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Soldiers from area prepare to leave for Iraq
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Military men dressed in camouflage gear and black boots climbed atop train cars at the SEMO Port Authority Tuesday, guiding heavy machinery onto the train and then making sure it was secure. Graders, dump trucks, jeeps, rollers and scoopers, scores of them, were lined up one after another, dripping from the constant, cold January drizzle. ...
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Road crews filling potholes after snow
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Potholes have turned some area roads into bone-jarring obstacle courses in the aftermath of the December snowstorm, prompting city and state road crews to patch pavement this week. "The taxpayer deserves to not have to hit potholes," said Missouri Department of Transportation district engineer Scott Meyer. "But we can't be everywhere at once. That is the problem."...
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From relaxation to renovation
(Column ~ 01/05/05)
It's sick, really. A day off used to be about relaxation, getting a little sun, taking in a movie, maybe. Now it's about the house. It's always about the house. And I like it. Take New Year's Eve. Yes, The Other Half and I watched fireworks and kissed at midnight and all that...
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The full French experience
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Going abroad has been full of so many challenges. Things happen to you that force you to grow and change, develop and mature. I remember thinking, rather naively, that going to France would consist mainly of tasting the "exotic": viewing castles, chewing mouthwatering pastries and hearing the romantic French language. ...
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Jackson tunes up with win
(High School Sports ~ 01/05/05)
The Jackson boys basketball team tuned up for Friday's showdown with defending Class 5 state champ Poplar Bluff by easing past defending Class 1 state champ Bell City 74-58 at home Tuesday night. Ryan Mirly and Jack Puisis each scored 11 points to lead 13 Jackson (13-0)scorers...
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Grads have basic right to ceremony
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/05)
To the editor: In response to "Kelly's December graduates barred from May ceremony": This is a crime to the student body. I'm outraged at the Kelly School District because my fellow seniors aren't allowed to participate in the ceremony with the rest of us. The school board and principal Tom Hulshof should be ashamed of their actions. I think it's a basic right to walk with your class, even if you early out...
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Scripture is clear on nonbelievers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/05)
To the editor: A Speak Out comment said, "Jesus may be your Savior, but he isn't mine." To such a statement the inspired Scriptures would say the words of Christ: "If you believe not that I am he (the promised Savior), you shall die in your sins." Or, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believes not shall be damned." Anyone who denies these and other scriptural facts is calling Christ a liar -- a pretty serious accusation...
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Mother's graduation was ruined
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/05)
To the editor: Graduation is near for many high school students. Even so, not all seniors will have the joy of participating in graduation ceremonies. These are students who graduated at the end of fall semester rather than spring. I know firsthand how this affects people. ...
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Kelly's graduation ban is absurd
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/05)
To the editor: I find it ridiculous that these early grads at Kelly High School cannot walk in the graduation ceremony. So they opted to end their high school courses early. It is utterly absurd to not allow these early graduates to walk in the ceremony...
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Students punished for doing well
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/05/05)
To the editor: I also am a 1998 graduate of Kelly High School. I feel that the students who got the credits earned the right to walk. Walking across that stage and getting that diploma is something every parent wishes for his or her child. It is one of the greatest accomplishments one makes in life. How is it different for a basketball player to participate when the playoffs go into June, but it's not OK for a student who earned the credits to walk...
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Speak Out 1/5/05
(Speak Out ~ 01/05/05)
Toilet suggestion; Better attitude; Misplaced funding; Lights on for safety; A word of praise; No longer conservative; Streets with packed ice; Do it yourself; Recipe for good service; Stop complaining
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Speak Out 1/5/05
(Speak Out ~ 01/05/05)
Proud of volunteers; They earned the walk; Help our victims first; Mailbox in ditch; Not a small town
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Out of the past 1/5/05
(Out of the Past ~ 01/05/05)
25 years ago: Jan. 5, 1980 The Missouri Department of Highways and Transportation, claiming it isn't feasible for the state to maintain it, has proposed tearing down the bridge over Hubble Creek at Highway 25 and Route A at Dutchtown and replacing it with a new bridge...
