Commissioners approve bond, tax break from the county
(02/23/09)
A manufacturing company moving from Advance, Mo., to Cape Girardeau County will be helped by a 10-year, 50 percent tax cut, after the Cape Girardeau County Commission approved a $6.5 million bond issue Monday. Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures Inc. employs 120 people at its cramped 60,000-square-foot facility in the Advance Industrial Park. ...
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This afternoon on seMissourian.com
(02/23/09)
Southeast Missouri Hospital received an important honor recently, the hospital announced today.In a news conference hospital officials announced today that Southeast was again awarded Magnet status. Click here for more information on what this designation means...
State agency holds briefings for ice storm reimbursement
(02/23/09)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The State Emergency Management Agency will conduct 10 public assistance briefings for officials in the 20 counties that were declared for public assistance on Feb. 17. Officials from those counties, including the cities, special districts, and certain not-for-profit organizations within those counties should also attend. This disaster declaration for public assistance is a result of the Jan. 26-28 winter storm...
United Way announces formation of team to increase Cape Girardeau graduation rates
(02/23/09)
Citing a need to improve declining graduation rates in Cape Girardeau Public Schools the United Way of Southeast Missouri announced on Monday afternoon the creation of an Education Solutions Team. By March 2010 the team of leaders from business, education, government, faith, law enforcement and other sectors hope to finalize a plan to better prepare high school graduates for secondary education or entry into the workforce. ...
Southeast Missouri Hospital gets second Magnet
(02/23/09)
For the second time, Southeast Missouri Hospital has earned Magnet status. The American Nurses' Credentialing Center uses Magnet to recognize hospitals for excellence in nursing services. The hospital first earned Magnet status in 2004 and was the first hospital in the state outside of a metropolitan area to do so... 
Federal, local authorities seeking information on New Mexico remains
(02/23/09)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Federal and Dexter authorities are seeking help from the public in identifying skeletal remains found in a shallow grave in New Mexico nearly 10 years ago. ...
Scott County prisoners begin clearing debris from roads
(02/23/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- The clean-up process on Scott County roads has begun. On Thursday, inmates at the county jail began working to pick up limbs alongside county roads and place them in a wood chipper. "We were planning to start last week," said Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger at Thursday's regular meeting. "But then we found out we could get a lot of the supplies through Missouri Surplus at a discount."...
Man arrested in Carter County to go back to N.Y.
(02/23/09)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A man authorities believe had been hiding out in Carter County after jumping his parole in New York will be returning there Tuesday. New York authorities will arrive in Carter County today to begin the process of extraditing Charles A. Myrtetus, 63, back to their...
Cape County Commission to discuss speed zones
(02/23/09)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission will look at implementing new county speed limits at its meeting today following a lengthy discussion on the subject Thursday. Some residents have expressed concern about their roads and subdivisions in which speeders are prominent... 
Jackson students benefiting from Professional Learning Communities
(02/23/09)
Every Wednesday this semester, when the school day ends for most students, Brooke Brantley sticks around. The Jackson Junior High School ninth-grader chose to stay late for after-school tutoring, part of a program called Academic Lab. "Last year I failed math," she said. "This year I'm making C's."...
Variety of programs exist to help students at risk
(02/23/09)
The Jackson School District offers a variety of programs to assist students. n Rainbows: Helps students cope with losses, such as death of a family member or a parent's divorce n Student Assistance Teams: At each building, a team including a social worker, counselor, principal and nurse meet to discuss strategies to assist struggling students... 
Jackson and Bloomfield shelters join together at one location
(02/23/09)
Six to eight million dogs and cats enter animal shelters each year, and of these animals, an estimated 50 percent are euthanized, according to the Humane Society of the United States website. But a merger of two Southeast Missouri animal shelters who are committed to a "no-kill" policy, is meant to provide a safe refuge for the area's displaced animals...
Bond backs repeal of term limits
(02/23/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, retiring next year after a long Senate career, said Saturday that Missouri should repeal its limit on how long people can serve in the state legislature. Bond said term limits are forcing too many talented lawmakers to leave office too early and placing too much power with executive branch bureaucrats and lobbyists... 
Sedalia woman teaches classic sound
(02/23/09)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Ruth Bockelman taught herself how to play the guitar as a teenager. She soon began teaching others how to play and has continued for more than 60 years. While she was living in Indiana decades ago, she decided to take guitar lessons and eventually scored a job teaching at a studio...
