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Convicted murderers granted parole by Missouri board
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The attorney for one of two women who will be released from prison after serving time in the killings of their abusive husbands said that the decision was long overdue. The state Board of Probation and Parole decided Monday to release Lynda Branch and Shirley Lute...
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Another rally for Central Middle School principals
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Supporters of Cape Girardeau's Central Middle School principal Frank Ellis and assistant superintendent Debbie Followell will hold a rally Sunday at Capaha Park to demand that the school board reverse its decision to replace the two administrators.
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Hancock was in auto accident just days before fatal wreck
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
SAUGET, Ill. (AP) -- Just three days before his death in a freeway wreck, the sport utility vehicle of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was clipped by a semi rig in a St. Louis suburb. Officers who talked with Hancock moments after the predawn crash last Thursday in this village found the 29-year-old reliever to be lucid and not under the influence of alcohol, Police Chief Patrick Delaney said Tuesday...
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Mo. Supreme Court upholds parental lawsuits for abortions
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a law Tuesday letting parents sue people who help their teenage daughters get abortions without their consent. The court's unanimous decision rejected claims by Planned Parenthood that the 2005 law could infringe on their free speech rights to provide information and counseling about abortions. It also turned down various other constitutional challenges by the organization...
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Trans-Siberian helps bring in Tool?
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
The success Trans-Siberian Orchestra has experienced on its three yearly concerts at the Show Me Center since 2004 may be responsible for bringing one of the biggest touring rock acts in the industry to Cape Girardeau this June...
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Film company goes hog wild
(Column ~ 05/01/07)
What is it with horror movies these days? It seems like every movie commercial I see is advertising some bloody, gory movie. My teenage daughter and her friends love horror movies. As best I can tell, it seems to be a rite of passage for teenagers to sit through scary movies and then tell each other how silly those movies were...
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Teachers receive grants
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Ben Belanger was surprised to get a visit from the "prize patrol" Monday. "I didn't think I was going to get it," said the Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School music teacher. What he got was $3,750 to buy 20 to 25 guitars that will help him transform a music appreciation course into a hands-on learning class. "I believe that music is about doing," said Belanger, who plans to teach both guitar and keyboard to his music appreciation students next fall...
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No trial in father's slaying
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Clayton Mosley was incapable of knowing right from wrong when he bludgeoned his father to death. The Missouri Department of Mental Health announced that finding Monday, determining the 23-year-old Cape Girardeau man suffered from paranoid schizophrenia when he committed the January slaying at the family home in Cape Girardeau...
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Some counties lag in 911 capabilities
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's emergency service coverage lags behind the rest of the country and is among the nation's worst in allowing 911 operators to determine a caller's location. Throughout most of the country, it is assumed that when someone picks up a wireline phone that the caller will be able to connect to a local 911 system, so most of the attention has focused on upgrading existing systems to handle wireless and Internet calls...
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Board to vote on road plan Monday
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Another week of study should be enough to finalize a plan for paving county roads, the Cape Girardeau County Road and Bridge Advisory Board decided Monday evening. The board, by informal consensus, agreed that they would vote next Monday on the plan that will maintain past promises made for paving this year and recommend a list of roads for a dust control treatment. ...
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1947 Soap Box Derby plaque sent to winner
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
A plaque awarded to the 1947 winner of the Soap Box Derby in Cape Girardeau recently was mailed to president-elect Lowell Peterson of the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club. Dorie Wilson, the Oregon woman who found the plaque in a chest purchased at an auction, had tried unsuccessfully to locate Howard Geringer, whose name was engraved on the plaque...
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Speak Out 5/1/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/01/07)
Bus danger; Speak your mind; Properly concerned; Left behind; Not telling the truth; Bus for religion class; Bus safety; Doing their jobs; Better materials; Paying Social Security; Replacing services; Archery season; Ready to collect; Bad seeds in school; Less medieval
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Out of the past 5/1/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/01/07)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department has undergone numerous changes over the past 12 months, ranging from a new chief to a change in uniform fashion. Many of those changes are due to a controversial evaluation of the department performed by the Public Administration Service of Chicago at the request of the city council early last year...
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No pass for the ordinary people
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/07)
To the editor:Last week I did something awful, something I am ashamed of, something I regret. Actually, what I did wasn't so awful in my mind, but someone else found out about it, so now I'm really sorry I did it. What I wish I could do now is appear on "The View" or with Dr. ...
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Not duty-bound to finance Iraq war
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/07)
To the editor:I consider military personnel to be doing their duty admirably by being available if circumstances should require their bravery, their valor, their prowess and their skills. And, from the bottom of my heart, I thank them. On the other hand, I would like to point out that the defense establishment -- of which they are a part -- does not make national policy. ...
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Thanks for '42nd Street' support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/07)
To the editor:Thank you, one and all, for your tremendous support in helping to make "42nd Street" a glorious success. The faculty, staff and students in the Department of Theater and Dance appreciate it more than you will ever know. KENN STILSON, Chairman, Department of Theater and Dance, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
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Real men
(Editorial ~ 05/01/07)
For many of the 2,700-strong crowd, mostly men, at Saturday's Promise Keepers rally at the Show Me Center, quarterback Kurt Warner was a good reason to attend. Warner has widely proclaimed the Good News and how it has affected his life, which is a story of triumph even in the face of defeat...
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Owners must pay to get pets back
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/07)
To the editor:The humane society is supposed to be a not-for-profit organization. There was a time I made donations to the humane society. Now I am appalled by its actions. My terrier was freed from his tie-out by some of the neighborhood children. Three days later my dog was picked up and taken to the humane society's animal shelter. ...
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Learning to think for yourself
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/07)
To the editor:In response to the story "House seeks to rein in 'rogue' teachers": This House bill against rogue teachers sounds vaguely familiar. It reminds me a great deal of Hitler and Saddam Hussein's idea of a curriculum for a college education. There are too many closed minds in society now. Missouri, please don't legislate narrow-mindedness into law...
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Corrections 5/1/07
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
* In Friday's Arts and Leisure section article on the River City Players' upcoming production of "Driving Miss Daisy," one of the actor's names was misspelled. Claudette Henry should have been Claudette Hency.
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$500,000 grant approved for water district No. 5 project
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Just one small hurdle remains before Public Water Supply District No. 5 can begin seeking contractors to build its new waterworks. The final piece of financing for a $2.8 million water system was approved last week, as the Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded a $500,000 grant to the district. The Community Development Block Grant will supplement an $880,000 loan and $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development program...
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Two blocks of Independence Street closed for sewer work
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Independence Street in Cape Girardeau will be closed between Fountain and Frederick streets this week as part of a sewer rehabilitation project. People with business at city hall are asked to use the west entrance at Middle Street. Over half of the $312,000 project is being paid by an Environmental Protection Agency grant. The work will replace about 2,500 feet of sewer by lining the existing piping with new "flexpipe" designed to prevent leakage and corrosion...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission action 5/1/07
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Monday County Administration Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson Routine business n Received and filed notice of approval of $18,000 waste tire disposal grant. n Received and filed notice of approval of $500,000 Community Development Block Grant for Public Water Supply District No. 5...
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Gaps in Missouri's 911 coverage
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
Most Missouri counties have basic 911 service for wireline phones. But most of the state's counties do not have the ability to track the location of wireless 911 phone calls. Here are the exceptions:n Missouri counties lacking wireline 911 coverage: Bates, Bollinger, Carter, Cedar, Clark, Douglas, Iron, Knox, Mercer, Oregon, Ozark, Reynolds, Ripley, Schuyler, Scotland and Shannon...
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Police: KC mall shooter had a plan to 'cause havoc'
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former Target employee who was turned down for a private security license and planned to "cause havoc" was identified Monday as the man suspected of killing two people in a crowded mall parking lot Sunday before he was shot by police inside the mall...
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School board wants cost estimates on possible building projects
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Cape Girardeau's five-year-old public high school could get added classrooms, a performance hall and a football/soccer/track athletic complex that would include bleachers, restrooms and a concession stand. They are among the high-profile construction projects being considered by superintendent Dr. David Scala and the school board...
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Economic development group to hold spring conference Friday in Dexter
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
The Southeast Missouri Economic Development Alliance will hold its annual spring conference Friday at the National Guard Armory on Highway 114 E. in Dexter, Mo. The theme of the conference is "Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development -- Growing Our Own Jobs."...
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SEMO professor gets state honor
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
Bonnie Stepenoff, history professor at Southeast Missouri State University, recently received a prestigious state honor for her book on historical Ste. Genevieve. The Missouri Conference on History Book Award is given annually to the best historical book written by a Missouri resident. The award comes with a cash prize of $300...
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Margaret Brinkopf
(Obituary ~ 05/01/07)
Margaret Campbell Brinkopf, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 30, 2007, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 16, 1915, in Jackson, daughter of John F. and Minnie W. Meyer Campbell. She married Benjamin R. Brinkopf May 9, 1947. He preceded her in death Aug. 16, 1986...
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Valeria Dunger
(Obituary ~ 05/01/07)
Valeria Cecilia Caroline Dunger, 93, of Scott City died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 8, 1914, in Caryville, Ark., daughter of Alexander and Lennie Adeline Jones Hampton. She and Henry August Dunger were married Nov. 24, 1938, at Potosi, Mo. He died Feb. 11, 1969...
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Births 5/1/07
(Births ~ 05/01/07)
Warner; Sanders; Comer; Hopfer; Shreve; Denny; Auer
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Carl Southard
(Obituary ~ 05/01/07)
Carl W. Southard, 74, of Shawnee, Kan., died peacefully Saturday, April 28, 2007, at home with his wife and daughter by his side. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hope Lutheran Church, 6308 Quivira Road, Shawnee. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery...
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Franklin Walker
(Obituary ~ 05/01/07)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Franklin R. Walker, 87, of Cairo died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Feb. 20, 1920, in Bradford, Ark., son of Alfred and Sarah Estelle Foster Walker. He and Alma Cook were married March 4, 1940, in Jackson. She died Sept. 7, 2002...
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Cape/Jackson fire report 5/1/07
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:n At 6:50 p.m., illegal burn at 1222 N. Spanish St. n At 8:55 p.m., illegal burn at 1627 N. West End Blvd. n At 10:07 p.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of North Park Street...
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Cape police report 5/1/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/01/07)
Arrests; Summons; Assault; Thefts; Property damage; Miscellaneous
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State, Ameren disagree on when Johnson Shut-Ins park could open
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A popular state park, washed out when a mountaintop reservoir collapsed in December 2005, could be sufficiently repaired to reopen to tourists in July, a utility company that operated the reservoir asserts. But state park officials rejected the "Band-Aid fix" on Monday as a "potentially dangerous" solution that would turn off tourists with a less-than-fulfilling experience. Instead, the state is sticking with its decision to keep the park closed this summer...
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Stem-cell amendment fails in committee
(State News ~ 05/01/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to undo the main goal of the recent amendment protecting stem-cell research failed in a House committee Monday night. While the measure cleared a House health care committee about a month ago, the House Rules Committee also must sign off on legislation before it reaches the floor for debate. That panel rejected sending the bill forward Monday on a 4-3 vote with little discussion...
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7 sins of high school
(Community ~ 05/01/07)
Gossip in high school can be a bigger problem than wearing a brown belt with black shoes. It spreads through the crowded halls quicker than most upperclassmen can walk past sophomores. Gossip has turned into one of the biggest downfalls of your average high school student...
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Learning briefs 5/1/07
(Community ~ 05/01/07)
Area students win FFA competitions The following area schools and students were winners at the annual District Vocational Agriculture and Future Farmers of America contests. Top teams by chapter included Jackson in ag mechanics, ag sales, dairy cattle, entomology, farm management, forestry, meats, poultry, soils and FFA knowledge; Meadow Heights in ag mechanics; Perryville in ag mechanics, agronomy, dairy food, floriculture, forestry, horse evaluation, livestock, nursery/landscape, soils and FFA knowledge; Kelly in dairy cattle, livestock and FFA knowledge; Woodland in ag sales and nursery/landscape; Delta in floriculture; Advance in livestock; Mallory Cowget of Kelly in creed speaking; Kim Miesner of Perryville in speaking; Colby Siebert of Jackson in prepared public speaking Division II; and Katie Patterson of Advance in prepared public speaking advanced.. ...
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Scrimping abroad
(Community ~ 05/01/07)
LONDON -- Giving shoulder rubs to strangers in London. Sleeping on the steps of a Spanish cathedral rather than the hostel. Waiting until 1 a.m. to eat spaghetti at home in Rome because dinner out breaks the bank. American students are getting creative as they cope with the weakening dollar...
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World briefs 5/1/07
(International News ~ 05/01/07)
Virgina closes loophole in state gun law RICHMOND, Va. -- The governor on Monday closed the loophole in state law that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy weapons despite a court ruling that he was a threat and needed psychiatric counseling. Gov. ...
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U.S. death toll tops 100 in April
(International News ~ 05/01/07)
BAGHDAD -- Five U.S. troops died in weekend attacks, pushing the death toll past 100 in the deadliest month for American forces since December, the military said Monday as a wave of violence battered Iraqi civilians including a suicide bombing at a Shiite funeral...
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British army chief says Prince Harry will go to Iraq
(International News ~ 05/01/07)
LONDON -- The head of the British army said Monday that he had personally decided that Prince Harry, the third in line to the throne, will serve with a combat unit in Iraq. Commanders reportedly had reconsidered their decision to allow the prince to fight in Iraq for fear he would become a target of insurgents and his presence could endanger other soldiers...
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Central, Jackson will be represented at state golf meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/07)
Central golfers Tim Simmons and Jordan Sheets, and T.J. Smith of Jackson each earned a berth in the state tournament by way of a top-10 finish at the Class 4, District 1 tournament Monday at the Eagle Lake Golf Course in Farmington. Poplar Bluff earned the automatic team berth as district champion, finishing 12 strokes ahead of runner-up Oakville. Central finished fifth and Jackson was ninth in the 10-team district...
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The big man is on campus
(Professional Sports ~ 05/01/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Rick Majerus got out of coaching three years ago because of health concerns. Now his biggest worry is how long it'll take to put Saint Louis back on the basketball map. Still rotund and nearly bald, the 59-year-old Majerus was introduced at a news conference Monday and thought his appearance "eerily" similar to the school's gnome-like Billiken mascot. ...
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Cards forge on with a loss
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/07)
MILWAUKEE -- A day after the death of Josh Hancock, the St. Louis Cardinals tried to move on. They had a game to play. But for Scott Spiezio, it was too much to handle. He was overcome with emotion just before the first pitch when he saw Hancock's jersey and the black No. 32 patch the team would be wearing Monday night, and manager Tony La Russa pulled him from the starting lineup...
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Alabama mourns the death of former prep, college star
(Professional Sports ~ 05/01/07)
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. -- Former high school and college teammates are mourning the death of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock, who helped Vestavia Hills High School to three state championships in the 1990s and was a member of the Auburn team that went to the College World Series in 1997...
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Corps of Engineers asked to explain New Orleans pump contract
(National News ~ 05/01/07)
NEW ORLEANS -- When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications -- typos and all -- from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimately won the $32 million contract, a review of documents by the Associated Press found...
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NBA Spurs' duo leads all-defensive team
(Professional Sports ~ 05/01/07)
NEW YORK -- Tim Duncan made his 10th straight NBA All-Defensive first team Wednesday, and San Antonio teammate Bruce Bowen was the top vote-getter in being selected for the seventh time. Completing the team were: Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby and guards Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Raja Bell of the Phoenix Suns...
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Tigers claim third place with six-run third
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/07)
Those innings that seemingly will never end. The Central baseball team was on the wrong side of one Saturday in its loss to Jackson. On Monday night, the Tigers put one of those innings together in a 9-4 victory against Dexter in the third-place game of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament...
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Supreme Court sides with officer tactics in high-speed police chases
(National News ~ 05/01/07)
WASHINGTON -- Police may use tactics that put fleeing suspects at risk of death to end high-speed car chases, the Supreme Court said Monday in ruling against a Georgia teenager who was paralyzed after his car was run off the road. In a case that turned in part on a video of the chase in suburban Atlanta, the court said it is reasonable for law enforcement officers to try to stop a fleeing motorist to prevent harm to bystanders or other drivers...
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Jackson wins SEMO Conference tournament in nine innings
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/07)
Jackson's relentless aggressiveness on the bases paid off in the championship game of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament Monday night at Capaha Field. The Indians stole four bases in a six-run rally in the top of the ninth inning and held on for an 8-6 victory against top-seeded Sikeston...
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Curlin runs up against history
(Professional Sports ~ 05/01/07)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky Derby purists cling to these truths:~ The horse could become the first in 125 years to win a Kentucky Derby without running as a 2-year-old. a horse can't win if he didn't run as a 2-year-old or if he comes into the race with three or fewer career starts...
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'42nd Street' had strongest sales of any SEMO production since 1974
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
The success of "42nd Street" will provide momentum that should carry over to the River Campus' opening in the fall, Dr. Gary Miller, interim director of Southeast Missouri State University's School of Visual and Performing Arts, said Monday, a day after "42nd Street" ended its run at FRose Theatre...
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Fort D comes to life again for three days this weekend
(Local News ~ 05/01/07)
During the Civil War, four Union army forts helped protect Cape Girardeau from Confederate troops and raiders. Today only one of those forts, Fort D, still stands, and this weekend it will play host to three days of historical re-enactment known collectively as Fort D Days...
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Local tax exemption removed from economic development bill
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
An economic development bill pending in the Missouri legislature won't exempt manufacturers from paying local sales tax on utilities and equipment, Sen. Jason Crowell announced Wednesday. The measure had generated strong opposition from local governments in the area, especially Cape Girardeau County, because of the size of the potential revenue loss. The county stood to lose about $365,000 from utility sales taxes paid by Procter & Gamble's manufacturing plant on Highway 177...
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Cape teachers win nation's top math and science teaching awards
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau elementary school teachers Becky Hicks and Barb Egbert will receive the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's top award for science and math teachers. Hicks is a second-grade teacher at Blanchard Elementary School. Egbert is a kindergarten teacher at Franklin Elementary School...
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Mo. Supreme Court rejects appeal citing judge's comments in book
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by convicted killer Michael A. Taylor, who tried to get his death sentence vacated after his case was referenced in a judge's book. The court on Tuesday denied Taylor's motion, which also asked for his guilty plea to be dropped. He and another man, Roderick Nunley, were convicted in the 1989 rape and killing of a 15-year-old Kansas City girl...
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Suspect used dead woman's home while her body was on the floor
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- David W. Logsdon used the home of his next-door neighbor for days while her dead body lay on the floor before he drove her car to a shopping mall and opened fire, killing two people. "It might be a stretch to say that he was living there," said Detective Alane Booth of the Kansas City Police Department. ...
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Ameren: Tired of 'political football' over Taum Sauk
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An Ameren Corp. vice president on Wednesday accused the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the state Attorney General's office of playing "political football" while cleanup from the Taum Sauk reservoir breach languishes nearly 17 months after the accident...
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Blunt taps Platte City woman to lead agriculture department
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A couple months after the state agriculture director left amid accusations of sexual harassment, Gov. Matt Blunt chose a 29-year-old woman Tuesday to lead the agency. Blunt named Katie Smith of Platte City as the new director. Former director Fred Ferrell, then a 66-year-old Charleston farmer, was forced to resign in February after an employee accused him of sexual harassment and refusing to promote her because she's a woman...
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Cape student disciplined for bomb threat
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
A 13-year-old student at Cape Girardeau Junior High School told his teacher he had a bomb in his backpack during a dispute Tuesday. The threat was quickly determined to be unfounded but the boy was taken in handcuffs to the Cape Girardeau Juvenile Detention Center after continuing to use abusive language toward teachers and administrators...
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SEMO Milling/Ethanex Energy ethanol plant off the table
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Southeast Missourian A proposed ethanol plant that was to be a joint venture between local company SEMO Milling LLC and Kansas-based Ethanex Energy is no longer on the table, SEMO Milling President and CEO Bob Smallwood said Wednesday afternoon, the same day the milling facility excepted its first shipments of corn...