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Jackson wrestlers go to 4-0 in duals
(High School Sports ~ 01/05/05)
Jackson won eight matches by pin in a 57-19 rout of perennial wrestling power Ste. Genevieve at Jackson High School. Cody Rouse remained unbeaten this season with a pin in 41 seconds over Randy Lurk in their 152-pound match. The Indians improved their dual record to 4-0...
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Lifesaving donation
(Editorial ~ 01/05/05)
A Cape Girardeau family recently experienced a health crisis that few of us can fathom. Hours after learning that their son, Josh Downing, had leukemia, his parents learned that there weren't enough blood platelets available for his treatment. Platelets are the most rare, and thus most valuable, component of the blood. They are used to control bleeding and in treating cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and in patients with blood disorders...
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Exhibitions Feature Artists From Armenia and Bulgaria
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
On January 7 the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will host a First Friday Opening Reception from 5-8 pm for Armenian artist Seryaey Mardrosyan, Bulgarian artist Victor Kantchev and the Visual Arts Cooperative at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri Galleries in Cape Girardeau...
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Bush administration fine-tunes plans for Social Security
(National News ~ 01/05/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is focusing on a Social Security proposal that would allow younger workers to invest nearly two-thirds of their payroll taxes in private accounts, with contributions limited to about $1,000 to $1,300 a year, an administration official said Tuesday...
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Winter storm drops ice on Kansas City
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
A new round of winter weather is bearing down on the Midwest, but the bulk of it is likely to miss Southeast Missouri, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. Steady rain and thunderstorms with temperatures possibly in the 60s are forecast for Southeast Missouri today. The National Weather Service said some flurries or light snow may be seen tonight as cold air rushes in and pushes lows to the mid-30s. No accumulation is expected...
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Braves surprise Rams, win 90-63
(High School Sports ~ 01/05/05)
Scott County Central interim coach Delane Beckwith said his team ran out of gas en route to a sixth-place finish last week at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. With four days of rest, the Braves were ready to roll Tuesday night at home against the tournament's third-place finisher, Scott City...
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'Balance' is buzz word in the OVC
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Austin Peay's men rolled through the Ohio Valley Conference's regular season last year with a 16-0 record, and Murray State wasn't far behind at 14-2. But, as the conference schedule tips off this week -- Samford and Jacksonville State squared off Tuesday, while the other nine teams all begin play Thursday -- the league's coaches don't expect anything close to that happening this time around...
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Boggs, Sandberg get pass to Cooperstown
(Professional Sports ~ 01/05/05)
NEW YORK -- Wade Boggs was overwhelmingly elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility Tuesday, and Ryne Sandberg made it with just six votes to spare on his third try. Boggs, a five-time American League batting champion for the Boston Red Sox, was selected by 474 of the record 516 voters who are 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America...
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Conley's double-double lifts MU
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jason Conley had 12 points and 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double, and the second of his career, helping Missouri beat American 64-51 on Tuesday night. Thomas Gardner added 14 points and Jason Horton scored all but two of his career-best 12 points in the first half to get the Tigers (8-5) off to a good start in their final game before beginning Big 12 play. Missouri opens at home on Saturday against Iowa State...
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N.J. man is charged with shining laser beam at airplane
(National News ~ 01/05/05)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Federal authorities Tuesday used the Patriot Act to charge a man with pointing a laser beam at an airplane overhead and temporarily blinding the pilot and co-pilot. The FBI acknowledged the incident had no connection to terrorism but called David Banach's actions "foolhardy and negligent."...
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Trial begins for Briton charged in missile plot
(National News ~ 01/05/05)
NEWARK, N.J. -- A British businessman plotted to bring 200 shoulder-fired missiles into the United States, and told a federal informant posing as a terrorist how the weapons could be used to shoot down airplanes, a prosecutor alleged Tuesday. During opening statements at the trial of Hemant Lakhani, federal prosecutor Stuart Rabner detailed how the London businessman was introduced to Mohammad Habib Rehman, who pretended to represent an east African terrorist group. ...