Missouri Quality Jobs program creates few jobs, report finds
(02/23/09)
ST. LOUIS -- A program lauded by state officials for creating tens of thousands of well-paying jobs in Missouri has generated relatively few positions, a newspaper reported Sunday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said a review of state records showed that the Quality Jobs program has created 2,373 new jobs since 2005 -- far below the 22,000 figure frequently used by politicians in both parties to describe the program's success...
McConnell seeks quick ethics guidance on Burris
(02/23/09)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Meanwhile, the Senate's Republican leader said he wants a quick recommendation from the Senate ethics committee on the situation. The committee has begun a preliminary inquiry, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., hopes the committee will look at the matter quickly. Whatever the recommendation, the full Senate would make a final decision...
Burris quiet amid calls to step down
(02/23/09)
CHICAGO -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris left his Chicago home without speaking to reporters for a second day this weekend, even as the calls for his resignation continue to mount. Burris would say only "good morning" to the reporters asking questions outside his South Side home Sunday before he hopped into a waiting vehicle...
Anti-meth program gets support but no funds
(02/23/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Last year, Missouri officials pledged to go high-tech in fighting methamphetamine, but the promised real-time electronic monitoring of the drug's key ingredients isn't being funded and hasn't gotten off the ground. "It's nowhere, and dead in the water," said Mike Boeger, the interim administer of the Missouri Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs...
Officials: Bread OK for carp
(02/23/09)
LINESVILLE, Pa. -- Pennsylvania officials will not prohibit feeding bread to the carp at a park in the state's northwest corner. More than 300,000 people visit Pymatuning State Park each year to see throngs of hungry carp so thick that ducks can walk on the fish...
High court to hear immigrant's ID theft case
(02/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa, an undocumented worker from Mexico, made a bad decision. After working under an assumed name for six years, he decided to use his real name and exchanged one set of phony identification numbers for another...
Official: Obama to pick ex-agent to lead stimulus oversight
(02/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to announce today a former Secret Service agent who helped expose lobbyists' corruption at the Interior Department as his pick to oversee the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. Obama is set to name Earl Devaney as chairman of the new Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, an administration official said Sunday... 
On Wall Street, sky-high payouts may fall to Earth
(02/23/09)
NEW YORK -- With the economy faltering, financial workers everywhere fear layoffs. But even those who keep their jobs may face a different future than they had imagined -- one without the big payouts that have long made Wall Street a beacon for the ambitious and the acquisitive... 
Marine shipping seeing new interest
(02/23/09)
NORFOLK, Va. -- An idea that dates to Lewis and Clark's trek west is experiencing a rebirth thanks to the truck traffic that increasingly chokes highways: shift more of the nation's freight burden to boats that can traverse rivers, lakes, canals and coastal waters... 
Army charity hoards millions
(02/23/09)
FORT BLISS, Texas -- As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows...
Wash. might limit inmates' access to records
(02/23/09)
SEATTLE -- An entrepreneurial spirit struck Allan Parmelee last fall as he sat in a Washington state prison, where he's serving 17 years for bombing the cars of two lawyers. According to the state attorney general's office, Parmelee wrote to his brother -- who's serving 11 years in Michigan for child pornography -- saying they could make a killing collecting fines from government agencies around the country that take too long to respond to burdensome requests for public records...
Hawaii becomes latest civil unions battleground
(02/23/09)
HONOLULU -- Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation's first "defense of marriage" constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions. It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Senate, where a divided committee is to vote Tuesday...
Expenses for New York's upper echelons can add up
(02/23/09)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street executives have long been living the good life: $35,000 monthly mortgage payments for Park Avenue penthouses, $40,000 a year for a live-in housekeeper and country club memberships in the Hamptons that can cost more than a half-million...
GOP governors don't say no to presidential bids
(02/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Three Republican governors are refusing to rule out running for president in 2012. Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said he's learned never to predict the future. Sanford said he has no plan to run and that it's not likely he will. But he said he's learned never to guarantee tomorrow when you don't know what tomorrow will bring... 
Zulu, Mardi Gras' irreverent black krewe, turns 100
(02/23/09)
NEW ORLEANS -- In a city where glitter and glitz is commonplace, the Zulu Ball still manages to grab the spotlight. Housed in the city's massive convention center, 18,000 people turned out Friday night to see the flamboyance the Carnival krewe serves up each Mardi Gras, and all of them -- thanks to a strict dress code -- were decked out in long evening gowns, tuxedos and tails...