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Newspaper launches new e-Edition
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The Southeast Missourian on Tuesday launched a new online service for subscribers that will provide facsimile copies of the print version of the newspaper. The new digital e-Edition gives a complete view of every page of the newspaper, and allows readers to search for specific stories, reprint advertisements and coupons, view photos and more, publisher Jon Rust said...
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6 bus drivers win safety awards
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Six Jackson school bus drivers won awards at a bus safety competition in St. Louis last weekend. Bus drivers Zelda Parker, Tracy Welker and Rick Smith captured first place as a team, the first such finish in the seven years the district's transportation department has participated in the competition, school officials said...
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Eating China's dust in the trade wars
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
A lot of us remember the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999. Often violent demonstrators numbering 40,000 or more shutdown streets and caused overwhelmed police to resort to tear gas in retaliation. Hundreds were arrested in a scene that was not very mellow at all...
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Cape nominates new downtown historic district
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau has proposed creating a new historic district along Broadway and Middle Street to be added to the National Registry of Historic Places. Preservationists also propose adding a building to an already existing historic district on Main Street...
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Speak Out 5/2/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/02/07)
Consider neighbors; Beautiful city; Gun control works; Plenty of weeds; Doing a good job; Location, location; Tobacco-chewing ump; Oil supplies; Repair the potholes; Living legally; Who's the bad guy?; Stop-sign responsibility; Bring back the map; No sympathy; God at work; Paving not always safer; Ethanol concerns
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Cape is hopping full of things to do
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
We went by Old Lorimier Cemetery during last weekend's "Rediscover Your Cape" tour. Wendy and I joined a tour conducted by Dr. Frank Nickell of Southeast Missouri State University. It was fascinating to learn about the historic family ties to Cape Girardeau and elsewhere (including the Scripps family, whose heirs became founders of the E.W. Scripps Co. media empire)...
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Honoring WWII vets
(Editorial ~ 05/02/07)
When a memorial honoring World War II veterans finally was erected on the mall in Washington, D.C., in 2004, many of those veterans were reaching an age when travel was more and more problematic. Some 1,200 World War II vets are dying every day. The Honor Tour, an all-expenses-paid trip to the National World War II Memorial, will provide an opportunity to see the memorial to veterans from this area who need assistance. ...
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Out of the past 5/2/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/02/07)
An overflow crowd attended the dedication of the new $2 million Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau in the afternoon; speaker for the dedication was the Rev. Paul H. Jilg, former pastor; liturgist was the pastor, the Rev. David V. Dissen; and lectors were the Revs. Oscar A. Gerken and Oscar A. Bohnert...
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Corrections 5/2/07
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
n The subhead on Page 4A of Tuesday's Southeast Missourian for the story about the Soap Box Derby should have read that the event was sponsored by the Rotary Club. n An article in Monday's edition of the Southeast Missourian should have identified the pastor of the Fruitland Community Church as Mike Parry...
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Supporters of Frank Ellis to hold rally Sunday
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Supporters of Cape Girardeau Central Middle School principal Frank Ellis and assistant superintendent Debbie Followell will hold a rally Sunday at Capaha Park to demand that the school board reverse its decision to replace the two administrators. The rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at shelter No. 1...
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History conference will focus on JFK
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
A conference celebrating what would have been former president John F. Kennedy's 90th birthday will be held Thursday at Southeast Missouri State University. The free event will be at 7 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. Three Kennedy experts will discuss the life, presidency and assassination of the former president...
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Churches unite for National Day of Prayer on Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau, Scott City and Jackson area churches expect hundreds of people of all faiths to unite Thursday for the National Day of Prayer. The Day of Prayer begins at 6 a.m. with breakfast at Cape First and prayer, followed by noon prayer at Jackson First Baptist and an evening prayer service at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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AT&T to spend $335 million on TV, Internet service in Mo.
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- AT&T Inc. pledged Tuesday to spend $335 million over the next three years to bring television and high-speed Internet service to more Missouri customers in response to a new law making it easier for the telecommunications giant to get into the TV business...
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Bill helps faith-based groups get state aid
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill that requires state employees to coordinate with faith-based organizations. The measure, which cleared the House on a 122-27 vote, orders the Department of Social Services to designate liaisons to work with the faith-based groups to help people in need of state assistance...
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The truth about the pay gap
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
By Steve Chapman New Year's Day is called that because it begins a new year, and Thanksgiving has that name because it's an occasion for expressing gratitude. But Equal Pay Day, observed April 24 this year, is named for something that, we are told, doesn't exist: equal pay for men and women...
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Naomia Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/02/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Naomia L. Smith, 100, of Portland, Texas, formerly of Chaffee, died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.
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Alma Wichern
(Obituary ~ 05/02/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Alma Esther Wichern, 86, of Perryville died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1, 1921, at Point Rest, Mo., daughter of Henry and Martha Cornehisen Wichern. Wichern had worked at a shoe factory and was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville...
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Cape fire report 5/2/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/02/07)
n At 4:31 p.m., illegal burn at the corner of Themis Street and East Rodney Drive. n At 6:36 p.m., motor vehicle accident at 2400 Masters Drive. n At 7:48 p.m., emergency medical service at 2000 N. Kingshighway. n At 7:58 p.m., emergency medical service at 600 Albert St...
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Cape/Jackskon police report 5/2/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/02/07)
Arrests; Miscellaneous; Property damage
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Births 5/2/07
(Births ~ 05/02/07)
Stevens; Kluesner; Madison-Harris; Lincoln; Sonsoucie; Hinkle; Welker; Brown; Balsman
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Survivor of 1970 Kent State shooting releases tape he says contains order to fire
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
KENT, Ohio -- A static-filled recording of war protesters yelling, followed by a voice and gunfire, was released Tuesday by a survivor of the Kent State University shooting who claims the tape proves a military order was given to fire on demonstrators...
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2 charged in death of 10-year-old disabled girl in Pa.
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A 10-year-old disabled girl severely burned by scalding bath water died after going more than a week without medical treatment, authorities said Tuesday. Her father and a female relative were charged in her death. "If you'd see the photos and the condition that she was left in -- just to lay in that bed with all those burns," said Police Chief Charles Kellar. "I mean, it was horrible."...
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Enduring the cold snap
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
In March the discussion between gardeners was about global warming. In April the discussion was about global freezing. Now the discussion is about global plant confusion. So what do we make of all of the recent weather anomalies and their effects on plants?...
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Re-inventing the pizza wheel
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
This weekend our daughter discovered the fruit pizza recipe that has been around for years. We had to rush home and make sugar cookie dough and got to making fruit pizza as soon as she read the recipe. My daughter asked me to write about pizza this week so everyone could make a fruit pizza. ...
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Around your house
(Community ~ 05/02/07)
Gardening Things to do this week Thin plantings of carrots and beets to avoid overcrowding. Keep asparagus harvested for continued spear production. Control asparagus beetles as needed. Isolate sweet, super sweet and popcorn varieties of corn to prevent crossing. ...
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Rachael Ray teams with Bill Clinton to get children eating healthier
(Community ~ 05/02/07)
Having mastered the 30-minute meal and daytime television, Rachael Ray is on to her next challenge -- childhood obesity. With help from former President Bill Clinton, the celebrity chef known for cutesy phrases and a fast, freewheeling cooking style now is launching a charitable group that aims to help children eat healthier at home and in school...
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Club news
(Community News ~ 05/02/07)
St. Mary CCW St. Mary Cathedral Council of Catholic Women met April 19 in the Monsignor Huels room. Attorney Diana Howard spoke about wills and estate planning. She stressed the importance of naming a durable power of attorney and one for health care. Pat Eftink, treasurer, distributed copies of the treasurer's report...
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Bush vetoes bill that would set timeline for troop withdrawal
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq on Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate. It was a day of high political drama, falling on the fourth anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech declaring that major combat operations had ended in Iraq...
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Nation briefs 5/2/07
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
FDA: Tainted animal feed not threat to humans WASHINGTON -- Federal health investigators suspect that they will find more farms that received tainted animal feed but stressed Tuesday that the threat to people is minimal. The investigators are trying to get a handle on just how much pet food tainted with an industrial chemical called melamine made its way into products consumed by pets as well as by hogs and chickens. ...
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Immigrants hope to spur Congress into offering citizenship path
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Angry over recent raids and frustrated with Congress, thousands of people protested across the country Tuesday to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. From Phoenix to Detroit to Miami, thousands of people carried American flags in the streets...
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Afghan villagers return after 75 suspected insurgents killed
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
SANGIN VALLEY, Afghanistan -- Villagers trickled back to their damaged farms, descending from the hills with their belongings in bundles or on donkeys Tuesday after a NATO operation in their valley killed some 75 suspected Taliban fighters. The latest salvo in the alliance's campaign to win control of southern Afghanistan chalked up a clear military victory. But the outcome of the tougher battle for the hearts and minds of ordinary Afghans remained unclear...
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Iran stands firm on language in nuclear meeting's agenda
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
VIENNA, Austria -- Iran accused the United States and other world powers of being the true nuclear threats Tuesday at a meeting hamstrung by Tehran's opposition to language calling for full compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Amid closed-door talks aimed at ending the impasse, France criticized Iran for defying a U.N. Security Council demand to freeze uranium enrichment, a potential pathway to nuclear arms, and urged Iran to "comply with its international obligations."...
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Group claims to have killed al-Qaida in Iraq leader
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
BAGHDAD -- U.S. and Iraqi officials chased reports Tuesday that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed by rivals north of Baghdad. But U.S. authorities urged caution and warned that even if the claim were true, the death of the shadowy Abu Ayyub al-Masri would likely not spell the end of the terror movement in Iraq...
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Government takes over last private fields
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
BARCELONA Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez's government took over Venezuela's last privately run oil fields Tuesday, intensifying a power struggle with international companies over the world's largest known petroleum deposit. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez declared that the fields had reverted to state control just after midnight. ...
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Nigerian militants attack oil vessel, kidnapping U.S. worker, 5 others
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Gunmen armed with dynamite assaulted a Chevron Corp. tanker in Nigeria's southern oil-producing region early Tuesday, killing a Nigerian sailor and kidnapping an American oil worker and five other foreigners, authorities said. The restive region's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, claimed responsibility for the attack...
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Turkey's highest court halts parliamentary vote on president
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's highest court halted a parliamentary vote Tuesday that looked certain to lead to a president rooted in political Islam, a victory for secularists who fear the country is moving toward Islamic rule that would undermine their Western way of life...
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Bulldogs use chemistry to formulate 4-0 victory
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Destiny Dirnberger lofted a beautiful ball from the goalie's left side toward the middle of the 6-yard box and teammate Meridith Medlin delivered a ferocious header that found the back of the net. Notre Dame seniors Dirnberger and Medlin enjoy that kind of chemistry on the soccer field...
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Zalma will have new basketball coach for third straight year
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The annual coaching shuffle for area boys basketball teams continues this offseason, with Zalma recently hiring a new coach and Woodland currently without a coach. Zalma's boys basketball team will have its third coach in three years next season when Steve Wells takes over the program...
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Panthers release Johnson days after drafting Jarrett
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers released receiver Keyshawn Johnson on Tuesday, three days after they selected another former Southern California receiver in the second round of the draft. It was thought Johnson would help groom Dwayne Jarrett of USC, taken in the second round with the 45th pick. But apparently Johnson was deemed expendable -- he and Jarrett are both 6-foot-4 possession receivers...
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Wuellner, Boyack honored for GPAs
(College Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Jessi Wuellner enjoyed being a part of something special at Southeast Missouri State. During her four-year run as a member of the women's soccer team, Wuellner helped the program post a cumulative 44-25-10 record with four winning seasons. The senior from the Chicago suburb of Roselle, Ill., was a key player the entire time...
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First Friday Coffee to highlight 2007 Leadership Cape presentations
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The First Friday Coffee this week will highlight the 2007 Leadership Cape Project Presentations in the Show Me Center. Each year the Leadership Cape participants form groups and create a community initiative or project for future consideration. The four Leadership Cape groups convene each month during their training program to design their idea and work as a team. This Friday, the project ideas will be presented to the Chamber membership...
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Last of the TV repairmen
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Between hundreds of old television sets, dusty computer monitors and disassembled stereos, a path leads to Joe Lorberg's work station in the back of his shop at 215 S. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau. He's been there repairing electronics since the early 1950s...
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Childs takes over in Cairo
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
CAIRO, Ill. -- New Cairo Mayor Judson Childs didn't waste any time Tuesday in overturning the regime of Paul Farris. Within minutes of being sworn into office, Childs returned city clerk Lorrie Hesselrode and treasurer Preston Ewing Jr. to the jobs they held when Farris took office in 2003. ...
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Tool to perform at Show Me Center in June
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Local rock radio disc jockey Kirby Qualls sees a possible entertainment revolution in Southeast Missouri coming in June, when prog-metal band Tool hits the stage at the Show Me Center. If the concert is successful, Qualls, who goes by Kirby Ray on the air, says more big-name rock 'n' roll acts will come to the Show Me Center, which has seen little but country in the past few years. If not, complaining rock fans in the area will just have to keep complaining...
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Notre Dame qualifies trio for state golf tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Notre Dame golfers Brett Slaten, Brandon Pleimann and Austin Gelsheimer each qualified for the state tournament by placing in the top 10 at the Class 3, District 1 meet at the Eagle Lake Golf Course in Farmington on Tuesday. Notre Dame, which finished second as a team, missed out on qualifying as a team for state by five strokes to North County...
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Redhawks eager to exact revenge on Arkansas State
(College Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The last time the Southeast Missouri State baseball team saw Arkansas State, the Indians were celebrating a walk-off home run in Jonesboro, Ark. The Redhawks will get a chance at redemption today when they host the Indians at Capaha Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m...
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Mavs avoid elimination with win over Warriors
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
DALLAS -- Don't count out the Dallas Mavericks just yet, no matter how tempting they're making it. After letting a 21-point lead turn into a nine-point deficit in the closing minutes, Dirk Nowitzki came alive with consecutive 3-pointers to start a game-ending 15-0 run that carried the Mavericks past the Golden State Warriors 118-112 Tuesday night...
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Gov. Matt Blunt signs new tax credit for food pantries
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Donors to food pantries could save more money on their state income taxes next year under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Matt Blunt. Donors to not-for-profit food pantries already can claim their contributions when calculating deductions on their federal and state income taxes. But tax credits sometimes provide a larger tax break because they are a direct reduction on the taxes due...
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Study: Heart attack death rate in hospitals cut in half
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
In just six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized heart attack patients have fallen sharply, most likely due of better treatment, the largest international study of its kind suggests. The promising trend parallels the growing use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, powerful blood thinners and angioplasty, the procedure that opens clogged arteries, the researchers said...
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Eagles dump Hawks
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The visiting Oran Eagles dodged just enough bullets from the Kelly Hawks to pull out a 2-1 victory against the cross-county rival Tuesday. Oran took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third inning and managed to thwart four straight rallies by the Hawks over the next four innings with solid pitching and strong defense...
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Coaches have been the constant in Oran's baseball success
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The trademark of any tradition-rich program is stability. The Oran baseball program has reached more state final four appearances, six, than any team in the state over the past decade. The Eagles have built their success with a stable flow of talent, and just as importantly, with stability in the coaching boxes...
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Hancock wrecked days before fatal crash
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
SAUGET, Ill. -- Just three days before his death in a freeway wreck, the sport utility vehicle of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was clipped by a semi rig in what police said could have been a far more serious accident. Officers who talked with Hancock moments after the predawn crash last Thursday in Sauget -- a St. Louis suburb known for factories and strip clubs -- found the 29-year-old reliever lucid and not under the influence of alcohol, Police Chief Patrick Delaney said Tuesday...
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Carpenter pitches to teammates
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
MILWAUKEE -- Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, sidelined since opening day with an elbow injury, threw against teammates on Tuesday in another step in his rehab. Carpenter said he felt fine after the workout. He will be re-evaluated today. "We'll see what happens tomorrow," Carpenter said of his outing that lasted about 60 pitches over three simulated innings. "If everything's perfect tomorrow, we'll go from there."...
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Mets fan banned from Shea Stadium
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
NEW YORK -- A New York Mets fan has been banned from Shea Stadium for three years after pleading guilty Tuesday to shining a high-powered flashlight at a pair of Atlanta Braves players last month. Frank Martinez, 40, of the Bronx, also must spend 15 days in jail as part of his sentence for interfering with a professional sporting event...
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Major automakers report sales declines
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
DETROIT -- April was such a lousy auto sales month that every major manufacturer but Chrysler reported a decrease from the same month last year. Even Toyota. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Corp. all showed declines as automakers released their monthly U.S. sales numbers Tuesday, but the drop for Toyota Motor Corp. countered a nearly two-year trend of rising sales, sometimes in double digits...
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Brewers score a dozen
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Milwaukee scored 12 unanswered runs in a 12-2 win over the slumping Cardinals. By COLIN FLY The Associated Press MILWAUKEE -- Ben Sheets allowed two runs in six innings, showing no ill-effects from a groin injury he suffered in his last start, and Tony Graffanino hit a three-run homer to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat slumping St. Louis 12-2 on Tuesday night...
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Gordon earns a respected voice
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Accept it, race fans: Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon were buddies. The old man respected the kid and took time to help him adjust to NASCAR's politics. Earnhardt recognized Gordon as a huge talent and cherished their on-track battles, knowing each victory was a win over a driver destined to go down as one of the best...
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Your voice here
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Last month we featured what may, or may not, be Cape's best guitarists. I wonder if anybody cared (other than the lovely people on CapeScene, that is). When we set out to write this article, we thought, "Hey, everybody has an opinion on this subject."...
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Tunes at Twilight returns this month
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Tunes at Twilight started a few years ago with meager beginnings -- a free show in the middle of Cape, sometimes attended by as few as 10 people. How things have changed. In the past two years Tunes has established itself as a major destination in Cape on Friday evenings during the summer, drawing hundreds each week to hear mostly acoustic, independent touring acts play on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn for free...
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Country, rock acts booked at Show Me Center in June
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The Show Me Center is starting the summer off in big fashion this June, with concerts scheduled by established country singer Martina McBride and prog-metal outfit Tool. McBride will take the stage June 7, while Tool hits the venue on June 16. Show Me Center Marketing Director Shannon Buford said the Tool concert is a big chance for local rock fans to turn out and show promoters that concerts by non-country acts can sell well in Southeast Missouri, too...
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Miss Daisy drives into Port Cape
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Remember that movie that came out, probably when you were a kid, "Driving Miss Daisy"? That movie was actually a stage play first, and this month the River City Players community theater group is bringing the stage version to life at the River City Yacht Club...
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Party crashers on the river
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Depending on what type of partying you engage in on your summer float trips, floating on the Current River this year (and in the future) may not be quite as fun as it once was. The National Park Service announced in March that it will ban kegs, beer bongs and "dry ice bombs" on the Current and Jacks Fork rivers starting this year in an effort to stop drunken, rowdy behavior. The rules took effect May 1. Jell-o shots are also banned...
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Mexican pride at Muy Bueno
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
A few months ago, while researching for an article, I stumbled upon a tiny Mexican restaurant run by two sisters in the Town Plaza off Independence called Muy Bueno. Upon entering, my stomach immediately started to growl. The aromas coming from the kitchen were spicy and fresh. At the time, I couldn't sit down for a bite to eat. Recently, I took a break from my busy schedule to sit down with some friends and enjoy the spicy smells that I had experienced just weeks before...
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Meet Your Mojo
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
In Cape Girardeau, the name Mojo Filter is synonymous with blues rock. For years the band (Josh Boyd on drums, Scott Ryan on bass, Jason Blanchard on guitar, Jennifer Henderson on vocals) has been a fixture of the local music scene, shaking up local bars (especially Broussard's) with its heavy blend of blues, rock and soulful vocals care of lead singer Jennifer Henderson, one of the local scene's few female members...
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Proven practice: the Marathon Kids
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The three-year-old Marathon Kids Club program at Clippard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau has been singled out as a 2007 "proven practice" by Successlink, a not-for-profit group that highlights successful educational projects and programs in Missouri's schools...
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And the beat goes on...
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
If I were to add up the amount of money I have spent on music, I'd probably realize why I struggle to pay rent each month. I've never mastered the whole download thing. Why would I want to join the 21st Century? Technology is so hard. Anyway, my music:...