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Factory orders outdo forecasts
(National News ~ 01/05/05)
WASHINGTON -- America's factories saw orders go up by a strong 1.2 percent in November, the biggest advance in four months and a sign that the nation's manufacturing sector was gaining momentum as the new year loomed. The increase, released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, was even better than the 0.8 percent rise some economists had forecast. ...
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Region/state digest 01/05/05
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Cape city officials unveil online newsletter Cape Girardeau city officials unveiled the Cape Chronicle on Tuesday, an online newsletter designed to keep the public informed about the municipal government. The publication replaces a newsletter that was mailed to residents with their utility bills. ...
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Club news 1/5/05
(Community News ~ 01/05/05)
Arnsberg 4-H The Arnsberg 4-H Club met Dec. 2 at New Salem United Methodist Church hall in Daisy, Mo. There were 17 members, nine leaders and five guests in attendance. Emily Ruch, president, led the meeting. Shelby Proctor led the pledges. The songs were led by Cody Hahs and Proctor. Jessica Seyer, Linda Light, Proctor and Hahs were recognized as having December birthdays...
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Sports briefs 1/5/05
(Other Sports ~ 01/05/05)
Baseball * Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson was released from jail on Tuesday after being held for a week while police investigated allegations he punched a judge on a beach in Aruba. Ponson appeared before a judge on Tuesday and prosecutors said they would not oppose his release as he awaits trial, the daily La Prensa reported. The 28-year-old right-hander faces charges of public violence and simple aggression. No trial date has been set...
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Tsunami survivors jam hospitals
(International News ~ 01/05/05)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Haggard and dehydrated survivors of Asia's tsunami catastrophe flooded hospitals in the disaster zone Tuesday, posing a new challenge for the global relief operation. A 5.8-magnitude quake, the latest of numerous aftershocks stemming from the monstrous temblor that spawned the tsunami, rattled India's Andaman Islands early today. There were no immediate reports of further injury or damage in the region, which was hard hit by the killer waves...
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Ruby Huffman
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
IRONTON, Mo. -- Ruby Alma Huffman, 92, of Ironton died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at the Baptist Home. She was born Aug. 2, 1912, at Buckhorn, Mo., daughter of David Franklin and Martha Murray Gipson. She and George Henry Huffman were married May 19, 1934. He preceded her in death...
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Vincent Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
Vincent Daniel Smith, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 27, 1914, in St. Louis, son of Vincent D. and Gladell Drake Smith. He and Dora Lindsey were married June 29, 1941, in St. Louis...
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Betty Kaempfer
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
Betty A. Kaempfer, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 1, 1927, at Kirksville, Mo., daughter of Travis S. and Flossie Boone Waddill. She and Paul E. Kaempfer were married Dec. 4, 1944, at Kirksville. He died Nov. 17, 2002...
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Stella Carroll
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Stella Marie Carroll, 81, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at her home. She was born Dec. 6, 1923, at Parma, Mo., daughter of Robert Plumber and Cossey Ada Ellis Sanders. She and Albert T. Carroll were married Feb. 5, 1955. He died Aug. 23, 1994...
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Gerami Wright
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The funeral for Gerami D'Shawn Wright, 10, of Cairo will be held at noon Thursday at Klondike Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge, Ill. Friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service...
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Lawrence Robins
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lawrence Robins, 71, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at his home. He was born April 29, 1933, at Bessville, Mo., son of William Robert and Anna Loretta Zinn Robins. He and Evelyn Sitze were married July 15, 1955. Robins was employed by AT&T 33 years. He was a member of New Salem Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, and was a member of Communication Workers of America...
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Charles Goode
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Charles R. Goode, 81, of St. Louis died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005, at his home. Goode was born July 30, 1923, in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., son of Archie Elmer and Jessie Kathleen Stutts Goode. He and Lillie Hicks were married Nov. 12, 1994...