Egypt briefly opens Gaza border
(02/23/09)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hundreds of travelers left blockaded Gaza for Egypt on Sunday, in one of the sporadic openings that enable students, patients and others with Egyptian visas to cross the border. About 1,000 university students and holders of foreign residency permits were eligible to cross, and by mid-afternoon Sunday, about 600 people had made the trip, border officials said... 
Netanyahu, Livni meeting ends without agreement
(02/23/09)
JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised Sunday to work with the United States to promote peace in the region as he sought to forge a moderate government with his chief rival -- but did not reach a deal. Netanyahu's meeting with the moderate Tzipi Livni was intended to persuade her to ally with him in forming a new government and avoid an unwelcome alliance with ultra-nationalists to his right... 
Brazil's samba schools promise economy won't stop Carnival party
(02/23/09)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Samba schools competing for local glory vowed Sunday to throw a magnificent Carnival party -- complete with colorful floats, masked and face-painted dancers, and intoxicating musical rhythms -- despite having less money to invest amid the global financial crisis... 
Grenade attack in Cairo bazaar kills Frenchwoman, injures 17
(02/23/09)
CAIRO, Egypt -- An attacker threw a grenade into a famed bazaar in medieval Cairo, killing a Frenchwoman and wounding at least 17 people -- most of them foreign tourists, officials said. The blast hit the bustling main plaza at the Khan el-Khalili, a 650-year-old bazaar packed with tourists buying souvenirs, jewelry and handicrafts. It was last attacked in April 2005, when a suicide bomber killed two French citizens and an American...
11 killed in attack on AU peacekeepers in Somalia
(02/23/09)
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- An attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital Sunday killed 11 people and injured 15, the AU said, but it denied insurgent claims of a suicide attack. El Ghassim Wane, a spokesman for the AU in Addis Ababa, said the insurgents had fired mortars onto the base in Mogadishu. He gave no further details...
Relic from Indian nationalist soda war soldiers on
(02/23/09)
NEW DELHI -- The old accountant works in the ruins of an abandoned cola factory, amid piles of rubble and sheets of cobwebs, a relic from a nationalist soda war that was lost long ago. The former headquarters of Campa Cola, a nearly defunct Indian soda brand, have been shuttered for years, but Radha Krishan, 70, remembers when the office was buzzing with activity, and the bottling plant in the back turned out sweet, fizzy soda by the truckload...
Pakistan to arm villagers to fight militants
(02/23/09)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an official said Sunday. Stiffer action in the North- West Frontier Province could help offset American concern that a peace deal being negotiated in the Swat valley, a Taliban stronghold in the province, could create a haven for Islamist insurgents only 100 miles from the Pakistani capital.. ... 
Explosion kills 74 in north China coal mine
(02/23/09)
GUJIAO, China -- Rescuers wearing headlamps and oxygen backpacks carried dozens of miners to safety Sunday after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed at least 74. The blast at the mine, which had for years boasted an exemplary safety record, highlighted the perilous conditions that make China's mining industry the deadliest in the world... 
Convicts escape prison by helicopter
(02/23/09)
ATHENS, Greece -- For the second time in their lives, two robbers escaped from a high-security Greek prison on Sunday by scaling a rope ladder to a hovering helicopter, authorities said. The escape came amid a gunbattle with guards. Vassilis Paleokostas, 42, and Alket Rizaj, 34, were picked up by a helicopter that flew over the courtyard of Athens' Korydallos prison Sunday afternoon. The inmates climbed a ladder thrown to them by a female passenger, the Ministry of Justice said...
Redhawks stoke baseball fever with victories
(02/23/09)
I think most Southeast Missouri State baseball fans were excited about the season anyway. What the Redhawks did over the weekend in Tuscaloosa, Ala., surely has fueled the fire. For the first time in the program's Division I history, Southeast won a series from a nationally ranked team as the Redhawks took two of three at No. ...
Redhawks take 'Bama series
(02/23/09)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team has posted its share of victories over nationally ranked squads under coach Mark Hogan. But the Redhawks never had been able to win a series against a top-20 program during Hogan's first 14 seasons at Southeast. In fact, it had never happened in the school's Division I history... 