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Are We Ready?
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
33 dead. 29 injured. By now these numbers are burned into the American public's thoughts. Truly, the Virginia Tech massacre has changed many lives, and caused everyone from students to administrators on high school and college campuses to re-assess emergency procedures...
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Events
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
COMMUNITY MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Cape Girardeau Farmers Market: The Cape Girardeau Farmers Market will be open every Thursday starting at 2:30 p.m. in the parking lot at 2001 Independence St. Seasonal produce and fruits, arts and crafts, baked goods, eggs, honey, cut flowers and plants available...
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Death of DeWolf
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The news has reverberated through the local music community: Tommy DeWolf, beloved guitarist of the local hard rock band Drivin' Rain, has died. At only 40 years old DeWolf (whose real name was Thomas Faron Johnson) was too young to die by anyone's standards, and when news of his death spread, shock was the result...
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Underground no more
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau's skaters, led by the Skate Park Association, seek respect, and a better place to skate. --- "It's an identity," says skateboarder Josh Dannenmueller. In the past three years, Dannenmueller and his friends in the Cape Girardeau Skate Park Association have tried to bring a real, legitimate skateboard community to Cape Girardeau. It hasn't been easy...
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Son of Ballwin police chief pleads guilty to impersonating officer
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- The son of the police chief in Ballwin has pleaded guilty to impersonating an officer for using his father's squad car to pull over drivers. Brian Paul Biederman, 23, of Defiance, entered the plea Wednesday. He was placed on probation for two years and ordered to perform community service...
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Mystery ailment at Farmington call center sickens 130
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) -- Investigators continue to look into what caused about 130 employees of an eastern Missouri call center to become ill. All 338 workers on duty at ACCENT Marketing Services in Farmington were evacuated Wednesday afternoon, and 130 were taken to hospitals, some in school buses, complaining of breathing troubles and irritation to their eyes. The center handles customer calls for Sprint Nextel Corp...
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Mo. Senate proposes smaller Social Security benefit tax cut
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Senate early Thursday morning voted to accept a slimmed-down state income tax exemption on Social Security benefits and some retirement benefits. The Senate voted 29-3 to endorse its version of the tax cut but did not vote on whether to pass the legislation because the bill's cost must still be analyzed...
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Agricultural biotechnology expert to speak at SEMO commencement
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
The so-called "father of agricultural biotechnology" will speak at Southeast Missouri State University's commencement ceremony on May 12 at the Show Me Center. Dr. Jerry Caulder of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., an alumnus of the school, has had a record of success in the life science industry, Southeast officials said...
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Scott County residents step closer to public water supply
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Rural residents of the southern third of Scott County are now a key step closer to seeing the benefits of a regulated public water supply, but potential water users in the rest of the county may have a long wait before hooking on to the system...
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Video technology: Crimes solved, criminals deterred
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
SIKESTON, Mo.--If Cape Girardeau needs a model of how to use surveillance technology to monitor after-hours activity on downtown streets, officials need look no further than Sikeston. Near the end of 2005, the city installed 21 cameras at its schools, downtown area and around the low-income Sikeston Housing Authority. The total project came with an initial price tag of $123,000, of which the city paid $25,000...
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Major wreck in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Officials have confirmed a major wreck has occurred at the intersection of Sprigg Street and Lexington Avenue involving, and there are injuries. Check back at semissourian.com for more details as they become available.
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Possible tornado sighting in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
NEAR ESSEX, Mo. -- The National Weather Service office in Paducah, Ky., has received reports of a possible tornado touchdown in Stoddard County near Essex. A weather service meteorologist said the office received reports of a possible touchdown near the small community around 4:30 p.m., but has not verified weather the severe thunderstorm that passed through that area did indeed produce a tornado. The storm moved through the county and on to southern Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties...
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It's still there
(Column ~ 05/03/07)
May 3, 2007 Dear Julie, Someone has estimated that the average human being has 60,000 thoughts per day -- there's one now -- and that most of those thoughts are the same thoughts day after day. Our minds are chatterboxes carrying on conversations with themselves, usually over mundane concepts like whether to turn right or go straight, choosing ginger sesame dressing or raspberry vinaigrette, "Grey's Anatomy" or "30 Rock."...
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Cape student sent to juvenile detention after bomb threat
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
A 13-year-old student at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School told a teacher he had a bomb in his backpack during a dispute Tuesday. The threat was quickly determined to be unfounded, but the boy was taken in handcuffs to the Cape Girardeau Juvenile Detention Center after continuing to use abusive language toward teachers and administrators...
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SEMO mill begins production
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
After months of anticipation, SEMO Milling LLC received its first loads of corn Tuesday, marking the beginnings of the plant's production process. When the company announced its intention to start operations at the Southeast Missouri Port Authority in December 2005, SEMO Milling representatives said in a news release that operations would be underway in six months. ...
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2 Cape teachers receive national award
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Cape Girardeau elementary school teachers Becky Hicks and Barb Egbert have been announced winners of the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's top award for math and science teachers. Hicks is a second-grade teacher at Blanchard Elementary School, and Egbert teaches kindergarten at Franklin Elementary School...
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Mo. House passes revised tax break
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
A proposal to give manufacturers a sales tax break on their utility costs won't take away any local revenue, Sen. Jason Crowell said Wednesday. A compromise version of a bill loaded with economic development incentives exempts electricity, gas, water and other utility purchases by manufacturers from the state-imposed portion of the sales tax but keeps the local portion intact...
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Speak Out 5/3/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/03/07)
Zoning revisited; Zoning outreach; Mixed directions; Fawn on parking lot; Early school start; Smartest woman; Gas mileage tradeoff; Enjoy the wildlife; School issues; Doesn't sound right; Planning for spending
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Critical decisions affect higher education
(Column ~ 05/03/07)
By Robert B. Stein Missouri is faced with increased national and international economic competition. In an environment where other countries are producing millions of college graduates with fluency in English and are offering attractive incentives for businesses to relocate, Missouri must be able to present compelling reasons for businesses to locate and grow in the Show-Me State...
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Separation is religious protection
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/07)
To the editor:In response to Richard Kline's letter "History should guide, not divide": Separation of church and state protects and defends the rest of us from being dominated by a single religious group whether that group is Catholic, Protestant, Jewish or Islamic. Mr. Kline seems to be advocating a Christian version of Shari'a. He should read his Jefferson...
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Close border to Mexican truckers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/07)
To the editor:The U.S. Department of Transportation is poised to kick the border wide open to trucks from Mexico operating throughout the United States. This will have an effect on all highway users. The DOT says safety and security programs are in place. This is a joke...
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Running toward success
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Teri Jones and Missy Ashby don't worry that students in their after-school club at Clippard Elementary School will leave them far behind. Jones and Ashby, who are marathon runners in their spare time, can keep up with their energetic third- and fourth-graders...
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Need a conservative: Fred Thompson would make the best candidate
(Column ~ 05/03/07)
By Ted A. LeGrand It is time for a true conservative, a Republican standard bearer, to enter the presidential race. It was a short time ago when conservatives Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush captured 137 of 150 states in three consecutive elections. Barring a third-party candidacy lke Ross Perot's, which put Bill Clinton in the White House, the conservative base will meet any liberal challenge...
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Correction 5/3/07
(Correction ~ 05/03/07)
n Jackson school bus driver Romona Marxer's name was spelled incorrectly in a story on bus safety awards in Tuesday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Out of the past 5/3/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/03/07)
U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson of Missouri's 10th District is scheduled to make a jail cell visit with farm activist Wayne Cryts of Puxico, Mo., who is in the Pope County (Ark.) jail for civil contempt of court. Burying garbage in a landfill may not be the best way to dispose of refuse ecologically, but there's no better method economically at this time for Cape Girardeau; that assessment is offered by City Manager Gary A. Eide; the city is searching for a new landfill location...
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Kelly to hold Festival of Fine Arts
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Southeast Missourian BENTON, Mo. -- The Kelly School District will host its Festival of Fine Arts today and Friday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. During the event drawing, painting, ceramics and photography from high school students as well as other work from elementary and middle school students will be on display in the high school gym...
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Senate approves primary seat belt law
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Police would be able to pull over motorists solely for not wearing seat belts under a measure that won approval Wednesday in the Senate. Under the current law, Missouri motorists must wear seat belts, but police can only ticket them if they have stopped them for another reason...
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Teens attend Youth in Government Day
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
They're going to run the country one day, but a few seem ready to get an early start. Cape Girardeau County held its 22nd annual Optimist Youth in Government Day on Wednesday, giving high school students the chance to play the roles of police chief, city attorney, council members and mayor...
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Middle school student charged with 2 counts of sexual misconduct
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
A Cape Girardeau middle school student allegedly attempted to molest two other students in a bathroom Friday before being detained. "These are unusual circumstances, we don't see this too often in this age group," said Sgt. Barry Hovis of the Cape Girardeau Police Dept...
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Blunt taps Platte City woman to lead agriculture department
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A couple of months after the state agriculture director left amid accusations of sexual harassment, Gov. Matt Blunt chose a 29-year-old woman Wednesday to lead the agency. Blunt named Katie Smith of Platte City the new director. Former director Fred Ferrell, a Charleston farmer, was forced to resign in February after an employee accused him of sexual harassment and refusing to promote her because she is a woman...
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Police officers plead guilty to beating inmate
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Two former police officers from the St. Louis suburb Velda City pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in the beating of a jail inmate, authorities said. Former Velda City police Sgt. Lewis McGee and former detective Mark Winger both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the civil rights of a jailed man...
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Joan McKenzie
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
Joan Alice McKenzie, 78, of Jackson died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at her home. She was born Sept. 1, 1928, in St. Louis, daughter of Thomas and Mignon Trojahn Beckley. She and Daniel Arthur McKenzie Jr. were married in 1946. He died in October 1991. Survivors include two sons, Timothy McKenzie of Jackson, Daniel McKenzie of Camanche, Iowa; a brother, Thomas Beckley of San Antonio, Texas; and six grandchildren...
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Naomia Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Naomia Loucretia Smith, 100, of Portland, Texas, died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born May 14, 1906, at Oran, Mo., daughter of James Henry and Dora Loucretia Lyon Davenport. She and the Rev. Liston Smith were married April 1, 1939. He died Jan. 4, 1984...
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Buying a courthouse
(Editorial ~ 05/03/07)
With the construction of the new Rush H. Limbaugh Federal Building nearing completion, the disposition of the old federal building at the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street in downtown Cape Girardeau has become something of an urgent issue. Until recently, the General Services Administration gave away surplus buildings for specific uses. ...
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Veda Teets
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Veda Delores Teets, 83, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 10, 1924, at Essex, Mo., daughter of Cleveland and Edna Bledsoe DeJournett. She and D. Harding Teets were married Oct. 28, 1941, at Ardeola, Mo. He died June 16, 2003...
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Alvin Miller
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
Alvin Cloyd Miller, 84, of Springfield, Mo., formerly of Esther, Mo., died Friday, April 27, 2007, in Springfield. He was He was born Jan. 15, 1923, at Flat River, Mo., son of Charles and Laura Miller. He married Mary C. Miller, who died Feb. 24. Miller was employed by Peterson Pepsi-Cola 30 years, retiring as a route supervisor. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Bonne Terre, Mo. He was a former Sunday school superintendent, member of the administrative board and the choir...
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Marjorie Knowles
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
Marjorie Janice Knowles, 75, of Union, Mo., died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at her home. She was born July 10, 1931, in Evansville, Ind., daughter of John and Edna Angel Claspell. She and Orville Knowles were married Aug. 28, 1947, in Henderson, Ky. He died Oct. 22, 2000...
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George Ray
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- George Waymon Ray, 92, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 23, 1915, in Murphysboro, Ill., son of Charles and Ella Mangrum Ray. He and Mable Bagby were married July 1, 1947, in Murphysboro...
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Herbert Brown
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
Herbert "Bud" Brown, 79, of Murrieta, Calif., died Friday, April 6, 2007, at Loma Linda, Calif., VA Hospital. He was born May 25, 1927, at Morehouse, Mo. Brown was a resident of Murrieta 10 years, and was a member of Las Brisas Bible Fellowship Church...
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Ella Bennett
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ella Ruth Bennett, 99, of Advance died Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 24, 1908, at Arab, Mo., daughter of William and Toney George Arnold. She first married Charlie Burchett, who preceded her in death. She and James Bennett were married Nov. 17, 1928, at Zalma, Mo. He died in December 1988...
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Carole Stanley
(Obituary ~ 05/03/07)
Carole Mosette Stanley, 72, of Perry, Mo., died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia, Mo. She was born Aug. 16, 1934, in Marble Hill, Mo., daughter of William Lacy and Dora Crites Ladd. She and William H. Stanley were married in 1955 in Yuma, Ariz. He died in 1971...
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Births 5/3/07
(Births ~ 05/03/07)
Sanderson; Conklin
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Cape/Jackson police report 5/3/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/03/07)
Miscellaneous
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Cape/Jackson fire report 5/3/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/03/07)
n At 10:04 p.m., a fire alarm at 803 N. Henderson Ave. n At 9:25 a.m., a box alarm at 1253 Marilyn Drive. n At 11:34 a.m., citizen assist at 300 N. Sprigg St. n At 1:11 p.m., the smell of gas at the corner of South Sprigg and Locust streets. n At 2:19 p.m., emergency medical service at 1600 Luce St...
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Congress is the next target for immigration reform movement
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
CHICAGO -- A day after putting aside the American flag and protest sign he carried during an immigration march in Chicago, Luis Dominguez said Wednesday he is turning his attention to looming legislative battles 600 miles away in Washington, D.C. With immigrants and supporters rallying nationwide for a second straight year, the 62-year-old Dominguez said he believes Tuesday's display will help spur politicians to adopt immigration reform...
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Keys to Iowa maximum-security prison sold on eBay; belonged to retired locksmith
(National News ~ 05/03/07)
ANAMOSA, Iowa -- A 135-year-old penitentiary changed some of its locks after keys to the maximum-security prison were apparently sold on eBay. The keys belonged to a locksmith who retired from Anamosa State Penitentiary in 1974. He died two years later and when his wife died last year, an auctioneer was hired to sell off the estate, which included the keys...
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Wrongful death claim filed in police shooting of 92-year-old
(National News ~ 05/03/07)
ATLANTA -- Attorneys for a niece of the 92-year-old woman who was killed by police during a botched drug raid have filed a wrongful death claim with the city as a precursor to a lawsuit. Kathryn Johnston was shot Nov. 21 when narcotics officers burst into her home with a no-knock warrant. The officers said an informant reported buying drugs there, but prosecutors say they were lying. Johnston fired one shot at the intruders, hitting no one, and the officers fired back, killing her...
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Ethanol bill heads to full Senate, prompts debate over coal as fuel
(National News ~ 05/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- Senators moved ahead Wednesday on legislation to replace one-quarter of the nation's gasoline with ethanol and set a goal of cutting gasoline consumption nearly in half by 2030. Coal-state lawmakers tried to promote liquefied coal as a motor fuel substitute, but their effort stalled amid a debate over global warming...
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Poll says fast-food nutrition baffles consumers
(Community ~ 05/03/07)
Common sense says a chicken Caesar salad makes a lower-fat lunch than pasta with sausage, a barbecue chicken pizza or lasagna. Right? For consumers staring up at a fast-food menu board, coming up with the right answers to questions like that is essential if they're going to choose more healthful meals and avoid obesity, diabetes and a raft of other chronic illnesses...
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Health news 5/3/07
(Community ~ 05/03/07)
American Red Cross offers promotions In conjunction with National Photo Month, the American Red Cross is teaming with local photography studios to help save lives. From May 14 to May 19, participating photography studios are challenged to recruit five donors to donate blood at the American Red Cross blood donation center at 20 S. ...
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Resolve conflict by recognizing its causes
(Column ~ 05/03/07)
Editor's note: This column was originally published Aug. 11, 2005. You and your spouse may agree on who to vote for, how you feel about facial hardware on teenagers, even how you feel about eating veal. Yet you may not have a clue how your spouse's mind works. ...
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Mockingbirds sing through the Southern Illinois night
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- If children are to be seen and not heard, the opposite holds true of the northern mockingbird. There is nothing shy or retiring about this species. "The thing mockingbirds will do is sing all night long, especially on a full moon," said Mike Baltz of The Nature Conservancy. "They will sing at night. They are interesting for their song...
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Veto survives House challenge; Dems meet with Bush on Iraq
(National News ~ 05/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- Congress failed to override President Bush's veto of legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, a defeat for anti-war Democrats that triggered immediate talks on a new measure to fund the conflict. The vote in the House was 222-203, 62 shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. With few exceptions, Republicans stood fast with Bush in the wartime clash...
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Train carrying space-shuttle components derails in Ala.
(National News ~ 05/03/07)
MYRTLEWOOD, Ala. -- A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters derailed Wednesday after a bridge collapsed, authorities said. Six people aboard the train were reported injured. NASA said it was not immediately known whether the equipment was damaged. But space agency spokesman Allard Beutel in Washington, D.C., said the accident should not delay any shuttle launches...
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Iran's former nuclear negotiator arrested
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian authorities have arrested the country's former nuclear negotiator, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's predecessor and key rival, and he reportedly could face an espionage charge. The hard-line president, meanwhile, insisted his country will not retreat "even an iota" on its nuclear program...
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Israeli foreign minister calls on Olmert to resign over war failures
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
JERUSALEM -- Israel's popular foreign minister called Wednesday on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign -- positioning herself to replace him and dealing the toughest blow yet to his efforts to stay in power after a scathing report on his performance in the war in Lebanon...
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U.S. and European Union warn Turkish military to stay out of politics
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The United States and European Union on Wednesday warned Turkey, a NATO member and close ally, to prevent its military from defying civilian leaders in a conflict between the Islamic-rooted government and the secular establishment...
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Foster's and scientists to generate clean energy from beer-making
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Scientists and Australian beer maker Foster's are teaming up to generate clean energy from brewery waste water -- by using sugar-consuming bacteria. The experimental technology was unveiled Wednesday by scientists at Australia's University of Queensland, which was given a $115,000 state government grant to install a microbial fuel cell at a Foster's Group brewery near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland state...
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St. Anthony's at Glennon to hold May dinner
(Community News ~ 05/03/07)
St. Anthony's Parish at Glennon will have an all-you-can-eat dinner from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Glennon Parish Hall at the junction of AB and T. Menu includes kettle beef, chicken and dumplings, chicken and dressing, all the trimmings, drink and dessert. Carryouts will be available...
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Pender graduates basic training at Fort Benning
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Army Reserve Pvt. Kyle J. Pender graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. During nine weeks of training, he received training in drill, ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, Army history, core values and traditions. ...
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Parents Without Partners announces May schedule
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
n Beginner line dance lessons begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday and May 16, 23, 30 at Eagles Aerie 3775, 321 N. Spring Ave., Cape Girardeau. Open to the public, free. n PWP will hold a general meeting/orientation from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Delmonico's restaurant in Jackson. A program on diabetes will be presented by Southeast Missouri Hospital Diabetes Association. Open to the public, free...
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Dispute over Soviet war memorial heats up
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
MOSCOW -- Young Russians staged raucous protests in Moscow on Wednesday to denounce neighboring Estonia for removing a Soviet war memorial from its capital, and the Estonian ambassador said pro-Kremlin activists tried to attack her as she arrived at a news conference...
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International court issues warrants for Darfur war crimes suspects
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants Wednesday in the murderous Darfur conflict, seeking to try a government minister and a janjaweed militia leader on charges of mass slayings, rape and torture. Sudan immediately refused to arrest them...
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Palestinians hold back raid on hideout for kidnapped British reporter
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The Palestinian government knows where to find a British journalist kidnapped nearly two months ago but has held back on raiding the hideout at Britain's request, the Palestinian prime minister said Wednesday. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said negotiators had instead persuaded the captors, whom he indicated were Islamic extremists, to reduce their demands for the release of Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped March 12 in Gaza City...
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Suicide bomber strikes Sadr City; more U.S. soldiers arrive in Iraq
(International News ~ 05/03/07)
BAGHDAD -- A suicide car bomber struck in the main Shiite district of the capital Wednesday, killing at least nine people as the U.S. military said its troop buildup in Baghdad was nearly complete. Three more U.S. soldiers were killed by bombs in the capital...