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Harold Haas
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
Harold Haas, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at his home. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday. A vigil will be held at 4:30. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery...
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Cape fire report 01/05/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Monday: * At 4:17 p.m., citizen assist in the 1100 block of Themis Street. * At 10:57 p.m., emergency medical service in the 800 block of William Street. Firefighters responded to the following items on Tuesday:...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 01/05/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Tuesday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests * Daniel R. Rainey, 19, 610 Red Bud Circle, Erich C. Montgomery, 20, 3002 Aspen Drive, and Billy R. Fowler, 31, 706 Fourth St., Scott City, were arrested on suspicion of burglary, stealing and property damage...
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Beulah Orth
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Beulah B. Orth, 88, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at PerryOaks Manor. She was born Nov. 11, 1916, at Yount, Mo., daughter of Peter and Grace Duvall Geile. She and Arthur Orth were married April 16, 1938. He died Nov. 28, 1991...
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Robert O'Bryant
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
Robert Carl O'Bryant, 67, of Scott City died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 13, 1937, in Anderson, Ind., son of Robert E. and Doris Nadine Adams O'Bryant. O'Bryant had been a dealer and table manager at casinos in Las Vegas...
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Nellie Harden
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Nellie L. Harden, 76, of Sikeston died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born March 13, 1928, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of James Elmer and Nancy Ann Crevosieur Harden. Harden was a waitress 37 years at Lambert's Cafe. She had also worked at the Rustic Rock. She was a member of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church...
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Health-care reform - More options for patients should be goal
(Column ~ 01/05/05)
Life expectancy in America today is eight years longer than it was in 1950 and 29 years longer than it was in 1900. That's a lot of progress. And for millions, those extra years of life are more active and healthier than anybody could have imagined. ...
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Dread diets? Follow French tradition - Eat less but enjoy more
(Column ~ 01/05/05)
W hat comes to your mind when you hear the words "chocolate cake?" * What's the first thing you think of when you see the words "heavy cream?" * What do the words "fried eggs" mean to you? A few years ago, professor Paul Rozin of the University of Pennsylvania and his colleagues conducted a battery of cross-cultural surveys of food attitudes and discovered that we Americans answer these questions quite differently from those in other countries. ...
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Recipes for a meal worthy of praise
(Column ~ 01/05/05)
smcclanahan Each year on the Sunday following New Year's Day six couples get together and have a fabulous evening spread over three homes for dinner. This year we started at Dave and Julie Walker's for salmon spread, baked cheese crispies, pastry-wrapped baked olives, cranberry and jalapeno compote over cream cheese on crackers, and a variety of other yummy tidbits...
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OU-ch - USC wins big
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
MIAMI -- Matt Leinart and his Southern California teammates played to perfection, leaving no doubt about this national championship. Even better, they don't have to share it. The Heisman Trophy winner threw a record five touchdown passes and USC overwhelmed Oklahoma 55-19 Tuesday night in the Orange Bowl, assuring the Trojans will end the season just as they started: No. 1...
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Blunt kicks off school funding debate
(State News ~ 01/05/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Key players in the looming legislative effort to overhaul Missouri's system for funding public schools shared ideas Tuesday during an education summit organized by governor-elect Matt Blunt. Blunt, a Republican who takes office Monday, acknowledged the issue will be difficult to tackle given the competing interests that stand to gain or lose from a rewrite of the complex formula for distributing state financial aid to local school districts...
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Homegrown ways to help are evolving in region
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
n Angie Metje couldn't have picked a better character trait word for the month of January. The character traits, one for each month, are chosen at the start of the school year and shared among all of Cape Girardeau's elementary schools. This month's character trait is "compassion" -- the very thing most needed to help those impacted by the tsunamis, Metje told herself...
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Clerical error nearly frees man who planned murder
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Timothy D. Lincoln probably doesn't realize how close he came to freedom. The 31-year-old Lincoln, serving 10 years in the Farmington Correctional Center for attempted murder, was just a couple of weeks away from being released from prison because of a clerical error...