Mickelson wins in dramatic style at Northern Trust Open
(02/23/09)
LOS ANGELES -- Phil Mickelson nearly blew the biggest lead of his career, then had to scramble for par to avoid a playoff. When his roller-coaster week at Riviera ended Sunday, the Northern Trust Open turned out to be one of his more satisfying victories... 
Kenseth makes it 2-for-2 in 2009
(02/23/09)
FONTANA, Calif. -- Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth made it two victories in a row Sunday, holding off a late challenge from Jeff Gordon to win the Auto Club 500. Kenseth took the lead from Gordon in the pits under caution with 38 laps to go in the 250-lap race and stayed ahead in a battle of former NASCAR Sprint Cup champions, pulling away over the last 20 laps... 
Healthy Woods returns to PGA Tour this week
(02/23/09)
LOS ANGELES -- Tiger Woods has been on the golf course every day, either practicing or playing, hitting his full array of shots without fear of pain shooting down his left leg or bones sliding out of place. The next step is taking that inside the ropes. And not even Woods is sure what to expect...
Nationals' GM is part of signing-bonus probe
(02/23/09)
Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden is part of a federal investigation into the skimming of signing bonuses given to prospects from Latin America, according to an SI.com report posted Sunday night. The website reported, citing an unidentified baseball executive familiar with the investigation, the FBI is looking at Bowden's actions as far back as 1994, when he was GM of the Cincinnati Reds... 
Does the Schu fit?
(02/23/09)
JUPITER, Fla. -- For Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, breaking in another second baseman seems like an annual rite of spring. "It's been kind of the routine, hasn't it? " La Russa said. Since the end of the 2003 season, the Cardinals have had 21 players take a turn at second base. None of them were named Skip Schumaker... 
Red carpet fashion: Black and white and dazzling all over
(02/23/09)
The big guns -- Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn among them -- went with black at Sunday's Academy Awards, but light colors and asymmetrical gowns topped the broader fashion trends. Jolie and Brad Pitt looked the part of the red carpet's golden couple at the Kodak Theatre in classic, almost retro, styles. She wore a black sweetheart-neck strapless gown by Elie Saab, accessorized with green drop earrings, and he wore a classic bow tie... 
'Slumdog' rules Oscars with 8 prizes, best picture
(02/23/09)
LOS ANGELES -- "Slumdog Millionaire" took the best-picture Academy Award and seven other Oscars on Sunday, including director for Danny Boyle, whose ghetto-to-glory story paralleled the film's unlikely rise to Hollywood's summit. The other top winners: Kate Winslet, best actress for the Holocaust-themed drama "The Reader"; Sean Penn, best actor for the title role of "Milk"; Heath Ledger, supporting actor for "The Dark Knight"; and Penelope Cruz, supporting actress for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona.". ...
Conan bids farewell to New York
(02/23/09)
NEW YORK -- Conan O'Brien said goodbye to New York and NBC's "Late Night" by passing out shards of his stage, enjoying one last rub from Will Ferrell and promising fans he wouldn't grow up for an earlier time slot. O'Brien is heading to Los Angeles, where NBC will fulfill a promise it made five years ago to make him the "Tonight" show host. That job begins in June...
Winners of the 2008 ADDY awards
(02/23/09)
Sales promotion n Catalog: Southeast Missouri Hospital for its Pregnancy Planner, Red Letter Communications Inc. for Sabona Magnetic Bracelets 2008 Catalog and Southern Illinois University Carbondale for its undergraduate admissions View Book... 
People on the move 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
Cross Trails Medical Center hires chief executive officer Denzel Garner recently joined Cross Trails Medical Center as chief executive officer. He is a native of Southeast Missouri and a U.S. Navy veteran. Garner has more than 20 years' experience in executive medicine, serving in numerous staff and leadership positions, directing and managing health-care systems in the United States and overseas. ... 
Bob Houchins ... Modern Woodmen of America in Jackson
(02/23/09)
Q: How did you get your start at Modern Woodmen? A: I was at my daughter's 13th birthday in 2007, the same year the Missouri Baptist Convention decided to downsize full-time staff of Baptist Student Union ministers at universities throughout the state. ... 
Norman Craig
(02/23/09)
Norman E. Craig, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at his home. He was born May 2, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, son of Tom and Beulah Bowerman Craig. He and Emma J. Hanebrink were married Sept. 29, 1962, at Trinity Lutheran Church of Egypt Mills... 