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NCAA penalizes football program
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/07)
Southeast Missouri State's football team will lose just over 4 1/2 scholarships based on the program's Academic Progress Report, released by the NCAA on Wednesday. The football team scored an 895 on the multiyear APR, 30 points below the NCAA's cutoff score. The APR is based on a school's ability to retain student-athletes each year, keep them academically eligible and also graduate them. Southeast's score was based on its performance from the 2003-04 academic year through the 2005-06 year...
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Jackson puts pressure on defense to create scoring chances
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/07)
Pitching and defense wins championships? They didn't compare to speed and scoring for Jackson during the SEMO Conference tournament. The Indians (14-7) put up 31 runs to sweep Notre Dame, second-seeded Central and top-seeded Sikeston in a four-day span to capture their first conference tournament title...
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Moses eager to continue career with Redhawks
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/07)
Making the move from Class 1 to Division I is a tall task. Thankfully for Advance senior Trenton Moses, he already has the tall part down at 6-foot-3. Moses, an all-state infielder/pitcher last season for the Hornets, recently signed with Southeast Missouri State...
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St. Vincent captures district golf title
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/07)
St. Vincent grabbed the automatic team berth into the state golf tournament with a convincing victory in the Class 1, District 1 tournament Wednesday at the Ste. Genevieve Golf Course. The Indians downed defending district champion and state runner-up Thayer by 17 strokes. St. Vincent finished with a 327, followed by Thayer with a 344. First-year program Saxony Lutheran came in third with a 373 and fellow first-year program Advance was fifth with a 414...
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Area sports digest 5/3/07
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/07)
Burnett tops A-flight at Chip-A-Ways outing Sissy Burnett finished atop the A-flight standings at the weekly Cape Chip-A-Ways golf outing. Jeana Koch and Sandy Bonner tied for first in the B-flight. Linda Williams won the low putts and Lil Angle earned the play of the day...
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Derby favorite Curlin draws No. 2 position
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/07)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Curlin is undefeated, unchallenged and now he's the favorite for the Kentucky Derby. And in drawing the No. 2 post for Saturday's race, the imposing chestnut colt even gets to start from the same spot Affirmed did on his way to winning the Triple Crown in 1978 -- the last horse to do so...
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Hall of Famer Cepeda arrested on suspicion of drug possession
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/07)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda was arrested after a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over for speeding and discovered drugs in the car. The former San Francisco Giants star was stopped about 3 p.m. Tuesday after his 2001 Lexus was clocked going 83 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 80 in Cordelia, about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco, the CHP said...
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NBA, some players dismiss study that on racial bias in officiating
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/07)
Academic study found racial bias in referees' calls. By NANCY ARMOUR The Associated Press Kobe Bryant says he's never noticed any evidence of racial bias when it comes to NBA officiating. "I think I've gotten more techs from black refs than white refs," the Los Angeles Lakers star joked Wednesday. "That's reverse racism probably."...
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NCAA's academic report hits black colleges, Louisiana schools hardest
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/07)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA's latest academic progress report shows money pays off in the classroom, not just on the playing field. Athletic programs with the biggest budgets, such as the six BCS conferences, scored well on the latest Academic Progress Report, released Wednesday. Those with less money did not...
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Marion Jones' agent linked to fraud case
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/07)
NEW YORK -- Track star Marion Jones' longtime agent pleaded guilty to bank fraud six weeks ago in a case that has also entangled the sprinter's coach and the father of her child. Charles Wells, the president of Vector Sports Management, entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan on March 22, the same day he was charged, according to court records...
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Baffled by fastfood nutrition?
(Community ~ 05/03/07)
You are not alone. A recent poll showed few consumers know what is healthiest on restaurant menus.
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Southeast Missourian names online, special publications managing editor
(Local News ~ 05/03/07)
Callie Clark Miller has been named online and special publications managing editor of the Southeast Missouri. This is a new position that recognizes the rapid growth of an Internet presence by the Southeast Missourian as well as the development of high-quality special advertising publications that contain editorial content. Many of these special publications also have online Web sites...
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Ameren: Tired of playing 'political football' over Taum Sauk breach
(State News ~ 05/03/07)
ST. LOUIS -- An Ameren Corp. vice president Wednesday accused the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the state Attorney General's office of playing "political football" while cleanup from the Taum Sauk reservoir breach languishes nearly 17 months after the accident...
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Brewers sweep Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/07)
MILWAUKEE -- As the St. Louis Cardinals prepare to remember a lost teammate, they'd just as soon forget about their last three games. The Cardinals lost 4-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, leaving them swept and dazed in their first series since the death of relief pitcher Josh Hancock...
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Redhawks keep playoff hopes alive with OVC win
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/07)
Southeast Missouri State kept its slim hopes of reaching the Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament alive Wednesday with a 5-2 home win over Eastern Illinois. The Redhawks found themselves in ninth place in the 10-team league heading into Wednesday's game. Southeast improved to 9-15 in the OVC with the win and moved ahead of Eastern Illinois into eighth and two games behind sixth-place Tennessee-Martin in the win column. The top six teams qualify for the tournament...
- Day of prayer (Local News ~ 05/03/07)
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Authorities: Hancock was drunk at time of accident
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk at the time of the crash that killed him, and marijuana was also found in the sport utility vehicle he was driving, authorities said Friday. Hancock, 29, was also speaking on a cell phone at about the time of the accident early Sunday on Interstate 64 in St. Louis, Police Chief Joe Mokwa said at a news conference...
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SW Missouri man charged in death of homeless woman
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A southwest Missouri man was charged Thursday with second-degree murder after allegedly attacking a homeless woman with a hatchet. Aaron Michael Letterman, 24, of Nixa, is also charged with armed criminal action. He turned himself in to police on Wednesday and is being held in Greene County Jail on a $500,000 bond...
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Virtual school registration begins Monday
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
State education officials will start accepting applications Monday at 8 a.m. for Missouri's new virtual school, offering online elementary and high school classes starting in August. The online registration process will close on May 29 at 8 a.m. Applications must be submitted through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Web site, officials said...
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Leadership Cape groups unveil projects
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
The Leadership Cape Class of 2007 presented ways to improve the city during First Friday Coffee at the Show Me Center today. The four groups, led by volunteers who serve on the leadership development committee through the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, not only introduced their ideas to the audience of about 200 business leaders, but showed how the projects could be funded...
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Ceremony for wall of fame pushed back
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
Organizers who oversaw the update of the Missouri Wall of Fame mural on Cape Girardeau's downtown floodwall had originally hoped to officially dedicate the mural this spring, but that ceremony will now be pushed back to the fall...
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Body found along I-44 identified; murder suspected
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) -- Police believe a man whose remains were discovered in March along Interstate 44 in eastern Missouri was the victim of a homicide. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke on Friday identified the victim as 52-year-old Walter Mosier. Toelke described Mosier as a drifter originally from Bedford, Ind. He was identified when investigators were able to trace a pin that had been attached to Mosier's left arm from a prior injury...
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Mo. state revenues climb 9.6 percent in April
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- State revenues in April were 9.6 percent higher than a year ago, the state Office of Administration reported Friday. Net general revenue for April was $1.13 billion, compared with $1.03 billion last year. Through the first 10 months of the state's fiscal year, revenues increased by 5.6 percent compared to the same point a year ago...
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Alcohol, painkillers cause local musician's death
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
A combination of alcohol and prescription painkillers caused the untimely death of local rock guitarist Thomas Johnson, known as Tommy DeWolf, according to information released Friday by Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton. Though Johnson's death was caused partially by prescription painkillers, Clifton stressed the drugs were not acquired illegally...
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New courthouse "substantially complete"
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
Cape Girardeau's new $60 million federal courthouse won praise from U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson on Friday after she and other federal officials toured the nearly completed building. "This is a magnificent structure," she said. "I think it is a great honor to have a courthouse of this magnitude."...
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Young birds and an old mind
(Column ~ 05/04/07)
First let me tell you about the birds in our yard. Then I'll tell you about my latest bout with my age-advantaged status. The birds. Say what you will about the hard freeze that zapped trees, shrubs and flowers, but I think we are seeing Nature's response. And it's good...
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Life science expert to speak at commencement
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
The so-called "father of agricultural biotechnology" will speak at Southeast Missouri State University's commencement ceremony May 12 at the Show Me Center. Dr. Jerry Caulder of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., an alumnus of the school, has had a record of success in the life-science industry, Southeast officials said...
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Rural water district may pump water this year
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
Dennis Meier of Kelso admits he and other residents of rural northern Scott County are anxious to hook onto a public water supply. Once work begins on phase one of construction in the Public Water Supply District No. 4 project, Meier hopes the visual evidence of progress will reinforce the message to the county's rural northern residents that their patience will pay off...
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Man convicted in 'cold' rape case
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A New Madrid County jury convicted a former Malden, Mo., man Thursday of raping and sodomizing a woman in her Cape Girardeau apartment nearly six years ago in a "cold case" that was solved with DNA evidence. The jury of six men and six women deliberated in the New Madrid County Courthouse for only 26 minutes before returning guilty verdicts against Ontario Reed, 24, on felony charges of forcible rape and forcible sodomy...
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Read. Read. Read.
(Column ~ 05/04/07)
By Pat Williams From Spacecoast Business The modern era is generally considered to have started in 1500 A.D. with the start of the printing press. From 1500 to 1830, all known knowledge doubled. From 1830 to 1930, all known knowledge doubled again. A few years ago, all known knowledge was doubling every 15 to 17 months. Today, all known knowledge is doubling every 63 days, and in the next three to five years, all known knowledge will double every day!...
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Don't cry over possibly scratched paint
(Column ~ 05/04/07)
Dear Tom and Ray: Does writing in the dirt/dust on a car scratch the paint? A teacher at my children's school today wrote "Clean Me" as a joke in the dirt on my new Suburban as I was parked in the school pickup line. (It was dirty only because we've had bad weather lately!) I had left it unattended while I was visiting another mother ahead of me in line while waiting for the children to come out of school. ...
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Car talk
(Column ~ 05/04/07)
Dear Tom and Ray: I bought a 2003 Chevy S-10 for my stepdaughter. Today the truck has only 36,500 miles on it. The driver's door fell off! It broke off at the welds and was hanging by electrical wires. The dealership refused to do warranty work. How can a girl who weighs 100 pounds soaking wet tear a door off a truck? Is it possible to shame Chevy into making this right?...
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Campus diversity
(Editorial ~ 05/04/07)
When students enroll in college, they have a fair expectation that they will be exposed to many ideas, some of which they agree with and some of which they don't. Furthermore, they have a right to expect that their professors will not only share their ideas, but be reasonable in providing opportunities for students to be heard, too...
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Out of the past 5/4/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/04/07)
A new education wing to Maple Avenue United Methodist Church was dedicated Sunday during a special service; the $60,000 education wing was partially financed from a bequest by the late Grace Masters, a teacher and long-time member of the church. The Scott City Board of Education names former Scott City High School principal Bill Heckert to succeed superintendent Bill Hodges, who resigned last month saying he was leaving the field of education...
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Thousands gather at Day of Prayer services
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
While thousands of people across the country gathered to pray for their government and education leaders Thursday, the Rev. Charles Swindoll reminded the faithful who really has power. "The most powerful person in our country is the one who prays," Swindoll said in a taped message from the National Day of Prayer Task Force. "There has never been a more important time than now to seek the Lord's wisdom, guidance and protection for the United States of America...
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Policeman, firefighter recognized for service
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
A local firefighter and police officer were recognized as the area's best by a local public safety supply company Thursday. Jackson firefighter Jason Mouser and Cape Girardeau police officer Joseph Hann were surprised with the award while on duty by Heartland Public Safety Supply Inc. ...
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St. Louis to get citywide Wi-Fi
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Internet users may be able to unplug as soon as this summer with efforts under way for a citywide Wi-Fi network. St. Louis and AT&T Inc. are working to create the network, which will provide wireless connections to the Internet at broadband speeds. Residents and visitors to the city will receive 20 free hours of access a month...
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Children memorialize ice storm adventure in new book
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Elementary school children who had the adventure of their young lifetimes after January's paralyzing ice storm have committed their tales to paper in a new book. Called "Lights Out! Hotels, Fires, Generators and Grandma's House," the 56-page book has entries by all 345 students at Springfield's Field Elementary School. Some of the young authors will sign copies Saturday when the $10 volume goes on sale at Brentwood Library...
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Tornado spotted in Stoddard Co.
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
Southeast Missouri NEAR ESSEX, Mo. -- A tornado was sighted Thursday afternoon about four miles southeast of Dexter near the Stoddard County town of Essex, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. The sighting occurred around 4:30 p.m. ...
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Four injured in Cape accident
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
A serious collision at the corner of Sprigg St. and Lexington Ave. left four passengers injured and en route to the hospital Thursday. All four patients were conscious At about 5 p.m., a Chrysler Sebring collided with a Ford Taurus Wagon leaving the front of the wagon crumpled and the driver's side of the Sebring inverted...
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Giuliani says 'OK' if Supreme Court upholds abortion ruling
(National News ~ 05/04/07)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Alone among 10 Republican presidential contenders, Rudy Giuliani said in campaign debate Thursday night "it would be OK" if the Supreme Court upholds a 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling. "It would be OK to repeal it. It would be OK also if a strict constructionist viewed it as precedent," said the former New York city mayor, who has a record of supporting abortion rights...
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Cyril Scherer
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
Cyril W. Scherer, 90, of Jackson died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 7, 1916, at Benton, Mo., son of Joseph and Mary Walter Scherer. He first married Anita Leible, who died Feb. 2, 1988. He and Opal Laurentius were married Oct. 8, 1994...
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Tamara O'Kelly
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
Tamara Louise O'Kelly, 37, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at her home. She was born Aug. 14, 1969, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Billy Ray and Diane Sue Dillingham O'Kelly. O'Kelly attended Southeast Missouri State University. She was a certified nurse assistant at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church...
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Cora Goddard
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
ANNA, Ill. -- Cora Goddard, 98, of Arlington Heights, Ill., formerly of Anna, died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Lexington Nursing Home in Schaumburg, Ill. Crain Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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Ava Moser
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Ava Emma Moser, 91, of Glenallen died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. She was born April 9, 1916, at Cyclone, Mo., daughter of Bob and Mary Ethel Baker Hopper. She and Buck Moser were married Aug. 8, 1935. He died April 16, 2004...
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Harry Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
Harry Dale Seabaugh, 61, of Troy, Mo., died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at the home of a daughter. He was born Aug. 21, 1945, in Chaffee, Mo., son of Joel Cornelius and Clara Marjory Collins Seabaugh. He and Dorothea Hagan were married Oct. 22, 1966, in St. Louis...
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Leslie Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
PATTON, Mo. -- Leslie A. Seabaugh, 75, of Patton died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at his home. He was born May 17, 1931, near Marquand, Mo., son of John F. and Alma L. Dempster Seabaugh. He and Maxine Barth were married Jan. 14, 1956, at Patton. Seabaugh retired from Lenco in Jackson. He was a member of Little Whitewater Baptist Church...
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Speak Out 5/4/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/04/07)
Bring them home; Blowing trash; Bike licensing; Excellent drivers; Bus safety; Commander in chief; Rolling stops; Raise New Orleans; Clean parks; Crime is everywhere; Thanks for start; Big dreams; Fighting vandalism; Real needs
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Roy Wilhite
(Obituary ~ 05/04/07)
ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- Roy Lee Wilhite, 81, of Rockview died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 26, 1926, in Chaffee, Mo., son of Edward Elliott and Agnes Marie Sadler Wilhite. He and Mildred Mattlene Young were married April 5, 1947...
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Cape fire report 5/4/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/04/07)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: n At 3:28 p.m., emergency medical service at 1900 Delwin St. n At 4:14 p.m., emergency medical service at 1900 Delwin St. n At 5:42 p.m., motor vehicle accident on Old Sprigg Street Road. n At 5:45 p.m., emergency medical service at 1200 Linden St...
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Cape/Jackson police report 5/4/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/04/07)
Arrests; Theft
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Births 5/4/07
(Births ~ 05/04/07)
Jackson; Michael; Inman; Zalite
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British queen arrives in Va.
(National News ~ 05/04/07)
RICHMOND, Va. -- Queen Elizabeth II arrived Thursday for the commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary and praised the cultural changes that have occurred since she last visited America's first permanent English settlement 50 years ago. The last time the queen helped Virginia mark the anniversary of its colonial founding, it was an all-white affair in a state whose government was in open defiance of a 1954 Supreme Court order to desegregate public schools...
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Astronaut Walter Schirra dies at 84
(National News ~ 05/04/07)
SAN DIEGO -- Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., who as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts combined the Right Stuff -- textbook-perfect flying ability and steely nerves -- with a pronounced rebellious streak, died Thursday at 84. He was the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA's original manned spaceflight programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. ...
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U.S. forces kill a senior al-Qaida in Iraq figure
(International News ~ 05/04/07)
BAGHDAD -- U.S.-led forces killed a top al-Qaida in Iraq figure linked to kidnappings of a Christian Science Monitor reporter and other Westerners, the military said Thursday as mourners gathered at the slain terrorist's home in a Sunni insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad...
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Artistic options
(Community ~ 05/04/07)
Today's First Friday is a big one, with seven locations in Cape Girardeau and Scott City hosting exhibitions of original artwork from local and regional artists. An out-of-the-ordinary aspect of this month's exhibitions is the presence of end-of-the-year shows by high school students in both Cape Girardeau and Scott City. Southeast Missouri State University ceramics students will also exhibit work this month. Here are the First Friday receptions going on tonight...
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At the theaters 5/4/07
(Entertainment ~ 05/04/07)
New at the theaters: 'Lucky You'; 'Spider-Man 3'; STILL PLAYING: '300'; 'Blades of Glory'; 'The Condemned'; 'Disturbia'; 'Fracture'; 'The Invisible'; 'Kickin' It Old Skool'; 'Meet the Robinsons'; 'Next'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Perfect Stranger'; 'The Reaping'; 'Vacancy'; 'Wild Hogs'
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Dad: Not enough Venom; Lad: Just enough action
(Community ~ 05/04/07)
Dad Grade: B+ What's Good: The action is top notch, as you truly see Spidey doing everything you wanted to see him do in the first two films. Great Fun. What's Not: Not enough Venom. As, in my opinion, the coolest villain Spider-Man faces, he did not have nearly enough screen time...
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Good bets 5/4/07
(Community ~ 05/04/07)
Today Jazzy finale Bob Conger takes his Southeast Missouri State University jazz ensembles back to Buckner for one last real-world gig before the end of the semester. n When: 8 p.m. n Where: Buckner Brewing Co. n Info: 334-4677 Saturday Olden days Relieve Cape Girardeau's Civil War history and view one of the city's oldest historic sites, Fort D, during Fort D days. Re-enactors will show visitors what life was like in 1861...
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The rapid-fire banter of the CW's 'Gilmore Girls' to end after 7 years
(Entertainment ~ 05/04/07)
LOS ANGELES -- "Gilmore Girls," the saga of an independent mother and daughter that helped strengthen the young WB network, will end its run after seven seasons. The show, which last year moved to the CW network created by the merger of WB and UPN, will air its final episode May 15 at 7 p.m. CST, CW and producer Warner Bros. Television announced Thursday...
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Artifacts 5/4/07
(Community ~ 05/04/07)
My Little Pony Live! opens tonight My Little Pony Live! "The World's Biggest Tea Party" opens at 7 p.m. tonight at the Show Me Center. The show is a 90-minute interactive musical with audience participation using the My Little Pony characters. Show times are 7 p.m. tonight, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 651-5000 or visit www.showmecenter.biz...
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2007 Dodge Avenger breaks with mid-size tradition
(National News ~ 05/04/07)
Just because the new Dodge Avenger is a mid-size sedan doesn't mean it's conservative or mainstream. In fact, commendable handling and road poise make the early-for-2008 Avenger seem pricier than it is, and the car's exterior styling that's just shy of aggressive stands out in this usually mainstream segment...