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Tsunamis' impact felt locally
(Local News ~ 01/05/05)
Amila Ramanayake didn't read about the mountainous tidal waves that stormed the shores of South Asia in the newspaper. The 26-year-old Sri Lanka native and Southeast Missouri State University student didn't see images on a TV screen of hundreds of people -- mostly children -- being tugged kicking and screaming from land out to sea and certain death...
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Betty Taylor
(Obituary ~ 01/05/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- Betty M. Taylor, 79, of Anna died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She was born Sept. 11, 1925, in Los Angeles, Calif., daughter of August John and Beulah May Ballard Zilincar. She and John Taylor were married Oct. 27, 1961. He died Oct. 31, 1990...
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Republicans starting this year's session with high expectations
(State News ~ 01/05/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With a majority more than 80 years in the making, Republicans were set today to kick off a legislative session with high expectations that GOP governor-elect Matt Blunt can finally help turn their pent-up proposals into reality...
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Births 1/5/05
(Births ~ 01/05/05)
Goodin; Swain
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Southeast Planning 20th Annual King Celebration
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
Rev. Earl Nance, Jr., pastor of the Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, will be featured as the keynote speaker at Southeast Missouri State University's 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast Jan. 17 in the Show Me Center...
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Cape music schedule
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
Friday, January 07 PuNk YoU FeSt- 2005 with Richard's Nixon, Fists Of Phoenix, Gunderson, Beauty Is The Machine, The Broken Hearts Academy, This Is A Virtue, @ Camps- Cape Girardeau, Mo $5.00 cover must be 18, must have ID Show starts at 7:00 Saturday, January 08...
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103.7 Hits the Streets
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
CapeScene Bash - One Year Anniversary 12/03/04 The Bands: The Otto Modest, Squadcar, Catatonic, Knotted Fear H.V.'s Take What better way to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of CapeScene.com than getting together a diverse group of Cape's favorite local bands and playin' Camp's...
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Music Lessons
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
Les and Leslie at The Camp for Cape Scene's 1 Year Birthday Bash NOTE: The views expressed by Les and Leslie do not necessarily represent those of Off! Magazine... blah, blah, blah. Don't send us hate mail, we can't read. If you didn't like what we said about your stuff, take another look at your product...
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The Cantrells Are Coming! The Cantrells Are Coming!
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
Underberg House Concerts will feature Al and Emily Cantrell to open the 2005 season on January 15 at 7 p.m. The Cantrells are a Nashville-based musical duo featuring Al Cantrell on fiddle, mandolin and harmony vocals while Emily sings lead and plays rhythm guitar. Their music is diverse and includes elements of swing, folk, western, Celtic and blues. Their appearance in Cape will feature material from their newly released album, "The Heart Wants What it Wants."...
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Lights, Camera, Action!
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
By Meri Kidd Some people say, hey, I have a story that would make a great movie. To most, that's as far as it ever gets. A few may develop the story and start to write a script, but soon discover, it's not as easy as it sounds. Then there's the select handful that write the script, gather the cast, shoot the movie and become filmmakers. A group of these people formed in Cape Girardeau about two years ago and made a movie called Dark Garden...
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Are You Sexy? A Pop Quiz
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
by Tom Edwards Find out the definitive answer by taking this short, infallibly objective quiz. Remember: There are no winners or losers, just certain individuals who will invariably be more liked, work less hard, and reach their life's goals sooner, regardless of their idiotic behavior or mental shortcomings, because they reek of sexiness...
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15th Annual Community Celebration-Gospel Extravaganza
(Entertainment ~ 01/05/05)
The evening of Jan. 17, the celebration continues with the 15th Annual Community Celebration-Gospel Extravaganza, "Lift Every Voice," planned for 7 p.m. at Cape First Church, 254 S. Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau. The event, which is sponsored by the Cape Ministerial Alliance, NAACP and the Downtown Council of Churches, will feature guest performer Dr. Fairest Hill...
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