Dog safety; He's no hero; Stem cell information; Support the arts
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Mildred Sievers
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
Mildred I. Sievers, 84, of Jackson passed away Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Monticello House. The youngest of four children, she was born Feb. 15, 1921, in Oak Ridge, to Ira and Bernice Riehn Walker. When Mildred was 2 months old her mother passed away and she was raised in the home of Eula Surface. She and Charles L. Sievers were married April 5, 1946. He passed away Oct. 6, 1985...
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Edith Snead
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
Edith T. Snead, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 3, 2005, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born June 9, 1907, in Altamont, Ill., daughter of George Samuel and Nellie C. Byers Snead. She and Grenville H. Snead were married Nov. 24, 1928, in Wellston, Mo. He died Oct. 8, 1985...
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Chloree Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
Chloree "C" Williams, 96, of Jackson died Friday, June 3, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Walter McCormick
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
Walter G. McCormick, 63, of Rockledge, Fla., died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at his home. He was born Dec. 24, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. McCormick was a carpenter for the city of Rockledge. Funeral will be private. Announcement courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home...
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Robert Norman
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
Robert Darrell Norman, 57, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Saturday, May 28, 2005, at his home. He was born Sept. 9, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ernest Lee and Bruxie Glisson Norman. Norman was a graduate of Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He was a rating specialist 35 years with the Veterans Administration in St. Petersburg...
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Russell Stilts
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Russell O. Stilts, 82, of Weatherford, Texas, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Campbell Health Systems in Weatherford. He was born Sept. 22, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph Frederick and Pearl Marie Stilts. He and Irene Fowler were married Sept. 19, 1942, at Benton, Mo. She died May 11, 1996...
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Delphanie Rollins
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
Delphanie Faye Rollins, 34, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 30, 2005, at her home of an apparent heart attack. She was born Sept. 9, 1970, in Harvey, Ill., daughter of William E. and Mary Rollins. Rollins had lived in Cape Girardeau since 1972 and was a 1989 graduate of Central High School...
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Sarah Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sarah E. Smith, 77, of Sikeston died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 2, 1928, in East Prairie, Mo., daughter of Elmer and Nora Couch. She and Joseph C. "Joe" Smith were married Jan. 1, 1954. He died Nov. 16, 1977...
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Flora Bradford
(Obituary ~ 06/04/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Flora M. Bradford, 97, of Perryville died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at PerryOaks Manor. She was born Oct. 23, 1907, at Perryville, daughter of John B. and Mary H. Zoellner Pingel. She and Vinton E. Bradford were married Feb. 26, 1940. He died in July 1975...
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Births 6/4/05
(Births ~ 06/04/05)
Nogueda; Burke; Black; Demyan; Ponder; Kiefer
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Out of the past 6/4/05
(Out of the Past ~ 06/04/05)
25 years ago: June 4, 1980 In an interview with The Southeast Missourian newspaper, U.S. Rep. Bill D. Burlison defends his allegiance to national Democratic Party leadership as helping him become a more effective congressman, but denies that those ties brand him as a liberal; the interview also touches on a check he received from Letha Hence...
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Bill sets fair tax for telecom services
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/04/05)
To the editor: As president of Associated Industries of Missouri, this state's leading business trade organization, it is my job to fight for legislation benefiting businesses and the people they employ. That's why AIM supports House Bill 209. I commend the bill's sponsors, Shannon Cooper and Senator John Griesheimer, for creating a fair tax system that recognizes the changing nature of the communications industry. ...
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Sports briefs 6/4/05
(Other Sports ~ 06/04/05)
Colleges...
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Police reports 6/4/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/05)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items Friday. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI * Melissa Sue Operle, 22, 644 S. Spring St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Arrests * Arthur Kent Whitfield, 23, 1005 S. Ellis St., was arrested on a Jackson County warrant...
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Don Roth had faith in people
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/04/05)
To the editor: Thank you for your story on Don Roth. I am Don's niece and, speaking for his family, we all miss him terribly. It is good to hear other people say how much he will be missed. We knew him as a compassionate, caring man who put everyone else before him. Don almost never took a day off. If he did, it was for a family get-together, and again he would see to everyone's needs before his own. Once he had, you could always find him asleep under a shade tree for some much needed rest...
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Confederate flag to fly a day at state park; NAACP irate
(State News ~ 06/04/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Confederate flag is rising again in Missouri, and an NAACP leader is vowing a "drastic" response. Republican Gov. Matt Blunt has ordered the Confederate battle flag to fly Sunday at the Confederate Memorial State Historic Site in Higginsville, where an afternoon graveside service is planned to mark Confederate Memorial Day...
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No Viagra for offenders
(Editorial ~ 06/04/05)
Nearly 800 sex offenders in 14 states have been getting Medicaid-funded prescriptions for impotence drugs, the Associated Press reported earlier this week. Sex offenders are people whose combinations of sexual, psychotic and personality disorders, mental retardation and addictions require that police keep track of them once they're identified. Giving them Viagra, Cialis and Levitra cannot help them or society...
