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United Way announces '08 program allocations

By Chris Pagano ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

Following a highly successful fundraising campaign, the United Way of Southeast Missouri's board of directors approved a total of $1,046,017 in 2008 program allocations.

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Canceled animal blessing ceremony held after about 30 show up anyway

By Chris Harris ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

Roughly 30 animals whose owners took them to the canceled blessing of the animal ceremony Sunday were blessed anyway in Capaha Park.

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Cape author draws on protective detail experience

By Bridget DiCosmo ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

Thomas A. Taylor of Cape Girardeau has served on the security staff of four different Missouri governors and later head of the Governor's Security Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a division established by Sen. Kit Bond during his term as Missouri governor.

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Children watch garden grow at Family Resouce Center

By Chris Pagano ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

Children at the Cape Area Family Resource Center after-school program and those enrolled in the upcoming summer day camp will tend the tomatoes, lettuce, chives, cucumber, nasturtium, peppers and collard greens planted alongside and toward the front of their building.

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Cape plans to expand educational program

By Lindy Bavolek ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

Next year, more Cape Girardeau students with disabilities will be placed in traditional classrooms, under the expansion of a pilot program aimed at "mainstreaming."

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Making an offer: Sources said the agreed price for the strip of park land was $300,000

By Rudi Keller ~ and Peg McNichol ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

The Cape Girardeau County Commission's decision to sell a 1.24-acre section of County Park North raised questions about the legal authority for selling county land and raised the ire of the advisory board appointed to watch over park operations.

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Youth United Way raises more than $15K for community projects

Southeast Missourian ~ 5/12/08

Youth United Way members conducted campaigns this year at Central, Jackson, Notre Dame Regional, Saxony Lutheran and Scott City high schools to raise money for support of projects addressing teen pregnancy prevention and youth substance abuse.

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Immunologist offers seminar in Cape

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Strong wind cancels Blue Sky Church meeting

Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

The Blue Sky Church meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. today in Capaha Park has been rescheduled for next week due to bad weather.

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Auditor frequented sex-related Web sites, tracking records show

By Peg McNichol ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

Documents tracking the use of the computer on the desk of David Ludwig, Cape Girardeau County auditor, dating back to May 2007 show the computer was routinely used to access Web sites featuring Pamela Anderson, best known for her role in the television series "Baywatch" and who gained considerable...

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Commissioner to turn recordings over to attorney general

5/11/08

Cape Girardeau County's 2nd District commissioner, Jay Purcell, said Saturday he intends to turn over to the Missouri attorney general's office audio recordings he made of Cape Girardeau County Commission meetings. He said he will share with the state all recordings he has made of county business.

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Obama coming to Cape this week

By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

Democratic Party presidential front-runner Barack Obama will visit Cape Girardeau on Tuesday to meet with voters about the economy, an Obama campaign aide said Saturday.

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Section of Route K now designated as bike route

By Chris Pagano ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

Route K just west of Wal-Mart in Cape Girardeau to Highway 25 at Gordonville now has signage in two areas that identify it as a bike route.

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SEMO graduation sets record for most students

By Peg McNichol ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

The list of students graduating from Southeast Missouri State University was the longest ever. On Saturday, 1,082 students accepted degrees at the Show Me Center, the largest commencement class ever. A year ago, 720 students graduated; the largest recent class was in 2000, when 1,009 gradated.

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'Overwhelmed': Facing surgery for a brain tumor, a Cape Girardeau mother also deals with a house fire and looking for a new home

By James Samons ~ For the Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

This Mother's Day will not easily be forgotten by Cape Girardeau resident Charisse Parrish. The 30-year-old single mother of two has gone through life-changing events lately � a brain tumor that has doubled in size and a house fire that almost took her life.

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Workshops held at Arena Park goat sale

By Peg McNichol ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/11/08

SEMO Meat Goat Producers will return for the American Boer Goat Association Sanctioned Boer Goat Show during the SEMO District Fair

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Migratory Bird Day

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Minor quake reported five miles from East Cape Girardeau

Southeast Missourian ~ 5/10/08

At 4:29 a.m. Saturday, the Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network reported a magnitude-2.5 earthquake five miles east of East Cape Girardeau, Ill. Such rumbles generally do not result in property damage, but they can be felt by people.

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Park board holds emergency closed meeting

By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/10/08

The Cape Girardeau County Board of Park Commissioners held an emergency closed meeting Sunday, giving members just a few hours' notice and without informing the Southeast Missourian, which has been pursuing details of a proposed sale of county park land.

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County auditor's computer records released by prosecutor

5/10/08

Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle has released approximately 200 pages of documents reflecting Internet access on the computer on County Auditor David Ludwig's desk. The documents are a portion of what the Southeast Missourian requested last month under the Sunshine Law.

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Legal opinions differ on closed meetings, recordings

By Peg McNichol ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/10/08

During a closed meeting April 17 of the Cape Girardeau County Commission — attended by the three county commissioners, Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle and County Auditor David Ludwig — Ludwig was pressured to resign.

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More than 1,000 to receive degrees

By Lindy Bavolek ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/10/08

After today, Stephanie Dambach will be the seventh person in her family to graduate from Southeast Missouri State University.

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Former Poplar Bluff chamber executive's conviction affirmed

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH ~ Daily American Republic ~ 5/10/08

ST. LOUIS � An appellate court has affirmed the forgery conviction of a former Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce executive.

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Back on duty

By Bridget DiCosmo ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/10/08

Toben, one of the Cape Girardeau Police Department's two canines, began work again this spring after a two-month hiatus due to injury in the line of duty.

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Bridge near Oran to be topic of hearing

Southeast Missourian ~ 5/10/08

SIKESTON, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation will host an informal public hearing about replacing the Route W bridge in Scott County from 4 to 7 p.m. June 5.

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