Lonnie Grebe
(02/23/09)
OAK RIDGE, Mo. — On Feb. 22, 2009, Lonnie Theodore Grebe, 70, of Oak Ridge was called home by our heavenly father after a long battle with lung and heart disease. He was born Oct. 12, 1938, to Albert and Laura Veach Grebe of Oak Ridge. He and Shirley Hahs were married Sept. 28, 1958, at Oak Ridge United Methodist Church... 
Scott Reisenbichler
(02/23/09)
Scott Reisenbichler, 45, of Chaffee, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 20, 1963, at Cape Girardeau, son of Elton Herbert and Esther Edna Koenig Reisenbichler. Survivors include his mother; a son, James Moore of Cape Girardeau; three daughters, Tish Cotner of Caruthersville, Mo., and Cassandra and Tina Reisenbichler, both of Chaffee; five brothers, Ronald Reisenbichler of Brownwood, Mo., David Reisenbichler of Dixon, Mo., Roger and Michael Reisenbichler, both of Chaffee, and Kevin Reisenbichler of Jackson; and eight grandchildren.. ...
Sylvester Heisserer
(02/23/09)
Sylvester Heisserer, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dale Graff
(02/23/09)
Dale Graff PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dale Graff, 85, of Perryville died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. He was born April 20, 1923, in Perry County, Mo., son of Vincent Elmo and Mary Etta Trickey Graff. Graff was a shop mechanic for Auto Tire and Parts in Perryville for more than 20 years. He was a member of the Lithium Baptist Church in Lithium, Mo., and Masonic Lodge 226 in St. Mary, Mo...
Birth 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
Boyer Son to David Robert and Deborah Sue Boyer of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:08 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Name, Dylan Patrick. Weight, 5 pounds, 6 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Boyer is the former Deborah Lankford, daughter of Harold and Judy Lankford of Fredericktown, Mo., and the late Patricia Lankford of Perryville, Mo. ...
Police report 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Christopher Gene Mayfield, 41, 1201 Forest Ave., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Abby Elizabeth Miller, 20, 1735 Oakley Drive, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance and driving while revoked...
Fire report 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: n At 7:31 p.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of Cape Meadows Circle. n At 8:13 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3200 block of William Street...
Out of the past 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
25 years ago: Feb. 23, 1984 Dozens of grave markers were knocked over and some were broken in a vandalism incident at Old Lorimier Cemetery two weeks ago; Cape Girardeau police knew about the incident when the damage was discovered but decided against making it public...
A makeover for the state's Sunshine Law?
(02/23/09)
Roger Young was in Jefferson City when he received a disturbing phone call. Someone had dumped a sick horse on private property in Audrain County. The horse, which had a fatal case of equine distemper, also known as strangles, was euthanized. Four days later — when Young was called — its carcass remained on the ground...
Jackson Save-A-Lot undergoing changes
(02/23/09)
A family ownership group has purchased the Jackson Save-A-Lot at 1905 E. Jackson Blvd. The St. Francois County-based Can Stockers -- a group of two brothers, two sisters and a father -- recently acquired the store and are in the midst of a major remodeling project...
Missouri Legislature weighs shorter school weeks and controlling expenses
(02/23/09)
There are two bills in the Missouri Legislature, one in the Senate and one in the House, that would allow local school districts to adopt a four-day schedule instead of the usual Monday-to-Friday schedule. The purpose is to give financially strapped districts a way to cut down on expenses...
Speak Out 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
Misconduct charges AFTER reading the judge's comments in the terrible miscarriage of justice in the Joshua Kezer murder case, I think it is incumbent on the system to charge Kenny Hulshof with prosecutorial misconduct. The growth years DAVID Broder has forgotten the reason for the expansion during the Clinton years. ...
Prayer 2/23/09
(02/23/09)
Give us courage and understanding, O God, to face the tasks before us today. Amen.
Maple UMC Men's Club to host Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper
(02/23/09)
The Maple United Methodist Men will hold an All You Can Eat Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper, Tuesday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall at 2441 Jean Ann Dr., just off Cape Rock Drive.
Beginning of Lent Observed
(02/23/09)
The public is invited to Grace United Methodist Church, 521 Caruthers Avenue, for a 30 prayer service to begin the church season of Lent. At both 12:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25th, there will the be a traditional impostion of ashes [to remind the recipient of our shared mortality] and the celebration of Holy Communion for all who wish to receive. For further information, call the church at 334.1321... |
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