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Prosecutors suggest 45 days in jail for Paris Hilton for violating her probation
(Entertainment ~ 05/04/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Paris Hilton should be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction, city prosecutors say. In documents filed Monday in Superior Court, prosecutors said they also want Hilton to stay away from alcohol for 90 days and wear a monitoring device that will chart whether she complies. And they are seeking to have her license suspended for an additional four months...
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High school football will double its playoff teams
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/07)
Missouri high school football teams saw their chances of qualifying for the 2008 playoffs double Thursday with the passage of a Missouri State High School Activities Association football playoff proposal, one of 30 proposals to pass on the MSHSAA annual ballot...
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Southeast women's track teams looks to start new OVC win streak
(College Sports ~ 05/04/07)
The Southeast Missouri State track and field program saw its string of Ohio Valley Conference titles end in February during the league's indoor meet. Southeast hopes to start a new streak this weekend when the OVC outdoor championships are held in Charleston, Ill., with competition today and Saturday...
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Central girls rip Kennett 6-0 in soccer
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/07)
Central's girls soccer team routed host Kennett 6-0 on Thursday. Laura Lusk led the Tigers (7-11-1) with two goals and two assists. Sarah Uptmor had a goal and two assists. Abby Kiefner, Danielle Markhart and Casey Popp added goals. Jade Sander had an assist...
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Harrington leads Wachovia field after opening round
(Professional Sports ~ 05/04/07)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Padraig Harrington took three weeks off, the longest break from golf in his 10 years as a pro, and worried that he wouldn't be very sharp Thursday at the Wachovia Championship. He wasn't satisfied with hardly anything but his score...
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Hall of Fame QBs find success without wins
(Professional Sports ~ 05/04/07)
Hall of Fame quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman both won multiple Super Bowls and have a hard time grasping a concept of success that doesn't include winning. But the co-owners of a one-car NASCAR team are no longer playing for those great Dallas Cowboys teams...
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Pro bowlers roll into town
(Community Sports ~ 05/04/07)
Imagine Albert Pujols showing up to play some ball at Capaha Field. Or Tiger Woods coming to town to take on some of the state's best golfers. The Missouri State USBC Open Championships is the kind of event that has lured top professional bowlers to compete alongside anyone and everyone from the state who entered...
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Area digest 5/4/07
(Community Sports ~ 05/04/07)
Scott City's Samplewins at Sikeston Rob Sample of Scott City won the Super Pro Class at the Sikeston Drag Strip on April 28. Sample had an elapsed time of 4.95 seconds and reached 138.41 mph. He had a reaction time of .502 seconds. David Leonard, also from Scott City, finished second in the Pro Class...
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Classes 1, 2 begin new route to state meet Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/07)
A new race and a new team are among the storylines heading into the Class 1 and Class 2 district meets, which take place Saturday across the state. The Class 2 District 1 meet, which features Kelly, Scott City and Chaffee, will take place at Jackson. Saxony Lutheran, Oran, Scott County Central and Bell City will travel to Fulton, Mo., for the Class 1 District 1 meet, which is hosted by the Missouri School for the Deaf...
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NCAA moves to extend 3-point shot
(College Sports ~ 05/04/07)
INDIANAPOLIS -- College basketball players might want to start polishing up their long-range shooting. The men's basketball rules committee approved a measure Thursday that would move the 3-point line back one foot in 2008-09 -- from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. If approved by the playing rules oversight committee on May 25, it would mark the first major alteration to the 3-point shot since its inception in 1986-87...
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Cardinals attend Hancock memorial service
(Professional Sports ~ 05/04/07)
TUPELO, Miss. -- The St. Louis Cardinals were among an estimated 500 mourners Thursday at a public memorial service for pitcher Josh Hancock, who died in an automobile accident early Sunday. There was no sense of closure, however. Not yet. Autopsy results have been expedited amid reports of Hancock's alcohol consumption on the night of his death, and another emotional night awaits today when the defending World Series champions, who have lost five in a row and are in last place in the NL Central, play their first home game since the crash.. ...
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Dopudja adds fresh source of power to Redhawks' lineup
(College Sports ~ 05/04/07)
Stacia Dopudja assures a reporter that college softball is not as easy as she makes it look. "No, it's not easy at all," Dopudja said with a laugh. Based on her smooth adjustment from high school to the Division I ranks, Dopudja would probably have a hard time convincing people that she's serious...
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Everyone's a critic: 'Next'
(Community ~ 05/04/07)
Three stars (out of four) "Next" wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be, but it wasn't disappointing, either. The film follows Chris Johnson (played by Nicolas Cage), who can see two minutes into the future, but only if it involves his own life. The FBI has been tracking him and believes he can help them find an atomic bomb terrorists have set to go off somewhere in Los Angeles. ...
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Two leads put unique spins on character for production of 'Driving Miss Daisy'
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
Daisy Werthan has become a cultural icon. You may not know her by that name, but by Miss Daisy instead. Daisy's iconic status means the River City Players' production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play turned Academy Award-winning movie "Driving Miss Daisy" can either suffer from the audience's expectations cultivated by the film or benefit from the familiarity of the story...
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Mo. lawmakers propose looser standards for damaged vehicles
(State News ~ 05/04/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are considering loosening the standards for the kinds of damage that must be listed on a vehicle's title -- a move praised as pro-consumer by some and denounced as anti-consumer by others. The House and Senate each endorsed measures Thursday that could lead to fewer salvage titles being issued for vehicles...
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The case for Tool
(Column ~ 05/04/07)
For some of us, the excitement is palpable. A day we've been waiting on for years is finally here -- big rock is set to return to the Show Me Center. At least we hope. Scratch that. I do more than hope; I know (I hope). Earlier this week I was surprised by some rather pleasant news -- prog-metal band Tool has booked June 19 at the Show Me Center. Finally, a real rock concert after years of nothing even resembling rock, except for Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which is only sort of rock...
- DeWolf's toxicology results (Local News ~ 05/04/07)
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Sikeston a model for surveillance
(Local News ~ 05/04/07)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- If Cape Girardeau needs a model for using surveillance to monitor activity on downtown streets, officials need look no further than Sikeston. Near the end of 2005, the city installed 21 cameras at its schools, downtown area and around the Sikeston Housing Authority. ...
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Future in doubt for campus ministry
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
By TJ GREANEY Southeast Missourian After 22 years on campus, the Southeast Missouri State University Methodist Ministry will close its doors at the end of the semester faced with an uncertain future. In March, Missouri Methodist leaders voted overwhelmingly to abandon the use of campus ministries as the primary method to connect with students. Leaders cited low attendance and a desire to integrate students into established congregations...
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Leadership Cape presents proposals
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
Ideas generated through the Leadership Cape Program have resulted in the creation of a community calendar, a skateboard park and a volunteer center in Cape Girardeau. Other visions are still on the drawing board, like Tim Arbeiter's group proposal from a few years back to create a riverfront amphitheater...
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Live My Little Pony show enthralls children at Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
If a My Little Pony Live! show had rolled through the Show Me Center 20 years ago, Lisa Ham of Scott City probably would have been there. Ham has a love of My Little Pony cultivated through two generations, starting with her daughter Jessica and continuing with her 6-year-old granddaughter Diamond...
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Redhawks take OVC title quest to EKU
(College Sports ~ 05/05/07)
It has been several years since Southeast Missouri State entered the late stages of the regular season in the hunt for an Ohio Valley Conference championship. But that's exactly where the Redhawks find themselves with three OVC series remaining, including this weekend's matchup at Eastern Kentucky...
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Redhawks teams occupy second place
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/07)
Southeast Missouri State's men's and women's track teams sit in second place behind host Eastern Illinois after the first day of the Ohio Valley Conference outdoor track and field championship. The Redhawks men are close on the Panthers' heels, trailing by only seven points after Friday's action. Southeast's women are well behind Eastern Illinois, trailing by 34 points. The championship will conclude today...
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Jackson girls claim SEMO North track title
(High School Sports ~ 05/05/07)
Jackson sophomore sprinter Adam Zweigart ran for the first time this season using the starting blocks in the open 400 on Friday at the SEMO North Conference meet at Jackson. Zweigart may want to stick with that approach after he set the school record with a conference-winning time of 50.06 seconds. That time would have been fast enough last year at the state meet for an all-state finish...
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Celebs beware: Multimedia gaffes make for embarrassing publicity
(Entertainment ~ 05/05/07)
NEW YORK -- It's hard out there for a celebrity. Just ask Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff, two more examples of famous guys caught doing really, really embarrassing things. Both actors -- divorced dads of a certain age -- were publicly humiliated by leaked tapes of them behaving badly...
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Briefly
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
Red House to hold 'Kids Club' today The Red House Interpretive Center will hold "Kids Club," one of four available sessions at 10 a.m. today. Events planned until 4 p.m. include historical crafts, games, clothing, quilting and handwork, face painting and a discovery trunk display from the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Campus...
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'Going Public' to feature American West, Kennedy historians
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
A leading scholar on the American West, Dr. John Mack Faragher, and Kenn Thomas, an expert on the John F. Kennedy assassination, will be featured Sunday on the "Going Public" radio show. Faragher directs Yale University's Howard R. Lamar Center which focuses on American frontier history. Thomas is an archivist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and author of several books dealing with the assassination of President Kennedy...
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PMac program raises funds for Sahara Aldridge
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
Southeast Missourian PMac Music in Cape Gir-ardeau has started a new program in its continuing efforts to raise funds for Cape Girar-deau girl Sahara Aldridge, a 12-year-old battling brain stem cancer. In May and June, customers with orange "Hope for Hoops" bracelets can save $1 on each CD and DVD purchased. ...
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Not much of a spring thaw for chilly U.S., Iranian relations
(International News ~ 05/05/07)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- If this was supposed to be the spring thaw in the chilly relationship between Iran and the United States, it was a short season. The top diplomats from both nations circled one another for two days during the Expanded Ministerial Conference for the Neighbors of Iraq, but passed up what would have been the first high-level face-to-face talks since the United States broke off relations over the 1979 Iran hostage crisis...
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Brazil-AIDS Drug, 1st Ld-Wr
(International News ~ 05/05/07)
Brazil bypasses patent on Merck's AIDS drug BRASILIA, Brazil -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took steps Friday to let Brazil buy or produce an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co. despite the U.S. drug company's patent. ...
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Church briefs-calendar 5-5
(Community ~ 05/05/07)
Briefly Gospel concert at Cape Community Church Jonathan Martin, nationally known gospel singer, and the duo Ponder and Sykes will be in concert from 6 to 9 p.m. May 19 on the church lawn, 2222 Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau. Martin has appeared at Carnegie Hall, The White House and on the 700 Club, along with the Gaither Homecoming Series. ...
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Need a break? Try prayer
(Column ~ 05/05/07)
It has been argued that NASCAR is America's fastest-growing sport. Some of the best automobile designers and mechanics in the world labor to fashion and maintain cars that will go as fast as possible without extinguishing their drivers. Given the incredible speeds and the proximity to competitors, the fact that more drivers aren't killed or maimed is a mild surprise...
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With spring here, it's a good time to start preparing for a change
(Community ~ 05/05/07)
Spring is a wonderful season that seems to sneak up on us. We brood in the dark, dreary and depressing days of February and March -- then all of a sudden it's spring. Spring brings the gift of more sun, longer walks in the park with the one you love, picnics and ants...
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Remember the '30s
(Column ~ 05/05/07)
The soil is the one indestructible, immutable asset that the nation possesses. It is the one resource that cannot be exhausted. -- Federal Bureau of Soils, 1878 Seventy-five years ago, America's southern plains were learning otherwise. Today, amid warnings of environmental apocalypse, it is well to recall the real thing. It is a story about the unintended consequences of technological progress and of government policies. Above all, it is an epic of human endurance...
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Rules of engagement
(Column ~ 05/05/07)
The March 23 Iranian capture of 15 British Royal Navy sailors should raise a number of questions. The sailors were part of the crew of HMS Cornwall, a state-of-the-art frigate bristling with high-tech surveillance devices and advanced weaponry. The sailors, dispatched in small boats, were boarding and inspecting merchant vessels in Iraqi waters for contraband...
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U.S. raids targeting Iranian-made weapons
(International News ~ 05/05/07)
BAGHDAD -- U.S.-led forces Friday arrested suspected Shiite militants accused of smuggling powerful bomb components from Iran, and clashes between Shiite factions broke out in two major cities. The United States announced the deaths of five American soldiers -- three of them in bombings...
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Haitian Boat Capsizes, 3rd
(International News ~ 05/05/07)
Boat carrying Haitians capsizes; 16 dead SOUTH DOCK, Turks and Caicos Islands -- A boat loaded with Haitians capsized early Friday, and 16 bodies have been found, some partially eaten by sharks. Hours after the sailing vessel overturned in moonlit waters a half-mile from shore, rescuers had recovered more than a dozen bodies and were searching for about 60 missing people. ...
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Speak Out 5/5/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/05/07)
Save the deer; Withdrawal support; Saving energy; Parking-lot hazard; Economic pillar; Pet decisions; Affordable goods; War risks; Not listening; How many lives?; Just like Broadway; Grumpy and rude; Time to move on; Sahara's story; Who pays?; Coveted jobs; Senseless tragedies
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Police report 5/5/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/07)
DWI; DWIs
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Fire report 5/5/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/07)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: n At 6:21 p.m., fire alarm at 1025 N. Sprigg St. n at 6:35 p.m., fire alarm at 1000 Towers Circle. n At 7:29 p.m., a carbon monoxide alarm in the 900 block of South Sprigg Street. n At 9 p.m., emergency medical service in the 900 block of Hackberry Street...
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Richie McClain
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
KELSO, Mo. -- Richard Marion "Richie" McClain, 52, of Kelso died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at his home. He was born June 11, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, son of Milburn E. "Red" and Armella Scherer McClain. He and Elizabeth Ann Shearer were married Feb. 26, 2000, at Kelso...
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Bobby Tolbert
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
Bobby E. Tolbert, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 4, 2007, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Aug. 21, 1933, at Randles, son of William Everett and Lula Mae Moore Tolbert. He and Mary Jo Morrison were married Nov. 7, 1964, in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Tolbert served in the U.S. Army from July 1, 1953, to May 11, 1955, and in the U.S. Air Force from Dec. 22, 1959, to Dec. 21, 1962...
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Harry Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
Harry Dale Seabaugh, 61, of Troy, Mo., died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at the home of a daughter. The son of Joel Cornelius and Clara Marjory Collins Seabaugh, he was born Aug. 21, 1945, in Chaffee, Mo. On Oct. 22, 1966, in St. Louis, he married Dorothea Hagan. They later divorced...
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Lucy Conley
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
Lucy Evelyn Riehn Conley, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 4, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 21, 1916, in Laflin, Mo., daughter of George William and Carrie Josephine Clippard Riehn. She and William Melvin Conley were married Sept. 20, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. He died in 1982...
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Father of accused shooter sentenced to federal prison
(State News ~ 05/05/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man whose son is charged with firing an assault rifle at his middle school was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison, the U.S. attorney's office said. Greg Lynn White of Joplin pleaded guilty in December to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities say he was found to have several guns and ammunition, including the rifle his son is accused of firing at Memorial Middle School in Joplin in October...
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Airmen honor Europeans who helped them evade capture
(State News ~ 05/05/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Milan Buros still has their flight jackets, but can no longer remember the names of four U.S. airmen he led to safety in the forests of his native Slovakia in 1944. Nor can he recall how many Jews he saved along similar escape routes. But the big picture is still clear, the 82-year-old said, his ice-blue eyes dancing at the memory...
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Police: Junior high student stabbed repeatedly by another teen on school bus
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
STEELE, Mo. -- A teenager boarded a school bus with a hunting knife and stabbed another student more than a dozen times before bystanders could pull him away, police and the victim said. John Moore, 14, was in good condition Friday, two days after the attack. The suspect, also 14, was put in juvenile custody. No motive has been determined...
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Reports say Microsoft seeks possible buyout talks with Yahoo
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
NEW YORK -- Speculation about a possible Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up met with skepticism Friday from analysts who believe services from the two companies have too much in common. Yahoo shares surged 12 percent in mid-afternoon trading following published reports Friday that Microsoft Corp. is resuming its pursuit of Yahoo Inc. in an attempt to better compete with Web search and advertising leader Google Inc...
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Investors surprised by West Texas land buy
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
DELL CITY, Texas -- Maxine Bryant received an ad in her mailbox last year for undeveloped land in West Texas and bought, sight unseen, 20 acres of sorry-looking desert in the middle of nowhere. The Florida woman said the real estate company, Florida Top Land, told her that a Home Depot was coming to the nearby town of Dell City and that the airport -- if that's what you can call a gravel strip along a farm field -- would soon be improved...
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Police in Tennessee arrest suspected robbers dressed as former U.S. presidents
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Usually bank robbers just wear a mask. But police say two robbers dressed as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon last month in two heists in Bowling Green, Ky. William R. Hendrick, 57, and Richard Parrott, 58, were arrested Wednesday in Nashville. The pair, who both were convicted of bank robbery in Florida in the 1980s, face federal armed bank robbery charges...
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Misplaced body was buried under another man's name, Mass. officials say
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
BOSTON -- A body that was misplaced by the state medical examiner's office was buried under the name of another man, and the individual originally believed to have been buried was still in the office, officials said Friday. When the body in the office was discovered, state police dug up the grave and found Thomas E. Brissette, whose body had been missing, the state Executive Office of Public Safety said...
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L.A. mayor to cut short trip to deal with rally fallout
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa cut short a trade mission to Mexico to deal with fallout from the police department's use of batons and more than 200 rounds of rubber bullets to clear out a park where immigration rights activists were rallying...
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Six-legged calf romps happily on Neb. farm
(National News ~ 05/05/07)
LITCHFIELD, Neb. -- A days-old Black Angus calf romps about a central Nebraska farm just like any other -- only this one romps with six legs. "He's a real freak," said Brian Slocum, who said the calf was born Sunday to one of his cows. "I've never seen anything like this before."...
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Edith Woodfin
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Edith Woodfin, 92, of Marble Hill died Friday, May 4, 2007, at the Elder Care of Marble Hill. She was born Aug. 30, 1914, at Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Marvin Wesley and Lou Della Francis Eaker. She and Louis Woodfin were married April 16, 1938, at Bloomfield, Mo...
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Cora Goddard
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
ANNA, Ill. -- Cora Goddard, 98, of Arlington Heights, Ill., died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Lexington Nursing Home in Schaumburg, Ill. She was born April 5, 1909, in Union County, Ill., daughter of William Walter and Anna Belle Johnson Hubbs. She and Joseph Andrew "Joe" Goddard were married Nov. 25, 1926. He died Oct. 6, 1976...
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Charles Clary
(Obituary ~ 05/05/07)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Charles Edward Clary, 68, of Bloomfield died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo. He was born March 14, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, son of Titus and Florence Allen Clary. He and Mandy Hurley were married Aug. 20, 1984, at Kennett, Mo...
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Out of the past 5/5/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/05/07)
Unlike the April election, yesterday's vote to elect two Delta school board members went smoothly; elected to the school board were declared write-in candidates Jimmy Parks and Keith Cook. Amendment 1, Missouri's $600 million bond issue proposition, which will go before voters next month, has been endorsed by the board of directors of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...
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Israel-Palestinians, 4th Ld
(International News ~ 05/05/07)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was under growing pressure from the Israeli public to resign over his handling of the Lebanon war last summer. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, meanwhile, told his Fatah Party after a return from Europe that he has made no progress toward lifting an international embargo of the Palestinian unity government, which includes the Islamic militant Hamas. ...
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Securing downtown
(Editorial ~ 05/05/07)
Some merchants in downtown Cape Girardeau are complaining about the petty vandalism that occurs as the nightclubs and pool halls are closing. Surveillance cameras and foot patrols are two of the suggestions for improving security downtown. Sikeston has installed 32 cameras, and Mayor Mike Marshall credits them with solving and deterring crimes...
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Wall of Fame dedication delayed
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
Sidewalk displays interpreting the images on the Missouri Wall of Fame floodwall mural will be in place in early July, but a dedication ceremony for the project won't happen until next fall, a project organizer said Friday. River Heritage Mural Association president Tim Blattner said the original plan to dedicate the mural project this spring with an official ceremony will have to wait because acquiring sponsorships for some images on the mural has been slower than originally expected. ...