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Flag is not a thing to be worshipped
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/04/05)
To the editor: Clint E. Lacy's letter says, "If slavery is going to be used as an offend-o-meter to decide what symbols can be displayed, then liberal Democrats should be just as offended about the display of the U.S. flag." I view the U.S. flag as a symbol of important and valuable things, things the U.S. ...
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Finding a light to work in
(Community News ~ 06/04/05)
"I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work." -- John 9:4 Red print in the Bible means Jesus is talking. So I pay closer attention. There's a blind man along Jesus' path, and the man's been blind since birth. ...
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Baker has helped countless people
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/04/05)
To the editor: I think Ed Baker of old Illmo should be the man of the year. He has been in the wrecker service, body shop and gas station business for 43 years. Mr. Baker has been to Canada, Oklahoma, New York and a lot of places with his wrecker to pull trucks and cars in. He would do anything to help people get going again...
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Legislation targets unethical travel clubs with cooling-off period
(State News ~ 06/04/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Branson travel club owner Jim Kilroy says giving people time to rethink their decision to join will be good for consumers and the travel industry. He's hoping a proposal that aims to weed out unscrupulous travel clubs from Missouri's tourism industry will help accomplish that goal...
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Plans to deal with Lewis, Clark fans shelved after crowds fail
(State News ~ 06/04/05)
HELENA, Mont. -- The hordes of Lewis and Clark fans expected to visit the Gates of the Mountains area along the Missouri River haven't materialized and plans to deal with them have "died a quiet death," officials said. So far, the millions of anticipated Lewis and Clark bicentennial tourists haven't shown up, and neither have the restrictions discussed in 2002 by federal and state officials for the popular, scenic "Gates" area northeast of Helena...
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Tranquil Austria stunned by discovery of bodies of four slain
(International News ~ 06/04/05)
VIENNA, Austria -- It was a balmy spring day, and the man thought he'd fetch some ice cream from the freezer he shared with other tenants in his apartment complex. But when he lifted the lid, he recoiled in horror at the gruesome sight of a frozen infant wrapped in plastic...
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Aid groups plead for hunger relief to save Africa's most vulnernable
(International News ~ 06/04/05)
DAKAR, Senegal -- From Africa's locust-devastated western dust bowls to the conflict-ridden central jungles and the AIDS-struck south, aid officials calling for urgent hunger relief say a lack of money is making it increasingly difficult to help the continent's most vulnerable...
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West Virginia calls on disease investigators for obesity problem
(National News ~ 06/04/05)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia, a state with one of the worst obesity problems in the country, has called in the big guns for help. For the first time ever, federal disease investigators in Atlanta are studying obesity, just as they would investigate the rapid spread of an infectious disease...
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Cape lawmakers say legislature kept promises to state businesses
(Business ~ 06/04/05)
Saying that they adhered to a theme of "promises made, promises kept," state lawmakers Jason Crowell and Nathan Cooper said Friday that legislation that was recently passed will make the state more business friendly and help create jobs. "We wanted to improve Missouri's entrepreneurial climate," Sen. Jason Crowell of Cape Girardeau said at the chamber of commerce-sponsored First Friday Coffee. "It was a concerted effort with a tone set by Gov. Matt Blunt."...
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Nation briefs 6/4/05
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Kentucky diocese to pay $120 million in abuse case COVINGTON, Ky. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington agreed Friday to set up a $120 million fund to compensate victims of child-molesting priests and other employees. It would be the nation's biggest settlement in the scandal that has staggered the church. The settlement in the class-action case is subject to court approval. The lawsuit accuses the diocese of a 50-year cover-up of sexual abuse by priests and other workers...
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War of worship
(Community News ~ 06/04/05)
LOS ANGELES -- When the Rev. Alan Meenan took over as senior pastor at the nationally prominent Hollywood First Presbyterian Church, it had been losing members for 20 years. ¶ Now, hundreds of new worshippers are flocking to an alternative service staged by the church at a nearby nightclub that offers live rock music and a casual atmosphere that doesn't frown on flip-flops and nose piercings...
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Scott County notches first victory in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 06/04/05)
The first-year Scott County American Legion team won for the first time this season, beating Jonesboro's senior team 8-7 in the Paragould, Ark., tournament on Friday. Scott County (1-2) built an 8-1 lead and held on for the victory. Andy Stephens allowed one run over the first three innings; Russell Carroll surrendered six runs over 2 2/3 innings; and Caleb Daughhetee closed out the final 1 1/3 innings...
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Capahas debut with rout of Lakers
(Community Sports ~ 06/04/05)
The Plaza Tire Capahas played their first game of the year Friday night -- but they appeared to be in midseason form. Combining a solid offensive attack with stellar pitching from Jason Chavez, the Capahas opened the 2005 campaign with a 10-0 rout of the visiting Valmeyer (Ill.) Lakers...
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Religion briefs
(Local News ~ 06/04/05)
Gospel concert planned at Villa Ridge today The Gloryroad Travelers of Mounds, Ill., and the Liberty Boys of Western Kentucky will sing at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Villa Ridge, Ill., at 7 p.m. today. For information, call (618) 995-2306. ** Friends event brings cars, slide to church in Cape...
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