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Christian group helps people in need make a change
(Community ~ 05/05/07)
Christians in the Cape Girardeau-Jackson area have an opportunity to make a change in people's lives through Love INC (In the Name of Christ). Love INC began in 1977 in Holland, Mich. Currently, 130 local church networks in 30 states make up the organization. Nationally more than 8,000 congregations participate. It is truly ecumenical. It brings different denominations, races and all walks of life together in service...
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Assignment: Iraq
(Community ~ 05/05/07)
A Marine goes back to Ramadi In an asap exclusive, Rory Quinn answers your questions from his unique position in Iraq -- as a Marine. CHELSEA J. CARTER introduces the major. Rory Quinn is in Iraq. Again. His view is the view of one man on the ground in a country at war. His story is a story of life and work in a far-flung land that seems all too familiar and at the same time is utterly foreign...
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Rotary's Soap Box derby rolls down Sprigg Street today
(Local News ~ 05/05/07)
It can be a bonding experience in more than one way. This morning, 31 racers ages 8 to 17 will roll down a hill in Cape Girardeau in miniature carts they built themselves. The winners in two divisions -- stock and super stock --will move on to the national Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio...
- Scott County struggling to find funds for enhanced 911 system (Local News ~ 05/06/07)
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Group collects signatures for Ellis
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
The group gathered Sunday at the pavilion at Capaha Park said they came because they refuse to give up on the man who didn't give up on their sons and daughters. A steady stream of children and parents took time today to show support for fired Cape Girardeau Central Middle School principal Frank Ellis...
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McCaskill to speak to Delta high graduates
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will make a speech to the graduating class at Delta High School, her first visit to Southeast Missouri since taking office. McCaskill, a Democrat, won a narrow victory over Republican Jim Talent in November. Friend and supporter Ernie Brown of Delta requested that she give the commencement address to the 19 graduating seniors on Saturday...
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Reserve fund limits city's options
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
Cape Girardeau has more than $6 million in the bank set aside for a rainy day. But the Emergency Reserve Fund, which is required by city charter, is costing the city in other areas. "It's not a bad thing, it's just a big sum of money to maintain and keep fully funded," said city manager Doug Leslie...
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Fort D Days provide living history lesson
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
The air was heavy with smoke and the smell of gunpowder from firing cannons and rifles. "Powder monkey" Zach Stagner, 11, of Cape Girardeau delivered the charge in his leather pouch for approval by the gunner on command. Dressed in uniform, he said he is particularly interested in the Civil War because two of his great-great-great-grandfathers fought in it, one on each side of the conflict...
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Benders celebrate 65 years
(Anniversary ~ 05/06/07)
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Bender of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. Bender and Mary Jo Yope were married April 4, 1942, at Trinity Lutheran Church. They have three children, Timothy J. Bender of Cape Girardeau, Nancy Richards of Valrico, Fla., and the late Stephen D. Bender of Memphis, Tenn. They also have six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren...
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Stahlys are married 65 years
(Anniversary ~ 05/06/07)
Lory and Lillian Stahly of Cape Girardeau observed their 65th wedding anniversary May 3, 2007. They were married May 3, 1942, at the home of her parents, Sam and Lillian Zimmerman, in Carlock, Ill. Their attendants were Ida Zimmerman, sister of the bride, and Maurice Stahly, brother of the groom...
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Williams-Jordan
(Engagement ~ 05/06/07)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Pete and Jeannie Williams of Morley announce the engagement of their daughter, Tracy Lynn Williams, to Dickie Jordan. He is the son of Leona Woods of East Prairie, Mo. Williams is a specialist with Rural Development in Mississippi and New Madrid counties...
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Shoulders-Shuffler
(Engagement ~ 05/06/07)
Roger Shoulders and Annette Shoulders of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Renee Shoulders, to Joe Shuffler. He is the son of Gene and April Shuffler of Washington, Mo. Shoulders is a 2001 graduate of Central High School. She is a communicator with the city of Cape Girardeau...
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Andrews-Joy
(Engagement ~ 05/06/07)
Kenneth and Lori Andrews of Hopkinsville, Ky., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristi Lynn Andrews, to Thomas Edward Joy. He is the son of Jerry and Laura Joy of Jackson. Andrews received a degree in social work from Southeast Missouri State University in 2004. She is Job Corps admissions counselor for Western Kentucky...
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Becker-Daugherty
(Engagement ~ 05/06/07)
Gary and Christine Becker of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Anne Becker, to Robert Michael Daugherty. He is the son of Robert and Ruth Daugherty of Frohna, Mo. Becker is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor of science in 2004 and a master of physical therapy in 2005, both from Maryville University in St. Louis. She is a home health physical therapist at the Lutheran Home...
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Rice-Heuring
(Engagement ~ 05/06/07)
Dorothy Phillips of Fisk, Mo., announces the engagement of her daughter, Vickie Sue Rice, to Richard Lynn Heuring. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Heuring of Scott City. Rice is also the daughter of the late Paul Rice. Rice received an associate degree in medical laboratory technology from Three Rivers Community College in 1988. She is a lab technologist at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington, Mo...
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Out of the past 5/6/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/06/07)
Cape Girardeau County has received more than $605,000 in sales tax revenue the first four months of this year, amounting to an overall 4.38 percent increase over the same period last year. Dejan Kocefski, the 7-year-old Cape Girardeau boy who was hospitalized since being found abandoned in his burning home April 13, has been released from Southeast Missouri Hospital and placed into a foster care home...
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Scannell-Brune
(Wedding ~ 05/06/07)
Emily Scannell and Bobby Brune were united in marriage Nov. 25, 2006, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Belleville, Ill. Monsignor Jim Buerster performed the ceremony. Pianist was Brad Behrmann, trumpeter was Cassie Behrmann, violinist was Anne Vewig, and vocalists were Brad Behrmann and Megan Higgins, all of Belleville...
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Sanders-Ross
(Wedding ~ 05/06/07)
Julie Ellen Sanders and Lee Rayburn Ross exchanged vows April 21, 2007, at South Van Buren General Baptist Church in Van Buren, Mo. Lennis Murray performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Lindell and Mary Sanders of Van Buren. The groom is the son of Meryl and Tommy Allgood of Kennett, Mo., and Richard and Vicki Ross of Poplar Bluff, Mo...
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Moll-Maurer
(Wedding ~ 05/06/07)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ashley Nicole Moll and Jonathan Paul Maurer were married April 21, 2007, at the home of her parents. The Rev. Ray Greenlee performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Cheryl Moll of Advance. The groom is the son of Steve Maurer of Murphysboro, Ill...
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Honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 05/06/07)
Central Middle School Third Quarter A Honor roll 6th Grade -- Tyler Anderson, Sarah Barnes, Erin Bittle, Lance Brannock, Allyson Busch, Jessica Coomer, Marissa Copeland, Lucas Counts, Caleb DeLoach, Mallory Dickson, Megan Dienstbach, Hunter Dockins, Gabby Durham, Morghan Edwards, Eric Evans, Riley Ferguson, Tristan Frayser, Karla Gonzalez, Elizabeth Greable, Brandy Guinter, Christian Hampton, Claire Herbst, Benjamin Hinton, Kennadi Jackson, Jacy Keller, Cali Knepp, Chelsea Larson, Chleo LeGrand, Billy Leighton, Hannah Litwicki, Ryan, Lyle, Kaylen Martin, Jeffery Mathson, Garrett McMillian, Alexys Meyer, Josh Moore, DJ Moore, MaKayla Newman, Luke Phillips, Bonnie Pickel, Jenny Powell, Gordon Powers, Shelby Ray, Caroline Retter, Rene Reyes, Sam Rhodes, Taylor Rinda, Megan Sample, Nicholas Smentkowski, Chelsea Vinson, Laura Waggener, Ryan Watts, Emily Weisenberger, Geneitrious White, Katie Williams, Layne Wilson. ...
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'Take a seat - again'
(Community ~ 05/06/07)
STE. GENVIEVE, Mo. -- In the center of town, thousands of bodies are buried below crumbling headstones that are barely legible. History in the Memorial Cemetery dates back to the late 1700s, when it served as the primary graveyard for the Ste. Genevieve community. According to early church records, buried in the cemetery are more than 50 Native Americans, slaves, dozens of victims from a steamboat explosion on the Mississippi River and prominent figures from Ste. Genevieve's past...
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Speak Out 5/6/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/06/07)
Truly discouraging; Mankind's vanity; Humane treatment; Sharing the road; Best government; City surveillance; Let government pay; Teach a lesson; Come to a stop
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Controlled growth
(Editorial ~ 05/06/07)
With construction of a new I-55 interchange between Cape Girardeau and Jackson underway, both cities are looking at future development near the interchange. The Jackson Board of Aldermen is looking at land-use policies along East Main Street. The Cape Girardeau City Council is looking at annexation and controlled development on the east side of the interchange...
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Bill's aim is to protect all students
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:It's reassuring to know the Emily Brooker Intellectual Diversity Act is receiving such attention these days. As a Southeast Missouri State University political science student, it's nice to know that professors who inappropriately preach their opinions can no longer get away with it. On the SEMO campus liberal professors routinely attack conservatives because they can...
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Bill would restrict freedoms
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:This subscriber was astonished and appalled at the substance of the article by Mark Bliss on legislation (House Bill 213) being pushed by a couple of Cape Girardeau legislators to restrict freedom of speech and academic freedom of college professors...
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Awareness for neurofibromatosis
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:May is NF Awareness Month. NF stands for neurofibromatosis, which encompasses a set of distinct genetic disorders that cause tumors to grow along various types of nerves and, in addition, can affect the development of non-nervous tissues such as bones and skin. Neurofibromatosis can cause tumors to grow anywhere on or in the body. There are three different types of NF. The manifestations of the disorder widely vary...
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Bill's purpose is to protect students
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:I would like respond to several recently published articles which misrepresent House bill 213. Sources quoted in the articles claim that HB 213 is bad legislation and poor governance, claiming that HB 213 creates a situation where the state will be given power equal to that enjoyed by the leaders of the Salem witch hunt, Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin. ...
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Psychiatric drug unsafe, ineffective
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:I cannot believe the lengths to which the psycho-pharmaceutical cartel will go in order to line their pockets with blood money (April 18 AP story on benefits versus risks for children on anti-depressants). I was dismayed to see the misinformation carried in the Missourian just prior to the most recent and most deadly school shooting tragedy. ...
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Survivor remembers 1966 bus crash
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:I have read with interest and anger in regard to the safety issues with Jackson School District's bus drivers that have obviously been acceptable for some time. People have a short memory and learn nothing from tragedy. Slow down and smell the roses while you and those entrusted to your care are still above ground. I no longer live in Jackson, but I did survive the deadly Jackson school bus wreck of Nov. 14, 1966. I remember...
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Youths need to be able to work
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:I would love to know why Cape Girardeau is so intent on finding employment for former criminals when there is an abundance of youths who have committed no crimes. My 14-year-old son has his working papers, but with all the restrictions on what he can do, his prospects are limited. He doesn't have to work, but I encourage his enthusiasm and do whatever I can to help. But when he asks why former criminals get first priority, I can't answer...
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Boy Scouting sets high standards
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:Not enough credit, praise or honor could ever be given to the Boy Scouts. Don't forget that. Our nation is indeed honored and blessed in having such a worthy and rewarding organization that continues to build fine citizens and is fundamental in so many ways...
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Hello, neighbor, this belongs to you
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:There is a neighbor who turns his dog out after dark to run and poop in other neighbors' yards. If I knew which dog is using my yard, I would do what my Kansas friend did. He picked up the poop and took it to the door of the dog's owner and said, "I don't want this, so I have brought it home." Needless to say, the neighbor put up a fence, and nothing more was ever said...
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Visitors enjoyed historic treasures
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:Abby Weiss, 9 years old, let out a youngster squeal when told she had won the goody basket drawing at Cape River Heritage Museum. She had told her parents that particular basket had a few items she really would like. Fate works in wondrous ways...
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HS works to reunite pets, owners
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:The writer of a letter in Tuesday's edition suggested that the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri often fails to contact the owner of an animal brought to its shelter, even if the animal has an American Veterinary Identification Devices microchip. This is not so...
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Keep Civil War history in context
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/07)
To the editor:While it is always good to preserve sites of historical significance, it is important that history be kept in its proper context. Unfortunately, the promoters of the Fort D Days celebration in Cape Girardeau have chosen not to do so. In May 1 Southeast Missourian, Scott House was quoted as saying that the fort was a "backwater post" where families would regularly come to visit the troops. ...
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Southeast men finish second
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Southeast Missouri State could not defend its men's and women's Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday as host Eastern Illinois swept the titles. The Redhawks men finished a distant second with 176, 70 points shy of the Panthers. Southeast's women were third, finishing right behind Tennessee State and 92 points behind Eastern Illinois...
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Rain forces Redhawks to play a pair today
(College Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Rained spoiled the Southeast Missouri State baseball team's Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday. The Redhawks and Colonels were tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when the game was halted by rain. It was finally canceled almost two hours later...
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New playoff format cheats district winners
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Whatever problems the Missouri State High School Association has that need to be addressed, the high school football playoff system wasn't one of them. Nonetheless, the membership voted in the annual spring ballot to double the number of teams that will qualify for postseason play by allowing district runners-up into the playoffs...
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Fan Speak 5/6/07
(Other Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Wrong message; Goalstopper; Sunday's funny pages; Glorifying beer
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Cubs' Bogan, Brandtner top all-conference
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Bell City senior Will Bogan and Cubs boys basketball coach Brian Brandtner were named player of the year and coach of the year, respectively, in the recently released all-Stoddard County Activities Association all-conference team. The Cubs won the regular season and tournament titles in the Stoddard County Activities Association. Bell City finished runner-up in Class 1 for the second straight year after falling to Jefferson in the Class 1 state championship game...
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Two freshmen combine to win five events at districts
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Kelly freshman Londyn Backfish set personal records in four events en route to four district titles at the Class 2 District 1 track meet Saturday at Jackson. Backfish picked up sectional berths in the 100, 200, 400 and high jump with her four wins. The top four in each event advance to the sectional round. The sectional will be at Principia on May 12...
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Fan Speak 5/6/07
(Other Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Setting the record straight; To the editor:; ROBERT KERN
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First-timers rule the course
(Community Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Rookies ruled the day Saturday in the eighth annual Soap Box Derby in Cape Girardeau. Elwood Voss, a 10-year-old from Cape Girardeau, won the Super Stock division, while 9-year-old Jordan Little of Jackson coasted to the the Stock division title. The two young drivers qualified to race July 21 at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. Race day caps a week of festivities for the derby, which this year will celebrate its 70th running...
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Saxony Lutheran boys finish second
(High School Sports ~ 05/06/07)
Saxony Lutheran could not compete with Valle Catholic's field events and had to settle for second in the Class 1 District 1 boys track and field meet Saturday at the Missouri School for the Deaf in Fulton, Mo. The Crusaders picked up three individual wins from senior Brandon Etzold in the 400, 800 and 1,600 meters. Etzold also helped the Crusaders win the 1,600 relay. Saxony also won the 800 relay and finished second in the 3,200 relay...
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Simpsons headed to Universal theme parks in new special effects ride
(Community ~ 05/06/07)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Homer, Bart and the rest of the TV Simpson family are headed to the amusement park. Universal Studios will feature the cartoon characters in a new ride set to open at its two parks in Orlando and Hollywood, Calif., in the spring of 2008, the parks announced...
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House, Senate Democrats approaching deal on budget
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
WASHINGTON -- Democratic budget writers are closing in on a compromise $2.9 trillion blueprint with big spending increases for military and domestic programs and a balanced federal ledger promised in five years. The Democratic chairmen of the House and Senate Budget committees have been negotiating for weeks in anticipation of a mid-May deadline. They have wrestled over tax cuts, spending levels and how to rewrite college aid programs later this year...
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American fugitive lived openly in China, visited by wife
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
SUZHOU, China -- An American fugitive accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse on the Internet lived openly in China, even enjoying visits from his new wife and registering at a local fitness club under his own name. U.S. court documents show that Kenneth John Freeman's wife, Maleka May, visited him in China more than once during his time as a fugitive. ...
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Kenya Airways flight crashes in Cameroon
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- A Kenya Airways jet that took off during a midnight storm crashed early Saturday with 114 on board after sending out a distress signal over remote southern Cameroon, officials said. Nearby villagers reported hearing an explosion and seeing a flash of fire...
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Hindenburg survivors recall giant airship's end in flames
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
LAKEHURST, N.J. -- At 87, Robert Buchanan says he sometimes has trouble remembering what he did 10 minutes ago. But he can recall in vivid detail the day 70 years ago when he watched the luxurious airship Hindenburg erupt into a fireball. Flames roared across the surface of the mighty German dirigible only 100 or so feet above him, singeing his hair as he ran for his life...
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No decision yet on fate of Virginia Tech building where students were killed
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Like the people of New York, Oklahoma City and Littleton, Colo., the Virginia Tech community faces a difficult decision on what it will do with the scene of a tragedy. The classrooms and hallways of the school's Norris Hall were littered with the bodies of 25 students and five professors April 16, plus the body of gunman Seung-Hui Cho...
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Al-Qaida targets Sunnis working with Shiites
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
BAGHDAD -- Al-Qaida in Iraq branded the country's Sunni vice president a "criminal" for participating in the U.S.-backed government, and a suicide bomber Saturday struck army recruits west of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people in another warning to Sunnis not to cooperate with the Shiite leadership...
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In Peruvian markets, it's not easy being green
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
LIMA, Peru -- Carmen Gonzalez plucks one of the 50 frogs from the aquarium at her bus stop restaurant, bangs it against tiles to kill it and then makes two incisions along its belly and peels off the skin as if husking corn. She's preparing frog juice, a beverage revered by some Andean cultures for having the power to cure asthma, bronchitis, sluggishness and a low sex drive. A drink of so-called "Peruvian Viagra" sells for about 90 cents...
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Tips on keeping friends - and making new ones - after you get hitched
(Community ~ 05/06/07)
You've heard it said: Never let a hot date come between you and your friends. And it's not bad advice, per se. But there comes a point -- usually somewhere around the exchanging of vows -- when that aphorism stops being applicable. When you get married, you aren't just gaining a spouse; you're getting all their current and future friends, too. ...
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Closing one door, opening another
(Column ~ 05/06/07)
One of the major players in what came to be known as the Religious Right in the 1980s has shut its doors. The Center for Reclaiming America, based in Fort Lauderdale, part of Dr. D. James Kennedy's Coral Ridge Ministries, has decided to close. It will also shut its Washington, D.C., office known as the Center for Christian Statesmanship...
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Siblings' personalities stump parent
(Column ~ 05/06/07)
Dear Dr. Dobson: I have two children who are as different as night and day. One is a spitfire and the other is a sweetheart. I am interested in knowing more about what this means for them long-term. Beyond everyday issues of relating within a family, what can you tell me about these children?...
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I don't (heart) Huckabee
(Column ~ 05/06/07)
Once in every century, a serious presidential candidate emerges from darkest Arkansas, where I live: Bill Clinton in the 20th century, former Gov. Mike Huckabee in the 21st. Although Huckabee seems a likelier vice-presidential pick if Republicans nominate a Yankee, he's getting favorable national press...
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Canadian Mint introduces world's heaviest coin
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
OTTAWA -- Got change for a million? Canada does: the world's biggest pure gold coin at 220 pounds. Already, three buyers have shelled out for one of the 1 million Canadian dollar coins introduced last week. The Royal Canadian mint made the coins -- 20 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick -- mostly to seize the bragging rights from Austria, which had the record with a 70-pound, 15-inch wide coin...
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Briefly
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
Thirty-six bodies found after Haitian boat sinks SOUTH DOCK, Turks and Caicos Islands -- Authorities searched the turquoise waters surrounding this British territory Saturday for some 40 Haitian migrants missing after their boat sank. The bodies of 36 people have been recovered. ...
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Presidential candidates clearly split left-right
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
PARIS -- France's presidential election today is a ground-breaker -- a choice between an immigrant's son and an army officer's daughter, each offering a radically different vision of how to put a dispirited nation back on track. Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal are both mavericks who changed the rules of French politics and energized an electorate hungry for change. Their rise marks a generational shift, because whoever wins will be the nation's first president born after World War II...
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German leader meets with leftist terrorist to decide on clemency plea
(International News ~ 05/06/07)
BERLIN -- The German president has met with a convicted leftist terrorist leader to decide whether to grant him clemency, his spokesman said Saturday, angering conservative lawmakers who want no mercy for those who showed their victims none. Christian Klar's clemency plea has provoked an emotional debate across Germany. ...
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Parents upset at class assignment focusing on same-sex marriage
(State News ~ 05/06/07)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Parents of some elementary school students are upset after their children were told to read a newspaper column supporting same-sex marriage for a class assignment. Fifth-graders at Derby Ridge Elementary School were asked to read the nationally syndicated column by Richard Cohen, then respond to it with their own editorial, said Jack Jensen, assistant superintendent of elementary education for Columbia Public Schools...
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Albert Unterreiner
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Albert Ray Unterreiner, 62, of Perryville died Friday, May 4, 2007 at home. He was born April 10, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., son of P.G. "Pete" and Irma Unterreiner. He and Sharon Kemna were married July 19, 1969, at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, Mo...
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Arthur Hahn
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
Arthur Joseph Hahn, 86, of Jackson, Mo. died Friday, May 4, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born March 31, 1921, in Kelso, Mo., son of Edward and Hermenia Compas Hahn. He and Maxine Hahn were married June 8, 1968 in Jackson, Mo. She died Jan. 30, 2006...
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Leo Horrell
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
GLENNON, Mo. -- Leo Francis Horrell, 87, of Glennon, Mo. died Friday, May 4, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girar-deau, Mo. He was born Jan. 4, 1920 at Drum, Mo., son of Dennis Vincent and Caroline Elizabeth Laurentius Horrell. He and Anna Marie Wubker were married March 20, 1944. She died May 9, 2004...
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Donald Magwitz
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
Donald G. Magwitz, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 21, 1933, in Perryville, Mo., son of Runold W. and Cleatus M. Abernathy Magwitz. He and Donna J. Kurre were married June 13, 1965, in Cape Girar-deau...
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Cliff Tisby
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
Cliff Tisby, 49, of Cape Girar-deau died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at Heartland Care Rehab. He was born Sept. 29, 1957, in Detroit, Mich., son of Bonner and Cinda Brooks Tisby. He and Kimberly Brown were married Feb. 3, 1998, in Cairo, Ill. He was a former cook at Hardee's...
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Carol Webb
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Carol S. "Susie" Webb, 63, of Paducah, Ky., died Friday, May 5, 2007 at Lourdes Hospital. She was the daughter of Stonewall and Rua Darby Waddle. She and Kenneth Webb were married. Webb was affiliated with the Macedonia Baptist Church, Metropolis, Ill...
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Herbert Schlegel
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
Herbert Schlegel, 88, of Jackson died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Chateau Nursing Center. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Robbers glue victim to exercise bike
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
A gang of armed robbers forced a man to strip naked and then glued him to his exercise bike and sealed his lips with more glue while they ransacked his house, according to a published report. Kobus van Deventer, 50, was left stuck to the bike with super-strong glue for three hours until he was rescued by his girlfriend, the South African Press Association reported...
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Huewliott Shaw
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Huewliott Richard (H.R.) Shaw, 78, of Grassy Mo., died Friday, May 4, 2007, at his home. He was born Aug. 18, 1928, in Wynne, Ark., son of Reve R.E. and Nona Shaw. He and Betty Masters were married Dec. 18, 1998, at Bernie, Mo. Huewliott was employed at Frisco and Burlington Northern Railroad for more than 40 years. ...
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Glenn Whitledge
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
Glenn Alfred Whitledge, 88, of Jackson died Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Jackson Manor in Jackson. He was born Sept. 16, 1918, on the family farm near Pocahontas, son of Lloyd Leslie and Flora Belle Booth Whitledge. He and Wilma R. McDowell Whitledge were married Sept. 1937...
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Herman Hebenstreit
(Obituary ~ 05/06/07)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Herman J. Hebenstreit, 70, of Advance, Mo., died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the Advance Nursing Home. He was born Oct. 16, 1936, at Benton, Mo., son of Ben and Alma Scherer Hebenstreit. He and Dorothy Winchester were married July 11, 1969, at Advance...
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Oddly enough
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
Orange-haired suspect arrested at salon BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio -- Where is an orange-haired bank robbery suspect most likely to hang out? The salon, of course. That's where police found Mark Dennis, who was wanted in a Tuesday robbery in Scranton, Pa. ...
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Crossover accidents drop after cables installed
(State News ~ 05/06/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Fatalities from vehicles crossing into oncoming traffic on Missouri interstates have dropped dramatically since the state began installing three-wire cables on highway medians. State officials say crossover fatalities on Missouri interstates dropped 52 percent since the state began installing the cables in 2005. The state averaged 48 interstate crossover deaths each year from 2002 to 2005, but that dropped to 23 fatalities in 2006...
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Convict released on parole for rest of life
(State News ~ 05/06/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Shirley Lute on Friday took the last step on a winding legal road as she was released from a state prison in northern Missouri more than 25 years after she was convicted of helping kill the man she said had been abusing her. Lute, 76, was initially sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for at least 50 years. She was convicted of aiding her son in killing her husband, Melvin, who she claims physically tortured and mentally tormented her...
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Millionaire couple convicted of tax fraud
(State News ~ 05/06/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A couple with a reported income of more than $1 million have been convicted of tax fraud after taking advantage of benefits meant for working families. James E. Aldridge Jr., 51, and his wife, Shirley L. Aldridge, 49, were convicted Friday of five counts each of aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns between 2000 and 2004, the U.S. attorney's office said...
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Illinois class ring found in ocean off Mariana Islands
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
ALTON, Ill. -- When Jessica Spinks last saw her Alton High School class ring, she had been swimming off the South Pacific island of Saipan. The 2000 graduate figured when she lost the ring in the ocean that it was lost forever. Until Thursday, when Spinks, who now lives in England, got a long-distance telephone call from her mother...
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N. J. governor to resume work Monday
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will resume work Monday for the first time since being critically injured in a car crash last month, a spokesman said Saturday. Corzine was released from a hospital last Monday and has been rehabilitating at the governor's mansion in Princeton, where he's expected to work starting Monday until he has recovered enough to return to the statehouse, spokesman Anthony Coley said...
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Queen Elizabeth II attends Derby
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Queen Elizabeth II, an avid horse enthusiast, got her first look Saturday at Churchill Downs, a racing icon best known for its twin spires and hospitality on Derby Day when mint juleps flow and fancy hats are in fashion. The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived a little more than two hours before the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, and went immediately to a private suite. ...
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At least 9 dead after Kansas tornado
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
GREENSBURG, Kan. -- Rescuers raced Saturday through the wreckage from a giant tornado that killed at least eight people and left little standing in this southwest Kansas town beyond the local pub. City Administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,400 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble...
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Cities spend big money defending immigration-related ordinances
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- Cities across the United States are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves against lawsuits and other challenges to ordinances enacted to keep out illegal immigrants. Some are warning that these communities are risking financial disaster in their effort to curb illegal immigration...
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Last remains from crash of Dominican-bound Flight 581 are placed in crypts
(National News ~ 05/06/07)
NEW YORK -- The last unidentified remains of people killed in the 2001 crash of an American Airlines flight to the Dominican Republic have been placed in two crypts, officials said Saturday. The Nov. 12, 2001, crash killed 260 people on board and five people on the ground, rattling a city still shaken by the attacks on the World Trade Center just two months earlier...
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Mother and daughter team up to compete in Soap Box Derby
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
Bailey Kralemann's strategy was to take off her glasses, duck her head as low as possible and pump her body for extra momentum. Bailey and her mother, Robin, participated in the annual Cape Girardeau Rotary Club Soap Box Derby on North Sprigg Street for the first time on Saturday. They were one of 31 teams...
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Preventing breast cancer
(Local News ~ 05/06/07)
Megan Marchi isn't waiting for doctors to diagnose her with breast cancer. The 26-year-old Jackson woman will undergo surgery this summer to reduce her chances of the diagnosis by about 90 percent. Seven women in the past three generations of Marchi's maternal side of the family have been diagnosed with breast cancer and two men had prostate cancer...
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Gun incident reported on Southeast campus
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
A 21-year-old Southeast Missouri State University student from St. Louis was arrested by police after he threatened a female student with a shotgun outside the Towers residence hall complex Sunday. He was charged Monday with the class D felony of flourishing a shotgun in an angry or threatening manner. Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp set bond at $7,500, cash only.
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DNR, Nixon may work together on Taum Sauk
(State News ~ 05/07/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Officials with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources may be willing to put aside differences with Attorney General Jay Nixon and work with him toward a settlement with Ameren Corp. over the Taum Sauk disaster, DNR director Doyle Childers said Monday...
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Lawmaker wants to put Mo. Gov. Blunt's college plan on ballot
(State News ~ 05/07/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Democratic opponent of Gov. Matt Blunt's college building plan pledged Monday to try to put the measure to a statewide vote, if it passes the Legislature. Rep. Clint Zweifel, of St. Louis, has been one of the most outspoken critics of Blunt's plan to take $350 million from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to finance college building improvements around the state. He contends it would detract from the agency's mission of making low-cost student loans...
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Registration opens for Mo. virtual school
(State News ~ 05/07/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Registration opened Monday for students who want to enroll in a state-funded online school this fall. The state's virtual school program is expected to cover a few thousand students, with some taking a full load of classes and others only one or two courses...
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Property assessments almost finished, officials say
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Area property owners should begin receiving their new assessments soon, with notices in Scott County in the mail and notices from Cape Girardeau County due out next week. In Scott County, real estate values show a modest increase in value over the last two years, according to county assessor Teresa Houchin...
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Prosecutor charges three sorority members with hazing
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Three members of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority at Southeast Missouri State University students were charged Monday with assault and hazing for incidents alleged to have occurred in February. Darletta McKennis-Weems, 23, of Cape Girardeau of 522 N. Sprigg St., Ashley Moore, 22, of Dearmont residence hall, and Jessica Reynolds of 1710 N. Sprigg St., Apt. 608, each have been charged with one count of misdemeanor hazing and one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault...
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Hearing set on bill to regulate MSHSAA
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
A Missouri House committee will hold a hearing Tuesday in the state capitol on legislation that seeks to regulate the Missouri State High School Activities Association. The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, said she filed House Bill 1232 in an effort to rein in MSHSAA. She contends the organization is out of control and has unfairly punished both member schools and student athletes over the years...
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County struggles to fund 911
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County expects to transfer about $89,000 out of its general revenue this year to pay for its enhanced-911 call center. Next year that total could reach nearly $150,000, as reserve funds available for the call center have been entirely completed...
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Marquette Towers opens its doors
(Column ~ 05/07/07)
There's no longer a need to hold up traffic while checking for progress in the Marquette Towers, owners Pat and James Allen said. The doors are open. The Marquette Restaurant & Bar will start serving at 4 p.m. today. Thomas Meyer, the leasing agent for the 76-year-old building, said he's the first one with dinner reservations. The Marquette Towers had a couple restaurants come and go in a short period of time, but Meyer said the Allens are here to stay...
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Speak Out 5/7/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/07/07)
War history; Policies backfire; Wipers and lights; Repairing potholes; Ethanol concerns; Southern substation; Bring them home; Crazy world; Buying from China; Dangerous exit; Hollywood typecasting; Done in by make-up
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Missouri tax credits
(Column ~ 05/07/07)
By Steve Hodges Tax credits play an important role in Missouri's tax policy. Generally, a tax credit is a reduction for taxes owed. Government awards a tax credit to a private entity in exchange for some promised benefit. The Department of Economic Development describes three types of credits: economic benefits, quality of life (or social) benefits, or a hybrid credit that produces economic and social benefits. ...
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Roundtable works to restore Fort D
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/07/07)
To the editor:I would like to express our appreciation to the Southeast Missourian and reporter Matt Sanders for the May 1 article on Fort D Days. It is a pleasure for our members to be a part of the restoration of the site. A few years ago, our organization adopted Fort D as our project for cleanup, restoration and improvement. ...
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Rolling stops
(Editorial ~ 05/07/07)
The Jackson School District has a potentially dangerous situation at the intersection of Route Z and a gravel road that leads to the Gordonville Attendance Center. The intersection has a poor line of sight in one direction, and the gravel road curves and slopes upward to meet Route Z. The intersection is difficult to maneuver a lumbering bus through...
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Higher ed plan also could aid homeland security
(State News ~ 05/07/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- When House members vote this week on Gov. Matt Blunt's plan to take $350 million from the state's student loan authority, they will be deciding on more than just a college construction plan. Some of the money could be spent to try to lure a Department of Homeland Security laboratory to research dangerous animal diseases. And some of it could help train future employees for a Missouri-based defense and space contractor...
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Huewliott Shaw
(Obituary ~ 05/07/07)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Huewliott Richard (H.R.) Shaw, 78, of Grassy died Friday, May 4, 2007, at his home. He was born Aug. 18, 1928, in Wynne, Ark., son of the Rev. R.E. and Nona Shaw. He and Betty Masters were married Dec. 18, 1998, at Bernie, Mo. H.R. was employed at Frisco and Burlington Northern Railroad for more than 40 years. ...
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Royce Alms
(Obituary ~ 05/07/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Royce A. Alms, 50, of Perryville died May 4, 2007, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 28. 1957, at Chester Ill., son of Harold C. and Edith W. Alms. Alms was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church where he served as a church elder, sang in the men's choir and participated in the Breakfast Bible Study Group. He was also an avid St. Louis Blues fan...
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Out of the past 5/7/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/07/07)
State Rep. Jerry Ford, speaking at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee, criticized a provision of the Hancock Amendment that he says may prevent elected county officials from receiving pay increases and could lead to "war in the courthouse."...
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Herman Hebenstreit
(Obituary ~ 05/07/07)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Herman J. Hebenstreit, 70, of Advance died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the Advance Nursing Home. He was born Oct. 16, 1936, at Benton, Mo., son of Ben and Alma Scherer Hebenstreit. He and Dorothy Winchester were married July 11, 1969, in Advance...
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Dorothy Leoni
(Obituary ~ 05/07/07)
Dorothy I. Leoni, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Herbert Schlegel
(Obituary ~ 05/07/07)
Herbert Henry Schlegel, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday May 5, 2007, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church...
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Vertie Meyer
(Obituary ~ 05/07/07)
Vertie M. Meyer, 90, of Jackson died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Monticello House in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 5/7/07
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
401 Independence Street Monday, May 7 7:00 p.m., Study session at 5 p.m. Invocation by the Rev. Barry Pfanstiel of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Presentation n Presentation by Bill Burke of Arcturis regarding the city's comprehensive plan. Public hearings...
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Cape/Jackson fire report 5/7/07
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following call Friday: n At 8:19 p.m., illegal burn at 1500 Hill St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: n At 4:06 a.m., emergency medical service at 2400 block of Glenridge Drive. n At 5:39 p.m., emergency medical service at 700 block of South Sprigg Street...
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Cape/Jackson police report 5/7/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/07/07)
DWIs; Arrests; Thefts; Assaults; Property damage; Summonses; Miscellaneous; Jackson: Arrests; Summonses; Thefts; Assaults; Property damage
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Man proposes on zero-gravity flight
(National News ~ 05/07/07)
NEW YORK -- Alexander Loucopoulos wasn't afraid he would drop the ring when he proposed to his girlfriend, but he did have another fear. "I was afraid the ring would float really far away," said Loucopoulos, 32, of New York City. When he proposed Saturday to Graciela Asturias, a 27-year-old space enthusiast, they were on a 90-minute zero-gravity flight aboard a Boeing 727...
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75-year-old thought to be first black woman to make trek
(National News ~ 05/07/07)
NEW YORK -- The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is constantly shifting beneath frozen feet. But Barbara Hillary took it all in stride, completing the trek to the world's northernmost point last month at the age of 75. She is one of the oldest people to reach the North Pole, and is thought to be the first black woman on record to accomplish the feat...
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Conservative wins French presidency, mandate for reform
(International News ~ 05/07/07)
PARIS -- Nicolas Sarkozy, a blunt and uncompromising pro-American conservative, was elected president of France on Sunday with a mandate to chart a new course for an economically sluggish nation struggling to incorporate immigrants and their children...
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Park Service plans higher fees at some parks through 2009
(National News ~ 05/07/07)
WASHINGTON -- Entrance fees are due to rise at many national parks over the next three summers, though a public outcry over specific increases could cause the government to reconsider. A few increases have already taken effect. Through 2009, the National Park Service plans to phase in higher rates for annual park passes and fees paid per vehicle or person at about 130 of the 390 parks, monuments and other areas the agency manages...
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Apple seeks end to copy restrictions in iTunes talks
(Entertainment ~ 05/07/07)
LOS ANGELES -- The last time Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took on major recording companies, he refused to budge on his 99-cent price for a song on iTunes. As a new round of talks ramp up this month, however, Jobs has opened the door to higher prices -- as long as music companies let Apple Inc. sell their songs without technology designed to stop unauthorized copying...
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People on the move 5/7/07
(Business ~ 05/07/07)
ERA Cape Realty welcomes new associate ERA Cape Realty recently announced the addition of new associate, Shelly Lane, to its team of real estate sales professionals serving consumers in the Cape Girardeau area. Lane has lived in the Jackson area for the past five years. As part of ERA Cape Realty, Lane will offer homebuyers and sellers a wide variety of products and services including online listings, home warranty plans and the ERA sellers security plan...
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Bombs kill 8 Americans in Iraq as sectarian tension rises
(International News ~ 05/07/07)
BAGHDAD -- Roadside bombs killed eight American soldiers in separate attacks Sunday in Diyala province and Baghdad, and a car bomb claimed 30 more lives in a wholesale food market in a part of the Iraqi capital where sectarian tensions are on the rise...
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Wreckage of missing Kenya jetliner found in forest near airport
(International News ~ 05/07/07)
DOUALA, Cameroon -- The wreckage of a Kenya Airways jetliner that crashed was found late Sunday in a dense mangrove forest outside Cameroon's commercial capital, aviation officials said. There was no information on survivors. Dozens of rescue workers and journalists walking through the swamp at night reached the edge of the crash site but did not immediately find survivors. ...
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted party suffers new setback with presidential candidate
(International News ~ 05/07/07)
ANKARA, Turkey -- The Islamic-rooted government suffered another setback Sunday when parliament failed again to reach a quorum to elect its presidential candidate in an ongoing rift between the ruling party and the secular establishment. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a close ally of the prime minister, withdrew from the presidential race Sunday -- a sign that the government was giving up efforts to push Gul's candidacy through Parliament in defiance of strong secularist opposition...
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1957 Trinity Lutheran confirmands
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church 50 years ago, 28 students and their spouses gathered recently for a celebration that included worship, fellowship and a presentation of memories by Esther Gray compiled in a DVD and memories booklet. Special guests included Gordon and Lida Mueller. Gordon Mueller taught seventh and eighth grades at the school when the students attended...
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Park naturalist works to bring back rare native tree
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Montauk State Park naturalist Steve Bost visited Cape County Park's Conservation Department to plant a rare tree, an Ozark chinquapin, on park property. Bost has been trying to save the tree believed to have only about 70 survivors scattered throughout four states, including Missouri...
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Cape River Heritage Museum displaying new exhibits
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
The Cape River Heritage's new exhibits include local outstanding blacks and their effect on the community. University graduate students under the direction of Dr. Bonnie Stepenoff developed the exhibit. Tools and household items of the late William George Bock are new to the museum. They were donated by his grandson, Lewis Bock...
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Brown graduates from Air Force basic training
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Air Force Airman Christopher D. Brown has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Brown, a 2003 graduate of Woodland High School in Marble Hill, Mo., is the son of Bryan and Sheila Brown of Marble Hill...
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Locks of love
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Southeast Missourian Locks of Love is a public not-for-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. They use the donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics...
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'Spider-Man 3' shatters box-office records with $148 million in 3 days
(Entertainment ~ 05/07/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero's latest adventure, "Spider-Man 3," smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday. That put it ahead of the previous record debut of $135.6 million set last summer by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."...
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Redhawks muster three hits in split at EKU
(College Sports ~ 05/07/07)
Senior Asif Shah took matters into his own hands Sunday. In the first game of a pair of seven-inning games, Shah smacked a double to left field for his team's lone hit. He scored on Matt Wulfers' groundout for the game's only run and didn't allow a run on the mound as Southeast Missouri State beat Eastern Kentucky 1-0 in the first game of an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader in Richmond, Ky...
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Johnson keeps Hendrick Motorsports in Victory Lane
(Professional Sports ~ 05/07/07)
RICHMOND, Va. -- Jimmie Johnson's celebration seemed a bit subdued. Maybe all these trips to Victory Lane are becoming routine for the Hendrick Motorsports crew. Johnson gave Hendrick its seventh win in the past eight Nextel Cup races by leading teammate Kyle Busch to a 1-2 finish Sunday at Richmond International Raceway. It was the third consecutive victory for Hendrick, which remained undefeated in the four races NASCAR has used its new Car of Tomorrow...
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Woods adds Wachovia to trophy collection
(Professional Sports ~ 05/07/07)
Tiger Woods added the Wachovia Championship to his growing collection of trophies Sunday with a 60-foot eagle putt to take the lead, a double bogey that kept it interesting, and by avoiding the kind of calamity that doomed his challengers down the stretch at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C...
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Clemens will return in Yankees pinstripes
(Professional Sports ~ 05/07/07)
NEW YORK -- Roger Clemens returned to the New York Yankees, making a dramatic announcement to fans from the owner's box during Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. At the end of the seventh-inning stretch, Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard told fans to turn their attention to the box, where Clemens was standing with a microphone. As the video scoreboard in right-center showed Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner made the announcement himself...
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Correction
(High School Sports ~ 05/07/07)
n Central's Shawn Owens ran the first leg of the first-place 3,200 relay at the SEMO North Conference meet at Jackson on Friday. Based on incorrect information provided to the Southeast Missourian, the the wrong runner was identified in a story in Friday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error...
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Students and parents gather in support of fired principal
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
The group gathered Sunday at the pavilion at Capaha Park said they came because they refuse to give up on the man who didn't give up on their sons and daughters. A steady stream of children and parents took time yesterday to show support for fired Cape Girardeau Central Middle School principal Frank Ellis...
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Community briefs 5/7/06
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
AARP holds tax volunteer breakfast AARP Tax-Aide volunteers met for a celebration breakfast at the Drury Lodge recently to recognize volunteers and their efforts in assisting people with the preparation of their federal and state returns. A total of 2,490 people were assisted with tax returns and questions, a 25 percent increase in federal returns filed over the preceding year representing 1,879 volunteer hours. ...
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Redbirds add Ludwick, Falkenborg
(Professional Sports ~ 05/07/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Persistent knee pain landed St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Preston Wilson on the 15-day disabled list Sunday, and the team replaced him with its best minor league hitter. Outfielder Ryan Ludwick, whose contract was purchased from Class AAA Memphis, was batting a team-leading .340 with eight home runs, and his 36 RBIs and 27 runs led the Pacific Coast League. ...
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Looper provides a pulse
(Professional Sports ~ 05/07/07)
ST. LOUIS -- A day after the St. Louis Cardinals lost Chris Carpenter for at least three more months, a pitcher making his seventh career start gave them a pick-me-up. Braden Looper allowed a run in six innings, helping his punchless team beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Sunday for only its second victory in eight games. He insists he wasn't trying to step up as the de facto ace...
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Searchers dig through wreckage left by F5 tornado
(National News ~ 05/07/07)
GREENSBURG, Kan. -- Rescue workers Sunday searched for anyone still buried in the heaps of splintered wreckage left after a massive tornado obliterated most of this south-central Kansas town. Waves of thunderstorms rippled across the Plains states Sunday, drenching rubble that the Friday night tornado scattered across Greensburg and threatening tornadoes elsewhere...
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Tornado chasers head into storms to collect data on twisters
(State News ~ 05/07/07)
WELLINGTON, Kan. -- Tornado-chasing scientists and a crew of IMAX cameramen perched on the top of the hill where U.S. Highway 160 passes over the Kansas Turnpike for about an hour recently before they moved on to Hays in search of a twister. The word "tornado" was spinning around town as drivers took note of the highly recognizable vehicles -- the Doppler on Wheels and the Tornado Intercept Vehicle -- that have been seen in National Geographic Television documentaries among other national programming.. ...
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Ruling clears way for southwest Mo. ethanol plant
(State News ~ 05/07/07)
ST. LOUIS -- A circuit judge has ruled that a $165 million ethanol plant can be built in southwest Missouri despite claims by locals that it could consume too much water. Boone County Circuit Judge Frank Conley on Friday would not stop construction of the plant near Rogersville, 20 miles east of Springfield...
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Taking steps to lower the odds
(Local News ~ 05/07/07)
Megan Marchi isn't waiting for doctors to diagnose her with breast cancer. The 26-year-old Jackson woman will undergo surgery this summer to reduce her chances of the diagnosis by more than 85 percent. Seven women in the past three generations on the maternal side of Marchi's family have been diagnosed with breast cancer, and two men had prostate cancer...
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Redhawks win season finale
(High School Sports ~ 05/07/07)
The battle for the team's home run lead came down to the final game of the season, and junior Michelle Summers barely won the title. Summers hit a home run and drove in a pair to lead the Southeast Missouri State softball team to a 4-1 victory over Morehead State in the Redhawks' season finale...
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Leading the charge
(High School Sports ~ 05/07/07)
Nerves and rain helped do in St. Vincent golfer Zach Richardet on day two of the state golf tournament last year. Richardet, now a senior, was one of four golfers tied for third place, six strokes off the lead at 4-over-par 76, after the first round at Island Green Golf Course. A second-round 84 pushed Richardet into a tie for 11th overall, but still earned the junior his first all-state medal...
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What's next for Dana plant?
(Business ~ 05/07/07)
Cape Girardeau's Dana Corp. plant is going on the market, and its employees have been left wondering what to do. Tom Kelsey, commercial broker with Lorimont Place Ltd., will team up with national, state and regional industrial recruitment professionals, including Mitch Robinson with Cape Girardeau Area Magnet and John Mehner with the Chamber of Commerce, to create awareness of the availability of the property at 2075 Corporate Circle...
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NWS predicts flooding in Cape, other local counties
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning Tuesday for several Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois cities along the Mississippi River, including Cape Girardeau, Perry, and Scott counties in Missouri and Union and Alexander counties in Illinois...
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Three sorority members charged with hazing
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
Three members of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority at Southeast Missouri State University were charged Monday with assault and hazing for incidents that allegedly occurred in February in Cape Girardeau. Darleta McKennis-Weems, 23, of 522 N. Sprigg St., Ashley Moore, 22, of Dearmont residence hall, and Jessica Reynolds, 23, of 1710 N. Sprigg St., Apt. 608, each have been charged with one count of misdemeanor hazing and one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault...
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Security raised after gun threat
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
A 21-year-old Southeast Missouri State University student from St. Louis was arrested by police after he threatened a female student with a shotgun outside the Towers residence hall complex Sunday. The action prompted school officials to step up security around student housing...
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Assessed values up in two counties
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
Reassessment is almost complete in area counties, with some property owners already receiving notices in the mail. Property values have increased, assessors said, but not by the dramatic jumps being reported in urbanized areas around St. Louis, where home values have increased on average 22 percent and, in some cases, up to 90 percent...
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Cape firefighters protest cuts
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
Cape Girardeau firefighters want it known they're not happy with the benefits they're receiving from the city. About 50 firefighters past and present, along with their wives and children, attended Monday's city council meeting in a show of solidarity. They stood at the back of the chambers wearing navy blue T-shirts, patiently waiting 90 minutes to speak...
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Finding benefits in a messy desk
(Column ~ 05/08/07)
I have a cluttered desk at work. Some people would call it messy. I prefer to think of it as testimony to the fact I'm hard at work. I've always been suspicious of people with clean desks. If they have time to clean off their desks, doesn't that mean they don't have enough to do?...
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Out of the past 5/8/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/08/07)
Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Clemson University president Bill L. Atchley delivered the commencement address at the 108th annual spring commencement of Southeast Missouri State University; he admonished the graduating class of more than 900 to "tackle the world with a positive attitude" and with an "innovative spirit."...
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New Jackson mayor sworn in at meeting
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
Even before she was sworn in Monday as mayor of Jackson, Barbara Lohr provided a glimpse of her leadership style. Defeated mayoral candidate John Graham, taking the opportunity for public comment on nonagenda items, brought the Jackson Board of Aldermen an annotated, highlighted copy of the city's contract with the Missouri Public Energy Pool that he said was "catastrophic for the city."...
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Cape GIrardeau Co. Commission action 5/8/07
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
Monday County Administration Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson Routine business n Received and filed Archive Center report for April. n Received and filed the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center audit. Items not on agenda n Approved a maintenance agreement for electronic equipment in Division I and Division II of the circuit court...
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Lawmakers pass Gov. Matt Blunt's $350 million college construction plan
(State News ~ 05/08/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers gave final approval Monday to a $350 million plan to finance college buildings with student loan agency money, delivering a victory to Gov. Matt Blunt after more than a year of political and legal wrangling. The Republican-led House sent the GOP governor his higher education package on a largely party-line 91-64 vote. The Senate passed the bill last month, 23-11...
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Region briefs 5/8/07
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
DREAM Initiative Focus groups meet tonight Cape Girardeau will play host to four focus groups tonight in connection with the Missouri DREAM Initiative. The focus groups, organized by Old Town Cape, will collect the opinions of about 70 people selected to represent a cross-section of those who live, work and shop in the downtown district. ...
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Prosecutors undecided on filing charges against man in Sunday morning shooting incident
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
A man who admitted to shooting another man in the stomach early Sunday morning in Cape Girardeau was released while prosecutors decide whether to file charges or declare the shooting self-defense, a Cape Girardeau police spokesman said. Police called to the 3000 block of Themis Street about 1:30 a.m. ...
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Dorothy Leoni
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
Dorothy Ida Lundin Leoni, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Leoni moved to Cape Girar-deau from Chicago in 1982. She was involved in retail sales in Chicago and Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Cape Bible Chapel...
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John Yuracko
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
John David Yuracko, 63, of McAlester, Okla., died Friday, April 27, 2007, at his home. He was born Sept. 1, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Mildred Yuracko. He and Betty Ann Verner were married Aug. 17, 1968. Yuracko was a 1961 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School, received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from St. Louis University, and a master's in administrative education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis...
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Speak Out 5/8/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/08/07)
Burden on criminals; Crime deterrent; Egg on their faces; Spending line; Providing assistance; Laptops not the answer; Paint me! Paint me!; Something to do; Repair the parking lot; We need real proof; Health care for children; Gambling defeat; Town honors resident
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Graphic lessons
(Editorial ~ 05/08/07)
Students teaching students is an effective way to convey important messages. That was the case recently for elementary students at two Cape Girardeau schools and for teenagers at Notre Dame Regional High School. At Franklin and Jefferson elementary schools, Central High School students -- Teens Against Tobacco Use -- used skits and show-and-tell to give fourth-graders information about the hazards of smoking. ...
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Missouri Baptists, unite
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/08/07)
To the editor:The Missouri Baptist Convention recently removed the executive director and replaced him. With the way it has been handled, it is time to also remove all other members of the MBC board and staff involved with this decision, as they are tainted...
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Gas prices: Enough is enough
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/08/07)
To the editor:Today I received an e-mail saying if we don't buy gas on May 15, oil companies would lose about $3 billion. This brings to mind the gas prices in the late 1990s. They were high too and we were asked to do the same thing. I wrote a letter to the editor around that time about the gas prices in Marble Hill compared to the prices in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. ...
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Helmut Hanusa
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
Helmut Hanusa, 87, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, May 7, 2007, at St. David's Hospital in Georgetown, Texas. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Thanks for the honor, tributes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/08/07)
To the editor:I would like to thank the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce for the wonderful evening recognizing the five educators of the year. I was fortunate to be one of the recipients of the award and felt so honored by the warm tributes, a wonderful video and the opportunity to share this time with family, friends and co-workers...
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Wilma Storey
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
PATTON, Mo. -- Wilma Columbia Storey, 86, of Patton died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at St. Francis Manor in Farmington, Mo. She was born March 11, 1921, at Marquand, Mo., daughter of Arthur Lewis and Minnie Ann Pogue Johnson. She and Forrest D. Storey were married May 4, 1946. He died March 13, 2004...
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Herbert Schlegel
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
Herbert Henry Schlegel, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Aug. 25, 1918, in Cape Girar-deau, son of George and Emma Grossheider Schlegel. He and Ora Helen Withers were married Aug. 24, 1940, in Cape Girar-deau. She died Sept. 30, 2001...
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Vertie Meyer
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
Vertie Marie Meyer, 90, of Jackson died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Monticello House. She was born June 29, 1916, near Neelys Landing, daughter of J.W. and Eliza Craft Cotner. She and Alfred Meyer were married Nov. 7, 1931. He died Sept. 20, 2000. Meyer was employed at the munitions plant in St. ...
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Alice Barron
(Obituary ~ 05/08/07)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Alice Maxine Barron, 78, of Loranger, La., died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at her home. She was born Oct. 18, 1928, in New Madrid, daughter of Jack and Florence Mast Masterson. She married Frank Barron, who preceded her in death. Barron attended New Madrid High School, then worked at a small arms plant and McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. She was a lifelong member of the United Pentecostal Church...
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Cape fire report 5/8/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/08/07)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following call Sunday:n At 6:21 p.m., medical assistance at the corner of Jefferson and Ellis streets. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday: n At 1:17 a.m., medical assistance in the 400 block of South Ellis Street...
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Cape/Jackson police report 5/8/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/08/07)
Cape Girardeau: DWI; Arrests; Theft; Property damage; Miscellaneous; Jackson: Assault; Theft; Miscellaneous; Assault; Theft
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House approves wide-ranging agriculture bill
(State News ~ 05/08/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- House members approved Monday a wide-ranging agriculture bill that includes a loan forgiveness program for veterinary students, changes to the state ethanol subsidy and new restrictions on Agriculture Department funds. The legislation combines into a single agriculture bill several separate bills that have cleared either the House or Senate but have not moved in the other chamber...
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Senate rejects expanding schools' bullying rules
(State News ~ 05/08/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Senate rejected an effort Monday to expand a state law against bullying in school to address gay students. Missouri already requires school districts to come up with a policy against bullying by September. Current law says all students should be treated equally but that policies should not spell out classes of students in need of protection...
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Births 5/8/07
(Births ~ 05/08/07)
Glueck; Fowler; Speight; Long; Russell; Dees; Lorenz
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States vie to host deadly disease research lab
(National News ~ 05/08/07)
WASHINGTON -- A dozen states, including Kansas and Missouri, are competing for a government research lab full of killer germs like anthrax, avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease -- a prospect some of their residents want to avoid like the plague. The states are bidding for a proposed 520,000-square-foot National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility that will cost at least $450 million to build. ...
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Scott City Council weighs concerns about ethanol plant's emissions
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
A rural Scott City man appeared before the Scott City Council for the second consecutive time Monday night, pressuring the council to examine the costs and benefits of ethanol production in the Scott City area. Monty Keesee, who lives near the Southeast Missouri Port Authority, started a campaign against the building of local ethanol facilities after he heard one is proposed to be built a short distance from his home...
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Nation briefs 5/8/07
(National News ~ 05/08/07)
Survivor, 2 more victims found in tornado rubble GREENSBURG, Kan. -- Rescue teams searching the rubble that was once Greensburg found two more victims and a survivor, raising the death toll from a powerful tornado that largely obliterated the small town to at least 10, authorities said Monday. ...
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68 killed or found dead across Iraq
(International News ~ 05/08/07)
BAGHDAD -- Suicide bombers killed 13 people in a pair of attacks Monday around the Sunni city of Ramadi in what local officials said was part of a power struggle between al-Qaida and tribes that have broken with the terror network. In all, at least 68 people were killed or found dead nationwide Monday, police said. They included the bullet-riddled bodies of 30 men found in Baghdad -- the apparent victims of sectarian death squads...
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Working on better pain care for troops returning from war
(National News ~ 05/08/07)
WASHINGTON -- They call it the coming tsunami, veterans returning from Iraq who will suffer chronic pain years from now. Get ready, military doctors are warning pain specialists -- even as they hope that improving battlefield pain control may stem the tide...
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Senate blocks bid to allow prescription drug imports
(National News ~ 05/08/07)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate effectively killed a bid to allow consumers to buy their prescription medicines abroad Monday, requiring U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of such drugs. The certification amendment, passed on a 49-40 vote, would require health officials to do something they have long said they cannot...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action 5/8/07
(Local News ~ 05/08/07)
Invocation by the Rev. Barry Pfanstiel of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Presentation n Heard presentation by Bill Burke of Arcturis regarding the city's comprehensive plan. Public hearings n Held a public hearing to discuss the past performance by the city in carrying out the Grow Missouri Loan Fund Program, a multijurisdictional program on behalf of the Delta Region to provide seed money to be used by small business operators to retain and create jobs and stimulate investment...
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Pirate-themed books can tide children over until 'World's End'
(Community ~ 05/08/07)
Can't wait for the May 25 opening of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"? There's a small treasure chest of pirate-themed books already out there to tide children over -- and they might learn something in the process. An official Disney book published by Reader's Digest Children's Books called "The Journey to World's End" does indeed give a sneak peek at the movie's story line, which centers on the struggle between the pirates and the East India Trading Company over who will control the seas. ...
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Learning briefs 5/8/07
(Community ~ 05/08/07)
Students win essay, poem, poster contest The Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society held its annual "Smoking is Not For Me" essay contest for grades six through eight. Students wrote essays and poems and drew posters to show why they don't smoke. ...
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Leak proof bag
(Community ~ 05/08/07)
n Several round pencils n 1 plastic zip-top bag n Water STEP 1: Fill a plastic zip-top bag about three quarters of the way with water. STEP 2: Stick a sharp round pencil through the bag. Explanation The zip-top bag is made out of polymers. Polymers are long chains of molecules and when the sharp pencil is pushed through the bag these molecules seal up around the pencil, which prevents the water from gushing out of the bag...
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ABC announces 2010 end date for struggling 'Lost'
(Entertainment ~ 05/08/07)
LOS ANGELES -- ABC is attempting to rescue once-hot "Lost" by ending the show -- in 2010. Bowing to the fact that convention isn't working for the drama about plane-crash survivors on a surreal island, the network is taking the unusual step of turning "Lost" into a limited-run series...
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Curtains to curtain calls
(Professional Sports ~ 05/08/07)
CINCINNATI -- Josh Hamilton's inspiring comeback story keeps getting better. During spring training, the 25-year-old outfielder got attention for the way he overcame alcohol and drug addiction. It was a wonderful tale on the human level, one that made fans stand and cheer on opening day...
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Devil Rays pitcher suspended 50 games
(Professional Sports ~ 05/08/07)
NEW YORK -- Tampa Bay relief pitcher Juan Salas was suspended for 50 games Monday after becoming the first player this year to flunk a drug test under Major League Baseball's testing program. Salas tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the commissioner's office said. His suspension will start today...
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Area digest
(Community Sports ~ 05/08/07)
Dalhousie winssenior challenge The Dalhousie Golf Club claimed the Senior Challenge Cup with a 12-8 victory over the Country Club of Paducah. Dalhousie, the host, won all three formats Sunday in the 27-hole competition. Dalhousie won 3-2 in Four-Ball and 3 1/2-1 1/2 in Chapman. Both formats consisted of five two-man teams. Dalhousie clinched the victory with a 5 1/2-4 1/2 edge in singles Match Play...
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Alexander may still have broken foot
(Professional Sports ~ 05/08/07)
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Shaun Alexander might still have a broken foot, something he doesn't want confirmed just yet. The Seattle Seahawks' star running back said Monday his left foot, broken for the final four months of last season, may still be cracked as he begins the 2007 preseason...
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